Apiary Road
Endorsed By
Association
Lower Columbia Cham­
ber» of Commerce
Urge Action
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Prompt action on the Apiary
cut-off project and establishing
of a through road from the Long-
View bridge by way of Vernonia
to a connection with the Tual­
atin highway at Forest Grove was
endorsed by the board of gov­
ernors of the Lower Columbia
associated chambers of commerce
at the meeting in Cathlamet last
Friday. They passed a resolution
calling upon the Oregon legis­
lature to empower the state high­
way department to advance mon­
ey to counties for the purpose of
constructing market roads to con­
nect with state highways, repay­
ment of the loans to be permitted
on the installment plan. If this
measure passes it will be possible
for the highway commission to
finance the enterprise, avoiding
the necessity of waiting several
years for enough of market road
funds to be available to warrant
the county court in authorizing
the expenditure.
Other resoultions advocated
completion of the Ocean Beach
highway from Skamokawa west­
ward, investigation and engineer­
ing of an inland waterway from
the Columbia river to Puget
Sound by way of Willapa bay and
Grays Harbor, lengthening of the
fishing season in the Columbia
river, and construction of a road
from Fort Canby to North Head,
near Long Beach.
George W. Ford, vice-president
of the association, represented
¿Vernon*-®n the'boaTTTwf-'gnver-
nors.
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LAST OF NUTRITION
MEETINGS JAN. 20
The Knights of Pythias and
the Pythian Sisters held a joint
installation of officers, with Mr.
and Mrs. Zeiger, superintendent
and matron of the Pythian Home,
as their guests.
Mrs. James Nanson, in giving
the anrual Altruistic report for
the past year, reported the sum
of $643.00 expended in charitable
work.______________
OREGONIAN COMMENTS ON
APIARY ROAD PROJECT
Wednesday’s Oregonian con­
tained the following comment con­
cerning
tne
Rainier-Vernonia
road project, under a Salem date
line:
A resolution which is consid­
ered the opening wedge for the
construction of a north south high­
way from Forest Grove and Hills­
boro to Rainier by way of Vernon­
ia and eventually taking over of
the Longview bridge by the state
highway commissions of Oregon
and Washington, was presented
yesterday to the roads and high­
ways committee of the house by
the Lower Columbia River associ­
ation.
With its appearance, talk of a
tie-up between proponents of
these two measures and advocates
of the Wilson river road was
revived, a community of inter­
ests. it was pointed out, may be
established betwwen the forces
working for these various pro­
jects in order to surmount antic­
ipated opposition to any meas-
ures tending to direct the high-
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? January Thaw
Traffic Officers
Feathers
And
Talons
Checkup'on Lights
State traffic officers Healy
and McCoy were in Vernonia
Saturday evening checking lights.
They examined 9.0 cars, but made
only two arrests, one man for
failing to have a drivers license,
and the other for defective brak­
es. Drivers whose cars had lights
that did not fit specifications
were ordered to have the adjust­
ments made. These were com­
paratively few, and the officers
report this district to be in very
good shape.
The officers returned Monday
to testify in the asses tried before
Justice Hill.
County Court Names
New Road Patrolman
Nelson Knocks Out
Opponent in Idaho
Roy “Swede” Nelson, local box­
er, added another win to his long
and impressive list of victories
by taking a technical knockout
over Harold Hawkswood at Idaho
Falls, Idaho, Tuesday night.
Hawkswood hails from Lewis­
ton, Idaho, and is claimant of the
intermountain middleweight cham­
pionship.
20 BARRELS OF GAS
SHIPPED TO CAMP 9
20 barrels of gasoline, about
10.00 gallons, were shipped for
the Shell Oil company to Camp 9
crossing by the Cason Transfer
company Thursday morning. Act­
ivities there have begun in full
force.
“It sure looks good to see all
those men and donkeys at work
there,” reports D. C. Cason.
