y S ' THE RROR VOLUME 3. BOARDMAN, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1923 NUMBER 23 MCKAY CREEK WATERS TO BE POT TO WORK According to reports from the seat of action work is now under way on the McKay creek dam and the first of the camp buildings has been com pleted and others are under way. Regarding the work, the East Ore gonian last night had the following to say: The big government job is under the direction of two men. Construct ion Is being handled by It. M. Con ner, and the engineeri". - work is in the hands of Ralph LOiVl'y, both experienced men. The task of build ing the camp will be rushed just as fast as lumber shipments arrive some time this week. Applications from more men than it is possible to handle have been made to date, but the size of the force will be increased, according to Mr. Conner, as soon as work can be started in earnest. To Make McKay Work. By the construction of the dam, McKay creek will be put to work, and its banks below the big structure will no more recognize it as the mountain stream that carries tor rents in the spring of the year and dries up completely in the last part of summer. The dam will be the guardeian of its water supply, which will be put to work to tickle the roots of alfalfa, sneak up the trunks of fruit trees and make for produc tion on lands in the west end of the county, at present either arid or lacking a sufficient supply of water to make it realize its greatest possi bilities in producing foodstuffs. I The dam will be a big job. Its length will be 2,600 feet, just a little less than one-half mile. Its height from bottom to top will be 160 feet.: At the base it will be 620 feet wide tappering to the top where its width will be 20 feet. To Require Much Material. In building the big concrete struc ture a total of 2,300,000 cubic yards of gravel will be used. This gravel will be mixed with 25,000 cubic yards of cement. The gravel will be taken out of beds about one mile above the dam in the bottom land. A narrow guage railroad will be built and the gravel will be loaded by means of power shovels into the cars, trans ported to the dam and dumped. The first construction work on the dam proper, after the camp build ings are finished will be the build ing of the cutoff trenches and the tunnel through the rock on the north side of the valley. Tunnel Divert Water. This tunnel will be 735 feet long and will convey the water from the reservoir under the ground and the end of the dam to below the struc ture where it will flow back into McKay, thence down to the Uma-; tilla. The diameter of the tunnel will be ten feet, and the flow of wa ter will be regulated with needle valves. A spillway on top of the dam will provide a gateway for water when ' the reservoir is full. The reservoir will extend back three miles when full. The storage! capacity created by the dam will be 73,000 acre-feet of water, which means water1 one foot deep lit It were spread over that many acres. of Drink. There are appromimately 325,000 gallons of water in one acre-foot, so that the McKay reservoir, after it is filled will contain about 32,725,000 000 gallons of water. Or divided up into drinks of one-half pint for each person, it would quench the thirst of 379,600,000,000, persons. Later it is possible that the wa ters of Birch creek may be diverted into the reservoir near its head, as a supplementary source of supply. If this diversion is made the water will flow throuh an open canal. Completion of the construction may be realized In three years, depending on the supply of money from the re clamation service. The cost of the work will be approximately $2,500,-000. TO KNOW SPRAYING DATES SAVES ORCHARDISTS MONEY While it has long been reorganized that climatic factors influence the severity of the ravages of the codling j moth in fruit orchards, it was not until recent years that the close re lationship between the temperature of the air and the developmnt and activity of the moths has been studied and charted. Cooperation bet ween meteorologists and entomolo gists oi the United States Depart- ment oi Agriculture and State hor ticulturists in Washington has con tributed to the more efficient con- trol of the moth, which is partieu ' larly destructive to apples and pears, i Experiments conducted at tire Weather Bureau station at Walla Walla, Wash., have shown that cod ling u.olhs do not deposit eggs when the temperature is below 60 deg. F. Observations have shown also that of the eggs are laid between 3 p. m. and 9 p. m. The practical ap plication of these facts is that when there is a temperature or 60 deg. F., or higher at 8 p. m. lor two or three nights in succession the use of a spray is indicated, as enough eggs will have been produced to cause considerable later damage. As these eggs will hatch in from one to three weeks, depending on the temperature, the spray must be applied accordingly. If the weather turns cold after the eggs are laid, that is, with maximum temperatures of 70 deg. F., or below, the spray would not have to be on the trees for 10 days or two weeks while if it remains at 7 5 deg. F., or higher the spray should be on in a week. As the cost of spraying adds mat erially to the expenses of an orchard it is very essential that the work be done when most effective. Ther mometer shelters have been install ed by the weather bureau in three different parts of the Walla Walla fruit district, to aid in the work of determining the proper spraying dates for the codling moth. 1 