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VOLUME 43
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 21, 1930
NUMBER 47
NORBLAD TABLES
lt.SE
ON
Decision Follows Study, Of
Tax Structure -.Public, ;
" Sentiment a Factor.
.... .
Portland. A .' .Salem special to" the
Morning Oregonjan says there will
be .'no special 'session of the Oregon
legislature for the purpose of clarify
ing' the tax situation or for" the con
sideration of other legislation,'' ac
cording' to announcements made here
by Governor ,Norblad. ... J
Three outstanding reasons given by
Governor Norblad for. refusing to call
the, special, session were:
"The question wjbul arise as to the
membership legally constituting' a
spetial session. -
"The danger of a. referendum as to
anjA' special session; legislation, leav
ing the possibility of nothing being
accomplished. '; ..
"A special session limited as it is in
timijs could not give that : careful
thought and consideration to the prob
lems before it that a regular session
could give with more time for de
liberation." ' '
The. governor made .it plain that
public sentiment was opposed to the
special session for the reason that
any necessary tax legislation can be
enacted at the regular session which
convenes early in January. He de
clated that one of the first acts of
the 1931 legislature should be to re
fund the money paid to the state un
deijs the : unconstitutional 4 intangibles
tax;, law.
fEver since the decision of the .su
preme court invalidating the Intangi
ble? tax act was handed down. I have
given careful thought and study to
the necessity for calling a special ses
sion of the legislature," read a istate
ment issued by Governor" Norblad.
"puring that time I have examined
carefully the tax structure, including,
all estimates'; of receipts; from ; alt
sources during the biennium 1929 and
1930. .... . -v y
.''The receipts in many instances far
exceed the amount of estimated rev-,
enue. For instance the estimate of
receipts for the" biennium 1929' and
1930 of inheritance tax was $1,100,
000. The actual receipts up to this
time exceed $2,000,000. The estimate
in the 1930 tax levy of receipts from
the intangibles and. excise tax was
$900,000, yet the receipts were more
than $1,600,000. : v.
;"A comparison of the estimated re
ceipts -with- actual receipts in many
other inslaueesj such ..as. the corpora
tion department, insurance depart
ment and other self-sustaining state
departments 'shows a' considerable in
cijease over the estimate. There are
many other figures which I could
quote, but it is unnecessary to do -so.
Suffice it to say that such a study of
figures convinces me that the. tax
commission can reduce the' general
property tax by a substantial amount
ftfr next year without additional legis
lation, and under existing laws "
"The recently enacted income tax
law reasonably can be expected, , to
gether with the excise tax, to produce
sufficient revenue to offset the loss of
tHe intangibles tax. The receipts
from - the latter tax have been ex
cluded from my calculations. The law
was declared to be invalid and I have
believed from the first that the honor
of the state and keeping faith with
the taxpayers demands that this
money be returned unless a valid law
were passed iwherein . and whereby,
with proper1 exemptions; the money
received under the act legally could be
applied to the burden of government.
"My study convinces me that only,
a special session legally could appro
priate to state purposes the money
actually collected under- the intang
ibles law and -now in the hands of
the state treasurer. However, I sense
tne opinion of the people. They, are
opposed to a special session, and
therefore the intangibles tax money
should be returned immediately as
one of the first acts of the next regu
lar session of the legislature begin
ning in January. To 'do otherwise
would cause the people of this state
to lose confidence in their public of
ficials and in their form of govern
ment,". , . v
' Adams School Basketball
Bill Hodgen will be captain of the
Adams high school basketball team.
Bill Is a two-year letterman and he
states that with five lettermen and
four promising freshmen, the season's
basketball prospects at Adams are
bright A girl's basketball team is
also turning out for practice at this
time.- : :: '
i ' 'Death of Mr. Ules
? Funeral services were held at the
grave Thursday of last week in Wes
ton, for Grandpa tales of Lebanon,
Oregon. ' Mr. Liles, who died ' sud
denly Monday morning was the'grand
father of Alonzo Liles. of Athena.
Services were conducted by Rev.
Charltf M- Hill.
