VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1931.
VOLUME IX.
Garrett Is
County C.C.
Secretary
Directors Resolve For the
V emonia-Hamlet
Route
Barney O. Garrett of St. Hel
ens was hired as paid secretary
of the Columbia county chamber
of commerce at a meeting of the
board of directors in St. Helens
Monday night. He will resign
his position with the St. Helens
Mist and devote his full time to
the work of the organization.
Mr. Garrett has had experience
in chamber of commerce work,
having served as paid secretary in
McMinnville and Oregon City. Of
the four applicants for the pos
ition in Columbia county it was
the unanimous opinion of the
directors that he was the best
qualified. He stated it as his
intention to devote more time to
developing the outside commun
ities than the county seat.
The directors also voted unan
imously to approve the Ver
nonia-Hamlet route to the sea,
including the Scappoose cut-off,
and instructed the secretary to
draw up resolutions to that ef
fect. H. E. McGraw was dele
gated to present the resolutions
at the next meeting of the state
highway commission.
Widening and straightening of
the Lower Columbia highway was
also endorsed, and Judge W. A.
Wood of Rainier was authorized
to present the resolutions to the
highway commission.
Phil Bewley for the committee
on membership reported on sug
gested quotas for the five dist
ricts.
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Pavement Repair
Construction Started
Another lift will be added to
the oiled pavement north and
south of the city laid last fall,
and the pavement extended one
mile on the Forest Grove road
In the vicinity of the golf links.
The surface of the Forest
Grove road south of the city
limits has been so badly cut
that it will be ripped up and a
better rock foundation put in.
F. B. Hurt, superintendent, states
that the unevenness of the road
is due to the fact that there was
an insufficient base which was
supposed to have been laid in
previous years.
Reconstruction on this sec
tion began Thursday. While the
oil is being laid one-way traffic
will be in effect, and cars will
be flagged through.
The county court has arranged
also to lay a similar pavement
on the Vernonia road between
St. Helens and Yankton. Money
set aside for the Vernonia-Apiary
road and reverting to the gen
eral road fund July 1 is being
used to finance the work both
in St. Helens and Vernonia.
Runaway Car Romp»
Into Safeway Front
A touring car while being
cranked in front of the post of
fice Thursday noon by Mrs. Alec
Morton backed down the street,
turned at right angles and hit the
front of the Safeway store, hook
ing the fender of a sedan of L.
C. Stephenson in passing.
Mrs. Morton’s car happened
to be in reverse gear when she
started it. The brakes were on,
but apparently the throttle was
down and the car backed at a
rapid rate despite the brakes.
Mrs. Morton ran alongside, and
by the time the car had mounted
the curb on the opposite side of
the street managed to jump in
and turn off the ignition. This
lessened the impact against the
grocery front, snd there was no
serious damage. The left front
fender of the Stephenson automo
bile, parked in front of the Safe
way store, was split when the
runaway car brushed against it,
•nd had to be replaced.
CAR WRECKED IN
! Lindbergh Flight
TRUCK COLLISION
Is Described
Mrs. E. E.
Middle West Crops
Good Says Hammack
Columbia County Pioneers
Flower Show
To Crops are fine in Kansas and
Recall Days of Long Ago
Oklahoma, stated Wm. Hammack
To Be Held
Yeo who with Mrs. Hammack returned
An automobile ran into a Port
land-Vernonia truck at First and
Morrison streets, Portland, early
last week from a two weeks trip
Friday morning and was wrecked,
to those states. Yet the farmers,
severely injuring four of the six
Mrs. S. A. Martin and Miss
he added, are not benefiting at
passengers.
Margaret Martin, mother and sis
Paul A. Fisher, driver of the ter of Mrs. E. E. Yeo, were two all, because of the low prices.
truck, states that he noticed the of the 11 women in Churchill, Wheat was bringing only 26 cents
car speeding up First street, and Manitoba, who greeted Colonel a bushel, he stated, and many
turned up First from Morrison in and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh were burning it for fuel.
Oil producers were just as bad
order to avoid it. The car, how when they landed there on their
ever, hit the truck with such vacation flight to Japan. Miss i oft, for they were getting ten
force as to knock it about three Margaret Martin is a teacher in cents a barrel for crude oil. The
or four feet despite the full load. the Dominion Business college two states forced a shutdown of
No damage was done the truck, at Winnipeg and is spending her the wells, and the price went up
and only a scratch shows where I vacation in Churchill. Followng to fifty cents, said Mr. Hammack.
