Friday, March 27, 1931.
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
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VAN VLEET TO START
LOGGING
Iknunna üanlr
The Van Vleet Logging Co., of
Vernonia will begin work in about
two weeks hauling logs into Clat­
Pacific Coast Representative skanie by means of a fleet of
Arthur W. Stypes, Inc.
trucks.
San Francisco
Last fall Van Vleet purchased
the DeRock timber in sections 23
and 27 between the Nehalem and
Deep creek, consisting of 12 and
Member of National Editorial
15 million feet. This is the timber
Association and Oregon State
that will be marketed in the open
market through Clatskanie.
Editorial Association.
Van Vleet has been logging in
Vernonia vicinity and selling
$2.00. Per Year in Advance the
Issued Every Friday
logs to the Oregon American but
failing to find a market there has
Entered as second class matter August 4, 1922, at the post hauled some logs here in the past.
office at Vernonia. Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879.
He and his family and about
eight other families are planning
Advertising rates—Foreign, 30c per inch; local, 28c per inch; on moving to Clatskanie as soon
legal notices, 10c per line first insertion, 5c per line succeeding as possible. J. E. Miller, local
insertions; classified lc per word, minimum 25c first insertion, realtor, is trying to find houses
15c succeeding insertions; readers, 10c a line.
for them now.
Mr. Van Vleet began yesterday
to cut piling on the DeRock
RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher
holdings and in about two weeks
will begin falling of timber. A
road has already been constructed
so that they may be brought out.
VERNONIA'S NEW SCHOOL
The Wiggins Bros, who hauled
logs from the top or the Nehalem
mountain last year have announ­
Several speakers at the dedication of the Washington ced that they will resume oper­
grade school Friday brought out the fact that no other ations again in a very short time.
—Clatskanie Chief
town of the size of Vernonia in the state has so fine a
school building.
In beauty, design, facilities and mater­
ial of construction it is outstanding, and the community
has every reason to be proud of it.
Yet a school is more than a building.
An up-to-
date structure makes possible an enlightened type of in­
struction, such as Superintendent Howard analyzed, but
does not assure it.
Unless the human element is in
keeping, the modernity of the surroundings serves no pur­
pose.
Unscientific instruction restricted to the three
R’s might just as well be had in the cheapest of shacks,
if roomy enough.
That the instruction under Superintendent Condit
and the present staff has been of high quality is unques­
tioned. So, too, the pupil activities as demonstrated in
athletics under Coach McCrae, art under Mrs. Fullerton
and music under Miss Bougher. The present school year
has been one of achievement, in keeping with the com­
modious, well-appointed building.
Is the future as promising?
That depends upon the
taxpayers, who can force the school directors into waste­
ful economies, penny-wise and pound foolish; or. while
guarding against extravagance, they can make possible
first rate instruction in Vernonia’s fine school.
As an emergency measure, while many of the tax­
payers are getting only part-time work at reduced wages,
decreasing the number of teachers and cutting drastically
the salaries of those who remain is perhaps justified.
Such a situation, however, like the sluggish lumber mar­
ket at the bottom of the difficulty, should be merely
temporary.
Overburdened, underpaid teachers can in
the end perform only inferior work.
If the time ever
comes when Vernonia's good teachers leave because the
scale of pay is lower than their talents command, and less
competent pedagogues take their places, the $75,000
spent on the new building is just that much wasted.
Vernonia’s teaching staff must remain on a par with
Vernonia's distinctive building.
The way of municipal ownership is not always smooth.
Vernonia water rates are too high, either because some
past administration let the contract at too high a price,
or a slick salesman for a bonding company gold-bricked
the city dads.
Forest Grove’s power and light depart­
ment charges rates that are excessive, though for an
entirely different reason: The city drained all the income
above immediate cost of operation, and provided no sink­
ing fund for redemption of bonds or depreciation of equip­
ment.
battles, must wage its own con­
tests for the things it gets and
favors it receives. Although it
is bounded only by France and
the Mediterranean, it is not a1
part of France politically.
On the shores of the beautiful
Columbia river in the northern
part of Oregon lies the thriving
city of St. Helens. It is not sep­
arately governed, but comes un­
der the jurisdiction of the state
of Oregon and is a part of Ore­
gon politically. But when it has
a fight to make, frequently it
must make it alone, without the
aid of the rest of the state, par­
ticularly from some of the pow­
ers that be. In this way it is
comparable to the principality of
Monaco.
