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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1930)
E. F. Bailey Bases Plea on Experience BIG EDDY PARK BEING IMPROVED Falling » Big Eddy park is being cleared of underbrush, stoves are being put in and the spring is being developed, according to A. L. Morris, chairman of the Pomona Grange park committee, who was in town Sunday. Feathers And ... Talons. . — _ ------------------ How did you like Bailey? Fine, even if you don’t intend to vote for him—which is more than can be said of some other candidates. For one thing, he’s a good speechmaker. For another, he impresses one ’ eing thoroughly sincere and amest. t as George Ford says, he is mocrat, and to some folks ■ a democrate is next thing veil, being a bootlegger in Anti-Saloon league conven- By O. Preparations are being made for the convention of the Wild wood Christian Endeavor conven tion to be held October 24-26 in Vernonia. It is expected that about 200 will be in attendance. F <s Knowledge of Statecraft Public Ownership Necessary He Tells Of Water Power Chamber i ________ A plea for election on the basis that he is the only candi date for governor with previous experience in state affairs, and with sufficient personal contact to understand and solve the problems of the common people was voiced by Edward F. Bailey, democratic nominee for gover nor, at the chamber of commerce luncheon Thursday. Mr. Bailey stated that he was for three sessions a member of the state legislature, and ser ved on the state aid commission for world war veterans under the administrations of Gover nors Pierce and Patterson. His record, he believes is one to be proud of. Besides it is im portant that the governor be qualified to judge legislation for himself, both as to bills that have been passed in the inter ests of some special class, detri mental to the people as a whole, and as to apparently innocent bills that contain jokers. While there is nothing that a legisla tor resents more than an attempt on the part of the executive department to dictate his acts, the leadership, help and coop eration of a governor is wel comed in working out a worth while program. The two other candidates, Mr. Bailey asserted, have had no training in state affairs. Only Mr. Metschan has had any con tact with the legislature, and he as a lobbyist for corporate interests or friends who had corporate interests, and Mr. Meier once as a lobbyist for a proposed exposition to be held in Portland. Neither indentified h'mself in any way with meas ures of benefit to the people. “I am a small town lawyer,” declared Mr. Bailey, “as some one has called me. The person who made that statement is un der the impression that all brains in the state of Oregon are con tained within the corporate li mits of the city of Portland.” Mr. Bailey asserted that he represents the average American citizen, for he has been helping them solve their problems. In his opinion there is no need of big business in govern ment. “It takes more than a sharp pencil expert to be gov ernor,” he said. The task of government is to provide for economic, social and moral wel fare, not merely to pile up a profit. George W. Ford, chairman of the meeting, introduced Mr. Bailey. Accompanying the can didate was Joseph K. Carson. Portland attorney and Mr. Bail ey’s campaign manager, who spoke briefly congratulating Ver nonia upon having as the coun ty’s next representative in the legislature E. H. McGraw. Mrs. M. W. Mumbach played a piano solo, and Edward Thomp son, in minstrel costume, per formed a clog dance. The next meeting will be Wed nesday, October 22. CONVENTION PLANS y • , • 1 BEING COMPLETED UlStOriCcU SocietyNames Objectives Directors Decide on Mu seum, Library; To Given to 13 Herds Mark Places Abortion Tests Are 7/S Henry Oleen The public service corpora tions and some of the press per sistently try to make it appear that the question of who shall own and control the water power in Oregon is a local issue manu factured for political purposes. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is a vital question, not only in Oregon, but throughout all the United States and here and there communities have found practical answers that hold en couragement for Oregon. In Seattle, Tacoma, Los An I - fi. geles, Eugene and McMinnville -r-i the people got tired (if exorbi tant rates charged by > the pow er companies and buil^ munici pal owned power plants which have reduced the rates to less than one-third. In the above named cities light and power w. k . e.) rates are about one-third of ■&> what they were under private ownership. ROYAL ARCH TO Below are parts of a letter Ly J. D. Ross the widely known RECEIVE CHARTER and highly efficient engineer of the Seattle city owned power The local chapter of Royal and light system. Arch Masons is to receive its “Before Seattle started its charter Saturday night. George system, the private power and T. Cochran, La Grande, Grand light company was charging 20 High Priest, will officiate. Other cents per kilowatt hour.” officers of the