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SALEM— (UP)— Automobile accidents proved fatal to 31 per sons in Oregon during October, according to records of the state motor vehicle department. In Columbia county no deaths were attributed to the automo bile. During the month, 13 automo biles collided with trains, caus ing deaths to one person and ser ious injury to three. Bicycles were involved in 58 of the month’s automobile acci dents. Sixteen persons were in jured in that manner. Sixty-three accidents resulted from driving while intoxicated. Improper use of dealer’s plates was discovered on 48 cars in the state. Eighty-five trucks were found to be overloaded out of 288 checked by traffic officers. Fines totaled $657.70. Approximately $8,000 in li cense fees were collected in Oc tober from owners of cars illegal ly operating with foreign number plates. work in the same industry, he claimed. While east attending a voca tional conference, Adams saw the principal in actual demonstration. “Robots” has substituted in the shop but the research laboratory department personnel was increas ed ten-fold, he said. SALEM—(UP)— If you don’t want to catch a bad cold after Christmas, be sure not to gorge yourself on turkey and trimmin’s at the Christmas dinner. Such is the warning of the Oregon state health authorities, who point to the epidemic of Thanksgiving colds following day this year. Great quantities of meat and •ich starchy foods make for slug gishness, the medicos declare. And sluggishness makes for pois ons in the blood, a fertile field for the cold “bug” to get in his deadly work. rin, chairman of the Red Cross chapter here has called a meet ing or representatives of civic and patriotic organizations of this city for Friday evening at the court house. The purpose of the meetin;’ will be to effect some sort of organization that will function to place unemployed persons and to register those who can furnish even a small amount of work. At the present time registration of unemployed is being taken care of in Judge Philip’s office, al though arrangements are being made to handle registrations in each community in the county. The work proposed by the state labor commission will oe hand work on the highways. Every effort is being made at the present time by Judge Philip to check up the registrations so as to give employment to those who are most worthy of it. —St. Helens Mist. Among Our Neighbors STONE WEAPON PICKED UP The Jaite company of St. Hel AT NEER CITY RECENTLY ens, manufacturers of kraft pa While working on his farm in (he Neer City locality Monday, SALEM— (UP)— Beware of T. T. Smith picked up what ap advertisements promising good pears to be a “decorated” hatchet wages for simple work, and re bit of a period many years past. quiring a small cash deposit, The The piece consists of a section advertiser in many instances will of stone, of a composition not disappear after he receives th» I found in the Neer City section, “deposits.” That was the warning of Fran This appears to be on sandstone ces Perkins, Industrial commis or soapstone, cut in the shape of sioner of New York, asked Gov n hatchet if all of the implement ernor Norblad to aid in spread were together. Around the edges ing. During times of unemploy is a groove, chiseled into soft ment, Perkins said, the number stone. That the implement was of victims increase. imbedded underground appears to be certain, for erosion would More automobiles were regis long ago have worn away not tered in Oregon in July, August, only the groove around the edges September and October of this but would also have worn the year than in the entire year of bit down. What the object was 1927. used for is a matter of conjec As Oregon temperature de ture. As an ax it was made of clines, up mounts the number of too soft material; as a weapon it might have served a useful communicable diseases. During the week ending De purpose to its one-time owner. —Rainier Review. cember 13, there were 348 cases of communicable disease report ed as compared to 281 for the OVER 60 REGISTEk FOR HIGHWAY WORK previous week. Only eight coun ties were free of sickness. In Columbia county, three were Through the efforts of the reported afflicted. State Labor Commission employ The number of mumps patients' ment is to be given to 25 extra mounted from 70 to 115 while I men in each county in the