FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1931.
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
PAGE FOUR
substitutes out of their own pock told County Agent Nelson. “I' per acre. Lime made the dif-
ets, and few have a salary that couldn't raise either clover orference between success and fail
vetch without lime,” Mr. Flink ure with vetch on Mr. Sheet’s
permits this.
Dr. Francis D. Curtis, of the said. “In my case, it was a mat- farm. In Mr. Sheettf experience,
University of California, is to be ter of buying lime or moving out. I lime will pay for itscjf the first
here and will instruct high school During the last seven years I have1 year at a cost of $7.40 p-r ton
Pacific Coast Representative
teachers, especially along the lines used 100 tons of it applying at and beneficial results wi\ last
Arthur W. Stypea, inc.
of administrative work, while the rate of 2 tons per acre. Seven seven or more years.
San Francisco
Miss Leah Ross, of Salem high years ago on this farm I had
For more than six years, i has
school, will talk on English work. eight cows, two horses and it was been a part of the county a»nt’s
Miss Ross is acknowledged as one necessary for me to buy from program to increase the us of
Member of National Editorial
of the best authorities in the state between 20 to 25 tons of hay ground limestone thus enaHng
Association and Oregon State
on English work.
each year. Since that time I the production of a greater >ld
Editorial Association.
School readers this year will be have had as high as 16 head of of higher quality hay for dry
given much attention at the insti matured cattle and three horses cattle, thereby reducing the >st
tute as an entirely new method and have had hay to sell.”
! of production.
12.00, Per Year in Advance
Issued Every Friday
will be introduced with the new
“This year I have 11 cows, two J ln 1925, data gathered at fat
Gates and Huber readers. To horses and a bull and I will have time indicated that approximate
Entered as second class matter August 4, 1922. at the post
assist the teachers in their meth ample hay for them with several $60,000 was spent for hay. sh.
office at Vernonia. Oregon, under the act of March 8, 1879.
ods, a representative will be sent tons to sell in addition. I at- ped into Columbia county for t>
to the institute from the MacMil tribute this increase in hay yield feeding of dairy cattle.
Advertising rates—Foreign, 30c per inch; local, 28c per inch;
La
legal notices. 10c per line first insertion, 5c per line succeeding
lan company, publishers.
and quality of hay to the use of year the records indicate th
insertions; classified lc per word, minimum 25c first insertion,
New geography text books with lime tend manure. All but one i practically no hay was importe
15c succeeding insertions; readers, 10c a line.
their new methods will also be and one-half acres of my farm is This lime program in connectii
given particular attention.
now limed. An average yield of , with the production of vetch hi
—St. Helens Sentinel. vetch and oat hay is three tons has played an important part,
RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher
per acre while an average yield of is believed, in eliminating t>
INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS
oat hay without lime is about necessity of purchasing outsi
NELSON
ADVOCATES
TO BE HELD IN SEPT.
one and one-half ton sper acre. hay thus keepng at home so>
GROUND
LIMESTONE
THE VERNONIA-RAINIER ROAD
Thus, lime has enabled a 100 $60,000 which formerly we
Institute for Columbia county
per cent increase in my hay crop out of the county.
(Geo. A. Nelson)
teachers
will
be
held
September
In a letter to the Clatskanie Chief upholding the re
Ground limestone applied at and the quality of it has been
Orders are again being pool
10 and 11 at the John Gumm
call of Commissioner J. N. Miller, Ross W. Daniels of Rain
for ground limestone by fa
school in St. Helens, according to the rate of two tons per acre greatly improved.”
It was in similar manner that county agent’s office. Those d
ier makes the charge that the Rainier-Vernonia market
a statements sent out by Miss made the difference between suc
Murray, county superintendent of cess and failure on the Theodore W. F. Sheets discussed the value siring lime should advise tl
road “was tabled when presented to the highway com
Flink farm, at Clatskanie. Like of ground limestone in connec county agent at once becau;
schools.
mission, for lack of Mr. Miller’s support.”
LET’S BOOST THE
wise on the farm of W. F. Sheets, tion with production of vetch and ground limestone is best applie
It
has
been
very
hard
to
pre
“It seems strange to me,” he comments, “that the
COUNTY CHAMBER
also of Clatskanie, lime made the oat hay.
Mr. Sheets applied in September or early fall, 1
pare the program for institute
people of Vernonia and the Vernonia paper, have for
production of vetch hay possible three tons of ground limestone to should be thoroughly disced int'
this
year,
she
states,
as
college
gotten that they wished to work for the Vernonia market Now that the Columbia County budgets have been so closely cut while without it, the crop was one and a half acres in 1929. He the soil after which seeding t<
Chamber of Commerce is definite
harvested a five ton crop of vetch and oats is done.
road, and are accepting their defeat without protest, will ly underway, with a permanent and instructors are carrying so a failure.