Grand Lodge will “When the city decided to be present to assist. build a city owned plant the pri All Royal Arch Masons are vate company cut rates to 12 cents. When the city began op cordially invited to attend. erating in 1905 rates dropped to eight and one-half cents for the first 20 kilowatts, seven and one-half cents for the second 20 kilowatts, six and one-half for the third and four and one-half cents for all over 60 kilowatts. "The present rate is five and Provided that a moderate one-half cents for the first 40 amount of money be raised to kilowatt hours, 2 cents for the I pay for remodeling a sedan, an next 200 and one cent for all j ambulance service will be estab over 240 kilowatts.” lished in Vernonia by Virgil Seattle’s system forced down1 Drorbaugh. He has bought a power and light rates from 20 large car adequate for the pur cents to a maximum of five and pose. one-half cents. It is retiring For about $250.0,0, Dr. Mar $1,500,000 of its bonds yearly vin C. Eby of the chamber of and sets aside $300,000 yearly commerce committee on ambu in the emergency fund. lance states, the car can be out The other cities have done fitted with modern appliances equally well, but lack of space and the necessary changes made. prevents me from quoting their Mr. Drorbaugh will be prepar light and power rates. ed to give immediate service at Portland spent $78,000, fight any time of day, so that it will ing the power trust for lower not be necessary to send to rates and received practically no Portland for an ambulance. He aid from the Public Service com is planning to establish this with mission. The report of "Carey, out any outside assistance, except and Harltan, investigating en to cover the expense of remodel gineers hired by the City of Port ing. ____ _____ land, found millions of dollars of fictitious value that had been allowed by the Public Service Commission in 1916. The Public Service commission, with aid of the act creating the public ser vice commission, aided the pow er trusts in collecting the legal The Vernonia Study club wish (Continued on Page 2) es to thank all those who contri buted to the community chest Charles Hoffman fund and also Mr. Hoffman for Given Band Award the use of his store as head quarters. A total of $557.45 O.S.C., CORVALLIS — Charlea has now been donated. Hoffman, of Vernonia, graduate The following have contribut student of commerce, received a ed since the list was published five year band award at Oregon last week: Brazing Vernonia ~ State college last week. Emblems Works, John’s Shine Parlor, M. are given to freshmen, sopho A. Gregory, Miss Vera Crail, mores and seniors, and sweaters Mrs. F. E. Malmsten, Thomas to juniors who attend 80 per cent Variety store, G. R. VanVleet, of the outside appearances and Armitage Drug store, Dr. M. R. 90, per cent of the rehearsals. Eby, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Mc The total membership this year Cabe, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Garn exceeds 80 men. The members er, MacMarr Stores, Percy Hewes, are working earnestly in prepara Judge D. B. Reasoner, Loel Rob tion for their appearance at Sol-1 erts, Miss Ruth Taylor, Mr. and dier’s Field, Chicago, where they Mrs. Lee Beveridge, Mike Mil will play before the West Vir ler, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Macpher ginia-Oregon State game, Novem son. ber 27. The Oregon State band is re Norman Green Is cognized as one of the outstand Pledged to Frat ing college musical organizations on the Pacific coast. Captain H. L. Beard, veteran band leader, is Green has been Norman director. pledged to the Sigma Phi Epsi- Ion fraternity at Oregon State W. R. C. Holds Special Meeting college. _____ Local Ambulance Service Possible Study Club Raises $557 in Chest Drive • • • Allen Roy, who has been help- The W. R. C. held a special making of speeches, George meeting Friday of last week, for ing in the construction of a can get away with it quite the purpose of making plans for bridge at Dayville, in eastern the regular meeting of Thurs Oregon, spent the week end with ly himself. • • * day of this week, when the de-i home folks in this city. He re w about a bridge celebra- partment president will be here! turned to work Sunday after noon. to inspect the corps. Abortion tests were made last week by Dr. F. G. Rankin, coun ty veterinarian, on 13 herds in the county, totaling over 100 head of stock. With the completion of this test, 109 herds, totaling 1460 head of cattle were tested by Dr. Rankin and Dr. A. M. Mc- Capes, of the Oregon Agricultur al College Extension Service, during the year. “The question “What is the re sult of this test?” has often been asked,” states Geo. A. Nelson, county agent, “and the answer to it, a summary of these tests has been made with the follow ing results, Out of the 1460 cattle tested, 1145 were non- reactors, 79 suspects and 235 re actors, or 5.4% suspects and 16% re-actors, or a total of 21.4% suspects and re-actors.” “This percentage, I under stand, is about the same throug- out the state. However, since