VOLUME XII
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Dunne Wins
Approval of
Voters Here
NUMBER 21.
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934.
Water Main Break
Delays Service
Monday Morning
A break in the water main
where the iron and wooden pipes
join at the pumping plant in­
STEELE, MILLER, MARTIN terrupted service Monday morn­
ing. A broken valve near the Ver­
ARE F AVORED
nonia service station prevented
using the water from the Corey
hill reservoir during the repairs.
Zimmerman Gets Most Votes
The fact that there was a
leak was discovered at
5
On Non-Partisan
a.m. by J. L. Timmons, and he
Ballot
notified Earl Smith, water super­
intendent. It took some time to
discover the leak.
Dunne for governor, Steele for
representative and Miller for
commissioner were approved by
Vernonia voters in the republi­
can primaries Friday. Martin re­
ceived the majority of democratic
votes for governor, and Zimmer­
man was favored for renomina­
tion as circuit judge on the non­
partisan ticket.
The vote on certain of the of­ Directors, Principal Are Targets
fices was as follows (precincts
Of Petitions
indicated are the first, second,
third and fourth respectively):
Governor—Holman (6, 8, 5,
Petitions asking for the resig­
13) 32; Lonergan (0, 3, 5, 2) 10;
nation
of the directors of school
McAlexander (3, 10, 6, 2) 21;
Brown (9, 4, 8, 16) 37; Dunne district 47, R. M. Aldrich, A. C.
(33, 70, 33, 39) 175. Dunne’s Knauss and Ray D. Fisher, and
majority over all other candi­ the principal, Ivan N. McCollom,
dates, 100; plurality over nearest are being circulated. There is no
competitor, 138.
Martin (21, 33, 37, 27) 118; provision in the law for recall of
Mahoney (18, 9, 14, 17) 58; directors in second class districts.
Mr. Aldrich’s term expires June
Martin’s majority, 60.
Representative — Steele (31, 18, Mr. Knauss’s in June, 1935,
59, 30, 40) 160; Van Natta (15, and Mr. Fisher’s in June, 1936.
25, 22, 26) 88; Steele's majori­
Mr. McCollom was recently re­
ty, 72.
Commissioner—Miller (24, 52, elected by the directors for the
30, 51) 157; Foster (8, 25, 17, coming school year.
8) 58; Allen (16, 9, 8, 16) 49;
The petitions are the outgrowth
Miller’s majority, 50; plurality, of a meeting held in the school
99.
house May 16, when the resigna­
Justice, Supreme Court—Bag- tion of Mr. McCollom was de­
ley (58, 105, 62, 67) 332; Rand manded by a few of those pres­
(32, 42, 42, 50) 166; Bagley’s ent. Complaints about certain
majority, 166.
rules alleged to be too stringent
Circuit judge — Zimmerman were made by some of the par­
(65, 105, 85, 90) 345; Judd (28, ents.
41, 19, 27) 115; Zimmerman’s
It is assumed that the whole
majority, 230.
question, will be discussed at the
Recall—Yes (54, 106, 47, 58) annual meeting of the school dis­
265; No (43, 46, 65, 64) 218; trict June 18.
majority for, 47.
Sales tax—Yes (18, 46, 34,
25) 123; No (76, 103, 74, 98) Lack of Quorum
351; majority against, 228.
Causes Double
County unofficial returns for
Adjournments
the republican primaries are as
follows:
Absence of Councilman Tousley
Representative — Mott, 1870; from the city caused adjourn­
Devers, 486.
ment of the regular Monday
Governor—Dunne, 896; Brown, session to Wednesday and again
610; Holman, 346; McAlexander, to tomorrow night.
324; Lonergan, 250.
Owing to the absence of Coun­
Secretary of State — Snell, cilman Veal on a trip east there
1517; Abrams, 815.
is no quorum unless all of the
Supt. of Public Instruction — three other councilmen are pre­
Howard, 1898.
sent.
Labor Commissioner — Gram,
1160; Anderson, 1142.
