FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1983.
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
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A PUBLIC HEARING IS DESIRABLE
The proposed ordinance regulating occupation licenses
was tabled by the city council Monday night for a very
good reason: the existing ordinance would be repealed, but
the new schedule would not go into effect until the new
year. There would therefore be considerable difficulty
in making collections for arrears already due—more diffi­
culty, even, than there is at present, without the embar­
rassment of a conflicting ordinance.
Now that the suggested ordinance is reposing in some
desk drawer or filing cabinet, whence it may presumably
be called back into activity or allowed to remain in ob­
livion, opportunity is afforded for discussion of the license
question that would otherwise have been lacking. It is a
fault of the traditional method of passing city ordinances
required in the city charter, that when an ordinance is once
on its way it cannot, like a bill in congress or in a legisla­
ture, be amended, but must be accepted or rejected as a
whole. To have pointed out flaws in the ordinance under
consideration would therefore have been futile unless the
intention were to defeat the entire proposition.
To pick the measure to pieces now, even though the
chance to do so exists, is beside the point. It is sufficient
to say that the present ordinance regarding occupations is in
considerable disrepute. Some have paid their licenses under
protest, some have refused to pay, and others have been
unable to pay. As a result there was, according to the
recent audit, a delinquency of 30 per cent at the beginning
of the year, and a much more serious one now, owing to
the uncertain status of the ordinance since the council re­
solved early in the spring to cut licenses in half for the
current year but did not amend the ordinance itself. The
proposed ordinance retains the essential features of the old
one, the principal changes being a reduction of approxi­
mately 25 per cent in most of the schedules, and the sub­
stitution of annual for quarterly payments. Would the new
measure as it stands receive the support of those who op­
pose the present law? Would its terms be sufficiently
easy for those who have been willing but unable to pay
the licenses now imposed upon them? These are impor­
tant questions, in the solution of which rests the success
of the entire licensing scheme or its dismal failure. The
penalty for failure to pay, as stipulated in the new ordi­
nance, is drastic: a maximum fine of fifty dollars, and each
day’s delinquency a separate offense. Drastic penalties are
meaningless, however, when a law is unenforceable.
The best way of finding out ahead of time whether
or not the ordinance as drawn would be enforceable is to
discuss the matter fully and frankly with those who would
be affected by it. Since an entirely new ordinance, re­
placing the one tabled this week, is possible, it could be
intelligently devised as the outgrowth of a public hearing
wherein the man who believes himself to have been wrong­
ed can appear and present his case. If the difficulty lies
not so much in schedules as in the issue of license or no
license, the whole question can be threshed out. The city
needs money for operating expenses. Shall it raise part of
it by means of an occupation license, or add this part to the
property taxes? The majority, if the meeting is sufficiently
representative, as it would likely be, should decide.
If Vernonia merchants are to be subject to an occupa­
tion license, Vernonia merchants should pay it. A new
dead-letter law would merely clutter up the city’s records,
and yield no appreciable revenue. Certainly, however, a
law devised in accordance with the recommendations of a
representative public hearing would not be a dead letter.
It would have no excuse for becoming so.
Among Our
Neighbors • •
Warren Young of Clatskanie died
Sept. 12.
Willard T. Evenson of Clatska­
nie has been appointed county
adviser for the N. R. A.
r
Mist
The Rainier State bank has
Mrs. A. A. Dowling
been granted a further extension
to Oct. 11, in order to give op­
Mrs. Ed Reynolds came up
portunity to carry out a reor­
from Jewell and spent several
ganization plan.
days at her home here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bridgers
Rock for improvement of the
Columbia river jetty will be tak­ were Vernonia movie visitors Sun­
en from Lucia, Washington, near day evening.
