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THE BOARDMAN MIRROR Mil l MK V HOARDMAN, MOKKOW COUNTY. OREGON I KHRI ARY 13, 1925 NUMBKK 7 Boardman Locals and Personals 'I'hi' m.i mpn t hy of the rouiuiunKy Is i . mlr.l i,, Hit' family In their sad Isronvcmchl. Install Grange Officers Messrs Hum Hhcll ail Clin. Oil lahnllgll Hinl Mix I'Iihm. Wlcklander, Installed II Hirers '( l)M newly or ganised Grange hi siniirhid on In Monday night Stunflcld Grange Iiiin .i dii'iiiIk'In iti HiIn i Inn. Efforts are to In' iniiilf now to form m Pomona Grange III tblf pictiliii. New Shop I'liri'iniin Here Walter Henry, a long time friend of Mr. and Mik furrey iiimI m printer of Hoini' J."i yours experience' has ac cepted till' "lto II K foll'IIIHII lit l tic Currej Printing Companv's shop. Mr. Henry, arrived rrnin Portland On Thm i In j evening iiml Iiiin Ih'i'H getting fniiillliir with tin' run of the shop this week. CONGRESSMAN SANDERS Mr Huuiar Casou returned (hi I week from Portland, Tin- Lee Mead family were qua ran tlni'il iu Sunday twt'UUKf of scarlet fever. Mrs. Vlbbert, mother of Mrs ( has Dillon, returned to her home ill data nay thl week. t'lia. l.atourelle wan over frotB lb p (mer the fore purt of the week attend , InK to builncss here. F. H Edmunds I having a ear M liny shipped from hi-- ninth here to Vancouver, WiiHliliiKton. Chan Marshall wan visiting In B f Iks over the week eml. returning I ' work at The I)allis on Sunday i-miiIih: Chas. N l.ir Willi to Mike MulllKuti this week. T0 henil of to P. TW leaves Mr. Niter with only al 01 en heail. Cta ml White, who has Imsh absent I mm the project fur a year, retilrm I tliU week Mini will fiirui his own run li till year Mrs llurrv Warren underwent nil peretlnn for goitre ou Tuesday in I'ortlaud, atnt ijt Ian! report was Im proving atraillly. Kittle It'. ".in Knaufr met with u painful accident last week, nl her III mllQI upset a Isittle of lyso In hat lup Inflict I iik painful bWM Mrs Dau liancler was ealhl to Pen dletou on Weilneailay to nurae her joiiuuer ulster Mrs Otto Stoll. WOfl i serlously ill with pneumonia. Buster Itumla luis ts-en MM) I n lug school vacation tin? past wii-l . trapping skunks lie has seven skunk pelts, one badger anil two coyotes to lil ereitlt. Tbi A T Ayres faintly w ho hm . en sick for several weeks with the artet fever, were released from 1 1 1 - -iiiarantlne ou Wednesday buiI tln-lr. lu me fumigated. Italph Humphries I another form cr resilient, who luis retitrueil to Hoard Congrmmin Evorttt Sanc'ers of In. man He and Mrs Hiimphrh "- arrived oiana la to become secretary to tha but week ami will make their hone Pr.sid.nt when C. Baacom S.emp qulta in their farm for the ensuing year California Capitol Mrs Edward Field Sanford, Jr., sculptor anil wife of a relehrateil New York sculptor, applying the right tlnta to th Dm figure of "Flora," which li eight feet high and will be erected In front of the atate capltol of Call- Sacra menfo. "Flora" for m . .nvamr forma - Historical Spots Along Old Oregon Trail From Seaside to Idaho Line on March 4. Owing to the rumor of a visit to till MlclnlV of Sheriff Mi I luff. there 1 ax I i - li an iKUm lu iMiyne nt of ilog taxi-a the past week If this lax Is not paid, there Is a fine of $10 00 :i month J F. ami .1. M. Ouggau. iimie n n I nephew from Whltcouih WashliiKlon. have leased NO acres of the Harrison farm, and will take pNctoii alunii Muni! I II Wnnnr drew iii lie papers for the ileal Mra. Hcmler of The Unlhs Is here' assisting Mrs. Dillon, while she In re cuueraltng from her recent operation John Hrlce Is the wiswMsor of a new riding pony, which he obtained In a luffle trade with Pat Pattee. Mr. and Mm. Paul DeMiium ami ami have movisl from Messner, an I lire at present at The Dulles, vlsltliin Mth relatives. Mr. Mnuro has sever al isisltlotiM 111 view, hut has not I -elded yet what he will take up. nah) em On Sunday Feliruarv N. a nhe uw pound girl arrived at the home of Mi ami Mrs. Holit. Wllsou. 