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THE BdAJRfMAN MIRROR
FRIDAY JULY 17, 1925
TheBoardmanMirror
ROARDMAN, OREGON
Published by The
Cunpy Printing Company
Ceorge Huntington Currey, Editor
Mrs. A. T. Hereim,
Local Editor and Representative
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Entered ns econd-craM matter Feb.
Hi 1921, ill the po.stofflce at Board
num. Ore. under wet of Mar. '!. 1870.
A little ml In The Mirror will sell
It for you.
,iohi Day Project Needs
Leadership of Some Practical Man
of Courage and Vision
The pasl week the Secretary of the
Interior, the 1". S. Commissioner "f
Keelnnintioii, the "t 1 1-r Knirinecr of
the I', s. Reclamation Service, travel
fl aeniKK the Stale of Oregon. In the
past few months these officials have
visited Southern Oregon and Cali
fornia, have inspected Irrigation pro
leets in Idaho, Mrmtanna and else
where, have Investigated a number
of projects iii Washington, Including
the croat Columbia Basin project,
They have been around and across
the Northern cud of the proposed
John May project, without si much
h s a word having been mentioned a
bout the wonderful possibilities f
Irrigation from the waters "f the John
Day river.
Senator Slaiil'leld never (old Sec
rctnry Work anything ftboul It, Con
gressman Sinnotl rode through Ar
llngton without giving il a passing
thought. The Chief Engineer of the
Iteelamation device mcver gudssed
thai on ton of the hills forming the
Canyon of the Columbia north ami
south "f Arlington, lhal there lay n
body of two or three hundred acres of
the finest land over man had au op
portunlty to irrigate, This statement
In not made by one possessed of a
::rent and laudable spirit of local pa
Irlotlsm. The writer has visited scor
es of project operating, under con
ftrucflon anil proposed. Reririleas
of the false Impression gain l i .
Secretary Work toward the Maker
project it is a good project and will
he built some of thesq days. The
Owyhee In a good project, the Vale
(extension is h good project, the De
chutes Im ii good project and consid
preti from every standard these pro
Jects are superior to some today he
Ing fostered In Washington. Idaho
ami California and other states,
Likewise tl' John Hay project Is
a worthy project ami every factor
that goes toward making a success.
Inl irrigated community, being taken
Inlo consideration Is perhaps super
ler to any large project left in th
West. i -'Wlfflr
The people of Gilliam and Morrow
Counties will never secure the bless
ing of water unless they make a
fight to get it. Don't expect our rep
I resentatlves or the Government to
bring us the project on a golden olat
lei. They'rs busy looking ll iter f ib s
who want sometWlu
We need at the present time some
man of vision, of leadership who cun
see in the rapidly developing Indus
trial West a coming demand for the
I p ( ducts of the Irrigated dlverwlfied
fftrm home, who : an see the Bd'te
tiigns of location, cllt'ute, .'',; and
ftiaivils all favorable to tWl sariUin,
Who will gel behind the practical
idea of preserving the John Iay dis
triet organization and who will wage
a constructive campaign li Interest
the goveninient ill the building of the
premium project in the country,
! , Millions of dollars to he spent In
C 'list ruction, thousands of new people
to make new homes, an increased an
nual production of millions of doi
' lars worth of farm products and in
imn the eretition-of new wealth and
inni'ketu, is not such a possibility
worthy of any man's best efforts to
bring about.
OREGON NEWS ITEMS
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
CECIL NEWS
About forty men women and child
run of the Cecil vicinity who were
unable to attend the Arlington Cole
bration "ii the lib met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. H, J, Stroeter at Cecil.
A splendid dinner was enjoved on
the lawn ami Ice cream and cake was
the order of the afternoon. Everyone
I reported a good time and thanks is
j tine Mr. and Mrs. Slender for the
j use of I heir la wn.
! Julian Thomson of Lena arrived in
Cecil on Saturday. lie has been spend
ing his vacation In I'ortbind.
Mr, and Mrs. It. 0, Stender and
daughter Gloria of Seldomseen, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Crabliee and fami
ly of Cuckoo Flats, also Arthur Turn
or of lone, spent Saturday at ITmatll
1n. id I'almateer of Wlndynook, nr
lived In Cecil the first of week from
Jasper, vvpi has returned to harvest
Ids wheal crop, lie will begin as
soon as he has Ids nidi gathered up.
j ivl.eUl men are nil too busy to even
( come in for their weekly supply of
chaw". No reports of yields are at
hand as yet.
