FRIE kY, AUGUST 8, ? Ì30.
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREG )N
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A staggering blow to the sue-; land, 11 Bailey, Eugene attorney,. dent nomination.
river. Completion of the project
backbone of this camp, 90 com
and women
would be extended over a period I cess of the “cabinet form of ' have i ready been regularly no- [ | A1)out
About 35o
350 men
men and
women mitteemen, had blacklisted Met-
f[)r thp assemb. schan prior to the session at
of 20 years. Approval of the government” amendment which ■ minate I by the Repubhcan and signcd the
federal power commission must' will appear on the Noveber bal Denioc atic parties, r~
—x ]y
‘ of electors to choose an inde- which the latter WE3 nominated.
respectively,
first be secured before the state' lot was seen here this week in to rep esent them in the forth ipendent gubernatorial candidate,
Democratic leaders met in
an opin.on of the attorney gen coming campaign. Every indica , declaring that “If Oregon is to
acts upon the applications.
Portland Saturday to formulate
eral holding that the office of tion was that Julius L. Meier, ; progress, expand and prosper, it
plans for battle, choose their
Refunds of $200,000 were ask county district attorney would I ortlai d department store prop must be liberated from the grip leaders, and prepare for the com
ed by eastern <J|regon grain II be abolished if the measure is rietor, will run on an indepen i of monopolistic utility corpora- ing campaign.
The fireworks
dent tkket as the standard bear I tions that threaten its industrial will not start until after the in
growers in applications on file passed.
with the public service commis- I With this decision there auto er for that element of the Re ¡and economic existence.”
dependent candidate has been
sion. It was said railroad com matically springs into existence publican party that supported the
There is wide diversion of op- named and there are indications
panies had failed to comply with an organization opposing the late George W. Joseph and which : inion as to the effect of an in- the battle will consist largely of
1924 freight reduction orders measure led by the 36 district at is now dissatisfied with the re 1 dependent in the field and even mud-slinging between camps.
L. R. Aiderman, special inves of the commiss^n.
torneys of Oregon and their im gularly chosen candidate, Met
I the Democrats are divided in
tigator of the department of jus
mediate friends. Many of them schan, who succeeds Joseph.
> their opinions. Some believe an ! Reid Murdock Canning and
tice, said the Oregon state train
have held office for years and |
W.
B.
Bartram,
manager
of
in
Deflection in the ranks of Re
ing school for boys was one of
Preserving Plant at Salem
have an effective and powerful publicans to the independent can independent candidate for gover
dustries
at
the
Oregon
state
pen
nor will split the Republican vote
the finest institutions of its kino
To Operate Year ‘Round
organization
behind
them
in
their
in the United States. Aiderman itentiary, was employed by the counties. They will naturally be didacy of Meier was started by ! and elect a Democrat while oth
was making an inspection tour of state board of control on a full- expected to fight hard against Rufus Holman, who at one time ers believe an independent will.
Salem
STATESMAN: Ac
penal institutions in the United time basis during the flax har a measure that would abolish entertained aspirations for the split the anti-Metschan vote divid-I
vest at a monthly salary of $500..
governorship, but now has with- ing it between the Bailey and cording to a statement by
States.
their
offices.
W.
Armstrong,
p r e s i -
j drawn in favor of Meier. From Meier camps to such an extent H.
Hartram was formerly paid onl)
dent,
Reid Murdock company,
$150 by the state and the Ore
Sixty persons employed by the
(UP)—The , eastern Oregon came word that that Metschan will be elected. made at Salem recently, plans
SALEM,
Oregon,
gon Linen mills paid the balance
Jack Peare of La Grande, veteran An independent has never yet
state motor vehicle department
salary. The mill recently names of a lawyer, a hotel keep party leader of Union county, been elected to any v major of are now in formation to keep
during the automobile license of his
er and a department store mag-
their big plant in that city in
rush season, were discharged Sat closed down.
nate will probably appear on the will bolt the G. O. P. to support fice in this state.
constant operation.
Much pre
urday.
ballot when Mr. and Mrs. Voter! the Portland merchant.
One arm of the ‘progressive serving done in Washington will
The “guest list” of the Oregon go to the polls next November
Thursday night, August 7, will independent group” of Republi be transferred to the Salem plant.
Merger of the Great Northern state penitentiary this week in to select a new governor for tell the story as to Meier’s in can pro-Josephites met in Port About 500 people are now em
tentions and in state capitol cir land last Friday night for an in ployed and several vegetable
and Northern Pacific railroads cludes 11 persons from Columbia Oregon.
