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tiotsaa i'i B 11 Feb Jl Iff! RIVE II Jsasa.., i mm VOLUME 3. BOA RDM AN, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1923. NUMBER 22 SOME CELEBRATE THE 4TH AT HOI The few people who remained in Boardman on the Fourth held a cele bration sponsored by the grange. The main feature of the day was the din ner of course. Instead of a commun ity dinner, as heretofore, the people spread their lunches in groups ot; the street in front of Cramers and all had a jolly time, and it did not devolve on the few to wash innum erable dishes. After dinner the the crowd moved to Warner's yard where a short program was held. A large canvas was placed for a roof and it made a cool, pleasant place. All enjoyed the pro;: . which con sisted of recitations, to.igs, musical selections and a short opening ad dress by A. L. Larsen. Following this the afternoon passed quickly in sports, the horse races first, then footraces, three-legged race, girls' taces, elc. We failed to learn the names of the winners. Ice cream was served in abundance. THE MOTOB BUS COMBS CP FOB DISCISSION' IX CITIES The Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce on the Question of the motor bus, after hearing both the represcntati . e of the eleCtrloe car linos and the pro posed bus lines, failed to endorse the franchise. The opposition was not aimed a.' all bus lines under all circumstances but against the introduction of motor carriers in the downtown dis trict until such time at least will be necessary for electric line to dem onstrate whether or not they can properly care for the public. It has been pointed out by the 1 oard of directors that in the opinion of that body sufficient carriers will be provided by the rail companies to meet the increasing demand; that if they fail in this there will be time for meeting the situation in some other manner. Editor (Joes to Camp, OF interest to the many friends of Jay Arneson, made during his res idence here, will be the following in regard to himself from his news paper, ThefMlot Rock Record: Jay Arneson, editor of the Record and First Lieutenant U. S. Army, Re serve Corps, has been ordered to ac tive duty at Camp Lewis, Wash., for 15 days training. Mr Arneson will leave on July 5th and will spend sometime in Tacoma and Seattle on business, returning about July 25th. Mrs Arneson will take charge of the business and will edit the Record during Mr. Arneson's absence. Lieut. Arneson is a graduate of the 3rd Officers Training Camp and was commissioned early in 1918. "The present reserve system is the first definite scheme of national defense the government has ever had," said Mr. Arneson. "Under this plafi several division are organized in skeleton form, each reserve officer being assigned a command. In case of a national emergency, t.oops would be called to fill these divisions and much delay and confusion would be eliminated. Lack of appropria tion ' from congress has greatly in peded this work, the present funds being sufficient to permit only a few officers to go to camp on full duty status. "--Standard. PRESIDENT HARDING IN EASTERN OREGON mm The visit erf President and Mrs. Warren G. Harding to Umatilla coun ty on July 3rd was an event that will be long remembered by young and old. Everyone that could pos- Ibly do so wont to Meacham to hear his address at the dedication of the omplction of the Old Oregon Trail, which took place on that day. The crowd wa3 enormous and the day ideal and very few accidents happen ed to mar the pleasures of a great day. The presidental party arrived in the early morning of the 3rd from Spokane and the special was run (o Meacham during the early morn ing. There were a number of nat ionally known men in the party and scores of new:-paper men and offi cials of Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington, among them Governor Hart of Washington, Senators Stan ield and McNary of Oregon; Scna or Leavett of Montana; Governor .Moore of Idaho, Governor Pierce of Oregon and others. The celebration at Meacham was all that could be asked for and the president and Mrs. Harding thoro ughly enjoyed the entire program, as did the other members of the party. in his address at Meaeham he president paid great tribute to .he men and women who settled the west. Hls Meacham speech was one of the best of the kind ever heard in this section and his presence and words were received with keenest delight and appreciation. The spec ial train arrived in Pendleton a! eight o'clock after leaving Meacham and a large crowd again greeted the nation's chief. He spoke for fifteen minutes and introduced Mrs. Hard ing, who received a great ovation. If your leg Is loose get it tight ened before the table tips and breaks your dishes. All work guaranteed. Ad in the Bremerton, Wash., Evening Searchlight. To know how good a cigarette really can be made you must try a sCIGARETTE SPREAD OF EARWIG PEST TO FARM IS REAL MENACE Should the European earwig spread to the fruit and trucking farms of Oregon, it will be little short of a catastrophe, reports A. L. Lovett, entomologist of the experi ment station. It ha3 proved more numerous and voracious in the in fested reigons of the west than in its native European home. The pest was first