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THE BOARDMAN MIRROR
NICHOLAS LGNGWGRTH
':...: 'EGlSLATURE
The legislature approved a 1)111 in-
i -.roduccd by the ways and means com
n'nsm rrro I innno : aittee 0rovldlng for the holdinK of a
COMPLEIES LABOno 1 1 . on the seconl
1 ! lay in Septe mber, contingent upon the
"ofCrendura of any of the revenue
isures enacted at the 11125 session.
MPS. L H. HADLEY
CECIL ITEMS
i'-' ml- "'
A
Congressman Nicholas Longwo
of Ohio, who was selected by 1
republican caucus to be spei ci
the new house of represent.,'
INAUGURATION OF
GOOLiDGE SIMPL
Washington, I). C- Calvin Coolidge,
80th president ot the United States,
was Inauguralcd chief executive in
his own right Wednesday, March 4.
At noon the 'ixih congrei i ended and
Hie Hcnato of tho Gflth congress as
sembled Immediately in extraordinary
i.obsIoii and its duly chosen presiding
officer, Charles Gates Dawes, was In
i.tallcd in the office of vlCeB-presldi . '
A few minutes laler Mr. Coolidge
wbh saoorted by a distinguished as
senihlage from the senate chamber to
tho east froni or tin- oapltol, where,
in accord with tin' custom of more
I han a cenlury, be took the oath ot
office, kissed the Blbla ami delivered
his inaugural address.
Witii this simple ceremony conclud
ed the president led I lie parade down
Pennsylvania avenue to the White
House, where lie reviewed Hie pro
cession of marchers who "came lo
Washington lo do him honor.
BASIN PROJECT IS FEASIBLE;
Engineers Declare Plan Economically
Sound Cost Set at $193,5J9,r.95.
Washington, D, 0, Report of 1 1
federal engineers who have been In
ms ti gating the Columbia basin Irrjgo
Hon proji el stamps approval on the
proposed reclamation id' II n ;il
semi arid portion in lie' smith central
part of the state ol Washington, ac
cording to i resume by the depart
meni of the interior. In addition to
finding no difficult engineering lea
lures in the project the report of the
board includes a greater area Ihan
hail hi en proposed by stale i uglnei i
ami other authorities, a total re
claimable area of I.SSli.ooii ac n i ol
first class agricultural land Is held
to be feasible by the use of a gravity
irrigation syslem, supplemented With
short pumping lifts.
The lotal cost of the proposed I Ian
is estimated tit H&8.359.695, with an
inlliul expenditure to irrigate I lie first
lands of 164,000,000.
Pullman Car Charge to Stay.
Washington. D. '
Pullman mm hat i
roads for slccpini
eonunodntlons win
The house by a ol
fused to accent a I
to the Independent
Ins the surcharge,
Th
per cent
p
rtland
! white
Wheat I !
while and "northern V
hard winter and western
western red, $1 s,;
ay alfalfa, ils r.oc.i i
timothy. MKIM! BS
timothy, trtmi
Butterfm 17c ch liven
Rggs Ranch.
Cheese Prices I 0, I
Triplets, 29c; loaf, 30c fi
eirttil ---t-rrr-KO.ldi 7-
Hogs Medium to dude i
ll.Tt.
1.9(1
I'erllllllcl.
TtHMMJol
lb.
Cigarette Tax !s Most Signal
Accomplishment of the 33rd
Legislative Assembly.
Salem. The thirty-third legislative
assembly of Oregon completed its la
bors alt' r a session which extended
six days over the 40 day constitutional
period. By holding over a few days
the session closed without the custo
mary confusion and turmoil which
i . i d i he c losing hours of some pre
While the session will not be notable
lor the number of big constructive
mi ssures pass. d. neither can it be crlt
I for having enacted laws delrl
i lental to the state at large. No ses
i t in recent years has been so free
: proposed freak laws. Aside from
(lie underyllng hostility between the
ovi ' nee and the law-makers, the ses
lon id ili" bole was harmonious and
there was utile friction between house
and Benat e or. among members.
Ciejnrtttes Taxed.
