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Entered at Vernonia, Oregon, Postoffioe as Second-Class Matter. TO VOTE ON MANY BILLS Dennis Amendment Will Be Keenly Contested iwimax biu The Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Bill Finds Few Supporters. Voters of the slate of Oregon have received a compilation of the measures that have been submitted to the secretary of state to be voted on November 2 at the general elec tion. There will be an amendment to re peal the free negro and mulatto sec tion of the constitution because it is invalid and in conflict with the United States constitutiion. The section referred to forbids free ne groes and mulattoes coming into, re siding or being in the state of Ore gon, or having any civil rights there in. It is claimed that children* attend ing the schools of this state are ex pected to study the constitution ar.d it is asked that for their sakes this claim should be repealed. An amendment which has already created some controversy is the one prohibiting inheritance and incomo taxes.. Its purpose it to prohibit the levying of any tax upon inheritances or upon the income of residents or citizens of this state. It is claimed by those in favor of the amendment that it will reduce taxes by bring ing more capital into the state to such an extent that the loss of -dropping inheritance taxes will be more than offset. Those seeking to defeat the pass age of this amendment declare that inheritance taxes now turn approxi mately $500,000 a year into the state treasury and that income taxes are avoided to such an extent that this amount will not be realized from in- . creased capital. Another bill, a referendum ordered by petition of the people, is the -cigarette and tobacco tax bill which will require retail dealers in cigar ettes, cigarette papers, wrappers, tubes, smoking and snuff to pay an excise tax to the state upon the sale - of these articles and providing for licenses, the tax to be 10 per cent. No affirmative argument is given for this bill, but those striving for its defeat claim that the amount collect ed by this tax would be small, and that the local merchants could suffer decreased sales, to the advantage of the mail-order houses outside the state and the bootleggers. It is provided in the motor bus and truck bill to levy a license tax upon the use of motor vehicles when used as common carriers upon the public highways. Proponents of the measure say that this bill would impose a charge upon the commercial bus of three- fourths of one mill per passenger Beat mile and upon the commercial . truck of one mill per ton mile. They claim that no injustice is possible be cause no charge is made except uopn mileage actually traveled, that the bus travels about ten times as far as the privately owned car, on the average. The Oregon Motor Stage associa tion states that this bill would pro duce only a small amount of money for highway use, that it would create a number of additional Jobs but very little additional revenue. VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 1926 NEW PROGRAM AT STATION KOAC CITY CAUCUS 50-YEAR MASONS KOAC radio station of the Ore SEPTEMBER IT TO CELEBRATE gon Agricultural college, will re sume broadcasting Monday evening, September 13, and thereafter will be on the air each Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings. During the first week, the programs will be al most entirely agricultural. The second week will feature events re lating to freshmen week on the cam pus. Beginning September 27, agricul tural programs will be confined to Monday nights, while Wednesday and Friday nights will be devoted to musical programs, home study courses, lecture courses and pro grams selected from fields other than agriculture. Features that will run througnout the college year include many that proved popular last year and some added after a study of comments from listeners. On Monday nights will be broadcast a lecture for mem bers of boys’ and girls’ clubs, radio grams, timely agricultural topics, and market news interpretations. Students and faculty of the music department will contribute to an hour of music each Wednesday night. A lecture on some practical engineering subject will be broad cast each Friday night. Home study courses and lecture courses paralleling college courses being taught on the campus will form an important part of the broadcasts each Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights after September 27. A 15 minute intercollegiate sports review will open the program each Monday night, from the outset. AU coast conference institutions will contribute to this feature. Ten min utes of selected campus news iteme will open the Wednesday and Friday night programs. CARKIN ATTENDS LEGION RECEPTION Every member of the local Ma sonic lodge who has been a Mason for fifty years or more will be an honored