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THE BOARDMAN MIRROR
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1624
BUDGET
For the City of Boardman, Oregon, for the Year 1925. Passed by the Bud
get Committee and the City Council, O tober 9, 1924.
Warrants Outstanding $400.00
Interest on outstanding warrants 170.00
Irrigation water and ii t-ii 1100
Street improvements 150.00
Recorders Salary 15000
Miscellaneous Incident inls 14.00
$1,000.00
I, Margaret Klltss, Recorder of the 'iiy of Boardman, Oregon do hereby
certify that the above Budget was passed al a special meeting of the City
Council and Budgel Committee on the Dth day of October, 1024., and that
V. ey are carefully prepared and to the best of my knowledge.
.i C, Ballenger, Mayor Margaret KUtz, Recorder.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OF WEEK
Entertains at Dil.neT besl dances of the winter season. The
affair Is to be held at Louys hall.
Mrs. Dlngman entertained at ! v I I dman Royal Neighbors are in-
lioine last Sunday the guests betSg viied ,0 he present with their friends
Miss Edna Broylss and Mrs. J. i for the affair.
Russell. An exquisite luncheon was
served at 19 with great pleasure to Last Friday afternoon, Mrs. E. K.
her company. Mulki y entertained at her home ut a
bridal shower, for Mrs. Pot Puttee,
Rcyal Neighbors Plan Dante who was formerly Miss Dela Oisan.
A rousing good lime is being plan About 40 matrons were present, who
t I by a committee of Rival Neighbors showered the honoree with many lovo-
lu charge of preparations for I rhasks i.v and expensive gifts. A delicious
I ivlng dance. Excellent music will be lunch was served by til hostess, assist
engaged and everj detail talo n car- pd U- Mrs. W. (). King and Miss May-
(.f to Insure those attending one of the rnie Inngo.
Mrs. Harriet McLellan
Mrs. Harriet McLellan, aged eighty
six years, of Atlanta, Ga., friend of
the wives of the Presidents since Lln
loln. She remembers Mrs. Lincoln by
her wide-swaying hoopsklrt ; Mrs.
Harrison by her huge leg-of-mutton
Sleeves ; Mrs. Cleveland by her enor
moSS bustle, and Mrs. McKinley by
her pompadour. The first Mrs. Wilson
wns a schoolmate of one of her daugh
ters, of Mrs. Ooolidge she says,
'"J here's n real White House lady for
you. of fill the 'first ladles' I've ever
met she Is the most hroudmlnded and
nitnrBl- .
W MA - U A - UA "Y BUT;D"f ' VOU Swoua5M'r 1
pilinri -in i r 7 M "n MM . I LAUCjM at people just 1
iULin LJ LlX L. TUHW FACE BECAUSE TnEt 'BE FUNNY g
I W,U. JOHE f J Vg" S$ f
1 FuNeN FACE (
1 j-J T SCOLD
MB. CCuMPET AND vWHY BuroY, ME 1 SHOULD If g
WY APE fOU JO 5AD ? I FEEL SORCY FoE V . . JBlk
V. people who. ace - Jlly
BIG TURK
Trap Shooting
Mk Shooting
Revolver Shooting
Dice & Card Games
For Turkeys & Ducks
Sunday Nov. 16
Hot Lunch At Noon
Held Under the Auspices of the
Hoardman Gun Club
Boardman, Oregon
Everybody Welcome Sunday Nov. 16
MILLIONS OUT OF
JOBS ALL THE TIME
Large
Costs and Waste
Simple School Frocks
Varied by Fabric
Sage Foundation Completes
Five-Year Survey.
New York. Averaging good and
bad years, 10 to 12 per cent of all i
the workers in the United States, sev
eral millions of men and women, are
out of work all the time, and wide- :
spread unemployment Is now a con
stant phenomenon with far-reaching
economic, social, psychological and
moral bearings. These are some of
the facts brought out In the introduc
tion to the report of a five-year study
of employment methods, needs and
agencies made public here by the Rus
sell Sage foundation.
In seeking work through certain
types of commercial or fee-charging
employment bureaus, particularly
'those dealing with unskilled and cas- j
ual labor, thousands of men and worn- i
en are being exploited, and public em-
ployment bureaus or exchanges can
make a material contribution toward
the solution of this and other phases
Of the ever-recurring problem of un
employment, the report continues.
It is made clear In the report that j
the figures on unemployment, while
representing the average of the coun- ;
try's experience during the last two
decades, are not necessarily Indicative
of present conditions or of the last 1
year.
Completed Report Voluminous.
