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THE BOARDMAN MIRROR
VOLUME V
BOARDMAN, MORROW COI NTY. OREGON
FRIDAY .11 NK lit. 1925
NUMBER V,
J. Cobb Buys
Boardman Trading
Company Store
Warren Sells Store to Marshfield
Merchant Will Take Immedi
ate Charge Family Coming
.T. A. Cobb of Marshfield Oregon
lms purchased the Boarduiun Trading
Company store and took charge this
week. The store was closed two
days for invoicing.
Mr. Cobb has owned the Bunker
Hill Department store at Marshfield,
the past two years and previously he
has lived at Henniston. so he knows
the sand and sage brush country. Mr.
Cobb expects to put on n sale within
the next ten days that wil lhea real
sale. Watch the Mirror for ads. Mr.
Gotib'8 family will arrive later.
Harry K. Warren has been the pro
prietor of the store for the past two
or throe- years and has made many
friends here.
Boardman Locals
Ralph Davis was elected manager
for the Boardman baseball club for
the second time.
Where Scopes Case Will Be Tried
Mrs. Nell Briggs and her sister J
'Mrs. Benson and little daughter were'
! in Boardman Monday for a visit ati
the Ralph Davis home. Mrs. Briggs
Davis were, former school-
This is the county courthouse at
Dayton, Tenn., where will be held
the trial of John T. Scopes for vio
lation of the Tennessee law for
bidding the teaching of the theory
of evolution In the public schools.
and Mrs.
mates.
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell of Ooldendale
Washington, parents of George and
Bob Mitchell are here visiting. They
are at the Bob Mitchull home.
Mrs. Geo. Johnson and little girl
have have gone to Saskatoon Canada,
to visit for 2 or 3 months.
I W. H. r.ilbreth went to The Dalles
Saturday morning for over the week
end.
Editor and Mrs George Huntington
Cnrrey and son Albert were in Board-
man a few hours on Monday and eu
I joyed dinner ut the Highway Inn.
Social Activities
Mr. an, I Mix. W. A. Mureble. Mi
ami Mrs. Howell of Wasco were all
dinner guests at the. J. C. Ballenger
home on Friday on their way to Lewis"
ton Idaho, Maxiue Ballenger who has
been at the Murehie home for the past
three weeks, returned with them. They
Stopped Wednesday on their return
borne.
Arlington Sends
Invitation For
July 4th Program
Misses June and Edith Beebe of Will
la Walla, visited a few days last week
at the W. A. Price nome. On Thurs
day they with Mrs. Price nnd Billy,
I- ft for Crntralia and Chehr.Us Wn.
to visit another sister for a few days.
Every Preparation Being Mate
Give Visitors Day of Lively
Program and Good Time
to
Mr. and Mrs. ('. S. Calkins wen- de
lighted tn have their children, ('. (
Calkins nnd family and Mrs. Ivan
Fruit all of Spokane with them for a
few days visit last Week Mrs Cundy
n friend from Spokane accompanied
them Dwlght Calkins will spend the
Slimmer With bis grand parents. He
was here last summer.
Ladies' Aid Meets
Ladies Aid met on Wednesday. The
routine business was transacted and
tentative plans for a 4th of July picnic
were, discussed. The Orange may take
up this matter. Arlington is putting
on a big celebration this year, but
there are always a few left overs who
can not go out go town and it is for
these; few that plans were discuss
ed. The aid also voted to buy 24 new
song books for the church. Mrs O. H.
Warner will entertain the Ladies Aid
at the next meeting on July 1, at her
home.
Mrs. J .A. Fleck and daughter Hel
en and son Francis and Miss Alice
Webb of The Dalles drove up Satur
day for a short visit at the Lee Mead
home. They returned to The Dalles
on Sunday taking Helen Mead with
them for a visit. Mrs. Mead and Paul
went down Wednesday and from The "-
Dalles went on to Portland so the Suit of film and Ve.Meu.iiiiiil Settled
children might see the Rose Carnival.
John Day District
Makes Settlement
Allowing $5,200
I George Dillon who has been at his
brothel's home for a time left on Wed
nesday for Portland. His neiee Nel
lie accompanied him.
in rortland-Workiiti
Lewis and Heard
for AgreMtwflt
Asbenfelters have moved from the
W .A. Goodwin house to Jack (lorhams
place across from the school house.
Mrs. M.
at Hie E
week end.
Pat
visit.
