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THE BOARDMAN MIRROR
VOLUME V
BOARDMAN. MORROW I'Ol'NTY. OREGON
FRIDAY JU.Y U, 1925
Nl'MBER M
Boardman Locals
Mrs. Neal Bleakney and cliildren of
EcljO were down Thursday to visit her
mother Mrs. H. II. Weston.
Mr. and Mrs. Penny of Stanfield.
were overnight visitors at the Lee
Mead home Thursday night. Mr Pen
ney is Master of the Stanfield Grange.
Mrs. Henry Gorger was a visitor at
the L. ('. Coney home Sunday hav
ing returned from Pendleton where
she was with her husband who had :i
serious operation for mastoid at the
hospital there. He is recovering nicely.
Mrs. H. H. Weston has purchased u
Ford Coupe.
Mrs' Lida Thome of Stanfield was
an overnight guest at the Sam T. Shell
home . Mrs Thorne is lecturer for
both the Stanfield and the Pomona
grange.
Arthur Goodwin was called to the
Dalles Friday because i o 'iUniess of i
his mother who recently underwent
an operation at the hosplal there. He
le ft her improved.
Emmett Cooney of Conklon was in
Boardman last week looking over thej
project with the view of investing In
an improved ranch hem or at Her-!
nilaton.
Sam T. Shell has reeieved word
that his brother John was very low
at Goldendale and no improvement
was expected. He is with a daughter
on the old home ranch at Goldendale.
Mahava Kutzner arrived Tuesday
from her home in Portland for several
weeks visit with friends in Boardman.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. V. Kutzner, former residents of
the Feast end. She is visiting at the
Kristensen, Mulkoy an Warner homes
Mr. and Mrs. George Hendriek of
.Toilet Illinois, came last week for a
visit at the B. I!. Lewis home. Mr?.
Lewis's father G. E. Hendriek of The
Dalles also visited here. It has been
17 years since Mr. Hendriek had seen
his father. They had 'a very pleasant
trip, stopping at Smith ('enter, Kn ,
Denver. Salt Lakn La Grande. They
left Saturday for Portland and
Dalles, and will return to their home
by way of flic Canadian Pacific.
Ralph Davis was a visitor In Pen
dleton Sunday.
The spurt track which has been
laid for the Standard Oil Company,
will he completed the first, of next
week. About (TOO feet of track has
been laid. 100 feet of which at the
east end will lie used by the company
nod the balance will he used as a
storage track for the O-W. Work on
the distribution plant for the Stand
nrd Oil company is progressing rapid
ly at present.
A hard times dance, was given on
Saturday night in Bailey's hall with
Lahmonelier as flMor manageil A
fair sized crowd was in attendance. A
fine time was enjoyed by all.
A ptck-urj team from Boardman
went to Bickleton Sunday for a re
turn game with (lint town. Board
man went down to defeat lf to 18.!
A number of the high school bovs
were used on the local team and they
wore not equal to their opponents.
A wedding of great interest to the
Boardman friends of the couple oo
citred on Tuesday etvening at Arling
ton at the home of Mr. and Mrs.P.
Mooney. when Miss Mabel Cray and
Arthur L. Allen were united in mar
tinge at eight o'clock by Rev. Neu
feld of the Methodist church. The
bride wore black canton crepe and
carried white roses. There were no
attendants. Mrs. AVlen has visited
Boardman lias another growing in
dustry which has never been mon-j
tidied in these columns. A groat j
many of the farmers here abouts have
bees, some only a. few stands the
others a great many. There has been
a better flow of honey than usual
this year and most of the apiarists
are now taking off the honey. Frank
Otto has the largest apiary. Others
who have liees are, Haugo's, Delano
Bros., Atteburys, W. R. Harrington,
W. O. King, Myers, Meffords, Messen
gers, I Skoubo, Kristensen, and pos
sifclly others of whom we have not
heard. ',
Guests al Warners auto "amp re
cently were Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lamp
man of Ogden, Ceo Harman of La
ment Neb.. Dr. and Mrs. E. R. Flack
of Enterprise who were driving to
Portland, Harry l,. Durby of Ever
ette Washington, John Mudd of Tul
sa Okla., and H. Arnold of Aurora
Colo., on their waj to Seattle.
Ast'J Smith if Vancouver will Start
baling at the Harrison place Thurs
day of this week. Mr. Dugan just
loaded out 3 cars of first cutting
Which be sold to J. C. Ballenger.
