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THE BOARDM
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AN MIRROR
VOLUME V
41 ,
ItO VRPM AN. MORROW COUNTY, OREGON KRIDAV FEBRUARY 27 1925
Boardman Locals and Personals
NUMBER !i
Lion or Lamb?
J. O. Russell wax a visitor in Ar
lington last Saturday.
Mrs. E. Kunze and children have
lieen ill the past week with Influenza.
Pete Farley is feeding a band of
1200 sheep on the John Jenkins farm.
Mrs. J. C. 'Ballinger was a passenger
on the local No 1 Saturday, bound for
lone.
Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlln of Park
dale Oregon, are visiting at the Hud
son home.
Boh Balllnger of Portland is spend
ing a few days with .his brother, J.
C. Ballinger.
F. E. Noble of Meyers Talis. Wash.,
was inspecting the land in our vicin
ity on Sunday.
John Brlce was in Whitcomh, Wash,
this week with a view of buying a
span of horses.
Mrs. Bailey and hoys spent Satur
day and Sunday in Arlington visiting
Mr. Bailey's sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Howell and Mrs. E. K.I
' Mulkev made a business trip to Her-
miston cue day last week.
Word comes from The Dalles that
Dr. Donnelly lias been very ill and
was in Portland for treatments.
Buster Bands and Hector Wickland
er shipped this week to Denver, pelts
from two coyotes, eight Skunks and
one badger.
Mrs. Jack Gorham entertained Mr.
and Mrs. Bay Brown, and Mr. and
Mrs. Royal Bands at cards on Wednes
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Olson went to Pendle
ton Saturday to see Clifford and re
.port him improving as fast as could
I e expected.
Mrs. Williams, wife of the govern
ment trapper, arrived from Portland
this week and is stripping at the bote
for a few days.
Mrs. Lewis and Miss
left Tuesday night for
visit with their mother
llendrlok at The Dalles.
Mr. and Mrs. Neal A. Bleakn
Ilermiston are tho parents of a
pound boy. Mis. Blonkney is
daughter of Mrs. H. H. Weston.
Pajl Smith as a business visitor in
Arlington Thursday and called at the
Currey Printing company office and
leneod bis Mirror subscription a year
ahead.
Mr. and Mrs. Chns. Ilango with Mr.
J. A. Lytic, motored to Portland last
week and stopped on their way home
for a days visit with relatives at
Hood River.
('has. Bands, father of Royal Rands
who' has been in Portland for sever
al weeks receiving medical attention
returned home this week, much im
proved in health.
Messrs. Ralph Davis. Nate Macom
l.er. Maurice Goodwin, and M. L. Ifor
gan were visitors in I rrigon and at
Ilermiston Thursday night, in the In
terest of the local Legion Post.
Mrs. Han Rancier was calietl ta
Pendleton on last Saturday, because
of the death of her neice, Clara Mar
lowe, age 12. from typhoid. The bur
ial was held in Pendleton Sunday.
" Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Davis. Mrs. J.
C. Ballinger, Miss Barbara Hixon. and
Boy Gilhreth. were in attendance at
the Legion dance in Hirniiston
.Monday evening and report a very t n
joyable time.
Clins. McDaniels, who has lieen oc
cupying the Hines house this winter,
has moved his family to Ilardman. to
reside. The Bleakman family will
occupy the Hines cottage until tlie
close of school.
will be addresses by the visitin
isters.
Come to
dies, bring
to remain
There will
per but a
taken to help defray the expenses
the speakers.
la
the afternoon meetint
your baskets and prepare
for the evening meeting.
be no charge for the sup-
free will offering win ie
TEAM BOLTS
'eh wwy
cah you see. ,
HiCH ONE H&S
6R00ftlN6?
