Thursday, August A 1243
County
News
St. Helens
CHURCH CAMP WILL
OPEN AT FAIRGROUNDS
Faith Baptist Bible camp, first
of its kind to be held in the coun­
ty opened Sunday at the Columbia
fairgrounds and will be in session
through August 22. It is expected
that approximately 100 people will
be camped on the grounds during
the week the camp is in session,
while others will come from var­
ious Columbia county communities
Rev. Bengt Anderson of India
will be guest missionary.
MEXICANS BACK IN BEAN
FIELDS AFTER STRIKING
Mexican harvest hands at the
farm labor comp in the Scappoose
diking district returned to work
after staging a short strike be­
cause bean picking returns were
not to their liking last week.
The imported workers made
wages averaging close to $8 per
day on the first picking of beans
on the Scappoose dike lands but
the second round offered poorer
beans with the result that wages
dropped to about half the previ­
ous average. As a result, the 150
or so Mexicans employed in the
bean fields did not work Saturday
afternoon and likewise refused to
enter the fields Monday. By Tues­
day, however, they had agreed to
return and all but a few of them
did so.
Clatskanie
POSTMASTER RESIGNS
AT CLATSKANIE
Emil Mueller, postmaster for the
past seven years, has resigned his
duties as postmaster of the second
class post office in Clatskanie.
The resignation was rendered 'be­
fore the first of August.
Martha Colvin has been ap­
pointed acting postmaster. No def­
inite time has been announced
when the change will be made.
MAN DIES IN
CITY JAIL FIRE
Anton Herbert Kolhi, a prison­
er in the Clatskanie city jail, died
there Monday night from suffo­
cation.
Kohli, who gave his address
as Rt. 1, box 55, Seaside, was ar­
rested at 4:40 p.m. on August 9th
by State Patrolman R. Wheeler
after complaints had been made by
residents in the grade school dis­
trict where he is said to have been
causing a disturbance.
The investigation of the jail,
Wheeler reported, disclosed two
beds with mattresses on them
about four feet apart. The mat­
tresses in the jail cell were both
on fire in 15 or 20 places. Scarce­
ly any blaze was noticed and the
Circumstances indicated they had
been purposely set, he states.
The body was taken to St. Hel­
ens where it will be held pending
further investigation.
Rainier
COUNTY PIONEERS ELECT
GEO. CONYERS PRESIDENT
Two hundred fifty Columbia
county pioneers met at Hudson
park Sunday, August 8 for their
annual picnic and business session
and enjoyed one of the rare warm
pleasant days of the current sea­
son.
Following the annual dinner
spread on the park tables, the
pioneer association held its bus­
iness meeting and entertainment
program. President H. R. Dibblee
and Mrs. William Reid, secretary
handled the session.
The Vernonia Eagle
Marvin Kamholz
Editor and Publisher
Winifred Romtvedt, Reporter
Entered as second class mail
matter. August 4, 1922, at the post
office in Vernonia, Oregon, under
the act of March 3, 1879.
Official newspaper, Vernonia, Ore
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NATIONAL ÉDITORIAL-
-ASSOCIATION
Vernonia
It was voted to designate
“pioneers” any persons who were
born or who settled in Columbia
county prior to 1900.
It was also voted to hold the
picnic next year on the third Sun­
day in August as the second Sun­
day date conflicts with picnics at
Clatskanie and the Dixie moun­
tain picnic.
Geo. B. Conyers of Clatskanie
was elected president and Alberta
Frederickson, also of Clatskanie
was named secretary. The presi­
dent will appoint vice presidents
for the various communities of
the county.
THE POCKETBOOK
of KNOWLEDGE
by'jAMES P reston
Both administration and con­
gressional circles are working on
various plans to permit a general
increase in wages and at the same
time observe the “hold-the-line” or­
der of the president. These pro­
posals are coming from both the
friends and foes of the admin­
istration who declare that some
new formula must be adopted to
govern wages as a substitute for
the “Little Steel” formula.
THE INSPIRATION OF THE
BIBLE
Part VI
ITS EFFECT UPON MEN
(&u4iuiqton
Government officials here, in­
cluding the president, are wor­
ried over what they describe as
the civilian public’s complacency
toward the war effort. They feel
that the whole war program on the
domestic front ig lagging—not on­
ly in production of actual fight­
ing weapons like ships, tanks and
guns, but also in voluntary man­
power controls, prices, wages and
other factors of the civilian acon-
omy.
