The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925, February 13, 1925, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text- . PAGE 5 THE BOARDMAN MIRROR EEHKl AKV 18. 1W5 OREGON NEWS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Our Readers. Continued rains caused considerable damage to road of tho mid-Columbia district. not so popular in 1924 as in 1927. Marriages were Union county in records show. Mr. and Mrs. O. U Lee of Reeds port are parents of Reed sport 'a Lr.;t triplets, born Friday. The auto camp maintained in the city park by Cottage Grove mill ho discontinued during tho coming sum mer. Brick work on a new central bee--ing plant for Bind s public schools is nearing eompiet I n. Hog fuel will be used. The Lane county court has author ised a concreie jail at Oakridjre. The South, rn Pacific will share 1n the ek pense. . Grove Orchanl community near Bto Minnvtllc has purchased a building which will be n ::k deled into a ccm munity hall. SeTeral roads near Albany were flooded by the high water last week and travel in nearly every direction from Albany was restricted. With- a desire to study floral ques tions and beautify Tillamook, a group of people interested in flowers have organized the Tillamook Floral club. ' Two women and one man. students at Oregon Agricultural college, were dismissed by college authorities for alleged participation in liquor parties ' George O. Knowlea was elected major of Cottage Grove to take the place vacated by J. H. Chambers, re signed, at a meeting of he city coun clL Torakieh Hortnchi, Japanese. 45" was instantly killed near Perry when a rock which was being lifted by a derrick, split, half of it falling on his face. Christian Ranley, 83. known pioneer of Pendleton and an Indian fighter during the construction of the I'nion Pacific railroad, died at his home In Hood River. Two million feet of logs were taken down the Siuslaw river by recent high water to the boom of the Siuslaw Boom company, near Cushman, where they will be stored until marketed. Fruit trees in Lane county as a rule were not damaged as much by the recent freezing weather as during the lero weather in 1919. according to C. E. Stewart, county fruit inspector With Ochoco creek, a tributary to Crooked river, at flood stage, the Ochoco reservoir is rapidly filling with wster. giving assurance to Prlneville farmers of a season of plentiful crops Plans for the annual strawberry carnival to be held in Roseburg dur lng May this year fcave already been started by the Umpqua Chiefs, who staged a very successful festival last spring. Dr. W. T. Phy of the state board of health has begun a survey of Union county to discover the number of cases of goitre. It is claimed that I'nion county is one of the parts of the world where goitre is most prevalent. Rising to 23 feet, the Willamette river at Albany set a new hizh mark tor the winter. All through traffic was topped except between Albany and Corvallls v la the west side road, and between Albany and Portland. It the senate panes the omnibus building bill, which has passed the house, there will be set aside out of the lump sum appropriation. $300.0)0 for a federal building at As'.oria. and 1120,000 for an extension of the build ing at Eugene. On February 1 there was 10 feet of snow at the rim of Crater lake. 8Vv feet a? Anna Spring camp, and the total precipitation for the previous month was 10.64 Inches, according to the month's weather report received from the Crater national park ranger Jonathan Bourne, ex-Uni'ssl States senator from Oregon, will receive one half of the estate, valued at more than $1, 000, 000, left by his sister. Miss Emily Howland Bourne. Miss H jurat died in March, 1922. Ex-senator Bourne resides in Washington, D.. C. Because women violators of 'Bend city ordinances are obviously raking advantage of leniency being shown them due to a lack of women's quar ters in the local jail, Bend's women prisoners will likely be seut to the Crook county Jail in Prlneville here after. The number of Pacific coast fir mills that have gone onto the 5-day week la now more than 1M and aupcoxl mately 23,000 employes are effected by the shortened schedule. Slack demand and accumulation of stocks at mills were the reasons assigned for reducing output until weather in the east per mits full employ.-, nt of building labor. Hay shortage resulted In a com paratively heavy lows of castle In central Oregon this winter, reports reaching Bend indicate. It was es , tlmated that IS per cent ot the cattle in the vicinity of Sisters had died. Heavy losses were reported from Fort Rock. The public service commission has authorized short time publication of special intrastate carload rates on s. td wheat for reseedlng purposes which has been made necessary as a result of the recent cold weather. The tales apply to those counties east of 4 "'ver and south to Snake river. After being deadlocked. 