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Thursday, Jan. 22, 1942, Vernonia Eagle, Vernonia, Oregon
Comments ¿ Week
WOMEN TO BE MOBILIZED
Beginning February 16th, the mobilization of all women
above high school age in Oregon will be started with a view
to forming a reserve labor pool as a medium for bringing women
into agricultural, business and industrial production if and
when a labor shortage arises through Oregon’s men being
drawn into military service or heavy defense occupations. In
general, women will not be called until available Oregon man
power has been utilized to the fullest extent.
The questionnaire to be used in the mobilization will cover
a wide range of occupations extending from aluminum fabrica
tion and textile work to domestic service and agricultural labor
of all kinds.
Although the work of mobilizing is not to begin until Feb
ruary 16th, the four Vernonia precinct chairmen named by
Mrs. Grace Kent Magruder last week have already named the
people to help them in contacting every woman.
ALIENS TO NEED CERTIFICATE
A move to be started February 2nd in eight western states
whereby all German, Italian and Japanese nationals must apply
for a certificate of identification is one that is exceedingly
timely.
As has been stated by the Department of Justice, Wash
ington, D. C„ "The objective of the Department of Justice in
issuing identification certificates to aliens of enemy national
ities is the dual one of strengthening our internal safety and
protecting the loyal alien, even if he has become technically an
alien enemy.
COUNTY NEWS-
St. Helens
DELINQUENT TAX
PAYMENTS DROP—
Despite the fart that payments
on the 1941 tax roll came in con
siderably better than did collections
on the 1940 roll, payments of delin
quent taxes during the last six
months of the year just past lagged
about $15,000 behind cash received
during a similar period in 1940 on
delinquent assessments, figures an
nounced by the tax department of
the sheriff’s office revealed.
During the last six months of
1942, $81,380.18 in delinquent taxes
was received on rolls going as far
back as 1926, while in the final half
of 1940 delinquent tax payments
totaled $96,757.11. Although there
are a few dollars due on the 1926
to 1929 rolls, it is from assess
ments made from 1929 to the pre
sent that the majority of delinquent
tax cash is coming.
COYOTE, BOBCAT HIDES
YIELD $15 CASH—
Charles Norman, veteran Mayger
resident, made his trap line pay off
last week to the tune of $15 in
bounties when he brought in the
hides of three coyotes and two bob
cats to the county clerk’s office.
Two of the coyotes were males, so
Norman received $3 bounty apiece
on them, while $4 was paid for the
female coyote and $2.50 apiece
for the bobcats.
The animals were trapped in the
Helena district, Norman, a veteran
trapper, said. They seem to be
fairly numerous in that section al
ong with cougars, the latter ani
mals attracted by deer, Norman
declared.
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CHEESE MAKING TO
START FEBRUARY 1—
The Rainier Creamery will1 be
ready to start the manufacturing
of cheese about February first, ac
cording to present plans. Some of
the necessary equipment, incluaing
a new whey tank, is here now. A
large, power, cream separator is
cn its way here from San Fran
cisco. Some other machinery and
vats should be here this month,
and as soon as equipment arrives
the manufacture of cheese will oe-
gin.
The creamery will continue to
manufacture butter and ice cieam
P. U. D. CALLS
as before, and is adding the pro
FOR ELECTION—
duct in line with demands of the
Directors of Clatskanie PUD at Lend-lease Program.
the meeting held on January 14,
1942, unanimously adopted a resolu
tion calling a special election to be
held on Saturday, March 7, 1942
for the approval of $237,000 of
revenue bonds to finance the acquis
ition of the West ¡Coast Power Com
pany's electric system and other ONE YEAR AGO—
utilities, and for betterment» and
Pay increases were awarded six
extensions.
city employees. The increases av
The properties to be acquired eraged 10 per cent.
constitute the West Coast company’s
Orders were received from postal
entire Clatskanie division.
headquarters in .Washington, D. C.
The district has previously enter that the location of the Vernonia
ed into a preliminary agreement post office would be changed to
with the West Coast Power company the Oregon Gas and Electric build
looking to purchase of its properties ing from the Early building.
for $150.000. This includes their en
tire system in the Nehalem valley FIVE YEARS AGO—
Ivan N. MdCollom was electeu
and the Westport and Wauna sec
tion. The proposed bond issue will president of the chamber of com
provide funds for carrying out this merce. Other officers were K. A.
acquisition of additional distribu McNeill, vice-president; J. W. Nich
tion facilities and rural lines within ols, secretary; and E. M. Bollinger,
the district as well as necessary treasurer.
