Vernonia eagle., April 30, 1937, Image 1

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VOLUME XIV
$1.50 per year,
5c a copy. VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1937
NUMBER 18
TEACHERS ATTEND
Treasurer Authorized
Long Elected as
Union Blames Columbia Basin To
CONFERENCE AT MONMOUTH
Buy Property
Superintendent
was author-1 Supt. Ivan N. McCoIlom, Prin­
Loggers for Lumber Strife ized The at city a treasurer
cipal Enoch Dumas, Mias EtheÓQf Grade Schools
meeting of the city
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council Monday night to pur­ Peterson, Miss Marjorie Gray, I
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Miss
Helen
Hall,
Miss
Thelma
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chase
from
the
county
property
Charges that the Columbia panies notified their employees
Awarded with
Sweeney, Miss Grace White, Miss Bus Contract.
Basin Loggers association is re­ that they would pay the wage in­ within the city limits foreclosed
creases, retroactive to March for taxes, in order to‘ protect Julia Keasey and Willard Berg
Requirement
that
New Safety
sponsible for the present strife
of the Vernonia grade schools
22, 1937.
This increase was
Feature.
Be
Included
in the lumber industry were paid for two days, March 21 and the city’s interest in assessments.
The furnace and radiator in attended the annual spring educa
made in a statement issued by 22, but these operators were
W. Ralph Long, who has been
the
bank building were sold to tional conference in Monmouth
the Columbia River council Mon­ forced to retract same and post
teaching in
the
Washington
notices of withdrawal of the in- 'the Birkenfeld school district Saturday.
day. It reads as follows:
crease.
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grade school for the past half
for $113.
In a final effort to maintain
The entire issue is unques-
year, was elected superintendent
Application of Joe Springer to
industrial peace and obtain the tionably to be summed up to
of the local grade schools at a
wages and conditions of the en­ this: The majority of employ- the state liquor control çommis-
tire remainder of the industry, ers as' individual operators re- sion for a class B package li­
meeting of the directors Wed­
we, the representatives of the cognized the fairness of the I
nesday night. He succeeds Ivan
cense
was
approved
by
the
coun
­
loggers and sawmill men in­ temporary proposal and are wil­
N. McCoIlom, whose resignation
volved, recommend that the en­ ling to continue production on I I cil.
was accepted. Mr. Long has had
tire dispute be subitted to a that basis,, but are prevented
Nathaniel Ash Spofford, 77, considerable experience as teach­
fair and impartial board of ar­ from doing so by dictation of • INHALATOR IS BOUGHT BY
Services were er and principal in the Portland
bitration.
A referendum vote t'he operators and officials of ! LEGION REPRESENTATIVES died April 27.
to accept or reject this recom­ the Columbia Basin Loggers’ as­
held yesterday afternoon
at schools and elsewhere, and had
mendation is being placed before sociation.
The inhalator for which the Brown’s mortuary.
a position in Multnomah county
the
membership
immediately,
Chargies
covering
several
and will be completed by mid­ points of unfair labor practices 'American Legion post has been! He was born . Feb. 26, 1860 in awaiting horn at the time of his
night, Wednesday, April 28.
have been filed with the nationalI raising funds was fully paid for oc an ’ Maine, the youngest promotion here.
In issuing this statement we labor relations board against the ¡Tuesday night, and will be per-,
19 chlldren- When 15 years
The board also awarded bus
fully realize that the public is Columbia Basin Loggers’ assoc- * manently available for commun-j of age he moved to Chicag0> I1L
contracts for the next three
dependent upon limited sources
An article regardinB' M“y 28’f 1?94.. he beCame “ gears, with the requirement that
for their information on this or glonal directonShas notifUid th^ ily use'
any other labor dispute. A de­ association to this effect.
I it® use and listing the donors is member ot Austin Park lodge all busses will have all-steel
tailed explanation of the wor­
In conclusion, we ask the pub- 'being held over for lack of space, 9<t5, I.O.O.F. in Chicago, in bodies, shatter-proof glass and
kers’ positions would only be lie to give consideration to the'and wiI1
r next w€ek.
