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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1931)
- r - IONE. OKF.CON frlday, Feb. 26, 19151 Personal Mention Colo Smith motored to Portland Saturday and on tho n;turn trip was accompanied by hm daughter, Mildred, who came lipme for the week-end. MIm Smith is a stu dont at llthnkc-Walkcr buHincHS College. Also uceomj anying Mr. Smith were Olive Level, r ranch Crooknand Mary Ilealy, all friends of th 5 Smith family. Mr. and Mr. Smith took their guests to Port land on Monday. Mr. and Mrtt. U'onard LarHen returned, Sunday, from a pleat ant visit with relatives in central Oregon. They were accompanied by Mrs. Larson's uncle, Fred Monroe, whose homr is in Penn nylvania, and by her two brothers Guy Monroe from California and Uaymonb Monroe from Madras. Mrs. Saran Piggott hos receiv ed information of her brother, W. Perkins of Roy, Wash. Mr. Perkins is survived by a brother, J. A. Perkins of Roy, by bis Bister, Mrs. Piggott of this place and another Bister whom !j'.W.MwWi,w.M..i'h,w..i' urn." mum muni"!. , - hh m. mr: it-i, , , v.-, .v A. II. Patterson, Stockton, Calif., Oakland and Pontine dealer, drove a Pontiac Sedan from Stockton to the site of the great Douldcr Dnm and return, and proved that the t-V :v.:rcly n week-end jaunt. The photographs show the Pontiac car at the boat landing in th? canyon xtl the Colorado. Another view 6hows the towering walls of the canyon whero tho dam will be built. A huge desert tree is 6hown in one of the other photos. One of the other views shows the canyon walls and the muddy river, with the funnel of the boat in the fore ground. The dam will be one of the highest in the world. The Pontiac made tha H76-miU run to the dam cite and back without trouble, and in high gear all the way. they have not been able to locate. Mr. and Mrs. Mollis Bull expect to leave this week for Wallowa whero Mr. Hull will conduct a feed store for Kcrr-Gifford. Mr. n n fl M rti Hull h n v m i A n i ht I r h,me in Lexington but Mr. Hull has transacted much business in I ne for his company. Week-end quests in the Helen Parrcns and Plain Hlackwell homes on Second Stree t were Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Colvin and son of Portland,, Genevieve Farrens who is attending school in Port- .and, Mrs. Mary Calandra of Hood River and hr. and Mrs. A. C. Ford and son of Pendleton. Mrs. Curl Hergstron is enjoying a visit with her ju rats, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson ;.uJ a broucrfrom Portland. Mrs. Harry Kcod and Vis. Dor othy Sparks oi port Ian J visii d recently with their sister, Mrs. Henry Clark. Mrs. Sparks two pons were also here. CUtxt cf I'aint'n-i I'lrturea ilinlliiK wlili ewrydny llf(. ftfw known oi fine, in dlstliiL-ulslied from historic, heroic, romantic or lilcul "TWO DAYS ! TO MARRY" ! Good Minstral Part j At Arlington Theater SATURDAY EVENING March 7, At 8:00 o'clock DANCE AFTERWARDS Music by Slim's Full House Admission: 15 & 35 ct. Boulder Dam Sile Easy Jaunt CLEAN-UP TIME The annual clean up potloda established by the lone City Coun cil terminal the 1 1th day of March. The committee Health & Police have made a tour of Inspec tion and have made a list of fire hazards, rubbish accumulations and diso det ly premises, which list has been placed in the hands of tbe Marshal w.tb Instruction to conferw.il. the property owners effected. CARD OF THANKS We are very graceful to all the ! neighbors and friends for their tx- presrions of sympathy in our be- reavment. for their kindly assist- anceln the death and burial of our husband and father, Clinnton A Low, and for the many beautiful floral offcrinjis. Mrs. Margaret Ixw Mr. and Mn. La ;ton Mciiurray Vera Moon Posts For Sale Extra jrood cedar pot ts deliver ed at jour ni i li. Pi Jents, or will trade for 'iurkey Ked wheat. Address, F. II. Miller, Pox m. lone Ore. SIXTH WEEK FINDS OREGON SESSION BUSY Cov. Meier Signs Port and Rogue 1 River Fith Measures; Excisa Tax Increase Agreed On. J Many Important Mtaturss Yet to be Considered Business Far Behind i Would Reduce Offleere' Mileage Fee Approprlatlone Requested In some Tax May Increase. Hul"m, Ore. - Five weeka bare i punted and thin w.