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FRiDATf FEBRUARY 87, 1985
OREGON 'NEWS 'ITEMS
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
Mrs. Malid Best has been appointed
postmaster ai Suntex, Harney county.
The annual meeting of the Umatilla
County Bankers' association was hold
in Pendleton.
J. u. itaiey, a Pendleton attorney,
has been chosen to manage the Port
land Rose Festival I his year.
The annual three-day convention of
the Oregon Hardware and Implement
Retail Dealers will open In Portland
March 4.
Construe! ion of a I r i ( I K ' ' over the
Columbia river between Longvlew,
Wush., iimi Rainier, was approved hy
(ho senate,
THE BOABDMAN MIRROR - -
More tfian $500,000 will Tie spent
in Portland, and a total of 3,000,
000 in the entire state during the
present year hy the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph company for ex
tensions and improvements of plant
and equipment.
Not so many sets of twin lamliH as
usual arc- being bom this year in the
corrals and sheds of, Umatilla county
sheep men, according to reports from
growers. The single lambs are rugged
and healthy, however, and promise to
make excellent growth.
The basketball championship of dis
trict No. 2 of the Oregon State High
School association will be decided In
a tournament to be played In Poodle
ton February J6, 27 and 28. The dis
trict comprises Morrow, Umatilla, Gil
liam anil Wheeler counties.
The hg state highway bridge across
the Lewis and Clark river on the
lower Columbia river highway, is near
in; completion, and according to A.
i. Skollnn, resident engineer in charge
of Hie work, Ihe structure will he
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GOSSIP
000 Q
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i ii m il lor traffic about March 1.
An extensive program of street im ( Tw() ,.arloads 0f Irish Cobbler and
provements for 1085 in Oregon City .;;,-y Ohio seed potatoes have been
has been tentatively outlined by the 1U.,.,;1HC.( (,y the Umatilla county
city commission. 1 ;lnn , ,.,,,, and will be distributed
Lebanon is inaugural ing a building to growers in the county, according to
program for the coming season in Fred l!ennion,' county agent. The
which more than a mile of street pav
Ing will be a pail.
The Portland Kennel club will hold
its annual bench exhibition of blood
ed dogs in I lie Toil hind city auditor
ium April 2, :t and I.
March 8-8, Inclusive, was announc
ed as dales for Ihe annual northwest
em convention of the Christian and
missionary alliance in Hood River.
The Deschutes river within Ihe city
limits of Mend will soon be spanned
by a new bridge, if a move launched
by residents wesl of Ihe river D8
I erializes.
Wooden bridges, Instead of con
crete. Will be built over the mill race
at Patterson and llllyard si reels in
hugeno, according to a decision by the
iiy council.
PTaotioally 7r per cent ot the wheal
in Umatilla county was killed by the
December freeze and 11 will require
about $750,000 lo pay for wheat with
Which lO leseed.
A Hpecial election will be lield by
II school districts In Ihe northern
pari of Clackamas county February
UN to vole on Ihe proposed union high
school at VUWSUkie,
The first passenger, freight and
telegraph .station In he added by the
Southern Pacific Railway company on
its Kugeiie Klanial h Falls line is now
in operation at Wesl fir.
John M. Jones, Portland post mas
lor, has been named vice president ol
Ihe National Association of Post
masters lo represent Oregon, Washing
Ion, Idaho and Montana.
Advices received at lone slate that "
an oil well drilling outfit has been ship
ped for the lone (las & Oil company
and that drilling operations will begin
not later than March i.
The Hermlston boh school debate
team won ihe debett against Pendle
Ion last week anil (hereby Stepped eii
Ihe first rung of Ihe ladder that may
bad lo the slate contest.
'Ihe Cons bay district, which is pro
grossing rapidly in development of Ihe
cheese Industry, Is already laying
plans for observance of "cheese week,"
(luted for the first week of May.
John it. Bell Jr. ot Eugene, has been
appointed principal cadet at the
United Slates military academy ai
Wesl Point by Senator Slanfleld, with
Roy Jarmnn of I'.cho as first alternate.
tleorgo A. Neuner. Jr.. of liosobiir,;.
was recommended by Ihe Oregon sen
a tore for United states attorney for
Ihe district of Oregon to sin coed John
s. Coke, who resigned some months
ago.
An estimate giving I'orllaud a popu
latlon of 8(8,446, and. with the dll
irlcts Just outside, IflO.OOO, was made
by the Industrie.-, department of the
I'ortlund chamber ol commerce re
cently.
