VERNONIAEAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
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country staged at a time when the presi­
dent is head over heels in an effort to get
industry going and men back to work.
The sinister forces behind these strikes
are taking advantage of the disturbed con­
ditions and are gambling that we don’t
Member of Oregon State Editorial Association.
happen to have a number of Grover Cleve­
Entered as second class matter August 4, 1922, at
land
’s to take a hand in the settlement.
the post office at Vernonia, Oregon, under the
act of March 3, 1879.
Labor leaders are shrewdly taking ad­
Isuued Every Friday
$2.00 Per Year in Advance vantage of the New Deal and the NRA
Temporary rate ....................................... $1.50 a year provisions guaranteeing the right of col­
Six months ........... 75c
Two years ........... $2.50
lective bargaining on the part of the work­
Advertising rates—Foreign, 30c per inch; local, ers. This feature of the New Deal gave a
28c per inch; legal notices, 10c per line first in­
sertion, 5c per line succeeding insertions; classi­ tremendous impetus to labor leaders who
fied lc per word, minimum 25c first insertion.
hope to put themselves in a position to
15c su receding inserti one; readers, 10c per line.
have a monopoly of labor supply. To gain
RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher
this point they were willing to wreck the
president’s program, knowing full well
how easily vote-hungry legislators listen
to
voices that are audible. It matters not
II hat Other Editors Say
if thousands of men are forced to remain
idle because of the damming up of trans­
SETTLE THE STRIKE
portation, or if the already hard-pressed
farmer must sacrifice further still because
The general public has little knowledge
of dried up demand. The only thing they
of the points at issue in the long drawn
are interested in is their highly paid jobs
out longshoreman strike, neither has it
and the power they hope to wield.
any conception of the brutality of the af­
The general public which is taking it
fair, the supine attitude of the supposed
on the chin is just about fed up on the
guardians of the law, the state govern­ whole mess. Folks are beginning to wonder
ment, and the amount of damage already
just when authorities will pluck up cour­
done to private property, the loss of per­
age enough to step in and stop the fool­
ishables due to the strike and to the pub­
ishness. To sit idly by and fail to recog­
lic in general on account of the almost
nize the dynamite in the situation is folly
¡omplete shutdown of many indusries de­
of the worst sort. There must be a way to
pendent upon orderly transportation. The
settle the strike in fairness to labor, to
whole affair to most may seem to be more
the shipping interests and that, too, with­
jr less a problem for cities like Portland,
out losing sight of the fact that Mr. John
Seattle and California ports to battle with
Citizen also as a few rights that must
in their own way inasmuch as we do not
be respected.—McMinnville Telephone-Re­
come into direct contact with participants
gister.
nor have the privilege of witnessing the [
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barbaric beating up of officers of the law
A LIGHT TAP
and others. Nevertheless the strike is just
The knocker doesn’t know what he is
one of many labor disturbances in this
driving at.—Cottage Grove Times.
VERNONIA EAGLE
Grange Meeting
Is This Week
At Roseburg
FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1934.
AL SPINA GETS BEST
OF KEN PARKER IN
PORTLAND TUES. NITE
Al Spina, Portland, decisioned
Ken Parker, 120, Vernonia, in a
bout that saw Parker hit the can­
vas for nine counts in the first
Over 1500 Members of Order Are and again for seven in the sec­
ond, and then come back to stay
In Attendance
on his feet to the end. The bout
was a preliminary on the boxing
card staged in the Portland Labor
ROSEBURG, June 13—(Spe­ I temple Tuesday night.
cial.)—With flags and pennons
placed across all the principal
THOUSAND HEAD OF
streets, flags displayed in front
SHEEP TO BE PASTURED
of every business house and wel­
EAST OF CAMP 8
coming signs in all windows,
Roseburg, capital of the Ump­
One thousand head of sheep
qua valley, is entertaining the
61st session of the Oregon state are to be pastured beginning Mon­
day at Keystone, east of Camp 8.
grange in royal style.
