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FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1925 ffiE BOARDMAN MTRROK PAG) S TheBoardmanMirror BOARDMAN, OREGON Published by The Currey Printing Company George Huntington Currey, and Olive M. Currey Editors and Proprietors PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY 12.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered as second-class matter Feb. 11, lDJl, at the postolllce at Board man. (Ire., Wider act of Mar. :!. 1ST!). A little ad in The Mirror will sell it for you. WILLOWS NEWS Ilardesty on the morning of Decimber 26, Mr. Gorton and his wife and J three children came from Michigan In the Eighties and lived in Arlington be fore settling on a farm 3 miles from Morgan on Four Mile. Mrs. Gorton ! passed away about o' years ago. Mr. i Gorton, who was bedfast for three months before his death, would have reached his 81st year in February. He leaves a son Joseph, who resides in Washington and two daughters, .Mrs. .John Harbke of Portland and Mis. Jitines Hardest- of Morgan to mourn his loss besides a large circle of friends. He was buried in lone on Saturday. OREGON NEWS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST f - Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Our Readers. Chiistinas Program and Tree at the Rhea School En joyed by Many Meets Death in Fire CECIL NEWS Loses Sheep with Pneumonia - treme Weather P.lamcd Xr Tree Enjoyed at School. Ex Christmas day passed quietly along the creek. The thermometer stood at 'S.- below the day before and nearly as low that day with about (i inches f snow. Everyone preferred the stove t I the frigid atmosphere, but Santy found us (ine and all and il is a rood thing he does not mind cold. On Monday a chinook started but ivhlently took cold, for Wednesday found a freeze again and some snow still remaining. Old timers say it is just like the winter of 70 so and so, but as we were not there we shall not dispute it and will have to take Use weather as it comes. " Mrs. Oral Henricksen and daughters Of Heppner, spent several days with their aunt. Mrs. O. Lundell before BO lng on to Portland this week, to visit Mrs. Henricksen's mother Mrs. Jose phine Huff. They will remain din ing the cold weather. A Christmas tree and program was given December 24 at the Rhea Siding school, directed and planned by the teacher Miss Lowe. Altho the weather prohibited a large attendance the pro gram was greatly enjoyed by those; yioscnt and would have done credit to a much larger school. Rert Settlemier of Willows was! Been along the Creek Sunday, coming out to see how ninny of us weathered tie cold and storm, but found us all; alive. M. V. Logan made a trip to Goa- drn on Monday returning Tuesday. He reports the snow gone at Condon. A party of Japs from Hood River put in several days hunting rabbits just before the storm, having all they f ould carry away in a couple of days. They deemed it great sport. Mrs. Frank Farusworth of Cheney Washington met a tragic death there last Tuesday December 23. Their resi dence having burned and in some mr.nner she became entrapped in the burning structure. Her husband, a i i other of Karl Farusworth of Rhea escaped without clothing, as he wa sleeping on a sleeping porch. Particu lars are lacking, but the sympathy of this community is extended to the sorrowing relatives and friends. Mis Farnsworth before her marriage was Ethel Stewart of Butter Creek. State Veterinarian Lytic, called at the Jack Hynd place on last Tuesday Mr. Hynd hi s been losing a few sheep since the cold siell and Mr. Lytic says it is due to pneumonia caused by the extreme cold. Mr. and Mrs. Knrl Farnsworth. were In Hoppiier this week attending the funeral of Ufa. Frank Farnsworth Ebenezer B. Gorton of Morgan died at the home of his daughter Mrs. .1. A happy and prosperous New Year to all the readers of Cecil Items. W. V. Pedro and niece Miss Josiej Pedro, of Ewing spent their Xmas vacation with friends in Pendleton. R. W. Morse the county agent, was doing business in Cecil district on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. May left Cecil on Sunday for Hood River where they will spend several days visiting with their daughters. Miss Mildred Duncan a student at the Board man high school arrived in Cecil on Saturday and will visit with her parents at Busy Bee ranch dur ing the school vacation. Henry and John Krehs of "The Last Camp" left on the local on Sun day for Portland where they will spend their annual vacation with their parents. Clinton Harper of Ewing was a county seat visitor on Tuesday. Jack Hynd and nephew, T. H. Lowe of Cecil were in Heppner during the week trying to locate a warmer spot, than Cecil has been for ten days. Mr. and Mrs. Dell Ward of lone arrived at Rhea Siding on Wednes day in time to accompany Mr. and Mrs Farnsworth to Rhea school where a iplendid program was given by Miss Lowe and her pupils. A beautifully decorated Xmtis tree was a surprise for the pupils from their teacher, Who also treated all the guests with candy, nuts etc. Santa was unable to ! present on account of its being 24 below, but manlike he sent Mrs. San ta to distribute the gifts to the child ren while he got thawed out. Robert Lowe arrived home on Sat urday for his vacation. George Chandler, win has been spending several months at Lebanon) ''tmnod to his home at Willowcreek ranch. J. W. Osborn of the Fairview ranch left on the local for Portland on Tuesday. He was to visit his -ister while in the city and also at lend to business matters. