Oregon debates income tax bills and property offset
Oregon lawmakers weigh two income tax bills. One would allow a 75 percent offset against property taxes, the other would not. Opposition comes from Grange Farm groups and labor groups, while supporters cite alignment with California and Washington on a coastwide tax approach.
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Oregon Voter Reporting Service
State House
Salem
Property Tax Relief Commission
Hall
Norton
Coos County
Earl Fisher
Grange
Farmer’s Union
Hall-Norton
Pheasants in Athena District Receive Kind Attention
Marion Hansell reports pheasants and Hungarian partridges are being fed by sportsmen and farmers across the Athena district. Numerous estates from Homer Watts to J N Scott and George Gerking care for flocks, with grain provided at multiple farms and companies. A Sunday tour found only one dead bird and several injured by cars, but birds gather where feed is placed.
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Oregon
California
Grange and
Farmers’ Union Committees
C. Chapman
Salem
Washington
Pacific Coast
Joseph N. Scott
Scott
Umatilla
Morrow
House Committee On Automobiles and Roads
Marion Hansell
Athena
Homer Watts
Sex Mciintyre
Hansell Place
M. L. Watts
Pine Creek
George Gerking
J. N. Scott
Art Douglas
Ross Payne
Louis Keen
Arnold Wood
Wild Horse Creek
Glenn Dudley
McBride Brothers
Barney Foster
Fay LeGrow
Lee Wilson
Preston-Shaffer Milling Company
Hansell
Shull Guilty of Manslaughter in Pendleton Case
Ralph Shull is sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary after a four hour jury deliberation in Pendleton Oregon on the manslaughter conviction for killing Robert Linsner. Judge D R Parker imposed the maximum allowed sentence.
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Pendleton
Ore
Ralph Shull
State Penitentiary
Robert Linsner
Shull
D. R. Parker
Dean Shull
Ralph
Homer I. Watts
Athene High Loses to Adams 22 14 in Saturday Football
Adams high school defeated Athena 22 to 14 as Adams showed consistency throughout the game while Athena improved offensively in the second half. Athena girls edged Adams 18 to 12 on Wednesday at Weston and Athena’s boys beat Weston 17 to 9 in a close contest. Pike Miller 8th graders beat Weston 20 to 9 in the curtain raiser. Athena plays Pendleton tomorrow night.
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Adams
Weston
Athena
Adams High School
Athena Girls
Adams Girls
Weston High
Pike
Miller
Pendleton
Pendleton Merchant C E Roosevelt Dies
C E Roosevelt long time Pendleton merchant died Sunday evening at St. Anthony's hospital. He ran the Boston store in Pendleton for years and was active in Masonic Knights of Pythias Elk and Eagle lodges. He leaves a widow and one daughter. Interment was in Walla Walla.
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C. E. Roosevelt Passen
C. EB. Roosevelt
Pendleton
That City
St. Anthony's Hospital
Boston
Masonic
Knights of Pythias, Elk and
Eagle Orders
Walla Walla
Boxing set for two nights at Portland event
Two nights of milling are predicted for the Pacific Coast amateur boxing championships to be staged in Portland on February 25 and 26 under the Multnomah Athletic Club. The tournament will feature a wide range of weigh classes and competitions.
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Portland
Multnomah Athletic Club
Staggatta Many Wevata
University of Oregon seeks 90000 extension funds
Oregon's University regents unanimously urge the legislature to set aside 90000 for the extension division and the research program to relieve a growing student load and support essential research. They seek continued 244607 for the medical school and 170000 for Doernbecher hospital plus 73000 for a pension fund with faculty contributions.
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University of Oregon
Eugene
Doernbecher Hospital
Oregon
Bureau of Business Research
Foreien
Arnold Bennett Hall
Oregon State Agricultural College
Liely
Loyal Gleaners to Host February 28 Evening Program
The Loyal Gleaners class of the Christian Sunday school will sponsor an evening of orchestra music, Negro songs by real Negroes, musical readings and a one act play. Admission is one penny per inch of waist measurement taken by a clever couple. Everyone invited. watch for further announcement.
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Loyal Gleaners
The
Christian Sunday School
Culley Finishes Idaho Farm Land Purchase
Prominent Weston area farmer Sim Culley completes two transactions acquiring 2470 acres in Power county Idaho for about $80 000 Bert Scrimsher of Roy Idaho partners with Culley in the deal and related farming operations in Ishd
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Cully
Sim Culley
Weston
Idaho
Culley
Power County
Bert Scrimsher
Roy
Ishd
Prowler Breaks Into Weston School Building
A Weston school building was entered Tuesday night by a intruder who pried a screen and lifted a window to gain access. Nine doors were damaged by twisted locks and the superintendent’s office was robbed of examination papers. No other vandalism noted and no clues to the culprit.
