Wrtumia
Enterca at Vernonia, Oregon,
Postoffice as Second-Class Matter.
New Street.
Is Declared
^ni
VERNONIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1927
Says Road* Are Not
Built For Through Traffic
VOLUME 5, NO. 37.
Poultry Breeding
FIock*_Are Tested
Annual City
Clean-up To^ay
( By A. D. Moe)
Testing breeding flocks of poul
Milwaukee, Wis., April 6, 1927.
try for bacillay white diarrhea by
the college experiment station is
And the next day it snowed!
steadily advancing reports Dr. W.
In my letter last week I men
T. Jdhqson, poultry pathologist.
tioned the coming of spring, with
the robins out in the lawns and $1900 Per Year For Local Junior* and Senior* of ‘he Blood samples are taken of every
individual fowl in the flock anu
I the grass beginning to show green,
Resident*
County Invited
sent to the department of veterin
but failed to knock on wood, so
The *75,000 bond issue to be
An invitation has been extended ary medicine where it is analyzed.
when we woke up the next morning
The object of this work is to
a sort of blizzard was raging, the voted on the latter part of this to the juniors and seniors of the
snow whirling around with a stiff month for building additional grade county to attend a vocational guid fina wtiicu are infected with oac-
wind blowing, which continued all school facilities finds many sup- ance conference to be held in Rain mary White marruca germs. Flocks
day. Only about three inches of porters in Vernonia. It is pointed ier April 29. Leading state men are tested once a year- or more
snow fell, but it drifted on the out that bonds for this amount, will be present to discuss the edu uccorumg to tue seriousness ox the
highways in places so that snow payable in 10 years, plus interest, cational problems of the students. uiBeuMe. futile liociis are i xuunu
approximately an average year-
City Jail Must Be Moved plows were necessary to clear the will
A free luncheon will be served entirely free from disease and re-
roads. The next day we saw many ly payment of less than *10,000. through the Rainier Commercial coiuuivaUauuns aie uiaae uy me C. J. Nance, Legionnaire,
Those living in Vernonia and club by the
1
of these drifts as we drove out to
In Five Year*, It
keep
home economics de- uepartment of veterinary to
Divides Town Into Six
<
Dousman to visit the Masonic home. outside will be taxed three-sixteen partment of the high school. This mem free. Already 2uoud cnicKeiu
Provision
ths
of
this
amount,
or
about
*1,900
Alternate days of sunshine and
movement is sponsored by the of- nave been tested so far thia Jeai
District*
rain have again made spring a >er year. The rest is paid by the fice of the county school superin and Dr. Johnson expects that it
reality, but all districts not con imber interests. A three-mill tax tendent and made possible through will reach 100,900 next year.
Mayor Guy Mills has declared
The city council passed a res-
nected with paved roads are iso .»•ill cover this expenditure. County the cooperation of O. A. C. and
For most of the small growers that the afternoon of April 21
olution Monday night dedicating a
records
show
that
the
average
tax
sea of mud. All roads
U. of O., and the state office. Co .n Oregon whose area of potatoes shall be Vernonia’s 1927 clean-up
new street, to extend from the lated in a
payer of Vernonia pays on less
east side of the north intersection to St. Paul and Omaha are closed than *1000 valuation. Assuming operation is expected from the en is not over ten acres the corrosivi day. He has put the direction of
to traffic, As the frost comet
tire county, according to Miss Eliz sublimate treatment is reeomnieiiu the work in the hands of the
of Third street, east 245 feet,
out of the ground it heaves the that this amount is the average, abeth Murray, county school super ed by tue experiment station. There American
where it will stop. A petition that
Legion, who have organ-
roadbed in places so that even the additional taxes of the average intendent.
are numerous experiments anu ized their forces against unsightli-
WM presented some time ago by
taxpayer
for
the
project
would
be
macadam roads with a good rocl
property owners it) thi* section
The individual problems of the more numerous examples m ua ness and secured help to haul
the $3 a year.
