THURSDAY, MARCH 21
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
SIX
0|)i AI3HPC INDOOR AND
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OUTDOOR
Must Make Trip On
Snowshoes to Diamond
Lake Station For ‘Take*
A twenty mile trip on snow
shoes confronts the men from
the Oregon state game commis
sion to whom has been assigned
But Few Streams Have Matchmaker Has Good
the task of taking eggs from
Rainbow trout at the Diamond
Their Status Changed ( Prospects For Fight
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Card Saturday April 6 lake station in central Oregon,
In a few days a squad of four
Very few
Oregon
streams
. men will tramp in to the sta-
were cither opened or closed for
Matchmaker Murphy is lining'tjon) where equipment and food
fishing by the state game com up a good fight card for Satur ' was delivered last fall before
mission at its last meeting. In day night, April 6 at the Legion had weather set in. Early in May
order to give the fish of the hall, and may use Kid Nelson or as soon as the weather per
Metolius river a better oppor and either Brady or Knight for mits Matt Ryckman, superinten
tunity to spawn that stream was the double main events.
dent of hatcheries will break a
ordered closed between it source
A general improvement in the trail to the egg taking station,
and the forestry service ranger fight cards is noticeable by mat By that time the eggs will be
station.
ching local boys against men out "eyed” and ready for distribu-
Milk creek in Clackamas coun of town which seems to assure a tion to the hatcheries of Ore-
ty was opened and a few other scrap, whereas if two fighters gon. Last year the Diamond lake
from the city are pitted against station, which is one of the
slight rhanges were made.
each other, the battle as a rule largest on the Pacific coast, sup-
is given according to the size plied almost 17,000,000 eggs to
of the house.
the department and this season
There have been battlers such it is expected that the “take”
as Don Mack and Johnny LaRose will exceed that figure.
who have fought a main event
in this town which would have
I Marking Steelheads To
been a credit to any fight card,
Settle Controversy
and it is hard to remember other
fights fought by out of town
fighters that gave the fight fans
To settle a controversy re-
garding the question of how long
good returns.
fish that spawn remain out of
the Rogue river before return
Clackamas, Marion,
ing, and what percentage
of
them do return the state game
Linn and Lincoln
commission is marking a large
Streams are Planted number of steelheads before they
are liberated from egg taking
Baseball Team T°
The work is being car
A crew of men from the hatch stations.
Start Practice Soon ery department of the state ried on in the Bear creek, Ante
game commission has been en lope and Little Butte egg tak
ing stations. The left ventral fin
The Vernonia ball team recent- gaged during the last two weeks
is cut from each fish after it
ly had a meeting and elected in planting trout of better than has spawned and is ready for
Charlie Richardson as manager six inches in length in the
and Ben George as coach for the streams of Clackamas, Marion, liberation. Sportsmen are being
asked to cooperate with the com
Linn and Lincoln counties. It
coming season.
Practice will start as soon as will take several more days to mission and report catches of
the ball ground is in good con complete the work of distribut any of the marked fish. It is be
dition and a good turnout is ex ing 750,000 trout from the lieved that this experiment will
Roaring river hatchery. The Mo aid in determining what percen
pected for pructice.
Most of the players are em lalla, Pudding, Milk Siletz and tage of the fish return to the
Rogue after spawning.
ployed by the Oregon American tributaries, Santaiam and tribu
The commission will mark
smaller
taries and numerous i
Lumber company.
Within the near ftutre the streams have already been i plant- several thousand fry as they are
liberated in coast streams this
Ball team will sponsor a dance ed.
season so that an idea of the
fur the benefit of the club, and
Monday a truck started carry- migratory habits of fish may be
will use the proceeds to pur- ing fish from the Delph Creek
formed. Each stream will be as
chase equipment.
hatchery and most of these will signed n distinctive marking
be planted in the streams adja- which will be registered at the
cent to Multomah county.
Local Post of Legion
commisison’s office and sports
When the big “fish Pullman” men will be asked to report,
To Form Teams For
has completed its work at the when they catch a marked fish.
Junior Baseball Roaring River hatchery it will
be sent to Seaside where ap-
Starting to Play Tennis
The local post of the Ameri proximately 600,000 steelheads
With the first signs of spring
can Legion have plans underway and cutthroat trout
will
be the members of Vernonia tennis
in which they soon hope
to taken from the Necanicum hat club have started to play on
the
have a few Junior baseball teams chery and
coast court in the city park.
planted
in
organized so that Vernonia can streams.
be represented in the American
During the season more than
Legion Junior baseball league.
15,000,000 fish will be planted
It is the purpose of the Legion in the streams of Oregon. All
to sponsor baseball for all play- of these will be more than six
ers under the age of 17.
inches in length. Eastern Oregon
The baseball program is spon- streams will be left until late
sored by the Americanism com- in the spring before plantings
mission of the American Legion will be made as the roads will
and is done for the purpose of not permit travel from
developing better future citizens. hatcheries.
