Friday, March 20, 981.
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
ORCHARDISTS WARNED TO
PREPARE FOR DRY WEATHER WOlHlUed rTlSOIlCr
MONEY
TO
BURN
PETER B.KYNE
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W. N.U.
SE.R.VICE.
Is Getting Better
PAGE THREE
hall license. County aid to Mrs.
C. D. Murray of Deer Island and
P. H. Roberts of Vernonia was
cancelled. A sheep claim for $8
was allowed to Henry Glahn of
Vernonia.
County aid in the sum of $20
per month was allowed Riley Hall
of Vernonia.
The petition of
Charles Bergerson et al for coun­
ty road was accepted and view­
ers appointed.
Scalp bounty
claims in the sum of $26 were
allowed.
—Rainier Review.
Camp ...
McGregor
With a serious deficiency in
rainfall prevailing over the state,
there are dry times ahead for
Though suffering much, espe­
Oregon orchardists who fail to
prepare their soil now to con­ cially from the wound in his
The little son born to Mr. and
serve what moisture there is, says neck and unable to leave his bed,
Mrs. H. C. Ridenour here March
O. T. McWhorter, Oregon State• Raymond K. “Sap” Lewis, who
11 has been named Richard Paul.
college Extension horticulturist. is at the St. Helens General Hos­
Mrs. Theodosia Lambert re­
The weather station at Corval­ pital and under 24-hour guard,
ceived word of the death of her
lis records a rainfall defiency seems to be improving and it is
sister in Indiana last week.
from September 1 to March 1 of thought he will recover. Sheriff
13.7 inches, and conditions are Weed told The Mist Thursday.
P. L. McDuffy has accepted a
similar throughout the state. Even Lewis who escaped from jail here
position in a bank at Medford.
if the precipitation for the re­ several months ago and was cap­
Mrs. McDuffy and little daughter
mainder of the year is normal, tured by the sheriff near Verno­
joined him there a few weeks
lack of moisture is likely to be a nia last week, was shot in the
ago.
serious problem, McWhorter be­ neck and leg when officers ap­
P. H. Peterson, who became
lieves. In many Willamette valley prehended him on the highway
store keeper here recently, has
areas the soil is reported as be­ near the Greener place north of
made several welcome changes in
,
—
, three
_ ..... .................
.......... now
...... — Vernonia as he tried to escape,
ing
dry
feet down
OREGON STATE COLLEGE, the conduct of the business,
an exceptionally low moisture res- Lewis was charged with stealing Corvallis —(Special)— Veldon which testify to his efficiency
ervoir for this time of the year.' typewriters from the Clatskanie Parker, junior in forestry at Ore­ and popularity in that capacity.
Some of the moisture conserv- high school and in addition to gon State college is one of the Lloyd Cummings has succeeded
ation practices recommended for; this charge, he migh lace others 100 men who are candidates for to P. H. Peterson’s former posi­
orchardists include the plowing should he recover. The sheriff the four class crews.
tion, that of shipping clerk.
or discing under of cover crops hopes his recovery will be rapid
Mrs. F. H. Day and daughter
Parker is one of the most
as soon as the ground is dry en-' ns the county is put to consider- promising prospects for the jun­ have returned from Portland and
ough to work without damage, able but unavoidable expense in ior boat. Competition is keen this the latter has reentered school
from puddling. Every day these taking care of him at the hos- year and only the best eight oars­ here.
crops are left standing constit-' pital.
Miss Jessie Bachmann of Port­
—St. Helens Mist. I men will be chosen for each of land, in the postal service, visit­
utes an additional drain on the j
the various crews.
moisture supply. If plowing and1
The rowing season will get ed her sister, Mrs. J. W. Worn-
discing is followed immediately Miller Mercantile Company
under way immediately following staff, and family Saturday even­
by working the soil to the proper I
Withdraws from Hillsboro the opening of the spring term. ing returning to the city Sun­
condition, more moisture will be
Rowing is not an intercollegiate day.
conserved, says McWhorter.
Announcement of withdrawal sport at Oregon State but the
Mrs. Lou Morris returned to
of the Miller Mercantile Co. from interest shown during the past Camas, Washington. Sunday to re­
MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS
Hillsboro was made this week few years indicates that it will sume work in the paper mill
EFFECTIVE JUNE 6 advertising announcing a closing soon take its place as a major there.
out sale. The company operates sport on the campus.
Mr. and Mrs. McCormick have
New laws affecting motor ve­ stores in a number of Oregon
moved into the Redman house
hicle operation will go into effect cities and entered the Hillsboro
Paul Higli and family have having rented the furniture there
on June 6 which is the end of j field seven years ago. In a re­ moved to Rainier, where Mr. for an indefinite period.
