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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1927
Page
2
Subscription rates for Athena area readers show prices for one copy for one year six months and three months set at two dollars one dollar and seventy five cents respectively. The notice is dated December 16 1927 and lists Athena Oregon.
Harvard professor William B. Munro argues taxes fall on all, rich and poor, via prices on goods and services. He says people feel gas and phone rate hikes but ignore tax increases, noting extravagance and waste hit the poor hardest and democracy must align with economy.
Public utilities including steam railroads will pay more than 1 050 000 000 in taxes this year, about one tenth of their gross receipts across railways, gas, electric, telegraph and telephone firms. The Oregon Public Utility Bureau notes utilities bear a higher tax rate than any other corporate group.
A writer recalls a major Lake Labish moment from thirty seven years past when the Southern Pacific rail line faced a notable train event. The memory highlights the significance of the incident in regional railway history.
Historic episode recalled as a passenger train wrecks on a trestle. Lake Labish again enters the record with 500 car-loads of celery produced this year. Ashland yields 90 dollars worth of English walnuts from twenty-five year old trees. Athena reports seven below zero Saturday night as Old Man Winter grips the region.
In a recent address, Union Pacific VP F W Robinson says passenger traffic rose 17 percent 1921 to 1926 while total passengers carried fell 8 percent. He notes 1926 per capita railroad miles dropped 12 percent since 1911, with sleeping and parlor car revenue up 27 percent since 1921 but coach passenger revenue down 26 percent, due largely to automobiles. Regulation of highways and bus use, he argues, will grow to balance road use and maintain highway upkeep.
Three items on memorials appear in one day. Norwich England contemplates a Lincoln memorial while Panama’s ex-president Porras plans a Roosevelt statue, and James Stevens of New Jersey funds a Leonidas monument for Sparta. The column also critiques Bend Oregon voters' bridge bond vote and the petition right.
The passage reflects on lasting international legacy of great leaders and the enduring influence of those who served others. It notes that greatness transcends borders and even death cannot erase their impact, with monuments eventually eroded yet memories persisting.
The article outlines a sequence of Indigenous fishing hooks from gorge hooks to barbed hooks with lures. It notes materials of wood bone shell stone and copper and mentions Mohave use of curved cactus spines as natural hooks. The evolution reflects fish wariness and tool availability rather than a strict ladder of invention.
The Naked Neck breed from Austria features a nearly featherless neck from slightly behind the head to the shoulders giving an unattractive look. The birds, though hardy, are rare novelties bred in Austria and are not commonly kept. Berlin eyes Marie action amid speculation on Ione Bratiano’s death and Prince Carol’s possible return.
In the County Court of Oregon Umatilla County the estate of G H Schubert deceased. A O Schubert appointed administrator at home near Athe Oregon. Creditors must present claims with vouchers to the administrator or to attorneys Will M Peterson and George R Lewis in Pendleton within six months from November 18 1927.
Notice announces Manda J. McArthur as executrix of H. McArthur deceased and urges creditors to present claims within six months at Athena or Watts and Prestleye attorneys. Dated November 18, 1927, from Athena Oregon. Also notes final account hearing for William P. Willaby estate set for January 7, 1928 at Pendleton with Hester Willaby administratrix and Watts & Prestleye attorneys.
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