Entered at Vernonia, Oregon,
Postoffioe as Second-Class Matter.
NEHALEM HAS
RAINSTORMS
Verionia Without Power
Part of Time.
TREES FALL ON ROADS
Snowstorms of Mid-West
Reach Here Warmed to
Driving Rain
The worst rain storm of this win
ter occurred in this district last
Thursday night, blowing over many
trees and putting power and light
lines out of commission for many
hours.
The road between Vernonia and
St. Helens was reported to be pre
carious to travel last Thursday. As
many as seven trees were cut away
by motorists that night on the one
road alone. Other roads leading to
Vernonia were similarly obstructed,
it was reported.
One group of 12 cars took more
than four hours to travel from Houl
ton to Vernonia, because of the
trees that had to be cut and moved
to Clear the roadway. Many of the
motorists who were coming back
from Portland for Thanksgiving
were not prepared for such an emer
gency and few axes were obtainable
with which to cut a way through. ,
No serious accidents’ on these
roads were reported, although some
had some narrow escapes. One four-
foot tree fell across the road that
barely permitted cars to pass under
it. Without a bank on the upper
side tp hold the trunk off the road,
many could not have come through
after about 10 p.m. it was said.
The lights were off again Tuesday
morning because a tree fell across
the line at the Jones Logging com
pany camp.
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TEACHER’S EXAMINATIONS
Notice is hereby given that the
county superintendent, Elizabeth
Murray of Columbia county, Oregon,
will hold the regular examination of
applicants for state certificates at
St. Helens, Oregon, as follows: Com
mencing Wednesday, December 15,
1926, at 9:00 o’clock a.m., and con
tinuing until Saturday, Decenrber
18, 1926, at 4:00 o’clock p.m.
WEDNESDAY FORENOON
U. S. history, writing (penmart-
■ship), music, drawing.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
Physiology, reading, manual train
ing, composition, domestic science,
methods in reading, course of study
■for drawing, methods in arithmetic.
VERNONIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1926.
| SECURE 1927 MOTOR
VEHICLE LICENSE
May I respectfully urge the edit
ors and publishers of the various
papers through out the state to call
the attention of their readers to the
importance of securing their 1927
motor vehicle license early. Appli
cations for 1927 license have been
received by the department since
early in November and license plates
will be mailed for all applications
received on December 1st and from
that date daily as applications are
received. Motor vehicle owners can
greately assist in avoiding confu
sion in the issuing of motor vehicle
licenses around the first of the year
by applying immediately for their
1927 licenses.
Particular attention is directed to
the fact that it is Unlawful to ope
rate a motor vehicle in this state
on and after January 1, 1927 on a
1926 license. In view of these con
dition, will you kindly include in
the columns of your paper during the
month of December brief reminders
to your readers who are motor ve
hicle owners to at once give atten
tion to applying for their .1927 lic
ense? I personally will appreciate
very much any such act upon your
part as I know will the readers of
your paper—Secretary of State.
Wilson-Laraway Wedding
Quietly Occurs in Portland
The wedding of Miss Lilian Wil
son and Dr. T. W. Laraway of Ver
nonia occured November 21 in the-
First Congregational church of Port
land. Rev. Clement Clarke officiat
ed.
Preceding the ceremony, a soloist
sang. During the wedding Mendel
ssohn’s “Spring Song’’ was played
softly on the pipe organ.
The bride wore a wedding costume
of peach chiffon and carried ophelia
roses, violets and lilies of the valley
interspersed with lavender ostrich
plume tips.
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Mrs. Wm. McGuire, the matron of
honor, wore pale green chiffon and
carried pink roses. Wm. H. McGuire
was best man.
The young couple plan to live in
Vernonia, where Dr. Lara way has
been practicing medicine for some
time. The bride, a graduate of the
University of Oregon, is a member
of Phi Mu national Greek letter"
sorority.
The bridegroom is a member of
Delta Tau Delta, national Greek'let-
ter fraternity and Alpha Kappa Kap
pa, a national medical fraternity. He
graduated from the University of
Oregon medical school, interned at
Immanual hospital in Portland and
later at the city and county hospit
al at San Francisco and also at San
Jose, Calif.
