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VERNONIA. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1927
VOL. 5, NO. 36
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Has An
Chamber Meet Wisconsin
Early Spring This Year
Huge Success
ßOAernar Patterson Pointed Out
Income Tax Necessity
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A Representative Menu
Next Meeting of Awocia-
tion To Be In Gray*
River, Wn., in June.
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Three hundred and thirty-three
representatives from about 25 com
munities were present at the meet
ing of the Lower Columbia. Associ
ated chambers of commerce in St.
Helens Friday night, according to
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Vernonia folk who attended,
was said to have been the most en-
thusiaBtic and largest attended
meeting of the organization yet
held.
Governor Patterson's address was
•of particular interest to members
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from Oregon as he pointed out the
necessity of Oregon’s voting the
income tax in order that each cit-
izen may carry his share of the
state’s financial burden.
Among the resolutions passed
was one commending the governor
:and the state highway commission
for it* decision to complete the
Roosevelt highway.
J. C. Lawrence, manager ot the
"Washington Cooperative Egg and
Poultry association at Winiock,
spoke on the poultry business. His
topic was “Can the Hen Straddle
the Columbia?" “What Price For
est Fires?” by C. M. Granger, dis
trict forester of Portland, was en
joyed particularly by men associat
ed with the lumbering industry. B.
'T. McBain, paper and pulp spec
ialist of Portland, and vice pres
ident of two pulp mills proposed
lor Astoria, gave interesting facts
pertaining to the pulp industry.
JBoy Scouts of St. Helens present-
ed a clever stunt, James M. Kelly,
also of St. Helens, entertained with
:a number of Scotch songs.
The banquet was served in the
Methodist church, with President
A. W. Norblad of Astoria presiding.
'The menu was printed on kraft pa
per made in the new plant of the
St. Helens Pulp and Paper com
pany, with communities represent
ed in the club mentioned in the
menu as follows: Fruit salad a la
;Skamokav$i, creamed chicken en
XWinlock, pommes el Brownsmead,
(Cathlamet “scapled" corn, Grays
iRiver deviled eggs, Puget island
celery, Clatskanie picklea, frozen
•cream Astoria, St. Helens pride
cake and Vernonia coffee. During
the afternoon visitors were taken
through the new St. Helens pulp
and paper plant.
The next meeting of the associa
tion will be a noon session at Grays
River, Wash., some time in June.
Vernonia folk who attended the
meeting were Wm. Pringle, R. M.
Aldrich, F. Malmsten, Lester Shee
ley, Judd Greenman, N. Parker and
A. Parker.
Eight Local Men Visit
Southern Oregon Mine*
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Eight local men drove to the
'various mining districts in southern
lOregen April 3, going as far south
-as Green mountain on the road to
Klamath Falls, to visit the differ
ent sections and look after their
interests there. They report that
^business conditions in all the towns
they saw are no better than in Ver-
Bonia and many are not as good.
They returned April 6.
Those making the trip were: J.
W. Brown, J. P. McDonald, R.
Seeseman, C. C. Brown, Emil Mess
ing, D. B. Reasoner, W. S. Lindsay,
E. W. Holtham.
Athletic Club Fetes
Husbands.
The Vernonia Ladies Athletic
club gave one of the largest par
ties of the season with all husbands
invited. The program started with
community singing, followed by a
solo by Mrs. Scott, Miss Veal en-
tertained with a Scotch dance in
costume, then the ladies went
through the class exercises and
continued with games of egg race,
rabbit race, bird race, relay race.
volley ball game and ring contest.
Luncheon was served with 70
seated st the tables, which were
decorated with flowers and Easter
favors.
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(By A. D. Moe)
Milwaukee, Wis., March 30, 1927.
We are enjoying a reunion after
15 years with Mr. and Mrs. Zeno
F. Meyer. Mrs. Meyer is a sister
of Mrs. Moe. They have been resi
dents here for about 40 years and
have watched the city grow to its
present population of half a million.