We refer, of course, to the
fight that has been waged to se-
cure the location of the Pacific
Northwest branch of the national
soldiers’ home. Fighting practic­
ally alone, as far as support from
the rest of the state was con­
cerned. St. Helens went after this
home with might and main. Suit­
able property was optioned, com­
plete surveys and reports on it
were gathered. Representatives
of the community were sent to
the seat of the national govern­
ment to present its merits. But
encouragement from other places
in the state as indicated in the
press reports of metropolitan
newspapers was noticeably lack­
ing.
The reason for this we do not
know. We do know that we put
up a good fight and that we have
apparently lost out. We must
take what satisfaction we can
from that, at the same time of­
fering our congratulations to
whatever site is finally chosen.
For after all, we are a part of
Oregon, even though we may fee]
that we are at times a neglected
part, and we are happy that the
site is to be in this state.
—St. Helens Mist.
Gilliam, Wheeler, Sherman and
Morrow, with a combined popula­
tion of 14,185, were given two
representatives. Yet Clatsop and
Columbia, with nearly eigjjt times
the population of the other four
combined were given but three
representatives between them.
This very obvious favoritism is
ascribed by the Oregon Voter to
Representatives Hamilton, Snell
and Yates.
—Astorian-Budget
STOP THE MURDERS BY
MOTORS
What Oilier
Editors
Think
Is Garden Time
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Vernonia Trading Co
Professional and Business Directory
Fr eight
TRUCKS LEAVE VERNONIA 9 A. M. DAILY
Long Distance Furniture Hauling
Between Vernonia and Portland
I
Portland-Vernonia Truck Line
W. A. Davis, Local Manager.
RES. PHONE 443
OFFICE PHONE 1041
RARRFP
BARBER
SHOP
Joy
Haircutting for Men
Women and Children
Expert Work Guaranteed
Lloyd Baker, Prop.
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General Contractor
Mason Work, Building
C. BRUCE
Wholesale and Retail
LUMBER
Lumber Co.
Vernonia, Oregon
BAFFORD BROS
General Plumbing
Vernonia
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ADJUSTED COMPENSATION CERTIFICATES
If no loans have already been made upon these.
DENTISTS
M. D. COLE
Office Phone 663
íes. Phone 664
Vernonia,
Oregon
DAD’S
SANDWICH SHOP
Delicious Chile and Sand­
wiches—Also Roasts and Short
Orders
Glasses Fitted
DR. C. O. ANDERSON
Eye Speliali*t—Optometrist
1st Monday in Each Month.
At Kullander’s Jewelry Store
HOTEL GORDON
Newly Fun 'shed Room*
Hot and Cold Water
Mary Kato
Next to Post Office
Very Reasonable Rates
Chop Suey
Restaurant
Hotel Hy-Van
STEAM HEAT
The best for those
who appreciate the
best.
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Physiotherapy
Tel. 671
1117 State St.
Vernonia. Oregon
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Residence 653
Local and Long Dis­
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MORTUARIES
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Chiropractor
You’ll enjoy a bowl of
delicious Chop Suey
after the show.
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BROWN MORTUARY
Phone 593
DR. R. A. OLSON
TERMINAL CAFE
The Right Place to Eat
Excellent Cooking
HOT FI q
Dentist
Vernonia, Oregon
Electrotherapy,
Eank «*' Vernonia
Physician and Surgeon
Eye» Tested
CARDS AND
LIGHT LUNCHES
Oregon-American
DR. J. A. HUGHES
CARO ROOM
PASTIME
Funds Available
RESTAURANTS
CHC1PÇ
JOHN A. MILLER
To Local Veterans
House And
:SIGN
PAINTING
The man who operates the
stationary engine the motivates
the big shovel in our excavations
is required to show a certificate
of soberity and ability, and as a
result the engine and shovel
cause few accidents. Persons who
propose to drive automobiles are
required to present no evidence
of experience of temperance, or
of nothing else except that they
have the money with which to
sure the machine. As a result of
this, in the United States last
year more than 32,500 persons
were killed and 960,000 were
injured in motor accidents. There
is a greater total of fatalities
and casualties than our soldiers
suffered in the great war. If
we were in conflict with another
nation, and if our newspapers
reported nearly 3000 of our sons
slain and more than 80,0.00 woun­
ded in a month, our pacifists
would hold monster massmeetings
and demanded a cessation of the
internecine war through peace at
any price. But the frightful rec­
ord of motor murders attracts
little attention, and certainly
stirs us to no effort at abate­
OLEO REFERENDUM
ment. Not even the fact that
CIRCULATORS START
last year more than 2000 little
children were crushed to death
An illuminating little item
and 45,000 were maimed by au­
from Portland discloses that Geo.
tos and that the new year opens
Bylander, professional peddler of
with no less appalling list of
referendum petitions, has taken
tragedies seems to awaken us to
And Garden Time means the purchase
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST
a contract for the halting of
the necessity of taking measures
Clatsop county regrets the loss to stop this shocking and in many
Oregon’s new 10-cent oleo tax.
of seeds.