reported from Albany in 1916, and in the following seven years has established itself In Portland, Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Gresham, Salem, Roseburg, and pos sibly Astoria. Us habits and history are such as to lead one to expect it to appear in other towns, and even in the horticultural and trucking dis tricts of the state. Ealing the foliage and fruit of many kinds of orchard trees, get ting into lettuce and Cabbage heads, fee-ding on strawberries on the ground, and attacking the potato crop, are some of its doings. It will make potato-growing nearly, or quite impossible except with much control work in infested sections. Like its near relative, the cock roach, the earwig is nasty in its feed ing habits. It feasts on and crawls through rotting fruits and Vegetable! garbage, sewage, and excretia, then finds its way into the house where it crawls over and through all kinds of food and clothing, nibbling as it goes. It gets into beds, 3ho.w, ward robes, dishes, till the frantic house holder is nauseated. Property los-s value, renters move out, sales are checked. City councils and community im provement clubs are urged to take i eoncerted action when the pest first appears, and communicate with the station on means of combatting it. Prompt reports may save heavy damages. STARTS MONDAY If reports from the county seat are correct, and indications strongly point that way, preliminary work on the McKay ireek dam will begin on next Munday morning with thirty or more men on the job. This num ber will be increased just as soon as material and machinery can be placed on the grounds and it is expected that fully two hundred men will be at work on the project within the next sixty days. Ralph Connor will be the engineer in charge and is now in Pendleton where he will have his headquarters for the time being at least. He stat ed that material and machinery had been ordered and erection would start a3 soon as the material arrives. He also stated that the cost of the machinery that is lo be used on the works, and that had been ordered at this time v. ill cost the govern;. lent close to 400,000. Because of the delay in starting the work it is hardly expected that little aside from the erection of buildings and other necessary prelim inary work will be accomplished this season, but that this will be com pleted and the construction of the big dam will begin In the arly part of next spring. MEACHAM show has BIG DEFICIT SAY PEXDLETOMTES According to members of the com mittee of the Pendleton comm cial i lub, who had charge of the cele bration at Meacham on the 3rd and 4th a deficit of close to $8,000 will have to be made up by the various cities promoting the celebration at the toy 'o Blue mountain. The com mercial clubs of Baker, La Grande and Pendleion have the matter in hand. Everyone welcomed the coo'ing winds Monday which broke the in tense heat wave which had lasted four days, reaching its apex on Sunday. dviiic shjj2 mm DROWN IN HE All Boardman was shocked and grieved last Saturday when 0ewa wa3 brought that little E?.ra Hopkins had been drowned in the Columbia above Coyote, where he had gone with his brother, La Von, and some other children, who went with Max DeWeese and Hi Hoffman who went after a load of drift wood. The children were playing on the river bank and the men had gone around a bend in the river, after cautioning them rot to go in the water, but child-like some of them decided to go la wading and Ezra stepped lata a hole and was unable to get out. The others called frantically for help and the men returned immediately and waded in after the boy. They gave first aid but it was too late and they brought hi mto Messner in the wagon. Mr. Mead took the body in his car and came-to Board '.nan where La Van broke the tragic news to hi mother, who was almost prostrated by the shock. A message s'ttt lo Mr. Hopkins, who is working over in Tygh valley, about thirty mile from The Dalles and he came that evening, arriving about nine o'clock, Mr. Logan having made the trip in about four hours. Everyone did all in their power to assist the family at this time. Modi fU Woodmen took charge, aided by everyone who was glad to give a helping hand in their hour of sor row. E'ra was born at Lake View, Ore., and was eight years and six months of age at ti ne of his death. He was a sunny, pleasant child and will be missed by all bis playmates as Well as his parents, brother and sisters. Because of the intense heat the funeral was held Sunday at 2 p.m., i With Rev. Hughes, Boardman-Uina-i tjlla pastor in charge of the sen-ices. I The funeral possession was formed at the bank building where the body , was kept and short services were held at the cemetery. The sympathy of the entire com inanity is extended to the family. Richard, come back. Return to your wife and family. The phono graph has been sold. Rockefeller says save it and Ford i. a spend it. Perhaps It is a 50-50 policy that keeps us all poor. Road Inprovements. In 1922 the railroads spent J440. 