TH E BOARDMAN MIRROR VOLUME V BOARDMAN, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON FRIDAY, APRIL 17 NL'MBKR Hi Boardman Utellem Edited by the Students of the Boardman High School FOURTH YEAR, 1924-19'a FRIDAY, APRIL 17 Spring Meteor Senior Class Meeting it was soSewhere around 20 to 0in Two meetings were held by the Sen-' favor of the fifth and sixtli grades, lor class in the last two weeks. The Howard Beck worked in the box for purpose of the first meeting, held on the fifth and sixth grades, while Tom Marcli aj, was to discuss such prob-my Bailey bundled the padded mitt. iems that a Senior Class always have The buttery for the third and fourth1 to contend with at the end of the year, grades was John Beck und Mnrviti Tlie clOSS President appointed two Ransier. Although the fielding of the committees, one on the class flower teams was somewhat ragged it showed nnd one on lle class motto, the results that some good material was coming if which were to be beard at the next up for the future high school teams. meeting. Mr. Russell, the class ad-i , viser, was appointed to get a speaker, Umatilla Heats Boardman for the graduation exercises and Mrs.1 " Boardman. after making such a Russell wus appointed to see unoul splendid beginning by winning the first the musical part of the program. Af- tWo pre season games with the lone tcr some discussion about the invita- anj Heppner teams, went down to de tions and other things of less import- feat Sunday on the local diamond ance, the meeting was adjourned. The Whon sllt. pJayefl Umatilla. When the second meeting was held April 3rd, score was 15 to S against Boardman, The report of the two committees met we became discouraged and lost track with approval. The flower chomp was j(- tjle ,.(,s, j, waa (.()me(lv 0f ev. the pansy, and the motto is: "Success ,-urs. some fumbles, some blunders, comes in Cans." After the report of Spud" Spagle came up smiling and the committees, the diploma form wus distinguished himself. hut caused a chosen, after which the meeting was Hpple of amusement when he went to adjourned. -sleep "U second hnse and let the short stop throw to he second baseman, who Baseball Activities mt spud out, when he was only about The baseball teams are improving a toot from the base. It would take With the weather. The boys are work-jtoo long and be too painful to men ing with renewed zeal as a result of tion some of the errors, but let us the Incident at Umatilla. The girls say this. Boardman has some splen baven't got over their "jamboree" yet did material for a good team and we and consequently they aren't practic- feel certain that next Sunday, they ing. In the boy's "abbreviated game" WU1 come up to standard in the gnme Carl Ayers pitched a nice brand of with Stantield. Van Nostrum and ball He allowed three scattered bits Klifz pitched for the local team, and struck out seven men in six Inn- i ings. The infield, which was expected to be so good, was the "bunk" at short stop and first base. It bus been re modeled this week and i sexpeeted to Boardman Locals and Personals Brief Review of Week's News Events Commercial aviation, on a scheduled in Buenos Aires next October was for time basis, began in America Mon- mally announced at the White House day, with the round trip of the Stout on April l'th. .1. Walter Drake, the metal airplane "Maiden Dearborn," nssistunt secretary of commerce, will carrying 1000 pounds of Ford Motor act as chairman of the American dele company freight between the Detroit Ration. and Chicago plants of the company. ! The plane Will make a round trip be- Unofficial figures compiled at Wnsh tween the two cities every other day. 1 iflgten on April 14th indicate that the carrying Ford mall und small pnrtspoptil:itlon of the United States will exclusively and will fly on (lie first of reach the total of 113,500,000 by the rated by first of July. This is an increase of since the 1rj(t census. Birthday Party On Friday. April 10th, Sybil Grace Macomber was 10 years old, so she celebrated the event on Snturdnv hr be better at Arlington. The Individ- navlng u oi friem,s nm, hep ual batting star of the game was our u,ac.hel. oomp t0 ft pnl.tv Xarlom noble "Hoot Gibson." or. by the name .imes were plaved . an eKg ra(?e a,, we know him. Hector Wleklander, who a ral)bit vvcating lots of fml A literally knocked everybody cold with nisU,r eKg nunt was nlso onJovpa bis four hits. Tbelmu Beck proved The ,,(v;t 1)nrt of ,,. pnnv cnme when that she bad some "kick" when she the Kosts wm s(,(Up(1 al.oun( (lRl ta. knocked two home runs. ble ,, thp ,lfrth(nv cal.t, wlt,, The boy's team goes to Arlington its )1(;llt(1(1 ,,,,, WM admlred ,, this Friday to try to ruin the record tllf,n (.nsuiuod. The ice cream, chick of the high school team of that city.;,,,, sandwk.iJ)s alul pundl a U(1(1(ld They have some job. as the Arlington t() tlu, p(.asur,,s f the afternoon boys are burning up that section with running place cards. Faster baskets their