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PAGE 5 THE BOARDMAN MIRROR KIllltAV I'KHm'ARY 80. 1925 Descendant of Washington Line Dwells in This Austrian Castle way. not far fretn rVoacent lake. Is t5 foot In ilopth and In packed Into n Kinder-like mass by heavy ralnH and sub-nero weather, according t reports being brought t Head by trappers. Not toll rooolpts of tho Intorstatr brtdaa at Vancouver totaled St,n7.H last month, an Increase of $24". 41 : v..n Innimrv. 11(24. according 10 ..... Auditor Itao. Multnomah county I Tho Eastern Orison Dental asso- bhnr was $t;i.S41 1 and Clarke coun- mum i " ' itlos. near I he Willamette pass high- , 4 OF SPECIAL INTEREST Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Our Readers. tattoD hold a two day sseston ut l.a Irando. Morris U Johnson, Klamath oounty kpprataar for tho stats bonus oommis sion. has i waliiiotl ty received $9237.45. Tho gross N n ipts woro $27.5241,'.!; expenses wore $4!ii.03. j iio Campball Town oocnpanjf of Oabkoih, Wis. submitted tho highest HurRlars ontoroil tho general store bids to tho department of the Interior it Quinnby and appropriated nierdiun The castle of George Baron von Washington, of Auatria, the deacandant of the Washington line and the bejrer of the same name as hla llluatrlous American relative Blood Relative of First President Washington on ;i stand of 3i.UIIU.uiiu ion 01 inn (ompiislug tho t'rook unit of thai Klamath Indian reservm! ion. Prices pi r thousanil board foot woro $t.U for pifto. $2.62 for noughts fir uhd $1 01 j for othor speclos. There woro throo fatalities duo to Industrial accidents in Oregon In tho 1 week ending February 41, according ! (V to a report lamed by tho itata tmlus tjp trial accident commission. The i' lima woro: It. A- Hlssuo, CwMl Orovo: S. K. Hamlin. Yamhill. and , QeOTga llydo, Troiiholm A total l,r j V 4fi7 accidents was reported. The t! per "out tax limit wan ex reeded by the Lane oounty court In j fixing this year's tax levy, aa'ordlng j to a decision of Judge ti Bklpworth 1 at Eugene, and a change i" the rollsl George Baron von Washing ton Is Distinguished Austrian Citizen. also valued at $700 t'aptain total Britkson. for 42 years engaged III lowboat service on Coos bay. is dead at the ago of 77 year.). Two arm ad robbers held up tho Parkroaa State hank, just itslde th city limits of Portland, ami escaped with about $1650 in cash. II. I,. Plank tHf Junction City wa elected presTdent ot the lain' Count Jersey Cattle Breeder' association al the annual mooting in Euguno. Crater Uaka BatlonaJ park waa the only park in tho Cnited States which paid dividends' In MM, according to Colonel C. ('. Thomson, superintend ent. Tho date for the Pacific slope news - t 1 . .... paper conierence was - ail.rimgly, a(eordBH Anril 17 and IS ia Portland, accord .. . In ine COUIIl) cowl, mum "in v . ing to Krod W Konnody. sooro.ary ol fe , . ,, ,,, the press association. ,. ,hal the limit was alleged to V Work on the tunnels of the Eugoio 1 Klamath Falls 1 ut off Is proc lin. o o : o worn The must distinguished kinsman and namesake of tieorge Washington, our tirst President, lives in Kuroi-. He is tieorge Baron von Washington, of l'oels who was a caotain of Austrian cavalry and fought against .fined, a in A "ft the World war. The Baron U sixty seven years old and lives alone, with his seven dogs, in an enonnous shabby castle in Styrlu. southern Austria. Nine hundred ..ir ago. the baron says, there was a Tortin, lord of Havens worth, England, from whom tho Wash ingtons descended. Prom Tortin to Robert Washington, lord of Miile- ... in liml fh.. funiltv tri's of ' -t '. . I w... . d i.eorge ana uie nanm ero ine .ono. 1 The p,,P, ir voice Kotiert asliington mnrried tne uaugn- withstood; ter of 1-ord Kernoford and had several HroRd-mlnu.l. hlgher-souled, there Is sons, on- v l: : . :-t. Jr.. v. :. - . - .... ,,u ,.. . ... ho w as all this, ana ours, ana all sons emigrated to America. One of men's these great-gr.1ii1ii.1H1s of IMuTt was : WASHINGTON! the great-grandfather of tieorge Wash- j James Russell Lowell Ington who became tirst President of the I'nited Statea. John, another son of Hubert Wash ington, arid his descendants lived in England until the end of the Eight eenth' century when they emigrated, hut not to America. James Washing