Mr. Hammack visited his father
the car hit it, near the rear wheel. I is an excerpt from a letter writ
The car after the collision whirled ten by Mrs. Martin to Mrs. Yeo. in Chandler, Oklahoma, and some
of his buddies of war days. The
about several times and came to
“The plane of Colonel Lind trip was enjoyable eccept that
a stop half a block up Morrison
bergh and his wife has arrived. i the heat was intense.
street.
They stayed in Churchill over
night and were entertained at
the Department of Railways and
Canals. Then we all rushed down
to see them off this morning and
we had an introduction by Mr.
Kydd, and father, Margaret and
A Western Union 10 man golf
Beatrice Fest, 3, daughter of myself shook hands with them,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fest, for My, it was a real thrill. Then team suffered a defeat at the
mer residents of Vernonia, was we saw the great new plane off hands of the local team here Sun
fatally injured upon being struck on its lonely journey over the day by the score of 18 H to 11H.
by a car at the intersection of top of the world. Mrs. Lind- M. E. Ulshoeffer broke his own
Union avenue and East Lincoln bergh said very sweetly as she course record when he turned in
street Portland a week ago Thurs left, “My, you people up here a card of 35-33 making a total
of 68. J. V. McAlister had the
day night, and her mother was have been wonderful to us.”
“There was a baby boy born next lowest score with an even
severely injured. Beatrice died
up in an aeroplane on this Hud- par of 70. A return match will
two hours after the accident.
Geo. Reichlein, driver of the son Bay line this year and they be played in the near future.
Scores were as follows:
automobile, informed traffic of-1 named him Lindbergh Wright
Vernonia
ficers that the two were hidden | Cook Miller.
For short they Western Union
from view by another automobile i caN him Lindy. He is an In Boher 0 ................ Ulshoeffer 3
until the moment of impact. Both' dian baby boy born March 29, Verbrooker 1 ............ McAlister 2
were knocked to the pavement 1931. Father presented Col. and Ginberg 2H ................ Brown 14
and were taken to St. Vincents Mrs. Lindbergh with the picture Weed 2% ....................... Bush %
hospital.
I0* this baby and the father and Lorvik 1 .................... Bateman 2
The Festa lived in Vernonia I mother; they are Indians.
Malarkey 114/
Hartwick 1W
Childs 3
for several years, Mr. Fest con- I “Now you can imagine how Hougen 0 .........
ducting a furniture store and hard it is to settle down to plain Witter 0 .................... Messing 3
working in the mill. They left common tasks like writing letters Stewart Ms .............. McGraw 2 Vi
two years ago for The Dalles, after all the excitement of see Howell 2V4 .................. Tisdale %
and moved from there recently to ing the Lindbergh’s plane off.”
J
Portland.
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LOCAL GOLFERS
WIN SUNDAY
Beatrice Fest is
Killed in Portland
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Repairing Building
Mileage Allowance
Reduced by Court
T. B. Mills, county commission
er, reports that the county court
voted August 7 to reduce the
mileage allowance of county of
ficers from ten cents to six. He
states that he voluntarily re
ducing his own to correspond, as
his is fixed by the legislature.
The question of reducing sal
aries is still under advisement,
Mr. Mills says.
NUMBER 55.
C. R. Coyle of Newberg has
been making repairs to his build
ing occupied by Miller’s barber
shop. An outside stairway is be
ing placed inside, the rear of
the room formerly occupied by
Baker’s Pastime, the litter in the
rear will be cleaned up, and a
rear room of the barber shop
made into a woodshed.
Mr. Coyle has been called home
on business, but expects to re
turn shortly and complete the al
terations.
Vernonia Contends Route to
Coast by Hamlet Best Choice
Rocking Begins
On Camp 8 Road
Rocking of the road to Camp
Eight began Monday and is pro
gressing at the rate of 100 to
150 yards a day. The Clark and
Wilson Lumber company will soon
tear up the track on the portion
of the road that follows the rail
road grade, so that no delay is
expected in spreading the gravel.
