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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.
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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.