guest at the impressive ceremonies that will be held in Port land, September 15, to celebrate- tho 75th anniversary of the foundii.g of the grand lodge of Oregon. Ins-ruc tions were received Monday by Wm. Pringle of the local Masonic lodge to immediately ascertain how many fifty year Masons there are among its membership in the city and sur As soon as the rounding district. names are received special invitations will be sent them from grand lodge headquarters. Thousands of Masons will gather from all parts of the state to parti cipate in the celebration, and in ad dition reperesentatives from various lodges of Washington and Idaho that were originally, under the jurisdiction of the grand lodge of Oregon when the northwest was still a territory will attend. Of the 29,000 Masons in the state it is estimated that be tween 5,000 and 6,000 will be present when Edgar II. Sensenich, most worshipful grand master, calls the meeting to order in the municipal auditorium in Portland. The program will be divided into two sections. The first section will consist of a banquet held in honor of all fifty year Masons now mem bers of the various Oregon ledges. Attendance will be limited to these fifty year Masons, grand masters of the United States and Canada, heads of the various grand Masonic bodies in Oregon, past grand masters, grand lodge officers and district deputy grand masters of the grand lodge of Oregon, masters and -Vard ens of the lodges which organized the grand lodge of Oregon and of the Washington and Idaho lodges orig inally under its jurisdiction. The second section will revolve a-ound a huge meeting for all Master Masnns nt the public nuditorium. The grand lodge was organized three quarters of a century ago at Oregon City in 1851. The then Ore gon territory embraced everything from the coast to the Rock moun tains. At the coming Portland meet ing the principal addresses will deal with the history of Masonry in Ore gon and the part Masonry has played in the state’s development. M. E. Carkin, who was recently elected executive committeeman of the American Legion, department of Oregon, at the state convention in Marshfield, attended the reception given to State Commander Murphy by Portland Post No. 1, in Portland Tuesday night. The meeting was called to order by Joseph Freck, Portland command er. The regular order of business was postponed to the next meeting and the gavel was turned over to Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Cole drove to Judge Ekwall, chairman of the re Newport Saturday night for a week ception committee. end trip. They returned Monday. Speakers at the -meeting in their order were: City Commissioner Bigelow, Commissioner Pieer, Coun ty Commissioner Taft, M. E. Cark in, Mrs. Eastman, past president of the Legion Auxiliary, department of Oregon; George Love, Eugene, de partment vice comamnder; National Committeeman Charles Johnson of Silverton. Department Adj Jtant Carl R. Moser; John C. Seuice of Paris post, Paris, France, whose topic was, “Sentiment of French People Toward Americans as a Whole.” A quartet of male voices enter tained the assemblage with a few numbers. The newly elected Depart ment Commander Murphy then .poke and after that Commander Freck closed the meeting. At the council meeting Wednes day night a petition was presented signed by a number of citizens that a date be named on or before Sep- teny>er 27 for a city caucus to nominate city officers for the com ing elcetion. The council set Sep tember 17 as the day, which will leave 10 days before September 27, the last day on which a caucus may be held, according to law. The council members were all of the opinion that it would be best to have more than one caucus in order to have competition for offices. Ordinance No. 402, pertaining to the franchise to be given to H. E. McGraw for the building and opera tion of a power and light plant in Vernonia was discussed at some length. Attorney Sheeley returned from Portland just in time to attend the council meeting. The case of remov al of the present receivership is be ing tried there and Mr. Sheeley is representing the city of Vernonia *i the case. Because of the unsettled state of affairs in the case the coun cil postponed action upon the ordin ance until the next regular meeting. Mr. Sheeley stated that many law yers and business men of Portland have been attending the trial, and it appears that many wish to buy or get control of the Vernonia Light & Power company for purely speculat ive purposes. He is working for the appointment of a receiver who will be honest in handling the affairs of the concern, but could name no one whom he thought would be the right party for this. It is quite probable, in the opinion of Mr. Sheeley that the case will go to the supreme court and will take considerable time to settle. REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON OCTOBER 2 Registrations will close for the November election on October 2, ac- corling to City Recorder Reasoner, lhe law states that the books will close 30 days before election, which occurs on Nevember 2 this year. All who have not voted in the past two years must re-register. Those who have moved in another precinct since last voting must re-register. The qualifications for registering are six months residence in the state, 30 days in the county and 10 days in t ie precinct. DISTANCE LENDS CHARM Warning to Motorists. School has started and the speed law when passing schoolhouses is 12 miles per hour. Violators will be severely dealt with. Don’t kill a Child. W. J. KELLY, City Marshal. Have Wreck Near Vernonia. While making the Vernonia-Forest Grove loop trip recently, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Williams of R tinier had the misfortune to wreck their car between Timber and Forest Grove. Mr. William’s right arm was Vernonia Deala in Dirt. James and Katrina Ibach to Frank sprained while Mrs. Williams and The Kerchelich, lot, block 1, West’s ad baby escaped without injury. dition to Vernonia, consideration car skidded on wet clay was the cause of the accident. $400. J. G. Ranes to Mary A. Ranes lot 7, block 1, Wild Rose addition to Fellowship Supper Tonight. Vernonia. Consideration $50. The Evangelical church will give Roy and Bernice Webber to Union a fellowship supper to the new and High School District No. 1, lots 6 old teachers of Vernonia tonight in and 6, block 9, Eastside addition to the church parlors at 7 o’clock. A Vernonia. Consideration $200. short program has been arranged. — The meeting will be informal, it is E. S. Thompson, who was injured said, and has been arranged for the on an auto accident near Trehame, purpose of renewing old acquaint last week, is now able to be on the( ances and forming new ones be tween the teachers and parents. streets once again. Just as in every town or small <40y. many a man in Vernonia gets the idea he must go elsewhre to make a fortune or to become success ful in any degree. Distant fields al- way* look richer, deceivingly so, even to the man who has but to dig beneath his feet to unearth untold treasures. Of the thousands who rush off to every new gold or oil discov-ry or real estate boom, nine-tenths are doomed to disappointment The best advice that can be given to the average American is to cut out tho wanderlust and apply himself at home. Most of us have oil wells in our back yards, figuratively speaking, and it takes but a little energy and perseverance to locate them. If any Vernonia readers are fish ing for opportunities, and no doubt most of them are, they might find a suggestion in our cartoon and begin' right where they are. VOLUME 5 MORE FIR LOGGING CAMPS RESUME WORK Portland, Sept. 6. (Special)—A steady demand for loggers in nearly all parts of the fir producing terri tory continued throughout the p---' week and several districts reported a shortage of chokermen and l-u, ers, according to the 4L weekly em ployment letter issued here today. The shortage however is gradually being cared for by the return to the west coast of loggers who have been to the wheat fields east of the Cascade mountains, the letter show ed. In the pine distircts, logging and sawmill work is normal for Septem ber, while logging in the fir region is more active than any time since June. Three fir Bawmills have add ed night shifts recently, giving em ployment to practically all available lumber workers in western Oregon and Washington, the 4L letter said. Highway work, building and gen eral construction, and railroad main tenance are at the season’s peak giving employment to common la bor, skilled building tradesmen and construction men. Seasonal farm work including both prune picking and drying, apple harvest, hop pick ing and cannery activities are pro viding temporary work for hundreds of men, women and youths. Stu dents returning to school are leav ing jobs that are being filled promptly. ASTORIA CHAMBER TO ENTERTAIN A communication received by C. W. Reithner, director of the Ver nonia chamber of commerce, from the Astoria chamber of commerce states that a group is making elabor ate preparations to entertain mem bers of the Lower Columbia Asso ciated chambers of commerce tonight at the Hotel Seaside at 6 p. m. The orators will be the members of the organization, and all the various chambers in the association are expected to be well represented. Committees will meet at the Hotel Seaside at 4 p. m. WAS IT A SUC CESS OR NOT? Messrs. Graves and Broom sallied forth last Saturday evening into the wilds and set two of their “bear” traps (or reinforced nail kegs) baited with smoked honey—bruin’s most palatable delicacy. They came home and spent a night dreaming of great catches. When the sun was up Sunday morning they took the beaten trail into the forest, armed