IK
Driver Receives Severe Injuries
Smash-Up Dragged Several
Yards Rones Broken
Sylvester Attatmry it
condition at his home,
an accident he suffered
his team ran away with
returning from the field
Marshall farm, with his
empty wagon, whdp t'i(
came lrightened and
Mr. At ta bury who wi
was thrown out on
onto the ground, tin
few feel along th
wheels of the wage
In Tallin
m a serious
1 8 a result of
Monday when
him. He was
at the Mike
team and an
horses lie-
Mr.
started to run.
vas (n the wagon,
the tongue, thence
axle pulling him a '
ground, and twe
;on crossed his body
AttaburV broke
ribs from the sternum, the clavicle
shoulder blade were crushed from
weight ef the wagon. He was remov
ed to bis home, and Dr. Jaunt was
called, who eased his patient as much
as possible. At last reports Mr. Atta
bury was in a good deal of pain, but
slightly better.
Mrs. Johnson, his daughter from
Spokane, came Tuesday morning to as
sist her mother in earing for bar fath
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7 Aiil!WlAE'
V , MM
oxen
Historical Spots Along Old Oregon
Trail From Seaside to Idaho Line
W. Nesmlth wrote In his diary of i!
train of 1848, "Before our vision roi
pine clad, bills and Immense summil i
tiie Blue Muntalns", lie also wrol
"The chorus of woodsmen's axes rai
out as the men hewed the way, whi
cne nrave women drove th
down the mountain".
La Grande
Grande Ronde river is a beautiful
camping spot. then on to old La Gran ;
where our pioneers picked wild straw
times of the past, two and one half
nines cast or tins place, a
volunteer riflemen, led bj
H. T. Shaw, on July 17th
upon a hand of warriors
fight took place as far a
sidling in some 40 Indian
a few while men. The
took the mountain about where till
battle took place.
Grande Rondo Valley was peaceful
and grand to the weary pioneers at
(hey came down the I.add Canyon
near Hot Lake to rest and feed theii
stock on the green grass that grew
t here.
Hot Lake, was (irsl made known (c
the world by Ruber! Stuart of tllC
Price Hunt Party, who camped thers
Hid reported it to Washington on hi-
return, and Washington Irving Wrote
of it.
Union, where the Price Hunt nartv
iM 1
company ol
Lieut. Cel.
lSou came
a running
Pub a. re
killed an 1
Old Trail.
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Build Boilers With
1, 200-Pound Pressure
Boston. The power station
which an electric Illuminating
company of Boston is erecting
at Weymouth will opesnte boil
ers working under a pressure of
1,20(1 pounds to the square Inch.
This is five times the pressure
o the most powerful locomotive
and three times that ever before
used in a commercial power sta
tion. Parti of the boiler must have
the strength of a camion. The
boiler drum will be 34 feet long,
with wails of solid steel 4 Inches
thick. The original unit of the
plans Involve 400,000 horsepow
er, with boilers and turbogener
ators housed in a building 147
by 800 feet, 120 feet high. The
stacks will far overtop Bunker
Hill monument, and their Interi
or diameter will be so great that
a street car could he lowered
from top to bottom without
touching the sides.
Coats of Hanchome Cloth
Make Early Spring Appeal
(By Mis. He
state Chairman
M vc
Histi
en )
I). A. it
Pi
er.
The P
AUTO CATCHES FIRE
'one, a trip
ie miles west
vhorc a (all
the Oregon
gathered the
Pioneers and
unveil this
Painful Burns Inflicted When Cloth
ing Ignites from Car Patient at
Pendleton Hospital
S. Hendrlek
a few days
Mrs. George
lav evening. Clifford til
a very serious and vain
Qania&u
i of
ten
the
Last Tliut
son met witl
fill accidcut at the Bonrrinian
He was filling the tank of his Ford
with gas. dine, when in some way 111"
machine caught on fire, iguiling Ids
clothes and Beverly burning him on
the face and body, lie was rushed to
Rermiston where Dr. tllsley gave Mm
first aid and then seal him to SI.
Anthony's hospital at Pendleton. At
last reports Clifford was recuperat
ing as fast as possible, but it will be
several weeks before he will, be able
to be at homo again.
mi II, is exoltlnn s
Was made In a sunt Ihn
tb Immigrant Springs,
ident and Mrs. Harding, bculdcr u-h ... i
with many of his Cabinet and their Trail Association. Here
wives, the Governors bf Idaho, Mon-(.Presidential party, with
tana, Washington and Oregon, with others, to dedicate and
i toneers, woo Had Camped here in sentinel of the past.
early days, made a nrocinni of snooob Amnnv ti.,.u , ., ,.