Prom B taxation point Of view per
haps the most signal accomplishment
of the si ssion was the passage of the
"cigarette lax law." Ah passed it cov
ers cigarettes, papers, tubes, smoking
tobacco and snuff. Cigars and chew
ing tobacco are exempt from the tax.
The law was passed much against the
will ot many of the members of both
houses, and more- than any other mens
ure caused the legislators to squirm
and pretest and denounce the exeru
live, hit! conditions were so critical
thai there was nothing else for them
lo do, lor the governor insisted thai
failure lo pass such a revenue produc
iug law would leave the state without
I ii nt funds to meet its various
Estimates place the revenue expect
ed from Ibis new source during the
coming year and a half at approxi
mately 11,041,000, on cigarettes .alone,
Tin' cigarette tax, together with the
bill requiring a tax on the gross earn
ings of utilities and the measure re
quiring payment of 30 per cent Into
the general fund from the earnings of
self-supporting stats activities, marked
B new era in taxation 111 Oregon, Initi
aling a System that promises to relb'c
n ::l property of much assessment bur
Whlle the legislature gave the gov
ernor Ii 1b tax on tobacco, It Ignored
his suggestions (or a severance tax and
a number of oilier possible sources of
revenue.
Governor Retains Patronage.
Governor Pisroe waH not made a
martyr by the legislature. His pat
ronage was not taken from him. A
futile attempt or so to shift some of
liis appolnthe power lo the slate board
id' control came to naught.
In the patroaagS line the governor
still retains In his charge the fish
Commission and the game commission,
lie' elld not' lose the state prohibition
department, but was compelled lo
make a change In the head of that de
partment, by the appointment of W.
S. I.eMtiis to succeed (loo. I,. Cleaver. f-
The proposal of tho governor thai
the public service commission be made
appointive by the governor Instead of
. lertUe. as at present, failed, and Mis
refusal lo approve' of an appropriation
for the commission was overridden,
but hp won a point by having the legislature-
place a gross earnings tax on
uUIIKcs in the. belief that this tax
iiieiiri would be used for the support
of the commission.
Trucks end Busses Regulated.
Tie highway bill of major import
nnce, m that it establishes a new prln
e Iple Of truck and bus regulation, over
which Hue railroads and truck owners
have fought for a month, commanded
inon attention during the closing days
of lleei session than any other measure
.nmllwas not disposed of until the last
i' v hours of the session.
.Tim hill was sent to the govern, r
uncluinged, although the executive in
i ei. .... . e to t he house bad cmph i
sixeel (he danger of excessive rale
training
connection
ma I Hills
ma! school
without nlfenling protection to the
i bus lines through providing for a cer
tificate of public necessity and OOB-veiilelire.
: ! 1
Sheep
U(j II
Lambs, medium to
Seattle
Wheat Soft white, hard wli
northern spring, $1.90; wesleri
II-
11. III!
. $SS;
d I,..,.
tim
UN
$1.8t ; western r
bluest em. ft.lt.
llfty Alfalfa. Itt; D I
othr. $26: D. 0. $SS; mix
Butterfat 46e.
Eggs kanch, IsfcSOe.
itogsr- Prime mixe d. $1:
( Ule Choice steers. $7.7i s :.i
Cheese XVushington cream brick
lie; Washington triplets.
Washington Young America. Siruc
Spokane
4os Prima mixed. lis ' -Csttle
rritr.s stew, IMf
r HMN ft"tWI " Trpr claT Tee o vcr
atid above all regular charge- against
busses and trucks operating bet .-.
fixed termini. On trucks this rate
is 1 mill per ton capacity, multiplied
by the number of miles traveled
On busses the rate is set at three
eptartera of a mill per passenger seat
multiplied by the number of miles
traveled.
In (he way of highway legislation,
he ,e cotul import ut bill was ties
Ford market road measure, which pro
vielos eooperutlon between the high
.i de parltnent and county court
Gas Tax Not Increased.
The legislature turned down the
proposals for extracting, more money
from gasoline consumers, and the law
makurs also refused to revise the auto
mobile license fee system or tamper
with the method of financtug tt.
bifhwsy bonds of the state.
Nine Measures Referred.
