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Thursday, January 21, 1943
Vernonia Eaele
County News
St. Helens
with the sirens on their cars blow
ing.
Rainier
Assignment to committees of
members of the house of represen
tatives disclosed that the two leg
islators from Columbia county far
ed fairly well in this important
matter.
J. D. Perry, Columbia county’s
veteran legislator, drew the chair-
manship of the committee on min-
ing from William M. McAllister,
speaker of the house. Perry is a
member of the fisheries, labor and
.ndustries, military affairs, high
ways and highway revenue com-
mittees in addition.
Manley Wilson, elected again last
year as joint representative from
Clatsop and Columbia counties, was
named chairman of the committee
on commerce and navigation. Other
assignments for Wilson included
memberships on the education, for
estry, land use, medicine, pharmacy
and dentistry committees.
WEST RAINIER STARTING
WAR PRODUCTION CLASS
A house-to-house canvass in St.
Helens with the hope of obtaining
old hosiery for contribution to the
government started Monday morn
ing with women from the V.F.W.
Auxiliary doing the canvassing,
Charles Rogers, local chairman for
the hosiery salvage campaign, said.
Announced some weeks ago, the
program to obtain old and worn-
ou. h i -ry for use in making powd
er b g a id other articles to aid
the war ■ fart has been extended
to he e.tint that all stores which
«('•e'; h isiery have placed contain-
e .■
>. re old stockings may be de-
The house-to-house check-
P
1'1 i . intended to make sure that
r. i .e old hosiery is contributed.
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Another class under the gov-
ernment’s rural war production
training program was started in
West Rainier Tuesday, January 19,
in the Farmer’s union hail.
This cla-s deals with nutrition
and phases of food production, con
serving and processing.
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HERE ARE THE FACTS—
THE "OLD JUDGE" REGARDLESS
by
J. D. PERRY, WILSON DRAW
MEMBERSHIPS ON COMMITTEES
CANVASS FOR OLD HOSIERY
PLANNED HERE
THE POCKETBOOK
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MACHINE'USED
70 DETECT RUSTON
METAL, MEA5URE5
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LAYER OF ATOMS. THE
MACHINE IS SEALED iN A GLASS TUBE.________
WOOP I« 5TILL IMPORTANT IM
THE BUILPING OF MODERN
BATTLESHIPS.
•521,000 BOARD FEET OF
LUMBER IS USED INBUILP1N0
ONE OF OUR SUPER-BATTLE-
WAGONS
The Federal Alcohol Administra
tor says that .he cost of the drink
bill for legal liquor in 1941 was
over $4,000,000,000 and a conserv-
alive estimate of $2,000,000,000
should be added to the above fur
bootleg or illicit liquor. Dr. Roy
Smith of Los Angeles, California,
presents the following figures of
what this was.e of legil liquor so d
w< uld accomplish if invested as fal
lows: $4,000,000,000, the present
annual drink bill of the nation
would provide a $6,000,000 commun
ity chest fund for each of the 50
la’gest cities in America, a $3,000,-
One of the most sweeping propos 000 chest for the next 50, $1,000,-
als will be the disposition of man 000 Ches, for the next 100, and a
power. Senator Austin of Vermont «200,000 chest for the next l,00z.
has already served notice that he cities, In addition, the drink bill
will in roduce a bill for compulsory would provide 5,000 hospitals with
. nation i service. Although in favor a sum of $100,000 for free work
of such service, Manpower Chief among the poor, and would erect a
McNutt says the time has not yet public hospital at a cost of $250,000
arrived for invoking compulsion and provide .or $250,000 endow
through legislation. He believes the ment in each of 1,000 American
solution of the problem is still pos- towns. In addi.ion, it would pro
sible through indirect penalties vide a $100,000 p'aygruund and en
dow it with $200,000 for perpetual
against industry.
care, in each of 1,000 American
In the labor field, proposals to communities. In addition, it would
outlaw the “closed shop” and strikes pay the salary of the President of
and to suspend the 40-hour week the United States, all members of
will' be presented. Legislation will his cabinet, all members of .he Su
be asked to require compulsory ac preme Court, all members of the
counting of union finances, prohibit Senate and House of Rep-esenta-
Union con.ributions to political part tives, all federal judges and U. S.