WPB Chief Donald M. Nelson,
Under Secretary of War Robert
Patterson and Lieut. General Bre-
hon Sommervell have all pointed
out that while May production
is above that for April, it did
not come up to schedule.
These statements, however, were
not intended as a reflection on
industrial management. Mr. Nel­
son, for example, put it this way:
“No doubt you are asking your­
selves, ‘just what is hampering war
production?’ It now seems clear
that the slowing down of the rate
of rise is due to a number of fac­
tors which have become increasing­
ly troublesome as the rate of pro­
duction has reached the present
high levels. One of those factors is
a shortage of industrial manpower.
Another is absenteeism. Another
is strikes. Another is a false and
dangerously premature feeling that
the ‘war is in the bag.’ ”
NAM President Frederick C.
Crawford has “unhesitatingly” ac­
cepted the president’s nomination
of industry as the provider of
jobs after the war. All industry
asks, he says, is taxes that will
not kill its chances of reconver­
sion after the war, and the lifting
of controls when the time is right.
Another thing that points to
industry as the source of post­
war jobs is the report to the pres­
ident from the National Resources
Planning board which recognizes
that private industry is to be de­
pended on for the “bulk of em­
ployment” after the war. The
board’s report now goes to con­
gress along with the president's
recommendations.
e Forum
ington and Oregon has been left
The Mysterious Land . . .
It is our own. Actually most of us to the state forestry departments,
the
federal govermpent and indus­
know little more of the facts of life
in our timber country than we do try.
superintendents and teach­
of the Everglades or the New Geor­ ers School
everywhere are eager to have
gia jungle.
Take, for example, the wee folk study materials. Independently and
those of over two hun­
of our woods; or one family of individually,
dred schools have asked for and re­
them, the kangaroo mice. How many ceived
the educational booklets,
varieties are there? What is their maps and
posters produced by
size? How do they look, and how American Forest
Indus­
do they leap? This mice mystery is tries for school Products
use. Their use,
a little one, but interesting.
be crowded into the
On a grander scale, there is the. however, must
curriculums, which do
mighty mystery o< the struggle of authorized
not
provide
for
forest study as a
growth between the Western hem­
lock and the Douglas fir. If you subject in itself.
should, for example, drive from The three booklets, “America’s
Granite Falls, Washington, into the Forests,” “Trees for Tomorrow,” and
New Magic In Wood,” are primed
Mt. Baker National Forest, you may “ with
simple facts and fine pictures.
note a curious example of this con­
Two
large maps and five posters, all
flict. A vast mountain slope is main­ in color,
complete the set. Every
ly hemlock forest, but there are boy and girl
in the Douglas fir re­
small dense islands of fit. These are
should have them.
a darker green. One, in the center gion
If
any
reader
would like a set, a
of the slope, is a giant in size, and postcard request
to “Out of the
it has the perfect shape of a dia­ Woods,” care of this newspaper,
will
mond. Seen in the early morning
sun, the distinct shape and the bring one free, postpaid and all.
contrast in green hues are striking. Green Guards and Junior Wardens
In brighter light the hues blend.
In round numbers, ten thousand
What is the story of that forest boys and girls, mostly aged under
mystery? There are many others 16 and over 10, are in the Green
of the same kind throughout the Guards of Oregon, and the Junior
Douglas fir region. They illustrate Forest Wardens of Washington this
a condition that is vital in the fu­ year. Their work is prevention of
ture of our land.
forest fires, and it gives them a very
And there is the mysterious men­ real part in the war effort. They
ace of the mountain beaver—the patrol, they keep lookouts, they dis­
“boomer”—to that future. We the tribute fire warnings, they clean up
people of Oregon and Washington |fire hazards. It is work that pro­
are kept in ignorance of these vides them with the first important
things, and so are our children. lesson of Douglas fir forestry—fire
Little attention is .given to them control.
in the schools of the two states.
In September these boys and girls
It’s No Fault of the Teachers . . . will return to school. Certainly
We have reason to be ashamed of their first lesson on forest land use
the neglect of forest education in should not then be put aside. There
our schools. With a half-dozen strik­ should be means and materials in
ing exceptions, the neglect has been our school curriculums whereby the
well-nigh complete. The school forest education of the Green
children of Mississippi, Alabama Guards and Junior Wardens may be
and the Carolinas are far more in­ carried on by experts—the teachers
formed on the forests than ours. of the nation’s two great forest
Junior forest education in Wash­ jstates.
At The
Churches . .