Mrs. John O'Connall and son Will,
visited for a short time at the O. II.
Waru.'r home on Tuesday, on their
way home to Seattle from Colo, where
they took Mr. O'Connell to look after
mining property he has there.
Everett Dugan and wife of Port
land visited at the Roy Dugan home
Inst week. He is an uncle of the
. latter.
Guests enjoying the hospitality of
the Highway . Inn of late were Mrs. j
(ins Wentzel and Mrs. Mary House,;
of Inglewood California. Mi. and Mrs!
Georgo Abbott of Everett Blinds, t;.
Richmond of Spokane, Mr. and Mrs.!
N. W. WlHliams of Corvallis. Wayne
Til be: t of Walla Walla. Tom Watson
and family of Freewntcr and several
from Boise? Mrs." It. A. Mcintosh.'
Mrs. .1. C. Metier and Mrs. Frank
Dobson and daughters.
Rlio Bleakman and Phil HowellU
have taken charge of the Latourellel
Thp Garag?.
Mrs. Neil Bleakney and children
spent several days this week with her
mother, Mrs H. H. Weston, mid is
leaching her to drive tin- coupe.
Mrs. T. E. Broyles, Irma. (iraoe and
Blanche Im.ua have gone to Yakima
for a short stav.
Mr. anil Mrs. M. L. Morgan and two
sons made a flying trip to Bend lasr
Friday going down to see Crnnd
inothi . Harter who is tk years of ng.
They stopped for a short time at the
II. II. Weston home.
An n her weddijig of interest to
Boardman folks, was that of Thyr.-i
Beck and Ray Dempse.v, who were
married' .inly 14, at Heppner. The
Scopes Counsel Confer in Court
IRRIGON NEWS
HUMANE S0C1ET1 OFFICER
PAY'S VISIT TO COUNTY
The watermelons and cantaloupes
arc now moving. This means work
night and day for the next 7r or 80
days. No rest for the weary. They
jare finer than over too. First truck
load was moved out for markets on
Thursday July 2I?rd.
i W. A. Chaney has traded his place I
for a stock ranch near Enterprise and
has moved to his new home. Mr. and1
Mrs. A. B. Chaney have moved along
with them
C. Robt. Wade, field officer of the
Oregon Humane Society is in the
County this week on his annual visit
to look after the condition of stock
in the harvest fiplds and other lines of
work.
Mr. Wade states tha.I this section of
the state the stock generally is in
fine shape for the harvest season.
We all wish tbi'm success ! which the Humane society works is:
Defense lawyers in the case of John
Scopes at Dayton, Tenn., are here
shown in a courtroom conference.
Darrow, Scopes, Malone and Neal
have their heads together.
with their new properties. ,1. S
in one time station agent for tin
Pacific, is the new owner of the place
to the extent of twelve acres and Earl
('haney holds the balance. Mr. White
has been trying to trade in this dis
trict some years and believes he will
i like it here fine.
"(A. Welnert has moved into the Har
old Minima place, from Eugene He
traded his camp grounds and other
property at Eugene with Minima. Ceo
White I "Whoever overdrives, or, overloads,
Union drives when overloaded' overworks,
tortures, torments, deprives of neces
sary sustenance, cruelly beats, mutil
ates, or cruelly kills, or causes or pro.
cures to be so overdriven or overload
ed, driven when overloaded, overwork
ed, tortured, tormented, deprived if
necessary food, cruelly beaten, muti
lated, or cruelly killed, nny anlnu'l,
either as owner or otherwise, inflicts
i cruelty upon the same, shall, for ev-
c. Howard of the Northwest bnnV
building at Portland has sold 100 ac
res to three Italians from a portion
l bis property on the Ferry road.
ery such offense, be punished by
prisonmenl in the county jail not
ceeding sixty days, or by fine not
ceeding onei hundred dollars, or
i in
ex-ex-by
These hoys expect to move onto the' t both
place soon and go into truck garden-1
fine and Imprisonment."
Engineer Lewis to Sue John Day
Irrigation District for Settlement
Plans to Withdraw Compromise Offers Unless Settle
ment is Reached With Board of Directors
Following Next Meeting on Aug. 4th
usually
ning it
3m
letter
Clark,
prrpai
i II. LeWls, according to
received this week by C,
lias instructed his attorney
e a complaint and intends
trlct
ed in
is financially, heavily Interest
the affairs of the district.
