ioni:. o:u:gon
Friday, Feb. 13, 1931
He Leads Us Still
Dare we ikspair? Through all the nights r.nd clays
(if lading war lie kept life courage true.
Shall doubt befog our tyesV A darker haze
Hut proved the faith of hir.i who ever knew
That rijiht ir.usl conquer. May we cherish hale
For our poor ;jricfs, when never word nor deed
Of rancor, m;.licc, spite of low or great,
In his large sonl one poison drop could breed?
lie had us still! O'er chasms yet unspanned
Our pathway lies; the work is but begun;
Hut we shall do our part and leave our land
The mightier for noble battles won.
Here truth mu;t triumph, honor must prevail:
The nation Lincoln died for cannot fail.
Arthur ('rit !iuin
PROGRAM
RELIEF OF AGRICULTURE
THOUGH OPEM WU
ALPINE HIG f SCHOOL BUILDING
FEBRUARY SIXTEENTH, 1931,
' AT 7:30, P.M.
Opening of Meeting
President. Dr. J. Pirry Coi'da. '
Greetings,
County Accnl. C. V. Smilh
Address,
If. II. Kipp. Secy. Col. Valley Ass.
Address,
Capt. Arthur WarJ, Director, Infc.ni)
Waterways Corporation, Ixwiston, Idaho.
Open Forum,
For Questions and Ai:rwas.
(I 'lease write jour qui .-lion.; ;-r:(! hur.! tl.un to ;.n i;:.!ut.
Resolutions.
Other Busness.
MUSTERED OUT
VETERAN SUMMONED
C. A. Low, Veteran of The!
Civil War, Member G. A. K.,
Dies at Daughter's Home.
Clinton A. Low, ami Civil War
veteran died at the home of hisj
daughter Mm. Jennie E. McMui
ray, in lone, at six o'clock, Tuc!;
.(Jay evening', after an illoc&s of!
Jive days. Jle was t'J years, iii
months and days ot aye. lie
wan born in GoviniMir, fet. Law-'
rvnee County, Kcw Vork, July ', '
111. and was thy lastsurviver of
a family of . Jive children, lie was
reared in Si i,awieneo County,1
N. Y. attended the .ublic schools
an J learned the carpenter's trade. 1
AujfustG, ldo'L', he enlisted in
Company A. 1-ttnd M. V. Volun
u errf anil sei ved for thtiej 'ur.-.
lie was unci r lit m mu. varo
lii! i, iK,u Uithrieston, and in thy
b.ttlcs at i.nri.da iluri.nM.v
coal Ii.noor, below Kichmonu, '
before l'etcrs bur and at l ow
rish'.-r ai.ri Wtii Cart-j
Una. Ai in.- I... A1 j lr..e he v.iih'
d..'.ei.arjeu anu letui nod to
rork. I;unnj; the next few ju.r
a. lived for ht i t i'i r:ud.- o! ui;.e
ii iew U-ik, hl.j.ci.; and ...iciu
tfan and waj lor a time a suikr
o.i thh dreat U.k s. lie finaiy lo
cated in lowaancieny :.',. d iniann
.fiK. l-'orihc last Uu-ui yai Mr.
and .Mrs. Low h;e lutd in Ia.c
to ilia question of wtiottmr to refund
Iho SOO,000 of revenue derived from
the set of l!i2i, declared Invalid by
l ha Miiprorno court, arid start anew
v.lih an Intangibles tax drawn upon
Lexington News
Miss AMA1JEL STRODTM.SN
Mrs E. T. Injj'cs has been sub-
8'flte Police Dill Opposed by Hois-.
f.'.nnicipalitlci Need Not Fits Ap
plications Tax Meaiuret Heard
by Committee Sale Tax. Core
tldered Highway Commission An
nounce! Position,
Palem, Or.-Willi a total of 475 biii
Introduced, fxiluiilvc of a largo nt:.:i
li'T 'if resolutions, memorials rn!
MhfT legislative documents, there. In
very Indication flint members of the
l'!fi'nt nr will hum eotislder.ible mid
night oil during t!i cloHing wpcltn of
Iho l'Hl cHUn.
