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Advertising The cAthena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend Notice! If this notice is marked RED, it sig nifies that your Subscription expires with this issue. We will greatly ap preciate your renewal $2.00 per year Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XL. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 2. 1919. NUMBER 18 PRODUCTS TAXED The following tentative rulings have been made by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for collection of tax under Section B80, of the Revenue Act of huh, affecting sales at soda foun tains on and after May 1, 1919. Tbe tax is measured by the price for which the food or drink is sold. It is on the actual sales price at the rate of 1 cent for each 10 cents or fraction thereof of the amount paid for any of the art icles mentioned in Section 880. Each sale for 10 cents or less is taxed 1 cent, and each sale of over 10 cents is taxed 1 cent for each 10 cents or fraction thereof of the price. The tax is upon the whole amount of the price paid by the purchaser when the price is paid at one time, though in payment for several articles which are the subject of a single trans action of purchase and sale, the total price paid is the unit for computing the tax. Thus if the purchaser orders two sodas at the Bams time, each sold for IS cents, the tax is 3 cents, and not 4 cents. If, however, he buys one soda for 15 cents, the tax is 2 cents, and if he then immediately purchases another 15 cent drink, the tax is a cents on the second Bale which cannot be treated as part of the first sale. Any means by which separate pur chasers pool their orders for the pur pose of defeating or escaping the tax imposed, shall be carefullv guarded against by the vendor, for its employ ment subjects the purchaser and the vendor, if he connives in it to the penalties provided by the Act. The following articles of food or drink are subject to tax within the meaning of Section bSO: AH beverag es when compounded or mixed at the onade, pineapple juice, coco cola, root beer, moxie, flavoring syrups com pounded or mixed with carbonated or plain water, milk shakes in any form, malted milk shakes in any form, milk or egg shakes, ice cream, ice cream sodas, ice cream sundaes, ice cream sandwiches, flavored ices, and all other similar food and drinks. This list shall not be considered to be complete but it is merely illustrating the class of articles subject to tax. Weather and Crops. Crops are making good progress in this state, as shown by the weekly report issued by the weather bureau, which says: The weather of the week was gen erally favoiable for farm work and for the growth of crops. The temper ature averaged slightly above norma), but there were several cold nights and some frost occurred. There was con siderable cloudiness, particularly in the western counties and some rain fell, but the soil was generally in bet ter condition to be worked than at any previous time this season and farm work made rapid progress. Farming operations are still backward over most of Western Oregon, but are fairly well up to date in the central and eastern counties. There is still some complaint of shortage of farm labor. Dick Winship in U. S. Letters received this morning by relatives state that Dick Winship has arrived in the United States and is now at Camp Mills, and that George Winship has been placed in Class D, indicating an early return home for him. This is indeed good news to their friends here, as both boys have been in hospital for several months, the former with a broken leg and the latter from the effects uf pneumonia. CUT IT r fV' " THEY CAME, THEY SAW, AND ATE EVERYTHING IN SIGHT Monday night the Dokies came, they sa and they ate everything in sight . Inclined Theatre Floor, at the big banquet served by the ladies W Remodeling of the Standard Theatre House Cleaning Taboo. With the ushering in of a dust storm yesterday, house cleaning, papering and decorating, which has been exten sively carried on for the past few weeks, was taboo. Painters, paper hangers and carpenters have been very much fti demand in Athena, and the good housewives have been enmeshed in housecleaning activities, but yester day's-swirl of dust temporarily stopped the work. j O. E. S. Will, Entertain. Next Wednesdayevenihg the mem bers (jf McKenzie Chapter, 0. E. S. will entertain Crescent Chapter of Weston when about thirty visijprs are expected. The occasion is being looked forward to with much pleasure. The local Star Chapter, is ratuming a compliment to the Weston ueign'ors. a visit there having been greatly en joyed some time ago. : Played a Good Game. Outclassed in age, size and exper ience the AtMsna high school ball players went op against (Jrnapine's huskies Wednesday afternoon for a second tim" this season, arjd tor the first 7 ' 'ayed 'm to a f ritzle with th ind. ' The paf "f tr Ad the g ?' OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Fire destroyed nearly an entire block of the business district of Richland. Approximately J75.000 in public im provement work is being planned by the city of North Bend. The Western Forestry and Conser vation association held a three-day convention in Portland. J. Q. Johnson, of Hillsboro, commit ted suicide Sy shattering his head with a bullet fired frorrilrevolver. The various tie cutting sawmills around Brownsville are working full blast these days as a result of the in creased demand for ties. A. V. West and his wife were drown ed in Mill Creek, a quarter of a mile above Wendllng, a sawmill town 20 miles northeast of Eugene. The Marshfteld volunteer fire de partment has started work on its J8000 pavilion, which