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The Boardman Mirror Boardman, Oregon r HOME ECONOMICS RESEABCH YIELD VALUABLE RESULTS M.1KK A. CLEVELAND, Iubllsher PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY J2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE- Entered as seeond-claBs matter Feb. 11, 1921, at the postoflice at Board man, Ore., under art of Mar. 3, 1879 The Forest Ptre Menace Oregon's .State Forester, F. A. El li on, says: "We are pot yet on top of. the fire problem Ohre well Started. With weather condition fa oraHw to Mrvul of fire, control i:. always difficult; sometimes impos sible. A review of what has happened H, i tic past stiouiu sound a warning for the future. Adequately lo safeguard our ma ture forests and allow our cut-over lands to reforest, uiush ureal or pre vention must be exerted. While every citizen has an indiv idual responsibility in this matter, it rematril for nation and state through example as Well as through adequate laws imd their enforcement to effect such a system of fire prevention as will uuaranti'e against conflagrations With resulting loss of life and pro perty." A representative of the Washing ton Forest Fire Association, Mr. Geo. 0. Joy, says: "I do not like lo play the role of one foreboding evil events, but after having passed through the experience of this and other similar seajOnf, and taken In connection with great fires to be found chron bled In books, and In the forests tbemselvee, I fee impelled to voice a warning and to point out the possi bility and danger of this part of the I'nlted Stales being vb-lted by a con flagration as grent as any of the others. All that eras lacking to bring this about Ibis year 11922) was for the same kind of wralher to have prevailed during the first week In August as did prevail the last week In May. Only the caprice of the weather saved us from such a disas ter." Forest fires in 1922 destroyed pro party in these two slates valued at 12,436,219.00 In Oregon alone the state and private owners expended over 1476,486.00 in 1 922 to prevent and SUppraSS forest fires; the United Stales Forest Service spent $rl 0,041! during the same period for the same purpose in Oregon and Washington. There were 2 127 forest fires reported last year In Oregon, of whiich it;fi2, or 77 per cent were due to human agencies, and therefore? preventable. In Washington a total of 1114 for est fires wi re reported of which 14 90 cir 9 1 per cent were man caused. From 20 to 2fi per cent of our Fores! fires are caused by lightning. The oilier 7f to 80 per cent ure man caused; lhat Is, caused by either ig norance, thoughtlessness, or malic iousness of human beings Campers, smokers, ami other persons who are careless with fire In the woods are responsible for many of these fires. Other human causes of forest fires Important research work bearing '3 airectly or indirectly upon home '3 economics has been carried on by the 13 i nuea .Mates department of agricul ture lor many years and the re sults have been widely disseminated through department publications. The extent and value of similar work done by the state agricultural experiment stations is not so fully realized. A classified list of the pro jects carried on by the experiment stations at the present time contains 64 titles under the head of "Foods and .Nutrition" reported fronu 24 stations. These include food preser vation, milling and baking, storage. and others. There are also 75 other Projects which have? an important bearing on or application to somje ilia s,e of Jvrttir; economics. The research work of the depart ment and the experiment stations has contributed largely to our act knowledge of the composition. digestibility, and nutritive value of loods and food materials of all kinds, the food habits of different lasses of people, and the food re 'Miirements of people of different ages and occupations, investigations Ol such staple food material as wheal and other cereals, meat, milk, and milk products have been espe cially thorough and complete. The functions of vitamins in nu trition, the conditions that control i heir proportion In foods, and their stability under different processes of preservation are receiving a large amount of attention. Knowledge of ihe efficiency of different proteins and of the function of the mineral constituents of food has been greatly enlarged and clarified. Other research work'has included tSUdies of the quality of wool and other fibres; water supply sewage llsposal, and sanitation in-country homes; household arrangement", urn