Nine measures, referred by the 33d
i ion of the Oregon legislature to
he people for' action, will go on tho
Fallot al the September election, pro
viding such an election contest is
precipitated through the invocation of
he referendum on the budget finane
ing prqgram. A tenth measure, to
which the referendum clause has been
ittached, the eastern Oregon state
normal school question, was- eliminat
ed from tho provisions of the special
iloction bill and will go over to the
general election of 1926, as will all
3ther m asures if there is no occasion
or calling tho special election.
The educational status of the state
remains unchanged, Free textbooks,
general suffrage nt school elections,
kindergartens and revised high school
curriculum, with Bible reading in tho
public schools, lost. The Ashland nor
mal school, however, has been reviv
ed and an appropriation was made for
ChOOl al Independence m
With the Monmoulb nor
providlng for branch nor
traming in high schools
were defeated.
Farmers received their biggest bents
fit when the legislature arranged for
the $1,51)0,000 to be used for the pur
chase of seed wheat, a relief measure
necessary because of the severe storm
if several months ago.
TWO' attempts made in the house to
puss senate bill 227, providing for sub
mission lo a vote of the people tho
calling of a constitutional conven
tion, went down to defeat.
The bill to create a board of cen
sors for movies died in the senate,
alter passing (he house.
Little Irrigation Legislation.
Irrigation received little attention.
Phe chain of bills promoted by San
Francisco bankers for the benefit of
bondholders, blow up when attention
was called to them, and the agents
Handling these measures retired in
disgust after a month of lobbying. The
bills were not even introduced.
The Davis Oakes irrigation hill, giv
ing authority to irrigation districts to
sell surplus water and to apply the
proceeds to improvements, or to the
retirement of bonds, is of much im
portance to the irrigation people.
Prohibition laws have been tight
sned up by making penalties more
severe for violation in some cases,
BUCh as operating stills or driving
automobiles while Intoxicated.
As a result of the Cordon bill pro
vidlng for II slabllshment of mutual
savings banks In the stfite a big de
parture' from the present established
banking system has been taken. '
Armistice Day Legal Holiday.
A state department of Americaniza
tion has been created and Armistice
day has- been voted a legal holiday.
fan DeiintS resolution, which bans
an Inheritance tax or state Income
tax In Oregon for 15 years, will be
iUbmltted to the people at the next
elect ion.
Ili'unls and commissions were es
tablished to examine beauty doctors,
chiropodists nnd'real estate brokers.
fine forestry bill passed guards
against fire and another makes a
start on relaxing litxes on cut over
laud to foster reforestation.
ll will cost more to marry and mure
to gel a divorce, the fees hying in
creased. Resolutions Adopted.
Resolutions adopted were to the
following effect; Opposing the state's
embarking in the public utility bud
Dess; calling for investigation of need
ed c hanges in workmen's com pen
tuition law; supporting the public serv-'
Ice commission suit for' centrul Ore
Hon railroad development.; asking in
vestigation and report to ni'Xt ses
sion on advisability of consolidation
of various state departments; amend
tni nl of state constitution to be sub
in, lied si e'..lng divided session of the
!. datuTe; appointment of committee
to study methods of indirect taxation,
lo report at next session.
Considerable ot the legislative ma
terial which was most talked of be
fore the session opened, failed, The
legislature refused to ratify the pro
is ied rjhtsi laaor swatlHBiBV m fifth
Ci d r il constitution.
Au attempt to atkmu the candi
dates' section of the official voters'
pamphlet fell by the wayside In the
seuate.
Governor Pierce's scheme for Im
iiuiise water ami power deve lopment
01 the Clear lake project, which would
have tmolved mltllonsof dollars, was
ciuletly put to sleep and the propos el
waur power amendment of Senator
Joseph received no attention.
The governor vetoed all bills pass
ed during the recent session of the
legislature appropriating money for
the construction of state armories
The entire armory program was dis
approved by the joint ways and
means committee, but during th: last
da of the session bills were pu.-sed
pnn Iding for an armory at Forest
I'im.', l.a Craado and Cottage Grove.
week end guests
L, funis of the
Mrs. L. H. Hadley, wife of Repre
; scntative Hadley of Washington, who
j was nominated without opposition to
; be president of the Congressional
club, the exclusive official women's
j club of Washington, D. C.
