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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates. .$2.00 Pi m gnm var .... .... i On eo py, six months 1 One copy, three months 73 Athena, Oregon July 1 1927 .. HOW LONG CAN IT LAST The Industrial News Bureau of The Manufacturer claims the farm ers and business men of the United States are confronted with a stagger, ing burden of local taxation, admin istered too frequently under an un sound system which makes it easy to get into debt and difficult to control expenditure. Figures recently pre pared show that we are spending for taxes annually a sum equal to half our savings banks deposits. Taxes cost us an amount greater than the value of all crops raised on our 6,500,000 farms using 340,000,000 acres of land. Our annual wheat crop, the larg est in the world, if turned over to our State governments, would just about meet their expenditures for one vear. While we are the largest pro ducers of foodstuffs and cotton in the world, the value of both crops, if turned over to the local subdivisions of the states, cities, towns, counties and townships, would not meet their revenue requirements for last year. We lead all nations in industrial production, but the net income of all n'anufacturing corporations in our country is not equal to the combined expenditure of state and local gov ernment. Neither would all the mon ey in circulation in the United States pay their bills for last year. o IN COMMON JUSTICE In fairness and justice to other nations, the United States should ex tend immigration restrictions to cover Mexico. The proposal to do this is meeting with general favor in this country, and sentiment to ward it is stronger since it has been found that Mexico is the midwife for smuggling Chinese aliens on a large scale across the international border. In face of this, "Pa" Hofer, down at Salem contends: "No greater calamity could be inflicted on the farmers, fruit and cotton growers of the Pacific Coast, . Mid-Western and Southern border states than to ex tend to Mexico the quota provision of the immigration law. Mexican common labor is seasonably employ ed on a large scale in cultivating and harvesting the great fruit and agri culture crops of the Pacific Coast, in the extensive cotton fields of' the South and in the sugar beet fields of the Mid-West as far north as Michigan. The vital and serious part of the proposition to exclude this la bor, is that the labor is needed a.id is the only labor seasonably obtain able when needed." prize kale and blew it for a sedan instead of booze, exhibiting a strik ing consideration for blistered feet as against the craving of a parched throat. It took 100 policemen, four hund red movie folk and ten pounds of lace, powder to pull off the La Rocque-Banky wedding, at Beverly Hills, Sunday. While everybody is stewing up ov er making the non-stop flight to Ha waii, that air mail fellow Smith, is liable to pull a "Lindy" and beat them to it. Newspapers of America use about 3,000,000 tons of wood pulp every year, and very little of it used for kindling at that. Harry K. Thaw is content to be a volunteer fireman at Winchester, Virginia. So far as we are aware the world is content that he be. Garage men tell motorists to change their motor oil frequently, and Jawn D. tells them the same thing, so now everybody's doing it. o An honest hobo? Sure; he remitted Mrs. Sarah Haughton of Myrtle Point two $1 bills for a handout giv en him twenty-four years ago. o Sure, the Oregon Voter championed the commercial side of the Nestucca closing amendment. o Jimmy sez; Wish Bert Taylor would pour white ink instead black in our drinking water. o The kids all know that Al Barnes and his animal show will be at Wal la Walla next Friday. 0 -i Now for a sane and glorious 4lh. The peak of the largest strawberry crop ever produced in Oregon has passed without much profit to the WesternOregon grower, inasmuch as a part of the crop remaining will not be picked, for want of a market. Berries ripened late, but in large quantities, and were thrown on the market so fast that packers and pro duce dealers eventually found it im possible to handle them. The con sumer has purchased berries of good quality at lower prices than has pre vailed in many years. o Haystack Rock, off Cannon Beach has been conquered. The American flag was planted on its crest Sunday by a Swede and two Norwegians, Nordeen, Wulfserg and Skjersae, lumber jacks from the Bend camps, who