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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1926)
Omtcmfa VERNONIA, OREGON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1926 Intered at Vernonia, Oregon, Postoffioe as Second-Class Matter. FARM PRICE LEVELS DROP Purchasing Power is 83 Per Cent of Pre-War. WAGE LEVEL INCREASES Total Agricultural Produc tion Greater Than That Of Last Year. That the general level of farm , prices dropped from 134 to 130 per • cent of the pre-war level from Sep . tember 15 to October 15 is pointed [ out in a circular issued by the ex . tension service of the Oregon agri . cultural college recently. Most of the decline waa due to , lower prices for cotton and cotton . seed. Grains and dairy and poultry products made some gains, but most other products were unchanged or . slipped back a little. The relative purchasing power of 1 all agricultural products in terms of non-agricultural commodities at Sep tember 1928 privee, rsaudaad at 83 per sent of pre-war. Thia 5 4 pointe , lower than October 1925. The pur chasing yower of important crops tended to decrease, while the pur chasing power of important livestock products, on the other hsnd, increas ed during September. Total production promises to be greater for the United States as a whole than last year. During Nov ember the composite condition of all crops increased 8.8 per cent and stood at 103.0 on November 1, which is 3.4 per cent above the composite condition a year ago. When acreages and population changes are consid ered, the per capita production is estimated to ba 1.4 per cent above last year and 2.4 above the five- year average. Material improvement in crop conditions were shown in all states except North Dakots, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Nevada and California for each of which slight declines were noted. ditale VOL. 5, NO. 18. LEGION AUXILIARY TO RECEIVE CHARTER STILL SEIZED AND HEAVY FINE GIVEN The newly organized American Legion Auxiliary will receive their charter next Wednesday night, when the local Legion post and members of the St. Helens Legion and Auxiliary posts will be pres- ent for the occasion. At the Auxiliary meeting held Monday night in the Legion hall, a feature of entertainment after the business meeting was a contest in dress making between the ladies. Clothespin forms and crepe paper were used in the art. A style show followed in which Mrs. Essie Nance was awarded the first prize, Light refreshmentB have been planned by the ladies for the joint meeting next Wednesday, Decem- ber 15. Tom Parker and Lee Woods were arrested by state prohibition agents Tuesday morniig four and one-half miles north east of Ver nonia for operating a small still, A quantity of liquor was also found. The two were tried before Jus- tice Weed of Vernonia the same day and a plea of guilty brought a fine of *1000 and eight months in jail. 668 COWS TESTED DURING NOVEMBER A total of 668 cows were tested in the Columbia Cow Testing as- sociation during the month of Nov- ember according to L. J. Bartholomy the tester. Their average production was 676 pounds of milk and 27.9 pounds of fat. A total of 77 cows produced more than 40 pounds of fat during the month. Three pure bred airea were bought at the stock show. All were registered Holsteins. Hammer Brothers, Berlin A Track- sei and Erickson Brothers wore the purchasers. Among the pure bred herds of less than 11 cows, Rudy Anliker, of Gob- la, again leads the association. His 4 registered Holateins produoed an average of 1178 pounds of milk and 44.1 pounds of fat. Jack Anliker, of Goble, was second with an average production of 1040 pounds of milk and 37.7 pounds of fat for his 5 registered Holateins. Fritz Anliker, of Goblo, was third with an average production of 622 pounds of milk and 25.5 pounds of fat for 6 regis- tered Holateins. For grade herds of leu than 11 cows, E. J. Brocks, of Cornelius, was first with an average product ion of 635 pounds of milk and 33.5 pounds of fat for 10 grade Jerseys. Bill Widmer, of St. Johns, was sec ond with an average production 601 pounds of milk and 26.0 pounds of fat for 8 grade Holateins. Glenn Wright, of Marshland, was third with an average production of 467 pounds of milk snd 24.5 pounds of fat for 8 grads Jerseys. , For the high pure bred herds over 19 cows, Chris Siegenthaler, of Lin Movement To Market ton, was first with 883 pounds of The latest figures on movemsnt milk snd 34.4 pounds of fst for his to market indicate rather heavy registered Holstein herd of 16 cows. shipments of sheep as compared to Hammer Brothers, of Deer Island, normal, and increasing hog and beef were second with an average pro shipments as compared to last year, duction of 933 pounds of milk and Exports of wheat and flour, lard 31.5 pounds of fat for their 12 reg and cotton continue on a fair basis, istered Holateins. Henry Behrmann, but meats moved out slowly. of Cornelius, was third with an ave Supplies of dairy products snd rage production of 554 pounds of eggs in storage on November 1 were milk and 30.0 pounds of fat for his relatively heavy, but the movement 22 registered Jerseys. out of storage during October was For the high grade herds of over normal. With the exception of tur- 10 cows, Jep Hunt, of Sauviea Is keys, the supplies of frozen poultry land, was first with an average pro were heavy and there was a tenden- duction of 961 pounds