Mr. and Mr». Spring Entertain
REBEKAH LODGE
INSTALLS OFFICERS
REBEKAH
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The officers of the Mountain
Heart Rebekah lodge were in­
stalled last Thursday evening by
Mrs. Grace Miner, district dep­
uty president. Mrs. Grace Sunell
was installed as noble grand;
Mrs. Margaret Lines, vice-grand;
Mrs. Helen Fogel, secretary; Mrs
Estelle Monger, treasurer; Mrs.
Grace Miner, right supporter to
the noble grand; Mrs. Myrtle
John, left supporter to the noble
grand; Mrs. Sally Brown, right
supporter to the vice-grand; Mrs.
Viola Treharne, left supporter
to the vice-grand; Mrs. Marie
O’Donnell, warden; Mrs. Graven,
conductor; Mrs. Dorcas Bayes,
inside guardian; Mrs. Ora Glass-
ner, outside guardian; Mrs. Selma
Webb, chaplain; Mrs. Pearl Mc­
Cabe, musician.
Another nutrition meeting of the
Vernonia home extension group
will be held in Vernonia on Tues­
day, January 20, with Miss Lucy
A. Case, nutrition specialist from
0. S. C.
This the third and last of a
series of nutrition meeting held
by Miss Case in Vernonia and
much interest has been shown by
the women of this community in
this project. The attendance has
been complete in number.
This last meeting will take the
form of a community dinner
which the members of this group
will prepare for their families
and it will be served Tuesday
evening. The women expect to
come to the Evangelical church
at 1:30 p. m. for preparation
and discussion.
J. W. Rose of Vernonia was
named at the January session of
the county court as road patrol­
man for districts 9 and 16, suc-
cecdjn; Teter Berg-rsen.
Mr. Rose has been a resident
of this section for many years,
and has had considerable exper­
Banquet in Evening
in road work. He was em­
The meetings of the resolutions ience
ployed under Mr. Bergerson at
committee-and of the board of the time of his promotion.
governors at the Wahkiakum
county court house in the after­
noon wefa followed by a ban­ McGRAW ASSIGNED
quet and program at the head­
TO 4 COMMITTEES
quarters camp of the Crown-Wil­
lamette Paper company, six miles
H. E. McGraw, Columbia coun­
from Cathlamet. Attendance at
the banquet was so much larger ty representative in the state le­
than expected that many visit­ gislature, has been assigned Jay
ors, including half of the Verno­ Speaker Frank J. Lonergan to
nia delegation, were turned away the following committees: bank­
ing and corporations, engrossed
for lack of accommodation.
The following made the trip and enrolled bills, forestry, and
from Vernonia: George W. Ford, insurance.
Joe E. Dunne, joint senator
Carl Davidson, J. E. Kerr, Harry
Kerns, Joseph Scott, A. L. Kul- from Multnomah, Columbia and
lander, K. A. McNeill, W. S. Mc­ Clackamas counties, is chairman
Daniel, Emil Messing, E. S. of the roads and highways com­
Thompson, E. W. Holtham and mittee in the senate.
Ray D. Fisher.
PYTHIANS HOLD
INSTALLATION
NUMBER 25
VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1931.
VOLUME 9
ABOUT 70 ATTEND
'Farm
BOY SCOUT SUPPER
Product
Grading Again
About 70 sons and dads gather­
ed at the Evangelical church Mon-
day evening for a very successful
father and son banquet given es­
pecially for Vernonia Boy Scout
troop. A state exective of the
Boy Scouts had been expected to
The subject of grading farm
address the gathering but was products was continued in a
unable to be present and Mr. round table discunsion at the
Juda orernman took his place and | chamber of commerce luncheon
gave those present a very in­ [Wednesday. J. E. Tapp was pro­
structive and interesting talk.
gram chairman.
The dinner was prepared by the
Women’s Missionary society and| Judd Greenman explained how
consisted of roast chicken, dress­ lumbermen were able to get more
ing,, cranberry sauce, mashed for their product after adopt­
potatoes, carrots, peas and celery, ing a system of careful grading,
'since the purchaser of ungraded
apple pie, milk and coffee.
lumber protected himself from
a possible high percentage of
culls and low percentage of clears
Quincy Defeats
by paying less than the average
wai really worth, and he sug­
Grade Team 17-10 i gested that efforts be made to
show the farmer that he too
would profit by grading his pro­
ducts.
