Entereu al \ emonia, Oregon,
Postoffice as Second-Class Matter.
La Grande Hosl
To Legion Horde
VOLUME 5, NUMBER 51
VERNONIA. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1927.
Construction Starts on
New Telephone Building
I
From Birkenfeld Team
Scappoose Men
Want New Road
Work started this week on tne
The Vernonia All Stars defeated
Jewell,
a combination team
of
new telephone exchange for the
Birkenfeld and the O.-A Giants
Oregon Telephone company on the
Sunday on the Vernonia diamond
lot east of the location of the
by a score of 11 to 9. The game
exchange at present on Bridge
was featured by the heavy hittinf
street. The building is to be 2T
by 55 feet and will be built of I Route Through Beaverton, Bank* Supply in United States Small, Will and loose playing of ’bò'th te«»!
of
Never
be
Over-production
Vernonia knocked Red Machen,
and Vernonia Proposed by Clat-
hollow tile, with inside metal latnes.
local O.-A. twirler, out of the box
The front will be of red rub faced
Product; Advantages Here.
•op Retident* Would Cut Time.
in the sixth inning when they
brick.
In an address delivered in Port­ scored seven runs and overcame
Construction of a new inland
Besides the telephone exchange,
the building will contain a garage highway between Portland and Sea­ land recently by Charles C. Durkee, I an early Birkenfeld lead.
The local team ha? no Sfarne
and living quarters in the rear, side, placing Portland within 2% industrial engineer, the Pacific
John R. Coulter of Portland is hours from the beaches and short- northwest is pronounced an ideal scheduled this Sunday, but ploys
foreman in charge of the construc­ ening the present route by 40 territory for the manufacture of the Neiel grange team of Astoria
miles, is being promoted by prom­ paper and pulp. He says in part: ac Vemon'i on Auguit 7.
Scappoose, Chapman and Vernonia
Returning Delegate* Proclaim the tion.
inent business men of the Clatsop In answer to the question whether
R H E
Representative* Ride Horseback
“Battle of 1927” to be Best
beachs.
the building of new pulp and pa­ Birkenfeld .
9 12 8
71,000
Pounds
Pyrotol
Over Proposed New Route
Convention Given
11 13 6
of the intentions per plants in the Pacific north­ Vernonia ...
Is County’s Allotment of Announcement
Batteries : Machen, Larson and
the beach men to “strike out” west is likely to result in an over­
The 1927 American Legion con-
In the interest of determining
Word has been received from for a new road was made recent­ production we may say, as to local Berg; McGregor and Graven.
veijtion at La Grande was the
the feasibility of establishing a
ly in Portland by O. W. Taylor, markets, yes, probably; but as to
the
O.
A.
C.
extension
service
that
best ever given in the opinion of
new market road between Scap-
general manager of the Hotel Gear­ American demand as a whole, em­ Wilark Man Drowns
returning delegates to Vernonia Columbia county’s allotment of py­ hart, who was in the city confer­ phatically no. The following quota-
poose and Vernonia, through the
Sunday in Big Eddy Chapman district, representatives
the first of this week. The meet­ rotol for this year, beginning July ring with members of the state tion from bulletin 1241 of the
ing lasted from Thursday to Sat­ 1, is 71,000 pounds for land clear­ highway commission on matters | United States department of agri-
John Coutu, 24, of Wilark was of the three places were accom-
urday of last week, and was at­ ing purposes. During the last year I pertaining to the Roosevelt hlgh- culture contains a very succinct drowned Sunday afternoon in the pained by the county roadmaster
Columbia
county
used
128,550
tended by the following from the
Big Eddy, a deep hole in the Ne- on a horseback trip over the trail
way.
i statement of the facts:
local Legion and Auxiliary posts: pounds of pyrotol for land clearing.
halem river vetween Vernonia and between Chapman and Vernonia
Survey
to
Be
Asked
“American forests supply less Mist. It was said that he was Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McGraw, Mr. When the present supply of gov­
No official mention of the pro- than half of the pulp wood need­ swimming over the deep place un-
and Mrs. A. L. Kullander, Mr. and ernment powder is exhausted, it
Those making the trip were W.
