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Thursday, May 4, 1944 4 Vernonia Eagle Help Your Neighbor Save His Garden People in the Upper Nehalem Valley are beginning in earnest to plant victory gardens to help relieve the antici pated shortage of food in the nation. A great increase in the number of gardens is being urged by the United States department of agriculture to prevent that shortage as much as possible and it is likely that people of this area will co operate with that request by planting more and larger gardens this year than last. Probably everyone realizes the 'need of more food produc tion and the reason for the requested increase but there are some who do not realize that they may be hindering that endeavor as a whole as well as aggravating their neigh bors, especially in towns where people live within a short distance of each other. It has been mentioned, and truthfully, that chickens and dogs contribute greatly to the destruction of gardens if not confined where they can do no damage. In this community, a number of people have fowl and many families have dogs. Both are frequently allowed the freedom of crossing onto a neighbor’s property and no notice is taken by the owners of the damage that this may cause. Freshly ploughed ground is enticing to both dogs and chick ens as a place to dig, but that ground may contain veg etable seeds or young growing plants. The damage which can result from neglect in keeping animals at home is obvious. Help your neighbor’s victory garden war effort by saving his garden from destruction! A Week Worth Mentioning Many weeks have been set aside for many purposes. Some are worth mentioning some are not. Sunday, May 7, marks the beginning of the week designated as National Music Week and that does deserve mention as being worthy of more than passing notice. Local schools and churches have given the week consid eration in previous years and will do so again this year with the keynote being “Use Music to Foster Unity for the Wa,’ and the Peace to Follow”. Increasing importance is being given music as a necessity in everyday life, that increase being noted here as elsewhere during recent years. Many once thought music to be merely for those individuals who possessed a special talent for it and little further consideration was given. Music week committees in industrial areas are in many cases devoting themselves to the promotion of music in war plants and factories. That activity is encouraged by the findings of a study made a few months ago under the au spices of the war production board, which gave every indica tion that self-expression in music, as well as listening, pro vides release from strain and from the tedium of long hours of work. The importance of music to everyday living is gaining more and more recognition, and well it should. Not Too Soon to Begin Registered voters received copies of the Voter’s» Pam phlet a few days ago. The pamphlet contains information about and statements by many candidates whose names will appear on the May 19 primary balot. It is not too soon to study the statements made and the records of achievement of the several candidates who seek nomination when voters go to the polls. Lack of consideration by voters of the things they must decide and failure to cast ballots at election time leaves the decision of important questions and the selection df officials to those who do cast ballots. It has happened that those decisions have been made by the minority of people at election time because the ma jority of people Tailed to take interest sufficiently to express their opinions. Now is the time to study the several decisions that must be made May 19, then be sure to go to the polls that day. Events in Oregon it go at that. That would not solve it at all. That would mere ly be whitwashing it. A thousand acres of new buildings would not make the institution adequate un der the present management, but would probably make it worse. STATE HOSPITAL NEEDS CHANGE SALEM — The dire conditions at the Oregon “state hospital” are finally getting considerable attention. Many candidates for the legislature, especially in Multnomah county, are studying the problem with deep concern and preparing to do something about it. The greatest obstacle to the proper solving of the problem will be the pressure that will be put upon them just to build a lot of big new buildings and let The Vernonia Eagle Marvin Kamholz Editor and Publisher Entered as second class mail matter. August 4, 1922, at the post office in Vernonia, Ore gon, under th« act of March 3, 1879. Official Newspaper of Vernonia. Oregon O iu IOU s M hi 4^1*1101. Pu III - a z —■_— ■ NATIONAL EDITORIAL- NULJK ASSOCIATION GRANGERS PASS RESOLUTIONS EOREST GROVE — A reso lution submitted by Columbia county Pomona grange recom mended the handling of gas and fuel rationing be transferred to the farm transportation commit tee from the OPA was accepted. The request was made on the grounds that those of the FTC knew the needs of farmers and farms as they are headed or rep resented various farm organiza tions. The dog control act came in for revision, grangers asking that the act be changed to include chickens, ducks rabbits, etc., as domestic fowl under the general term of poultry. Deportation of all alien Japs and the revocation of citizen ship and the deportation of all naturalized Japanese who have proved themselves disloyal to the United States was asked in the last resolution. BEAVERTON TRIES FOR FOR UNION HIGH DISTRICT HILLSBORO —- Voters of the Beaverton high school district favored formation of the pro posed union high school dist. in that area by an 89 to 6 vote Monday night. They also ap proved to furnish the present THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDGE * TOPPS At the Churches First Christian Church —The Livingstones, Ministers 9:45—Bible school. M. L. Herrin, superintendent. Classes for all. 11:00—Junior church. 