The
the constitutional 90-day period alignment which included the pur­ Higli has secured employment. owner, Mr. Miner, has left for
following the close of the legis­ chase of stores in Portland and This removes another pupil from his home at Sedro Wooley, Wash-
lating session. Exceptions are the Salem it was decided to with­ the school here.
i ington.
law on the examination of driv­ draw from Hillsboro, and J. G.
ers, which will become effective Allen, who has been manager dur­
on the first of July, and the for- ing the past year, has already
mation of the state police,' effect- taken over the management of
ive on the first of August.
the Portland store.
Hillsboro Indejendent
The principal changes in the
rules of the road, effective in
June, are the new speed regulat­ COUNTY COURT FOR MARCH
ions; the change in the arm sig­
The county court at its March
naling system, and the right of
way privilages at intersections. session appointed I. Plamondon of |
“All of these changes are import­ Scappoose county weed inspector. i
ant,” says Secretary of State Hal The cattle indemnity claim of G.
Hoss, “and from time to time it L. Canham of Hudson was allow-1
will be the purpose of my office ed in full for $60, one-half to be
to send out information to the .paid by the county and one-half
public covering each of these by the state.
Briarcliff was granted a dance
specific phases of the new laws.”
Veldon Parker Out
For College Rowing
He am srsnng at the telegram.
“Nellie C. Cathcart," he murmured. clency Judgment, et cetera. Nellie
"Where have I heard that name opined that the statute of limita­
Cathcart recently? Cathcart. Cath tions In her case was In perfect
cart. Ah, yes! N. C. Cathcart working order and that even the
trust officer of the hank that mad», wolves at Washington could not, by
that report on Elmer Clarke to old any possible Interpretation of the
Hiram.”
federal Income tax laws, construe
He took the letter In question a gift as an Inheritance under a
from the file and read It again.
I will.
“N. O. Cathcart, trust officer, Is j Nellie now figured the Interest at
a girl. N. C. Cathcart Is Nellie C. I a per cent annually, compounded
Cathcart. A girl, by thunder—and i
a smart girl! The Pllarcltos Com '
merclal Trust and Savings bank
didn't make this report. Nellie C. I
Cathcart made It. Oh, Lord, for a
secretary with brains like Nellie! j
She's up to snuff. She knew all1
about Hiram Butterworth and she'
made It strong — so strong It |
knocked old Hiram clear off his ‘
perch. She figured on doing just
that—and she succeeded.
She
ought to be president of that bank
and I'll bet she will be—after that
mortgage is paid.”
He reread the letter. "Between
the lines I seem to see something,"
he soliloquized. “Nellie Cathcart
Is In love with Elmer Clarke. That’s
why she wants this little discovery
kept a profound secret. Going to
surprise Elmer on their wedding
day, I suppose. Bully for you,
Nellie. You’re all right and I’ll
the game with you. Now, how
she learn of this clause In the will
so promptly? That’s easy. Bul­
lard, of James, Bullard and Yohn,
counsel for the bank downstairs,
was In to look at the will Just before
I took it up to the courthouse to be "Oh, Masterpiece of Manipulation!
—Exactly $1,078.000.
filed. Nellie wired the bank for de­
tailed Information abont the will,
and the bank furnished it, where­ semi-annually, on $40,000 from Au-
upon Nellie cinched her case and gust 10, 1882, to August 10, 1924.
wired me.
Well, good news Having completed her computations,
shouldn't be hoarded. I’m going to she was aware that In forty-two
disobey Nellie and send her a tele­ years her mother’s gift had grown
to be worth—oh, masterpiece of
gram to Pllarcltos.”
manipulation!—exactly $1,078,000.
He did. It was at the bank walt-
The author of this tale has fig­
lng for Nellie when she got there ured his sum twice, so he knows
that same morning. It read:
the
figures are correct. Nellie knew
“Dear Nellie. You win. Congrat- that her figures were not the prod­
ulatlons. May I come to the wed- uct of a disordered Imagination;
ding? Mum's the word.
Mac.”
she knew that If Hiram Butter­
Contrary to Ansel P. Moody's worth's estate could afford to pay
declaration that Nellie had no sense her that sum. It would, under
of humoroslty, she wired back Im­ the definite terms of the will, have
mediately, straight message:
to pay her. There was room for
“Dear Ab: You're awfully fresh, neither legal quibble nor compro­
but I like you, so you may come to mise.
my wedding. As you are not a bank­
Upon completing her computation
er, It probably has never occurred Nellie went Into the vault, osten­
to you that funds at six per cent sibly to put her cash away, but In
compounded semi-annually practi­ reality to shed a few briny tears of
cally double every twelve years. 0 sympathy for' Elmer Butterworth
Time, where is thy sting at eight Clarke. Presently she bucked up
per cent? How about income taxes, and her practical mind leaped to
federal Inheritance taxes? Who the problem of ascertaining approx­
gets this last, Iowa or California imately the sum that a rapacious
or both? Am not grafting free le­ and predatory government would
gal advice, either. Send your bill bite out of Elmer’s share of the es­
for the answer.