Little Alvey Trotter returned
Yacolt, instead of from Goble as
to his home at Wauna Friday af­
at first announced.
ter spending two weeks with fala
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
A. Dowling.
Mrs. Agatha Nelson took charge
of the central office for a few
days the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Olson came
down from Everett, Wash., for
Vernonia Eagle, Sept. 21, 1923.
a visit with relatives. Mr. Olson
returned, but Mrs. Olson remain­
A mass meeting will be held in ed for a two weeks’ visit with
the Vernonia Dance hall tonight
her aunt and uncle, Mr. and
to organize a volunteer fire de­
Mrs. Austin Dowling. She will
partment.
also visit another relative, the
• ***«*•
Jake Dowling family, at Mayger.
Hazel Malmsten, Lesta Weed
Mrs. Ain Wallace and Mrs. E.
and Ruth Heverling left Sunday
T. Wallace were village shoppers
night to attend Willamette uni­ Monday afternoon.
versity.
Mrs. James Jones and children
• « * o e e e
have moved into the Walter Tur­
Cyril John, Russell Lewis,
ner house on the hill.
Lucy Stanton, Eula and Erma
Mrs. Frank Brown from the
John motored to Seaside Sunday.
burn was shopping in Mist one
day last week.
J. S. Culbertson is moving to
Mrs. Austin Dowling and son
Vernonia, deciding to make this
Bernard and daughter Florence
his permanent home.
and Mrs. Earl Olson spent Friday
with Mrs. Newton J. Trotter at
We counted 11 brand new
Wauna. Mrs. Trotter is a daugh­
good houses just being completed
ter of Mrs. Dowling.
west of the track Sunday. In all,
Miss Gross, primary teacher, is
36 new houses are nearing com- staying with her sister, Mrs. John
pletion.
ging railroad. Each 1,000 feet of
The estimated expenditures for lumber taking a work day for
for
Vernonia union high school
two men in addition to the ex­
1923-4 are $16,300, and the tax pense of $4 in supplies and ma­
asked for is $15,725, according to chinery the immense payroll
the budget published this week. which will be paid out providing
the 1 timber in the burned area is
Miss Isabel Condit leaves Sun­ cut < out in the next three years
day to resume her studies at can be
I realized in a measure. La-
Monmouth.
bor alone will mean 2,000,000
days i of work for one man.
Harvard Malmsten is ill as the
Whether or not the NRA will
the
result of a bruise he got on
permit operations on a scale to
leg some time ago.
allow salvaging of the timber
remains to be seen. Under ordi­
TIMBER SALVAGE
nary NRA code regulations for
TO NECESSITATE
lumbermen the mill would be
MANY WORKMEN permitted only 30 hours per week.
Ten Years
(Forest Grove News-Times)
Circumstances and the NRA
permitting the Stimson Lumber
company may begin operations
around October 1 from all indica­
tions. Approximately 110 men are
now on the company’s payroll the
crew being about equally divided
between work in the woods and
construction work about the mill.
Woods crews have started to
work with about three million feet
of timber fallen and bucked at
the present time. In about three
weeks time it is anticipated that
the first log will be put in the
pond. Timber that is being fallen
now was not touched by the fire,
the location having been selected
before the blaze started. Future
logging will be in burned off
timber in an effort for the log­
gers to beat worms and decay.
The exact amount of damage
done by the fire will be difficult
to determine with any degree of
certainty until next spring ac­
cording to Harold Miller, mana­
ger of the Stimson mill. Best ex­
perience available points to the
fact that the timber must be
logged within a period of three
years in order to salvage it.
On the basis of a rough esti­
mate there may be said to be a
billion feet of timber in the burned
area tributary to the Stimson log-
I LODGES
A, F. de A- M.
Vernonia Lodge No. 184
A. F. A A. M. meets
at
Masonic
Temple,
Stated
Communication
First Thursday of each
month. Special called
meetings on all other Thurs­
day nights 7:30 p.m. Visitors
most cordially welcome.
Emil F. Messing, W. M.
F. D. Macpherson, Secretary
The St. Helens Workmen’s Pro­
The Raines mill at Glenwood,
tective association wilt seek a near the Vernonia-Forest Grove
market locally for wood cut by road, burned Thursday morning
men otherwise unemployed.
of last week. The planer was also
destroyed, and a quantity of lum­
Order of Eastern Star
The grand jury in St. Helens ber in the yards. The mill was
last week indicted Jake Silverman running about 35,000 feet a Nehatom Chapter 158, O. E. S.
