Council Debates
Engagement of
City Attorney
NO DECISION ON MATTER
IS REACHED
Object Is the Collection of
Delinquent Street
Assessments
Discussion of the advisability
of hiring a city attorney in order
to facilitate collection of delin­
quent assessments occupied the
attention of the city council Mon­
day night. The action was advised
by J. W. Brown, city treasurer, in
order to meet obligations on
bonded indebtedness. Councilman
Johnson stated his belief that it
would be possible to get adequate
legal advice without appointing a
city attorney.
No action was taken with re­
gard to the matter.
Methods of raising money to
provide for payment of the in­
dustrial accident insurance on
men employed on the airport pro­
ject were also discussed inform­
ally, but owing to adjournment
and lack of quorom before the
subject was brought up it was
agreed that a special meeting be
called next Monday night.
Directors Name
Committee for
School Budget
Ray Mill» Is New Clerk of High
School Board
Directors of Union high school
district 1 named a budget com­
mittee Saturday night to consist
of Judge W. A. Harris, Judd
Greenman, Carl Jensen and W.
E. Crawford. The committee will
meet tomorrow night to draw up
a budget for the school year
1934-35.
H. M. Condit was reelected
chairman of the board1, ana Ray
Mills was elected clerk, succeed­
ing J. B. Wilkerson.
Scapocose Woman
Killed When Car
Skids and Upsets
ST. HELENS, Or., July 5 —
Mrs. Robert Mills, 44, wife of
a Scappoose business man, was
killed instantly Monday evening
when the car in which she was
riding with her husband and
small son hit loose gravel and
turned over at an abrupt turn in
the road two miles northwest of
Scappoose. Her husband and son
were treated for minor injuries.
Three Deer Island men were
seriously injured Tuesday evening
when the automobile in which
they were riding skidded and went
through a bridge rail on the Ham-
mar road one mile west of Deer
Island, dropping 20 feet into the
creek bed. They were George C.
Donohue, 52, broken nose and
pelvis and cuts; Pearley Green,
55, broken nose and deep lacera­
tions, and Lee Gore, 55, back in­
juries and possible internal in­
juries. Donohue was taken to
Good Samaritan hospital in Port­
land and Green and Gore were
treated in St. Helens hospital.
Vernonia Takes
Worst Beating in
Ball Game Sunday
Vernonia took the worst beat­
ing of the season Sunday, losing
to Clatskanie 14 to 5. Vernonia
outhit their opponents but Clats­
kanie played heads-up ball.
Holcomb and Malmsten each
got a three-bagger and Green­
man hit three for five. These
were about the only opportunities
the Vernonia fans had to cheer.
The boys hope for a return
game soon in order to redeem
themselves.
Fire Prevention
Is Aim at CCC
Westimber Camp
Detachment I» Confined to Quar­
ter» Weekly
As a prevention against serious
fires such as burned the Wilson
river region last year, a detach­
men of CCC workers is confined
to quarters each week at the Wes­
timber camp.
The detail consists of 15 ex­
perienced woodsmen, a leader
from their own group and a for­
est ranger.
Immediately upon the report of
a fire in their area, men and
equipment can be rushed to the
scene before a conflagration be­
comes widespread. Prompt action
from such a group should prevent
most fires from spreading into
C. G. Kinney Suggest» Resolutions large areas of unburned timber,
is the opinion of experienced for­
From Communities
esters.
In addition to fire details, a
A movement to end the long­
shoremen’s strike is being initiat­ number of conservation corps
ed by C. G. Kinney, general sup­ men are employed as smoke cnas-
erintendent of the Clark ana Wil-j ers and lookouts. This work, orig­
son Lumber Co., who is suggest­ inally handled by employes of
ing that various communities in the Oregon State Fire association
Oregon directly or indirectly af­ has now been taken over by tne
fected join in urging Gov. Meier CCC. A number of men, formerly
to intervene—not for one side ’ employed by the fire association,
or the other, but to see that a! and now members of the CCC, by
settlement is reached. The Ver­ reason of their experience, are
nonia chamber of commerce was strengthening the fire prevention
asked yesterday afternoon to send j program of the conservation
resolutions to the governor with i corps.
It is believed that even re­
regard to the matter.
mote regions, formerly more or
The company cannot operate,'
less neglected, are now adequate­
Mr. Kinney explains, because of I
ly patrolled.
inability to secure fuel oil and|
also because the boom sticks are |
full. This condition is likely to1 Six Men Given
continue as long as the tie-up
Places in CCC
lasts.
Strike End Is
Sought by C.W.
Company Head
Unit This Week
HEAVY STAGE TRAFFIC
Six more Vernonia men were
IS REPORTED BY CLIFF enrolled Monday in the
CCC
through the office of Loel Rob­
Heavy traffic inbound to Ver-' erts, local relief agent.
nonia yesterday is reported by K. I
They are Harry Johnson, B.
H. Cliff, who in order to accom­ P. Rachel; V. M. Whitsell, John
modate the number of passengers Davis, Jack Heenan and Lester
awaiting him at Forest Grove had Russell.
to hire a car to take some of
They reported to the Westim­
them to Gales Creek, while he ber camp.
himself went as far as Timber and
then returned to Forest Grove for
The six year old son of Mr.
the Vernonia passengers. In con­ and Mrs. Tom Turner was burned
sequence the stage was about an about the lips Monday when a
hour and a half late in arriving fire cracker exploded in his
here last night.
mouth.