the first test was made, react ing animals have been eliminated from a number of herds, so that the percentage would not be as high now as it was when the original test was made. “This disease can be material ly reduced in our herds by per sistent work on the part of the dairymen by eliminating diseased cattle, when found; by not buy ing animals, except those which have been tested, and by pre venting their herds, as far as possible, from coming into con tact with herds that have re acting animals. “Contagious abortion causes heavy economic losses to the dairymen and they would make every effort to ¡eradicate it. Ad ditional tests will be made as soon as enough applications are in to justify making the test. Enough applications have been coming in recently so that tests could be made about once a month.” Founding of a historical mu seum and library, and marking of historical spots in the coun- ty are the three principal ob- jectives to which the Columbia county historical ___ society will r<¿- work in starting their activities. This was decided at St. Helens Sunday afternoon by the board 7? of directors of the new organ i ization, in their first session. In establishing the museum an effort will be made to obtain permission from the county court to use space in the corridor of the courthouse for this purpose. The start probably will be made with the acquisition of a gTass case for showing purpose, and from this beginning the muse è? um will be enlarged as facilities increase. George A. Nelson has .7; been appointed curator. It will be his duty to inspect and decide upon all articles proposed for the museum either by the mem ;.SS5s- bers of^ the museum committee or the society at large or by any persons in the county who St. Helens Knights have articles of this nature which they are willing to entrust to To Visit Local Lodge the care of the society. The museum committee is composed The Knights of Pythias lodge of Oscar G. Weed of St. Helens, is having knight rank work on, Mrs. Susie Dillard of St. Helens and is expecting a number of and H. R. Dibblee of Rainier. visiting knights from St. Helens The library will start on an Monday. equally small scale, but the prob Tuesday N. S. Soden, W. L. lem of space is less acute and To guard against a repetition Van Doren, R. M. Aldrich and more material is immediately av of robberies that occurred last Earl Smith drive to St. Hel- ailable and ready for collection. week, Jim Monger has been ap- j ens to visit the lodge there. Miss Anna Jerzyk was appoint pointed night marshal. ed librarian, and working with No trace has been found of ''er w+P ,be>„a committee compos the men who broke into the de ed of Mrs. Susie Dillard of St. pot, the Safeway store and tti e Helens, Mrs. A. V. Kent of Rai Vernonia Trading company Thurs nier and J. B. Wilkerson of day night or early Friday morn Vernonia. ing, Two railroad detectives It is not generallj’ known that from Portland investigated, but The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Columbia county has several his were unable to find any clue ex C. A. Scamman of Riverview was toric spots of real importance, cept tire marks near the trading completely destroyed by fire and these are to be marked, in company’s warehouse. Monday morning at about 8:30. accordance with the plans of the A sum estimated at from $60 There was a small amount of in society. A committee of George to $100 was stolen from the Nelson, chairman, Mrs. A. L. depot. The robbers evidently surance. Mrs. Scamman was across the Parker of Vernonia and George had no difficulty in opening the B. Conyers of Clatskanie will outer door of the safe, which road at a neighbor’s. Fires were make a study of these places and was undamaged. The locks of going in two stoves, and appar prepare a report to be sumit- the two inner doors were punch ently one of them set the room ted at the January meeting of ed out by some sharp instrument ablaze. By the time the flames the board of directors. it is driven by a sledge stolen from were noticed it was too late to planned that suitable markers Harry Culbertson’s blacksmith save anything, and it was im be placed, telling what each spot shop. Only money was taken, possible to get into the house. There are 1296 voters register represents. About $200 worth of checks A call was sent to the fire de partment, but the building was ed in the four Vernonia precincts, ! Anyone who has material or were strewn on the floor. The thieves were less suc burned practically to the ground according to figures released by , information that will be of any Of assistance to the society is urged county clerk J. W. Hunt, cessful' at the other two places. before the boys arrived. Mr. and Mrs. Scamman are these 995 are republicans, and , to communicate with any of the After tampering unsuccessfully with the loeks on the front doors staying in a house of Evan Hall 271 democrats, Seven registered l proper committees or with any as socialists, four as pro- of the officers of the society. of the Safeway store they gain nearby, and plan to rebuild. hipitionists and four as progres- No one needs to be a member ed entrance through the rear, sives. Fifteen are listed as mis <>f the society in order to give but were unable to find any cellaneous. 