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VEKNONIA EAGLE
Member of Oregon State Editorial Association.
Entered as second class matter August 4, 1922, at
the post office at Vernonia, Oregon, under the
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RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher
STRIKES AND STRIKES . . .
Strikes sometimes perform a much
needed service in establishing wages that
are adequate and working conditions that
are just. Such was the loggers’ strike in
this locality recently, when both the men
and the company showed a disposition to
be reasonable, and the outcome was satis
factory all around. But there are strikes
and strikes. Consider this, from a press
dispatch this week.
“A strike of 2000 carpenters, mostly on
government buildings, broke out in Wash
ington as the workers sought $1.37 an
hour instead of their present $1.00. Four
new buildings, already delayed two months
by labor jurisdictional disputes, were
again held up.”
One dollar and thirty-seven cents an hour
demanded by men already receiving the
fat wage of $1.00 an hour, building con
struction held up while labor bosses haggle
over whether plaster should be packed by
members of the hod-carriers union or the
wheelbarrow pushers union, men called
out on strike and getting nothing, indus
try hampered, investments discouraged—
surely this is no way to bring back a pros
perity that will assure full employment
and a living wage.
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Most of the “new dealers” fair pretty
well, all things considered, at the hands of
the public, but Rexford Tugwell appears
to be running in hard luck. First it’s his
advertising censorship bill which brings
down on him the wrath of merchants and
newspapers. Then it’s William Wirt and
his backstairs communistic gossip. And
now it’s a Portland church organization
taking him to task for glorifying wine,
women and song.
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The lighthouse keeper at the junction
of the Wilamette and Columbia rivers is
to be replaced by a set of gas tanks that
will perform his duty of striking the bell
in foggy weather. If the process keeps on
men won’t have much to do except to
listen to bells rung by robots.
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Tiny tubs for bathers are being advo
cated as a means of conserving California’s
scanty water supply this season. Another
means might be to persuade the once a
year bathers to forego their annual this
time.
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The red flag of communism floating
over the Portland city hall on May day
may have been intended as a practical
joke—but if so there are a lot of Ameri
cans who fail to see the point.
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Exit Bishop Cannon from the front page
—maybe.
W hat Other Editors Say
INVESTIGATE. BEFORE YOU VOTE
Because the discussion on taxation is
endless and because the real trouble is per
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1934
VERNONIA EAGLE. VERNONIA. OREGON
haps deeper than the fact that the wrong
crowd may be in control of the offices, is
no reason for losing a sense of values and
not scrutinizing the record and perform
ance of candidates who seek public office,
particularly those who wo.
:addle addi
tional taxes upon the harassed taxpayer,
instead of doing something toward elimi
nation of government expenditures by cur
tailing commissions and other agencies
that can be done away with during the
pinchy financial period.
The voter, on the whole, will heap suf
ficient taxes upon himself, rapidly enough
if he imagines that he is about to get
something for nothing. He takes to bond
issues like a duck to water, thinking that
he will not have to pay the principal. He
is also apt to be lulled to sleep when the
state returns to his county a portion of
the tax. In his more wakeful moments,
however, he discovers that he has been
sleeping at the switch.
The income tax, the intangible tax, and
other new taxes were to lift the burden
from property but that was simply a
soothing way to administer additional pun
ishment to the easy-going voter and tax
payer.
During the campaign, do not place too
much reliance about “tax reduction,” it
is a worn-out, meaningless, vote-catching
slogan. Investigate the candidate thor
oughly as to ability and sincerity.—Mc
Minnville News-Reporter.
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Sales tax opponents lack logic when
they estimate the tax at, say, $9.50 for
those who own no property but get bene
fits of schools, fire and police protection,
roads and all other advantages, then as
sail the payer of property tax, income and
other taxes, with accusation of trying to
unload the burden on the non-taxpayer.
They omit to mention that the property
owner pays the sales tax on all he buys
in addition to his property and other taxes.
Fact is, the sales tax, if not adopted,
will be defeated by those who pay no
taxes, and refuse to support the institu
tions by which they most benefit.
It is true that the heaviest taxpayers
often get no direct advantages from
schools, highways, parks and other tax-
supported public services.
The sales tax has been proved success
ful in other states, and will solve Oregon’s
financial problem as no other legislation or
measure of adjustment can.
It is a subject every voter should be
come familiar with before election day.
—Portland Spectator.