Unable to get started until the i W. Culver spoke of the need
final period the Vernonia Grade for educating the farmer as to
school basketball team lost to the most advantageous weights
the Quincy team on the local for meat. Fattening stock beyond
floor Friday afternoon by a score a certain point, he explained, is
of 17 to 10. The local boys unprofitable because of the low­
answering the cheers of their er price per pound the product
fellow students put on a desperate may bring.
last quarter rally which took
Harry Kerns told of recent
their much larger opponents off' improvements in the quality of
their feet. During this rally the' milk and cream brought to the
locals scored eight points to creamery since the farmers had
their opponents none but the' come to understand standards
whistle ended the game before . required.
the score could be evened.
I Emil Messing advocated the
Practically the entire Verno­ distribution of standard grading
nia squad was used in an effort I rules, and Judd Greenman sug-
to stop the early period rushes|^”’d
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up a hard fight against their! I In the absence of President
husky opponents despite the han­ .Ford and Vice-President David­
dicap of the loss of their cap­ son A. L. Kullander presided.
tain, Holly Holcomb, shortly be­ He announced Rev. G. W. Plumer
fore game time through the re­ as chairman of next week’s pro­
currence of an old knee injury. gram, Lloyd Baker for January
Although Vernonia used a to­ 28, and Albert Childs for Feb­
tal of twelve players the regular ruary 4. ______________
line-up was as follows:
Quincy
Vernonia
Mi»» Child* Entertain»
Carlstrom ........C........ Cummings
Miss
Mary Ann Childs enter­
Ahonen .............. F.............. Jepson
Sirnio ............... .F__ _____ King tained a few of her friends at her
Dahlman ............ G...... ......... Shiel | home Saturday evening, when
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Happala
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'_ . Sandwiches,
Quincy and Wallace McCrae the dancing.
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. punch and
coach for Vernonia. W. Thomas cookies were served for refresh­
ments.
Those present were
refereed the game.
Previous to the basketball 'Misses Catherine Malmsten, Ed­
game two girls’ teams played a ina Owens. Louise Roberson, Nelle
volley ball game, and the or­ Green, Nelle Campbell, Zonweiss
chestra played between halves. Douglass, Allie Simmons, Maybelle
The cheering was lead by Lor­ Drorbaugh, Christine Rainey, Al­
raine Space and James Rainey. ice Parker, Florence Wall, Ev­
erett Rundell, Jack and Larry
Marshall. William Gregory, Er­
Elected Preaident
Smith, George Laird, John
Mrs. G. R. Van Vleet was elect-1 vin
Kirk, Marvel Graven, Oscar Sor-
ed president of the Eastern Star
Social club Wednesday afternoon ,lee, Robert Holcomb, Gloyd Ad­
in place of Mrs. K. A. McNeill, ams.
who resigned.
Athletic Club to Meet Monday
C. of C. Topic
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spring en­
tertained a few guests at their
home Saturday evening.
The
early part of the evening was
spent playing cootie, for which
Mr. Austin won the prize. Prizes
for bridge were won by Mrs. E.
E. Yeo, and W. Thomas. Fruit
jello, whipped cream, cake and
punch were served by Mrs.
Spring. Those present were Mr.
and Mrs. L. F. Austin, Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Yeo, Miss Ruth Tay­
The Vernonia Athletic club
Study Club Meet» Tbur»dey
lor, Miss Florence Santee, Miss
The Vernonia Study club will will meet next Monday evening
Melba Laramore, Mrs. Lulah Ful­
meet next Thursday at the home at 8 o’clock in the Camp Fire
lerton, E. Dumas, W. Thomas.
of Mrs. E. M. Bleile. Roll
“ call
“ Girls’ cabin. All members are
Some1 urged to
w be
uv present and anyone
Mrs. Dave Marshall underwent will be answered with “ ovme.urxvu
an operation in Emanuel hospit­ Books I Have Read and Enjoyed. wishing to join the club is also
Recently.”
'cordially invited.
al Wednesday.