Thirty f-iur hllln have Litii paof .-d
end 21 hlll.'i Imvc heen ttli;ncd hy tlm
K'iV".:u-r ct thn end of th fourth
v. . . it tho ai'HKlon,
Tiilrly r.ix hill h;ivo lncn llllid.
j H KKciim dalliaiic with liMrlniiiK
f"rMonH, cxct'ddiniily potent as lh
i Infiplralhrn of Infl.iniod ronfrov-rny,
1 hut hitrrcn n ct.intrns fh advance
rriuctmcnt of tho IntanglMcs tax, to
K th'T with the excise and Incorna
fix, will rale aufflclcnt amounts very
materially to reduce the tax" on prop
erty, If they are permitted to operate
without further Judicial Interference.
Itproscntatlve Mott has Introduced
A proposed constitutional amendment
illmlnatlng all property taxes for
Hate purposes, which would Include
the mileage taxes for the educational
Institutions. It must he voted on try
tho people, however, and would not ho
effective for nearly two years.
Sales Tax Considered.
And then there Is the sales tax In
one form or another, which Is likely
to enter Into legislative deliberations
as t means of reducing the present
ment of thn public iMrresls at lare, j ' deficit of more than 13,000,000
a. id ltr the la.-t lour hae
nude their In .. u nh thyiraau!.
tcr, Mro. iMc.".iunay.
Mr. Ia)v v. as lint ma;ri.!, in'
to Sarali Jane Cooj.fr who
j--d two jtarrf later. In 15:70 lie
v wiu tnarried to .Marjiarw-t Fin-1
ayson in Newark, lllinnis-. Tur,
children were born to them, Jen
nie h , wife of Iaxton Mi-Murray,
d id Julia, wife of Cnarhs Howe.
'.Ir.. I low e died, J..n 12, i;'V.
i fiides hi.s widow ai.d daugntt-r,
Jennie, Mr. Iw is survived by
the fi rowing grand children;
Vera Howe Moen, io.ic; Ke'an
rae, kua City, low a: David
Charles llov.e. JIatLnd. 'ov.r.rnl
Adjournment fcr
a;i adoi U'd pand daughter, Ma
bel I Io a e huini.-.f. Sac i, it v, a.
M I . . . . i ,
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V,. A. K. I'osL tf liej.jii-.ei- untii;
th charter was sui rei.du-ed and
WORK PILING HIGH IN
OBEGOfllEGISUTUBE
Nlvlnt Mfctin-rs Pvnrt4 tho Incomes for the current year: or
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Soon; Molt of Major Measures I T " "" rmna, reach 8 Hute teacher in the high $cu,v
' ! Unfit Infn . iitMn,.i ..! t t 1 . . "
y, fo u Acted uFo, ; t;m; ;;;; -;yi:;::; iZ
., I Vm future. lAI,ce Mcntrtomcry who lias betn
The bfeettt pnrt of the tax hur.'.-n onfincd tf) Ii:-r home by influtrza.
!: s ben voted on the public by ihe J Mr and Mrs. S. C McMillan
voters themselves and cannot be d pr .d en Sunday kt For. land
rc:.ciKd by thn leKi'uluture. The re-! . ,. .,
wihtc mi. fl;c.'iiiian plans lore
main for some time in the hope of
regaining his health.
A largely atle.nJed dance was
given by the Lexington High Bas
ket Ball Teams in the Leach Me
morialiJall on Saturday evening.
The returns of this sccial ever t
will bt used by the Student Body.
Nev i Warner has bten confined
to her home by a severe attack cf
inf.ne: za.
Tht .nembers of the Lexington
CracU basket ball team held Hepp
ner to a score o( 4 -4 on Wtdnet.
day afternoon. However they were
defeated by the Rooks on Friday
evening. At the same time the
high school team won a decided
victory over Boardmsn bv defeat
ing them 23 -6 The boys who play-
eJ were: Kenneth Warner, Dale
Lane, Archie Munkers, Le welly n
bvans, and Emm-it Kuns.
