Urrtumui OREGON J EDITORIAL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1930. VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON PAGE FOUR STATE fl ASSOCIATION 1 ÍT ."»A__ » 1 Pacific Coa»t Repretentative Arthur W. Stype», Inc. San Francisco mimmi C County Official Paper Member of National Editorial Association and Oregon State Editorial Association. publicity harmless to the wrongdoer, unless he be a crimi-|ern line which at least might year over the third quarter of second quarter and 11 per cent nal associating only with those of his class. It is, indeed, be investigated.............................. the year, six per cent over the over the first part of the year. —Hillsboro Independent. one of the severest of punishments. Let anything be said reflecting on the character of a man or woman who JUDGE CLARK “ALL WET” I is respectable, tries to be respectable, or pretends to be | Judge Clark of New Jersey respectable, and the wound is deep. I . _ _ .1 court has rendered a decision de- A man suspected of a crime has many chances of | daring the eighteenth amend- With All Good ' escaping penalty, as far as the law is concerned. Clevei I ment to the constitution illegally lawyers, sympathetic jurors, legal technicalities may free adopted. The judge draws a fine distinction; the distinction the Wishes for a him even when guilty. But merciless publicity.............. judge desires, however, is fame for himself. The judge’s decision is “all wet”. If the judge is right, then $2.00. Per Year in Advance Issued Every Friday the eighteenth amendment is of no force and the country is as Entered as second class matter August 4, 1922, at the post wet as the judge. The thirteenth office at Vernonia, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. amendment is also invalid and Advertising rates—Foreign, 30c per inch; local, 28c per inch; crime again. In Ontario, Canada, all the colored people might as legal notices, 10c per line first insertion, 5c per line succeeding they work their convicts. And well return to slavery, for it has insertions; classified lc per word, minimum 25c first insertion, they pay them. When a man is not legally been abolished; the 15c succeeding insertions; readers, 10c a line. .discharged in Ontario, he has: ! fellows who have been paying from $500, to $1500 in his pock- I 1 huge income taxes have done so ets, the enforced saving from his j illegally and they can retain RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher labor. He can get a fresh start I Judge Clark to recover the am­ with that. He has a chance to re-1 I ounts they have paid; the United esstablish his life on an honest I States senators have all been i RELIEF FOR UNEMPLOYMENT elected to office under an amend-1 basis. THE AMAZING AGE Is it expensive? Not at all. In ment illegally adopted and each Relief work through the agency of government is Ontario the penitentiaries are en- and all of them might as well If “Law” did what it is sup­ ’ tirely self-supporting because of pack their grips and go home; no cure-all for the present unemployment situation, but posed to do, the United States finally, the women who have been it helps just that much in providing work at living wage would be the most moral and J that convict labor. Ours could voting under the nineteenth be. If they were it would be bet­ for men who would otherwise be out of a job. “crimeless” country in the world. ter for the criminal and the tax­ amendment should all be prose­ No other nation has ever had cuted for election frauds. The state has set an example. Since opportunities payer alike. such a volume of legislation. Oh, yaw, the distinguised New It is well known that the Ore ­ for the road work outlined are comparatively limited— Yet the newspapers sag with Jersey jurist is “all wet.” 60 have already registered in this county for jobs allotted accounts of the doings of cele­ gon penitentiary is one which —Rainier Review. meets the description given by at 25—not many Vernonia men are likely to be employed. brated gangsters and “racke­ the judge, for a succession of The city itself should do something towards providing as teers.” Law enforcement offi­ wardens have made it plain that Caution during the winter cers search frantically for ways all possible work is insufficient months is needed by motorists. | much work as the available funds allow. to press charges against them, keep all inmates employed and as figures show an increase of Our side streets need attention. Ditches, similar to but to no avail. An arrest is the to the result is idleness which breeds three per cent in auto fatalities those already in at Weed avenue and Maple street, should signal for swift activity on the crime and prevents reformation in the last three months of the EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT be dug to drain off surplus water. Such grading as weath­ part of lawyers to show that the of first-termers. There was a er permits should be accomplished. Crosswalks can be supposed law-breaking is “within” time when convicts were given - I. O. O. F. HALL the law. 1 laid at muddy intersections. Property that the city has The irony of such a situation regular employment and an op­ portunity to accumulate