"The Goose Hangs High"
Cleverly Presented by the
' Athena High School Cast
There have been many good plays
given at the auditorium by . Athena
high school talent in the past, but it
is doubtful if any surpassed the pre
sentation of the school play, "The
Goose Hangs High," Friday evening,
under directipn of Superintendent E.
F. Bloom. '
The cast fit the play, and the play
seemed to fit the cast, perfectly. The
plot was strong in dramatic possibil
ities without being too heavy for
smooth deliniation and very accept
able acting of the parts assigned the
members of the amateur cast. A
pleasing feature of the evening's en
tertainment . was the numbers given
by the local orchestra, the singing' of
the glee club, direction -of Mrs.. Bloom,
and a saxophone solo by Mr. Tilley,
between acts. These extras . were
greatly appreciated by the .audience
and were warmly and unstintedly en
cored..". ' '. . '.': ' ! iy '
To Stafford Hansell and Arleen
Myrick,-' as Mr. and Mrs. Ingals was
given - the task of. characterizing the
principal roles, and they gave a fine
conception of their parts. '"
Marjorie Montague as Julia Mur
dock, and Marjorie Douglas (Mrs.
Bradley) both did fine in coming to
the rescue of the Ingal's family in
their financial crisis; the former with
her animated advice and the' latter
with the contents of her purse.
Mildred Hansell in the role of Lois
Ingals, gave a fine portrayal of a
college girl filled with ultra modern
istic ideas, who, - when confronted
with duty to her parents, unselfishly
gave up her school work and soror
ity pleasures. f ' '
Fred Singer was splendid as Brad
ley Ingals, son and college boy. With
liis fine stage presence and in perfect
voice, this lad' was at his best in the
smooth,' clean comedy link of the
play. - " ' - '
And so was Roland Wilson (Hugh
Ingals) and Betty Eager (Dagmar
Caroll) very' acceptable in their parts,
which carried them through juvenile
lovers' trials and tribulations to a
happy ending.
, Minor parts were well' taken by
Myrtle Campbell, who played Rhoda;
Glenn McCuHough : as , Leo Day;
Emery Rogers (Ronald Murdock;)
Garth Pinkerton (Clem) and Arthur
Crowley,' Kimberly.
Favorable comment is heard over
the reduction of admission price from
50 cents as formerly charged at
school plays, to the popular price of
35 cents for adults, and 25 cents for
children. At these reduced prices the
play grossed $72.95. ' ' . '
Death of Mrs. Al Sigmon
At Walla Walla Friday
'Mrs; Retta Mabel. Sigmon, wife of
Al- Sigmon, died last Firday at a
Walla Walla hospital shortly after a
surgical operation had been made in
the hope that her health would be re
stored. V- ' 1
Mrs. Sigmon is remembered in
Athena, where she and her husband
resided for some time prior to remov
ing to Walla Walla. She is survived
by her husband and one son, Merritt
Thompson of Spokane.
, Funeral services were held Sunday
at Walla Walla Mr! -and Mrs. Roy
Russell, Mrs. Burden and Art Jensen
went to Walla Walla to attend the.
funeral. -- . : ,. ..
Wauna Benefit
The Wauna group of Camp Fire
rirla unll civo a benefit brid&re Bartv
KoHirlnv nftprnnnn. November 29
Tickets will , be on sale by members
of the group for the nominal sum oi
thirty-five cents or' reservations may
ho moAa Viv ratlin? Miss Marv Berlin.
A. pleasant afternoon is promised by
the girls and it is hoped that a keen
interest will be shown" as the fund
will be Used in a worthy cause. The
place of the party will be announced
in next week's Press.
Schools Visited by Norse
Sixteen rural schools were visited
during the month and the pupils given
the routine examination. Four of
these were mountain schools and were
reached ' with difficulty. . One of the
pupil nurses from St. Anthony's hos
pital who . is interested in entering
public health work accompanied Miss
Samgon to two of these schools. An
11-year old boy was sent to the
Shriners' Hospital for crippled chil
dren, Portland.
Turkey Shoots .