" ....... .imiuifl KM I lie llllllgll-
song. Pour cowboys rode up and ter of a pioneer of Hie train of 1848,
' "" i niorve in om song.; -wis', uavic N. p.ean of Centralis
Then the ground was cleared in front v.Jm was Governors Hail's ivnnwmi.
land, suddenly Hie dread mtlve from Washington. she ear
many painted warriors 10 a enmnbor , i . win, ti, r.,ii..,.-
loc miii mi-, ui,., swoop. l!Sf hisinry. This 1 -1 1 1 - filled
'liphcv. was curried m-nwii
Plains" by the Mother of Mrs.
and
gave
Of the grands
War-hoop of
Drill Eor Oil
comes from the Wells Springs
that an oil company, financed
Hand capitalbVi 's to start
for idl next week, on I be Wells
ranch, about IS miles sooth
Boardman. This news is of
interest lo Roardiiian people,
would all like to see the oil
News
district
My Por
drilling
Springs
.west of
special
as we
district south of here developed.
Inspector Coming
to the
govern-
about ten ! in
Reclamation
It will be of great interest
waterusers to bear that 'the
justmenti win be hen in
days to inspect and classify each farm
unit. A local representative will ae
I Company the government man on his
Hips over this project.
Electing New Barn
Ingaard Bkoubo is building a large
COM rate barn to house l(i bead of
i attic. At present he lias the walls,
six feet high of concrete, and at a
later date exiects to build the north
portion to a height of 10 feet.
iug down on tho white covered JBSS'
on train, and circling il, made battle
fierce and bitter, which was uuicklv
over, for out of the pines rode the
trusty "Rifles of 'PC and beat back
(.he redmen. silently they gathered for
"Paee Parley", and President Hard
ing heard the plea of the old chief, the
gripe of peace was passed in the wig
wam, (be Indians circled around the
President and Mrs. Harding and in
ltlated them into the Caynse tribe,
with much native music of song and
dancing, presents of beaded gloves
and blankets were made lo .Mr. an I
.Mrs. Harding, Mrs, Workathe Sccre
tury's wife received f, i Mrs. Min-
thorn an aged tqnaw, a beaded parse
dene by herself. I his ai;iid Indian wo
man, who knew Dr. Whitman, with
tears streaming down her wrinkle I
face and shoulders, stooped from the
I UVden of many years, nit:! the Pros1
oeiu ami laiuug ins mind said. 111 it
snow Mi-ka Mlt-lite (k-ok Il-li-hee
Wakenan-ich Skoo-kum White Chief '.
(Long lime I have lived in this land
seen a President i This was
to her and she went her way
in 1843, and became the reviving
of many an ailing one . When
reached Cello they took boats fi
Willamette Valley, at the Cascadi
with
"The
P.ean
spirit
they
r the
s the
Crafl in which the family was riding
capsized against a frnk and the bot
tle was lost, much to the grief of
took Christmas dinner in
menu was horse flesh and
and was eaten on Catherlni
ixurin i-owcier. when
guide gave birth to a son.
Baker Valley, to Bilker
in things of history of
and early mining days.
A. R. erected a marker
of Olds Perry Panic.
Pleasant Valley, to Burnt River
canyon, where the old Trail followed
the river bed for 25 miles ami the
first work was done by train of 1848
at tne nead or tills canyon bj
to reach the ' Vallev. A
fountain has bee,, placed on this drj
road by the highway commissioners',
Snake River here some of the trail
of 1S1T died id' fever and were bul
led. (Mrs. nuUis BiarjUw..
Dr. and Mis. Whitman crossed tin
Snake River on a raft made of stickl
Mini Willows (Mrs. Victors
.Toe -Meek. The early inn
fordo
was (
and I
the Shoshone j J I-.. X TK
He Sf Wyl jiflL
Pmatilla IV gy T4J09wi-'-i,
.K.(.k',.r n.,, .iiyin
I the Snake
slablisbed in
DgS for
lit down
river.
