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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1926)
lie ni o uni Entered at Vernonia, Oregon, Postoffioe as Second-Class Matter. GUY R. MILLS IS RE-ELECTED Heavy Vote is Cast hi City Eleciion TWO COUNCiLMFN TIED Early Returns Point to a Republican Victory All Over State. Guy R. Mills was re-elcted mayor of Vernonia Tuesday by more than two to one. The final count was: Mills 273, Gillchrest 116. A heavy vote was cast, especially in precinct No. 1, on the west side. The charter amendment, which was expected to be close, carried by 172 to 149. The vote on the west side was even on the amend ment at 101 to 101. For councilmen: Ray Emmott polled the highest vote, 228, Edw. Tapp received 215, C. S. Hoffman 211, while G. C. Mellinger and Wm. Pringle tied at 210. Noris Soden received 120, Edw. Salmonsen 134, Ella Wight 126, J. M. Clark 23, A. L. Fenner 2 and J. Culbertson 1. Late reports on the state election indicate that Steiwer and Patterson will carry the offices of senator and governor respectively. Haney is running close behind Steiwer, how ever, and it may be another day be fore that contest is certain. Pat terson has a large lead over Pierce for governor and his election seems assured. In Vernonia the count for sen ator was: W. P. Adams, 11, Bert E. Haney 191, Robert N. Stanfield 95, Frederick Steiwer 233. For repre sentative Borden 139, Hawley 328. For governor Patterson 352, Pierce 185, Stallard 40. Joe E. Dunne carried in Vernonia 279 to 160 for Beckman. A. E. Al len of Rainier received 235 votes here while Maud J. Mills received 144 and Reuben E. Stratton 97. Hill received 299 volrs for jus tice of the peace and Madge Rogers 245. For constable W. J. Kelly re ceived 365 votes. The following, written in, received: Culbertson 7, A. Parker 2, Malmsten 1, Allen 1, N. G. Parker 1, Lindsay 2, Jack Nan ce 1 The Dennis resolution, an amend ment prohibiting inheritance and in come taxes, lots in the Vernonia vote 250 to 141. The Klamath county bonding amendment carried here 155 to 132. The six per cent limitation amendment los|. 164 to 137. The repeal of the free negro mulatto section of the constitution carried here 221 to J82. The Seaside normal school act lost here 218 to 154. The eastern Oregon state normal school act car ried 198 to 164. The recall amend ment carried 237 to 93. The Curry county bonding or tax levy amend ment carried here 168 to 108. The amendment relating to elections to fill vacancies in public offices car ried 192 to 109. The Klamath and Clackamas coun ty bonding amendment carried 151 to 101. The eastern Oregon tuber culosis hospital act carried 292 to 85. The cigarette and tobacco tax bill lost 288 to 137. The motor truck and bus bill lost by the close margin here of 228 to 221. The act appropriating ten per cent of self-sustaining boards’ receipts lost here 185 to 87. The income tax bill with property tax offset lost 250 to 104. The bus and truck op erating license bill lost 218 to 157. The fish wheel, trap, seine and gill net bill carried 216 to 159. The income tax bill lost 185 eo 170. The Oregon water and power board development measure lost 243 to 86. Although it is the privilege of the defeated candidates and those tied for councilman to have a recount, it is not expected that this will be done, as neither Hoffman, Mellinger nor Pringle are anxious to hold a place on the council. The law pro vides for a decision by allotment, if it is satisfactory to the parties con cerned. It is probable that this will be done in tse near future. The ex pense of a recount makes that al most prohibitive. îzaiilc VERNONIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1926 MORE ACRES PLANT ED TO PEPPERMINT ARMISTICE DAY SKAGGS. SAFEWAY The 1925 United States pepper STORES MERGED IS RECALLED mint oil production was 329,000 pounds; normal consumption and ex port is 450,000 pounds; and the dif ference of 121,000 pounds might be regarded as the 1925 deficit. An expansion of 25 to 30 per cent would have overcome the deficit; but there has been an expansion of more than 100 per cent judging from Indiana which jumped from 20,390 acres to 41,000, Michigan which increased "rem 5,019 to 10,300 and the Port- land territory wrich probably treb led its acreage this year. Official estimates of peppermint oil production for 1926 are not yet available. There are no data at hand on old stocks or on the foreign situation. That the trade anticipates a changed situation, however, seems evident from the fact that prices have fallen off and demand slacken ed since this year’s crop was plant ed. Nevertheless, reports are cur rent from widely scattered sections of the country that many new grow ers intend putting out peppermint for next season. Progress of Experiments Shown in O. A. C. Display Portland, Nov. 1.