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CTB gP U O S T O y HBBALP. g P O P W O B , OBBGOY. Uncle Sam and Hit Nephews, the Slates, Published every Thursday at H«r. maton, Umatilla County. Oregon by Joseph 8. Harvey, editor and man ager. Are Collecting Over a Billion Dollars in Yearly Tolls on Motor Vehicles and Fuel Entered an eeeond ciana matter Deeember, 190», at the poetotflce at Hermiston. Umatilla County, Oregon. Moro Than Moots the Nation's Billion D ollar Highway Building Bill— Thomas H . MacDonald, Chief of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, Tolls Striking Details. Subzcription Kates By juogoM C. w k l l iv e r D ee Tear ---------------- ----------- »2 os A m erica has reverted to th e ancient system o f collecting • “ M on th s..................... .............. |i.o s to lls w h erew ith to build and m aintain highw ays. (Payable in Advance) In 1925 th ese to lls am ounted to $ J , 0 9 4 ,000,000, collected ■ ■ i ■ in i IS TTTT. PENDULUM SWINGING through m otor licenses, gasolin e taxes, property, corporation, *ncom e production and other ta x e s on autom obiles, autom obile m anufactures, the petroleum industry, etc. BACK! In the sam e year $ 1 ,003,000,000 w as spent on rural roads, j It took near a century to build $ 20,000,000,000 worth of rail Some remarks that may prove very roads. A h igh w ay system costing th a t much w ill be created in sign ifican t to the agricultural dis- t w e n t y ANNOUNCEMENT The new proprietors of R. Alexander & Co. wish to announce to the people of Hermiston and the project their intention to continue the busi ness of this pioneer firm on the same basis of Quality, Service and Reliable Business Methods that has marked the career of this concern for the past forty years. We hope to merit your patronage and trust that we may share the confidence and good will enjoyed by our predecessor. Pr e , e n t r* t e - R. ALEXANDER & CO. These are some of tbs high points •24 miles, were to be Included In the presented by Thomas H. MacDonald. national system, eligible for Federal Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, j **d- Nearly every mile of that 2.866,- “ . - Department of . . Agrlcultnre. in a n . ' l>- o ji waa a candidate for designation as a Federal highway. But In the end tervlew on highway development - The , qulpment t„ „ . ontlnea, the system was laid out as a truly na w)eh modarn rold, haa rth, moa, tlonal one. “When the map was published It amazing provision of a public utility that any community ever accom- showed nearly the 200,000 miles o( pUshed in a similar period.” said Mr. designated routes. Since then 46,485 “C arrying Coal»“ Ji*£l,2nal£' “Historians say the miles of these roads have been Im Newcastle Is a center of the British Roman Empire was held together by proved, nearly 13.000 more are under Its highway system. radiating from construction, and over 2.000 have been coal trade, and a great port for the Rom, th, ProTlncM. But America approved for early beginning of work. shipping of it. To "carry coals to New has converted a continent Into a In addition to that many states have castle" Is a waste of labor, a futile, or built, without Federal aid. extensive unnecessary effort to supply a need al neighborhood within a few years, “This accomplishment really repre- sections which are Included within ready well supplied. The phrase Is of 48n‘8 inauguration of a new sye- this national system. In fact, these Seventeenth century origin, or perhaps state contributions aggregate 55,000 older. But similar proverbs exist In of J «J*«8* | and excises levied against particular miles, so that approximately two- many languages. There Is one In w ill sag. privileges or classes of property, the thlrds of the 200,000 mile national French about "carrying water to the •■Personally,” said this man, ”1. am proceeds being dedicated to highway highway system has already been lm- river.” Ancient Greece has one about proved. anticipating a return of both c a p i-: development. taking owls to Athens—Athenian coins being stamped with the o w l; and an tai and men to agricultural pursuits. ‘T or 1925 state taxes on gasoline Uncle Sam as Read Supervisor Industry and cities have had a big aggregated »143.000,000. Add to that “Along with all of this, there Is the Oriental poet speaks of “Importing M OUND TM IF TO influx of both men and money dur- »263.600.000 for automobile reglstra- Federal supervision over construction pepper into Hindustan." $67 20 R , ... . . . . . tlon and licenses; »150.000.000 aa and maintenance. When Uncle Sam D E N V E R ............... U Ing the past few yearn when farming property taxes on the 20.000.000 auto- O M A H A ................... 