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1 V N INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Rate. One copy, one year. $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One coov. three months 75 Athena, Oregon, April 1 1927 THEY ARE YOUR TAXES Taxes are continually on the rise, in your community as well as else whprr. Your community taxes are your taxes. You voted them on your self; no one thrust them upon you, for every bond issue must be voted by a majority of the taxpayers in the district involved. Commenting on the general increase of taxes in thn United States. George W. Hin- man in the Chicago Herald Exam i a er, says: "The taxpayers ko on votincr new bonds and groaning under the bur dens and deprivations which the bond issues inflict upon them. "Unless somehow the taxpayers of the United States learn more about the taxes they pay, there is rough awakening somewhere ahead. "The total debt of state and local governments in the United States is today around 12 billions. Most of this is in bonds. "In the last four years these bonds have increased by at least four bil lions. The interest on this colossal debt has to be paid. The debt itself has to be paid. By whom? By the taxpayers. "So it comes that besides half a billion in yearly interest, there is a growing amount of principal to be met just as if it had been borrow ed by the associated taxpayers at the bank. "How do these colossal bonded debts oppress the individual taxpayer? In three ways. In the first place, he finds his own personal taxes going up from year to year. In the second place, he finds that many of the things he buys are made to cost more on account of the increasing taxes which the manufacturer has to pay. "In the third place, if he has in vestments, his dividends are reduced because of the crowing amounts de ducted for taxes from ' the business profits of the companies whose stock he holds." Change is Made in Assessment Reports The following letter from County Assessor R. 0. Hawks is self-explanatory: I have just received the following telegram from the State Tax Com mission: "Salem, Ore., Mar. 22, 1927 R. 0. Hawks, County Assessor, Pendleton, Oregon. At a meeting of the Tax Commis sion held today it was decided to eliminate the Income Account (Sched ule C) from confidential reports. Kindly advise taxpayers to whom you sent blanks and cancel section (C) from blanks not yet distributed by drawing red line through that sec- ftion. STATE TAX COMMISSION." The above is of vital interest to the business and professional men of your community and I would ap preciate your giving it early and conspicuous publicity. " Respectfully, R. 0. HAWKS, County Assessor. CLASSIFIED Piano for sale, vicinity of Athena Fine standard make piano, a bargain $10 monthly. For particulars address Western 1'iano .Brokerage company, The Dalles, Oregon. Pasture Dave Stone has good pasture for a limited number of horses and mules. Thone 24F15, Athena. DR. S. F. SHARP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon DR. W. G. CO WAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon Ten years ago the proposed merg er of 70 Pacific Coast sawmills into a $400,000,000 : corporation .would have caused a helluva uproar and commotion. Now such amalgamation of wealth and natural resources causes little comment. Nothing much will be heard about the sawmill octo pus until about the time the tax payer will be asked to pay the bill lor reforestation after the lumber barons hnve depicted the present forests. Then the "masses" will wake up to the fact that another of their pet "natural resources" lias been exploited (?) to expand the coffers of these captains of industry. "This is a big move," says a period ical published in the interests of big business, "toward making our for ests produce perpetually. One of the main requisites to its success will be the revision of our tax laws where needed, in order to make it practical from a financial standpoint to prac tice reforestation on a large scale." D. J. McFaul, M. D. Office over Inland Empire Bank Pendleton, Oregon Specializing in Electro and Quartz Lamp Therapy. "The Flaming Forest," "Wilderness Woman," "The Fire Brigade" For tomorrow night the Standard has selected for its Saturday night family picture, James Oliver Cur- wood's "The Flawing Forest," star ring two of the screen's favorite stars, Antonio Moreno and Renee Ad oree. All who have read the book will agree that the photoplay should be a splendid production of the great outdoor writer's thrilling story, and it is. Sunday night Aileen Pringle, Low ell Sherman and Chester Conklin will be be seen in "The Wilderness Wo man." First National has left noth ing undone in the settings of this picture, which opens its plot in Al aska and ends in New York's fash- onable resorts. The Standard's mid-week offering for next Wednesday night will be an other of Metro's big thrilling super specials, "The Fire Brigade" which last week set a mark at the Ameri can theatre in Walla Walla. As was Metro's "Tell it to the Marines" an epic of the navy, so is "The Fire Brigade" an epic ef