ty of faults. His brusque military
ways, his uncompromising atti­
tude which seemed to class all
strikers as radicals, have given
But the fact that he has
Entered as second class matter offense.
not pleased everybody affords
August 4, 1922, at the post office no basis for the effort to get
at Vernonia, Oregon, under the him thrown out of office on a
flimsy technicality.
act of March 3, 1879.
Vernonia Eagle
from a two weeks visit with
her grandparents at Medford.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brown
and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith pic­
nicked Sunday on the Nehalem.
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A dinner was given at the
home of Mrs. B. J. Cline Sun­
day hy her children in honor of
An aspect of the Martin case her fortieth birthday.
is the ample retirement pay he
receives as a retired army offi­
Emil F. Messing enjoyed last
cer, in addition to hs salary as week a visit from his sister, Mrs.
governor. He cannot be blamed O. JI. Swanger of Danbury, Iowa,
for accepting both, if he is ten- whom he had not seen for 11
tered them, and feels himself leg­ years.
ally entitled to them. It is the
system, not the man, that is at
fault. The notion that the public
owes a generous pension to men
who have been drawing princely
salaries for years and have had
every opportunity for providing
handsomely for their comfort
in old age is not socially justif­
iable when so many are deprived
of necessities through no fault
of their own. The $6,000 pension
voted by the board of higher ed­ THE LOGICAL END FOR
ucation to Chancellor Kerr is an
instance in point. Through the THE SPEED DEMON
drying up of tax sources the
Prince Mdivani, the former
higher educational system of the
state is severly handicapped fin­ husband of Barbara Hutton, who
ancially—yet $6,000 goes out was killed in an automobile ac­
annlally in a gesture of gener­ cident, is disclosed as having
osity towards a man who receiv­ been a man who loved to drive
ed the highest pay of any while 80 or 90 miles an hour and
in active service. Not the chan­ who would go tearing along dan­
cellor’s fault, or the governor’s, gerous roads without regard to
life or safety. “I’m not surpris­
but not right, nevertheless.
ed,” said his former wife, when
informed of his death.
The prince was typical of too
many motorists. He was appar­
ently arrogant and selfish and
thought highways were his own
personal racetracks, to be used by
others at their own risk. Such
men not only menace their own
lives, 'but the lives of all others
Vernonia Eagle, August 7, 1925. unfortunate enough to be on
the
same road.
During July the Oregon-Amer­
It is difficult to feel any sor­
ican Lumber Co. shipped about
row for the death of such a
11,000,00z feet of lumber.
man. He got just what he had
been asking for. The tragedy of
Mrs. Nels Jepson of York, B. it is the fact that he took with
C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. him an innocent passenger into
H. Bush. Mrs. J. T. Kirk of death or serious injury.
Hepner, mother of Mrs. Bush, is
Astorian-Budget
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also visiting her.
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REFRESHING FRANKNESS
A new magazine is published
Miss Violet Phelps has returned
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RAY D. FISHER,
Editor and Publisher
GETTING RID OF
THE GOVERNOR
Some folks are working up a
lather over the question wheth­
er Governor Martin is violating
the Oregon constitution in be­
ing governor whle he is a re­
tired officer of the U. S. Army.
It. appears that some court some­
where ruled that since a retired
army officer is subject to call
to active duty in an emergency
he remains an officer and the
state constitution prohibits an
officer of the federal govern­
ment from holding a state office.
Very logical, if one’s notion of
logic is scrupulous observance
of technicalities.
It is noticeable that those who
are pushing the theory said noth­
ing about it before Governor
Martin took his oath of office.
The plain inference is thet they
grasped at the idea with great
glee after they had mulled about
for a way of getting rid of him.
Recall, the obvious method for
ousting unwanted office holders
might not work in this case, for
a large number of republicans
who voted for Dunn and even
some independents who vited for
Zimmerman might rally to the aid
of the loyal democrats on the
plea that Martin, whether one
likes him or not, had committed
no malfeasance in office and de­
serves no recall. A court ruling
would do the job perfectly. The
courts would pull the political
chestnuts out of the fire.
Governor Martin had had plen-
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1935.
VERNONIA EAGLE. VERNONIA, OREGON
PAGE SIX
| What Other
I Editors • • •
Think ....
Ten Years
Ago « * « «
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by and for lunatics. That is noth- ed and under it Oregon s quota
ing new, we have long had sev- is 28,500 workers, 90 per cent
eral such magazines. This one' of this number to be certified
is unique only in admitting the relief cases. This 28.500 will be
fact.—O. H. Holmes in Forest gradually absorbed in the new
program, probably beginning Sep­
Grove News Times.
tember 1st.
The WPA is a federal organ­
“So far, no one has suggested
a security program for taxpay- ization, federally operated and is
distinct
and separate from relief
Ridgefield Reflector
ers.”
committees.
Relief
committees
will then have as their function
Kingfish Huey’s “share the the care of the semi-unemploy­
wealth” plan is apparently work­ able and enemployable cases, now
ing well—for Huey. He has a on relief, and those not to be
sizable share, still growing lust­ absorbed by the works program.
ily.
—Portland Spectator:
The relief committee (of which
the county court constitutes three
This country may not be com-, members)* will also admister
munistic yet but it’s certainly ‘ the old age pensions, funds for
going in the red.
[the destitute, blind, and depend-
—Newberg Scribe I ena children as the federal gov-
* ernment will provide funds on a
matching basis for their care.
WPA Plan to Go
I Old age pensions, the govern-
I ment under the Social Security
Into Effect Sept. 1
! act, will provide 50 per cent of
Is Expectation
ExDectation the
cost,
UP provides
t0 $30 P 2 er
Pensio
">
is
.f the
statg
5 per
cent
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and the county 25 per cent.
(Clatskanie Chief)
I The labor scale which will be
Ivan B. White, field^ adminis- j ¡n force pnder the WPA as an-
of the state relief ‘ com-bounced
trator u
_______ - at
_ Washington will be
mittee met with the Columbia' for common labor, $40 per month
county relief committee and its of 130 hours or 30.8c per hour;
administrative staff Monday and 1 for intermediate labor $44 for
outlined the duties of the relief: 130 hours of 33.8c per hour;
committee in relation to the WPA ¡for skilled labor $55 for 130
program.
(hours or 42.3c per hour; and
This plan will now go into ef- for professional. labor $61 for
fort Sentemher 1st. it is believ- 130 hours, or 46.9 per hour.
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