THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, DECEMBER 20. 1929
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Athena, Oregon, December 20, 192fl
4 SANTA CLAUS COMES
The best news that hag come out
of Salem in many a day, in the
opinion of the Oregon City ' Enter
pri8e, is that of the reduction of more
than a million dollars in property
taxes. Announcement that the State
Tax commission has cut last year's
base, which was $2,427,805, justifies
the recommendations of the Property
Tax Relief commission for the enact
ment of a law taxing incomes from
intangibles and a law providing for
an excise tax on incomes of corpora:
tions. Every property owner in Ore
gon will receive direct benefit and the
news from the state capital is a real
Christmas gift.
The State Tax commission, which
was also created by the legislature
following a recommendation of the
Property Tax Relief commission, has
estimated the revenues from the cor
porate excise law and the intangibles
tax will amount to slightly more than
$1,000,000. The saving will be dis
tributed among the thirty-six coun
ties of Oregon on the basis of allo
cated state tax, says the Enterprise.
In practical effect the reduction will
be greater than the base cut, as the
1929 tax base would have been in
creased by the constitutional limita
tion of six per cent if the new tax
laws referred to had not been enact
ed by the last legislative assembly.
This six per cent increase would have
amounted to $145,G68, so that the
actual reduction in property tax will
be nearer one and one-quarter mil
lion dollars.
Relief afforded through the action
of the State Tax commission will cut
the state base to about $1,400,000, the
lowest point in many years. As the
time for application of a referendum
on the new laws has expired there is
no danger of the state getting into
a financial predicament through the
decision of the commission which will
be welcome intelligence to thousands
of farmers and other taxpayers of
the state. .
John H. Carkin, Charles V. Gallo
way and Earle Fisher were named by
Governor Patterson, Secretary of
State Hoss and State Treasurer Kay
to administer the new tax laws. All
three of these members of the State
Tax commission are not only keen
students of modern tax trends but
careful administrators. They have
given the taxpayers of Oregon seas
onable relief, Santa Claus has ar
rived and the labors of the Property
Tax Relief commission have borne
fruit. ,
. After persistent endeavor on the
part of the public Bervice commission
of Oregon, the Interstate Commerce
Commission has ordered the Union
Pacific to construct a cross state road
though Central Oregon from Crane
to Crescent Lake, a distance of 181
miles at an estimated cost of $9,000,-
000. The Commission directs that
work is to begin not later than July
1, 1930, and the new road must be
completed within a period of three
years. The new line will open up the
largest territory in the United States
not served by railway systems. Vir
tually an empire has for years been
dormant for want of transportation
facilities, retarding Oregon's growth
and development of rich resources,
whilt. the states of Washington and
California have prosperously forged
ahead. Oregon as the result of its
central portion remaining isolated and
undeveloped has been held back with
a half-shell handicap, her outer rim
being circled with railway transpor
tation facilities, her interior shackled
to stagecoach and frienght wagon un
til the more recent advent of auto
stage and truck. The decision made
by the commission is hailed through
out Oregon with joy.
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How much timber is there in Ore
gon and Washington? How long will
it last? What rate of cutting ran
the industries of this region maintain
forever? How long can the United
States supply its own needs for pulp
wood, airplane spruce, furniture hard
woods, etc? These and other like
questions may be answered fairly ac
curately before long by. a nationwide
survey of forest resources beginning
in the Pacific Northwest. , Eventual
ly, the survey is expected to be car
lied out in all forested states of this
country.
The Soviet government serves notice
on the economic world that it will
spend $3,600,000,000 in major invest
ment, including two tractor plants
with joint production double that of
the United States and the greatest
steel plant in Europe. That's going
some. .
Phehistoric man has been traced to
China where scientists have uncover
ed ten skeletons and a single skull in
a limestone quarry, where they have
been buried for a million years. More
data for II. K. Welles to work on.
As he went out the office door he
cracked this one: "May I aptly re
mark that the barbers should now re
duce their rates;" seeing that the
farmers' faces are not so long as
they were before the rain!"
o
It is said that the lure of the
United States senate is beckoning
Coolidge out of his retirement. So far
Calvin "has nothing to say."
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Totals of 846 man-caused and 680-Iightning-set
forest fires were report
ed on the 22 national forests of Ore
gon and Washington in 1929.
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A headline says all Italy is pre
paring for the royal wedding. And
our guess is that Mussolini will lead
the royal procession. - r , ,
It is estimated that 2,874,680 people
used the 22 national forests of Ore
gon and Washington for recreation in
1929.
So Al Smith is to live in a glass
house. Shutters will be required to
shut away political brickbats.
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This is indeed a machine age, when
they wind up football teams by desig
nating them as machines,
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How about Trader Horn? Has the
Congo lured him back again?