Mrs. Harry Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. will be the last of the government posed inland highway to the Ciat- ed for all the sulphite, mechanical, der water and never came up.| W. Weist and Ross Shreve of the
A. L. Fenner, Mr. and Mrs. Clar­ powder, according to present re- I sop beaches has been made to the ! and sulphate pulp we use, but Those who have dived into the hole ; Scappoose Chamber of Commerce,
highway commission, even though four-fifths of that needed for soda for some distance have found that I Mr. Kingsley, Chas, Snupe and Mr.
ence Nance, Mrs. Wayne Lappe, ports.
Orders will be taken
the support of the project is wide­ pulp. Of what is needed for news-1 the water is many degrees colder I Knott of Chapman, and E. L.
M. E. Carkin, J. A. Harp, E. M.
Murphy, Dan Nelson, Harry Zim­ Nelson of St. Helens, county agent, spread among the business men print paper they furnish one-third, a short distance under the surface, | Smith, Wm. Aspland and Emtl
at any time from now on until all of the district. It is understood, of that for wrapping paper two-
merman, R. La Rocque.
the powder is gone. The first ship­ however, that a movement is on [ thirds, and of that for boards and and it is presumed he was seized Messing of the Vernonia Chamber
with cramps while swimming under of Commerce, and G. G. Hall of
M. E. Carkin was advanced to
ment will probably not be made foot to ask the highway commis­ book paper slightly more tl an half.
the surface.
the rank of grand conducteur in
St. Helens, county roadmaster.
until the last part of September sion to make a survey.
“Canada furnishes pulp wood for
the state 40 et 8 organization, or the first of October.
Attempts to dive to the bottom
The Vernonia men met the Scap­
“
Agitation
for
a
new
road
to
the
j 37 per cent of our entire paper j
He lost by a close margin of De­
All the pyrotol must be used up Clatsop beaches,” said Mr. Taylor requirements, and about equally in [ were fruitless, due to the coldness poose delegation at the latter place
ing elected state vice commander
by January 31. Any powder not I Friday, “has been brought about the form of pulp wood, pulp and of the water, It is estimated to at 8:20 Sunday morning and the
of the American Legion to Earl
be about 25 feet deep at that five drove to Chapman, At the
taken by Columbia county at that . by the inability of the Lower Co-1 paper.
McSherry of McMinnville. George
place
Rescue workers came to Kingsley place, which is the end
time will be alloted to other coun­ i lumbia highway to care adequately I
E. Love of Eugene was elected
“The inability of the middle At­ town to get hooks to drag the hole, of the road, the nine men mounted
ties. The price of pyrotol for this for the beach traffic with the
state comamnder. Carkin was pre­
lantic, New England and lake but these did not get the body.! horsles and started towards the
year is the same as last year.
present narrow pavement and sharp | states to meet the demands of the
sented with a large silver cock­
Finally a diver was called from J tunnel of the logging railroad a
curves. The new highway, making pulp mills has led to imports of
tail mixer for his record in sign­ Fire Destroys New Home
Astoria. F
” ’ ’ here ”
' J j short distance away. This was to
He reached
Monday
a
short-cut
inland,
could
probably
ing up the greatest number of
Canadian pulp wood, 85 per cent afternoon and in a few minutes avoid climbing the high h5,l at that
Of
O.
H.
Graves
Friday
be
constructed
at
an
expenditure
legionnaires for this year. His re­
I spruce and the remainder aspen. brought the body up from the bot­ place. The tunnel is 2000 feet long.
cord is 291, and he has signed a
The new home of O. H. Graves not exceeding the cost of widen­ It is clearly apparent, however, I tom of the hole. The body was
From the Kingsley place to Ver­
I
few more since the affidavit of was completely destroyed by fire ing and straightening the Colum- that the situation in both New turned over to the coroner at St. nonia by the trail was estimated
I bia
highway,
Such
a
highway
that number was sent to state at 10:30 p. m. Friday when the
York and Pennsylvania is extreme­ Helens Monday.