mmmmm STATE MARKET AGENT DEPARTMENT C. E. Spence, Market Agent I The potato growers of Oregojti I should have a strong1 cooperative . marketing association, organized along the California contract plan, to put this industry on a proiitabL and dependable basis. j Many sections of the state are nat urally adapted to potato growing, and it is said that but one state, Colorado, can equal Oregon in the quality of this crop, yet for years with few exceptions the Oregon far mer has not received the cost of growing the crop. Last fall thous ands of bushels were left In the ground because the market price would not pay for the harvesting and marketing. The potato crop of the state should be pooled through a solid coopera tive selling agency, This is simply a thoroughly businesslike way. Thru it trained men can do for the growers what they cannot do for themselves individually; markets be found; ample credits can be secured; grades can be established, and it would seem that thru these channels the potato industry could be made stable and profitable. The Pacific Co operative Wool Growers is an Illustration of what may be done by producers pooling and sticking. Farm market special ists who have investigated the var ious wool pools in the United States, state that this association is the most efficient wool-marketing or ganisation in the country. It now ha3 a membership of about 2500 in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and northern California. It sells the out put sorted, graded and scoured. This puts the fiber into strictly merchant able classes, and sheep men state they get from three to ten cents more per pound than outside prices for ungraded stocks. The potato crop of Oregon can be handled In almost th,? same man ner as wool. A strong membership is necessary in organization, then capi Me management, And the suc-cos.- or failure of nearly all of mar keting associations depends on man agei ent- success, in putting at the or;; Izatlon's head men who thoro ly ..derstand the job and who are cap. Me of handling it Without tab efficient management, member skip everything else goes for naught. ( . "ii . rain growers should not be iclted or scared over the news-1 par stories of record-breaking croi's of the country generally.! Tht i e will be a large production In! thi ; wth rst. but this condition do-' not prevail throughout the mid dle n-M, so state those from that di rection. Weather conditions have! and dry, mlddlewest be i unfavorable, hot t hi ugh most of the whi m bet. pood Hlver has seen the folly oi l el! ' apples around 70 cents peri bo. that cost about one dollar to giv Now the growers propose to I or .. lize a strong marketing and dis-i trit ting agency and stabilize the t lad ry, All over the country the pr rs are forced to a realisation th at individual marketing is no lon- pet rofitable and that only through j or ..-ii pooling and marketing can i tfefM succeed. . The state market master will give as much assistance to consumers' organizations as to producers, when this class become enough interested to take the initiative. So far the consumers have shown but little in terest in any movement to co-operate with producers and shorten the line and reduce the costs between the grower and the consumer. The state market master is ready to as sist any cooperative proposition that is founded on a solid basis. Shothole borers attack only the trees that have been set back by some injury enough to form a "sour sap" condition. On boring into such a tree the insects prepare to feed their young grubs by planting in the tunnel a fungus that will grow only in sour sap conditions. The beetles are attracted fo trees in this condi tion, and attack them. So the first step in control is to find the cause of poor vitality in the tree, and to remove it as much as possible. Ser iously infected trees should be cut out and burned. Infectious abortion of cattle, wide spread in Oregon, has no diagnostic symptoms, but can be diagnosed by blood test. Infected animals often give birth to live, vigorous calves, and may be very active spreaderB of the disease. Owners of abortion free herds are advised by the O.A.C. Experiment station never to intro duce females that have ndt been tested into their herds. Henry Ford wasn't born in Ohio and doesn't know how to play golf, yet there are some people inclined to believe that he can be elected to1 the presidency. To know how good a cigarette really can be made you must try a "That's No Cinch," said the jock ey as he and the horse left the saddle. 1 C I Q ARETTE NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE UNDER' FORECLOSURES OF MORTGAGES. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for Morrow County. Arlington National Bank, Plaintiff, vs. Board man Garage, Boardman Lum ber Company, J. C. Ballenger Lumber Company, Sidney C. Mack, Lucile Mack, Stella A. Dodd, E. , P. Dodd, Archie B. Cummins, Florence M. Cummins, J. C. Bal lenger, Ruth N, Ballenger, H. L. Everett, Mrs. H. L. Everett, C. A. Macomber, Grace Macomber, N. A. Macomber, M. L. Morgan, Breta A. Morgan, Claire 1'. Harter-Wes-ton, M. R. C.allaber. J. E. Qalta her, Homer L. Gallaher, M. R. Gallaher, Trustee, J. E. Gallaher. Trustee, and Homer L. Galahler, Trustee, Defendants. By virtue of an execution, Judg ment order, decree and order of tale issued out of the above entitled Court in the above entitled case, to me directed and dated the 5th day of July, A.D., 1923, upon a judg ment rendered and entered In said Court on the 