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Athena, Oregon, July 29 1927
THE $3 AUTO LICENSE
t The inner workings of the proposed
universal .$3 automobile license for
Oregon cars is exposed by the Ore
gonian, as follows:
'There is a measure of appeal in
the proposed $3 auto license law in
the assumption that automobiles
would be restored to the property tax
roll with the result that what the
owner paid in license and taxes of his
car would be automatically adjusted
to the age and condition of the car.
That is to say, the automobile for
tax purposes would be given a valua
tion in proportion to its actual worth
on the market. Decrepit cars, in ad
dition to the $3 license fee, would
pay a small tax in comparison to the
tax on a new car.
"While the assumption is sound so
far as it goes, the result to the road
building program and to mainten
ance of existing roads would be dis
astrous. It is pointed out correctly
by the Oregon Voter that the morey
raised by taxing automobiles as pro
perty would not under present laws
be available for road building or road
maintenance as an addition to tax
money now raised for those purposes.
"Proceeds from the taxation of au
tomobiles would be divided among
the general functions of government
part to schools, part to cities, part
to counties, etc. But they would not
increase the total of tax revenues.
The various municipalities would
have no more money to spend for
the purposes for which taxes are col.
lected than at present.
"Virtually all, if not all, tax-levying
units are now levying taxes up
to the maximum of the 6 pr cent
limitation. This limitation is not af
fected by the addition of new prop
erty to the tax rolls. If through
some great development discovery
of an oil field, for example--tax
values of a county were quadrupled,
or increased a hundred' fold, and the
obligations of local government in
creased accordingly by growth of
population, it would not be possible
for the county to increase its tax
revenues more than 6 per cent in any
one year.
"... One of two things would be
necessary if the $3 fee were adopt
ed: Abandonment of uncompleted
and proposed road projects and of
proper maintenance of completed
roads or an increase of the state tax
levy to pay road bond interest and
maturities. The latter would mean a
state tax increase much greater than
the increase proposed in the state
tax limitation amendment recently
defeated by an overwhelming majority."
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A romantic sylvan wedding in the
Canadian north woods united in mar
riage Bud Stillman, wealthy scion of
the New York family of that name,
and Lena Wilson, 'child of the for
est." All of which for the time be
ing is well enough. But how about
the aftermath? Will the maid of the
woods be satisfied with the flossy
tinsel of I'ark Avenue atmosphere,
and will the glossy clubman cottm
to eating broiled snowshoe rabbit
from birch-bark plaques? Here's
hoping that both do, do.
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Latest government reports esti
mate 1927 farm crops as follows:
Corn, the shortest crop in 26 years;
fruits a very short crop; tobacco, a
material reduction in amount produc
ed; potatoes, wheat, sugsr beetci, flax
seed and feed grains other than corn,
about an average; large crop of
beans, peanuts and sweet potatoes,
and a record crop of hay.
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Portland announces that hailstones
as big as gooseberries and hissing
electricity attacked Mount Hood
climbers Sunday. The size of the
hailstones is well within prescribed
limits, but crackling electricity would
have sounded better than ."hissing"
electricity.
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The next event of national impor
tance will be the Pendleton Round-
Up, September 17-20, inclusive. The
Kound-Up is where they ride 'em
straight up, and where country edi
tors, kings, literary nuts, and presi
dents of republics can sit back in the
best scats in the grand stand and
watch 'em do it.
Experiment Station fii Ontario which
is thomless and spineless and bears
fruit of commercial size. Which
sounds to us more like applesauce
than gooseberries.
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The St. Helen's Mist says the old
fashioned booze used to cause ths
drinker to sing a few songs before
he went to sleep, but with bootleg
liquor he doesn't have time to get in
any singing.
o
With the prospects of a strike on
New York's elevated and subway
lines, affecting the transportation of
some 2,500,000 persons, it would bo
little short of a crime at this time, to
suggest that they walk.
o
01' Sol smiling around 100 in the
shade, makes it tough on man and
beast in Umatilla harvest fields, but
he's "jake" in tuning up ideal har
vest conditions.