ies, make unions subject to anti district attorneys, and the entire
trust prosecution, and create a bill o: the army and navy (before
statutory agency to assume WLB entering war). In addition it would
erect and endow 4,000 public librar
duties.
ies at a cost of $250,000. We would
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Included in tax proposals will it’ll have $150,000,000 to app’y on
be one to produce an additional 6 other governmental expenses.”
billion do’lars in new revenue
It, is conservatively estimated that
through higher individual and cor it requires five times more taxes
porate income taxes with a sales than the government derives in
tax to aid in making up the total, revenue from the liquor business
Strong sentiment has developed for to pay for the evil effects of liquor,
a sales tax and a sharp fight is de-- in providing for paupers, criminals,
veloping over the Rumi plan. In orphans, irtsane, and accidents due
controversary is .he $25,000 limit to efrink.
on income. The new revenue act is
not likely to jell before April 1. EMINENT STATESMAN
AGAINST DRINK
Congress, disposed to delay Rev-
William Gladstone, the Premier
enue Act considerations until after of England, told a committee of
April 1st, may preclude Social Se- brewers: “Gentlemen, you need not
curity legislation of any importance give yourself any trouble about the
this year, but proposals io increase revenue. The question of revenue
unemployment compensation taxes, must never stand in the way of
old age and survivors taxes, health needed reforms. Besides, with a sob
and disability taxes, hospitalization er population, not wasting their
taxes, and federalization of state earnings, I shall know where to
unemployment compensatian systems obtain lhe revenue.”
are expected.
Lord Chesterfield to’d the English
Likely to be a high point of House of Lords: “Luxury, my lords,
Congressional debate is an Admin is to be taxed, but vice prohibited.
istrative Reform bill whose objective Let not the difficulty in the law be
is to compel bureaucrats to follow what it will. Would you lay a tax
laws drafted by Congresf rather on the breach of the Ten Command-
than hand down interpret« ions go ments? Government should not for
ing beyond the Intent of the legis revenue mortgage the morals and
lature. This legislation, formerly health of the people.” .
The 78th Congressional docket in
cludes many issues of vi.al import
ance to every citizen.. Routine will
be the appropriation of more than
one hundred billion dollars, the
largest ever requested in any ' one
year, which will mean more taxes
I
for everyone—individuals as well
as corporations. Many of the score
i
or more of legislative bills af.ect-
ing manufacturers may not be en
acted by this congress; others will
be materially modified.
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Jan. 20
—As ihe legislature gets well into
its second week of work the contro
versial bills are beginning to show
up in both houses, Several tax bills
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p*
are in which would modify the state
income tax. Truck bills are with us
Dream Towns of the Woods . . . which had been applied to th' ir
again which would increase weight
in pioneer times. Often t ■>«
Have you ever seen a lumber in locations was
and length. Several local option
only that of a cre s-
dustry "ghost town?” Can you name location
roads.
Nothing
remotely resemb’irig
measures have also been introduced
one? Well, neither can I, and I’ve Virginia City, Nevada, or Tomb
and more to come. Two have the
been all over the Lake States, where stone, Arizona, was discovered.
■ F -st town is rumored to stand “The 74 lumber ghost towns of th«
strong backing of the Anti-Saloon
y township of the old pine- Pacific Northwest”—phooey!
in
League and the W.C.T.U. And of
ch spots as Seeley, Michigan,
ric-
course it wouldn’t be the legisla-
must ue counted out, for Seeley was A Ghost to Talk About . . .
never more than a temporary log All this ’-•■oney ghost town talk
ture if we didn’t have a few fish
ging headquarters bordered by sa is common used to dramatize the
and milk bills on the lawmaker’s
loon and dancehall stockades. The danger of ». »estrained use of our
menu. All the above measures are
real lumber towns of that region, natural resources. No one can quar
hot subjects and are sure to bring
such as Bay City and Muskegon, are rel with the purpose, but only with
bigger and better than they ever the mishandling of truth in advanc
l”-'IAN YOUTH, COMPANION
forth much oraiory if they ever
had hoped to be in the days of the ing it. There is one true story, not
,-pPIAR BEFORE JUDGE
reach the floor. But first they must
of a ghost town, but of a ghost
pinetops and shanty boys.
