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NUMBER 49
VOLUME 44
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 4, 1931
STATE CUTS OUT
REAL PROPERTY TAX
Athletics Take
Second Game in
Winning Stride
American Baseball Players at the Meiji Shrine
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Members of the squad of American baseball stars, including Lou Gehrig, Al Simmons, Lefty Grove and Lefty
OTDouL walking from the Meljl shrine at Tokyo, which they visited during their barnstorming tour of Japan.
Peace Plans Fail
At Portland Meet
of Highway Board
Elimination First in Oregon
History, Saves Four and
Half Millions.
A Salem special to the Morning
Oregonian says the tax levy on real
property for state purposes in Ore
gon will be eliminated next year for
the first time in history, according to
announcement made here following
a conference between Governor Meier
and members of the state tax com
mission.. The elimination of the tax next
year is made possible, Governor
Meier said, by reason of receipts
from the intangibles, personal in
come, corporation and excise tax
laws, repeal of the 1-mill market road
tax, waiver of the world war veter
an's -mill tax and substantial sav
ings in the operation of the various
state institutions.
The amount of the state levy on
real property for this year totaled
$4,592,027.91.
"The only tax which will be levied
by the state tax commission for next
year will be the 2-mill elementary
school tax," Governor Meier said.
"This is purely a local tax, since
it is retained entirely by the coun
ties for the support of the local ele
mentary schools.
"The state tax which will be elim
inated not only includes the levy
made for state departments and in
stitutions, but also J;he levy for the
state's higher educational institu
tions and for interest on irrigation
bonds.
"The elimination of the levy for
state purposes is a goal that the state
has long sought to attain. Gratifying
as is this achievement now, I want to
reiterate emphatically that unless the
economy record made by the state is
paralleled by similar savings on the
part of each- and every political sub
division of Oregon, there is little hope
for any appreciable reduction in our
heavy tax burden.
"The truth of this statement be
comes apparent at a glance when it is
taken into consideration that the total
expenditures of the state and its po
litical subdivisions aggregate 50-odd
millions and that more than 43 mil
lions of this gigantic sum are expend
ed by the 2755 local tax-levyng
bodies of our commonwealth.
"I sincerely hope that this splendid
showing by the state in property tax
relief will prove a source of inspira
tion to the local tax committees ap
pointed by me, and the various tax
leagues which have been battling so
faithfully and effectively to reduce
taxes in our various municipalities,
counties, school districts, road, port
and irrigation districts.
"During this month the tax-levying
bodies will be preparing their bud
gets, and I wish in this last appeal
again to emphasize the -necessity of
slashing expenditures to the bone if
relief is to be given our overburdened
taxpayers. " '
"Let us in these closing days of the
battle for lower taxes renew our de
termination to eliminate all waste,
extravagence and inefficiency.
"Let us make Oregon's tax levy the
lowest in the United States and
thereby attract to our state popula
tion and capital for the development
of its rich resources.
Bond to Portland
Willard Bond, who with his brother
Charles, was a member of the firm
of Bond Brothers at Pendleton, has
accepted a position with Meier &
Frank company of Portland, and with
his family is leaving Pendleton to as
sume the duties of his new position.
Bond Brothers were also interested
extensively in stock raising and until
recently were owners of a large ranch
in the Ukiah district.
Burns Lumberman Dead . j
Edward Hines, noted lumberman of
Burns died in Chicago, Tuesday. One
of Hines' biggest developments was
the sawmill at Burns. There has been
constructed a plant patterned along
such lines as to make it the last word
in mill construction. It is one of the
largest plants cutting pine in the
Northwest. Hines was engaged in
every branch of the lumber industry.
Deer Killed by Trains
A number of deer have been killed
in Meacham creek canyon by trains
since the snow fell in the mountains.
The glaring headlights dazzle the
deer while the engine overtakes and
kills them. In each instance the car
casses have been turned over to game
wardens and the meat given to chari
ty organizations..
Wins 4-H Scholarship
Outstanding 4-H club boy at the
1931 Oregon state fair, Stanley Green
of Stanfield, won the $500 4-H club
scholarship awarded by the Interna
tional Harvester company at Chicago.
