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Entered at Vernonia, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-Class Matter. VERNONIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1928 Volume6, Number 25 Jury List Drawn *»'1*928 Annual Report Made Basketball Team Climbs 1928 Here For Justice Court Few Registered president, Mrs. H. E. McGraw, retiring 1928 jury list for district By Park Commission To Second Position In I 4 The of Columbia county, of which acted as intallir.g officer meeting of the Am P. Hill is justice of the peace, has: On Last Yeai’s Work Golumbia County League I 'been To Vete In City at erican the special Legion Auxiliary Monday drawn as follows: American Legion i Installs Officers for I night, when the following members R. M. .Aldrich, Frank Allen, A. i Park Haa Been Graded, Cleared, One Point Defeat by St. Helen* were placed in office. J. Austin, A. Bennett, Cass Ber- ' and Trees Trimmed; Tentative In First Game Marred Perfect Mrs. M. E. Moe, president; Mrs. gerson, Chas. Bergerson, Peter Ber- Plans for 1928 Outlined Record For Season. Harry Wilson, vice president; Mrs. gerson, L. Boeck Sr., J. W. Brown, | J. C. Lindley, vice presidentj Mrs. Louis Brown, C. Bruce, J. H. Bush, (By Mrs. Judd Greenman) The Vernonia high school basket- j ; E. H. Washburn, secretary; Mrs. The park commission was ap- ball team has now reached second D. C. Cason, Albert Childs, H. R. F. Nance, treasurer Mrs. Em Christenson, J. M. Clark, B. J. mett Crow, chaplain, Mrs. W. S. pointed by the mayor last March place in the Columbia county) Cline, H. M. Condit, A. B. Counts, and held their first meeting on the league, in which St. Helens, | Eason, historian; Mrs. W. W. B. Crowley, C. Dübendorf, R. Dun Jackson, sergeant-at-arms; Mrs. E. | 9th of that month. Since then there Scappoose, Rainier and Clatskanie can, J. Emmons, R. Emmott, J. A. J. Tousley, Mrs. W. H. Hurley and has been eight meetings of the are also competing. Vernonia’s two Erickson. Mrs. V. Powell, executive com board and a great deal has been point defeat of Rainier here last A. Fonda, L. L. Graven, C. F. Goal of 300 Members is Sot For accomplished. Friday makes the situation look Only Those Registered Will Be mittee. The city council allowed the favorable for a chance at the Hieber, G. Henkle, R. Hammack, " Entitled to Vote in Special 1928; Past Year Was First in After the installation Mrs. H. F. Hartwick, A. R. Holmes, W. H. Which Active All Year. City Election February 14 E. McGraw was presented with a park $100, and $141.66 was taken, championship pennant, according to Hurley, G. C. Johns, H. Johns, M. in on Vernonia day. This money local fans, past president’s jewel. has been used for grading, clear-j A nervousness in playing was, Jolley, J. Kranick, A. L. Kullander, The Vernonia Chamber of Com With a special city election set ing away brush and trimming trees ! evident in the game with St. HcT- ! [ J. R. Lee, Chas. Malmsten, H. E. merce has set a goal of 300 mem for February 14, when the voters Pomona Grange Meets Feb. 4. 1 ens — at -1 the first 1 of the ------- season, 1 1 McGraw, B. McDonald, J. A. Mc- bers for 1928, according to R. M. of Vernonia will decide whether Columbia County Pomona Grange in the park. they want a charter amendment to will have their 98th regular ses This year the city council voted which has been partly overcome. In Donald, J. P. McDonald, John Mil- Aldrich, president, who states that the first half of the Rainier game, 'er> Geo. McDonald, Chas Mellinger, the past year was the most suc permit the council to pass ordi sion with Beaver Valley Grange the park $500 and some of this vr _ _ s _ i s «o i « zc ' Pnwae lVf z»l li *-* » ILT K 11 . ri nances compelling property owners 1306 on Saturday, February 4. The ) sum has been spent for digging Vernonia lead 18 to 10. During f’erry Mellinger, Mike Miller, C. cessful in its history, having been I A. Mills, G. R. Müls. Rainier ’ s rally in the second half, the first year that the cnamber was to construct or repair sidewalks in secretaries are asked to send in I a ditch and grading with a tractor, more Alex Morton, Mike O’Conner, F. active the whole time. the city, the warning is issued by I Pomona reports in ample time fur Several huge stumps were burned the Vernonia team made City Recorder D. B. Reasoner that I the meeting. and now the ground is in fine shots at the basket than Rainier, Overson, Andrew Parker, N. J. An office has been maintained, but nervousness again creeped Parker, W. O. Porterfield, C. w. where general information is given but few are entitled to vote at shape. As soon as the weather is set over' them, and but few were net Reithner, Thos. Riggles, J. W. Rose, out to travelers and settlers, both present. Magazines Will Be R. Sesseman, Earl Snider, Dan from personal inquiry and through tled enough there will be more ted. Since less than 300 voted at the Furnished High School The game in Portland Friday I Steiner, A. Sword, R. Spencer, J. the mails. Many inquiries come grading done and the ground will city election in the fall of 1926, By P.