Spring is farther advanced this
year than usual. While the days
have been chilly and rainy most
of the time since we arrived, yet
spring is here. Robins are on the
.uwns, and this morning angle-
worms were crawling on the side-
walks, to the delight of the birds,
Not a single road is open from
here or Chicago. The road around
Milmaukee are mostly paved, ex
tending as far west as Madison
and as far north aB Green Bay,
but over all the rest of the state
the roads are simply macadam and
dirt. They say these roads arc fine
in summer or when frozen in win
ter, but bad going when it rains.
And it has been raining, with the
winter’s snow melting previously.
As the frost gradually comes to
the surface from a depth of three
or four feet, it leaves a bottom
less road which a thin covering of
gravel will not hold. As it is ex
pressed here, “boils” occur where
soft spots allow a car to drop to
the running boards. This is the
condition now. The bad roads are
now closed to travel, as they are
impassable and the traffic which
drops into the “boils" spoils the
roadbed. It is said there will be
no roads open to St. Paul until
next week.
Well, we are having a wonder-
ful time here, so will forget about
the roads. Also enjoying visits with
my aunt, Mrs. Ella Moe, at Dous
man, Wis., a short distance from
here, and her son, Prof. Morris W.
Moe, a teacher in the Milwaukee
high school, and family, We were
by Mr. and Mrs.
also entertained
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Clark Austin, second < cousins of
the writer and Mrs. F. H. Black-
man. We are taking in the sights
of the city, and regret that it is
not later in the year when the
parks are beautiful With green
lawns and flowers. In one of these
parks is a zoo second in size only
to the one in New York. Most of
the animals are now indoors. A
large greenhouse in another park
contains sub-tropical plants and
flowers that reminded us of the
warmer climates we have visited.
One of the sights especially in
teresting to the writer was a visit
to the new building and plant of
the Milwaukee Journal, the lead
ing newspaper of this city. In 1884,
when I came to the metropolis from
Princeton, Wis., where I served an
apprenticeship in the office of the
country paper, I was one of
half a dozen compositors who set
all the type of the Milwaukee
Journal, then a little over a year
old, a sheet of four to eight
pages. The plant now occupies 4
floors and basement of their large
building, with 600 employes. The
huge presses were grinding out
papers at the rate of 40,000 an
hour, taking about four hours to
complete the run.
Milwaukee is one of the old
cities of the country, and a man-
ufacturing center, over 400 indus
tries, some of them immense in
size, being located here. They have
the advantage of the marine ser
vice of Lake Michigan, with cheap
coal, cheap transportation on lake
and railroads, and close to the
center of population of the coun
try. The large payrolls and per
manent population make it a good
business center. The city is ex
panding north, south and west,
while along the lake front are
fine boulevards and grand homes,
many of them built many years
ago. Near the business center sev
eral blocks of these old places are
being torn down and the property
converted into a park.
The big breweries, years ago
among the largest industries of
the city, have been converted into
soft drink concerns, or turned into
factory plants.
I hunted up an old namesake of
mine whom I used to play with in
Princeton, Wis., when a boy. When
I first saw the light of day in
that town at the close of the Civil
war my mother thought there were
too many Johns, Williams and
Henrys in the town, so selected
the name of Arthur, expecting it
to be the only one of that name.
Shortly after she discovered that
two other mothers had thoughts
Please turn to page 6
To Produce Four Ton* Of
Ice Per Day.
A plot of ground was purchased
Saturday south of the Vernonia
Trading company by O. Davidson,
formerly of Redmond, Ore., upon
which will be built in the near fu
ture an ice plant, which will man
ufacture that product for local
consumption.
The capacity of the plant will be
four tons of ice per day, says Mr.
Davidson, who adds that he will
develop the business of pasteuriz-
Uottling and delivering raw
milk for local consumption.
rhe machinery for the plant has
already been ordered and construc
tion on the building will commence
about April 20.
Frame of Legion Building
Give* It Definite Shape
With the frame up and part of
the siding on, the new Legion hall
is taking definite shape that looks
toward an early completion of the
building. Many of the men who
were unable to work during the
week appeared Sunday to help with
the construction.
