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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1924)
FUNDS FOR FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS WASHINGTON «, ' Oregon get» $136,686 and Washing ton $85,741 for cooperative road and trail projects this year, according to word from District Forester Geo. H. Cecil. Twenty-eight states in which national forests are located wholly or in part will share in the distribution durin gthe current fiscal year of the $1,000,000 fund appropriated by Con gress. This is an annual appropria tion for the construction of roads and trails within the national forests in cooperation with local authorities, acr cording to advice recently received of the approval by the chief of the for est service and the secretary of agri culture. Alaska and Porto Rico will also share in the distribution of this fund, commonly known as the Section Eight Fund. AND HIS FAVORITE CHARGER Thia fine painting shows tne Father of Our Country on his favorite horse. It io the well-known painting from which many equestrian statu., have been copied. Last year 27 states shared in the federal moneys. Pennsylvania having been added to this year’s list follow ing the establishment of the Aller gheny National Forest in that state. This particular fund is expended only under cooperative agreements with state and local authorities and should not be confused with other road building funds expended upon roads and trails within the national forests It is entirely separate from the 25 per cent fund which is turned directly over to the states to expend. ‘ Following are the states and the amounts each will receive from the Section Eight Fund: Arizona, $54,209; Arkansas, $9,732; California, $1263122; Colorado, $67,537; Idaho, $114,764; Montana, $64,889; Nevada, $17,164; New Mexico, $37,945; Oregon, $136,686; South Dakota. $7,495; Utah, $38,319; Washington, $85,741; Wyoming, $45,- 201. Alaska receives $43,919. Florida. Michigan, Minnesota, Ne braska. Oklahoma and Porto Rico will together share in $13,980. Alabama. Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire. North Carolina, Pennsylvania. South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia will together share in $35,597. The sum of $100,«10 is re served for administrative and equip- ment expenditures and special con tingencies. Doing a Big Business 1 he Store is Re-arranged and Stock Displayed for Your Convenience We are runnir Sale Prices on Several Articles, and will publish some sample prices next week for your reference Our Delivery Service is Established. Shop ih Person or Phone For Groceries est Groceries Make Inis Store Your Store Vernonia Mercantile Co. IN HALL & MILLS BUILDING *‘.3t-rvicp That. Means Satisfaation” GILLCHREST& DETROW ___________________________________________________________________________________ wwwmwwf ■ : : ■ THE DATE OF • WASHINGTON’S ■ BIRTH ! I »t WASHINGTON’S EXPENSE * Based on the expenses tor three months in 1780, Wash- ington figured his year's out- lay nt about $25,000. When Washington became president he was unwilling to receive any money from the public treasury beyond hla actual ex- [tenses. At the time hla house- hold included u secretary, an uaslstant secretary, three alda and eighteen aervanta, while a livery of sixteen horses also figured Into the yearly cost Ml ng Nehalem Valley and ' 4 LI) records—what storie« they cnn tell. Sometime* full of romance, •• aouietlines xtiirtllng In their dlsclonures. IM It would Heem that Washington's i Ml birthday, observed for so ninny years I on February 22, wus a celebration founded securely on accurate historical fact» Yet burled In the family Bible of Wa % Ington's mother and written In her own hunilwrlting la nn entry which ' make* one pause with surprise. There i she has clearly recorded the astounding An interpretation of this brief note statement thnt George Wuxblngton shows that the band of Colonel Proc was bora on February 11. Oertnlnly no one nhould know more tor's Fourth Continental artillery ap about thin Important event thnn Mrs. parently took it upon Itself to serenade the commander in chief. This old rec Washington. Tiiere It is In black nnd white In ord brings to light that Valley Forge, with all that that name means of priva her own handwriting: tions anil suffering, was the setting George Washington, son to Au where was staged what was undoubt gustine nnd Mury, Ills wife, wns edly the first recognition in any public bore ye lithe of February, 1732, way of Washington's birthday. about It) In the morning, and was French First to Celebrate. baptised the 3d of April following. There 1 h still another record of those Mr. Beverley Whiting und Cnpt. Revolutionary times which touches us Christopher Brooks, godfathers, perhaps most poignantly today. To the and Mrs. Mildred Gregory, god French is credit due for the first pub mother. lic celebration of Washington's birth Family Bibles, especially In those day. It was In February, 1781, that times, were the last word In accuracy, Comte de Itoehambeau, with true so this statement must be accepted as French spirit, declared a holiday for the indisputable. French troops who were then located By the latter part of the Sixteenth In Connecticut. Washington's birth century the calendar year had become day ft-ll that year on Sunday, so the askew with the astronomical year. It French? general specified that the fol seemed Important that a readjustment lowing Monday be set aside for the be mu de and Pope Gregory Xlll, after celebratlori of the birthday of his com* careful consultation with the learned niander, whom he so highly esteemed. I men of his time, decreed that In 1582 It was another of the many e'^ 10 days should be dropped and ar donees of the close ties between Fran d ranged what ha., since been called the nnd Americn which existed in Rev*» Gregorian calendar. The mandate of the pope was followed that year by Spain*. Portugal, Italy nnd France, but England would have none of it nnd continued on the basis of the old cal endar for another century and a half. Difference of Eleven Daye. By 1752 In Englund the discrepancy had mounted up to 11 dnys, and the disadvantages of two systems of dates was causing great annoyance. It was necessary to date letters going from England or her colonies to Franc» with the dnys of both systems; for tn*.nnce, February 11'22, : • at last to avoid all tills confusion Eng md officially adopt- ! ed the Gregorian calendar anil decreed that 11 days be omitted in the year 1752 betwc:. Set tember 3 und Septem ber 14. So for Waahlugton, Ills birthday In 1753 and nil succeeding years fell on February 22. But there is another record which throws light on what was probably the first public recognition of his birthday. This time the record Is In hip own handwriting. While commander in chief of the Continental armlee, with all hla other responsibilities and duties, Washington found time to keep exact records of all hla ex [tenses. TTieae ex pense accounts were several years ago One of the unique relice of Amort* made available by their fransfernl from the Treasury department to the can history still extant Is the 16-blado library of congress where they were pocket knife whleh was presented to placed with the great collection of . George Washington by Capt. Samuel Do Woee In 17*4. The many blades, r.aahlngton's papers there. In one of Washington's dally ex It will bo noted, are arranged to fold pense account books there la nn entry, Into four slots plaood at right angles nnder date of February 22, 1778, which to eaeh other In the handle. The knife Is now the property of George De Wees reads: of Chicago, III., a descendant of Cap Cnsli paid the 22nd Inst to Proc tain Do Woee. tor'S band bR the G. 0.............. 15a. O ASTOUh mmoh / K^APPA j| V -">1 CLiFrói^ Columbia Watershed WWWfWWH' HAITI z-rrn'CA^ MC UNO, *5r/A- COL .//von irnnox nopr-ìt MILlWOPO ‘’’«'»CO