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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1923)
IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS By N. Seaman Thf, turkey shoot and raffle held by the Commercial club last Sunday tu a success from all angles except that the turkeys cost the club more than they should have cant and had . to be put up at higher prices to offset the high price paid for. the birds. This was rery disappointing to the mem bers of the. club and entirely unsat isfactory to the sportsmen shooting . for the birds. It was understood the turkeys eould be had at a right price and when it became known that the cost was to be $3, $4 and $5 to the , clab for what they disposed of it was too late to make any other ar rangements. True, that one or two S. B. NOTSON ATTOKIUBY-AT-LAW la eon Heus Dr. A. H. Johnston Phjraclaa and Hwgoen Office phana M 111 Kea. M 38 J AfMngtan, Oregon. Calls answered at all tours la Boardman Wednesday aad Saiar day mam lugs A. H. SWITEER ATTOWWCr AT LAW ; Arlington, Oregon WOODSON & SWEEK Hepyoor, Oregon. IMMMMMIIIMMMMMM A. FINE WORK X Is the foundation of our repu- A cauon. Cleaning, Pressing and Ile- puimiR ciotncs as our duxumuh. J ....Quick service on mail orders. "We clt'iui unytliiiur" t Imperial Cleaners W ... .. . ' -none in HKKMIHTON - - ORBOON IIIMIMMIIIIIIMIimil IIMIIHMI hlllllll I Sell Insurance Si.,. . : ? .... . . . J. C. Bal lender Boardihan - Oregon -GENERAL- BLACKSMITHING AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING lirM 'liuwi Work; (Guaranteed Sliop open Wednesdays. Thurs days and Fridays Rach Week Olher Days by Special Arrange ments on Larger Jobs IMTItO.VAOK sol. I. in i W. a HOWARD IU.A41KN.MrTH liUMdON . . OIIKGON Proper Housing Means More Profits In Hog Raising I The-Hog needs protection more thM moat tkxuoatic tuilniaJji, be cause It lacks natural protection, and ti very knsreptible to the in fluence of cold, heat and draft. Hok houses should have tight walls, roofs, doors and windows, abundant nunllghl, well drained floors and plenty of frrali air itii. ut draft. They ahead be strongly buiM of good mulct lain. Frame construction nitva all Ue" requlrenienu and linn- lutiber Is recommended ! an--It la carefully and accurately made, la strong, durable, depend able and will give life-long, hon est srv4j. rirtur- of Hog house here ahown la aaily one of many prop erly designed styles that our ar chitectural department worked oat. Our detail bine print and ma terial Ueta are so complete that building ran be done by your, self. These are farajssaVod free witn the mstarai. Drop lata nor offAee aad let us show too other styles, ritee flans with farm ihmldinos materials for all Lumber Company Tum-A-Lum IRIUOON, ttHKtKlW parties having eight or ten turkeys did say after the raffle was over they Would have been very Willing to put in their birds at lower prices, but one of these partlee in particular waft asked as late ax Saturday noon what he would do and Informed the club he was oh a deal for the sake of his turkeys. We give this write-up for the reason that we wish to explain our side of the high price deal and that when we pull off another shoot, the birds will be bought under an iron-clad contract before advertising the shooting match. Among the biggest winners for turkeys on the trap shooting were G. L. Moss, D. W. Jackson and Earl Brownell from Umatilla and Mr. Ma comber from Boardman. N. Seaman won one of the larger turkeys over K. C. Brownell and Earl has threat ened to charge him 6E cents a pound for the next lot of beefsteak to make up for the loss. We will have to watch him. Boardman Utellem THIRD YEAR Edited by the High School Students NUMBER 12. Truman Messenger, 'SC4, Editor Katherine Brown, '26, Assistant Kdiior Clara Marcua, Joke Editor The 7th and 8th grades served a dinner Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Mulkey being their guests. The 8th grade girls are selling Christmas seals. Buy some and help fight tuberculosis. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Morse, our county agent and his wife, were among the persons from Heppner at the turkey shoot and Mrs. Morse won one of the better urkeys. Mr. Morse contented himself with ducks and chickens. F. B. Swayie of the First National bank of Hermtston and several mem bers of his staff took part In the ahoot Sunday. Several others from Hermlston motored over and took part. Mr. and Mrs. Eaton have moved Into the McCoy house. Martin and Katon are now baling hay at the McCoy ranch. Delmar Lane, a former Irrjgon boy, now at Spray, Ore., has , been re warded second prize in an essay, "Girls Just as They Are." The judges recommended the publication of the unsay which is as follows: GIRLS JUST AS THKY ARE By Delmar O. Lane (Note: Delmar Lane is a ten-year-old boy in'the sixth grade In the public school at Spray, Ore. While they did not award him the first prize In our contest, the judges strongly recommended the publication of this essay.) A girl Is always a girl; you can teil them by a certain faculty of their sex when they get Into a quarrel. To get into a quarrel with one is not in the least advisable. They behave exactly like a bad-tempered cat, and act very treacherous as soon as your back Is turned. When you can't de fend yourself they pull your hair or kick you. When you first meet a strange girl she slther does not say a word to you or else lifts her eyebrows and ques tions you like this: "Why, who. are you?" Most generally she goes way around you to some other girl, and, pointing- an accusing linger at you, snu w,nupers, who is that ooyT' Then, as you become better ac quainted, she tries to make you feel like a fool, while she stands there laughing like a hen : with n wet cackle. If man sprang from a monkey wo man certainly came from the hen Some have tnhorited ' the caekle of tholr ancestors. Since the shootlg match Sunday a number of the boys are talking about forming a gun club. A number have already signed up for a meeting in the near future and prices on a set of traps suitable for practice have been written for. They plan to hold raffles and have shoots at different times. IRRIGON TOWN AND SCHOOL NEWS lly the Irrtgon High Krhool Charles Samson, who is working on the road at Judson with his fath er, found his team of mules In Irri- gon Tuesday, having wandered away from the camp. Charles Steward and Charles Powell butchered several pigs Sunday at the Powell ranch Elder Pond preached the sermon Sunday night as it was quarterly meeting of the Free Methodist church. The town boys organlied and started basketball practice Monday night. For the benefit of the pupils who wanted to spend Thanksgiving with grandma and grandpa, and those who will undoubtedly eat more tur key, cranberries, and pumpkin pie than they ought to, there was no school Thursday nad Friday of this week. Cheater Graham his entered the 1st grade here. He is living at the (kbotwell rock crusher. Tba hay balers finished work at the place of Oeorge Kand Monday. Thajr are now warklng at the farm of Mr. , Caldwell, just across from the school house Mr. and Mrs. William Nercroaa moved to Condon last week. Mtas Margaret Seaman spent the week-end In Portland visiting her brother, Lyle Seaman. The school is planning for a Christmas program. Another will be given later to raise, money for the student body. a The shoes have now avlved for the girls' basketball team. ., The team is now practkflng ANT GIRL la troobl may oouimuni eat wtth Ensign T ea of tha Sal ratio. Araay at taa White Shield Horn. Ml Mavfalr Ave.. Fardand. Oregon. .... a Mrs. E. A. Brown and Mrs. W. G. Cahoon visited the primary and 3rd and 4 th grade rooms. The advanced cooking class has been baking cakes. Some of the girls are going to make cakes for Thanks giving at school. The Freshman girls made some muffins Monday which looked so nice that even the teachers thot they were cake. Patrons who are in arrears with the Cafeteria are kindly requested to remit as soon as possible. In so do ing you will help us to settle our ac count with the stores. Ticket sale is now on for the famous family orchestra. The Elliotts will be here Thursday evening, Dec. 6th. Don't fail to hear them. A Second Kn Klux The advanced cooking class has finished its work on fish and is begin ning on salad. This Is where the good part comes in. i It was only last Friday, Nov. lfi, 1923. that the Royal Knights of Proper Clothing held its first initia tion. The victim was a joyous-young gent of refined manners, but his clothes were a disgrace to the foot ball team. Maybe some noticed the change but others did not, and as a warning to all concerned, you must hereafter appear in proper human clothes or you will be taken to the darkest extremity of the building and well, that remains to be done. As there is to be no more games this year the letters were given out last Friday to the following boys: Roy Dempsey, Howard Packard, Arthur Bailey, Ray Dempsey, Alton Klltz, Truman Messenger, Earl Olson, Edward McClellan, Arthur Chaffee, Deibert Johnson, Francis Gilbreth, Weldon Ayres. What the l ittle Folks are Doing 1 On visiting the primary room last Tuesday we found their room nicely decorated. On the border above the blackboards is to be seen what they have named "Pumpkin Village," with pumpkin houses, giraffes and bears. In one corner of the room is a sand table on which they have built a Puritan home Btanding among green trees. Turkeys and other domestic fowls are within Its rail enclosure. Puritan men and women are stand ing among the trees and the whole scene is suggestive of Thanksgiving day. Besides doing the decorating work the children are taught to tell a story about each part. They have also made spelling books in which they write the words they have learned to spell. The covers of these books are made of card board and mounted with paper cut tings of black and white turkeys. The Primary room has sold 175 Christmas sea,s, which is much to their credit Last week they re their credit. Last week they received the follow ing visitors: Mesdames Kosar, Cohoon, Brown, Wagner and Klages. 