V/iLiam Tanner, 19-year-old In- run the gantlet in committee, which
The term “ghost town” was first region, that points a powerful over
di.nn youth charged with breaking report the bills out “Do pass” or
applied to abandoned mining cen all moral of this kind.
ters. Around five years ago some It is the ghost story of the Colum
a d entering in connection with Do not pass,” and il’s a cinch many
slicker with words had the bright bia Basin. From the early 1880's
the prowling of three St. Helens of these measures will get a real
thought of applying the term “ghost until 1905 that was a good grass and
bu iness establishments recently ap working over from the lawmakers
towns” to old logging camps. The. cattle country. Homesteaders strag
thought caught on. All steamed up, gled in after the building of the
peared before Circuit Judge Howard who are on said committees.
the slicker rigged up a list of “74 Great Northern in 1890. But it i as
K. Zimmerman, having waived pre-
One of the hottest of the hot
lumber ghost towns in the Pacifia not until fifteen years later that the
Iiminary hearings. In view of the bills introduqed so far is the meas
Northwest.” Since then I’ve heard Basin was generally plowed. R’ ng
or read this quotation hundreds of wheat prices caused the natural re
fact that Tanner, who is in 1-A un- ure to modify the tax paid by em
source of grass to be turned under.
times.
der selective service, has asked for ployers to the workmen’s unemploy
They’re all a dream—dream towns A cycle of rain that did not run
immediate induction into the armed ment compensation fund. This meas
out until World War I kept the
of the woods.
id 1 prosperous.
But
Basin green and
.
forces, he was placed on probation ure will be bitterly fought by organ
Ghosts and Facts . . .
Jim Hill mustard spread in yellow
on condition he enter the service. ized labor. Labor has a hugh bank
h?..
A friend of mine took It upon waves through thl
green. Straw and
roll available to maintain a potent
each
fall. ti
The .
himself to get the names of the rtubble -----
were k bui
.. u limed
L._ a -----
u »-n
dust
bowl. When a
Basin
became
a
lobby to ward off any such effort
"ghost lumber towns” that were
the years
socc
claimed to be haunting the Douglas cycle of drouth succeeded
on the part of employers and this
of the region
W»l
fir region — Western Oregon and of rain, the big wipds
lobby is already on the scene of ac
Washington. He was given a list of blew devastation er the land.
VICTORY CORPS DANCE
tion.
rses dried up.
39 names, with the counties in which Lakes and water
...
valued at
PLANNED FOR JANUARY 30
the ghost towns were supposed to Irrigated orchards,
$1.500
per
acre,
diedV>ut._The
rains
be situated.
Invitations were mailed last week
One particular bill introduced last
lúa
Basin
did
not
return.
The
C
' ' ~
Questionnaires
were
sent
to
coun
known as the Walter-Logan bill,
for the (Victory Dance to be given week didn’t cause much comment at
ty clerks and other official custo beoame a ghost regi.^ ll F ghost
would provide for judicial review.
towns
and
ghost
farms.
by the newly organized Victory the time, but there was plenty of
dians of old records. All were an
r good,
The grass was gone
Corps at the high school
politics wrapped up in it. The meas
swered, most of them thoroughly. Cattle
rest«"-
growing could not
Commenting on the 412 feet of
Out of all the 39 “ghost towns” there ed. A lifeless
urday, January 20th.
ure would consolidate the office of
laqd, saving ly the
reports a manufac.urer is required
are 22 which are unrecorded either tumbling tumbleweeds.
Tickets went on sale at $1.10. corporation commissioner with the
as towns or voting precincts; there The record of the Columbia^asin . ’ to fill out each year on one of
Gust Anderson's orchestra will play. state banking department. Just a
are 14 which the census shows to Is a powerful parabio for ccr.^jjv?,-
scores cf government forms, the
week before Mr. Sprague became
have greater population than in tion of any natural resourced It
Byrd Economy Investigating Com
pn ex-govemor he reappointed Mr.