-T. Association | be leveled and seeded to grass. A night with Hill Military academy, E. Tapp, E. S. Thompson, C. O. every week from persons interest all others automatically cancelled their registration, according to the The Parent-Teacher association I number of people have offered to is expected to give the local team Thomas, Roy Tucker, Evan Tre- ed in this section of Oregon, who law. It will be necessary for these which met at the high school Fri- donate plants and shrubs and these a good workout, inasmuch as it harne, C. A. Van Alstine, Harry want to go into the dairy, sheep, does not figure in the county Wilson, Albert Wood, Bert Wood, poultry, general farming or other persons to re-register to vote at day with the vice-president, Mrs. will be collected and planted. Water will be piped into the lea£ue results. January 31 the lo- Dave Dübendorf. businesses. this coming election as a law pass E. A. Green in the chair, plans to ed recently no longer permits the furnish the high school with mag park and a camp stove built so [co^ team will journey to Clatskanie, Witn a larger membership, the swearing in of voters on election azines and the high school teachers it can be used for picnics. Some I where local fans hope they will Womens Relief Corps scope of work of the secretary’s Installs Officers For have been asked to make a list. tables and benches have already Ieven the score against that team, day in Oregon. office will be enlarged, according February 9 Last Day of the magazines that would be been donated and the park com-¡when the chance for the county to Mr. Aldrich, who states that 1928; All Day Meeting' mission hopes to have a well estab- j championship was lost on that floor, Judge Reasoner has set February most suitable. the amount of work that can bo The Womens Relief Corps in-j done to advertise this valley is 9 as the last day when he will ac- Each of the three schools were lished city park functioning by stalled the newly elected officers limited only by the funds avail cept registrations for the special asked to make a list of the things early summer. There are plans for tennis courts for 1928 at an all day meeting able. election, as he must have time to that are needed most in the school. Thursday. Mrs. Horseman came prepare the poll books and other Each list is to approximate $25. and play grounds for the children j A c 'dar lettir has rerently material for the election on Feb Mrs. Judd Greenman gave a very! and some money is now available1 Review of Commodity Market over from Portland to install the , been sent to all the memtiers ask officers. After the installation a ing them V state their preference ruary 14. He also states that it interesting talk on “Books.” She for playground apparatus as soon Trends For Past Week would be advisable for all persons pointed out that there are suitable)as the ground is in shape, Grain. The market for the prin- luncheon was served in the social | as to the committees op n vtich who were sworn in the last time books for every age and she urged | The board is feeling very opti-1 cipal grains held generally firm | room of the Evangelical church. w'ah to ser’e, bqiv'ig Mat registered^ as mistakes sometimes the parents to have as many books mistic and are looking forward to during the week just past. Sharp Officers for the coming year are: ^better results will be obtained this they voted to check up with his as possible in the home, from the a summer when the people of Ver competition for high protein qual President, Nannie B. Hall; senior | way, as the arbitrary placing of records to see if they are properly nursery rhymes for the little tots, nonia will have a real park in ities of spring wheat advanced the vice president, Ruth Reese; junior i some members on certain com occurred at such times which would to good magazines for the older which to play. market somewhat for the best qual vice president, Alma Mills; treas mittees in which they are not in void the registration. children. ity. There