They are brought here from
Over 1500 members of the or­
der in this little city, hundreds Maupin, in central Oregon, for
being in camp in a beautiful summer fattening. Their owner
grove on the banks of the river, has been 32 years in the business.
and hotels, auto camps and room­
ing houses, together with many SAVINGS DEPOSITS
private homes, are filled with the
NOW TOTAL OVER
delegates and members, represent­
$51,000 SAYS MESSING
ing every county in Oregon.
A get-together meeting was
The total savings deposits in
held Monday evening, unaer the the local post office is now $51,-
auspices of recreational leaders, 285.00, says Postmaster Emil F.
Misses Clarabel Nye and Gertrude Messing.
Skow, and the same afternoon
A number of deposits were ad­
the annual horse shoe pitching ded during the past two weeks
tournament was held. A beauti­ from proceeds of the dividend
ful cup, engraved with the names declared by the savings depart­
of all granges that have won the ment of the Bank of Vernonia..
contest one or more times, is the
prize to the grange winning three PEDDLING LICENSES
bouts.
BEING COLLECTED
Lecturers’ conference and ses­
SAYS CITY MARSHAL
sions of the home economics de-1
partment are held in the morning |
Collection of several peddlers’
before the regular sessions con- ■
licenses is reported by Marshal
vene, and hundreds attend these Tom Carmen.
meetings to obtain information
Otherwise things are
pretty
in conducting their departments
quiet as affects his duties, he
in their home granges.
says.
One of the notable features of
the meeting is the chorus of more
than a hundred voices trained by
E. O. Goodspeed of Portland, and
Tuesday afternoon E. M. Ehr­
Forage Crop Field
hardt, president of the Federal
Meeting to be Held
Land Bank at Spokane, spoke on
On McGraw Farm
“Farm Credits.” Wednesday even­
ing B. F. Irvine, editor of the
“A forage crop field meeting
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Lundeen Oregon Journal, addressed tne as­
. will be held at the grass nursery ! and two sons Bob and Jack, Mrs. sembled grangers. Prof. George
J on H. E. McGraw’s place Friday, J Lundeen’s mother and Mr. and
Vernonia Eagle, June 12, 1924. June 22, at 1:30 o’clock,” states Mrs. Hank Mailing all of West­ Peavy, president of Oregon State
college, was the principal speaker
I George A. Nelson, county agent, port, visited at the home of J. at the program presented by the
Last Thursday as we went to “for the purpose of examining j O. DeVaney Tuesday.
state lecturer Tuesday evening to
press we learned that Roy Nance! the varieties of grasses and clov­
Mr. and Mrs. Guy White and a capacity audience.
and Miss Lola Cline went to Port­ ers that have been planted in I family of Portland visited Mr.
Interest centers around the
land to get married. This popular I this plot and to discuss their spe- : White’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
election of officers for the state
and well known couple pulled a cial values,
I J. White Sunday.
grange, who are elected every
surprise on their friends.
“Cheap forage crops adapted !
Mrs. C. O. Evers returned two years. The election committee
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to the district and to special soils Sunday after spending two weeks will report Thursday afternoon,
Albert Wood has returned from'and conditions in the Nehalem 1 in eastern Oregon. She reports
the officers halving already been
the east, where he has been since! vadeY are important to every i , that it rained all the time she chosen through a referendum in
last October. Most of the time he I llairJ'ma" a"d stock raiser,” states was there.
the 338 granges of the state.
was in Washington, where ne had i
Nelson.
In order to meet,
Mr. and Mrs. George Com­ Selection of the next meeting
a case before the post office de-|
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’e present economic conditions stock and family drove to Long­ place will be decided Wedneslay
partment for damages on account I a s*;udy of these various grasses view Monday to spend a few by ballot of the delegates, and
of the change of the old star mail wiU »ive some valuable inlorma- days on business.
already several localities are com­
route from Buxton to Timber
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on
this line.”