Clark Davis departed on Sun
Jay for a short stay in Portland.
i expects to go to Salem before
returning.
A number of Lexington people
were business visiters in Hrppner,
Saturday. ,
A Sewing Cub has been organ
ized under the supervision of Mrs.
Frank Turner. Several of the girls
in school have joine l the club of
which Naomi McMillan is. Pres
ident, Grace Burchell Vice Pres.,
and Gladys Reany Secretary-Treas
urer.
VI rs. Earl Esktlson and daughter
Beaulah departed for Pendleton,
Monday, where Beaulah will be
treated by sn eye specialist.
A number of frirnJs gathered
at the home of il r. and Mrs. Rufus
Pieper; on Sunday, to make merry
in honor pf their recent marriage.
Mrs. Lester White is aciinc as
substituie teacher in the primary
room for Miss Vail, who is ill.
and providing additional state revenue.
Hut they are all taxes, and someone
muat pay and no one likes to do so.
The simple fact Is that the only way
to reduce taxes Is to spend less, but
v.e are living so high In our govern
mental functions as well as In our In
dividual tasks that It Is hard to ma
the necessary determined stand.
A new Woodward Fisher tunnel btll
and another water power bill came In
to the senate under the sponsorship
of the committee on railroads and
Utilities during the .past week.
The latest tunnel 1,111 differs from
the first offering on this subject
principally In that It creates a tunnel
tTS'in.zcd opposition has announced i commission which would supervise
bus marked Iho first four veeks ot the
Ufith legislative assembly. N'ot one j
major enactment has been paused by j
Urn lawmakers unless thu Rogue j
River closing bill may bn elevntpd to i
a pot Itlon of major lcpb.latlvo value. ;
f-'Ull undefeited and unpaged, the
I'oft of Portland bill stood at the
! ".id cf the scnat" calendar when the
upper I'ouho convene! for tho fifth
id k of the scHsinn.
I'.tr. back behind the Port of Tort
bind bill other potential battles are
b.oni n g up darkly as a bar to an early
cl'.ih.g of the 30th sesBlon. All of
te administration measures are po
t nl!;il l.-NU's. although tbux fur llttln
construction of the proposed Improve
ment Instead of reposing that respon
slbillty In the highway commission, to
which much objection was raised
against the first bill. The new bill
also takes the state out of the tunnel
financing scheme In that it does not
Itself either in house or senate.
Police Measure Opposed.
Tho ufate police meaeire, li.troduc-
d by Kenntor lM!y as an adminlstra
t'on bill, seems certain, however, to
develop a fight, as Secretary of State
Hoss already has announced his cp- ! " , iKwm9 ,n lDal " aoes not
i n-sition to it., nt.. s - .,. i rtMJu,nj lne Pnce t eai
... - t'..J, IVIU l itv
, prance, a little disturbed because the
forest patrol was not Included, may
rwlng tho balance for or ciialnHt the
i Tan.
Among tho bills passed by the sen
fto last week was one Introduced by
Senator Kiddle authorizing a refund
i f the motor vehicle fu.-ls tax on gaso
! li te not used on tho public highways.
This refund r.'fers particularly to the
1 cent gasoline tax law. Provision
previously was made for a refund un
Or the Scent gasoline tax act.
There also was ap; rov-d ly the sen
ate a bill Introduced by S.nator Craw-
on the tunnel bonds. Neither will the
signature of the governor or secre
tary of state appear on tbess securi
ties under the provisions of this meas
ure. The bonds are to be, retired by
the toll collected from the patrons.
Highway Commission States Position.
At a recent conference, the first In
which the highway commissioners
have sat since the convention of the
legislature was made plain the position
of the commission cn other measures
affecting the highway program aside
from Us attitude regarding the "short
route to the sea."
Senator Kiddle's bill providing for
f rd making It possible for
recused of a criminal offense to waive Peal of the one mill market road
w H an 1 ok i-i -v n,.i, I ..i-, f I l Sary ,rlaI- u " ai"KUtd that the ,ery came ln or much djscusslon, the
w - - ..' V 4 V.-4 iMIIV , ,.,, .... . , ,
i ......nifcc ui i nib mil wouiu reuuee lne
Free lunch in the basen c .! t ) iticct a;:ain at llv: call
of the thairn an af!er lunch.
