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I Wm Mm txm AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Ratea. One copy, one year One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months " Athena, Oregon, January 11, 1929 THE TAX PROPOSALS Out of this Carkin tax commis- Rinn work all we can see is the pro posal for an income tax with proper ty offset to realize one million dollars. Thp rest of the Dlans submitted look to us just like so much matured bunk. Its boasted $5,600,000 cut in taxes is a jolly good coat of cam ouflage. Said cut is nothing more than abolition of the two-mill tax for elementary schools, which rep resents $2,400,000 of the "cut." In asmuch as the elementary schools will have to be provided for millage tax or no it's easy to see with the millage abolished, the overtaxed tangible property would have to car ry the burden, and besides, the schools ools would be thrown back into the throes of logrolling legislation, from where they were rescued by the mil latre tax. Then there is the proposed scuttling of the one-mill levy which supports the state market roads, giv ine another $1,200,000 "cut" but which in reality means that the only real sensible part of the highway system, so far as concerns the average farmer, is to be abolished and the only beneficiary resulting from the abolishment of the present market road program seems to be the city of Portland and Multnomah county, which in justice should pay toward market road construction, along with other counties of the state. Abolish ment of the market road millage tax would mean that if any market roads were built, the county would have to build them. .The plan of the com mittee to "cut" another million by requiring counties to use their share of the gas tax money to retire bonds rests solely on theory, for it is pos sible for a gas tax to be repealed at any time. The whole story reads like $1,000,000 can be raised by in come tax with property offset, and if any more is to be raised let it rest on the property that is now paying the taxes and always has paid the taxes. WOMEN TAKE TO ARMS We read that in this day of organ ized and wide spread crime the pro blem of protecting the home from the burglar and the thug has become one of outstanding magnitude. Almost daily the world is horrified and start led by the activities of homicidal maniacs and degenerates, who butcher women and children. The newspapers also carry countless re ports of less dramatic but equally menacing happenings; sneak thieves terrorizing women and robbing them, burglars gaining admittance to un protected homes during the day, when the men of the family are not present. To meet this need for home pro tection an ever-increasing number of women are learning to handle and operate small arms. Portland, Ore gon, has a Woman's Revolver Club made up of mothers and wives who have gained an expertness in marks manship that is possessed by few men. Mrs. Edna Christofferson, bead of this club and an inter nationally known revolver shot and winner of many important trophies, had made the pertinent statement that: "A pistol, and a knowledge of its operation, is the best possible means of home protection for a wo man." Manufacturer. A trade journal pauses long enough to remark that there seems little excuse for fear of paralysis in indus tries, and "upset in finances or an explosion in foreign affairs." Well then, let's continue to saw wood. ;. CHARGING ALL TO FUTURE The question of taxntion is out standing among present day prob lems. It is a rare community that is without indebtedness, and to a great er or lesser extent, a tax burden, observes an exchange. Investigation shows that commun ities which have the largest bonded indebtedness and the highest tax rates are not usually the most pros perous. "Improvements" and govern ment ventures which are made with out sound economic foresight are doomed to become expensive failures. It is easy to vote bond issues. The rub comes when they have to be paid in the tax bills. We will have general tax reduction when communities learn the differ ence between improvement and ex travagance and prefer to "pay more as they go" instead of "charging H ll to the future." . i o The Jugo-Slavlan constitution has been suspended and decrees of King Alexander are now in order. Three races of people under one constitu tion tanner proved to be unweildy factors when it came to governing the country through a mixed parlia-mcnt. The Buccess of co-operative dairy associations, which in 1927 transact ed a volume of business which total ed $020,000,000, with a membership of 600.000, may or may not be an incentive for co-operative marketing of wheat Not so long ago we got Missouri mules from Missouri in carload lots. Now we're shipping the mules back to Missouri in carload lots.. The "cat" is responsible for the direction the mule is going nowadays. " Astoria is a going town and is modest in laying claim to fifty-four manufacturing plants, with an an nual pay roll of $3,231,886. And be sides, they catch salmon down there, too." There's no question about it; the mark established by the heavier than air machine topples over all records of endurance heretofore established in aeronautics. A short cut sometimes proves to be rougher than the long way 'round, and yet most everybody is willing to take a chance on a stumble or two. When Modest Man Had Right to "Limelighe' Brown Is a very rich man, but his name is uever mentioned in connec tion with the various bunks, factories nnd other enterprises In which he Is Interested. He writes books on economic sub jects, and ningiiJne articles on In dustrial problems, but he never signs them. ' . He never grunts an Interview. He avoids photographers. He refuses to speuk In public. He Is the unonymous donor of vast sums to churlty. There wns hut one occasion when he willingly allowed reporters and photographers to approach him. He posed In several positions while the cameras caught him from all angles. He read a prepared statement to the reporters. What's more, he cautioned them to spell his name correctly. He had Just won the deciding match for the prize offered h,v his club to players with u handicap of thirty or over. Los Angeles Times. RELIABLE WATCH REPAIRING Main St. H. H. HILL Athena NOTICE OF GUARDIAN'S SALE : OF REAL PROPERTY In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Guardianship of the Person and Estate of Mary hmma Price, a minor. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN :That pursuant to an order of the County Court of Umatilla County, State oi Oregon, duly made arid entered in the above entitled, cause, a license duly and regularly issued out of said court on the aist day of December, 1928, under the hand of the clerK and tne seal of said court, licensing and authorizing the undersigned, as guardian of the person and estate of Mary Emma Price, a minor, to sell, for cash, at private sale, for ; the best price obtainable, all the right, title and interest of the above named minor of, in and to the real property hereinafter described, and to invest the funds arising from said sale in some good interest bearing securities or upon mortgages upon real proper ty; that before fixing on the time or place of sale I took - the oath re quired by law and gave the addition al bond required by said court. Now therefore, I will, as such guardian, from and after the 9th day of Feb ruary, 1929, Bell at private sale, for cash, at the best price obtainable all the right, title and interest of said minor in and to the said real proper ty, to wit: ; A one-fourth undivided inter- est in and to the South Half of fi the Northwest . Quarter and Northeast Quarter of the North west, Ouarter and the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section Six (6).' in Township One (1), South Range Thirty-two (oz), ri. W. M., and the South Half of the North east Quarter of Section Six (6), in Township One (1), South Range Thirty-two (32), E. W. M., in Umatilla County, Oregon, sub ject to the dower interest of Harriet A. Price, widow of Roy J. Price, deceased. A one-half undivided interest in and to the North Half of the Southeast Quarter and East Half of the Southwest Quarter of Sec tion Thirty-one (31), Township One (1). North Range Thirty two (32), E. W. 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