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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1934)
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA^OREGON PAGE TWO VERNONIA EAGLE Member of Oregon State Editorial Association. 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 fied lc per word, minimum 25c first insertion, 15c succeeding insertions; readers, 10c per line.: RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher War always finds the Zaharoffs and other munitions grafters safely out of range of the weapons they make. ------------ 8-5-5------------ A federal court has issued a restrain ing order prohibiting the use of Huey Long’s state police force during the com ing primary election in Louisiana. Huey’s next move will probably be to sic the police on the federal court. ------------ 5—§—§------------ Some one with a flair for statistics has pointed out that California, which has a 2l/i per cent sales tax, would have to have a 68.5 per cent sales tax to pro- ‘ vide $200 a month to each of the 573,687 persons in the state 60 years old and over as enumerated in the last census. A slight increase over the 10 per cent esti mate by the Townsend plan proponents. work, something it has failed to do ever since the market crash in 1929. Capital is timid, slow to venture afield when the prospects of failure are imminent. This feeling is universal right down to the man with only a few dollars rubbing el bows in his own pocket. When uncertain ty and doubt rules money is virtually buried. Deposits in the banks and savings and loan associations of the country have increased at a tremendous rate. Accord ing to a news story in a Des Moines paper deposits in Iowa, supposed to have been badly hurt in the drought, have increased nearly 100 millions since the last call for statement. This can mean only one thing that there is plenty of money if we can get it into circulation. A thousand dollars a work in industry is said to furnish employment at remuner ative wages to three men. If every idle thousand was at work now, supplementing the millions the government is spending in relief projects things would hum. Idle money, however, will not go to work until some assurance is had that half-baked Utopian schemes are out. — McMinnville Telephone-Register. ----------- §—§—§----------- All Will Be Hunkydory Seven and a half million persons are said to be supported by federal payrolls. Another eight or ten millions would be supported by the $200-a-month pension, and another eight or ten millions are pan handling their way over the country, so pretty soon all will be well cared for.— W hat Other Editors Say Cottage Grove Sentinel. ----------- §—§—§----------- If one had to name any single thing Duty of Citizens as the typical American characteristic, it would probably be just that habit of look ing ahead, or forever going on with the American Legion leaders at Astoria clearly pointed out that it was the duty | quest. We have often been a proud and boastful people, but we have seldom been of every American citizen to see that the satisfied with a present moment. One era constitution of the United States is pre has succeeded another in our history, but served against the insidious propaganda never have the people as a whole been of radical elements seeking to destroy law content to relax.—Ex. and order. ----------- §—§—§----------- National Commander Hayes said that A wise man is he who puts into the the Legion “does recognize a very definite hands of boys and girls many and good communistic movement in the United books of biography. For, in this way, our States, and in making war upon the radi future leaders will grow to appreciate the cal teachings that exist, the Legion is tak wrld’s yesterdays, live soberly and whole ing the leadership in the thing for which somely today, and acquire for themselves it was organized, and is a bulwark of pro fortitude and understanding and high de tection to America against the communis votion for tomorrow’s exacting tasks.—Ex. tic menace.” ----------- §—§—§----------- “Communism, fascism, nazism and Of course, everyone has troubles and kindred doctrines have no proper place in we all wish things could be better, but a the hearts of truly patriotic American»,” long face and a grouch will not help one declared Harold J. Warner, state Legion iota. A smile and a cheerful mood will commander. Pointing out that the Legion help more than all of the frowns and had always opposed Russian recognition, grouching that could be done. And cer he called upon the administration to re tainly life will be much more worth living call our diplomatic representatives from if we can smile and be cheerful.—Ex. Russia and continue a severed relation ------------5— 5— §------------ to and until such time as we have positive assurance that the Russians will cease to Sometimes people speak lightly of the propagandize this country in the cause of country newspaper, but it is one of the communism. He properly called upon most potent and uplifting factors in our national authorities to deport immediately national existence. The great dailies have all aliens found guilty of fomenting com their mission, but their scope is too big munism and other doctrines subversive to to touch very closely the inner things of the governmental ideals written into our life.—Ex. constitution. ------------ 5—§—§------------ The legionnaires fought for their We must keep the old pioneer spirit country during the world war and will con in our business, our work, our community tinue to give patriotic service in preserv life. We must be willing not merely to ing the principles of justice, freedom and work hard, but to strike out for new democracy.