Patee of Condon is here
From the Arlington Bulletin
A settlement was reached l 'tween
Attorneys C. II. Finn and V. A. ate
Menamin, who were ageing the John
Day Irrialion District an I the r -p-resentativ-is
of the district last Tie s
day in the Circuit Court of Multnomah
Gray of Arlington was 1 uuiy allowing mom a total u so.aw
Flickenger was
Messenger home
a guest
for the
Km C. G. Blayden left Sunday for
a visit with her (laughter, Mrs. C. C.
Paine in Portland.
Miss Mabel
a guest at the Jess Allen home last
Saturday and Suncbiv.
Victor Hango is taking his vacation
from his duties as the rural carrier.
Leo Hoot is sulwtituting for him.
Wheat Growers
Adopt 1924 Wage
Scale for Harvest
Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Calkins entertained a few friends to
meet their guests. Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Calkins, Mrs. Cundy. Mrs. tvan
Fruit. The evening passed very quick
ly In games, music and social conver
sation, Hursts were Mr. and Mrs. W,
O. King and family. Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Mead and family, Nels Kr'stensen
and baby,
llclous Ice
The hostile served
cregm and cakes.
do-
ImaCIIa. Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman
and Wasco Counties Send Rep
resentatives to Arlington Met
the
do-
Frora the Arlington Bulletin
.i a meeting of delegates from
Columbia River Counties held at
J, K. trby hardware on June 18
the
the
a
J. C. Ballenger and wife were
hosts at a Six o'clock dinner of
light ful appointments on Tuesday ev
ening, having Harry Warren and wife
nnd Clay Warren and son Donald as
their guests .
Mr. and Mrs Royal Rinds and Bus
tor were guests at the . II. Warner
1 Inst itiii:, nt n Invclv noun
inilllmun wage scale for transient la- fljnner
bor was adopted. Delegates were pre Mr and M,.s. ava! Bands enter-
nt from Wasco, Gilliam, Morrow and M d , amptu0UM (lilm,. Sunday
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President Art WheeUlQttse, the dis- evening after the ball game, having
tiicfs attorney Sam Van Vector and allF' 11 ruuier cnorougu discussion r, , Mrs. .1 c. Ballenger and Max
others while in JVHlai.d dU iiKsed the '' M,ml s( 1111 h UK 's' year was ,,, and II. II. McPberson as guests,
matter of settlement of the claim with I a(,Ptw n(W,MS i,,,'s Jlj?-'
I I ... 1 1. l . . I
Engineer J. dm II. Lewis, hut no agree ur,vrT"' ' PK Kiiig up sacks,
men! was reached as far as known. I The Allowing delegates were present
Arlington June- ( Special ) -Having
raised a cash subscription of over
$1(100, the businessmen of Arlington
are making every possible preparation
for staging one of the snappiest -1th
of July Celebrations ever held in
that City No other celebrations have
been announced in any county in either
Oregon or Washington adjacent to Ar
lington and word drifting in here al
ready indicates a record attendance.
Serial features of the days' pro
gram will include a Ut round boxing
card, open air exercises, a ball game
between Condon and Arlington, par
ade, sports, races, dancing, bucking
contest and many special stunts and
amusements.
A dozen special committees are at
work on the various features of the
program, details of which will be an
nounced as soon ns possible. Real
izing that it was Arlington's turn to
celebrate this year, and finding out
that many of the neighbor towns were
expecting a big day at Arlington, the
local people have set about the job
in earnest and intend to offer tbo
thousands of visitors just as lively a
program and as good a time as is
possible.
. Mrs. Johnson of Wasco, mother of J.
It. Johnson is visiting at the Johnson
home for a few da vs.
George Hendricks
daughter Mrs. Lewis.
is visiting bis
THE MARKETS
Mrs. W. H Mefford is enjoying a
visit from her brother Thomas Knowl-'
arioo-.r Han htfdr nshfonWobttoogai1
ton of Hartford, Washington who ar
rived last week for a few days with.
his mother nt the Mcffords.
M. L. Morgan of Astoria Stopped
in Itoaritmun the fore part of the week
,'ii his way to Pendleton to deliver a
dir. He drove another car back.
Mark V. Weal her I-ml
WALLACE McCAMMANT
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of
Mrs. L. M. Bailey and sons Norman
and Arthur anil Mrs. Richard Ding
man went to Cleveland on Sunday and
returned Monday. They attended the
Pioneer Picnic there Oren Bailey who
has been over there two or three weeks
returned with them.
Guests registered at the Highway
I Inn recently were Mrs. Anna Hinds
and daughter of Spokane. Earl W.
' Smith Portland, P. W. Absher of The
Dalles, John Grogson of Portland, and
C. W. Cibtrnp and wife, Mrs. H.
Chilton and daughter of Bleiisleni Wu.
;. A. gperber of Portland.