asking that a street be declared base will not stand up, so
It has been stated that school students will be solved through lieid, of better yield and better away the debris.
save
roads
are
elosed
to
traffic
to
quiuity from potatoes tnat uro
there so that it could be improved
Stores will close this afternoon
axes have token a decided jump, questions, circulars and frank dis- treated.
them.
has thus been acted on to the
and folks are asked to cleun up
iut through an eccog oh the part ussions of what is required of the
Roads
in
this
country
are
ap-
satisfaction of all parties concern-
Oregon growers may enlarge all rubbish and put it in sacks or
f the clerk two years ago and industry in type pf mind, energy,
parently not boilt for through traf
ed.
not because the schools have been contacts, etc., Vather than to e*- *he<r market tor more alsike clover boxes on the curb of the street,
fic, but to serve local traffic only,
¡pending any more money. At the plain the operatiion of the in- tor seed, reports the experiment where it may be picked up quick
•
Mr. and Mrs. Tipton of Forest
station, it is the surest of tile ly. Valuable aid in cleaning up the
Grove, who own property there, in- so every spring even the macadam time the budget was made out dustry. The program follows:
roads
are
eftsed,
while
the
ordinary
’or that school year only *3200 was 9:10 Music by Rainier Glee club. seed crops, and the acreage ini town is assured by the assistance
eluding the old lumber shed, were
dirt roads can hardly be navigated isked in place of the necessary
wesern Oregon can well be ex jf the Boy Scouts, who were so
represented by Attorney Graham
9:25 Address of welcome by May.
after every summer rain. There *32,000 for maintenance.
of that place, who pointed out that
pauued. There is no surplus 01 efficient last year. They wiH be
or Veatch, Rainier.
are no complete paved highways
During the following years it
alsike at this time. The important dismissed from school in the after
in 1890 Joseph Van Blaricom deed-
running across the states of Wis has been necessary to increase the 9:30 “Choosing the Vocation” mings are
•d a plot of land in that section
clean seed, free from noon to help.
Doan U. G. Dubach, O.A.C. •orrel and white elover, and clean
tu the city for a street. Lots have consin, Iowa or Minnesota, and axes in order to pay off this
C. J. Nance is in charge of the
they are the only roads that can warrant indebtedness which ensu 10:15 Music by Rainier high school land, free
since been sold with the under-
from these and sinula. lean-up forces. For help in haul
be
used
the
year
round.
ed. After this year, however, the 10".25 Departments: Boys, Dean pest*.
ing away debris he has been pro
standing that they abutted on the
We are taking advantage of debt will be paid and a decrease
street.
Dubach; girls, Miss Floren
When Oregon red clover growers mised the use of trucks from the
ce Blazier, O. A. C.
pay more attention to the seen following concerns: Oregon-Ameri
Mr. Graham said he was author- the bad oads to make a longer n taxes will follow.
11:15 Music.
that is planted and to growing' can Lumber company, Standard Oil
ized by the Tiptons to say that visit to our relatives and friends, Report of Agricultural
the crop in rotation, according to company, W. O. Porterfield, Miller
in case this street is dedicated, and hope to be able to get through
11:30 Assembly address.
Mercantile and possibly more.
Commodity Trends 12:00
they will have the old shed torn a little later.
Luncheon through the cour tne state experiment station, there
At a ceremonial of Tripoli Shrine
The following will superintend
will
be
less
loss
from
bucknorn,
down and construct cottages on
(O. A. C. Extension Service)
tesy of Rainier Commercial
wild carrot and other pests. Buck the clean-up on the cast side of
their property because of the high which I attended with Dr. Hager
Fewer1 apples are in storage
club.
norn is partie ulaly objectionable Rock creek road: J. E. Tapp, E.
er value that the land will attain. man, I met many friends of Wil than a year ago.