flrey brand of bull. Here's hop- flIk(1 with ,.an(lv ma(I(, ()aintv ing for the best. j favors to take horn., as momentoes of I lie occasion a series of air lines to be opi the company between its plants about the country. ''apt. Geo. H. Wilklns, antarctic ex The Coast League baseball season plorer. who has been missing since has l een in full swing for a week and last November has just been located. Monday of this week witnessed the He is now snfo In Antralla on his re opening games of the National and . turn journey from the frozen fields American lengues, as well as in the of the south. American Association and the Infer- ' national league. For the second time in three years. "Babe" Until wns ab sent from the lineup on opening day. This year the "King of Swat" is ill from a severe attack of flu which kept him confined to his bed on op ening day. Drawing Class Contstrurls Plat The girls who enjoyed the party were: Gloria Wlcklander. A plat of the townsite of Boardman Xonmi Gibbons, Alice Calkins, Ona is lieing made by the mechanical draw- imus, Delia Part low. Mary Chaffee, ing class. The town, as the ydraw Khira Jenkins. Iris Gulbreth, Mild it, is four blocks long nnd two blocks red Allen nnd Miss Aldrieh. Mrs. Al wide on the smith side of the tracks hert Macomber. of Arlington, assisted and on the north side, two blocks long Mrs. Macomber. and one wide. Or. Cook, who first became famous ps the first man to reach the summit (if Mt. McKinley. ami then notorious when it was proven flint he never made the it scent, and who received the congratulations of the world as the first man to reach the North Pole. which claims were later disproved. Excursion trains from Baltimore, still later he used Uncle Sam's mail Philadelphia. New York and other to sell stock In an oil well that never cities brought thousands of people to produced and oil, and is now serving Washington on Faster Sunday. The time In a Federal prison, which means First Congregational church. where miother retirement from conspicuous President nnd nnd Mrs. Coolidgo nt- activity for u period of 14 years, tended services, was jammed, and , thousands of people crowded streets n trsdiiy. Boise .after years of I. ...i: i ,1 it,,.... .I.- i . e ..mum w e.m.c- ... .mpc ... expectation and waiting, Is on the getting a gllmi.se. of the President and 1,iain ,., 1M1 a The streets running from east to west from the highway to the south Ladies Aid Meets The Ladies' Aid met at Mrs. J. R. t,a.i u. ivwb are. ewen ami .arty Johnson's on Wednesday, with eleven Avenues. () the north end. across rest,nt. At first it was feared that bis wife. The weather was ideal and the many visitors took ndvantage of the opportunity to visit the many points of interest to be seen in our nation's cnpltol. the track ,are the avenues Lexington and Riverside drive. The streets run- no one would be able to come because of the storm. Routine business wus American participation In the Pnn- Rreat celebration and hundreds view ed the handsome new depot, which wus opened for the first time on this ccasion. Boise might have been on the main line of the Union Pacific -inoe it cosnst ruction, hut that Is not only ancient history, but an impious ning north nnd south from the school hHWaMttd. Some of the new Commit- louse to the west end of town are: teM were appointed. Mrs. Boardman 1 Heppner. Kennedy, Main, Do.id and chairman of the Missionary- Commit-1 lone. However, there is one more .,,, with Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. ! street, which is across the tracks, and Warner as members; Mrs Hereim ! Its name is Hardman Street. was appoint chairman of the Social ! , " Committee. The other appointments Student Body Meeting Held nre to be made later. It was decided A special meetin gof the Student to see about bringing the Fletcher Body was called to order by President I'umlly to Boardman for a musical en- j Earl Ols ii on Thursday at 3:15 P. tertainment in the near future. Mrs. M. The purpose of this meeting was Johnson served n delicious lunch. The to present the baseball letters for the next meeting will be May 8th, and It season of 1924-35. Violet Gilbreth and will tic an all day meeting at the Tbyra Beck reel Ing three game: American road congress to be held i m memory. Peary Anniversary Is Observed d "B's" for play- church. The annual Roll Call, with during the season, a Pot Luck Dinner at noon. Al uh- Tbe following boys received letters Elmo Russell, Fdward MeClollan. Earl Olson, Hownrd Packard. Carl Ayers and Arthur Bailey. Through the wishes of the team, Mr. Griggs. sent members are requested to send a word of greeting. Easter Services Held Easter Services were held Sundav the roach, was also presented with a forenoon in the Boardman Community letter by the athletic manager. church. A short program of songs and recitations was given at the close of Seventh and Eighth Grades the Sundav School hour. Kev. Hughes The fourth and last spelling contest delivered a very Interesting Easter was held Monday. April 13. Those re-! sermon. reiving !X)r; or abOfe were: Eighth ' C,rnde - Helen Boardman. 