( Siindwii'livV-i, c fi ie t :v:im ;itu1 cake
will Losm-cd in ll.c nt.
If you curt- to i'.vM'st in this
i l.-uj li.uil i) thecom
liiittco in tl.rc :
rumber of criminal trials and at the
riit.ie time conserve the funds of the
taxpayers.
Power Bill Favored.
Another Important bill that received
P.Ht No, l)f, Aiui'.-ican Lokii-h
IK-was an ln norary mombcr
iof Io .o L-jdjie No. V2v, A. F. & A.
V. ami of Locust Chapti-r O.K.
tlia.t SiXty-two year.-;, iio he'd the' f-'vorablo consideration provided that
filty J car jewel JirestiitL'tlly the! ,1,u"lclliaI connratlons shall bo re
(Ir.iad Lcile of Oregon. i ' rvcd from mn" a" application for a
I Vr. Lot was a man of Sterling
character and jarticuiarly lova
LI nature.
I.I.ny O!.;rvi.'on Pc.(
'I'be Culled SliUi's we;illicr lillivir.i
b.is .".!( siations where rher sia'.'j
lite oli-'erved dailv.
liiys iiriv( Atuvzi U:limi
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w4 to;---'; V '.( j ., -.A. if;
power permit with the federal power
lommlssinn. This bill wr.3 in'roduced
ly S tiittor Woodward, nnd had the
i:ii!cr.cmetit of Ccvcn.r Me This
MM. n u;-';;!nn!ly drafttd, applied only
t municipalities bavin,; a population
( f SniV'OO. An amendment made the
t ;o&:;uro appllcabl ti e.'l nr.": I. 'pal
i o.'puratlons.
VI-o senate also approved a bill by
fVnztor Dunne prohibiting the use of
t'Vonursni-lne, Imitation chei'se and
t hor Imitation dairy products In Btate
t h u:!s and state institutions. Whllo
author of the measure contending that
It was more a tax reduction proposi
tion than a road construction prob
lem. The tax problem In eastern Ore
gon, as over the sta'.e, was acute, be
printed out, and he contended that hU
bill was Intended as a means of re
ducing tha tax burden on real prop
erty by $1,123,000 a year.
Chairman Van Duzer silted that
while the Kiddle bill meant the re
tlui tlnn of the road con-itU'-tion i ro
pram ly ?1 123,ot,o a var. still he felt
that the problem presented by the
Kiddle bill was a legislative question
r:thcr than one for the highway com
mission to attempt to answer or give
advice about.
Ho pointed o:it that the highway
program was a long way from being
completed. He reminded the commit
tee that one of the big problems now
before the commission was the ro-
II- iaaRo of this bill wiil add ma- i " '"l Z ' I
toriimv in n, M. rut nce.,hek-s3, he said, it was a
v;
. .-:j:i".t ;'
t-Jt.
Major Arthur and Tohnnv Wintrrs. nmn.1
; f v w'uun, urn;?, oaaric minus in iroiit OI
thetr cars after completing a drive from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Extra sea cushions
brake and clutch pedal extensions were necessary to allow tho tiny men to drive the cars'
Winters is 24, wcigas CO poundc, and in 3 feet 6 inches tall. Arthuris 25, weighs 63 pounds'
and is 3 fee'; 7 inches in height. The Poi.tiac cars gave no trouble on .the run across the
continent, ard tho midcts often drove mere than 200 miles a day on the trio
teri:illy to the cost of operating soma
of tho state Institutions, It was favor
ed by virtually all state officials.
Trere nlso was paused In the somite
VK'lher bill by Senator Dunne requir
ing persons serving or using certa;!i
Ice cream, or aubstituien, so to label
tlu-lr product. Senator Dunne declar
ed that this bill was necessary to pro
tect tho legitimate Ice cream- m:uni
facturer nnd at tho same time Inform
tho public.
