FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1930.
THE VERNONIA EAGLE
PAGE FOUR
WAS IT WISE?
What Other
Editors
Think
Umunna Sagk
Pacific Coaat
Coast Representative
Arthur W. Stype«,
Stypea, Inc.
San Francisco
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County Official Paper
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A SENATOR FROM COLUMBIA COUNTY
To be sure, Columbia county’s interest in the upper
house have not suffered since Joe Dunne has been joint
senator. He is sincerely interested in the welfare of this
county, and is influential because of his ability and person­
ality. But joint senators like Joe Dunne are rare, and an
unfair apportionment should not be continued indefinitely
merely because the present incumbent does everything he
can to further the interests of another than his home
county.
teachers and janitor 20 per cent.
The school clerk, who was pre­
sent, made an effective plea
against a reduction in his salary.
The same procedure was followed
in the meeting for the union
high school district No. 3, ex­
cept that the clerk, Fred W. Her­
man, voted for a reduction of
his own salary. However the
high school district board in a
meeting afterwards voted to adopt
the budget as published, ignor­
ing the recommendation of the
majority in the meeting, accord­
ing to the Rainier Review.
one kind of
A REMEDY FOR DEPRESSION BLUES
“In 1930 Vernonia and the surrounding territory will
originate more tons of freight for this railroad (the S. P.
and S.) than any other town regardless of size.”
It must be admitted that this has not been Verno­
nia’s best year from a business standpoint—but a compara­
tively poor year in Vernonia is much better than the best
in many other towns of its size.
Among* Our
Neighbors • •
The St. Helens site for a
soldiers’ home stands at least an
even chance with any other site
of being selected, reports Ira
Hyde, editor of the St. Helens
Mist, who returned last week from
Washington, D. C., where he in­
terviewed interested officials.
...
Jimmy Patterson of St. Hel­
ens was injured seriously and
his wi.e and baby sustained
bruises as the result of being
struck by an automobile Decem­
ber 7 while walking on California
street, St. Helens.
• * ♦
30 students turned out for
basketball practice at the St.
Helens high school. Six are let­
termen.
The December docket of the
circuit court in Columbia county
is very light, chiefly demurrers
and default hearings.
• * •
Tire-slashing is reported in St.
Helens.
• • •
Voters who attended a budget
meeting of school district 13,
Rainier, cut the budget, reducing
salaries of the superintendent,
SQUARE DEAL
SERVICE STATION
IT. S. Royal Cord Tires
Shell Products
Dependable
Mechanics
Shop Work Guaranteed
Percolators
Toasters
Food Mixers
Something New and Nifty
The larger purchases can be made on month­
ly payment contracts; the smaller appliances
can be paid for monthly with the light bill.
regon Gas & Electric Co.
622 Bridge St
Vernonia
Vernonia
Paint Shop
Vernonia
Professional and Business Directory
Freight
For your convenience the following business and professional people are listed on
this page alphabetically. These men and women are known in Vernonia as reliable business
and professional people.
Delivered To and Called For At
YOUR DOOR
TRUCKS LEAVE VERNONIA 9 A. M. DAILY
Long Distance Furniture Hauling
Between Vernonia and Portland
fc Personal Service j
L Reasonable RafesJ
Portland-Vernonia Truck Line
ANNETTE BEAUTY SHOPPE
Phone 431
W. A. Davis, Local Manager.
Office Phone 1041
Res. 1052
BEAUTY SHOPS
Electrotherapy,
Hotel HyVan
STEAM HEAT
Physiotherapy
DR. R. A. OLSON
Tel. 671
1117 Stat.
Vernonia, Ore
Give
Practical Gifts
This Christinas • • • • .
A piece of furniture or a set of dishes
make not only a BEAUTIFUL gift, but one that
can be used happily for years to come.
UNPAINTED
Magazine Racks
Smoking Stands
Small Tables and
Other Novelties
CONTRACTORS
________ ___________________
Cason Transfer
I. O. O. F. HALL
Music by
Spike Cameron’s Orchestra
The beautiful bed spread in the window of Mrs.
Handlev’s Art Shop will be given away on
December 31. Ask us!
Bafford Brother*
C. BRUCE
PASTIME
CARDS AND
LIGHT LUNCHES
DENTISTS
Lloyd Baker, Prop.
Dad's
SANDWICH SHOP
Delicious Chile and Sand­
wiches—Also Roasts and
Short Orders
Terminal Cafe
Hoffman Hdwe. Building
Vernonia, Oregon
HOTEL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ANNOUNCEMENT
I have leased and am now
operating the Sessman
Blacksmith Shop.
Repairing of All Kinds
W. M. Faulkner
CURLY’S TRANSFER
Phone Business 221
Residence 653
Local and Long Dis­
tance Hauling
PHYSICIANS
Marvin R. Eby, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
The Right Place to Eat
Excellent Cooking
Phone Hospital 9S1
Town Office 891
Mary Kato
Physician and Surgeon
*
Dr. J. A. Hughe*
HOTEL GORDON
Newly Furnished Rooms
Hot and Cold Water
Next to Post Office
Very Reasonable Rates
U MelMlW
AT U< Mt
hotel
Vernonia
On improved real estate;
long time and reasonable
terms. See Attorney John
L. Storla, St. Helens, Ore.
Wholesale and Retail
LUMBER
Vernonia,
Oregon
Dentistry and X-Ray
$11.95
BARBER
shop
Haircutting for Men
women and Children
Expert Work Guaranteed
Money to Loan
I Mason Work, Building
DR. W. H. HURLEY
to
IlNU'
<9 Uy
General Plumbing
General Contractor
Dentist
Vernonia, Oregon
DISHES—42-Piece Sets
BROWN MORTUARY
Phone 593
JOHN A. MILLER
M. D. COLE
Beautiful Rockers
Bridge Lamps,
COMPLETE,,
The
for
those
Tbe best
best fo
.r .th
^e
{Jehst appreciate the
Local & long distance
HAULING
Phone 923
Office in
Workingmen’* Store
Chiropractor
GORDON FURNITURE
COMPANY
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT
Waffle Irons
PAPER HANGING
AND TINTING
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT!
