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4 Thursday, Dec. 4, 1941, Vernonia Eagle, Vernonia. Oregon Comments thfe Week THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE ROLL CALL DRIVE NEARS END The end of the month of November marked the official close of the Red Cross Roll Call drive which was made in Ver nonia along with other communities throughout the nation. Although no official figures are available here as to the entire amount subscribed either in the Nehalem Valley or in the county, an advance report indicates that the drive is bringing considerably better results this year than was true last. County Chairman Charles Rogers has released the figure of $2,075.25 which represents a sizeable increase and not all money is accounted for as yet. The purpose to which this fund will be devoted is worthwhile and is meritorious of a contribu tion from everyone. SEWING FOR THE RED CROSS In Vernonia there is a group of women who are devoting considerable time each week to the sewing of garments which are then distributed by the Red Cross to needy men, women and children of nations which are engaged in the war. This group of women has been active in the work for considerably over a month and has completed many garments which have been sent to Britain for use. This week a call is issued that more women who can sew are needed to carry on the work at a faster pace. The group meets every Friday at the I. O. O. F. hall where the garments are made from material and specifications fur nished by the Red Cross. Those who are directing the work here state that a good deal of cooperation has been shown but that there is need of more and that the aid that is given will be greatly appreciated. 500,000 SEEDLINGS A news item this week tells of an action taken by the Werner Timber company of Taft wherein that company con tracted for 500,000 seedlings to plant on its logged-over lands. That company, along with many others in the state, took an active part in the summer’s “Keep Oregon Green” campaign. In addition it sent a circular letter to employes instructing them to be on the watch for fire outbreaks and to guard against carelessness which might start a fire. The result of the campaign and the efforts of employees prevented a single fire in company holdings!, which makes poss ible the seeding of barren lands because those new trees will have the opportunity to grow. Reduction of timber fires is encouraging to the work of restocking even though restocking greatly increases expenditures. The successful ending of the “Keep Oregon Green” cam paign of the past summer and similar* campaigns for future years along with a process of reforestation where necessary should mean much to the future of the lumbering industry in Oregon. B ananas M en ' s hats St. Helens FINALE OF RED CROSS, COM MUNITY CHEST DRIVES DUE— With Sunday, November 30, set as concluding date for the nation- wiijl' Red Qrioes drive, Charles (Rogers, county rollcall chairman, said that a large number of the workers soliciting funds would have covered their territory, but added that several' districts will not be completed by deadline and that solicitations will continue. To date Mr. Rogers has had $1,181.70 turn ed over to him, but in view of the fact that the county quota is ap proximately $3,200, more cash will' have to be forthcoming. The miniature community chest which unites in one drive the can vassing for the Louise home, China relief and the Girl Scouts, has lagged in its collections in the in dustries in order to give the Red Cross first opportunity, Rev. Rob ert Mcllvenna, local chairman, said. It is not expected that all' contri butions will be received from work men in the various industries until nbout December 21, and by that date solicitation for the chest will be completed. TEACHERS PLAN PURCHASE OF DEFENSE ISSUES— Acceptance of a savings stamps purchase plan has been voted un animously by the personnel of the three St. Helens schools and the new plan is expected to become ef fective immediatey, according to Ira W. Tucker, city superintendent. The Vernonia Eagle MARVIN KAMHOI.Z Editor and Publisher Entered as second class mail matter. August 4. 1922, nt the post office in Vernonia. Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. SHIPMENTS TOTAL SH MILLION FEET— Despite a scarcity of carriers, lumber shipments from St. Helens will total nearly 8,500,000 feet dur ing November, it developed this week. In the month seven vessels have called to pick up cargo for Honolulu, South America, the Ca nal Zone, the east coast and Cali fornia points. Probably the last vessel to call here this month, the Samoa, was all ready to depart for sea and Wilm ington, California, last Thursday evening, with 1,700,000 of local lumber aboard, but was held up by a pea soup fog which hung over the river. Clatskanie DILL MAKES RECORD YIELD IN CLATSKANIE— Clatskanie's newest crop proved to he a good go this summer and fall, The growing of dill for oil was just an experiment but the yield here by far exceeded records of other places according to in formation received recently. A yield of 72 pounds of oil to a short acre was received in this loc ality on the field planted by Mark Elliott and Elmer Colvin. A yield of 35 to 40 pounds to an acre has been considered good. At the present time dill oil is $5.50 a pound and it is expected that the market will top that price still a little. Dill oil is used in the manufacture of pickles in commer cial canneries. Official newspaper of Vernonia, Ore SMELT SCOUTS ENTER COLUMBIA— With the since 1911, buyer and the season’s exception of one year, Isaac Jolma, local' fish fisherman, has caught first smelt in the Col- The Forest Grove NATIONAL BANK Invites You to Bank by Mail if Inconvenient to Come in Person J. A. Thornburg. President “THE ROLL OF HONOR BANK” VZfVKi 5OAP WA5 PACKA'iSP FC« SALE GROCERS SOLD IT BY WEIGHT, CUTTING OFF THE PE6IREP AMOUNT FROM A BIS “CHUNK’ _ hou / mapb aré PARTLY OF MILK-.