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