PROP OSEJLl LAW
Oregon Tax Reform Association Has
Filed Its Proposed Amend
ment to Be Voted On.
Tbe proposed new tax law, the
amendment for wbiob is to be voted
on by process of tbe initiative and ref
erendum at tbe June election is Gang
ing diaoussiou throughout tbe state.
Friends of tbe proposed measure are
contending for its merits as follows:
"This amendment is not based on
new or nnttied theories, bat its prin
ciples are demonstrated to bave tintb
and right in tbem. New Zealaud,
Msuitoba, and other British colonies,
bave for a n a niter of years exempted
improvements and persoual property,
uTid it has invariably worked in tbe
interests of tbe producing classes in
city or country.
"Many of tbe greatest Americans
have endorsed the priuciple which this
amendment approaches. Among them
Senator La Follette, Gov. Folk, Tom
Jobusotj, Henry GoorRe and William
Lloyd Garrison. Thoy believe iu the
principle of raising tbe needed reve
nues for carryiug on oor government,
aud at tbe same time discourage land
monopoly by taxing laud values aud
franchises more and exempting im
provements and personal property in
short what is commonly known as tbe
single tax.
"Oue hundred feet square sold iu
Portland on January 22, for $800,000
or at tbe rate of more than $2,000,000,
000 for 610 acres. Tbe latter amonut
is about ten times tbe assessed value
of tbe farms of Oregon. Such city
vulues, as well as tbe value of railroad
rights of way, is made by tribute paid
by tbe producers of tbe state. This
measure will shift tbe taxes mainly o
site values, such as the atove, not to
acres.
"But where a railroad holds mil
lions ou milliousof acres, ibis measure
will bit tbem so hard that it will be
interohting to see tbe fight thoy will
put up against it. Tbo farmers of this
oounty will certainly see to it under
this law that every acre of laud grants
is assessed at least as high as that of
the improved farms which makes tbe
adjoining unused land valuable with
out the owners' efforts. This law goes
on the prinoiplo that if you waut to
discourage tbe holding of a lot of
worthless dogs, or a bunch of vaoaut
city lots or vaoaut seotions of land,
put tbe taxes upon them. To eu
oourage production and home building
it takos tbe taxes off from (in tbe
words of tbe amendment) 'all dwelling
houses, bams, sheds, outhouses and all
macbiuory aud buildings used exclu
sively for manufacturing purposes, all
fenoes, farm naohinery nnd appliances
used us such, all fruit trees, vines
shrubs aud all other improvements on
farms, all livestook, household furni
ture in use, aud all workingmen's
tool '
"Supporters of this ameudment sny
"that every locality has 'undesirable
oitizous' who opposo every improve
ment of roads; good schools aud teach
ers, bridges and otbor publio neces
sities, because of tbe faot that the less
taxes thoy pay the more land tbey can
hold out of use, awaiting the industry
of tbe entire community to mnko them
wealthy. Non-resident land owners
me more obtrusive to local improve
ments, yet contributing nothing to the
business interests of tbe community.
"It the large traots of this county
paid tbe same taxes as improved farms,
thoy would be divided up aud rapidly
improved, iucreasing our population
aud wealth.
" "Our merohauts, bluoksmiths, bar
bers, ourpeuters, aud all other business
ihou, would feel tbe elleuts of the new
blood, onpital aud energy, aud under
such a systom of taxation our com
munity would move forward as uever
beforo."
Back from Alaska.
Bon Burroughs, tbo well kuown pio
neer priutor aud ex-county clerk, ro
turued to Puiidletou from Alaska,
Mouday, iu a bad physical condition.
In November, Mr. Bruroughs foil ou
the ice at Katallu, Alaska, aud sus
tained a fraoturo and dislooutiou of his
hip. The injury has uever properly
healed aud he is now iu u serious con
dition. Will Be Tried Again.
Tbo jury in the Hauga oase iu Pen
dleton, was out 39 hours aud could not
ngroo upon n verdiot. Two jurymeu
votiug for oouvictiou was successful iu
baugiug up the jury, the other two
held out for acquittal. District At
torney Phelps announces that the enso
will bo tried ngiuu at the April term
of oourt
Even from the Mountains
Ballard's Snow Liuimeut is praised for
tbe good it doos. A sure cure for
Rheumatism aud nil paiu. Wright
W. Loving, Uraud Junotiou, Colo.,
wiitos: "I used Ballard's Snow Liui
meut, last winter, for Rheumatism and
cuu recommend it as tbe best Liuimeut
ou tbe market I thought, at tbe tiruo
I was taken dowu with this trouble,
that it would be a week before I could
get about, but ou applying your Liui
meut several times during tbo night I
was about iu 43 hours aud well iu
three flays." Sold by Palace Drug
company.