state there were 70 cases of chicken-1 on highways. The commission pox. Twenty-eignc cases of i pneumonia were reported—five j has furnished Judge John Philip of Columbia county with blanks more than last week. The health department again; which are to be filled out by emphasized the need of greater! those who are unemployed and as care to avoid being affected in soon as the work can be organiz the seasonal sick period. ed under an engineer of the state highway department work SALEM—(UP)— Instead of will be given, In case there are actually relieving the unskilled more than 25 men register for laborer of his job, the “mechani this work the men will be divided cal man” has not only lifted that into groups and given 3 days class of worker to a higher level but has made a skilled laborer each at the rate of $3.0 per day. Judge Philip reports that over of him. Such is the opinion of O. D. 60 men have registered at the Adams, state director for voca- present time and there will prob ably be more. tional education. “Although the fact may not As a result of the r rowing be apparent today, it will show number desiring work H. B. Fer- a few years hence,” Adams said. “The nation is only going through a period of transformation that will see today’s workingman, em-! ployed in future years as an ex-j pert. The cost of the change is revealed in present unemploy-. ment.” The same man that ran a ma-' chine, now has a mechanical ap-1 paratus doing the same tedious < work for him at greatly reduced Christmas Greetings cost to the employer and increas ed production per unit, Adams said. Thus this worker must pre-, l|l pare himself for more scientific’ ’ PAGE THREE VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1930. per cement bags, are installing equipment that will give an ad- ded capacity of about 50 per cent. ♦ • The Farmer’s union, Warren local meets December 23 to dis- cuss plans for a public market in St. Helens. * * • The Rainier Knights of Pythias elected last week the following officers: Chancellor commander, Grove Sammons; vice-commander, Austin Russell; prelate, Charles Carlson; master of work, Earl Ball; mas*er at arms, John In- god; mr.ster of finance, Dan Scott; master of exchequer, J. B. Long; inner guard, Raymond Forrest; trustee for three years, Glenn Williams; trustee for two years, O. D. Byers. They will install jointly with the Pythian Sisters on January 5. * * * Slightly more than 10,000 acres of Clatsop county land were added to the reforestation clas sification at a hearing held by the state forestry board at toria December 16. * * * A male cougar, weighing pounds and measuring about en feet four inches long was caught last week by Dr. D. OREGON NEWS ODDITIES BY UNITED PRESS MEDFORD— (UP)— Thieves backed their truck up to John son’s grocery, made off with the entire stock. KLAMATH FALLS— (UP) — Oregon __ „___ ’s ________ meanest ___ man is here. He stole a displayed charity tick- et. MT. ANGED -(UP)— An old fire bell originally costing $15 will be saved when high bidders get the firehouse. thin porker which true lady-like style. in appeal from the decision rendered by Circuit Judge Howard K. Zim merman in which he declared that SALEM (UP) Art O’brien ¡.he special tax levied in district stole 18 cents. Bail was fixed' No. 9 (outside Vernonia) for 1930 ----- at $1500. was invalid. Judge Zimmerman ruled the ALBANY—(UP)— Linn jurors They tax illegal because the special lunched. Missing—three. , were found locked in jury rooms, tax was levied in mills instead although the verdict was reached of in dollars and cents and more tax would be raised by the levy long before. ¡than was set forth in the road O. S. C.— (UP)—Mining school supervisor’s budget. students will receive a course in mine-rescue work. I ALBANY— (UP)— Thieves took 350 pounds of farmer J. A. Miller’s white beans. fainted ASHLAND—(UP)— When the wire broke, 150 candy canes fell FOREST GROVE — (UP) Mrs. E. Parrot missed a prize in a shop here. Kids were treat hog in early fall. She dug in ed. a hay stack recently, found the ASTORIA—(UP)—C. A. Ro man went to Michigan to per Conn back of the Henry Gron- suade 50. families to establish nel place near Jewell. homes here. * The budget for the city of St. COLUMBIA COUNTY TO Helens for the coming year will APPEAL ROAD TAX CASE total $31,712, according to the Columbia county Is going to prepared budget. The