The shovel completed its work
over a week ago, so that it is
possible now to reach Camp Eight
by automobile.
It is expected that work on
the road will be entirely complet
ed in time for the opening of
school.
Days when pupils sat on split high, for they wore rough boots
log benches at school, and people on rough floors, and the tunes
danced in heavy shoes on rough were lively.
floors, were recalled at the meet
After he finished grade school
ing of the Columbia County Pion and had studied to be a teacher,
eer association Saturday in the Mr. Powell continued, he set up
social hall of the Evangelical a private normal school near
church in this city Saturday after Mist and graduated students af
noon.
ter a course lasting one month.
Among the speakers was W. H.
Rev. G. W. Plumer told of an
Powell of Portland, who related early trip to camp meeting at
that he came as a boy with his Vernonia. Leaving the train at
parents to the valley 54 years Houlton the party rode in a lum
ago, two or three years after ber wagon, and a brother min
Vernonia was first settled. The ister rebuked Mr. Plumer for
road from Cornelius, he related, stopping to take a picture when
ended at Henry Van Blaricom’s, they had such a long day's trip
and in order to reach Pittsburg, ahead of them.
where the family located, it was
Short and interesting talks
necessary to journey the rest of were made by local Nehalem pi
the way by canoe.
oneers among whom were F. J.
The rude schoolhouse in that Peterson, Mrs. Judson Weed, Mrs.
vicinity, he said, had benches Israel Spencer, Mrs. J. H. Bailey,
used for writing desks along the Andrew Parker, R. Sesseman and
walls, and split logs In front for James Adams.
seats. The pupils when studying
Ira Parcher and W. R. Holmes
faced the wall; when about to re ‘of Rainier, G. W. Perry of St.
cite they switched their legs, and Helens, J. G. Watts of Scap
faced the teacher in the center poose and J. T. Whalley of Port
of the room.
land added their bits to the pro
There was no entertainment, he gram.
declared, except dances to the
Musical features were a duet
accompaniment of old-time fidd
lers. The dancers had to step
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Former Bakery
Owner Here
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McGhee,
former Vernonia residents who
were partners of Mr. and Mrs.
B. A. Vickrey in the local bakery
in 1929 are visiting friends here
this week. They are house guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Vickrey and will
probably remain here for another
week.
Mr. and Mrs. McGhee recently
sold their bakery at Grand Junc
tion, Colorado, and are seeking
another location. They have con
sidered going to Alaska if they
can find a favorable opening.
Mrs. Cole Wins
Award at Show
Mrs. M. D. Cole’s bouquet of
phlox was judged the best by
popular vote of those present
at the Garden club’s phlox show
held at the Legion hall last Fri
day afternoon. The display of
Mrs. T. B. Mills was awarded
second place and that of Mrs.
E. Ray third.
Seventeen entries were made
in the display, all but one which
were of perennial phlox, Ver
nonia's official flower. Mrs. D.
Davis made the only entry of the
annual variety.
Following the official judging
two members of the club com
piled the following list of awards
based on the general consensus
of opinion as expressed inform
ally by those who viewed the
flowers:
Best single specimen of phlox
—1st, Mrs. O. Roberts; 2nd, Mrs.
Frank Hanson; 3rd, Mrs. T. B.
Mills.
Best fancy arrangement—1st,
Mrs. Chas. Christiansen; 2nd,
Mrc. O. Roberta; 3rd Mrs. D.
Davis (annual phlox).
Five new members were added
to the Garden club during the
meeting which followed the ex
hibit and plans were made for
the annual flower show which
will be held August 22.
VERNONIA GIRL
ELECTED QUEEN
At the last Pomona grange,
held at Cedar Grove August 1,
Benita Condit of Vernonia was
elected County Fair Queen. Each
subordinate grange sponsored one
candidate, making twelve in all.
Vernonia Grange feels very
highly complimented that their
candidate was chosen to this
honory position.
The other candidates will be
princesses in Queen Benita’s
court. They are:
May Carl, Birkenfeld; Grace
Charmichael,
Natal;
Florence
Carlstrom, Beaver Homes; Velma
Nelson, Warren; Jobird Davis,
Yankton; Frances Hernan, Cedar
Grove; Inez Langdon, Chapman;
Donna Tracy, Fern Hill, and
Melba Miller, Clatskanie. The
Beaver Valley princess will be
elected later.