I which he retained membership leather upholstery. With the ex-
met by a
cleverly drafted fact that the representatives of
I for the remainder of his life, ception of T. M. Crawford’s bus,
counteractive
statement
from the unions involved, hoping to
the Columbial Basin Loggers
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’ prevent any stoppage of work, I si
! On Feb. 25, 1902 he was which meets the specifications,
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association (the employers), and express such confidence in the v>OnSOl 1 (13. 1OI1 Ol
. married to Bessie M. Colburn. all the busses will be new.
would not result in bringing fairness of the workers’ re !
! To this union were born two
C. A. Mills was awarded a
clarity of the issues to the minds quest, that
LIlttL we
we are recommend- DietFlCtS
! daughters and five sons. Two contract for the new Beaver
of the public, but, on the con- ing
{
arbitration,
arbitration.
9
rrorv xxmillzt
»-V + fur
I,_
trary,
would only v»nan!4-
result 1 in
­
| sons preceded him in death.
Creek route at $150 a month,
In consideration of the general | ¥
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ther confusion of facts, a pur­ public,
the employers and the >8 zA|Jl)EOVe(l
I
The family moved to Jerome, Bruce McDonald for the Rock
pose desired and manipulated by employees, can any saner solu-1
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Idaho in 1909, where Mr. Spof- Creek route at $120, T. M.
the Columbia Basin Loggers as­ tion to this dispute be proposed? j
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sociation.
We are,
however, Sawmill Owner» Issue Statement
In Crawford for the Camp 8 route
Consolidation of School Dis- f°rd engaged in farming.
pointing out these definite facts:
at $225, and H. M. Condii for
Beaver
Creek,
with
Nov
-
1929
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Spof-
The
newly
organized
Colum-
tisrict
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1. The unions involved have
met the repreentatives of the biai Basin Sawmills issued Mon- School District 47, Vernonia, ford, i daughter Bessie and son the Stony Point and mile bridge
Ctolumbia Basin Loggers’ associa­ day a counter statement em- was approved by the voters in Arthur
moved1 to
Vernonia, routes at $180. Mr. Mills and
tion in negotiations, with the bodied in a letter to the Colum both districts last week end. where they continued to reside. Mr. McDonald hold contracts
hope and express purpose of
Surviving are
the widow, with the high school district also,
gaining only the wages and con­ bia River council, It reads as I The vote at the Beaver Creek
| school was 13 to 1 in favor of thur R. Spofford of Vernonia and will combine their loads,
ditions prevailing in the rest of follows:
the industry.
| Gentlemen:
| the proposition, and in Verno- thur R. Spofford of Vernoniai using larger busses than now.
2. The Columbia Basin Log-, ! Strikes
ovrlaeH nave
ueen calleu
have been
called au
at nia 6 to 0.
and Nathaniel Spofford of Jer- The men were awarded three
gers association refuse to con- the sawmin plants of the Ore-,
ome, Idaho, two daughters, Mrs. year contracts to enable them to
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pu-
There
are
at
present
sider
th
’
s
request
for
equality.
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^„-American
Lumber
Corpora-1
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- I ftwii-rxiiici ivan Lemuel vurputa-|
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rt '. uviuc*
caim
r»*«" in
••• the
w» School.
Alvin Herrin of Vernonia and purchase the new equipment
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representatives of thet :vivu
tjon at
Vernonia
and
of the «; pils
Beaver Creek
Columbia
Basin
Loggers
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r— » assoc-1 Clark and Wilson Lumber com- A bus route will be established Mrs. Emmett Biddle of Svensen, necessary.
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lation not only refuse to grant „any at Linnton and Prescott.-
and nine grandchildren.
EXAMINER TO BE HERE
wages and conditions equivalent These strikes were called without to bring them into Vernonia,
Pallbearers were Ernest Sta­ THURSDAY, MAY 6
to those prevailing is the in- notice and while there were no Added revenues from taxation
dustry,
but
immediately
imposed | disputes
between ... the . companies
of property in the Beaver Creek cey, Ernest Herman, Cal Plum-
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on April 1, 1937 an increase of and their sawmill employees.
