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THE BOARDMAN MIRROR
FRIDAY JANUARY 23, 1925
OF Sftii v.
Brief Resume of Happenir ig s 01
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
Albany's fire loss (luring 1924 was
$2,::ti7.l2.
Firo caused $10,000 damages in tin'
Arcade building on Third street 10
McMinnville.
More than 100 babies were examin
ed at a Mate board ot health baby
clinic at Albany.
A marriago license was issued at
Eugene to James F. Smith, DO yean;
old, and Olive May McCue, 15.
With over 100 out-of-town delegates
present, the annual Southern Oregon
older boys' conference was held in
Roseburg.
J. T. Parks, aged about 25, was lull
ed In a Booth-Kelly logging camp near
Wendllng when a line broke and de
capitated him.
A botmdy of $10 fur adult coyotes
and $2.50 for pups will be paid by
Douglas county for all coyotes killed
within the county.
An open competitive civil service
examination for applicants for appoint
ment us postmasliv at Crane, will he
held February 14.
Humphrey Anderson was ho badly
injured in a cave in at. the Skyline
mine, a few miles from Ashland, that
ho died two hours later,
The Oswego plant i the On gon
Portland cement company produced
X41.S02 barrels of cement during the
two Tears closing December 31, IfiH.
legislation for. improved roads al
ready signed by President Cbolldi e
gives the park lervice $1,000,0(10 tor
which $88,000 ban been allOted to
Outer Lake.
J. II. Patrick of Detroit, while bind
ing several days ago bagged one of I he
lurgesl lynxes ever seen In Ibis tern
lory. The cat was found to measure
52 inches in length.
The Owen-Oregon Lumber company
bus started Its .Miill'ord mill plan! on
a double shift, thus furnishing addi
tional employment to neurly 160 ml n
Luter the plant will run three ihlttS,
After wailing for more than 40 fates
to ride iuto Hums m a train, loc
Harnos hud his ambition satisfied I i.:'
week when he arrived in Sural from
.luntura via the O. W. It. & N. rail
road.
Seventeen federal farm loan nsso-1
clatlons were Invited by the Kirst Na- ,
tionul Farm Loan association of LMD
county to send delegates to a district
meeting to be held in Kugeno Wed
nesday and Thursday.
Senator McNury has recommended
to the department of agriculture thai
onions produced in the vicinity of
Mount Angel be, Inspected on the same
basis as potatoes, according to a tele
gram received at Sab in.
Construction work began .Monday on
rebuilding the span of I he BouthafP
Pacific railway bridg" al N'orih Head,
which was damuged In youd repair
severul months ago when il was ram
med by the steamer Martha liiichner.
A marker on the site of the first
house In Portland, a cabin en led
by u veteran of the war of 1918 on i
the west side of the rlv r in what
Is now the south part of i!v ci;y. will
be erected by Hoy Scouts and unveil
id February 1 I.
a. F. Courier, a p..m City hardware
dealer, lost n diamond 'from a rhtj? '
while shutting up some chickens in ;
his back yard. Sunday one of-the
fowls was killed for dinner, and upon
dressing It Mr CourtW found the lost?
diamond in Its glitnrd,
Applications from 33,1 i TVice
men for cash bonus or loan
been received since the establishment
of the world war veterans state aid
ccsamtaaion, according to a i mrt f!
od with tfie legislature i MaJ r W.
P. Simpson, secretary. ,
Or. Walter II. Brow of Rtcl it I
O., accompanied by Mrs, Brown and
Iwo children, has arrived In Salem to
assume chaise of the live-year child
lit nit h demons! ran e t
goto under the financial sponsorship
of the commonwealth of New York.
Reports from farmers living in iho
western part of Polk county show that
approximately 50 per cent of the
grain was killed In the cold spell In
December. Thl will make re seed
Ing necessary in the spring. Condi
Hons In the eastern part of the count
were reporii d n in h i ' t r
Because of embarrassment at tnt
government rock quarry on North
Cooa river and sloughing of mu 'a over
burdi.u during the wet weather,
amounting to at least 7000 yards, work
on the south Coos bay Jetty wi sus
pended by Lieutenant IV ft. It iwley
of the government service and K or :
23 men will hi out of employment for
ft month or Six weeks Suspension
was caused by shortage , l for
carrylut; on rocking on the Jetty.