of milk and cy toward more than normal increaa- 86.7 pounds of fat for hie 17 grade es. Some tendency toward increased Holsteina. Fred Ulhman, of Scap supplies of beef and lard appeared, poose, was second with ar. average but otherwise nothing particularly .production . of 931 pounds of milk noteworthy in ths frozen and cured . and 34.2 pounds of fat for his 18 meat department occursd in Octob grade Holateins and grade Guern er. seys. Jacob Rietala, of Quincy, was There is nothing outstanding to third with an average production of note as new in ths business situat- 768 pounds of milk and 82.8 pounds ion. Well informed men point to o* fat for his 28 grade Jerseys. somewhat higher interest rates. Fayne, a three year old registered slightly lessened building construct Holstein, was the high pare bred ion, declining foreign trade, and cow for the month. Her record waa ether rather bearish indications. At 1476 pounds of milk and 70.9 lbs. the same time they discount the pro of fat. She is owned by Rudy An- bability of any very sudden bnsiaess likar, of Goble. , recession. Meanwhile industry con Number 21, a grade Holstein, was tinues active, employment general, the high grade eow for the month. wages high and the cities prospor- Her record was 1296 pounds of ous. milk and 68.7 pounds of fat. She is Wages sad Prices owned by Borlin A Trachael, of The general wage as revealed by Deer Island. average weekly earnings in New York state factories continues to BIRKENFELD GIRL climb. The index figure stbod at WINS SCHOLARSHIP 231 per cent of pre-war in Septem ber, this being 4 points above the Oregon Agricultural College, Cor month before and 8 points above vallis, Dec. 2.— (Special) May John September, 1925. Wholesale and re son of Birkenfsld, freshman in home tail prices advanced slightly daring economies, has been swarded the September, and retail prices steed $74 scholarship given by the Union about the same as September 1925 Pacific Railway company as the but wholesale prices wore about 19 moot outstanding club member of pointe lower. boys’ an) girls’ slub work la Oregon. Dratreasingly bad weather occurred C. R. Gray, president of the Union in the east and conditions are none Pacific systems, personally granted too good there except in the dairy the scholarships. , division. A big cotton crop and low Miss Johnson received a college prices, scarcity of labor, strenu scholarship two yean ago from the ous efforts to finance and market Astoria Savings bank for her work the crop with talk of reduced acre in Clatsop county, but did not ac age next year feature conditions in cept it then. She has been active in the south. The corn belt io experienc- chib work for five years.—Oregon Continued on page 7 ian. , Mac’s concert band and orches tra will give their first concert for thia winter tonight at the Majestic theatre. Under the direction of F. P. McBarron, the local band hrs had unusual success in their pre sentations, and their playing is sail to be especially well liked by those who have heard them. They will present the following program to night : Overture, “William Tell,” Rosini; march, “Bachelor Girls,” Zamecnil ; trumpet duet, “In the Starlight,” Charlesworth and Reithner; ro mance, “Tender Thoughts” Rey nard; march, “Flag of Truce,” Lau rendeau; selecton “Bohemian Girl,” Balfe; march, “War March of the Priests of Athalia,” Mendelssohn; saxophone solo, “Student Prince,” E. Steiner; waltz, "Falling Leaves,” Tocaben; overture, “Poet and Peas ant,” Von Suppe; oriental patrol, “Desert Caravan,” Zamecnik; over. ture, “Jolly Bandits,” Zamecnih. A moving picture will be shown in between the sixth and seventh numbers of the concert It is ari ticipated that many will be in a- tendance at this musical event of the season. ALDRICH IS ELECTED CHAMBER PRESIDENT R. M. Aldrich has beau elected presluent of the Vernonia chamber of commerce, and is said to be anx ious to see the needed work of tl e chamber gotten under way as soon as possible. A meetingof the board of direct ors was held Monday night at which it was decided that because of ti e Christmas rush, no action or meet ings of the chamber would be he d until after the holidays. A number of business men of Vernonia plan to attend the mectin.r of the Lower Columbia River As- sociated chambers of commerce at -. . . . . . . , . . ,, Raimer tomorrow night, which will ....... ’ . ¿» be held in the new union hir~ .nhnnl building school building there. Presbyterian Church Is Most Popular At O. A. C. O. A. C., Dec 6.—Religious pre ference or membership was express ed by 2223 of the 3420 students reg istered this term. Of these the larg est number chose the Presbytérien denomination with Methodist a dote second. Christian, Episcopal, Babtfet, Catholic, Christian Science and Co 1- gregational followed in the order named with the rest divided among 11 other denominations making 21 in all. Full church membership was claimed by 1453 students. O. A. C. Christmas Vacation Starts 18ih O. A. C., Dec. 6,—Class work for this term is scheduled to end Dec ember 10 with the entire week f < 1- lowed devoted to final examinations. Vacation officially begins December 18 and closes January 3, but as stud ents are permitted to leave the ram- pus os soon as their last examina tion is over, all are anxiously awa t- ing the publication of the printed examination schedule. COYLE DANCE HALL BURNED YESTERDAY Fire of unknown origin