Portland—Masons plan to erect
modern building in Kenton.
Contract awarded for IQ miles
grading on Myrtle Point-Roeeberg
highway. Will cost (139,1(9.
Portland— Receipts from opera Mas sold for more than (100) toilet
tion of municipal terminal durinc artici««, medicine«, and burner-us ar
November total (I0.T4I. largest in tiefen of apparel.
“On and after January j,1322 the
history.
tax on various works of art la ne
duced
from 10 per cent to 5 per
Crook county increases road appro
cent,
tax on candy from 5 per
prlatlon from (10,000 to (16,000.
cent to 3 per cent and the tax on
carpets, rugs, trunks, valises, purs-
*1 Baker—Cornucopia post road con
Salem assessed valuation (370.500 es, fans, etc., from 10 pe>- cent of
tract let.
greater than 1920. City has reduced sale price tn excess of specified
*
--------------------------
amounts to 5 per cent of sales price
Stanfield—McKay cresit dam as taxes, lowered salaries and cut down In exoess of specified amounts."
sured. To cost (230,000.
budget for two years.
IS LARGEST SWIMMING POOL
Largest and most hygienic fresh
water swimming pool ever installed
within a permanent, roofed structure
la in Madison Square garden. New
York city. Covers an arsa of more
than 8OOJXX) square feet.
Contains
LOOOJXX) gallons of water when tilled.
Coat (200,000 to establish the pool.
Floor of pool has a graduated slope
toward the center. At the Madison
avenue end an Inltal depth of three
feat. The Fourth avenue end. a por
tion reserved for, as one put it, “la
dles and kiddles,” starts with a depth
of about two feet An existing tunnel
transveralng the center of the garden
had been utilised In the development
of the diving and water polo pool,
1514 foot deep. The latest adaption
of the ultra violet ray was used In
filtering and sterilizing the water. A
system of vacuum cleaners was pro
vided for the cleaning of the walls
and floor of the pool while still full of
water.
Some 8,000 private dressing-rooms;
2,000 steel lockers In the general dress
ing-rooms ; 6,000 bathing suits for both
sexes provided, 1,000 more for the chil
dren. A special electrical washing
and drying machine for cleansing
them. Open until after midnight in
order that partis may enjoy a plunge
after the theater. On the box fronts
along the entire circumference of the
arena a duplicate of the Thorwalsden
frieze depicting the triumphant entry
of Alexander Into Babylon.—Robert
Cortes Holiday, in Leslie's.
A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR
8uppllss Long-Felt Want.
Lodge Directory
CHANGES ARE MADE
IN INCOME
TAX
For the information and assist
ance of taxpayers in preparing of
their income tax returns for the
Stated communications first and I year 1921
Cyde G. Huntley, Col
third Thursdays of each month in lector of Internal Revenue, today
Masonic Hall. Visitors welcome.
gave out a statem^it in which he
briefly discusses the material pro
LELA D. DOTY, Sec.
visions of the new revenue act and
pointt out wherein those provisions I
differ from the act under which
Marathon Lodge No.
last year’s returns were made.
93. Knights of Pyth-
“The exemption allowed for a
las. Regular meeting
dependent is Increased from (200.’
Monday evening
7:45 sharp. By order to (400.,’’ xplalns Collector Hunt-
of
the
Chancelier ley. "Married persons living with
husband or wife, and heads of fam- •
Mr
Commander.
Illes are allowed a personal exemp
tion of (2,500 (instead of (2,000)
unless the het Income is in excess
W. R. C.
Corinith Relief Corps No. 54 Dept, of (5,000, in which cae the person
The
of Oregon, meets on first and third al exemption is only (2,000.
act provides that in no case shall the
Friday eveningB of each month, at
reduction of the personal exemption
8 p. m„ in the W. O. W. hail. Visi
from (2500 to (2000 operate to in
tors welcome.
crease the tax wh‘ch would be pay
Minnie Johnson, President
able if the exemption were (:!5()0 by
Elizabeth Cotaover* Sec’y.
more than the amount of net inc ime
in excess of (5000. This is to over
Corinth Post,No. 35,Dept of Oregon come the disparity In :he case of two
taxpayers, one of whom is Just with
Meets on second and on lh thfC lower (2000 exemption and
fourth Saturdays of each th« other within the higher (2500
month at 1:30 p. .m in exemption.
