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Oregon-American Lumber Co. to Start Sawing About July 15th
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VERNONIA STEAM LAUNDRY
QUALITY WORK GUARANTEED
A Vernonia Institution, Modern in Every Respect
WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER
Quick Service—Watch for Our Car
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Vernonia
Electrical saw* cutting at a rate of 600,000
The feet per day will toon be heard, it is
Oregon-American Lumber Company expected that the first log will be
ha* their large new milF about com­ stabbed about the tenth of July. That
pleted and ready to itart actual «aw­ day, the day of the first sawing, will
largest
Driven Saw Mill in the U. S.
REAL ESTATE -INSURANCE
TOWN PROPERTY OUR SPECIALTY
HOUSES—LOTS—ACREAGE
FIRE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE
ing. For two year* a large force; a
go down in history. It will be the big­
• mail army of men, have been em-
I ployed in the construction work. The
gest day in the history of the Ne- <
halcm valley. It will be the day that
' big mill property cover* two hund-
many people have anxiously waited
for these many long years. A new era ' I
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Big Pond is now full of log* ready is dawning. A new industrial era. A
I to be sawed into lumber The pond >ew ciay; All Vernonia la gUdl all
covers forty acres. The hum of the the state of Oregon is bene....u.
joining
Vernonia.
The
REFÓRES TAT1ON BILL
IS NOW A LAW
KAVANAGH LAND CD.,i WEST OF BANK
Also Far n Lands
MILES ON TWO
YARDS OF 8CRIÍ».
Your mileage is greater
and costs less when you
travel on Red Crown
gasoline and Zerolene
oil. Use convenient
Standard Oil Company
Scrip, in $5, $10 and
$20 denominations;
accepted by Standard
Oil Service Stations
and dealers wherever
you motor. Fine for
touring. Saves carrying
cash. Economical.
STANDARD
of QUALITY
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(CALIFORNIA)
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The1 Wednesday
afternoon
clu!>
was entertained at the home of Mrs,
YO UNEEDN’T BE A FISH
to enjoy a swim in a Bath Tub which we will in­
stall in your home at moderate cost. Several dif­
ferent styles from wihcli to choose, with other
Plumbing to match. Let us estimate on your work.
Berglund
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I R. A. Space with Mrs. Grundin, Mrs.
THE PLUMBER
President Coolidge signed on June J Oatman, Mrs. Kingsley and Miss Lot­
In Beall Electric Bldg.
" 7, the Clarke-McNary reforestation ' tie Bergerson ns guests, on Wednes­
’ bill, the first act ever passed provid
day of last week.
. ing for a forestry policy for the na-
- tion. The new act lays the founda­
tion for a sound system of forestry
and forest protection in this country
This is the measure,for which efforts
have been made steadily for five
years by federal, state and private
foresters, by forest protective as­
sociations, by lumbermen, timber
owners and business men of the (J. S.
The act is a recognition that
federal government, states and
private timber owner each have-
interest and a responsiblity not only
in the protection but the perpetuation
of the forests of the nation and that
each should bear its share of the cost
The reasons for the splendid performance
forest officers state.
The fact that there are 81
and endurance of the True Blue Oakland
lion acres of denuded and idle
Six are not hard to find.
est lands in this country, that 10
million acres are being cut over each
When a car is built by a permanent organi
year, that about 33,000 forest fires
occur anunally sweeping over 7 mil­
zation such as Oakland; when it is hacked
lion acres, that we are cutting and
by unlimited engineering and financial
let burn up our forests five times
resources such as General Motors
faster than we are growing them, are
[some of the things that make the
and when all concerned set out de
Reforestation Act of 1924 of vital
to build the finest light-six in its field
importance, forest officers say.
—you would just naturally expect that car
Important features of the Act are
listed by forest officers n;, foliox ■;
to be a success.
! provision for cooperation in fire pro­
tection by government, state and pri
The soundness of Oakland’s design and
vate owner of timbered and f~ est-
construction is admirably reflected in the
producing lands; a nation-wide study
way this True Blue car performs. See it.
of forest taxation; provides for for­
est planting on cooperative basis be­
Ride in it. Drive it. Make it your basis for
tween the government and states;
comparison in choosing your new car
for farm forests, such as farmers’
woodlots, windbreaks, etc.; extends
the provisions of the Weeks Law of ’
Gilby Motor Company
March 1, lUljl, allowing the purch­
Vernonia and St Helen«
ase by the government of lands suit­
able for timber production through­
out the United States; provides a
way for donation to the federal gov­
ernment of forest lands; the crea­
tion of forests from public domain
after approval by the National For­
est Reservation Commission and Con­
gress; and the making of national
forests of parts of military and naval
reservations upon agreement of the
secretaries concerned. The Act au­
thorizes the annual expenditure of
2,700,000 to carry out the provisions
of the Act but carries no appropria­
tion for the first fiscal year.
Phone 683
Why the True Blue
Oakland Endures
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