will have quarters for the company, and a dance hall. With the buildings completed and all machinery in place, the new Allen & Hendrlckson Packing company can nery at Rainier 1b ready for the open ing of the fishing Beason. Preparation of a ballot title for a constitutional amendment providing for the single tax Is sought in a peti tion filed with the secretary of state by the Oregon Single Tax league. As usual the Linn county pioneers and veterans will gather this year In June at Brownsville. At a recent meet ing of the directors of the association the dates were Bet at June 18, 19 and 20. Fourh-clasB postmasters have been appointed in Oregon as follows: Tena A. Hesedahl, McKee, Marion county; Wilson L. Grove, Shedd, Linn county; El las F. Truax, Winant, Lincoln coun ty. By the end of the paving season there will be 69 miles of hardsurface rad between Portland and Astoria, leaving about 43 miles yet to be paved. The remaining mileage may be paved in 1920. 4 I The prospect of hundreds of mot'- tourists and the general prosperovs C'i ldltlon of the Hood River valley has resulted In a wave of Improvement on tfteart of Hood River men and res taufanteurs. Tubercular rats foum' In the slaugh ter house district of Portland by City Meat Inspector Anderson recently, have led to Lie Institution of an active campaign against the rodents by the city health bu.eau. The 316th sanitary train, whirl, re cently landed in New York from over seas, will be peruitted to stop over In Portland on the way to demobilization camp, Senator McNary was promised by the war department. Oregon's first annual newspapef con fidence opened at Eugene In the school of Journalism at the University of Ore tfedn ,wfh an attendance of 40 editors aid publishers from the Willamette HUey and other parts of Oregon. Marked improvement in labor con- I dltlons on the Pacific coast were re ported by the department of labor In its weekly bulletin. Portland's unem I ployed are shown to have decreased ! from 4000 to 2400 since last week. Portland already in 1919 has export j ed 832,074 barrels of flour, which Is ! more than half of the total for 1918, j and shippers forecast that If the ton I nage situation is reasonably free for ' the rest of the year 1919 will go down as the. record flour period for Portland. By unanimous vote, the members of ' the Eridvvllle Mohair and wflhl. Grow ers' association In convention at Eddy vllle, decided to pool their product again this year. Last year the mohair pool sold for 69 H: cents, at least 5 cents better per pound than bad pre. vlously been offered. Delegates gathered In Bend from Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson and Sher man counties elected W. S. Ayres as president of the Deschutes Baptist as sociation. H. C. Doty of Redmond was chosen vice-president, with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Nordeen of Bend secretary j and assistant secretary, respectively. Ftre that destroyed a Chinese laun dry at Salem, precipitated an outbreak In Chinatown which may develop into a tong feud. Several families are In volved. The trouble started when the owner of the building in which the laundry was located accused sons of a Chinese woman named Ming of Betting the fire. Mrs. Hlng then made mur derous threats, according to the of ficers. Judje Eakln has handed down a de cision awarding the office of county judge of Columbia county to Martin White, who contested the election of W. J. Fullerton, his opponent at the November election. The official can yass gave Fullerton a majority of three votes. White secured a recount on which Fullerton gained an additional three votes, but 40 ballots were laid aside on account of Irregular mark ings. Judge Eakln awarded 24 to White and 14 to Fullerton, giving White a majority of six votes. Two fatal and 490 non-fatal acci dents were reported to the state in dustrial accident commission during the past week. The fatal accidents were: Jacob Nyback, Bend, lumbering; Morris Rancov, Goodin, an intending passenger killed by electric train. j W. J. Patterson, a Portland broker, was arrested at Eugene by Sheriff Stickels on a warrant charging htm with arson. It Is alleged IhaJ he set fire to v - oris of bay which he owned and whd t was stored In a large ware house at Alvadore. The hay was de stroyed by fire on the night of April H The five Oregon cow-testing associa tions tested 877 cows, bought two pure bred bulls and six cows, installed three milking machines and purchased cooperatively several loads of alfalfa In February, Bays the monthly sum mar Issued by E. L. Westover, federal and agricultural college dairy special ist in charge. The steady and solid. industrial and commercial development which Astoria is experiencing Is indicated by the re markable growth of her financial In stitutions. The bank deposits ov March 4, 1918, totaled $6,204,000, wh!l on the corresponding date of the pr ent year, they were $7,610,000, an In crease of $1,206,000. Civil-service examination for fourth claES postmasters are announced for May 24 at the following places in Ore gon: Ashwood, Durkee, Tygh Valley, Ecola, Hebo, Irving and Laurel. Fourth-class postmasters have been appointed for Oregon as follows: John T. Moore, Cloverdile; Arthur B. La cey, Parker, Polk county. Thirty-elgjft miles west of Independ ence, at thtrValley and Siletz Lumber & Logging company's camp in the Si letz basin, an Immense dam Is under construction, to be finished May 16. At the lower end of the basin, creating a 400-acre pond, the dam will be 41 feet high, with a base 120 feet wide. The top will be 30 feet wide and 200 feet long. Plans for the early construction of a 200-foot wharf and an oil station to cost between $40,000 and $50,000 for use by the government bar dredge Mlchie, on property purchased by the federal government at Empire, three miles weBt of North Bend, were an nounced by James S. Polhemus of the United States engineer's office of Port land. After murdering his wife, Mrs. Susie Relghcn Hardwlek Sar, aged 41, and her Bon, David Hardwlek, aged 16, as liey soundly slept In their beds In their homestead abode five miles from Madras, Charles Sar, a rancher, aged 43, placed the .22 rifle between li is feet, pulled the trigger with one foot and died Instantly, shot through the temple. Failure of congress to appropriate sufficient funds to carry on the work of the federal employment bureau, coupled with the Impending shutdown In all Oregon shipyards this fall, may necessitate the calling of a special ses sion of the legislature within the next few months to provide money for a state.managed employment system which will meet a critical situation. With an even dozen highway engin eers now on the job preparations for the big road programme for Klamath county for the season of 1919 are going afcead rapidly. The engineers are at work on the road between Klamath Kalis and Lakevlew, but It Is expected that s"me of them will be transferred to the north and south highways. A macadamized road from Klamath Falls to the county line below Malina, a dis tance of 35 miles, will be completed hffore the weprnn closes. The debt of Austria-Hungary Is etH tlmnted at sixteen billions. Trying to do wrong to one's neighbor Is alwaya the most expensive policy In the long of the Methodist Episcopal church i.25per plate ate everything but the plates, and it is said of his jazzlots. O'Neil of the Prescott Spectator, that he was caught in the act of nibbling off the edges of his individual piece of Haviland. But be this as it may. No bunch of desert brigands wearing the insignia of the Knights of Khor assan, ever turned loose on a helpless community by Al Kindi Temple, had such opportunity to dl8port;themse)ves in true Dokie form. The keys of the city were tossed to them by Pythian Lodge No 29. K: of P.. and in a jiffy the tribe, reeking with stains ot the sands of the desert from whence they came, bolted for the banquet room and launched their at tack. Not satisfied with satiating the inner man, the outerman proceeded to get busy. In trios and aquada, on foot and in automobiles, (in lieu of the haughty camel ) the brigands sallied forth in search of trembling and terrorized neophytes and tvroa. The story of their success may be summed up by saying that nine victims sweltered and writhed in the toils of the merciless inquisatorial session held in Pythian lodge hall during the long, darksome hours of the night. And with the Tuesday morning's gray dawn, the terrible tribe had as silently vanished, as boisterously had it come. . I includes an inclined floor which will insure unobstructed vision of one seat ed in any part of the house. Formerly the house wss seated on the level floor plan, with the unsatisfactory result that only those seated on the outside seats of each section enjoyed full view . of the screen. The incline will be se cured by dropping the floor in front of the stage 28 inches. The floor in its new position will rest on hesvy tim bers set in concrete. The Workmen will begin tomorrow morning and the work will be finished bv the time the new Simplex machine arrives from Cleveland, Ohio. No Potato Shortage. The potato situation illustrates a big difference of opinion between the growers and the dealers at the present time, with the former holding firm in conviction of high prices for the clean up, while the latter are moving cau tiously and shipping considerably less stock than during the previous month. The heavy movement up to two weeks ago has largely bee.i put into storage in California, which is taken as an in dication that supplies will be so plen tiful that extravagant prices will not prevail on the Pacific coast. H. LORENZEN CRUSHED TO DEATH JIHUI01BILE The East Oregonian reports the tragic death of Henry Lorenzen, prom inent farmer, as follows: Crushed beneath his automobile which lay overturned below a ten foot embankment, the dead body of Henry Lorenzen was found yesterday at 2:80 p. m. by John Peters, on the Lorenzen ranch 11 miles northwest of Pendleton. Examination of the circumstances by J. T. Brown, coroner, showed that Mr. Lorenzen, while driving his car up a hill, had evidently killed his engine and had been unable to stop the machine as it rolled back and thence over the embankment. Mr. Lorenzen left his house shortly after noon, bound for his aljoining ranch two miles distant. He had in tended to move a fence so that plowing could be continued in that section. Born 57 years ago in Hennetedt, Germany, Mr. Lorenzen came to the United States at the age of six. He had been a resident of this county for thirty years. Besides his wife he is survived by the following children: John J., Gustave, Anna, Frieda and Hilda. G. F. Lorenzen of Helix is a brother. Other relatives living are H. L. Lorenzen of California, Mrs. William Beck of Minnesota, and Mrs. Sopha Paulsen of Texas. Mac EXTRA TEST for Perfect Fabric Every yard of fabric used in J the construction of Racine Tires is carefully lens-examined against flaw in warp or weave. An expert actually counts the threads through a magnifying glass.' TIRES w Racine Extra Tested Tires. You E invite your critical inspection It Is confidently believed that the D. 8. A. etm feed the world without undue neglect of the hunger naturally Incident to the affairs of her own people. can depend on them to yield more miles of good service, no matter where you use them. 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