Oregon to Eliminate State Real Property Tax Next Year
Salem reports Governor Meier and the state tax commission plan to drop the real property levy for state purposes in the coming year. Only the 2 mill elementary school tax remains, with savings from intangibles and other levies supporting this shift. The move follows a $4.69 million real property levy this year and aims to reduce overall tax burdens while urging localities to cut waste and expenditures.
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Salem
Morning
Oregonian
Oregon
Meier
State Tax Commission
Commonwealth
United States
Bond BrotherS member accepts post with Portland firm
Willard Bond and his brother Charles of Bond Brothers at Pendleton have accepted positions with Meier and Frank in Portland. Willard and his family will move to Portland to begin duties. The Bond Brothers were also active in stock raising and owned a large ranch in Ukiah district until recently.
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Bond
Portland
Willard Bond
Charles
Bond Brothers
Pendleton
Meier & Frank Company
Ukiah
Burns Lumberman Edward Hines Dies in Chicago
Edward Hines a noted Burns lumberman died in Chicago on Tuesday. He spearheaded the Burns sawmill development and built a large plant. he was active in every branch of the lumber industry and helped create one of the Northwest’s largest pine mills.
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Burns
Edward Hines
Chicago
Hines
Northwest
Deer Killed by Trains in Meacham Creek Canyon
Several deer have been killed by trains in Meacham creek canyon since the mountain snow. The dazzling headlights dazzle the deer as engines overtake them. Carcasses are turned over to game wardens and the meat donated to charity groups.
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Meacham Creek Canyon
Stanfield Boy Wins 4-H Scholarship at State Fair
Stanley Green, outstanding 4-H member from Stanfield, won the $500 4-H club scholarship awarded by International Harvester at the 1981 Oregon State Fair in Chicago.
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Stanley Green
Stanfield
International Harvester Company
Chicago
Athletics Take Second Game in Winning Stride
The Athletics of Athena defeated the Pendleton Buicks 48 to 39 to claim their second win of the county league season. Crowley and Myrick each scored 19 for Athena, while Crowin led the Buicks with eight. Attendance was light due to cold weather as the league plans a schedule update for publication.
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Athletics
Athena
Pendleton Buicks
Buicks
Crowley
Myrick
Crowin
Taylor
Harden
D. Pinkerton
Wayne Pinkerton
Hansell
Rogers
Michener
Walla Walla
Woman Dies In Pendleton Hit And Run Sled Accident
Mrs Minnie Longley 40 and her 12 year old son were coasting on Pendleton Main Street when a speeding hit and run driver struck them near the hill bottom. Mrs Longley died from a fractured skull and other injuries. her son survived along with her mother two sisters and two brothers.
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Pendleton Main Street
Minnie Longley
Longley
Hawks Forced Down by Illness on Record Flight Route
Speedy airman Captain Hawks attempting the Vancouver B C to Mexico record was forced down in Northern California due to illness. He landed in a pasture near Grenada and was carried to hospital unconscious. Pilot Wedell from New Orleans completed the route from Agua Caliente to Vancouver in six hours and eighty eight minutes, breaking the record by one hour.
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Hawks
Vancouver
B. C
Mexico
California
Grenada
Wedell
New Orleans
Auga Caliente
Major Tire Firms Announce Historic Price Cuts
Five large auto tire companies announce price reductions to the lowest levels in history. Firestone, B F Goodrich, Seiberling, Mohawk, and Master Tire and Rubber cut standard tire grades by 5 to 15 percent. Inner tubes also drop 15 percent. Similar cuts already pushed by Goodyear and Lee Rubber.
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Auto Tire
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
B. F. Goodrich Company
Seiberling Rubber Company
Mohawk Tire & Rubb Company
Master Tire & Rubber Company
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Lee Rubber & Tire Company
Cotton bolls on display at Kennewick real estate man’s windows
Omar Rich of Kennewick shows cotton stalks grown by a local rancher. The crop, having passed experimental stage, is noted for its rapid maturity as seen in the large bolls on display.