The state supreme court lias hand
id down an opinion affirming ihe clr
cult court for CoOS county In lie- , I i
of I.. W. l'carie. who is in Ihe pent
luntlary at Salem awaitinc execution
for the murder of .lane Culver
Work U expelled lo be started 111
a short time on the ten miles ol rail
way to he bulli by J. II. Chambers,
lumberman id Cottage drove, from
that city to a tract of timber beyond
l.orane. where a lari;e sawmill will
he built.
Between 18,000 and 18,000 acre feet
ot water at present Is Impounded In
(ho Oclioco reservoir near Pi'iin vill
and It Is believed by II. M. Chadwiek.
assistant state engineer, that the
reservoir will fill to capacity this win
ler unit spring
The house bill nut hot ixlng addition
ot certain lauds in the Sautiam mi
tlonal forest in Oregon was acted on
t.ivorshly by the somite A house bill
transferring trsct of land in Lane
county lo the state ol Oregon for fish
hatchery purpose itUo was success
ful. '
d
was
sola
cert d ied by the state of
So many sheep and goals have been
killed by dogs in Folk county that the
i
dog fund, from which stock owners
ne Indemnified, is exhausted, and the
court has instructed Sheriff Hooker
lo round up unlicensed dogs and do.
uiand that I heir owners puy the re
quired fee at once.
Bffti en years in the state peniten
tlary and a fine of $1000 was tho sen
tence imposed by Circuit Judge Lea
vilt on John Taylor, confessed leader
ol the robbers who on the morning of
January 4 shot and killed Oscar
Brlckson during the robbery of a
gambling house al Klamath Fails.
One hundred and seventeen mills
report ing to West Coast Lumbermen's
association for the week ending Feb
ruary 14, manufactured 95,608,!in feet
of lumber, sold 82,788,188, and shipped
B8,646,lll feet. New business was 3
per cent below production. Shipments
were I per cent below new business.
Tin- Pendleton office of the forest
' ire has received formal notice
1 1 the government that an appro
print Ion of $1200 has been allowed for
construction Of five sheep corrals on
the southern purl of the Umatilla na
tional forest. The corrals will be used
in counting sheep when they are
brought onto Ihe forest for grazing.
The appropriation Of market road
money among varidua market roads
Of Clackamas county has been made
by an order of the county court. The
amount to be expended totals $102,-
,r and will provide hurd surface and
road improvement lor is mnrKoi roans
in the county in connection with the
mad development program for the
yi nr. 1
Cordon Nosker, charged with reck
less driving, has lost his driver's
license (or life and must pay a fine
of $180 and spent one month in jail
at Bend as the result of a wreck sev
eral days ago when his machine left
The Dalles-California highway and
turned over. Bd Burnett and M. 8.
Wages were seriously injured in the
wreck.
Labor conditions in Portland and
throughout Oregon are brightening
ami unemployment in some lines Is
already reduced. This fact Is pointed
out b Ihe report of Ihe United Stales
department of labor, which has made
a survey of the entire Pacific divi
JOB, In practically every part of the
slate extensive building programs are
noted.
Kugeno was again chosen as l he
n.'M place ot meeting, by the Ore
gon Retail Merchants association al I
its closing session In (hat city. L. I
Thomas of Uarshfleld wus re-elected ;
president ami o F. Tute of Portland
m i rotary; W. F. Kennedy. Corvallis.
was eleoied first vice-president; J C
Mann, Medford. second vice-president
and U. I. tirunt. Portland, treasurer
A line point of law Is Involved in j
the request of the southern Paclfh
railroad, which proposes to adver
Use Oregon In its dining car servici
nr i ui months this season and
wants 100 pounds of clams from Co,
bay in March lo serve Its passengers
The Inn forbids exportation of dami
(rota Coos hay, but whether tin
melius commercially or sa gifts wa
unl plain, and. so the chamber of com
merce, to whops the request came, has!
asked ihe tish commission for advice
The rivers and harhors bill as re
ported to the senate carries prelim
Injtry provision for prscticaiiy most
Oregon project urged before congress
dWtni the lust year. The two most
important relate to the deepening anil
widening of the channel of the Colum
bia and Willamette rivers from Port
land (o the soa and the Improvement
of I'mpuun river snd harbor Hoth
rope ils ale o r prciim nia i e.i,i.
I nations and surveys by the board oi
t-iif uieui'S.
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of
Illinois.
owo-ooo-ooooo
rpHRLT; women wore sitting acress
the aisle from me In u railway
couch, talking. Their voices were
, pitched high. Their enthusiasm was
evident. It WSSj Impossible not to hear
I what they were saying. They were
not educated women, imd the things
I tbey Were saying were not pleasant
I things. They were discussing their
i friends, in fact, and thuir acquaint
ances, ridiculing them, laughing loud
j ly at their frail lies, repeating unsavory
and unkind things that rumor hud
j brought to ihcir ears.