1:00 Music by high school or since it is frequently a hoxlous j. Thompson and J. C. Lindley,
It will be necessary for the mer Sieg. Mr. Sieg was head of
Although retail prices for clover
chestra, Rainier.
weed in some of the states, ana
West side of Rock creek road :
jail to be moved, but five years the Milwaukee Shriners before com and some other seeds were higher
1:15
Assembly
address, president because it is so expensive to screen Verne Green and Roy Smith,
ing
to
Hood
River
and
very
popular
was set as the time in which this
>n April 1 than a month earlier,
/J. S. Landers, Oregon Nor out.
East side of Second street to
can be done. Meanwhile the street here. The afternoon session was wet and unseasonable weather in
mal, Monmouth, Oregon.
will be improved and made suitable held in the Scottish Rite temple parts of the central and eastern
It will soon be time for Oregon Rock creek: Wm. Folger, W. W.
for travel. The street will be 50 and evening in the large audi- sections of the country slowed up 1:45 Conferences.
farmers to think of the Canada Jackson and R. J. Nance.
torium.
feet wide.
demand and there Is a tendency Boys, banking, Mr. Hager; medicine thistles and the morning glory re-
West side of Second street to
We had a nice visit with Rev. for prices to decline.
O. B. Davidson, who recently
Dr. Johnson; Journalism, Mr. Veat poits the experiment station. Patch the railroad: M. E. Carkin, A. W.
Demand for foreign wools con ch; engineering. Girls; business, es containing this pest are marked Whitaker and H. E. McGraw.
purchased ground south of the de Edward A. Harris, formerly pastor
pot, declared that the plot is not of the Riverside church at Hood tinues to come mostly from abroad. Miss Young; homemaking, Miss F. out for separate plowing to avoid
West side of railroad and south
large enough for his purpose. He River, and Mrs. Harris. Mr. Harris The Bradford market is reported Blazier; nursing, Miss N. H. Little; dragging the roots to new places. of Bridge street: Pat Murphy, T.
Through clean culture is the best Graham and A. W. Alexander.
asked the council to give assur- is manager of the Advocate Pub quiet but steady, Little more in- teaching, Pres. Landers.
method for control that has been
ance that they would vacate land lishing Co. here, which prints sev terest is evident in mohair but
West side of railroad and north
2:45
Assembly
address,
Dean found to date.
there that is supposed to be a eral publications and does general trading is limited,
of Bridge street: D. M. O’Donnell,
Gilbert,
University
of
Oregon,
job
printing.
After
leaving
Oregon
Limited receipts of heavy fat
street, but which can never be used
R. La Rocque, Lee Schwab, A. L.
This program is tentative and it
as such because of its location, if poor health compelled him to give cattle caused prices to remain on may be necessary
To Diacus* Mean* of
Kullander and John A. Miller.
to change it to
the railroad will cooperate with up his pastorate, and he finally a high level in large markets last
Reducing Accident*
was obliged to undergo a number week,
The approaching grazing suit the convenience of the speak
him in presenting a petition.
Dr. Laraway Get* High Post
ers.
However,
this
is
a
general
out
of
operations.
He
is
now
in
fairly
season, low corn prices and high
Dr. and Mrs. Thurston W. Lara-
Mr. Davidson pointed out that
Possible
means
of
reducing
the
line
which
will
be
followed.
he was taking this method so that good health. Mrs. Harris is also fat cattle markets are factors
number of highway grade crossing way, who have been residing here,
he could go ahead and biuld, be- recovering from a serious opera pointing to a strong demand for Robert Hoffman Is Elect accidents which in 1926 took 2492 have been on a visit with Dr. Lara-
feeders and Stockers. Light weight
parents in Hood River, Ore.,
cause of the necessity of having tion. K
ed To Kappa Kappa Psi lives and maimed 6991 persons, ways
killers have not been so well re-
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Laraway, while
to supply ths local ice demand in
will
be
the
principal
subject
of
dis
ceived, but prices are relatively
the near future. The council passed Fighting For Freedom
at the seventh annual meet en route to Andalusia, Ala., where
Of Editorial Opinion strong on all cattle. Hog receipts In a letter to his parents, Mr. cussion
a motion giving him this assurance.
ing
of
the safety section of the Dr. Laraway will engage in special
were lower last week but prices and Mrs. C. S. Hoffman, Robert M.
work for the Rockefeller Founda
Wm. Pringle was appointed de
University of Oregon, April 20— failed to advance. There is little Hoffman stated that he had been American Railway association at tion.
puty marshal, and Dr. R. I. Hall
the
Palmer
House
in
Chicago
be
The
hottest
fight
that
has
shaken
optimism for future hog prices. elected to membership in Kappa
temporary city health officer.