Ear) Morgan of Broadacres, was do
ing business around Cecil Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Funk and daughter
(nraldine of Thei Cuttiw Cottage,
took In the big celebration s( Ar
lington on the 4th,
Mr. and Mrs ..lack Hynd of Butter
flj I'lals, wore the dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Krebs at the I.ast
Camp on Siindnv.
Mrs. A. Johnson of Heppner return
"d to her home after spending a few
days wiiii Mrs. Alf Medlock at the
Poplars near Cecil.
Postal receipts at Portland for
lune exceeded those of the same
-nonth last year by 6V2 per cent.
The annual state encampment of
:ho Spanish War Veterans will be
ield at Port Orford July 28, 24 and 25.
I, infidri college will not be moved
'mm McMinnvtlle to Portland, trus
ses of the institution have decided.
The Cottage Grove city council will
ipen bids July 20 for construction of
1 1,000,(1(10 gallon water storage reser
voir. Portland ranked second in building
construction on the Pacific roast dur
ing June, according to building per
mit figures.
Loss to t'ie docks of the Standard
Oil company and the Union Oil com
pany at Willbridge in a lire Was esti
mated at approximately $55,000.
Several small fires have been re
ported in the Siuslaw national forest
hut none has spread to timber, ac
cording to H. S. Shelley, supervisor.
Headquarters for the Oregon Trunk
railroad have been established at
Klamath Falls with J. J. Hoydar, gen
eral agent from Spokane, in charge.
The first forest fires of the season
for Douglas county were reported at
RoBeburg, four of them being spotted
in widely separated sections of the
Bounty.
Preliminary work on (he paving of
Ihe Klamath Falls entrance to Crater
Lake national park has been Started
by employes for the Warren Construc
tion company.
The new girls' dormitory at tho
tate institution for the feeble-minded
it Salem wdll be constructed of con
crete, it was ordered by the state
board of control.
Among the several thousand per-
ons in the Cascade National forest
iver the Fourth of July week end,
only eight were found violating the
state and national fire laws, accord
ing to Nelson F. Macduff, supervisor.
Twenty-four Oregon youths who re
cently completed courses of military
training at various institutions in the
state have accepted commissions as
second lieutenants in the officers' re
serve corps, the war department has
innotinced.
China pheasants have become so
plentiful at the state game farm just
aast of Pendleton that some of the
birds raised this year that have at
tained their growth are to be releas
sd to make room for broods that are
just hatching.
The Baker white pine lumber mill
was damaged to the extent of $4000
when a large engine flywheel flew
to pieces, tearing holes in the roof
and west side of the building. Pieces
if the wheel were found on the roof
md Tor a distance of 130 feet from
'.he mill.
Coos county's bond election has
tieen definitely set for July 30. The
,ssue will be for $280,000 to repay the
date for money advanced to build
oads in the county and $700,000 for
t bridge at. Marsh field and to con
Uruct highways as laterals through
3ut the county.
The Harrisburg-Junctlon City five
nile sector of the Pacific highway
laving has been completed. The
itretch of that highway within the
ilty limits of Ilarrisburg, more than
1 mile long, is all that remains un
saved in the state. This will be pav
?d immediately.
Guy C.MI. Corliss of Portland, at
orney for the original trustees of the
0, Henry Wemme endowment fund,
?an collect $25,000 for attorney fees
'rom this trust fund for protection of
he fund against the suit of heirs to
jreak the Wemme will, the state su
preme court has held.
A. W. Allen, Portland druggist and
'or 33 years secretary of the Oregon
State Pharmaceutical association, was
dovated by unanimous vote to the
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Minimum Charge : 25o per ad
HE P I IE SK N'T A T 1 V E WANTED; To
take orders and handle business of
Geseo Utility Clothing in this district.
Liberal Commissions. Be your own
boss and make double wages. A pleas
ant, profitable occupation, selling the
clothing that "wears like iron". For
particulars write W. II. MeCulley.
District Manager, General Service
Clothing Co.. 1804 Sixteenth st. Hood
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At The
New French Cafe
E. J. McKXEELY, Prop.
Pendleton, Oregon
(Only the Best Foods Served)
FANCY ICE CREAMS
Furnished Rooms Over Cafe
Quicli Service Lunch Counter
In Connection With
Dining Room ij
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A. H. SVVITZER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Arlington, Oregon
NOTICE
No
FOR PUBLICATION
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Interior, IT. S.
s, Oregon, June
Department of the
Land Office, The Dal
18, 1!I25,
.Notice is hereby given that George
Gorger, of lone, Oregon, who); on March
I 1020, made H. E.' ()21480for E'd.