1 facts or objects, although the so- money. No merchandise was mis There are 70 republicans and I ciety is in need of funds and sing. 21 democrats on the rolls of I will appreciate the acquisition of The robbers did not succeed in Birkenfeld precinct, 85 repub as many members as possible. preaking open the safe at the licans and 29 democrats in Mist. Their moral and financial suppor Vernonia Trading company, and In the entire county are 5185 will help in accomplishing an obtained nothing. The Vernonia Unit of the republicans, 1507 demoncrats, 36 undertaking which should have About $3000 worth of stock was taken from the J. C. Pen- American Legion Auxiliary met socialists, 15 prohibitionists and been started a quarter of a cen ney store in Hillsboro, and $6001 at the Legion hall Monday even- nine progressives, with 159 un tury ago. classified. The total registra Other committees appointed at from Clatskanie stores, the same ing, October 13. the director's meeting were: The following officers were tion is 6911. week. Membership: O. Henry Oleen of installed for the ensuing year: Columbia City, chairman, H. R. Mrs. Harry Kerns, president; Fines Handed Out SURPRISE PARTY Dibblee of Rainier and S. V. Mrs. L. W. Baker, first vice pre For Game Violation Malmsten of Vernonia. Pub- FOR JOY BUSH sident; Mrs. Dan Nelson, second ______ licity: Miss Anna Jerzyk of Rai- vice president; Mrs. J. C. Hen J. Montgomery, R. Ross, W. tier, chairman, J. G. Watts and Joy Bush was given a birthday derson, secretary; Mrs. Gray, surprise party at her home Sat chaplain; Mrs. J. L. Timmons, McDonald, Dike Brady, James George Nelson. Mrs. Jack McBee, and Ben Smith of St. I President Watts has observed urday and received many nice sergeant at arms. Nance was reelected treasurer, Helens, R. Nelson of Buxton and the working of historical societies presents. The group went to her house but was not present to be in C. Peterson of Bucona werei In the east and middle west. Judge Ful- , where these organizations have Mrs. H. E. McGraw each fined $25.0.0 by -,___ ______ at seven, and after a social time stalled. lerton last week for gaffing and, attained importance, and_ he has attended the second show at the was installing officer. | prepared an outline of work theater. Following this the party Mrs. Pete Wideman was pre sangging salmon. fined i which, when carried out, will William Morrow was ____ enjoyed ice cream and cake. sented with a beautiful past $40.00 for shooting wood ducks, «ti'-e Columbia county historical and danced. president’s pin. uy de- ue- Information of — • wide — .—V, scope., Mr, The arrests were made by Those present were: Joy Bush, Plans were started for the an Game Warden William Watts was bom in Columbia Margaret Nelson, Luella Wil- nual dinner given the ex-service puty j county and has first hand know- Brown. liams, Marjorie Meeker, Mignon men on Armistice day. I ledge of many of * its beginnings __ ‘ DePue, Verle Messing, Maybelle Cards and a lovely lunch were i I within the past half century. Drorbaugh, Leona New, Paul Jep enjoyed after the meeting. Jack Carkin on I The _________ board of . directors is com- son, Robert Holcomb, Marvin The next meeting will be in Bailey Committee posed of J. G. Watts of Scap- Porterfield, La Verne Adams, the Legion hall October 27. Mem ______ j poose, president of the society; William Washbum, John Kirk, bers are urged to attend. - - ■ M. E. Carkin has been an-j George Nelson, St. Helens dist Bob Henderson and Marvel Gra- ~------- — Ex-Ser " nounced by ‘‘ the Oregon rict; Mrs. Sam Warren, Goble; Christ Service to Repeat ven. vice Men’s Bailey for Governor Mrs. A. V. Kent, Rainier; George Depart for Tesai The Chriss flying service will i club as the member of the ex- B. Conyers, Clatskanie; Robert again operate from the local cutive board from Vernonia. Berg, Birkenfeld; S. V. Malm- Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Thompson field this weekend, weather per Douglas McKay of Salem is pre sten, Vernonia. They will meet sident and Frank C. McColloch next January. left Tuesday for San Juan, Tex mitting. of Baker, secretary. as, where Mrs. Thompson has To Have Rummage Sale relatives. i Miss Elizabeth C. Murray, Co-' Rebecca* Meet October 23 The Pythian Sisters will hold They expect to be gone until unty Superintendent of schools, I a rummage sale Saturday, Octo the first of January, when Mr. and Miss Nettie Alley, school, Thompson will resume his posi nurse, were in Vernonia Thurs-1 The Rebecca Lodge will meet ber 25, in the room formerly tion with the Gilby Motor com day and attended the chamber of (October 23. There will be ini- occupied by Turk’s Sandwich shop. commerce meeting. tiation, a propram, and supper. pany. Jim Monger Is Appointed as Night Marshal C. A. Scamman Home Destroyed by Fire 1296 Are Registered In Local Precincts Legion Auxiliary Instáis Officers I H