to be ■ 12.5 miles, which would
headquarters July 10. Carkin re­ flames were believed to have would bring our most populous ly critical. The gradual exhaustion
Among those who witnessed tne make the total distance from Scap­
ceives permanent possession of this spread from a defective flue to beach centers to within 2V4 hours of local supplies, regardless of any drowning were the man’s wife, No poose to Vernonia 23 miles. The
cup.
the walls in the center of the of Portland; it would open up a other developments, promises to children survive, He was an eu>- rich fertile land that lies in this
delightful route through the moun- make the future situation worse
The attendance at the mammoth house. No one was in the house tains and coast valleys;
would rather than better. Any develop­ ploye of the mill at Wilark. Tne section is among the best in the
af-1 at the time. A fire bad been left
parade in La Grande _ Saturday
______ ____
bring
Saddle
Mountain
park
into ment which produces or accentua­ body has been shipped to British county, according to Mr. Messing,
ternoon included nearly 5000 out [burning in the kitchen stove and
who stated that he had never seen
use,
and
greatest
of
all,
would
re- tes a shortage of supplies will in­ Columbia for interment.
of town visitors and delegates. | Mr. . Graves had returned to the
crops of better quality in any
lieve
congestion
on
the
Lower
Co-
evitably tend to stimulate the de­
Gibson-Mitchem
Nearby towns and cities added to mill to work. The fire had gained lumbia highway. The proposed
locality.
I
In-
velopment of the industry in other
Miss Lena Gibson became the
the nearly 3000 conventionists. such headway by the time it wa3 land route
Approximately 65 families now
would be about 85 parts of the United States.”
bride of R. F. Mitchem at a wed- live in the Chapman district, and
The parade, featuring drum corps, discovered that attempts by both miles from
Portland
to
Seaside,
solemnized
in
floats, etc., was declared the the city and mill fire departments against 125
Vancouver, the only thing that prevents 1000
Whenever the production of pa­ ding
miles via the Colum-
greatest in Oregon Legion history. to extinguish it were unavailable. bia route.”
per pulp on the Pacific coast ex-1 Wash., Saturday. They are now families from living in the section
All the furniture and household
ceeds the demands of local con­ living at the Vernonia hotel.
is suitable .roads to market. Mr.
Canyon
Rout« Proposed
sumption,
there will always
n
Kingsley has an eight-year-old ap­
George Thayer, Guy Mills, E. goods were lost, it was stated. The
The
proposed
route
would
leave
ple orchard that is in the best of
W. Holtham and D. B. Reasoner property was said to have been Portland via the Canyon road, profitable outlet in those sections
condition. With an elevation of
left in the latter’s automobile quite well covered with insurance. would pass through
Beaverton, of the east where existing paper
about 750 feet and plenty of rain,
yesterday for a vacation trip tn
Hillsboro swing northwest to Banks mills are dependent on imported
with but little cold weather, it Is
southern Oregon. They plan to
and Buxton, and then swing north1 supplies of pulp. There can be no
believed to be ideal for the grow­
visit Diamond lake, Crater lake,
, to Vernonia. From Vernonia the doubt that rail and water rates
ing of fruit and small fruits, as
the Oregon caves and other piaces
I highway would go practically due to such mills will be adjusted to
well as many other agricultural
undecided. They plan to be away
west to Seaside via the present meet the situation when business
At the regular quarterly meeting
about three weeks.
Rock Creek road, through Jewel], is offered in sufficient volume, of the boapd of directors, the Ore­ commodities.
The Chapman district has a good
respect to supply and demand
j the Fishhawk creek, Saddle moun­ In
the paper industry today is In gon State Motor association took school which last year housed 56
Members of the Vernonia fire
tain,
the
Lewis
and
Clarke
river,
By E. E. Faville
far different situation from the a strong stand against any change nupils. Mr. Messing stated that
department burned the remains of
and into Seaside over the county
Former Editor of the Western
lumber industry, and the danger in the license fee system until such from one place where they stop­
i road.
