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Iler nenia Entered at Vernonia, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-Class Matter. t VERNONIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1928. Cabin Is Planned For Vernonia Camp Fire Girls VOLUME 6. NO. 26. 1927 Was Active Year For Pythian Sisters of Vernonia Light & Power Co. County Fire Loss Heaviest Vernonia Temple No. 6 is still The need for a cabin as a meet- very much «live. Our meetings are ing place for the five Camp Fire well attended as our members al- groups of Vernonia was stressed at ways have something interesting for a meeting held in the Washington us to work on. The past year has school by representatives of differ- ent organizations in town. Foggy and Cold Weather Causes been a veiy successful one for The Company’s Only Office A committee to act as a ways I Be Maintained Here; All Intense Gloom Among Northern us. and means, and also as a building Emil Messing, one of our knights, California Folk; Business Quiet. land Connections Severed. committee was appointed as fol- made and donated a cedar chest, lows: C. F. Hieber, Rev. G. W. (By A. D. Moe of Hood River, (with the Pythian Sister emblem G. Vi. Ford was appointed re-l | father of the editor of the Eagle) carved and painted on it,) to the Plumer, Mrs. Fred Brewer, Miss Hazel Malmsten, Mrs. Black and ceiver of the Vernonia Light & Los Angeles, Calif., Jan 14, 1928. sisters. All sisters took very active Power company by Judge Eakin Miss Bessie McDonald. We left Yuba City Thursday part in fib.ng the chest w'th very of the circuit court at St. Helens A location for the building has morning in a fog and it lasted all beautiful fancy work. Five hun- not been selected j*-*, yet, but it is j Tuesday. He has stated that the day. While it was not heavy enough dred tickets .were sold, at f.rty — nut uccn ouivvvvu Suffers Greatest Loss Also Approves Norris Resolution thought that one measuring 44 by only office that will be maintained to interfere with traffic, yet the cents ouch, which brought a total Columbia Of Any County in the State 30 feet would suit the needs of by the company will be the one To Abolish “Lame Duck” ars. roads were wet part of the time. of two hundred and fifty the girls. This would provide a used at present in Vernonia. During the Past Year Session of Congress | We took the route over the Garden The chert was raffled off Just be place for their meetings which now, The bondholders in Columbia highway to Sacramento, where we fore Thanksgiving Day. First and The state forester has issued his Deer Island Grange has notified presents a serious problem, accord-j . county requested that the custodyI sj)ent an hour greasing and oiling second prizes were given. Our M. I of the company property be turned' car an(j getting an auto per E. C., Mrs. Mildred Black was for 1927 report to the governor of Senator Chas. L. McNary that they ing to the guardians. advisory vvuuvu council was An auvisory wu, elected over t0 this county, and this was mit The office of the Division of tunate enough t0 get the lucky | Oregon relative to receipts and are opposed to the movement on is now in a ___ foot to eliminate the price-fixing by the guardians last week as fol- ordered done Saturday by Circuit ji|otor new number for the chest, and it was expenditures and fires and fire __ Vehicles ______ .j losses for the season. Columbia building on P strei feature of his farm relief bill as lows: Mrs. Judd, Greenman, Mrs. (Judges Tucker and Stevenson of building on P street. The same girl presented to her at Christmas ‘ chest, ‘ the county suffered the greatest mone- introduced this session of congress. Mark E. Moe, and Mrs. M. D.1 Multnomah county. was the boss in the office who time. In return for the In a communication recently Cole. The guardians of the five For more than a year Lloyd R. caused me so much trouble the sisters presented Mr. 1 Messing’with' tary losa with a total of $81,467 sent him they stated that "we groups are : Mrs. A. C. Knanss, SmSmith in Portland had been the first time we went through seven a very beautiful Knights of Py only $20 of which was of unsalvable timber, the rest being in logs and would rather have the bill defeated, Miss Melba Laramore, Miss Hazel; receiver for both the Vernonia j years ago, but she has apparently thias ring for Christmas. We are quietly doing a great logging equipment destroyed. Seven as to eliminate this part would Mrâmslen, Mrs. Fred Brewer Light & Power company and also calmed down since and we got the deal of altruistic work. We helped teen fires were reported in the only create a lot of high salaried Miss Bessie McDonald. the Northwestern Trust company, label without delay. officials and be of no material due to the companies being allied The fog lasted all day. We ex needy families at Christmas time. county. Tillamook county came second Mass Meeting Is Called benefit to the farmer. because of $125,000 bond issue. pected to run out of it near Fresno, We are always ready to help at with a loss of $26,180, and Clat- “The National Grange stands for any time when necessary. We also The light and power company has but it got worse and at Tulare, For All Ex-Service Men the debenture bond pland and we now severed connections with the where we spent the night, they said sent a barrel of fruit to the child sop third with $21,885. The great --------- . i would suggest this plan as a sub A mass meeting for all ex-service, trust company. the sun had not been seen for ten rens home at Vancouver, just after est number of