ton. descendant of John, went to TI10 Hague and sold l.js services where he could as an officer. In 17'. he learned that a Washington had become Presi dent of the American republic and after investigating found that tieorge was his true blood cousin. James then ThrouKh seven slow years of unad vancina; war. 1: lual when Held wt-re lost or SMt were won. With breath of popular applause or blame. Nor fanned nor damped, unquenehahly the same. rviama... r.. .u. u.. . M. hlnorv for t ho i.avniont of loans Too Inward to be reached by Haws of ruptdy and the completion of the .!. ' .,.,..,,. ,. ,,, ,, . . -Kgri gat ng $1,500,000 lor I lie rcllel Idle fame. . tunnel which Is he ng bored un " . , ( 1001 luuuci wunu , , . 1 eastern Oregon farmers In p aced Soldier and statesman, rarest unison; der the summit of the ( ascades Is tmmmHtm when ItlKk-polsed example of great duties , j , , , g Pirp,.es begat, to fun. t Ion wll.ll done. Pae ntK,ut July ' I representatlras of the hoard of con Simply as breathing, a worlds honor Hetween 30 and 40 M are working I , . ... ... nreeon cities to indifferent gifts to all men on the Ashland Klamath Falls high ,,,,,,., ,,., nrrangementa for way In an effort to keep It open. In born Dtnak for himself, unless It were to God. Hut for his barefoot soldiers eloquent. Tramping the snow to coral where automobiles are able to pa they trod. ' Held by his awe In hollow-eyed con tent; Modest, yet firm as Nature's self, un blamed Save by the men his nobler temper Khan- ed 1 handling tho money. The plan culls several places the road base In - , r n 1()(,a, ,.mm,,eo f five to serve broken through and it is with diM A BARGAIN We are assembling a Ford Car, that is to be a real bargain for the party looking for a first class used car. It will consist of New Body New Top Disc Wheels A-l Motor Good Tires This car If fleet rically equipped - demountable rims- and first clam .shape through and through. The price is right. Sw this and otht-rs it SNELL & LEMON AllHOKIZKI) I OKI) DKALKKS Main 212 the points. Two major general Improvein- J Axttoftoii, wWw without pay In each district. The rivers anil harbors bill carries 11 , no inlmeiit uunpieii on inouou in uni.-.r Mi-Narv nrovhllllE for u pro tK.nd issues aggregating 130.000 and iIlmry survey of changes in the present city charter , ,...,.,,, nnd Willamette rivers Not h..n..r.d then or now because he providing for registration of voters In ,,lirllinj )Q ,ht, e, wl(h a view but that he still ll,y elections will be placeu ne.or. w(li.nK ,u.,.p,.nlB1, r lhc voters of The Dalles at a spetiai to-, ..eolect contemplated Is I " lion March 6. . , .,, most 8rnblllous yt put forward Sand r,Tr Ky An rationa to V.irv losses In Oregon, exclusive of j for any rjv,,r n t(u, United Stales ex rptOTt.r tu. tK)ly (.f Klov, . i p troW l ortland. in January aggregated 14.- t(pl Mississippi. the Sand Cave tomb In whl h h was 440. according to a report Issoon oy i amendment to the rivers and trapped IS days si i mil Oregon FLOYD COLLINS IS FOUN I DEAD II T i'lp I ei. ; ing . . roner, an imiiind that he had n f"llas, recognlied hltn. was certain thai ha n ib ol and wai equally ur ' tln-m Is no way of removlnf tbf bodjr wb out probable furtbar ios ( Uuwaa 1Kb." Floyd Collins was reached and found lleiol .it l.'i Monday afternoon, after ruught. rcscMcM hnil peneimted Into the orlg harbors bill providing for preliminary after four friend, of Collin, and a " ""H " '"Ims survey of Cinpnua river mid hnrbor coroner's Jurj? of ep. i I iio-n 4iud with a view to thtdr Improvement was verified th Juilgmeiil of II. T. adopted by the senate committee on Carwlchacl, general supervisor, that Boaunerce At the same time the further efforts wem fiit..; and would Will Moore, state fire marshal. Th. Old Chronicle Tells of taosi oMaiurtrotM fire was at BUw Washington as Fireman " 1 1 burD,,d wU" " loss of lao.ooo. JTT. "Z? , vir.M? During the past year the DbMM he presented tiie volunteer company of Valley canrlery In Hoseburg spent over (.omnii,.e BVe Ui approval to the result only In further , . . ..I iuu Alexandria, Va.. with a Are engine! M. I $33,000 in purchasing prrxlu. e fa j,cXr,. amendment giving local In- life. Ji. LevU-k. writing in St. Nicholas, de- the farmers of Itouglaa county, and , lerV,sU 0 Tillamook bay credit for