The committee in charge of the
queen’s program and the prep
aration of the queen and her
court are Mrs. Clarice E. Nel
son, chairman, assisted by Edith
Sheets, Clatskanie and Viola Tre-
harne, Vernonia.
On Aug. 22
Garden Club Sponsors
Fourth Annual
Event
Saturday, August 22, has been
set as the date for Vernonia’s
fourth anuual flower show which
is sponsored by the Garden club.
The exhibit will be held in the
American Legion hall. Doors
will be open for receiving en
tries at 9 a. m. and will be
closed at 11 to allow the judges
to make their decisions and will
be reopened to the public for
inspection until about 7:30 in
the evening.
Anyone may enter any flow
ers that are in bloom at this
time. No entry fee will be char
ged and ribbon awards will be
made. The list of judges will be
announced next week.
If possible, those entering
flowers should provide their own
containers. Mayonnaise, fruit or
pickle jars are suggested.
Merchants are again invited to
make displays. In the past their
cooperation has added greatly to
the success of the show.
The following list of flower
classifications is prepared to
aid the judges and exhibitors,
but entries are not confined to
this list, and other flowers will
be gladly received and classi
fied:
Section
1, Potted Plants
Group 1, Geraniums. Group
2, Begonias. Group 3, Fuschias.
Group 4, Coleus.
Section 2, Cut Flowers
Groupl, Best one spike of any
of the following: Lillies, roses,
cannas, hollyhocks, delphiniums,
gladioli (a) ruffled, (b) plain
petaled, (c) primulinus. Group
2, Best of any of the following
in color: Ponpon dahlias, dahl
ias of any other variety, roses, as
ters, geraniums, zinnias, mari
golds, shasta daisies. Group 3,
best pansies (one color).
Section
III
Best display of any of the
following in mixed colors: Dahl
ias, sweet peas, cosmos, verbena,
pinks, carnations, roses, holly
hocks, delphiniums, asters.
Section
IV
Best bouquets of 12 or more
in mixed colors of the following:
Asters, African marigolds, French
marigolds, snapdragons, carna
tions, pinks, roses, gladiolas,
sweet peas.
The following article on the lowest in maximum elevation and PORTERFIELD HURT
Vernonia-Hamlet route to the length of maximum grade assures
Section V
IN TRUCK UPSET
sea appeared in the Oregonian of economical transportation and
Group 1. Best display of any
speedier movement of traffic,
August 12:
miscellaneous plants or cut flow
W. O. Porterfield while mov
Of the six routes proposed for and it offers scenic attractions ing a truckload of mill machin
ers not included in the above
the Portland-to-the-coast highway [equal to other proposed routes. ery for Ben Bennett to Globe,
list.
the Vernonia-Hamlet route would
“We, of Vernonia believe that Oregon, west of Eugene, was
Group 2, Best basket of mixed
provide the greatest amount of the objection that the proposed injured Wednesday night when
flowers.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bailey of
good to the greatest number of road from Portland to the sea his truck overturned near his
Group 3. Most artistically ar
Portland spent last week visiting
people, says the Vernonia Cham is unwarranted because it will destination.
ranged table decoration or cen-
numerous
relatives
and
friends
in
ber of Commerce in a brief ad be primarily recreational and can
He was able to telephone to
and around Vernonia. On Sat terpiece.
dressed to the state highway com be greatly overcome through the Mrs. Porterfield, who with Gloyd
Group 4. Best porch basket.
urday, they attended the meet
mission. Not only would this adoption of the Vernonia-Ham Adams made a night drive to
Group 5. Best ferns in basket.
ing of the County Pioneer assoc
route be the most direct between let route which would act two meet Mr. Porterfield and bring
Group 6. Best basket of gold-
iation
at
the
Evangelical
church.