won,; various phases-of market ing; cost and standardization of liv Ing on the farm; and certain prob lems of rural sociology. Indian Lodge Tides By Ford C. Frick aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiw THE BOILING SPRINGS A FTER the wise men of rhe tribe bad jftns to counsel with Manitou his wrath endured for many days. And the Storms came ami the light ning flashed and the thunders rolled, and the tribesmen were much afraid. Then when the storms Anally hud ceased, the face of Manitou frowned mi i he world for many weeks. The sky was overcast and the cold sun shown dimly through the clouds. The streums that had one time danced und sparkled In the sun no longer flowed, but the waters stood still and the tislies died and the water was foul ! so foul that the Indians dared not i BOARDMAN I I G P F o 3 4 2 o o m G F 2 P o 0 -MORROW COUNTY, OREGON-A NEW AND GROWING TOWN SAVING ON HOM, MOIST! RK hssh.vriAL to noon rmnma April Plowed Lands (.( Working Down At Once; Soil .Mulch Is Generally Useful. Conservation of nVoisture In the soil is Important at this season of the v ar when evaporeloin begins to ex ceed rainfall, says W L Powers, head of the O. A. C. Experiment Station fopartmew of soils. Late spring "lowing will be facilitated by discing beforehand. Bvanoration win i.,. checked by such s procedure and veg. table matter will be incorporated with the soli. All plowed ground should be worked promptly after mid-April. Rainfall may be sufficient, up to April 20, to reasturate the larger storage kohco porvided by the addi tion of organic matter and deep cul tivation. DiHcing will pack and firm the furrow slice while the spike tooth harrow will smooth the surface l.ess evaporation escapes from a level surface. Control of weeds and the estab lishment of a soil mulch are Imnnr. are logging engines, settlers clearing ,!,lt In moisture storage. An ideal lands, hunters, berry pickers; a very I HO" mulch Is two and a half to three inches deep and should contain soil crumbs or some finer material. To bs effective the soil must be dry through this depth of mulch. A crumbly mulch Is more effective than a dust mulch. It it less inclined to run together when showers occur, resists wetting from below, permits seratoln and lends to trap rain water. small per cent are due lo incendiai Ism. Pores! fires each summer fill the air of the Northwest with smoke and prevent Visitors from losing our won derful scenery, thereby Interfering With the tourist trade, which should bring millions of dollars annually in to Oregon and Washington. Fires and destructive logging in the United Stales cost 115,000,000 a year for every year reforestation is postponed. 2 40,0011,000 acres of cut over land contain second growth tim ber; of this, fires destroy from 8 to 10 million acres annually. The 167,000,000 acres within the national forests, of wide geographl cnl distribution embrace in part the national ranges of every species of wild life known to have existed in the coutlnentsl United states. Fvcrv man. woman and child In I bene two states should help to pre vent fiivH from destroying our for ests, by never leaving a enmp fire unextinguished, by being at all limes as careful with fire In the forest as forming Inorthsolo? Inggn r'naSIa In the home; and by informing others who may not realize the dan ger or the utmost need for rare with lire In the woods More than a month In advance of when referendum petitions must be filed with the scerelarv of Htate mini' than the reunited number of signatures were easily obtained to the referendum peril inn referring the oleomargai lile and condensed milk bill lo Ihe neonle of Ihe stnti This means lhat the law passed h tbi' last legislature prohibiting th manufacture and sale of margarln containing vegetable oils, shall h suspended until a year from this No veSBDff when it will be submitted t the people of the state. In Washington where a similar law was passed at the last leglsla turn and where 24.000 signature: in net be obtained, three times ni mam as are reitilnd In Oregon. n difficulty was encountered In BJ0)ttlt) the required number of signal tires Advocates of the bill describe it a a health measure because margarim contains no vitamine A Opponent of the bill replv that neither ).. butler contain vitamlnes t or C and et no one would advocate the abc lltlnn of butler for that reason Disinterested dieticians have sal that the man or woman who drink normal amount of milk and eat a normal am mini of leafy vegetable and eats inargarln has n well Pal a need diet. Margarin Is manufactured