A petition has been filed with tht
slate public service commission by
: isldests of Brownsmead, a commun
Ity comprising about 75 families abou;
16 miles cant of Astofia, asking thai
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
c i ipany show cause why it should
not extend its lines to Brownsmead.
During the biennial period, October
1. 1922, to September 30, 1924, a total
Of 1 !59 applications for school fund
loans was ri celved by the state land
board, according to the report of the
trtment filed with the legislature.!
Of the applications received 2121 were!
pproved. These loans aggregated IE,-1
18706
One, hundred and eighteen mills re- i
porting to the West Coast Lumber-1
mon'fl association for the week end-j
ing January 10 manufactured 99,939.-1
00 feel of lumber, sold 79,252.902 feet)
hipped sn, 903,540 feet. New busi
ness was 18 per cent below production.
Shipments were 2 per cent above new
business.
Sealed bids received by the light"
house department for the repair of
to navigation in the lower Colum
bia river, which were damaged by
floes li Paral weeks ago, have been
1 tnltted to the department beads al
Washington, 1. C, and It is expected
1 the contr, Ct will be let within a
: a days. I
A senate bill which would author-1
Iss I be secretary of the interior to i
old approximately 7000 acres of
I in Oregon for use of the Uma
. Indians for grazing purposes, was
VOrably reported by the house In
dian committee. The tract formerly
IB B part of the Umatilla Indian
ri serration.
The state board of control at Its
second meeting since reorganization
a January 5 ousted W. M. Header
t of Portland as commandant of
the old soldiers' home at Roseburg.
fudge O, W. Riddle of Roseburg, ex
comtnandant of the home, was reiu
ted and resumed his duties at the
homo Tuesday,
Public officials and representatives
l Seven Oregon, Washington and
lifomla lumber portB, meeting in
I'orl land, proposed that legislatures of
I be three states address memorials to
congress urging appropriation of $20,-
000. 000 for the development of five
Idmber ports in Oregon, one In Wash
Ington and one In California.
As a result of the refusul of Dr.
Thomas Itoss of Portland to relin
at , h the bfrico of state fish commis-
lom i as demanded recently In an ex
SCtttlVe order. Governor Pierce has an
01 uneed that he will cause quo war
ranto proceedings to be filed in the
tiprema court, requiring Dr. Ross to
1, how cause why he should not be re
tired. The widow of the late Harvey Mc
Donald, who died recently at Walla
Walla. Wash., will be compelled to
pay an inheritance tax on the Oregon
estate Of her husband, according to
I I, ;al opinion handed down by the
altono y general. The opinion was
OUfhl by State Treasurer Kay. Mr.
ifcDOBaid left Oregon property valu
ed at $22,000.
The state highway commission has
swarded the contract for grading an. I
resurfacing on the John Day high
way south of Condon, (iilllam county
to Campbell, Bnrr & Tobln of Colfax.
V D . on a bid of $97,510, the lowest
0 IS I ids. This contract culls for the
grading of 5.5 miles of the highway
and the resurfacing of eight miles ol
the same stretch.
The study of power farming from
the standpoint of the. farmer, taking
particular notice of the selection. caSV.
repstir atd adjustment of equipment
on the farm, will be taken up in five
OB amah short courses in farm mo-1
ChanlCS at Oregon Agricultural col- i
l !... One course started Monday and
Hie others are scheduled for January
February 2, 9 and 16.
There were three fatalities In Ore
due lo industrial accidents during
the week ending January lti. accord
ing to a report prepared by the state
Industrial accident commission. The
Viet litis were: Daniel F. Corkey
Q QWOod, car loader; John Swans, n
North Pond, piledrlvtr. and Charl. -Vsuvandt,
Oak ridge, laborer. A total
ol 197 accidents were reported.
five boys, students at the Lincoln
high school In Portland, were suspend
, d by school authorities following an
n e o n ation that brought out the
that they had supplied a small
en. nutty of wine which was used at
a school party given al a privuii
botttl Four high school girls who
partook ol the wine which the boys
hi lined were censured by school
authorities.
i, res .; i e Smnott established
a record In congress in forcing the!
,i . of 23 bills of which ll w as
n IOT. Three of (1 era were Oregon
bills. One deeded to the state ot Or
i certala lands In take county for
hatchery purposes. Another ex
ad ior three years the time for
making final proof on desert laud
lUtrios. and the third reserved cor
rights for the government and
men In the settlement of national
forests.
