At the Churches EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN Master Warns of BPA Rate Fight The well being of every North west citizen is threatened by the —Rev. Allen H. current campaign to force Bonne Backer, Minister ville power administration to in 9:45 — Sunday crease its rates, according to Mor ton Tompkins, master of the Ore school gon state grange. 11:00—Morning worship. ‘.This is not a question of pub 6:30 p.m.—Young People’s service. lic vs. private power. It is a move 7:30—Evening service. Wed. Eve., 7:30—Bible study and on the part of eastern and mid west industry to keep the Pacific prayer meeting. Northwest in the status of a back LATTER DAY SAINTS ward empire,” he asserted. Sunday school convenes at 10 “The standard Bonneville rate a.m. at 925 Rose Ave un<L produced net revenues in excess er the direction of Charles of $4,000,000 last year, which is at a rate more than ample to L< ng, Branch President. Polly amortize the investment of the H. Lynch, Superintendent. government within the time limit 7:00 P.M. — Evening Sacrament set and gives the lie to Repre sentative Ben Jensen of Iowa and N tZARENE CHAPEL Robert Jones of Ohio who are T le church that cares. spearheading the fight to have --H. L. Russell, Pastor Bonneville’s wholesale rate upped, 1208 Bridge St. claiming the rate to be ‘obviously inadequate’ to repay the cost of 9:45 a.m.—Sunday school. the project,” Tompkins asserts. 11:00 a.m.—Morning worship. “Low-cost power is the life 7:45 p.m.—Evangelistic services. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday—Praise and blood of the Northwest’s industrial economy. Without it, we will be prayer. at the mercy of the industrial em ST. MARY’S CAThOLIC pires of the east and mid-west Rev. Anthony V. Gerace which have been built up through Rev. J. H. Goodrich utilization of resources of coal Mass: 9:30 a.n,. sxcept first and oil which we in the North Sunday in month—Mass at west do not have. And that is 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. just where we will be if the Confessions from 7:45 a.m. on. group for which the Jensen-Jones combination is acting has its way. ASSEMBLY OF GOD -—Rev. H. Gail McIlroy, Pastor The balance of power is now in 9:45—Sunday school with clas their hands and only united action on the part of every Northwest ses for all ages. citizen will prevent them from 11:00—Morning worship. having their way,” Tompkins con 6:30—C. A. service. cluded. 7:30—Evangelistic service. 7:30 Tuesday—Prayer meeting. • SEVENTH LAY ADVENTIST Services on Saturday: 10:00 a.m.—Sabbath school. 11:00 a.m.—Gospel service. A cordial invitation is extended to visitors. FIRST CHRISTIAN —Ernest P. Baker, Minister 9:45—Bible school led by M. L. Herrin. 11:00—Morning worship and Jun ior church. 7:30—Sunday evening service. 7:30 Wednesday—Prayer meeting. It’s All Right To Keep Your Fingers Crossed « 1. . . . It’s safer to have good brakes. An adjustment or re line job now may save you costly repairs later. Ask Lee for an estimate of the cost. Don’t delay. Lee Motors Sales and Service VA to Select Appraisers Now In action aimed at giving vet erans increased protection against buying of over-priced real estate, the western administration has taken over selection of the ap praiser for each GI loan, at the same time dropping its former policy of permitting lending agen cies to pick any appraiser from the VA-approved panel. Thomas M Craig, VA repre sentative here, explained that this tightening of GI loan policy agair.st real estate inflation means that the VA now desig nates by name the appraiser for each piece of property considered for purchase by a, veteran. Explanatory letters have been sent to 300 lending institutions and to 280 approved appraisers in Oregon. The VA’s roster of appraisers has not changed, ex cept for five earlier dismissals. The new policy, effective since January 2, is expected to halt the tendency of a few lenders to use exclusively the services of certa’n “obliging” appraisers. The lending agency now sends its request to the VA’s regional office in Portland in a simple let ter in duplicate for each appraisal, giving the veteran’s name and identity of the property. The VA will return one copy after writing in names of its designated ap praiser and one alternate. Closer control and reduced du plication of appraisals on the same property for different lend ers are expected, Craig said. Craig meets with veterans each Wednesday morning at the city hall in Vernonia. THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1947 5 ■■■ ., , ■ f—■ > , ■ , . ------------------------------ ------------- ---------------------- Oregon State Fair Dates Set % • The 1947 Oregon state fair will open on Labor day, Septem ber 1, Director E. L. Peterson and Manager Leo G. Spitzbart an nounced last week. The dates were set by the state board of agriculture at its recent semi-annual meeting. The 1947 fair will run seven days, closing Sunday, September 7. The seven- day exhibition has