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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1924)
THE BOARDMAN MIRROR VOLUME TV. JJOAKDMAN, MOKKOW COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1924. NUMBER 24 Ezra Meeker aHaSfefei 1 hxrn Meeker, no'lisi pioneer, iilm four year old. ulliioii.it ed littl lie In iriui.il to Me petition tia it candidal for ti-ixi'Hi liinilvu from I he Forty v nth district In the state tagtalatttf f Washington. Ill In wiUiik n nt was in support the Nmhcs Piiat highway project and ii.p,nU u 1 1 i ' - to Mr) through n application in bui ,i Mate highway through c'hlms.k pnm Kirn M..kiT was among tin. )rl few hundred lo cross ih,. continent bj ox U'tiin. und was initially th laal A!! any fisherman asks Ih 1 lint lu be given h break a the fisherman la the summer resort lulu. It seems il, .ii utility experts rmnn about n near agreeing us two alienists on opposite utile nt ii aJnrdet trial. Coach la Wrestling Star jMaMasssljBM Omar Haiti, who assisted ln i teynoldi Emm raw in turning out :oo-iMTci'nt wrMtUug taaa at Mil- ma university. He Inn been named isslstnnt runoh of (he I lonslcrs for ibe itmiag MMoa, Held was n.v pound Western Conference champion m iicj. kill FATHER SAdlO'H AOUt'K to III a, young inn. William i "An' If bail I lie I line conies Hun ye star! looldn' about ye fer n gal tor nil hitched up with, remember thai ya can't dim loo high- -fer Hie humbled little mouse of n woman will cause ye Jest as niucb trouble an' will usk fer Jest ua much In Hie long run ay tba awaUaal tontrta' queen ya kin plci iUt." i BXPBBIMBKT htation DOW Ity M. K. Keen tow Testing In the Hooding, Idubo, row test ing HHHOclatlou last vcur lb blgfMMI piodticlug cows averuged (6.1 DOUndj of bull iial, valued at llfl.M, while the ten lowest pio dueed l :.. pounds, worth $82. 65: ;i 1 1 ft rtnaa or iiii'j.k neanji ot lltS.tt. It coat S78.9& to feed the high-producing town und $40.12 tor the low producing. The good cowa gave a return of 114?. 13 above the rd coat while i tie poor onua re turned $2:1.23. Kuril pound or but- laffat from the aiur boardera coat 29 7 rents for fn J while from , the IiIkIi producers It cost only IK. 6 centa. The real wuy lo aJaartafn 1 t,ii 1 1 tire the ;.oo pound cowa uinl whb'h are the 1:11: pound ones la to ,10 a Diilk fcele and Pahcorfr tester. There are enough pom cows In thin district to make a cow teatlui; asso rlallon an exceedingly profitable institution Where They "Hook Out" I I pb lure hIihwk luUluna cuffing aalnum for their winter Il.sli Tba i lies Uragon. aupply nenr Your Conentlon OOOKJO "Porter HrmaV' In ante Volsie.nl rbtyi tbe "porter bouse," where porter and other null llquora wera sold, waa qatta u place for social gatheringa. To offyet lonipelltloii. the proprietor of 1 eertuin New Vork "porter house'' mad his ptaea a favorite b aarvlnc cholei beef vteuks, cut from btWnd the best ribs. Tbli part irn tar i-ui soon an ma to be known asrinajrafy aa "porter 5 bouse slenk." i 5 Practical Education A prnellee house or model lottiife Is a part of the general equipment of bonie e oiiomlex In all vocational schools of Oregon. Karh girl has ex iarlence In all the funilntnentals of the household food preparntlon. hnnse elennlni!. Iaur:dry and BRartaf. The food -preparation olnsses give the actual experience f buying and pre paring for a number of persons. Tha girls are taught the aptaMBng value of the dollar, principles of bouse deco ration, child care anil home nursing. HERO'S BURIAL PLACE IS IN CHICAGO PARK Sleeveless Knicker Suit Is Ideal for Sportswoman ROMANCE OF RIBBON MATTER OF HISTORY Colorful Adornments Worn in All Ages. In all your rumbles among Hie rib boll counters, did you ever consider tbe ancient Natnnce of the "ribband?" Switching one's mood with ribbon Is not a modern pastime. All through romantic history, ribbon, glittering and gleaming, winds Ha silky way. Always Hie token of love, chivalry or (Miwer, the "ribband" of old has appeured now its a love knot, carried by soma knight as his lady's favor; now u rosette for u diminutive slip per; now a single streamer from a seal of a .locvinent of state. When Queen KlUllbetli took the throne ribbon first came Into Its own. Until belles and beaux of the period used It lavishly for their n-rsonal adornment. "Men of meniie rank," writes a historian, "weure garters and shoe rosea of more than live pounds apiece." As for the Indies, ribbon richly trimmed their headgears und