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VERNONIA EAGLE
Member of Oregon State Editorial Association.
Entered as second class matter August 4, 1922, at
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RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher
"Let’s Quit Killing”
“Let’s quit killing” is a fine motto
for the campaign to reduce automobile
accidents. No one will doubt the appro­
priateness of it, for no one—not even the
most reckless of drivers—sets out on a
journey with intent to run over and kill
some hapless pedestrian, or risk his own
neck by smashing into something. The
motto will have lip service from all.
Many who will approve of the cam­
paign will—if human nature runs true to
form—be likely to depend upon some out­
side agency for the reduction of auto
accidents. The “safety islands” on the
approaches to Portland bridges should be
removed, they say, or the police should
prevent dangerous speeding. We’ll quit
killing, they will aver in effect, if some­
body else does something to stop it.
Reduction of automobile accidents
with the frightful increase in toll of
the killed and injured from speeding or
drunken driving, selfishness or gross
carelessness will depend upon more than
fine mottoes and good intentions, more
than removal of “safety islands”—if such
should be removed—more than vigilance
by officers who cannot be everywnere at
once and halt every speed maniac. It will
need thoughtfulness and care upon the
part of motorists themselves—upon mo­
torists who will realize that the cars they
guide can in an instant be weapons of
death and destruction if the brain becomes
fuddled, the grip on the wheel relaxes,
or the foot presses down too far on the
accelerator.
Let’s quit killing—by care on the
part of those of us who never have killed
or maimed anyone yet. The unexpected
has a preverse tendency to happen, some­
times.
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Just as there are newspaper readers
who look first to see what’s happening
to Uncle Bim or Orphan Annie, we’ll ven­
ture that there are those who skim
through everything till they find out how
the Dionne quintuplets are.
ff hat Other Editors Say
SELLING SUBMARINES
“Civilization cannot stand under the
blow of another world war, but I am a
business man and my business is selling
submarines.”
This statement credited to L. Y.
Spear, vice-president of Electric Boat com­
pany of New York, in Wednesday’s session
of the senate investigation of the activi­
ties of munitions makers during and since
the W rkl war is at the same time one
of the most illuminating and one of the
most u.: mning a man could make.
It explains the false reasoning by
which manufacturers of all sorts of things
which are harmful to humanity in one
way or another, justify their actions. “Ah
yes, war is terrible, it will end civiliza­
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1934.
VERNONIA EAGLE. VERNONIA. OREGON
tion,” they sigh, “but we can’t help that.
Here we have a factory equipped to make
submarines or poison gas or rifles, and
we can’t let it lie idle, you know. Making
these things is our business. And of
course, to sell them there has to be a
use for them, so there has to be war.
Sad, but that’s Business.”
It was not to justify this theory that
millions of young men gave their lives in
the World war. It was not for this, to
public knowledge, that the entire world
has since been struggling in the throes of
economic revolution, hunger, destitution
and suffering beyond imagination, caused
by that war.
But if this statement is true to fact
there is material in it forever to banish
war from the world. If the basis of the
World war was merely the selling of muni­
tions to make millionaires, as the investi­
gation so far indicates, then it is going to
go hard with munitions makers from now
on.—Spokane Valley Herald.
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UPTON SINCLAIR HAS
HEX APPEAL
By political witchcraft the delightful
medicine man, Upton Sinclair, will abolish
poverty in two years in Caifornia. As
everybody wants poverty abolished, and
as all orthodox methods involve work, Sin­
clair’s hex appeal is potent in electrifying
enthusiasm and winning votes. That he
will be elected is a probability so imminent
that it seems to have started a panic
among the intended victims of his confis­
catory threats.
Sinclair exempts small farms, small
incomes, small salaries and small wages
from taxation, either direct or indirect,
under his policy as outlined. He intends
to levy taxes so heavy on large estates,
large property holdings, large corpora­
tions and large incomes that the state will
be able to seize them for non-payment of
taxes and enrich itself for the public bene­
fit. Corporation properties, such as public
utilities, mines, industries and large agri­
cultural enterprises, would be operated by
the state.
Pensions are to be paid to all the old
folks, the sick are to be relieved from fi­
nancial worry, the young are to be educat­
ed into loyalty to the Socialist State and
the proceeds of all effort are to be divid­
ed among the workers. Profit is to be
abolished not only as a hope but as an
incentive. The dream of Utopia at last
is to come true, and at the end of his
term Governor Sinclair will retire from
his job as completed, with poverty abolish­
ed and prosperity established, and will go
back to writing novels.
All of which is no more ridiculous
than the prophesying that inspired the
Moslem Conquest or the preaching that
moved half of Europe into the Crusades.
It is an emotional appeal by a fanatical
enthusiast who envisions possibilities,
burns heretics and is a wizard with words.
It captivates fancy, captures desire and
fulfils wish. California is a desert coun­
try, where voices cry in the wilderness
and hordes of devotees dance whirling in
the violet rays.—Oregon Voter.
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"Let’s Quit Killing”
IS YOUR SPEED NECESSARY?
Motorists are sometimes surprised to
learn how little difference in arrival time
at their destination is made by reduction
of speed to safe limits. Try it for your­
self next time you are in a hurry.