the old Coyle dance hall Tuesday
Farmer, Portland
time as the state highway program
evening. It was almost completely
New construction would be nec- in the northwest is not that we is finished and the obligations of ped their horses to view the coun­
“Give me the post-office address
try there were at least 10,000 acrs
shall
have
an
>v,-;prc<lucticn
of
destroyed by fire last fall.
in any section of the country,” essitated most of the distance be­
outstanding bonds is met.
pulp
and
paper,
it
lather
of rolling hills that could be seen
that
said a friend of mine to me the tween Seaside and Vernonia. The
The State Motor association went which is ideal for agriculture and
we
may
experience
an
over
other day, “and I will find some grade of the Lewis and Clark log-
W. B. A. To Have
on record as having the better­
i ging railroad extending from Sad­ production of pulp and paper mills ment of existing highways so as is now uninhabited because of lack
drawback to that section.”
European Marathon
of roads.
which are not founded on ade-
dle
mountain
about
seven
miles
He was about right. But some
to keep pace with the increased
‘
Cruise in 1929 i farm
ouate
reserves
or
timber
Some thought the proper place
under
districts have fewer draw- j towards Seaside, will be abandoned
traffic demand and the removal of to bring the road in to connect
their own control.
Port Huron, Michigan, July 18— backs than others and to my way | in about two years and might be
It has long been a practice in safety hazards so as to make the with the present highway would be
At Convention
sessions of the ' of thinking the Pacific northwest, j incorporated in the highway, the
near the Parker place, three miles
Sweden
to operate pulp and paper use of the highways safer,
promoters
believe.
The
grades
Women’s
Benefit
asosciation, by and large, today comes nearer
The financial conditions of the east of Vernonia. Others thought
mills
and
other
wood
utilizing
in
­
world’s ^irgest fraternal benefit to not having something the
mat­ would be easily negotiated, it is
state is in a sound condition so,the road should come out by the
society for women, being held in ‘ter with its possibilities agricul­ averred, as the summit of the dustries in conjunction with saw­ far as highway construction is con­
J. Burtraw place, one mile east
Port Huron this week, unanimous turally than any other section of , road would not be more tha. mills, in order that the fullest pos­ cerned and certain portions of the
of town.
sible
use
might
be
made
of
the
!
1000
feet
above
sea
level.
—
Ore
­
the
country.
vote was given for a European
state have voted bonds, paid license
The expense of cutting, grading
products
of
the
forests.
It
is
from
gonian.
There are large areas of land
marathon cruise for the 1929 con­
Sweden that we have derived the fees and gas tax for many yiars on and surfacing the 12.5 miles of
vention. election of officers to take suitable for extensive cultivation,
sulphate process and the most prac­ the basis that the highway progran? new road was roughly estimated
place in London, England, with In­ stock ranges and the like, and O.-A. Train Spills 7
as outlined originally, would com­ I by County Roadmaster Hall to he
stallation in Paris.
Logs at Local Depot tical applications of the mechani­ pleted.
these are being used. And there are
Any change in the financing about $10,000 per mile. Others in
cal
and
sulphite
processes.
In
view
Miss Bina M. West was aga’n other areas closer to the centers
A whole carload of seven logs of the great similarity o' con­ plan would jeopardize the fulfill­
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honored with unanimous election of population and transportation was
spilled from the Oregon-Ameri- ditions existing in this country and ment of that promise and would:
to the supreme presidency, this be­ facilities where the types of farm- can
train coming through Ver- in Sweden in respect to forest react against the whole highway Christian Endeavor
ing her fifth consecutive election ing followed are specialized, di-
nonia Friday noon . which resulted cover, ’ topography, maritime com­ program. The present license fee!
Society Is Organized
as chief executive.
versified and irrigated, It Is In
in a near accident for the young merce, etc., it would seem that we system, while not perfect, has ac-1
At Evangelical Church
Law amendments acted on cover these sections that the greatest
complished its purpose, said Geo.'
daughter • of Joe Morris, who was
popular new plans of incurance In­ growth
agriculturally
is
being standing in front of the depot at might still learn valuable lessons O. Brandenburg, secretary-manager
On
Thursday evening, July 21,
in wood utilization from the Swed-
cluding pensions, disability, educa-, made,
of the Oregon State Motor associa- a reception was given in the Evan-
the time. Something seemed to far ish people.
tional benefits, thrift and sickness.