30th day of June, A.D.,1 1923, in favor of Arlington National, Hank, plaintiff, and against Sidney C. Mack. Lucile Mack, lArchie B. Cummins, Florence M. Cummins, Stella A. Dodd, Boardman Garage, H. L. Everett, and C. A. Macomber,. defendants, for the sum of $217.50, with interest at the rate of seven I per cent per annum from the 13th day of March, A.D., 1922; and upon a further judgment in favor of AT-I lington National Bank, plaintiff, and against Archie B. Cummins, F!or-, ence M. Cummins, Boardman Lum ber Company, J. C. Ballenger Lum ber Company, J. C. Ballenger, Beard-' man Garage, H. L. Everett, and C. A. Macomber, defendants, for the sum Of $600 00 with Interest thereon from the 1st day of May, A. D., j 1922, at the rate of 8 per cent pert annum; and the further sum of $100.00 attorney fees, and the fur ther sum of $41.25 costs and dis bursements of said suit; command ing me to make sale of the following described real property, to wit: Lots Number Seventeen (17) and Eigh teen (18), In Block Number Seven (7), of the Town of Boardmin, Morrow County, Oregon; together with all tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto apper taining: Now, therefore, by virtue of said execution, judgment order, decree and order of sale, and, In compliance with the commands of said writ, I will, on Tuesday, the 14th day of August, A. D., 1923, at the hour of eleven o'clock In the forenoon of said day, at the front dor of the building upon said premises, sell al public auction, subject to redemp tion as Is by law provided, to the highest and best bidder for cash, all the right, title and interest which the above named defendants, and of each and all of them In the above entitled suit had. on the 13th dav of March, A. D. 1919, or on the 21st day of November, A. D., 1919, the dates of the mortgages foreclosed In this suit, or since either of said dates, nave had In or to the above d r i bed real property, or any part thereof, to satisfy said execution, judgment order and decree, prtnei pal, Interest, attorney lees, costs and accruing costs. Dated this 13th day of Julv, A. D., 1923. GEORGE McDUFFBE, Sheriff of Morrow County, Oregon. First publication: July loth, 1923. Last publication: August 10th, 1923. RRIGON NEWS ITEMS A. H. Allen's brother from Calif ornia made a suprise vi.lt in Irrigou Monday and Tuesday. His wile and family wire on their way to Spokane where they expect to make their home in the future. GoO. C. Howard of Portland end a party of prospective settlers with him spent several hours in Irrigon looking over the district Saturday. The apricot orchard appealed to them very much and they may set tle here and go into fruit railing, The Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., Is making delivery of part of a car load of cantaloupe crates and other box materials to the Association Ibis week. Special school election was held Tuesday and John Goehcl elected director and Bay Lamoreoux clerk. Quite a crowd turned out from parts of the districts while others did not tie up their work to vote. Farmer Smith of the Union I'aclf lf spent a couple of days in Irrigon this week, the guest of the local at'. -nt and In interests of the Com pany. The apricotB are about all gone. People, should not come after any after this appears in the paper, with out special arrangement County Agent Morse was In Irri gon Friday. He says he hopes to have demonstration on fruit bal ding at Irrigon in August. This is What we are all Interested In. Meetings on farms where crops or live stock were being grovfn under i he direction of the agricultural ex tension agent lo demonstrate ap proved methods, or other demon strations In farm practices given by extension agents, were attended by over 82,500 farmers in 1922, accor ding to reports to the United States Department of Agriculture. More than 470,000 farmers attended ex tension schools or short courses to learn new farming methods which the agricultural colleges and exer iment stations have found profit able. The total number of far mere attending the year Is estimat ed to be over 14,000,00. DR. SCHAFER DEPLORES HARDING All) TO MYTH EUGENE, July 6 . Regret that President Harding had lent his en dorsement, In his adress at the open ing of the Old Oregon Trail, to the discredited legend that Marcus Whit man saved Oregon to the Union, by personal Inters ession with Presi dent Tyler, was expressed here this morning by Dr. Joseph Schafcr, sup erintendent of the Wisconsin State Historical Society, who was tor twenty years head of the history department of the University of Ore gon. 1 Dr. Schafer, who is the author of Several books on Northwestern and Pacific Coast history, and has con ducted researches into the history of the Oregon boundary dispute be tween the United States and Great Britain, said: "The thoughtful citizen will not be disposed to find fault with the President for utilizing in his Mea cham address the beautiful, dram atic legend of how Whitman 'saved (Uii, on.' To criticise him for doing so as on historical grounds one would criticise the ordinary lecturer, would be to misapprehend the con ditions under which such incidental addresses necessarily are made by the President, whose time on the trip is engrossed with a multitude Of duties that rigorously exclude the preparation of speeches. Ad dresses on questions of policy of our.. . are prepared by Mm in ad vance. For such others as seem to be called for by local situations, like the one at M sachem, he is com pelled to depend