The Willamina times., March 21, 1930, Image 1

Willamina—Where opportunity await men and capital for lucrative activity
Ijc Willamina Sinus
VOLUME 23. NO.
31
WILLAMINA. YAMHILL COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. MAR.
1930
11.50 A YEAR
WILLAMINA BUSINESS MEN ORGANIZE CHAMBER
GREAT WAVE OF PROGRESS ABOUT THE thinker leads “S'0F MASS MEETING IS
MODERN PROGRESS
TO BREAK OVER NORTHWEST
WELL ATTENDED
By JOHN G. LONSDALE
Money From East Being Brought Into Oregon to be Invest­
President American Banker«
Association
ed in Developing Our Great Natural Resource*—
TUB greatest need of tba world to-
Playground* Will Receive Much Attention
• day 1« Interpreter« of onr time«
—modern
Ponfel«
sericulture.
finance, politics.
1930 will be a banner year in, thing real that will not give way Industry — who
Oregon history. There w i 111 with every rich man’« whim.
can «ee throush
the fog and ha»e
doubtless be the greatest forward j Oregon has great expanses of that
en«hroud our
move in *11 lines of endeavor by । wonderfully rich soil only wait­ cimriilt problem«
way of development, that w« j ¡ng for the skill of the tiller to and advice in
B’ruct. and I'fin
have ever known. From Every HP-si-d it in producing its apples ence these who
corner of the state comes new* )Of gold, Great expanses of pas- Cre either Ituflf
ot very definite plans now taking ture 'ands are awaiting herds of fer«nt or limited
tn their pe!f< p
shape for the erecting ot homes
|llrd CHttle and flocks of timix
and large building«; building ot uoutM Mnd sheep There ¡«me in
Through the
railroad lines; putting in of pow-if|ie mountains waiting for the thinker and the Jchn G. Lonsdal*
Interpreter.
ft n
er projects; rebuilding and ex- ( miner and * onderful playgrounds known al 1 nation« are disclosed or
tending of power lines, telephone awaiting the developer of such puztlfng condition« explained In toxi­
lines, water and sewer systems; pleasure lands. There are still cal light. The American people are
so constituted that they can meet and
opening up of irrigation projects; billions of feet of the finest lum-. combat any situation once II la known
replanting of large areas of log­ ber in the world to be cut from and understood. It la the unknown
ged off lands to a new crop of j our forests. What more can be I that comes like the thief In the night
and brings disaster.
lumber trees; reclaiming of great said concerning the unbounded < Some one has defined prosperity as
marshy sections along rivers and opjiortunities to be found in our something the business men create
for the pollticlane to take credit tor.
lakes; establishing of air ports; Oregon?
But America’s present-day prosperity
building and extending of high­
Occasionally men will say, "To ean be defined as a product resulting
ways; clearing of great acreage
from the business man's ability to
much is neing said about Oregon atudy and to Interpret. Huge corpora­
of lands; opening up of new lum­
in the way of booster stuff.” tions maintain research staffs and
Elbert F. Perking of McMinn
ville Oregon candidate for nomin-
~
ation on the Republican ticket Move In Right Direction Is
for county clerk, asks the sup
Taken by Citizens
port of the Republicans of this
A mass meeting of the busi­
section of the county.
"Bert” as he is more generally ness men of Willamina con vened
called, came to McMinnville in at Odd Fellows hall Tuesday
1889 and has made his home here evening to discuss the matter of
since that time. He returned to organizing a chamber of com-
his former home in Burlington, merce. The meeting was well
Kansas, in 1906 where he was attended by Willamina citizens.
married and returned here with
The house was called to order
his bride. He has made a sue- by Mr. Fundman and Kenneth
cess in busines affairs for him- Shetterly was selected for tem-
self and hopes to be permitted to porary chairman.
handle the county office in the
A number of talks were given
same manner. His work in the calling attention to the need of a
First National Bank and with D. commercial organization here.
M. Nayberger, as Bookkeeper, All present favored organ­
Teller, clerk and manager, co ver-। izing and the work was started.
ing a period of over 30 years, [Officers were elected as follows;
very specially fits him for meet- President, K. E. Shetterly; Vice
ing the public ai.d caring for ti e President John Durst; Secretary,
clerical work of the county. He G. G. Sittser; Treasurer,
Treasurer. James
is a graduate from the Interna­ Ball.
tional Business College at Burl-
The Work o* organization was
not completed at this first meet­
ing but will be finished next
Tuesday evening when the body
will meet again at the hail. All
citizens of Willamina and sur­
rounding country are urged to be
present.
bering projects; development
Impossible! No pen can describe ;
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everywhere of our great play­
what we really have in Oregcn.
ground, and a thousand and one
The trouble B. we are not awake I
other contemplated activities.
to our opportunities. Too long!
Never hat there been a time have we sat enjoying what we
when there was such a wide var-, have o|,tained by the feeble ef-1
iety of activities outlined as there fortg we have put forth, a thing;
ftrArthur Briabun«
are for this vsar. A new spirit ¡f| ¡t8e|f widen proves what can
Going West
is taking hold upon Oregon. The 5,. done here
Thank
Your Local Editor
State chamber of commerce is
In the beautiful Yamhill valley The First Hoover Year
doing a great work this year,
.
, most . . beneficial
«• . works.