Dr. Laraway is a graduate of
the student body for many years Lamb markets did not advance Kappa Psi, honorary band frater ginning next Tuesday. The meet
was under way recently with Sol materially although receipts de nity, at Oregon agricultural college ing, which will be attended by the University of Oregon Medical
school. He did his interne work
The Treharne Athletic Club* Party Abramson of Portland, editor of creased.
Reports indicate that recently. This distinction is given prominent safety men from all in Portland and San Francisco,
the
railroads
in
the
United
States
Monday night the Ladies Ath the Oregon Daily Emerald, con- high prices are curtailing trade.
to members of the band who excel
■nd Canada, will last three days. and was at San Jose, Calif., be
letic club of Trehame gave an ducting a spirited battle for free-
World prices held steady in in musical ability, character and
Easter party with the Vernonia dom of the press.
In view of the increase of near fore going to Vernonia.
wheat last week with European scholarship, and is regarded
ly
300 fatalities in 1926 over the
athletio club' as invited guests. The
signal
honor
among
O.
A.
C.
An amendment to put control demand active, but the Pacific
year before due to such accidents Debate Team To
hall was beautifully decorated and of the Emerald’s editorial policies northwest export trade was quiet dents.
Make World Tour
many amusing and entertaining in the hands of the publications because of restricted oriental de
with the constant in
Robert also stated that he and together
games were played after which a committee was drafted by leading mand resulting from war in China his brother, Charles, together with crease in the number of
automo
University of Oregon, April 20—
delightful luncheon was served.
members of the student council and financial conditions in Japan. Alvin and Elva Olsen, formerly of biles in use, this subject Is rec
Around 100 million bushels more Vernonia, and another student ognized as one of the foremost A tour of the world by a University
against
which
started
the
campaign
To Hold Basket Social.
the Emerald. Acocrding to the wheat were available for export have been corresponding for some problems that face the railroads of Oregon debating team, the first
of its kind to be sponsored by an
A program and basket social will Emerald the amendment, which from the four principal exporting time with officials of the Admiral today.
American institution, has been au
In
connection
with
and
in
ad
countries
April
1
than
a
year
ear
be given by the Pleasant Hill Abramson has branded as the “gag
steamship line, which has boats ply
World shipments- for 1927 ing between the Pacific coast and dition to the methods already in thorized by student body author
school Saturday, April 23 at 8 rule,” was framed by Lowell Ba lier.
ities and plans are well under way.
o’clock in the Trehame hall, Pro- ker of Stanfield, Thomas Graham have been 80 million bushels larg the orient, with a view to being force to provide greater safety
Jack Hempstead of Gladstone,
ceeds from the sale of baskets will of Oak Grove, Phil Bergh of Rose er than a year ago. Domestic In engaged as an orchestra during the at grade crossings and in order
student
debater, and J. K. Homer,
to
create
Increased
interest
on
the
quiry
for
wheat
was
generally
dull.
go to the children's playground burg, Ted Larsen of Eugene, Mary
summer months on one of the boats.
Com touched a new low point They have high hopes of obtaining part of both the railroads and the coach, are preparing for the try-
Clark of Heppner and Glenn* Fish
fund. The public is invited.
public in the necessity for contin out April 30 which is open to ■ny
in future markets last week while this, he stated.
er of Portland.
ued care being exercised at high student willing to stay out of col-
oats
prices
were
lower
with
the
Each day the Emerald is print
What We Need.
way
grade crossings, the railroads lege for one year.
