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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.
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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.