Tramp Buncoes Milton.
Steve Le Borge, a tramp who baa
been workiug around Milton for some
time, bought a 105 wagon from a
firm iu Miltou ttrt other day, giving
his note iu payment lor a short time.
Later ho mortgaged the wagon to
Bradley Mitchell aud Hartley company
for about $3'J worth of olotbiug.
FREEDOM Of SPEECH
Corrupt Practices Act May Be Con
stitutionalForbids the
"Glad Hand."
That the corrupt practices bill, to
be submitted to a vote of I be people
under tbe initiative aud referendum, is
in direct conflict with that section of
tbe constitution which guarantees
freedom of speech is believed by many
who have read tbe measure. Tbe bill
makes it a crime for any person to ask,
eolicit or in any manner try to induce
or persuade a voter on election day to
vote for or against any candidate or
measure. Tbis would bar tbe use of
anr kind of argument on election day
and there is donbt whether it would
be constitutional.
Uuder tbis section of the law it is
probable that newspapers published on
tbe morning of election day would be
prohibited from printing anything cal
culated to influence voters in deter
mining bow to mark their ballots.
Tbe words "in any manner try to
induce or persuade" would cover a
multitude of acts. Candidates who
went to the polls aud extended the
glad hand to voters would uuquestiou
ably come withiu the terms of the act,
for it is common knowledge that a
warm handshake is oue of the most
potout means of getting votes.
One of tbe ponalties for violation of
tbe corrupt practices act is that the
offending candidate may be ousted
from offioe. A candidate whe should
talk to the voters on election day,
publicly or privately, or iu any other
manner try to induce or persuade them
to vote for him, even if the persua
sion were in an honorable manner,
would be in danger of forfeiting bis
election it a friend of an opposing can
didate should see flt to call him to ac
count before a court having jurisdic
tion of election contests.
Tbis bill bas tbe effect of closing the
lid tight on all campaigns at 12 o'clock
midnight preceding the day of elec
tion. The measure of course prohibits
all forms of treating for tbe purpose of
influencing votes, whether the treat be
to drinks or any other tempting lux
ury. It also prohibits the corrupt or
excessive or improper use of money,
and in many other ways prevents uu
due influence, deception and fraud.
Most of the provisions are considered
salutary in their effect, but section 84,
which prohibits tbe use of legitimate
argument ou election day, is believed
by many to bo unconstitutional. The
section reads as follows:
It shall be unlawful for any person
at any place on the day of any election
to ask, solioit, or in any manner try
to induce or persuade any voter on
suoh election day to vote for or refain
from voting for any candidate, or tbe
candidates or ticket of any political
party or organization, or any measure
submitted to the people, and upon con
viotiou thereof he shall he punished
by fine of not loss than $5 nor more
than $100 for tbe first oiieuso aud for
the second and each subsequent; offense
oocuring ou the same or different elec
tion days, ho shall be punished by fine
as aforesaid, or ny imprisonment in
the county jail for not less than five
uor more than 150 days, or by both
snob flue and imprisonment.
Fancy Skating.
The management of the Atheua
skatiug rink aunouuoes that it bas em
ployed a man to couduot the rink, who
will instruct skators in Fancy skatiug.
An old Pennsylvania DutcbDuukard
recommends "Hickory Bark Cough
Eemedy." Guaranteed to cure your
cough, and guaranteed to be pure.
Made from tbe bark of tho shell bark
or white hickory tree. For sale by
Palace Drug Storo and all dealers
every wbore.
It is very important aud in fact it
is absolutely necessary to health, that
we give relief to the stomach promptly
at tbe first signs of trouble. Take
something once iu a while; especially
after mouls; something like Kodol For
Dyspepsia aud Indigestion. It will
enable your stomaoh to do its work
properly. Sold by Palace Drug com
pany It will be unnecessary to go through
a painful, oxpeusive operation for
Piles if you uso ManZau. Put up in
a collapsible tube with nozzle, ready
to apply. For any form of Piles, price
50o. Sold by Pioueer Drug Store.
The old remedies are the best. Hick
ory Bark Cough Kemedy has been in
uso for over oue hundred years by the
old Dutch Duukards of Pennsylvania,
and is still iu use by all the old families
of Western Pennsylvania. Is abso
lutely pure; made from tbe bark of the
white or shell bark bickory tree. Tbe
bark is sbippod from tbe east, and
mauutactured iu Walla Walla, Wash.