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Omar Rich
Kennewick
Hufford to play final scholastic game in Trojan stadium
Merle Hufford will appear in his last scholastic football game as Washington University meets Southern California tomorrow at the Trojan Stadium in Los Angeles. It also marks the final Pacific Coast Conference contest of the season.
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Merle Hufford
Washington University
Southern California
Trojan
Los Angeles
Mastodon Skeleton Found Near Kennewick
Another mastodon skeleton site find on Jump Off mountain south slope near Kennewick includes a large shoulder socket bone and a vertebra. The discovery adds to paleontological finds in the region.
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Kennewick
Jump Off Mountain
Pendleton Resident Ernest Tatom Dies in Los Angeles
Ernest Tatom longtime Pendleton resident died in Los Angeles on Friday. He was a brother of Dean Tatom and remembered for his local community work.
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Ernest Tatom
Pendleton
Los Angeles
Dean Tatom
Demands That U S Bear Indian Land Tax Hereafter
Williams county commissioner of Klamath County and chairman of the association of counties tells Senator Steiner's sub committee that untaxed Indian lands in Klamath County would be valued at 18 million dollars if taxed at the same rate as private lands. He argues for federal responsibility to replace lost county tax revenue for reservations and services such as roads schools and law enforcement.
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Steiner
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Washington
C. R. Williams
Klamath County
Association of Counties
States
Williams
Relief Committee Active in Athena Aid Efforts
Athena relief committee reports continued aid to those in need. Several cases were investigated and helped this past week. The Good Time dancing club held a Thanksgiving night benefit and added about 15 dollars to the relief fund. A box at the next dance will collect clothing and supplies for the sewing committee to repurpose for needy children.
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Athena
Charles Crowley Dies After Heart Disease
Charles Crowley a longtime local farmer died Thursday night at St Anthony s hospital from heart disease. Born in Ireland he came to America as a youth. He is survived by his widow a son Joe Crowley and a grandson Arthur Crowley plus two stepchildren Walter Redford and Mrs Pete Hung. Funeral services were held Saturday at St Andrews Mission.
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Charles Crowley
St. Anthony's Hospital
Crowley
Ireland
America
Joe Crowley
Arthur Crowley
Walter Redford
Pete Hung
St. Andrews Mission
Parrot Disease Probe Prompts City Health Request
City health officers in Portland seek a full report on psittacosis from the national public health service after two deaths and three serious illnesses tied to the so called parrot disease. They also request a supply of the psittacosis virus for verification.
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Portland
National Public Health Service
Poisoned food suspected in Newport deaths
Authorities believe home smoked salmon or home canned fruit killed Mrs St Louis and her son Harold at their Newport area home on Tuesday. The family cat also died, supporting the theory, though the father and another son did not become ill after eating.
Leaves for Spokane from Martha Rush place
Mr and Mrs Lowell Rush who leased the Martha Rush place east of Helix have left for Spokane to reside. Mr Rush formerly worked for Goodyear Rubber and expects to rejoin the firm there.
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Spokane
Lowell Rush
Martha Rush
Helix
Mr. Rush
Goodyear Rubber Company
Velton Read Wins Rod With 22 Percent Inch Trout
Velton Read won the Craftsman Beaverkill prize rod for the longest trout in the open season. The 22 percent inch Dolly Var den trout was caught last summer in the Langdon Lake area and displayed at Rogers and Goodman for residents of the Athena-Adams-Weston district. Previous winners include Arthur Jenkins and John Hager with Rainbow and Dolly Varden trout respectively. The prize rod originated with Craftsman tackle and was displayed in Caldwell Idaho during the season.
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Velton Read
Langdon Lake
Rogers & Goodman
Athena-Adams-Weston
Arthur Jenkins
Umatilla
Thorn Hollow
John Hager
Mill Creek
Caldwell
Idaho
Rogers & Goodman Hardware
Cold Snap Eases Up and Brings Snow Across Regions
The weekend cold spell near Thanksgiving has loosened with higher temperatures and rain west of the Cascades while snow blankets higher elevations. Athena records near zero on three nights as a deep freeze stabilizes. Blue Mountains report substantial snowfall, Langdon Lake area over four feet deep.