The Athletics, Athena town basket
ball team in the county league took
their second game of the season in
winning stride when they defeated
the recently organized Pendleton
Buicks Monday night by the score of
48 to 39.
Athena led at the half, 18 to 15.
The Buicks were never in the lead
after the first few minutes of play
when they started the scoring by
tossing a foul. The Athletics im
mediately went into the lead by
throwing a couple through the hoop
and thereafter kept out in front.
Crowley and Myrick tied on nine
teen for high point men of the eve
ning, while Crowin was high for the
Buicks with eight. Owing to the cold
weather attendance at the game was
below fair.
Myrick and Taylor lined up as for
wards for Athena, with Harden at
center and D. Pinkerton and Wayne
Pinkerton, guards. At the beginning
of the . second quarter, Taylor was
shifted to center, Crowley taking his
forward position, Hansell substituted
for Myrick, and Rogers and Michen
er went in for a while, relieving the
two Pinkertons.
The Buicks lined up a bunch of
good material in Hiderman, Crowin,
Carden, Kidder and Hatton, ex-Pen-dleton
high school stars and two old
timers, Greer and Sheppard. The
Buicks, with the Pendleton Antlers,
the Athletics representing Athena,
the K. P. team of Milton, and Bill
King's Helix Red Devils, will com
prise the Umatilla county basketball
league.
ihe Athletics play Nig Borleske's
Whitman team at Walla Walla Mon
day night. The county league sche
dule is being made out and perhaps
will be received for publication in
The Press next week.
Woman Coaster Killed
While coasting with her 12-year-old
son on the Pendleton Main street
hill Saturday evening, Mrs. Minnie
Longley was struck by a hit-and-run
driver and killed. The accident oc
curred about 9:30 and the driver fail
ed to stop. The automobile was com
ing up the hill at a high rate of speed
and Mrs. Longley was struck , when
she was near the bottom. The vic
tim suffered a broken leg, a fractured
skull and a broken arm. The car
dragged her about ten feet after
striking the sled, death being almost
instantaneous. A son, 12, her moth
er, two sisters and two brothers survive.
Forced Down By Illness
Captain Hawks, speedy airman,
flying to" beat the record between
Vancouver, B. C, and Mexico, was
forced down by illness in Northern
California, Tuesday. Hawks made a
landing in a pasture and rolled out
of his plane unconscious. He was
lifted into a car by a passing autoist
and taken to a hospital at Grenada,
California. Pilot Wedell of New Or
leans, flying the route north from
Auga Caliente arrived at Vancouver
in 6 hours and 38 minutes, breaking
the record by one hour.
Cut in Tire Prices
Five large auto tire companies have
announced price reductions to the
lowest levels in their history. They
were the Firestone Tire & Rubber
company, B. F. Goodrich company,
Seiberling Rubber company, Mohawk
Tire & Rufcjsr company and the Mas
ter Tire & Rubber company. The re
ductions, from 5 to 15 per cent, will
affect "standard grades of tires." In
ner tubes alscs will be reduced 15 per
cent. Similar cuts have been made by
the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company
and the Lee Rubber & Tire company.
: Kennewick Cotton .
Cotton stalks bearing a goodly sup
ply of the fluffy white bolls is on dis
play in the windows of Omar Rich,
Kennewick real estate man. The cot
ton, grown by a rancher a few miles
east of Kennewick, has passed an ex
perimental stage with him, it was
said, and that it readily matures is
plainly visible from the size of the
bolls.. ;
His Last Game
Merle Hufford will play his last
game of scholastic football in the
Washington University-Southern Cal
ifornia game tomorrow in the Trojan
stadium at Los Angeles, which is also
the last Pacific coast conference game
of the season.
More Mastadon Bones Found
Another mastadon skeleton has been
discovered near Kennewick, on the
south slope of Jump Off mountain.
One of the large shoulder socket
bones and a common vertebrae bone
was found. ,
Ernest Tatora Dead
Ernest Tatom, well known resident
of Pendleton, died at Los Angeles,
Friday. The deceased was a brother
of 'Dwm Tatom. .