—With the fa mous “Truth-in-Meats” exhibit at the central feature, Oregon Agricul tural college and the experiment sta tion are again represented at the International Livestock exposition this week with an exhibit that in cludes display showing the progress of crop and livestock experiments at the several branch stations. The “Truth in Meats” exhibit which was viewed last year by an estimated total of 78,000 persons, again shows the difference between low and high grade beef in every stage from “on the hoof” to the re tail cut. Three main points the con sumer may watch for in selecting good beef are white granulated fat, light red color in the lean, and mar bling, or intermingling of streaks of fat with lean. Two highly promising smut resist ant grains are shown by the Moro branch station. Markton, a smut immune type of oats, was originated there and has so far passed the ex perimental stage as to be adopted widely throughout the northwest and n many states further east. Regal, a new smut resistant winter wheat, s being distributed this year for the >irst time in quantity. It is smut- immune, a good yielder, and judg ing from sample loaves in the ex hibit, a good milling wheat. The home station at Corvallis has m exhibit stressing the varieties of wheat found most profitable in west ern Oregon by successful farmer's and by exhaustive experiments. Those recommended are white win ter, Eaton, Holland and Jenkin club. Clover seed is stressed in anither part of the exhibit, the results of teses with seed from nearly every part of the world being shown. It is shown that western domestic seed is about as good as can be bcught while much imported seed, especially that from Italy, is much inferior. How imported seed is seained to prevent its being sold as domestic seed is explained. Portland, Nov. 1.—Confirmation of rumors, current for some time, involving the consolidation of. Paci fic coast and Pacific Northwest chain store interests, was ha< to day with the jornt announcement by M. B. Skaggs, Pres, of Staggs United Stores campany, L. L. Skaggs president of Skaggs Cash Scores company, and W. R. IL Weldon, president of the Safeway Stores, Incorporated, of the successful com pletion of negotiations and the mer ging of the three big chains into one system, effective as Of July 1, 1926. Nt asstts of the concerns involv ed in the transaction are given as in excess of $5,000,000 and the deal includes 784 retail grocery stores, 122 meat markets, baker ies and other activities of a simlar nature, operating in ten wescen st ates. Estimated total annual sales of the units involved are sai 1 to appproximate $60,000,000 and the cincern states that it is the int :tion to rapidly extend the present scope and volume of the business. The merger is said to make this the larg est grocery concern operating west of the Mississippi river. In making the announcement of the consolidated heads of the con cerns involved pointed out tha! the three chains have been and are now operating in and around San Fran cisco, in the San Jouquin and Sacra mento valleys in California ard in most of the larger cities and towns of the other nine northwestern stat es including Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Wy oming, Colorado and extending as far east as Nebraska. The Saf iway stores operate entirely in southern California. The reason for the merger, as given by the heads of the different companies, is to further a far reach ing effort toward effecting gr ater economies in food distribution by assuring to one organization suffic ient volume to warrant such con solation of manufacture and ware housing as might otherwise be un attainable. Officials of the co: cern pointed out that, simply as a matter of business, the benefits of all such economies will be passed on to the consumer as they are realized. According to the announcement no change in personnel of the con cerns involved is contemplated. M. B. Skaggs is president of the con solidated companies and L. L. Skaggs and Edward Dale will con tinue to act as directing heacs of merchandising operations, while W. R. H. Weldon will assist in the fin ancing and the formulating of pol itics. Edward M. Stlby of Los I nge- les