Exporters
and
ing two-column endorsements of weakness in com.
County Bank* To
The debaters will work on the
this year will conduct an intensive
A little more kindness
its stand on the first page. The malters were seeking barley and
Have Service Charge campaign in an effort to reduce steamships during the tour and do
prices
were
stronger.
And a little less creed.
communication columns are filled
the number
of such accidents, whatever they can to help earn
With only 3,033,000 pounds of
A little more giving
with letters from students for and
A service charge of 50 cents Plans will be discussed at the Chi- money to defer their expenses,
butter
in
cold
storage
April
1
And a little less greed,
against the amendment.
making the project unique. This
compared to 17,392,000 pounds a per month will be charged by Col cago meeting for this campaign.
A little more smile
Hugh Biggs of Ontario, student
idea will symbolize the democratic
umbia county banks on all average
year ago and current receipts show-
i
And a little less frown,
As
part
of
that
campaign,
the
body president, who is supporting
ing only nominal increase over monthly balances of less than *50, American Railway association has spirit of Oregon, Hempstead said.
A little less kicking
the amendment, declares that it is
In the United States, the Ore-
last
year, butter markets ruled I firm provided one or more checks have already inaugurated an essay eon-
A man when he’s down.
only wise and just to put the ed
and prices advanced sharply ' last been written against the account test among college, high school gon men, four in number, will
A little more “we,"
itorial policies in the hand* of a
week with eastern markets still during the month, according to J. ■nd grammar school students with meet the leading college teams in
And a little lees “I,”
committee which, more truly than
registering
unusual
differentials C. Lindley who, with F. E. Malm- three cash prizes of *250 each to England and Scotland they are
little
more
laugh
A
the editor, represent* student pub-
over
western
markets,
Some but- sten, attended the meeting of he be awarded the authors of essays planning contests with the largest
And a little less cry.
lie opinion.
ter moved east from the coast and Columbia County Bankers associa containing an outstanding readily universities, as well as the Uni
A little more flowers
Abramson contend* that a self- price* advanced at San Francisco tion at Rainier Tuesday of last available suggestion for prevent versity of Hawaii, University of
On the pathway of life,
New Zealand, five colleges in Aus
respecting newspaper cannot be two cents a pound. The undertone week.
ing such accidents. The essays are
And fewer on graves
tralia.
conducted
when
it
is
subject
to
of
the
market
is
still
rather
un
This plan will go into effect in limited to 250 words each hnd
At the end of strife.
censorship and that hi* policies settled and some for >ign butter is May, according to Mr. Lindley. It must stress the need for greater
ContBBt Banquet Wednesday
—Mrs. L. L. R.
have represented the student body arriving.
is a very slight departure from the ear* in approarhing and passing
Member* of the American Legion
“No other of our internal prob as closely as those of the student
Stocks of cheese is storage are present method of the Bank of over railroad crossings. The con Auxiliary are anticipating the next
lems is of greater moment than council.
a little lower than last year.
Vernon'*, which has made a ser test will end on June 1. The win | regular meeting of the organization
the rehabilitation of our forests,”
In point of interest the free
Holdings of both case and froz- vice charge of 50 cents on accounts ning essays will be selected by in the grange hall Wednesday night.
says PresMent Coolidge in his 1927 pres* controversy is overshadowing en eggs in scrag •rttekMFWYPP of
— less than
...— *50
-r~~ where
— three
—— or'
..-three persons of national promin- Th-
.
losing
s team ...
in the
.... .......
member-
™-
American Forest week proclama the student election*, and will be en eggs in storage are materially more checks were written against | ence who will act as judges and ship contest closed last month la
tion.
decided in two week*.
above a year ago.
the account in the month.
who will be announced later.
to banquet the winning team.
Council Fasses a Resolution
Mayor Deciares Ha;. iday
To Beautify Town
3rd Street East 245 ft.
Stores Close in Afternoon