70-35 helps build a road he reserves au - 7OJ5 h-j KA N SA S C IT Y . . . Statesm an’! V iew has not generally been profitable. mob|les; »143,430,709 as the Federal thority to require Its proper main Ol D E S M O IN E S........• 7 6 3 0 Poetry at Its best Is easily Intel fri ST . L O U IS. . . . . . . . . 80 35 Industry can utilize just ho many excise tax on automobiles, parts and tenance. Then there Is the business I.) C H IC A G O ............... . 85.05 fri M men and ho much money until its iccessorles for 1925; »60,000,007 to of uniform marking along highways, ligible. touching the finest chords of P] D ETR O IT ............. 104 67 i C I N C I N N A T I .... 105.15 k needs have been met. It seems t o , represent wheelage taxes, special which makes It possible for motorists taste and feeling, but never striving C L E V E L A N D ........ 107.61 j T O R O N T O ............. 112^50 me that the saturation point In the ,8»88 <Mollne <” and lines to drive thousands of miles on a des at effect. This Is the highest merit fr M A TLANTA ............. 116.40 . . . . , i collected from motor drivers. The ignated route whose markings be In every department of literature, and ßb P IT T S B U R G .......... 11831 movement has been reached, possl-| a ppr„xlm» i.ly In poetry It Is well called Inspiration. W A S H IN G T O N ... 140.61 come so familiar that after a few bly passed, and that the tendency 930,709. Rí ..- P H IL A D E L P H IA . 143.97 Surprise, conceit, strange combina miles he need not ask directions. N m ' v / Y O R K ......... 146.45 fr? tions of Imagery and expression, may In the near future will be to see bet- Naarly » ,(10o,ooo,000 Yearly Telia M B O S T O N ................. 1 52J1 H “Finally Federal participation has ter profits In farming with the r e -, "But these figures do not Include made possible a great number of he successfully managed, but It is suit that men and money w ill be In- income and corporation taxes derived bridges at strategic points. Some of merit of an Inferior kind. The beau terested In the farm.” from the motor car business. Nor do these have been needed for years, yet tiful. pathetic and sublime are always "in effect to SeptciriherK they Include state, local, production, state and local authorities have been simple and natural, and marked by a corporation or income taxes of the unable to provide them, partly be certain serene unconsciousness of ef Return lim it t,Octri>er31J9?6 i Cfaim« to Have Found petroleum Industry. Yet that Indus cause of the cost, partly because of fort.—Edward Everett. competition between routes. When a L ift in Meteorites try has a capitalisation of about stream separates two counties, or two T H E E A S T IN V IT E S Y O U A startling discovery by two French 89,000.000,000. A modest estimate tor Stars in tho F lag scientists. Messieurs Uallppe and Souf- President Taft, by executive order, and th e U n ion P acific m akes your fiend, may have even more startling journey economical by low round-trip provided on October 28, 1912, for the GASOLINE TAXES BY STATES excursion forts to all important points results if their Investlgutlons are pur- arrangement of our flag’s stars and O a « Tax Qaa T a x in th e E ast, Middle West and South. aued. They submitted a number of par Qal. C o h a c tto n a S ta tss S ta tes p er G al. C o lle c tio n s for a means to tlielr Identlflcntion by 1»25 1>2S 1025 1925 LIBZAAf. 3TOPOVKR PBtVILEOBS meteorites to microscopic research the stares they represent. The star» A la. 1 1,14». M l S N fL 2 2 700.000 and assert that In some of the sped enable you to v is it the b ig eastern A rk . s .M s .m are arranged In six horizontal rows N J 4 N ona A r il. «1Z27S 9 3 N M ax. 287,356 cities or A m erica’s greatest wonder mens they found life germs which of eight sturs each. Beginning with C al. u .m .s a i 1 N. Y N ona lands showed definite signs of vltnllty and 1.SM.5J1 C ol. the upper left corner, and following 3 N. & i 6,272,094 1.908.SM C on n . 1 N D. «57.202 1 development when placed In culture Zion N ation al Park each row from left to right, the stars >50.540 Del. 3 »,129.115 O h io 2 tubes. Y cliox-ston e N ation al P ark 7,024,304 Kla. represent the states In the order In 4 O k ia. 2 5.143,517 4.411,414 O a. 4 Ora. a 2.886.532 R ooky A) - » ‘attain N ation al P ark The late Lord Kelvin once put for which they ratified the Constitution or 1 Id a h o 419.113 Panna. 