Jokes are prevalent at all times
about the efficiency of some of the
“carpenters," but this seems not to
deter them in their Bpeed and de
termination to do all they can In
the quickest time possible.
Numerous questions have been
asked concerning financial assist
ance on the building, It is under-
stood that the Legion has lnsuffi-
cient money to pay for all the
material needed, but it is not the
intention of the members of the
local post to make any kind of SO
licitation of Vernonia citizens OT
even of their own membership.
One reason the post has such a.
large membership—more than 3Q0
—is because it is distinctly under
stood that when the yearly dues
are paid that it is not obligatory
upon the part of any member to
make any further disbursements,
They intend to hold to that policy,
Many of the boys who were able
and felt so inclined have donated
$5 and a few have given more. This
goes into the building fund and is
not used for any other purpose.
J. C. Lindley, finance officer of
the post, will receive donations
from all who care to make them
to the building fund and the Le
gion will be most heartily grateful.
Several local citizens have already
given small amounts.
Crop : Outlook Favorable
Generally Over Oregon
Outlook for crops and ranges is
favorable throughout Oregon says
the monthly report on the agricul
tural situation issued by the O. A.
C. extension service.
Interest in
poultry is sustained and dairying
is in favor in most sections. New
plantings of nuts and berries are
being made. Land values increased
$5 per acre in irrigated sections
but dry lands lost $2 per acre in
value last year.
It looks like an early spring for
the United States, as two years ago
and unlike last year. Spring work
is well under way on the Pacific
coast with conditions apparently as
good as those of last year or bet
ter.
General level of farm prices in
the United States decreased one
point between February 16 and
March 15 but the purchasing pow-
er of all agricultural products in
terms of all non-agricultura! com-
modifies increased from 81 per
cent to 82 per cent of the pre
war ratio from January to Febru
ary.
There is nothing apparently In
the industrial situation to influence
the average farmer in his plans
for production this year, says the
report. Domestic demand will pre
sumably be about the same as us-
ual but foreign markets may not
be so good owing to increasing
ricultural production in both Im-
porting and exporting countries. A
survey of 50,000 farms in the Unit
ed States indicates some expansion
of production again khis year par
ticularly in staple f >od and feed
crops.
Dr.R.I.Hall, who left here about
a year ago for Hubbard, arrived
here yesterday. He is located in
his former office which haa been
vacated by Dr. T. Laraway.
Farm readers will be interested
to know that the Eagle has arrang
ed to publish each week a fami
Evangelical, , Christian and market review, one of which is in
this issue.
Catholic Churches.
Weekly farm market reviews are
Vernonia churches will observe intended to throw light on the gen-
Easter Sunday, April 17, with add eral trends of the markets for var
ed decorations and a little extra ious agricultural commodities. The
is assembled from
Special information
observance of the day.
Easter sermons have been prepar widely scattered sources by the bu
reau of agricultural economics of
ed by the pastors.
the U. S. department of agriculture
W. F. Rademacher, pastor of and other agencies. It is rushed
the Evangelical church, will preach by wire, cable, airmail and other
at that institution. Teddy Leavitt, wise to government specialists who
who is holding evangelistic meet compile it ready for release. Then
ings at the Christian church, will it is rushed to cooperating special
be assisted by Mr. and Mrs. C. ists who adapt it to the needs of
Neely, song leaders, in presenting the farmers of the respective dis
a special Easter message. Jos. P. tricts.
Clancy of St. Helens will be here
Farmers must constantly make
Saturday evening to administer the decisions about what crops and
sacrament of penance at the Cath livestock to produce and how much
olic church, and holy mass at 6 of each kind and quality—how,
a.m. Sunday, when a class of 16 when and where to market their
children will receive their holy com products.
If wise decisions arc
munion.
made individual farmers are more
prosperous and the agricultural in
Regulations For Hunting
dustry of the state forges ahead
Migratory Birds Changed faster than when mistakes are
made.