was a fair demand for urer, Lenia Stanton; chaplain, Min terested is a waste of time. With the move recently made The committees listed are: Roads, She also remarked that she1 the products of the forest. for both 7 red and white nie John; conductor, May Mel by the local Chamber of Commerce thought the stories which the young I The spirit of conservation seized, exports at Portland, Oregon. Wet linger; guard, Laura Sauer; secre industries, fish and game, agricul the people of the east. The presi- wheats in asking for free postal deliver people read today are much better transportation, publicity, in the Pacific northwest are tary Eula John Stanton; patriotic I ture, within the city limits, it was found than the dime novels wjiich were I dent was authorized by acts of wheats membership, land settlement, and inst., Sarah A. Spencer; press cor a ready outlet through to withdraw from entry, finding that there is a scarcity of side read so extensively a generation I congress ---> set - - aside in forest . reserves, ¡feeding channels. The barley respondent, Mrs. A. J. Sitts; mus civic improvement. and walks in this locality. Among other ago. Luncheons are held at noon ev market is generally firm with re- ician, Alta R. John; assistant con large areas of the public domain, things, the post office department At the next meeting of the P.- ductress, Irene Spencer; assistant ery two weeks by the local chamber ceipts light in all markets. There I now called national forests. Later requires continuous sidewalks to T. A. a new president will be the Horseshoe cafe. The next is a good demand for feeding bar guard, Ida Johnson; color bearers, at meeting will be Thursday. Feb all places where mail is to be de elected as Mrs. Madge Rogers has | congress repealed this law and re No. 1, Emma Miller; No. 2, Violet ley. Oats ruled firm all over the served that right unto itself. livered. With the need so apparent resigned this office. Miller; No. 3, Beulah Baslington; ruary 2. All persons interested In The forest lands of the east, country. the affairs of the chamber, whether the city council quickly passed a No. 4, Attie Cameron. Hay and feed. Higher grain however, had already passed into members or not, are invited to at resolution putting up the charter private ownership. The trees had prices during the past week have tend these meetings. amendment to the people to be I Proceeds of “ Hook and been harvested and the lands were strengthened feed prices. Cotton passed on. Little opposition has Ladder No. 9” To Go being devoted to agriculture. Till seed products again ruled irregul The following members of the been heard to the proposed amend (By E. J. Adams) To Fire Department local voiture of 40 et 8 attended able fields and buildings were fast arly higher. Alfalfa meal was gen ment, and it is believed that it I One hundred and fifty years ago, taking place of the stumps, and erally firm. Hay market generally a “wreck” and banquet given by will pass, however, it is said that The proceeds of the “Hook and the Portland unit there Saturday some property owners do not want a time well within the memory the lands, and the improvements was firm to a little higher. Potatoes. The potato market I Ladder No. 9” will go to the Ver- night. A. L. Kullander, C. Nance, to pay for this small improvement of our grandfathers, this country thereon, together with the personal seemed somewhat weaker, at the I nonia Volunteer Fire department, H. E. McGraw, J. C. Lindley, H. property necessary to operate the seemed to be one vast, boundless, and will work to have at this time end of last week, all over the coun I who is sponsoring the picture, I Wilson, J. E. Covington, E. H. farms, were listed on the tax roll unlimited, unexplored, unsurveyed, i the measure defeated. try. California, Oregon, Washing I which will be shown at the Rose Washburn, and Wm. Folger uncruised, inexhaustable where they contributed annually to forest, ap- ; After the amendment is passed, ton and Idaho shipped 1,242 cars I theatre Monday, January 30. parently sufficient to supply the the cost of the government and the council may then proceed to That the portrayal of life in' 40 Local Pupils Pass during the week of January 8 to pass ordinance requiring the build needs of the world for all time. | education. the fire department might be as' 14, as compared With 799 cars Our national forests now The prevailing means of trans-I con- ing of sidewalks. It is expected that State Examinations man-fashioned i__ -__ 1.1_ -J sist of about one hundred and fifty