Their talk was full of "I under
stand" and "I have heard" and "You
know (hey say," of "She said to me"
and "f lold her" and "You must not
repeal H to a soul." Their stories
were turgid with Specific details to
make more evident their truthfulness
J and reality, I presume. They recount
I ed wilh meticulous accuracy the lime
and dace ami accompanying circum
j stances of the most trivial bits of
scandal.
"lat me see, who was It told me;
i wtis it Mrs. Brown? No, I think It
wasn't her, It was Mrs. Jones. We
were standing nt tho corner of the
i street, and 1 think it was Wednes
day I remember now, it was Tues-
i day." It was, of course, not germane
to the facts presented who it was or
when, but Ihe accuracy of the details
helped to make the facts incontrovert
ible. They discussed the most prlvnte
affairs of people; they tore to pieces
and besmirched every reputation they
j touched, and they did it all with an
appearance of personal propriety thnt
was maddening. So fur ns I could
make out, they did not say a kind
word about any one, and they talked
about nothing that was really elevat
ing or any of their business.
It Is Interesting that a gossip never
has anything to say about things or
principles. Bis only topic of con-
t versatlon Is people, ami the things he
says about them are usually dostrue-
, live. Gossiping Is not confined to
women ; men are quite commonly ad
; dieted to It. II Is not confined to men
and Women Of Ihe eluss I have been
describing. Even In an Intellectual
community It Is common, anil the
wider experience of the educated and
their keenness of Intellect, and their
greater ability to uller sharp and cut
ling things, to ridicule everything that
Is good and holy, make them all the
more dangerous. The older the per
son the more damage ho can do hy
peddling vicious, foolish gossip. The
character of mi Individual may be
ruined and Is being ruined every day
j hy these scandal mongers.
II Is a wise custom if you cannot
say good about a person to say noth-
! Ing.
(. 192'!, Wintorn Ni-ivpnpor Union.)
COKb'RESS GRANTS
ITSELFJORE PAY
Salaries of Senators and Con
gressmen Increased from
$7500 to $10,000
CECIL NEWS
Down 500 Fed on New Well Many
ReSeeding Wheat Lands De
livers Honey at Fossil
Washington,' D. C Salary increases
tor members of congress and the pres
ident s cabinet were pn viaea tor, wren
adoption hy the hou,,e of a senate
amendment, to the legislative appro
priation bill.
The house, like the senate, avoided
a roll call which would have put the
members on record. It passed by a
rising vote of 237 to 93. It will In
crease the salaries of senators and rep
resentatives from $7500 to $10,000 a
year, effective March 4, and of the
speaker, vice-president and cabinet of
ficers from $12,000 to $15,000.
An hour of parliamentary maneuver
ing preceded the house discussion. In
stead of sending the measure to con
ference, as is customary, Representa
tive Dickinson, republican, Iowa, In
charge of It, proposed that all senate
amendments, including the salary rid
er, he accepted.
The largest attendance of any day
during this session had been marshal
ed for the occasion to guard against
tho forcing of a roll call through lack
of a ipiorum. Nevertheless, Represen
tative Blanton, democrat, Texas, de
manded a roll call but failed to receive
a second from one fifth of the mem
bers present.
W. A. Thomas made his weekly visit
in Cecil on Sunday. He is trying to
decide whether to reseed his wheal
or not He was accompanied by W.
G. I'almateur of "Windy nook", who
informs us he is going to reseed and
is busy plowing and preparing wniM
waiting for seed.
Walter Pope and Shorty Slwver.
well drillers of lone, are slill busy
drilling at "Hillside", ranch. They
arc
I
f
Elmer Tyler was visiting with his
Pai Noel Streeter of Cecil on aunaay.
They were talking over the latest In
trapping. , , .
Herman, HavekoBi accompanied by
Kny i;ariiott f lone, spent Thursday
visiting at the Leon Logan home In
Four Mile.
Mrs. L. L Funk, Mrs. Win. Sexton,
of the Logan Cotage, also Miss A. C.
l.owo of the Highway bouse were in
lone on Friday.
B, E. Duncan of the Busy Bee,
was In Fossil on Thursday of last
week delivering a load of honey.
