Vernonia eagle., November 21, 1930, Image 1

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NUMBER 17.
VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1930.
VOLUME 9
Tax Election
Library, U if O .
Iowa Dinner And
Iowa Club Planned
Preparing for the Big Offensive
Nankivelle Speaks
To Fathers and Sons
District 16
The Father and Son banquet
An Iowa dinner is to be served
held at the Christian church No­
in the parlors of the Evangeli­
vember 13 was a great success,
cal church at 12:30 p. m., Sun­
reports Rev. F. Claude Stephens.
day, December 7. All who have
The main speaker was Rev. J.
lived in Iowa or have travelled
W. Nankivelle, pastor of the Mal­
through the state are urged to
lory Avenue Christian church of
attend and bring their families.
Portland, who stressed the close
The dinner will be pot-luck style,
cooperation of father and son
each person bringing his own.
in their relations as partners
The plan is to organize an
in life.
$2100.00 To Be Divided
Six Per Cent Limitation Iowa association. The pastor
is doing this at the request of
RALPH DEWITT MOE ARRIVES
Among Bridge, Rose,
Not Adapted to
a number of former Iowa folks.
There will be both speaking and
Cards have been received in
State Streets
Vernonia
musical numbers in connection
Vernonia announcing the arrival
with the dinner.
of Ralph DeWitt Moe at the
Service in keeping with the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark E.
By a vote of 18 to 16 a levy
A special election to determine occasion will be held at 11 a. m.,
Moe in Hood River November 15. of $2100, a trifle under 5 mills,
the amount of tax to be raised preceding the dinner.
was authorized for road district
for school district 47 is to be
16 at a taxpayers meeting in the
held in the Washington school
Publicity To Be
city hall Saturday afternoon. Ac­
December 9 at 8 o’clock. All Harvest Home Is
cording to the motion, made by
registered voters residing in the
J. E. Tapp, $700 of this amount
district are entitled to vote,
Again
Voted
For
To Be At Church
is to be expended on State street,
whether taxpayers or not.
$700 on Rose avenue, and $700
The amount asked by the
on Bridge street from Rose ave­
The
special
tax
levy
for
adver
­
school board is less than last
A Harvest Home service will
nue west. The question wheth­
tising
and
publicity
of
the
city
and
The
operating
budget
year.
be held at the Evangelical church
of Vernonia will be resubmitted er or not to have a levy at all
the total budget are also lower. next Sunday. Grains, vegetables,
to the voters in the near future. was decided by the same vote.
The tax asked is $50,464.50, as fruits and other products of the
Lester Sheeley objected to the
A petition is being circulated by
compared with $50,526.02 last Nehalem valley will be displayed.
use of general tax money for
Lester
Sheeley,
secretary
of
the
year. The operating budget is It is hoped to make this display
chamber of commerce, and as county highways within the city
$382.50 lower than that of a as representative of this section
soon as the requisite number of limits, while side streets were
year ago.
as the displays on a larger scale
signatures is obtained a special badly in need of repair. He stat­
Some misunderstanding of the at Deer Island are to the county.
meeting of the city council will ed that city property abutting
situation may arise because of The articles are merely lent for
be called to fix a date for the a highway escapes all taxation
the fact that the call for elec­ the occasion, and remain the prop­
for road purposes, except as to
election.
tion declares an intention to ex­ erty of the owners.
a share in the general fund,
Arrangements
have
been
made
ceed the six per cent limitation
At the morning service the
while property located on side
whereby
the
election
will
be
held
allowed without special election. pastor, Rev. G. W. Plumer, will
streets has to carry the entire
without
cost.
Judges
and
clerks
The explanation is based on a preach a thanksgiving sermon.
burden.
of
the
election
have
agreed
to
ruling by County Assessor W. S. Following this there will be a
J. E. Tapp, speaking for the
serve free for the half day, all
Roberts, to the effect that the pot-luck dinner in the social hall,
Police Force Adds
that is necessary under the am­ city council, answered that it
law allows six per cent increase to which everybody is asked to 12 Musicians Attend
endment to the charter adopted was the purpose of that body
over the preceding year from bring food.