amount to be raised by taxation is $22,- 212 or an increase of $7,000 ifver this year. * * * The Order of Eastern Star at¡ Clatskanie chose the following of- j ficers December 11: Ida May Bollinger, worthy matron; Em mett Stoddard, worthy patron;| Malvina Lewis Steele, associate1 matron, Georg.. Fugey, associate I patron; Anna Conyers, secretary; Eva Stoddard, Conductress; Gol PAPER HANGING die Campbell, chaplain; Mildred Steib, marshal: Bea Van, organ AND TINTING ist; Adah, Emma Johnson; Ruth, Josephine Fugey; Esther, Irene J. C. Henderson McKinley; Marthi, Mattie Her mann; Electa, Mis. Wicklund; Phone 1021 warder, Blanche McGillivary, sen-' Book» of 1930 Wall Paper tinel, George Caldwell. * * * Samples Now Here On Display Mrs. V. M. Johnson of Clats kanie died December 16 after a prolonged illness. She and her Vernonia husband have resided in Clats kanie since 1921. Paint Shop • * • Forest Grove now has a night Vernonia officer, Lawrence Williams. The appointment followed a series of three robberies December 12. AMERRIE Wish You All In this community as in all others there will be some who will find it hard to respond to “A Merry Christmas” except with a feeling of bitterness. A recent Newspaper ar ticle gave an account of young boys and old men being beaten to death in cold prison camps for lack of ability to stand up un der sixteen and eighteen hour days of heart breaking labor. This did not happen in the United States, it is not happening to us. In the face of our own hardships let us “consider these things,” and if we find it beyond us to be mer ry, let us at least not be bitter at this season of celebrating such a momen tous occasion as Christmas. Try a classified ad for results House And :SIGN: PAINTING Miller- A Merry Christmas The McPherson Timber Co., the Clark-Wilson Lumber Co. and the United Railways were the plain tiffs in the case. District Attorney John L. Foote is having his brief prepared for submission to the supreme court and Clark and Clark, a Portland law firm, are associated with him in handling the case for the county.—Clatskanie Chief CHRISTMAS Oregon-American Lumber Co When tlie Home Town Paper Is Late •••••• When- the home paper chances to be a few hours late, post office em ployees are beseiged with requests, demands and complaints, The ar- rival of the home-town paper is looked forward to each week with pleasurable anticipation in most of the homes of the community. Did you ever hear of a post office pat ron complaining because he did not receive an advertising circular, store sales bill, mail order type magazine, or any of the other types of sbstitutes for home-town newspaper advertising? Neither did we. —New Prague (Minn.) Times. Clubs and. lodges A. F A. M. Vernonia Lodge No. 184 A. F. & A. M. meets Temple, at Masonic Stated Communication First Thursday of each month. Special called meetings on all other Thurs- nights 7:30 p.m. Visitors most cordially welcome. J. E. Tapp, W. M. J. B. Wilkerson, Secretary. Order of Eastern Star WOMENS RELIEF CORPS Meets third Thursday of each month at the I.O.O.F. hall. Mrs. May Mellinger, president. NEHALEM ASSEMBLY NO. 18 ORDER OF RAINBOW FOR GIRLS Regular meeting second and fourth Mondays. Audrey Austin, Recorder American Legion Vernonia Post Nehalem Chapter 153, O. E. S. 119, American Regular commu nication first Legion. Meets and third Wed 2nd and 4th nesdays of each month, at Ma Tuesdays each sonic Temple. month, 8. p. m. All visiting sis Dan Nelson, Ad ters and broth jutant; P. Hughes, Commander. ers welcome. Mrs. Gwladys Macpherson, W.M. Mrs. Grace Reberger, Secretary. Mountain Heart Rebekah Lodge No. 243 No. 243, I.O.O.F., meets every second and fourth Thursdays in I. O. O. F. hall, Vernonia. Visit Vernonia Temple 61 meets ors always welcome. every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays in Edna Linn, Noble Grand W.O.W. hall. Grace Sunell, Vice Grand MARJORIE COLE, M. E. C. Myrtle John, Secretary DELLA CLINE. M. of R. 4 C. Margaret Shipley, Treasurer Pythian Sister« KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS I. O. O. F HARDING LODGE 11« Meats every Monday I.O.O.F.—Vernonia Lodge No. night in the W.O.W. 246 meets every Tuesday night hall. Visiting broth at 8 o’clock, in I.O.O.F. hall. Vis ers welcome. itors always welcome. H. Culbertson, C.C. C. W. Kilby N. G. , U. A. Scott, K.R.S. John Glauner, Secretary.