-. CASEIN “ USER TO MAKE A “WOOL "THAT IS MIXED WITH THE FELT OF MANy HATS a u . «. soldier can TAKE TO THE FIELD FOR MANEUVERS HE MUST HAVE B efore 87 DIFFERENT ITEMS OF AHCIENT GREEKS HAP A PATENT SYSTEM AS EARLY AS 5OO B.C. ------ A COOK WHO INVENTS? AN UNUSUAL PISH HAP EXCLUSIVE USE OF IT FOR ONE YEAR umbia. He upheld that record again this year by netting seven pounds Fri day while making a half-hour drift with his close-meshed gillnet. The smelt were sold on the Port land market at 50 cents a pound. Just half of the usual $1 a pound offer. COUNTY NEWS- In thus balloting to take part in the nation-wide drive to contribute cash for the defense program, the local' school system has become the first school unit in this county to announce a payroll allotment plan. Some 43 teachers and other empoy- ees in the three city school's will be affected by the arrangement. ponotgrowontree ^__ THE BANANA plant is an H érbac eouj PERENNIAL ...... THE STEM (THUNK) CONTAINS NO WOOO, AHO THE WHOLE plant is about 85% water . Washington, D. C., December 3 —’Oregon farmers are prepared to cooperate in overcoming the short age of flax provided there is fed eral assistance furnishing equip ment. There are 900 acres of flax in the Willamette valley (300 in other states, principally Washing ton), but expansion is handicapped by lack of facilities to process the fiber. Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard wants 400 new acres in Oregon, at least, yet makes no suggestion of necessary equip ment for the additional acreage. There the matter rests for the present. On present acreage the govern ment has been paying Oregon flax farmers a small bonus, just enough, plus the market price, to make flax raising worth while, but there is a limit to the retting and scutch ing plants and this must be in creased if the government wants more flax. The war has shut off previous sources of supply of flax and there is a shortage for the most ordinary purposes — linen thread to sew shoes for the army, is an instance, twine for the fish ermen’s nets, not to mention linen sheets, tablecloth, napkins and han dkerchiefs. Senator McNary is en deavoring to convince the govern ment that $500,000 is needed for flax and hemp (latter grown in Kentucky and Wisconsin) and for processing. Sometime in January, probably, the senate will take up the price fixing bill passed by the house. There is no prospect of the sen ate committee acting on the meas ure this year and it is such a touchy subject that the senate is willing to delay action and consider what the public thinks of the bill devel oped in the house. The house bill is regarded as an administration defeat, for it eliminated the license feature and instead of having one man to fix prices it provided a beard of five who can sit down on any ceiling that the administrator proposes. The license system would Compel everyone in business to ob tain a license to sell anything and if a merchant charged more than the fixed price he would be prompt ly put out of business by taking away his license. This was regard ed as too drastic and not in ac cord with the American plan of doing business; there was also the possibility that the administrator might freexe out so many dealers that the remaining number would have a monopoly. CLOTHINS AND EQUIPMENT Real objection was against Leon Henderson, present price administ rator and presumably the presi dent’s choice to handle the price control act. Congressman Martin Dies, in open session during the de bate, charged that in the Hender son organization there are 50 known communists and in the top flight officials are four who re ceive from $5000 to $7500. These charges have been made before and Henderson has never given 'an explanation other, than to say he is an American citizen. This resent ment to Henderson was in part re sponsible for rolling up the heavy vote against the bill proposed by the administration and amending it until it was more in keeping with what a majority of the house thought was better. Neither wages nor the price of farm products are placed under control. The bill was passed by a non-partisan vote. What the senate will do is prob lematical. The farm bloc is solid for not placing a ceiling on farm products and another group is det ermined not to freeze wages. This legislation will be the next big moment in the senate after the labor restriction measure, which held the boards in the house last week has been disposed of. Of special interest to various communities in Oregon is an in vestigation of the copper situation now being staged. This has been agitated by rural electrification ad ministration which complains that private utility companies have “hogged” all the copper wire, some cf which is needed to string the bare poles of many farmer cooper atives financed by REA. Miles and miles of wire are needed, but owing to priorities and restrictions it is not available. The private compan ies, which have the same priority rating as REA, bought their cop per requirements while REA was marking time. The piivate utilities, according to Harry Slattery of REA, are now building “spite” lines and taking customers which REA wished to serve. There are so many angles to the controversy that OPM will make a survey of all copper wire and inquire why copper com panies are not making sufficient wire for requirements. Dairymen of Oregon are joining with others in protesting against the ruling of Paul V. McNutt which permits oleomargarine to be dressed up like butter. This pro test has been raging for a couple c f months, but the white-haired Mc Nutt sticks by his guns and refuses to change his policy. McNutt