fires was reported in Jackson county, where there Christmas. stitute {or the price-fixing plan of men and their families will be held I Mr. Ford states that he intends days. your bill. The debenture bond plan in St. Helens February 11, when to put on a flannel shirt and help California is sure “in the dumps” On Wednesday, January 11, at were 155. Douglas county was creates no new offices or high the various benefits for all vet-1 “Frenchy” La Rocque, local man- without sun. Everybody complains, our regular meeting, the following second with 132. During the season salaried officials as the enlarge- erans will be explained, according ager, put the equipment and af- and when the sun doesn’t shine it officers were installed: M. E. C., a total of 778 fires were reported ment of a few existing agencies is to J. W. Valiant, service officer fairs of the power company in is cold. Adelma Soden; M. of R. C., Pearl as occurring on lands coming un all that is needed for its admin- of the American Legion, depart- shape. No radical changes in rates, The next morning the fog was Wilkerson; E. S. Theo Emmott; E. der the jurisdiction of the state istration.” J. Freeda Freeda Van Van Doran; Doran; M. M. of of F., F., j forester. ment of Oregon. service or methods will take place worse than ever and lasted until I J. Approve Norri* Resolution There will be a conference of for some time, he states, but an we reached the Grapevine station at Lorita Bateman; manager, Minnie I Fire fighting costs were reduced Deer Island Grange sent a reso post officers of the county the honest effort will be made to build the foot of the Tehachipe moun iAspland; protector, Isabel Culbert-j*0 a minimum, the total expended - - • Lamping; • — - I being $53,966. Of this amount $43,- lution to the three representatives same day at 11 a.m. P. C., up the plant until it is in the best tains. Then the weather turned son; guard, ■ Loreta stating that they approved the Mildred Black. Mrs. Katherine Hof- 203 was spent in the suppression possible condition. After that, he from winter to summer. Norris resolution for a constitu Robert Hoffman Pledged The roads were good all the way fman is our pianist and Lola of fires in logging camps, the ex- stated, an attempt will be made to tional amendment which would ab however, and the new car got quite Nance press correspondant. A light penses being borne by the opera sell it to the best advantage of the To Phi Lambda Upsilon olish the “lame duck” session of a kick out of its first trip to Cali lunch of ice cream and cake and tions in which the fires occurred. bondholders, when it can again be Causes of Fires Given congress which has been passed by i Oregon State Agricultural Col operated as such a concern should. fornia. The old car was so familiar coffee was served afterward. In the causes of fires, lightning the United States senate several • lege. Corvallis, Jan. 30. Robert Mr. Ford has has experience with with the road that we did not have We hope our coming year will be times only to be defeated by the! Hoffman of Vernonia, junior in receiverships of public service con- to pay much attention to road signs, just as successful as in the past was responsible for 162. The small number of lightning fires in the house. chemical engineering, has been cerns before, and has met with but had to show the road to the one. state area as compared with the J. M. Clark has purchased two1 pledged to Phi Lambda Upsiloi\, marked success in rebuilding them new Commander. It made better national forests, where the percen lots at the corner of D and East national honorary fraternity in to their proper status and taking time than the old one, however. tage of fires from this cause runs streets on the east side from A. chemistry. The pledging was a I them out of the hands of the Through the grape country be Clover Seeding Time Is February or March over 50 per cent, is due to the E. Wright of Portland. feature at a meeting of faculty and courts. tween Stockton and Fresno we saw fact that practically all lands pa Mark Cameron, formerly of students assembled to hear a lec grapes still hanging on the vines, Clover is one of the most cheap-I Hood River, but who now resides ture by Dr. Niel Gordon, editor Dog Licenses Must Be where many fields had not been ly produced short lived legume for-[ trolled under the administration of forester are at the lower in California, was here over the of chemical education. Selection Is picked, so the grape growers must age crops, especially when planted I the state ~ Purchased by March 1 ‘h7ra thunder storms week end visiting his brothers, who based on scholarship, character and be having their troubles. with fall grain. February is usually /Warns County Clerk Nearly all the towns we went are infrequent. are employed at the Gilby Motor leadership. the best time for sowing in west company. j The total number of man-caused 1 larger ern Oregon, while March is best With March 1 of each year set through, especially the fires was 616 and the incendiary places, show improvements, and the Information on Future as the last day, according to the in the irrigated section of eastern heads the list with 203 fires. This Registrations For City Is Gathered For Farms Oregon laws, on which licenses for roads are being improved all along Oregon. represents a large percentage of Election Have Been Few dogs may be purchased without the way. The entire Pacific coast The seed is broadcast on the Oregon State Agricultural Col penalty, County Clerk J. W. Hunt is growing, from the Canadian bor- grain field at the