Anna DeVaney spent a few peting for the honor.
Professor G. R. Hyslop, chief days in Seaside with friends this
aeven years ago.
Thursday afternoon presenta­
of the crops department of the week.
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tion of Golden Sheaf certificates
Oregon State Agricultural col­
Buddie Pettijohn of Portland | to members with 50 years of con­
Mrs. C. C. Van Doren of Van- lege will be present at that time
is spending his vacation with tinuous membership will take
couver, mother of Mrs. J. L. Tim- to discuss these grasses and oth­
the DeVaney boys.
place, followed by the beautiful
mons, is visiting this week at the er forage crop problems that are
The
little
Evers
children memorial services for departed
Timmons home.
of interest to farmers in the Ne­ heard a dog barking down on the members of the state grange. At
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halem valley.
creek and on going down found 3 p. m. the same day the drill
The group also plan to visit a dog drying to kill a fawn. Mri contests, with teams from all
The following persons enjoyed
a picnic at Natal station on the > some of the alfalfa plantings af­ Evers went down. One had been counties in the district, Lane,
Nehalem Tuesday night:
Alice ter the meeting at the grass nur­ killed and one got away, They Douglas, Josephine, Jackson, Coos
Sparks, Lora Smith, Thelma Petti-1 sery. All who are interested are were about the size of a small and Curry — represented, takes
john, Opal Hill, Mildred Berger-1 invited to attend this field meet­ dog. No one knew who owned place. During the evening the
Bon, Blanche Bergerson, Helen ing and bring their friends with the dog.
fifth degree will be exemplified
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Brown, Margaret Tousley, Hilda I
by the Douglas county Pomona
| “The Reed Canary grass plant-
Webster, Gladys Dial, Vera Wil-|.
grange,
and immediately follow­
CAMPFIRE NEWS
lard, Mrs. C. M. Stevens, i Amy i in’t9 on Besson brothers and Jesse
ing the officers of the state
last
This news includes the
Earl : Lewis’s places in the Clatskanie
Hughes, H. M. Kessler, Lmi,
grange will confer the sixth de­
will be visited at 1:301 three Campfire meetings.
Cha-e, Carl Stevens, Carl Salts,
gree upon a large class.
The Campfire girls were sel-
Arthur Tousley, Don Grable, Mike J 3 c'0€’c on Thursday, June 21," |
Among those attending state
ling chances on a quilt when we grange from Columbia county are
Willard E. J. Speyer, Bill Ferris, states Mr. Nelson.
This grass has stood the fresh- i found that it was against the Mr. and Mrs. R. Hanniff, Mr.
EJarl Dial, John Wharton and
et water for everal years as well law.
Boots Wharton.
and Mrs. H. M. Condit, Mr. and
We had a meeting of Camp­ Mrs. Walter Carl, Mr. and Mrs.
as the heavy freeze of a year
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ago. and has produced an excel- fire Girls and Boy Scouts at the
The II y Van hotel, new hotel , lent feed for both pasture and grade school. Miss Gorham from O. Henry Olecn, Mrs. C. R. Par-
cher, Mrs Sam Trotter, Mr. and
building just finished, will be op­ , hay during those years.
Campfire headquarters in Port­ Mrs. No’ le Dunlan.
en for business June 18. "Walter
We will also visit some Wes­ land was our speaker for the
Coyle will be the proprietor and tern Rye grass seedings that were evening. After the meeting we
as leader.
They meet Friday
manager.
j made this spring to show the served lunch at the Campfire mornings.
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| value of this grass in producing1 cabin.
The old members of Campfire
We have another group of meet on Thursdays. Last Thurs­
A newspaper seldom gets credit a hay crop the first year after,
I it is seeded.
girls started with Miss Owens day we sold tags and made quite
for what it DOESN'T print.
a bit of money.
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