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The test of progress is whether or
not it benefits the average person.
SCHOOL TOPICS
The J
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CABINET Jl
, ((c). 1929, Western Newspaper Union.) ,
It Is no great matter to assocU
ata with t lie, good and gentle, (or'
this la naturally pleasing to all.
But to be able to live peacefully
with perverse and disorderly per-
sons or with mirh as go contrary
to us, I a great grace and a moat
commendable and manly thing."
Thomas a Kern pis.
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SEASONABLE DISHES ' .
Now tliuf the weutlier Is colder, we
enjoy more hearty foods nnd have a
craving for meats, flub.
and other protein foods.
The following are
couple of meat dishes
which will be well liked:
Carolina Meat Dish.
Take one nnd one-half
pounds of chopped .beef,
one small onion chopped,
one large green pepper
chopped fine, two small
pickles cut Into bits, one
and one-fourth tenspoonful of salt,
one-fourth teaspoonful of pepper, the
same of paprika nnd one pimento.
Add strained tomato to the meat and
seasonings enough to moisten. Place
roll In n greased pan nnd over the top
place strips cut from one pimento.
Rake tlilrty-flre minutes In a hot
oven. Then add some strips of bacon
over the top nnd cook until they are
crisp. Serve hot. '
Another Upside Down Cake. Place
three tnblespoonfuls of butter in a
cold frying pan, ndd one cupful of
brown sugar, Melt and add sliced
peaches, nprlcots or sliced pineapple
canned may be used. Pour over this
a batter made with one beaten egg,
one hnlf cupful of brown sugar, one
fourth tenspoonful of salt, one-half
cupful of brown sugar, one-fourth tea
spoonful of suit, one-half cupful of
tnllk (hot) and one cupful of flour
mixed with one nnd one-half teaspoon
fuls of baking powder. Mix ns usual
nnd luike In the oven forty-five min
utes. When ready to serve, turn up
slde down and serve with crenra or a
8ii n co nindc from the fruit juice used.
Savory Spinach Salad. Dissolve
one patkage of lemon Jello In three
fourths of a cupful of boiling water
and three-fourths cupfuls of spinach
Julee, three taltlespoonfuls of vinegar,
und one-half teaspoonful of salt When
slightly thickened add one and one
hnlf cupfuls of cooked, chopped spin
noli, threefourtlis cupful of onton
Juice nnd turn Into a mold. Serve
tinmolded on lettuce. Garnish with
nm.vonimlso dressing and sliced
rooked egg.
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(By E. E. Coad, Supt)
Somewhere I ran across an anony
mous article on friendship that de
serves to live. Here it is: '
"A friend is a person who is for
you always. When charges are made
against you, he does not ask for
proof. He asks, the accuser to clear
out. He likes you just as you are.
He would not change you.
"Whatever kind of coat you are
wearing suits him. Whether you have
on a dress suit or a hickory shirt with
no collar, he thinks it's fine. He likes
your moods, and enjoys your pes
simism as much as your optimism.
"He likes your success. And your
failure endears you to him the more.
He is better than a lover for he is
never jealous. He wants nothing
from you except that you be your
self. ,
"He is the one being with whom
you can feel safe. With him you can
utter your heart, its goodness and
its badness. You don't have to be
careful. In his presence you can be
indiscreet; .which means that you can
rest -
"There are many faithful wives and
husbands; there are few faithful
friends.
"Friendship is the most admirable
the most amazing, the rarest article
among human beings. Anyone may
stand by you when you are right; a
friend stands by you when you are
wrong.
"The highest known form of friend
ship is that of the dog for his master.
You are in luck if you can find one
man or woman on earth who has thut
kind of affection for you and fidelity
to you.
"A friend keeps alive your faith in
human nature and makes you believe
in a good universe. He is the anti
dote to despair, the elixir of hope, the
tonic of depression, the medicine to
cure suicide.
"When you are vigorous and spirit
ed you like to take your pleasures
with him; when you are in trouble
you want to tell him; when you are
dying you want him near.
"If you can live fifty years and
find one absolute friend you are
fortunate. For of the thousands of
human creatures that crawl the earth,
few are such stuff as friends are made
of."
Dr. W. Boyd Whyte
CHIROPRACTOR
Stangier Building, Phone 706
Pendleton. Oregon. 957 1
DR. BLATCHFORD
Dentist
Post Building, Athena, Phone 682
WATTS & PRESTBYB
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street Athena. Oregon
State and Federal Court Practice
DR. R. M. RICE
Physician and Surgeon
Offices, Hill Building
Athena, Oregon
DR. S. F. SHARP
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Athena, Oregon
Real Estate
Wheat Alfalfa and
Stock Land
SUEEP FOR SALE
L. L. Montague, Arlington
tired, aching feet?