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Cascades
Athena
Blue Mountains
Langdon Lake District
Relief Agencies Aid Pendleton Families and Salavation Army
The Pendleton emergency relief bureau reports 23 families aided in the first week. The Salvation Army notes that in November 1837, 949 transients were fed and helped with clothing food or shelter.
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Pendleton
Huskies Travel to Los Angeles for Final PCC Game
The University of Washington football team left Seattle for Los Angeles to face the University of Southern California in the last Pacific Coast conference game of the season.
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Husky
University of Washington
Seattle
Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Chains See Use On Icy Highway Curves
Slick road conditions caused by sleet force motorists to fit chains. Highway crew spreads crushed rock on sharp curves to improve traction and safety for travelers.
The Largest Barge Leaves Celilo for Portland
The largest barge ever taken into Celilo canal left for Portland Monday after a week at Dillon loading 260 tons of scrap iron from up river points. It was towed by two diesel tugs.
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Celilo Canal
Portland
Dillon
Food Shipped From Oregon to Aid Montana Farmer Families
Oregon farms send a 40000 pound carload of Christmas foods to Saxville Montana for Farmers Union members. The shipment includes dried prunes and apples, potatoes, onions, squash, beans, flour, honey, and seed oats. Funds and freight are donated by Pacific Northwest unions and shippers.
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Santa Claus
Oregon
Salem
Max Gehlhar
Saxville
Mont
Farmers Union
Polk
Marion
Yamhill
Linn
Lane
Flaxville
Gehlhar
Elgin
Glendive
W. M. Weatherspoon
Milton-Freewater
Sydney
Apple
Montana
Columbia County
State tax remittance report for 1931 totals two million
State Treasurer Holman announced all counties paid their state tax within the legal limit. Last-half 1931 tax collections totaled 2,296,813.86 with 1,452,443.42 for the general tax, 562,580.35 for the 1-mill road tax, and 281,290.01 for the soldiers bonus tax.
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Holman
Helix Team Schedule Sets Games With Whitman and Pendleton
Helix town basketball team under coach Bill King plans matchups with Whitman College and the Pendleton Antlers. The squad built a strong season last year and previously faced teams from Portland and nearby Columbia River towns.
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Helix
Helix Town
Whitman College
Pendleton Antlers
Bill King
Portland
Columbia River
Governor approves Baer statement on Umatilla project design
A statement by George C Baer secretary for the Umatilla Rapids association urged a people centered program for the Columbia river development. Governor Meier approved the statement recently, backing a design intended to benefit the project’s beneficiaries.
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Columbia River
Umatilla
Farmers Hear Brown at Pendleton Meeting
A number of Athena farmers attended the meeting at Pendleton yesterday addressed by Farmer Brown of the Farm Board. Brown also spoke to farmers at Walla Walla on Wednesday afternoon.
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Farmer Brown
Pendleton
The
Farm Board
Brown
Walla Walla
Saddle Factory Burns at Albany
A saddle factory fire in Albany Sunday night caused a loss of 150000 dollars for the owners. Fifty workers were left jobless by the blaze.
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Sternberg Dt
Albany
Supreme Court Upholds Virginia Chain Store Tax
The supreme court rules Virginia license tax on distributing warehouses operated by chain stores is valid, upholding the tax as legally permissible.
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Supreme Court
Virginia
Peace Plans Fail At Portland Meet of Highway Board
Governor Meier hosted a brief Portland conference with state highway officials aimed at mending rifts between Spaulding and the pair of Ainsworth and Hanley. The talks, lasting about an hour, yielded no visible harmony and touched on widening the Pacific highway and the potential replacement for Chief Engineer Klein with C. C. Kelley of Klamath Falls.
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Portland
Meet of Highway Board
Meier
State Highway Commission
Benson Hotel
Spaulding
Ainsworth
Hanley
New Era
Salem
Klein
C. C. Kelley
Klamath Falls
State Highway Department
Crow feud and county clerk appointment noted
Ernest Haney challenged a previous Rede decoration report claiming Athena Odd Fellows still held a half interest in the E P I O F hall. The county court appointed BE. B. Casteel as county clerk to fill the vacancy from R. T. Brown’s death. Casteel, a Pilot Rock native and former Meacham trader, takes over duties.