The Helix Rod and Gun club is giv
ing its annual turkey shoot on the
Helix shooting grounds today, begin
ning at 9 a. m. A free lunch will be
served at noon. The Pendleton club
will hold its turkey shoot Sunday at
Collins park, beginning at 10 a. m.,
with lunch at noon.
Helix School Play
Griswold High school of Helix, pre
sented its annual play Friday evening
when a very good i presentation of
-wnen a t eller Needs a jrriena" was
given from the school auditorium
stage. .'""'
(j i Preparing for ")
Early Winter in Evidence
Throughout Northwest
Early winter descended over : the
Pacific Northwest, beginning early
Saturday morning when a general
snow storm' prevailed, in some sec
tions with blizzard ; propensity. A
light snowfall during a blizzard from
the Southeast Saturday morning was
all that prevented road blockades in
the Athena district. Highway traf
fic continued with but slight inter
ruption during the day and the tem
perature, barely reached the freezing
point.
r The early snowfall in the Blue
Mountains, where close to two feet
covers the summit at this time, pre
sages a deep snow for the higher
plateaus and ridges this winter.
Medford reported eighteen inches
of snow in the Siskiyou mountains.
A raging blizzard blocked the Pacific
highway for a time.
The snow blanket covered most of
the Inland Empire in eastern Wash
ington and was two inches deep at
Spokane. ' In the Puget Sound region
the snow changed to rain with as
cending temperatures. A near bliz
zard struck La Grande, and snow
covered the streets at Klamath Falls
to a depth of three inches.
By-Laws Adopted At Meet
ing of Athletic Association
. At a meetini? of the recently organ
ized Athena Athletic Association
Tuesday evening by-laws were adopt
ed, and the formation of a six-team
league was considered.
Milton and Weston were represent
ed bv deleeates at the meeting. The
two towns are anxious to be. rep
resented in the proposed league.
Other towns were not represented and
another meeting will be held in Athe
na next Tuesday evening, when a full
renresentation is exnected and at that
time a playing schedule will be form
ulated. ' .
It is nronoseH that a six-team
league be organized, with each team
scheduled to play ,12 games. ;
New suits have been ordered for
the Athena quintet, which is now he
me nut through practice paces oy
Laurence Pinkerton, manager.
Divorce Suit Begun
Chart-in? her husband with con
stant association with other women of
questionable character, Mae L.
Knight, of Pendleton, has filed a com
plaint in circuit court here for divorce
from Lawrence Knight, a barber at
present living in Portland. Mr. and
Mrs. Knight were married in May
1929, and for a time resided in Athe
na. ' :-
Two Pioneer Women Pass On
Two pioneer womefi of the Milton
neighborhood died this week. Tues
day the death of Mrs. W. A. Barnes,
60 was reported, dropsy being the
cause of death. Wednesday, Mrs.
Doherty, aged 72, died at her home
four miles above Milton. She is sur
vived by her husband, four daughters
and two sons.
Battle Fatal To Deer
The carcasses of two deer, with
antlers meshed in a death lock, were
found recently near Broken Top
mountain south of Bend, by Amos
WilkpK of Redmond. The antlers
were so tightly interlocked that it is
impossible to get them apart without
breaking on tome ox ina points.
Governor Norblad Issues
His Proclamation; Asking
Thanksgiving Observance
Salem. Governor Norblad issued
the annual Thanksgiving 1 proclama
tion of the executive office, setting
apart Thursday, November , 27, as
Thanksgiving, day. It concludes:
"Let us on Thanksgiving day give
thanks for the many good things be
stowed upon us during the year. ' Let
our thoughts turn again homeward,
for homes are the focal centers, of all
thanksgiving. Let us be thankful for
the well-laden table, the security of
homes, the peace and prosperity and
progress of our nation. Let us rend
er assistance to the needy and sore
distressed. Let us rededicate our
selves, our power, our strength and
our prosperity to the service of that
all-wise father1, God."
Athena Musicians to Give
a Thanksgiving Program
The musicians of Athena and vicin
ity will present a Thanksgiving pro
gram at the Christian ehurch Sunday
evening at seven-thirty o clock. ,
In addition to the program as ar
ranged, a community "sing" will be a
feature of the entertainment and re
quests for favorite hymns will be
made. The program follows:
Welcome: Boys chorus Aaron
Douglas, Walter Singer, Buddy Web
er, Gail Zerba, Kenneth Rogers, Gail
McLean, Glenn Moore, Max Johnson
and Wallace Chameness.