-k nd th hc1 ; tiled 40 day kahkIoii, but every I ml lea- 1 Hun point to I Iiu lawmaker! holding over until next week and poHKlbly the following we'k. TIiIukh began moving a II tl faMcr Ihln wt'tk aa the li?lKliilora r''lvo im cninpfnaallon (or Urn ncrvpd aft-r r kuIht 40 loy "HHlon A lolal or 001 billx lu'l li rn Intro ilincil in (!io li'Kli-latiirc al Mm end of lli: fifth wnek. Of tliln number 32 wurn IntrofliK-nrt In ih boua and 2C7 in th iiate. Forty billa hive b;en h ( k n f c) by the xovcrnor. Of (bea 14 ari Iiouhm bllla and 26 senate btlla. Twenty one other hll not yet alined hnva pnaaed both hou:ie. A total of 84 bllla have been kill1 either by withdrawal. Indefinite pout pnnement or defeat. The bill cloaliiK the Rogue river to commercial flahint; haa beeomo a law, leavlnj Ita opponenta the opp(rtunlty to Invoke the referendum If they care. The Fort of Portland bill, too. has rmdved the executive alpnature, which namea Kenneth Dawaon. Mill man Lueddemann, Harry L. Corbett and Rufua C. Ilolman aa port rommta-.-non era und making future aetectlona elective by the people of the port district. Hut all the remaining prom ising children of the acnate and house mill tie whimpering In thetr awed filing clothed. Many Major Bllla Unflniahad. Among the meaauree yet to be con aldered. but which may be regarded an major Iwtuen, are: The three pow er meafturea, the public utilities com missioner act, the bydro-electrlc com mUaioD bill and the grange power dis trict bill, the 70-ear train bill, the Tualatin tunnel bill, refund of the In tangible tax, re-enactment of the In tangibles tax, a retroactive intangibles t i. curl on the powers of the emer gnry board, a department of agricul ture, the creation of a state police department, free textbooks, banking legislation, prohibition of taxes for Mate purpose on real property, to bacco tax or sales tax of other kind to reduce state deficit, reorganization of the game commission, grouping of department funds, repeal of the l-mlll market road tax, pinroprlatlnns to state Institutions, liable science bill, substitution of the provisions of the Volstead act for Oregon's prohibition l.:w and police and firemen's pensions. 'Tower," taxea and appropriations are accepted by common consent to be the major subjects before the legis lature at this time. From the fore going survey It will be seen that none of this baa come to final action. It would be a human Impossibility to give these subjects the careful consid eration they deserve In the remaining t'ays of the normal 40 day period and nt the same time attend to sweep ing rut the accumulated chaff of the hession. Business Far Behind. When It Is considered that In this ninsH of business are burled all the big legislation of the session, those measures which breed dr!nto and con tention, upon which each individual cf tho 90 In the senate and house must rxprcsa their sentiments and explain their votes, some Idea of tho ava l:ndio of oratory and the needed time to listen to It can be obtained. Coming up in the senate Is the free' text book bill passed by the house dur ing the latter days of Inst week. In the house, the old nge pension prob lem will ohtrude Itself again. The bouse killed the pension bill the other day, while tho senate passed a reso lution providing for a committee of three, appointed by tho governor, to make a study of old Rge pension and .unemployment relief during the com Ing two years, and report Its findings to the next legislature In 1933. While the houne turned down old age pensions, It turned rlpht around and passed the firemen and policemen pension bill. , State officials and state employes who In the past have collected rs much na 10 cents a mile for tho opera tion of their privately-owned automo biles on official business will have to he content with the collection of not to exceed six cents a mile, under the provisions of a bill approved by the senate recently. To Reduce Mileage Fee. The measure was Introduced by the Joint ways