IS.",!) b
instructing
the Burnt
( lids
. .1. p.
a ra ft
River,
lad
t. i
rib
family and
I'aneouver.
r returned.
(he beach by il
treasured relic
after SO years
inke a part in
party. On arriving at
the bread cast upon the
and was picked up on
s owner and became a
of Ibis family. Now
it was returned to
this celebration, which
fin ,
lie
lid
was shipped around the
belter ferrv Was made.
(To he Continued)
io Inaugurate t :
wttli ii utility coal ol
smartly cushioned, sucli
-hows. Is the sensible ll
uat of this Mud mil on!
OtlVlcl Ion. bill il also in:
n Hgainsl the caprices
Itnd snow Hurries, whit Ii
CUr even in Hie best
spring sc. is,
handsome elm
h as i lie plctui
if wi,
ii f
..llllllid
and not
a solace
pcaei
i was being filled with water from
migrant Springs, and given to
President and wife to drink to
memory of these pioneers.
The party moved silently and
jCiently away, feeling that this
j I. allowed ground, the memory 0
I will live in I Ii . minds and heart
'(hose who witnessed it ami much
dil Is due to the descendants of
pioneers who brought this living
Ion of the pas) Into action.
We continued our trip through
pines, which reminded us i
the
the
was
f it
Irrigon Items
Orange Held Saturday evening Bis.
Success Pomona Grange nt Stiin-
fichl Rents Farm Plate
spriui
such
del
vi
uft surfaced i
il In the stylin
nil. I at
. sspec
1 and all
Hy plaids,
at
hal .1
Getting Ready for Pacific Trip
e held on Sal in'
usual a great sue
;e seventy tickets
irangers m
ednesday t
i of ii poaxi
i.
a few days
Mrs. C T
s'k, return
morning.
Mr. and Mrs C. D. Albright ami
children of Portland, motored up from
Portland. Saturday, and returned on
Monday. While here they stopped with
the Maeomliers. Mr. Albright has a
gain rented his place to the Olsons.
Trades Farm Ijnds
John .lenkins has traded tbt
east five acres of his ranch,
the road from the Eugene
home, to Herman Montgomery,
acres of unimproved land nt
Springs.
' south-
acn ss
f 'iimin
for m
Coyote
VISITATION COMMITTEE
Mil!'.
Visiting Ministers to be at ( oniinun
ity Chiurh Thursday Supper
in Evening
The "Every Church Visitation Com
mittee" will lie at the Community
eliurch of Boardman on Thursday.
March "tb. The regular meeting of
the Ijidies Aid will Ik- held at Two o
( lock p. in. on that day instead of on
Wdenesday. and the ladies will lie ad
dresHed hy a missionary secretarv.
This address Is certain to lie of inter
est to all women of the community.
'At seven o'clock a "Pot Luck" sup
per will lie served in the church, to
which the men are invited. The hour!
is plactsl at seven so that the men in
the surrounding country can git the
chores done and reach the church in
W
bile Le:
I'.'OO Chicks Coining
1. Walter Knauff saPectS bfl
a shipment of Ilmjo day old,
horn chicks, from Corvallis
Erecting .Modern Home
Andrew Andri'gg Is ennding a large
modern one story dwelling on the Dr.
Donnelly piece.
Blow Light "On" Now
To "blow out" the light was a com
mon expression in the duys of oil
lamps and candles, but with the ad
vent of h new electric fiiudilight, the
expression "blow on" thu light will
likely take bold. An Ingenious Inven
tor has produced a turbine flashlight
for pocket use that resembles a whis
tle and as It has no battery to run
down will last indefinitely. By blov
ing through the mouthpiece, a tiny
turblije l set going BB4 to producing
V'V" I .
I I ,r'' jVln -,11111,1 HI ' ' T r W
The Grange 'bin
day evening was iis
(ess. Something i
were sold.