For sale bv Palace Drug Store.
Pinesalve Carbolized acts like a
poultice, draws out iuflamatiou and
poison. Autweptio healing. For
chapped bauds, lips, outs, burns.
Sold by Pioueer Drug Store.
Keunody's Laxative Cough Symp
aots upou the bowels and thereby
drives the cold out of the system. It
contains no opiates it is pleasant to
take and is highly recommended for
ohildren. Sold by Palace Drng com
pany. TubllO Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that I will apply to
the Mayor mt common council of th city of
AtluMirt, Oregon, nl it meeting Uiereof to be
held on the JTth luy of Feb. liHK, for a
license to sell Kplrituous, limit and vinous
liquors in It's quuulilteri than one quart, said
liquors to besokt only in a bulklUig situated
on the west one-halt' of lot So. S. tn block 5, of
wild oil v. Iterl Cartjuio,
Dated Ju.-N, IW. Applicant
GASOLINE FOR PLOW
Engines for Lessening Expense of
Plowing and Threshing to In
land Empire Farmer.
Tie experiment of plowing with
power furnished by gasoline engines is
to be tried in tte Walla Walla wheat
fields in a few days. Three large gas
oline traction engines have arrived
from Chicago and will be used by
large farmers inetead of horses to do
tbe heavy work on the farms.
Last fall two or three gasoline en
gines were used in the wheat fields in
stead of steam enignes, and the suc
cess was so marked that the new power
will now be tried in other work. The
thresbiDg engines bad no traction, but
the new pattern just received have
equipment for pulling a load and for
bill climbing as well. There is every
indication of success iu the new Ven
tura For several years tbe price of horses
bas been climbiug skyward, and feed
has also increased in cost about one
half. Tbis has forced farmers to do
something to relieve the situation. In
some oases mules bave been introduced
with good effect, but still tbe effort to
reduce tbe number of livestook needed
aud save feed bas been earnestly fol
lowed up. Steam engines have,, been
used, but in some localities water is
soaroe and trouble ensues in their use.
Tbe idea of using gasoline was ni'ged a
few years ago, bnt no equipment could
be secured from the east until last
year, when tbe threshing engine was
first used.
The engines now proposed to be used
are of light pattern, with patent cool
ing device, large aud wide driving
wheels for soft ground, and full trac
tion power. Each la equipped with
pulley for power purposes. One man
handles the machine except when on
tbe road ou hills. A powerful brake
is provided, so that tbe machine can
be stopped any plaoe, even on tbe
steepest hillside.
The test of tbe new machines will
be watohed with keen interest by every
large landholder in tbe northwest.
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for
coughs, colds, croup and whooping
conga grows in favor daily. Mothers
should keep it on hand for ohildren.
It is prompt relief to croup. It is
gently laxative, driving the poison and
phlegm from the system. It gives im
mediate relief. Guaranteed. Sold by
Pioneer Drug Store.
The Jumping Off Place.
"Consumption had me in its grasp;
and I had almost reaobed the jumping
off place when I was advised to try Dr.
King's New Discovery; aud I want to
say right now, it saved my life. Im
provement began with the first bottle,
aud after taking one dozen bottles I
was a well and happy man again,"
says George Moore, of Grimesland,. N.
C. As a remedy for coughs and colds
and bealer of weak, sore lungs and for
preventing pneumonia New Disoovery
is supreme. 50o and $1.00 at Palace
Drug company's store. Trial bottle
free. A
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve is espeoially recommeuded for
diles. Sold by Pioneer Drug company.
I. M. KEMP
REAL ESTATE 8
AGENT
Represents Banker's Life Insurance
Company Queen and Springfield
Fire C& Marine Companies.
Collections Promptly Made
Office: North Side Main St., cAthena
To Women
silcl
i' Ucaiihi but. wflo have exacting duties
f. 'porforiiV cither in the way of house
fujld curesW tn social duties and func-tionv-hiehXscrloiisly
tax their strength,
as veh'its' to Vursing mothers. Dr. Pierce's
Favorite FryA-rlption has proved a most
valuable supArtlng tonic and Invigorat
ing nervine. By Ita.t'mMy rise, much
t-erlo'i" sickness and sntfi ring may bo'
awiuVtl. The ppoming table and tho
Stimt'ei's' knifp would, it .is believeO".