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Weston
Brace
Athena
Baddeley Sons Heirs to English Trust Fund
Weston Leader reports Fred Joe and Robert Baddeley of Los Angeles are heirs to an English trust fund connected to the late J A Baddeley a prominent Weston farmer who died in 1910. The fund’s settlement is pending in England with proofs managed by F S LeGrow of the First National Bank of Athena.
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Baddeley
Weston Leader
Fred
Joe
Robert Baddeley
Los Angeles
California
England
Leader
J. A. Baddeley
Weston
F. S. LeGrow
First National Bank of Athena
Wheat Shipments Begin at Fermer's Grain Elevator
Wheat shipments started at Fermer's Grain Elevator with 75,000 bushels bought by outside buyers after harvest. Ships depart at about four carloads daily, billed to Portland, with Pendleton inspections suggesting some grain reaches western markets.
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Fermer
Com.y
Portland
Pendleton
Large Elk Herd Drives Into Walla Walla Valley For Food
In Walla Walla Washington elk from Cottonwood meadows flood into the valley seeking forage. Stockmen petition the Oregon Game Commission to relocate the elk, warning action may be taken if fences fail and pastures are spoiled. About 250 to 300 animals have descended from mountain meadows, with some near the Reser and Lynch farms twelve miles from town. Local men attempt a roundup and divert a nine bull herd to the U.S. Military reservation along Garrison Creek for grazing.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Oregon Game Commission
Reser
Garrison Creek
Whitman Suffers Lopsided Loss to Willamette
Whitman University dropped its conference game to Willamette University 56 to 27 on Saturday night marking Whitman’s worst basketball defeat in several seasons. The prior Friday Whitman had defeated Willamette in the first game.
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Whitman
Willamette
Willamette University
Continential Oil Co Sets Competitive Pricing Notice
To Our Customers The Continental Oil company is prepared to meet competitive prices on gasoline and oil products offered at any time by any other oil company. By Bryce Baker, Agent.
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Continential Oil Company
Terrto Continential Oil CO
Bryce Baker
Oregon Sports Program Drafts Boy Scouts Event
University of Oregon plans a sports program for the Boy Scouts of Eugene featuring four fencing bouts among other events. Sophomore Radtke faces freshman Itman in one bout as part of the program lineup.
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University of Oregon
Boy Scouts of Eugene
Re Radtke
James Itman
Wheat Growers Seek Daily Radio Wheat Market News
Arlington Oregon growers at a three day wheat conference urged daily radio reports on market prices and world crop data. Leaders argued timely government broadcasts could speed access to Chicago and Portland prices, with officials noting a bill to extend market news wire.
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W. A. Schoenfield
Portland
United States Bureau of Economics
E. M. Halden
Blalock
John Withycombe
Arlington
W. S. Powell
More
Chicago
College
Federal Department
Congress
McNary
San Francisco
Northwest
Washington
Seymour Jones
Ballard
Moro
Turkey
Canada
Schoenfeld
W. W. Harrah
Pendleton
C. B. Cox
Eastern Oregon Wheat League
Camp Fire Conference Held in Wallace Wal la Walla
The Camp Fire Conference in Wal la Walla on the 8th and 9th drew a strong crowd despite cold weather. Janet McKellar, national field secretary from New York, led events including a banquet at the Grand Hotel and a series of lessons in hand crafts. A council fire closed the gathering with local organizers Hazel Fisher Bryant H Wade Le Roy and Hilda Dickenson attending from Athena.
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Walla Walla
Janet McKellar
New York
Miss McKellar
Grand Hotel
Camp Fire
Hazel Fisher Bryant
Mixx
Florence Craven
H. Wade LeRoy
Hilda Dickenson
Athena
Valentine Party At Venable Home With Tawanka Group
Miss Eloise Venable and Miss Myrtle Potts hosted a Valentine party Monday evening for seventeen guests including the Tawanka group. A Valentine box was a notable feature as red hearts decor filled the spacious room and refreshments followed the Valentine motif.
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Tawanka
Venable
Eloise Venable
Myrtle Potts
Tawanka Group
Erge
Valentins
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R. J. Carsner
Spray
Earl W. Snell
Wasco
Washington, D
Kiddle
Island City
Aviation
Glenna Wisher
Burt Brown Barker
Prowler
Mildred Bateman
Weldon Bell
Wilford Miller
John Kirk
Ralph McEwen
General Burton
Captain Murdoch
Stafford Hansell
George Murdoch
Ned Stanley
Edwin McEwen
Carraway Bones
Mary Murdoch
Thelma Schrimpf
Sylvia Murdoch
Carolyn Kidder
Evelyn Burton
Betty Eager
Remedius
Murdoch
Columbia Basin
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