City Swallows Up Rural
Mill of 99 Years Ago
Pittsburgh. One year less than a
century ago an iron mill was built on
the outskirts of Pittsburgh. It was a
small affair, constructed on the banks
of the Allegheny river by the linn of
Mlltenberger & Brown. For 0!) years
It grew and played an Important pari
In Ihe city's Industrial life, but now,
Instead of being on Ihe outskirts of
Pittsburgh, it stands within a few
blocks of the very heart of the city's
shopping ami office center,
And this Is the chief reason the
oldest Independent Iron and steel mill
In Pittsburgh Is being torn down. The
Arm of Brown & Co., Inc., the present
owners. Is going out of business he
cause there is ton much business.
The site of the mill occupies about
three acres, and If It continued opera
tion it would he necessary to expand.
And there Is no room lor expansion.
On three sides are tall buildings and
on the ether is the fiver,
.1. smart Brown, grandson of the
founder, said he did not wish to as
sumo the responsibility of erecting a
UfW plant elsewhere, and he fell he
deserved a rest. Consequently the
business will be discontinued.
Decision to slop work In the mill
was reached last .lime, and not a
wheel of lis machinery bus turned
since. When running at full capacity
the plant employed between IIM and
iKHt men Most of the old employees
have found work elsewhere.
Harvests Wheat Crop
From Ancient Seed
Tncomu. Wash. v. s. Johnston, a
farmer near Morton, Wash., has just
harvest ed a bumper crop of wheat that
he says came from seed token from
im Keyptlan tomb. Mr. .lohnsteii SK0
he got the seeds four years ago and
this year the Increase was enough to
plant 15 acres, lie has Just llnishi ,1
harvesting the crop, which netted T-'d
bushels for an average of 4M bushels
to the aero. The grain Is white and
very hard, the straw short, the heads
prolific, and Mr. Johnston says It Is
one of the best varieties of spring
wheat he has ever grown. It was not
learned from what tomb the wheal
was obtained
Leech Bests Snake
Fulton. Mo. -A group of tlshermen
from this city, fishing on (he atnvaaOO
creek, near Pulton, witnessed a fight
letween a leech and a snake. The
leech was between sl and eight
Inches long and had landed on the
head of the snake. The two fought
around in the water quite awhile ant
dually disappeared down the trvek.
NATIONS INVITED TO
HONOR WASHINGTON
Washington, D. C. An intention to
invite the nations of the world to join
the United States in observance of the
200th anniversary of the birth of
George Washington in 1983 was an
nounced by President Coolidge on be
half of the commission recently ap
pointed to arrange for the celebration.
Set! ing forth the purposes for which
the commission was created, the presi
dent in his statement, issued on the
eve f Washingtons birthday, declared
that "for the present it is Impossible
more specifically to suggest the pur
npses and character of the commemor
ation which II Is expected (o arrange.
"The 200th anniversary of George
Washington's birth will he an occa
sion of such significance, not only to
our own country but to the entire
world, that it is manifestly fitting that
tho American nation should appropri
ately observe it," the president said.
"But beyond this, it is felt that as
tho life, the career and the achieve
ments of Washington belong, not. to a
singlo nation, but lo all humanity, It
Is proper that the nation founded un
der his leadership should invite all oth
er nations and peoples to join It In
the observance' of this anniversary."
THE LOAFER
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of
Illinois.
" Twaa the volco of (he uluuaard,
I heard him complain,
'You have waked me too soon,
1 must slumber again.' "
t HAVE never known what loafer It
WBS who Inspired these anclen
lines, but I have always suspected
that the fellow who wrote them had
met lliggins. Hlggius was a direct
descendant of one of the seven sleep
ers; he was on the most Intimate
terms with Morphein, and Sonmus,
and Ether jnd all the other gods and
agencies which Induco prolonged in.l
refreshing sleep.
I have culled him over the telephone
at noon to be told hy tho friend who
answered that he was not up yet. I
have dropped in nt his house at ! p. m
to be informed that ho wus rather
tired and had gone to bed early. 1
have found him dozing before Ihe tin
at three o'clock In the aftenmnn, a
cigarette between his lips. A loafi i
always smokes, though of course a
great mruy people who smoke are no
loafer I have often wondered Aba.
boon of him; he's profcably dead or
ask at tho switch.
We read n great deal about the ills
sipatlons of youth today of the rea
devils who drink aud gamble and in
dulgo In annamabls Immoralities, but
most of It Is bunk. The real menace
of life today Is the loafer the fellow
who smokes himself Into stupidity he
fore the grate tire, who wastes Id
hours in billiard halls and Ice cream
parlors, at vaudeville and moving pic
ture shows, nnd In strolling about the
town Imagining himself In love. It Is
the man who sits up late at night do
ing nothing worth while, and who
sleeps late lu the morning to get over
It who Is most worthless of all.