Only immediate relatives were pre
sent for the ceremony. Among th'>m
were the bride’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Wilson of Vernonia,
Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Laraway of
Hood River, Mr. and Mrs. Seth E.
Laraway and daughters Jacqueline
and Euphemia of Eugene, Miss El
sa Taylor of Eugene, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph E. Laraway and daughters
Adelaide and Barbara of Portland,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Cooper of Port
land, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cooper
of Portland, Mrs. Florence Fletcher
and son Tommy of Portland, Mr.
and Mrs. McKibbon and daughter
Grace of Portand.
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THURSDAY FORENOON
Arithmetic, history of education,
-psychology, methods in geography,
mechanical drawing, domestic art,
■course of study for domestic art.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
■Grammar, geography, stenography,
American literature, physics, type
writing, methods in language, thesis
for primary certificate.
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FRIDAY FORENOON ,
Theory and practice, orthography
(spelling-, physical geography, Eng
lish literature, chemistry.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
The Divorce Problem
School law, geology, algebra, civil
That. is a question that is agitat
government.
ing the minds of many thinkers of
SATURDAY FORENOON
today. I say thinkers; I mean men
General history, bookkeeping.
who think they think; men who are
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Green motor 'frantically trying to accomplish 'the
ed to Tenino Thursday, accompanied impossible task of making the world
by their daughters Charlotte, and better and at the same time sup
Nell and their son Norman.
porting a system under which it is
Frank Browning spent Thanks impossible for the world to get any
giving day with Mr. and Mrs. L. H. better. Hearst American some tine
Cates, Mrs. Browning being in the ago ran a series of articles by em
St. Vincent hospital in Portland.
inent writers and divines on this
Mr. Inyart was a PortlanJ visitor question, not one of whom came
last week.
,
within a thousand miles of the cor
Mr. Trehame and Mr. Doughet rect analysis of the cause.
wese in Portland last Monday and
The economic bondage of women.
Tuesday.
There is but one solution of the
Emery Sheeley was in Astoria a divorce problem and sooner or later
few days last week.
all must acknowledge the truth of
O. E. Dent was in Portland last this. The American refers to the
week taking treatments of Dr. Ry'o- divorce evil as the great national
ks.
disgrace. The great national dis
grace is the wage and profit system,
Old Baldwin sawmill, recently which makes of men industrial slav
burned, will be rebuilt at Waldport. es and makes of women the slaves
Fourth street south to be improv of slaves. And as long as such a
ed, in road district No. 13 at Forest system exists the evil will always
Prove.
be with us.
R. Sessman.
NCI OBSERVING THE IMPORT ANT ROOT
SCHOOL STOP SIGNS CROP TESIS MADE
That local motorists are not ob
serving the newly passed ordinance
of the city council in regard to stop
ping at the signs placed there for
that purpose near the schools during
school hours and school days is the
statement made by Marshal Kelly.
The school teachers are cooperat
ing with the city police department
in an endeavor to encourage every
one to strictly observe the law for
the safety of the children.
Marshal Kelly has made no arrests
yet, but has warned a number of Of
fenders, and there have been many
lately, ho says. About 35 were re
ported to have driven past the st op
signs of the schools on Monday and
Tuesday alone when school was in
session and some even during tee
noon hour.
It is expected that it will be nec
essary to arrest a number soon for
failure to observe the law.
High Producing Cows
Make Better Returns
Oregon dairy herds averaging
more than 360 pounds of butterfat
per ccw . lowed the greatest return
above feed etc.a, in the Rogue Riv
er co1/-testing association of Jack-
son and Josephine, reports Neil C.
Jamison, dairy extension specialisf
of the state college.
Herds averaging between 350 a>d'
400 pounds of butterfat per cow for
the year gave a profit above feed
cost of $107.87, according to tie
record while cows from herds ave
raging between 300 and 350 pounds
gave return of $101.50 each. No
herds in the association averaged
less than 200 pounds of fat per c- w
but 17 cows in 4 herds completed
the year with an average of It ss
than 250 pounds of fat. The retu -n
above feed cost of these cows was
$71.33 the lowest in the organiza
tion while 39 cows averaged over
250 and less than 300 pounds of iat
and showed profit above feed cost
of $81.59.