Sflilotn have to been ployed if this most
Vjiluabjeyo:paii's rqn f 1 y were resorted
toinRoodjjme The"Fuvorite Prescrlp
tioiriias proven a great boon to expectant
mothers by preparing the system for the.
coming of baby, thereby rendering child
birth safe, c:'sy, and almost painless.
Hoar tn mind, please that Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Proscription is not a secret or
patent medicine, against which the most
Intelligent peoplo are quite naturally
averse, because of the uncertainty as to
their composition anil harmless character,
but ts a jtKnicixE op kxowjt composi
tion, a full list of all its ingredients being
printed, in plain English, on every bottle
wrapnor. An examination of this list of
Ingredients will disclose, the fact that it is
non-aleoholic in lus composition, chemic
ally pure, triplo-re lined plycerino taking
tho place of the commonly used alcohoU
in its make-up. In tliis connection It
may not be out of place to stato that tha
"Favorite Prescription" of Dr. Pierce is
the only medicine put up for the cure of
woman's peculiar weuknwtsos and ail
ments, and sold throuch druggists, all
the Ingredients of which have the un
animous endorsement of all tho leading
medical writers and teachers of all the
several schools of practice, and that too
as remedies for tho ailmenw for which
Favorite Proscription" is recommended.
A littlo book of these endorsement will
be sent to any address, post-paid, and
absolutely rce If you request same by
postal card, or letter, of Dr. K. V. Iterce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con
stipation. Constitution is tho cause of
many diseases. O'm the cause and you
cure the disease. Lasy to take as candy.
SUMMONS.
In tbe Circuit court of tbe State of
Oregon for Umatilla Conuty.
U A. Shellenberger, Plaintiff) Summons
vii by
James C. Dtngniao, Defend't Publication
To James G. Ding bam, Tbe A bove
Named Defendant: In the name of
tbe State of Oregon, yon are hereby
required and commanded to appear and
answer tbe complaint filed against yon
io tbe above entitled oanse and court on
or before Friday tbe 21st day of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1908, which eaid date is
tbe last day of the time pi escribed in
tbe order for publication of summons
herein.
And yon will take notice that if yon
fail to appear and answer tbe said
complaint or otherwise plead thereto
within said time, tbe plaintiff, for
want tbereor, will apply to tbe court
for tbe relief prayed for and demanded
therein; viz., for judgment against
yon in tbe sum of $228.50 balance due
aa principal and interest upon tbe
promissory note sued on, and for a de
cree foreclosing that certain mortgage
exeouted by you to one John L. Bart
ley to secure payment of said note and
thereafter transferred, assigned and
endorsed together with said note to
plaintiff herein and which eaid mort
gage is duly recorded in volume num
ber S3 at page 872 of the record of
mortgages for Umatilla oounty, Ore
gon, and for a foreclosure sale of the
real property therein described as Lot
numbered 5, and the Sonth half of lot
4 in block 8, and lot 5 and tbe south
half of lot 4 in block 10, all in Mo-
Arthur's Addition to the City of Wes
ton, Umatilla County, Oregon, to sat
isfy said judgment and mortgage lien,
and for fifty dollars attorney fees, for
costs and disbursements, and for other
eqnitable relief.
Tbis summons is published pursuant
to an order of tbe Hon. H. J. Bean,
Gironit Judge of tbe Sixth Judicial
District of Oregon, duly m'ade and en
tered on tbe (itb day of January, A.
D. 1903. aud will appear once a week
for six successive weeks, the first pub
lication beiug made on Friday the 10th
day of January, 1908 and the last one
on Friday the 21st day of February,
1908.
Petersou, Peterson & Wilson,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Iu the Comity Court of tbe State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In tbo matter of tbe estate of John
H, James, deceased. s.
All persons whom it may concern
are hereby notified that Lydia James
was appointed administratrix of the
estate of John H. James, deceased, by
the above oourt on tbe 7th day of Feb
ruary, 1908, and that she has duly
qualified as suoh.
All persons having any claims against
tbe said estate are notietld and re
quired to present tbem, with proper
vouohera as by law required, t the
said administratrix at the office of
her attorney, Will M. Peterson, in
Pendleton, Oregon, within six mouths
from the date of tbis notice. .
Dated at Pendleton, Umatilla County,
Oregou, on tbis the 11th day of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1908.
Lydia James, Administratrix,
Will M. Peterson, Attorney.
A Stitch in Time
will save nine. So will a bottle of
Ballard's Horebound Syrup always
kept on band save many a spell of
sickness. A sure cure for Coughs,
Colds, Bronchitis and Whooping
Cough. Mrs. S . Hot Springs, Ark.
write: "I keep a bottle of Ballard's
Horehound Syrup in my medicine
chest, and thank my forethought many
times. It bas prevented many severe
spells of sickness." Sold by Palace
Drug company.