100; Neta Eye Sperialist Coming Woodard, ftfi ; Ivye Olson. WJ; Ken- Dr. Hark, from Portland, will 1 neth Boardinn n. !t0; Buster Rands, !K). In Boardman all afternoon and even Eeventh Grade -Wanda Gilbreth. 100; Ing of Wednesday, April 22, at the Borden Beck. 100; Mildred Beck. !K1 : Ilichway Inn. It Doctor Clark cure Nikolas retruzelli. H ; Alvie Mef ford : those terrific headaches. JO. The eighth grade had a welcome in crease in the arrival of Neta Wood ard. who was formerly a pupil at The Dalles. ? An Inter-( la Context The third and fourth grades played Small Crowd Attend-- Movie A small crowd was in attendance at the movie Saturday evening, the last of the series given by the high school to raise money for baseball equipment. Easter KgK Hunt Mrs. Charles Dillon entertained the 8 game of baseball with the fifth and , hildren of the Clarence Berger fam rtxth grades Tuesday.. April 14 The illy, the T. E. Broyles and her own result was somewhat nn-ertain. but: three last Sunday with an Easter Eeg according to the reports of the boys Hunt, which the children all enjoyed. Commemorating the sixteenth anniversary of the discovery of ttie Nortb pole, prominent nuvy officials and others gathered at the grave of Admiral Robert E. l'eary In Arlington National cemetery. Photograph shows Hear Ad mlral Luther Gregory, chief of the bureau of yards and docks. United .State navy; Dr. James Howard Gore, National Geographic society; Mrs. Edward Stufford, daughter of Admiral l'eary, an I Cspt. 15. W. Scott, bend of the navy chaplains' corps. The exercises were held under the auspices of the United States navy and the Admiral Robert E. Pearf Ship, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mrs .W. H. Mefford returned homo on Wednesday evening, accompaied by her father and mother. Mr. nnd Mrs. N. A. Kuowlton. of Getchel. Wn. The Mutual Creamery is closing out nnd all equipment is being shipped to Portland. Anyone having cans belong ing to the company nre asked to bring them to Mr. Blaydon at once. Next Sunday morning, Rev. Wilbur, who is s. s. Missionary, will occupy the pulpit. A large ntendunce is urged. Mrs. McFarland will lecture on I! range night on n subject of interest to all, that of the Mus.de Shoals ques tion. Everyone is invited to attend. John Shell of Moscow, Idaho, who is 88 years of age. came recently to be with his brother. Sain Shell. The al titude wns too high at Moscow for him. Mrs. Charles Nizer, who has been in Portland for a long time under the doctors cure, is expected home this week. Mrs. j. h. Johnson and grandson, Harland, of Wasco, and Mrs. Lynn Michael anl baby, of Portland, were over night visitors at the Johnson home. They are mother, nephew and sister, respectively, of Mr. Johnson. They left Wednesday morning. Boardman was In the path of the storm Wednesday. a terrific wind preceded a ball storm und then It rain ed. One of the large windows of the Cash Mercantile Store was blown In here, and the telephone lines put but of commission, hut on further dam age was done. Spring Is here. Numerous straw hats blossomed forth the past week on the domes of our lords of creation of enr (own. It might he a good time to suggest n general clean-up of the town since Spring most evidently has come to stay. Some one once said that Boardman wn Ithe dirtiest town nlon gthe highway. We do not agree With that, but we do seen many places where changes could be made. Our main street needs something done to It : a few rocks removed or some fine gravel spread over the rooks. Some of the back yards need donning. Many people have already raked their yards. Let's have a regulnr April house clean ing, for the town needs it. A number of the mothers went to the school house on Thursday to as sist In making the May Day costumes These are colorful, gorgeous affairs of crepe paper and will be very effec tive when worn nt the May Day pro gram. The fire escapes on the school house have been pulnted a soft gray color, which blends nicely with the building. The lower part of the concrete dam nt the spillway washed out Monday evening nnd caused consternation among the water users, who would have lieon drouth Stricken. Sandbags were filled and the dam repaired lm mediately. