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■ VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1931. VOLUME IX. Councilmen Cut Wages TREHARNE MAN, Dan Cason Gets Alfalfa Tour Reveals LONG ILL, PASSES Twice Searched Fred 34, of Treharne, Some Excellent Acreage died at French, 11 a. m. yesterday morn The farms of Robert Berg, Gus Wallace, E. E. Baker, Sidney Malmsten and A. L. Parker were visited on an alfalfa tour Monday under the direction of County Agent Geo. A. Nelson, The largest planting was found to be at the Ain Wallace place, four acres. In telling about his crop, a particularly fine stand, Mr. Wal lace explained that the hardest part of growing alfalfa succes- fully is to get the ground in good shape to start. New land, he believed, should never be sel ected, but some on which a cul tivated crop, such as potatoes, had been raised the year before. Best of all, he thought, is sum mer fallow. The ground should be worked down fine, Mr. Wallace said. On his place he used two and a half or three tons of lime to an acre. He packed the ground hard with a weighted roller, so that a horse scarcely made tracks on it, thus retaining the moisture. He in- noculated the seed and sowed it with a grass seed attachment to a grain drill. The day should be cloudy, as the sun would kill the bacteria. On the Gus Wanstrom place there had been alfalfa 16 years old. The present planting how ever is two years old. E. E. Garner’s stand is from five to six years old. He has practically a third crop, as he pastured the land early in the spring, cut the second crop about three weeks ago, and now has a fine start towards another. John Baker grew oats and vetch on his land the year be fore planting alfalfa, plowed it in the spring, May 10, harrowed it and dragged it and May 20 sow ed it broadcast, using 20 pounds of seed to approximately an acre. Fertilizer, he declared to be un necessary on his place. This is the third year for his planting, Mr. Baker said. He has had two crops a year, but ex pects a third on account of earl ier cutting. Sidney Malmsten planted alfal fa last year, and will increase the stand next year on ground now used for a potato patch. On the A. L. Parker place is a stand in its third year. He has been cutting two crops and pas turing one. He harvested about Wanstrom, Ain 20 Per Cent Garner, John Offices of Recorder and Collector Not to be Consolidated A 20 per cent cut in wages of all city employes was voted by the city council Monday night. Mayor J. E. Tapp, in discussing the proposition to abolish the office of water collector, declared that according to state law the council had no right to dismiss a city employe, the authority resting with the mayor subject to the approval of the council. In this case, since the salary of water clerk had been budgeted for the year and the position accepted at a specific salary, it was his interpretation that there could be no dismissal except for cause. He therefore felt it his duty not to act upon the sug gestion in the petition as to con solidation of the two offices. However, he stated, it might be possible by agreement with the city employes to cut their wages about 10 per cent, thus saving the taxpayers’ money. J. E. Frank, spokesman for the petitioners, declared that a 10 per cent cut would be insufficient, as most of the taxpayers, employes of the mill, had been cut about 35 per cent. He reminded the mayor and council that they had promised an economical admins- tration, and said the people would be satisfied when they got it. Otherwise, he asserted, the city officials would be forced into those measures by exhausting all the money in the treasury. Harry Culbertson, acting fire chief, offered the suggestion that expense of collecting water rents be cut down by not mailing state ments at the first of the month. In a number of cities where he had been, he said, no such state ments were sent out, as the peo ple knew that water rents were due, and understood that if they failed to pay after receiving a delinquent notice then the water would be sut off. Mrs. E. H. Washburn spoke as a former city employe to the ef fect that installation of shut-offs would be very expensive, and the threat was useless with so few shut-offs as there are now. Mayor Tapp suggested that a good way of saving money for the city would be the collection of overdue street and sewer as sessments on which the taxpayers are compelled to pay interest. “We have to pay for what the other fellows aren’t paying,” he