These profits have not taken lab
or into consideration but assumi ig
that the skim milk, manure, and the
calf will take care of all overhead
charges as, taxes, interest, repair of
machinery, and veterinary. Using
the labor hours required as shown
in cost studies in other parts of t ie
state, the group of highest produc
ing cows gave a labor return after
all other'expenses were taken caie
of amounting to 49 cents per hour.
This is a high return says Mr.
Jamison and is due in part to the
cheapness of the high quality alfal
fa hay produced by the dairymen of
this association. The next group pro
ducing between 300 and 350 pout ds
gave a labor return of 46 cents [er
hour and the group producing 250
to 300 pounds gave a return of 37
cents more than the lowest p o-
duccrs, or a little greater than 51
32.4 cents per hour. Thus the hi; h-
esi producers gave a return of 16.4
cents per hour than the lowest pro
ducers, or a little greater than 51
per cent more per hour than the luw-
eht producers.
“In this section of low feed costs
even these lowest producers show ed
a profit but the high produc rs
showed so much greater profit t' at
there remains no argument for keep-
ing the poor producer. Herds rray
be built up to high producing oi es
by using bred-for-production bu.ls,
and saving heifers from the b ,‘st
cows and gradually eliminating he
low producing cpw.”
Drive To Bellingham, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Malmsten and
family drove to Bellingham, Wash.,
Wednesday of last week, return ng
Sunday. On Friday they drove to
Vancouver, B. C.
In the above root crop test there
Were three diferent root crops tried
out, namely; carrots, turnips, and
rutabaga,- of which there were three
varieties of carrots, five of turnips,
and two of rutabagas on about one
acre of ground. Part of the field
was manured and part unmanured,
and some intesesting results were
shown by the use of barnyard man
ure on crops.
In the variety tests, the Imperial
Green Globe .turnip indicated the
heaviest yield of any of the turnips
or of any of the root crops; yield
ing at the rate of 25,930 pounds
to the acre. The rutabagas yield
ed the heaviest where they were
manured but . yielded very poorly
Where. no manure was used. The
carrots showed the least drop in
yield from the manured to the un
manured portion of thé field.
In one test o the carrots there
is no difference from the manured
to thé unmanured, while two of the
variety showed a difference of from
about. 4,330 to 5,368 pounds. I,; the
test of he turnips between the
manured and unmanured portion of
the field the difference ran as high
as from 6,00 to ll,0(> pounds, while
the rutabaga showed a milked dif
ference, ranging from about 14,000
to 15,00 pounds per' acre.
ROOT CROP ‘DEMONSTRATIONS
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(J. C. Skeans, Fé’rn Hjtl^idodfierating
with( the O. A. C. extension, service-
Date of- planting': June 15, 1926.
Date plots, checked, November 10,
1926. '•
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Root' crop ., . Pounds
Pounds
J and
P,er- aero* Per acre
variety
manured unmanured
Carrots -
Oxhart . ’
LLlia 117118
White Belgium
17,594 12,035
Chatenay
15,745 12,035
Turnips
P. Top White Globe ■16,667
6,481
Cowhorn
15,745
9,260
Yellow Aberdeen
15,745< 4,626
Pom White Globe
14,817- 8,331
Sutton’s Imperial
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Green Globe.
25,930 15,745
Rutabagas
A. Purple Top
19,443
2,776
Monarch
18,521
4,626
Seed Flax Profitable
On Willamette Farms
Seed flax this year made an ave
rage gross return ot $21.75 per acre
on 13 Willamette valley farms tot
aling 200 acres, reports William L.
Teutsch, district agricultural agent
for the college extension service.
The lowest return was $9.58 an
acre while the highest was $33.30.
Gross income from spring oats on
the same farms was $12.87 on the-
average.
