FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1940
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
PAGE FOUR
COMMENTS OF THE WEEK
ISOLATION BY GEOGRAPHY
IS NOT TRUE NOW—
THE UNITED States and the other
nations on the American continents were at
one time somewhat isolated in a geographical
sense from the nations of Europe and Asia
but that isolation is no longer true as can
be seen by the rapid course of developments
nade possible in the past few months.
Due to new inventions and scientific
development of old inventions so that means
of transportation have been quickened to a
pace undreamed of a few years ago the free
dom of the Americas is threatened. The fly
ing range of airplanes has been extended to
such lengths that flights are easily completed
between continents. Conquering steps of
German and Italian armies have given those
powers control of islands in the Atlantic which
add to the ease of flight between those
nations and this.
Originally the Monroe Doctrine brought
about the American isolation to give pro
tection from warlike powers. At the time
the doctrine was drafted no such speedy
method of transportation was possible or
even dreamed of yet the need of such an
edict was realized. Today that doctrine is of
much added importance and must be enforc
ed if the Americas are to continue to enjoy
the freedom of the past.
Vernonia Eagle
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THINK THIS OVER—DEMOCRACIES
DO GET THINGS DONE!—
THE ITEM below appeared recently in
The Reader’s Digest and is reprinted here to
show that the idea expressed so often that
democracies are a slow and cumbersome form
of government is wrong!
If this appeared in a dispatch from
Berlin—“Adolf Hitler has in six years, built
44,000 bridges in Germany. His labor bat-
tallions have constructed more than 110,000
miles of truck roads and country roads.
Under command oif the Labor Front, 2,000,-
000,000 trees have been planted, and 5,200,-
000 dams have been built to control ero
sion”—the reaction would be: dictatorship
certainly gets things done. A democracy
can’t match it. Imagine—5,200,000 dams!
Yet this work has been done, not in
Germany, but in the U. S. A., by CCC
boys, enlisted on a voluntary basis, with
nobody shoved around by a Führer.
THE SELECTIVE TRAINING
AND SERVICE BILL—
AN EXPLANATION of the recently pro
posed bill for compulsory military training
in time of peace has been received. Very like
ly it will not be denied by the majority that
such a measure is practical and much needed
by this nation for the preparation to cope
with the world situation as it now appears
The bill, if given congressional ratification
will contribute substantially to the safety
of our country.
We cannot insure ourselves against at
tack by neglecting our arms and practicing
an inoffensive isolation. Neutrality in the
case of other nations has not kept the Nazis
from attacking when they desired to do so.
The Monroe Doctrine applied to South
American and West Indian possessions of
the defeated adversaries of Germany would
present an obvious possibility of conflict.
For tiie moment try to look to the future.
We may see a Germany better armed and
more powerful than any nation since history
began yet ruling crowded and poverty-strick
en peoples while on this continent is to be
found rich nations. Considering German ac
tions during past months, wouldn’t the next
logical step be that from Europe to America?
That leaves two prospects. One is that
we continue to live with a sense of insecurity,
knowing that our defenses are inadequate
should the future be that of invasion by a
dictator power. The other prospect is that
we take immediate steps in the preparation
of means of defense by traning of men to oper
ate defense mechanism. The latter prospect
is surely the most satisfactory to all.
COUNTY NEWS
St. Helens
REPORT SHOWS COUNTY
FREE OF INDEBTEDNESS—
Semi-annual report of the finan
cial condition of Columbia county
covering the period from January
2 to June 29 of this year shows no
bonded indebtedness and a cash
balance on hand in all funds oif
$238.018.31. The report was Com
piled in three sections by Clerk J.
W. Hunt, Treasurer Gladys Peter
son and Sheriff M. R. Calhoun.
Assets total $413,704.24 on the
1932-1940 tax rolls in the general
and road funds. Liabilities are list
ed: Bonds, none, and outstanding
warrants, $5,925.05.
During the six-month period, the
clerk issued warrants amounting to
$65,634.16. The treasurer received
funds totaling $768,724.25, and dis
bursed $530,722.25 during the six
months, leaving a balance On hand
June 29 of $£38,002.20. Funds taken
in included: Sherilf’s tax, $509,202-
.48; assessor’s tax and fees $8,424-
.06; secretary of state and fees,
$54,551.29; justice of the peace
fines, $1,200.45. The balance on
hand December 30, 1939, was $187,-
958.64.
Sheriff Calhoun collected taxes
on the rolls from 1925 to 1940 and
lees on the reforestation rolls from
1931 to 1940 amounting to $509,-
731.36.