Town Basket
Ball Season
Opening Set
Game Scheduled Saturday
With St. Helens
Pulp Co.
After several week of prac­
tice the newly organized Vernon­
ia Athletic club basket ball team
will open its season by playing
the strong St. Helens Pulp and
Paper company five at the Wash­
ington grade school auditorium
Saturday night, January 17, 8
p. m. A small admission will be
charged.
The Vernonia «team is jnade up
of former ’ 1 high
'
school and col-
lege stars. . The squad consists of
McEntire, Malmsten, and Lynn,
forwards; Hawkins and Nelson,
centers; 1 McCrae, Roberts and
Thomas, guards. Carl Davidson
is coach.
The St. Helens Pulp and Paper
company team was runner-up in
the recent tournament in the
county seat, and recently defeat-
ed Linnton, also a strong team,
A close game is expected.
Which is the front door of a
logging camp cook house?
Carl Davidson ought to be
able to recognize one at sight
if any body an, so the Vernonia
delegation at the C. W. P. camp
Venture i* New
near Cathlamet Friday followed
This is the first year that
his lead and stood expectantly at
the head of the line for a half there has been definite organiza­
MIST TOWN TEAM
tion for town basketball, the
hour.
think Carl was right, sport having been confined to
LOSES TO ASTORIA but We the still trouble
was that the school teams and improvised
crowd was admitted through a teams for practice games. At
The Irvington club of Astoria side door, the line about-faced, present game are individually
defeated the Mist town team in and the early birds caught no scheduled, but if sufficient in­
terest and support is forthcoming
the Vernonia high school gymnas- worms.
Happy 'Aompson,. Ed Holtham arrangements will be made in
sium last Friday 29 to 13.
Peterson, Astoria captain, was pnd W. S.-sMcDaniel were lucky the future for participation
the star, making five long shots. enough tojind seats, some one in some league, states Mr. Dav­
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Ralph George for Mist made was shooed1 ay/ay from the speak­ idson.
three baskets and one free throw. er’s table t»- mak#' room for
Mist scored- chiefly in the sec­ George W. jjbcLtSEmil Messing Dairy Ad Writing
ond half, Astoria gaining a big ate in the kitchen, while Harry
Contest Announced
lead in the first. The Astoria Kerns, Carl Davidson, Jack Kerr,
team showed considerable prac­ Joe Scott and Ray Fisher beat
A dairy ad writing contest for
it and ate supper in Longview,
tice and good coaching.
all children in the public and
The Mist line-up was as fol- with plenty of room to Bpare and high schools of the county is
lows: Orval Jones, F; Ralph no program. • * *
being sponsored by the Pomona
George (7), F; Ray Taylor (4),
Time hung rather heavy in grange of Columbia county.
C; Richard Melis (2), G; Elvin
The purpose of this contest is
Cathlamet that afternoon, before
Jones, G.
the banquet. The board of gov­ to secure the best ads for ad­
ernors had a session in the court vertising the value of milk and
house,
and George Ford, one of milk products, such as butter,
Grade Team Wins
them, was in attendance, while cheese, and ice cream, and to en­
a few of the Vernonia delega­ courage a greater use of the
From Timber 24-4 tion listened in. The rest had same.
The closing date for the con­
to content hemselves watching
sea gulls crowd each other off test will be February 5. The ad
piling along the water front, and should be brief and to the point.
A changed Vernonia Grade when that grew to monotonous, Space alloted will be two inches
school basketball team showing they parked themselves in Happy of a regular newspaper column,
a newly acquired passing attack Thompson’s Chev.
and ads should be planned ac­
completely baffled the Timber
cordingly.