0Ml Speeders Traffic Officer U'wellyn. has heeii nabbing the siai'dera- on the I'oliimblii Highway out of Bmirtltnan this week. Dlaloealea Knee I .ait Hiiturday Mra. ('has. Mi Hun tela had the misfortune to Hip on n piece of carpet and fall and (Hl0Ctt her knee. Ur. daunt from Ooodotl was called and put the knee lu u plaster caat. TntppltiK Coyotea (loverniuent trappera A. holt and Wll Hams have Imh-ii very nticcessful the paat itwo wneks In this vicinity. aThey have b&u .using Isilh poiNoueil bull and trnpa and have averaged a-coyote n day. Tom Miller hna trapped 10 coyotea this winter and aeveral oilier of the fanners of thla aectlon have tHppd and poisoned the peslH. VALE FORESEES EPIDEMIC DANGER Vale, Or Danger of an epidemic of diphtheria and smallpox was foreseen here by city officials. ami others aa a rnsult of the flooding of Vnle and surrounding territory through the bursting of the irrigation dam on Bully creek hist Thursday. With from 2000 to 40no head of cattle and sheep lying It ad In the low lands west of Vale toward Bully creek, where they were (aught by the rush Ing waters and drowned, and with every basement and lower floor of Vale's residences anil business houses filled with mud and vlehris, the altua tion from a health standpoint was viewed with apprehension. The IohhMii property here and In adjacent territory swept by the flood now Is placed close to $500,000 In stead of $250,000, aa at first eattmated. ITALY'S DEBT NOT FUNDED Borah Informed No Arrangements Made for Settlement. Waehlngton, D. C &crotry Mel Ion Informed Chairman Borah of the Minute forelgu rulatlona committee that the troasury had beun advlaed of no proposals looking to sottloment of the Italian war debt. The aucretary'a letter, written In reply to a personal Inquiry by the Idaho Bctiatnr, said that tho debt, November 15, 124. totaled $2,097,347. 122.82, made up of caah advances prior to November 11, liMH, amount Inn to $1,031,000,000, auhHequent ndvancoB of $017,034,060.00 ami accrued interest of $449,477,924.86. The Italian govern moot Had been credited with "amount returned" In tho aum of $164,852.94. i By Mrs. Helen Myers Warren i SlHle (.iialnnan lllste.le S. s 1 1. A It. John Day The John Day Itlver coursing its way through rough rocks ami bills was named for John Day. one of the I member of the Price Hum party, who with Ben Jones ami Botajft Smart and other are credited - The Platte route of the old trail". John Day whs the son of . Unloose Hay of Culpa PPeT, "o. Vh. This family was consplclous in ally history of Virginia He died on the south side of the t'olumbla river about Astoria Feb. HI, iso. He left a will (see history lu wrap laxiki. He probably was a revolutionary soldier. Then' Is carved on a ris k at John I-iy liver the figure of a man, honling on i'ii ii i abort his iiea. i iTnd the other one over Ills heart. I M6 picture In scrap Isuik.i Willow ( reel. The old Trull cross -it Willow Creek "t Cecil lx mt twenty miles nbove the inoiith, Bsri Meeker placed n marker btra, Boardman The nearest point to Wells Spring", on the old Trail, where Col, Cornelius Cllllnui was accident I v shot nud killed on March Mtb, M4S. (see notea In scrap book I, there are li: uiiknown graves on the Old Trail at Wells Springs Kara Meeker chlsled on n stone here these words, "Old Oregon Trail, isi:,.iht,ii". There is a topographical napping of the first survey on the crown of this rock, tnaiklng the base line. Not far from this place a battle took place. Col. Ollllam ami Capt. McKay's men met the Cayuae Indians and Chief tlrey Kugle was killed, and Chief Five ( lows was wounded. These springs are well shaped and deep Mr Smith (wrote In her titer? of IN47, "We had I tO stn.i up nil night to keep our oxen jfron getting In these holes of water I see BOtel of h.lttle ill sernl biHlk.l t'mtilla er I'malilla Which means shifting sands, was the home of a tribe of Indiana who had a burying ground in a large grove of Will. m i revs, these treea died and -an. Is bleu away from the bodies and relics of these Indians A viiluabk collection was aent to the Chicago World Fair by Mra. Kuu ay, an old resident of I matllla. This was t lie only trailing and ahipping point east of The Pnlles, Isjats brought freight to lie taken to It deatinatlon, as far as Boise, Idaho and other mill ing plai-es. i we scrap book.) Joe M'ek and RotMfl Newell brought Dr. Ui, moan's wagons in 1S40. which he had left at Ft. Hall, and croaacd the j Columbia river to go up to Walla Wal- r Krho This plm-e waa once called Fort Henrietta, tor MaJoV Granville O. Hal lers wtfa. A fort was built by Major (iiliin In 1806. Here was the head Uiuartera of tin Indian reservation, which was later moved to Pendleton. Mr. Koontz built a grist mill which was known as the Henrietta Mills When the ton n was incorporated It " .is railed Kcho for Mr Koontz' daugh ter. The wagon road crossed the Uma tilla river at F.cho and meandered over the hills to Willow Creek. Pendleton The place where the road dlvldea, one to Walla Walla, the other the Old Oregon Trail to the eaat. now a gicut highway. The old mission and 1 ii 1 1 ii ii reservation where the reinu utit of the trils-s are quartered. Is lo ratad near the foot of Cabbage hill, not far from Pendleton. It