MAGARET-INA
Senator, 14th Dist.—Gill, 1444;
BEAUTY SALON
Applegren, 472; Merriam, 345.
OPENS TOMORROW
Representative, 2d Dist. —
Steele, 1402; Van Natta, 868.
The Margaret-Ina Beauty Salon
Representative, 33d Dist. — is to be opened tomorrow in the
Herman, 1798.
Joy Theatre building by Marga­
County Commissioner—Miller, ret Nelson of Vernonia and Ina
1096; Allen, 850; Foster, 544.
Stevens of Hillsboro. The equip­
In the democratic primaries the ment is being moved1 from the
results were:
Vernonia hotel building, where it
Representative— Turner, 638; has been leased to Mrs. E. H.
Delzell, 336; Goss, 226.
Turner of the Milady’s shop, to
Governor— Martin, 929; Ma­ the new quarters. Miss Nelson and
honey, 436.
Miss Stevens purchased it from
Secretary of State— Walter, Mrs. R. A. Space, owner.
621; Logan, 405; Shelton, 178.
Mrs. Turner is closing her shop
today.
(Continued on page 8.)
District 47
Resignations
Are Asked
Golf Interest
Revived by New
Organization
Members Choose F. M. Ruhl as
Chairman
At a meeting of interested
golfers Monday night in Ben
Brickel’s barber shop, it was de­
cided to form an organization to
further interest in the local golf
course. F. M. Ruhl was elected
chairman. Business of the even­
ing consisted of a discussion on
membership, and on ways and
means of maintaining the course
in playing condition. For an av­
erage monthly membership of 25,
F. D. Macpherson agreed to take
over the maintenance of the
course as of old and keep it in
perfect condition. This proposition
was acceptable to all. The meet­
ing was then adjourned, on a mo­
tion by Frank Baker, until Wed­
nesday night at the golf course.
Wednesday night’s business con­
sisted of turning over to Sandy
Macpherson a membership list of
26 paid members, accompanied
by the supporting funds. Also,
the appointment of the following
committees:
Handicap committee — Ben
Brickel, Albert Childs, Emil Mess­
ing.
Tournament committee (men)
—George Plumb, Harry King,
Sandy Macpherson.
Tournament committee (ladies)
—Mrs. W. G. Heath, Mrs. Harry
King, Mrs. George Plumb.
Greens committee — W. G.
Heath, A. F. Baker, H. E. Mc­
Graw.
The following announcements
should be of interest to all who
enjoy the game of golf.
There will be a blind bogie and
flag tournament for men Sun­
day morning starting at 9 o’clock,
and a flag tournament for ladies
Sunday afternoon starting at 1
o’clock.
These tournaments are open to
anyone wishing to play. The dif­
ference in playing ability of var­
ious individuals will be adjusted
by a suitable handicap.
A great deal of pep and en­
thusiasm was shown Wednesday
night, there being more than 30
players on the course after six
o’clock.
The tournament committee pro­
bably will, within the next week,
arrange a team match with some
of the teams within our radius.
MAYOR BEN OWENS
SUFFERS HEART
ATTACK MONDAY
Mayor Ben S. Owens suffered
a heart attack Monday night while
sitting in a chair in his parlor.
A physician was summoned, and
he advised Mr. Owens to remain
quiet for several days.
St. Helens Man
Gets Appointment
As County Judge
School Budget
For Next Year
Is Drawn Up
L. R. Rutherford of St. Helens
was appointed by Governor Meier
on Tuesday as county judge to
succeed J. H. Wellington, who DISTRICT 47 FORECASTS
was recalled in the recent primary
EXPENDITURES
election. Mr. Rutherford is en­
gaged in the abstract, insurance
and real estate business.
He was registrar in Columbia Tax to Be $12,000 Lower
county for the National Reem­
Than That of
ployment service until the organi­
zation was discontinued when the
Last Year
CWA work got under way.