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hiiff (Louise Klages) have moved to Mcsncr where Mr. Huff Is employed on the section. They have lived at Dufiir since lust fall. Mr. find Mrs. Nick Filler and Ver non Crawford and family motored to Lexington on Sundav and visited with Miss Mvrtle McNeil. s. l. Beck la drilling for an artes- Ian well on the W. A. Price ranch. Re has had splendid success and the Pro ject boasts several artesian wells. J. U. Jalions, Packard, Mends, If Brown, F. (it to, Knaiiffs, Uroyles ami Hendricks each have Rowing wells on their places. Mr. Beck also drilled a well on the Hutch place .on which he lives. ('bet Attebury bus been quite III in Arkansas, where he Is at present. While bis father was Hi, ('hot was having a severe case of malaria, but Is now getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Uoyal Rands were guests nt the O. H. Warner home for dinner on Tuesdiiv. Mrs. Sylvester Attebury, whose for mer home wns In kfcClanseburg, III., one of the towns In the path of He tornado, was greatly relieved to hear from relatives that they hail escaped unharmed. slthaUlgtl many of their friends mid acquaintances were killed or Injured. Mrs. Charlea IfcDaniaii of Reppner came Tuesday and will vif with her sister. Mrs. Bert Klcnkmnn until Mr MeDuniols Is through Shearing on Ruder Crock. Her daughter; Eoe Dudley Mnttcson. has been home with the flu, but will resume her school work next Mondnv. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Neynns and fam ily, of Whatcotnh, Wn., were guests St the H. BL Weston BjB8 Sundav It Is reported Hint Rob Rnybnrn hgS purchased two acres of land from S 11. Boardman, just ncross from the Frank Cramer plnce. Mr. Gilbreth has been levelling it for him. J. C. Ballanger returned on Tuesdny from Tlie Dulles, where he went to j see W. A. Murchie, who Is quite ill. iThe latter is ut the hospital, where he Is being given the Insulin trent I menl for diabetes, I Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilson and ' family of Walla Walla Wn., were re cent Visitors at the S. H. Boiirdmun home. They are old time friend-- Of the family, hnving resided at Castle Rock some 21 years ago, when Mrs. Boardman wa steachlng there. At that time Castle Rock was a thriving little community. Mrs. Royal Rand returned Sunday from BUverton, Oregon, where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Roy Howell. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Price mnde a flying visit to Walla Walla .luring the week, motoring up Saturday nnd re turning Sunday. They visited Mis. Price's mother und sisters. C, A. Calkins and family and W. O. King and wife nnd children visited, Sunday, at the ltoarilmun home and listened in to some excellent selec tions over over the radio. The Boardman nigh School teams journeyed to Uniatlllu Friday. Ile sults will be found In the "tl Telletn." Mrs. Eugene Cummlus returned re cently from Port land, where shi has lv"i, for medical treatment. '' ih Bleakraiin of Herdtnnn, spent the week-end here with relatives. Bryce Dillabaugb and family re turned on Thursday (run Portland, when they spent Ha- winter. Mr. ')il labangh waa employed in the Barter-Albright Garage during his stay i'o. tland. Mrs. .1. C. Bulletiger mil daughter Siaxine returned on Saturday from The H"IUv. where she spent the week cod with her pnrents. .1 It, . bnson Is hui'dtn! n large chicken henae on his ranch. He ,f expecting a shipment of 600 buby chicks this week. ('buries nnd Arthur Goodwin tttO to red to Mubton Saturday for Mr. Van Nostrum, who pitched for the Boardman team on Sunday. Alton Kill pitched the last two innings. Arthur Peterson. of lliTiulston, Spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Oscar Koaar, Mrs. Lee Mead and children flatted her parents in The Dalles over Sun day. Grandfather Warren'a health ton tinuea about the same. He is HI of Bright'a Disease. His advanced age of sr. makes ids recovery doubtful. Irrigon Items Frunk Doble mowed und put up three acres of alfalfa buy April 14th. This Is the ear Ileal cutting on record for Irrigon. It is rushing the season a little, but show stliat alfalfa Is well along this season. Qeorge Allen bus returned from the cancer Institute at Centralis nnd ls muklng Ills home In Irrigon again. Mr and Mrs l-'rank Smith report the arrival of a big baby girl Wednes day evening. Mother mid girl doing fine. .1. A. Graybeal Is going Into the wa termelon mid cantaloupe game this year. He is now planting the Paget' strom plnce and Is with the Associa tion. This shouU prove good. Ira Grnybeiil ban left the rnllron I employment ami gone to learn the sheep chearlng unuir. He Is working south of Arlington now. Dale Wafklns went to Sulein on the uj'ght train Wednesday. Mr. ami Mrs J. P Corbel went to Pendleton on the Sunday afternoon train relurnln gthe next day. If no frost shows up. striuvlK-rries will be ripe In about another weeb The raspberries are also in fun btootn and promise a good early crop. Notice Under the Herd Law I will sell at public unction ,to the highest bidder, ut my much 1 '. miles south of Boardman, Oregon, en April 28 1928 (me black ataltfon, about " years old, no brand visible A Small white epoi on forehead. Weight Mai to iiski pounds. Pules redeemed by owner or bis authorize. I ngettl prior if. othe sale F.I I KI'NE. Dance al Juniper A dance was held ut Jsjnipnr Can yon Saturday, April 11th. Some of the Boardman people who attended uere Mr and Mrs. Ralph Davis, Mr. ami Mrs Walter Kim off. Barbara Ilixon, Alice Aldrieh, Hoy and Kran els Cilhreath, Clay Warren and Ethel Uroyles.