FRIE kY, AUGUST 8, ? Ì30. VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREG )N - FIVE 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 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 ► 4 (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. 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