3
Wires Were
Tangled
By CLARISSA MACKIE
Forest Fire Endangers Arsenal
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JUAN held the telephone receiver
close to her pink ear, just as '
though Bob Phillips himself stood be
side her instead of sitting in his office
staring dejectedly into his own trans
mitter. "Your dear old thing I" Jean mur
mured to Bob, and the response was
startling.
' How perfectly idiotic to talk that
way!" was the growling answer.
'What did you say?" demanded Jean 1
in a freezing tone.
"Hoes it matter?" retorted the j
growl.
"li may not matter much to me,"
blazed .lean, "but I assure you that
It matters to you. I am returning
your ring now."
Deep laughter overflowed the re
celver. .lean held it away from her
ear In disgust, Her blue eyes were
uide with bewilderment and every
nerve tingled. Suddenly she hung up
the receiver, and the tiny click .seemed
to be the lock on the closed door of
happiness.'
"The h-b-big b-o-o-or!" she sobbed
recklessly.
Fifteen minutes later Nora tapped
at her door. "Mr. Whitten ut the
telephone, Miss Jean."
Jean flung on a hat and opened the
door. "Thank you, Nora; please tell
Mr. Whitten that I have Just gone to
the post office to mail a package to
him!"
"Yes, Miss Jean, and begging your
pardon, ma'am, your but is on wrong
side before."
Jean adjusted her hat, tied a spot
led veil across her telltale eyes, and
proceeded to the post otlice to muil a
certain registered parcel that con
tained one blazing solitaire diamond
ring and a sapphire bracelet (a birth
day gift). "1 hate the ring," con
fessed .Jean morosely, "but I wish I
COUld keep the bracelet; a birthday
gift I another kind of n keepsake.
Pooh, I don't want any of his tilings.
I will send bis letters back as soon
us I can collect them."
Of course .lean knew where every
one of Hob's love letters were hid
den ; she also knew by heart every
Word In every letter, and could close
her eyes and visualize the position
of certain words and phrases on the
earliest letters. She mailed the pack
age that morning and during the eve
ning Bob called.
"She says she's not at home, sir,"
said Nora with just the proper de
gree of respect for n tragic moment.
Bob looked miserable. "Look here,
Norn," be said desperately, "what Is
Miss Jean doing? Is she entertain
ing or what? I must see her If I
can."
Nora advanced a step and spoke
In a whisper. "She's been nowhere
much today, and she crying, sir, fit
to break her heart," She winked
back a tear in her own sympathetic
eye.
"Thank you, . . . perhaps she
will answer the telephone." He made
his way out of the house and went
to his club and shot Into a telephone
booth.
Upstairs In her own room, Jean
heard the front door close dully, and
applied a fresh handkerchief to her
reddened eyes. Presently Nora
lapped at the door. "The telephone,
Miss Jean," she said hurriedly.
"This is Jean Ross," said Jean, pick
ing Up the receiver.
"Ah, Jean. What do you mean,
dearest, by sending that ring back
to mO and the bracelet?" Bob want
ed to know in Ids dear voice.
"If you will think hard, I nm sure
you will recall our telephone conver
sation this morning," returned Jean
In Icy tones.
"Did we have one?" Inquired Mr.
Whitten dryly.
'Didn't vi7" slip rtorti,l
Bob's voice took on a heavy Judi
cial tone. "I rang you up this morn
ing and asked you to go to the the
ater tonight, and never received any
response from you. I found later that
We bad been cut off, so I waited awhile
and rang you again, and Norn said
you had gone to the post oflleo, and
then In the mall tonight I found that
that Junk !"
"Junk !" breathed, Jean furiously.
"Do rOU mean to deny holding a con
versation w ith me this morning at ten
o'clock?"
"It didn't happen," affirmed Bob.
"Why, Robert Whitten!"
"It's the truth!" stoutly.
Jean tottered, oliliging desperately te
the Instrument. "Then," she quav
ered, "then w-who-oo was It culled
me an Id Idiot?"
"Not 1 ! I wish I could get hold
of (be fellow I'd lick hi in good and
plenty,"
"I 8-Ritbl I w-wns returning your
r;rhi2. and he laughed horribly."
"The deuce he did! Some cheer
ful Idiot diking advantage of crossed
wires. There I was waiting for a re
sponse from you."