and means committee after reports had been received showing that the cost of operating these privately-owned cars on state business ranged from three to ten cents a mile Senator Johnson said the proposed law would save the state in excess of 15,000 annually. Tbe senate defeated a bill Intro duced by Senator Hsber authorizing Incorporated towns and cities to levy a tax of two mills for the support of a municipal band. Fifteen senators voted against this measure. The senate passed a bill Introduced by tbe Judiciary committee making It necessary for operators of aircraft v.lio use the shore of Ihp ocean as a landing field to obtain a permit from ll.j ii a to highway department Confronted at the outset of the ses l(,n with a budget which was approxi mately $750,000 oft balance on the "red" aide of the ledger, the legisla tive ways and means committee now lias before It for consideration special appropriations covering requests for state funds not Included In the regu lar budget aggregating more than t too.ooo. Tlila figure does not take Into con sideration tbe bill for a reund of tbe Intangibles taxes collected under the VM act, amounting to tH4H.3S, which Is another problem. Appropriations Rsqutstsd. The largest single request for new expenditures is contained In a sen ate bill appropriating f 100,000 for building at Cbampocg park in coopera tlon with federal funds. Four cities La Grande, Klamath Falls, Astoria and fit. Helens are ask Ing for new armories at 40,000 each, or a total of $160,000. Another important part of tbe leg islation facing the legislature before It adjourns, is tbe tax program, which tentatively was atarted on Its wa the first of this week. A plan which would wipe out vir tually the entire state tax on real property in 1932 and reduce it to neg ligible proportions In years thereafter haa been approved by the taiaUon committees of the senate and house and will furnish the meat for a lot of oratory before the essslon ends. The plan provides. In brief, for the re-enactment of the lntanglbler tax, first payable In ril on 1930 Incomes, and the Increasing of the rates on excise and Intangibles taxes from S to 8 per cent and tbe adding of three more brackets to the present Income tax scale, which now la graduated for 1 to 5 per cent, according to the size of the Income. Real Estate Would Benefit The practical effect of the plan would t to increase the revenoes from theae other sources and, under tbe terms of the laws establishing the taxes for the purpose of relieving property, wipe out the property levy for 1932. It is estimated by members of the committees that Increased collections under the new schedules from excise. Intangibles and Income taxes would amount to $4,470,000 as against the prospective property tax levy of $4, 423.240 if the intangibles tax ts not re-enacted and the rates on it and tbe excise and Income taxes Increased. The plan, It waa suggested, could be modified by lowering the proposed rate Increases to accomplish any de gree of property tax relief desired by the legislature. The estimated receipts from the ex cise tax In 1932 under the S per cent schedule would be $700,000, according to the committee's calculations, while under the 8 per cent schedule the amount would be Increased to f 1.1 20. 000. Mi st of the Increase would fall on tha b.'.nlvg and financial Institu tions, It was said, since manufactur ing and other business corporations generally have property taxes to pay. Thus any increase in their excise tax would be offset by a corresponding de crease In their property tax. May Increase Income Tax. The committee estimates that the Income tax on Its present scale of 1 to 5 per cent, starting wih incomes of $2500 and increasing from 1 per cent for each thousand dollars up to 5 per cent, would yield $1,000,000. By adding three more brackets up to 8 per cent, it is figured to yield $1, 230.000. Members of tho committee pointed out that of 30 states having Intan gibles taxes only two have lower rates than Oregon and that the aver rge rate Is about 9 per cent. Under the sponsorship of the Jolut ways and