The crops grown in these special
tion. “A fine system of highways gelical social hall in honor of Mr.
one of the trucks in the train and
On the Pacific coast we have
The ofifee of a national hegltn areas include fruits, vegetables and
has been constructed and the bonds , and Mrs. A. C. Knause and Mr.
then the logs started rolling off great advantages
supervisor was created by the con- jiutk and sqch extra special crops
of climate, of are slowly but surely being retired, and Mrs. Leland Thompson, who
directly in front of the depot. The proximity to the
vention to supervise the wide field as’ filberts, . walnuts, broccoli and
world’s greatest Not only that, but a small amount have recently been married,
girl screamed and jumped out of market for all
of health activities engaged in by mint. Each ÿear finds these crops
forest products, is available each year to match
In connection with this reception.
the way ’of one, which crashed
the association.
and of rapital for ihe unlimited
increasing as market demands ar?
government money and so Federal the Christian Endeavor society of
against the building where she had
Official titles were changed bo increased. The farms which grow
development of new industries. It
aid to the extent of
million the Evangelical church was re­
been standing.- Lee -Schwab, who
president and secretary in place these special crops run rrom five
is therefore a reasonable expecta
is spent on Oregon roads each organized, after a period of be­
was in the building at the time,
of commander and record keeper to about fifty acres in size.
that we shall see a great expan­
year.
ing disbanded. Mrs. Lona Wideman
opened the door of the waiting
respectively. All other titles to cor-
Poultry farms
stand
out *>y
sion of pulp and paper making in
Why change this satisfactory was ejected president, and the so­
room and let her1 inside.
respond. Women may now take as themselves. Many of them are large
the Pacific northwest, and at the
condition for an unknown quantity. ciety is ready for diligent work.
Logs were strung along the track
high as $10,000 in benefits instead commercial plants. The numtier ts
ame time complete disappearance I
The first meeting was held at
Things are progressing satisfactori­ i
for
about
100
yards
before
the
of the former $5,000 certificate, increasing annually.
of refuse burners from our saw­
ly along the lines planned when 7 o’clock last Sunday evening with
train could be stopped. A new Reo
also reincorporation was made per­
mills. In place, of burners there
But by no means do all out
the bond issue was voted by the Mrs. A. C. Knause as leader. A
petual instead of 30 years as for­ farms put “all the eggs in one roadster that *as said to have be­ will be mills devoted to the manu
was evidenced,
people and we are pledged to this good attendance
longed
to
an
employe
of
the
Stan
­
merly.
feature of valuable building and
basket,” either literally or figura­
plan until the highway program is considering that it was the first
dard
Oil
company,
was
^bent
on
Supreme President West left the tively. Since the World war there
ndustrial materials out of the re­
i meeting for so long. Next Sunday
completed and bonds retired."
convention to accept Governor Fred has been a considerable growtn one side when a large log crashed fuse which the burners formerly
I evening, the meeting will be led
against
it.
The
’
c
ause
of
the
acci
­
W. Green’s invitation to attend tne in the number of diversified one-
consumed.
paper making in the Pacific north­ by Mrs. E. E. Garner, and tne
dent
has
not
been
determined.
annual Governors’ Conference Ban­ family farms. These farms avoid
In view of all the available west is destined to reach very large lesson is on missions. Everyone .i
quet. July 26, at Mackinac Island, all the great staples like wheat,
Spmpten—Work begun on tele- facts, statistical and geographical proportions, and to give rise to very cordially invited and urged
as Republican National comittee- com and cotton, staples which phone improvements between this we can not escape the conclusion a new era of industrial expan-
to attend this meeting and help
woman for Michigan.
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1 city and Canyon City.
that the development of pulp and «ion and prosperity.
make it a success.
Short Route Between Scappoose
M. E. Carkin Wins Individual
Honors at Convention
Open Up NewRich Country
We Don’t Have
It as Hard as the
Easterners Do
Motor Assn. Does
Not Approve the
Change in Fees