In figuring returns seed flax was
priced at $2.52 a bushel and oats
at $30 a ton. Income from seed flax
was not so great as from oats in
instances because of poor prepra-
tion of the seed bed or late seeding,
according to the survey. Seed flax
requires a much finer seed bed than
most of the cereal crops. Early
seeding was especially »important
last spring owing to the extremely
hot, dry summer. A 12 to 14 bushel
yield was indicated early in the
season on some lands, J>ut as the
summer progressed some seed bolls
failed to fill and made only a 50
per cent crop.
Reduction of the Willamette val
ley spring oat acreage was recom
mended in each of the six agricul
tural economic conferences held in
valley counties in recent months,
with sc-d flax and barley as the
substitutes. The Multnomah county
confere'ce pointed out that an acre
of seed flax can ordinarily be ex
pected to return more net profit
than spring wheat or spring oats
when those crops are grown to sell.
From 20,000 to 30,000 acres of
seed flax are required to produce a
tonnage equal to that which has
hitherto been imported by the Port
land market for manufacture into
oil, says the report of the Washing
ton county conference.
Seed flax is ideal as a nurse crop
for clover or grass seed because it
uses less moisture than other grain
and doe» not shade the ground so
much, say college authorities.
Stale bread is freshened by wrap
ping the loaf in a dampened cloth
and setting it in a warm oven until
the loaf becomes soft and is again
like fresh warm bread.
This meal is lacking in iron which
is necessary for rich, red blood and
good health:-Hashed brown potatoes
scalloped com, bread and butter,
jelly, applesauce, and sugar cookies.
Foods rich in iron are liver, lean
meat, fish, eggs, spinach, carrots,
whole-grain breads and cereals, and
beans.
Local growers have shipped 31
Bloodspots are removed by mois
tening a small piece of cotton cloth cars potatoes, from $40 to $46 a
with saliva and placing it on the ton, at Weston. ,
spot. Left a few moments the spot
Paving of Columbia Highway
will dissapear.
about completed, at Astoria.
VOL. 5 NO. 17.
KUEHNE WINS TWO
OF THREE FALLS
Harry Kuehne, undisputed light
weight wrestling champion of the
world, won two out of three falls
from Speedy Jones of Seattle Wed
nesday night of last week at the
Rose theatre.
Kuehne won the first fall in 18
minutes. Jones took the second fall
in seven minutes and Kuehne came
back a winner of the third fall in
about four minutes.
The prelinminary match between
Bull Brantana and Joe Kratz went
30 minutes to a draw.
Last night Kuehne wrestled Ted
Brown of Spokane, who was expect
ed to give him a harder tussle for the
honors. A preliminary last night
was held between Brantana and Fred
Adams.
NIVAL FRIDAY
Minstrel Show To Be Main
Attraction
10 PAY OFF OLD DEBI
Side Show Will Open Early
in Various Rooms of
High School.
P.-T. Ann. To Meet.
The next meeting of the Parent-
Teacher association will be held
Monday night, December 6, in the
Washington school at 7:30 p.n. Re
freshments will be served. All those
planning to attend are asked to each
bring a cup and spoon.
A Correction.
In last week’s story of the local
library, mention of the following do
nations were omitted: Mountain
lieart Rebekah lodge $5, Nehalem
chapter Oregon Eastern Star $5.
Books were donated by Emil Mes
sing, Lester Sheeley and Mrs. Mann.
Want Inltind Route as State Highway
‘ "Joining with Columbia and Wash
ington counties in urging anew the
designation of the Inland route from
the Willamette valley ti Astoria as
a state highway, the Clatsop county
court was in Portland yesterday. to
attend the meeting of the state high
way commission.
Jesse Rice’s Mother Dies.
Mrs. L. B. Rice of Rainier, moth
er of Jesse Rice, who is employed at
the Oregon-American mill, died on
Tues<Jay of last week at her home.
Mrs. Pice came to Rainier with
•her family 20 years ago. ,
Nine children, four daughters and
five sons survive her.
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Assemblies Every Two
Weeks in High School
We now. hold assemblies every
two weeks. Our speakers are usually
made up of a group of pupils who
speak on subjects which have been
assigned them by members of the
faculty. The speakers at our last
assembly were: Anna Rea Webster,
Amy Hughes, Della Cline, and Hel
en Hieber.