upon others. "In tin? present ease it is clear that someone who was Interested In exploiting as it it wore historical, the long exploited myth about Whit man saving Oregon, obtained the President'! eat and probably placed the typed manuscript of the address in his hand. Bv doing this, and per suading the President to read it, that pe reCta assuredly scored the season's greatest teat or advertising, for, notwithstanding Hie Presi dents' oral statement that some doubted the truth of the story he was about lo present, he did In fact pies .nt it as history, and his speech, printed beoauee it was his , will pass with millions of people as a fully authenticated historical narrative. In al! probability a new brood of booka on western history, carrying the President'! Meacham speech by way of restoring in new form the long discredited Whitman myth, will be one result. Inasmuch as It has required half a century of controver sy, and a vn9t expenditure of effort by th,' defender! and opponents alike to eradicate the legend from his to ies, this if it should happen, Would be an unfortunate circum stance. For It goes without saying thai historically minded men and women will not except fiction for tact, i hough all love the memory of Doctor Whitman for his splendid Christian character and for the a rhiovemettts which can be rightly credited to him. Vegetables that are best Irrigated by running the water In furrows along the side of the plants are to matoes, sweet corn, rhubarb, cucum bers, melons, beans, and squash, and such general crops are grown wltli rather a wide distance between the The main considi ration in Hie modern marriage cermony is the mony. Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, When he bumped his shin against the bed- 50 IS COMMUNITY SPIRIT IN FAIR ENTIRELY DEAD? Is our "community fair" spirit en tirely dead? If it Is not let us see what can be done to revive it. I have written to the president of the association asking what lrrigou wLhes us to do to aid them. I have asked Mr. Glasgow to select someone at Irrigon to act as secretary and suggested Mr. Seaman, who I trust will accept the honor and responsibilities- perhaps more of the latter than the former. Remember mat the Hate appro priates $t!00 a year to the county to assist in conducting a fair. It ap peared last fall as though we could have had the whole lump If we had held our fair as planned. The county agent Informs me that Heppner is not going to put on a lair this season, so that it would set in that the chances were good fdr considerable premium uioney fro. a lhat source this rail, If we can qual ify properly. The county agent Is willing and anxious to help us in every w..., pos sible. Ii you want a fair and wi 1 h In to put It over, let everybody know ttrU the Mirror. Let the tu t assistant postmaster of Boardman know your desire and he will see that It is pub lished. Unless y'Mi Intend to help put on a fair wo i.on't care lo hear from you. Secretary Harry Crawford will re- llgn, II he has not already done so, as he says he does not care to, or cannot fill the position. All who want a fair and will help please register thalr names with Mr. Hoot. Rend It in by mail, phone or deliver H in person, so that we will know how mnny will help. The management always rails up on a small number, but remember that those few cannot furnish the exhibits, C. H. DILLABOUOII, Federal penults for 1923 h;.ve been issued to 770 persons who am cooperating In birdbanding work with the Hlologlcal Survey, United Slates Department of Agriculture In 1920, when this work became a regular activity of the Biological Survey, X9 persons volunteered to assist and were supplied with the necessary peniH.s. In 192 1 the number increased to 1S9, and In 1922 to 552. Birdbanding coop r alors serve without pay, their mot ive being h desire to atslst In In creasing our knowledge of birds From the Fargo Forum we learn that Of. liraves, who left Stand, Id three weeks ago for the North Da kota metropolis,, base betMffS) one of the Incorporators In a five million dollar building and loan association, with headquarters In that town. The aiiiiounremenl comes as a surprise to Slanfleld friends, as II was un derstood that the doctor would re turn here later and resume the prac tice of his profession. The best thing which could hap pen to some men lo put them on their feel, is to have their cur stolen. GOOD CIGARETTES GENUINE "BULL" DURHAM TOBACCO C. M. Hurlburt, ex-couuty engineer at Hood Hlver, has completed sound ings of the channel of the Columbia river in preparation for construction of the Interstate bridge that will con nect Hood River and White Salmon, Wash. The next steps In the bridge work will be borings to test for bed rock. The river Is comparatively shallow where the bridge will cross and preliminary tests show that bed rock lies close to the bottom of tht river The Bteel spans over the river will total about 2200 feet. Victory for the United States gov ernment suits to obtain possession of parcels of land necessary in the devel opment of the McKay Creek unit of the Umatilla Irrigation project was registered wheii a federal court jury at Portland returned awards totaling ttfO.UOO as against claims of the de fendants which amounted to 1101,647, Decision of this case opens the wuy to a development uu which the gov ernment will expend $2,500,000 and also establishes a scale of valuation on which the guverumeut aud the owners uf the laud still needed (or fee project may proceed.