Regardless of their condition, I can
help you
E. M. MOREMEN
- Foot Correctionist
22 W. Main St Walla Walla
BAKING pip
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. 21 Years Ago ;
Friday, December 25, 1908
Arthur Stone is over from Walla
Walla to spend the holidays with rel
atives. W. R. Taylor and Fay LeGrow spent
Sunday at the LeGrow stock ranch on
the Touchet
The Press is really confused at just
what kind of weather item to chron
icle. Rain, snow, cold, chinook, all
in one package this week.
Miss Clara Moussu left Tuesday
evening for her home in Pendleton,
where, she will remain for a few days
returning the latter part of the week.
Attorney Wilson left yesterday for
Claresholm, Alberta, on legal business
Mr. Wilson will also go to Calgary,
with the intention of investing in a
section of wheat land.
Samuel Pambrun's family enjoyed
a real Santa Claus Christmas tree at
the home south of town last evening.
The tree was splendidly decorated and
well filled with presents.
Robt. Tharp has leased the old Fair
store building on -Main and Fourth
streets and will conduct a moving
picture show. He will open the show
tomorrow night if possible.
Miss Leota Cannon and Miss Lizzie
Sheard, Whitman College students
are home for the holidays.
Miss Eva Wright entertained a
number of friends at her home in tms
city, Saturday evening. Cards, games
and refreshments were features of en
tertainment for the evening.
Mrs. LaBrasche left Monday for
Sequim, Wash., to spend Christmas
with her daughter Mrs. Henry
Wright
A new lodge of Odd Fellows will be
organized and the officers installed
at Vincent on Tuesday evening, De
cember 29. A large crowd of Odd
Fellows will attend from Walla Wal
la, Milton and Freewater.
The receipts from the sale and din
ner given by the ladies of the Chris
tian church last Saturday amounted
to the neat sum of $156. At the
candy booth alone, which was pre
sided over by Misses Kittie Gholson,
Nettie Royce 'and Zelma DePeatt,
.40 was realized, home made candies
and confections exclusively, being
sold.
Ralph McEwen, the University
student and successful manager of
Oregon's -crack football team is home
for the holiday vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. John Foss and Mrs.
Mattie Mitchell of Moro, Sherman
county, spent Christmas at the L. J.
Foss home in this city.
Claude Steen of Milton was in town
Wednesday and Mr. Steen and wife
will probably go on the Walla Walla
excursion to California.
One of the first farmers of large
acreage to take up the diversified plan
of farming in the immediate vicinity
of Pullman is H. H. Curtis a former
Athena man, who farms 360 acres of
land north of Pullman a short dis
tance, says the Pullman Tribune.
Mrs. Margaret Bonifer, a pioneer
resident of the reservation and widow
of the late N. Bonifer died Tuesday
at her home south of Athena aged 63
years. .
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of The First National
Bank of Athena, Oregon, for the
election of directors for the ensuing
year and for the transaction of such
other business as may lawfully come
before it, will be held in its office in
Athena, Oregon on Tuesday, January
14, 1930, at the hour of two o'clock
p. m. Dated, December 10, 1929,
D13 J10 ,.F. S. LeGROW, Cashier.
. s SUMMONS
" U (Equity No. 4807)
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
Frank L. Silvers, Plaintiff, vs. Edith
T. Silvers, Defendent.
To Edith T. Silvers, the above named
defendant:
In the name of the State of Oregon:
You are hereby required to appear
and answer the complaint filed
against you in the above entitled
court and cause within four week
from the date of the first publication
of this summons, which date is set
forth below, and if you fail to so ap
pear and answer, for want thereof,
plaintiff will apply to said court for
the relief prayed for in said complaint,
to-wit: For a dissolution of the mar
riage contract now existing between
plaintiff and defendant
This summons is served upon you by
publication thereof for four aonsecu
tive weeks - in the Athena Press by
order of Honorable James Alger Fee,
Judge of the above named court and
which said order was made and dated
the 19th day of November, 1929, and
the date of the first publication of this
summons is the 22nd day of Novem
ber, 1929. ,
I. M. Schannep, Attorney for plain
tiff, Postoffice address: Pendleton
Oregon. . , N22D20
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of John
A. Keller, Deceased. .
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons whom it may concern: ' -f
That Florence N. Keller, executrix
of the last will and testament of John
A. Keller, deceased, has filed her final
account and report in the administra
tion of the estate; that the County
Judge, by order duly made and enter
ed, has appointed Monday the 13th
day of January, 1930, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon as the time and the
County Court House at Pendleton,
Oregon, as the place where all ob
jections and exceptions to said final
account and report will be heard and
a settlement of the estate made.
Dated this 13th day of December,
1929.