FAIR PROGRAM PROMISES
TO BE OUTSTANDING—
Plans for the annual Columbia
county fair, dated for August 22
to 25, are rapidly taking shape and
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LUMBER — SHINGLES — VENEER
Wholesale and Retail
See my bargains in Kiln Dried Lumber at $7.50
per M. and up. Open Saturdays from 8 a. m.
to noon.
inerti:
this one promises to be the out
standing one in the history of the
institution.
S. F. (Heinie) Heumann, presi
dent and manager, reports the fair
board has selected Mr. Thompson
of Chemawa to judge the dairy
cattle, and Harry Lindgren of O. S.
C. to judge the general livestock,
O. T. McWhorter oif the state col
lege will serve as judge or agri-
culture and horticulture.
Besides the rodeo, one of the
other attractions will be the Colum
bia county derby, in which only
horses owned by Columbia county
residents will be allowed to enter.
This will be in charge of Mrs.
Mabel Rutherford. First prize to
the winner of the race wilt be a
>$250 down payment on a car to be
donated by Harvey Jordan.
GROCERS APPROVE
FOOD STAMP PLAN—
Practically every grocer in Col-
umbia county has signed the pet i-
tions requesting the Oregon State
Public Welfare Commission to in
stitute the food stamp plan in this
county, says J. D. Perry of Deer
Island, state legislator from this dis
trict. The petitions, which will be
forwarded to the state department,
carries the signatures of 75 grocers
throughout the county, Mr. Perry
reports.
The move to have the food stamp
plan adopted in this county carries
the endorsement of the Columbia
County Pomona Grange, the St. Hel
ens Eagles lodge and several local
labor organizations.
Clatskanie
Oregon-American
LUMBER
CORPORATION
Vernonia, Oregon
Scientists Use Mosquito Actors
To Find Best Insect Repellent
FARMERS UNION IN
QUARTERLY MEET—
Columbia County Farmers’ Union
held its quarterly meeting in the
basement of the Community church
on Saturday, July 20, with the
West Rainier local as host.
All locals, except one. were rep
resented and gave favorable reports
of interest and membership.
R. Davis reported for the weed
control committee and stated the
weed inspector had been working
in the district and that petitions
would be circulated asking the
county court to appropriate more
money.
forth, meanwhile
singing in a high key.
Pleasure or satisfac
tion are registered
by rubbing legs,
wings and stingers,
and singing in a low
tone. If mosquitoes
are forced to remain
near an object that
they dislike, they
curve their stingers
upv.ard in a snooty
pose, much like that
of humans. They in
dicate caution by al
ways keeping one or
two hind legs bent
Dr. Willem Ruilol/i, bio-chemist al Rutgers
upward when they
alight.
University, checking the “emotions” of a
These insect actors
mosquito in a test tube to find a
have been used to
super-repellent for insect pests.
evaluate hundreds of
chemicals at the New
Jersey University to
HOUGH no one would mistake find which combination was most
a mosquito for a movie star, the effective in keeping mosquitoes from
two do have one thing in common.
biting. Scores of these combinations
Mosquitoes can definitely express were eliminated because they had
their emotions. They are able to an unpleasant odor, or irritated the
register their likes and dislikes as skin, or were difficult to remove.
vividly and accurately as any screen During the winter months the Rut
idol on a Hollywood lot.
gers scientists have raised mosqui
This fact has been discovered by toes in the University laboratory so
scientists at Rutgers University. that the work could go on without
This research group has been study interruption.
ing insects for more than five years
As a result of their patient re
in an effort to find a chemical com search, the Rutgers laboratory staff
bination that would really protect have been rewarded. They report
human beings against the bites of that they have developed a lotion
insect pests. It is in the course of that protects humans better than
their work of testing the effects of any other. Not only does this sub
these chemicals upon the mosquitoes stance baffle mosquitoes, but it keeps
that the scientists have developed away gnats, sand fleas, black flies,
a “code of emotions.”
deer flies, chiggers and similar
For example, mosquitoes express pests. One application may last as
irritation by flying rapidly back and long as three hours.
T
Rainier
TWO WPA JOBS REOPENED
IN RAINIER DISTRICT—
Two WPA projects have been re-
opened in the Rainier district, ac-
cording to information from the lo-
cal WPA office. One is the con-
struction of about one and one-half
miles of road which will make an
easier grade on the Rainier-Apiary
road and shorten the distance. The
county is furnishing the necessary
equipment, a steam shovel already
being on the work and the WPA
furnishes a force off 35 men. The
sidewalk project in Rainier is the
other and six to eight men are given
employment on this.
Mrs. J. O. DeVuney, from Thurs
day to Sunday. Her hutband spent
the week-end wi.h them.
Motor vehicle registration in Ore
gon for the period January 1 to
July 1 this year showed an increase
of six per cjnt over the registra
tion I or the same period a year
ago.
