Vernonia eagle., March 14, 1946, Page 5, Image 5

Here's That
Woman Again
RONA MORRIS WORKMAN
ROCKING W RANCH
Greetings, folks:
After all these months I am
back again. I’ve been lazy. As
a matter of fact, when it came
to writing this column, I close­
ly resembled a balky mule. First,
many of you kind readers used
flattery and little pats and pleas,
ant words to get me going again,
against which I put forth all sorts
of excuses, until I ran out of
any decent ones that hadn't been
worn threadbare.
It got so,
finally, that when I saw one of
you approaching with that why-
don’t-you-get-to-work expression
in your eyes, I began rarin’ back
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and snorting. However, even a
balky mule can stand still only
so long, especially with spring
in the air,, so with mine editor
dangling a bunch of hay in front
of me and the Big Boss push­
ing behind—with the threat of a
knotty club in his voice—this
mule decided she had balked long
enough.
Now I can’t flatter myself
that it was because of his plea­
sure in my writing that the Big
Boss helped to get me moving
again. He is a man who speaks
frankly, and he made it perfect­
ly clear that his only reason for
such drastic action was because I
am much easier to live with when
I am taking things out on you
helpless people instead of turn­
ing it all loose on him. He also
emphatically informed me that I
was to quit dragging him into
these fool articles. That was a
silly thing to hope for
It
would be more sensible to expect
a leopard to change his spots or
a congressman to do anything but
talk. I’ve never met a woman
yet who didn’t, at some time or
another, prattle about her hus­
band. Any woman will agree
with me, I am sure, that a hus­
band is the most interesting ani­
mal in captivity and certainly one
of the most difficult to handle.
You can never tell, before their
capture, just hew they will re-
The care you use in se­
lecting the place to have
your car serviced means
either many miles of
pleasant, carc-free motor­
ing cr a prematurely
worn-out car. You assure
yourself of the forme- when
services your automobile.
3ILL
HEA i H
Heath’s Service Station
Phone ¿711
At the Mile Bridge, Riverview
Your Telephone
Is a Farm Tool, too
Your telephone is one of your best friends in saving
you time, trouble and money in your farm work ... but
it can serve you only when it is in working order. So,
won't you please handle your telephone instrument
carefully. Treat your telephone as you would an im­
portant farm tool, and it will serve you well.
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act. Some of them tame down
quickly and become reasonably
responsive to command, while
others can never be trusted any­
where without a collar and chain,
and still others remain always in
the wild state. There have been
times when to get the Big Boss
to perform in public—for in­
stance, to go out to dinner or
to some swanky social affair—it
has required the expert use of
both gun and whip, plus a few
tear-gas bombs, to quell his un­
tamed spirit. Oh, there is no
doubt that husbands keep life
from becoming monotonous. I
certainly hope that congress
never sees fit to make trapping
them illegal. That would really
start a revolution, or else a
black market on every corner. It
hight, however, be a good idea to
ration them
The rush for hus­
bands these days is worse than
for nylons, and some women
seem to be getting more than
their share-
I think it is perfectly natural
for wives to talk of their hus­
bands, but I do get a bit sus­
picious when they boast too much
of the one they have. It is just
like a man trying to sell a horse.
If he brays beyond reason, you
begin to look the animal over
very carefully. It is quite likely
that the beast is spav'ned, or has
the heaves. He may ¿ven be the
type that tries to ki:k the barn
down when he gets excited, or
one that has to have a fire
built under him when he Is
hcoked up to the plow. Bit if
you hear a man say, with an af­
fectionate slap on the animal’s
rump, that “this darn old flea-
bitten critter • ain’t worth his
feed,” you can bet cn the fact
that he wo ldn’t part with that
same “critter” f r anything you
have to offer.
The Recking M. ranch still Car­
rie? on. There have been changes,
of course. Elack Whimpy died
and now lies near Honey Chile,
the loved Persian, whom some
hit-and-run driver struck and
left to die on the highway. They
rest on the hillslope under a big
maple where the moss is deep
and green ar.d in the spring
the yellow wood-violet? bloom.
Rsddie, the golden cocker, and
Shop, the gay young collie, still
keep us company, and Kim, a
strong,
beautiful
tige--striped
young cat, dropped by some un­
known friend at our door, carries
on Honey Chile’s warfare against
the barn rats- Madame Gertie
and I hav. both become grand­
mothers. Howeve-, she has the
advantage of me. She has ten
lusty new grandchildren, where­
as I can boast of only two since
last you heard f om me. Poor
Madame Gertie. Her pride in her
high lineage and social position
has suffered a severe shock. Be­
cause of the war—and congress,
of course—her daughter stepped
down from her class and con­
tracted an alliance far beneath
her. The disgrace was too much
for Madame Ge-tie, and she re­
fuses to recognize either her
daughter or the charming grand­
children. Don’t try to tell me
there is no class distinction in
America.
One son is home from the Ma­
rines, and I think the song of
spring is in his ears.
The
Daughter-of-the-House and her
soldier- husband live near, and
Michael, th-, tiny new grandson,
has had his first look at this
mad, chaotic world.
Wonder
what he thinks of it? (I could
tell you what I think about it,
but no newspaper would dare
print such language ) Another
son, not yet home, writes that
he has fallen for the ancient lure
and that “she” is w.nderful. I
am sure she is. They always are.
Yes, Spring is here.