“Such results showing the value vetch and oat hay while without
ing that the money should go to the betterment of other secretary appointed, it will soon much extra work that it is almost of ground limestone on certain lime, the best yield of oat hay I For results—try an Eagle clas-
roads, chiefly around St. Helens. It does not show much be up to us to decide to join impossible for them to leave to soil types in Columbia county are he had obtained was ton tons sified. It reaches the prospects.
do institute work. Those who
the organization.
backbone.”
do leave, find that they must pay general,” Geo. A. Nelson, county
“
What
’
s
the
use
of
joining
—
!■
agent points out. “This no doubt
Lest there be some that share the correspondent’s view
what good will it do?” one man
accounts for the fact that each
that Mr. Miller was responsible for the defeat of the asked the other day.
ually the market strengthens by year since 1925, the quantity of
Rainier-Vernonia road project, a repetition of the facts in “It will bring more people in the first of September. Wheth- ground limestone used by Colum-
ed it will this year is problemati bia county farmers has increased.
here,” someone answered.
the case may be desirable.
Delivered To and Called for at Your Door
cal
but there is hopes. While In 1925, our office pooled orders
“
But
what
good
will
that
do
When the road was first seriously considered the un
TRUCKS LEAVE VERNONIA 9 A. M. DAILY
none of the mills expect to make
derstanding was that the Columbia River-Longview Bridge when we have too many who can’t a profit, when the situation comes for 80 tons of ground limestone
make a living now?”
Long Distance Furniture Hauling
which
was
distributed
to
ten
far
company would advance money for its construction, pro The work of the county cham to a point where they will lose
mers.
Last year orders were
Between Vernonia and Portland
vided the county use what funds were available. The fi ber will be two-fold: First it will less running than by being shut pooled for 122 tons of it, distrib
nancial difficulties of the company, however, prevented the try to help the people who are down, most of them will reopen. uted to 48 farmers.
Portland-Vernonia Truck Line
here to make a bigger success
Mill managers feel that if pos
“Ground limestone will pay for
carrying out of this plan.
W. A. Davit, Local Manager.
Since it was apparent that the bridge company could than they are now making. This sible they should run to give labor itself in two seasons,” Mr. Flink,
applies especially to farmers, who, employment. However, they must one of the most extensive users
RES. PHONE 443
OFFICE PHONE 1041
not put up the money, George W. Ford of Vernonia, A. E. perhaps, need the most help and also consider, that they are de
of lime in the county recently
Veatch and W. E. Proctor of Rainier appeared before the whose success as a group will pleting their stumpage and wast
state highway commission at its May meeting and asked mean more to the county than ing their resources by running at
that the road be designated as a secondary highway and any other single group. This has a loss.
as such be entitled to receive state funds. At the sugges been particularly stressed by Lumber mills of the northwest
President Wist and the agricultur
tion of the commission the county court met with the al committee will meet this week are now running about 40 per
cent capacity. Fall may see them
commission the following month, and was informed plain to take definite steps in that di running from 60 to 80 per cent
ly by it that no state money could be advanced for build rection.
capacity.
ing the road, nor could the commission guarantee to fi But the county chamber will al
—Springfield News.
It is always wise to buy where quality is best, but when that
nance it in the future. By using each year all of the state so bring in new industries and
best quality is obtainable at inferior quality prices, then you
settlers for our logged-off and
have the doubly sound reason for buying at a quality first store.
market road funds allotted the county beginning next diked lands. These will be peo
year, the county could have built the road in from ten ple who have been successful far
Phone us your Market
fifteen years time, an obviously unwise procedure. Be mers elsewhere but prefer to live
sides, it had been stipulated by the budget committee that in the northwest because of cli
and Grocery Needs—
if money for the completion of the Rainier-Apiary market matic conditions or because they
think that there is still better
road extension be not forthcoming from sources other than opportunity here. The agricul
county taxation by July 1, the $57,000 set aside for be tural opportunities of this coun
ginning construction would revert to the general market ty have scarcely been touched and
and
road fund. As the conditions had not been fulfilled, the with volume production a better
county court allotted $36,000 of the fund to other market profit can be obtained for the
present producers as well as help
roads of the county.
ing in the development of the
In other words, then, the Vernonia-Rainier road pro county.
ject failed for lack of financial support, and not because Many of us have long realized
Commissioner Miller favored it or didn’t favor it. As a that something must be done to
matter of fact he spoke for the road before the commission. put these logged-off lands back
on the tax rolls, or
county
This newspaper believes that some day the road to taxes will become our
prohibitive.
Rainier will be built, but it does not approve a county tax The only way to put them back
for the purpose—at least not under present economic con- on the tax rolls is by getting
For your convenience the following business and professional people are listed on
this page alphabetically. These men and women are known in Vernonia as reliable business
people with sufficient capital to
ditions.
and professional people.
develop them, and the best way
to secure such people is through
INFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION
a county chamber of commerce.