been scheduled for a number of years, as also has been the Labor day opening. Fair officials and the board are already giving attention to strengthening some of the phys ical facilities at the fair grounds. This applies particularly to those overtaxed on the days of greatest fair patronage. At the 1946 fair, the first after a four-year war recess, more than one-fourth of the entire week’s paid attendance of nearly 200,000 persons jammed the grounds on the opening day. Crowds smashed all previous rec ords. In setting the dates for this year’s fair, the officials are op timistic that the farmers of Ore gon will point to that week with a record exhibit of livestock and farm produce. • Ag Bccklet Ready For Distribution A revised edition of the book let, “Agriculture in Oregon,” is now being mailed in response to queries for information about .Oregon farming, the stat; de partment of agriculture reports. Besides containing a general pic ture of farming in the various sections of Oregon, the 32-page booklet gives considerable addi tional agricultural data, mostly broken down to a county basis. Much of the statistical informa tion is from the federal farm cen sus of 1945, although the state 30 Tour Tree Farm Saturday Trapper Wins Daily Award James K. Martin, well known trapper from Birkenfeld, is a winner of the daily award for correct pelt handling in the Eighteenth National Fur Show conducted by the Raw Fur Mar keting Service of Sears Roebuck and Company at Seattle. Martin’s carefully handling of mink pelt brought him one of the $5.00 daily awards, as a result of its being judged one of the three best handled skins among all pelts received at raw fur marketing station in Seattle on Saturday, December 28, and in addition en titles Martin to consideration for one of the major awards, in- vluding $1000.00 first award to be selected at the final judging which will be held in April. Correct pelt handling — the prime purpose of the fur shows—- has proved to be of vital import ance to trappers due to the fact that milllions of dollars were for merly wasted through careless incorrect skinning, stretching and drying of furs—dollars which could readily have gone into the trappers’ pockets instead pf be ing cast to the winds. Well-pre pared pelts command more money than poorly handled ones thus increasing not alone the earnings to the trapper, but the value of our country’s natural resources, (See Story Page 1) Thirty professors and students from Oregon Stat* College came here by bus Saturday on a special trip to view first-hand the work that is being dorte on the Colum bia County Tree Farm. The vis itors were taken on a tour by Farm Supervisor Glen Hawkins. Making the visit were: W. Mc Culloch, J. R. Dilworth and R. F. Keniston, professors and Wayne O. Harris, James C. Manley, Scol- lay C. Parker, A. L. Sorseth, Milt Easton, Sherwood C. Trotter, N. E. Bjorklund, R. E. Rogers, Rarryl E. Storm, Ralph A. Wiese, J. W. Wagg, R. E. Corthell, B. H. Underwood, R. D. Schwartzlender, F. J. Lyne, L. D. Hayes, K. G. Borchgrevink, L. thka, R. C. Fink, W. I. Stein, Richard A. Campbell, William J. Sauerwein, J. M. Barnes, C. H. Hinman, E. L. Johnson, Wayne G. Hubbard and R. C. Mangroll. • The estimated American veteran population increased by 210,000 during November to reach a total of 17,905,000, of whom 13,9959,000 had served in World War II. More than 50,000 veterans (in the Pacific Northwest) are en rolled in schools and colleges. For Quick Starts Be sure your battery, is charged and your cars plugs are clean and correctly adjusted. Check today— don’t be delayed. ROSE AVE. GARAGE H. H. Sturdevant ANY NML5 ? MATERIALS DELAYED ? rUKWACES ? has enjoyed the cooperation of state and other federal groups in gathering the material. n IT TAKES A LOT OF CALLS TO GET THINGS DONE TODAY The Forest Grove s NATIONAL BANK À INVITES YOU TO BANK BY MAIL IF INCONVENIENT TO COME IN PERSON & See this bank for LOANS of all types It is an amazing fact, but there are more tele phone calls being placed now than during the busi est times in the war years! This story told to us last week by one of our sub scribers may help you understand why. Our friend owns a lumber and hardware firm, and he told us that he received over one hundred phone calls in a single day, just to find out if he had any nails in stock! And he, in turn, made almost as many calls to sup pliers all over the U. S. trying to obtain the materials his customers so badly needed. Similar stories could be told every day through out the length of our system. Calls from homes are higher than ever, too, both for our local service and long distance. We of your telephone company are doing every thing we can to give you the best telephone service possible. We have much material and equipment on order, but many critical items are still difficult or impossible to obtain. We wish to thank you, our subscribers, for your cooperation and understanding during this period. 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