000,000, for cars, locomotives, trackage and other facilltes. This year the railroads have authorized expenditures for equipment and other facilities of more than one billion dollars, divided as follows: Cars $515,000,000 Locomotives 160,000,000 Trackage and other facilites - - - 425.000.000 j The size of this undertaking, and the spirit in which it was announced, I is significant of a more hopeful and ' cheerful outlook on the part Of rail I road management. STATE MARKET AGENT DEPARTMENT C. E. Spence, Market Agent Lane county presents a remark- alfalfa in eastern Oregon and Wash able demonstration of what co-opera- Ing.on have be. n da mag d (o some lion, rightly handled can accomplish: exlcnt by the heavy rains ,111- lin t In 1908 Eugene organized a co- part of June, but there will be a operathe association to handle the h-javy production. The aphis is in- county's fruit. It started with but juring vetch in some sections. Fall 80 members and has now grown to oats will be a big yield. 1400 and it handles 90 per cent of A 97 per cettl normal wheat y eld the, fruit of Lane county, This as- is practically assured for Oregon, tocl&tlon has had amazing success. : Rains at favorable times have caused It now has a modern canning fact- rapid and strong growth with lull ory employing 500 people; lias a heads. The crop will be ready lor large box factory where the contain- harvest the latter pari of June, era are made and it manufactures a';out two weeks earlier than last the sprays used by (he fruit growers, rear, Two and a half million pounds of prunes and walnuts were hadbd by the association last year and about eight million pounds of fruits and vegetables. Following the conftrenco in Ken r.ewick, Wash., Juno 4, an organiza tion of hay grow.rs was held in Pasco, where by-lavi and contracts were agreed upon and when approv ed by the commissioner of agricul ture, active canvass for contracts will commence. . This co-operative association embraces the alfalfa sec tions of Oregon and Washington. Cattle raisers in convention at Union, Ore., have named a marke -lug committer! and a co-operative selling plan thru a central agency is being worked out. While the United BtfctM only ex ports about ten per eenl of it.: grain Production, yet It Is slated that the) Liverpool price on this 10 per eenl surplus determines the price of the 90 per cent home sales. The big manufacturing Industries! of the country market their surplus abroad a t low prices, but 'In- (or- Each state will have its own sep- eln P!" has little or no effect on arate organization, but the hay will tne h0i . MCaU the man be marketed thru a central agency. in entire control of pro tt ! urni.nH in i c ...... .., duction and marketing, i of the hay under marketing con- Wheal raisers realise that they( j tracts. L. A. Hunt of Hern.iaton; mu.it manage along the lines of big C. E. Spence, state market agent of business concerns If they would Portland; C. J. Hurd of the -x'en- make a living profit, ar.d the nat- ! sion service of the O. A. C. at Cor- i nal association, recently organized, i vallis and G. W. Beddow of Hertnls- h working to (he end of controllng ton wero the Oregon representatives production and sel'ipg all the Wheat at the organization. from a central agency. Co-OP i t The potato acreage of the Willam- Hon points the way for producers to ette valley Is about 20 per cent lees run their business and make It a than last year, but growing condi- profitable industry, tlona have been so favorable that The bankers are eo-operating With the yield will be about the same as the many producers organization to last year. A large crop is practlc- help them to suf-cf-ss. The business ally assured. world realized that farmers must be Hay in the Willamette valley and successful If the cities are to prosper. FORMER LOCAL MAN TAKES OWN LIFE BeavertoH, Orogon, June 27. Er nest Stump, an employe of B. S. Kingslsy, locai merchant, committed suicide early this morning. The body was discovered by Evone Hetu and Clara Hennesey, clerks in the Kings Icy store, when they arrived to be gin work, lying on a bed in the room v. i.h a .22 -calibre repealing rifle be side It It was decided by Sheriff Alexander and Coroner Limber of Hills' oro that the dead man had placed the muzzle of the rifle in his mouth and pulled the trigger. People who know Stump Were un able to account for the suicide. Be fore locating in Beaverton, stump was in business in Boardman, Ore s' a, and Battle Ground, Wash. 11 AY GROWTHS SECURE CHANGE IN LOAN HILL ThO Federal Farm Loan Board In Interpreting the new Rural Credit "-ill passed at the last session of Congress, In I s orginal ruling r.fus ti to consider hay as a staple agri cultural commodity for use as secur ity for obligations submit led for re .1 is omit through the Federal Inter led late Credit Banks. Under 'his ruling it was Impossible for hay growers to avail themselves of ihis Mural Credit Bill, for the reason that It Is found absolutely Impracticable to warehouse hay and it has been -he practice heretofore to use only warehouse receipts as a basis for uch credit. The Oregon Co-operative Hay Growers opened nogotiatons to se cure a change in this ruling, but fearing their Inability lo get prompt astion single handed, they solicited the cooperation of the Yakima Coun ty Farm Bureau. Through their l Itod action Mr. Buckles, Man g r Ot the In'crmediefte Credit Bank of Spokane met with the hay growers demands, a statement of the con on ; under which hay Is grown, tored and