The investigation, which extended
into more than seventy cities In thirty-one
states and Canada, tins just
been completed. The full report, cov
ering more than 000 printed pages,
will be issued shortly. The survey
was conducted by a staff of trained
field investigators, all of whom had
previously been engaged In employ
ment work, under the direction of
Shelby M. Harrison, director of the
foundation's department of surveys
and exhibits.
Practically every known means for
bringing work and the worker togeth
er was studied. The "want ad" pages
of newspapers, the fee-Hiarging labor
agencies, the free public employment
office, the labor union's method of se
curing work for Its members, the fra
ternal order's activities In this field,
the practice of applying for work at
the factory gate or the office door, all
were Investigated. The report points
out the advantages and disadvantages
to employer and employee In each of
these means and Its effect on the gen
eral employment situation.
A special study was made of the
situation In Ohio, Wisconsin, Massa
chusetts and New York, where there
has been the greatest development of
organized public employment work.
Separate studies were made also of
the special problems of farm labor,
migratory and casual porkers, junior
workers, handicapped workers, Immi
grants, negro workers and profession
al workers.
Workers Resent Insecurity.
After citing the fact that each year
from 1,000,000 to 6,000,000 persons are
out of work for weeks and sometimes
for months at a time, the Introduction
to the foundation's forthcoming report
says:
"There Is something which we are
Just beginning to recognize, a resent
ment on the part of the workers
against an Industrial situation In
which such Insecurity and uncertainty
of employment are possible. It Is not
only unemployment but the fenr of un
employment, the knowledge that nny
job Is uncertain and Insecure, subject
to the fluctuations of economic change,
which are responsible for much of our
present Industrial unrest."
j This situation, the report says, has
been aggravated by the fact that the
! unskilled worker who has sought eni-
ployment through certain types of la
bor agencies In many cases has been
subjected to such abuses as paying a
fee and then failing to get a job, be
ing sent to distant points where no
work or where unsatisfactory work
exists, but whence he could not return
because of the expense Involved, be
ing employed through collusion be
tween the agent and employer nnd
after a few days' work being dis
charged to make way for a new work
man while the agent and employer
divided the fee.
The report further says : "One con
clusion drawn from such findings hns
been that we must have public bu
reaus to take the place of the private
fee-charging agencies. That Is, in so
far as people are Informed on the
question and have expressed their sen
timents, most of them appeared con
vinced that we should have public em
ployment bureaus because of the
abuses of some fee-charging agencies,
quite regardless of other considera
tions. In addition, however, the feel
In has been growing that this serv
ice in the nature of the case should
be free, and that the very fact
of fee-charging carries with It a dan
gerous temptation to abuse and
fraud.
Malady Kills Deer
Alturas, Cal. A mysterious malady
Is killing the deer in Modoc county In
great numbers, according to reports
received here from hunters. An Al
turas physician saw 40 deer dead
on the lava beds of Hog lake. Stom
achs of eeTeral of the animals have
been brought here for examination.
Meteor Dug Up
Ean CUlre. An object weighing ao
pounds, believed to be a part of
meteor or aerolite, was dug from the
and of Colfax lake by J. A. Marr
and brought to Eau Claire for exam
ination. Marr found the curio while
Mining minnows.
Peach Crop of Georgia Pro
vided Excellent Example
of Unavoidable Loss.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Asricullui e. )
There is an all too prevalent Im
pression among those who have had
little opportunity to observe the full
course of marketing of food products
that by some magical costless process
these products are whisked from the
farmers' fields to the fruit Stand r
grocery store. Consequently when re
ports are published in the newspapers
of great waste of food products in
the fields, particularly fruits and veg
etables, many consumers want to
know why it is they cannot buy at
much lower prices. The explanation
for these apparently wasteful prac
tices! says the United Stales Depart
ment of Agriculture, is to be found
in the costs of transportation and
other marketing costs.
The present peach crop in Georgia
has provided an excellent example of
u waste of fruit at the point of pro
duction because of unavoidable eco
nomic conditions. Many newspaper
articles, some of them containing ex
aggerated statements of actual condi
tions, have called attention to the
waste, and letters have been written
to various government officers, from
the President down, asking that some
thing be done about it. One letter
from New York city Is as follows:
"Please find enclosed clipping from
one of our newspapers about a great
waste of peaches in the state of Geor-
gla. My wife insists on having this
brought to your attention as she Is
paying 20 cents a pound for only 'fair'
peaches. If this article Is official or
statements made even approximately
true, I think something could and
should be done to save the crops and
keep down the cost of living In the j
cities, dependent on transportation." j
Conditions In Georgia.