and W. R. Griswold of Oal land are the attorneys for the new con cern. . Sympony Concerts to Be Heard Sundays Announcement, has been made in jSan Francisco that with the assist ance of the Standard Oil company of California 21 symphony concerts will be broadcast simultaneouslj, be- ginning Sunday afternoon, Novem ber 7, by stations KGO, Oakland; K PO, San Francisco, and KFI, Los Angeles, constituting one of the greatest link-ups of radio stations ever undertaken on the Pacific On Sunday, October 24, at 8:00 a. coast. Some weeks ago a public subscrip m., Lesta Katherine Weed became the bride of Edward E. Garner. The tion was started in San Francisco for ceremony was solemnized by Rev. W. $25,000. Listeners of the Pacific F. Rademacher at the home of the coast were asked to send in a con bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Judson tribution to this fund, which was to Weed, in the presence of relatives be devoted to protect the San Fran cisco symphony orchestra against and a few friends. Mrs. George McGee sang “At loss in box office receipts because of Dawning,” after which the couple the fact that concerts would be Approximately $15,000 entered by the strains of Lohengrin’s broadcast. Wedding March, which was played was raised and the Standard Oil by Gertrude Weed, sister of the company agreed to subscribe the sum necessary to make the under bride. After a wedding breakfast, Mr. taking a reality. In addition, the and Mrs. Garner left for a short Standard Oil company has undertak en the expense of transmitting all of wedding trip to southern Oregon. Mrs. Gamer graduated from the these concerts over telephone wires Vernonia high school in 1922, after to KFI, Los Angeles, in order that which she attended Willamette uni the people of southern California versity for ewo years. For the may also have the benefit of these past two years she has taught in concerts. In order that radio listeners may the Vernonia grade schools. Mr. Gamer came to Vernonia derive the fullest value and enjoy from Perkinston, Miss., and is em ment from the concerts, the Standard ployed as mechanic at the Square Oil company will make available Deal garage. They are now making each week at its service stations pro their home at 326 Noreh street, in grams for the following Sunday. This program will not only list the com this city. position to be played, but will also If you have no us« for an article contain a description of each com and someone else would, advertise position, which will enable listeners (Continued On Page 8) it in the classified column. Weed-Garner Wedding Was Pretty Affair "Washington, Monday, Nov. 11, 2:48 a. m.—The armistice between Germany, on one hand, and the al lied governments and the United States on the other, has been signed. “The state department announced at 2:45 o'clock this morning that Germany had signed. “The department’s announcement simply said: ’The armistice has been signed.’ “The World war will end this morning at 6 o’clock, Washington time, 11 o’clock Paris time. “The armistice was signed by the German representatives at midnight. “This announcement was made by the state department at 2:50 o’clock this morning. “The announcement was made ver bally by an official of the state de partment in this form: “ ‘The armistice has been signed. It was signed at 5 o’clock a. m., Paris time (midnight eastern time) and hostilities will cease at 11 o’clock this morning, Paris time, (6 o’clock eastern time). “The terms of the armistice will not be made public until later.” This was the official story sent out by the Associated Press on one of the greatest days within the mem ory of those living today. Amer ica’s millions, reading and hearing the news, went wild with spontane ous celebrations of which the parti cipants had never seen the like. The war was over and America and the world were glad. This year, eight years after, Am erica again pauses at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. And France paus es and England. From our tiniest village to our greatest metropolis we shall in some manner observe Armistice day. Britain hath laid a Tommy ’neath Westminster Abbey’s nave. And France hath made her triumph — arch A Poilu’s sacred grave. Now comec a Yank to Arlington To join the nation’s brave— Columbia’s unknown soldier son , To join the brave tn Arlington With pomp of peace and show of war And honor of a conqueror I Three soldier dead, picked in the dark, Unknown, unsung, without a mark— Genius or clod or knave, We know