10,200.000 1 ward the theory- that the origin of all reached via the scenic and historic lit. N ona were admitted to statehood. R. I. 196,684 1 Ind. 4.799.441 • a. C. 3,195,756 6 Union Pacific. D cLuxetrains. Superior life on the earth was due to germs Io w a 2,215.404 3 8 D. 2 1.993.112 service. Descriptive booklet on request. brought here from other plnuets by K an . 3 1,474.994 T«nn. 1 2,193,453 The Bell system handles over 50,- 2,040,000 K y. T«Xa 1 2,744.007 » meteorites. Few scientists agreed L a . U ta h 3 1.449.541 975.558 »% 000,000 telephone connections dally. with this daring surmise, the chief oh- Ma. V t. 1.000,00« 519,205 1 9 Md. 1.022.945 1 V s. 2.515.876 1 Jectlon being tiiat no form of life M um . W anh. N on« 2.000,000 1 M inn. w V a. could survive the Intense cold In spnce 9.441.949 2 2,155,790 ttt THREE ACRES OF DISHES W lx. M ich. » 000.000 1 2,447 234 1 or the devitalizing effect of the “ultra MI m . W yo. 1.439.481 2 480.971 1 Mo. violet” rays projected by the stars. 4 .m .2 r to D i.U o f Co. 3 1 787.65« V A C A T I O N ROUTE M nnu 735,000 I Since then It has been proved that (Continued From Page One) t. 200,000 I FOR IN?ORMAT«ON ANP R5ZZRVA. Total »142,937,749 N er. 4 2 1 I.2 K seeds and certain germs will survive TIOM CC ON OR WTUTg temperatures hh low aa 2.70 degrees be F. C. Woughter, pie la not uncommon. One Montana low the Centlgrude zero. The “ultra these, added to the preceding figures, states, it Is often Impossible to get woman, by wearing a pedometer be Agent, violet” ray objection Is uow being In makes a total of »1,094,930,709, which them to agree where to build or how Hermiston, vestigated. Some experts declare that Is considerably more than the entire to divide the cost of a bridge. In fore and after her kitchen wag re amount spent on country roads. such cases the Federal authority has Oregon. modeled, found that she saved 1H germs embedded In meteors are effec "You observe that I have not In repeatedly mediated differences and miles of w alking each day in doing tively protected from the ruya. cluded the government’s expenditures secured construction. Let me men her regular kitchen tasks; by more As administrator of the estate of of nearly »100,000,000 In Federal aid tion some Instances. convenient grouping she also sav Thomas William Peters, deceased. to road building. In the eight years “Missouri has been a state for over Mayan Civilization from 191» to 1926 Inclusive, the Gov a century Divided east and west by ed one and one-half hours of time Raley, Raley & Stelwer and H. J. My at tr y of Hiatory ernment has contributed »460,000,000 the Missouri river, communication be dally. 1 Warner, Attorneys for Administra The great mystery of the Mayan to help the states build roads. That tween the two sections has been lim In future extension program's at tor, 44-5tc civilisation Is that of Its calendar. Aa ‘s considerably leas than half of what ited, to the state’s disadvantage. Four tention w ill be given to tw o m ajor’ early os 300 A. D. and possibly much the country spent on roads in either bridges across the river were required problems of home management— t h e ' earlier, the MHya had developed 11 1924 or 192». Moreover, In the same In the national highway program, and use of the housew ife’s tim e and en- j NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR’S method of reckoning time which Is night years, while the Ooverameat Federal co-operation with the state of ergy and the management of Incom e1 ____ SALE ____ was distributing that »4*0,000.000 to Missouri has made them possible quite as accurate as our own. The nnd material resources. “The dom- ® THE COUNTY C0URX..QF THE the states. It collected »373,000.000 In Two are completed, the others are un problem of adjusting the length of the STATE OF OREGON FOR year to the uneven number of days Internal revenue taxes on motor care, der constructL.n The four will cost Inant Idea in the home management^ Other hun s little more than »2.000,000, the Fed program,’’ says the United States UMATILLA COUNTY which It contains had been solved. parts and accessories. The complete Maya calendar la cap dreds of millions were oollected In In ersl contribution being nearly »1,000,- Department of Agriculture, “ is to the Matter of the Estate able of fixing any given date exactly come and corporation taxes from mo 000 encourage farm fam ilies to make the of Getting Bridges Constructed and uniquely In a period of over .7,000,- tor car manufacturers