went to Cannon Beach to show 'cm how it's done in the "old coun try." With hooks and ropes the 300 foot high rock was scaled to the top for the first time, in four hours, the feat thrilling hundreds of watchers on the beach below. Pilot Rock Record says its people had a barrel cf fun the other even ing when they put on a liar's con test in celebrating the destruction of 10,000 rodent pests during the period of the animal control movement1, in that district. The Record man mod estly says County Agent Holt turn ed out to be the champion liar of the bunch, which included Jim Raley! o Klamath Falls is hitting "on all six." Improvements include $50,000 Methodist church, new "road across big slough, Southern Oregon Oil com pany, drilling, heavy street paving under way, $500,000 Union high sch-jol building, Oregon Trunk build ing, $200,000 theatre, $22,000 addi tion to Ice plant. o In the light of past cloud burst disasters, Weston and Arlington are fortunate in escaping as lightly as they did. Property damage in no case spells ruination and no lives were lost. We proclaim there was method In the madness of Mad Bull, winner of the 480-mile San Francisco to Grants Pass Marathon. He took his $1000 He Watn't a Bigot Like Sir James Percy, the Irishman who never forgets a good story that he hears, and later gives It an extra twist of Interest through the glow of his own personality, Sir James Tag gart, ex-lord provost; of Aberdeen, Is aiming the recognized story-tellers of the country. He Is telling Just now of a certain man o' the kirk who was found lying drunk not far from his door by a Roman Catholic priest. The priest picked him up and helped him to his home. As he felt for the latch of his door, the Intoxicated one turned to the priestly helper and looked hard at hlin. "Oh, aye," he said, "I ken ye fine ! the Catholic priest. Never mind, moil ; I'm no' bigoted." London Sketch. Yosemite Park Bears Immune to Tear Gai Depredations of bears in Yosemite National park upon the cabins of workmen and rangers, have become. o serious that the national-park serv ice Is seeking a means of curbing them without injury. ,In an effort to dis :ourage , the bears, or put them to light, experiments wth tear gas were recently conducted In co-operation with the chemical warfare service. A small black bear was chosen as the victim for the experiment, and a heavy concentration of the gas was given him. It apparently caused the bear no discomfort whatever. He did not even blink. It previously has been demonstrated that horses and mules are Indifferent to the gas, probably because they have no tear glands. Vis itors to Yosemite find the bears among the most Interesting of the park's wjld life, and during the travel sea son they are well fed at the hotels and camps, as well as by visitors. By the time the hotels close the bears have become fat and lazy, and begin stealing slabs of bacon and other food, even though this may Involve break ing a window or tearing a hole through a wall. With the apparent failure of tear gas, the park authori ties are seeking other means of hold ing the bears In check without driving them out of the park. rfC" FARES H (LMM 207 Have Incomes of Million In 1925. Washington, D. C. More Americans paid taxes on incomes of $1,000,000 and over for the calendar year of 1925 than ever before In the government's tax history, a treasury analysis shows. The millionaires' Incomes totaled 207, compared wh 75 in 1924 and 206 in 1910, the previous high mark. Seven persons, including two In Michigan and two In New York, respectively, and one each In Illinois, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania, filed returns show ing Incomes of $5,000,000 or over. CLASSIFIED Horses and Mules George Shev ar, the Union county horse and mule man will be in Athena this week, and any one interested in good stock will find him at the Burden board ing house. He has good stock for sale or trade. Strawberries Chris Thoeny is pre pared to deliver home-grown straw berries in Athena for table use or for canning purposes. Washings Wanted Called for and delivered. Mrs. J. T. Wilson. For Sale A good milch cow. H, M. Saulsberry, phone 25F21. tfj We Handle Genuine y d Goods-No Substitutes, fe! r D.R.SHAMP00 jfc) We use standard toilet preparations made in scientific laboratories under t the supervision of graduate chemists.' Only the hat is good enough for our trade. Our service Is of the same high standard as our supplies. We guard your heaHh end enhance your personal apptar once. you appreciate cleanliness and sanitation, supersereice and high grade supplies, drop into our shop at the first opportunity. 