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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.
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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.
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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.
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The kids all know that Al Barnes
and his animal show will be at Wal
la Walla next Friday.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Liberal itopovers permit visiting
Zlon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park
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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
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