First Band Meeting
Sawed-Off Shot Gun at the last election. Ballots will to develop the main arteries first
the original base only. That is,
In the evening at 7:30 the
be printed free of charge, and and then give the attention to
if at some time there is a special Womens Missionary society will
The first meeting of the city
The Vernonia police force is as the election will be held in the the side streets. Discussion as to
election to exceed the limitation, hold the annual thankoffering band Wednesday evening was
equipped to combat crimes, an­ city hall, there will be no rent whether a part of the special
the tax of the following year service.
levy should be used for other
encouraging to those who are in­
nounces Marshal Harry Phelps, to pay.
cannot increase automatically,
than highways was terminated
terested in promoting the or­
He issued the following state­
but can be only 6 per cent higher
The annual eighth grade pro­ ment:
by an opinion of Judge W. A.
ganization. 12 musicians report­
than the last amount prior to 4 L Urges National
gram which will be presented in
Harris that the matter was en­
ed ready for action.
Owing to the numerous hold­
said election.
tirely up to the discretion of the
the grade school auditorium Fri­ ups and highway robberies in Chamber Discusses
The
band
will
meet
again
Wed
­
When this law was passed
county court.
November 26, at 7:30 day evening promises to be ex­ this locality the local police force
48 - Hour Week in nesday,
Vernonia had a population of
F. E. Malmsten was chairman
District
47
Tax
the Legion hall, Any mu- ceptionally interesting. Two plays, ( has equipped itself with a saw­
about 150, and the expenditures
of the meeting and Mrs. J. E.
sicians who have not already “Station YYYY,” and “The Red | ed-off shot gun and rifles, and
for school purposees »»er very
” have been coached by is now prepared to give the peo­
Tapp secretary
•
PORTLAND, Or.—A national joined are urged to do so at Lamp,
light.
When the phenomenal
Mrs. Alta Neil and the musical | ple of Vernonia the best pro­
The road meeting in District
Emil Messing, program chair­
this meeting.
growth came at the time of the 48-hour week for the lumber
will be given under the tection possible.
man for the chamber of com­ 9 Saturday morning voted in
Those present at th» fir t numbers
building of the mill, school ex­ industry. A national minimum
di: action of the music instructor,
merce meeting Wednesday, ar­ the proportion of 15 to 1 for
wage
law
for
the
lumber
industry.
meeting
were
Ray
CharloswcTtli
'
penses mounted proportionately.
Z.:s C>n ance Bougher.
STOCK PROHIBITED FROM ranged a round table discussion a 5 mill tax, $21,500. Atten­
Since it would be absolutely im­ Total restriction of immigration (leader), Wilburn Chpil'.swc th' H •• rd Nutt and Dale Clark
RUNNING AT LARGE
of the tax situation with refer­ dance was large, 200 being pre­
depression,
and
Mr.
Douglass,
during
the
present
rumnet;
Al-'
possible to go back to the original
■lti.e been uded to the poster
ence to school district 47. A sent, including many employes
for
lumber
len
Old
age
pensions
Ray
and
Knute
Kn
•rby,
st::;-;
basis, a special election would
commit! <. Garl :nd Monger will
In conformity with the vote campaign to inform voters and of the Clark and Wilson Lumber
industry
employes.
ophone;
Grant
Than
1
George
I
have been required each year
t and Lewis Havi- November 4, County Clerk J. assure to the district an ade­ company.
These are the goals of the 4L Stanton, trombone; r:\-il; Mta-' be trie pi’i
had there been a strict inter­
the lights.
W. Hunt has issued a notice that quate amount of effective car­
Other county results are: Dis­
,-r.d v.tal <
nuta;
L.
C.j
organization
of
employers
as
set
and
Bert
Mills,
d
pretation of the law. The as­
u...v was started Mon­ stock will be prohibited from rying out of its work was de­ trict 5, $60,00; District 6, $14,-
forth
by
the
board
of
directors
Fredrickson,
bass
horn;
Jim
Cur
­
sessor believes that there should
day and
prize will be awarded running at large in Vernonia cided upon.