Loel Roberts was named City re
corder.
The Vernonia Eagle
City employees’ salaries were set
as follows: recorder and water
MARVIN K AMHOLZ
collecter. $120; marshal. $120; de
Editor and Publisher
puty marshal, $100; treasurer. $30;
Entered as second class mall librarian, $20.
matter. August 4, 1922. at the post
office in Vernonia, Oregon, under TEN YEARS AGO—
Grange officers installed were:
the act of March 8, 1879, _______
II. A. Tays, Master; E. R. Trehame,
Official newspaper of Vernonia, Ore overseer; C. C. VanDoren, secre
tary; and H. M. Condit, treasurer.
Clatskanie
Eagle Items
Of Past Years
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO—
Lester Sheeley will be paid sec
retary of the reorganised chamber
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large bombing plane requires upto io trucks
FOR BUPPLy ANP MAINTENANCE PORING ACTIVE SERVICE
funds for working capital, mater
of commerce. R. M. Aldrich was
ials, supplies and extensive rehabil president.
itation of properties to be acquir
The Vernonia American Legion
ed.
Auxiliary formally received its
charter.
MINT MEN WANT
Municipal officers were all re
CEILING OVER $4—
Mint farmers of the Clatskanie appointed: W. J. Kelly, marshal; D.
and Rainier areas, representing ap B. Reasoner, recorder; Lester Shee
ley, city attorney; M. L. Gaines,
proximately 2300 acres of mint
water superintendent; Mrs. Earl
land, met at Delena recently and
Waihburn, water collector.
took steps to get the ceiling for
mint oil above the prospective $4.00
a pound figure.
William H. Hoppert of Portland
left Sunday night by plane for
Washington, D. !C. to see what could
be accomplished and the following
wire was received from him Wed
nesday morning after he had at
tended a meeting at which the price
was discussed:
“Meeting lasted all day, but of
ficials evidently had minds made
up on low basis prior to hearing.
Say decision will not be made for
two or three weeks. They have $4
to producer strongly in mind. Our
only hope lies in our congressmen.”
There are about 1700 acres in
mint in the Clatskanie community
and about 600 acres at Rainier.
Rainier
WILL PWOPUCE
490 MILLION PAIRS
OF SHOES THIS
!
YEAR---------- AN
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Portland, Oregon, January 20—
Of considerable interest to Oregon
folks is a case which was argued
last week before the United States
supreme court, between the North
west Salmon Packers and the so-
called Fishermen’s union. “So-
called” is used advisedly. The union,
whose members catch about 90 per
cent of all fish packed by the can
cers, demanded that the canneries
buy fish from no person not a mem
ber of the union. There is no dis
agreement over wages, hour or any
thing else. The packers advanced
the argument that the union is not
an ordinary labor organization, but
is in fact an association of business
men rather than working men. The
members own all of their own equip
ment, such as power boats, nets,
etc., which represent an investment
cf several thousand dollars each.
They also hire and fire their own
crews. In these circumstances, con
tend the packers, the union is no,
a labor organization but a group
of independent business men, and
to agree to buy only their flsu
would be a violation of the anti
trust laws.
For the union appeared the chief
counsel of the CIO and AFL and
Edwin Smith, a former member of
the national Labor Relations boat.
Representing the packers were Jay
Bowerman and Ralph Moody.
To two members of the Democrat
party goes the honor of being first
to file for governor. Last week
Howard Latourette, former speaker
cf the house and Democratic na
tional committeeman for Oregon,
and Lew Wallace, state senator,
both of Portland, filed via the peti
tion route. It is expected that Gov
ernor Sprague and Earl Snell will
file not later than February 1. Wal
lace goes into the contest with the
support of both branches of organiz
ed labor, namely CIO and AFL. Eu
gene Allen, able editor of the Ore
gon Labor Press (AFL). so the
story goes, is to direct the writing
end of Wallace’s campaign. This
move on the part of labor seems
peculiar, to say the least. Hereto
fore any indorsement given a can
didate by the AFL was almost sure
to be a sign of thumbs down for
the CTO. and vice versa. It mav
be that the olive branch recently
tendered by CIO John L. Lewis to
William Green and the AFL is hav
ing its ef-'ert away out here in
Oregon. If so, this will be one ot
the very few times that any can
didate has had the blessing of . both
labor organizations. Latourette, who
is looked upon as a conservative,
has never been too popular with
the leaders and big shots of labor,
but has considerable strength among
the rank and file of labor.