CIVILIAN DEFENSE GROUPS
1890. and only 3 have less. The makes the dreamed up fables atnLit
mittee said, “horizontally this is
greater number had been simply “lumber ghost towns” look trilling
Lloyd Smith, corporation commis
PRAISED ON EFFECTIVENESS
not quite twice the leng.h of a
X.
camps, and carried place names and silly.
The civilian defense groups of sioner, to ano.her four-year term,
5-
football field, but vertically it is
Clatskanie area were complimented which deprived Governor Snell of a
T^conrideiable higher than the great
highly by State Policeman Wheeler juicy plum for someone of the boys. Bonneville project, which is exempt and doing the usual good job J
’' pyramid of Egypt.”
on the demonstration put on at a However, the state banking job is from all the numerous federal and French is serving his fifth straight
recent “incident,” Wheeler said it up for appointment in a short time. state taxes and has Oregon utilities hitch as a legislature. . .Stan Pier
For 35 minutes WLB members
was the best executed drill he had Hence if the two departments are for its largest customer. This sug
and
disputants in a pending case
of
Portland
is
his
able
colleague,
consolidated as outlined in the bill, gestion by the governor also in the
witnessed.
went without lunch last week be
A group of five different sup Mr. Smith will be out of a job. Get face of approximately a million dol also an oldtimer at the business. . .
lar ra;e reduction just ordered by The Grange boys, headed by Mort cause WLB had been dilatory in
posed occurences was worked out the point?
• • •
the state utilities commissioner. As Tompkins, look things over. . .And granting employees of the Labor
beforehand and was started off at
In
the
first
two
weeks
more
bills
everyone
knows, the utilities are the so does Allen Smith, the big time Department cafeteria a salary in
7:30 sharp by a blast from dyna
crease under a new union contract.
have
been introduced this session states largest taxpayers. Millions
mite exploded to simulate a bomb.
lawyer. . .Roy Meyers is on the job W'LB members and guests appeared
All incidents worked out as schedul than last. The lawmakers are really come from this source each year
in the cafeteria as the strike was
ed and at the close of the practice trying their best to wind up the ses to tax collectors for cities, counties, as usual; he has been around the
called.
they were just one minute behind sion come the fiftieth day. For the school districts, etc. So those who lobby longer than enyone else. . .
first time in many years both houses take an interest in tax matters just Phil Metschan drops in to say hello
time.
Préposais to establish a policy
The next practice will be held were in session every day during the can’t make such a suggestion add . . .Ex-Governor Sprague feels at on the operation of government-
at an unannounced time. The sig first week. Harvey of Portland and up to good common sense. There is home when he visits the press room
Frisbie of Baker hold the lead for such a thing as killing the goose . . .The weather stays beautiful, and owned or government-financed war
nal calling the civilian
so do prices for everything is this plants, after the war, will also be
introduction of new bills in the that lays the golden egg.
groups into action has been
brought before the 78th congress.
man’s town.
house, while Wallace of Portland
ed and will be made known
holds first honors in the senate.
This is the season of the session
police cars patrolling the
A ruling by Speaker McAllister that when the politically wise make
Evangelical Church
the old moth-eaten custom of "Mr. their guesses as to how long the
—Rev. Allen H. Backer, Minister
The Vernonia Eagle Speaker, 1 ask that the courtesy legislature will remain in session.
cf the house be ex.ended to Mr. Many think the lawmakers will wind
9:45—Sunday school, Mrs. Madge
MARVIN KAM-HOLZ
Blah” is out this session, caused up their chores and be homeward
Rogers, superintendent.
Editor and Publisher
McAllister’s stock to rise still high bound by the fif.ieth day rolls a-
11:00—Dr. C. J. Pike, president of
er as a presiding officer. The horse round. However, the old-timers who
Cascade college, Portland, guest
Entered as sec-'nd class mail play to pleise vanity only caused have been watching them come and Assembly of God Church
speaker. A pot-luck dinner will
vatter. August 4. 1922. at the post the house to lose many hours of
Rev.