Regular comma-
on a first degree murder charge. shift and was considered one of
nieation first
He is accused of having killed the best equipped in the valley.
f WW 1 and third Wed-
nesdays of each
James Walker, whose body was
month, at Ms-
found on the Dutch Canyon road
The Forest Grove National
sonic Temple.
April 21. Members of the jury bank has completely changed the
All visiting sis-
tors and broth-
were C. R. Evenson of Clatska­ appearance of its interior. All
'
era
welcome.
nie, Carl Rylander of Warren, cages and the upper structure
Mrs. A. J. Hughes, W.M.
August Benson of St Helens, T. reaching across the counter have
Leona McGraw, Sec.
P. Johnston of Birkenfeld, E. E. been removed, and the entire
Malaber of Goble and Minnie C. bank space is visible at a glance.
Pythian Sitters
Laughlin of St. Helens.
Vernonia Temple 61 meets I
A final golf match was held every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays in ;
Maurice P. Young, 81, a resi­ on the Briarcliff course, between W.O.W. han.
Florence Nanson, M. E. C. |
dent of Cedar Grove near Clats­ Clatskanie and Rainier, last Sun­
kanie for 44 years and father of day. The tract was sold at sher-
Clara Kerns, M. «r 1 4 C.
PAGE THREE
Devine at Clatskanie and drives
to and from her school duties.
Laura Wickstrom is attending
school this year. Last year Mrs.
Elsa Knowles gave her private
lessons on account of Laura’s
health.
Austin Dowling was at home
from Deep River, Wash., several
days last week and this.
Mrs. L. B. Eastman was a vil­
lage caller Monday afternoon.
Mrs. John Schlippy was taken
Monday to the hospital having
had a bad spell. Mrs. Schippy has
been in poor health for some
time, but since coming home two
weeks ago from Vancouver, has
been feeling real well until the
past day or two.
Mrs. Olga Holmstrom spent
several days over the weekend
visiting friends in Salem.
The rock crusher on the Mist-
Clatskanie mountain has closed
down for the season. The engine
is being moved back up to Stony
point this week, from where it
was taken.
FATAL FIRES
The great Tillamook county
fire of 1933 was singularly free
of human fatalities, only one so
far as known. Other great fires
were more destructive of human
life. The Peshtigo (Wis.) fire of
1871 took 1500 lives, the Hinck-
iey (Minn.) fire of 1894 took
418 lives, the Cloquet (Minn.)
fire of 1918 had a toll of 400
persons, the Yacolt or Lewis riv-
er fire of 1902 snuffed out 18
lives.
GREAT FIRES
The destructive Tillamook coun­
ty fire of 1933 covered far more
acreage than any fire in Ore­
gon since the days of organized
forest protection. Oregon’s moun­
tains, however, show evidence of
even greater fires. The Yaquina
fire of 1846 covered about 450,-
000 acres; the Nestucca fire of
1853, also on the Coast range,
about 320,000; the Silverton fire
of 1865, about 1,000,000 acres;
the Coos Bay fire of 1868 about
3,000,000 acres. The 1902 fires on
the Cascade range on both sides
of the Columbia river swept
about 600,000 acres, mostly in
the Lewis river watershed.
CROSSETT-WESTERN
QUILTING PARTY GIVEN
MILL WILL START
OPERATING OCT. 2 AT MRS. ROY HARRIS'S
(Astorian-Budget)
The Crossett-Western sawmills
at Wauna, which have been
closed down for the past three
years, will resume operations on
October 2, according to word re­
ceived here from C. H. Watzek,
manager.
The Wauna mills will operate a
30-hour shift a week or such
other schedule as determined by
the West Coast Lumbermen’s as­
sociation in conformance with its
code. It is anticipated that the
resumption of operations by this
mill will absorb a considerable
part of the labor laid off by the
Westport Lumber company as a
result of the code requiring it to
operate on a 120-hour-a-month
basis whereas it has been op­
erating two shifts regularly.
