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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Ratea. One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months 75 Athena, Oregon, Juno 22, 1928 PROPOSED PUBLIC UTILITY The editor of one of the country's industrial journals proclaims that highways should be considered public utilities, on an equal basis with rail roads, telephones and electric light and power systems. What th ! He says the highways are no longer ex pensive luxuries, but economic neces sities. Sure they are, and this in dustrial headlight we presume, will proceed to show how nice it would be for the license tax and the gasoline tax money to roll into the coffers of some corporation, rather than go to the state highway commission for up keep, bond redemption and new road construction. Just imagine some pub' lie utility corporation controlling the Oregon system of highways. What a pudding they would have. The fellow making the suggestion Walter J Woodall, editor of the Industrial In dexin an explanatory way, says: "Highways that have been properly mined are earning dividends, and ex tra dividends." The term "mined" that he uses, gets out goat; unless that is a new name for toll bridges. And with our highways controlled by corporate interests, it would be rea sonable to expect at least a dozen toll bridges spanning the Columbia between here and Portland, with forced detours leading to all of them. We would like to hear from Mr. Woodall further. We're interested. King George is somewhat of a decorator, himself. He has bestowed the air force cross on the Bremen The nomination does not appear to affect Herbert in the least; he is still working on the old wood pile. The fact that there are two candi dates before the voters of Union High School District No. 7 for a place on the board of directors, in the election to be held next Monday, indicates that lively interest will be taken in the result. Mr. Wood, present chairman of the board and on the ticket to suc ceed himself, will be opposed by George R. Gerking. Both candidates are farmers, heavy taxpayers and prominent in the community. Mr. Wood has taken the duties of his of fice seriously and has performed them to the best of his ability. He has given freely of his time and at tention to the success of the school, and on this record his friends and sup porters have petitioned him to run for his second term. One of our exchanges finds that the railroads have made consistent pro gress in safety for employes and passengers. Of the hundreds of mil lions riding on the railroads in 1927, only ten were killed, a new record, and f9 less than in 1920. During the last eighty years the lines have vol untarily spent $301,306,000 of new capital for safety purposes. The rail roads are bending every effort to re duce accidents at highway grade crossings, and the result of their work is shown by the fact that while the number of automobiles have increased lf0 per cent in eight years, fatalities resulting from highway grade cross ing accidents have increased but 32.4 lcr cent during that period. Miss Marie l'louse surprised her home town, Spranglor, Pennsylvania, by marrying a prominent negro legis lator of Bahamas. On top of this her sister Margaret shocked the populace further when she voiced surprise that any question should arise about the propriety of the match. Which would indicate that the Bahamas will have the pleasure of welcoming Margaret, also. An Oregon record for speedy ad ministration of justice has been set by a Baker judge who sentenced two robbers to' ten years each, on their pleading guilty. Just twenty hours after committing the crime, they were on their way to the pen. The judge must be a taxpayer. Edwin T. Meredith, publisher of the Iowa Homestead, at Des Moines, and secretary of agriculture in President Wilson's cabinet, is dead. It was in the Homestead that we used to read how to raise two stalks of corn to the hill instead of one, back when we were kids. A Baker girl came near drowning while swimming in the natatorium there when she strangled while chew ing gum. This is the first instance where we have any record of gum interfering with the activities of the gentler sex. Sugar beets valued at nearly $(, 000,000 were grown on the federal ir rigat'm projects in 1927, which reveals a huge slice of the source from whence comes "moon" and candy. Lindy is hopping over the country pretty much as he pleases, and the populace are drifting back to normal cy and giving him landing room. MEMORIAL TO CLARK (New York Times) It has been nearly a hundred and fifty years since General George Rogers Clark conquered the North west Territory and added an empire to the Union, but only with in the last few days has Congress acted to commemorate the Homeric! exploit. The Senate has passed a joint resolu tion appropriating $250,000 to join with Indiana's $750,000, the total sum to be spent for memorial on the old site of Fort Sackville and for 'cele brations and commemorations on that spot during the years 1929 and 1930. Senator King of Utah, who has al ways opposed appropriations of this character and even, when in the House, voted against the St. Louis Exposition, was prevailed upon not to insist upon the objection to the res olution which would have postponed action. Besought by his colleagues from many states to let the resolution come to a vote, he confessed that he found his 'fortitude' failing and con tented himself merely with voting against the measure. If the resolution clears the other obstacles that lie in the path of all Congressional action, General Clark and his intrepid Kentuckians and Vir ginians will have a worthy memorial. As Senator Swanson of Virginia said, if Clark's astounding achievement had been performed for any other nation in the eighteenth century pillars and statues would have long ago risen to him on every hand. He was one of the two or three men in American history who leveled the frontiers, and the scope of his conquest was great er than Alexander's or Napoleon's. In Loiusville, which was the base of his operations into Indiana, there are names and places linked with his name and memory; and at Charlottes ville, in Virginia, there is a statue. But until recent action of the Senate no imperishable fame in any way commensurate with Clark's great place in history has been provided. His foresight and military genius broke up the alliance between the British and Indians of the Northwest and gave first release to the wester ing population of the young seaboard nation which he mightly helped, to make continental. day of June, being the 25th day of June, A. D. 1928. This meeting is called for the pur pose of electing one director and the transaction of business usual at such meeting. Dated this 7th day of June, 1928 ARNOLD WOOD ' Chairman Board of Directors ATTEST: CLARENCE E. ZERBA District Clerk NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the matter of the Estate of Mary Wolfe, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons whom it may concern: That Bessie Werst has been appointed executrix of the last will and testament of Mary Wolfe, deceased, and has qualified as such. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present them, with proper vouchers, as required by law, to said executrix at the law oftice oi win jyl. reterson, Stangier Building, Pendleton, Oregon, within six months of the date of the first publication of this notice which is the 1st day oi June, ihzb. BESSIE WERST, Executrix, Will M. Peterson, George R. Lewis Attorneys for Executrix. J1J29 NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING Notice is Hereby Given to the legal voters of Union Hich School District No. 7 of Umatilla County, State of Oregon, that the Annual School Meet ing of said District will be neld at the schoor house, to begin at the hour of o clock to 7 p. m. on the 4th Mon- NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of H, Mc Arthur. Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed her final ae- count and reDort m the above en titled matter and that the above en titled Court has fixed Saturday, the 7th day of July, 1928, at the hour of 10:00 o clock A. JVi. oi saia aay, as the time, and the County Court room in the County Court house at Pendle ton, Umatilla County, Oregon, as tne place, for hearing of said final ac count and report. Objections to said final account and report should be filed on or before that date. Dated at Athena, Oregon, this Stn day of June, 1928. MANDA J. McARTHUR, Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of H. McArthur, Deceased. Watts & Prestbye, Athena, Oregon, Attorneys for Executrix. J8J6 NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Mel- vin J. Canfield, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all per sons whom it may concern: That George R. Lewis, administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Mel vin J. Canfield, 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 appointed Monday the 25th day of June, 1928, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon 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 Dated this the 19th day of May, 1928. GEORGE R. LEWIS, Administrator with the will annex ed. Will M. Peterson Attorney for Ad ministrator. M25J22 Foley's Kidney Care Special One tube Palmolive shaving Cream and one 24-K Gold Plated Gillette Complete with Blade. Both for 35c McFadden'S Pharmacy ml Bingham Springs Umatilla County's Favorite Resort Splendid Dining Room Service, Cabins and Camp ing Privileges. 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