Demands Made That
U. S. Bear Indian
Land Tax Hereafter
Senator Steiwer's sub-committee of
the senate committee on Indian af
fairs, investigating the problem of
non-taxable lands in Indian reserva
tions, closed the testimony in Wash
ington with a comprehensive state
ment by C. R. Williams, county com
missioner of Klamath county and
chairman of the association of coun
ties, which includes representatives
from counties throughout the West
ern states, summing up the tax situa
tion In Klamath county, Williams
said that instead of the taxation
without representation "we have rep
resentation without taxation," as the
Indians vote but pay no taxes on
their lands. Williams said there is
no disposition to blame the Indians,
but a general feeling in the West that
the federal government should as
sume full responsibility for them,
making good to the counties the sums
lost in taxation and expenditures
made by taxpayers for the benefit of
the reservations, such as roads,
'schools and law enforcement.
The task ', of the committee is to
consider legislation that may relieve
counties overburdened on account of
Indian lands.
Untaxed Indian lands in Klamath
county, Williams said, would be as
sessed at $18,000,000 if carried at the
same rate as private lands.
Relief Committee Busy
The relief committee in Athena con
tinues active and is ready to lend aid
to any who need assistance. Several
cases have been investigated and help
ed during the past week. The Good
Time dancing club . gave a benefit
dance Thanksgiving night and about
$15.00 was added to the fund. At the
next dance a box will be provided in
which members may place gifts of
clothing and supplies. The clothing
will be turned over to the sewing
committee to be made over for needy
children, and it is hoped there will be
a hearty response.
Charles Crowley Dead
, Charles Crowley, a farmer for 40
years in this county, died Thursday
night of last week at St. Anthony's
hospital, of heart disease. Mr. Crow
ley was born in Ireland and came to
America when a boy. He is survived
by his widow and one son Joe Crow
ley of this city and one grandson,
Arthur Crowley, two stepchildren
Walter Redford and Mrs. Pete Hung.
Funeral services were held Saturday
at St. Andrews Mission.
Parrot Disease Again
A suspicion that psittacosis, the so
called "parrot disease," may have
been responsible for two deaths and
the serious illness of three other per
sons at Portland recently, caused city
health officers to ask for a complete
report on the disease from the na
tional public health service, and for
a supply of the virus of psittacosis
for checking purposes.
,. Poisoned Food
It is tbought either home-smoked
salmon or home-canned fruit caused
the deaths of Mrs. St. Louis and son
Harold at their home near Newport,
Tuesday. The fact that the family
cat also died, strengthens this belief
by the authorities, although the fath
er and another son did not become ill
after partaking of the food at meal
time.
Leaves For Spokane
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Rush, who
have been leasing the Martha Rush
place east of Helix, have left for
Spokane, where they will reside. Mr.
Rush was formerly in the employ of
the Goodyear Rubber company and
expects to to with them again.
Velton Read Wins Rod I
With 22 Inch Trout
Velton Read's 22 inch fcolly Var
den trout, caught last -Summer in
the creek running out of Langdpn
Lake, won the $27.50 Craftsman Bea
verkill prize fishing rod offered by
Rogers & Goodman for the longest
trout caught during the open season
and displayed at their store.
The contest by stipulation is limit
ed to fishermen residing in the Athena-Adams-Weston
district. Last year,
Arthur Jenkins won the prize rod
with a Rainbow trout caught in the
Umatilla river, near Thorn Hollow
and the year previous, John Hager, a
forest ranger took the rod with a
Dolly Varden in Mill Creek.
This year's prize rod was the king
of all others heretofore offered. It
came from the home of the Crafts
man tackle product at Caldwell, Ida
ho, and during the season was on dis
play at the Rogers & Goodman hard
ware store in this city.
Cold Snap Eases Up,
Higher Temperature
The cold snap over the week-end
following the snowfall preceding
Thanksgiving has eased into higher
temperature with rains west of the
Cascades and snow over the higher
elevations.
During the cold wave, thermomet
ers in Athena registered close to the
zero mark during the night on three
occasions. The ground is frozen here
to the depth of a couple of inches or
more under a cover of three inches of
snow.
The snow is welcomed alike by
grain grower and stockman as it
greatly stimulates the prospects for
moisture to freshen field and range.