Institute proceedings) to settle his
claims, amounting to some $40,000 a
gainst tlie John Day Irrigation Dis
trict, providing favorable action is
not taken by the Board of Directors
on a compromise proposal ut the time
f the next regular meeting of the
Board on August 4th.
This is of vital interest to all of
the taxpayers In the district, whither
the district Is dissolved or not. Be
fore the district can be dissolved all
outstanding claims against it must lie
paid and a levy will have to be made
and taxes collected' for that purpose.
Lewis claims a rontract indebted
ness of some $40,000 against the dis
trict, but has offered to settle, wo
understand, for $12,000 and a proviso
that the district authorize him to pre
pare a report of the survey made by
him for $.'!00fl.
Many matters remain to he. Bottled
and there is a possibility of an nl-
CORRECTION MADE IN STORY
OF OLD OREGON TRAIL
In a story on "Historic Spots along
the Oregon Trail", as published in the
, Mirror last spring, a paragraph eles
crlblng the founding of the town of
Meachani, Oregon curried the state
ment that the founder of the town was
of the family of Walter Meacham of
Baker, now president 'f the Trail
Association, this statement is correct
ed to read, (bat Mrnehain was found
ed by Hatvey Meacham in 1802. He
was laer joined by a brother A. B.
Miaoham, and together they operated
the loll road and stag,, station. This
corrected information Ik given Mrs.
H. F. Warren of Boardman, by liar
I vie Meai-ham .Newton or San t rail
Cisco California.
Further in formation In the same
j article given bythe late Mrs. Collins,
a daughter of Colonel Cornelius Oil
Ulain, was to the effect that she hud
received official notice from the Legis
lature that Gilliam County was named
for her father. Col. Gilliam.
A fort built at Cascade in December
1847, and named Ft. Gilliam was also
named for Col. Gilliam then of the
rifles sent to the Whitman
lng. This promises' new
Irrigon district as these
make a success of truck
anyone does.
Mr. and MrsL Carter f Spring
field Mo. are employed by N. Seaman
and son at present. Mr. Carter is an
all around farm hand as well as at)
expert mechanic. A portion ot his time
is taken up as -in assistant in Hie
garage work with L;'l Seaman
Mr. Rislug Wait was a g.n-sl of l'
L. Walt for several days last week, re
turning to Portland Tuesday
Mr. Gibbons signal maintainor Cor
the O-W is relieving J. B, McCoy b i
ll couple of weeks while the McCoy
family tnke, their vacation in the Blue
Mountains and at Wallowa Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kami of Mini
ton are guests of their folks Mr. audi
Mrs. (ieo. Hand and Mr. and Mrs. W.
It. Walpole.
Mr. and Mrs. R, 1. Wadsworth spent
a day with Mr. and Mrs. M. F Wads
worth last week on their way through
B. V. Jones sprained bis Itack the
first of the week while making re
pairs to bis truck and is confined to
Ik d at present.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hendricks of
Chicago spent two days with his fath
er here last week and a couple of
days with his sister Mrs. B. P.. Lewis
at Boardman. anil then the family
went on down to The Dalles for two
or three days.
life for the DUKEK FUNERAL SERVICES
lads
garde
HELD AT CONDON Nl NDAY
Funeral services for George Dukek
wdio passed away In The Hall's Inst
week after a short illness, were held
Sunday al Condon and burial was
made in the Mawille Cemetery.
July Traffic Count Taken
S7S cars were checked as passing
through tin" junction of the Columbia
River Highway and the John Day
Highway Intersect im between the
hours of (i a. in. and 10 p, in, on Thill's
day, July Kith, according to the re
port compiled by o. E. risk, forma n
of malntainencc. This is only 20
more than was checked last July, altho
Hie foreign cars exceeded last years
figure by nearly 100, totaling KM.
The check taken the same day .it
Willow Creek through the junction f
the Heppner or Oreg in-Was'i'ngton
Highway was, Fast side section 58'1,
West side section SSV, tr -n -Washington
Highway 25, total 50?.
MRS.
bride was a sophomore in high school j most unlimited amount of legal con
here and Ray took a leading port I troversy before the district's affairs
in athletics while in school. They are can bo settled up either to dissolve
at the iBeck home at present but will j or-proceed with the project und-r
later go to LaCwisse Washington. Mrs j government supervision.