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Ernest Haney
Ernest
Athena Odd Fellows
Lodge
E. B. Casteel
BE. B. Casteel
R. T. Brown
Casteel
Pilot Rock
Meacham
Watkins Pharmacy Prepares for Christmas Trade
With eighteen shopping days until Christmas Gordon Watkins plans home holiday sales. The pharmacy displays varied holiday goods and a strong assortment of practical gifts alongside children's toys.
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Gordon Watkins
Watkins Pharmacy
Widow of Lion’s Victim Reaches New York En Route Home
The widow of a hunter killed by a lion in Africa arrives in New York accompanied by Gus Peret and Mrs. William Herren. Herren, famed with a lasso, helped restrain the lion while Peret photographed the scene. Peret, an Athena figure, is noted as a skilled marksman and former Peters Cartridge representative.
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Gus Peret
William Herren
Africa
New York
Herren
Peret
Aberdeen
Athena
Peters Cartridge Company
Paroled Convict Searched in Long Island Boat Murder Case
Frank Palow, a paroled murderer from Walla Walla, is being sought by New York authorities as a suspect in a conspiracy murder on Long Island Sound last summer. Photos from Walla Walla were sent to Mrs. Collings to help identify him as one of the men said to have left with her husband’s yacht.
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Frank Palow
Walla Walla
New York
Benjamin P. Collings
Long Island Sound
Palow
Whitman Missionaries win Northwest Conference football title
On Thanksgiving Day Nig Borleske's Whitman Missionaries defeated the Willamette Bearcats 7 to 0 on a snow covered field. The team wore mittens for the game. End Chuck DeVange will captain the team next year.
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Nig Borleske
Whitman Missionaries
Willamette Bearcats
Chuck DeVange
Vic Harris Moves from Athena to St Anthony’s Hospital
Harris shows improvement after paralytic stroke and will be moved from his Athena home to St Anthony’s Hospital in Pendleton, likely Sunday. His left arm remains useless though overall condition improves.
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Vic Harris
Athena
St. Anthony's Hospital
Pendleton
Salem teen aviator dies in Roseburg plane crash
Keith Smith a 16 year old student aviator and son of Roy E Smith of Salem was killed instantly when his plane went into a tailspin and crashed at Roseburg municipal airport Tuesday afternoon He was alone in the aircraft and the crash nosed over with the plane overturning at the scene.
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Keith Smith
Roy E. Smith
Salem
Roseburg
Smith
Dry law vote momentum grows in both parties Congress faces prohibition issue
Washington reports a winter vote on prohibition gains momentum in both parties. Senate leaders pledge no obstruction to a Senate vote while anti prohibitionists push for resubmission or modification measures. House figures show anti prohibition forces planning strategy as Congress convenes.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
James E. Watson
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
House
Henry T. Rainey
Ilinois
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Rainey
Norris
Judiciary Committee
Fess
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Tom
Sheppard
W. E. Borah
Idaho
J. Charles Linthicum
Maryland
Wet Block
Missionary Society Meets With Eight Members Present
Mrs Jed Kershaw hosted the Christian Missionary Society meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Eight members attended with Mrs J W Pinkerton presiding as the new chairman. Mrs Stella Keen led an engaging program with participation from Mrs Kershaw and others. Light refreshments were served. The January gathering will be at Mrs D A Pinkerton's home.
Hiteh Hikers Rob T. Comfort in Westwood to Seattle
A man reported two hitchhikers robbed him of his car and $75 near Seattle after picking him up in Westwood while traveling from Walla Walla. He was changing a tire when the robbery occurred early Sunday.
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Rob T
Westwood
California
Seattle
Walla Walla
Comfort
Portland Traffic Deaths Prompt Police Report
The annual police report shows 76 deaths in the fiscal year ending December 1 in Portland. It cites 45 percent attributed to careless and drunken drivers, notes involuntary manslaughter charges against many drivers but no convictions were recorded.
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Portland
Police Department
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al Simmons
Lefty Grove
Lefty O'Doul
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