The last members of th coroner1 scribes this incident In the life of the approximately J.'ir,, for labor, ac -j,;-, ,,,, 1 ready expended by them on Jury came from the shaft at ItlM nrt ! ,U or of our country ai follows: cording to the report presented to tkt ,,rl;r mauraaaH, TZZZZZZZZZZZIIIZIZZZIZZZ in LVi to the 'Friendship Are ,".i,,. I " t Keclamal.on of .he Fort Hoc pany. That waa almost a hundred The fur 'n''u,,,rT ,D ttn,ral ,,rt'on i trict of the Deschutes national for years before there were paid Bremen, is seriously menai n7 un or grazing purposes, supplying in tlmse .lays the Are fighting was done poi.son by government trappers. It is runK,, for Hn ,,j!,mi 3o.00 head of by volunteers, who belonged to differ ent companies, just as it la today In .small towns. When a Are was dla covered a big bell was rung and nt the signal the members of the volunteer company camp running from wherirer they were ; the; hauled out the engine and dragged it, with a score of men tugging at a long rope, to the tire, and then fell to work for alf they were worth, making the pump hunriV-s go up and down like a seesaw. TUe Friend ship fire company was organized on August 13. 1774. the year before Waih- San Francisco Publisher la Dead. J-' iM Fram Isco M. H. De Younf, puiHi.ii.i oi ihv Hi4t ufr-uuciuLu f'luwM tela, dlud here tumluy following (in jjiiratop for Intestinal troubles. held by private trappers in Lake and Mtlf,n Sl ,)f ,.at,e, is b.iii Deschun-s i.iuiilies It is sain mm many valuable fur bearing anrmalr other than coyotes are being destroy ed. One hundred and eighteen mill re porting to the West Coast Lumber men's association for the weolr etui backed by sheepmen of central ore gon. An appropriation of npproxl mutely Sloo.uoO by the government fur the purpose of bringing water 31 or 40 miles from I'uullna lake to the arid Fort Rock country Is being urged. A trust deed given by the Tide water Mill tympany, which Is a sub MAXWELL TOURING CAR In good funning order, for sale cheap or trade for air compressor or good second hand light di rect current electric motor. Or what have you? Americans who are interested in the family tree of George Washington, and most Americans are, will be inter ested in this photograph taken re cently in Austria of George Baron von Washington, the Austrian descendant of the Washington l.ne and the bearer of the same r.ame as his illustrious American relative. tried to get a Job in America and let ten ware changed between the two-, j The baron has no copy of his pwfc grandfather's Ulttef but he does have i lie orlglnul al the answer our I'resl- ' dent sent refusing James a military I post In the new repaid i.-. Ocur. . reason for the refusal and plain deal ing as gtated In the letter wits that "it was not in accord with the RaUef of the American government to bestow oAlces of any kind on foreigners to the exclusion of her own citizens." However, he admitted his bfaod re liitlonship to .Tames. Luter we learn that James Washing ton also n i. a name und position In life for hiiirielf, and his son Jacob aD even greater one, Jacob sold his serv ices to the Bavarian government undet King I.udwlg I, and finally became mar shal of the court. He bei tune a baron and lord of the estate al Notztng, Cp per Bavaria. Jscob'a only son, Maxi milian, the present baron's father. . ar rled the fnailly career still further by marrying a royal JllilWI a cousin to Queen Mary of Kn'und. Now the baron Is the last of his line, his brother having died. i'ulhlinder Maga.iic Ing February 7, manufactured 'J,.01J. 082 feet of lumber; sol.l - gdlary of the Porter Pro rompany. feet and shipped S7.&64.120 f-.-t New wn,(.h own Urfe tracU ()f ,m,er bUHineas was per cet below produc )an(, q w,,Hl).rrj ,,outj(y un(i thr ington bought the engine nor it, and Is I lion. oi Hard sawmill at Florence, to the Mill in existence, although now Alex A un grwn bobcat sat eb-.trocut fiet,, Trust compnny, securing a andrla has a paid Are department. The L, w ,be 6,ooo volt line of the Val' hsj l aioo, was filed for record rrrt rl n ,,,e om r w !,"rH Br"-0': a ,p V.