the week before. The total move accurate as possible, the City of, they will merely require wood side- portation was by Los Angeles placed the entire re ment for the United States during vessels propelled over the natural , seven million acres located in 27 State examinations were held on walks in the majority of cases, or even the repairing of some now waterways by wind or man power. ■ different states and the territories the first week mentioned was 5,344 sources of its firefighting forces at Friday in Oregon history and geo Along the banks of the navigable of Alaska and Porto Rico. Over cars compared with 4,217 the pre the disposal of the F. B. O. studios graphy for students in the sixth in existence. The cost of having vious week. for the filming of “Hook and Lad and seventh grades. The following the grade established in each case streams grew sturdy oak trees i one hundred and thirty-two million Apples. Apples are moving ac der No. 9.” were successful: Oregon will probably be deferred until suitable for building the vessels. acres, eighty-four per cent of the i All the fire-house scenes were students history, Reba Adams, Aubrey Aus- such a time as the city wishes to The only concern of the fathers whole are located in the eleven tively from storage. Compared with was the preservation of these oak western states of Washington. Ore 1 previous seasons the shortage in cold actually taken in the engine head- tin, Giles Bennett, Leia Beveridge, build only cement walks. Cason, Robert Cline, Publication of the full proposed trees for use in ship building and gon, California, Montana, Idaho, storage stocks is becoming greater quarters at the corner of Second Mildred charter amendment may be found so it came about that they were Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and greater. Few changes occurred and Western avenues in Hollywood,' Robert Dickerson, Chester Evans, and New Mexico, in apple prices during the week and the many shots of the big red Virginia Fielding, Delmar George, preserved by statute and ordinance Nevada, on another page of this issue. for shipbuilding. | and occupy about eighteen per cent just passed altho prices on Euro trucks in action were filmed with Marion Gray, Thelma Johnston, Steam railroads were then un of the aggregate area of these pean markets declined somewhat. the local smoke-eaters handling Wilma Johnston, Celesta McDonald, Portfolio From France. Butter. A firm tone to the but their own equipment Mrs. Nichol, who teaches in the __ _ known and undreamed of, but they states. Bert Mills, Beatrice Morris, John If the national forests within I ter market at San Francisco pre While this participation of real McKee, Ruby Palmer, May Pendle- Washington school, has received soon followed, as the second great through the Red Cross, a portfo-! transportation system, and opened these eleven states were transferred vailed. In the Eastern markets the firemen in the picture lent a touch ton, Jewel Smith, Arnold Trude, lio from Ecoles des Ponts, Surnon, up the interior to settlement and to Atlantic coast it would lequire prices declined somewhat. Produc of realsm found impossible to ob- Alice Watts, _ . . Junior Aldrich, ,___ France. This is in exchange for development. The railroads decreas the entire area of the twelve tion is still increasing. The storage tain in any other way, it necessita-) Geography: Mar one the Vernonia schools sent there, ed the passing need for ships and states of Maine, New Hampshire, withdrawals are light. Foreign ted the use of extremely delicate garet Bennett, Delphine Cates, Le- last year. It is said to be a beau also brought within easy reach of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecti- prices are lower. There were 46,- care in lighting and filming the roy Christensen, Lewis Davis, Nel- tiful portfolio and contains among: the shipbuilders and abundance of cut, Rhode Island, New York, New 309,000 pounds of creamery butter action, as all of the men stead- lie Green, Lawrence Jeschard, Des- Maryland, in storage January first compared fastly refused to done make-up. | mond Laird, George Laird, Marion other things a text book on “Meth-1 timber suitable for shipbuilding and Jersey, Pennsylvania, i Delaware, and West Virginia to with 34,347,00 pounds a year ago, “Hook and Ladder No. 9” is a Lindley, Irene ods of Reading,” such as is used all other purposes. Moore, Wesley and a five year average of 41,- screen story based upon the rivalry Northup, Dale in their own school. It also con-, As our fathers moved inland