The boys and girls are working
hard to develop strong basketball
teams. The girls’ team has been con
siderably weakened through the loss
of several seniors from last year,
but the boys were more fortunate
in retaining most of their last year
members.
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The girls glee club is making re
markable progress under the direct
ion of Mrs. Shinn. They will make
their first public appearance on a
program to be given by the parent
teachers organization some time in
December.
The senior class is on probation
at thjs time as a self governing
class. Thus far no very unfavorable
reports have come from their room.
We are all hoping that the seniors
will prove capable of governing
themselves.
The neiy gymnasium will soon be
ready for use. As has been stated
heretofore it will not be entirely
completed until next summer, but
it will be completed to the evtent
that basketball and other games
may ue played there.
This is the first year that art has
been offered as a course in the high
school. The girls and boys, under
the instruction of Miss Perce, are
delighted with the work, and have
already painted some very beautiful
pictures.
Trigonometry is also being offer
ed for the first time this year. The
class is composed entirely of boys
who expect to enter university next
year. This work should make their
university mathematics much easier.
A drive is being made at this
time to bet all the pupils to pay
their student body dues. This spec
ial effort upon the part of some of
the pupils to induce everyone to
pay his dues is being attended with
success.
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At an assembly next Friday after
noon, letters will be awarded to the
The long-planned high schol car
nival will be shown in the auditor
ium of the school tonight. A min
strel show, called Brother Austin’s
Coordinatin’ Cullud Coons, will be
the main event of the evening.
Professor L. F. Austin, with Glen
Hawkins, Donald Hodges, Russell
Mills, Dudley Spencer, Wm. Hill
and Harold Olsen will make up the
minstrel show. It is said that they
have many novel features planned
for the amusement of the crowd to
night.
The boys have been practicing
daily for some time to perfect their
groupt of acts and skits. There will
be duet singing, groupe singing, solo
singing, violin and clarinet solos.
A feature of their presentation
will be the colored girls’ act, which
will include dancing and singing.
The suggestion of having competit
ive singing from them is being tried,
with perhaps a prize for the one
bringing the loudest groans from
audience.
The girls glee club has been ask
ed to sing for the carnival, but it
was not known at a late hour wheth
er they are prepared to sing on
such short notice.
The main show begins in the
auditorium at 8 o’clock tonight, but
the side shows will be open before
that time for the benefit of early
arrivals. After the minstrel show
there will be fruit booths, the side
shows, a fish pond and pie and candy
for sale.
The receipts w 1 be applied on
the last year’s indebtedness of the
high school annual, which still
amounts to about $75. Much more
than this amount will be realized,
it is expected, and will be placed
in the general fund of the student
body for future use.
A large turnout is expected for
this annual high school function
from the town folks who have
children attending school and many
others.
boys who won them in football and
track last year and football this
year. The girls who won them in
basketball last year will also receive
letters at this time.
The athletic letters were made by
the sewing class this year. Scholar
ship letters ate being planned for
all of the last year “honor pupils.’’
These letters will also be made by
the members of the sewing class.
Miss Goodin is the director of this
class.
Last week was the end of the sec
ond report period. Reports on the
whole are said to be better than
those of’the first period.
The freshman class will have
charge of the sale of Christmas seals
in the high school, which is conduct
ed by the Oregon Tuberculosis as
sociation. Each year the freshman
class has had charge of this sale.
The high school pupils attended a
matinee Tuesday afternoon to see
“The Volga Boatman.’’ This picture
was brought to Vernonia by Mr.
Bush, the manager of the theater,
mainly for the two schools of the
city.
Senior Claes.
Anna Rea Webster is still absent
from school, supposedly from injur
ies received in an accident.
Lacretta Johnson is back from
Portland where she received an op
eration. She has been absent about
four weeks.
Norman Pettijohn has returned to
school after a short illness.
The seniors have the relay again.
It has been absent from the room
for some time. The key of knowl
edge is also on the wall of their
room. The seniors are said to be
very proud of their room and keep
it in good condition. They also try
to keep out other classmen.