said. Councilman T. A. Gordon moved a 20 per cent cut in wages of city employes, and Councilman Ben Cline seconded it. Mayor Tapp suggested a compromise at 15 per cent, pro vided the employes affected con sented to it The roll call re sulted Gordon, Cline and Holth am, yes, Charlesworth, no. The marshal’s hours of duty were designated at from 6 p. m. to 4 a. m. Feathers . . . and.. .Talons Harry Phelps took a picture of Ellis McGraw and Lode McDonald standing with Officers Parsons and McCoy in front of a police car on Bridge street Thursday. We shall look in the Police Ga zette or somewhere for that pic ture under the caption, “New State Police Capture Bandits.” This same McGraw tried his luck playing against Roy Moe at the golf course Wednesday. No luck. Mac laid it to the much coffee that he drank at the lun cheon that day. He was heard to remark that coffee is worse than whiskey. County Members Oppose Reduction Judd S. Greenman The Columbia county members of Governor Meier’s Tax Conser vation board, E. Wist of Scap poose, Ira Hyde of St. Helens and Leo Gallager of Rainier, met with the Columbia county court at St. Helens Tuesday night. Aug ust 4. The local Tax Conservation board members had made consid erable study of previous county budgets and of the possibility of reducing the budget for 1932. They suggested aggregate reduc tions in budget items totaling about *18,000.00 or approximate ly 15 per cent of the 1931 bud get The board members also reit erated the suggestion made to the court by other tax control agencies and advanced by the court itself that no special road levies be made for 1932, thereby eliminating some 160,000 from the 1932 levies in special road taxes. A committee representing the Columbia County Taxpayers league headed by A. E. Veatch of Rainier and comprising substan tial representation from the in dustrial and agricultural interests of the county was also present at the meeting of the Tax Con servation board with the county court. Considerable controversy and conflict of opinion developed between the members of Gover nor Meier’s committee and the committee from the Taxpayers’ league over the question of an (Continued on Page 6) two tons per acre for the first crop, one and a half for the second and expects a ton for the third. His stand is much heavier this year than last. Mr. Nelson stated that several requisites are necessary for suc cess with alfalfa. First, he said, there should be good certified seed, preferably of the Grimm variety. This should be inocula ted with a nitrifying bacteria. It should be planted on well pre pared soil free from grass, pre ferably on land on which there had been a cultivated crop the year before. It should be fall plowed and well worked again the next spring, and kept well cultivated during the spring. Most soils need the application of lime. In planting, the soil must be well packed and the seeds sowed shallow. After a crop is established, Mr. Nelson continued, the land must be spring toothed a couple of times a year or after each cut ting to keep the soil loose. Alfalfa, Mr. Nelson declared, will stand more rain than any other crop, and if exposed to excessive rain at the time of harvesting need not be a total loss because of two other crops of it possible in the same year. Those who attended all or part of the tour were Mr. and Mrs. Ain Wallace of Mist, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sheats of Clatska nie, A. R. Melis of Mist, H. E. McGraw, Cass Bergerson, H. M. Condit, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Con- dit and Ray D. Fisher. Two Minor Fires During Past Week Fire shortly after midnight Tuesday morning damaged a wall and the attic at the E. J. Bell house on Rose avenue. The blaze was put out by a fire extinguish er which Dr. W. H. Hurley, who happened to be near when the alarm was turned in, had in his car. Mr. and Mrs. Bell retired short ly aften nine o’clock, leaving a moderate fire in the heating stove. Apparently through some defect in the flue the partition behind the stove caught fire, and the family was awakened by the smoke. Because of the prompt discovery of the fire and the use of the extinguisher the damage was not great, and was covered by insurance. Last Friday morning at about 5 the house of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ferrin on Rose avenue caught fire from a cracked terra cotta flue. The department responded quickly, and the fire was ex tinguished after doing some dam age in the attic. Loss was chief ly