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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.