W. O. W.
"Single persons, and married per
sons not living with husband or wife
H. W. Spears, Com’dr
?re allowed an exemption of (1000.
Persons having gross incomes for
Samuel Downs, Ad'jt.
1921 of (5000 or over are required
to make a return regardless of the
Johnson Chapter No. 24 amount of net income.
R. A. M-
"The exoess profits tax is repealed
Stated convocations every as of January 1, 1922, The rates
first and third Fridays. for 1921 are unchanged.
Visitors welcome.
“The surtax rates for the calendar
I. E. Keldson, Sec.
year 1921 are unchanged, and range
. from 1 percent on the amount of net
Tillamook Lodge No. 57, A.F. & A.M- income between (5000 and (8000 to
65 pgr cgnt of the amount of net in
Stated Communication sec come in excess of (1,000,000 for the
ond Wednesday in each i calendare year 1922 the surtax rates
month Visiting Brethren rangte from 1 per cent on/ the
welcome.
amount of net income between (6,- I
Harvey Ebinger, Sec. 000 and (10,000. to 50 per cent on
the amount of which the net income
' exceeds (200.000.
“Provision is made for the repeal
as of January 1, 1922 of th» tax on
stock holders of a personal service
corporation as such. After that date
Tuesday eve., 7:30 p. m.
such corporations are to be taxed in
Rebekak, Wednesday evening
the same manner as other corpora
Camp 2-4, Thursday
tions.
,
“The income tax on corporations
flor the calendar year 1922 and
thereafter is increased from 10 to
Bishop, Cal.—“About five years ago I 12 1-2 per cent. The (200'1 exmp
suffered severely. 1 consulted a local doc tl0n heretofore allowed corpoiatious
tor and he said I would have to undergo 1 b to be granted only to those cor-
an operation. When I said no, be advised poratins whom net incom.j is (25,-
a course of treatments. I happened to 000 or less.
think of Dr. Pieroe's Medical Adnser,
"Many persons are under the im
and in it I found my case thoroughly
described so I eat right down and wrote pression that the taxes on ice cream
to Dr. Pierce. I then tried Dr. Pierce’s soft drinks, etc., monthly returns of
Favorite Prescription—took one bottle which are required, have been re
—and one bottle of the 'Golden Medical pealed with the enactment of the
Discovery,’ and also used the ‘Loboa new act. These remain in force until
Tablets’ and I have not been troubled December 31, 1921.
(face. I have had two fine healthy boys
“No change is made in the tax
since then, and work hard. At that time
I was not able to do my own work. 1 on admissions, except that after Jan
have used the 'Pleasant Pellets' for liver uary 1, 1922, there will be no tax
Cl bowels for about 20 years, wouldn’t where admission is 10 cents or lees.
without them."—Mm 8. G. Albright, Effective Jan. 1, 1922 the following
B. F. D. No. 1.
taxes are also abolished: on música'*
Sand (100 to Df. Flam’s Invalids’
Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y.. for the Medical instruments, sporting goods, chew-
Adviser in sloth eovsr, 1,000 pagsa, fully I Ing gum, portabhe electric fans,
WBtefesd^and writs Dr. Pieroe for tree thermos bottles, fur articles pleas
Silver Wave Chapter No. 18
0. E. S.
OPERATION AVOIDED
ure boats and pleasure canoes (un-
Since there are a great many Amer
ican and English commercial houses
in Buenos Aires, numbers of girls go
down to that cosmopolitan city to work
in offices, but the problem of finding
suitable lodgings there Is a serious one
for them because the Argentine wom
an has not yet entered the business
world. On this account a hard-work
ing committee has fitted up a com
plete hotel for women, called the City
house, and this delightful and much-
needed place, although It has every
modern convenience and is beautifully
raruioiieu iua aecorateo, is not being
run for profit.
