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Colombia County
Kntered a» McoMd-claM matter August 4, 1022, at the post office at Vernonb, Oregon, ander the Act of March 3, 1879
VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1922
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Volume 1, Number 10
Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner
NEHALEM VALLEY
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER
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GET THE HIGHWAY FIRST
THE EAGLE’S OPINION
CITY IN OREGON
THE LUMBER CENTER­
VERNONIA
From the Timbrrinan we clip the
following lines out of a page article:
Epoch-making Evant
"Opening of regular traffic by the
Portland, Astdria He Pacific marks
an important epoch in the history of
Nehalem Valley, where there is ap­
proximately 20 billion feet of timber,
which will afford tonnage for the
road. The timber holdings of the
Central Cf>al & Coke Co., Kansas City,
Mo., is the objective point of the line,
which will be reached this fall. That
company controls about 27,000 acres
in the upper Rock Creek country.
The development uf this tract of tim­
ber will provide lugs fur a sawmill to
be installed at Vernonia by the Ore­
gon-American Lumber CoM a subsid­
iary of the Central Coal 4 Coke Co.
and controlled by Chas. S. Keith
Equipment is being assembled foi
logging the timber.
Sawmill Will Be I as tailed
"Details arc completed and a site
of 200 acres secured for the installa­
tion of the sawmill at the conflu­
ence of Rock Creek with Nehalem
River at Vernonia. The sawmill will
have an eight-hour capacity of about
250,000 feet. This feature of the de­
velopment will prubably take place
early next year.
"Other manufacturing and logging
developments are contemplated. Some
are already in operation. The Inman-
Poulsen Lumber Co., Portland, owns
about JOO million feet of timber trib­
utary to the Oregon-American hold­
ings. lhe railroad is beiog pushed
into this tract as rapidly as possible
in order to provide a log supply for
the mill at Portland. It is possible
that some of the Inman-Poulsen tim­
ber may be taken out this year. Some
of the logging equipment and much
of the camp equipment is now assem­
bled at Vernonia awaiting shipment.
The Inman-Poulsen timber is approx­
imately 20 miles from Vernonia.
There are three sawmills and two
shingle mills in operation at and in
the vicinity of Vernonia. These plants
are of recent installation and have
found a local market for their prod-
UCt."
“THE TIMBERMAN1
The Titnberman, the big interna-
tional lumber journal, published in
Portland by Gao. F. Cornwall, is
showing interest and much favor to
the big, rich Nehalem Valley and Ver­
nonia.
The Timl»erman recently devoted
two whole pages to the timber in­
dustry uf the valley, and this week
Editor Cornwall writes us that The
Timberman is presenting the Ver­
nonia Eagle with the cut of the
"Nehalem Valley and Columbia
Watershed." adding in his tetter
"We had it made especially for you."
Through this extended courtesy we
are able to publish the picture this
week. Study it, the information is
valuable, the map absolutely correct.
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The Nehalem Valley being more No Excuse for Longer Delay in the
The power and light question was
thickly populated every month, wants
the main topic of conversation this
Building
of
the
Inland
Highway
New Big Mill to Be Built of Concrete to be represented in county affairs.
vevk, and the more conversation tha
MANUFACTURING PLANTS
Everyone in Columbia County will
From Portland to Axtora, via
and Steel.
less accomplished toward a united
agree that Vernonia is entitled to a
opinion. As far as our ideas are con­
Vernonia
county commissioner and all agree
cerned the question is settled. We
Twin Lumber Co. has a 25,000 ca­
that Win. Pringle would make a good
"Vernonia Day" is still being talked
c-n’t see much in the subject to war­
pacity sawmill located at Vernonia.
one. Then why not vote for Win.
This plant was established about a about in newspapers over the state, Pringle for county commissioner.
World’s Fair or no Fair, the most rant argument. In years to come, if
year ago and is controlled by A. J. and many suggest we hold an "An­
important work right now' is the In­ Vernonia is compelled to put up with
Kroner!, a well-known Portland lum­ nual Vernonia Day’’ every year.
land Loop Highway from Portland to a little plant burning high priced fuel,
The Eagle’s slogan of "The biggest
berman. The Twin Lumber Co. sells
Astoria,
through the Nehalem Valley we will not be one who helped to keep
Republicans have watched all sorts
its product locally, and furnished little city in Oregon" is fact more
and Vernonia. Of more real import­ out a big hydro-electric plant. As for
of
schemes
and
issues
rise
and
fall
much of the material for the comple­ than fancy, noticeable by the many
ance than any highway route in the ’ investigating,” we can’t very well
in an effort to win a few of »he mild
tion of the Portland, Astoria & Pa­ new buildings constantly being
state with the exception of Pacific!