131.75; District 10, $1700; Dis­
be now, as an objection made at the 24th semi-annual meeting ry, clarinet; C. Watts, baratone. to the room selling the most voting precinct 3.
There was also discussion of trict 15, $1000; District 18,
of
the
4L
held
here
Monday
and
by any taxpayer or group of
tickets.
The formal notice appears on the
unemployment)
situation- $1262; District 21, $2925.60.
taxpayers would mean that the Tuesday.
Those taking part in “Station page 8 of this issue.
Lester Sheeley brought out the
W. C. Ruegnitz, president, Many Expected In
whole tax would be declared il­
Hale Greenman was one of
YYYY,” are: Shelby Caton, Ben-
point that employment should be
said that a survey the 4L is
legal by the courts.
five University of Oregon stu­
ji
Wilkerson,
Billie
Bassett,
Le
­
distributed
a
sfar
as
possible
just completing shows already
ona Hillman, Helen Messing, Mar­ Remodeling of City
Judge D. B. Reasoner was that there are more than 55,000
among white people who spend dents in a sedan wrecked near
Clatskanie Today garet
McNutt, Roy Barnes, Har­
of W ashington unemployed men in the lumber
county judge
their money here, thereby stimu­ Corvallis the night before the
ley Woodruff. Earl King and
county when the law went into industry of Oregon, Washington
lating trade.
Detailed discus­ big game, but was uninjured.
Hall Nearly Through sion
effect some 16 or 17 years and Idaho. He declared that the
of the problem was post­ The care was isde-swiped by the
A large delegation from the Lorraine Space will also assist
trailer of a truck, and two stu­
ago, and has had considerable ex­ long workday in effect in Cali­ chamber of commerce is expected in the radio program.
poned until the next meeting.
dents were badly hurt.
In “The Red Lamp”, the fol­
perience in applying it. He ex­ fornia and southern camps and to attend the dedication cere­
Remodeling
of
the
city
hall
so
plains that in many respects it is mills, as well as in a number monies of the new plant of the lowing take part: Doris Ander­
TIMBER BOY SCOUTS
as to include a jail, basement,
beneficial, checking extravagance in the northwest was one of the Lower Columbia
Frank Peterson and his son
HOLD CEREMONY
Co-operative son, Harold King, Sara McGee,
on the part of county commis­ causes of the overproduction of Dairy association in Clatskanie James Rainey, Hale Graves and and fire department garage is
Richardson were business visitors
about completed.
The
two
sioners, school directors and oth­ lumber and the consequent un­ today, Over one thousand peo- Otha DeHart.
Tenderfoot Investure ceremo­ in Vernonia Saturday.
Hilda Bell, Rhoda Bell, Helen cells purchased from Hillsboro ny of Timber Boy Scout Troop
ers who have charge of the ex­ employment in the industry. “In pie are expected there for the
are
in
place,
though
not
yet
Brimmer and Mildred Walters
penditure of tax money, but it the south,” he said, “men are dedication.
equipped. The garage is ready No. 245 was held at the Timber
does not allow for rapid de­ working ten hours in camps and
The plant is said to be the will give and Italian song and for the truck at any time.
chamber of commerce rooms Fri­
velopment of a community.
first to be completed west of dance and Roberta Williams, June
mills for $1.50 a day.'
The alterations, designed by day evening. There being pre­
Michener,
Marjorie
Holtham
and
Union high school district 1
Ruegnitz also flayed the prac­ the Mississippi with money loan-
sent, besides the candidates and
Dorothy June Wolff will give a Noble Dunlap and made under the Troop committee, a good
is hampered by the same limita­ tice of some northwest lumber by the Federal Farm board.
the direction of contractor John
Swedish
song
and
dance
and
tion. It will have about $9,00,0 operators who are paying as low
The program begins with a
Miller, have required a little sized audience composed of re­
less in tax money for the com­ as $2 for labor and who are in luncheon at noon.