hopes to be the new deal candidate for president in 1944 but has already arrayed against his ambition the cow vote while winning the cocoa- nut cow. which is much less impor tant politically. CARD OF THANKS We wish to take this means of expressing our most sincere apprec iation to the people who were so kind to us at the time of our re cent bereavement. Mrs. George Hyatt Mrs. Nettie Plymale Elmer Cummings PRESS SHEET PUBLISHED Every large ship in the U. S. Navy and many of the smaller ones publish a daily press sheet in mime ograph form; the items are picked up by radio. The current strike situation—one of the hottest problems in recent legislative history—has produced a growing demand among the law passers here that union lwbor must wake up to its responsibilities in the current defense program. The pub lic clamor that strikes in vital a<- fense industries must not be per mitted to cripple production—that labor’s agitation for a universal closed shop must cease—is appar ently bringing results. Observers here point out that unions have been so much in the news recently that many people are beginning to think that they represent almost all the employees in America. Actually they repre sent less than 20 per cent of them. And with the C. I. O.-A. F. L. split, there is no union spokesman who can authoritatively speak for as much as 10 per cent of American labor. In the past, however, that 10 per cent has done quite a lot of speak ing in its effort to force all em ployees in the country into unions before they are permitted to work. Talk of the tail wagging the dog, and you get a pretty accurate im pression of the union picture in this respect. Indications are that a growing number of Congressmen are getting set to change that picture. At long last people are beginning to find it a little difficult to understand why a man should join a union if he doesn’t want to—why he should pay dues if he wants to use the money for something else. Labor unions have been using national defense as a smoke screen to hide their effort to create an industry wide (and, if possible, a nation wide) labor monopoly. The wave of preventable strikes in defense in dustries seems to have rousea the public to a realization of what’s going on, and it begins to seem as though reasonable steps may he taken to stop the trend. much. Secretary Mcirgemthau’s recent statement that he could lop a oil lion dollars off the budget has been received with mixed feelings. A bil lion dollars may seem like a sub stantial cut to some people—ob viously it does to Mr. Morgenthau. To Senator Harry Byrd and others in the pare-to-the-bone econ omy block it seems like just a be ginning, and, to many of us who watch from the sidelines, it seems like a belated beginning. Senator Byrd has already indicated that he thinks the billion can very likely be doubled, and he expects to have a report ready by the middle of December with an itemized list of specific expenditures that can be reduced. A recent report indicating the cost of government overhead has opened up a whole new field for the economy minded, according to those in close touch with the situ ation. The report shows that the cost of administering the defense program has been $1 for every $6 spent. Book Talk . . . By EDNA ENGEN "Between Two Autumn«” by Percy Marks. “Between Two Autumns” is the curious and thought-provoking story of “Tink” who was educated and well-bred, who could do anything he set his mind to and do it well, who was charming, honest and con scientious, whose bravery was prov en in one dramatic episode. Yet he brought disaster to all who loved him or called him friend. Why did his wife divorce him, his sister expel him from her house? Why, after a year in Tom Steele’s home, did he leave devas tation behind him? Here is an excellent psychologic al study of a character who can not be pitied—yet who does not de serve to be censored. “Tink” is a character that you will not soon forget and “Between Now that economy in non-de- Two Autumns”, a story you will fense government spending is fin long remember. ally beginning to receive attention here, cloak-rooms buzz with spec ulation as to who gets cut and how Lodges Business-Professional Directory For Your Beauty Needs ELIZABETH’S BEAUTY SALON Vernonia Lodge No. 246 1.0.0.F, Meets Every Tuesday 8 P. M. Alton Roberson, N. G. Paul Gordon, Secretary 4-41 — Vernonia F. O. E. Phone 431 Elizabeth Horn (Fraternal Order of Eagle«) I.O.O.F. Hall Hair Stylist and Cosmetologist Vernonia Marshall A. Rockwell M. D. 2nd and 4th Friday Night« Physician and Surgeon Office Phone 72; Residence 73 Dr. U. J. Bittner Dentist Joy Theatre Bldg. 8 o’clock Arthur Kirk, W. P. Willis Johnson, W. Sec’y. Knights of Pythias Phone 662 Meetings:—I. O. O, F. Hall, Second and Fourth Mondays Each Month. Expert Tonsorial Work Vernonia, Oregon Pythian Sisters Vernonia Temple No. 61 Vernonia, Oregon Meeting«:--- I. O. O. F. Hall Second Nehalem Valley Motor Freight Frank Hartwick, Lodge No. 116 Vernonia, Oregon Harding BEN’S BARBER SHOP Proprietor Portland - Timber • Vernonia Sunset - Elsie - Cannon Beach Gearhart - Seaside Vernonia Telephone 1042 CASON’S TRANSFER LOCAL and LONG-DISTANCE HAULING SEE US For Your Old-Growth 16-INCH FIR WOOD AND CEDAR SHINGLES Roland D. Eby, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Town Office 891 NEAL W. BUSH Attorney at Law Joy Theatre Bldg.. Phone 663 In Vernonia Mondays and Tuesdays 7-41 and Fourth Wednesdays Each Month 2-41 Order of Eastern Star Nehalem Chapter 153, O. E. S. Regular Communi cation first and third Wednesdays of each month, at Masonic Temple. All visiting sisters and brothers wel come. Allie Dickson, Worthy Matron Mona Gordon, Secretary 1-42 A. F. & A. M. Vernonia Lodge No. 184 A. F. & A. 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