their all they gave, We know they died to save. In theater, abbey and arc, With this to be by all men read: “In honor of the Unknown Dead!” Who shall say what is to be the spirit of Armistice day? Eight years are not enough to determine a tradition. The war is yet too close to us, and only time can tell what is to be the spirit of this day. But already we look forward to it as an American national holiday. In this autumn of 1926, in which falls the eighth anniversary of Ar mistice day, the outward and vis ible sign of the inward and spiritual grace which animates the American breast is tribute to the herois soldier dead in the form of honors to the Unknown Soldier. The world will not soon forget the solemn ceremony with which Great Britain on the second anniversary of Armistice day laid to rest "A Brit ish Warrior” in Westminster Abbey. Nor will we soon forget how France honored her heroic dead by making Arc de Triomphe the burial place of “Un Soldat Français” from Verdun. Here under the central opening of this great structure lies a simple slab. At the head is a sin gle flame burning night and day. There is no fence of iron to inclose it nor is it watched over by guards. Visit it any day of the year and you will find it flanked with modest flowers placed there by those who well know the toil of war. And at Arlington, America's na tional cemetery where lie historic dead, lies our “Unknown Soldier.” The vision of the homecoming of thi-> “Unknown Yank” will for long be cherished by our people. What do we remember? The se lection of America’s unknown sol dier son at Chalons, the bestowal of the Victoria Cross at the decoration of the Legion of Honor, the journey to Le Havre under escort of an hon or guard, the French memorial ob servance at the seaport. The cruiser Olympia’s arrival at Washington after dark; the silent transfer to the eapitol; the lying in Continued on page 8 VOL. 5, NO. 13 115 BOYS AND GIRLS NOW IN FARM HOME The report of the Children’s Ferm Home, which was given by the of lice secretary, Mrs. Madge J. Sears, at the state W. C. T. U. convention held in Gresham October 19, show ed that fine work has been done during the pas year. The acreage is all pledged and $7,484.42 in the treasury ready for payment. The full amount will be collected by the time the notes are due. Five cottages are filled with hap py boys and girls, to the number of 115 and the Lane county cottage nearing completion will be ready for children Decemberl, making room for 20 boys. Other counties are planning for cottages, Coos and Clackamas have already started their campaigns and the four south ern Oregon counties, Douglas, Jo sephine, Jackson and Klamath, are uniting for one from that section. At the Farm Home board meeting on October 16, it was decided to erect ehe next cottage built outside of special county campaigns, in hon or of Mrs. Ada Wallace Unruh, the woman who has done a great deal of work in establishing the home. The Farm Home board is confident that the people of the state will be pleased with decision and that they can depend upon them to make this campaign a success. The Children’s Farm home, locat ed on the Pacific highway, three miles north of Corvallis, is an en tirely new departure in the care of dependent and homeless children. It is incorporated under the Oregon laws and its affairs are administered by a board of trustees. It is a home with no institutional features. The farm consists of 245 acres with 80 acres of upland, 80 acres bottomland 80 acres of pasture and five acres of lake which furnishes the ideal “swimmin’ hole.” The farm was examined and passed upon by O. A. C. experts before the purchase. The farm is organized into a sep arate school district with a regular school board consisting of the su perintendent and house mothers to administer its affairs. The school is now used as a training center for the Monmouth Normal.' President Landers and Mr. Beattie have been much interested in the success of the project and have sent some of the best student teachers. It is the aim of the board to send out each child equipped to be a good intelligent ditizen and self-support ing. To this end they strive to give them the best all around education they can and to teach them the dig nity of labor by actual experience and specific training. CLOSE GRID GAME IS WON Surprise Attack Nearly Beats Local Team. CLOSE SCORE 10 TO 1 Forward Pass in Last Min ute Gives Vernonia Winning Points. Vernonia met and defeated Scap poose at that place last Saturday by