Broad smiles, back slapping and
hearty handshakes was the order of
the day when members of the North
west Livestock Credit association
met in Portland last week. Prices
cn all classes of livestock are good
and the future looks very rosy, <x>
say the livestockers. Over 100 mem
bers from all parts of Oregon anu
Washington attended the conven
tion and the boys were feeling bet
ter than they had in years. What
a whale of a difference a few
cents a pound can make. Every
one happy. Jay Dobbins, the sheep
man from Enterprise, gave the
boys one of the best talks on .he
program.
Representatives of Oregon pip
permint industry are in Washing
ton, D. C., trying to persuade the
office of price control that the in
dustry needs no price ceiling. ..v
least, not a ceiling that overlooks
the cost of production. Many Ore
gon lumbermen are also high-tailing
for the national capital. The lum
ber industry may be further af
fected if a proposal now being
studied is carried out. The growing
scarcity of metals is becoming so
serious that there is a good pros
pect of orders discontinuing pri
vate dwelling construction for the
duration.
In the next few days every citi
zen of Oregon will be solicited to
pledge a certain amount of his in
come for the purchase of defense
stamps or bonds. Squadrons of
volunteer solicitors have been or
ganized in every city, town and
village in the state. All of us must
do our part to win the war, and
to loan money to our government
i« a most necessary part. Besides
being the safest investment on
earth, defense stamps and bonas
will help all of us to start that
savings account which is going to
come in so mighty helpful after
the war is over. There is bound to
be a wave of unemployment and
general business recession when
peace comes. Then is when a few
dollars or a few hundred will look
mighty good to all of us. So do
your part. BUY and BUY today.
Your government needs your sup
port.
Palmer Hoyt, state chairman of
the defense bonds staff, recently
completed a statevwide trip puttirg
the finishing touches on the volun
teer organizations which got off
to a good start last Tuesday, Janu
ary 20. Any citizen who wishes *t>
volunteer his services for the cam
paign is urged to contact his coun
ty defense bonds chairman. So left
get busy, Mr. Citizen. Oregon must
go over the top. Let’s line up with
Uncle Sam and the boys in uni
form.
100.000 SCHOOL BUSES
A recent survey disclosed that
there are close to 100,000 school
buses carrying children to and from
school in the United States, accord
ing to the Oregon State Motor As
sociation.
There is little rejoising here at
the outcome of the management
labor conference. It’s more than the
fact that labor has scored another
potential victory on the closed shop
issue. The general feeling is that
little progress has been made to
ward the formulation of a definite
war labor policy for the country.
The so-called “agreement” reach
ed by the conferees was, in fact,
no agreement at all. It was announc
ed by the White House, not the
conference, and represented the
program of the labor delegates with
out offering any concessions to the
lepresentatives of industry. It was,
observers pointed out, an effort by
the administration to give the sem
blance of unity on basic labor is
sues.
The program announced by the
President consists of the following
points: For the duration of the
war, industry and labor have agreed
that there shall be no strikes or
lockouts; that all disputes shan be
settled by peaceful means; and that
the President shall set up a War
Labor Board to handle whatever
disputes come up.
Almost from the beginning of the
conference, industrial representa
tives were prepared to accept this
program proposed by the labor del
egates, on condition that a fourth
point specifically excluding the
closed shop as an issue for arbitra
tion was added.
In spite of the fact that there
was no agreement on this fourth
point, industrial spokesmen hav_
announced their readiness to co
operate in the maintenance of in
dustrial peace. They feel that the
National War Labor Board has
possibilities—that is, on two condi
tions—that the members of the
Board, when selected, are truly
representative of the various inter
ests concerned; and that the Board
adopt, immediately after its crea
tion, definite and constructive pol
icies to govern its operations.