8rd and 4tht At the beginning of the school year both 3rd and' 4th grades were badly in need of review. Tha't has been done so that now it can be said of them "Every day in every way they are getting smarter and smart er." In art work the children made a pretty turkey and cornstalk border for the school room. The deportment Is higher this month. Last month there were only four who received 100. This month there are eleven. School closed Wednesday evening for Thanksgiving holiday and will open Monday, Dec. 3. Nearly all the teachers spent Thanksgiving away from Boardman. Mrs. Crowder, Misses Sears, Hlxson, Marvin, Wolff and Mr. Griggs jour neyed to Portland and points beyond. Mr. and Mrs. Mulkey remained at home and entertained some friends from Portland. An assembly was held Wednesday morning with appropriate Thanksgiv ing exercises. Following is the pro gram as rendered: 1. Flag salute. Star Spangled Banner. 3. Thanksgiving, Zoe Hadley. 4. Song and, Recitations, Primary room. 5. Song and Cantata, 3rd and 4th, and 5th and 6th grades. 6. Piano Solo, Linda Hango, 5th grade. .7. Grumble Corner, 7th grade 8. Song, Glee Club. Visitors at assembly were Mes dames Berger, Cramer, Gorham, Gib bons, Dillon, Stewart and Klages. PREAMBLE We, the students of Boardman High, in order to form a better school, establish joy, insure perfect health, provide for our betterment, promote our general standing, and secure the blessings of happiness to ourselves and our friends, do ordain a gymnasium for Boardman. This Appeal is to You! Don't foiget Elliott's grand or chestra concert to be given Thursday evening, Dec. 6th. Worthy directors and kind friend? a 'mighty appeal to you is bursting forth: "The need and longing for a gymnasium." Are you going to help us? Are you going to make our long silent wish a reality? If you but knew some of the hard ships and humiliations that we have undergone by not being able to offer comfort to our visiting teams. We cannot accommodate our home spectators let alone the friends and feilbw students of our opposing team What sort of an opinion of us do they take away with them? (for the Wattle does not fall on us.) For in stance, remarks such as these are dropped: "Well, they certainly have their nerve to take us to a place like that to ilay bask I ha 1 1'" "Who could play in a 'cubby-hole' Ilka that?" and "I'd just as soon stay clear of that place." Friends! Can we blame them? No. for it is the truth and the truth Uurta. We do not gain popularity. We do not gain anything but slams and knocks. It Isn't the. visitors alone who are disgusted and disappointed, but you yourselves are. If you are not, then why do so many people reniark: "What's the use to go to the game? Our boys will only be beaten." Our own mothers and fathers have made these remarks. Now! Why were we defeated laii year? How could we be otherwise when we could practice but two nights a week; when our hall was altogether too small for suitable team work; its ceiling too low; and many other dis advantages, while perhaps not. notice able to the onlookers were difficult problems for the players. The only answer that can be given is that it was all we had. Most Worthy Directors and those of you who will stay behind us and fight for us, we want you to know that this plea is sent to you straight from the hearts of the studens of B.H.S. By Wahnona Rand:; THANKSGIVING (Read in Assembly by Zoe Hadley) Thanksgiving is a time when the people of this nation should pause long enough to engage In serious thought. It is a day that should challenge the attention of both erious and frivolous minds. The fact that there are millions of our people who have either forgotten, or do not know or do not care what this day signifies or reflects upon our nation. All that we have, all that we enjoy in the way of constitution and all lib erty has its source in the coming or the Pilgrims. The Mayflower compact drawn up by that group of one hundred or more people was the first step which finally culminated in our grand and glorious constitution which was later instituted by a galaxy of great men. The founding of a home on the stormy shores of New England was likewise the first step