and dealers. most of what they have; the stlm u- Susan A. W hite, deceased, 000 years, says K. E. Free In the Thus It appears that Federal con "Another bridge that has a peculiar tribution to roads as compared to the Importance, both locally and nation latlon of Interest In the constant Notice Is hereby given that the Forum. This calendar nnd the niHsa of as contribution of people who make and ally, has been needed for generations Improvement of the farm home and undersigned as administrator with use the cart and the gasoline has across Raritan bay, New Jersey. It Is making possible sufficient leisure for w ill annexed of the estate of Susan tronomical knowledge which must lie been decidedly modest one of the links in the chain of com recreation. Intellectual development A. W hite, deceased, and pursuant to back of It, appeared In Central Amer But, while Federal contribution Is ica suddenly. No history has been only about 10 per cent of highway ex munlcatlon between Now York city ________ - an order of the above entitled court | the country at large. In 1924 traced for Its origins. One century It pense, It has accomplished results al and New Jersey had acme »700.000 of Fed I NOTICE TO CREDITORS 1 n V “” °1 Is not there; the next century It Is together out of proportion to Its ersl aid allotted to her roads and In ' Notlr hprehv , ha. th. ?Une’ 1926’ wl11 se" ,or cash ln hand there. Rome experts believe that the amount. First, It was an Incentive to 1926 over »1.000.000. So the state ” hereby given that the |„ one parcel at private sale upon Maya culture was Imported, possibly the States. Ttu Government required agreed that this Raritan bridge should Un'lel!, Kned hail been BPP°ln ted ad-: sealed bids at the First N ational from India or from Egypt. Others be 1 them to Invest as much as It con lieve that It originated In America, at irlhuted Then the Government takes be built, coating about »4.000,000 »ilnlstrntor of the eetate of Jannie Bank in Hermiston, Oregon, subject Federal funds made up about one- Sfnn. deceased, in the County Court to confirmation by the above entitled sites not yet discovered, or that Its part In a general supervision of con relics, being perishable, have disap siructlon and a share In determining third of the zmouDt The bridge, over in the State of Oregon, for Umatilla court, all the follow ing described l0U<‘ *’ D° W near*5' i Coun‘y- AI1 P is o n s having claims lands located In Umatilla County peered. | routes. So we have built roads oa completed*1 # ! better standards, and have got them “Such Illustrations might be multi- i :‘sa,nst ,he aa,d e8ta,e' ,r e hereb* r®- Oregon, and all belonging to eaid es- ' organised Into a truly national sye plled Indefinitely. National participa- Iqulred ,0 pre8ent 8Uch c'8lm8 d>»1Y tate, as follows: tem Instead of (orty-atght state sya Land of Fighting Men tlon has repeatedly made possible the »»ritod. "“d w ith proper vouchers East half ( E H ) of th e W est half Poole, In Dorset, was a grant home terns. accompllshmnnt of vitally Important j attached, to the undersigned at the (W H ) of Section 30; the East half Unifying the Road System of fighting men In Hnclent days. The highway development." , office of Raley. Raley » Stelwer In ( E H ) Northwert Quarter (N W U ) “Some day It will be realized that native product found continuous ad- 1>,r0' ,he An,<’r,ran N ational Bank Build- Section 31; and a strip of land con- venture around the Irregular Isle of this was the most valuable contrlbu Pendl8,on- Oregon, within six talning 7H acres off the north end Parbee, while the castle of Itrnnksea tlon. Driving from Boston to Naw firtt Imposed In l»l»*h¡ Oregon ’ h has now been adopted by all the nlon,h!' from date of th is notice, the of the East half ( E l i ) of the York, a man may pass through four was an Inspiration to romantic youth, states. Every one might have a states except New York, Illinois, New •"anle being dated and published the Southwest Quarter (SW *4) Section aaya the London (hilly Chronicle. Such environment produced fellows «plendld highway system; but Ifthsaa Jersey and Massachusetts. The ten í,r8t Ume this 8th day of July, 192«. 