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grade school on the local floor
Literature on the value of
Though the Cathlamet part of
Wednesday evening to win by the jaunt left much to be desired dairy produmts may be obtained
a score of 24 to 4.
and nothing much accomplished, from the county agent’s office,
The locals took the lead at the the trip itself was enjoyable. at St. Helens. Ads should be
beginning of the game and were Wesley Vandercook generously sent to Mrs. Maud Mills, St. Hel­
never headed. Timber scored its entertained the bunch at luncheon ens, Oregon.
points by virtue of one field in the Hotpl Monticello, Long­
“Write your name and address
goal and two foul throws.
view, and the new Ocean Beach on separate piece of paper and
The whole squad of 15 players highway is certainly a delight­ included with the ad, but do not
was used by the Vernonia coach ful road and a wonderful bit of write your name on the ad,” the
with everyone making a credit­ engineering.
committee directs.
able showing. Picking the stars
The following points will be
Cathlamet and Skamokawa have
of the game would be difficult been rather somnolent towns, de­ considered in judging: First, sell­
as Vernonia scores were made pendent entirely on steamboats ing appeal; second, attractiveness;
more through team work than in­ from Portland and Astoria, or on third, originality.
dividual playing. The Timber team dinky little ferries from across
The prizes to be offered will
was small with the exepton of a
The highway gives be as follows: First, $6; second,
the
river,
big powerful center who was al­ them a chance to come into their $4; third, $3; fourth $2.
ways in the game.
This contest is open to all
The Vernonia starting liine-up own.
school childrn in the county, ex-
e • e
was as follows; Forwards, King
Shorty Kullander and K. A. Mc­ cept those who won prizes in the
and Plumer; center Shiel; guards, Neill journeyed to Cathlamet in dairy essay contest last year.
Graven and Jepson.
afternoon, sized the situation
The next game will be played the
up, and returned without wait- GEO. FORD COVERS
tonight in the grade school gym­
for the banquet. • They were
nasium between Forest Grgve ing
WIDE TERRITORY
the wise ones.
and Vernonia.
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George W. Ford, manager of
Jack Kerr, who rode in Hap-
Attend Stockholder» Meeting
py Thompson’s car on the way the Oregon Gas and Eletric com­
Judge W. A. Harris, W. L. over, carried a screwdriver lest pany, is covering a wide expanse
Van Doren, R. A. Sesseman, Bill something happen to the Chev. of territory this week. He left
Gibson, Arthur Savage and N. S.
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Sunday for Toledo and Newport,
Soden went to Portland Monday
“Ray Charlesworth’s orchestra thence north through Portland to
evening to attend a stockholders’ makes the finest noise you ever Tacoma, returned to Vernonia
meeting of the Automatic Trans­ heard,” declares F. Claude Steph­ Wednesday night and left the
Things are
mission company.
following morning for Reeds­
ens.
looking very favorable, they re-
port. He is expected back Sun­
port.
Brtdge Club Meet»
day, but will be on the road im­
mediately again
for
Eastern
Queen
of
Hearts
Bridge
The
TEAM
WINS
GAME
TOWN
Oregon.
club
met
last
Friday
afternoon
FROM HIGH SCHOOL 39-l«i
at the home of Mrs. Thor Rob-
Visiting in Seattle
. .erts. Mrs. Henry Fogel receive!
The newly organized Vernonia I
prize for high score. A dain-
Mrs. K. A. McNeill left Mon­
club basketball team took the ty luncb WBS gerved oy the bos- day for Seattle to spend a week
meaaure of the local high school | t teas. —
Those present were Mrs. with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
quintet Tuesday evening in ajW. Armitage. Mrs. O. T. Bate- H. A. Arps.
practice game 39-16.
|man, Mrs. H. Fogel, Mrs. F.
Rev. G. W. Plumer returned
¡Hartwick, Mrs. L. Hieber, Mrs.
Mr*. Gough Convalescing
G. R. Van Vleet. Mrs. W. R. Thursday from a trip to Portland,
Longview and Kelso. While in
Mrs. F. W. Gough, who was op-1 Culver, Miss Macile Roberta,
Portland he met with the board
erated Oil
pratpfi
on «V
at tn»?
the nmanuti
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tai, Portland, for appendicitis and| Mr. R. A. Space underwent of which he ia a member to plan
camp
other troubles, is getting • along an operation in Emanuel bos- for the Evangelical
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_ meeting
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very nicely and expects to come pital in Portland Monday. She lai next summer. He left Vernonia
home Sunday.
I getting along very nicely.
| Tuesday.
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