The
earth beneath our feet is warm
with the promise of new life;
grass and trees give out a vi­
brant feeling of joy; the daf.
fodils are showing golden cups
and the rose-red shafts of peo­
nies are pushing up through the
dark soil. Nature never gives
up the striving for growth, for
a greater richness of life, so
why should we? And that re­
minds me. I must go but and
spade up a bed for the sweet
peas.
Rundell Gets
Navy Release
RIVERVIEW — Enroute from
Bremerton, Wash., where he had
received his discharge, to his
home in Medford, Everett Runell,
formerly with the U.S N., spent
Saturday here with his father, C.
N. Rundell and his sister, Mrs. Ed
Buckner and family. Mrs. C. N.
Rendell is a medical patient in
Portland at this time.
Mr Henry Schroeder, morti­
cian at Myrtle Point, and his wife
came Sunday for a visit- with
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Hillyer.
Wednesday visitors at the J.
M. Peachey home were Mrs.
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KING’S Grocery - Market
“Where Your Money Buys More”
At the Mile Bridge
Phone 91
Riverview
IN THE MID
MORNING OR
AFTERNOON
Peachey’s sister and brother-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs B. G. Brown
and their daughter, Mrs. Arlo
Cornell _of Richfield, Wash., Mr.
and Mrs. I. O. Short of Prineville
and Mrs A. E. Taylor and son,
Dale of Portland.
Mr. an Mrs. Harvey Malmsten
end daughter of Vancouver spent
Sunday at the parental Chas.
Ratkie home.
Leslie Heim entered the Vet­
erans hospital in Portland Sat­
urday evening for treatment and
observation.
Mrs. Mary Unroe and son,
Tom and Mrs. Unrce’s daughter,
Mrs. Toll and sons of Kellogg
Park, Portland, came Friday for
a week end celebration at the
Louis Huntley home where Nate
Huntley and Tom and Jim Wil­
liamson of Hillsboro were also
visitors. Mrs Unroe is a sister
of Louis and Natei Huntley.
T. F. Hillyer, who has been
working on the St. Helens Mist
started work Monday morning on
The Vernonia Eagle.
The Millis home was beauti­
fied this week by a covering of
brick veneer.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Malmsten
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of Portland spent Sunday at the
Leonard Malmsten home.
Mrs. Olof Jacobson and son,
Laurel, transacted business in
Vancouver Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Roediger and
son motored to Hillsboro Sun­
day fcr a visit with Ed’s mother,
Mrs. Marie Roed ger, and his
cousin who is here on a visit
from Kansas.
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Washington and A Sts.
Phone
113
ar.
You aren’t getting machinery, Mr. Farmer, because...
PICKET LINES
have taken the place of
PRODUCTION LINES!
...so don’t blame your Implement Dealer!
our
implement dealer had planned
Y and expected to have his display
floor filled with new implements and tractors
weeks ago. And we had planned to make
them—had told our dealers and our farmer
customers they would have new equipment
and plenty of service parts for the 1946 spring
work. And we had hoped to sell these ma­
chines at no advance in price.
Real Production Had Started
When the war ended, our organization bent
every effort to increase production, with the
result that in the last months of 1945 ma­
chinery was being built in very substantial
quantities. Here are a few figures:
earnings in the ten plants, not including
overtime, were $1.15!4. If present wage pro­
posals are adopted, this figure will become
$1.3314 per hour.
When the strike began, negotiations were
broken off by the Union on the issue of com­
pulsory union membership. The Company
has no desire to weaken the Union. It recog­
nizes certain reasonable needs of the Union.
But the Company does oppose compulsory
unionism. It feels strongly that an em­
ploye’s membership should be a matter of
his own choice.
Material Cost* and Price Relief
Wages are a basic issue. At the time of the
strike, Harvester employes were among the
highest paid workers in American industry.
When the strike began, the average hourly
Wages and materials are the great costs of
operating our business—together they con­
sume all but a few cents of every dollar the
Company takes in. Wages are obviously
going to be high—and nobody knows just
how high material costs will go.
In the face of rising costs of materials, the
Company does not see how it can pay the
wage increases recommended by a Govern­
ment fact finding board until it has definite
and satisfactory assurance from the Govern­
ment that reasonable price relief will be
granted to the Company within a reasonable
period of time. This matter is of such im­
portance that it will not be discussed here,
but will be covered by future advertisements
devoted to both prices and profits.
Speaking for our dealers and ourselves, we
can assure you that no customer is more
eager than we are to resume production. We
are doing and shall continue to do everything
in our power to bring about a fair settlement
as soon as possible.
INTERNATIONAL
HARVESTER
ITEM
DELICIOUS,
STEAMING
THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE.
T
1
Combines.........
Cultivators ....
Hay Loaders ..
•Plow«...............
PRODUCTION
DEC. 1945
NOV. 1945
7 271
7,432
2,526
...............2,345
3,308
............... 3,482
982
.............. 209
6,702*
...............6,185*
•Plow, are mad, in ovr Canton and Chattanooga Work,,
which ora not on «trike. January production wal 7,747 plow..
Both your dealer and we were encouraged by
this production picture at the turn of the
year. But the strike changed all that. As you
know, the CIO United Farm Equipment &
Metal Workers of America called a strike in
ten of our plants, on January 21, 1946.
What Is The Strike About?
The Cozy
Bus Depot
Ph. 582
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