The CIO is training its guns on
the amendment overwhelmingly Assembly of God Church
Rev. Clayton E. Beish—Minister
adopted by congress to the na­
tional labor relations board ap­ 9:45—Sunday school with classes
for all ages.
propriation bill. This is the pro­
vision prohibiting the NLRB from 11:00—Morning worship.
ordering elections in plants where- 7:30—Evangelistic service.
a labor contract has been in force 7.30—Wednesday evening, mid­
for three months without a com­
week service.
plaint being filed. Originally, CIO 7:30—Friday evening.
Young
opposed the rider on the grounds
Peoples’
Christ
Ambassadors
that it legalized company unions.
service.
Now it says the rider does not
give the company unions a clean
bill of health. Test cases of the Church of Jesus Christ
interpretation of the ruling are Of Latter Day Saints
Sunday school convenes at 10
expected in the fait.
a.m. at the I.O.O.F. hall under
the direction of Charles Ratkie,
branch president and Van Bailey,
superintendent.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Rev. Anthony V. Gerace
Rev. Frederick Thiele
Mass: 9:30 A.M. except first Sun­
day in month—Mass at 8:30 A.M.
Confessions from 7:45 A.M. on.
First Christian Church
—The Livingstones, Ministers
All regular services of the church
will be held as usual on Sun­
day.
Seventh Day Adventist
Church
Services on Saturday:
10:00 a.m.—Sabbath school.
11:00 a.m.—Gospel service.
8:00 p.m. Wednesday—Devotional
service.
Sermon by district leader—third
Saturday of each month.
A cordial invitation is extended
to visitors.
Evangelical Church
—Rev. Allen H. Backer, Minister
9:45—Sunday school.
11:00—Morning worship service.
7:00—Junior and Y. P. Christian
Endeavor.
8:00—Evangelistic service.
8:00 p.m. Wednesday—Bible study
and prayer meeting.
FDR iatp:
Curtail spending.
Put your savings
into war bonds every
psyday.
Again, I conclude that this book
has in it the very breath of God,
from the effect that it produces
upon men. There are men who
study philosophy, astronomy, geol­
ogy, geography and mathematics;
but did you ever hear a man say “I
was an outcast, a wretched in­
ebriate, a disgrace to my race
and a nuisance in the world, un­
til I began to study mathematics
and Jparned the multiplication
table, and then turned my atten­
tion to geology, got me a little
hammer and knocked off the corn­
ers of the rocks and studied the
formation of the earth and since
that time I have been happy as
the day is long; I feel like sing­
ing all the time; my soul is full
of triumph and peace; and health
and blessing have come to my des­
olate home once more?” Did you
ever hear a man ascribe his re­
demption and salvation from in­
temperance and sin and vice to
the multiplication table or the
science of mathematics or geolo­
gy?
But I can bring you, not one
man or two, or ten, but men by
the thousand who will tell you
“I was wretched; I was lost;
I broke my poor old mother’s
heart; I beggared my family; my
wife was heart-stricken and de­
jected; my children fled from the
sound of their father’s footsteps;
I was ruined, reckless, helpless,
homeless, hopeless, until I heard
the words of that book!”
And he wilt tell you the very
word which fastened on his soul.
It may be it was “Come unto me,
all ye that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest;”
perhaps it was, “Behold the
Lamb of God, which taketh away
the sins of the world;” it may
have been “God so loved the
world that He gave His only be­
gotten Son, that whosoever be-
lieveth in Him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.” He’ll
tell you the very word that saved
his söul and since that word en­
tered his heart he will tell you
that hope has dawned upon his
vision, that joy has inspired his
heart and that his mouth is filled
with grateful song.
He will tell you that the 'blush
of health has come back to his
poor wife’s faded cheek; that the
old hats have vanished from the
windows of his desolate home;
that his rags have been exchanged
for good clothes; that his child­
ren run to meet him when he
comes; that there is bread on his
table, fire on his hearth and
comfort in his dwelling. He will
tell you all that and he will tell
you that this book has wrought
the change.
Now, this book is working just
such miracles and is doing it ev­
ery day. If you have any other
book that will do such work as
this, bring it along. The work
needs to, be done; if you have
any other book that will do it, for
Heaven’s sake bring it out. But
for the present, while we are
waiting for you, as we know this
book WILL do the work, we mean
to use it until we can get some­
thing better.