Section !12, T. .! N.. K.'l! E., W. M.. and
on December 21), 1021, made additional
II E. 022(100 for WU. Section 32, Town
ship .'! North. Rnuge 20 Fast., Willam
ette Meridian, has filed notice of Inteii
ti'ii to niuke final three year proof, to
establish claim to the land above des
cribed, before Gay M. Anderson. United
Slates Commissioner, at Heppner. Ore
gon, on the 1st day of August. 1025,
Claimant names as witnesses: Vic
tor RietmanA, Werner Rletnjann, of
Ioue, Oregon ; lialph Flnley, Leo Gor
K0, of Lexington. Oregon.
J3-J33 J. W. Donnelly, Register
Dr. F. V. Prime
DENTISTRY
Dental X-Ray and Diagnosis
HERMISTON, OREGON
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WOODSON & SWEEK
ATTORNEYS-AT LAW
HEPPNER,
OREGON
S. E. NOTSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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Hasn't the Heat Been Terrific?
VW"E Suggest that you bring your wife and family
to the Highway Inn for dinner once in a while
Our meals are of the best, served family style. Don't
forget our slosnn We also have fresh meats for sale
always on ice.
The Highway Inn
VV. H. WOODARD; Proprietor
THE BEST PLACE TO EAT BETWEEN THE DALLES
AND PENDLETON i
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DEVELOPING, PRINTING, COPYING
AND KNEARCINd
For first ehiMN work and heller service,
send iin your films.
Two deliveries dully en finishing.
The work Is all done In our wn dmk
rKiiiis which are tuosi up to date mid
let equipped in Eastern Oregon it
Is managed by an expert photographer
f seversl jems experience. No ama
teur help employed.
Our price are approved by the Photo
Finishers' Ash L.tioii ,,f America. Dist
1 let of OrcKop.
We Invite the puhlh to visit our dark
room mid see t lie wo; k done ihe "Bet
ler Way."
Spcisl ttMttji ;iv-i to Mail Orders
Economy Drug & Music Co.
Pendleton,
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ire ready for liberation at the state
trout hatchery on Salmon creek at
Oakridge, according to Charles J.
Hall superintendent.
In a timber Bale conducted by W.
Li. Tooze, Sr., register of the Port
land federal land office, 5,248,000 feet
f limber in four scattered tracts was
sold for a total of 19363.19,
The Mosier Fruit Growers' associa
tion has reported contracting its en
lire 1925 tonnage to the American
Fruit Growers, 'inc. Principals to the
leal declined to reveal prices.
Edward ,T. It. .loehnk of Marsh
field has been appointod LT. S. referee
in bankruptcy for the Coos Ray dis
Irict by Judge Wolverton to succeed
William K. Coleman, resigned.
Completion of the pumping plant
for tho new Malln irrigation district
was announced by the reclamation
service, and within a short time water
will be pumped into the canals.
Mrs. Myrtle M. IHlsabork, 45, was
killed when the automobile driven by
her hatband, Dolhert Illlsahpck.
plunged down an embankment on the
Bugene-Lorane highway near Eugene.
Loss by fire In Oregon during June,
exclusive of Portland, totaled $233,
953.74, according to the report of the
state fire marshal. The Dalles suf
fered the heaviest loss reported, $35.
)00, A rich strlUo of gold, which assay
ed at $40. so a ton. the highest value
if gold yet recorded In the operations,
has baen made at tho Mother Lode
copper mine, 28 miles northeast of
Raker.
An invasion of cutworms, ad vane
Ing from field to field in large num
hers like an army. Is reported in the
Rogue river valley south of Phoenix.
Much damage already lias been done
in (he Talent district.
Proposed freight rate Increases on
fruit and vegetables by carloads to
Portland from California points via the
-outhern Pacific line were suspended
hy the Interstate commerce eommis
on until November 6.
B. O. Hopsnn of Portland, V. R.
Dennis of Carlton and O, A. Covell
f Corvallls were reappointed by Gov
rnor Pierce to succeed themselves for
terms of six yeurs each on the state
board of engineer examiners.
Residents of Oregon during the fis
nl year of l!i25. which closed June
10, paid federal taxes aggregating $8,
lS2,oy8.7i. according to a preliminary
summary of taxation announced by
Ihe bureau of Internal revenue.