Amended regulations under the
To assist in this field the di-
federal migratory-bird treaty act,
vision
of agricultural economlcs of
which becomes effective at once,
have been adopted by Secretary of th* O. A. C. extension service has
Agriculture Jardine and approver for many months been developing
oy the president. During the next a system to collect and disseminate
hunting season it will be unlawful current agricultural economic in-
to take more than four woodcock formation for Oregon farnierj.
This is a comparatively new de-
a day (instead of six as formerly)
Heretofore most au-
and the only shorebirds that may velopment.
be hunted during the seasons 1927 thoritative agricultural information
and 1928 are jacksnipe and wood has been concerned with improved
cock, a two-year close season now methods of production. Farm lead
being prescribed for greater and ers however have insisted foi
lesser yellowlegs. No changes are years that the business side of
made in existing regulations af farming is equally important.
It is in no small measure due to
fecting the length of seasons or
size of bag limits on ducks and the influence of farm organizations
that the bureau of agricultural ec
geese.
onomics of the United States de
The use of sinkboxes on Inland
partment of agriculture has been
waters is prohibited, but on coast
greatly strengthened and an ex
al watc.a sinkboxes may be used
tensive system of gathering econ
under restrictions that provide that
omic, statistical and marketing in
each one must be at least 7 DU yards
established under its
from any shore, island or other formation
Various agricultural
leadership,
sinkbox.
The use of motorboats colleges and other agencies are fast
and airplanes to drive and rally
falling into line to supplement thr
ducks to keep them moving and
work.
thus provide bel.*?r shooting, is
Together these agencies are In
prohibited under the new regula constant contact with agricultural
tions.
affairs in nearly every county of
Local changes in the regulations the United States and in most for
affect the dates of open seasons dign countries, It is thus possible
for hunting wild fowl in north to bring together, compile and re
eastern California the season is lease information on the trends of
made October 1 to January 10, production and marketings that will
instead of the later period of Oc throw much light in hitherto dark
tober 16 to January 31, thus con places. With suitable methods de
forming with the season in south veloped for getting this information
ern Oregon, where climatic condi to the actual farmers in time to as
tions are similar.
In the five sist them in making better deci
northern counties of Idaho the sea sions, it will be possible to base
son is also made earlier to har farm production and marketing pro
monize with that in Montana, a» grams on something better than
the two areas are climatically sim merely a “best guess.”
ilar, the new Beason on wild fowl
Four rather distinct but related
there being September 16 to De methods of dissemination of cur
cember 31 instead of the former rent economic information are be-
October 1 to January 15.
ing developed: 1, annual agricul-
The foregoing amendments to trral outlook reports; 2, monthly
the migratory-bird treaty act reg agricultural situation reports; »,
ulations were adopted by Secretary weekly farm market reviews; 4,
Jardine after careful consideration daily market reports. Each of
by the biological Burvey and public these has its particular purpose
and must be handled accordingly.
hearings on the matter.
The number of woodcock that The weekly market reviews are es
may be taken in one day by any pecially well adapted to the use
person during the prescribed open of weekly rural papers, although
season is reduced by the new reg they are also released by radio
ulations from six to four birds. and to county agricultural agents
Investigations conducted by the de in Oregon. The Eagle is to coop
partment indicate that the wood date in this work in the interest
cock is maintaining its numbers in i of the agricultural industry.
New England, the north Atlantic
P.-T. Program Tomorrow.
coast states, and the maritime prov-
The Parent-Teacher association
inces of Canada, and that in por- will hold their regular meeting at
tions of these areas it has increased 3 p.m. Friday at the high school
materially, Reports from other sec- auditorium.
There will be com
tions are not so encouraging, how munity singing and the president’s
ever, and it has been decided, in message. Veldon Parker will pre
view of the general situation, to sent a cornet solo. Dr. Ella Wight
add to the protection of the wood will talk on beautifying home gar
cock by making a moderate reduc dens and school grounds.
tion in the daily bag limit.
Nutrition Meeting April 22.
The effect of amending the regu
There will be a nutrition meeting
lations to provide a two-year close
Miss Lucy A. Cass at Bir
season on greater and lesser yel held by
on Friday, April 22, from
lowlegs is to place all species of kenfeld
10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
shorebird»—-except Wilson or jack-
There will be a salad demonstra-
the
list
snipe and woodcock—on
tion
in the morning. A talk In
of migratory birds for which at
the afternoon on “How 1 to Eat and
present no open season is provided.
