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r I THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON NOVEMBER 13, 1931 jF : A "Hidden Quart"k M stays up in your motor HI'.'-. and never drains away ; H that's real protec jg tion against expensive Zfjr Bk. motor wear I Ml SO QUART GERM PROCESSED PARAFFIN BASE MOTOR OIL Flit UP WHEREVER VOU SEE THIS GERM PROCESSED Oil TRWNGtf 1 1 CONOGO PRODUCTS SOLD BY ATHENA SERVICE STATION Bryce Baker, Proprietor Still my ikes K . FLAT- DENIAL National Grain Corporation Is Not Speculating in Grain Market. Spokane. A. R. Shumway, Milton, Oregon., president of the North Pa cific Grain Growers, Inc., has flatly denied that Farmers National Grain corporation, national cooperative mar keting agency, was speculating in the wheat market and driving prices up. "That criticism is inspired by enemies of the cooperative move ment,"declared Mr. Shumway, who with Orris Dorman, director of mem bership relations of North Pacific, and A. C. Adams, treasurer and man ager, is making a two-weeks speak ing tour of the Pacific northwest wheat areas. "Farmers National is selling wheat every day, selling the wheat it buys that day. It cannot possibly be specu lating for the rise as long as it is selling to any and all possible buyers as it is doing daily. "However, Farmers National Grain corporation and the federal farm board both deserve credit for the fact that Pacific northwest wheat prices are now the highest primary market in the world. The China wheat sale not only wiped out all the Pacific northwest surplus, but will take part of the 1931 crop. In addition, Farm ers National has made heavy sales to California and to other export buyers. As a result, we are practically assur ed there will be little or no surplus wheat in this territory at the end of the season next June." Mr. Shumway and hia two compan ions are speaking daily. They are holding meetings of farmer-members throughout the territory, explaining the cooperative set-up, answering in quiries and making suggestions' to local co-op managers and directors as to ways and means of securing new members. Loyalty to the cooperative move ment is one topic of Mr. Shumway's remarks to the farmers. At Lewiston this week, he pointed out to a group of business men that farmers are ex pected to support their- local co-op just as business men expect each other to support the local chamber of commerce. "And, furthermore, the local co operatives are just as much a part of the town they are in as any business in that town," said Mr. Shumway. "They are local institutions, contri buting to local welfare, donating to local community chest funds, with members who buy their clothing and other necessities at local stores and send their children to the local schoo. "The stock in the local cooperatives and in North Pacific Grain Growers is an investment just the same as any business investment. The shares en title the owner to dividends, and divi dends based on the amount of busi ness he does with the organization, and not solely on the amount of money he has invested." . "Farmers today are not being forced to sell their wheat on the rising mar ket for fear they cannot sell should COMPANY PAYS A HU6ESUMIN TAXES Check for $11,058.81 Given for Last Half Payment in This County. A check for' $11,038.81, represent ing the personal and real property taxes of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company in Umatilla coun ty for the second half of 1930, was turned over to the sheriff's office re cently by J. A. Murray, district man ager for the company. Mr. Murray is also paying the taxes for the tele phone company for the last half of 1930 in Union county, totaling $1,152.10. ' The total tax bill of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company for Oregon for 1930 was $987,832.83, of which approximately $820,000 was for real and property taxes, accord ing to Mr. Murray who stated that more than 10 per cent of the com pany's gross revenue went to taxes. This means, he points out, that out of every dollar telephone customers pay for service, between 10 and 11 cents goes toward taxes. "This further justifies our view point that the telephone is an integral part of the community, and that tele phone growth is a community asset," declared Mr. Murray. "Every addi tional telephone installation not only helps the druggist, the grocer and all forms of business to render a better and more convenient service, but it means more business and social ac tivity, more prosperity and, in addi tion, as our plant grows more taxes are paid," . . ' Wife of Rancher Killed Mrs. A. W. Griggs, 55, was killed instantly and her husband, a Malheur county farmer, was seriously injured when the automobile in wihch they were riding crashed into a moving freight engine on the outskirts of Vale Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Griggs were driving into town to at tend a high school class play. Cranberry a Health Factor Recent