Members ,,( , he local I
tored to Btanfleld on w
take pint in the formation
na 'Grange for ibis district
Mis. ii. ('. Holland spent
with her parents Mr. and
Saling. the first of ttw w
log to Portland Wi'dncsdav
Mr. and Mrs. R. ;. Wnlpolo were
guests of his parents here on Sunday.
Returning to Yakima on 12 Monday.
.Mr. .lolly who worked for Mr. Wriglll
f I bout a year ago. has returned and is
vyorking for Mr. Wright again for Hie
time being. lie cvpeels to lease a
small piece of ground and farm some
for himself I his feason.
Mr. JobnSon bus rent id the BUS
place for the coming season and will
move there soon. Mr. Iluv will leave
to take call- of his other properties.
Commons Refuses Increased Suffrage.
London. The hill to put women on
a political equality with men by grant
ing them the vote at the age of 21,
Instead ot tin- present age of ,')0, was
killed In tho house of commons whon
the house refused II second rftu'.ing
by a vote of 22) against If,.'!.
.hi t
einpl
must
wool blanket eft
are very populg
i W hen the cOttt
-on, as Uluairutcd, the art of good
dressing is expressed In such stjlo-coii-
ilK-inur (totalis as KCnerotlSl) large set
eii MX I. els, adjustable collar, and deco
nillve c ulls, utilizing the ctoih In novel
basket Interweave
'I he "toiieh of color" w lib ti fashion
believes so fully in these days Is sup
pllsd by a gay lining, u printed scarf
und, of course, a porky spring bonnet
Inevitably crowns the ensemble, with
succesB.
Portland.
P
time for supper. Following" this there electricity which U carried to the bulb.
Crew of u'l'nite: Slates navy mine sweeper "at rest" In ort, repairing
their lines for more work at sea In the great Pacific maneuvers The nwee:ier
re closely approach the "obi navy of lion men and wooden shins" Hum anv
Ihclr's Is a hazardous service mid the brave lit lie craft. trilliiiL'
la peace and in war, ret the brsl I ruined men Thov tuw
no- uirgtria inr uie lailtlesMps
of exploding shells.
ni
other branch
.Wlh sudden ileal I
Lumbermen to Km
Seattle, Wash. i.
Portland was elected president of the
Wi siern Retail Li barmen's associa
tion at the close i t the organization's
twenty so, oiid am i:a! institute here.
Portland was awn: ! ii. 1H26 mi "I
Ing of the organ): ,n.
A Mother's Faith
"Tlieres Kuch ;, difference between a
rather and ii mother, sir," said Rob,
after fullering lor ;, nimnent. "II..
fCt that I was
Ugh I knew he'd
practice and often are drenched by the xpraj
couldn't hardly belli
going to do belter i
try to bill a motbe
lleves what's good,
know my mother dm
Charles Dickens.
God
at least
bless her !''
BILL PROVIDES FOR
MARKETING BOARD
Washington, D. C. --Creation of the
federal 0O-OparativS marketing board,
ant of the principal recommenda,tlons
of the president's agricultural confer
ence, was proponed in the senate by
Senator CapDST, republican, Kansas,
Whild the Bonutfl and house agrleul
ture commlltees both continued ex
amlii.iiion ol niombers of the confer
ence with a view to proposing other
Il gislsiiofl to carry out lis findings.
The Capper hill followed exhctly
(he terms of the measure offered In
(he house by Representative Haugen,
republican, Iowa, chairman of the ugrl
i all are committee of that chamber,
which has the approval, in principle,
of Chairman Carey of the president's
i onforeiice.
The measure was seal in the usu
al eottfaa to the senate agriculture
committee, wl'l-'h plans to continue
its hearings this week and begin
formulailou of a program next week.
The numbers of the president's con
femes appearing In lore both the sen
.lie and house committee:; continued
lo slre.;s the importance of broad
ening the field of cooperative asso-
Thought Killed in Mine Explosion.
Sullivan, Ind. In an explosion of
I that wrought the greatest mine
isstor In thu history of the Indiana
il fields, 51 nun were believed to
VC beiu killed almost instuntly in
I lie City Coal company
outskirts of U4
mine on tho
D