confined to the furniture, which was damaged by water. Both house and furniture were insured. The Ferrins had returned to Vernonia only a few days pre viously, having been away for some months in search of employ ment. w i NEW OFFICER HERE An additional officer of the state police has been assigned to Columbia county in the per son of Paul Parsons, formerly deputy sheriff of Washington county. Together with D. E. Mc Coy he will work out of St. Hel ens. Kenneth Helea will continue to be stationed in Clatskanie. Mr. Parsons was in Vernonia with Officer McCoy Thursday af ternoon familiarizing himself with his new territory. HATCHERY SURVEY PROMISED SOON Emil Messing reported at the chamber of commerce meeting Wednesday that Frank Cowgill, engineer for the state fish and game commission, promises to make as soon as possible a sur vey of the Nehalem to determine the feasibility of establishing a fish hatchery here. It is expect ed that Mr. Cowgill will make the survey next week. ing from cancer of the stomach. He had been seriously ill for about eight months, and was cared for at his home. Arrangements were being made to send him to St. Helens general hospital when he passed away. He is survived by his widow Gladys, two children, Bertha May and Henry David, two brothers, Dewey French of Kings Valley, Oregon and Richard French of Treharne, two sisters, Effie French of San Francisco and Marian Hoteling of Treharne, and by his mother, Mrs. Ed. Ho teling of Treharne. Services will be held 2 p. m. Sunday at Brown’s Mortuary. F. Claude Stephens officiating. On Same Trip I.O.O.F., REBEKAH PICNIC SUNDAY An Odd Fellow and Rebekah picnic will be held Sunday, Aug ust 9, at the old Lindsay mill at TVeharne. Basket dinner will be enjoyed at one o’clock. Every body is urged to bring a basket. Swimming and games for the children will be feature attrac tions of the afternoon. All Rebekahs, Odd Fellows and their families as well as visiting members are urged to attend, say the committee in charge. Dan Cason driving one of his covered trucks was flagged down by a car just as he was enter ing Forest Grove Wednesday morning and ordered to submit to search. A crowd of about 50 collected to participate or to watch the fun of dumping milk, if any. Dan had a load of shingles and some household goods, but some of the farmers Phlox Display thought they ought to search pretty thoroughly for concealed This Afternoon milk cans. However, he talked them out of it, and was allowed to proceed. A display of phlox, Vernonia’s On the same trip, with only official flower, will be presented the household goods aboard, he by the Garden club in the Legion was flagged down on the Canyon hall this afternoon at 2:30. At road just inside the Washington the same time and place there county line, while in front of him will be held a special meeting of NOTED GOLFER a man stood menacingly with a the club at which three objec studded with long spikes. tives for the club’s work and EXHIBITS HERE plank A few of the spikes were flat plans for the annual flower show tened out, as if somebody had will be discussed. The visit of Roy Moe, profes-’ ridden over them, but Dan con- The public is invited to see the sional for the Alderwood golf eluded he didn’t want to try it phlox display and to join the course of Portland, who broad himself, and stopped. A glance club in its work of making Ver casts golf over station KGW, i was enough. The searchers quick nonia a more beautiful city. was thoroughly enjoyed by a ly concluded that Dan didn’t have large number of golfers. Mr. j so much as a pint of milk cached Tour to Experiment Moe attended the chamber of, away in a dresser drawer, and Station August 10 commence luncheon wh|ere he, they told him to travel on. demonstrated the uses of the A tour will be conducted to various clubs and shortly after the John Jacob Astor Experiment the business session was over at1 Several New station, at Astoria, next Mon the Masonic Temple played an1 day, August 10, the purpose of 18 hole match between himself which is to inspect the crops Families Locate and several of the local players. grown there, particularly those Mr. Moe showed a fine golf 'grown on the bottom lands or technique to a large gallery that Several new families have lo tide lands for the feeding of followed him around by shooting cated in Vernonia during the dairy cattle. These crops will a seven in one, going out in 38 past week. be at their best at this time. and coming back in 33. He might Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mackie There will also be discussions easily have parred the course and daughter Joan of Camp 8 relative to crops grown on the record of 69 held by M. E. Ul- moved into the house at 1146 hill land plots, which were at shoeffer had it not been for the Washington avenue Saturday. their best when we visited the fact that he hooked two balls Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Ryves station in past year*. out of bounds in the first tee. and daughter Jeanne have come The plan is to leave the county Mr. Moe said that he thorough-j from Wilark and are now living at any time that is convenient ly enjoyed his visit to Vernonia at 1126 Washington avenue. to reach the station at about and promises to return at a later Mrs. Eulola P. Shurman moved 10:15 a. m. Inspection of the date. Tuesday into the house at 1141 crops will begin at about 10:30 Many of the golf devotees Nehalem street. a. m. Bring your basket lunch were much disappointed at the and eat dinner in the park at non-appearance of Don Moe, but JUNCTION CITY the station. owing to unavoidable circumstan After lunch there will be dis MAN INVESTS HERE cussions ces he was unable to be present. of important crops that Match With Western Union are grown at the station which F. W. Stratton of Junction There will be a tee match be are adapted to the coast counties tween a ten man Vernonia team City, Oregon, has recently bought and then the inspection of the and a ten man team from the property at 1062 Rose avenue as station will be completed. Western Union Telegraph team an investment. Valuable information can be Mr. Stratton thinks the city obtained from a visit of this of Portland this coming Sunday. Keen rivalry is being displayed and surrounding country wonder kind which is applicable to con by all members as .to who will > ful. He was especially impres ditions in Columbia county and comprise the first ten men on the sed with the fine soil adapted to all who are interested are invited button for this match. Play will farming and dairying, and noticed to accompany this tour. begin promptly at 9:30, and it some fine alfalfa stands while The John Jacob Astor Experi is urged that players who are driving amund. ment station is located about eligible will be present at this He believes Vernonia a good four miles southeast of Astoria. hour, says Sandy Macpherson, town to invest in now. —Geo. A. Nelson, County Agent. manager of the golf course. MRS. YEO’S MOTHER GREETS LINDBERGS Among the 2,000 persons who gathered at Churchill, Manitoba, Sunday to greet the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind berg, was Mrs. S. A. Martin, mo ther of Mrs. E. E. Yeo of this city. Mrs. Martin is Anglican mis sionary in Churchill. She is one of 11 women inhabitants in that town. Earl Smith Badly Hurt Near Fire Is Struck By Automobile While Crossing Highway Earl Smith, fire chief, sustain ed a shattered leg and a severe scalp wound as the result of be ing struck by an auto while he was crossing the highway in front of the J. L. Vale place in Riverview Friday afternoon. In tent on reaching a fire which had been reported at that house, he darted out from behind the truck in which he had been riding, and only his quickness in leaping back prevented his body from being run over. As it was he was hit by the bumper and knocked down, and two wheels are thought to have run over his leg. The gash in his head was probably caused by the bumper. Mr. Smith rode to the fire in the truck of the Oregon Gas and Electric company, driven by J. L. Timmons. At the time they reach ed the place no other cars or trucks were parked there, and the occupants of an approaching coupe, three high school boys, did not notice that there was a fire. Ernest Nanson, driver, reports that the first glimpse he had of Mr. Smith was at the time of hitting him, and there was no chance to avoid the accident. Ac cording to Mr. Nanson, the buck et carried by Mr. Smith flew out of his hand and hit the door of the coupe. The Legion ambulance was sent for, and first aid rendered by a number of witnesses to the acci dent. At the time Mr. Smith, who was conscious except for a few moments, complained of pain in his head rather than in the shattered leg. He was removed to St. Vin cents hospital in Portland, where nine stitches were taken in the scalp cut. Four x-ray pictures were taken of the wound, with the postive assurance, Mrs. Smith reports, that there is no fracture of the skull, as was