He will attempt to get signa­ of a half-representative in the
tures of 11,000 qualified voters to legislature through the last min­
hold up the oleo tax, and call ute amendment to the reappor­
an election to repeal it. A crew tionment bill, and may rightfully
Always the best quality and the best
of 80 paid circulators will be resent this action as discriminat-
put on the streets of Portland. ion. And this without denjing the
variety at
Salem, Corvallis, Albany, and claims of Columbia county to
Service Station
Eugene, at an unnamed com­ representation equal to that of
mission, possibly the usual 10 Clatsop.
cents per name.
As a matter of fact Columbia
U. S. Royal Cord Tires
He may find enough signers county’s population is so near
who care little or nothing for that of Clatsop that no injustice
Shell Products
the dairy farmer’s plight to suc­ is done in conceding her equal rep­
Cass Bergerson
Ed Tapp
ceed in defeating, or at least resentation. Her gain of a half­
Dependable
Mechanics
delaying, the law which we had representative, while seemingly at
Phone 681
I
hoped would give dairying a liv­ the expense of Clatsop county, was
Shop
Work
Guaranteed
ing wage again.
actually not so. She should have
If he does, that’s Oregon’s gained a whole representative at
loss and the South Sea islands’ the expense of some of the spar­
gain.
sely populated counties of Eastern
Grants Pass Courier and Central Oregon. Both Clat­
sop and Columbia counties were
OUT IN THE COLD
discriminated against.
On the shores of the beautiful
Representation outside Multno­
For your convenience the following business and professional people are listed on
Mediterranean sea in the south­ mah county was made on a basis
this page alphabetically. These men and women are known in Vernonia as reliable business
ern part of France lies the small of one to an average of 13,361
and professional people.
principality of Monaco. It is a people, yet we find that Crook
separately governed independent and Jefferson counties, with a
country under its own jurisdic­ combined population of only 5627
ANNOI INCVMFM^g
tion.
It must fight its own was given a representative while
ANNOUNCEMENT
REEHER & LUEBKE
Marvin R. Eby, M. D.
I have leased and am now op-
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Furniture &
Physican and Surgeon Bargains In
smith Shop.
Stoves
Phone Hospital 931
Repairing of all kind,
11 First Ave. Forest Grove,
Town Office 891
North
Oregon
W. M. Faulkner
Delivered To and Called for at Your Door
Perhaps the lesson will some day be learned that
municipal or state ownership of utilities is a business,
and if sucessful must be conducted on sound business
principles, as much so as any private enterprise.
FOR LOANS
instances preventable waste of' To buy, sell or trade, use
human life.
j gag]e classified ads.
But how can the murders and
near murders by motors be stop­
ped? We are told that last year
960,000 were injured and 32,500
were killed by stupid, earless,'
ignorant drivers. The law can1
not prevent carelessness at the
wheel, but it can, and should, |
see to it that ignorance and stu- [
pidity do not occupy the driver’s'
seat. Before a barber is per-i
mitted to cut your hair, he must
prove his competency at the risk]
of violating a consistency that I
PAPER HANGING
heretofore has stubbornly re-1
sisted all temptations to ask'
AND TINTING
for a law” to cure this or that, i
The Spectator now suggests that
J. C. Henderson
Governor Meier appoint a Com-^
mission of Public Safety whose ■
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members shall have a knowledge
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of electricity and engineering
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and who shall searchingly ex- i
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amine on his driving ability
every person who proposes to:
operate an auto in Oregon. With\
Vernonia
proper care in issuing licenses to
motor drivers we should this
Paint Shop
year be able to reduce the shock- j
ing total of more than a million
Vernonia
citizens killed and injured in
this country in 1930.
—The Spectator
Money to Loan
On improved real estate; long
time and reasonable terms.
See Attorney John L. Storla.
St Helens Oregon.
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