Tax Measures Now Appear.
Tax legislation, tho mos-t vital eco
nomic nnd governmental issue front
ing the whole people of the state
nnd this assembly, enmo formally b
foro the legislature for tho first time
early In the week when, in tho hall
of representatives, an open honrlnc
was held by tho tax committee to heat
arguments for nnd against the In
tangibles bills now resting in tho com
m it tee,
For the last ten days or so those
tax measures have boon sleeping. No
meet inns of tho committees hnro hern
hold since It was determined to let
Individual members father these most
Important Issues rather than for the
committees to sponsor them nnd send
them on their way to victory or de
feat. The problem, as It now Vests before
the legislature, has simmered Uowu
, matter for tho legislature to dcter
. mine whether it desired to constrict
; the highway program to help lighten
I the tax load on property, by repealing
the market road levy and thus reduc
ing the construction account ot the
highway commission by that amount.
State Should Share Losses.
I The state would bo forced to shnr .
j Its burden of losses duo to delinquent
I taxes under two bills Introduced in
J the house by Representative Sneil of
Cilliam, Sherman and Wheeler couti
J tics.
Under the present law It Is mant'a
j tory upon the county to turn over to
j tho state a ccrtnln fixed percenage of
j the tax levy ns the stae's shnro. This
j money is to be used for state purposes.
, In the event of any delinquent taxes
j the county must share any loss.
Reviewing tho legislative Jam that
has developed, many of tho veteran
members nro now predicting a long
session, extending some 10 to 15 days
i "eyond the regulation 40-day limit. In
i gauging the period that the luwmak
j ers have yet to go, all depends on
J whether tho controversial subjects of
liitlo moment can be shoved Into the
background and the big business b
1 plven right of way through commit
, tees and onto tho floors of the two
' housci for action. Tho prospects are
not particularly bright.
For Sale
Extra good cedar pests deliver
ed at your rsnch. 15 cer.is, or will
trade for turkey red wheat
AdJress, William Miller, Box 403,
lone, Oregon.
Women and 1UU
The subject of wonuii nnd their hats
la one that apparently never will be
cleared up to mere man. "My wife.'
said a well dressed attorney, "must
have a hnt complex. She calls me at
the ofilce and exclaims over a h:it.
It'a gorgeous. I want It so oiurli. T.mi
don't care If I ret It. do your sh
:t !:. and weakening, I give In. That
night right when I expect to see her in
fine spirits been use of the gorgeott
but, she Is depressed. Inquiry reveals
that on the way home she decided tt
wasn't the but for her. She won't take
It back and she won't wear it. I'll bet
there are 23 hats of hers ln our house
this minute, and to hear her talk she
hasn't a hat to her name. I can't un
derstand it." Detroit News.
"City ef Spire."
There are so many fine spire and
towers on the churches and palace In
Copenhagen that It has been descriln-1
as the "City of Spires." Although It
U no ancient city, Copenhagen Is now
modern In appearance. The earlier
boti-cs built of wood were destroyed
by lire in the Eighteenth ceutury and
have been replaced with brick and
stone buildings. Copenhagen Is notel
for Its beautiful parks nnd gardens,
unions which the most famous are the
Tlvoll gardens, IhIU out in 1&J3. At
night they are lighted with thousands
of fairy lights and the theaters, res
taurants, concert nnd dunce hnlls In
It olTer countless nt tractions. Indeed.
one could easily call it "Denmurk's
Fairyland."
Old Maichuetli Church
Uinghiim, Mass., possesses an ex
traordinary number of old buildings,
but the Old Ship church Is by fur the
most Interesting of them all, says an
article In the lioston Tost. It la not
un exaggeration to any that It ranks,
without any qualifications, among the
fev most Interesting historic buildings
In the country. It vn9 built In 10SI.
the second church In the town. It has
been enlarged twice, but the original
building Is still there. Competent nu
thoritles say that It Is "the oldest
house for public worship In the United
States which stands upon Its original
site nnd continues to be used for the
purpose for which la wu erected."