feared. Owing to the splinters in the bone of his leg, it was impossible to set it at once, and it will be neces sary to keep the leg in a stretcher for about one week longer before putting it in a cast, she states. At the time she saw him Sunday he was Buffering considerable pain in his leg, but was getting along as well as could be expect ed. Mrs. Smith had word from the hospital Wednesday afternoon that Mr. Smith was resting fair ly well. His head was not pain ing him so much as formerly. The fire at the Vale house started in a pile of newspapers was about to step up to the in a closet near the kitchen plate and he didn’t like the noise. range, and was extinguished with Frank hit a high bounding out damage. grounder down through second base which the second baseman CAMPS REPORTED should have had easily but for TO RESUME SOON some reason or other he wasn’t there and they gave Hartwick a Tideport camp starts with two single. Then this statistical bird sides September 4, states K. waltzed up to home plate and Inouge, of the Vernonia laundry, started to do his stuff. First he whose route extends there. Mr. clicked a foul over the left field Inouge understands that the Con- fence and then he drove one nacher Logging company will between right and center which soon resume operations. went for a two bagger. Next up came a Mr. Price from Woods Fire« Under Control Hills or some kind of a timbery place and he clicked the first one Forest fires in the Nehalem on the nose for a neat Texas watershed were well under con leaguer back of second base. Then trol Thursday, states Warden along came this Babe Ruth of the Lode McDonald. golf world, Moe, they said his He had a force of 125 men name was and everybody gave Wednesday fighting a fire at him a big hand. On the first pit Kyle’s, in Clatsop county west ched ball he knocked a foul over of Birkenfeld. the left field fence which certain- A cedar stump was reported burning on the Rock creek road, (Continued on Page 6) inside the city limits. The pa WORK FOR SHORT CUT trol dug a fire trench around it Emil Messing and Lester Sheel- to keep the flames from spread ey went to Portland Monday and ing. remained over Tuesday in the in SUMMER SCHOOL CLOSES terest of the Vernonia-Hamlet route to the sea. They present Summer school at the Vernonia ed the case for the road at the high school closed Friday. The luncheon of the East Side Pro enrollment was 26, according to gressive club, and contacted sev Superintendent J. B. Wilkerson, who was instructor. eral influential business men. The Duffer Dubber Stands Around During Golf Match On hearing that there was go ing to be some kind of a free exhibition match out at the local golf course, ye dubber duffer climbed into his trusty Roman chariot and hotfooted it for the golf pasture. On arriving there we found everyone standing around waiting for things to commence. On finding that grand Saw Mill To Be stand seats were not available we partook of seats on the running Shut Down Awhile board of some barber's chariot— somebody said it was a Dodge but it looked like a super-some Sawing of logs at the O.-A. thing tv us—and waited for the mill will cease Saturday, states umps to get the game started. Judd Greenman, general superin Apparently this guy Moe is tendent. The planing mill has several months work ahead, he supposed to be the Babe Ruth says, and the shipping department of golfdom for when he finally will continue as before. It is did make his appearance along hoped that sawing will be re with three or four other fellows who were supposed to be golfers sumed in the fall. but who ’ye dubber quickly rec- Refusal of banking interests to lend money to the company ocnized as a moving picture mag nate, a local garage mechanic, to cover operating deficits at this time is assigned as a reason for some kind of a lumber statisti the shut down. The price of cian or somethin’ and a bird by lumber has declined considerably the name of Price who came from since the decision to operate was parts unknown. Finally things got going. The reached in June. natty looking theatre proprietor Timer trouble stalled the coupe stepped up and socked one to of Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Plumer right field. We started to cheer near Pete Bergerson’s while they him for his two bagger but we were returning from camp meet-1 got a lot of shushes shoved at us ing Tuesday night, and the car) cause it seemed like this garage guy who they called Hartwick had to be towed in. a NUMBER 54.