POSTAL SALARY BILL
SIGNED BY COOLIDGE
Washington, D. C The postal pay
and rale increase bill was signed by
Preside nt Coolidge. It increases the
pay of postal clerks and carriers num
bering more Ihan 200,000 by about
320 each a year, adding about $fi8;
OOO.OOd to the government payroll.
Revenue from postal rates Increased
by the. new law will bring in an addi
tional $69,000,000.
A new 2-cent service charge on par
cols post will raise $13,000,000 and
zone rale s on newspaper reading mat
ter In the second class will be iu
creased considerably. The rate on
postal cards Is increased from 1 to 2
cents, but otherwise first-class rates
are unchanged.
The bill also carries a "rider" lim
iting campaign expenditures of con
gressional candidates.
Und r the new law congressional
candidates cannot spend more than
the amount obtained by multiplying
three cents by tho total number of
votes cast in the last general election
for the office for which he is running,
but in' no case exceeding $25,000 for
tho senate and $5000 for the house.
A flat maximum of $10,000 for sena
torial races and $5000 for house cam
paigns is sot for candidates from less
populous district 8 who would ho re
stricted to less than these amounts by
three cents a vote.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Harmau and
daughter of Walla Walla arrived in
Cecil on Saturday and will visit wii i
Mr. arid Mrs. Geo. Krelis of the l-ast
Camp for an indefinite time,
Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Itoss and son
of Wasco were the
of Mr. and Mrs. 1
! Logan cottage.
Zennett Logan of Boartlraan matte
pS hurried triy, to the Leon Logan
ranch in i'ourtnile on Monday.
Mrs. Jack Hyncl of Butteifly Flats
i left on the local on Suu l.iy for Port
land and other Valley points. She
i was accompanied by Miss Hynd of
I lose Lawn.
Henry Krebs of the Ls; 1 Oaiap wlls
a Ollelleton called V.'eilncsda' .
J. W. Osborn Of l'uirview unci Hen
ry streeter of Cecil were ail trans
acting business in lone during the
j week.
3. '. Balllnger of Boardman arriv
ed at the Al Henricksen ranch, near
lowing, on Tuesday and, with his
crew of-men, is busy hauling hay for
1 A. Henricksen.
Sam Barnett
Cecil caller on .'
YV. E. AhuIi ,
Of one were h
friends in ; ,1 ai
nesday.
Jack 1 1 v i i I and
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 192.
hurrled call at the Shepherd's Best
on Friday evening. B. A. was c-u-route
to Portland.
K. L, Smith of Arlington was a
Cecil caller on Saturday.
!' Eightmile was a
ednesday,
.. and H. HaveCOSt
oklng up their old
mnd Cecil on Wed
E. Bchaffer of But
terfly Flats escorted the Misses Myr
tle, Grace and Laura Chandler and
j Miss Annie Hynd to Heppner Tues
day evening. They took in tin' "Lost
Battalion" and all report having a
' pleasant evening.
Al Henricksen of Pendleton has
been in Cecil most all week looking
after interests and we notice he Is
driving a new Nash coach.
Leon Logan. Ed, Fanchjer, H.
Smith were all Fourmile farmers in
Cecil on Tuesday looking after seed
wheat so they can start reseeding.
V. V. Perelo of Ewlng who bus
l-been in Pendleton and vicinity for the
past two weeks returned to bis ranch
on Sunday.
Uoy Duncan of Busy Bee, accom
panied by J. B, O'Niel and son .lack,
.were business cullers iu Arlington on
Monday,
Jack Hynd. Hep, II :h Mude-nt.
pent the week end "el. WH on the
farm," finding things lb good order.
lie returned to Ins school duties on
Monday.
Miss Mary O'Niel was the guest or
Miss Minnie Lowe of the Highway
Holies on Tuesday.
Jack Hynd and George Wilson of
Butterfly Flats spent Saturday even
ing in Heppner.
Miss Myrtle Chandler of Willow
I Creek ranch spent Thursday with
Miss Minnie Hynd of Butterfly Flats.