with the great expectations of success, to their "set” of the pre vious evening. To their surprise no traps were to be seen, so they, thinking some two-legged biped had robbed them of their set or game, began looking for human foot prints. They saw in stead the imprint of bruin’s hind feet and in front the imprint of nail kegs. So following up this strange track into the forest for some distance they saw bruin, who reared up on his hinders and charged with forefeet waving in the air like a glove 1 pugilist to combat. They stood for a moment only, and fled, knowing they were not a Dempsey or Johnson. On arriving at home Mr. Graves went to Mr. Lilly’s and borrowed his rifle. Mr. Lilly cautioned him not to Bhoot in the direction of Vernonia as he might kill several people, and by all means not to shoot up, as he might cripple some of the host of heaven. If thia big Bertha had been known to the French during the World war they could have lain Berlin in ruins. So armed with this we await with great expectations for a full bag of bear in the near future, as he is de termined to get enough skins to cover a floor 12x16. Bear, cougar or chipmunks, he is not particular. He just wants the floor covered this fall so he can sit at night smoking in comfort, dream ing of the hunts. And when he has grown old he can point to this rug and tell his grandchildren how he came by it, and pass it down to fu ture generations as an "air loom.” A SOUTHERNOR. Files in Bankruptcy. Carl Wienecke of Vernonia, filed a petition in bankruptcy in the federal court in Portland Wednes day. He listed his liabilities at $775.46, with n0 assets. Number 5 MORE GRADE SCHOOLPUPILS Enrollment This Fall Exceeds All Expectations LEuT IN HIGH SCHOOL May Need More Teachers to Adequately Handle Grade Pupils. High school opened Monday for registration and assignment of les sons. A total of 133 students regis tered the first day in school, which was about 20 less than the first day last year, according to J. B. Wilker son, principal. Registration by classes the first day were: Freshman, 41; sophomores 42; junior, 23; senior 27. By Wed nesday, however, the total had risen to 148 for the high school, with 45 freshmen, 47 sophomores, 28 juniors and 28 seniors. The freshmen class enrolled 15 less than last year, tho junior class eight less and the senior class has one more enrolled than that of last year. Eighteen pupils from the Mist and Natal districts have registered in the high school, and two more are ex pected to enter. All the available desks are filled at present and the stage in the assembly room is used for some classes. The crowded condition will prevail until the new classrooms are provided, which will take some time yet. In the grade school a considerable increase over what was anticipated were enrolled. A total of 448 pupils were enrolled by Thursday morning, and from 30 to 50 more will possibly come in. The enrollment by grades Is as follows: Washington, first, 52; sec ond, 37; third, 30; fourth, 37; fifth, 38; sixth, 52; seventh, 32; eighth B, 23; eighth A, 24. Lincoln, first, 31; second, 27; third, 28; fourth and fifth, 37. Last year 410 were enrolled by the end of the first week, whfch is a gain this year of 38. At the end of the first month last year 435 were enrolled, at the end of the second month, 456, fifth month, 465 and at the close of the year 450. The first and sixth grades are ao crowded that, in the opinoin of O. A. Anderson, additional teachers will be needed. If more register in the fourth and fifth grades, other teach ers may be needed for these pupils. BIRKENFELD BEES MAKE MUCH HONEY Bee raisers in the vicinity of Bir- kenfeld will gather an immense quantity of honey from their hives this year. A. H. Wells, who has 110 hives has gathered about 10 tons of honey and Fred Wells, who has 150 hives has gathered about 15 tonB of the comb honey. Herman Uhlers, who also resides near Bir- kenfeld and has 100 hives of bees will gather about ten tons. The vicinity of Birkenfeld is reported to be one of the best parts of Co lumbia county for the raising of honey from Italian bees on account of the immense quantity of fire-weed that grows in that vicinity. Reports state that by next year bee raising will ba given a good chance in the Vernonia vicinity as there promises to be an abundance of the weed necessary for the manu facture of the honey. The present price reported paid bee raisers for their product is 12 cents per pound. New raisers of bees import from California two pounds of bees which average about one thousand bees to the pound for new settings and when finally settled in the hives have between 35,000 and 40,000 bees. Dorothy, the three-year-old daugh ter of Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Rade macher, has been seriously ill with intestinal influenza. She is reported to be out of danger and steadily improving.