Postal Deposits
Show Big Gain
In Vernonia
For
First Time $50,000
Mark
Is Topped
The budget for school district
47 was drawn up Monday night
by the budget committee, Juddi
Greenman, Judge W. A. Harris,
Harry King and the directors, R.
M. Aldrich and Ray D. Fisher.
The other director, A. C. Knauss,
was out of the city. Mr. Aldrich
was chosen chairman of the bud­
get committee and Loel Roberta
secretary.
This year the budget will be
voted upon at the annual meeting
June 18 instead of in the fall,
thus giving the taxpayers control
over the expenditure of the dis­
trict’s funds before any money
for the coming school year is
spent or teachers’ contracts sign­
ed.
The budget this year calls for
a tax of $25,695.00, which is
$12,507.90 lower than that of the
previous year.
Only taxpayers may vote on
the budget, but any qualified
voter may vote for school direc­
tor, elections for which will be
held during the same meeting.
For the first time in the his­
tory of the local post office de­
posits in the postal savings ex­
ceeded the $50,000 mark, reports
Emil Messing, post master. The
deposits Monday night totaled
$50,018, he says.
Postal savings deposits here
have shown a big increase lately.
In December, 1928, a prosperous
year, there was only $9,095. A
year later there was $10,515. In
May, 1932, prior to the bank
failure, deposits totaled $31,568,
In December, 1933, there —
and in August, after the failure,
$43,376. In December, 1933,
there was $44,555 in the postal
savings department here, Mr. LOG TRAIN SERVICE
IS INTERRUPTED
Messing says.
Logging train service was in­
Wilkerson Urged
terrupted Monday when working­
As Candidate for
men on the Beaver Creek high­
County Judge way job at Top hill took out a
Petitions for the appointment
of J. B. Wilkerson, high school
principal, as county judge were
circulated in Vernonia and
throughout the county following
the news Saturday that Judge
J. H. Wellington had been recall­
ed.
Owing to a misunderstanding
as to the date the appointment
would be made by Governor
Meier, Mr. Wilkersop’s applica­
tion and petitions were never
filed.
It had been planned to
take them to Salem Wednesday
upon word from the governor’s
secretary Tuesday that tne ap­
pointment would not be made for
a couple of days.
Among those who were active
in circulating the petitions were
A. L. Parker, Harry Culbertson,
James Culbertson, Guy Mills, Ben
S. Owens and R. M. Aldrich. K.
A. McNeill and Lester Sheeley
interviewed friends of Mr. Wil­
kerson in Clatskanie, Rainier and
St. Helens, and Mr. Mills and Mr.
Owens circulated p e t i t i o ns
throughout the county.
railroad bridge which they were*
unable to replace over the week
end. A railroad crew worked Mon­
day all day and night and service
was restored Tuesday.
Koster camp was forced to
shut down Monday while the
train service was off.
Feathers . . .
and.. .Talons
Jim Brown says he caugk
Happy Thompson throwing some
chickens into a tub of water
thinking they were ducks.
...
Judge Hieber has a wall clock
now, so that the city dads may
know when quitting time comes.
The clock belongs to Myrtle Lay­
er, who couldn’t get it to run in
the Shamrock. The city hall at­
mosphere seems to agree with it,
for it gives no trouble there.
...
SEEN AND HEARD
FAILURE OF BOXERS
Margaret Nelson and. Ina Stev­
TO APPEAR CANCELS
Camp Continues
ens with brooms and dustpans on
TUESDAY FIGHTS their way to the new beauty par­
Ending of the river boatman’s
strike enabled the Clark and Wil­
son camp to continue this week
instead of shutting down as was
expected.
Work was suspended Tuesday
afternoon because of the lack of
humidity.
Failure of the Portland boxers
to show up at the match schedul­
ed for Tuesday night prevented
staging the bouts, and Mike
Stolin, matchmaker, refunded the
money paid for admission.
lor . . . Lee Roy Damron at hi*
new job in the Twin Fir service
station ... A bridegroom s car
stalled in front of the Christian
parsonage, every tire flat . . .
Boys plotting a charivari for the
couple.