formed sprinklings of rosettes and love knots on their handsome gowns. Hut In tbe reign of l.ottls XVI, the favored ribbons amounted to frenay. Ladles bcribboned every garment, ev cry accessory, and gave Hie ribbons such meaning titles aa "attention." "murk of hope," "downcast eye,' "slgli of Venus.'' (b'tilletnen Wore hair rib bons. The practical Scots, however, found a more useful mission for Ibe ribbon. In Scotland, down until a unite recent data, the "snood" or "ribband" on the hair of a girl meant tltut she was un married. The name "ribband" comes from the fact that, before Ibe Mrs! ribbons were used In Kurope, probably 111 the Six teenlh century, they were woven on the hands and borders of garmculs, and were narrow, like a rib. When Htay were Mrst manufactured as sep arate irlmmlngs. tiny were often of gilt, fc with threads of gold and silver Interwoven. l'onseiiiently, they were expensive, and the linglNb parliament passed an act reserving to nobility tho right to wear them. The "blue ribbon" and "red ribbon," which are often given today as marks of excellence, had their origin In Raf hind. The blue ribbon then designat ed thai oldest order In England, the Order of the Hurler; aud the red ribbon stood for Hie next highest or der, the Order of the Hiltb. Another ribbon custom which origi nated In BnStnnd la that of numbering ribbons. This numbering was gov erned by the thickness of the Kngllsh penny, which was ulniost as large as our silver dollar. So, you can Indulge your ribbon fads and fancies with the assurance that yuu have historic precedent buck of you, next time you make a trip to tba ribbon counter, o o fj 15-00 o a r, 0 a on &c txto 0 00 00 e WHY WORRY? By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Lean uf Men, University of Illinois. 3 0OOOOOO0O oa OQOOOOOOOOOOOfiH afOTtUMq. lam . ad Into Ibe aj . . .1 lew weeks ago and dropiel Into Hie chair In Iron! of my ihn!. a cninipet and til j-pollocllt bcup sjt, hud been exposed to elite. .capox Ids best girl was goin to u dance with a, I'ld (Jam, aud his ijuia grade in phi .losophy 7 was 10, lie vv ua the pictun of glooin and despair. "1 tell you," he said, after a few moan ins of oiuiliuus silence, 'Tin woi ried." There are few states of mind in-re Useless and harmful limn worry. Half J tbe things are worry about never Imp pen, nod the other half right llnin selves If vve go along cheerfully line do our work. I was btxanajhl ; in an ntmospheti of worry -that la, I lived as a chili! on a f n rm and 1 aati) got my nil ol It and learned lis flit. Illy, there vus tbe worry of chinch hug and cul vvurnis, of vurly frost and hot winds, of drou:;h rial ve spells, of low prices aud failing crops; of hog cbolt ru und hols ami glanders and loot rot and a iboii-aml und one diseases an : disasters vvblcli seldom overlook us. "We are going lo have a tine CfOfJ of oni this year," I said to 11 coin plaining neighbor. "Yes, but lin worried for fear art won't get atij thing for It." wns his cheerful reply. "When we have u ciop we don't gei anything for it d wiea pi lees are iilgh vve uon't raise any Ibltlg." And I never remember a crop failure or a time when things did not turn out pretty satisfactorily, lliough few ever let mad to give up worrying. There are few things so useless a worrying. It will not win a girl's love or raise tbe price of potatoes; It will not get u man a Job or muke hint Im mune from the hives. Ii heli no alt nation; It gets one nowhere; It ia as gloomy and us uncertain a pleasure us the enjoyment of poor health. There are few things which ao In bihit and discourage progress or auc cess ua worry. It cornsles every pleas ure; It destroys ambition ; it foe to content: It robs a man of the will or of the desire to think or to work. When a man worries he must give all of bis time to It. The man "ho says he enn't help worrying resigns himself to emotional ataverj too enatry. Worry Is amenable to the will aa Is ever, other form of nervousness or hysteria. We encour age It. hv cowling li uud by yielding to it. 'String' told BJM the other day that he had 11 letter from Ids mother, telling blm that tie had had rhlckeiiHtx when he was a child, so that there was no danger or contagion ut this lime; his linuructor had mislead his grade In philosophy it was Ski; aud hl best girl hud Just sent him a beautiful hiitluhiy cake with a heart In tle center and with ciimllea around IL Why worry T . it4, WvBivra Ntwapaper Colon.) l'eople who live In wooden house shouldn't throw cigarettes by the roadfdde. War Declared!'