1
and Ants Are Foolish—and Men
one of , the
/ ying , between McMinnville
. .
has
recently
o-'scubed
OING through Colorado, New Mex­
in fact, that the organization
by a gentleman who has traveled
ico, Arisons, and on to the Paci-
ever done. The state and 11H
extensively, as "Little Eng- fic, for the hundredth time, is as inter­
wonderful resources are now be­
esting aa on the first journey. You
land,” there are many rich farms feel that you are in a big country.
ing widely advertised, and lli«
with fine homes, sp'endid horses
A. L. Wathen, of the Interior De­
eyes of the world are now turned and valuable herds of cattle, P*rtment
of Indian Irrigation Service.!
on our state. Scores of new set­
. .
in connection with looking after the
These farmers are
a 1
y Coolidge Dam. says with conviction.
tiers are being induced to come
and the money has been "No place east of the Rocky Moun­
to our state bringing money to
ington Iowa He attended a
o n these farms. But tains is fit to live in.”
invest in-farms and factories made
He would not have said that when Methodist College in Baldwin,
they are members of a later gen­ In the army, across the ocean a while
Never have so many families
Kansas, after which he follow ei
eration. The pioneers who grub­ ago. He is sure of it now.
come to Oregon in the same
school
teaching for seven years,
bed out this lend and brought it
lenth of lime as are now coming
At Albuquerque, H. F. Pickerell is four of which in Yamhill county.
under cultivaiion from the wild, at the station. He is editor of the
each month. Good, substantial;
half worked the soil for years, Albuquerque Journal, which is a suc­ He is always found at his post of
people; people who are coming
came to a time when they believ­ cess. Wants you to know that the Rio duty attending feverntly to
Grande conservancy project, nothing
bringing in the beat to be had in
ed the ground was worn out, to do with Boulder Dam, will soon ir­ j business and always ready to
Ihe state, from which they are
and moied off from the farms, rigate ItO,000 acres of fertile land meet the public in a courteous
emmigrating. to become firm pil-1
and below Albuquerque, provid­
selling I hem to the present own­ above
manner. If nominated and el­
ing jobs and prosperity.
lars in the further buibding of
ers. These men came with their
A natural gas main, on its way to ected he says he will diligently
our state.
akill and understanding of soil Albuquerque, will secure the establish­
We have had a hard struggle handling, and the thing we see ment of a big glass factory. Albuquer­ pursue his duties to the best wel­
que "healthiest place in the world, had
financially for years in our state, today is the result of these ef­ 17,000 population a little while ago, fare of the county.
and while we have had much forts. One farm alone, might be has 35,000 now, and will soon double
Mrs. Ben Evans of Grand
difficulty in thh line, along with mentioned as an example of the that.”
Such an editor aa Pickerel!, Is a Konde visited in Willamina Mon-
all ether sections of the country, aliove facts. That farm was left whole chamber of commerce in him­
day, at the home of her daughter
since last October, it seems that by a man who cut it out of the self.
Mrs. L. A. Matocha
the crisis has been a good thing wilds, because he was unable to
The value of an energetic local edi-
for us. People are turning away make a living for his family upon tor Is not often fully appreciated by
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Barber
from Wall street and are coming it. Today, that farm is cut up bts community, nor Is the value of hia and daughter Arlene of Sheridan
columns appreciated by visited relatives in Willamina
to this great land of opportunity into
,
four farms and occupied by advertising
national advertisers, aa they should
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to invest their money in some-
be. His readers buy everything from Sunday.
G
paint on the roof to cement in the
cellar floor, buy more automobiles per
capita than city dwellers, have time
to read about the latest products,
clothes, foods, time saving devices,
etc. And buy them.
Senator Capper's newspaper, "The
Dally Capitol,” comea out with a re­
view of President Hoover’s first year.
Senator Capper describes it as "a
year of blue prints.” Meaning a year
of preparation.
The Capitol observes that Congress
has not been strongly behind the
President, the "wet press is not sym­
pathetic toward him, and eastern pub-
Jlcatlons with a Wall Street complex ,
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Cold Water Thrown on
That Milk Snake Story
I am reminded of a conversation
that I once had In the pine barrens
with an old darky who claimed to be
an expert on snakes.
I had that day caught a large spesi-
men of a king snake—that black and
white serjpent which is Immune to the
bite of any snake in North America,
and which will kill In a fair tight any
rattlesnake which it may meet The
sight of the king snake started my
colored friend on a line of snake sto­
ries. Among them. I remember, was
one about a cow on his father’s farm
that suddenly went dry. When she
was watched It was found that every
afternoon she would go down into the
far end of the pasture and low invit­
ingly. whereupon a milk snake would
creep out of the grass and milk her.
When the snake was killed several
quarts of milk gushed out of its mu­
tilated body. After Its death the cow
pined away and died.
It was a very sad story and quite
as true as most snake stories. The
stomach of the largest milk snake
holds about four teaspoonfuls, and It
could no more milk a cow than could a
bird.—Samuel Scoville, Jr, in “Wild
Honey.”
She had done everything wrong.
She had disregarded the signal lights,
then stalled In the middle of the
street, and before starting had taken
out her powder puff and started to
apply it to her face, An Irate traffic
officer rushed up:
“Say. lady, do you know anything
at all about traffic rules?"
"Why, yea. What is It that you
want to know?”—Chatham News.