The home of Mrs. Roy Harris
was the scene of a quilting party
Thursday afternoon of last week
when several friends helped her
tack a quilt.
Those present were Mrs. Har­
vey Crume, Mrs. Sidney Malm­
sten, Mrs. Pitton and Mrs. Philip
Millis.
Refreshments were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan McCollom
have moved from the Roseway
apartments into the Keehn house
next door.
Franklin Rogers returned Sun­
day from Hoffman lookout, where
he has been employed by the
fire patrol.
MRS. CARL DAVIDSON
Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Olson have
ENTERTAINS FRIENDS
moved to Forest Grove, where
Mrs. Carl Davidson entertained Mr. Olson has employment.
a number of friends informally
Monday evening, and served re­
freshments following a delightful
Parlor Furnaces
time spent in needlework.
The guests were Mrs. J. H.
Walnut Enameled
Parlor Furnaces '42.50
Burnside, Mrs. E. A. Matthews,
And Up
Mrs. Dave Marshall, Mrs. Mar­
Davenport and
garet Grady, Mrs. Connie Ander­
Chair .................. '49.50
son, Mrs. A. J. Hughes and Mrs.
And Up
Used Heaters .... $9.50 up
Judd Greenman.
New Radios ........ $22.50 up
Mrs. C. W. Reithner and son
Ralph left Sunday for Portland,
where they expect to spend the
winter.
Paterson Furniture Store
NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the legal voters of School
District Union High No. 1 of Columbia County, State of Oregon,
that a SCHOOL MEETING of said district will be held at High
School Building, on the 7th day of October, 1933, at 2 to 7 o’clock
in the afternoon for the purpose of discussing the budget here­
inafter set out with the levying board, and to vote on the propo­
sition of levying a district tax.
The total amount of money needed by the said school district
during the fiscal year beginning on June 26, 1933, and ending
June 25, 1934. is estimated in the following budget and includes
the amounts to be received from the county school fund, state
school fund, elementary school fund, district tax, and all other
moneys of the district.
BUDGET
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Balance on hand at beginning of school
year (third Monday in June) for which this
budget is made .................................................... $
35.51
Receipts from all other sources (Delin­
quent taxes) ............................................
35,337.66
Total estimated receipts . .......................................................... $35,373.17
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES
I. GENERAL CONTROL
2. Supplies ......................................................... *
3. Elections and publicity .............................
5. Other exDenses of general control (1)
50.00
60.00
150.00
........ »
6. Totai Expense of Genernl Control
260.00
II. INSTRUCTION—Supervision
1. Personal service:
(2) Principals ..................................
2. Supplies, principals and supervisors
4. Other expense of supervision ........
The Forest Grove
National Bank
5. Total Expense—Supervision
.........
2,000.00
25.00
10.00
2,035.00
III. INSTRUCTION—Teaching
"The Roll of Honor Bank”
1. Personal service:
(2) 1 Teacher ....................................
(3) 4 Teachers ..................................
(4) 1 Teacher ..................................
2. Supplies
____ ______
___ , etc.) ...........
(chalk, „
paper,
6. Total Expense of Teaching .................
1,125.00
3,960.00
945.00
80.00
6,110.00
IV. OPERATION OF PLANT
J. A. Thornburgh
President
R. G. Thornburgh
Cashier
1. Personal service:
(1) Janitors and other employes ........
2. Janitor’s supplies ...........................
3. Fuel ...........................................................
4. Light and power ...................................
5. Water .......................................................
7. Other expense of operation ................
8. Total Expense of Operation ...............
1,090.00
45.00
185.00
80.00
90.00
5.00
1,495.00
V. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
Professional & Business Directory
1. Repair and replacement of furniture
and equipment ..........................................
2. Repair and maintenance of buildings
and grounds ..................................................
