VERNONIA EAGLE. VERNONIA, OREGON
FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1933.
Irnuiwia Eagle
M K M • • ■
Mist and Wilark
To Have Camps of
Two Hundred Each
Member of National Editorial
Association and Oregon State
Editorial Association.
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RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher
ELECTING A RECORDER AND MARSHAL
The proposed charter amendment that provides for
the election of the city recorder and the marshal instead
of appointment by the mayor with the consent of the
council deserves careful attention.
The plan of electing the recorder is in conformity with
common practice and seems to be successful. There is no
more reason why the city treasurer should be elected, as
now provided, than there is in case of the recorder. The
duties of both are in many respects similar, and both should
be responsible to the people rather than to the mayor and
council. In his judicial capacity, in particular, the recorder
is logically not answerable to the mayor and council any
more than to any other five citizens of the community.
With reference to the marshal, however, the situation
is different. In this case common practice makes the mar­
shal an appointive, not an elective office, and rightfully
so. Unless the marshal is responsible to it, the council has
no power to enforce its decisions. It may resolve and legis­
late, but it cannot command because the cooperation of a
marshal, the enforcing officer, is purely voluntary if he
is not dependent upon the mayor and councilmen for his
job. If laws are laxly enforced the council can only sit idly
by and watch. While Earl Smith, present marshal, would no
doubt be willing to cooperate, no matter by what method
he gets his office, there might be in the future many a
marshal who would ignore completely any behests that
the council might make. The only way of removing from
office an elective marshal that fails to do his duty is by
recalling him—and recalls, experience has proved again
and again, always engender strife and bitterness, and leave
a heritage of hard feelings. A dismissal for the good of
the city is usually nothing but an incident, a sometimes
unpleasant but wholly necessary business, and is looked
upon as such.
It is unforunate, this newspaper believes, that the
offices of both recorder and marshal were included in the
same resolution. The one, which conforms with sound prac­
tice, could then be adopted, and the other, which is unusual
and generally unsatisfactory, could be rejected.
The departure of Rev. G. W. Plumer to another field
is to be regretted, for he has been an excellent pastor to
his flock and a valuable citizen during his six years here.
The best wishes of his Vernonia friends will go with him
to his new charge.
The government is now ferreting out the gold hoarders,
the daily press announces. Our own attitude is like that of
the man who used to operate an old-style electric-driven
coupe—he was aware that the speed cops would never
bother him.
Here’s a new one. Many a baseball game has had to
be postponed because of falling rain or wet grounds, but
the Beaver-Seal engagement last Tuesday night was called
off because the fuse blew out.
ty families are recognizing the
305 FAMILIES ARE
value of the garden in contribut­
ENROLLED IN PROJECT
FOR GARDEN GROWING ing to the family living. Mrs. Ed
Lewis of Beaver homes, who was
There are 305 Columbia coun­ one of those enrolled in the gar­
ty farm families enrolled in the den project last year stated “our
vegetable garden project, records garden supplies nearly all of our
in the county agent’s office
show. To each of those enrolled
goes a monthly letter carrying
timely garden information along
with helpful available literature.
FOR ALL
A bulletin of particular interest
OIL-STEAM WAVES
just now is that which deals with
the control of insect pests (“Ve­
The Realistic Permanent
with Ringlette ends
getable Crop Insect Pest Con­
trol,” Ext. Bui. 459) and anoth­
er describing the fall garden
Complete
(“Growing Fall and Early Win­
ter Vegetables,” Ext. Bui. 444)
both of which can be obtained
BEAUTY SHOPPE
at the county agent’s office.
Phone 431
Bridge St
More and more Columbia coun­
One Price
$3.50
Annette
The Forest Grove
National Bank
’’The Roll of Honor Bank”
J. A. Thornburgh
President
living during the summer and
much of it in the winter." Re­
cords last year show that many
gardens in the county of an acre
or less in size contributed a hun­
dred dollars worth of produce or
more.
R. G. Thornburgh
Cashier
(Clatskanie Chief)
Mist and Wilark are to have
camps of 200 men each of the Ci­
vilian Conservation corps and
work is now being begun on the
clearing of camp sites. The Mist
camp will adjoin the Bert East­
man place.
J. J. Russell, field inspector of
the state forestry department,
and Paul Thompson of Vernonia
who will be Mist camp superin­
tendent, were in Clatskanie Wed­
nesday making preliminary plans.
James Moran will be superinten­
dent of the Wilark camp.
The men for the camps are ex­
pected to arrive within the next
week and in a day or two the first
contingent is expected to arrive
to begin work erecting the camps.
Clatskanie will be the head­
quarters for the Mist camp, it is
certain and may be for the Wil­
ark camp. Supplies of staples are
furnished on bids and will prob­
ably come from Portland but
fresh fruits, vegetables, milk, etc.,
will be bought locally.
The work of the men will not
be re-forestation in this region
but largely fire control or pre­
vention work in the building of
roads and trails and the falling
of snags that are a menace to
spreading fire.
A captain of the army, a first
or second lieutenant and possibly
both, a supply sergeant and two
cooks will make up the army per-
sonell of each camp, An army
doctor will also be on hand but
as the two camps are close to-
gether, will probably care for
both.
The army officers will have as
their duties the camp life, the
feeding, discipline, recreation, etc.
of the men, in fact, the men in
the corps are in the army.
The actual work will be under
the civilians with a superintendent
in charge of each camp and under
him 10 foremen who will be chos­
en locally, these 10 will be ex­
perienced in fire fighting and in
woods work. In the personnel of
each camp will be 30 youths who
are more or less experienced in
the woods. These 30 will probably
come from those who have en­
listed from Columbia and Wash­
ington counties.