broke out here at 2 a.m. this morning, completely destroying the large Coyle dance hall, near the center of town. A filipino saw the fire in the rear of the hall and turned in the alarm. By the time the fire department arrived, the flames were beyond control. A nearby building was saved, The loss was said to be entirely covered by insurance. The Lolila Camp Fire girls held their regular business meeting at the home of their guardian, Mrs. Mark E. Moe. A candy sale will be held at the theatre next Satur day night, the proceeds of which will go to defray current expenses. The girls will have their Christ mas exercises Saturday evening, December 18, at the home of their guardian. The next meeting will be Tuesday, December 14, after school. All members are request ed to be present. Santa Claus is coming! And he is sure to bring abundance of the old Christmas spirit with him to gladden the hearts of the kiddies. There will be a community Christmas tree for Bure in Verno nia this year, and Santa will really give treats to all the children who are lucky enough to be present. It is planned to have a 30-foot tree placed in the Cleveland lot near the depot on Bridge street The building formerly occupied by the Gordon Furniture company will be used for the giving out of treats and shelter for the kid dies in case of rain or inclement Weather. So it is assured. Definite plans for the program have not been arranged yet. An attempt may be made to have chil dren sing Christmas carols. Some one suggested that a few numbers by Mac’s band would be really ap preciated, By next week the pro gram will be definitely announced, it is thought. J. C. Lindley, cashier of the bank, has charge of the Christmas fund donations. Two Car» Collide on Oregon-American Hill Two cars collided on the Oregon- American hill east of town about 10 o’clock Thursday night, com pletely wrecking the Ford, which was coming down, and but slightly crippling the Dodge, going up. H. O. Parker, the driver of the Ford touring car, received a cut hand from broken glass. Sam New- ton, who was riding in the Ford received cuts and bruises and his back was sprained a little. Fred Lindberg and Harry Condit, who were also in the Ford, were un- injured. Roscoe Babb was the driver of . the Dodge, but was not hurt in .. . . ,, . , „ „ the clash. City Marshal Kelly in- . vestigated the case and arraigned Condit and Lindberg in the jus tice court for being drunk, They were each fined *100 and $8 costs by Justice Weed. STOP SIGN VIOLATOR MAKES TENDER PLEA After giving numerous warnings, Marshal Kelly recently decided that the time for action had come in regard to observing the stop signs near the schools of the city. An old gentleman whom he arrested recently for driving past one of the signs without stopping was nearly heartbroken for having this charge placed against him. Upon appearing before Judge Reasoner he made the following plea in writ ing in his own behalf: "To the Honorable Court- In reply to this complaint will say that I did not see the “Stop No- tices as I had my curtains up on my car It was not my intobtion to vilate the law. As those atop notices are so smoll if any one not thinking about them would not see them. "Now I hope you will kindly fa vor me by excuseing me this hr the first time that I was turned in. So you see I want to be fair with you. I have no fault to find with Officer Kelly as he was only doing his duty as an officer, I have no doubt but there has been others that past, these notices with out see them. Now Mr. Judge please think this over before you make a crime of it vilating the law as I did not no that I was vi lating the law at the time I past thoes noices as I never seen them. I think you will, under this case with out any more explanation. “Thanking you very nuch for yours favor, Judge.” The judge read the plea, lowered his head and looked at the defend- ant over his spectacles, almost los- ing his dignity with the desire to smile. Instead of passing sentence at that time he continued ths case to some future date. School Wins First Bas- ketball Game of Season The local high school played the first basketball game of the seas on Friday at Banks against that high school 33 to 22. The Ver nonia team has been practice g only four weeks and was not in good condition yet. The game was hotly contested by the Banks Play- era. The basketball schedule for the lower Columbia river district has not been corhpleted yet. It is be- lieved that no league games will be played this month. The Vernonia players who went to Clatskanie were: Hawkins,c.; Whitsei and Bennet, f.; Hodges and Bergerson, g.; Malmsten and Ray, s. Freshmen A freshman meeting was held Tuesday noon to elect a reporter for freshman news. Also a new sergeant at arms. Neal Bush it our new reporter and Carl Berg is our sergent. Phoebe Greenman lost her glass es on the way to school hut luck- ily found them later. The freshmen sold nearly all the Christmas seals but could have done better. Sopohmoroe A meeting was called by the sophomore class president Tues day noon and Goldie Garner was elected class reporter. Juniors Edna Strong was absent from school Tuesday. Juniors who re ceived letters last Friday were: Donald Hodges, 2 for football, one for basketball ond one for track. Donald Hodges, Morris Bennett, two for football, one for basket ball, and one for track. Harold Olsen ,one for football, and one for