Congregational Singing. '
Prayer ,. Rev. Sias
Response Choirs
Duet: "More Love for Thee, Mast
er" Marjorie uougiaB and ' tsewy
Jane Eager. . . ,
Solo: "Remember now Thy Cre
ator" Kohler Betts.
Quartette: "Thanksgiving Song"
Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton, Mrs . Lloyd
Michener, George Gerking and C. M.
Eager. '
Trombone Solo Mr Dan Tilley.
Duet: "When I look in his face"
Jean Zerba and Clara Flock.
Quartette: "Great is the Lord"
Laurence Pinkerton, George Gerking,
Rev. Sias and C. M. Eager. 1
, Solo: "O Lord, My Redeemer"
Mrs. E. F. Bloom. '
Boys' chorus: "Hold that line."
Solo: "When I Behold" Mrs. Ralph
McEwen.
Duet Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton and
Mrs. Ed Montague.
Sextette: f'Come ye thankful peo
ple" Mrs.' Ross Payne, Mrs; Clarence
Zerba, Mrs. Kohler Betts, Miss Clara
Flock, Lewis Stewart and Clarence
Zerba.
Reading: "Thanksgiving" :Mrs. C.
M. Eager.
Duet: "O Light of all the World"
Mrs. E. F. Bloom and Mrs. Ralph
McEwen.
Solo: "King of the- Deep" C. M.
Eager. ? '
Octette: "Make the World Better"
Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton, Mrs. Ralph
McEwen, Mrs. E. F. Bloom, Mrs. Flint
Johns, Miss Delia Bryant, Mrs. Lloyd
Michener, Mrs. Arthur Douglas and
Mrs. Ed Montague.
Benediction.
Snow lies on the ground at Bing
ham Springs, twelve . inches deep.
Only a few stray cattle remain on the
range in the vicinity of the Springs,
riders for the Stockmen's Association
having driven the stock to winter
quarter a cwpl Of Week ago.
Klamath River Ceeded To
Reclamation Commission
Salem. Confirming a statement
made by L. A. Liljeqvist, assistant at
torney general, in a recent hearing
before the State Reclamation Com
mission, I. H. Van Winkle, attorney
general, in an opinion to Governor
Norblad, holds that "all of the waters
of Klamath River and all of ; its
sources of supply not already ap
propriated" has been ceded by J the
state to the federal Reclamation. com
mission and that therefore there is
no water available for appropriation
under an application filed by the California-Oregon
Power company invol
ving seven power projects on the
Klamath river.
According to this opinion there can
be no further power developments on
the Klamath river without the specific
consent of the Reclamation service
and Dr. Elwood Meade, commissioner
of that bureau, has advised Attorney
General Van Winkle that while the
department has no desire to retard
development and would be willing to
release any water not needed for its
purposes such release would be made
only "upon adequate assurance and
showing that the rights of the gov
ernment and the project water users
would be in no way prejudiced there
by." !
Wallowa County Woman
Finds Poison In Cake
Mrs. George Maver, living north of
Enterprise, Wallowa county, last
week, baked a cake of which the
family ate. She then left the
premises for the night. Returning the
next day and again sampling the
cake she found it was intensely bit
tor. Some of it was fed to a cat and
two pigs, producing death in a short
time. '
A sample sent to the state dairy
and food commissioner by the dis
trict attorney for analysis was found
to contain strychnine.- The matter is
under investigation by county officers.
v
Home Destroyed By Fire
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Spencer, (Dorothy Lee) near Palouse,
Wash., was totally destroyed by fire
last week. Only a small portion of
the contents were saved from the
burning home. Mrs. Spencer was not
at home at the time of the fire, but
was at her school, ' teaching. Mr.