NOW THE "DIRIGIBLE" BOMB
STEERED BY WIRELESS, ITS POSSIBIL
¡TIES FOR DEADLY WORK ARE ALMOST
BEYOND CALCULATION
A “dirigible bomb," that can ba
steered toward the target by wireless
after being let fall from an airplane,
is the novel invention of Elmer A.
Sperry of Brookly n.
Ordinarily, when bombs are dropped
from aircraft, the chances of a miss
are great. The speed and altitude of
the plane, or balloon, have to be taken
into account, and the wind, also. Ob
viously it would be of utmost advan
tage if the path of descent Of the
gravity projectile could be changed at
will while it was falling.
The Sperry dirigible bomb carries a
parachute, which, urifoldlng as it starts
to drop, not only slows the rata of Its
descent, but Incidentally serves as a
"drag-rudder.” By tilting this drag
rodder in one direction or another the
bomb’s path of descent is controlled.
As the projectile starts to fall, a sec
ond and very tiny parachute Is liber
ated from the top of the bomb to sup
port vertically a wire that serves the
purpose of an antenna. It Is by the
help of this antenna that the man in
the airplane Is enabled so to operate
the radio apparatus carried In his ma
chine us to alter at will the angle of
the drag-rudder.
While the bomb Is going down he
circles about and steers it by radio.
All he has to do to make the bomb
turn this way or that is to turn a han-
dl’e connected with his radio sender
In the desired direction. Thus the
bomb Is made to land exactly where it
will do the most good—meaning, of
course, the most mischief.—Milwaukee
Sentinel.
TERM
OF
ARABIAN
ORIGIN?
the Story Goes, the Expression,
"Better Half” Comes to Us
From the East
Origin of* the expression. This old
Mary tails of a bodouln who was sen
tenced because In th« course of a blas
phemous oath he had insulted the
nam« or rha honor of his chief.
Th« Arab's wife pleaded for clem
ency, declaring that not her "whole
husband had committed the of
fense.”
“Not your whole husband T asked
"\he sheik
“Nay,” she replied.
“It waa but
ths half of him. For am I not his
other half, and I who have never
offended thee should not be made to
suffer for the sins of the other half,
and the guilty half places Itself un
der the protection of the batter half.”
The sheik, so the story runs, there-
upon pardoned the busband, being
greatly pleased by the Ingenuity of the
wife.
Bride’s Thrift Wasted Dowry.
Two daughters of a distinguished Vi
enna family married in IS 12. The
younger girl wedded an officer and had
to have the “eautlon money” com
pulsory to brides in the Austrian army.
The mother gave her 100,000 crowns,
which Included the expense of her
outfit
The elder sister only needed her
outfit, for which she got 20,000 crowns,
while the rest of her dowry—80,000
crowns—was left with the mother, as
was also the whole portion of the son,
who had settled in Switzerland.
Recently, says the New York World,
the mother, a widow, wished to pay In
full the portion of the two children to
whom she still owed money. She sent
100,000 crowns to the son in Switzer
land, who received 800 francs from the
postoffice for the total amount. His
sister got 646 francs for the 80,000
crowns due her. The younger girl’s
100,000 crowns would have been worth
106,000 francs in 1912.
COOLING MILK REDUCES LOSS*
(Prepares tar ths Ualted Stataa Dsparttaaat
ot A«rtc«ltare.)
Customer—This milk is sour.
Milk Inspector—Tour bacteria aount
is too high.
Cheesemaker—I can't make good,
cheese out of thia milk.
Buttermaker—We cant use thl»
cream.
Hurts, do«snt it? Yet that to what*
happens regularly «very year when
can after can of milk arrive« at the
milk plant or creamery sour.
One
creamery returned over (2,000 worth
of milk and cream In one year to
farmers. A milk plant received nearly
50,000 gallons of sour milk in one year.
Why? Because the milk was held
and «hipped at too high a temperature
and the bacteria in it multiplied so
rapidly that the milk «owed before it
arrived.