track. Clarence Wardle, one for football. Junior class held a meeting Wed- nesday. They appointed two com- nvttees, one for the prom, and one for the junior play, which will be given in the near future. Helen Heiber was elected class i eporter. Seniors Amy Hughes and Lillian Lilly were absent from school Monday morning. Annie Laurie Laird was elect ed class reporter of the senior class. This was the first class to elect a reporter. The seniors have begun boosting a new annual which they are Bure will be a big success, The report cards were given out last week t nd the seniors were certainly astonished. They grades as a whole, were better than those of last term. A reason for this is, they are separated from the lower classmen and have peace at d quiet which enables them to srudy diligently. The seniors have a new mirror and thermometer for their room. The senior girls have started a new fad, the “black bottom roll,” which is three-quarter socxs. Please don’t let them affect you, juniors, Anna Rea Webster of the sen- ior class was in an automobile ac cident last week. She was not ser iously injured and is expected to be back in school soon. Those receiving letters in the senior class were Wayne Wa'I, yell leader, Dudley Spencer; Glen Haw kins, two for football, one for basketball and one for track; Rus sel Mills, one for track and one for football; Bill Hill, two for foot ball and one for track; Lewis Lara- more, two for football and one for track; Ed Bell, one for football Kenneth Whitsell, two for foot ball and one for basketball; John Wardle, two for football. Marshall Malmsten, one for football. Residents East of Gity Want Water Furnished. ROAD W0ÜK COMPLETED $300 To Be Spent in Im provement District 11 Next Year. The old council is nearly finish- ed with this year’s work, Two more sessions and the new group will have been sworn in, to worry about the city’s expenses and re ceive no pay and a lot of possible criticism for their troubles. So it has been in the past in all towns, and will very likely continue in- definitely in the future. The mayor, Guy Mills, was ab- sent Monday night because of ill- ness. Ray Emmott presided in his place. A request was made by Mr Paige to be given permission to build a lean-to in back of the Cof- fee Cup restaurant to give him a place to keep his wood dry. It was granted after the council decided that he should build only a speci- fied amount, and that any further additions must be applied for. About 20 residents east of the city limits sent in the request through Mr. Johnson to have city water supplied them, or to find out what the city could do toward lay ing a pipe line and then taxing them for the expense. The council informed him that the city could not use its funds for work outside the city limits, such as laying a pipe line. If the residents want to lay a pipe line at their own expense, by whatever means they have to fin- ance the project, the city would sell them water. In the discussion it de veloped that a three-inch line should be laid to give plenty of water for the proper fire protec tion, although a two-inch line would give plenty for ordinary use. A certificate of the completion of the work recently done by the city in garding, etc., was filed by City Engineer Geo. McGee. The council ordered notices of comple tion posted and set Monday, De cember 13, as the date for hear ing remonstrances. Spend $300 There Next Year. A motion was made at this time by Councilman Mellinger that $300 be spent by the city in Improve ment district 11 to properly com plete the work started in those dis tricts, the funds for this purpose to come out of road district 16. A petition to have a street light at the corner of East avenue and Bridge street was allowed. A re quest that the city give a donation toward a community Christmas tree was about to meet with a spontan eous acceptance, when the city at torney informed them that in his opinion it would be an illegal ex penditure. He did not know of a similar case being tried in the courts, but he remembered of a case where a city had helped the local chamber of commerce, and the court had ruled that it was an illegal expenditure for a city to make, So the councilmen will only be permitted to donate from their own pockets. Occupation Taxes Changed. An ordinance was read levying occupation taxes upon a number of businesses not formerly named un der the charter, which is now per mitted by the revision of the char ter by virtue of the vote at the last election. It was given the first and second readings only and will come up for final revision and passage at the next meeting. H. H. Hixon asked the council to have about two loads of gravel placed in front of the stage gar age because the work recently done there has left the road in a soft condition, The city was in favor of having it done, but referred the matter to Pete Bergernon, who has charge of the road maintenance. Oregon has 4,463 miles of main highway, 2,000 miles macadamized, 1,000 miles paved, 650 miles bit uminous paving. , Great celebration made, over op ening of new paper and pulp mill at St. Helens. More potatoes shipped this fall Oregon’s potato crop is about Oregon has about 100,000 colon Sansom cannery busy putting up ies of bees, that produce . 0 to 36 than in past five years, from Rain 4,560,000 bushels, 192,000 bushels kraut and canned cabbage, at As ier. above 1921. cars of honey a year. toria.