11:00—Morning communion and preaching. Subject of sermon: "Putting Life Together.” 7:30—Evening communion and address by guest speaker, Mrs. Hattie Menzies. THANKS TO A NEW VJlRE DEVELOPED By A LEADING RUBBER COMPANY XijTFji U.S. SIGNAL CORPS COMMUNICATIONS»‘’y MEN CAN NOW SQUIRM ANO VJI66LE THEIR WA/ TO OBSERVATION POINTS * UNASSISTED Evangelical Church —Rev. Allen H. Backer, Minister 9:45 — Sunday school. 11:00 — Morning worship service. 6:30—Junior En deavor and Evan gelical Youth Fellowship meet ing. 7:30 P. M. — Evangelistic ser vice. 7:30 p.m. Thursday — Bible study and prayer meeting. Assembly of God Church U npustr / USES CORL J By-PRODUCTS FOR SI1IÑ6 AND PRINTING TEXTILES. FOR TANKING LEATHER, AND FOR MAK/NG EXPLOSIVES, ADHESIVES. DUST/N6 PWC&Q OyES AND INKS. AN ARM/ PMÍIOÑ REQUIRES ALMOST AS MANV Type WR. IE RS AS A thriving business CORPORATION «ar V O ut of the W oods this pointed observation: 'Local resi Forest Fires Begin at Home . . . ‘'Some facts and Aggers on the dents are culpable in the main for the rise.’ Thus 1942, our Arst year at how and the who of forest Are causes have come out which should war, provided conclusive evidence bring blushes of shame to the that local people and not ‘outsiders’ cheeks of forest folks,” stated are responsible for most of our man- Thoughtful Bill Haggerty, the vet caused forest Ares.” eran Are warden. "I mean, the folks The conclusion was of course sup who live on forest lands, or on ported by many more items of evi farms or in towns amidst the timber dence like the report on the 300 per country. We the people of the woods cent increase in the one national can no longer hide behind the skirts forest. One fact was 5 million more of the city slickers—the tourists, acres burned in 1942 than in 1941. hunters, Ashermen, vacationists, and Another was the Agure of 27,000 the like—on who most causes forest incendiary Ares in 1942—that many Ares and who most needs to be Ares deliberately set in the knowl hauled up before the court of public edge that the act was sabotage of opinion and charged with ruination the war effort! And back of that the fact travel by city people—tourists, of the land.” The veteran Are warden thumbed Jiunters, Ashermen, vacationists—had through a stack of papers, Ale fold been reduced in the PaciAc North ers and publications on his home- west by 80 per cent. hewn desk and came up with a copy There were 208,000 forest Ares of American Forests, the monthly nationally in 1942, and only 7,000 publication of the American For were caused by lightning. An area estry Association. It was the March bigger than the state of New York number. Thoughtful Bill turned to was burned over. an article by John Clark Hunt, “Fire The No. 1 Job . . . Prevention Where It Counts: Facing “The blame goes even deeper and the Facts About Man-Caused Fires further than the home folks who set and What Can Be Done About the Ares,’’ concluded Thoughtful Bill, Them.” as we talked over the grim subject. “Here are facts and Aggers all “It’s with us who are in forestry as summed up in a bunch At to knock professional men—the college- your eye out,” Haggerty averred. trained engineers and other special- "Read ’em and weep. When you get ■ls’-. and protection men in the Aeld over the shock, see if you don’t I. Ke myself who have been schooled agree with me on the moral which only by experience. Each of us looks may be put as, ’To stop forest Ares, too little beyond his own personal begin at home.’ ” work and responsibility. “As a result, we’ve never yet all 300 Per Cent More Fires . .. Here's a pregnant paragraph from teamed up to solve the problem that the Hunt article that gives a snap absolutely must come Arst before shot of his complete argument and any other forestry program can get anywhere That’s the Are problem. his evidence: Foresters have long agreed that it is “Throughout 1942 widespread con 85 per cent of the problem of re cern over forest protection was re- forestation here in the Douglas Ar, Aected month after month in the and three-fourths of the Ares are press (and by radio too). High rank caused by people who live in the ing military men joined forest offi woods.” cials in urging the people of the If you'd like« to read all of the country to prevent Ares. Yet in Hunt article, a post card request to August one national forest reported “Out of the Woods,” care of this a 300 per cent increase in Ores with newspaper, will bring you a reprint. high school building. If a major ity of votes cast and a majority of all districts voting are in fav or of the consolidation, the boundary board will declare the district formed. If no remon strances are filed, the board may declare the district formed after the hearing. Districts included in the pro posal are, Beaverton, Union, MacKay, Kinton, Barnes, Haze dale, Cedar Mill, Bethany, Mc Kinley, Bonny Slope, Cooper Mt., Raleigh, Sylvan, Aloha-Huber, Hiteon, and possibly Garden Home. HEALTH EXAMS PLANNED FOR FOOD HANDLERS SEASIDE — Health examina tions for food handlers and other workers coming in close contact with the public will be made in Seaside under the direction of the U. S. public health servtez, it has been announced. The work is being conducted under the di rection of doctors of the public health service, acting as county officers. As a result of the campaign both the public and the