Ralph S. Metschan, impressario cles there is no doubt whatever formal talkfest preparatory to packs will be added to lengthen
will not be contested by the Ore- county who are making that in
stitution
their
abode
and
resi
of the Hotel Imperial in Port- that he will accept the indepen- the big meeting August 7.
gon public service commission,
the season.
Minnesota and Idaho were to dence for a stay of from one
ask that the case be reopened year to life.
There were 914 “guests” in the
and asked Oregon to join them
in the petition. The interstate prison as of July 31. The num
commerce commission last Feb ber of inmates serving sentences
for the ten most predoinant
ruary authorized the merger.
crimes were:
115,
Larceny 164, burglary
Th“ state board of control has
authorized a $200,000 loan for forgery 104, assault and robbery
the state flax industry so that . armed with a dangerous weapon
flax glowers may be paid for their 85, rape 81, murder 79, liquor
crops immediately.
Processing lew violations 51, assault to rob
under
i
the flax into fiber takes many 38, obtaining money
pretenses 36, assault
months.
gerous weapon I 22.
BY UNITED-PRESS
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(Special to Vernonia Eagle)
SALEM, ORE., (UP)—Colum
bia county receives the sum of
$9,908.18 as its share of the an
nual apportionment of the state’s
irreducible school fund, George
G. Brown, clerk of the state land
board has announced.
The amount was based upon a
population of 6,271 children over
four and under 20 years of age
in the county.
Although the total amount a-
vailable in the interest account
of the funds exceeds by more
than $3,000 the amount in the
same fund a year ago, the per
capita apportionment today ex
ceeds by only one per cent the
total apportionment in the entire
state last year.
The amount apportioned to Co
lumbia county will be reappor
tioned among the various school
districts by the county school
superintendent upon the basis of
school population.
There are no dogs in Colum
bia county, not counting the
“hot dogs”, if the state tax rolls
are to be believed in this res-
pect, which they are not.
In all of Oregon there are on
ly 8,308 pedigreed canines, pups
whelps, mongrels, pooches, hound:
and just plain dogs, the tax rolls
shqw, and they have a total val
uation of $105,090 upon which
owners pay taxes.
However, this is not an accur
ate census of the dog popula
tion of Oregon because many
county assessors do not make
any attempt to assess dogs, says
Earl L. Fisher, chairman of th<>
state tax commission.
The cost of government is
substantially contributed to by
public utitities in Oregon, says
Earl L. Fisher, chairman of the
state tax commission in releas
ing a report on taxation of utili
ties.
During the tax year 1930, pub
lic utitilities will pay property
taxes aggreating $7,193,363.67
based upon the apportioned value
of $180„199,380 Fisher said. The
full assessed valuation of the
utilities amounted to $306,115,-
066 but the former figure repre
sents the taxable value upon
which they actually pay taxes
and conforms to the standard of
undervaluation in the respective
counties, ranging from 42 per
cent in Clackamas county to 84
per cent in Sherman county.
The ratio of taxable to the full
cash value of property genera’lv
in Columbia county, as determin
ed by the state tax commission
for the year 1929, was
cent, Fisher said.
Creation of a “white fleet”
of official motor vehicles to b.1
used by state traffic officers on
patrol will be considered at the
next meeting of the state board
of control.
It was planned that the of
ficial automobiles and motorcy
cles be painted in some distinc-
tive color as in other entorpris-
ing states. California would be
the model after which Oregon
would establish the fleet of white
motor cars and cycles.
One convict escaped, two made
a daring but hopeless break for
liberty, and another committed
suicide rather than spend the
rest of his life in prison, during
the past week at the Oregon
state penitentiary.
Although the Hawley-Smoot
tariff bill created many new high
protective
horticultural
rates,
Oregon bulb growers continue to
complain they are unable to meet
competition of foreign growers,
It
The California-Oregon Power according to officials here.
company has filed water a.nl j was said that Holland growers
advanced
power right applications with I had anticipated the
the'state engineei- for the pro rates and created prices that con-
posed development of a $27,600,- 'tinue attroctive to United States
00 power project on the Klamath ' importers.
California strawberry plants
are prohibited from importation
into Oregon by an order signed
this week by Governor Norblad.
The quarantine was created to
prevent entrance of “Strawberry
yellow,” a plant disease found
prevailing on California berries.
>
A complete “socialist indepen
dent” ticket was prepared this
week for Oregon voters. Social
ists selected candidates during a
recent Portland convention. As
there is not a regularly standing
Socialist party in Oregon, the
combination of “socialist indepen
dent” will be used to designate
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