research has Bhown that cranberries contain most of the vita mins to be found in oranges and these in good quantities, and also some of the iodine considered necessary for goiter prevention, says D. J. Crowley of the cranberry experiment station at Long Beach. Eastern Oregon Wheat League Meeting Opens At. The Dalles Today Oregon State College. With wheat prices mounting daily and prospects brighter for the coming year, officers of the Eastern Oregon Wheat league are expecting a larger attendance and increased interest in the annual meeting of the league which opens a two-day session in The Dalles today. One of the world's most outstand ing authorities on wheat supply, Dr. J. S. Davis, member of the food re search institute at Stanford univer sity, has been obtained as a speaker reports E. R. Jackman, O. S. C. ex tension specialist, who is acting as or ganization secretary for the meeting. Senator Frederick Steiwer will also be present and will speak on "Nation al Taxation and Farm Finance." Meetings are open to any wheat grower, whether member ot the lea gue or not. The program will include discussions on present wheat market ing organizations, the general world wheat situation, and numerous pro duction problems of primary interest to eastern Oregon. Prominent wheat growers of Uma tilla county are in attendance and have places on the different commit tees through appointments made by Harry Pinkerton of Moro, president of the league. Mac Hoke of Pendleton is chairman of the committee on wheat handling, production, tillage and feeding. Sam Thompson and Chas. Gerking of Pen dleton are members of this commit tee. Jos. N. Scott of Athena and J. W. Maloney of Pendleton, are serving on the legislation and taxation com mittee; Roy Ritner, Glen Story and Elmer McCormick of Pendleton are on the transportation committee, and on agricultural marketing committee, Jean Tergerson of Helix, Will Steen, Milton, Ed Aldrich Pendleton and A, R. Shumway of Milton, have places Series of Letters On "Short Cuts" In Work In Kitchens the market begin to fall," A. C. Adams declared. "Only recently I talked to a Palouse farmer, and asked if he intended to sell while prices were going up," re counted Mr. Adams. "He said: 'No, I am holding my wheat because I know that with Farmers National in the market every day, all day, I can sell my wheat any time I want to. It used to be that I had to sell while the price was going up, or right at the top, because when it started down, the grain buyers went out of the market and I couldn't sell if I wanted to un til the bottom had been reached again. Now I am sure of a market.' " Mr. Dorman declared the agricul tural marketing act was written in the "confident belief that the farmers of the country would get together and cooperate under it." "It is not a farm board job; it is a farmers' job. The government has provided the farm board solely to lend whatever assistance it can in helping the farmer set up and perfect his own cooperative organizations." Enrollment for Umatilla county for the series of letters on "Short-Cuts in Kitchen Work" have reached 45, according to W. A. Holt, County Agricultural Agent. These letters containing ideas for saving the house keepers time and energy have been prepared by Zeltha F. Rodenwold, Extension Economist, Home Manage ment, Corvallis. Registration for them costs a homemaker nothing, and her only obligation is the promise to put into practice as many of the sug eestions as suit her situation and ability. The first letter will be mail ed on November 16 to women en rolled at that time. Letters will be sent direct from Mrs. Rodenwold's office at Corvallis. Enrollment may be made with her or through the County Agricultural Agent at Pen dleton. " . Mrs. Rodenwold has assembled many helpful ideas intended to light en the kitchen burdens of the house wife. These various ideas have been assembled and written out in a series of eight letters called "Short-Cuts in Kitchen Work." They will be sent to interested persons every other week for the nex 3 months, begin ning with November 16. : ! The B ' est Grain Bril Are Here for You Is ft M r fei1tkti If U Remember, We Carry a Full Stock of Repairs and Parts for International Harvester Co. Machinery and Farm Implements at all times ROGERS GOODMAN (A Mercantile Trust) Ransacked Farm House The unoccupied farm house on the old Sams place, owned by Emery Staggs, was ransacked Sunday night by unknown vandals who seemed to be actuated by an urge for wanton destruction says the Weston Leader. They tore the screens from the win. dows, wrenched the doors open and wrecked a kitchen treasure, but so far as can be determined, nothing was stolen. Emery is at a loss to account for such purposeless depredation. JEW PROCESS OF SEED TREATMENT Potatoes Are Given Double Strength Bath of Merc , uric Chloride. Six Years With Church The Rev. D. E. Nourse has cele brated his sixth year as pastor of the Oregon State College. A new method of