Spencer was about his farm when the
flames, which are thought to have
started from a defective flue, were
discovered. It was then too late to
save but little of the household ef
fects. . ,
Whitman At Salem
Coach Borleskey will take his Mis
sionaries to Salem, where tomorrow
they will engage Willamette Univer
sity in the last football game to be
played this year in the Northwest
conference schedule. The teams are
now tied for first place and only a
tie score in tomorrow's game can
prevent one or the other of these
teams from emerging from the con
test, championship winners. Bets are
even. ')
, Meier Campaign Fund V
Items totaling $70,190.04 showing
campaign expenditures in behalf of
the candidacy of Julius L. Meier, sue
cessful independent candidate for
governor, were filed with the secre
tary of state.
Coach Pleased With His
Material for Athena High
School Basketball Players
Coach Miller has let it be known
that he is pleased with this season's
material that will enter into the play
er personnel of the Athena , high
school basketball team. '
; No less than twenty-two players
turned out in suits Tuesday evening
when the ero hour for first practice
oi the season ticked off, and four men
of last year's team are yet to re
port. So the coach is 'pleased and
all pepped up over Athena basket
ball prospects, after he. divided the
group into four teams and turned erii
loose on the gym floor.
Intensive practice is the order of
the day, and tonight at 7:30, open
to the public, there will be played a
double-header between these four
teams, the cream of which will be
drawn into the regular quintet that
will carry the Athena banner
throughout the . scholastic schedule
during the winter.
To give the boys all practice possi
ble, Miller will stick the two winning
teams back into a public contest next
week, at which time the losers of to
night will also grapple.
It is known that Milton and other
schools on the scholastic circuit have
already been toying with the ball in
practice and it behooves the local
coach toy get a move on his men to
have them in trim for the first game
shortly following Thanksgiving day.
He says that Fred McKinley and
Glenn McCuHough, new men trying
for places on the team are showing
up satisfactorily, and with other good
ones trying out, competition is going
to be strong for a place among the
first stringers.
Was Walla. Walla Convict
A wan giving the name of Sanford,
was captured after attempting to hold
up a subsidiary bank in Chicago. He
tried to bluff the bank teller into
forking over a thousand dollars by
saying he held an explosive in a brief
case he was carrying. The teller
pressed an electric alarm and Sanford
dashed through the door into the
street, where he was captured. Police
found a criminal record dating back
to 1914. , Under the alias of Lloyd
Visnaw they found that he had been
sentenced to prison in Walla Walla,
Wash., in 1914 for forgery and escap
ed in 1915. .
Fifty-Two Banks Fail, But
Will Reopen In Arkansas
Little Rock. Financial leaders
struck a note of optimism as negotia
tions went forward for the reopening
of most of the 52 banks in Arkansas
which have closed or suspended with
in the past two days.
Nine additional small institutions
closed under a five days suspension
law or were taken in charge by the
stats banking department.
One of these was in ,the so-called
A. B. Banks group, as were most of
those closing or suspending business
after the American Exchange Trust
company at Little Rock suspended for
live days.
Although the institutions are known
as the A. B. Banks group, A. B.
Banks, the , controlling stockholder
of most of them, explained they arc
separate units and are not affiliated
with the American "Exchange Trust
company of Little Rock, of which he
Is president.
Annual Bazaar
Extensive preparations are being
made by the ladies of the Christian
church for their annual bazaar and
dinner to be held on Friday, Decem
ber 5th, in the reception and dining
rooms of the church. Booths for
various fancy and useful articles will
be arranged about the rooms, includ
ing the ever popular grab box, home
made candies, etc. A substantial din
ner will be served in cafeteria order,
each serving 5 and 10 cents, the whole
menu not to exceed 45 or 60 cents.
Dinner will begin at 5 o'clock, the
sale during the afternoon. Donations
and patronage will be highly appreciated.
Special Road Tax Carries -
At a meeting held Monday after
noon by the legal voters in special
road District No. 61, to vote a special
tax of not to exceed 10 mills for road
improvement, the measure carried.
The road in question leads east and
north from the north city limits of
Athena, past the Sheard, Schubert,
Hansell and Haney places to Lamar
school house. At that point road im
provement will be made east to the
Joe Key place and west to the Swag-
gart farm.