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Farnsworth, of Rhea, Mr. and Mds. J. J. MoEntiro Walter Pop-, and H. .1. SI rooter of 'ceil were doing business in Arling ton during the week. Cecil Luieallen speed officer of Pendleton, was (he guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd at Butterfly Flats, luring the holidays. Mrs. Weliha I'ombcst of Fairview, as moved down to her cottage for the rest of the winter months. Mr. and Mrs. W. Dttfur and children of "The Cot", visited with Mr. and Ii. and Mrs. H. V. Tyler near Rhea on Tuesday. I ' jPfr V The Farm' Journal jLj AND THIS NEWSPAPER. A rare and unusual money saving bargain offer in read ing matter tor the whole farmly for a year, we oner this combination to our readers for a short time only. Renewal subscriptions will be extended for one year from present date of expiration. BIG INTERESTING f ISSUES AT V PRICE This is your chance to get 12 big issues of each of these four valuable magazines 48 issues in all at half of the usual subscription price. Reading matter for the whole famtfy fiction, patterns, embroidery, rec ipes, poultry, dairy, livestock, crops, farm management, etc. Don't miss this unusual opportunity to get this valu able, interesting and instructive group of magazines. If you are already a subscriber to any of these magazines) your subacripuaa will be extended for one year. Send in your order now! This offer is made for short t i mi onlv. Both new and renewal subscriptions to this paper will receive these magarine. But don't wait until the offer has been withdrawn. All Fiom for On Year ORDER NQWt Send your order to oar office QuUiYlew!? Mail Check and Order Plainly Written To ( I KYt. PRINTING 00. Arlington. Oregon PublMiers of The Boardnian Mirror T. M. Hicks was elected president of the Salem chamber of commerce at the annual election. The continued cold weather has been extremely hard on game birds in the Willamette valley. The combined levy for state and county purposes In Umatilla county for 1925 will be 14.40 mil,8. For the first time in many years the South Santiam river was frozen over at Lebanon and ice skating was enjoy ed. Nearly $12,000 in Christmas bonuses was distributed by the Brooks-Seanlon and Shelvin-Hlxon lumber mills at Bend. The Willamette river, for the first time in the memory of the oldest resi dents, was completely frozen over at Salem. An armed, masked man held up the pool hall of F. E. Waller at Boring, ob tained $150 from Mr. Waller and made his escape. Asparagus acreage will be doubled in the spring by members of the lima--tilla Project Growers' association at Hermiston. The body of an unidentified laborer was taken from behind an engine tender of a westbound passenger train at Arlington. Mrs. Sarah J. Helmlck, 101 years old, died at her home In Albany., Mrs. Helmick came to Oregon with her hus band in 1845. Thomas Earl, 43, committed suicide at his home in Eugene by hanging himself with a piece of clothes line from a beam in the woodshed. Dr. Sandford Whiting, a prominent Portland physician and surgeon, drop ped dead In his office In the Setling building. Heart disease was given as the cause. Stacy, 12, and Clark, 10, sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Swanson, living five miles north of Eugene, were drowned while skating on a small lake near their home. Mrs. Mary Knapp, 67, mother cf Horace Knapp, water superintendent of La Grande, died as the result of burns suffered the night of December 16. She was a pioneer of the valley. Cold weather has handicapped enumerators of the federal farm census to such an extent that only about 20 per cent of the schedules on northwestern Oregon farms have been filled out. For further Investigation of the Des chutes irrigation project In central Oregon, Elwood Mead, commissioner of reclamation, has set aside $5000. Announcement to this effect was made to Representative Sinnott. Some 50 youthful trappers are on duty in Pine Valley during the holt days and considerable rivalry Is pres ent to obtain the greatest number of hides. Nearly all boys In the Halfway high school earn their spare money In this enterprise. Two hundred sliver foxes, the larg est shipment ever made to Oregon, were received from the breeding farm of W. K. Rogers, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and went to the ranches of D. M. Haskln at New berg and Hood River. Blasting was resorted to by the Mountain States Power company to keep the Albany water ditch open and to prevent any water shortage In the city. About 70 pounds of dynamite was used every day to blast Ice from the surface of the ditch. Fourth Installments payments of the state income tax which was repealed at the recent election have totaled approximately $200,000, according tc Earl Fisher, state tax commissioner. There Is yet to be collected from this source more than $260,000, Commander Fred Milton Perkins gunnery officer of the American battle fleet, who was Injured In an airplane crash at Los Angeles harbor Monday, December 15, died at Han Diego, ac cording to word received by his father, William T. Perkins, of Portland. William Basl, twice convicted of vio lating the prohibition laws, has re ceived a conditional pardon from Gov ernor Pierce, according to the records at Salem. Basl's conditional pardon commuted the unserved portion of his sentence and remitted $250 of a $500 fine. The movement by