to hold them, Osborne, Edna of two young firemen who love Owens, Christine Rainey, Louise tains pen and mechanical drawings hew out homes for their families, 1 It is estimated that about seven 989,000 pounds. I Wool and mohair. There has the same girl. Their adventures Roberson, Glenn Urie, Russell and paintings by the children and they sought tillable and productive hundred billion feet of merchanta these been an active demand for wool and hair-raising escapes in the Whitsell. some interesting views of the town. land. The finest oak and walnut ble timber is standing in th™ Another interesting feature is some trees were cut down, rolled to- national forests, and one hundred with some contracting during the course of their duty and love forms Grange School Planned letters from the children which 1 gether and burned, that wheat, and ten million acres are suitable last two weeks. There has been a what is said to be one of the considerable advance in prices. Buy most dramatically realistic pictures The second annual grange lec are written in both French and oats, corn, hay and potatoes might for grazing purposes. Many people have the mistaken ers are active in western Oregon of fire department life ever shown turers school designed to assist grow in their place. English. During later but still the early notion that to conserve our timber counties. A few sales were reported on the screen. officers of the local organizations The school is also in receipt of Among the featured members of in preparing literary and recreation a letter from Volkeschule, Frei- years of this republic, and within we must entirely stop the cutting during the last week of Australian berg, Germany, saying that they the memory of men now living, and keep it as it stands for some wools, with generally stronger tone. the cast are such well known programs has been scheduled for names as Cornelius Keefe, Ed- February 1-2-3 on . the campus of have received a portfolio from Ver the forests in the great lakes re future need greater than now Mohair prices are firm. Livestock. Cattle prices still con ward Hearn, Dione Ellis, Mary the state college. The three-day nonia and are sending one in re Irion seemed sufficient to supply exists, but we must remember that turn. Enclosed were a number of the needs of our people forever, timber like grain is a crop and to tinue to advance. A strong de Gordon, Lucy Beaumont, Thomas program featuring demonstrations within a very few years they keep it standing after it is ripe mand in the country and a weaker L. Brower, Johnny Gough and of community drama, recreational views of the town. According to were cut and removed. The lumber is not conservation, but waste, i supply is tending to increase In others. plans, and round-table discussions the letter it is “a small town of Conservation consists of utilizing terest in cattle. Cattle are feeding men went south and west for will be in charge of Mrs. Minnie about 16,000.” Mrs. O. T. Bateman has been E. Bond, state lecturer, and Paul the products of the land, Cut the exceptionally well throughout the more trees to cut. Not until we saw the forests of mature trees without harm and state with an ample feed supply. confined to her home for the past V. Maris, director of the exten H. B. Gates of Los Angeles, J. H. Roberts, J. M. McKenzie, J. H. the east and middle west gone leave sufficient seed trees to re- Sheep and lamb prices are firm two weeks with smallpox. Her sis sion service. Cohen and J. Enentes of Portland and trees of the south falling like produce their kind to take the place at Portland with receipts light dur ter Luella Williams has been stay- Bom: In Tacoma, on January are registered at tjie Hy-Van ho- grain before the reaper did we of those removed. Conservation al ing the week just passed. Hog ng with her and her husband has tel. Mr. Cohen is looking over the realize that our timber was ex so consists of keeping the forest ( prices are still weak on coast mark been staying with her parents, Mr. 24, to Mr. and Mrs. N. Trussler territory in the interests of a box haustable, and the time might clean and free from fire and de- ets. Prices on the eastern markets and Mrs. R. Williams during the of Vernonia, a seven and a half quarantine. pound baby girl. remain about steady. * come when our people want for structive pests. factory. All Not Voting In Last Election Must Re-register A Novel Method of Choosing Committees Evolved February 9 Is Last Dale Membership Drive to Start zva I late Farm Market Review In Our National Foresis s a