The prin­ Minnie Christian will dance the more than three months. The latives and frii nds of the troop.
highland
fling
in
‘
The
Song
of
ing year than was anticipated.
competition with 4L mills which cipal speaker will be William
Proving their fitness by pre­
contract was let for $2772.31,
are paying much higher wages, F. Schilling of Northfield, Min­ the Nations.” This should be a and was performed by local la­ senting proper credentials and
colorful
and
interesting
number
“The time has come,” hé said nesota, dairy member of the
satisfactorily undergoing tests
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and it will close with the sing­ bor.
Have you picked out your cell
“for this 4L organization to send Federal Farm board.
Service Station
put to them by members of the
ing
of
“
America
for
Me.
”
out a ringing challenge to the
Boy Scout committee and Scout in the city jail yet?
MR. AND MRS. AUSTIN
George Ford says he’d rather
northwest and to the na- PORTLAND WOMAN GIVES
ENTERTAIN AT BRIDGE Master Root, the following boys
Robber is Caught I Pacific
tion. We must show the lumber
TALK ON HOME MISSIONS GROUP MEETINGS
were impressively invested with have the outside one, because
I industry of the country and the
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Austin en­ the Tenderfoot badge by com­ the place where they poke in
WELL ATTENDED tertained
the food seems a little bigger,
public that we stand for a na-
Mrs. G. Mossberger of Port­
with five tables of mittee chairman L. R. Kern:
A fellow who gave the name|jjona] ejght-hour day; a nation- land gave an interesting talk on
Everett Dean, Donald Hefner, and he could watch traffic to
bridge Monday evening. First
of Hans Berg was arrested in a] minimum wage law; a work- foreign and home missions at
The total attendance at home prizes were won by Mrs. E. H. Eldon Flett, Clifford Brown, and from the Armitage apartment
Portland November 13 while try- year that will keep production the meeting of the Missionary economics group meeting through­ Condit and E. Dumas and con­ Walter Wright, Raleigh Shiffer, next door.
• e e
ing to run from a place which J with in demand and give employ- society of the Christian church out the county has been 1496, solation prizes by Miss Pearl Fred Miller,
Henry
Ferlaak,
he had held up. The man, known menj and reasonable annual in­ held Tuesday afternoon at the reports Mrs. Sarah V. Case, who Krause and Harold McEntire. William Coade, Billy Miller, Mil­
How's this for a comeback?
to the police as “The Swede, :come to a]] workers, and fair home of Mrs. H. Veal. The pro­ has charge of home economics Miss Marguerite Knaub of Ver- ford Cooke, and Ralph Root.
Shorty
Kullander remarked
confessed to nine robberies since returns to employers.”
gram on “A visit to the Churches work among the women of Col­ nita, Washington, was presented
These with Scout Paul Han­ that he’d never yet seen a preach­
October 28, among them that of
The 4L board of directors js and Isles of Porto Rico,” was umbia county. 640 of them have with a guest prize. Delicious re­ kins, transferred from Portland, er suffer from indigestion.
the Happy Hollow station on the;compo9pd of 12 emp|Qye9 and 12 in charge of Mrs. R. A. Olson. come since Septemberl. Meetings freshments were served by the bring the number of the local
“That’s because they don’t get
Vernonia road November 10. He employers, each elected by bal- Mrs. R. L. Stubbs read a paper have been held in 21 communities. hostess.
troop up to 13 members. Con­ enough to eat,” rejoined Mr.
also admitted holding up L. L. (|0^ ¡n the district he represents. on “The Story of Rebuilding
Others present were: Mr. and sidering the short time spent Plumer.
The purpose, Mrs. Case states,
Gouch at a service station in st.
St. ‘ —
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The next meeting of ...
the board the Churches Following the Re­ is to give the women of the Mrs. Fred Spring, Mr. and Mrs. in preparation, the candidates
Helens November 1 and the De­ will be held in May.
Speaking of Shorty again, he
cent Hurricane.”