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The new card index system is sup
planting the old register at hotels,
and soon you'll not be able to trace
on the open page who's who, in broad
day light, so to speak.
o
Always a warm number, Pendleton
was the hottest place in the state
Saturday, at 106.
No wonder they stay at home
nights in Iowa. They have 1,750,000
radio sets to keep them there.
o
At last Montana humps over the
hump with a real wheat crop.
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Just now it's a race between the
frigidaire and the ice man.
BANK CASE DEFERRED
Wheeler and Olmstscd Granted Ex
tension of Time to Plead.
Portland, Or.-J. E. Wliseler, tim
bernian and ex-publisher of the Port
land Tekgram, and Kmery OlmsteaU,.
ex-president ol the Northwestern Na
tional bank, who were jointly indicted
on charges of conspiracy and violation
of the national banking act by the
federal grand jury appeared in Fed
eral Judge McNary's court and asked
for extension of time until September
5 to enter a plea. The request was
granted by the court.
Mr. Olmstead and Mr. Wheeler face
charges of having "kited" cheeks to
the sum of $11,000,000, of having mis
used t70ti,514 of the Northwestern Na
tional bunk's funds. Each defendant
is at liberty under 115000 bond.
Cantonese Army KCuieu ..
fhr.nghs.l. Disastrous defeat lias
been administered to 'the Nationalist
(Cantonese) armies, according to con
finned dispatches received here from
the north. Th? combined armies of
General Chang Tsung-chang, and Sun
Chuanfar.g attacked and drove the Na
tionalists from Shantung.
CLASSIFIED
Harvest Cook If you want a cook
for harvesters, phone 32F13 Athena.
Dead at 41 with a useful life stop
ped at the dawn of success, is n
harsh blow not only to the family
and immediate friends of the lat
Congressman Crumpacker, but to the
whole state of Oregon, as well.
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Since the lurk has been named
Oregon's state bird, the little fellow
seems to be gayer than ever, his notes
more thrilling and his presence more
plentiful.
The Farmer's Sun of Toronto tells
of a gooseberry brought out by the
Anyone wanting to buy any of the
George Shevar horses in the Barrett
pasture k mile north of Athena, can
call me by phone No. 65 Union, Ore
gon. This stock will be sold cheap
to clean up the bunch. George Shev
ar, Union, Oregon.
Harvest Potatoes Henry Koepke
has fine Irish Cobblers at right
prices.
Mules and Horses A good bunch
of mules and horses at Pendleton,
south of Round-Up grounds. Frank
Watkins, Pendleton, Oregon.
Rhode Island Frys Joe Clemoni
has Rhode Island Red frys for sale.
Wagon Racks Wagon racks for
hauling sacked wheat, for sale cheap.
Jos. N. Scott, Phone 23F4.
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(, 1927, Wvattrn Newapaper Union.)
If the power of evil has never
been go manlfcit in the world be
fore as It Is today, the power of
God haa never been so apparent
John J. Chapman.
FOR THE LUNCH BASKET
a pretty sanawicn tor ennaren is
made from white and brown bread,
called the kinder
garten sandwich.
Use a doughnut
cutter for cutting
the slices.
Slip a dark cir
cle into the white
slice and a white
one into the dark,
then spread with butter and cheese,
filling if desired.
Never teach a child to like coffee
by warming the milk with it, or with
tea.
When a child refuses to drink its
milk give it a straw to drink through,
serving the milk in a pretty cup or
mug.
The natural craving every child has
for sweets should be satisfied with
pure sugar in some form. Bread and
butter spread with sugar is good; a
little scraped maple sugar or a bit
of homemade candy given after a meal
is not harmful. Dates, nuts, finely
chopped, mixed with a little cream,
makes a most dainty sandwich filling.