means committee tho to bncco tax. bill arrived in the house and was Introduced as house bilt No. 313. The bill calls for a tax of 10 pet cent on all tobaccos In any form and must be paid by the wholesaler. It la expected that the tux would bring $7.ri0.000 into the general fund. Lower interest charges on delin quent taxea were voted by the house recently, the reduction being urged for the relief of property taxpayers In financial difficulties. Undor the present law, delinquent taxes carry a penalty of 2 per cent and an Interest charge of 1 per cent a month. The revision bill, sponsored by Representatives Andrews, Manning and Molt, eliminates the penalty of 2 per cent and reduces the Interest to two-thirds of 1 per cent a month. On the yearly basis, the Interest on de linquent taxes la reduced from 13 to 8 per cent. Lexington News Mm AMABEL STRODTMAN Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Strodtrnan, accompanied by Miss Helfn Fal coner Ralph Phillips wore busi ness visitors in Pendleton an Sat urday. J. E. Gedtry and family were also in that city in t!sesanc bay. Wlcr and rarl MeKinney of Moro ar visitors at the A. C. Lut trell home on Willow Creek. At a large public Grange dance on Saturday evening-, a short pro gram was given. Included in this entertainment wer9 piano solos by Mrs. J. O. Turner, ; vocal solo, Harvey Miller; recitation, Lester Wilcox and a ski. presented by a number of Grange ladies. Mrs. Karl Miller was Penlope; Misi Helen Falconer, Aunt 'ary; Hel en Wells, Aunt Martha and Ruth Dinges, Bridget There was also community singing. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Munkers returned the last of the week from Portland where they have spent the winter. Lloyd Wright is again seen on the streets of Lexington after oeveral weeks illness which con fined him to his home. Mr. and Mrs. W, F. Barnett lr. and Mrs. 0. J. Cox and Mrs. Sarah White were among the Lexington people who attended Christian Church services in Hepp ner on Sunday. J. B. Blaze, of Patterson, Wash, is visiting at the home of his danghter, Mrs. W. L Blakely in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Lester White attended the annuai Wasoington's Day Ball at the Elks Temple on Satur day evening. Miss Tillie Nelson, a student in Lexington school received a bro ken arm, Saturday, at the H. O. Bauman home. She was descend ing thh stairs when the unfortu nate accident occur: ed. Jim Wren, who sold his resi dence property near the Farmers' Warehouse to Fred Kuns has mov ed to Hepbher where he will be mploeyed on the James Monahon ranch. Ed Cummings has taken over the Transfer Company formerly owned by Fred Kuns. Mr. and Mrs. Mele Miller are the proud parents of a daughter born at the Heppner Hosbital on the 13d of February. At the Washington program given in the school building on Mondaytmorning a skit was given by the American History class. Amabel Strodtm m took the part of the Seeress; Neva Warner of Queen Isabella of Spain; Ruth Dinges, Hhlen of Troy; Fay Gray, Priscilla; Ruth Luttrell, Pocahon tas; James Valentine, Paul Revere Emmett Kuns, Sir Walter Raleigh; Archie junkers, Rip Van Winkle; Kenneth Warner, George Wash ington and Maurice Reany, Offi cers. There were also songs and recitations by f upils in the grades. Social Events Mr. nd Mrs. George E. Ttck er entertained a party cf frient's, Saturday evening, honoring thtir house guesis. Mr. and Mrs. Em nvit Tucker, of Moro. Court Whist was the d version of the evening. Refreshments of fruit salad angel cak1 ard coffee were served I fuse presnet b sidis the host and hcsles and the honor guests, were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Victor C Pet srson Mr andYrs. RoyE. Brown, Mr. and Mrs Hatlan McCurdy, Miss IblJegurde Williams. Miss Geneva Peiky, Miss Dolores Lev ens, Mns Maude Knight. Miss Fiorenee Emmons, L. N. Riggs. High scores were made ty Mr.. Brown and George Tucker, Itw by Miss Knight Workmen's "PIac" The IVnp'.c's palace Is an Institution at Mile Knd, London, established to furnish facilities for education and recreation to the people of east London.
