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De ritorna Sagte wm aawwm 9, mm VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY JUNE 12, 1925 Volume 3, «MOUTHPIECE of the NEHALEM VALLEY --------- COLUMBIA COUNTY - VERNONIA TAX LOW COMPARED TO ALL OTHERS — - Of the county total, >334,274 or additional >40,237, or 4.4 per cent will go toward the support of highei i educational institutions in the state i Roads will receive >355,310, of which >31,100 is for road bonds. The levy for county general purposes is >53.177 whicr includes >21,761 for fair grounds, for cities and towns it to >39.161, for fire patrol, >5,127, and drainage districts, >57,800. Following are the tax rates and per capita taxes in tht cities and towns: I City Rate Per Capita Clatskanie ...........59.8 >18.52 Rainier ........... ........... 73.8 44.26 Scappoose .... .......... 41.3 40.32 Goble .......... ...........46.7 28.80 ...........65.3 St. Helens 31.16 Vernonia ...........48.1 11.21 ■ ■ms ■■■■mmiiii _i u—4^ Number 44 - - Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner Advertising Medium of a Big Pay Roll Community ---------------------- WHEN Pungent Paragraphs IS A CHAUTAUQUA A CHAUTAUQUA? ADVERTISING IS SALVATION OF MERCHANT Vernonia just got over another Chautauqua. Had one last year that took quite awhile to get over. The entertainments offered by the com panies here were very By E. E. Hayes dogs and badgers annualy sacrificed good. ’ two nights were The worst thing that can happen to the spirt of man. Man to the crea good—on a par with the recent high to a town or community is the growth ture or reason and can quit when he school play. The lectures were good of the spirit of intolerance and the gets enough, but the poor badger aa was the music. Some vaudeville Columbia County Taxes are inkindling of religious, racial or fra- is a dumb brute and liable to slop houses offer better, but only in lar Fred Anderson Tells How Complied by the Oregon ternal enmities. American tradition over. ger cities. The red headed girl that He Built $300,000 Busi frowns on this sort of thing. Amer Voter. said everything was to educate and ness in Town of 1,300. ica was settled by freedom-loving We often laugh at the old time an education for the children was people who had grow«« sick of relig philosopher who sat in front of the immediately followed by a playlet in ious intolerance* political intolerance country store and whittled, but this which liquor was supposed to be and fraternal intolerance, terms sage of ye olden time, i aa ring-nose«] used, swearing endulged in and cig- . ..... . * which can bo readily bunched into bearcat of dizzy motion in compari- srette smoking on the stage, She interesting C o m p i I a tion the phrase, “minding the other fel son with hto present day successor. should have said, “entertaining” in Vernonia Merchants are low’s business.” The United States Gives Facts for Eagle stead of “educational.” The chau Given Pointers That Ad licked Great Britain twice and since The Oregonian and the Telegram tauqua took a thousand dollars out of Readers Regarding Im trat time has been the world’s most are having a beautiful scrap. vertising Is Main Big Item It Vernonia never to be returned; our portant Subject. outstanding exponent of guarantee makes me think of the days when the park will be with us always, as will In Getting Business. ing the right of the under-dog to hto boys made faces at each other and our band, our churches, our publi i Tax statistics compiled by the Ore xhar? of the sunshine that Go«] gave said, “ You did, you didn't,” and-so- institutions and home enterprises. gon Voter for every county in the It isn’t so many years since al to all of us. Today, an American citi forth, ad finitum. The weather, more than sentiment most every man in business looked state, reveal the fact that in Colum- ! DAY WAS DAMP, BALL WAS WET zen can go to any country on the An advertised article bears the was against the chautauqua here, as 1 in county, 19.15per cent of the BUT PLAYERS WERE WILL'NG.1 globe and the starry flag protects name of the maker who says to the it was cool and damp in the big tent upon another man in the same line t lai property tax is paid by prop- of business as a deadly enemy. Eacu Business men Become Boys and him and guarantees to him the rights wide, wide world that he to the daddy The chautauqua program was good, thought the other was an “outside«“ e ty within cities, while 80.85 per to which he to justly and legally en of the product and is willing to bank we liked it as an entertainment. As rent is paid by property outside of Ball players in Beautiful Battle of and each made it his buaines to “go titled. But in some communities of his good name, any cash that he may, a chautauqua, there is only one Base Ball. The South side of Bridge cities. The taxes paid by property in after” the other fellow to give him America today, certain self-centered have and all his hope for the future genuine chutauqua in Oregon to all cities in the state represent 52.04 street played the North side, the a wallop. selfish persons attempt to usurp the on its being dependable. An unad- our opinion, and that one at Glad per cent of the tatol, while property gate receipts going toward the city Not so today. The man in business functions of the United States gov