A considerable depth of new snow is
reported to have fallen during the
week in the Blue Mountains. It is
said in the Langdon Lake district
snow has reached a depth of over
four feet, and is packing solid. With
early beginning of winter, it is ex
pected that considerable more snow
will be added, and by mountain folk
it is estimated that the deepest snow
for a number of seasons . past is
probable. '
Water sources, including springs
and streams promise to be given new
strength with the storage of moisture
reserve left by melting snow in the
late spring.
Many Needy Are Aided
The Pendleton emergency relief bu
reau reports that 23 families were
given assistance the first of this week,
while the Salavation Army branch re
ported that during November 1837
people, local and transient, were car
ed for with clothing, food or shelter.
Nine hundred and forty-nine tran
sients were fed by the Army.
Revamped Husky Team
. Revamped, rejuvenated and well
rested, the University of Washington
football squad left Seattle for Los
Angeles Tuesday to meet the Univer
sity of Southern California Saturday
in the last Pacific Coast conference
game of the season.
; - Chains on Slick Roads
Slick condition of the highway,
caused by sleet, necessitates using
chains for safety by autoists. The
highway maintenance crew has de
posited fine crushed rock on a num
ber of the sharp curves. ,
The Largest Barge
The largest barge which ever was
taken into Celilo canal left for Port
land Monday after spending a week
at Dillon loading 250 tons of scrap
iron assembled from up-river points.
The barge was towd by two Diesel
tug. -
Food Is Shipped From
Oregon to Assist Mon
tana Farmer Families
Santa Claus' first full car lot shio
ment of Christmas "eats" sent from
Oregon left Salem Tuesday. Max
Gehlhar, director of agriculture, an
nounced the shipment was sent to
Flaxville, Mont., for relief in that dis
trict, by the Farmers Union locals of
Polk, Marion, Yamhill, Linn and Lane
counties.
Forty thousand pounds of food as
a Christmas present to the members
of the Farmers Union at Flaxville
was contained in the carload, Gehlhar
announced. Included in the shipment
were $235 worth of dried prunes.
Many members contributed cash to
ward the shipment, which was used
to purchase prunes. The freight on
the shipment will be contributed by
other unions over the country.
The list of articles shipped includ
ed 200 sacks dried prunes, 117 sacks
dried apples, 100 sacks of potatoes,
24 boxes apples, 19 sacks onions, 1
sack bsets, 20 sacks squash, 5 sacks
pumpkins, 3 sacks corn (shelled), 7
gallons honey, 5 boxes squash, 8 sacks
carrots, 8 sacks dry beans, 30 sacks
flour, 6 boxes canned foods and 500
pounds seed oats.
A car of apples is being shipped
this week from Elgin, Or., to Glen
dive, Mont. This car has been donat
ed by W. M. Weatherspoon of Elgin
to the Farmers Union. It is expected
that another car will be shipped from
Milton-Freewater next week to Syd
ney, Mont. ,to be donated by apple
shippers at that place. Still another
car is being shipped next week to the
drouth-stricken areas of Montana by
Farmers Union members of Columbia
county.
Counties Remit Taxes
Every county remitted its share of
the state tax within the time limit
specified by law, State Treasurer Hol
man announced. Total collections of
last-half taxes for 1931 were $2,296,
313.86. Of this amount, $1,452,443.42
was the state general tax, $562,
580.33 was the 1-mill market road tax
and $281,290..01 was for the -mill
soldiers' bonus tax.
Helix Team Organized
- The Helix town basketball team
has perfected organization and has
scheduled games with Whitman col
lege and the Pendleton Antlers. The
Helix players, under coaching of Bill
King, put up an excellent brand of
basketball last season and the pre
vious year, when they met teams
from Portland and the Columbia river
towns.
River Development
Holding that Columbia river de
velopment must be based upon choice
of a program designed for the bene
fit of the people the project will serve,
a statement prepared for the Umatil
la Rapids association by George C.
Baer, secretary, was approved by
Governor Meier recently.
Heard Farmer Brown
A number of Athena famers attend
ed the meeting at Pendleton yester
day, which was addressed by Farmer
Brown of the Farm Board. Brown
addressed a meeting of farmers at
Walla Walla, Wednesday afternoon.