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The state is calling in all traffic acci
dent “repeaters,” who have had four or
more accidents, and will examine them to
determine if they are fit to continue driv
ing automobiles. It is a good idea. There
are many people driving cars on the high
ways who, because of natural carelessness
and recklessness or because of some phy
sical defect, are more of a menace than
other drivers to public safety. Four acci
dents is a good sign that something may
be wrong with the driver. The examina
tion given them should be rigid, and t/aere
should be no leniency if they are found
unfit.—Astorian-Budget.
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When the Reds took over Russia they
had trouble with the Kulaks, or wealthy
farmers. If revolution should ever come
here, there won’t be many wealthy farm
ers left to bother them.—Cheney. Wash.,
Free Press.
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The chap who is opposed to the sales
tax seems to be willing to have somebody
else pay for the education of his children.
—Capital Journal. Salem.
jOld King Canute
—-Cottrteav Buffalo. N. Y. Evening Next
Ten Years
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Vernonia Eagle, May 2, 1924
The city counoil decided Mon
day night to put in a purifica
tion plant for the water system.
It will be installed at once, and
will be completed within 30 days.
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Dave McDonald contemplates
building immediately a new 30
room fireproof hotel just west
of the Nehalem, on Bridge street
and Rock creek. “Mac” is Known
all over western Oregon as one
of the best cooks and hotel men
in the business.
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F. E. Malmsten plans to put
up a brick, 60 room modern hotel
at the corner of Keasey road and
Bridge street. It will be a stock
proposition and it is hoped to
get the actual construction under
way by July 1.
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Earl Smith, city marshal and
fire chief, is one of the citizens
that always has the best inter
ests of the city at heart. He is
one man always ready for duty
and always there among the first
to aid a neighbor in sickness or
distress.
ter Margaret returned this weelt
from a two weeks visit at Asteria,
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Chas. Bergerson has a new
Ford milk delivery car.
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Several of the younger crowd!
gathered! srt the Webstfer home-
Tuesdaw evening in honor of Jes
sie’s birthday. Those present were
Myrtle Brown, Opal Coyle, Vivian
Hughes, Julia Keasey, Mildred!
Bergerson, Muriel Connor, Louise
Lester, Anna Rea Webster, Mar
shall Malmsten, Ray Mills, Loel
Roberts, Thor Roberts, Weston
Sheeley, Wallace Bergerson, Nor
man Pettijbhn, Adrion Lester and
Jessie Webster.
Among Our
Neighbors • •
Seven suits of clothes, valued'
at $120, were stolen from the J.
C. Penney company’s store ini
St. Helens Monday noon.
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Father J. Pl Clancy of St. Hel
ens has sold a play, “Christmas
in the Slums,” to an eastern pub
lishing house,
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In a special' election last week
Rainier voters approved a charter
amendment permitting the council
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to issue new bonds replacing those
Sidney Ratcliffe, a young man outstanding.
who just arrived from Mississippi
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with his parents, is starting this
The Rainier post of the Ameri
week to learn the printing busi can Legion has started working
ness.
on a beauty contest for selection
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of a queen to represent the post
Mrs. J. Laramore was taken in the Astoria convention.
suddenly ill at the home of Mrs.
Mike Willard but is now on the
AUTO SURVEY MADE
road to recovery.
A survey was made In 42
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states, by the National Bureau
Born Saturday, April 26, to of Casualty and Surety Under
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Treharne, a writers, to find out if the aver
boy.
age owner keeps his car in good
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condition. The result shows that
K. Inouye of Portland, who is nearly 75 per cent of the vehicles
proprietor of the Vernonia steam in operation have some defects.
laundry, and who visits our town In this survey 22,702,000 vehicles
about once a month, called at the were inspected for brakes, tires,
Eagle office last week and told lights, horns, steering mechanisms,
us of the plans of a big laundry windshield wipers and rear-vision
here.
mirrors. Thirty-nine per cgnt of
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the cars inspected had defective,
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Repass brakes, while more than 50 per
have sol.! their residence to Dr. cent had tires approaching the
Cole.
danger point.
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F. J. Tousley and family, Chas.
Many automobiles are purchas
E. Grabel and son Don spent Sun ed by persons having an income
day at Seaside.
of less than $1,400, more than
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are purchased by those with m-
Mrs. E. Salomonsen and daugh-| comes in excess of $6,5001