Vernonia eagle., January 01, 1937, Image 8

VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA. OREGON
day after publication of the order .......................
motorists everywhere in the state
were wondering at long lines of lad­
by
en trucks drawn up alongside the
highways.
JEAN NEWTON
No Property Tax There
Unique in the nation, the state
has never levied a property tax.
Its principal revenue for the gen-
j eral fund is from fees for corpora­
tion charters, most of which are llllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
granted to firms doing their major
IT MAY TAKE TWO TO KEEP
nicest way, entirely for his own
I business outside its boundaries. To
PEACE, BUT ONE CAN
sake, and I assure you were t<e
supplement this income, there is
DO A LOT
positions reversed I should be only
only a system of business, inherit­
too glad to try to correct such faults
ance, and estate taxes and licenses,
in myself. But no—the slightest sug­
which in the fiscal year ended June ••TXT'ILL you kindly write some- gestion of criticism, and the sun
* ’ thing in your column on the
30, 1932, netted less than $765,000.
turned to black clouds and Io, there
Little Delaware, with a popula­ fact that just as it takes two people j was dissention! So you see it takes
to
quarrel
it
takes
two
people
to
tion of 238,380, ranks fourteenth
keep peace” writes one of our read­ two to keep peace."
among states in payment of taxes ers.
I should like to say to our reader
to the federal government. There
“Some time ago I determined that “You are absolutely right.” But in
is not a house within its boundar­
sincerity I am afraid I cannot do
ies more than four miles from a there should be no more friction be­
that. I must say that while one
paved highway, and it has a state­ tween my husband and myself. I
person may not be able, absolutely
wide system of fine modern schools; realized that as you once said, ‘it
Delaware Girls Glazing Goatskins From India
alone, to keep a situation of per­
yet for public improvements that is much better to be nice than to be
Prepared by National Geographic Society, described the arc did not designate
have cost $50,000,000 it has paid right,' that getting one's own way fect peace and happiness, one wise
Washington, D. C.—WNU Service.
person can do a great deal! And I
the
exact
length
of
the
segment.
practically out of what is counted isn’t nearly as important as being
HE charm of Delaware grows
should like to point out to our friend
The
result
of
their
oversight
was
happy.
And
I
made
up
my
mind
to
upon
as
current
income
in
state
mellower and more potent
this thought: In this matter of keep­
more
than
two
centuries
of
litiga
­
let
nothing
interfere
with
absolute
financing.
with age. Its effect is grad­
ing a sense of values and giving up
tion over boundaries.
There is something strong and accord between us.
ual, stealing almost imper­
After the United States came in­ sturdy about Delaware that finds
"And do you know, it seemed to one’s way for the greater good,
ceptibly upon the senses, yet alto­
isn’t it important to include in the
to being, New Jersey and Delaware
gether enthralling once it asserts began to squabble over certain wat­ expression in its attitude toward its work. All the little things in which things we are giving up the attempt
its power. Unfortunate indeed is er and fishing rights on Delaware problems. When former President I did exactly as he wanted to do to change the person with whom we
the trc.«ler who, as too many do, river and bay. Delaware claimed Hoover sent a message to Governor didn’t matter anyway, and the ef­ are living? We have found, haven’t
dashes the length of the state in possession of the river and bay to Buck asking for an expression on fect on my husband was marked. He we. that that is rarely possible, and
four hours on the main highway low water on the Jersey side, and the question of relief, the Delaware just expanded under the experience that the attempt and the insistence
of never being cross and outdid him­
without pausing to savor its gra­ New Jersey insisted the boundary governor replied:
result only in friction. And if the
“I am in accord with your plans self to be nice to me!
ciousness. Such a traveler may not should be fixed at midstream.
price of happiness is accepting the
as
made
known
to
aid
unemploy
­
“Everything went beautifully un­ faults with the virtues, and not try­
even see a native Delawarean; for
Courts were in a quandary, shift­
82 per cent of the trucks, 66 per ing the boundary first to one side ment, and you may expect Dela­ til I just had to mention in the ing to change them, even "for his
cent of all the motor vehicles on and then to the other. Both states ware to co-operate in every way. nicest way, shortcomings of his own good”—why then the price is
the highways are from outside the sent commissioners to England to Furthermore, the citizens of Dela­ which if not corrected will work to not too high!
state.
