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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1929
Page
2
Athena Oregon lists subscription prices: one copy for one year six months and three months. The notice is dated April 26 1029 and mentions the town of Athena.
A former Massachusetts official argues compulsory automobile liability insurance harms the public by encouraging false injury claims, aiding dishonest attorneys, raising rates, and failing to reduce accidents. He says it punishes responsible drivers and increases lawsuits, while not indemnifying many true victims.
Editorials across the United States warn against excessive gas taxes as states levy 10 to 40 percent of the fuel price. Support favors a reasonable tax directed to highway construction, while misapplied funds burden motorists. Missouri caps the rate at two cents per gallon for ten years to curb excess.
Professor Charles Stewart of the University of Illinois proposed a debenture based farm relief. The plan, inspired by Germany's import certificate system, would pay a bounty on farm products via negotiable debentures. Importers would use these to cover import duties, raising domestic prices up to the bounty and consumer prices accordingly. The bounty cannot exceed the import duty, with market forces eventually restoring product flow.
State Market observations show increasing use of farmer owned associations in egg marketing. In 1928, more eggs were sold through large cooperative bodies than ever before, with about four million cases marketed and many associations receiving substantially more eggs from members than in 1927.
A Southern Minnesota farmer explains farm prices rise because growers must know the botanical names of crops the insects eat and the chemicals to kill them, while proposed rate shifts at Portland and Seattle would still pass costs to farmers. Mentions baseball, Mexico temperance plans, and Arkansas storms.
A jumble of opinions follows on improving secondary roads and urban issues. The piece jokes about Seaside’s mayor Galvani, notes Kansas droughts and grasshoppers, questions ten cent streetcar fares, and mentions a stalled reparations settlement and a proposed Portland barking dog inspector.
North Carolina recorded nine traffic deaths on Sunday, leading the nation in automobile fatalities for the period. The report notes 19 states overall reported fatalities, with states varying in severity and response.
事项记载于1908年4月24日的通讯中。Will M. Peterson被宣布为民主党县中心委员会新任主席。文中还提及多位本地人物往来、旅行与社交活动，以及数起本地新闻事件包括健康与家庭故事。
Roscoe Dickenson purchased 50 acres of land on Pine Creek above Weston from L P Gilliland. The tract was formerly part of the Marion O Harra place.
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