Playing under such rules a boy
learns to play fair, to be loyal,
Nelson Fought Last
to cooperate with his team mem
Night at Forest Grove
bers and to respect authority
and deeipline all of which will
make for better citizenship.
Kid Nelson local fighter met
Vernonia will be divided into Bull Durham of St. Helens in an
everal sections, depending upon 8 round main event at the Ame-
the number of entries, and a rican Legion smoker at Forest
play off of each sectional win Grove last night.
ner will be staged. The winner
On account of this paper go
That it is better to give than
will then enter for the county ing to press Wednesday evening
receive, most prize fighters be
championship.
we are unable to give the results lieve.
All local newspapers will car of the fight in this issue, but
ry publicity throughout the en predict a decision rendered in
Building castles in the air is
tice schedule of the American favor of Nelson.
poor business these days of in
Legion Junior baseball program.
After his recent fight here stallments. Most castles disappear
Lads under the age of 17 de with Jock Lange,
the
Forest
siring to enter for a team, will Grove fight promoters have been before the second payment is
please get in touch with H. E. very anxious to get Nelson to planked down.
McGraw, at the Bank of Verno fight a mnin event on their card.
nia, who has been asigned by
the Post Commander to form the
first team.
Start now and sign up, the
more the merrier. There will be
teams formed for
the
little
chaps so that the competition
will be equalized.
Monkey "Biz”
Sales are made these days, not
so much on high pressure sales
manship but touching the vanity
of the prospective buyer who is
flattered to think that others be
lieve he can afford the purchase.
Those who appear disinterest
ed and inactive in any civic plan
of improvement are usually the
first to take advantage of the
beneficial feature of the improve
ment.
Bill Culver and Mike Miller
recently had an argument over
golf. Now all Mike asks is an
other chance to shave Bill.
Our definition of a stool pig
eon, "A worm that has been
stepped on and is unable to make
progress.”
Another good alibi. That the
referee who counted over Tun-
ney when Dempsey flattened him
at Chicago, stuttered.
Another reason a good many
men leave home, “When the
landlord comes.”
Recently going through Birk-
enfeld, Ed Tapp was mistaken
for a trafic cop. Evidently Eddie
gets pretty hard boiled away
from home.
bed
Politics create
strange
partners, but who ever heard of
dealer
a Ford and Chevrolet
sleeping together?
It’s a wise bird, who, having
been trained to do the family
washing makes the first payment
on an electric washing machine.
In the thickest padded cell at
Salem is the bird who tried to
melt the “Ice” out of dice.
That funny gait on Jack Car-
kin, when cantering down tiie
main stem, isn’t from the an-
cient practice of lifting his foot
on the bar rail, but from stamp
ing on his pressing matchine.
We hear that the Chicago
gangsters have formed a union,
and that the initiation fee is,
“three victims.”
A good way of keeping from
getting indigestion, “Don’t eat.”
«- I may - be full
- .. of holes,” said
the cheese, “but I’m not weak.”
Monday afternoon Curly Buff-
mire was seen standing in front
of his garage with a large club
in his hand. Evidently Curly must
be keeping some of his wild
stampede stock in that garage.
Bodie Hiebcr and Neil Bush
are attempting to grow a few
spears of woofis feathers under
their nose.
BIRKENFELD
Bill Crawder, who has been
working for the Birkenfeld Lum-
her company for the past six
weeks, has returned to his home
in Vernonia.
C. V. Palmer has taken con
tract to cut right away for Big
creek Lumber company. Clyde
Lane is working for him.
Jewell high school gave a
dance Saturday and everyone had
a good time. A large crowd
from Birkenfeld attended.
KEASEY
Mrs. W. G. Christie and in
fant son Walter have returned
to their home at the I.-P. camp,
the
Dudley Nickson
spent
week end in Portland.
Fletcher and Mr. Ring-
Planning To
Lee Davis In Action
At Grove Last Night
Build?
Lee Davis of Vernonia engag
ed in battle Wednesday night at
the American Legion smoker at
Forest Grove with Young Griffo
of Hillsboro. Griffo weighed 138
and Davis 128.
Davis has never fought in the
local ring, and engaged in only
one ring battle during his fight
ing career, fighting Rex Haley
at St. Helens, knocking his man
out in the third round.
Davis will soon be seen in ac
tion probably in the local ring
April 6, advised the matchmaker.
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With that
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Believe It or Noi!