a score of 10 to 7. The game was hotly contested throughout. Only a spurt at the end of the game saved the local boys from defeat. In the first half both teams en gaged in a punting fray with Ver nonia gaining the advantage. Hodges’ 30-yard place kick, which hit the cross bar of the goal post, bounced high into the air and rolled over, was the only spectacular happening during this period. This ended the scoring during the first half. Scappoose came back strong the second half and after completing two long passes, put the ball on Verno nia’s one-yard line. Two bucks were needed to put it over. They converted the extra point. x This placed Vernonia on the de fensive. It meant an up-hill fight to overcome the lead of Scappoose, 7 to 3. Vernonia bucked the Scap poose line time and time again with little gain and five minutes before the game ended it seemed there would be no more scoring for either side. At this stage Vernonia started a passing attack with seemingly little success, until, with 10 seconds to go, Vernonia’s ball in midfield, a pass, Hawkins to Mills was complet ed and Mills started for the goal With Hodges and Bennett running perfect interference. Mills crossed the goal line, saving the day for Vernonia. Bell converted the extra point. Vernonia almost lost this game, apparently because they were not pepped up to win. The players al ready had their eyes on the Clats kanie contest. Scappoose was im bued with a fighting spirit that is seldom equalled by any team. That LARGE TURNIP IS why they held Vernonia to such RAISED IN VERNONIA a is low score and came very near beat The largest turnip that has ever ing the local boys. been known to be raised in Vernon Seniors Move. ia was raised on a ranch 1*4 miles The Benior class of the high school from Vernonia by W. L. Ratcliff. The turnip measured 46 inches a- have at last moved to their new round, 15 inches high and weighed room and are under student govern 35 pounds. It is now at Skaggs Store ment. They have two trophies in the room and intend to have many in Vernonia. more at the end of the term. The senior class rings had to be returned because ’28 instead of ’27 was engraved on them. They are expected to be back soon. , G. W. Reithner Is Vindicated TO Apology. To the public of Vernonia and vi cinity and to Mr. C. W. Reithner of Reithner’s store: I apologize for the signed article (regarding taxes and citizenship) signed by me and printed in the Ver nonia Eagle, issue of October 29, 1926. G. C. Mellinger. Police Notes. S. Chadwick was arrested Mon day night by Marshal Kelly charged with being drunk and disorderly. He was fined $45 by Judge Reasoner and given 10 days in the city jail. G. R. Purdy, West Timber, was arrested Sunday night after he had collided with a motorcycle driven by Henry Parker. Mr. Purdy was charged with driving while intoxi cated. He plead guilty before Judge Reasoner Monday morning and was sentenced to 60 days in jail and $100 fine . Parker was cut and bruised and Everette Woods, who was riding behind him was also bruised. Both the car and the motor cycle were damaged. Robert Michaelson was arrested by Marshall Kelley Saturday night for possession of liquor. He was fined $25. Chas. Hampshide was fined $20. by Judge Reasoner Monday morn ing for being drunk and disorderly Saturday night. GIVE RADIO HOME STUDY COURSE A radio home study course on Oregon farm crops supplemenaed by assigned reading is being given by the experiment station. It is in charge of G. R. Hyslop, chief of the farm crops for the station and head of farm crops education in the agri cultural college. This course deals with seed pro duction, an industry that has re ceived a great impetus in Oregon in the last few years, largely by reason of the equitable climate in which legumes and pasture grasses flourish and yield seed crops of purity and vigor. Farmers and producers enrolled for the course receive by mail a number of bulletins, circulars and pamphlets bearing on the particular subjects taught. These publications include reports of investigations by the experiment station and United States departmet of agriculture specialists. Correspondents of the course are notified of the exact date and hour of each lecture in the series, and instructed how to take full advan tage of it in getting directions for their home study work. Professor Hyslop has received 38 requests for material on various subjects that are being covered in the course, and tha responses made so far exceed all records in radio instruction.