II J. Cavanaugh, of Pendleton, was
ippolnled s member of the pension
hoard by the commissioner of pen
sions upon the recommendatiln of
Representative Slnnott of The Hallos.
He will take office Immediately.
Oregon's wheal crop this year was
estimated at 1, 000.000 bushels by F.
I.. Kent, agricultural statistician st
Portland for the Fnlted States depart
ment of agriculture. Mr. Kent esti
mated this year's oats crop at 9.500.
100 bushels, the potato crop at 4.950,
00 bushels, the hay crop at 1,600,000
:ons.
session of the convention at Corvallls.
earhart was selected as the place of
neeting for the 1926 session.
; The state highway department has
een engaged the past few days
iprinkling the section of the Old Ore
gon trail between Lone Tree, three
niles east of La Grande, and Union,
vhich will be oiled. The macadam
tnder oiling will be closed to traffic
intil the work is completed, probably
1 fortnight.
Some unfeeling man watched the
anks of Pony inlet, in the out-of-the-way
portion of North Rend, until a
lumber of young women had gone In
.0 take their daily swim, and then
valked off with most of their clotti
ng and a considerable amount of
'ewelry. The girls went home in their
)alhing suits.
Reports from 24 district attorneys
tnd sheriffs of the 36 counties in the
date, received by W. S. Levens, state
jrohlhitlon commissioner, for May.
ihow that, of 168 arrests made, 121
onvictions were obtained. A total
)f ?29,185 In fines wa3 assessed and
10671.80 paid. Twenty-nine stills were
iclzed and 516 gallons of liquor de
itroyed. Of the 545 accidents reported to the'
date Industrial accident commission
luring the week ending July 9, four
osulled In fatalities, according to the
veekly report of the commission.
Chose fatally Injured were Charles L.
Hl.T t uck. gereral superintendent,
'Jneville; Hugh B. MeCauley, boiler
.hop worker, Portland; Robert
Thomas, gang saw crew, Portland;
'ames Theo Sprngue, timber faller.
Thi so-called Warren patent paving
ase was ended when Attorney-Ocn-iran
Van Winkle and the state high
vay commission, representing the
date, and attorneys for the Warren
instruction company, reached a com
ironuse agreement for the settlement
if the case outside of court on the
lasls of a payment by the state of
1225.000 for royalty. The agree nent
dosed a controversy of several years
egardlng the right of the ronstrue
lon company to royalties on the use
ly the state of its patent formula for
iltulitktfl pavements.
Sealed bids on eonntruction work In
even counties will bp received hy the
tate highway commission at the Mult
mmah county courthouse July 28.
vraong the projects are: Grading sjid
ttrfacing 5. S3 miles broken stone on
lngs valley and Perkins market
eads In Benton county; 23.2 miles of
Tading. gravelling, 894,000 ruble
ards of excavation on the Burst Hill
'hetco river section of the Roosevelt
oast highway in Curry county at an
stlmated cost of $900,000. Eight and
ight tenths miles grading. Involving
ipproxlmately 225,000. cubic yards of
xcaraUon on the Sfleti bay Rocky
reek section of the Roosevelt high
way in Lincoln county; 12.56 miles of
Tailing and surfacing of the Albany
iSbanon section of the Santiam high
ray in Linn county, anfi .65 miles of
railing for the Meacham overcross
ng section of the Old Oregon tragi In
:natiila county.
Community Church Service
Every Sunday
Sunday School 10 tSO a.
Church Service U :TiO u.
Christian Endeavor 7:30 p.
All are Welcome
Oflice in Court House
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Newton Painless Dentists
DR. H. A. NEWTON, MGR.
Cor. Main and Webb Sts. Pendleton
THE TWO
THAT STAND THE TEST
Kelly Springfield and Badger
TIRES AND TUBES
WE SELL 'EM
Now is the time to get your ear overhauled or repairs done
quickly before the rush season conies on. Bring them in let's
talk ami look 'em over.
WE HAVE THE AGENCY FOR
OZARK. RADIOS
THEY ARE IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVES
We install and allow ten days free trial. You and your friends
are the judges. If not pleased, you pay nothing.
First three sets will lie sold at a discount to introduce them
in this district. We also service these instruments free at any
time.
Maxwell Touring Car For Sale
THIS IS IN GOOD RUNNING ORDER
worked it over
We
took it in on a trade last full and hat
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FOR AUTOMOBILES. RADIOS AND OTHER PURPOSES
We have made arrangements with reliable battery manufac
turers that will enable u.s to compete With any quality batteries
in price and will guarantee them.
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