Fruit should never be omitted from
the lunch basket, as it Is one of the
most Indispensable foods In a well-balanced
diet. The dainty, careful pack
ing of a .lunch is a most Important
means of keeping children well ami
huppy. Paper napkins are so inex
pensive that one should keep a supply
on hand, to use in lining the basket
and for napkins.
A little surprise to vary the usual,
is always pleasing to a child. A piece
of candy, a date or fig hidden away in
a corner will ulways delight them.
Fruit Sandwiches. Bake bananas In
their skins, peel iind sprinkle with
lemon juice and sugar and mash, then
spread on thinly buttered bread, add
a little grated pineapple and put two
slices together.
Rye Ham Sandwiches. Chop fine
some cold boiled ham and crisp
pickles, using one-fourth as much
pickle as ham. Mix with mayonnaise
dressing and spread on rye bread.
Raisin Sandwiches. Chop enua'
amounts of seeded nilsins and walnut
meats and add tnrt jelly to mix.
Spread on buttered bread and serv
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C. M. EAGER, Agent
Athena, Orcg
Trace Wedding Cake
to Old Roman Custom
The wedding cake is believed to be
the survival of an old Roman practice
when the bride and groom not only
ate together us a sign of their kinship
and mutual love, but feasted the
guests as well. At this time It was
good etiquette to break the cake over
the bride's head as a sign of plentl
fulness. In the marriage ceremonies
of the early Anglo-Saxons huge bas
kets of dry crackers were employed.
After the , feast each guest took a
cracker home with him and the re
mainder was distributed to the poor.
"Later It became the custom for the
guests themselves to bring to the wed
ding small, richly spiced buns, which
were piled In one huge mound on the
table. It was a common occurrence
for the bride and groom to attempt to
kiss each other over this mound, and
If they succeeded they were assured
lifelong prosperity." It Is said the
wedding cake of today is due to the
genius of a French cook, who, while
traveling In England, observed the In
convenience of stacking hundreds ol
these small cakes In a mound and con
ceived the Idea of cementing the
mound Into a single huge cake with
Icing. At the. wedding feast It was
the duty of the newly married man
to wait on his bride at the table,
whence came the name bridegroom
signifying one who serves the bride.
More Worth While
The man who with a. microscope
tries to discover In his fellows blem
ishes mid Imperfections Is engaged in
very unprofitable business. lie would
bevf;ir better employed If he used a
telescope to find In them beauty and
ubstantlahllity of character. Grit.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Cath
erine L. Stover, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all per
nio 4inm .it. mav concern: That
Joseph B. Stover, administrator of
the Estate of catnerine u. azovec,
deceased, has filed his final account
and report in the administration of
the estate; that the County Judge by
order duly made and entered, has ap
pointed Tuesday the 23rd day of Aug
ust, 1927, at the hour of ten o'clock
in the forenoon, as the time and the
County Court House at Pendleton as
the place where all objections and ex
ceptions to said final account and re
port will be heard and a settlement
of the estate made..
Dated this the 22nd day of July,
1927.
JOSEPH B. STOVER, Administrator.
George R. Lewis, Will M. Peterson
Attorneys for Administrator.
J22A19.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the County Court of the State of
Orpcrm for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of John
Dand. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons whom it may concern: That
Janet Dand, executrix of the last will
and testament of John Dand, deceas
ed, until about the 8th day of Janu
ary, 1927, from the date of her ap
pointment, and qualification, has filed
her final account and report in the
administration of the estate; that the
County Judge by order duly made
and entered, has appointed Tuesday
the 9th day ef August, 1927, at the
hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon as
the time and the County Court House
at Pendleton as the place where ali
objections and exceptions to said fin
al account will be heard and a set
tlement of the estate as far as said
Janet Dand, is concerned will be
made.
Dated this th day of July, 1927.
JANET DAND, Formerly Executrix.
Will M. Peterson, Day Karr Attor
neys for Janet Dand. J8A5.
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 par
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.
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Cold Drinks
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Athena, Oregon
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