verttoed article to like a rumor taht stone. As a traveling show or com park fund, and netted nearly a half outside of cities bears 47.3« per cent is more and more learning that ernment and would wipe out the | hundred dollars that the chautauqua someone spreads and is ashamed to pany we would favor it, as a chau building his own business require« of the tax burden. noble guarantees written by the acknowledge its authorship. And, tauqua we are against it. In a title Columbia county lumber and tim didn’t get. At five o’clock the parade blood of the nation’s heroes that speaking of rumors, to ours tagged? town not far away we at one time his best ability; and that some of his formed at the bank, led by the Am ber property outside of cities pays time can best be employed in help "the life, liberty and pursuit of hap got stuck for >25 on one of these marly one-half of the taxes, com- erican Legion with Mr. Schooley at ing—not crushing—his fellow bus. Leader of the piness” of Americans should not be ) -.red with all lumber and timber the big base drum. Home folks should patronise home traveling chautauquas same as the ness man. abridged. Just a few days ago we good people here got hit. That town property in unincorporated territory march was Mr. Keller in a tall He realizes that while as apeople Vernonians gathered to do honor to industries, home merchants and work has never allowed one since, neither ■ f the state, whicr pays 12.7 per cent Uncle Sam hat. This was followed by America’s heroes and the bravery to the advantage of the community, is Rainier or many other small towns we are in the commercial or co»«.- Lyles Cow Bell band and players of the total. Farm property in the but the home industries must hump ■ >rn both sides of the contested and heroism of the heroes of ’61 thetuselveb and give the home folks As a show, paying their own way, we petitive stage, we are slowly euier«. << unty pays 15.08 per cent, while of ing out of this into the age of Co were extolled. The nation was glad the total taxes paid in Oregon 25.97 line; then came autos and more as good service a they can get away could welcome them. But who guar operation or enlightened seif-mte. , to do honor to men who laid down anteed our business men when they mirccrs. Arrivingat the grounds, the per cent is paid by farm property. from home, as people have a pecul est. , their lives for the principle that they K til road und utility property in dium corps gave a short concert, the iar trait to that they spend theii came here? Why should fe guarantee as well as we of today consider the There is a popular saying th..t and put up for these traveling show Columbia county pays 14.65 per cent marshal declared that order must foundation of American liberty. Can money where they acn get the beat people, put up their tents carry their runs something like thui: "Knock prevail and no dogs or canary birds of the total, and all other non-city value and service—or think so, which we, then, consistently dishonor the ( baggage and have them laugh at our and the world knocks with you property pays 1.88 per cent. The would h«* allowed on the ball diamond amounts to the same thing. , num, whom we publicly honor by ' ton; green actions when they leave? It to boost, and you boost alone." following table, compiled by the ”cmpi ivwns the umpire and the denying any man the privelegea of like most popular sayings this is silly. The townsmen in it last year game was called with the North side Voter, shows the amount and propor- If all the hammers in the world American citizenship on account of truth turned wrong side out. loat and at that time the Eagle ad to bat. Captain Galloway was in the were employed in constructing in- G m paid by each source : hto race, hto color, previous condi It is only through love and friend (’Utside of Cities i stead of destructive work, there vised against it. Now we again say if Amount Per box and M. E. Carkin receiving. Cal- tion of servitude, hto political or re lendine to bat. Three scores were lasting I would be no idleness, no jealousies anyone signa up again they will again ship that we build well Cent ligious belief or fraternal affiliations loose from >15 to >25. Few can af made during the first half, At the ex ly. Hate is a negatice condition. It M no bickerings, no divorces, fewei Drainage Itot. . $ 57,800 «.32 If this be Americanism, then the taxes, jails and insane asylums. Have ford it and no one to thought any love and friendship that benefits, re 143.50« All other agri’i IS.tt citing part of the inning McGraw, a Americanism of Washington, Lin L imber & Timber 40’.327 43.85 musician in the band stand became coln and the golden scroll of Amer-! you done a bit on knocking on youi better of for the spending. The en fines, creates. unrulyto the extent of interfering friend, your neighbor or some enter tertainments were good, remember We are seeing evidence of thia in is.ll Railroad A Util’s 120,043 ica’s heroes is as much “a scrap of prise of merit, or have you remem that, and the people puting up are the growing number of successfu All other 17,188 1.88 with the players. The marshal called him down and he resisted arrest paper” as the solemn obligations the bered the good traits of your associa among our best people—but it isn’t business men who unselfishly give ox In cities: German Kaiser and his ruthless min-, tes and given them a boost? right that they should. This is not a their time and their money to he««, 1.53 which resulted in a foot race be- Railroads & Util’s 14,011 chautauqua town. We have musicians build the busines of others. Ear) ions tore up and cast to the four It w All others ............. 