VOLUME XII
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Fish Size Law
is Approved by
Rod, Gun Club
Commercial Fishing and Sale
Of Steelhead Are
Opposed
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1934.
Lode McDonald
Is Road Foreman
For Local Districts
Lode McDonald has been chos
en road foreman for district 16
and the territory formerly com
prised in district 9, according to
Wm. Pringle, county commission
er. Mr. McDonald began his cu
ties yesterday.
The legislature last year abol
ished road districts outside of
incorporated cities, and the coun
ty court decided to employ fore
men instead of supervisors, leav
ing the duties much the same.
Retention of the present law
requiring sportsmen to retain
fish caught under six inches in
length and count them in the
bag limit, and declaration of the
steelhead as a game fish were
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favored in resolutions passed by
the Nehalem Rod and Gun club
at a meeting in the Masonic
temple Wednesday night.
A motion was made favoring
the restoration of the six inch
limit. It was opposed by Emil
Messing, who expressed the be
lief that the fish would be more
depleted by restoring the limit, Additional Shifts Not Arranged
as most of the small fish die any
Except on East Fork
way when thrown back into the
stream, and they would not
Reduction in hours of CWA
count in bag limits. Others spoke
in support of Mr. Messing’s con labor has worked a hardship
tention, and the motion was lost. chiefly on the high school gym
Danger of destruction of the nasium project, and unless an
steelhead supply by the inroads extension of time is granted the
of commercial fishermen was dis work will have to be left in bad
cussed, and the resolution putting shape, according to Noble Dun
the club on record as favoring lap, foreman.
Owing to orders received last
the declaring of the steelhead as
a game fish, preventing its sale Friday from St. Helens the con
commercially, was passed unani templated plan of putting releas
ed workers from the Baker and
mously.
Later in the meeting H. E. Cleveland road piojects on the
high school gypnasium and Lin
McGraw declared that the resolu
tion was not strong enough, be coln grade school projects could
cause of the influence over the not be carried1 out. The ruling
legislature wielded by commer that foremen and timekeepers
cial fishing interests. He advocat could work 30 hours was revers
ed pledging candidates for the ed, and they were put in the
same class with other laborers
legislature before they
are
whose maximum was reduced to
elected.
15 hours.
Advisability of raising quail
The Lincoln school project has
in this locality was questioned, been progressing nicely says A.
because of the large amount of C. Knauss, foreman. No attempt
land closed to hunting. J. F. Ba I has been made to start the roof
ker, speaking for the Clark and I repair part of the project, the
Wilson Lumber company, declar aim being to finish the outside
ed that their land was closed to work in the allotted time.
hunting because of the fire haz
The flood control project on
ard from illegal hunting of deer.
The present officers of the east fork has suffered least of
club, E. M. Bollinger, president, all. The crew was divided into
and C. R. Watts, secretary, were three shifts, providing for con
unanimously reelected. In addi tinuous work. The extra supervi
tion Ross Duncan, Harry King sion was supplied by the Clark
and J. F. Baker were elected and Wilson Lumber Co.
as directors.
Gym Project to
Suffer Because of
CWA Reduction
Feathers . . .
and.. .Talons
Airplane Sites
Inspected by
U. S. Engineer
Treharne,
Pittsburgh
Two proposed sites for an air
plane field were inspected Tues
day by Major Geo. E. Sandy,
airport engineer of the U. S.
Dept, of Commerce at Portland.
Members of the airplane commit
tee of the chamber of commerce
accompanied him.
Regarding the site near the
golf course Major Sandy com
mented that the project if car
ried out there would require at
least 100 men and all the ma
chinery that could be had. In that
set-up a length of 3500 feet is
needed, on account of hazards
from hills and trees. Even a men
tal hazard must be taken into
consideration, he explained.
He expressed the opinion that
a landing field between Portland
and Astoria would be valuable,
and admitted the advantage of
the site because on an airline
between the two places.
The other field inspected was
near Pittsburg, on land belong
ing to the Clark and Wilson Lum
ber Co.
Recall to Be
Invoked Against
City Officers
Mayor and Two Councilmen Are
Target
for
Revised Liquor Law
Is Passed by Council
Location«
Visited by Major Sandy
Group
Recall proceedings are to be
invoked against Mayor Ben S.
Owens and Councilmen H. G.
Sandon and Herman Veal, if the
plans of a group that met Tues
day night to discuss the matter
mature.
It is expected that petitions
will be circulated within a few
days. The sponsors of the move
ment have not yet announced
the charges that they are making
against the officials named.
Over 350 Steelhead Are
Caught in this Vicinity
NUMBER 6.
UNEMPLOYED
|
EX-SERVICE MEN
ASKED TO REGISTER
•
All unemployed ex-service
men are requested to regis
ter today or tomorrow with
Commander Eugene Ship
man at the Vernonia Radio
shop.
It is urgent that this be
attended to at once: as Mr.
Shipman is to mail to the
county headquarters the lo
cal list of unemployed vet
erans tomorrow night.
Nehalem Road
Traffic Heavy
Declares Scott
Fund« for Maintenance Restricted
By
Legislature
No Restriction In Number of
Beer Parlors to Be
Allowed
A liquor ordinance without re
striction as to number of beer
parlors or restaurants allowed,
but imposing a license of $100
on beer parlors selling beer of not
over 5 per cent by volume, and
$150 on restaurants selling beer
and wine not over 14 per cent
by volume, was unanimously ap
proved by the city council Mon
day night.
Hours were set from 6 a. m.
to midnight.