11 to one for hanging for nearly 19 hours, the jurors at Klamath Falls who heard the case against Sim Pate, first of th gambling house murder suspects to face, trial, compromised and returned i ":diit ol guilty of first degree tnur .1. r but recommended life imprison ment. One hundred and eighteen mills re porting to West Coast Lumbermeu'. association for the week ending Jnnu ary 31 manufactured 103.898.tT8 feet of lumber, sold 93.104.234 feet am; shipped 98.636,648 feet. New business was 11 per cent below production Shipments were 7 per MM above ne business. While no material damage to fall wheat will occur in Baker county on account of the recent severe winter weather, it Is reported that deep freez ing before snow fell will result in considerable damage to the alfalfa hay crop this year. In many Instances srowers will plow their alfalfa fie'.i md reset d. There were two fatalities in Oregon Jue to industrial accidents during the week ending February 5, according to a report issued by the state Industrial iccident commission. The victims Vara Matbaua Lettenmaier. Oregon City, beaterman. and Hal Lofton. 811 vlea, laborer. A total ot 49 accidents as reported. Damage estimated at 8250.000 was 'mailed, thousands of head of sheep jnd cattle were drowned, houses and -mall buildings were swept away, a railroad bridge was washed out and Vale was covered with three feet of water when the dam on Bully creek. 19 miles west of Vale, broke under the pressure of flood waters. A west coast branch of the National Lumber Manufacturers' association will be established at Portland in recognition of the increasing import ance of the lumber industry In the Pacific northwest, it was announced it the headquarters of the association in Washington, D. C. Harold F. Hubbs. for many year3 a resident ot Portland, will direct the Portland branch. Suit was begun in circuit court at Eugene by J. H. Hawley and S. W Boyd of Cottage Grove against the county court and the sheriff to enjoin the collection of 1924 taxes as they stand on the rolls, which have just been completed, on the ground tbat :he amount leviet upon this year ax; ; ceeds by more than per cent the i mount levied upon last year. Three thousand signs to mark forest rails In 22 forests in Oregon and Washington were shipped by the forest lervlce at Portland to meet the grow ing demand of tourists who are mak ing the forests their summer play grounds. The largest shipment went to the Diamond lake region, where 560 signs were wanted, and the next to the Mount Hood national forest, which took 320 signs. A chance for some of the farmers who are in the hog business to replace former losses with profits Is seen by Fred Bennion. Umatilla county agent, following receipt of the govern ment's report of a shortage of hogs amounting to 12.000.000 in Januiry, 1926, as compared with 1924. Low prices for hogs and high price of feeds have caused hog production in Uma tilla county to be greatly curtailed juring the last two years. The California Oregon Power com pany has applied to the federal po-.v er commission for a preliminary per "lit for an Installation on Clearwate: river, a tributary of the North l'i . iua river, and Nowich creek, a triL utary of Clearwater rUui, 51 mile northeast of Roseburg. Douglas county It is proposed to construct a dac ibout three miles above the nv.tr. of the Clearwater, creating a stor.-c reservoir extending about six mile q ream, to furnish storage and pow er in connection with the comr.ny'. other developments on the North t'mpqua. Damage to winter wheat In eastern Oregon last month was considerably greater than at first estimated, re ports indlcato. Between 90 and 9f. per cent of the wheat crop in Morrow county will have to be reseeded, ac cording to advices from R. W. Morse. Morrow county agent. New observa tions in Sherman, Oilllam and Wasco counties show early estimates fsr be low actual figures. In Sherman coun ty, 80 per cent ot the grain Is dead, according to D. E. Stephens, super intendent of the Moro experiment sta tion. Between 20,000 and 24,000 acres will have to be reseeded In Wasco county, County Agent Daigh estimates. Li'trL Ktuhiti Portrait of Abraham Linc An IMF I Mi 3 V I M f ii mi i mm Freeman Thorpe (txh.bitlag His Portrait of Lincoln. Lincoln Portrait Drawn From Life In a Way, Most Interesting of All Pictures of the Great President Freeman Thorpe, In an article pat) llshed in Leslie's gave n dec.dy Inter eating account of how he made two life sketches of the martyred Pre: dent, one of them beinj; at (Jettystrarg while Lincoln was waiting to deliver his famous speech. Mr. Thorpsj unite: 1 was at home In Geneva, Ohio, when I heitrd tbat a train which was coming that afternoon from the en.