161.195 17.52 tween hi mand thc marshal. rs good as some of the travelers. We Lyle then grew sassy with the law winds. I The writer heard a person on the are sorry for the looser», who were apparent almost everywhere—in the commercial clubs, chambers of com Total ....... >915.070 100.00 to the extent of arguing with the --------- ■: J I street bellyaching because someone We are going to ask the depart had tried to sell him a season ticket sincere in their work and signed for merce, Rotary clubs, Kiwanto clubs The average tax rate for Colum- officer; the debate was called a tie At the ment of geology of the O. A. C. to to the chautauqua. 1 suppose that the purpose of securing the enter and other groups whose members a«., bia county is 42.05 mills, which to and the game proceeded. We only joined together for the purpose ul close of the first half the battery detail their research department to if a person of this kind were pre tainments fof our town. much lower than in Clatsop county where the avernge rate to 57.27, but was presented with boquets and a a study of the formation in Colum- sented with a ticket to glory, he’d hope they don’t have to put up any building the business of the com - For educational entertain munities in which they live. slightly higher than the average few minutes serenade. By this time bia county to determine why so many bellyache because itw as a one way more. ment, the traveling shows put up ticket. Hush was temporary disabled by get- more “ chug holes ” are found on the rate in Washington county, 41.35. At present, one of the outstand nothing better that the travel scenes The per capita tax in Columbia coun teing a hard ball on the end of the Vernonia end of the Pittsburg road ing men in the work of helping hu Once Upon a Time there was a offered at the movie theatres. Some ty is higher than in Washington, thumb, but he went in the box at than on the St. Htlens end. fellow men is Fred W. Anderson cf the third inning and completely shut Man who Sat and Thank and when of the Pathe weekly news reels are the little town of Cozad, in Nebras the f Hires being >59.74 and >41.50 indeed educational aa they impress respectively. The per capita in Clat out the Siuth side. In the second half The market quotations in the Ore ho waa Tired he Would Lay Off ka. Fred has passed through all the by pictures of actual settings in our Thinking for Awhile, and He Was of the first half, Captain McDonald sop i.< one of the highest in the gonian consistently list Oregon troubles that beset the man who state, >100.45, only the following pitched and Beall caught. The in Grape Root at 30 cents per pound. [ Tired All the Time. And One Day a own and foreign lands. The chautau starts in business without experience count es having higher per capita ning closed by the stretcher gang Looks like the Vernonia school boy person Drifted By and This Sitter qua was good, but they came and with but little money and plenty of taxer«. Crook, >120.52; Tillumook, carrying the pitcher to the side lines ought to be able to make some good Thank, “It Looks Like Rain.” And went and took the money with them1 competition. He knows trouble from on a ladder. Aq Captain Gallowayt earnings and at the same time de-' the Person Who Drifted By Drifted without doing any of the hard work actual contact—lota of it. >117.52, and Lincoln, >108.52. On and Remarked to Another Per or without any worry aa their tick-! In unincorporated territory of came to bat, the Mayor of Vernonia velop a home industry. He now devotes much time toiling It don’t look son, “It’s Raining Over There,” and eta were guaranteed. presented him with a special madel Columbia county, the average tax others of his experience of how he the Other Person Remarked to an fair. rate to 36.33 mills, which is larger bat, six foot long and two feet wide1 built his business; and you should “ O, Jimmie, yu ougrta go over and other Humoresque, “Big Flood, I - ----------------- than the average for all unincor but the batter proved that he had remember when reading what he says squeeze a lemon in front of the syna Believe,” and On and On in Volume Arrangements have been made no use for anything out of the or-| porated territory in Oregon, 31.93. gogue and see the Jews come out.”) and Intensity and Imaginary Ele for a Columbia county day at the that his business has grown fiom a Within cities the rate to 58.07 mills dinary. By this time the score keeper beginning to the very sub ments Raged until a Valley Waa In John Jacob Astor Experiemtn sta-j v hich to also higher than the aver lost track of the scores and the Bridge street to at least paved undated, Many Towns Washed Away tion at Astoria on Monday, June 29 ’»• i°f WM" • special press reporter couldn ’ t keep age for all cities, 47.38. The per cap with good intentions. and Thousands of People Drowned. so states Geo. A. Nelson, county ag | And that in the little country town ita tax outside of cities to >77.13, up with the plays or scores—every-, of