4 This is the shop you have been looking for 4 Whitehead's Barber Shop Athena, Pre, SUMMER EXCURSION FARES IN EFFECT MAY 22 TO SEPT. 30 RETURN LIMIT OCTOBER 31, 1927 ROUND TRIP TO DENVER $67.20 OMAHA 70.3S KANSAS CITY.... 70.3S DES MOINES. 76.30 ST. LOUIS 80.3S CHICAGO 85.05 DETROIT 104.67 CINCINNATI 105.15 CLEVELAND .107.61 TORONTO 112.80 ATLANTA 116.40 PITTSBURGH 118.81 WASHINGTON ...140.61 PHILADELPHIA 143.97 NEW YORK 146.45 BOSTON 192.91 Low fares also to other points in Middle West, South and East. i Liberal itopovers permit visiting Zlon National Park Grand Canyon National Park Yellowstone National Park Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park For Illustrated Booklets, Reservations and Information, address Agent named below. UNION PACIFIC IBS OVERLAND ROVTB C. M. EAGER, Agent Athena, Oreg that the County Judge, by order duly made and entered, has appointed Monday the 25th day of July, 1927, at the hour of ten o'clock in the fore noon as the time and the County Court House at Pendleton, Oregon, as the place where all objections and exceptions to said final account and report will be heard and a settlement of the estate made. Dated, this 24th day of June, 1927. LEE JOHNSON, Administrator D. B. N., C. T. A. Will M. Peterson, George R. Lew is Attorneys for Administrator. J24J22. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Ira Durrill, also known as I. W. Dur- rill, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to ail per sons whom it may concern: That Henry Craig, administrator of the estate of Ira Durrill, also known as I. W. Durrill, Deceased, has filed his final account and report in the ad ministration of the estate; that the County Judge, by order duly made and entered, has appointed Monday the 1st day of August, 1927, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon as the time and the County Court House in Pendleton, Oregon, as the place where all objections and ex ceptions to 'said final account will be heard and a settlement of the estate made. Dated the 1st day of July 1927. HENRY CRAIG, Administrator. Will M. Peterson, George R. Lewis, Attorneys for the administrator. J1J29. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Lewis C. Preston, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all per sons whom it may concern: That Joseph N. Scott and Clyde Eldon Preston, administrators with the will annexed of the estate of Lewis C. Preston, deceased, have filed their final account and report in the ad ministration of the estate; that the County Judge, by order duly made and entered, has appointed Monday the 11th day of July, 1927, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon as the time and the County Court House in Pendleton, Oregon, as the place where all objections and exceptions to said final account will be heard and a settlement of the estate made. Dated the 10th day of June, 1927. JOSEPH N. SCOTT, CLYDE ELDON PRESTON, Administrators. Will M. Peterson, John A. Harvey, George R. Lewis Attorneys for Ad ministrators. J10J8. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Minnie D. Booher, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all per sons whom it may concern; That A. M. Johnson has been appointed ex ecutor of the last will and testament of Minnie D." Booher, deceased, and has qualified as such. All persons having claims against her estate are required to present them to said executor at his office at Athena, Ore gon, or to his attorneys, Will M. Peterson and George R. Lewis, in the Stangier Building, Pendleton, Oregon, verified as by law required within six months of the date of the first publication of this notice which is the 24th day of June, 1927. A. M. JOHNSON. Executor. Will M. Peterson, George R. Lew is Attorneys for Executor. J24J22. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla 'County. In the Matter of the Estate of W. II. Booher, Deceased. Notice is hereby eiven to all per sons whom it may concern: That Lee Johnson, heretofore appointed ana qualified as administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of W. H. Booher, deceased, has filed his final ccount and report in the administration of the estate; SUMMONS (Equity No. 4318) In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County M. L. Watts and Homer I. Watts, Plaintiffs. vs William Steen and Naomi Steen, his wife, and all other heirs at law, if any there be, of C." E. Steen, deceased, whose names are un known to the plaintiffs; Richard D. Hamilton, sometimes, known as R. D. Hamilton; the unknown heirs, if any there be, of said Richard D., or R. D. Hamilton, deceased; Frank B. Steen and Cora Steen, his wife; C. W. Steen and Bertha Steen, his wife; William H. Steen and Beryl . Steen, his wife; May Steen-Roth-rock and A. B. Rothrock, her hus band; Grace Steen-Murray and Hugh S. Murray, her husband; Maude Steen-Miller, formerly the wife of Grant Steen, deceased; Harold Steen, a minor, now 14 years of age, being the only surviv ing child of Grant Steen, deceased; and all other heirs at law, if any there be, of Ralph Steen, deceased, whose names are unknown to the plaintiffs; and all other persons unknown, if any there be, who claim any right, title, interest, es tate or lien in, to or upon the real property described in .the complaint in this suit. Defendants. To all those defendants above de scribed as follows, to-wit: William Steen and Naomi Steen, his wife, and all other heirs at law, if any there be, of C. E. Steen, deceased, whose names are unknown to the plaintiffs; Richard . D. Hamilton, sometimes known as R. D. Hamilton;" the un known heirs, if any there be, of said Richard D.; or R. D. Hamilton, de ceased; and all other heirs at law, if any there be, of Ralph Steen, deceas ed, whose names are unknown to the plaintiffs; and all other persons un known, if any there be, who claim any right, title, interest, estate, or lien in, to or upon the real property described in the complaint in this suit: In the Name of the State of Ore gon: You and each of you are here by required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled suit within six (6) weeks from the date of the first pub lication of this summons and you will take notice that if you fail to ap pear and answer or plead in this suit within said time, the plaintiffs above named will apply to the above entitled Court for the relief demand ed in their complaint, which com plaint prays that the defendants be required to come into Court and an swer said complaint and state what claims, interests, or estates they or any of them have or assert in or to the real property situated in Uma tilla County, State of Oregon, de scribed as follows, to-wit:- . All of Section 36, Tp. 5 N. R. 34 E. W. M. The NKi of Sec. 31 and the N'2 of the S'i of said Sec. 31, and the S'A of the SW' of said Sec. 31 and the SW!4 of the SEVi of said Sec. 31, All in Tp. 5 N. R. 35 E. W. M. adverse to the plaintiffs and their interest and estate therein; that the Court shall examine into the claims which the defendants, or any of them, may make adverse to the plaintiffs' interest in and to said real property, and pass upon the same, and definite ly declare, after such examination, that none of the defendants have any right, title, interest, estate, or lien in, to or upon any part of said real prop erty which is adverse to the plain tiffs and their fee simple interest therein, and will further declare and decree that as far as the defendants and each of them, and all persons claiming, and to claim, by through or under them, or any of them, are concerned, the plaintiffs are the own ers in fee simple of said real prop erty and the entire title thereto; that plaintiffs have such other and further reffef as to equity shall seem proper in said suit. This summons is published pur suant to an order of the County Court of Umatilla County, Oregon, made pursuant to an application of the plaintiffs in said suit for such order pursuant to Section 56 of Olson's Oregon Laws; said order being made and entered in the above entitled matter on the 18th day of May, 1927, and the first publication of this sum mons is made on May 20th, 1927, in the Athena Press, a newspaper print ed and published at Athena, Umatil la County, Oregon. WATTS & PRESTBYE Attorneys for Plaintiffs. Post Office Address: Athena, Ore gon. M20J1. DR. S. F. SHARP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon DR. W. G. COWAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon WATTS & PRESTBYE Attorney s-At-Law Main Street. Athena, Oregon State and Federal Court Practice Blaesing -Granite Company H. J. BLAESING, Manager ; MONUMENTS S. F. BOWMAN Eastern Oregon Representative Odd Fellows Bld'g, Pendleton. ce Cream in Bulk, Bricks. 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