Mrs. A. C. county the most economical prac­ E. E. Yeo, Dr. and Mrs. M. D. showed surprising knowledge of
pot garage in St. Helens Novem­
Hunter and Mrs. F. C. Stephens tice in home economics in all Cole, Miss Ruth Taylor, Miss what is expected and required thought he had a stand-in with
ber 5.
iLOYAL GLEANERS HOLD
on “The Home Life and Cus­ problems consistent with the well Ruth Martin, Miss Edra Gehring, of them as Boy Scouts and much one of the ladies serving the
Berg insisted that he was alone
MEETING WEDNESDAY toms of the People,” and Mrs. being of families.
Miss Lenora Kizer, Miss Flor­ credit is due Scoutmaster Root, luncheon (who happened to be
in these robberies, although one
George Stankey on “The Story
At a meeting in Vernonia last ence Santee, Mrs. Lulu Fuller­ for the fine progress made by Mrs. Kullander), and could get
or two others were usually with [ The Loyal Gleaners of the of the Peoples.”
extra prompt and liberal service.
month addressed by Lucy A. Case, ton, W. Thomas, and W. McCrae. the troop.
him.
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Christian church met Wednesday
She turned him down, and
Mrs. Veal served a delicious nutrition specialist from Oregon
At the conclusion of the in­
afternoon at the home of Mrs. lunch to the following: Mrs. State college, 25 women were
MISS STEPHENS LEAVES
vesture ceremony the boys were Shorty had to be served by some
J. Stewart O’Halloran of North, E. Knight. Mrs. R. Brady gave F. C. Stephens, Mrs. Sitte, Mrs. oresent, the largest attendance
Miss Thelma Stephens left addressed by W. F. Brinkmeyer, one else in the due course of
Adams, Mass., and William Gre-' a humorous reading. Mrs. R. A. G. Stankey. Mrs. R. A. Olson, ■>n record here. Miss Case will for Sisters, Oregon, Tuesday, representing the Timber chamber events.
• • •
gory of New Rochelle, N. Y., Olson read an Armistice poem. Mrs. W. Van Dortn, Mrs. E. :ome again in December to give where she has been given a posi­ of commerce who presented the
are visiting Mr Gregory’s bro­ Mrs. J. S. Francis played a pi­ Knight, Mrs. A. C. Hunter, Mrs. instructions in meal planning.
Have you subscribed to the
tion as a high school teacher of troop with a beautiful American
ther in Vernonia for the win­ ano solo.
Dainty refreshments R. L. Stubbs, Mrs. J. L. Tim­
Mrs. Case is working this month English literature and other sub­ flag for use in Scout activities. Red Cross yet?
ter.
were served by Mrs. Knight. The mons, Mrs. G. Mossberger.
When you are solicited, re­
and next on timely Christmas jects.
Acknowledgement and apprecia­
next meeting will be held at the
The next meeting will be held suggestions attractive without a
She taught at Wapato last tion of the gift was made, in a member that it is for a most
Wm. Flett and family spent! home of Mrs. Jim Brady De­ December 9 instead of December great outlay of money.
year, and is a graduate of Ore­ few well chosen words, by Scout worthy cause.
a few days last week with Mr. I cember 3.
16 r.t tht home of Mrs. R. A.
gon State college. Since Sep­ Fred Miller.
Locally, the employment of
Flett’s sister, Mrs. F. Y. Ralston,
a county nurse.
> Olson.
Mr. jnd Mrs. Glen Gilmore en­ tember she has been teaching
at Gaston, Oregon.
Mr. Farwell and son Lowell
tertained Mr. Gilmore’s parents, piano at the home of her par­
Mrs. Claude Adams has been
Nationally and internationally,
Joyce Harris visited her broth and friends from Portland Sun­ ents, Rev. and Mrs. F. Claude visiting Mrs. Rose Kobeck the | for Good Samaritan deeds where-
Mr. Chilton returned Satur­ visited Mr. Farwell’s mother in
Portland last week.
Stephens.
day from a trip to Wyoming.
er at Garibaldi yast week.
day.
past week.
ever and whenever needed.
Required In
District 47
Road Tax
Passes 18-16
Feathers
And ...
I Talons..