obtain evidence. It was not until ware can be counted upon to pro­ his great disadvantage—a careless­
P. S.: If the faults were of a too
Perhaps the Delawareans are a February 5. 1934, that a final deci­ vide financial help as is required to ness in manners and dress that I serious nature, there would be no
little to blame for not making them­ sion was handed down. The Su­ care for those in need in this state have tried for years to counteract, question of keeping happy by letting
without making the slightest im­ them alone. See?
selves and their treasures better preme Court of the United States during the coming winter.”
known to outsiders. They are a then determined that Delaware is
Governor Buck spoke simply for pression on him. I did this in the
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delightful people, genuinely hospi­ entitled to all land and water with­ his fellow Delawareans. It is their
table, but effusive.
pride
that
they
take
care
of
their
in the 12-mile circle, and that be­
Houses exquisite with the patina low the circle the boundary shall own.
Wilmington is small enough to
of age are to be seen everywhere, be considered the middle of the
but few of them are “restored,” ship channel. The two states were have a friendly and democratic so­
set apart as shrines, and labeled. ordered to share equally in the ciety, large enough to escape the
worst phases of provincialism. Men
They are homes that have passed costs of the litigation.
from father to son for generations,
On its face that decision appears meeting on the street hail one an­
growing old gracefully, receiving a mere compromise to settle a other by their first names. If the
necessary, not disfiguring, repairs, technical point; actually it has giv­ Philadelphia visitor who said. "I DILLY MINK opened his eyes. At
“Huh!” muttered Billy. “This is
and keeping silence concerning the en rise to a remarkable situation. now know that scrapple is an edi­
first he couldn’t think where he queer.” He ran about a bit, and it
famous persons they have shel­ New Jersey capital fqr years .has ble pork product, but I should like was. Everything about him was didn't take him long to discover
tered, the stirring events of their been building long wharves out in­ to learn what is a Biddle,” had strange. Then all in a flash it came that there were many tracks lead­
past. True, the Delaware Historic to deep water within the 12-mile gone to Wilmington instead, she to him where he was. He was in ing to that opening out of doors. He
Markers commission has placed circle. Now comes the Supreme would never have been puzzled for a dark corner of the haymow in the could tell by the smell that those
tablets here and there, but these Court with a decision that these a moment as to the meaning of du big barn where the rats lived.
rats had gone out and not come
New Pont.
are unobtrusive. To appreciate the wharves are in Delaware!
Billy yawned, then he stretched back.
Jersey
cannot
arrest
persons
in
real glamour of the state, one must
first one leg. then another. He
“It looks as if my future dinners
bide a while and—forgive the pun Delaware without extradition pa­ “Christian Soldiers’’ by
yawned again, stretched some had run away,” muttered Billy, and
pers.
Yet
these
wharves
now
in
—absorb “Delawareness” from the
Small Village Minister more, then lay quiet for a few min­ then he began to explore that barn
Delaware belong to citizens of New
people.
“Onward Christian Soldiers” was utes trying to decide whether to in earnest. There wasn't a hole or
Delaware is not obvious in its Jersey. The problem has become
take another nap or hunt those rats crevice or cranny in it that he didn’t
bid for attention. Measured by pop­ so difficult that the two states have written by Dr. Sabine Baring-Gould, again.
poke his nose into. There wasn't
ulation and area combined, it is appointed commissioners to study minister of the small village church
“I may as well learn all about a rat nest there that he didn’t find.
a. Lew-Trenchard. England, says a
the smallest of states, having more it and formulate a solution.
square miles but fewer citizens Jefferson Called It “The Diamond.” writer in the Boston Herald. On this barn while I am here.” thought But not a glimpse of a single rat
Despite its diminutive area and Whitsunday in 1865 the boys and Billy. “One never knows when such did he get, nor the squeak of a
than Rhode Island, and more people
There
but far less territory than Nevada. scant population, Delaware has its girls of his parish Bible school were knowledge may come in handy. Be­ single voice did he hear.
It is only 110 miles long and its grand moments. With only one preparing to attend a festival on sides, I want to find out where all wasn’t a rat in the barn! When he
width varies from nine to 35 miles, member of the United States house the following day in a nearby vil­ these rats live. How they did squeal had gone to sleep there had been
and squeak when they discovered many. He had heard them squeak­
but its citizens are forward-looking of representatives to accompany lage.
“They must have a stirring song me!” Billy chuckled at the mem­ ing all about him. Do you wonder
its two senators to Washington, it
and its industries far-reaching.
takes precedence over its larger to sing as they march tomorrow,” ory. “It is great fun to hunt them.” why he was surprised?
l’enn Bought It for 10 Shillings
© T. W. Burgess.—WNU Service.