The loafer can't or won't work him
self, and he Is seldom satisfied to loaf
alone, lie is a procrastluator wlthou'
enthusiasm or plan or system lu his
work. It has never occurred to him
that he has a real business to which
he should give his serious attention
He could not work regularly eight
hours a day on a bet. There Is no
place for him In the world or out of It.
His only salvation Is to get a Job
where be will have to work hard Id
, down nearly 500 feet, but Mr,
jpe wants a bigger flow of water lit
re he calls a halt.
Peter Bauernfiend, took a tow hours
holiday on Sunday and visile., his
nephew. Martin Bauernfiend, the gen
ial and obliging postmaster and store
keeper at Morgan.
Mrs. George Ileuriksen of Straw
berry ranch, Mr, and Mrs. Karl Farms
'worth of Ulna and Henry Streeter.
Of Cecil were among those doing busi
ness in Arlington hiring the week.
Miss Ermile . . it! who has been
visiting her pr rents at Ewlng, left
on the local oi Friday to resume her
i work in Port land,
Mrs. Jack '"yud and daughter. Miss
Annie 0, Hynd, of Butterfly Flatja
ranch, were county seat visitors on
last Wednesday.
Elvin Schafcr of Butterfly Flats,
left on Thursday for Sand Hollow,
lo bring more sheep belonging to the
Hynd Bros,, to their ranch at Cecil,
j Mr. and Mrs. Prod Mlilkey accomp
anied by Sax Morgan, all of Sinyllie's
i Siding near The Willows, were call
ing in Cecil on Wednesday before go
ing on lo The Might Mile soi lioii. j
Al Ilonrikson and son Clifford, were
doing business in Cecil on Tuesday,
Mr. Ilonrikson leaving for his ranch
near Pendleton mi Wednesday. Clif
ford and his men remaining mi the Ce
cil ranch while attending to the Spring
work here.
Elvin Miller of "Hlghvlew" was ill
i Cecil Sunday calling on friends.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Mav left on
'Thursday for Hood River. Where they
I will visit with their daughter Mrs.
lson. Mr. May is receiving treatments
from his doctor there.
Frank Turner of Heir nor, was a
busy man among the sl'.eepman of
Cecil on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. lliifur and family of
"The Cor, spent Sunday w 'h Mr. and
at is. 11. V. Tyler near tides Siding,
Miss E. Gray of ' Shady Dell", was
Culling .n friends in O i! on Monday,
ami we are pleased to team till the
members of the family are recovering
from their serious illness.
.lim Furlong and Bob Lowe of Co
oil spent several hours on Sunday
evening with friends at Heppner.
Mrs. Jack Hynd was calling on Mrs.
ll. K. Duncan of Busy Bee ranch on
Sunday. t
BIGHT MILK NEWS
Move to Kami! for Months of Spring
Work in Fields Sunday School
Holds Regular Meetings
W. J, Heard and Raymond Turner
both prominent farmers, of this sec
!iM1 , ..!,, a business trip to Arllng
ton on" Wednesday.
C. P. McLaughlin Of Roosevelt, was
a visitor al the Asher Montague home
on Sunday.
Frank Montague and family spent
the day al the ranch of L. L. Monta
gue on Wednesday.
Mr. and .Mrs. Roy Montague have
moved out to their ranch to remain
or a few months of the spring.
Those visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Asher Montague on Sundny
evening were Leon Turner, Jas. Pro
mt, ami Otto Spillman.
Mat how Ball of Eight Mile section
made n business trip to Arlington on
Wednesday.
Fight .Mile Sunday school did not
meel last Sunday but we hope thnt all
will be able to attend next Sunday.
Germany's Champ Skater
Vi
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Fran Broi
ikater ot
lent her CO
toatests in (
ind in Man
nary 25,
inpion woman
io will repre
Internatloual n February 17
;land, on Feu-
Such Is Human Nature
Lots of men would never think of
trespassing 1 they didn't see a notice
to the effect that it wasn't allowed.
MAXWELL TOURING CAR
In good running order, for sale cheap or trade
for air compressor or good second hand light di
rect current electric motor. Or what have you?
SEAMAN'S GARAGE
Irrigon - . . 0regon
OFFICIAL DESIGN.OF THE OLD
OREGON TRAIL ASSOCIATION
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cred wagon symbolizes
The design of the ox tcau
the spirit of the old west.
It typtt.es vision, entrance, hope, suffering and final ac
comphshmcnt. -
Over the OKI Oregon Trail from the Missouri river the cov
.red U m tad won an en!pire for the United States c
of iregonSn W f AV"d e UrXy