am sold In every clvilUed country li the world The American army i France during the war lived on mar Sarin, Home Demonstration Work. The noma demonstration agent gave I talk on Health for the Wom an's community club of Pilot Hock, and visited the girls' club lender! Mrs, Mosaic Humphrey, who said the girls' sewing club is getting long very wen it will be Interest lug to nee later how t lie- sewing cIiiIih la various pans of the county com pate ss to the itaadard of work ac ' Pllshed. Other sewing clubs have been organized at Fmapine. Kermis ton. and Westland, and Heed and Hawlej mountain has asked that a club be organized there. drink It. Out of the east came cold winds bringing grasshoppers which devoured the grass and blossoms and plants, und even the trees, until no green thing remained. And man and beast alike were without food, and the world was filled with pestilence and dlseuse and the chosen people were helpless and forlorn and children ceased to smile and play. Bad grew worse, until the chosen people, troubled and afraid, knew not whence to turn. So their hearts were filled with repentance, and with hum ble contrite hearts they besought the Manitou that he might save them from death. And so they pruyed and fast ed week by week und called upon the Munltou to pardon their transgres sions and to stay the deudly plagues. IIi-iii lug them, the Munitou took pity upon the puny frightened people und sent a lesser god from out the sky, who traveled down the Holy Mount at night until he reached a spot where plain and mountain met, and there he smote a rock. And where he struck there gushed forth a fountain of water. It was very fair, but when the bravest of the people tasted it, It was too bitter to drink so bitter that no living man could drink It unless his mind be pure and his body strong. Three times he smote, and each time brought a spring, each sweeter than the other and more fair. And then, stooping, he breathed the breath of life into the bubbling waters that all who drank should be made whole und cleansed of all dlseuse. i Hut first he taught that those who drunk must come cleiin-purged ami repentant of their sins. And he gave to all the chosen ones a pruyer, which they must say before they stooped to drink. And ere he left he cast Into the spring a Hower white and pure unci beautiful us a gift to Manitou. So the Chosen People, saved from plague, drank nt the spring and pros ; persd through the years. Vet each before he drunk gave praise to Manl- tou and at the spring gave of Ills choicest wealth big wampum and his beads und arrowheads that M inltou might know that he held sacred the boiling waters which the god had ' given. Through the years the boiling springs remnln, though the tribesmen long since hare gone. And now the tribe unite 111 giving praise to him who gave the springs, und In his honor they cull them Munitou, und so they now ure called to this duy. 05 05 O i Q 05 C OS o o w 05 o s Eh o c 05 C 2; Q o Hotel rtorlon. Pendleton, Is still the house of welcome. Let us print those butter wrappers. Note. The Manitou springs now are famous the world over, but they were known to the Indians for bun dreds of years before they were dis covered by the whiles. F.ven now it Is not uncommon to find arrowheads, beads and even bits of pottery about the springs where i hey were thrown by tlie Indians as gifts to Manitou. THE QUELLE eat in I'endleton. A good place to Is your subscription paid in advaee? Bargain Offer For 30 Days Only Subscriptions to The Boardman Mirror $1 for full year New or Renewal Pay up your own subscrip tion and send The Mirror to your friends while this offer lasts. I O O w 05 E-i 2 i o 05: 05, o- Gi 05; o 2, o o W' X H 2 S3' O' O' 5 05 f""V S3 c 23 BOARDMAN MORROW COUNTY, OREGON- WHY D U it u V If! n 11 lUa .H!U i.,ili;l!HM;Di;i 'lliiiliillBJIMliffiillli.iiiH.'i.ifli, liKto.i ' '.' w: Because THE CLIMATE IS GOOD THE PEOPLE ARE SOCIABLE INTELLIGENT ENTERPRISING TOWN IS NEW AND GROWING LOCATION WELL CHOSEN HALF WAY BETWEEN THE DALLES AND PENDLETON ON O.-W. RAIL ROAD ON COLUMBIA RIVER SOIL WILL RAISE ANYTHING WATER FOR IRRIGATION FROM WEST EXTENSION OF UMATILLA PROJECT McKAY CREEK DAM WILL BE BUILT ASSURING MORE ACREAGE UNDER WATER Boardman is a New Town But Not a Boom Town WRITE SECRETARY OF COMMERCIAL CLUB BOARDMAN -MORROW COUNTY, OREGON O o ft I td o b 21 C w w o a o c 2j H ! o w w a o 21 td o o 2J K o w w c o o a 2! H O w a o 21 o w D 2 o w o O o g 2; H o H H a o 2: Cd o 0 s o S3 W O n o a 2: H o S3 W O O 2: BOARDMAN MORROW COUNTY, OREGON A NEW AND GROWING TOWN