31, Deecrlbed as commencing at the like "Arrlpay’’ or Harry P a g e , who, did not articulate at the state lines dency has been continually to In The First National Bank of Pendleton center stake of said Section 31, crease the rate of tax per gallon. As about 144X1, kept the seas against the trip would be almost Impossible As administrator of the estate of thence South 18 rods, thence west 80 France and Spain, nnd knew more Thanks to the systematisation under late as 1921 gasolias taxes for the en Jannie Senn. Deceased. I rods, thence north 13 rods, thence Federal Influence, country roads are tire country were only about 35.000, about buccaneers amt smugglers than Raley. Raley & Stelwer and H. J. east 80 rods to the place of begin- as superior to stats boundary Hass aa •00 In 1922. »12,000.000; In 1923. at any nian of that time. And there was Warner, Attorneys for Adminls- nlng, all In Township 4, N., R. 39 most »37.000.000; In 1924, »79,000,000 William Thompson, who, with a man ara railroads. "The Federal highway act of 1931 and In 1925. »142.937.749 trator. 44-5tc E. W. M.: and a lad, captura,! a French priva With good prospects that the “gas" 'and that said administrator w ill ra- teer, In KWfi, the enemy fortunately required that a complete aatlon-rwach being struck speechless with surprise. Ing system of roads ba designated tax will be adopted soon by states celve bids for said land from and within two years, as the roads to which do not have It now and with NOTICE TO CREDITORS after Monday, the 9th day of A ug- which Uncle Sam would give assist the gallonage rates being Increased In Notice Is hereby given that th* uat, 1926. and w ill sell the land to ance. It wae found that there were other ststaa. It Is calculated that ihli T ribute to the F o r t t u x alone'will soon raise »»'o'»oo.o«9 ’"’d*'rs,*;ne‘l h88 be«n »PPolntod ad- the highest bidder for cash, pro- 2.8M.0<l miles of highway la the Oh horse, you are s wonderful thing; mlnlstrator of the estate of Thomas vlded Md j, „ tia fn eio ry to the a year, quits possibly during 1926. no buttons to push; no horns «0 honk; 1 oouatry. Of these 7 par east, or 30«. \\ llllam Peters, deceased. In the Judge of the above entitled court. yon start yourself; no dutch to »tip; | C om ty Court of the State of Oregon Tht, notice Is published four con- BO spark to m iss; no gears to strip; ' no license buying every yeer with tVhere She fOT Umatilla County. All persons secutlve weeks In the Hermiston N o rth and Sosrth oa M t . platee to screw on front and rear;| "Am I the only woman you ever ¡’V ’"* Herald’ a ne''’ pa'><>r ° f K8neral c,r- In geogrsidilcal drawing, the north no gas Mila climbing up each day ; la alwaye drawn as being np and the lovedl" ara hereby requested to present culatlon, published In Hermiston, stealing the Joy of life sw ay; no speed eouth down. It Is a pre c-tlra eel sh "Oh. no." he answered, promptly; ” “'h cla,n”' du,Jr ’ •«’Hied, and w ith Umatilla County. Oregon, and by cope chugging In your rear, yelling ushed merely hy long custom. No proper vouchers attached, to the un- posting the t a n , notice in three pub- summon« in your ear. Your Inner scientific principle or orientation “you are the sixth, "The sixth!" she exclaimed, snd- derslgned at the office of Raley. n c places in said County and State. tubes are all O. K.. and. thank the make« this arrangement essential Lord, they sts y that way. Your spark The majority of early geographers ilenty relieving his shoulder of the Raley A Stelwer, In the American all In the manner and form as by National Bank Building. Pendleton, law provided. plugs never miss ami fuss; your motor adopted this scheme and It was found weight of her head. "7’es," he said, coldly, "there were Oregon, within six months from date makes us cuss Your frame Is convenient for those who came Infer Dated this 8th day of July, 192«. j for many a mile; your body to follow It. A few old maps have five before you—my mother, an aunt, of this notice, the same being dated F. B. 8WAYZE. and three sisters.” never changes style; your wants are the east at the'top of’ The "Tag» "<md And thereafter she endeavored to be aud publtshed the first tim e this 8th Administrator w ith w ill annexed, of ftrw and easy m et; you’ve something | west at the bottom, but such cases more spectn«.- when she asked quaw- day the eetate of Suean W hite, de-! ^une- H i t - M the auto y e t - St. Croix Courier. are rare. 1 tuna. > j Michael Keating. ceased. (44-S te) triets of the country were made the _ other ___ ___ _ to the writer . . by . . a . city . day dw eller who Is head of a big bust- _ _ " T , . , . ,. Competition In bualne«.. he «aid, Is becoming Increaelngly keen. Every legitim ate method of making money in business has a full quota of fol- lowers, and in some llnee it Is real- Ized that competition Is being over- done. 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