treating potatoes for rhyzoctonia before planting which is quicker and more effective than most methods now in use has been tried out successfully at the Oregon Ex periment station this year by T. P. Dykstra, federal pathologist in pota to diseases. The two standard methods at pres ent are the mercuric chloride (corro sive sublimate) bath, in which the po tatoes must remain for two hours, and the hot formaldehyde bath, which has the disadvantage of requiring that the water be kept at a constant temperature of around 125 degrees. A third method which makes use of organic chemical compounds has proved uncertain and. erratic in results. The new method, originated by Dr. G. Leech and associates of the Minnesota experiment station, is bas ed on mercuric chloride process but changed by the addition of 1 per cent of commercial hyrochloric acid. This acidulated mercuric chloride solution, aa it is called, is so greatly increased in effectiveness that a bath of but 5 minutes is necessary. Tests of this process were made for the first time this year, and only on a comparatively small scale, but the results are so promising that Mr. Dykstra believes the method is worthy of much more extensive trial, and he has made plans to use it on large plots next year. The tests this year showed that with the new method 96 per cent con trol was obtained as compared with 16 per cent freedom of disease on the check plot. This control was eiual NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of Union High School District No. 7 of Umatilla County, State of Oregon, that a special school meeting will oe held in said district at the school house on the 30th day of No vember, 1931, at 2 o'clock in the af ternoon to consider and discuss the annual budget for the district and ad vise and council with the levying board as to the budget and the special district tax to be levied in said dis trict. The special district tax called for in the budget as prepared by the budget committee is within the six per cent limitation. Dated this 28th day of October, 1931. ARNOLD WOOD, Chairman, Board of Directors. Attest: J. F. KERSHAW, Nov. 6-20 District Clerk. to the old mercuric chloride process and better than the hot formaldehyde method. Dr. Leech advised using dou ble strength mercuric chloride, which would greatly increase the expense, but the tests by Mr. Dykstra showed excellent results with the standard so lution, 1 part to 1000, with the 1 per cent acid added. Freewater-Federated church. Com mencing on the seventh year the Rev. Nourse and his pastoral board are greatly encouraged. Oldest Rebekah In point of years Mrs. Rebecca Mor ris (Aunt Becky), 89, of Scio, queen of Linn County Pioneers, is the oldest member of the Rebekah order in Ore gon, according to a statement made in annual district convention of the order in Scio. NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the leeal voters of Union Hieh School District No. 7, of Umatilla County, State of Oregon, that a SCHOOL MEET ING of said district will be held at School House, on the 30th day of No vember, 1931, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon for. the purpose of discussing the budget hereinafter set out with the levying board, and to vote on the pro position of levying a special district tax. ihe total amount of money needed by the said school district durintr the fiscal year beginning on June 22. 1931. and endinsr June 27. 1932. is estimated in the following budget: BUDGET ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES GENERAL CONTROL: Superintendent $ 1,700.00 Clerk 100.00 Supplies 30.00 Elections and publicity 65.00 Legal service (clerk's bond, audit, etc.) 67.50 Total Expense of General Control : $ 1,962.50 INSTRUCTION Teaching : Teachers $ 4,810.00 Supplies (chalk, paper, etc 75.00 Athletic Coach 350.00 Total Expense of Teaching $ 5,235.00 OPERATION OF PLANT: Janitors and other employes $ 750.00 Janitors' supplies . 45.00 Fuel 325.00 Light and power . ......... . ....... 150.00 Water 67.50 Total Expense of Operation $ 1,337.50 MAINTENANCE and REPAIRS: Repair and replacement of furniture and equipment $ 200.00 Repair and maintenance of buildings and grounds 60.00 Total Expense of Maintenance and Repairs $ 250.00 AUXILIARY AGENCIES: Library books $ 40.00 Total Expense of Auxiliary Agencies $ 40.00 FIXED CHARGES: Telephone , $ 17.50 Total Fixed Charges $ 17.50 CAPITAL OUTLAYS: New furniture and equipment .'. $ 60.00 Total Capital Outlays 50.00 DEBT SERVICE: Principal on warrants $ 2,980.80 Interest on warrants .......... 150.00 Total Debt Service $ 3,130.80 EMERGENCY: Emergency $ 300.00 Total Emergency. . 300.00 RECAPITULATION Total estimated expenses for the year $12,323.30 Total estimated receipts, not including proposed tax..$ 4,323.30 Balance, amount to be raised by district tax. $ 8,000.000 INDEBTEDNESS Amount of bonded indebtedness (include all war rants issued by vote of electors) None Amount of warrant indebtedness on warrants is sued and endorsed "not paid for lack of funds"..