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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1934)
VERNONIA EAGLE Entered as second class matter August 4, 1922, at the post office at Vernonia, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Isuued Every Friday $2.00 Per Year in Advance Temporary rate .................................. $1.50 a year Six months .......... 75c Two years .......... $2.50 Advertising rates—Foreign, 30c per inch; local, 28c per inch; legal notices, 10c per line first in-; sertion, 5c per line succeeding insertions; classi-j fied lc per word, minimum 25c first insertion, | 15c succeeding insertions; readers, 10c per line. RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher " FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1934. VEKNUN1A EAGLE. VERNONIA. OREGON PAGE TWO ——————— ...... “ I At Last an Investigation . . . After the striking longshoremen and their employers had glowered at each oth er for two months while strike breakers nursed broken heads and unestimated numbers of persons who have nothing to do with the quarrel were thrown out of employment, a federal labor dispute board began investigations into the causes of the tie-up. Mediators, it is true, tried their hand early in the game, but nobody was in a mood to listen to mediation. In the meantime the public had plenty of pro paganda from one side or the other, but no authoritative unbiassed information. According to union sympathyzers there was rank injustice in hiring laborers, and flagrant disregard of the NRA. According • 1 | | to the other, there was, at worst, the scheming or radicals and communists ultimately to capture industry by destroy ing it under present ownership; at best, an effort of union leaders to maneuver themselves into a position to dictate wages and terms of employment, without refer ence to the rights of the employers to control the labor which they hire. The war waged on, with several bloody skirm ishes, and men’s attitude towards one side or the other swayed by their prejudices. Grievances the longshoremen probably have had, for capital unrestrained is like ly to take advantage of need; yet the em ployers, too, cannot be blamed for the ef forts of outsiders to wrest from them the control of their own business. When any such issue arises government should step in, determine the facts impartially, and enforce its decisions. The new board goes into action—when threats of a general strike loom, and the outlook is anything but encouraging. It is to be hoped that its findings do not come too late. ■---------- 5—§—§----------- President Roosevelt’s new deal has re ceived hearty endorsement in a recent nation-wide straw vote. Would General “Crackdown” Johnson’s part in it meet with equal favor? We doubt it. ----------- §—§—§----------- Nikola Tesla announces that he has invented an electric bath that will drive all foreign particles from the body. With electric baths to bathe in and plenty of liquor to drink it looks as though water was going out of fashion. IV hat Other Editors Say If a General Strike Comes Supposing all of the large employing in dustries of the coast were to join together in a decision to suspend operations as a means of helping one industrial employer win a labor dispute which had resulted in a strike! Regardless of the fact that the other industries were not directly involved! Regardless of the fact that many thous ands of men, not party to the contro versy, would be thrown out of employ ment ! Regardless of the fact that such ac tion would precipitate a general economic stagnation which would affect personally every person on the coast and cause un told losses and suffering! Such a . situation is a purely supposi tious one. It could hardly be actual. Yet it would differ no more in principle and but little in effects from a general labor strike such as is threatened as a means of helping the longshoremen and maritime workers win their strike. If all of the 120 or more unions of organized labor in the port cities walk off the job out of sympathy for the strikers in the shipping industry, it could mean only that these unions have placed the issue involved in this strike as paramount over the rights of the millions who are not at all parties to the controversy and that they are will ing to prosecute the fight with disregard to the public. If the employers by concerted action took s-iih an attitude, we may well im agine the protest that would go up from the ranks of labor and from the public. There will be a similar protest go up if a general strike is called. The public has patiently endured this two-months-old strike which has resulted in the shutdown of many mills and has seriously affected the economic fortunes of many people far 1 removed from the waterfront but it will never sit idly by and endure a complete paralysis such as a general strike would cause. It will take a hand just as it did in Engand in 1926 when a general strike was called. The objectives of a minority, no matter how well organized that minori ty may be, can never transcend the wel fare of the large majority. We still think that the labor leaders are too smart ever to employ the general strike as anything more than a threat.