the cattle men ol the state as a result of a plan adopted by the Oregon Cattle and Horse Grow ers' association toward orderly market lng of cattle In the state soon will be launched bkj Uanatilla county, ac H lng to information received by Fred Benrrton, county agent. Th plan Ii to have a representative of the grow ers in the stockyards at Portland at all times. Public employment bureau place ments in Oregon during the current blennium numbered 80.235, according to the biennial report of C. H. Gram, state labor commissioner. The contract for completion of cruis ing timber in Tillamook county by M. G. Nease was signed by Nease and the county court last week. The contract specifies not less than 100,000 acres to be cruised at 25 cents an acre, the cruise to be completed before March 31, 1926. Figures just released by the forest service showed that in 1923 Oregon was second in lumber production with a total of 3,966,083,000 feet. The only other state ahead was Washington, with 6,677,656,000 feet. Production in Oregon Increased 31 per cent over the previous year. The Oregon supreme court, in an opinion handed down has reversed Judge Campbell of. the Clackamas j county circuit court in the cas? in TOlVing Samuel Director, accused of i larceny in connection with the alleged burning of his store at Oregon City. A retrial will be held. How to dodge automobiles will be j a new course of instruction at the r'arrisn Jr. high school in Salem, ac cording to announcement made by school officials. The Parrish school Is located on the route of the Pacific highway and has been the scene Of several near accidents. Restaurants, hotels and mnnufactur lng concerns of Rosoburg dependent upon gas for conducting their business were sadly crippled when the gas plant froze Friday morning. The gas niain were completely filled with ice, shutting off the entire supply to the city for several hours. Any further action that may be taken by Governor Pierce with rela- tlon to the ousting of Dr. Thomas Ross i of Portland as a member of the stute fish commission probably will depend upon a recommendation to be solicit- j ed from the attorney-general. This was announced by the governor. Fines aggregating $69,286.85 were imposed by the courts In Oregon as the result of activities of the state traffic officers during the current blennium, according to the biennial re- ' port of T. A. Raffety, chief Inspector for the state motor vehicle depart ment. Arrests numbered 3968. Four boyB who escaped from the state training school were captured by the police while hiding In a dwelling on Front street In Salem. The boys Involved In the break were John Moore, Archie Evans, E. Kline and J. Rlchter. They spent one night In the OPM and two of them suffered from frozen feet. One hundred and eleven mills re-' porting to West Coast Lumbermen's association for the week ending. December 20, manufactured 79,154.963 feet of lumber; sold 89,230,993 feet, and shipped 72,226.612 feet. New busi ness was 13 per cent above proline tion. Shipments were 19 per cent be- low new business. The Oregon-California Railroad com-' pany and ths Southern Pacific com pany filed suit In the Marlon county circuit court to reapportion the rail- j roads' share of the expense of con structing two overhead crossings loc.at ed at Wilbur and Sutherlln, Douglas county. The total cost of the two over head crossings was $103,500. Sale of approximately 1,300,000 feet j of pine, fir and larch on Tepee creak, in the Wallowa national forest, was announced at the district office of the forest service in Portland. The t im ber was bought by the Oregon Lumber company at Enterprise. The price was $3 a thousand feet for the pine and 60 cents a thousand for the other species. It is reported at Salem that Oov ernor Pierce has under advisement a proposal to include In his message to the legislature a recommendation that the state printing office be operated Id connection with the state pcnlton Gary. Under the governor's plan DOB vlcts would be Instructed In the print lng profession, and only such tree labor as Is necessary would be em ployed. Steve Edwards, a Springfield youth, who nearly a year ago pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny In a store at Springfield and who was sentenced to serve two years in the state pen! tentlary and later paroled by the court I received a Christmas gift In the form I of an order from judge Skipworth pi the circuit court discharging him from his sentence and clearing his record so far as the court Is concerned. A census of game and predator animals In the Gas ida national forest has been completed at the request ol the forest service, and figures have just been submitted. The report stat ed that there were rno black or brown bear in the forest, 3000 bbi it tailed deer. 10 mule deer and 29i elk. In th,' predatory animal class the eslimat gave the number of coyotes as W., lynx, bobcats or wildcats 1730, cougars 0, wolves 120. Of the fur bearing animals U was estimated that there are 600 beaver along the streamn , eight badgers, 20 fox. 900 marten. i mink and 1620 weasels. Notice For Publication Department of The Interior, D. 8. Land Office at The Dalles. Oregon. Dec. 16, 1924. Notice is hereby, given that Ray S. Lemoreaux, of Errigon, Oregon, who, on Nov. 25. 1919, made Homestead Entry, No. 021140, for BNEV4, being Unit "A" Umatilla Project, Section 26, Township 5 North, Range 26 East. 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