1935 has a foundation that no other like
feeling has had since the depression began.
Back of 1934 lay an all-time low when the
doors of every bank in the nation were
closed by executive order, and a recovery
of such limited duration that it might
prove to be only a flurry. Back of 1935
Entered as second class matter August 4, 1922, at
the post office at Vernonia, Oregon, under the lies a year and a half of progress.
act of March 3,e 1879.
For Vernonia the outlook is indeed
Isuued Every Friday $2.00 Per Year in Advance much rosier than it has been since the
Temporary rate .............. .................... $1.50 a year community was stunned by the tidings
Six months .......... 75c
Two years .......... $2.50
that the Central Coal and Coke company,
Advertising rates—Foreign, 30c per inch; local, parent company of the Oregon-American,
28c per inch; legal notices, 10c per line first in
sertion, 5c per line succeeding insertions; classi had gone bankrupt. For three New Years
fied lc per word, minimum 25c first insertion, there was no visible indication that the
15c succeeding insertions; readers, 10c per line.
mill would ever reopen. In fact, if mem
RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher
ory serves rightly, it was along about one
gloomy New Year’s day when the rumor
was current that the whole plant was to
A Happier New Year
be loaded on flat cars and shipped off to
St. Helens or somewheres. Of solider
basis was the report that negotiations
Will the New Year prove to be hap
were afoot for the sale of the Oregon-
pier than the old?
American timber to interests that would
Not every New Year has measured
log to the Columbia and force a perma
up to the expectations that greeted it.
nent shut-down of the mill.
1929, in particular, was ushered in with
In course of time the wild rumors
high hopes that the era of prosperity
melted away, and the incipient negotia
would last and the quota of prosperity
tions for sale of the timber came to noth
would increase until every one-car family
ing. Pessimism gave way to optimism,
had two cars in the garage and every
and New Years in 1934 came with hopes
soup-bone customer at a butcher shop
of receiver’s operation. Though the an
could afford chicken. Toward the close
ticipated order to start was never re
of that year came the great crash, the
ceived, it was apparent that abandonment
beginning of the depression.
was not being contemplated, and that was
From then on for three consecutive
a step forward. Now with 1935 comes a
years each New Year turned out to be
further and more substantial advance—
not so happy as the one before it, and the
court approval, already granted, of a
customary greetings were uttered either
plan for reorganization that is under way.
with fingers crossed or with hopes that
Though the date of reopening has not
never were realized.
been announced, and in fact may not yet
Whether because of the New Deal or
be known even to the company’s high of
nature’s own course in healing its wounds,
ficials, there is good reason for confi
there has been improvement since the
dence that some time during 1935 the
middle of 1933—not steady, to be sure,
whistle will blow, men will flock to work,
and with many a slip-back that has made
and a big pay-roll will again be distribut
folks wonder if the corner to prosperity
ed throughout the community.
ever would be rounded—but improvement
So both nationally and locally there
nevertheless. The optimism that greets
is reason to expect a Happier New Year.
VERNONIA EAGLE
Ten Years
Ago « < * *
Vernonia Eagle, Dec. 26, 1924
From this date the city water
collector, Eugene E. Marsh, will
have his office in the former
bank building, and the city coun
cil will meet in this building.
...
Happy Thompson and family
partook of Christmas turkey in
Portland.
«
•
*
Mrs. Mike Miller and son are
spending Christmas in Salem.
• • •
Judge and Mrs. Harris are
spending Christmas in St. Helens.
• * •
Mr. and Mrs. Kavanagh have
returned to St. Helens, having
sold their place here to Mr. Bate
man.
• • •
Next Monday Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Gressman will move to Spring
PAGE TREES
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA. OREGON
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1934.
field. Besides his law practice,
Mr. Gressman filled the Chris
tian church pulpit every Sunday.
* * *
Floren Mills, Weston Sheeley,
Herman Dixon, Earl Condit, Ha
zel Malmsten and Alvin Parker
are home from college for the
holidays.
...