—Hillsboro Argus. things, and remove the obstacles to devel ------------ i—5—5------------ opment,—Ex. Idle Money J Senator Dunne in his talk to the Chamber Monday brought out a point that is overlooked pretty generally these days. That is that we must let money go to ------------ 5—§—5------------ We think too many people are expect ing the “New Deal” to make everybody rich over night. As we understand it, folks will still have to work hard for a living and a little harder to get ahead. —Ex. Elizabeth Piert left Sunday for Monmouth to begin her last year in the Normal school. Mrs. Charles Piert, her mother, will move to Monmouth about the middle of the month, so that the children may be together for the year. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mills of Westport called on Mrs. C. U. Enstrom Tuesday evening. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Holcomb from Saturday until Monday were Mr. and Mrs. Cris Nicar of Burns. Mr. and Mrs. M. Gründen of Taylorville visited them on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Burnside entertained Mrs. Burnside’s bro ther and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Matthews, of Tacoma Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Baker are picking hops near Gresham. C. U. Entsrom and Oscar En- strom left last week for Glen wood for a surfacing job. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1934. the Congress Hotel Trio. Mr. Beals also organized the first piano quintet west of Chicago, giving ten concerts through KGW, using five pianos at one time. Mr. Beals organized his own piano school teaching the piano exclusively, in 1923. The school has progressed until it was neces sary to place assistant teachers in various residence districts of the city. Ten Years Ago « • • • Vernonia Eagle, Sept. 5, 1924 Wallace Bros. started the foundation this week for a big fireproof building west of the new bank building to be occu pied by the Skaggs store. * * • E. J. Kingsley has resigned as commander of Vernonia post of the American Legion in favor of M. E. Carkin, who will carry on for the remainder of the year. RUSSELL ELLIS BEALS, * * * PIANIST, ENJOYS UNIQUE Loel Roberts was in town RADIO DISTINCTION from Guthrie’s camp to spend the Russell Ellis Beals, the eminent week end with the home folks. ♦ » » Swiss pianist, has the distinction Monday night there is to be a of haying opened the three larg est radio broadcasting stations in caucus in the Rose theatre build Portland, namely: KGW, KEX ing to nominate candidates for and KOIN, giving an entire hour , city offices . . . Men are needed program in each. The artists co right now in Vernonia. Men above operating with him in this very petty fights, men with brains in successful undertaking were all stead of muscle, men who are professional musicians studying above street gossip, men who will with Mr. Beals. Following the not be bought, bluffed or tied. * * * series of radio concerts, the or Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Reithner ganization gave a public concert and son Ralph are moving from by popular demand. Shortly following the radio Deer Island to Vernonia, where enter business. concerts, Mr. Beals was presented Mr. Reithner * will » • by the Liberty Theatre in Port ’Emil Messing took in the I. O. land. Regarding this engagement, O. F. picnic and clam bake at the Portland Oregonian wrote: “Russell Ellis Beals, local con Astoria Sunday. * » * cert pianist and instructor, has Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brown, been booked by the Liberty Thea tre for this week in conjuction Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith and Mr. with the feature picture attrac Messing were among the Sunday visitors at Seaside listening to the tion, ‘Fine Manners.’ “This engagement marks Beals’ wild waves. » • » first appearance in a local picture, Mrs. J. C. Lincoln and little house. Beals has played in some daughter spent the week end in of the largest picture houses in Astoria with her mother ana sis the east before coming to Port ter. land a few years ago. * * « “For his current act he has Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Cline have selected a few concert as well as returned from their visit back in classical selections of wide audi Kentucky. ence appeal that no doubt will * * * prove very popular with Liberty Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Kullander patrons.” have returned from a trip “The concert group presented through southern Oregon. by Mr. Beals was so well received « * e that a second week engagment Work on the new school house was requested by patrons of the three blocks west of Rsse avenue theatre.” is being rushed. The concert engagements pre- * * « ceeding and following that at Geo. Hankel was badly hurt the Liberty Theatre are many. in the mill recently when his hand The Washington State Normal was mashed in a roller. school at Bellingham, which is noted for always securing the finest of talent possible, present ed him in a series of three con certs. In 1924 he was director of the Portland Kiwanis club quar tette at the convention in Walla Walla, Wash. The quartette took first prize of all the Kiwanis Clean Nov 1 Gray (fall) clubs in the northwest. During the year 1927 he was director of FALL SEED GRAINS VETCH Ask Your Grocer for . . . Vernonia Bakery BREAD . . . for 2 good Reasons— IT’S MADE AT HOME IT’S BETTER 100 lbs. S2.75 VERNONIA Trading Co. PHONE 681 VERNONIA BAKERY H&plf everyone spends gN?... everyone works