Oregon
Shot line
Union Pacific
Through Pullman standard and sleeping
cars dally to Omaha, Chicago; tourist sleeping
ear daily to Kansas City; through Pullman
tourist sleeping cars, personally conducted,
weekly to Chicago, with free reclining
chair cars, scajs fren, to tbe east daily irom
Pendleton.
ARKIVK TIMB SCHEDULES DEPART
Daily. ATHENA, ORE. Dally.
Walla Walla, Day.
ton, Pomeroy, Lew
iston, Colfax, Pull- . m
HOP in man, Moscow, the
Couer d'Alene dis
trict, Spokane and
all points north.
5 Walla Walin - Pen-
12:25 p n dletou Mixed . J!2:25 p. m.
Fast Mat! for Pen
dleton, LaUrande,
Baker City, and all
poi nts e st v ta Hun
llngton. Ore., Also
for umatillaHepp
8:45 p tn ner, Tho Dalles, 3:15 p. m
Portland, Astoila,
Willamette Valley
Points, 4lirorDia,
Tanoma. Seattle, all
Sound Points.
6:25 p-m. Pendleton -'all 6:25 pm
Walla Mixed v
K. M. Smith Ag.nt.
Athena
Pineules
30 days' treatment for $1.00. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded.
F
Ask for Inland Crackers in
the Red Packages when
. you want the best.
BEWARE
ofcheop crackers packed in
imniitation red packages
by the cracker trust
Ask tor
INLAND CRACKERS
Not made by the Trust.
Frank li. Coolidge,
Watchmaker
and
Jeweler
Special attention given to Reparing.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Shop in Pioneer Drug Store
Lost a lady's chatelaine breastpin.
Finder will please leave at tbis office.
OFFICERS
H. C. ADAMS, President.
T. J. KIRK, Vice President,
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, r
EDW. E. KOONTZ, Ass't Cashier.
s
I
r FIRST i
NATIONAL
OF ATHENA
CAPITAL STOCK. $50,000 SURPLUS, 25,000
3 per cent Interest
paid on Time Certificates of Deposit. A general Bank
ing Business conducted on Conservative Principles
L.
An ounce of Pre
vention iffwarUhct
pound of Cure.
is worth more to ones health than any other medicine knov .
Do not fill your stomach with arsenic, calomel, quinine rh;1
debilitate the system, leaving symptoms that it tates 'years to
obliterate, lierbine is purely vegetable containing nothing
injurious, and is a gentle harmless purgative.
TTTPPQ CONSTIPATION, CHILLS AND
VUlXCfO FEVER, DYSPEPSIA, MALA
RIA AND ALL LIVER COMPLAINTS.
Does More Than We Claim.
Don C. Morrison, Kissimmee, Fla. -writes: "I have
Used Beveral bottles of Herbine myself and have advised
eeveral of my friends to use same. I have found it to be
the best medicine for the liver I ever used. It acts gent-
ly at the same time thoroughly."
PLEASING PRICE 5oc. HARMLESS
Ballard Snow
L
500-502 North Second Street.
Sold and Recommended by
THE PALACE DRUG COMPANY, ATHENA, OR.
case before morning.
SOLD IN ATHENA AT HAWK'S PIONEER
Kennedy's
Laxative
Cough Syrup
Relieves Colds by working them
out of the system through a copious
and healthy action of the bowels. ,
Relieves Coughs by cleansing and
strengthening the mucous mem
branes of the throat, chest, lungs and
bronchial tubes.
The Original
Laxative
Cough Syrup
Conforms to National
Pure Food and Drug Law
, For Croup, Whooping Cough, La
Grippe, Influenza, Bronchitis, and
all Coughs, Colds, Lung and Bron
chial affections no remedy is equal
to Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup.
Children like it '
Put up In 23c, 50o and$1.00 bottles
at the Laboratory of
B.C. DeWITT&CO..Chlcgo,V.S.A.
Pleasant to take
Children like it.
Sold by Palace Drug Company. '
BANNER 3 A LVE
the most healina salve In the world.
'"3
DIRECTORS
H. C. ADAMS, T. J. KIRK, F. S.
Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E.
COLBERN.
Am
1
I LB.
liniment Co.
ST, LOUIS, MO.
A dose at bed time usual
ly relieves the most severe
ACK-AC
DRUG STORE.