Dance
Flatirons
House And
:SIGN:
PAINTING
Books of 1930 Wall Paper
Samples Now Here
On Display
GOOD
PRINTING
“Your home town enjoyed a greater percentage of
growth in population, in the decade between the 1920 and
1930 federal censuses, than any other town in Oregon, re­
gardless of size.”
Hoi point Ranges
Phone 1021
JEe do but
printing —
“Take time to enumerate the considerable improve­
ments your town has recently made. Try and find such
solid growth and such substantial betterment in any town
its size in Oregon. You can’t do it.”
Thor Washers and Ironers
J. C. Henderson
Governor Norblad’s solution is fair to all alike, and
should be adopted.
In a series of community advertisements, the Oregon-
American Lumber company have called attention to facts
about Vernonia that ought to help remedy the depression
complex. A few quotations will bear repeating, for they
are worth pondering over:
General Eleetrie
Refrigerators and Radios
* • •
Wilbur Williams, wire chief for
the West Coast Telephone comp­
any in Hillsboro, was fatally in­
jured December 13 when the ser-
vice car he was driving skidded
off the road near Sandy and ov-
erturned.
• * *
The Forest Grove city council
has decreed a license of $6.25
a quarter or $25 a year on
trade vehicles operat­
The chances of a representation except through amend­ wholesale
ing in that city.
ment are slight, for there are as many senators now as
the constitution allows, and if Columbia gains one, some
other must lose. Increase in population has been general
throughout the state, and a redistricting on that basis
would not help matters.
The fundamentals of this and election permitting the building
all countries lie in the education­ | of the new high school building,
al facilities accorded the young. ¡acquiring grounds, furnishings,
If cheap teachers are employed it ' etc. That vote decided the debt
naturally follows they do not question and those who voted
measure up to what our educa­ for it knew at the time their
tional statutes demand. They taxes would be raised to meet
are either deficient in one line that debt as a matter of course.
While we admit there should
or another and the result is that
dificiency is reflected in their be retrenchment along all lines
work and the students suffer and that present conditions de­
mand that every cent possible
thereby.
At the meeting on Monday be saved, we believe a cut of no
evening it was mentioned that more than 10 per cent of salaries
our outstanding school debt kept I would have been better than the
taxes high. Admitted. But do I drastic cut of double that am-
those people who voted the salary ount.
It
reductions stop and consider that
I- seems to us that it is a case
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the debt was contracted by an'
Electrical Gifts
For Christmas
......
The recommendation of Governor Norblad that a con­
stitutional amendment be submitted to the people of the
state whereby each county shall have at least one member
in each branch of the legislature, is to be heartily com­
mended. As he points out, Columbia county is an example
of injustice in its representation in the Oregon legislature.
Like a small, underpopulated county, it has no senators of
its own, but is attached to a joint district that includes
Multnomah and Clackamas counties. Naturally, since Mult­
nomah has a majority of the votes, the chanches are all in
favor of a candidate from that county winning in ¿he pri­
maries.
Will the cutting of 20 per
cent from the wages of teachers
in the Rainier schools have a
disastrous effect, an effect that
.will be appreciated in years to
i come, cheap help means cheap
schools, cheap workmanship in
all lines of endeavor and a
cheapening of everything with
the exception of living and taxes.
BUILDING PROSPERITY
Waiting for Opportunity to
It was stated at the budget
come drifting by and waiting meeting that teachers could be
for business to drop in at the employed who would work for
door is about the same thing. the reduced salaries. True. It
Opportunity comes largely to is also true that cheap labor
those who are ready and pre­ may be obtained in all lines.
pared to grasp it, and business But does that cheap labor meas­
comes to those who not only are ure up to an accepted standard?
fully prepared with merchandise
of qi^aljty, rqasonal^le prices
and courteous service, but large­
ly to the firm that reaches out
with consistent and attractive
advertising. The business firms
that prosper with out advertis­
ing are the great exceptions and
such firms would doubly pros­
per if a percentage of the profits
was used to tell the people of
their trade territory the advan­
tages offered in their store for
saving money on quality goods.
In every city or town the really
succq^eful merchants are the
largest and most consistent ad­
vertisers. When business is dull
the consistent advertiser stimu­
lates trade with snappy display
ads in his local papers, and helps
the people forget the bugaboo
of “hard times.” Accepting busi­
ness depression with a long face
and sitting back gloomily await­
ing better conditions never did
bring customers into the store
and put money in the till.
—St. Helens Sentinel.
M c D onald
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Chop Suey
Restaurant
You'll enjoy a bowl
of delicious Chop
Suey after the show.
Office Phone 663 Vernonia,
Rea. Phone 664 -
Oregon
OPTOMETRIST
Eyes Tested
Glasses Fitted
Dr. C. O. Anderson
Eye
Specialist—Optometrist
1st Monday ia Each Month
At Knllander’s Jewelry Store