Ab >ut 92 per cent of the approx
imately 5,000 checks mailed weekly
by the Unemp'oyment Compensation
C-iirm'ssion go out within two weeks
from the day when the claim is
iled. Only 3 per cent of the job-
Ie‘= must wait six weeks or more,
mainly because of disputed claims
and lack <f payroll reports.
Business
Professional
Directory
Wendell’s Barber Shop
Shaves and Haircuts
Conscientious Work
Shoe Shining
Shower Bath»
DRESSMAKING
ALTERATIONS
Cleo Caton
The Apparel Shop
'Mr. and Mrs. Lowis White visited
at the G. A. White and Frank
White homes Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Prince, Mrs.
Lindsley’s son, and Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Smith and Mrs. Vernon Lind-
sley and daughter visited at the
Lindsley home Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mrs. Ben Westerberg visited at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
LODGES
Vernonia Lodge No. 246
I.O.O.F.
Meets Every Tuesday
I
8 P. M.
Sam Hearing, Jr., N. G.
Paul Gordon, Secretary
Vernonia F. O. E.
When Oregon automobile owners
(Fraternal Order of Eagles)
receive their 1941 license plates,
they will find them entirely di'ffet-
Legion Hall
ent than any plates heretofore used
in this state, it was revealed by
Vernonia
the secretary of state recently.
Friday Night»
The figures on the 1941 plates
will be at a new design, more leg
8 o'clock
ible and more attractive, it was
said. In these plates, the word
“Oregon” will appear between the Alford Doree, W. P.
figures “19” and “41” at the bot Harold Carrick, W. Sec’y.
tom of the plate, which is a new
Knights of Pythias
idea in design.
Harding Lodge No. 116
The color scheme will be white
Vernonia, Oregon
numerals and letters on a dark
Meetings:—I. O. O. F.
green background.
Hall, Second and
While the Oregon plate colors
Fourth Mondays Each
will be the same as in Washington,
Month.
it is thought that there will be no
confusion as the Washington plate
Pythian Sisters
varies considerably in appearance.
Vernonia Temple No. 61
In the state to the north, the state
Vernonia. Oregon
name and date will appear above Meetings:— I. O. O. F. Hall
the numerals while in Oregon it Second and Fourth Wednesdays
Each Month
wilt be below. In addition, the
Washington plates will bear an
Order of Eastern Star
alphabetical prefix to the numerals Nehalem Chapter 153, 0. E. S.
and their plates will be larger than
Regular Communi
those of this state.
cation first and
third Wednesdays
of each month, at
Masonic Temple.
All visiting sisters
and brothers wel-
»
,
come.
Sara Drorbaugh, W. M.
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Mrs. Helen Dewey, Secretary
KEASEY—(Special to The Eagle)
—Mr. and Mrs. Cook from Calif
A. F. & A. M.
ornia are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Vernonia Lodge No. 184
Frank Morris and family.
A. F. & A. M. meets at
Visitors at the H. A. DeWitt
Masonic Temple,
Stat
home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
ed Communication First
Thursday of each month.
Oscar Weed and Mrs. G. A. White.
Ralph De Vilbiss made a trip to / yjr ' Special called meetings
on all other Thursday nights, 7:30
Portland Saturday.
p. m. Visitors most cordially wel
Frank Morris, Eugene Cleveland. come.
Special
meetings Friday nights.
Lee Lindsley, Donald DeWitt and
Roland Treharne, W. M.
Wendell and Gordon Riggins went
Glenn F. Hawkins. Sec.
to the John Jacob Astor Experiment
Station on a 4-H tour Tuesday and
VERNONIA
returned Thursday.
POST 119
Mr. and Mrs. C. Reed and sons,
AMERICAN
Ivan and Bobby, and daughter.
LEGION
Beulah, visited in Portland Satur-
day.
Meets First and
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Counts and Third Wednesday»
daughter.
Betty.
attended
the
AUXILIARY
Grange picnic Sunday.
First and Third Monday»
Station Tom
Draws 4-H’ers
JL. . ....
Expert Tonsorial Work
BEN’S BARBER SHOP
Vernonia, Oregon
Roland L. i'reharne
Expert Automobile Repairing
V ID. NG
CARBURATORS REPAIRED
ROLAND’S
SERVICE STATION
BAFFORD BROS
General Plumbing
Vernonia
Nehalem Valley
Motor Freight
Frank Hartwick, Proprietor
Portland - Timber - Vernonia
Sunset-Elsie-Seaside
Vernonia Telephone 1042
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NEAL W. BUSH
Attorney at Law
Joy Theatre Bldg., Phone 663.
In Vernonia Mondays and
Tuesdays