W. H. Woodard and Willaril return-1
ed on Wednesday from The Dalles,
where they went to gel his brother
Fred's sedan, which (hey will use
while L. V. Woodnrd's are away.
L. V. Woodard wife and daughter
left on Tuesday evening for their form
er home In Missouri, where they will
visit for a few weeks. They will al
so visit in Oklahoma.
and C. C.
Clark of Arlington were also presort
for the suit, returning home after the
Settlement with l inn and McMenamiii
was stipulated.
II is understood that Engineer Lew
is who holds some $60,000 of warrants
against the district in addition to B
judgement, has liuide an offer to set
tic bis claim and an additional offer
to compile the data secured in the
field work undertaken by him several
years ago into a report to be filed with
the district and the State Engineers
Office so that the information and
iwork done may lie made available for
use in case the reclamation service
, might at some time become interested
in the John Day Project. The district
in any event must pay out many thou
sands of dollars for the engineering
work ami many thousands more (of
COttfi costs and attorney's fees pasl
and future, and according to several
large land owners under the district
there wniild lie no objection to pay a
cent or two per acre timiy in order to
have something to show for all of the
money ami effort expended.
Wallace McCammant
Mr. and Mrs. Nate Maeomber and
sybil Qrace and Wallaace Mathews
motored to (Hex on Thursday to visit
Aliert Maeomber.
J. E. Ilaynes of Twin Palls Idaho.
I. A. P.aird of Walla Walla. J. 0.
Hal id of Loaaj Beach. Geo Andrews,
and W. B, Ellett of BJd nton Can
ada and J. M. WHlmau of Stillwater
Portland, Oklahoma were among the guests to
22 Land Office Jobs Abolished-
Washington, D. C. -The offices of
22 receivers of local land offices in
11 states were ordered abolished Mon
day by the interior department. Tho
work of the receivers will be taken
over by the registrars of the offices
and the department estimates a sav
ing of $50,000 a year will result.
at the meeting Albert S. Roberts. C.
Kortage, J. S. Farley, The Dalles; T.
Hi Hampton, Fred Reunion, of Pendle
ton : Simeon Hix, Dufur; L J. Daniels,
Dufur; O. T. Fergus,, n. an I William
I'adherg, Iloppnor; Karl Warner, and
Earl Eskelson, Lexington) Ferry John
son and N. C. Wohott, Condon; C. C.
Clark, M. E Moore, Arlington.
C. W. Morse, County Ag lit of Mor
row County presided at the meeting
and George Huntington Currey of Ar
lington acted as Secretary.
County Agent Bennion of Umatilla
COUttty stated that there would be a
good supply of certified 1JS Hybred
seed in Umatilla county this year and
that arrangements are being made to
prevent it from being Shipped out.
A shortage- of Turkey Red seed is
expected in Wasco county ami other
sections anil it was considered advis
able to caution growers tO hold on In
any good Turkey seed they might bare.
Following Is th,. stale adopted; for
Combine outfits; Sack sowers, ?.'t..".0 ;
Drivers. 8 JO; Header tenders, 2.09;
Reparator tenders. 5.00; Caterpillar
drivers, ftOO; Straw haulers, 2.50;
Cooks up to ten men. 12.00 ; Water
lank and roustabout, 2.50; Sack Jig,
...no: ricking up sucks 0i 1.25 per 100;
Bulk drivers. dJJO:
Stationary outfits. Derrick drivers.
fSMX); Box drivers with nets, 2 .00 : j
Box drivers without nets, 2"M : Load
ors, H.OO; Sack sowers, 3.50; Header
punchers, 10; Hog downs, 2.60; En-
gineers, 4.00 J Separator tenders, 5.00.1
Portland
Wheat Hard white, $1.58; soft
white, J1.55; northern spring, $1.58;
western red, western white, 11.55;
hard winter, $1.58; western red, $1.5,'!.
Hay Alfalfa, $1920 ton; valley
timothy, $200)21; eastern Oregon
timothy, $2324.
Butterfat -42c delivered Portland.
Eggs Ranch, 2731c.
Cheese Prices f. o. b. Tillamook;
Triplets, 2fic; loaf, 27c per lb.
Cattle Steers, good, $7.75't 9.00.
Hogs Medium to choice, $11,750
13.50.
Sheep Lambs, medium to choice,
$S.0012.00.
Seattle
Wheat Soft white and western
white, $1.57; hard winter, $1.58, west
ern red, $1.55; northern spring, $1.58;
Big Rend blueatem, $1.2.
Hay Alfalfa, $24; 1). ('., $28; tim
othy, $2fi; D. 0H $28; mixed hay, $24.