Saddle Factory Burns
A loss of $150,000 was sustained by
the owners when the Sternberg sad
dle factory burned at Albany Sun
day night. Fifty men are thrown out
of employment
Chain Store Tax Upheld
The supreme court upheld another
chain store tax in deciding that the
Virginia license tax on distributing
warehouses operated by the chains
was valid, ,
S
Responding to a call from Gover
nor Meier, the members of the state
highway commission held a brief con
ference with him at the quarters of
the governor at the Benson hotel. .
The meeting lasted about an hour.
It was understood that the confer
ence was for the purpose of restoring
harmony between Commissioner
Spaulding on the ona hand and
Chairman Ainsworth and . Commis
sioner Hanley on the other. The at
titude of the commissioners after the
conference was over indicated that if
this was the object it was not accom
plished. "We talked things over," said
Spaulding, "and that was all."
Other matters reported to have
been discussed were the widening of
the Pacific highway between New
Era and Salem, where it should be
made a 30 or 20 foot road, and the
appointment of a successor to Chief
Engineer Klein.
Although he voted for reappoint
ment of Klein a few months ago,
Spaulding is said to be still working
to obtain his removal and bring about
appointment of C. C. Kelley of Klam
ath Falls who was formerly oh the
engineering staff of the state high
way department.
Picked a Crow With Us
Ernest Haney was in town from his
ranch Wednesday and called at The
Press office to "pick a crow" with one
of our reporters. Ernest said he want
ed it to be known that Athena Odd
Fellows were not dead and that he
believed the lodge still owned a half
interest in the K. P.-I. O. O. F. hall
but that no one reading the account
of redecorating the hall in last week's
Press, would know it. Okey, Ernest,
the reporter is herewith corrected.
Court Appoints E. B. Casteel
The county court has appointed E.
B. Casteel county clerk to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of R. T.
Brown, who was for many years in
that office. Mr. Casteel formally took
over the duties of the office Saturday
morning. Mr. Casteel was formerly a
resident of Pilot Rock, is a republican
and once served as chairman of the
county central committee. Lately ho
has been conducting a store at
Meacham.
Ready for Christmas Trade
With only eighteen shopping days
until Christmas, Gordon Watkins is
making preparations to accommodate
the home holiday trade. The Watkins
Pharmacy already is beginning to
display varied lines of holiday goods
suitable for presents. While there is
a fine assortment of children's toys,
the stock in the main leans toward
the practical side more than has been
customary in the past.
Widow of Lion's Victim
Accompanied by Gus Peret, Mrs.
William Herren, widow of the hunter
killed in Africa by a lion has arrived
in New York en route home. Herren,
an expert with the lasso, was holding
a lion at bay while Peret was taking
pictures of the enraged beast. The
lion charged and mauled the Aberdeen
man, causing his death. Peret is
known in Athena as an expert shot.
He formerly represented the Peters
Cartridge company, and visited Athe
na in that capacity.
Paroled Convict Sought
Frank Palow, paroled murderer
from Walla Walla, is sought by New
York authorities as a suspect in the
conspiracy murder of Benjamin P.
Collings in Long Island Sound last
summer. Pictures of Palow have been
sent from Walla Walla to be shown to
Mrs. Collings to see if she can recog
nize him as one of the men she claims
were in a boat which they took from
her husband's yacht.
Whitman Won, 7-0
Nig Borleske's Whitman Mission
aries are winners of the Northwest
conference football championship. On
Thanksgiving Day they defeated the
Willamette Bearcats on a snow-covered
field, 7 to 0. And they did it
wearing mittens. Chuck DeVange,
playing end, will captain the team
next year.
Will Go to Hospital
Vic Harris has improved so that he
is able to bo moved from his home in
Athena to a hospital. He will be tak
en to St. Anthony's hospital at Pen
dleton, probably Sunday. The patient
continues to show improvement, al
though his left arm remains useless
as a result of the paralytic stroke he
suffered several weeks ago.