American fire departments. Charles Ray May Me Avoy and Tom O'Brien, of "The Big Parade" fame, are cast in the lead ing parts. Harold Crawford, prominent Wal la Walla architect was a business visitor here this week. The Best Dentistry Done Without Pain Dr. Leach Bond Building, Pendleton. Horses and Mules George Shaver of Union has ar rived in Athena with a carload of good young stock all broke to work. Horses and Mules Wait for this bunch, it's a good one. See them at Bolin's Corral near Lumber Yard. Jensens Blacksmith Shop ; Horseshoeing Prices Reasonable Athena, Oregon The easy-riding cushion seats of the taxi seems to have been the primary cause for putting many of the street car lines on the rocks. Waking up to this fact a San Francisco street railway will spend $53,000 to put decently comfortable seats in about 77 of its cars. Now if this company will abolish strap hungers and give free rides, it may pick up some business. Will Rogers opines: "Any person that will stay in the middle of a civil war for. six months and don't know enough to even send his fam ily out, it won't do much good to rescue him. You brinff him back home and he will run right in front of a Ford. We had to shell the town to let our people know it was time to come out and be rescued. Yours for home missions." Analyzing the demands of West em railroad employes for seven and one half per cent wage increase similar to that granted the employes of Eastern roads, a trade journal gives the astounding information that "living costs are generally higher in the East than in most of tlic Western states." But who said NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT AND REPORT In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Au gusta Betz, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has filed his final account and report in the above entitled mat ter and that the above entitled court has fixed Saturday the 23rd day of April, 11)27, at the hour of 10 o clock jn the forenoon of sain (lay as the time, and the County Court room of the County Court house at Pendle ton, Umatilla County, Oregon, as the place for hearing said account and renort. Objections to said final ac count and report should be filed on or before that date. Dated at Athena Oregon, this 22nd day of March, 1027. B. B. RICHARDS, Ancillary Administrator for Ore gon. M25A22. Sleepless swans f NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregot for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of George W." Gross, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned have filed their final ac count and report in the above en titled matter and that the above en titled Court has fixed Saturday, the 30th day of April, 1027, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock A. M. of said day as the time, and the County Court room of the County Court house at Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, as the place, for the hearing of said final account and report. Objections' to said final account and report should be tiled on or before that date. Dated at Athena. Umatilla County, Oregon, this 1st dav of April, 1927. SARAH J. GROSS, JAMES F. GROSS, Executors of the Last Will and Testament of George W. Gross, De ceased. Watts & Prestbye Athena, Oregon, Attorneys for Estate. A1A21). If we were to beliuve statistics, ev ery ninth person in this country is a stockholder in some sort of cor poration. And by the same token, every ninth person holding stock in oil veil h a tucker. o Why wait for, the shock troops to boost you out? Get on the side lines to watch the Chinese fight nmomj themselves, its their battleground. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Will iam P. Willaby, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed admin istratrix of the estate of William P. Villaby,(doceased, by an order of the above entitled court. All persons having claims against the said estate are hereby notified to present the same to me at Athena. Oregon, or to my attorneys, Watts & Prestbye, at their office in Athena, Oregon, within six months from the date of, the first publication of this notice. All claims must be verified ai by law renwed. Dated at Athens, Oregon, this 1st day of April, 1027. HESTER WILLABY Administratrix, watts Prestbye Athena, Oregon, Attorneys for estate. A1A29. THERE IS A WAY OUT Tiresome days follow sleepless nights. There is a path for you to follow that leads to health and hap piness. Chiropractics is the science of the spine, the seat of physical and mental health. Come to us and let us tell you about chiropractics and of how we readjust the spinal column and its effects upon the nerves. Dr. W. Boyd Whyte Stangier Building, Phone 706 Pendleton, Oregon. 957 J a i We Handle Genuine Goods-No Substitutes Try Our D.R.SHAMP00 We use standard toilet preparations mads in scientific laboratories under the supervision of graduate chemists. Only the best is good enough for our trade. Our sereice is of the same high standard os our supplies. We guard your health and enhance your personal appear once. 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