-t had on hoard Mrs. Lincoln, wife of th newly elected President. I hustl, 1 about and stirred up the militia com pany of the town, and when the train pulled In we had the cannon and Ware Bring a salute In honor of the future occupant of the White House. Then I was Introduced to Mrs. Lin coin as the boy who hud caused tb sulute. She was pleased, and treated me very gr!u-;uisl. Some weeks after that I wrote t.. President Lincoln an ! asked hlin to stop his Inaugural train at Geneva, so I could make a sketch of him. To my delight, Lincoln replied, agreeing to zjiy request. 1 let It be known in Geio-va t! at President Lin coin would hoaar the town by stopping there n fe minutes, nn his way to take office. SOd from sunrise until the tra.n .ir- I every bell In Geneva kept up a continual ringing. People heard the noise away out in the country, and came in to learn what It was all about. ' S5flf2a I George G . Barnard, we'.-knn sculptor, is hers shown at his Mew York studio putt ng the finishing touches to tl- fit st of four 15-foot heaths of Atrnham L.noin which are to be placed alenj ths Lincoln high way, in four states. Wh n the train pulled In I wns the first to lm:. .. ; onto the platform of the Presideit' , ar. There stood Lin coln rvadv to clasp my hand. Then I took my position, on the next platform, and rn'giin my suC'-li, while the crowd pus:L Up- u M-.he his hand. Of cotirit U.ut sketch was rough,, but I got the" I kenefs. Then '. ;,:,.. the car I enlisted and ver.ed in t!:o Second Ohio cavolry, ri.'Utffiz in ttiv SUtuaiidmih valley. My health l.nrtce down mid I wns sent on detached duty to Jeffersonvllle, Ind., tv recupcmti When I regataad my health, I went ..n to Washington to rejoin mi n m nt. Thnt was Just befoi. the Ili-sl . umvcif iry of the battle of UetfysLneg. With my pre clous Cenen sketch of Llie "In, I went to the SV.ir department And asked for a furlough to go to ; ttysburg and make another s'.ei.li of the President, for It hud teen announce! that .Mr. Lincoln '.II speau en that occasion. I irol the furlough M rode on the sutm tr.iiu nil tl.e Prudent, soeur ing an audi ace I iltowVd him my On-1) oil ii iiig iukdt front the Geneva Viioiiluind'' skvo h. aBd he mapthoeoted It When we irTjso.l al OettysbtirK, we found n great crowd 'here. Interested In the scenes nt ll'e li.lftteUeld, rut her than In the program of speeeh, -There were many open graves and baltle vlct:tns -were being burled. Only a comparatfvoiy smuli nntnlur of people gatbarad about tlM stand to CECIL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Farrens of b one we in callers at he Last t amp on uday. r. and Mrs. Al. Troedson and Mla-i I ran. Is of Ella, also Mr. and Mrs Roy Slender and daugher of Seldom- ... MM .... .1 I .. 1 seen were au csiung on invuu ui w ll Ott Saturday Mr. anil Mrs. I.. L. Funk and .laugh ter, of the Logan cottage spent Hun day with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hap pohf of Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. II. J. Streoter and family of I Veil were the dinner giiests on Huuday of Mr and Mrs. II V Ty ler of KwlUK It K DJMU of th Busy Bee was dellvorliiK a load of honey III I.exlng tou aud Heppner ou Wednesday. Miss E. O'Neal who has been visit lng In Portlaud for souietlme arrlv isl hom on Sunday and will visit with her parents Mr. aud Mrs. O' Neal, she was accompanied by her nice,, little Miss Virginia Thompson Mm. L. L rNmk, Mrs. Sexton and Mrs. Oet. Krehs were tratisacllng luisiuess In lone ou Saturday. Mr. aud Mrs. J'ick Hynd motored ta HoiHiiier on 1" hMM last Wedins day. Mm llrnil r-umined In lowu for a few w.eks. V V I'edi" ' In on Harper of Ew- Hot Lowe and Walter Pope lo .ir the pe.-. lies. I stood within IS feel of Mr. Lincoln, as he sat on the il.of.rm. There I made another -keifii. There Is a wonderful differ .nee In Its n from that of i"K also the li. neva sketch! The lines are 'of Cet'il we- nil calling at tbe W. II tl uuntensnce more grave, rhandler rmich on Sunday. We listened two Ismrs to the ora- tioii of K.lward Lverett. then th I i -idenl slepjml forward, a sheet of paer In bis left hand. There he m.hmL his left foot advanced ahead of I. Is right, and began to speak, geatlcu i ng somewhat with IxHh long run. '1 he cr .w.1 ett!e. down to hear an hour's address, but II was all over ta ! - thofl three minutes and the Presi dent nut down. There was no applause. The audi.: .- ' :::(, ed Three tuiniites. when they had expected an hour! The meeting silently broke up. In 18T1 I went o Washington with my two Lincoln sketches. They wera the only known sketches from life of the martyr President, and tbat fsct Interested tho ssoatora, Th. y built a studio for me ou the rapltol roof, over the senate wing, and I i led It for -J years. 1 was twen f. -e..n years eld when given that - . 