Vernonia
erected and the many visitors calling minds to the Democratic fold, Noth- Highway. Farmers, dairymen, tim-> investigate any further.
cific Railroad.
ing
doing,
however,
as
far
as
Repub
­
and other towns not far away investi­
every day aud new-comers locating.
bermen, mills, schools, towns, rich
Graham Lumber Co. has a 20,000 ca­
Vernonia, not only the metropolis licans are concerned. The little bluffs communities have been “shut in’’ long gated for a lorg time. The whole
pacity sawmill located four miles of the Nehalem Valley, situated on and the tricks hatched to win sup­ enough. Clatsop County is busy world has investigated and found the
south of Vernonia, on the line of the the Inland Loop Portland-Astoria port for Pierce are falling flat. In­ Multnomah County will meet us, now hydro-electric the best, surest and
Portland, Astoria & Pacific.
Highway, is fast growing to be or.e vestigation and time to think it over Washington and Columbia Counties cheapest light and power. We can't
has proven the Pierce boom a bubble
I of the busy, big towns of Oregon.
get busy. The Eagle suggests that a try them all. We ean.t put in a
H. C. Johnson has a shin gle mill
Our biggest need is more buildings, The various issues are atl "supposed” delegation from the three counties of steam plant to try, then a water plant
two and one-half miles south of Ver-
and "imaginary" issues that have no
both homes and business houses.
Clatsop, Columbia and Washington to try—it’s too expensive and too long
noma. This plant is equipped with
Vernonia’s new era dates from last party connections. Arc you a Re- meet with the State Highway Com­
one machine.
to wait. Every capitalist, every or­
publican?
If
you
are,
you
are,
and
November, when the Great Northern
mission as soon as possible. The same ganization, every psoer and magasine
you won’t be fooled.
and
Northern
Pacific
Railway
Com
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Beaver Lumber Co., Vernonia, ope-
committee, if necessary, can attend urge the development and harnessing
talcs a sawmill six miles southwest panies acquired ownership of the
the legislature with their appeals. We
of ths water pewer. Here comes a
Portland, Astoria & Pacific Railway,
of Vernpnia.
also suggest that commercial organ­
the line projected by th< Oregon
The Inland Highway has, at pres- izations of each city enroute prepare mm wanting to put a plant in Ver­
Ohlen Bros., Timber, Ore., have a American Lumber Company, control ent, a friend in Governor Olcott, The
to appoint and meet expenses of their nonia, no cost to the city; if we don’t
plant which formerly manufactured of which passed to the Central Coal Governor recently expressed surprise
want lights we don’t have to have our
respective communities.
shingles but at present is engaged in & Coke Company of Kansas City, Mo., and wonder at the bright future for
houses wired; if we don’t want power,
the manufacture of broom and mop one of the largest producers of South­ the Nehalem Valley, and remarked
we can use the washboard. Mr. Bar­
handles and shade rollers, which have ern pine and prospectively the largest that the highway was needed. We
dick means business; he is sincere, he
an outlet in the Portland market.
producer of Oregon lumber.
will get it, and the Eagle
_
is _ glad to
CAR AND FOOD SHORTAGE
is square, reliable, dependable and a
The partly completed railroad ex­ think that the Governor is and will
Beaver Logging Co. is installing a
worker. He is offering something
tending on from Wilkesboro, the ter­ be our friend in our efforts to secure
camp on Beaver Creek tributary to
that
accans new money, new factories,
minus of the United Railways line, the highway.
the line of the Portland. Astoria &
When there is plenty of everything, light, health, protection,
and the
was soon take over by the construc­
Pacific. Peter Connacher, of the
everybody ought to have plenty. This greatest advancement and drawing
tion department of the Spokane,
Clarke County Timber Co., Portland,
year every family ought to have a card Vernonia could possibly get It
Portland 4 Seattle system, the joint
is interested in the Beaver Logging
Pretty hard to make the average basket of apples for the children to
property of the Great Northern and
is simply a question of “Do we want
thinking man see any other way but run to. The farmer’s hogs are munch­
Co. Camp houses are being installed,
Northern Pacific, and work pro­
that the Republican power—the Hard­ ing apples freely and everybody light and power iww or do we not?”
equipment assembled, and prepara­
gressed steadily until now it is in con­
ing administration—has been a splen­ knows it pays better to feed apples to We think the kA owners up in Central
tions are in progress for active ope­
dition for operation. Within another
did success. The country was turned children than to hogs. Every family Addition, and we are of them, surely
rations early next year. Some fall­
15 days the line be ready to carry
over with all its war problems to ought to be buying apples by the need a light or two, or stay in after
ing and bucking is being done.—The
any traffic offered.
Timberman.
solve ; unrest was evident every­ bushel; instead the housewives are dark. These remarks are the honest
The Portland, Astoria 4 Pacific
where, Liberty bonds were selling be­ taking home apples in little paper opinions of the Eagle.