Officers of Vernonia post 119
for the coming year are M. E.
Carkin, commander; Wm. Folger,
vice-commander; Eugene Thomp
son, adjutant; H. E. McGraw, fi
nance officer; Guy Shield, ser
geant at arms; Fred Brewer,
chaplain. Commander Carkin ap
pointed A. L. Kullander, J. C.
Lindley and J. H. Graham on the
executive committee. New mem
bers are Lee Schwab, Bert Hawk
ins and P. Zanotto.
Natal
Mr. anil Mrs. E. A. Gillette,
Orval Loisure and George Dyke
all went to their homes in Che
halis, Wash., over the holidays.
Mrs. Mary Peterson with her
two grandsons, Floyd Deeds and
Clarence Lindsay, came home
from Eugene for the Christmas
vacation. The boys are attending
the university there and their
grandmother keeps house for
them.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Osborn spent
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Peterson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Neurer
spent Saturday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Lindsay.
Our teacher, Miss Grace Con-
dit, had her Christmas school
program Friday evening. The
pupils will enjoy a vacation until
January 2.
Otis Seal spent Christmas with
his family in St. Helens.
Noble Dunlap and his son Floyd
motored to Portland Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Harding
drove to Kelso, Wash., to spend
Christmas with Mr. Harding’s
folks.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lindsay
and their son Clarence enjoyed
Christmas dinner at the old home
place with Mr. and Mrs. N. Dun
lap and their mother, Mrs. N.
Peterson.
Orin Riggs went to Houlton to
spend the holidays with his fam
ily.
Snow fell in this vicinity Wed
nesday morning, the day after
Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Larsea
from Stayton, Ore., had Sunday
dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Neurer. The Larsens were on
their way to Seaside. Mrs. Neur
er and Mr. Larsen are cousins.
Victor Berg and his brother-in-
law, Howard Larson, from Bir-
kenfeld, are working for Mathews
felling timber.
VACANT LANDS ARE
CLOSED TO ENTRY
(Forest Log)
All the vacant public lands
throughout the western states
were withdrawn from entry re
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cummhings cently through an executive or
and daughter Betty spent Christ der issued by President Roose
velt. The total area withdrawn is
mas in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Stan some 173,000,000 acres and in
ton of Toledo visited Mrs. Stan ant Vale schools at the Rock
ton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Creek school Friday afternoo>
Lindsley, at Keasey and Mr. Stan was greatly enjoyed.
ton’s parents at Timber the first
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gillham
of the week.
and family spent Tuesday after
Mrs. Otto Boeck has been in noon at the J. O. DeVaney home.
Vernonia for the past week tak
Joe Lindsley from Nehalem
ing care of Mr. Boeck’s mother. visited his parents Christmas.
The program given by the pu
Mayo Pettijohn has been visit
pils of the Rock Creek and Pleas- ing at the J. O. DeVaney home.
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WtNONIA RADIO »HOT
eludes over 15,000,000 acres in
Oregon. Over two million acres
of this is O. & C. lands. In an*
nouncing the order, Secretary
of the Interior Ickes stated that
it was for the pupose of effect
uating the conservation aims of
the Taylor grazing act, with the
intention of classifying the land
to its proper use. It is hoped
that this can be accomplished
within the next six months.
While the executive order was
for the avowed purpose of sim-
plyfying the administration of the
grazing act, nevertheless, it coin
cides with the recommendations
of forest agencies throughout
Oregon which have urged for
some time the withdrawal of such
lands, especially the O. & C.
lands from homestead entry
pending classification.
Taking up of homesteads on O.
& C. lands that are typically
forest in nature and are unable
to produce agricultural crops has
added to county costs in road and
school development and also con
tributed to a distinct fire hazard.
In addition to this many of these
homesteaders, unable to make a
living, are on the relief rolls. For
est agencies for some time have
strongly urged that these lands
be withdrawn until they can be
classified as to their use and fol
lowing such classification, home
stead entry permitted only on
those lands which are adapted to
agricultural development.
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