Package stores where liquor
could be sold in bottles or other
containers without being consum
ed on the premises are allowed a
license of $10.00 for beer up to
5 per cent and $15.00 for beer
and wine up to 14 per cent. Drug
stores selling upon prescription
only are required to pay a license
of $25.00, but may also tab» opt
a retail beer license.
The ordinance permits the
council to refuse or revoke a
license for any cause deemed suf
ficient. Licenses are to be purely
personal privilege, not subject to
sale or inheritance. Penalty for
violating the provisions of the
Ordinance is set at a fine of $500,
six months imprisonment or both.
Traffic on the Nehalem Valley
highway is among the heaviest
on secondary roads in the state,
declared Leslie M. Scott, chair
man of the state highway commis
sion, who was in Vernonia Satur
day to attend' the tenth anniver
sary of Vernonia lodge, A. F. and
A. M. As a result, he said, the
road has to bear traffic for which Occupation Ordinance Introduced
it was never intended, and is
An ordinance fixing occupation
costly to maintain, $500 or $600
licenses according to the schedule
a mile per year being required. recommended by the citizens’
The legislature, however, cut the
committee, but without an emer
allowance for secondary roads in
gency clause, was again intro
half, and no federal money cun
duced and was given its first ami
be used on secondary highways,
second readings. According to it
hence the impossibility of keep-j
ing the road in first class shape. a penalty of 10 per cent for each
month’s delinquence is adlded
Mr. Scott promised1 to look in when licenses are not paid, and
to the alleged discrimination in amounts are collectible in a court
favor of the Mist-Clatskanie road of competent jurisdiction.
as regards maintenance, but sug
Sewer Project Di«cu««ed
gested that the better connition
Blue
prints of the engineer’s
of that road is due largely to
its more substantial construction. plans for the sewer project were
Contract for construction of examined by the council, but
the remaining gap of a mile and no action was taken Kcause of
a half on the Beaver Creek road certain changes the council
has been let, he said, but no thought necessary to make.
date has been set for completion,
depending upon weather condi
tions. When it is finished Verno
nia will have a much better route
to Portland than would have been
had if the Scappoose road had
been built, he asserted.
One Side Begun Yesterday and
Logging Resumed
By Clark-Wilson
Skidder Crew Already Busy
Columbia Council
Over 350 steelhead have been; Brimmer, 3 each; Harold McEn-j
The Clark and Wilson Lumber
Of Legion Formed
taken in this vicinity so far this j tire, 2; E. R. Mitchell of Amity,
Co. began operating one side yes
SEEN AND HEARD
At Rainier Meeting1 terday in the timber back of the
Jim Brown, Roy Raymond and season, according to records com-. Bobby King, Lode McDonald and
Judge Hieber discussing sewer
bonds in the city hall office . . .
Dorothy Holtham taking stenogra
phic notes at the rod and gun
club meeting . . . Emil Messing
steam rollering the club officer»
back into office, much to the de
light of everyone except the of
ficers themselves . . . Tim saw
ing off a limb in the big walnut
tree in Sam Conklin’s yard while
Sam, Ed Huber and John Grib-
ner watch . . . The amputated
limb being towed up Third street
behind the gas and electric com
pany’s tTuck . . . Emil Messing
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piled by Secretary C. R. Watts • ■ O. D. McCabe, 1 each.
each,
Wm. Pringle, Sr., place. The
The Columbia council of the skidder crew has been operating
of the Nehalem Rod and Gun I Jan. 28—Harold McEntire, A.
club.
|F. Schalock, Bobby King, Har- American Legion was organized for ten days. There will also be
The fishing report for the | vey Froembling, Jack Hanson, i Friday in Rainier, with Eugene a gang taking up steel on the
week ending Jan. 31 is as fol- Ted Anderson and Bob Munsey 1 Shipman of Vernonia as vice- Camp 9 line.
president. The president is Dr.
lows:
of Portland, 1 each.
In all there will be about 200
Jan. 25—Loel Roberts, 3; Ross
Jan. 29—Ross Duncan, Lode . A. C. Bailey of St. Helens and men employed, according to Supt.
Duncan, Jack Hanson, Larry Mar McDonald and Shorty Tompkins the secretary is Andy Aldrich J. F. Baker. This may be increas
of Rainier.
shall, 2 each; Chittem of Forest of Wilark, 1 each.
ed later.
The purpose of the council is
Grove, Walt McDonald and
Jan. 3(k—Jack Hanson, 3; Lar
The company’s logging opera
Smoky Parker, 1 each.
ry Marshall and Andy Brimmer, to further the interests of ex- tions were suspended for one
service men in this district. Meet month in this locality during the
Jan. 26—Bill Heath, Ross Dun 2 each; Loel Roberts, 1.
can, Smoky Parker. Andy Brim
Jan. 31—Andy Brimmer and ings will be held once a month. seasonal shutdown.
mer and John Miller, 3 each; Larry Marshall. 2 each; J. C. The next will be in St. Helene ;
Henry Fogel and O. D. McCabe, Lincoln, Jack Hurley and Smoky and the March jpeeting in Ver-1 Ben Hart and Oscar Shiffer of
2 each; Harry Kerns, 1.
Parker, 1 each.
nonla-
’
’ Timber were in town Wednesday
Jan. 27—Larry Marshall. Ross
All but a few of the fish were
Mr. Shipman and Earl Atkins night to attend the meeting of
Duncan, Ted Anderson and Andy caught in Rock creek.
attended from here.
' the Nehalem Rod and Gun ch>b.