Oscar Beck mother of the bride and' The original levy of fifty cents imt
Mrs. M. Bailey and Norman Bailey mem still stands as a cloud on the Volunteer
accompanied the young couple bo title of all land under the district, party relief.
HeppttCf. Congratulations are ex- Whether this levy can be annulled A Mr. Polk who died on a raft In
tended from many friends here. or not Is a doubtful question, Pro- November 1847 and was buried near
Glen Carpenter and family motored vlding the settlement with Lewis is there, was an (migrant on his way to
to Lo'nnan Montana, for a months' made and no unforseen legal actions Willamette Valley,
visit with his parents. are instituted, we understand it will
Frank Havse and wife motored to i-eoniiv a tax of around 150.000 to
Hermlston Wednesday evening, where close the affairs of the district as Improvement work on the Mack
Mrs. Hays had some dental work at- matters now stand. ; building has started in charge of W.
El BANK TELLS OF
RECENT EARTHQUAKES
To Improve Uuildimr
Should any laud owners or other
Interested parties involve the district
in various possible suits, there Is no
telling where the expense cf liquidat
ing the district will stop.
A. Goodwin. Ext'iisive improvements
will he made and when finished the
Boiirdman Trading company will be
moved from the Murchlei building, In
which it has been located since first
tended to.
A crowd went to Hie home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Allen on Wednesday
evening anit gave Arthur Allen and
bride a noisy old fashioned cliivarari.
here at various times and has mado crowd was treated generously toj Every land owner in the Northern started. J. A. COUb new manager or
many ' friends. The groom Is theon ''Bars and candy. Mr. and Mrs. A r- part of Gilliam and Morrow cOUSt- the Trading company has purchased
and has 11 -i"n win visu a lew nays ni i"s wno owns iiinos wnoin im- mv im- huihuhk.
pucntal home before going toi
has many
.,f Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Allen
lived here the past several years, and
i , , i i . i ..m ,.
friHKlH lion. Mr. and Mrs. im;. mu uw,
Allen will' make their home at Olex. ami Mrs. u, . WOOOaro anil
where Mr. Allen is employed by the daughter returned (Tuesday morning
State Highway department The Mir- months vacation in Oklahoma,
ror extends congratulations. - W Woo da r father of I, V
Mrs. Oscar Reek left Sunday for W, H. returned with them and
La Crosse Washington, where she will tH 'isit a time with W. H. Wood-
cook for the warehouse crews. ''' :t Highway Inn la-fore go-
The second cutting of bay Is on ( on to The Dallies. L V. Wood
In full swing here. Everyone reports a'd left Immediately for The Dalles
a heavier cutting than the first due "here he will resume his work with
to the hot weather. Much hay that the water service department of the
seemed to have he'll frost killed this O-W. Word was received that Earl
Hiring was ipparotly not hurt at all. "ninll son of Mr. and Mrs. Jennings
Alec Warrens' were surprised last W'oodard ot The Dalles was seriously
week with a visit from Mr. Warren's bul L. V. phoned after reaching
brother wlm came with his wife mid home and -rt-porlod the child luiprov
cMktreu from Yakima for a couple lag-
of davs visit. o'" following wore guests at
Coyotes have been coming in very M.-ssenger home last week. Mr.
riOto of late ami lvame very bold Mrs. Harrv Warren. Crandpa
at Fair's Lake, routing the dogs and D. mild of Boardman.
Startling tl hlldren. Nate Maeoni
ler went up one day and took a shot
ht one but it was too 'fur away.
A pleasant group was gnthereil at
the H. H. Weston home Sunday for
a nicnie dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Casen
nd guest Mrs. Cross. Mr. and
There Seems to Be Always Something
Prank
Louis Iv'iidall. 1'niatilhi. Mrs.
KII. kinger Fist IJnd. MifKes
Harris and Hazel Woodruff, of Los
Angcies. The latter two motored up
from California for a visit. Miss liar
rls is a former Illinois friend of Mrs.
Mrs Mesn-nger and Mrs. Fliokinger Miss
Chas. Niaer and Mr.
roe were the guests.
Broyles an! Ros- Woodruff is a teacher in the
' Aug. hoot
Dobelj 'SZflj, JHKzSL .; '
Jean .-SrlfF . 953S VjG .