Alvin Parker Discovers
Mysterious Rock Mounds
Discovery of a numbe of pecu- grants from the Nevada deserts
liar rock mounds in Fandango believed they had reached their
valley, California, was reported 1 journey’s end when they caught
recently by Alvin L. Parker of > sight of a lake in the valley, and
Vernonia, forest ranger in charge | staged a dance or fandango by
of the north Warners district of, way of celebration. While the fes-
the Modoc National forest, Cali-ltivity was at its height a band of
fomia. Investigation showed that, Indians burst in on the party and
there were almost 100 of these j killed every member.
mounds placed in irregular rows, j Existence of the mounds in the
but their purpose could not be I valley was apparently unknown
definitely ascertained. Elven the , until Mr. Parker found them while
oldest settlers of the locality , riding on his daily duties.
could not give any clue as to their,
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origin, nor as to whether they
CRANE ARRIVES
were made by whites or Indians, j A crane for picking up logs
Fandango valley was on the along the S. P. and S. right of
old Applegate trail from the Wil- way reached Vernonia last night
lamette valley to the Humboldt and was parked on a siding above
river. In the ’50’s a party of emi-' the station.
Collision Occurs
On Nehalem Road
Saturday Night
A collision between cars driven
by Chas. Fanshier and Kenneth
Perdue at the intersection of the
Nehalem highway and the old
Slaughter House road Tuesday
night resulted in a smashed wheel
and running board and minor
damages to the Fanshier car, and
a broken steering rod and bent
fender on the Perdue car. None
of the occupants was hurt.
Constable Earl Smith investi­
gated the accident.
Damages
amounted to about $20 on the
Fanshier car and $10 on the
Perdue car.
Forest Road Is
Planned to O.A.
And I.P. Camps
Telephone Line Is Being Built
From Mile Bridge-Pittsburg
A new forest road from Stony
Point lookout in the vicinity of
Pete Bergerson’s place to the O.-
A. camp, with spurs by old rail­
road grade to the I.-P. camp will
be built this summer, according
to J. J. Russell, inspector. The
distance is about 10 miles in a
direct line, and probably 16 or
17 miles as built.
CCC boys are building a tele­
phone line from the Mile bridge
in Riverview to Stony Point and
thence to Pittsburg. This will con­
nect lines from Hoffman lookout
and Pisgah home with the new
fire patrol headquarters at Pitts­
burg.
A new lookout is being built
on top of Green mountain near
the old Boeck place. A 66 foot
tower is being constructed there.
Abut 35 men will be maintain­
ed at the Mist camp and 30 at
Willark for fire patrol duty dur­
ing the summer. The local war­
den will be Frank Bergstrom,
with headquarters at Pittsburg,
assistant to Herb Kyle at Jewell.
Mr. Russell now spends half
his time with the CCC camps in
the local district and the other
half in Douglas and Lane coun­
ties.
Work Starts on
New Buildings
At Westimber
Road Completion
On Beaver Creek
Is Requested
ADDED ROCKING SOUGHT
FOR WINTER
C. of C. Delegation Appears
At Highway Body
Meeting
Request that the Beaver Creek
secondary highway from Buxton
to Treharne be regraded and1 re­
rocked so as to be put in shape
for travel next winter was made
at the meeting of the state high­
way commission in the Public
Service building in Portland Mon­
day by F. D. Macpherson and
E. S. Thompson, representing the
Vernonia chamber of commerce.
Mr. Macpherson, the spokesman,
pointed out that this road saves
eight miles in distance and 20
minutes in time in travel between
Vernonia and Portland, and if in
good shape would be used prob­
ably by as much as 90 per cent
of the through traffic now going
by way of Timber.
There were 50 delegations at
the meeting making requests to­
taling $45,000,000, with only
$3,000,000 to distribute, Mr. Mac­
pherson says.
Grading Completed
Grading of the mile and a half
gap on Top hill, let by contract
last fall, has been completed and
is being rocked. Traffic is now
passing over it and it is reported
to be in fair shape for summer
use.
MINISTER AGAIN DELAYED
Owing to continued delay in
arranging for the transfer of Rev.
A. N. Glanville, newly appointed
pastor of the local Evangelical
church, from Canada he will not
occupy the pulpit next Sunday.
Rev. D. R. Kauffman, former pas­
tor, will preach at the morning
service.
Lee Roy Damron made a busi­
ness trip to Portland Friday.
Feathers . . .
and.. .Talons
Bert Tisdale says he is eating
his meals standing up since a
steer collided with his bronco at
Work was started last week on the Arcadia rodeo Wednesday,
a new group of buildings for the seating Bert on the ground with
CCC camp at Westimber. Six a Fourth of July bang.
structures will be erected by en­
rollees of the camp for use of
A bunch of the boys who wait
the Forestry department.
daily for the mail are urging Bill
Lumber has been laid on the Armitage to put in a bench un­
ground for contsruction of a der his awning. Standing up is
maintenance shop, tool shed, fil­ toe tiresome these hot days.
ing shed, garage, office and oil
house.
SEEN AND HEARD
Completion of the building pro­
Swede Nelson spading the park­
ject to be undertaken by eight ing beside the bakery . . . Rodeo
men chosen from the camp per­ horses returning through town
sonnel, under direction of the the day after the Fourth . . •
forestry department, is expected Howard Lee sunburned from drill,
to take approximately two weeks. ing at Camp Clatsop . . . Verno­
Although the main construc­ nia quiet on the Fourth. Every­
tion work for housing of the body somewhere else . . . Marion
nearly 200 men at camp has been Gaines, Eld Frazee and some of
completed,
carpenters
chosen the rest of the boys repairing a
from the CCC enrollees are still choker at the airport . . . Jim
continuing work to put the fin­ Brown picking peas from his gar­
ishing touches on lockers, tables den, and Doc Eby helping him by
and other “furniture.”
eating some of the peas.