Multorfat 43c.
Eggs- Ranch, 32:l7c.
Hogs Prime, $1 3.25 13.66.
Cattle- Choice steers, $9.25S.60.
Cheese Oregon fancy to retailers,
27c per lb.; do standards, 25e; Wash
ington fancy triplets, 25c.
Spokane.
Hogs flood to choice, 12.5012.75.
Cattle Prime steers, $8.509.00.
Children's Day Program
The children's Day program at the
Sunday .school was phasing to all
who attended the service. A little play
called -The gtd of the Keud". was
well port ra yinll. Nita Woodard. Helen
Chaffee. Muster Rands, Dale CoX,
Margaret smith .md Albert Board Rxtn
were I be participants m il ail did very
well. 'J' he playlet was based on ac
tual fads and showed the value of
mlsslonery Sunday schools and1 Buuday
School missionaries. Songs ami recita
tions by the little folks and Ihe juniors
comprised a very Interesting and a
railed program.
JOHN MARSHALL
Check Shows Heavy Travel
Or., who was appointed by President register at the Warner Auto camp
Coolldge to be United States circuit
judge In the ninth Judicial circuit.
R.
Wright in a car from Sioux City Iowa,
nnd I". H. Merrill of TilUuaeofc were
also registered this week.
urirat Maniieiu learn The wil ,,n the W. A. Price ranch
teas eempleted some time ago. Mr Bed
Boardman fans are justly proud of trilled the well and struck a small
their base ball team. Wo can whip any' flow at about '! gallons gflf minute :it
team in the Irrigation League aMsWfjBB feet. This is the deepest of th. nr
Fuuitilla and we are gdng to ipn-er tesian wells on the project,
that jinx liefore the season is over, tin!
Sunday Botirdman played Stanfield on
the home diamond. It was. some game
Boardman got tliife rims aeronss in th'
first inning and batted the Stanfield
pitcher out of the B0K. B-ianliiian held
he score .'! to 0 until the ."th anil
then showed Stanfield how to play
hall At the end of the game the
mill stixwl s ,i j in Itiiardman's fav
or. Next game Is with Horuil-t.in
Two inr- garner anil the rnsnii ends
Montague and Ashenfelter wer the
Bnaidman battery. Herr.v pitehe-1 a
jwrt "f Msg time for Stanfield.
J. R. Johnson and family Mjoyed
a visit frmn Sir Jnhnson's mother
who i sine up from Wnw o for a few
days.
Un C Blayden left on Sun Is-,
for Portland to visit her daughlei
Mrs. C C. Paine.
D. Wii klsnder of Salem returned
with Mr and Mrs. Chas. Wb -klsnder
when they returned from the '.range
SJfeSJttsa at Dall. slid is vlsitiiic
j here for a time.
I
Fore ! ! !
I . . . . . I
A total of I3i vehle es passed tho
Intersection nt the Columbia River
and the John Day highways between
the hours of 0 a. m. and 10 p m. 0SJ
Wednesday June 17, according to the
first official highway cheek of Ihe
BMSUS1 inade kKSjijf under dllSCtiotl of
' i. e. Fisk fnfwaii of Bsaiatsnancei
John RoIm rls was gnMISMd nt. the
John Day Highway le'e tion an I
Berry Brewer at the Ore n-Washlns-
ton highway Ultersectlo!! at Willow
Cre'k.
The cheek at Arilttgtoa showed an
Increase of foreign passenger cars of
00 tin- recent check showing that us
(ins from other States passed during
the checking hours.
While the stormy spring IV gather
and the oiling operation! reduced the
early travel this year over the Old
Oregon Trail or Columbia River hiji
way. there is no question hut that
-nee the first of June the toiuist tra
vel has been heavier than eier and
'with the two M'iik months of July
'and August ahead. Arlington must pre
pare to serve more guests than ever
before.
John Marshall of Parkersburg, V.
Vs., who succeeded Rush L. Hollaed
an assistant attorney general.
School Election Held
The school election June 1.", was a
oulei affair, only 20 votes were east.
T! ere was a candidate for ill red r
and for dark and both smwM bare
inn elected b acetasBasaon had it n t
la-en Hint school law required thai i
ballot be east. C. S. Calkins of He
Fast Hnd was elected director for the
ensuing three years and Mrs. Anna
bell,. H. Boardman was re-elected as
clerk, .Mr Cnlklns wus elected over
bis protest and succeeds w. H gh-breth.
Mrs. Clarence Berger is getting a-
tons; nicely at the hospital III The
Dalle- She had a serii.us operation
recently fur gall stones and appendi
citis. Il 1 fj