Billy lazily got to his feet and
A wit in congress once referred sisters in the parade of states; for the pastor decided. He spent most
to it as a “sandspit on Delaware it was the first to ratify the Consti­ of the day searching for a satis­ arched his back, which was one
bay, with three counties at low tide tution. Its depredators are remind­ factory marching song and. when way of stretching. Then he started
and two at high.” William Penn ed, too, that Thomas Jefferson held he found none to suit him, he sat up out to explore the big barn. Of
bought it from the Duke of York it precious enough to dub it “the most of the night writing one of his course he didn’t go far before he I
For Paralyzed Pet
smelled a rat. That is to say, he
for 10 shillings, and Lord Balti­ diamond”—a name that has clung own.
As those little English children, smelled the seent left by the feet
more disputed the ownership, to it to this day. Wilmington has
claiming it under a prior grant historical authority for its slogan, convention bound, sang “Onward, of a rat. Right away Billy forgot
from the king of England. Because “The First City of the First State.” Christian Soldiers” for the first time everything but the fun of hunting,
of an ill-fated Dutch settlement in
Let it not be supposed, however, the next day, Dr. Baring-Gould lit­ the game of hide-and-seek in which
1631 near the present site of Lewes, that the little commonwealth is con­ tle dreamed that he had written a death was the price of being caught.
Baltimore lost the case, for his tent to rest on accomplishments of song destined to live with the great He started out along the trail of
grant of hactena inculta specifically long ago. Though it treasures col­ hymns of the ages: “It was written that rat. By and by, way down un­
excluded land previously occupied onial customs, even to the retention in great haste, and I am afraid der some boxes he came to a nest.
by white men.
of the whipping post for wife beat­ some of the rhymes are faulty. Cer­ It was made of old rags, torn paper,
Billy
From its very beginning Dela­ ers, highwaymen, and other mean tainly nothing has surprised me 1 and other bits of rubbish.
didn’t knock to find out if any one
ware has been a subject of contro­ offenders, and though for more than more than its popularity."
versy. The families of Penn and a century it was somnolent and
One Sunday in May 1910. when was at home. No, indeed. Billy
Baltimore went to law over posses­ backward, it now constantly seeks the sixth international Sunday didn’t knock. He just popped his
sion of "the three lower counties on improvement. Its very smallness school convention was meeting in head right in. He expected to find
the Delaware," and their claims oc­ renders it admirable for political, Washington, D. C„ it was arranged some babies at home, if no one else,
cupied the attention of the courts economic, and sociological experi­ that “Onward, Christian Soldiers” because he knew that there are
for years. Penn landed at New ment. If a theory seems worthy be sung simultaneously in Bible babies most of the time in the home
Castle on October 27, 1682, and re­ of consideration, Delaware can give schools the world around. The hymn of a rat.
Right then Billy got his first sur­
ceived from the citizens of that it quick trial and immediate adop­ was translated into more than 100
tongues and dialects for the occa­ prise. That nest was empty! Yes,
thriving village a bowl of water, a tion or rejection.
Two summers ago several serious sion. Today it is as popular as ever sir. it was empty. There had
piece of turf, and a twig as earnest
of his undisputed possession of the traffic accidents occurred within a in churches and Sunday schools and been babies there, as his nose told
land, water, and forests within an week because overweary drivers of at young people's religious gather­ him, but they had been carried
Billy, a pedigreed Pekinese of Los
away. Billy hunted about a bit un­ Angeles, had a stroke of paralysis
arc described on a radius of 12 freight vehicles fell asleep on duty. ings.
til
he
found
the
trail
leading
away
miles from the New Castle court The secretary of state forthwith
The hymn tune with which mod­
that disabled his hind legs. Dr. C.
house. Thus was established the published an order requiring every ern Christians are most familiar from the nest. This he followed.
C.
Green evolved a small cart with
northern boundary of Delaware. driver of such vehicle to rest for was composed in 1871 by Sir Arthur It led downstairs to a hole in the
Later Penn was awarded the south­ at least two hours after each eight Seymour Sullivan, the great Eng­ bam floor, through this to the | harness, and now Billy gets around
ern part of what is now the state. of driving and to limit his time on lish organist, who is known also as ground, and straight to an opening quickly and comfortably, even if bs
Unfortunately, the surveyors who the road to 18 hours in any 24. The the composer of “The Lost Chord.” which led out of doors.
THE DIAMOND STATE
A WOMAN’S EYES
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