Grow Thin," “How to > Eat and
No shorebird shooting will be per
Grow Fat” and “Plan on Balanced
mitted in 1927 and 1928 by federal
Meals for the Family.”
regulation except in ‘he cast of
Each person ia asked to bring
Reports
woodcock and jacksnipe.
a good sized pan or mixing bowl
show that yellowlegs have not been and a paritg knife. Everybody is
increasing, and it becomes desirable welcome.
to protect them completely for two
years to give them a chance to
Mr. and Mrs. John Burnett were
multiply sufficiently to allow a in Portland Sunday visiting at the
moderate open season at the con- Doembaeher
Memorial
hospital,
Pleaac turn to page 6
where their baby is convalescing.
On April 30
Voters ot District 47 Will De
clde Question
Need
of Reconstructing
Washington School 1*
Pointed Out.
The school board of district 47
has set April 30 as the date for
voting on a $75,000 bond issue for
the purpose of reconstructing the
Washington school and erecting and
furnishing new classrooms, gymnas
ium and auditorium.
It has been pointed out that
there is immediate need for more
classroom space, since some of the
classes are now meeting in base
ment rooms that do not meet state
requirements for such rooms and
which are difficult to heat
F. A. Stokes, Portland architect,
has been retained by the board
to draw up plans for this addition,
It is planned to move the old part,
or the original building, to one side
and add to the new part. The
old part would still be put to ef
fective use, according to members
of the board.
In support of the proposed pro-
ject the Parent-Teacher association
has made the following investiga-
tion and recommendations:
Being a committee appointed by
your president to investigate the
need for a new grade school in
Vernonia, we have the following
report, information and recommen
dations to offer:
In the first place the sensible
thing to do will be to ask, why a
new school in Vernonia?
Is It
necessary? One glance at the pres
ent inadequate buildings should be
convincing, but with the actual
figures before you, there can sure
ly be no chance for argument. We
wish you to know that the old
part of the Washington school is
standard but that the Lincoln
school and the late addition to the
Washington school will not pass
the requirements for a standard
school. There are three rooms in
the Washington school unfit for
school purposes, which, because of
the crowded conditions, must be
used. Seventy-five Vernonia chil-
dren are being taught in rooms
that have less than one-third of
the standard amount of light sl
otted.
Electric lights are neces
sary practically all the day. The
ventilation is a fright, the bad
air from the toilets can not be en
tirely shut out, and the heating
facilities are very poor.
Our school yards are a disgrace
to able-bodied citizens,
Modern
schools have lunch rooms, a gym-
nasium, light, healthful classrooms,
a principal’s office, etc. Our school
rooms are overcrowded; teachers
have more pupils than the aver
age, our census shows 952 chil
dren of school age, the present
school enrollment is 504, with 47
graduating and probably 80 be
ginners. Where are we going to
put them? In light of the above
facta it seems only imperative that
we build a new school and do it
now.
We cannot afford not to build,
Right now when the timber and
mill companies are paying the
greater share of our taxes is when
we should have good schools. Do
you realize that the town of Ver-
nonia pays only two-sixteenths of
the school taxes, the outlying farms
and the private owned lands pay
one-sixteenth, and the remaining
thirteen-sixteenths is paid by tim
ber interests.
The valuation of
the Vernonia school districts—47
and 63—total $3,476,205, almost
twice the valuation of the next
largest school district in the coun
The tax levy for schools in
ty
other county towns is: Rainier 15.7
mills, St. Helens 29.7 mills, Clata-
kanie 26.6 mills, and Vernonia 13.7
mills.
Charged
With
Assault.
J. Culbertson, who participated
in the raid on Y. Koto's noodle
parlor March 28, was arraigned
April 7 before Judge Reasoner M
a complaint by Koto alleging
sault and battery. The time of
the trial was set for April 10, at
11:30 a.m.