$ 2,980.80 Total Indebtedness $ 2,980.80 Dated this 28th day of October, 1931. Attest: J.'F. KERSHAW, ARNOLD WOOD, District Clerk. Chairman, Board of Directors. A. H. Mclntyre, Carl Sheard, Laurence Pinkerton. A. W. Douelas. Joe Cannon, Dean. Dudley, W. P. Littlejohn, M. W. Hansell, Frank Sander?. Members of the Budget Committee. 559 ORIGINAL ESTIMATE AND ACCOUNTING SHEET UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7 This original estimate shows in parallel columns the unit costs of the several services, materials and supplies for the three fiscal years next preceding the current year, the detail expenditures for the last one of said three preceding fiscal years and the budget allowances and expenditures for last year. EXPENDITURES Expenditures & budget Expen. for 3 fiscal years next pre for last school year ceeding the last school year ITEM i 1 E"t. Expend'n Expenditure Budget allow Last year of Hoond year Flint Year Ensuing Year in Detail anee In Detail 8-year period Yearly total! Yearly Xotali Do Figures Lie? Deposit $50 in your bank and make the following withdrawals: First: $20, leaving balance of $30 Second 15, leaving balance of 15 Third: 9, leaving balance of 6 Fourth: 6, leaving balance of 0 Now add them up: $51 Then go around and try to collect that extra dollar. Exchange. Sells 600 Rams The J. E. Smith Livestock company of Pilot Rock is raising a strain of sheep declared to be especially adapt ed to the needs of Wyoming, and re cently sold 600 ram lambs to Chris Juel, Wyoming banker and sheep man. The breed is a cross between registered Lincoln rams and register ed and pure-bred Delaine ewes. Named Grain Manager Bruce Shangle, a member of the Farmer's Brokerage cdmpany of Mil ton, at a recent meeting of the Mil ton Grain Growers, Inc., was elected manager for the coming year. Shan gle also will have charge of the farm ers' DU1K elevator wnicn was ereciea this summer near the Milton-Free-water depot. Judge Turner Low Judge George Turner, 82, one of the four surviving signers of the Washington constitution, and a form er United States senator, was de scribed as a "very sick man" by his physician at Spokane. GENERAL CONTROL: Superintendent Clerk Other Services Supplies Elections and publicity Legal service (clerk's bond, audit, etc.) Other expense of general control: Total General Control INSTRUCTION Supervision: Other expense of supervision.. Total Expense of Supervision INSTRUCTION Teaching: Teachers Athletic Coach , Supplies 1,700.00 100.00 80.00 65.00 67.60 $ 1,962.60 4,810.00 350.00 75.00 1,800.00 100.00 30.02 65.65 67.50 27.50 1,800.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 67.60 1,800.00 100.00 101.10 . 11.45 66.30 224.25 $ 2,090.67 $" $ 2,067.50 $ 2,292.10 $ 2,493.28 $ 2,280.92 20.48 Total Expense of Teaching $ 5,235.00 OPERATION OF PLANT: Janitors and other employes $ 750.00 Other Employes Janitors' supplies ... ; 45.00 Fuel - 825.00 Light and power 150.00 Water 67.50 Telephone & Telegraph 17.50 Other expense of operation 20.48 4,835.00 850.00 74.63 $ 5,259.63 $ 825.00 43.64 326.24 151.15 67.60 25.49 2.65 $ 4,960.00 350.00 150.00 $ 5,460.00 $ 815.00 25.00 75.00 300.00 125.00 60.00 30.00 $ 4,640.00 350.00 149.14 $ 5,139.14 $ 815.00 70.33 303.00 121.19 60.00 21.20 $ 6,671.37 $ 7,116.37 Total Expense of Operation .. MAINTENANCE and REPAIRS: Repair and replacement of furni ture and equipment Repair and maintenance of build ings and grounds $ 1,355.00 $ 1,441.67 $ 1,430.00 $ 1,390.72 $ 1,729.98 $ 1,629.70 $ 200.00 $ 198.57 $ 25.00 50.00 42.85 60.00 Summer Heat at Chicago A "winter heat wave" smashed all time records Monday when official temperatures in Chicago reached. 73 degrees above-zero. Total Maintenance and Repairs.. AUXILIARY AGENCIES: Library books . 250.00 40.00 241.42 114.39 Total Expense Auxiliary Agencies CAPITAL OUTLAYS: New furniture and equipment...... $ 40.00 $ 114.39 $ 60.00 $ 205.76 $ 1,805.23 75.00 $ 1,805.23 28.00 28.00 10.99 $ 47.30 $ 88.88 60.00 Total Capital Outlays DEBT B&KVIlE: Principal on warrants $ 2,980.80 Interest on warrants............ ... Total Debt Service.. EMERGENCY: Emergency ...... 150.00 $ 3,130.80 $ 300.00 205.76 4,680.00 317.25 $ 4,997.25 Total Emergency $ 300.00 $ 4,680.00 200.00 4,880.00 $ 200.00 $ 200.00 $ 5,492.38 498.89 $ 6,991.27 5,781.36 $ 3,489.13 Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rogers were in Walla Walla Friday, where Mr. Robert mmsawed businenu GRAND TOTAL. $12,323.30 $14,37LG7 $14,140.50 $16,618.46 $16,723.29 $14,615.99 I, j; F. KERSHAW, do hereby certify that the above estimate of expenditures for the year 1931-1932 was prepared by me and that the expenditures and budget allowance for 12 months of the current year and the expenditures for the three fiscal years next preceding the current year as shown above have been compiled from the records in my charge and are true and correct copies thereof. J. F. KERSHAW, .. . . .,.,, L , .t Dutrlct Clerk