Long silence from Jean, and then
Bob demanded roughly. tenderly,
"Have you been crying, darling?"
"Yes!" she whlsK-red.
"Then I am coming right over to
see you."
"Now ?" In a panicky voice.
"Yep ; but you'll have time to pow
der onr nose before I get there."
and his ramble of laughter was mlor
ably different from that of the "big
biHir."
"1 knew nil the time It couldn't
possibly he Bob," said Jean Illogical
ly as she bung up the receiver and
flew to the mirror.
John Eurke, treasurer. of the United
States under Hresidet-t Wilson, who
was elected to a place on the bench
of the supreme cou"t of North Dikcta.
LEGISLATURE ACTS TO
fATEIS
BolFe, Idaho. Both houEos of the
Id'qho legislature passed a bill to pre
vent the waters of north Idaho lakes
and rivers being appropriated for irri
gation or power uses outside the state.
It defeats development of the Colum
bia basin project In Washington K
Undertaken at the expense of Idaho.
Under present laws there is nothing
to prevent appropriation and Impound-.1
lug of Idaho waters by outside Inter
ests, and it was made plain at a con-1
ference of state officials of northwest
stales a Spokane recently that both
Irrigation and power interests of
Washington intended to take steps to-1
ward storage of water in various j
laki s and streams of north Idaho for
their benefit. The waters affected are
(akes Pend Oreille and Coeur d'Alene, I
and St. Joe, Clai ks Fork, Pend Oreille 1
and Spokane Mvers,
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Vote of 45 to 22 Results on McKellar
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Washington, 1). C. Elevation, for
the present at least, of the big guns
on 13 of America's battleships, op
posed by President C'oolidge, received
the emphatic disapproval of the sen
ate. The vote was 45 to 22 and came
on a motion by Senator McKellar,
democrat, Tennessee, to suspend the
rules for consideration of his amend
ment to the pending annual naval
supply bill authorizing an appropria
tion of $6,500,000 for the gun eleva
tion. Only one republican, Johnson, Cali
lornia, supported the motion, which
would have required a two-thirds ma
jority. Eight democrats, including
Senator Swunson, Virginia, ranking
minority member of the naval com
mittee, and one farmer-labor, Ship
stead, voted against it.
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Governor's Wishes Disregarded.
Cheyenne, Wyo. The' first recom
mendation by the first woman gover
nor in the United State3 to a state
legislature was rejected by the Wyo
ming seuate Monday when It voted to
postpone indefinitely a resolution
ratifying the federal child labor
amendment.
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THE MARKETS
Portland
Wheat Hard white, $2.02; soft
white. $1.91; northern spring, $1.90;
hard winter and western white, $1.89;
western red, $1.86.
Hay Alfalfa, $19.5020 ton; valley
timothy. 1N eastern Oregon
timothy. $2222.50.
Bntterfat 47c delivered Portland.
Eggs Ranch, 46(fJ48c.
Cheese Prices f. o. b. Tillamook:
Triplets, 28c; loaf. 29c per lb.
Cattle Steers, good, $7.257.76.
Hogs Medium to good, $9,754)11.25
Sheep - Lambs, medium to choice,
$1316.50.
Seattle
Wheat- Soft white, northern spring
$1.92; western white, hard winter.
$1.90; western, red, $1.87; Big Bend
Bluestem. $2.17.
Hay Alfalfa, $23; D. C, $2S; tim
othy. $26; D. C, $28; mixed hay, $24
Kggs Itanch. 45j 4Uc.
Butterfat 48c.
Cuttle Choice steers, $7.503'S.OO.
Hogs- Prime light. $11.404f 11 .60.
Cheese Washington cream brick
StQSSc; Washington triplets, 21c;
Washington Young America, 23c.
Spokane
Hogs Good to choice, $lljfll.35.
Cattle Prime steers, $7.26 & 7.75.
Their Great Drawback
One Girl (tt' another) "The trouble .
with men Is they get so interested In j
their work." Life.
official design.of the old
Oregon Trail association
The design of the ox team and covered wagon symbolizes
the spirit of the old west.
It typifies vision, endurance, hope, suffering and final ac
complishment. Over the Old Oregon Trail from the Missouri rim the cov
ered wagons tame and won an empire for the United States.
The design is the work of Avard Fairbanks of the UniremtY
of Oregon.