rate of 10 to 12 the fires and at first glance would City Recorder Reasoner states lege, Corvallis, Feb. 1. Knowledge ( of St. Helens warns all dog owners appear excessive in comparison with __ der t0 Mexico. The 28 miles of that registrations for the coming is power, so says the sage. And to secure their licenses in the near curves on the Ridge route are be- pounds of red clover or 6 to 8 other causes. However, the incen pounds of alsike clover per acre. city eltction on February 11 have knowledge is profit, says the far- j future, ing widened and straightened, but Freezing and thawing weather or diary seldom sets a single fire but been coming in very slowly. The mer, especially if that knowledge i The law relating usually sets from 20 to 30 fires. there are several miles still un _ to dog license last date on which those will be includes information about what an(j penalties, which is reprinted completed. The drive is a very pic a good rain will cover the seed Hence it will be seen that a single at a dry time it is but if sown received is February 9. “the other fellow" is going t0 on another page of this issue, turesque one, but requires slow harrowed in. Losses sometimes oc- individual can be responsible for The election has been called for raise. I states that any owner or keeper of and careful driving. cur when sowing is followed by a many fires. Other causes were the purpose of voting n charier| Such knowledge for use of Ore--a dog who fails to procure a license Los Angeles is still expanding. light rain and seed sprouts fail to smokers 125, campers 99, logging amendment to enable the council gon farmers in 1928 is the object shall be subject to a fine of $10. Nearly every year we see the first 58, land clearing 59, railroads 4, to pass ordinances requiring the of a state economic-outlook confer- j Another section of the law is Los Angeles sign on the highway get rooted. Land of good tilth gives slashing 2, and miscellaneous 68. best results, but where a stand Is building of sidewalks. ence scheduled here February 8-11 that relating to claims for damages moved farther north. This year, difficult to obtain, sowing alone about tw 0 miles south of the county which will be followed by a series inflicted by dogs, in which is states later in the season is recommended. Rebekah Lodge Installs W. C. T. U. Will Meet Feb. 7 line, and 75 miles from the center of 10 county conferences later tn fhat the owner of sheep or goats Officers For This Year The W. C. T. U. will meet Feb of the city, a large sign read: P.-T. Assn. To Meet Monday ruary 7 instead of February 14 at the month. These local conferences may file claims for damages in “You are now entering Los An Mountain Heart Rebekah lodge The regular meeting of the the home of Mrs. Franklin Malm under the auspices of the exten flicted by dogs with the county geles.” When we went through 70 Parent-Teacher association will be 243 recently installed the follow- sten. All members are asked to be sion service are an outgrowth of court. miles of a continuous city last held in the Washington school ing officer^ for this year: Mes present as this is to be an im the former economic conferences spring as we passed through Chi Monday evening. Dr. R. I. Hall dames Ruth Reese, N. G. ; Hazel and will re-state the agriculutral Ex-Kaiser’s Tub For Sale portant meeting. Friends arc al Thompson, secretary; Attie Camer cago, we thought it the longest ways welcome to attend all ineet- programs in the light of new con- , The offering for sale in Essen, city in the United States, but Los- will speak on “Contagious Diseases,” on, treasurer. ditions and later and more com- Germany, of an ornate copper gas and an interesting program Is plan- il'gS- After the installation a delicious plete information based on federal heated bathtub bearing the imper- ¡ Angeles is making room for the ned. Everyone interested in the luncheon was served in the hall. and state outlook reports and Io- ial arms of the Hohenzollerns and largest city in the world, if it can schools is urged to attend. W. C. T. U. Institute to Start 1 once used by former. Kaiser Wil build up solid in the great expanse Plans are progressing for the About 35 were present for the oc The W. C. T. U. of Columbia cal data. County agents here in annual helm recalls the unique and humor of country now annexed. The city bazaar and food sale to be held casion. will start their series of institutes February 7. The one to be held in conference, together with exten- ous early history of that now indis limits have surrounded several of February 25. Boys and Girls Clubs the smaller suburban towns, with Vernonia will occur on February sion specialists and college depart- pensable fixture. Purney-Holcomb When bathtubs were first intro- the hope of compelling them to sur- To Split $1525 in Cash 10, and will be an all-day session. ment heads, will prepare the state Mrs. Pearl Purney and I Herman It is said that the evening meet wide outlook report containing con duced into the United States in rended, and some of them have, An appropriation of $1525 for Van- I ing will be of especial interest to clusions on all Oregon farm enter 1840, newspapers condemned them, while others are still holding out. Holcomb were married in boys ’ and girls’ 4-H club contests prises as they appear for the com couver, Wash., Monday. They were eloquent speeches politicians made the public. There will be pictures Los Angeles, Jan. 17, 1928. accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Thos. at the Pacific International Live of the Corvallis Farm Home shown, ing year. The federal outlook re against them, and doctors held While Mrs. Moe is enjoying a also a lecture by Miss Maude Al port released January 28 contain them us as a menace to health. In visit with her sister, Mrs. Otis, at McDaniel. Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb I stock exposition in 1928 has been drich, national movie director of ing latest “intentions to plant” in 1843 Virginia levied an annual tax her country home in the San Fer who are well known here, will re- made by the Portland Union Stock Yards company according to word the W. C. T. U., who is a noted formation will be available for use of $30 on every bath tub. A Boston nando Valley, 26 miles from Broad- side in Vernonia. received by the state college club speaker. No admission will be charg along with more complete state ordinance forbade the use of them Installs 12-Hole Frigidaire office from George A. Pearson, w®Y> the* city of ^Los Angeles, ed, but a collection taken to help data than ever before. G. R. Hy- except when ordered by a physl-l of course) I am calling on old The Lincoln Candy Kitchen in president. defray expenses. The public is cor- slop, chief in farm crops, is chair cian. Of the total, $1075 is for the man of this committee. The Kaiser’s old tub which now friends in the business district. The stalled a new 12-hole Frigidaire dially invited. With the state report prepared, approaches the auction block was last three days have been cold, yesterday, which Mr. Lincoln states pig feeding contest and $450 for gas 1 with frost every morning and tne will now enable him to give a I the corn growing division, both when Economic Conference Feb. 28-29 conferences in 10 counties will be constructed in 1891 Plans for the Columbia County held on the following dates: Lane, stoves were a novelty and gas was tops of the Sierras showing white greater variety of service in ice I open to members in Oregon, Wash , with a new storm. We got through creams and sherbets than formerly. I ingttn and Idaho. In the first div Economic Conference for February February 17-18; Malheur, Polk, used exclusively for lighting. the Ridge route over the Tehachlpe This is in line with improvements ision, four pigs from the same lib- 28-29, are rapidly being formu Clackamas, February 21-22; Colum mountains just in time as the next contemplated upon moving into the ter entered at weaning time are Keep Farm Account* lated. The various commodity com bia, Josephine and Deschutes, r • b- The keeping of farms accounts day a snow storm covered the pave new location. Mr. Lincoln is especial judged on individuality, greatest mittees are being appointed to out ruary 28-29. Farmers, business men line the important items to be and bankers will take part in these is an important item in connection ment a couple of inches deep, with ly optimistic concerning business gain in weight, lowest cost, and local meetings in order best to with good farm management. This fog in places that froze on the prospects for 1928, stating that completeness of report. Corn grow considered at the meeting. When this conference convenes, adapt the state outlook reports to helps to keep account of the ex wind shields of the cars. C. W. he looks forward to a particularly ers must enter by August 1 and penditures and receipts of the dif Hooker, at the Wholesale, Terminal, good year for all retail and service later exhibit 25 ears. Judging is the first day will be given over to local needs, 75 per cent on the exhibit and 25 Avoidance of ruinous surpluses ferent projects of the farm, In sail the cool weather is helping to trade. tl.e committee work and for the per cent on the record book. committees to formulate a report to and unnecessary shortages in farm order to return net profits on each 1 improve the apple market. They The day of barter and exchange | they have had several weeks of In the past many contestants present at the general conference production has been found nossihle undertaking. The county agent’s office has a very warm weather here up to the :s not past. Offer an article for have reaped added financial profitB on the second day of the meeting. in a measure through widespread information on farm outlook errly book that is well adapted to the I present time that has caused many trade and you will be surprised at by raising corn for one contest to feed to pigs in the other. Astoria. Lower Columbia Co in the year. While it is not pre keeping of farm accounts in a I of the apples to go down, especial the replies. McMinnville. J. C. Penney Com will sumed that a successful farmer will simple form that is easy to keep ly those which were overripe and operative Dairy Association Turn useless goods into money build big condensary and powdered jump around from one type of and gives the maximum amount of affected by the submerged wash pany will have larger. modern by advertising them for sale in home. farming to another constantly, ad information. These hooks may be ing. milk plant. Forest Grove. Carnation Lumber the classified column. The Eagle Mr. Hooker says that there are Hood River. Negotiations begin justments can be made to material obtained at the county agent’s of {or 50-ton pulp, and perhaps a ly increase profits, experience has fice at the cost of printing, which less Hood River apples in Los An- Co. rushes work on new electric classifieds are eagerly read for bar gains every week. 1 sawmill. Please turn to page 6 is 15c each. shown. paper mill. Would Not Eliminate the Price- Fixing Features Suggests Debenture Bond $81,467 Is ¡927 Loss