Student Flier Crashes
Keith Smith, 16, student aviator,
son of Roy E. Smith, of Salem, was
killed instantly at Roseburg Tuesday
afternoon when his plane went into a
tailspin and crashed on the municipal
airport. The plane nosed over, crush
ing its pilot. Smith was alone in the
plane, -
BOTH FAVORING
A DRY LAW VOTE
Movement for Congression
al Action Gains Speed;
Poll Doubtful.
Washington. The "movement for a "
vote in congress tnis winter on tne
dry laws gained powerful momentum
in both parties Wednesday. '
Among politicians its effect on the
1932 presidential campaign , was of
prime importance. Whether a defeat
of a modification or resubmission bill
would tend to make the Republican
party "wetter" or "dryer" was given
serious consideration. , v
Republican Senate Floor Leader
James E. Watson announced he would
do nothing to prevent a senate vote
on prohibition, no matter in what
form it should arise. Senator Simeon
D. Fess, Ohio, the Republican national '
chairman and a prohibition leader,
said he "did not see how a vote could
be prevented in the senate even if
only a small number wanted it."
In the house, Representative Henry
T. Rainey, Illinois, who is slated to
be the Democratic leader, joined Rep
resentative Bertrand H. Snell, New
York, in advocating that i congress
should meet the issue in the session
which starts Monday. Rainey. who is
recorded as a prohibitionist, expressed
hope that a vote would clear the air of
talk about the dry laws and allow
economic issues to get the attention
they deserve.
But the possibility of a senate vote
on a referendum, such as favored by
a majority of the anti-prohibitionists,
was dismissed by a statement of
Chairman George W. Norris of the
judiciary committee, through which
any such constitutional amendment
for resubmission would have to pass.
"We shouldn't monkey with prohi
bition," Norris said. "We can't repeal
it, and we ought to work on unem
ployment. Let's get our people out
of the hole first."
The Western Independents who sup
port Norris' views, together with pro
hibitionists, dominate the judiciary
committee. As Fess pointed out, how
ever, even a small number of anti
prohibitionists could force a vote by
proposing a modification law as a
rider to one of the appropriation bills
on the senate floor.
Senator Morris Sheppard, Democrat
of Texas, most militant of the prohi
bitionists, made a comment on the
situation that amounted to a chal
lenge. "There never has been a time,"
he said, "when the wets couldn't have
had a vote if they went after it. But
I am opposed to a vote myself."
Sheppard said a vote would be "a
waste of congress' time, because the
result is a foregone conclusion."
Senator W. E. Borah, Republican,
Idaho, said he was ready for a show
down vote on the question. He said
he would vote against resubmission.
Representative J. Charles Linthi
cum, Democrat, of Maryland, leader
of the house "wet block," announced
that in addition to a resubmission
amendment, the anti-prohibitionists
would seek the enactment of a mod
ification bill legalizing 3 per cent
beer. He said he expected his "bloc,"
augmented recently by elections,
would hold a meeting after congress
convenes to outline its plans.
A resubmission amendment would
require a vote of two thirds of each
house. The most recent figures of
the antis list only 81 senators out of
96 and 182 out of 435 representatives
favoring resubmission.
Missionary Society
Mrs. Fred Kershaw was hostess to
the Christian Missionary society Wed
nesday afternoon, when eight mem
bers were present. Mrs. J. W. Pink
erton, the new chairman, presided and
Mrs. Stella Keen presented an in
teresting program in which Mrs. Ker
shaw, Mrs. Lew McNair, Mrs. W. W.
McPherson and Mrs. Boyd participat
ed. Light refreshments were served.
The January meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. D. A.' Pinkerton.
Hitch Hikers Rob
T. C. Comfort of Westwood, Cali
fornia, traveling to Seattle, picked up
a couple of hitch hikers near Walla
Walla Saturday. At a point near Se
attle, Sunday morning, the hikers
robbed Comfort of his car and $73
cash, all the money he had, ho re
ported to Seattle police. He was in
the act of changing tires on account
of a blowout when his passengers
Tobbed him.
Killed In Trnffio 7ft
Careless and drunken automobile
drivers in Portland caused 45 per cent
of the 76 deaths in the fiscal year
ending December 1, in Portland, ac
cording to the annual report of the
police department. Involuntary man
slaughter charges were preferred
against a good percentage of drivers
of death-dealing machines but there
wa not K conviction in any case.