-t ..rails' Fire assr latbon' Tbt' cat th" 5" f,M" at Kugene. Tho deed covers several I pole and got Its face agalnsl ih- top thousand acres of the company's hold ' wire while its legs were around Qm Ings. SAID BY WASHINGTON gjprwlra which runs the Ungtft a Because of the heavy damage tbata lie poio. wug iiono to wheat seedett last fall on A switch at Cayuse. when- a big the farm ul uor experiment station Mallet engine wbb derailed, was block ,he Kran I1Ursery In Umatilla county it by Harvey Strong, a 17 year old In w11 pr(de valuable data on the re ! Han of Toppenlsh. Wash., at.ordlng Mgtance to winter killing offered by ,o a confession which the youth made tho varctes gcetled there lust fall, ,t DafMty Sheriff Bennett at I'endle 8Ccording to D. E. Stephens, sup' rin The Indian gave no reason for tcndent of Moro station. Last fall lis action. on the Moro farm 10,000 single row Suit t toro'lone a mortgage for plantings wore made and every row $S72,S03.14 the largest sum orer In- i 0f tnt. wheat was wlnlitr killed. Some volved in a legal action In Jackaon varieties seeded In the ITmntlllu coun until y wuh ribd in the circuit court ty nursery were killed, but a big per it Meilford by the Welch Investment rentage Is ex peeled to come Uiroui'S eompany and J. W Stewart of Spo with only nominal damage kane against the Rogue River Valley j (jrow(,r members of the Hood River I OOfftpaaf. Apple Orowora' association last weel: A pulp and paper mill costing 2, j r(l.t.ve(j ihecks, aggregating MM.000, SOO.uOO will be erected at St. Helens ,;jVcrng tne Co-0perutlvn agency's SEAMAN'S GARAGE Irrigon ... Oregon OFFICIAL DESIGN.0F THE OLD OREGON TRAIL ASSOCIATION A ood mural character Is the first aaaatMM in u man. I feel everything thut hurts the sen- j sihillty of a gent Ionian. I hope, some day, we shall become a , Moreimusi- and granary for the world. I We do not wish to be the only p.-o pie to taste the sweets of an eiial und a I government. Would to Goal the harmony of na tions were un object that lay nejirvst to the hearts of sovereigns! I heU the innxliu no less nis,entle to aabttc Bum to private affairs, thai "honesty Is the brtit policy." It appears to me that little more than common sense and common hot. esty would le necessary to muke n ., great ami happy nation. I am ji-solved that no mlsrepro nt. tions. fnlselidods, or calumny ,s!:;m me nwerve from what I conceive .,, .,.. ..v tl. Hawlev I'uln & I'aper to be the strict line of duty. Tba very idea of the power a tin rl'lit of the people to establish govevn ment presupposes the duty of e v Indlvliliial to obey the eatablislo d o ermnent. Old Pohick Church Not far from Alexandria, Va., Is a church of whbii one hears leaa tlniji of OBM of the other churches In wltldi the first I'resiili nt worshiped. This Is the old I'ohlck church, of wMeh, It l claimed, Washington wai the desJarner. fie also 'was a vestryman of this church, und It Is known that he bad a great and iierullar affection for It. It I la a church having much to do with the spiritual life f Washington. .. . company and the Charlea R. McCor mlck Lumber company, It was an nounced by Wlllard P. Hawley Jr., rice president and general manager of the paper company. The Kugeue 'ity council htiH oidei ed a special election April IE to aulb unite issuanca t&HI.OOO In bonds for tba t'dlowlng purposes: Fifty thousand tloilars sewer reconstruct bm, S2.ri,OO0 now fire apparatus, 'Z0.W tor pav ing street Interset lions, $:)7r.,000 for McKenxle water project, lS,0tX) fot new reservoir, mains and pumps, $10, 000 for repairing city hall, 30,00u fot paving street Intersections, $25,000 fur ire Inerator and $'joou for paving. .n - third cash distribution on the 1 !-i tpple crop. Tin; association act u now record for cash dividends on apple pools Just before Christmas, when It cut a melon that oxceecfaxl $400,000. A Hoeond cash dlstrlhuiloii of $300,000 wus made In January Tnt fourth distribution, to be made In March, will reach an approximate 1400,000. Previously the t ,, u. t at iv sales organization had advanced to growers on supplies and for harvest ing expenses more than $1,100,000, and the total returns to growers on the, 1924 tonnage, which was slightly In Bxcoss of 2,000,000 boxes, to date reaches $2,227,000. The design of the ox team and covered wagon symbolizes the spirit of the old west. It typifies vision, ctiuurance, 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 Statea. K. The design is the work of Avard Fairbanka of the University of Oregon.