Cooling milk on the fam will re
duce this toes. AU that to required 1«
a supply of ice and a little car«. Nat
ural Ice can be harvested on farms
where 85 per ««nt of our milk is pro
duced, and it to one of th« real pay.,
ing crop» of th« farm. Few tools are
required; and for the average farm
two saw«, two pair of tonga, two Ice
hooks, one pointed bar, and one-
straight board for marking should be
sufficient
The first thing to do to to provide a
place to «tore the ice. If Ice is scarce
and hard to put up, It would probably
be well to build an, ice house, plans
for which may be obtained from the
dairy division, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. When ice la
abundant and easily harvested, it may
be cheaper to disregard the shrinkage-
factor and store It In a pit, cellar, shed,
or other place, and Insulate it withe
sawdust or shavings. If this Is done.
20 to 50 per cent additional Ice should
be provided to allow for shrinkage.
Where cream only is to be cooled, al
low at least one-half ton of Ice per
cow. For cooling milk, allow 1*4 tons
per cow. These quantities should be
enough to leave a margin for house
hold use; but it Is better to have too-
much than too little. Whenever prac
ticable, build the Ice house In the form
of a cube, allowing 45 cubic feet of
space for each ton of Ice.
The pond or stream selected for cut
ting Ice should of course De free from
dirt or contamination from barnyards,
privies, or refuse heaps. The ice-
Strictly scientific searchers for the
Salem has record pack fruits and
origin of the expression “better half,”
denoting one’s wife, have decided Chat vegetables, totaling 32 791,232 lbs.
It was coined by Sidney in his “Ar
Marshfield—Southern Pacific
cadia.” “Arcadia” was written in
make extensive improvements.
1580.
However, those less concerned with
State has 33,917 farms with total
scientific accuracy claim that an an
cient Arabian tale contains the real of 8,419,954 acres.
Cutting Ice for Cooling Dairy Products-
In Summer.
wish to thank our
friends and patrons for
the business of the past year
and trust we may merit a
continuance of the same the
coming year
w
Conover & Conover
TIL LA MOOK,
a
OREGON
should be kept clear of snow, as snow
retards freezing. When It has frozen
to a sufficient depth, mark off the
surface into cakes of the desired size,
making sure that the lines form rect
angles. Cut out a strip of Ice (with
the saw) the width of the cake desired,
and force this strip under the Ice, thus
forming a channel to the landing and
loading place. Large strips may then
be sawed off and floated to the land
ing, where they -may be cut up Into
cakes. These cakes are then hauled
to the storage place and packed in as
close together as possible, and all
cracks and air spaces filled In with
sawdust. Cakes that are cut squarely
and are uniform in size and shape
pack together with less air space and
are convenient to handle.
The cost of Ice Is Bmall, and the work
generally comes during a slack season.
There is little reason, therefore, why
every farmer In the natural-ice section
should not have ice with which to cool
his dairy products, and to make such-,
delicacies as Ice cream, iced tea. iced<
buttermilk, iced fruit and vegetables,
etc., possible on the farm.
Detailed Information on harvesting:
and storing ice will be found in Farm
ers' Bulletin 1078, “Harvesting and
Storing Ice on the Farm,” which may
be obtained on request from the t’nl-,
ted States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C.
SALT IS REQUIRED BY COWS
—
Bost Plan to Place It In Boxea In Yard
Whore Animal Can LJck It
at WUl.
Salt la required by all animals. The
dairy cow requires an ounce or mors
a day ahd while she should be given
ail she needs, she should not be forced
to take more than she wants. It '•
bast, therefore, to give only a small
quantity on the-feed, and to place rock
salt in boxes in the yard wbjre she
«an lick it at. will.
The Tillamook sheriff last
’
raided a house party "taged by the
cashier of the Bay City bank and
took in a couplie of women and thre«
mvn for indulging In too much
hlbited liquid refreshments. The 1*»
mediate result of thee party was one
very wobbly individual and a wreck
ed car.—Sheridan Sun