What we most need is the
book itself. It is its own best
witness and defender. Christians
sometimes try to defend the Word
of God. It seems like half a doz­
en poodle dogs trying to defend a
lion in his cage. The best thing
for one to do is to slip the bars
and let the lion out and he will
defendí himself! And the best
thing for us to do ig to bring out
the Word of God and let “the
sword of the Spirit” prove its
own power as it pierces “even to
the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit”
Effect on a Community
If Obeyed
Suppose for example, all the
good people of this town should
try the Bible, say for a single
year. Suppose you start tonight
and say, “We have heard about
that book and now we will begin
and practice its teachings just
one year.” What would be the re­
sult? There would be no lying,
no stealing, no selling rum, no
getting drunk, no tattling, no
mischief-making, no gossiping, no
vice or debauchery. Every man
would be a good man, every
woman a good woman; every
man would be a good husband,
father, or brother; every woman
a good wife, mother or sister; ev­
ery one in the community would
be peaceable; there would be no
brawls, no quarrels, no fights, no
lawsuits; lawyers would almost
starve to death; doctors would
hav» light prattle» Knd plan
of time to hoe in the garde
courts would be useless, jails and
lockups empty, almshouses cleared
out of their inmates, except a
few old stagers left over from
the last ,generation; taxes would
be reduced, hard times woufd
trouble nobody—all would be well
dressed and well-cared for.
And presently the news would
go abroad and we should hear in
Boston, “What wonderful times
they are having up there in Old
Spencer! The people have all
gone to living according to the
Bible.” The news would get into
all the local papers, the Spring­
field papers, the Portland pap­
ers, the New York papers; the
telegraph wires would be kept
busy with the news; they would
hear of it in Cleveland, in Cincin­
nati, in Chicago, in Seattle, Port­
land and San Francisco and the
reporters would start off to in­
vestigate.
One would be inquiring, “Are
there any houses to let in Spenc­
er? Any to sell? any building
lots? any farms for sale? Capi­
talists would come here; some
man from Boston would say, “I
am going to move to Spencer; I
am sick of the noise and hurry
of the city, and I want a place
where I can bring up my child­
ren and not have them go to per­
dition;” there would be a general
rush from all quarters to Spencer.
It would raise the price of real
estate twenty-five percent in six
months; taxes would come down,
property would go up and good
people from far and near would
want to move into town and no­
body who was worth having there
would want to move out. And this
would be the direct result of
reading and obeying this book.
Now, if a book will do that for
a community, what kind of a
book is it? Is such a book the
Lord’s book or the devil’s book?
It seems to me that a book which
will do such worlf as that must
be the. Book of God, inspired by
the very breath of the Almighty.
Submitted by G. F. Brown
FOR HUNGRY SHEEP
“Why do I not find Jesus Christ
a living present Person?” So ask
some of His people. Of old, Peter,
James and John, the disciples had
Him at their side and when the
going was rough, His words gave
them cheer. And why is He not as
real and present to us today?
State it this way—Your heart is
settled on Christ as your Saviour
and the Spirit of God has witness­
ed with your spirit that you have
been born into God’s family. You
have the inner peace and assur­
ance that you are His and He is
yours. But your heart is hungry;
you would have your Christ to be­
come real, present, personal.
Recall if you will, that of old
His people left all to follow Him
and that is still the program. So
to your question as to why your
Lord is not a real present Person,
we in turn ask—’’Have you sold
out to God?” Have you given Him
a quitclaim deed to all that you
are or ever hope to be? Talents,
abilities, days, years; all His to use
to His glory. Washing dishes, run­
ning a drill press, milking cows,
teaching, preaching, living, dying;
in it all He must be free to work
out through you. You are to be
His voice; His fountain pen; His
feet, hands. Out through you He
is to glorify God among men.
Very real to Paul and Silas,
was the Lord that midnight down
in the lower dungeon of the prison
at Philippi. You hear them pray­
ing and singing praises unto God;
their feet in the stocks and the
blood drying on their backs from
the lashing laid on by order of the
magistrates. The Lord filled their
souls with joy. Said Paul on an­
other occasion—“Even unto this
present hour we both hunger and
thirst and are naked and are buf­
feted and have no certain dwelling
place.” But be glorified in tribu­
lation for out of it came a vast
fellowship with God. Now sum it
up. You confess that you are rest­
less, hungry, fruitless. Then you
must die to self and step out into
the field of Christian duty. Out
where you serve ip Christ’s name.
He waits to make you rich with
Himself. It comes down to thia—
“Will you pay the price?”
P. S.—Send your name on a
postal if the going is too hard and
you crave a prayer partner.
Beaverton, Oregon
Paid Adv.