The work day will be short,
probably only six hours a day.
The camps are now scheduled to
be here for rix months or until
about the first of December.
Civilians with trucks are want­
ed to care for the hauling of the
men to and from work and oth­
er necessary trucking work. Ton
and a half trucks are necessary.
Bids for this work are to be
forwarded to the State Forester,
Salem. Bids may be for man and
truck or truck alone and also with
gasoline and oil furnished or to
be supplied by the camp. Bids for
this work should be forwarded
at once.
What Other
Editors
Think
—
New Source Revenue Tapped
(which by the way is impossible
of creating tax delinquency)
what will our schools, road dis­
tricts, cities and county govern­
ments do? Who can offer the
solution that will keep these go­
vernment subdivisions from bog­
ging down under the huge tax de­
linquencies and result in eventual
greater cost to the property tax-
payef?—Hillsboro Argus.
Oregon’s sales tax is tapping a
source of revenue for state and
local purposes that has been for-
tunate in escaping the burdens of
taxation, but is nevertheless al­
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rose and
ways present to enjoy all the ben­
efits of society and government— Frank went to Portland Sunday
schools, police protection, etc. to get Glenda, who returned with
Thousands of Oregon people with them that evening.
incomes are not on the tax roll.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Claude Steph­
In view of these facts one must ens were dinner guests at the
recognize that there is bound to James Brady home Sunday.
be plenty of objection to the sales
luiss Thelma Stephens, teach­
tax and considerable effort to er in the Woodburn high school,
hoodwink those who now bear is home for a visit with her
the burden. The property tax has parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Claude
grown so burdensome that coupl­ Stephens.
ed with lenient collection laws,
The “Pollyanna club”, a group
has provided a fifty per cent de- of women from the Evangelical
linquency. Men have gone out all church Missionary society, will
over the state to carry on their meet at the home of Mrs. Dan
battle against the so-called “vi- Cason Wednesday afternoon.
cious” sales tax. They make ex­
Cass Bergerson, who was
tended trips from the metropils brought home from Good Samari­
and tell the people in the coun­ tan hospital Sunday after having
try about the iniquity of the sales recovered nicely from an opera­
tax, proposed by a majority of the tion for appendicitis, is suffering
Oregon legislature after months from a bad cold.
of study as the best method offer­
Mrs. Cris Nicar of Burns is
ed to reduce the property tax spending the week here as the
burden.
hou?“-guest of Mrs. H. V. Hol­
In commenting on the “vicious­ comb.
ness” of the sales tax, Edward
Mrs. Jack Britton and Mrs.
Schulmerich rightly points out Shamburger
spent Wednesday
that in contrast to the property with Mrs. Chas. Justice.
tax the sales levy has never de­
Sid Baker of Treharne had
prived a man of his home and
never drove his children out into
NEW
the streets to become public
THE
charges.
People buy to a great extent Short and
in proportion to their ability or long wave.
Hear the po­
their incomes. The person with a lice
calls and
small income wouldn’t buy nearly ships at sea.
as much and the tax paid would Also your
be slight, while the person with regular pro­
the larger income and larger pur­ grams. Price
chases would pay much more. The
farmer grows much for his own
$5 down, $3.50 a month
use that the city man must buy.
Every cent received from the THREE DAYS FREE TRIAL
service for 90 days on
sales tax is to replace the pro­ FREE
any Crosley sold by us.
perty tax. No one has offered us
Complete Service Laboratory
any convincing evidence that with
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the tapping of a large source of
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untaxed population that the bur­
Paterson Furniture Store
den of the property taxpayer will
929 Bridge St.
not be decreased.
If we don’t get the sales tax
Vernonia Eagle classifieds are
a paying proposition. Try them.
LODGES
A. F. & A. M.
Vernonia Lodge No. 184
A. F. & A. M. meets
at
Masonic
Temple,
Stated
Communication
First Thursday of each
month. Special called
meetmgs on all other Thurs­
day nights 7:30 p.m. Visitors
most cordially welcome.
Emil F. Messing, W. M.
F. D. Macpherson, Secretary
Order of Eastern Star
Nehalem Chapter 153. O. E. 3.
Regular commu­
nication first
and third Wed­
nesdays of each
month, at Ma­
sonic Temple.
All visiting sis­
ters and broth­
ers welcome.
Mrs. A. J. Hughes, W.M.
Leona McGraw, Sec.
Pythian Sisters
Vernonia Temple 61 meets
every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays in
W.O.W. hall.
Florence Nanson, M. E. C.
Clara Kerns, M. or R. A C.
Results come quickest to those
classified ad users who tell a
complete story the first time. If
you are looking for action, don’t I
make your prospect guess. Tell I
them all facts and save their time!
and yours.
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PAGE THREE
quite a time capturing a swarm
of bees Friday but finally hived
them with the help of Geo. Bas-
lington, who is experienced with
bees.
Ten Years
Ago * * * *
are behind tall iron fences and
some are behind steering wheels.”
“The date of a woman’s birth has
nothing to do with her age.”
Dr. M. D. Cole is attending the
dentists’ convention in Portland.
Business in Vernonia grows
i better every day.
I
Vernonia Eagle June 11, 1923.
Albert Childs, who is opening a
new butcher shop in Vernonia,
has rented the Messing home.
Davis and Sauer are opening a
market in the new Pringle build­
ing.
A. L. Fenner is doubling the
capacity of his pool room.
Mrs. C. S. Hoffman visited last
week end in Vernonia. The family
is preparing to move to Vernonia
in the near future.
Aunt Sallie’s epigrams: “The!
side to take in a family row is
the outside.” “Some of the idiots I
MILLET
Sowed in June make a hay
crop. The best for quick
grass.
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