Cozad. in Dawson county, Ne Finally a Feeble Mlndej Man woh riculturist. compared with all unincorporated one perfectly sober too. A. W. Peter braska. There should be a law against Didn't ‘ have Any More Sense than The branch experiment station at sen played sceond and extinguished territory, which has a per capita tax What Is Lach? of >63.42. The per capita tax for all himself in a double play to Culbert badger fighting in the United States. Work for His Living and Tell the Astoria to doing a lot of forage crop' Almost every state either prevents or, Truth came along, and All Ho Saw and pasture work that it of special Anderson waa born on a farm and cities in the state is lower being son on first, making two out Green >45.77, while in Columbia county man of the O.A. and a southsider regulates prise fights to avoid its waa a Man Who Sat an Thank and interest to farmers in Columbia began his career as a farmer. But hit lapsing into abject brutality, but no', Who Just Sat When He WaaTired, county. heart was not really in the work. Ho cities it is >27.06, the fourth lowest made the first and only home run; one seems to worry about the poor and He was Tired Al) The Time. At this time all farmers in Colum soon reached the very sane conclu he will now be subject to try-outs in the state. bia county who are interested ar sion that for him farming was not Frequently the Vernonia has a low per capita tax for league games. invited to attend this excursion to worth while. , >11.21, using 1500a» the population game got so hot that the hook and runners came in off of Third. Uhere the station. Further details in re “I’ll go into business,” he said to in 1925. In Clatskanie it to >18.52, ladder company was brought to the the came from no one knows and gards to the arrangeemnts will bo himself, “and build a big busineas.” which is also very low, compared rescue, and when the bases were al! the umpire refused to allow the announced later. scores. Another inning with Ship-' full and everyone on their toes there with such per capita» ns Warrenton, Anj he did that very thing; for luck >255.5«: Gearheart, >214.54; West was a wild bunch of boosters headed ley in the box and Drorbaugh catch-J Forbusiness men in particular, we was with him—aa luck to always with Linn, >117.25; Newport, >93.02; To | bySchooley that started a crap game ing, ad a messenger sent to town are printing thia week, a lengthy the man with a purpose—providing Lloyd Thomas' ’ ' ledo, >88.74; nnd Seaside, >84.45 near the bleechers. They were soon for new recruits. article entitled: “Advertising Talks’* the man works and looks ahead, and Dr. Cole to Rainier has the highest tnx rate in put to flight and the Officer of the made a throe bagger, We print it free, because it is good keeps his eye on the sign posts which the county, 73.8 mills. This to not Day confistacated the stakes. About good in infield and hac the record and by one who knows. We know it other successful men are constantly ax high as some cities ion the state | this time Chas. White went in the for fast base running. Gateway can* will profit you in dollars to read placing before him as guides to suc notably Lakeside, 120.2; Bend, 106; box and Fenner caught These men catch aa good aa pitch and Lincoln every lino. It begins on the first cess. Lindley,' North Bend. 100; Seaside, 94.1 and held down the North Side to a few can run—for one base. That to a pretty log introduction page and continued oe an inside hits for a minute or so, when Me- Brown, Childs, Purney and several to the real meat of this booklet; but llnndon, 92.3. page. Study it; you’ll find *O1“ pos Columbia county taxes this year Gee was put in as pitcher. It now be we didn’t see for the crowd ware yon will road what follows with ters. We did._____ show an increase of 6.81 per cent came a habit to change pitchers and substituted for the dead and wpaa- greater interest and hotter unde r Next Sunday Vernonia will travel standing by knowing something et shore those levied in 1924, compared Wharton was just geting his arm in ded that wore carried off the field to Gladstone and try to overcome the the man who does the talking. - -ith an increase of 6.0« per cent for splendid shape when rain checks At the last chocks made of the score defeat they received from them the the state aa a whole. The county tax checks were issued. Jack Dafto then it stood 18 to It in favor of the Mr. Anderson recently talked to first game of the season. Just who the members of the American Retail South side. The losers have chai-, went in the box on one side (we have toll of >915,070 represtnts 2.15 per( the line up will be to go is undecided ers’ association, at a meeting bold tat cent of the total property tax levied the sides mixed up here) and Van lenged the winners for a return game at present aa a new manager has not St. Louie. in Oregon which to >42,660,781. | Doren went behind the plate. When Sunday at two o’clock. Wo will try Very property, hie talk to get a complete list of ail the play-1 been appointed However, the player* U«t pue ‘sasodjnd joqos apa.iH pun Fenner made a safe hit and brought will be notified in plenty of time. >6.53 per rent, will be used for high iin two scores there were seventeen era for both aides at that game. LVERY COUNTY LISTED Intolerance South Side W ins Contested Victory — I