40.00
4. Total Expense of Maintenance and Repairs
100.00
140.00
VI. AUXILIARY AGENCIES
BARBER
shop
Haircutting for Men
Women ana Children
Expert Work Guaranteed
DR. J. A. HUGHES
Physician and Surgeon
Vemonia,
Oregon
Office Phone 663
Res. Phone 664
1. Library:
(2) Library books _______
(3) Supplies, repairs etc. ...
3. -(l) Transportation of pupils
5. Total
.'otal Expanse
Expense of Auxiliary Agencies
VII. FIXED CHARGES
1. Insurance ..............................................
3. Rent
__ .........................................................
______________________
5. Total Fixed Charges ...............
Ringlette Permanent Waves at
$3.50 and $4.50
MILADY’S BEAUTY SHOPPE
Mrs. E. H. Turner
Vernonia Hotel Bldg.
492 Bridge St.
Phono 1261
H. M. BIGELOW
DENTIST
Joy Theatre Building
Vernonia - - - Oregon
VIII. CAPITAL OUTLAYS
4. New furniture and equipment
5. Assessments for betterments
7. Total Capital Outlays ............
6,297.00
92.50
60.00
152.50
10.00
274.20
284.20
IX. DEBT SERVICE
2. Principal on warrants ............
5. Interest on warrants ..............
9. Total Dobt Service ................... .
Willard Batteries
100.00
5.00
6,192.00
40,236.81
1,800.00
42,036.81
X. EMERGENCY
1. Emergency ................................
3. Total Emergency ......................
400.00
JOHN A. MILLER
General Contractor
Mason Work, Building
General 4-Star Gaotline
Oils . • . Expert Greasing
Roland L. Treharne
Balaaee, amount to be raised by district tax ........................ *23,837-34
BAFFORD BROS.
Expert Automobile Repairing
SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES
For school year from June 28, 1933, to Juno 25, 1934.
General Plumbing
TWIN FIR
Vernonia
VERNONIA
SERVICE STATION
WELDING
service
STATION
Roland D. Eby, M. D.
Portland-V ernonia
Truck Line
Physican and Surgeon
W. A. DAVIS, Proprietor
Town Office 891
Phono
Walnut 7588
Res. Phone
Walnut 2911
Willard H. Hurley, D. M. D.
DENTISTRY
1729 Denver Ave. at Kilpat­
rick St., Portland, Ore.
Daily Service
Office with Crawford
Motor Co.
Talephoaoa ____ «11, 1041
RECAPITULATION
Total estimated expenses for the year ............ $59,210.51
(Sum of items 1-6, II-5, I1I-6, IV-8 V-4,
VI-5, VII-5, VIII-7, IX-9, X3)
Total estimated receipts, not including pro­
posed tax ....................................................... 35,373.17
Personal service sum of II-l-(2); III-l-(2),
(3), (4); IV-l-(l); VI-8-[ll ..........
$15,312.00
Supplies 1-2; II-2; III-2; IV-2; Vl-l-(3) ..........
155.00
Maintenance and repairs V-4 ...........................
140.00
Debt Service IX-9 ............................................... 42,036.81
Miscellaneous sum of 1-3, 4. 5, II-4; 1V-3, 4,
5, 7; Vl-l-(t); VII-5; VIII-4, 5 ................... 1,166.70
Emergency X-3 .....................
400.00
Total
............................................................................... ........ *59,210.51
INDEBTEDNESS
1. Amount of bonded indebtedness (include
all warranto issued by vote of electors)
None
2. Amount of warrant indebtedness on war­
rants issued and endorsed "not paid for
lack of funds” ............................................*40,236.81
3. Amount of other indebtedness, interest
on warrants ...............................
1,800.00
4. Total iudebtadn,,. („» ,f it.m. 1, 2, 3)
VERNONIA EAGLE
$1.50 a year temporarily
Art NOW I
400.00
*42,036.81
Dated This 16th day of September, 1933.
ATTBST: J. B. WILKERSON,
H. M. CONDIT,
District Clerk.Chairman, Board of Directors.