Portland and the Clatsop beaches fold by providing, in addition to' back the truck. Several stitches
englow.
the greatest traffic-originating a recreational route, a direct were taken in Mr. Porterfield’s
Mrs. Bailey was formerly Julia
Group 7. Best basket of any
points to be served, the brief route between Portland snd the ear, which was cut. Whether
Parker, and came to the valley flowers in the above list.
contends, but it would also pro Nehalem valley, a prosperous ag there were any other injuries
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Group 8. Largest variety of
vide direct highway facilities for ricultural section," the brief could not be learned at the time
C. L. Parker, in 1874 when she flowers displayed by one per
the prosperous and growing agri states. “It would provide a dir of going to press.
was only 12 years old. They were son.
cultural communities in the Ne ect route to Portland from Ver
the first family to make their
Section VI. Best display of
halem valley and give Vernonia, nonia, a thriving industrial com
home in this part of the Neha phlox.
the largest town in Oregon not munity of 1625 population, the
lem valley. Her brother, Albert
on the state highway system, its largest town in Oregon not on the
who now lives below Vernonia, DIXIE PIONEERS
first state highway.
was the first white child born
state highway system.
HOLD REUNION
Contentions of the Vernonia
here; and Julia holds the dis
ELDERLY WOMAN
“We believe that the growth of
Chamber of Commerce are built Columbia county during the last
HURT IN ACCIDENT tinction of being the first bride. A most enjoyable picnic and
up in the brief around popula decade, of which the greater per
She was married to John Van pioneer reunion was held by
tion tables and statistics, traffic centage of growth was adjacent
Mrs. A. M. Voltinghouse, 78, Blaricom in 1878, the ceremony the Dixie Pioneer association on
counts on existing highways serv to the proposed Vernonia-Hamlet
This tumbled out of the Duf mother of J. M. Peachey, was being performed by the first Sunday, August 9, at the picnic
ing the northernmost 100 miles of route, warrants the consideration fel Bag, a “column” in Forest injured Monday by being thrown minister, Rev. Mr. Plowman.
grounds near the Wallace school
the Oregon coast and the recon of the industrial and agricultural Log, publication of the stats from a car in front of the Roy
Emma Van Blaricom was the house. There were present about
naissance report of H. N. Hack factors. There is every indicat board of forestry:
Tucker place on the Rock creek second bride, being married to 150 of the pioneers of the dis
ett, who prepared an engineer ion that this section will contin
After seeing a Swede crawl road. The car, driven by Mrs. Judson Weed in 1879. In the next trict with their families and
ing analysis of the six prospect ue to grow at an appreciable rate under the door of a Portland ho George Peachey, skidded in loose year, 1880, Mrs. Epencer was friends.
ive routes.
An address of welcome was
and the time is not remote that tel pay station to save a nickel, gravel into a rut and stopped married to Israel Spencer in
The brief in addition to the the need of a first-class high Lode McDonald says there is no abruptly, causing the door to Multnomah county, and was the made by Cornelius Nelson, pion
arguments that the Vernonia- way between Portland and the call for the bum jokes about the open and Mrs. Voltinghouse to first bride to cross the moun eer homesteader of 1889
and
Hamlet route would serve the Nehalem valley will be self evi thrifty Scotchman.
president of the Pioneer associa
fall out upon the ground. She tains and come here to live.
most people, also states that its dent.”
tion. A short talk was also made
was bruised but not severely hurt.
t t ♦
rank as first in alignment as com
Reilheer Moves
by Mrs. Grant Lynch, of Scap
The brief gives a chart show
Jack Kerr is on a diet of milk I The car was slightly damaged.
pared with other routes assures ing comparitive growths of Col toast because of sore tonsils. He
poose, selretary of the associa-
The C. W. Reithner dry goods tnon, giving the history of the
free and rapid movement of traf umbia, Washington, Tillamook put in an order at the Terminal
On Prospecting Tear
store moved Tuesday into the organization of the Dixie Pion
fic, that its first rank for drain and Clatsop counties, and points Wednesday at the chamber of
Ed Holtham and Charley Rich building next door formerly oc eer association. Sinclair Wilson,
age with the least possibility of out that Columbia county, with a commerce luncheon.
left Friday for southern Oregon cupied by L. R. Gillchrest. The president of the bank at Linnton,
slides and second rank for sun population increase of 43.3 per
“Who ordered the graveyard?”
on a prospecting tour in the new location permits better dis-
exposure would assure low main
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vicinity of Medford.
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tenance costa, that its rank as
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Feathers . . .
and... Talons
First Bride in
Nehalem Valley
Visits Vernonia