FLORENCE N. KELLER, Executrix
Peterson & Lewis, Attorneys for
Executrix. D13J10
INSURANCE PLUS
Every motor vehicle should be pro
tected by Public Liability and Pro
perty Damage insurance. Coat very
little and is worth many times the
cost. Every owner should carry
Landlords, Owners and Tenants Lia
bility insurance, only $7.50 and may
save your home. This is an age of
ambulance chasers and damage suits.
You owe it to yourself and to society,
Neglect may wreck your fortune; it
is wasting at the bung hole and sav
ing at the spigot. Liability protects
you, life insurance protects your fam
ily. We write it and service our
policies throughout the policy year.
Insurance plus service.
B. B. RICHARDS.
Tum-A-Lum Tickler
Published in the intesests of the people of Athena and vicinity by
THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. Phone 91
Vol. 1
Athena, Oregon, December 20, 1929
No. 15
Editorials
CHRISTMAS! "a
happy milestone along
the road where friends
stop a moment before
pressing - on into the
New Year . . ' . a seas
on of rejoicing and hope,
of laughter and hand
clasps and warmth of
greeting . 1 , a time
when we may say to old
friends and new, the
things that lie closest to
the heart .". . when we
may speak our apprecia
tion of the happy rela
tionship the years have
woven between this com
pany and 'r it's many
friends ... when) we
may join in the glad
chorus of a Merry
Christmas and Happy
New Year brimming
over with Happiness and
Prosperity to every
friend "the world over.
A. M. Johnson, Editor
Xmas suggestions
from TUM-A-LUM
this year
A ton of "TUM-A-LUMP!
A new built-in break
fast nook.
Weather
Forecast for Athena
and vicinity.
Xmas morning will
come earlier than usual
and will be on Wednes
day this year.. Occasion
al tummy aches will de
velop toward evening.
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Will your family cel
ebrate the - gladsome
season in a home of
their own? And as. the
years go by will the
memory of many happy
holidays spent under the
cherished home rooftree,
be among their most
treasured recollections?
Build them this year
a home they can call
their own.
the
ecilgore cafe
Special Prices on Special
Lunches
. for School Children
Gerald Kilgore, Proprietor - - Athena, Oregon
Bring in ' Your Bent
and Sprung Axles
THIfr SHOP IS EQUIPPED
WITH AN AXLE GAGUE
TO STRAIGHTEN AXLES
Acetylene Welding and Black
smithing
C, M. Jones Blacksmith Shop
The Athena Hotel
MRS. LAURA FROOME, Prop.
Courteous Treatment Clean Beds
Good Meals
Tourists Made Welcome .
Special Attention Given
to Home Patrons
Corner Main and Third
Athena, Oregon
WATCH
REPAIRING
Main St H. H. HILL Athena
Bell & Gray
. Phone 593
Two Auto
Truck Drays
Always At Your Service
City and Country
Mauling
Twin City Cleaners
e firm that does your work as yon want it done, at i
Lowest Prices
Consistent with expert workmanship. We call for and deliver on
: Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
We are represented in Athena by Penn Harris
Phone 583
T. E. Smith, Prop. Freewater, Oregon
i
Farmers Grain Elevatoi
Company
Grian and Feed
SPECIAL
A Full Line of Sperry's Chick Feed
Phone 382 LEE WILSON, M'gr.
Ii Pays to Look Well!
To look well you should keep your hair properly cut your face
shaved and massaged In fact everything in the Barber line.
Come in and see Herb Parker and me.
Perm Harris Barber Shop
Agency for Troy Laundry and Twin City Sanitary Cleaners.
Phone 583. . . , . .
Reduction In Electric
Light Rates
The following reduction in Electric light rates will
be in effect on and after March 15, 1929:
Residential Rates
First 30 KWH hours used, per month..:.10c per KWH
Excess over 30 KWH used, per month..3c per KWH
The above rates apply when bills are paid in full within 10 days
from date of bill. Otherwise, the rate will be increased by 10 per
cent on each item.
Commercial Rates
First 100 KWH used per month .....10c per KWH
Next 200 ......... .........:.....7c per KWH :
Next 300.... ...................:.......6c per KWH
Next 400 .5c per KWH
Next 1000............;.,............... .4c per KWH
Excess over 2000 ..........................3cperKWH
The above rates apply when bills are paid In full within 10 days
from date of bill. Otherwise, the rate will be increased by 10 per
cent on each item. - ,, .
Preston-Shaffer Milling Company
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Walla Walla General Hospital
A modern non sectarian fifty bed hospital, with
all up to date modern hospital facilities for the care
of patients. -X-Kav
and bacteriological labortories, washed air
ventilation.
Only graduate nurses are employed and their ser
vices are included at the regular rates .which are
$3.50 to $6.00
Special nurses . extra. Your interest and patronage
is solicited. Phone 480.