1 :t n.'t until last year did I !i my Hrtrnlt of Lincoln. The li brary -'"inmitue of the senate rocom- 1 minded 't pur. base, an I the senate '.n mliaoiisly voied J2,dl)l) for It. Mrs. Alf Mcilloek and sons of Rock cliff spmu Wednesday aud Thursday with Mrs Pat Medlock of Morgan, Olio more luiinl of sheep lHloiigliig to It. A. TbOtnpOon nulled at the SheparilN Rest, on Tuesday and will, la- fed her,, for some lime. I J. J. McBnttrs mid danibttr Jo.. phi in. were Arlington callers on Thins dsy. Mr. and Mrs fjab, Kiel.s and sons wars in Hsppoet on Thursday. T II Lowe ef The highway House, lefi on the local ou Kiidiiy f.r Port land where he ekpOctS to W for a few days. Marlon Van Hchulack of Arlluglon was a callot ni ih. Karl faraaworth rancli nl Ithea on Siilurdiiy. t'bas. Hynd of the Pines I kiali ar lived nt llnttfi fl.v Itatl on Friday and u Sunday left fOi Portland w 1 'i n Mrload of entile for llvinl ti i llni'M COX of Ihe Shepnid's ltesl THIisiu ted bllxlliess In Ion. Friday. Miss Annie Ihnd who bai Iseti In Hepimer for a few wiM-ks reluincl to Itullerfly Plats on Stindin J'.hll Kiehs nccouipiiiile.l h Pat M.-I liKk and Hoi Lowe were callers In Morgnn on Tuesdav (renlng Oo'ng Somsl The balnm-e w lieel of a watch re volves MyfiOO times nn hour, which means tbnl It travels otMiul m l.- a year If ronslaatll tn us Few but Have Kindly Feeling for Lincoln Vuu (the s.niUi) have no oslh registered In Heaven to destroy the gOTl raw while I have the most sol emn ..ne lo preserve, protect and de fend It." said Lincoln In his first In augural. This Is the Lincoln who sp 0 the conservatives, the Lincoln who saved the l iilon. says a writer in the 1 '. y (.lobe. They iii.te him on emancipation: "If I coirtd save the I'nion w ithout freo Ing nny slave, I would do It; If I COatd. save the t nion by freeing sll the davAi. I wuujd do it. . . . Whatever I do al.. ut slavery and the colored nice, I do lecaii.e I believe It helps save the I neon." lloue.r much he hatad slsvery. Lincoln KS ihe I'nion as his first Job. and even Ihe stodgiest lory of tods .an respeel hliu on this count. But the non onservatlve (from the lightest pink to the deepest red) ra members Llninln's remark on first see ing a stave market. "If I ever gel a . ban.-.- lo hit that thins. I'm going to hit It hard." During ..- spring of 1019, one of the reddest magaalnrs In America Haunted a full-page face of the Ktimn rtpator on Its cover and In Its edi torial section Justified Its course with examples from the life of Lincoln. Even Lenin. In one of his "letters to Ajjaorteoa Worklngmen," commented ou tbe emancipation of the slaves and paid tribute to the President who ac oiiipli.di.sl It. The South always felt that hnd Lin coin lived It would have been spare., the major horrors of reronstructlon I'm Starting Now! Resolve riht now at the U'ninin of the New Year to save each week at least some small part of your income. It will prove the most profitable resolution vm could make. That Sense Of Security Which come s with the realization that you have succeeded in saving something spurs you on to redouble your efforts toward mak ing financial progress. ARLINGTON NATIONAL BANK Oldest Bank in Gilliam County ::::::::::::::: General Repairing and Overhauling Tires - Tubes AND Accessories SEAMAN'S GARAGE Irrigon ... Oregon OFFICIAL DESIGN.OF THE OLD OREGON TRAIL ASSOCIATION Presidential Victory Came at Birthday Gift Almost In the nature of n hirtinhi. (lift crime the news to Abraham I. In coin that he had been elected Presi' dent of the I'nlted Htstee. Tbe eta turn! college met and vote I and on Pchruary H congress assembled In Join convention. At this convention the vine presl dent announced he hud the return from the stilt es of Tennessee am louistunu, but in obedience to Ibe ex isting laws, lie held It to be his dut rot to present them the onven lion. Only the returns from the loyui states, Including West Virginia, wen counted. The result showed ' 1. ele loral votes for Lincoln and 2 tor M (lellan. . On (he very day of the President birthday, announcement came to Was). Ington that thl or ton ships Hhernmi had sent from HuMinnah bud put Intt New Turk and Newport. It I. Tlu dispatches were featured hi the news papers iinn..iue Ine the arrival of the vessels and commenting with fuvo on the prospvets of Kettlng cargoes of cotton from the newly opened ports ol the South. If Ibere were any thoughts of death on his mind on his last birthday, hou ever, It Is more than likely that they ...re due to a conscientiousness of having labored under too terrific a strain for nny man to survive, espe chilly with four years more of vera tious problems and unceasing labor ahead. Y av Oi jag I i T , K py' -0 The detifn 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 river the cov ered wagons came and won an empire for the United States, w The design is the work of Avard Fairbanks of the University of Oregon.