waa my great pleasure to take the hand of Chief Stleeas daughter while at Mea chuiu. She lives on this reservation. Cabbage Hill On the old Oregon Trail Is a ky line linulevard, mounting up and up to the eternal blue, the crowning glory i f tlie Blue Mountains, this bill ia covered with a lurge leaf plant which looked much like rablaige, and I wond ered it' this is how It got Its name. Wild flowers wave and nod at. you. Here you get a panoramic view of the Umatilla Valley, wonderful lu color ing like a putchwork quilt, with thoas auda of acres of wheat and grain for the patches. Headman Pass Entering rhe timber we came to where three men were killed by the Indians In 1878, and lay for several days before found. This is the place where we would have welcomed the oxen, the road was not finlahad. ant was muddy and rough. It seemed tbey only would la- able to pull ua through. Immigrant Springs Which has not ceased to flow sine" our fathers di-ank of it and camped there in the old days. A drinking fountain should Is- PteOd at these springs, and preserve them for one of our ahrlnes. This Is at the summit of the Blue Mountains. We folloivci the rldce over the summit of the uiount ians till we came to iienceful (CoiiMnued Next Week) STATE DEPARTMENT TO AH) TREE PLANTING PROGRAM In carrying out a plan out Until laBt year by the state highway department. i approximately $.'1,000 will be spent Ithis year in planting trees along the Columbia river. Sherman and John Day highways, it was stated in The Dallea Optimist several days ago. As soon as the weather dears up Mr. Boardman will begin his work. He plans on planting a lurge number of trees on the Sherman highway that jwere killed during the winter, Mr. Boardman who conducts a nursery at bin home," stated that Ailanthus, a .hardy and la'autiful variety of tree, which were planted last year, had I'ome thru the winter in gisal shaiie and that this tree seemed to be the most practical for the Eastern Oregon climate. It was announced that of the total amount to Ik- expended, $bOO Is- used In .Gilliam County along the Columbia rlTer highway and $7r0 on the Col umbia river highway in Sherman Cmin ty between the Deschutes and lata Day rivers. A sum of $3860 has been set aside for the Sherman highway. About $100 will be spent on the Columbia river highway lu planting new trees on Rowena loops near the new Mayer park, which is now under state construction. The Columbia riv er blghwny between The Dalles and the Deschutes river has been allotted IBM, Seed Loan Blanks At Arlington Bank Secretary of State Kozer and Party Visit Arlington County Board it Appointed Secretary of Htabe Sam Kozer, George Griffith and Governor Pierces' necretary Dalzel, representing the State Board of Control, met with the County Board of Appraisers in the Arlington National Bank on FriU.ie avtutef to get first hand information concerning the needs of the wheat farmers, and explaining the method..) rec.uired to la? followed in order to ev pidate the loana for seed wheat. The party left for Condon late In the evening and will visit Heppnor. , enroute to Pendleton on Saturday. Applications must be carefully fin ed out, a search of the records must Iw made by the attorney, Chas. H Hor ner and waiver secured from prior lien holders to permit the state loan to take precedent. Renters must ai- Recure signature of land owners. The money is ready to be sent out and if the applications are complet whel presented the Board of Con trol will endeavor to mail checks the next day EIGHT MILE LADY Bl'RIED IN PORTLAND MONDAY Mrs. S. M. Burnett, aged .p7. beloved wife of S. M. Burnett of Eight Mile, passed away suddenly last Saturdav morning. February 7. at Cisxl Samari tan Haapttal la Portland, where hc was rushed for aid on Tuesday night's tiln. Gall stones caused her fatal Illness. Surviving her beside the husband, are two sons. C. Clyde and Glen Van Gorder of Portland and one brother. Alfred Shoo of leGraff. Ohio. Mrs. Burnett has lived on the ranch near Arlington for several years, com Ing here from Portland when' In MM she opeued and successfully operated, the Van Gorder Delicatessen on Wash ington street near 13th. This was the first of its kind opornjod In Portlnni as an exclusive delicatessen. It is now operated by her sons. She left many friends to mourn her loss who all ex tend their heartWlt sympathy to the husband and famllv. The funeral was held In Portland Monday and burial was In Hiverview Cemetery. Ilaby's Funeral Held Funeral services of Utile Blllle ThuniiAll, were held In Pendlelon al Brown's Funeral home on Wednesday February 4. Utile