Cecil was visited by one of her fani
' mis sand storms on Friday, so the
broom brigade is out in full force1
J once more,
Bob Thompson of Heppner made a
CONDON
Mr J. C. Bturgtll left for Baker
city sundnv morning,.' having resign
ed his position as Deputy Sheriff of
,j,;s counlv. and will be employed as
Deputy clerk in Baker County. Miss
Harriet Quigloy has ncepted the po
sition of Deputy Sheriff In Mr. Btur
gitj's place.
All tax statements have been sent
p thts week by the Sheriff.
Graveling on the Clem highway will
he commenced the end of this week by
Nyberg and 0tek and the John Day
highway and MikkalO road arc ex
pected to be completed In the near
future. -i
Tlie- wheat money appropriated by
the legislature is now being distribu
ted among tin farmers in tills sec
tion. Mr. Art H'heolhotise was in Condon
today (Wednesday, March 4) to at
tend a meeting lf h! loan committee
Of this county, for wheat growers.
This committee consists of Judge
j Fou ler. 3. M. Hoag, Chas. H. Hor-
ner and Art Wheeliciuse.
The Condon baseball club was out
fo'r their first practice of the season
Sunday and they have good prospects
; for a winning team this year. With
the exception of one or two new play
ers, the team will consist of the same
' players as lust year.
Mr. J, M. Hoag, County Commis
sioner, was in Condon Wednesday
I from his home In Ulalook for the reg-
1 ular term of County Court.
i v.. a. Femes of Jiayviiie was ar
rested for assault and battery and
was tried before Justice of the Peace
Darling. He lias been in jail since
Your Conversation
"SPIC ANP SPAN"
Housewives like to be told S
that their kitcnens are spic
and span." Spic Is a corrup
tion of spike or null, and span
means n chip. The ships In
which every bit of wood and
every nail were new were orig-
lnally described as spic and
I span. Doctor Johnson, of die-
tionary fame, says, however,
0t that span Is a reference to the
$ apannans or stretchers on
which cloth was placed during
the b'nul processes of weaving.
3
My idee of the Ihree
hardest Jobs In th
world is : Actin' us
iparrin' partner for
Jack Dempsey, lig-
urin' up John D.'s Income tax,, an'
bain' secretary texn lady congressman.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
The senate called upon President
Coolidge to make public the report
of the fedoral trade commission on
its investigation into gasoline prices.
Major-General James Harrison Wil
son, U. S. A., retired, last of the corps
commanders .in the Union army dur
ing the Civil war, died at his home In
Washington, D. C.
The appointment of James F. Par
ton of Fort Dodge, la., as national ad
Jutant of the American Legion was
announced by James A. Drain, na
l lonal commander.
Vice Presidentelect Charles G.
Dawes announced the" selection of E
Ross Bartley, member of the Wash
Ington staff of The Associated Press
as his secretary.
The German government has sent
a note to the secretariat-general of the
league of. nations protesting against
the maintenance of French troiis In
Saar valley.
United States Senator Medill Mc
Cormick of Illinois, one of the repub
iican leaders of the senate, died sud
deiitly at his hotel In Washington
P. C, of what Coroner I. Ranisa
Ni vill announced was heart disease.
NEW PARTY ADOPTS
LA FOLLETTE PLAN
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 - - - Oregon
OFFICIAL DESIGN.OF THE OLD
OREGON TRAIL-ASSOCIATION
Chicago. The la Follette plan for
the organization of a new national
political party was adhered to at a
meeting here of men and women who
decided op the formation of the party
after the sine die adjournment ol the
conference for progressive political
action convention, which they attend
ed as delegates. A name for the
party will be decided upon later.
Representatives of the 16 labor or
ganisations affiliated with the con
ference for progressive political ac
tloa did not participate In the meet
ing. A committee to whom the matter
of the baals of representation In the
new party was referred recommend
ed that the party consist of state or
ganisations constituted on geographi
cal llnee in conformity with electlou
laws of the different stole.
Wv
i'.
The design of the o team and covered wagon symbolizes
the spirit of the old west.
It typifies vision nK.urancc, hope, suffering and final ac
complishment. Over the Old Oregon Trail from the Missouri river the cov
ered u it and w on an empire for the United States. 4
The design is the work of Avard Fairbanks of the University
of Oregon.
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