1x4 me assist and
figure on your
Hy Van
Was the first
and is yet the
Itesi hotel
in Vernonia
t
ton waste of smelt. Duri ig the
storff of Oregon American camp, Reed Holding last week com regular and improvised dip nets run the game wardens v ill be
attended the dance in Vernonia pleted the logging on his farm to catch the little fish when the on the job to see the 1 censes
which has been in operation the “run” is on will be required to
Saturday night.
of those who fish and to i revent
Mr. and Mrs. Al. Acheson and past eight months.
pay a license fee to the state the taking of more than the bag
Miss Beatrice Perry and Mrs.
family and Mr. and Mrs. H.
Oliver Burris
drove to Vernonia game commission. A bill passed limit provided for by law.
Harold Christie and Frances'-....^.
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during the recent session of the
were Mist visitors Friday even- [ Thursday,
Give Deer a Fair Chance
Norman Berg was a visitor at legislature requires that a license
ing.
McMullin fee of 50 cents be paid before
John
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Lundeen, the home of
Hunters who make a practice
are Portland visitors for a couple j Tuesday,
a citizen can legally fish in the of hunting deer at night will be
of days.
: Ì Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rudeman Sandy. The bag limit has been more careful in the future, as
small son last week left set at 25 pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Young'and
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a result of a new law which in
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made
and family of l.-P. camp have; Natal where they have
In past seasons many people creases the penalty for such an
Mrs. have gone to the Sandy during offense. The vision of a not too
moved in the house that the Ja-i their home with Mr. . and
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Eiler
for CAlVIi
sometime. The a heavy run of smelt and have comfortable jail confronting the
coby
formerly
occupied
at Carl I.'
Rudemans went to Newport.
camp 2.
caught and carried away sack night hunter will have a ten
Reed Holding called at Jake after sack of the fish. As a con dency to cause him to at least
Mrs. O. R. Young is a Portland
home
Wednesday
on
Neurer
’
s
visitor for a few days.
sequence there has been a wan- give the deer a fair chance.
Miss LaVelle and Lucille Gosa business.
Hildebrand
newspaper
T. J.
have been very ill with the flu.
Mrs. Martha Christie was a man and historical writer, was
St. Helens and Westport visitor at Natal last Thursday.
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William Rose of Clatskanie
for a few days. Mr. and Mrs.
H. Harold Christie and Frances mountain master of Natal Gran
Especially Appropriate for that
went over to Westport after her ge. spent Tuesday at Natal.
Reed Holding drove to Verno
Sunday. She is helping Mrs. W.
nia on business Tuesday.
G. Christie for a few days.
Beatrice Perry was a Mist
August Shuler is spending n
shopper Monday.
few days in Portland.
Lee Osburn was a Vernonia
visitor Monday.
Vernonia’s Modern
Noble Dunlap set the grade
NATAL
stakes for the Natal water line
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Cleaning and pressing
Mr. and Mrs. II. Price and Tuesday.
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establishment.
daughter Marion were Sunday
V/CUÊANING
Mr. Hessey, a guest of John
visitors at Mr. and Mrs. Dave McMullin made a trip to Mist
McMullin, Mr. Price operates Tuesday.
one of the countys steam shovels,
Mr. Mathews from the burn
The Prices have moved to l’itts- was a visitor at the home of
burg for the summer months Reed Holding Friday.
to be near where the shovel is
Mr. Green was a
Vernonia
operating now.
shopper Friday.
Harry McMullin was a Mist
Frank Peterson and son Rich
shopper Thursday.
ard made a busines strip to Ver-
Lincoln Peterson and Oliver nonia Friday.
Burris left again Monday to go
Fritz Eiler went to Vernonia
Snooker
to St. Helens to serve on the on a business trip Friday.
jury another week.
Zale Holmes was a visitor at
License Fee Required
the home of Reed Holding Mon
Cigars and Tobacco
The Sandy river, which during
day.
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„ n smelt run lures thousands of
Mrs.
Jake ____
Neurer is __
able to
Vernonia, Oregon
be around again after a siege, Oregon citizens will undoubtedly
ho popular this season, but those
of flu.
Richard Peterson called to' see who use the canary’s cage or
Jake Neurer on business Mon-j
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Neurer
have bought three more hiefers
to their herd.
Mrs. Noble Dunlap called on
Mrs. Dave McMullin Friday.
Bob Linsey was a Vernonia
caller Saturday.
R.
Lincoln from
Portland.
spent Sunday nt the home of
Lincoln Peterson.
John McMullin was in Vernon
ia on business Saturday.
Jake Neurer called to
see
Oliver Burris Sunday.
Miss Doris Merryfield, Natal
school teacher, went to her home
in St. Helens to spend last week
end, returning Sunday.
Carl Eiler was a
Vernonia
business caller Wednesday.
Annie and Marion McMullin
were absent from Vernonia high
school two days last week with
bad colds.
Fritz Eiler called at the home
of John McMullin Thursday.
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