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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1937)
VERNONIA EAGLE, PAGE SIX Vernonia Eagle Entered as second class matter August 4, 1922, at the post office at Vernonia, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. ME RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher The Open Forum - - i To the Editor: The people of Oregon are con tinually year after year asking for better schools, adequate care of the needy in accordance with the American standard of living, improved sanitary conditions, bet ter fire and police protection, and increased public service from state, county and school districts, which has inreased property tax levies on homes, farms and all VERNONIA, I other property, without regard to the unemployed and lessen the net income, gross income, or pro- expense of unemployment to Ispective income, until property those who are now employed. I tax levies take 15 to 50 per cent Employees will not employ old ! of the gross income of property. men and women, therefore we | The requested and needed pub need an adequate old age pen lic service can only be adequately sion program, not the niggardly taken care of by a revision of kind we have at the present time Oregon tax laws based on ability but one based on the American to pay. The future prosperity standard of living, which should and welfare of the people in be in full accord with the Na- Oregon depends more upon re- tional Pension Act in order that vision of tax laws than any other we may have the full benefit of legislation at the next session of I national relief funds in Oregon. the Legislature. All state funds The age requirement of 70 years should come from some other I t for pension should be reduced to source than a property levy, ; 65 at the coming session of the thereby relieving property of I legislature. about $6,000,000 tax per year. The state unemployment pro- In order to encourage people to . gram should be revised to har- own their homes they must be,“ .. .. - , , . assured that such investments will I mon,ze wlth l*e federa , acts i congress, so that it will not be not be penalized by high tax levies in comparison to other necessary for men who are will investments, and the same applies ing to work to humiliate them to those who invest in business selves by accepting charity. A state power act that will property or manufacturing plants. Proper revision of tax give Oregon the full benefit of laws would encourage investment the power developed by the Fed of millions of dollars of idle eral Government at Bonneville. Legislation on agriculture, la money now in banks and would bor, drainage, irrigation, flood do more than any other legisla control, land use, and a larger tion to provide employment for distribution state highway JANUARY FRIDAY, OREGON funds to maintenance of secon dary highways is very impor tant to all districts in the state. 0. Henry Oleen State Representative 1, 1937 son Donald spent Christmas in St. Helens with their daughter, Mrs. Charles .Brown and family. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Gillham and sons spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morris and family. KEASEY ♦ ,i Mr. and Mrs. Ben Westerberg spent Christmas in Portland with Mr. Westerberg’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. DeVaney, Olga Jambor and Walter Web ster spent Christmas at the J. O. DeVaney home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McNutt visited at the W. J. Lindsley home Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Gillham and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lindsley visited at the J. O. DeVaney jiome Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. DeWitt P. J. Meilis, who has been, driving O. H. Graves’ milk truck for the past two months, expect« to bring his family from Mollala about the middle of January. Roy Miller and C. C. Murton of Portland, executives of the Miller Mercantile Co., are in Vernonia this week taking in- ventory. Mrs. Elizabeth Brown and son Andrew of Portland are visiting at the home of Mrs. Brown’s daughter, Mrs. T. M. Crawford. = HAPPY NEW YEAH NEHALEM Market and [Grocery Inc. TJEÏ7 YEASTS new Y ear Happy New Year! And we mean it in every way. . --- - n tory the we highly Let us thank friendship in you your in value no than appreciation item your greetings ROLAND’S Repair Shop and & Service Station we and friendship. Smitty’s Mens Mien 1936 and pledge best again our for inven- New 1937. Here’s hoping that 1937 come» with laden ARMITAGE Drug Co i3 happiness for you. W RED&WHITE( STORE We see better days ahead for A. E. ADAMS May you receive your full NEW YEAH As 1 9 3 7 we Happy New you Know you 1937— have wishes our sin- Happiness Health, and Vernonia Eagle say Year face Cheer1$37 \ REEHER'S GROCERY Ray D, Fisher Helen M. Fisher Everett Rundell Vernonia Laundry and Dry Cleaners Margaret Byers f