The iatter point is made time
and again by informed observers,
who are predicting that the new
Board is doomed to the same tail
ure as the Defense Med'ation
Board, unless it adopts a set of
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guiding principles at the outset,
and repudiates any policy that
»macks of equivocation.
Businessmen here feel that the
Defense Mediation Board mufted
completely the solution to the clos
ed shop question. They agree with
the industrial members of the Pres
ident’s conference that the new
Board, as a cardinal principle,
“should not accept for arbitration
or consideration the issue of the
closed shop, requiring a person to
become or remain a member of a
labor organization if he is to get
or hold a job.” The right to belong
or not to belong to a union is an
individual right, management has
insisted, and neither employers nor
the Government should exercise any
compulsion.
Every business in the country is
prepared to do its bit in defeating
the Axis. It is recognized here that
industry is not merely paying lip
serv ce to the need for cooperation
in the war effort, but has actually
tolfed up both sleeves as a demon
stration with appropriate action of
its willingness to cooperate.
It makes us feel not-so bad that-
The Library of Congress has already
removed to a place of greater sec
urity for its four most-prized orig
inal documents: The Magna Carta,
the Gutenberg Bible, the Declaration
of Independence and the Constitu
tion of the United States.
Plans are afoot to triple Amer
ica’s synthetic rubber production
program. This will be undertaken if
enough materials can be provided
for the construction and operation
of the new plants.
More than $200 million worth of
strategic war materials owned by
foreigners was uncovered by the
Treasury’s census of alien-owned
property. This property has been
turned over to the SPAB, which
plans to use it in the Allied war
effort. Some of the propertv had
been hidden in warehouses and fac
tories by Axis agents, and consisted
of aluminum. brass. automobile
parts, tools end machinerv ... all
of wb'oh, Treasury officials noint
out. can be used bv the United
States to good advantage.
MANY FOOTBALLS USED
Football players use up nearly
2,600,000 footballs every season.
Lodges
Vernonia Lodge No. 246
O.O.F.
Meets Every Tuesday
8 P. M.
Alton Roberson, N. G.
Paul Gordon, Secretary
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Vernonia F. O. E.
Phone 431
(Fraternal Order of Eagle«)
Elizabeth Horn
I. O.O.F. Hal!
Hair Stylist and Cosmetologist
Vernonia
Marshall A. Rockwell
M. D.
Friday Night»
Physician and Surgeon
8 o'clock
Office Phone 72; Residence 73
Dr. U. J. Bittner
Arthur Kirk, W. P.
Willis Johnson, W. Sec’y.
Phone 662
Lodge No. 116
Vernonia, Oregon
Meetings:—I. O. O. F.
Hill, Second and
Fourth Mondays Each
Month.
Expert Tonsorial Work
BEN’S BARBER SHOP
Vernonia, Oregon
Pythian Sisters
Vernonia Temple No. 61
Vernonia, Oregon
Meeting*:— I. O. O. F. Hall
Second
Nehalem Valley
Motor Freight
7-41
Knights of Pythias
Harding
Dentist
Joy Theatre Bldg.
2nd and 4th
and Fourth Wednesdays
Each Month
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Order of Eastern Star
CASON’S TRANSFER
153, O. E. S.
Regular Communi
cation first and
third Wednesdays
of each month, at
Masonic Temple.
All visiting sisters
and brothers wel
come.
Verla Porterfield, Worthy Matron
Mona Gordon, Secretary
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LOCAL and LONG-DISTANCE
HAULING
A. F. & A. M.
Frank
Hartwick,
Proprietor
Portland - Timber - Vernonia
Sunset - Elsie - Cannon Beach
Gearhart - Seaside
Vernonia Telephone 1042
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
Nehalem Chapter
Vernonia Lodge No. 184
A. F. 4 A. M. meets at
Masonic Temple,
Stat
ed Communication First
Thursday of each month.
Special called meetings
on all other Thursday nights, 7:30
p. tn. Visitors most cordially wei-
tome.
Special
Elmore Knight, W. M.
Glenn F. Hawkins, Sec.
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VERNONIA
POST 119
AMERICAN
LEGION
Meets Fir*t Wed.
and Third Mon.
of Each Month.
AUXILIARY
First and Third Monday*
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