a fund taken over can be cleared of debris and weeds. Music by is inescapable. We have thous­ which was given to them when Not all should be left to the city, however, Indivi- ands upon thousands of crimi­ sentences expired. There were ■ Spike Cameron’s Orchestra Optometrist and Optician duals who are financially able should build, repair, im- nal laws and there is talk of occasional grave faults in the asking the federal government system and convict labor was prove, just as some have already done. to take a hand in subduing the exploited at the expense of free Of Portland Establishment of a free employment bureau by the criminal element in one of our labor. There was also the crusade WILL BE IN chamber of commerce is a distinct benefit, for the re- gang-ridden cities! As a “crime against prison-made goods, and remedy ” it is often proposed to together they have resulted in creation hall designated as headquarters is a convenient make it a crime for a perfectly the problem of keeping inmates Delivered To and Called for at Your Door clearing house for those who want work done, and those honest citizen to own a revolver employed with results that Judge EVERY 2nd AND 4th or pistol—while it is a rare week Campbell points out. Solution who desire to perform it. TRUCKS LEAVE VERNONIA 'J A. M. DAILY in which gangsters fail to “bump” MONDAY OF EACH Charity is only an emergency device, necessary some- someone off with machine guns. of the problem is difficult, but Long Distance Furniture Hauling we might as well foce the fact MONTH times in an emergency, but wholly incapable of remedy­ And still we talk of passing that penitentiaries as now con­ Between Vernonia and Portland All day and Evening at the ing the economic situation. Helping men and women to more laws. Why not reverse the ducted do not bring about re­ Portland-Vernonia Truck Line help themselves is much more effective. While it cannot process and enforce some existing form, but rather increase it and of itself restore prosperity, it can tide families over until laws? We do live in an amazing that in protecting free labor W. A. Davis, Local Manager. See Him About Your Eye». from what under former cosdi- such time as reviving industry creates demand for em­ age.—St. Helens Sentinel. Office Phone 443 Res. 1052 tions was someties unfair compe- ployment. Not only does it relieve want, but it keeps THE PENITENTIARY tition we are doing so at a cost trade from stagnating. in money far greater than was People who believe that crime saved. It would seem that even Vernonia should do its share. can be suppressed by arresting without deep study of the situ- the criminal and imprisoning him ation a way might be found to may find food for reflection in meet both horns of the dilemma. SHOULD A NEWSPAPER DESCRIBE CRIME? the address delivered in Portland According to Judge Campbell we 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 last week by Supreme Justice­ have an example across the north- and professional people. A Vernonia pastor in his sermon last Sunday took elect Campbell, former Washing­ exception to the crime news exploited in daily papers, ton county circuit judge. Said Judge Campbell: BEAUTY SHOPS filling the minds of readers with that which is foul. 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The editors may personally prefer to fill the col­ We give them $5 in money, a $12 Dependable Mechanics J L-1 y shop Electrotherapy, Physiotherapy umns with worth-while, significant news, but they feel suit of clothes, and set them out again upon the world. They Haircutting for Men compelled to give the public what it wants, If they do can't DR. R. A. OLSON Shop Work Guaranteed Local & long distance get far on that. They Women and Children Chiropractor not, some other newspaper captures the circulation and are, too frequently, HAULING Tel. 671 1117 Stat, - Expert Work Guaranteed the advertising based on it. Vernonia, Ore Phone 923 Regardless of how Mrs. Leona Bowles met her death, had her husband and his paramour foreseen the outcome of their love affair, it is certain there would have been no such mess. Names and deeds blazoned on the front page carry a warning to all who are not hopelessly blind. Merry Christmas What Other Editors Think emonia Trading Co Dance Dr. Brower Freight Vernonia Hotel Hy-Van Professional and Business Directory SQUARE DEAL SERVIGE STATION COMPLETE« Ï Cason Transfer Inexcusable, perhaps, except for mere business reas- ons, is the exhibition of so much filth. Granting that much, however, ought papers to publish crime news? Should they ignore murder, triangles, debauchery? By no means. Good policy in a small town may im­ pel an editor to refrain from printing items that lower a man in the eyes of his neighbors—that pillory him, as it were, for the whole community to jeer at. The newspaper in the big city, however, has a wider sphere of action, with the element of personality left out. So great is the crowd that the individual, however impor­ tant in his own eyes and in those of his friends, is rela-l tively obscure. Despite unfavorable publicity, he can still walk the streets without turning his eyes from every man he meets. 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