We have used
line is 32.6 miles in length from
low par; thousands of unemployed bags. They buy them by the pound, both kinds of power and we know our
Wilkesboro,
which
is
twenty-seven
FIELD FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITY
were in the bread line; there was no and the grocer lifts out the big apple opinions coincide with opinions of all
miles northwest of Portland. This
work; no wages. Today, labor is gen­ and puts in a little one to make the town builders on the subject We ate
sixty miles of railway is more than
erally employed, in fact, a labor scales balance exactly right.
honest in urging good things and
half way to Astoria to which point it
shortage. Prosperity is surely very
The great war almost put an end
But the boughs of the early apple
ultimately may be extended.
more people to our city. We need
near; more building than ever be­
to agitation for public ownership, but
The terminus of the new line is two fore; your bonds are better than trees had to be braced up to keep
nesate M
now it appears to be coming to the
them from breaking and thousands
miles beyond Keasey, which is two cash; the commercial and financial
SM. To
front in all parts of the United States.
of bushels never were picked because
miles west of the Columbia-Clatsop activities are now, under the Repub­
h»ve the
It is said in trade union quarters county line.
the growers couldn’t get enough for
lican administration, as good as any­ the fruit to pay for the trouble of
that Mr. McAdoo is getting ready to
It is a standard built railway, has one would hope for.
run for President in 1924 on a public
harvesting it. The same fate befalls
Wekww
one tunnel and sixteen trestles and
ownership platform.
many other good foodstuff. So it al-' trie men and we know they
as many trusses, designed to carry
The fact that Canada is losing $120,-
Pennsylvania’s dog that was born ways happens when there is plenty. make a success of the enterprise that
the heaviest traffic, which for some
000,000 a year directly and indirectly,
without a tail has much to be thank­ The system of food distribution in an experienced electrician can. We
years will be mostly logs and lumber
on her socialized railways does not
ful for. It will never be the victim this country is maintained only by like these same men, however, and be­
Approximately $2250,000 has been
enforcing a partial shortage.
seem to have any effect upon the
of a "canning" party.
lieve them just as much interested in
expended on the new railway exclu
The reason is the failure of the
advocates of socialism in this country.
sive of equipment. The line will be
Vernonia as we are. On every other
means
of
transportation.
Always
Public ownership of industry offers
before
Wise buyers read the ads
operated as an yitegral part of the
subject
we are with tnea for Ver­
the greatest field of activity for the
they go to the store to spend their there is the cry of a "car shortage.”
Spokane, Portland & Seattle system.
The year 1920 stands out as the one nonia's good, and we are sure hoping
professional politicians as it in­
money.
If
the
ad
isn
’
t
there
they
Billions and billions of feet of the
that witnessed our heaviest produc­ they will help us boost thia and all
creases political juhs 100 fold and
best quality of fir timber will come don't read it. The wise merchant will
tion, yet there was a continuous car othea big things we eau secure for
builds up a political machine that is
take
the
hint.
out of the region tapped by the As­
shortage that year, and the necessi­ their good, our good, the city’s good.
self-perpetuating due to the large
toria, Portland & Pacific Railway.
ties of life were hard to get at rea­ An optimist will certainly get patron­
number of beneficiaries cf the system
One of the largest owners of timber,
A man in a neighboring town won't sonable prices. Perhaps it doesn’t pay age and hold it. Citizens all. let’s go.
whu naturally vote to keep them­
the Central Coal 4 Coke Company, give the newspaper man any news be­ the railroads to have cars enough to
selves in office—and the taxpayer
has 27,000 acres of timber which orig­ cause the editor doesn't happen to be­ handle the country’s business. But Let’s keep Vernonia the busiest little
foots the bill.
inally was owned by John E. Dubois long to ti:e same church as he does, no one can prove that it pays the town in Oregon and let’s have our
of Pennsylvania and later by the "if we both happen to get to heaven,” country to have a car shortage. The eity of 5000 people in three years. We
Many a radio operator has to work David Eccles group. This company says the editor, "the joke will be on food that goes to waste in this coun­ pre with you for it; that is why we
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a lung time before he has more than now is building six miles of logging him.”
try every year would buy an awful lot are here.
railway from Vernonia into the tim­
of freight cars.
a speaking acquaintance with his re- ber
Ttachers’ Institute. St. Helena, Oc­
and has under construction a
cciving set.
When two people get a divorce it
large capacity sawmill at Vernonia
tober 11, 12 and 13.
is
a
good
indication
that
they
have
. , Indicative of the permanency of ope
The term "flapper," we read, '* rations is the plan to construct th« bea"rti to understand etch ether.
more than 200 years old, but we at mill of concrete and steel. This prob­
least dare say time has wrought many ably will be the first sawmill in this
Are you doing your duty toward
changes in her.
part of the country to be built on your home town, are you helping
boost its natural resources and the
permanent, fireproof lines.
Any wages these days that does
business institutions it maintains?
not provide for the purchase and up­
^re there not some things ir. your
keep of a flivver will not be very
Cut out and save the map town just a little bit better than those
•n other towns and are worthy of a
popular.
appealing on another page. •?ood word from you ?
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WE PAY IN TAXES
Drug Store for Well People
State, County aud Co. School Fund____ $190.56
Next to the little church and the local
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School District No. 47
73 11
Bank, the little Drag Store on the Mein
Union High School No. 1
43 15
Street Is an Outatendlitg Mark of •
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83 90
City Tax
221.72
Total Ci|y Tax
541.73
Grand Total
&
“ Speoial tax
119 85
>732.29
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