Blllle was hut 10 months of age and the only son of Mr. and Mra. W. .1. Thiiriuan, and a nephew of Mrs. Dan Bander Use of Meat Increases. Washington, IX C Increased meat consumption In the United States last yoar was Indicated lu statistics com piled by department of agriculture allowing that about I.ouo.OOO inert meat animals worn slaughtered than In 1923. Slaughter of 79,432,640 cattle, calvea, sheep, goats and swine was reported. While half a million fewer awlno wero killed, slaughter of cattle, calvea and sheep increased half a mil Sjli.ag.Lt. jfcs.J, Valentines Irrigon Items The writer has lieen requested to Mnake denial of the existunoe of any scarlet fever In Irrigon district. Some one has spread such news ulwut I uia tllla ami elsewhere, whereas there la !no ground for It at all. There are ino cases of any sickness having any I resemblance to scarlet fever. Mr. Frank ltider has purchased the house belonging to Mrs. Uebbeccii ; Knight and Is moving it out in sections to bis new ninth on the River View Boulevard near Mr. lluxs place. They expect to have it ready for occupancy In a week or ten days. Marshall Markhatv spent the week end In Irrigon. returning to his work at Pendleton Mondn morning. Mr. and Mrs. Glasgow went to Port land Sunday where Mr. Glasgow had tits eye tested and returned Tuesday morning while Mrs. Glagow went on to Seattle to consult her doctor and may have to slay a week or two. p. c. Bishop arrived OH train no. 1 Wednesday to do some carpenter work for M. Wadsworth. (By Co. Agent Morse, Morrow County) During the paat few weeks many questions have developed relative to .spring wheat varieties and the best methods to follow in seeding spring wheats. In choosing varieties to re seod the winter wheats frozen out, one of the things to be carefully con sidered ia the amount of winter wheat I tiat is alive and will come thru the winter alilghr. Most winter P.-i -will have enough scattered wint 'r plants to foul the spring wheat. It Is considered best to plant white xpring wheats on land that had hy brid or fortyfold. Marquis is probably best to use on Turkey land- althoug'i It is not as high a yielder as some t f the other wheats. There Is much confusion regarding the federation varieties. Federation wheat was brought from Australia in lttld and later selectlona were made from this of hard federation and white federation. Each of the variet ies is lieardleas and the kernela white. Hard federation matures earlier than federation and has harder kernels of a letter milling quality. Both variet- ies of federation being about as win l ter hardy as bluestem, and Hard Fe 1 eration Is not all winter hardy. These wheats are more fully discussed In Station Bulletin 204 from the Ore gon Agricultural College, which ran lv 1 secured from Ifie County Agenda office. The following are yield of the five leading spring wheats at the Moro Ex leriment Station from 1918 to 1924 inclusive. Federation 27.4 hushela per acre; hard federation 26.8; Bart 23.2; Bluestem 20.9; Marquis 20.2; for the same period Hybrid 128 winter wheat yielded 30.9; Turkey red 80.3 bushels i to the acre. Spring grains should be sown early. The sooner It Is In the ground after spring Is open, the better yields will ; be obtained. One caution that the writer wishes to make to all farmers buying seed is to re-clean it carefully on your own place. There are many weetls which can be taken out by a careful re-iieanlng. The ground should be prepared m that you will have a good seed bed. In some sections the ground will not require re working, lu other section harrowing or discing and harrowing should ho done to give the spring wheat the beat chance. If weeds are coming In the fields the ground should be worked to kill those now sprouting, just before seeding. O H Cuts Seed Rates Carload freight rates have been cut i In half by the O. W. R. and N Co on seed wheat to be used for the purpose of re-seedlng frozen out wheal lands in Eastern Oregon, Washington and In Camas Prarie Idaho, according to a notice received thla week by A. B. Blackbume, local agent The emergency rato applys only n hen consigned to duly accrediated persons, associations or officials, who , must give certificate that the seed so , transported will be used for the in tended purpose and the reduction i will be conditional upon the beniflts going fully to the actual farmer. The rates are effective thla week' In intra-state shipment and begin op Monday in inter-state shipments with in the prescribed limits. k Mrs. Chas. Dillon returned on Rat': unlay from The Dalles where ahe re cently underwent an operation.