Clayton
E.
Beish
—
Minister
go for many years shake their heads
be held in the church social hall
iffice in Vernonia. Oregon, under
valuable time in sessions gone by, and say 60 days at least and maybe 9:45—Sunday school with classes
lhe act of March 3. 1879.
at noon.
fcr all ages.
and everyone here is glad it’s out; more. It's been close to 30 years
2.00—Dr. Pike speaks again.
Ifficial newspaper of Vernonia, Ore and here’s hoping it stays out indef since the lawmakers finished their 11:00—Morning worship
7:30—Young people have charge ~f
.
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initely.
jobs in the alloted time and ad- 7:30—Evangelistic service.
evening service.
mid-
7:30
—
Wednesday
evening,
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journed sine die. But things have
7:30 Wednesday evening—Prayer
week service
OiídoOuisííH *
Governor Snell’s inaugural ad changed in 30 years and so have
and Bible study. H. E. John, lead
7:30—Fi iday evening, Young Peo-
PUBLISHERS* 4
dress contained some very meritor we.
er.
i-sK W.I I Ä « T T I I 0 0 N W
pies’ Christ Ambassadors service.
ious recommendations to the legis
lature, but on the other hand he
Observations from the press box:
St. Mar”’» Catholic Church
■ m a ics N V s r s s s i o c i at i o g
suggested one or two moves that the The railroad and truck lobbies are CK«—ch of Je»UR Christ
Rev. Anthony V. Gerace
tax-conscious can hardly get (and here, ready for the usual brawl . . . Of Latter Day Saints
Rev. Frederick Thiele
N ational A dv t it iiinc who isn't tax conscious these days) ? Jimmy Donpgan looks things over
Sunday school convenes st 10
The governor mentioned that an ad for the lumber people. , .Giles a. m. at the I. O. O. F. hall under Mass: 9:30 A M. except first Sun
R E PR tJt ntativ k
ditional 8 per cent excise tax on all French, the lawmaker from Moro, is the direction of Charles Ratkie.
day in month—Mass at 8:30 A.M.
NKW YORK . CHICAGO . DETROIT
utilities, but didn't mention the floor leader for Speaker McAllister, superintendent.
Confessions from 7:45 A.M. on.
I
I
III
Clatskanie
At The
Churches
THE WASTE OF LIQUOR
J ame S P reston
"All the crimes on earth do not
destroy so many of the human race
or alienate so much prosperity as
drunkenness.”—Lord Bacon.
“Drink is the source of all evil—
and the ruin cf half the workmen in
this country. . . . But thé expense
is not the worst consequence that
attends it, for it naturally leads a
man into the company of these who
encourage dissipation and idleness,
by which he is led by degrees to the
perpetration of acts which may ter
minate in his ruin.’—Writings of
George Washington, Vol. 11, p. 377,
“Liquor migh; have defenders, but
no defense.”—Abraham Lincoln.
“Our soldiers were drunk and
could not fight (in World War No.
2). Since the victory of the World
War (No. 1) the spirit of pleasure
of riotous living, and drinking, has
prevailed over the spirit of sacri
fice.”—General Petain of France.
“Beverage alcohol undermines the
moral, mental and physical strength
of mul.iplying millions and thus
cripples the foundations of democ
racy, self-government, and pro
gress.”—U.S. Senator Morris Shep-
perd.
—Submitted by G. F. Brown **
First Christian Church
—The Livingstones, Ministers
9:45—Bible school, M. L. Herrin,
superintendent.
11:00—Morning Communion ser
vice.
11:00—Junior church.
11:30—Morning sermon. Subject:
“The Door Which No Man Can
Shut.”
6:30—Young people’s panel dis-
cussion.
7:30 — Evening communion and
preaching. Sermon subject: “Re-
making a Man.”
The Brotherhood dinner, sched
uled for last Wednesday has been
postponed to next Wednesday, Jan.
27. because of the severity of the
weather. Pot-luck luncheon at 6:45,
interesting program following.