RARRFR SHOPS
RESTAURANTS
The formation of the county
Just because you can
Marvin
R.
Eby,
M.
D.
chamber
is
the
most
progressive
Now that the short road to the coast has become a live
low/ BARBER
not start an account
jt>y
shop
topic, all kinds of correspondents, amateur and profession step the county has taken for its
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development for a good many
Haircutting
for
Men
al, with loads of information and misinformation, have own
with
sum of
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TO EAT
years, the movement certainly de
Women
and
Children
burst into print.
Town Office 891
serves the support of everyone
H. A. SIMMONS, Proprietor
Expert Work Guaranteed
money do not hesitate
Comes a communication from somebody to one of the interested in its growth and wel-
Portland dailies asserting that the Wilson river route is fare,
CARD ROOM
TRANSFER — TRUCK
to come here. You will
—St. Helens Sentinel.
already in fair shape and all that it needs is a little rocking j
DR. J. A. HUGHES
Bmuntia
to be on the side of moderate im
provement.”
Some increase in
demand is expected, but produc
tion is likely to continue relatively
heavy for some time. Figures
are given showing that dairy
men have been saving fewer
heifer calves and that the rapid
About 40 farmers from differ
increase in the number of milk ent parts of the county made the
cows on farms has probably been trip to the John Jacob Astor Ex
checked.
periment station near Astoria
Record marketings of sheep August 10.
* * *
and lamb are being made this
year and conditions indicate that
On warrants sworn to by E.
sheep numbers will be further Lloyd Conger, said to a "corres
reduced in this country and pondence school” detective, 12
abroad, Demand is expected to persons were arrested in St. Hel
increase as business conditions ens August 11 and charged with
improve, The report points out violation of the prohibition laws.
that world-wide conditions of sup Eleven were found guilty and
ply and demand affect wool prices fined $100 each.
• • «
in this country and consequently
have a bearing on the sheep and
Jay R. Austin, principal of
wool outlook in Oregon. North the St. Helens high school, was
America has but 8 per cent of married to Miss Esther Johnson
the world’s sheep.
in St. Helens August 9.
j Among Our I
Neighbors •.
What Other
Editors
Think
Freight
M I/Y IT PAYS TO BUY FOODS
at this QUALITY FIRST STORE
NO ACCOUNT
Nehalem Market
Grocery, Inc
Professional and Business Directory
Terminal Cafe
to become serviceable. Others chart out routes and com
pute distances by laying a ruler on a map, as if the whole
of the area west of the Willamette valley were a table land
with only trees and underbrush to clear from the right of
way. A press bureau correspondent, supposedly neutral,
has it all doped out that the new Wolf creek route will re
place the Vernonia-Hamlet route as one of the routes re
commended from an engineering standpoint, though he is
careful to state that no information regarding the feasibil
ity or cost of the new route has been divulged. A head
line writer announces, “Vernonians Battle for Ridge Route,”
as the title of an article in itself accurate as to what Ver
nonians are battling for. Arguments, indeed, for the ridge
route are flying thick and fast—though not of course from
Vernonia—while proponents of the Wilson river and Wolf
creek routes are by no means silent.
Vernonia bases its campaign on exact information, not
on garbled and misleading propaganda. Vernonians as
sume that the highway commission is not to be fooled by
any hokum.
Prices for eggs and chickens,
OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK SEEN
IN MARKET ADVANCES although still low compared to re
cent years have made a strong
Further improvement in the seasonal advance during the past
egg and poultry situation and few weeks. Fewer hens are in
signs of ths turn toward better prospect to go into laying houses
conditions in the dairy and sheep this fall, and demand is expected
industries are seen in the an to increase as business conditions
nual summer outlook reports of improv*.
As to the dairy industry, the
the college extension service just
report says, "The outlook appears
issued.
WHEN THE MILLS WILL OPEN
The lumber situation was sum
med up for us a few days ago
by managers of several large
plants about as follows:
Usually there are few orders
for lumber during the months of
July and August but the mills op
erate on excess orders coming in
during May and June. This year
there was not only a very low
price but very little demand for
any lumber and no orders ac-
cumulated in the spring months
for summer run. Consequently
many of the large mills have shut
down.
Whether these mills will reopen
in September depends on wheth
er any orders are received. Us-
Square Deal
find us more than glad
PASTIME
to give you every pos
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sible assistance in start
Lloyd Baker, Prop.
and explain in detail the
many
advantages
of
banking here.
Shell Products
Dependable
Mechanics
Shop Work Guaranteed
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General Contractor
Mason Work, Building
General Plumbing
Vernonia
BANK
Vernonia
Office Phone 663
Kes. Phone 664
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Vernonia,
Oregon
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New And Used Goods
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11 First Ave.
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North
Oregon
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Dentist
Vernonia, Oregon
Phone Business 221
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