I district will be sufficient to take mer, Lane Lyons, Robert Spen-
R. J. Dooley, examiner of
15 cents on meals, constituting
Both of these companies a- care of thi s t Ivan N Mc cer and Alfred Bays.
operators and chauffeurs, is to
a reduction in pay.
members of the Columbia Basin _ „
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4. As a further effort to Sawmills, an association whose > Collom believes.
be at the city hall in Vernonia
A
further
maintain peace and with the sole purpose is to prevent dis- source of income will be a bonus Jury Names Drawn
from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. Thurs­
hope of eventually obtaining the piites between employers and em- that the law allows a consolida-
day, May 6, according to word
conditions of employment of all ployees, and in line with that ted district
transJK)rtation For May Court Term
from Earl Snell, secretary of
other operations, local union purpose to work out uniform .
committees elected by the em­ agreements between the mem-,18 necessary.
state.
The
names
of
Minnie
L.
ployees of each particular oper­ bers of the association and their | Since the Beaver Creek dis-
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ation, contacted the employer of employees. At none of the saw- trict is a joint district with Wash­ Hughes, H. J. Buffmire, S. V.
the operation, directly, anld pro­ mill plants where strikes are
Malmsten
and
Harry
L.
King
of
are(i ton county Digtrict 47 will
posed a temporary agreement. now on was there any labor
labor,
Vernonia, and A. R. Melis of
5. Seven operators recognized dispute whatsoever with mill em- j "e assigned a new number that Mist were drawn for jury duty
the fairness of this proposal and ployees. At the Clark and Wil- will not duplicate the number of
accord was reached.
son plants no, opportunitiy was any of the existing districts in for the May term of circuit
6. This temporary settlement given the employees of the saw­
court.
as mutually agreed upon by mill departmest to vote on the that county.
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A
few
weeks
ago
the
Rock
these seven units was presented question whether or not they'
Ivan N. McCoIlom, superinten­
TOWNSEDITES TO HAVE
to the other operators with the would go out on strike. 7L.
The I Creek school district voted' to
dent of the
Vernonia grade
hope of establishing a right foun­ plants were picketed and the[ merge with Vernonia, hence the BIRTHDAY PARTY
schools for the past four years,
dation for maintaining produc­ men barred from work without ’ Iocal gchool di„trict
will be con-
tion and arriving at a mutually notice to the company or the 1 .,
The Vernonia Townsend club resigned Wednesday night in or­
,
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satisfactory conclusion.
employees.
18*<>®™>ly enlarged when school will have a birthday party Mon­ der to accept a position as sup­
7. Two major operators and
Both of these companies, a-'opens next fall.
Mrs. Madge
members of the Columbia Basin long with other members of Col-1 Rogers has been teacher of the day evening in celebration of erintendent at Adna, Wash, He
will receive an increase in sal-
Loggers’ association, namely, the umbia Basin sawmills, had volu- Beaver Creek
duri
th the birthdays of three members
Interstate Logging company and ntanly raised the wages of all :
A porgram and a birthday cake ary of $200 a year, and will
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the Connacher Logging company, their manufacturing department | current year, and Mrs. W. T. of special design will be the have charge of the high school
were heartily in accord with emplovees 7H cents per hour, Graves of the Rock Creek school,
attractions of the evening, The as well as the grade school in
this temporary proposal. These effective on March 16, 1937,1
the community, The district in-
public is welcome.
operators were definitely pre­ and had requested that negotia­
eludes the town and a large sec-
vented from signing same by the tions be commenced for te pre­
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Clean-up day tomorrow.
Columbia Basin Loggers’ associa­ paration of a uniform working
tion of rural territory,
There
Pomona Grange to Mee
tion, and stated so before wit­ agreement among all member
are 14 teachers in the system.
See
last
week
’
s
Eagle
for
nesses.
sawmills.
Pomona grange will meet to-
Mr.
McCoIlom
expects
to
8. As a final expression of
The strikes in the plants of
Particulars.
morrow at Clatskanie for the leave for his new field as soon
their willingness to be fair, the '
Connacher and Interstate com-
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regular quarterly session.
as school closes here.
N. A. Spofford, 77,
Passes April 27
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McCoIlom Resigns
To Accept Place
In Adna Wash.