VEIKNONIA EAGLE
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RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher
A Worthy
Project
Request made by a delegation from the
Vernonia chamber of commerce at a meet­
ing of the state highway commission
Monday that the Beaver Creek highway
be regraded and rocked for winter traf­
fic merits hearty endorsement here. While
it might be an exaggeration to assert that
no other secondary road project could
mean so much for Vernonia it is within
reason to say that none other can be
of so much immediate benefit.
The saving of eight miles in distance
and twenty minutes in time for each of
the many cars that will travel over this
road every day between Vernonia and
Portland will make the improvement eco­
nomically justifiable. Besides the new
route will widen the Vernonia trading
area by making accessible a section hith­
erto virtually shut off from travel in this
direction.
Grading of the last link in this road
has just been finished, and motorists
who have driven over it within the past
few days report it to be in good shape
for light traffic and dry weather. It will
need more grading and more rock, how­
ever, to meet the year-round demands that
will be put upon it to make it what it is
intended to be—a short cut to the Tuala­
tin valley and Portland.
Development of the secondary highway
system to include construction of the
Apiary cut-off, the Scappoose-Vernonia
and other needed roads is a goal well
worth seeking but fulfillment is a long
way off. In the meantime expenditure of
the apportionment of the federal road
money to which this section is entitled
could not be more wisely directed than in
completing the Beaver Creek highway.
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Will Hitler
Last • • •
Recent events in Germany have been
rather incomprehensible to the American
mind. To arrest democrats who object to
this or that aspect of the new deal and
after a two-minute trial stand them up
before a firing squad is so contrary to
American democracy that it is hard to
realize that just that sort of thing is
happening in Germany. The victims of
Hitler’s ruthlessness this time have not
been communists or anti-fascists or Jews,
but for the most part nazis who helped
him obtain power. They are “traitors,”
r
L t. from the Hitleran point of
v iew ar i deserving of instant death—
t or de men weave no plots and interfere
iith
Jivine right to govern by terror-
king
s enemies.
IX Ti ’ ■ the fact that few hated tyrants
ever .< tied the iron fist more energetic-
FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1934.
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONLA^OREGON
PAGE TWO
ally than has Hitler, the evidence is that
he is as popular among the masses in his
country as Roosevelt is in ours. The ex­
planation appears to be that Hitler by
his vehement militaritism fostered by a
propaganda that made it a religion
brought hope to a people who had been
sunk in despair. The brown shirts renew­
ed the confidence in Germany’s superiori­
ty that had been shattered by the out­
come of the war. Germany again could
aspire to a place in the sun.
Will German public opinion continue
to uphold Hitler, or will it sympathize
with the victims of his lust for opponents’
blood? Upon the answer depends Hitler’s
continuance in power. If he loses public
approval he loses far more than the guns
and the men that make up his firing
squads.
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If only the longshoremen’s strike had
been settled as speedily as was the truck-
men’s strike last Sunday in Portland—
called at noon and off at 7 p. m.!
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The Louisiana Kingfish may not be
much of a fighter, but he is getting to
be an expert in .the art of dodging blows.
H
hat Other Editors Say
MRS. EDA LINDSTROM
IS COMPLIMENTED
Mrs. Eda Lindstrom was com­
plimented with a surprise party
I on June 26, her birthday, when a
[ Kroup of friends called in the
afternoon. Mrs. Emma Weed, who
celebrated her birthday tne same
day, was also surprised, wnen
| upon arrival she found that she
was to share honors with Mrs.
Lind,^^>ni.
I Many gifts were presented to
both ladies.
Refreshments of cake and cof­
fee were served by Mrs. Walter
Kent and Mrs. E. E. Garner. Mrs.
, L. A. Rogers and Mrs. E. J.
Douglass arranged the party.
| Others present were Mrs. Staf-
i ford, Mrs. C. U. Enstrom, Mrs.
C. A. Malmsten, Mrs. Lois Clark,
! Mrs. A. Soule, Mrs. F. E. Malm­
sten and Mrs. A. W. Sauer.
Handpicked?
Charge was made by one of the key­
noters at the “true progressive” nomina­
tion party that General Martin and Joe
Dunne, nominees of the two major parties,
were hand-picked candidates. What would
you call Peter Zimmerman, when a few,
not satisfied with the vote of thousands
of Oregon citizens, gather themselves in­
to session and pick their man? General
Martin has truly demonstrated his service
to this state as a representtative in con­
gress, where he was unquestionably one
of the outstanding members of the con­
gress. He has courage and we would stake
a lot on him that if anyone can be con­
trolled by the utilities or anyone else it
would not be the general.
Joe Dunne deserves the appreciation
of local people because of his fight for
the milk control bill, which has given the
dairymen a more fair return. — Hillsboro
Argus.
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T. F. Keasey has been reelected
director of the Rock Creek school
district 27 and Bruce McDonald
has been reelected clerk.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. McCormick,
children Gail and Marion and
Mrs. Wm. Emmons, all of Los
Angeles, Cal., are visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Mac­
pherson this week.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Louis E. Stanton Saturday,
June 30.
A. L. Parker cut his foot Tues­
day while haying. He was chop­
ping some roots at the time.
Jeanne Hughes went to the
beach witl the R. ML Aldrich fa­
mily Sunda ' and with the E. M.
Bollinger f>mily on the Fourth.
F. A. Hankle hurt his leg June
26 when it was struck oy a
choker.
Herbert Counts’ arm was cut at
Koster camp June 28 wnen a
Abide By Primary
Results . . .
“True Progressives” seems to the self­
assumed title of a group in Oregon who
appear to want to be able to run things
in their particular manner no matter what
the outcome of the customary election
machinery. Going back a few years no
doubt will be found in this non-d&script
group of chronically dissatisfied many
who spoke loud and long for the direct
primary.
Since the outcome of the recent pri­
mary did not exactly meet with tne ap­
proval of this group, they now propose
in a carefully selected convention to pick
an independent candidate. The convention
promises to not even have the freedom in
its choice of a pre-primary caucus which
these “true progressives” have in the past
often characterized as nothing short of
“rotten.”
The only consistency in the “true pro­
gressive” group lies in the persistency
with which they seek public office. If
general dissatisfaction prevailed with the
outcome of the primary election this group
might be termed opportunists but they do
not even rate this designation this year,
—Forest Grove News-Times.
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PICNIC GROUPS MEET
ON FOURTH
A large number of families and
groups of friends met at Arcadia
for picnic dinners on the Fourth.
One large picnic grroup Included
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Childs, Mr.,
and Mrs. Walter Kent, Dr. and;
Mrs. H. M. Bigelow, Mr. and Mrs.
H. V. Holcomb, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. J?
W. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Roberson, Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Dewey, Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs.. C. F.
Hieber, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Doug­
lass, Mrs. Fred Wall and members
of their families and guests.
knot flew up and hit him.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Kullander
visited at the L. A. Young place
in Gaston July 3 and 4. Harold
Nelson took Mr. Kullander’s place-
in the jewelry store.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. De Cou of
Portland were here Saturday and
Sunday for a visit with Mrs. De
Con’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
F. Hieber.
Mrs. George Vosnick, who un­
derwent an operation for appen­
dicitis in the Portland General
hospital Thursday of last week is
reported as getting along nicely.
She is expected home Sunday.
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