Nellie.”
tate. When she had made a fairly
The following morning Old Lady accurate if rough estimate of this,
Bray was again “knocked all of a she wept again. Upon recovering
heap” when she took the follow­ her emotions she deducted a fur­
ing night letter over the wire:
ther sum which might reasonably
"Nellie, you are priceless. Out Include the funeral expenses of
revered Uncle Sam cannot get hl» Uncle Hiram, the probate fees, the
hands on any Income earned or due appraiser’s tees and executor's fee,
prior to March 15. 1918, although he the specific bequest of ten thousand
does participate in all Income from dollars, state and county taxes and
Interest collected thereafter, and 1 ordinary debts of the estate, She
do not see how we can dodge It.
was still further appalled at this
"Federal Inheritance tax may not total and wept a third time.
apply at all In this case because
“Poor Elmer!” she sobbed, "To
the legal heirs of Catheron’s body think that he was shot twice nnd
Inherits through his daughter gassed once fighting for his coun­
Hence If granddaughter can prove try, and now look what his country
that this mortgage was appraised does to him! Oh, darling, darling,
as worthless by the appraisers ol your poor dear head Is going to be
her mother’s estate and mother’s es­ all bloody, but If you’ll only keep It
tate probated on that basis, the law unbowed, how much more your
cannot be retroactive and claim an sweetheart is going to love you!”
Inheritance tax on an estate that
Before she emerged from the
has developed value long after es vault she remembered the joke
tate has been closed.
which fate, In her case, had played
“If Catheron’s daughter died
the wolves of Washington. She
more than five years ago, statue ol on
least was going to get $1,078,000
limitations acts as further bar tc at
collection of Inheritance tax on hei out of the wreck and the howls of
estate now. Catheron's granddaugh the wolves would be sweet music
her ears. They couldn’t touch
ter cannot now be regarded as a to
legatee just because a doubtful as­ her with a buggy whip—as Elmer
have expressed ft. Let fate
set has suddenly appreciated fr would
Its worst to Elmer Clarke! What
value, for this new value Is not do
did Nellie Cathcart care? When
a bequest under decedent’s will, but the
tumult and the shouting died,
is attained because will gives au
thorlty to pay a debt of honor long when the smoke of battle drifted
overdue. Of course. Internal rev from the scene. It would reveal Lit­
enue collector will try to collect tle Faithful smiling, happy and
but If he does I will lick him a* confident, the possessor of Elmer
every turn. For the same reason Clarke and s hank roll that a grey­
that federal Inheritance taxes do hound couldn't jump over.
not apply in this case, state inher­
itance cannot apply either.
(Continued Next Week)
"Oh joy, oh joy, spring Is here
and I am so glad, How lovely to
find somebody who can laugh, not
to say sneer, at the Washingtonian
wolves of finance I No charge for
this advice. After all. I have some
sporting blood and to prove It I
shall even refrain from sending this
Megram collect
Mac."
"Isn’t Absolom McPeake a per
feet dear?” Nellie soliloquized. “He
has told me everything I want to
know without telling Old Lady
Bray anything.”
8he sat down at her typewriter
and rattled off a letter of thanks to
Absolom McPeake. Incidentally she
Informed him that her mother had
been dead five years and seven
mouths and that the estate had
never been probated, for two very
Comparison will show that,
sufficient reasons One. because she
bad nothing to probate, and two,
best bargains will be found
because she had taken the precau­
tion some two years before her de­
mise from a lingering Illness for­
mally to give, assign, transfer and
set over unto her daughter, Nellie
Catheron Cathcart all of the right
title and Interest which she had In­
herited from her father In and to
that certain mortgage end defi-
Mrs. J. H. Boyer, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. West-
lin, and family the past two
weeks, returned to her home in
Portland Sunday, with Miss Jessie
Bachmann.
Carl Amato, who has been
store keeper for the Oregon-Am­
erican Lumber company here
since 1923, has accepted a posi­
tion with a wholesale firm in
Portland.
Mr. Bixby joined the work
crew on the crane Monday taking
the place of Chris Beebe, who
has been put to filing saws.
Peggy and Patsy Ridenour are
staying with their aunt, Mrs.
Paul Dodge.
A number of the residents have
been suffering with bad colds or
a lighter form of flu.
Mrs. Lyle Rose returned to her
home here a few days ago from
Wilark, where she was working.
Mrs. Joe Doyle suffered a bad­
ly burned finger Monday while
make candy.
Little
William
Wornstaff’s
clothing caught afire Saturday af­
ternoon while he was trying to
start a bonfire with gasoline, un­
known to his parents. The timely
rescue of the little fellow by his
mother averted a more serious
mishap.
One knee was quite
deeply burned.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bixby
and little daughter of Tidewater
are visiting at the home of the
former’s brother, E. R. Estey.
Hebrew
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The monrfury system "I the He­
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lonian system of weights. The ratio
of the value of gold to sliver was
1 :13 I 3 and prevailed over all
western Asia
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