Hermiston Turkey Shipments
Turkey marketing is now occupy
ing the time and attention of west
end producers of the birds. Two
shipments of the Thanksgiving birds
have gone out, the Twin City cream
eries and Swift & Company receiv
ing birds on Monday, November 11.
Swift & Company are reported to
have received about 6000 pounds and
the Kennewick firm about 6000 pounds
on that uuy.
INCREASE ACREAGE
PRODUGTIONOFPEAS
The Washington-Idaho Seed
Company Expect to Plant
1,600 Acres In Spring.
,The Washington-Idaho Seed com
pany, which is operating a large.
cleaning and sorting plant in Athena
contemplates an increase in acreage
next season considerably over the
number of acres handled this year.
The company expects to seed 1,600
acres to different varieties of nen
next spring.
Aside from the company's acreage
in this vicinity, it is expected that a
number of farmers will raise peas in
dependently, selling the crop after
harvesting, to the company. x
The crop this year demonstrated to
the company that this section is
adapted to profitable production of
peas, both in yield and quality and de
velopments in that respect have led
to the decision for more acreage.
In addition to the local crop raised
this season, the company's Athena
plant is handling shipments from the
Palouse region and from the Bonners
Ferry, Idaho, district. The principal
varieties raised here are Perfection
and Alaskas peas. There is a firm
demand for these varieties of seed
peas from Eastern distributors and to
date ten carloads have been shipped
from the local plant.
Mr. Sloan, manager for the com
pany, experimented to some extent
with varieties other than Perfection
and Alaskas the past season. He ob
tained satisfactory results and will
probably devote some acreage to them
next year. It is understood the com-,
pany expects to handle next year a
pea crop of 2,500 to 3,000 acres.
At the present time 47 persons are
employed in the company's Athena
plant, 42 of which are women and
girls, who work at sorting the peas
after they come from cleaning ma
chines. Zeke O'Harra, a well known
young man of Weston, is perfecting a
machine to sort peas through air suc
tion process. The machine was given
a practical workout in the local plant
and demonstrated its possibilities in
facilitating the removal of inferior
peas from the seed stock. -
Opinions By Van Winkle
,Of Interest to Taxpayers
Salem. Two opinions of more than
usual interest to the taxpayers of
Oregon have come out of the office
of Attorney General Van Winkle this
week. In one of these the attorney
general confirms unofficial statements
previously made to the effect that
legislative authority will be necessary
before any refund of the intangibles
taxes, collected under the invalid act
of 1929, can be made.
In the other opinion the attorney
general holds that the state income
tax, just approved by vote of the
people, does not apply to 1929 in
comes, in spite of the fact that the
act so reads, but becomes enforcable
first in 1931 upon incomes of 1930. In
this opinion the attorney general
points out that when the legislative
act of 1929 creating an income tax
was attacked by the referendum the
"act" became a legislative "bill" and
did not go into effect until after its
approval by the voters at the election
November 4.
Car Stuck In Snow
Mrs. Arthur Moulton of Portland
and Mrs. W. A. Taylor of Longview,
have been visiting in the city, at the
home of J. F. Kershaw, brother of
Mrs. Moulton. The ladies experienced
an adventure while motoring through
from Medford to Athena. At a point
on The Dalles-California highway,
between Klamath Falls and Bend,
they encountered huge snow drifts
that stalled their car. They were
finally rescued and their machine
trailed into Bend behind a car sent
from that city.
Game Indefinitely Postponed
The game scheduled between Athe
na and Touchct football teams for
last Saturday, was indefinitely post
poned on account of bad weather
conditions. At the time the Athena
team was ready to start on the trip
to Touchet, a blizzard was raging
here, but it is reported that in the
Touchet country, favorable weather
prevailed.
"Oregon Wildcat" Gets His
Robert Gordon Duncan, self-styled
"Oregon Wildcat," drew a sentence of
six months in jail and a $500 fine
from Judge Bean in federal court at
Portland, Monday. Duncan appealed
and gave $2500 bond.
Gould-Diggins
Miss Bernice F. Gould of Woston,
i t.- I. c r:..:,. c f : w
united in marriage Tuesday, at Wal
la Walla, by Justice of the Peace C,
M. Wilbur.