—Astor- ian-Budget. ----------- §—§—§----------- A Good Record man present will be presented with a picture; Wednesday night, I “Mother,” and the oldest mother i present will receive a bouquet; Thursday night, “The Home,” and the largest family present will receive a sack of flour! Mr. Ladd has been holding Vernonia Eagle, July 11, 1924 very successful meetings in other states since leaving Vernonia, but We hear this week that,a post is glad to be back to his native of the American Legion is to be state during the vacation season. organized in Vernonia. Ten Years Ago < * * ♦ » » * UNDENOMINATIONAL This week the big Inman-Poul Sunday afternoon, 2:30, Is Di son camp started with something vine Healing Done Away With? like 200 men. The East Side has Sunday evening. Difference Is opened with nearly as many men Shepherds. | and next week Koster will start. F. Petty, Minister. ) * * « Today the first log has been sawed in the big mill. Today the largest all-electric sawmill in the world starts operating in Ver nonia. * * * ■■BggS iill. I i. ■■■ ................. ............ i Among Our ¡I Neighbors • .11 The Bank of Vernonia is be Mrs. E. C. Dalton has been ing moved to one side this week unanimously reelected president making room for the large new of the St. Helens Garden club. fireproof building to be built im * * * mediately. The Rainier city council has * • • okehed a project whereby the Le Work is progressing rapidly on gion hall in that city will be re the new corner lot at Second and decorated, the Legion to reim Bridge where the new Kingsley burse the city for the expense of building is going up. the material and the labor to be * « « paid for by the SERA. R. C. Stanton is now noble * « * grand and Emil Messing secre The Clatskanie city council has tary of the Vernonia Odd Fellows passed an ordinance providing lodge. that no liquor shall be sold to * » * anyone under 21 years of age Miss Ellen Enstrom, who is at and that it shall not be sold to tending school at Monmouth, anyone under the influence of spent the week end with home liquor or a habitual drinker. folks. Penalty for violation is set at a * * * fine of not to exceed $100 or Pete Saari, a member of the a jail sentence of not to exceed firm owning the Vernonia Braz 50 days, or both. ing and Machine works, died in Vernonia Wednesday. CHRISTIAN CHURCH NEW THOR WASHERS— The revival meeting at the Christian church started with the downstairs filled and the gallery in use at every service. Miss Glenna Stephens, song leader, is giving away a picture each even ing to the one inviting the most folk to the services. Her crayon pictures are drawn to illus trate some song, and assisting the chalk artist is Mrs. L. Thomp son, pianist, so loist, and piano accordion artist. Mrs. Ladd will assist in the pan tomime work as she did last year. James Earl Ladd James Earl Ladd, evangelist, will speak Friday night on “Why We Believe the Bible,” and anyone who doubts the record will be challenged by the facts present ed; Saturday night’s topic, “Jeshurun;” Sunday night, “The King of Kings,” and 72 early his torians, more than have to prove the existence of Socrates or Al exander the Great, will be quoted to prove the Bible story of the life of Jesus. Monday night, no service. Tues day, “Father and the Family,” This is men’s night and the oldest $59.50 IRONERS up $25.50 ■ up RADIOS New and Used ....... $18.50 up DAVENPORT AND CHAIR Tapestry ....... $49.95 4-Piece BEDROOM SUITE $49.50 SPRING FILLED SIMMONS MATTRESSES $18.50 TRY OUR EASY PAYMENT PLAN Twelve years on one political job, and a We have everything for the perfect attendance at all meetings, must home—at reasonable prices. be some kind of a record for officeholders —at least it is a good record, whether it establishes a new mark or not. J. N. Mil PATERSON ler, for the past twelve years county com missioner, has never failed to answer roll Furniture Store call when the county court has met. On two occasions, it is said, he was late, miss Phone 801 ing a morning session, but being in at 929 Bridge St. Vernonia tendance in the afternoon, and once he a mg i i missed a special meeting, which was post poned one day and he was there. | County FOREST GROVE-VERNONIA STAGE CO. affairs are well considered by Mr. Miller, EFFECTIVE JULY 15, 1934. and always well taken care of.—Rainier TIME SCHEDULE NO. 7 Cancelling Time Schedule No. 6----Subject to change without notice. Review. Independently Owned and Operated by K. H. (Doc) CLIFF ----------- §—§—§----------- Daily Daily except Sun Sundays and STATIONS days & Holidays Holidays P. M. General Johnson is right. Only political A. M. P. M. expediency could have prompted owners Lv.... .... Portland .... .. Ar. 4:00 9:55 5:57 of opposition newspapers to give the Dar Lv... Forest Grove Ar. 5:00 8:55 4:55 Ar. 6:15 Vernonia .... Lv. 7:40 3:45 row attack on NRA the prominence of the front page and editorial favor.—Hood VERNONIA-PORTLAND STAGES River News. Wednesdays and Wednesdays and ----------- §—§—§----------- Sundavs ONLY STATIONS Sundays ONLY P. M. P. M. ' Why do organized minorities run ! Lv. .... . Vernonia ........ 6:30 9:10 things? Simply because the majority has 7:40 Ar........ Houlton ........ .. Lv. 7:55 Ar........ not sense enough to organize.—Ex. 7:45 St. Helens ...... .. Lv. 7:50 Ar ........ 9:00 Portland ........ 6:15 Lv. ----------- §—§—5----------- Portland-Forest Grove Via Pacific Greyhound The broad general rule is that a man is about as big as the things that make Depots: Vernonia—Armitage Drug Store, Shinny’s Card Room. Forest Grove—Hotel Oregon. him mad.—Ex.