in the trans formation of a new found land in which oppressed people from other lands became home builders and citi zens of a great commonwealth. The heroism, fortitude and cour age exhibited by these first comers was akin to that of Flanders field. Those sturdy Pilgrims landed amid a storm of hail and sleet, and began to build homes. During the lin t . i,. er over half their little band per ished from hunger and sickness, yet when spring came not one thought of returning home. They endured the elements of a rigorous climate rather than return to the oppression of a tyrant English king. They had found a land where they could start life anew and worship God according to the dictates of their own con science. In this day it may seem hard for us to realize what the blessings we tinjoy have cost. Yet wb have only to study our school history to know that we are the beneficiaries of un told hardships and sacrifices endured by the Pilgrims and those who came after thein. They gave thanks to God for a few crusts of bread. How much more have we to be thankful for? We are in a land of plenty. We are in a position to help the -tarving and oppressed people of other lands. The American flag iloats above us and of all nations on the earth we are the greatest and most prosperous. So, today lest we forget, let us read again the story of our fore fathers and renew our pledge to our ountry, our flag and give thanks to our God as did the Pilgrims of three hundred years ago. The Boardman Mirror Boardman, Oregon MARK A. CLEVELAND, Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY J2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE-- Entered as second-class matter Feb 11, 1921, at the postofflce at Board man. Ore., under act of Mar. 3, 1879 When the leaders of the live stock Industry promoted the baby beef club work among boys and girls, they did not expect that within only a few yeurs these juniors would he able to surpass the experienced veterans In the show a-cna. But this, however, happened at rhe recent Indiana state fair when the winner in the baby beef contest showed in the open classes and defeated the breeders themselves for the grand championship of the show. The boy who had this proud distinc tion was William Robert Wilson, the son of the well-known- Aberdeen-Angus breeder, W. W. Wilson of Muncie, Indiana, After winning nt his county fair, the young man took his baby beef, Baron W, to Indianapolis to compete for the state championship. There he met stiff competition in the show of (!2 calves, 24 of which were Short horns, 22 Aberdeen-Angus and 1G Here fords. This promising stockman was asked to tell the story of his success for the benefit of the thousands of farmer boys and girls who are enrolled In club work all over the country. The following account Is given in his own words : "The calf that I showed in Indian apolis Is a pure bred Angus. His sire Is Belmont E. Baron and his dam is Hotel Dorlon, Pendleton, Is still the house of welcome. -a -fin 1 1 THE QUELLE A good place to at In Pendleton. To know how good a cigarette really can be mad you must try a- KM LUCKY STRIKE 'IT'S TOASTED' William Wilson and His Champion Steer, Baron W. Leona Deun. I named him Baron W. I bought him of my father In March. He weighed on March 1, J20 pounds. "When I bought him he was running In the lot with other cattle, feeding on ensilage, clover hay and straw. I tied llim up for a week and began to feed him some ground oats and corn and nil meal with his ensilage and carried him water. "I won grand champion on him at our county fair and then I took him to our state fair, where I won first in the calf club and grand champion Of the club. Then he won first in the open Angus class and was made champion Angus steer and later grand champion over all breeds. I am going to show him at the International Live Stock Exposition in the Calf club contest." Professor W. J. Kennedy, Sioux City, Iowa, who judged the steers at In dlanapolif, is reported to have stated that the animals shown there were among the best he had seen this year. tWSUWM llUlttlili : mmmmmm The Greatest FIRE SALE Pendleton Ever Saw In Full Swing Here Offering the best and greatest stock of Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes, Groceries, Etc., in Eastern Oregon, at prices that make your dollars do double work for you. Everything in this great store is included in the sale. No reservations-Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes, Groceries, Women's Ready-to-Wear. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY AND SAVE PENDLETON'S GREATEST DEPARTMENT STORE Use our post office sub-station, it's here for your convenience. 1 THIS FIRE SALE is Pendleton's great est bargain event. DONT MISS IT "WHERE IT P AYS TO TRADE" eft