! Pleasure Spot Holds Grave of David Kennison. Many of the thousands of visitors to Lincoln park have discovered : fer themselves near the Wisconsin street entrance u granite boulder set ' with a broti, tablet designating the s;iot as approximately the buriul 1 puna of David Kennison. II has been seventy two years since ' Keiinison's death, when, at the age of I one hundred fifteen years, three Mentha ' and seventeen days, be was the Inst survivor, of the Huston "ten party." , Xow Ids grave tublel with the in acrtptlon. Is the only reminder of a ! life tl'.ut wus picturesque lo more j ways 1 ban one. Kennlaoa was an curly settler in Ciocag as well as a veteran of the I Revolotlpftnry war and the War of 1812. He came here' In IU'k w hen he ! was MP years old. Since his light ing days he had been crushed by a falling tree and wounded by a can non ball tired at a military review, and hud only 11 iension of $8 u month to ' uiutntaln him. Nevertheless he started ! weal looking for thrills aud fortune. For a v . ar or so after coming to the yourg m.'tropolls on the lake ! shore, Kennison worked ua a day lnl orer. Then his fame as a "pottrer" 111 itw Boston "tea rmrty" having spiend, he obtained the post or lec tin er at Mooney's museum. 7:1 West Lake street Iltst.le Introducluc I'rater's Cenuine Vliglnlu tninsireis and discussing the wax figures and other strange exhibits, he gave a lec ture 1 1 each performance on the dump ing of tea In lb ston harbor. Kennison was made manager of the museum In lH4t and he announced that to the public In the following iniinn"r: "I have taken the museum In this city, wblcb I was obliged to do In order to gel a comfortable living, as my pension is so smuM it scureely affords 1 he comforts of life. If I live unlil the 17lh of November, 1948, I shall be 112 years old, and I iniend making a donation party on that day at the museum. 1 have fought In several battles for my country. All I ask of the generous public la to call at the museum on the 17th of November, which Is my birthday, and donate to me what they think I deserve." The aged patriot not only lived to be host at his donation party, but al most four years beyond then. His death occurred February 24, 1852. The funeral was held from the First Meth odist church und the procession was the most Imposing military turnout seen In Chlcnga up to thai time. His body was burled In the cemetery that then was situated in the present uirk. After the cemetery had been moved the Illinois chapter of the Sons of the Revolution, and the Duughters of the American Revolution marked bis grave with the boulder and tablet. Odcugo News. We were nut all in favor of snicker suits some few years ago. Ilo.vever. Hint is ancient history, today the knicker suit is the I leal garb of the sportswoman Every detail is planned for comfort with the style element aeeented. For midsummer the SSaja less kinds are liked best of all. Of course In this age when accessory counts so much in costuming one ex ercises 11 discriminating taste In mat ter of blouse, tie, hosiery and other details. The strictly tailored and 11 iiunish effects are preferred. The picture illustrates the jsdnt. The knitted four-in hand tie Is considered very smart. The narrow patent leather belt is the finishing touch. To harness the sun's heat so that It will Ik? concentrated enough M undt diamonds, as a Sun Franciscan says he can do. may he a scientific triumph, hut it tanks like u waste of diamonds. Fashion's Vogue Bring the Ostrich Back Again Ostrich has come back into fashion. Not ouly millinery reflects the revival of the ostrich vogue, hut costuming throughout Is luvisbly giirultured with ostrich fringe, tassels and other novel ty effects. Aa a consequence of this favor for ostrich the old-fashioned os trich boa is now new fashioned. Portrait effects through ostrich placements are part of the charm In millinery this season. The little roll brimmed model In the picture says au turner In Its strnw facing, while It bespeaks Autumn in Its black silk plush Crown ; therefore It Is an Ideal nildsenson type. LiV s Willi all ihe.se bed time stories comln' over th' radio, ih' poor kids caln't git no sleep u-tull. SUCH IS LIFE Uan Zeltn HO Is PRETTY GOT OFF ? - . 7 That '5 A l q- " r? sphere itm all The U s I A (r .- mommy. 1 f boat , I X 1 T ftTB"T 1 pretty fair i e s W H IfERT wha'th I U Pucrrr t s then ? 1