1 the wheat section of the AAA is
’ paying the expenses of E. R.
. Jackman, extension specialist in
farm crops, to go to the capital
and be there for about two weeks
while the bulk of the Oregon
forms are being handled.
Editor, Vernonia Eagle:
“The wheat section takes the
I know that you or the
people of the Nehalem valley position that the money is in
were not as much interested hand ready to be paid out to far­
or probably did not pay as much mers, and hence those in charge
attention to the longshoremen’s want to do everything possible to
strike as did we people on the speed up the detailed work so
waterfront, but I believe that that the benefit payments will
all are interested in justice get to the growers just as soon
whether or not a longshoreman is as the necessary work can be
implicated. An account of the rushed through,” Donaldson ex­
arrest of John Mace and Frank plains.
Washington AAA officials have
Dehn of Longview on warrants
charging rioting issued in the announced that no additional aud-
court here and in connection with ' iting will need to be made be­
a fight between the men and sail­ tween the second payment on
ors from the Manini, said sailors I the 1933 crop and the first on
themselves not signing any com­ the 1934. Getting out the first
plaint. The St. Helens newspaper 20-cents per bushel payment on
said the men had previous jail the 1934 crop will merely entail
records. That is true but only for rerunning the cards through the
being intoxicated in a public | check-writing machines. Those in
place, many similar cases having charge hope to omplete that pay­
come to your attention even in ment by the last of October.
the peaceful Nehalem valley.
All of us expect officers to do
their sworn duty when circum­
stances warrant but in this case,
it seems to be that much effort
and expense have been under-,
taken on an unimportant matter i
which can be stated as a list
fight between the men and sail­ Vernonia Eagle, Sept. 9, 1924
ors. The hearing for extradition
The Vernonia Rifle club has
before Governor Meier, serving
' of warrants at Longview, keeping been formed with E. S. Thompson
men in jail at Kelso, then the as president, Perry Harvey vice-
trip to Olympia for argument be- [ president and Emil Messing sec­
fore Washington’s governor and retary.
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if he grants extradition, the costs
of possibly a long jury trial, all
Mr. Barnes is janitor of the
of which pile up expense that grade school this year.
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must be borne by the hard press- I
ed taxpayer, when ordinarily such I Mr. and Mrs. Grant Thayer are
matters would have come up be­ going to move to their new home
fore the police judge or a justice up on the hill.
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of the peace and if the men were
held guilty, they would pay a 1 Mr. and Mrs. Washburn are re­
small fine or maybe get ■ sus- 1 pairing their home for the winter.
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pended jail sentence. But here
we go to all the trouble above
Bessie McDonald, Thelma Pet­
stated as if we were hunting a tyjohn and Earl Condit leave Sat­
bank robber or a desperate cri­ urday for Monmouth.
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minal.
Geo. McDonald has purchased
Knowing the reputation for
fairness of your paper, I trust part of the Frank McGraw place
you will publish this letter for on Beaver creek, where they will
which I and other longshoremen make their home.
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thank you.
The Thomas garage is undergo­
Yours respectfully,
ing improvements. Mr. Thomas is
G. A. Mace,
A Taxpayer and Longshoreman I putting in a new gas and oil
station.
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TWO WHEAT PAYMENTS DUE
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brown, Mr.
BY LAST OF NEXT MONTH
and Mrs. Earl Smith and the edi­
With wheat contract compli­ tor and wife went to the state
ance forms for nearly all Ore­ fish hatchery and Bonneville last
gon counties completed and sent Sunday.
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to Washingtoa, second payment
Miss Gladys Malmsten has been
check for 1933 wheat adjustment
benefits in this state are expect­ working in the Crown Department
ed to start from Washington any store for several days.
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day now, says N. C. Donaldson,
Over 300 men are fighting fire
head of the AAA compliance
work in this state who is station­ up near Keasey.
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ed at Oregon State college.
Lee Schwab was in Vernonia
Following a visit to the state
by George E. Farrell, chief of for a few days.
the wheat section, all compliance
forms were routed through Cor- i
vallis where clerks rechecked ev- j Radio tubes and
ery county list before it was |
sent to Washington, thus elimi-1 sets tested free.
nating numerous errors that;
would otherwise have held up
We repair any make
payment.
of radio. We are mem­
By August 15 compliance forms [
bers of the R. M. A.
from 15 county associations had
Radio Manufacturers
been forwarded to Washington I
from the Corvallis office, as fol­
Association.
lows: Baker, Benton, Columbia, ,
PHONE 801
3rook-Jefferson, Douglas, Gil-'
iam, Lane, Linn, Malheur, Mor-1 Weston Radio Service
ow, Polk, Sherman, Union, Wash-
Located in
ngton and Yamhill. Marion, Des-I
Paterson Furniture Store
hutes and Clackamas compliance
orms were nearly ready to go at
hat time, end the few remaining,
ncluding the lar^.' number from
Tmatilla and Wasco counties,
ere expected in a few days.
Bay Your Printing
To speed up matters at Wash-
igton and avoid trying to adjust Now and Save firnr
.oubtful cases from a distance,
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