marketed was prepared by the Secretary of the Yakima Farm Bureau and the Manager of the Ore gon Cooperative Hay Growers and forwarded to 'lie National Farm iOan Hoard. The cooperation of com mercial clubs in the Yakima valley ,i,",l the Congressional delegations of Oregon and Washington was all to obtained, and at the last meeting of the Board held in Washington JuM IBth the mailer, was taken up Cor discussion. All the demands made by the hay growers were agre ed to. This means that hay on the farm and in the slack can now be used as the basis for rredlt and removes 'he last possibility of doubt of the .tew Northwest Hay Growers Assn. b Ing able lo make reasonable ad vances lo growers upon hay In the stack. The coopt ration of a largo num ber of local banks had already been ecured to Ibis end, but the action of the Farm Hoard is most welcome. This will be of material assistance to local banks which may wldi lo discount this class of paper, anil should tin- hay growers find it des Irabls to set up an agricultural cred it corporation, they will be able to rediscount this pap.tr direct at G Vi pi r cc .i Intere t. This would guar antee money to members al not more than u. per cent Interest. Farm Notes From (). A. C. Oats and vetch silage gave better milk yields in an avmage of Ihree' feeding tests at the O. A. C. Experi ment station than coin or sunflow er silage. Haling the milk produc tion on corn at 100 per OOttt, that on oats and vetch was 105, and on sun flowers !. In fat production wl:h corn rated at 100, results with oals and vetch were 107, and with sun flowers 100. To make the most economical use of tb! land, cons Tve its fertility ami make the most profit in farming, a HientlflC crop rotation system is nec 8 ary, This gives a recurring suc- ion of crops with different plant food requirements, and Increases yields at the lowest possible cost. The lari'.-r yields from crop rotation are almost "char velvet." v - read that in si. Petersburg, Flu. the other day a thief stole a bathtub. We have often heard of a , : on taking a bath, but seldom of anyone taking a bathtub. FAKMFRS VISIT Tilt ii mm Fifty farmers of the county took advantage of the opportunity given last Saturday for inspection of the wheat nursery near Heppner. The nursery is composed of app.oxi.nate ly 400 rod length rows of wheat In cluding a large number of varietal trails and treatment: telts. This nursery was put out to try out under the Morrow County conditions a lew of the more promising varieties de veloped at the Moro Experiment Station. A treatment test on four Varieties, Turkey Red, Forty . Fold, Hybrid 138 and Bluestem given nine different methods of treatment show ed that the copper carbonaie meth od gave a better stand and equally as good smut control as any other method, One of the roticable thl. g; in this te3t was that Blueslem in all cases was winter killed almost en tirely. Severn! of the smiil re Isl am varieties of wheat were in the nursery and some of them show up very promising. It is expected that the Moro station will have Be .e of these varieties for distribution in the next two or three years. 1 lnt;i are being made by the count y &g ;.( for more extensive nursery trialj ct tbfl various varieties this coming year. E. A. Jacknmn, extonal n farm crop specialist, and C. A. V'UclWll, assistant superintendent of the ".loro Experiment Station wars present and discussed the things to be se in at the nursery. At the end of the meet ing the Crovd was treated to Ice ( am and lemonade by ih. Heppnsr commercial club. The regular meeting day for the ladles . d was Wednesday, the 4th, so it was decided lo omit this moel Ing, The next meeting v 111 be held on the usual date, the third Wed nesday Of the month at the church, so tar ns known. At the last meeting the ladles were invited lo the Blayden home where they en Joyod delicious cake, berries' and Cream and tea. These unc peeled pleasures always add greatly liie meetings. Omaha, July 2 The Union Pa OlfiC System of railroads has 51.016 biocknolders. according to a state ment Issued today by C. R. Qraym President, Approximately 43 per cent of the stockholders are woman and mo t of the Stockholders are per sons of moderate means, says Mr Gray. The average holding, ac cording to the statement, Is 63 shares ot a par value of $100 each. No one person, firm, corporation or Institution owns as much as two p r tent of the capital stock, the (a i nt adds. Stockholders reside in every state In the Union and in Alas ka, ('anal Zone, Guam, Hawaii, Phil ippine' Islands. "Thus," says Mr. Cray, "Union Pacific stock, like a Country's trade, follows the flag. This widespread distribution conclusive!.- answers the .statement thai the railroads are owned and control led by a few persons. To an extent rot generally recognised, the rail ways are owned by the public. This subject comes home lo .-very house hold vie n it Is con Idered that life Insurance policy holders and savings bank d, :osl or t are partners in the operation and development of our railways." "It seems thai a woman should be allowed lo talk to her husband at any time, but the wise woman," dep recates Mrs. Smith, " will cea.le to broadcast while bur husband Is sinning himself." GOOD C!GARTTES KJ GENUINE "BULL" DURHAM TOBACCO