employee will be benefited. Chance for the spread of disease will be mitigated and those examined will have the advantage of tests which will give them an under standing of their own health and perhaps save them from serious disability resulting from an un suspected disease. KNOW YOUR BIBLE No Bible, no faith. Much Bi ble, much faith. Know your Bi ble. Have you the faith to be lieve that Christ died for your sins? Have you the faith to take forgiveness for all sin on the ground that Christ paid the debt? What is your faith when the / going is rough? Do you look ut terly to Christ as life from a- bove? Know your Bible. Much Bible, much faith. Can you say with the Apostle- It is no longer I that live, but Christ that liveth in me? Do you possess Christ as the treasure of your heart? Much Bible and so the faith posses Him. Gunners mate, James W. Dow ling. U.S.S. West Virginia says that six years ago he received Christ as his Savior from sin. He adds that Christ is to him unspeakable joy and peace be yond discription. Christ stands at the door and knocks. Bid him enter and make him the Lord of your life. You need faith? Much Bible; much faith. Know your Bible. 3101 S.W. McChesney Road. Port land. Oregon. This space paid for by an Ore gon business man. Rev. Clayton E. Beish—Minister 9:45—Sunday school with clas ses for all ages. 11:00—Morning worship. 11:00—Children’s church. 6:30—Young people’s Christ Ambassadors service. 7:30—Evangelistic service. 7:30 Wednesday evening—Mid week service. 7:30 Friday evening—People’s meeting. Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints Sunday school convenes at 10 a.m. at the I.O.O.F. hall und er the direction of G. W. Bell, branch president and Van Bailey, superintendent. St. Mary’s Catholic Church Rev. Anthony V. Gerace Rev. J. H. Goodrich Mass: 9:30 a.m. except first Sunday in month—Mass at 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Confessions from 7:45 a.m. on. Seventh Day Adventist Church Services on Saturday: 10:00 a.m.—Sabbath school. 11:00 a.m.—Gospel service. 8:00 p.m. Wednesday—Devo tional service. Sermon by district leader— third Saturday of each month A cordial invitation is extended to visitors. The Forum THE OTHER HALF OF THE ENVELOPE — By, Erling R. Jacobson, chap lain, U.S.N. Others, too, have been similar ly influenced in these overseas experiences and have become gen uinely mission-minded, men who previously been lukewarm on the subject of missions. There was the naval lieutenant, for instance, who said to me, “I am going to start using the other half of my weekly church envelope now.” There was the chaplain who in vited the resident missionary, a bishop of the church of England, to bring the message one Sunday morning. The ^izhop told his story and made no appeal for funds; he merely asked for the prayers cf the men. The chaplain, however, announced that on the following Sunday he would place a box r..; the door to receive an offering for missions. It was re ceived. This congregation, not a large one — perhaps a hundred or more service men — $187.00 that day. There were twenty dol lar bills in that box. These men, you see, had obser ved the results of missionary work. In our midweek prgyer and ' discussion group I asked whether this duty overseas had awakened foreign mission inter est in the men. Everyone present agreed that it had. Two of the men went even further: they had begun seriously to consider offer ing themselves as missionaries when the war is over. The “reservoir of friendliness” to borrow a “One World” phrase, created by the missionary has been an important factor in the success of the military operations in the South Pacific. The- natives are invaluable allies. They have rescued countless fliers forced down at sea. They have fed, sheltered and befriended scores of survivors off sunken ships. Their knowledge of the jungle trails and their uncanny ability to traverse those trails silently and with unbelievable speed make them excellent guides and deadly effective in accounting for the stray Jap patrol or sniper. Yes, they are on our side, un qualifiedly so, and they are es pecially fond of Americans. This amazing and heart-warming com- radship of the natives will receive its due recognition in the account of the ultimate victory. So foreign missionary activity got the United Nations some ef fective allies; therefore, it has been a good thing—is that what I am saying? No of course not. It is what the gospel of Jesus has done for these Melanesian natives who up 'until a compara tively recent date were a war like, savage and primative people. Cannabalism and headhunting were common practices among them. Their tatooed and disfig ured faces and bodies and the spears and war clubs that many of them still carry are vestiges of the savagery and the darkness from which they have so recently been delivered. I have had oc casion to conduct a number of services for them, and I have talked with many of them. “What has Christ brought to you?” I have asked them. I have received several answers to that question. None was quite as el oquent as that single word which came from the lips of a grizzled, somewhat fierce-visaged, old jun gle veteran seated on the ground in the rear of the native building in which we were holding our meeting. “Light!” was his ans wer. (This article to be continued next week.) Submitted by G. F. Brown. LUMBER—Wholesale and Retail See my bargains in kiln dried lumber at $12 per M and up. Open Saturday 8 a.m. to noon. C. BRUCE NEW AND USED PARTS Expert Auto Repairing Gas and Oil Open at 7:30 A.M.; Closed at 7:30 P.M. 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