POMONA GRANGE, MEETS
The Boardman Grange successfully
carried through a most elaborate af
fair last Thursday, when it was host
io Pomona Orange, This is a big un
ilertaklng for a Community this size,
but everything went off smoothly and
all visitors expressed themselves as
having had a thoroiv enjoyable time
anil the various committees deserve un
stinted praise for their work. At noon
one of the most elaborate dinners
ever served here was placed on the
tables. Hot biscuit, chicken, gravy, and
Ituatehed potatoes, corn, string beans,
etc., etc., there Isn't space to enunier
; ate all the good things.
After this sumptuous banquet a pro
gram was given which was greatly en
loyetl In spite of Intrtjnae hi at of
the afternoon. The program follows:
Music, Orange Orchestra
Address, Ceo. A. Palmller. the State
Orange Master.
Vocal Solo Mrs. Royal Rands,
Dorothy Boardman, acconfpnnlst.
Heading, Carl Wicklander
Song Cladys and Gloria Wicklander
Heading Mrs. Morse
Address R. W. Morse, Co. Agent,
"Curtailment of Product loiA'.
Rinding Mrs. Arthur Coodwin
Orchestra Numbers
Address. Mr. Hpence, state Market
Master.
Closing Remarks t ain T. Shell
A letter written by Mrs. ii. Eubank
of Santa Barbara California to Mr,
and Mrs. Stun Shell of Boardman,
tells in a very clear manner about re
cent earthquakes there. This was dal
ed July Nth., she sienks of the shocks
they had following the first one and
slated that "their nerves were i,l
most snapped underthe strain." "The
first one came Monday morning June
!il, at 0.85 a. iii. we were, up and 1 had
H pot of coffee made and a lel ket"e
of hot water on the gas .stove. Hnrry
bad just got up, when there was a
roar and clash like thunder and the
llOUSe rocked and irrked (mm one
side to the other. The furniture l tt
the walls and dishes clattered to the
floor. Mv stove moved mil into the .
middle of the room ami Hie ketiie
ami coffee pot fell on the tloor. We
were frying to get nut of the lionse
hut It rooked so hard we ponldw't
stand up. We got out al Inst, then the
second qrtake came and what li'i
t essed me most as I ran to the yard
was the rows of strawberries coming
up to meet me."
The first quake lusted 17 seconds
and was of terrible force, the second
was longer Imt not so bard. The
chimney fell off the first shake, but.
Mint wasn't half of it for the dam
broke and the water was down here
15 minutes later, with a terrific force
It washed cattle, autos, trees a horse
and some small shacks to sea. We
saw the water knee deep In our own
buck yard and just half a block a
way It washed a gnllv In the land
about 25 feet deep. We live only a
bio k from the ocean ami a man. a
1 rrrruhir Paul Revere, came rnsbiic:
MB
i
The orchestra mwnlwrx a Clias.
Hango violin: Mrs. Chas. Wicklander
violin; Mrs. I,ce Mend piano and Chas
Wicklander at the drums.
In the evening a delicious suppT
was served. About 125 were present.
After the evening supper the fifth de
gree work was exemplified by the de
gree team of tin- Greenfield Crango.
owing to the pameverancc and work
of Chas. Wlcklaa4af master of the
local grange, this work was most suc
cessful. Visitors were present from
Hood River, lima pine, Freewater, In
Washington and ninny of the neigh
Imrlng towns nearliv. Mr. and Mrs. .
Palmiter, Mr. and Mrs. R W. Morse
of Heppner, Mr. Hpence state Market
BMMtM and others were here. The
j Pomona meeting will In- at Irrigon
sometime In October.
up
.( ' !
wit
VI
ill an nut
lng, run
e H llllle
we were
, water
fur
high is
sea l ed.
up t,
i- lh.
tin
a
coming.' i'l
We got III
bni round
ruins." She
rem I other
hubs,
t bin I
II tell
pnn-
nil'' started uptown
business section In
tlnues telling off
dents, of feeling shocks all during that
wck'k. Mrs. Eubank eoneluilcd by
saying tlial the left r gave an outline
of (heir glorious fourth, 'Ibis lett r
was of esiKM-lal interest to the -o-i!
here since It relates In such a n-al's-tc
way the occurances at that tint"
ntid makes us appieclate our cllnint"
and Ibis country. Mrs Eubanks Is
a half sister of Homer Mitchell.
Nate Macnmher came home Tues
day from Pilot Rock, where he visit
ed s few days with Ids wife and
daughter.