An explanation of the conditions
which existed in the Georgia peach 1
section this summer in connection
with a brief outline of the marketing
processes necessary to get the peaches
to the New York consumer, included
In a letter from the secretary of ag
riculture to the New York inquirer,
should clear up a good many ques
tions regarding price relationships on
many crops.
The present season, according to
tliis statement, witnessed the produc
tion of the largest Georgia peach crop
in history. In addition, east of the
Hocky mountains there was In nearly
all the peach-growing regions the larg
est crop harvested since 1015. In
Georgia the setting of peaches waa
much larger than the trees coidd have
been expected to develop into desir
able market sizes. Early in the sen
son growers were advised by the De
partment of Agriculture to thin or re
! move a portion of the fruit from the
trees, a practice which is followed
each year by some growers to Insure
large sizes and better quality. Some
of the growers followed the advice
this year, hut most of them neglected
It with the result that the crop con
tained a large proportion of under
sized fruit Which could not he mar
keted at a profit. Some orchards In
j which the fruit was not thinned
allowed as high as 50 per cent of culls
or small fruit which experience has
shown the consumer does not want,
in a year of abundant production, at
a price that will pay for handling.
It Is obvious that in a season when
the crop is large these culls must be
allowed to rot, for no one will handle
them when only loss Is In sight. The
cost of packages, packing, transporta
tion and handling a bushel of cull
peaches is as much ns for the same
quantity of standard grade. Since
culls are a losing proposition wlier
, ever found, says the department, It
is better to remove them at the point
j of production, thus saving the cost
of marketing, than to place them on
the market nnd have the cost of han
dling ndded to the cost of the market
able fruit with which they were
pnekod. Small sizes have formed n
large part of the so-called waste In
the Georglu peach orchards. The to
tal crop In that state for the season
was estimated at 1S.000 cars, whereas
only about 13,500 cars, were finally
marketed.
Big Loss of Hiley Belles.
The loss of one variety, Hiley
Belles, was especially large. When
these peaches came on prices were so
low that had the producer delivered
his peaches to the packer free of
cost the fruit would not have paid
the marketing charges. Many cars
of early peaches were put on the
market without being thoroughly
culled, and because they were un
satisfactory to the trade the market
became demoralized. Later varie
ties, ns a result of grading and
elimination of poor fruit, sold better.
The different cost Items which en
ter Into the expense of marketing
peaches show convincingly why It
pays to handle only the best fruit
during a season of large production.
The approximate cost of a six-basket
CM-quart) peach carrier, together
with" the cost of packing and loading
Into cars. Is 52 cents. The freight
and Icing charge on a sIx-basKet
carrier from Georgia to New Tork
Is about 70 cents. This is a total
of $1.22 delivered In New York. From
the net sales price received for the
fruit these charges are deducted and
the balance Is received by the pro
ducer for his labor and fruit. On
August 4 the range ol prkot on six-
If it were not for the great variety
of putterns which manufacturers of
popular clothes have presented this
season, styles in frocks for little
school girls would become monoto
nous. The vogue Is for dresses made
on the simplest lines, like that shown
in the picture and dress after dress
shows no variation of this style. But
popular fabrics save the day with
stripes, plaids, cross-bar and other pat
terns nnd when plain materials are
used designers enliven them with
pipings, facings and bright touches of
embroidery.
The dress pictured is made of
striped flannel In blue and tan with
collar and cuffs of plain linen. It
may be taken ns a criterion of good
Ktyle for the young school girl and
for her older sister also. This
simplicity In dny frocks is not con
fined to the younger generation.
Thanksgiving Dance!
BEMFIT
ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF
AMERICA
At Louy's Hall
GOOD MUSIC!
GOOD TIME!
TICKETS $1.10
Protect yourself against the uneer
tatntles of winter. We can assure you
a good position in your own county,
'hat will pny you well. Write us at
once. Nognr Corporation, 301 Couch
i'.ldg., Portland, Oregon.
DR. ALEXANDER REID
Physician and Surgeon
UMATILLA - -
OREGON
Newton Painless Dentists
DR. H. A. NEWTON, MGR.
Cor. Main and Webb Sts. Pendleton
DR. F. V. PRIME
DENTISTRY
Dental X-ray and Diagnosis
HEBMISTON, OREGON
Hank Building
j Phones : Office 93, Residence 751
S. E, N0TS0N
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Court House
HEPPNER
OREGON
A. H. SVVITZER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Arlington, Oregon
WOODSON & SWEEK
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W
HEPPNER,
OREGON
I
HERB GREEN
Watrhinaker and Jeweler
Diamonds. Watches. Clocks, Silver
ware rime Inspector O-W. R. R. ft N. Co.
ti .Main St. Pendleton, Oregon