VOLUME XII
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Referendum Is
Objected to by
City Council
New Pastor Is
Expected to Be in
Pulpit on Sunday
Rev. A. N. Glanville, who was
appointed to the Vernonia Evan
gelical church at the recent an
JUDGE HARRIS EMPOW nual conference session of that
denomination, is expected to ar
ERED TO FIGHT IT
rive here and will fill the pulpit
of his church on Sunday, July 29.
Mr. Glanville was prevented
Legal Arguments Are Cited from reaching this field sooner
because of unexpected regulations
Against Proposed
governing the transfer of a minis
Measure
ter from the Dominion of Canada
to the U. S. The Glanvilles have
been residents of Vancouver, B.
The city council Monday night
C. for the past eight years.
unanimously passed a resolution
The local Evangelical pulpit
empowering Judge W. A. Harris,
has been supplied since June 17
attorney for the city in the case I by the former appointee, Rev.
against H. E. McGraw, to take D. R. Kauffman.
all necessary steps to protect the
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city’s interests in the matter of
the referendum on the ordinance
authorizing settlement of the
suit.
Objection* Cited
Judge Harris cited two legal
objections to the referendum,
that it affected an act not sub
ject to referendum and that it
was not in the proper form.
He explained that only legis
lative acts of a city council are
subject to referendum, admini
strative acts, such as the ordi
nance in question, not being sub
ject. Even if they were, be went
on to say, the petition did not
follow the precedure prescribed
by the 1933 legislature and hence
does not comply with state law.
He did not believe the referen
dum would stand the test in the
courts.
Protect Is Late
Mayor Owens argued that it
had been necessary to compromise
the case because of inability of
getting cash and no complaints
had been received while negotia
tions were in progress. The pro
test was filed after the settle
ment had been made. It was the
best settlement obtainable, he de
clared.
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Members of the council ex
pressed a similar opinion. Council
man Johnson said if the thing
was not legal there was no use
fooling with it. A city ordinance
contrary to state law never stood,
he declared, as was the case with ,
the city’s beer ordinance last win |
ter.
Airport Deed* Accepted
The council voted to accept
deeds to the Wilson and Siedel-
man properties included as part
of the airport site, tendered by
L. H. Dewey on behalf of the
chamber of commerce. He ex
plained that it took a lot of
hard work by the committee to
put the project over. It was
worth the effort, he maintained,
for the $1200 payroll was the
only thing around here for the
last month or so in the way of I
community income.
Lester Sheeley stated that the
government was to put a full
time engineer on the airport job.
Transfer of John Maloney’s
beer license to Mrs. Ada Curtis
was authorized upon vote of the
council.
A proposition of the coast and
geodetic survey to provide a
bench mark for placing in the
city was accepted, and referred
to T. B. Mills for location.
NUMBER 30.
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1934.
Koster Company
To Resume Work
On Next Monday
Clark and Wilson Plans Are not
Yet Known
Koster Products Company will
resume operations next Monday,
according to announcement Wed
nesday. The camp has been down
since the Fourth.
Up to yesterday afternoon
nothing was kown here as to
when Clark and Wilson will re
sume. Delay in the longshoremen
returning to work prevented the
forming of any definite plans.
Boy Scouts Begin
To Make Park of
Airport Section
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Work of transforming into a
park about seven acres of land
belonging to the airport site but
not needed for airport purposes
was begun Wednesday by a group
of 15 Boy Scouts under Dr. H.
M. Bigelow. They trimmed trees
and built a trail to the river.
Included in the plans besides
slashing and clearing up the pro
perty is the building of a cabin.
Progress will be slow, Dr. Bige-
low believes, as there is a great
deal to be done. Much of the
clearing will have to wait till
fall because of the fire hazard
from slashings.
Work on the project will be
done each day, it is expected. A
group went out yesterday.
Petition for Nelson
As City Marshal
Filed Yesterday
A petition for Roy Nelson as
marshal if and when the present
marshal, Tom Carmen, resigns,
was filed with the city recorder
yesterday.
There were 55 signers.
Mr. Carmen has been given a
position with the state forestry
department. He assumed his new
duties the first of the week.
BRUSH FIRE STARTS
B> HIND BRAZING WORKS
A btush fire back of the braz
ing wrtjcs occupied the attention
of CCC men yesterday after
Tom Medley of Salem visited noon. It was soon brought under
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in Vernonia over the week end. control.
Vernonia Team
Wins Ball Game
At Deer Island
Contest
Is
Close
with
Locals
Holding Slight Edge
The Vernonia team beat the
Deer Island team at Deer Island
Sunday by a score of 5 to 4.
The game was close throughout
with Vernonia holding a slight
edge. Holcomb as first man up
smacked the first ball pitched for
a home run only to lose it when
he forgot to touch third base. He
beat the throw back to third base
so was credited with a triple.
Dodson, the Deer Island pitcher,
settled down and struck out the
next two men.
Vernonia went about the win
methodically. When they needed
a run they went to work and got
the necessary hits. The team col
lected 11 hits off Dodson pro
ducing five earned runs. Gordon
hit well with a single and a
double. The victory was made
sweeter by the fact that Deer
Island has never lost a game on
their home field and had lost
only one game this season pre
vious to the Sunday defeat. They
surely died hard. The fans and
players were convinced that the
home town boys couldn’t lose and
they worked hard to pull the
game out of the fire. In the
ninth they got two men on bases
with two down but Holcomb
erased all danger when he raced
out into short left field taking
Dodson’s high fly and ending
the game.
Vernonia played Its usual
steady game with the infield
playing the kind of ball the fans
like to see, spectacular stops and
throws making them look big
league. The outfield took every
thing coming their way with Gor
don racing about taking line
drives that had hits labeled all
over them. Larson pitched well
and was never in danger, himself
collected two hits to help the
cause. Hawkins went hitless the
first game in the last four years.
Vernonia has some strong teams
lined up for games in the near
f uture.
Enumclaw, Wn., Is
Host to Loggers
Union Delegates
Enumclaw, Wash., a few miles
south of Seattle, was host July
21 and 22 to delegates represent
ing many mill workers and log
gers unions in the Northwest. The
mayor of Enumclaw give the
speech of welcome.
James Taylor, president of the
Washington State Federation of
Labor, C. O. (Dad) Young, vet
eran labor organizer, and Row
land Watson, president of the
conference, were distinguished
speakers.
The Vernonia loggers were rep
resented by Fred Lumm, G. I.
Baker and R. W. Linn. They re
port enjoying their stay in Enum
claw.
Bernardin Made
Trustee for All
Central Holdings
Receivership
of
O.-A.
Company
To Be Terminated
The Central Coal and Coke
company and its subsidiaries are,
by order of the federal court,
now under one trustee in bank
ruptcy, J. M. Bernardin of Kan
sas City, instead of being under
four different receiverships.
According to this order A. R.
Watzek will terminate his re
ceivership of the Oregon-Ameri
can Lumber Co. when his final
report is made.
The action was brought by
bondholders and stockholders of
the company in order to bring it
under the new bankruptcy law
which facilitates reorganization
of bankrupt concerns.
Fire Fighting
Activities Open
At CCC Camp
First Real Call Is Received Mon
day Afternoon
Proposition to
Pave Highway to
Pittsburg Made
BALANCE FOR USE ON
BEAVER CREEK
Chairman, Engineer of State
Commission Tour
Roads
Suggestion that the state high
way department put in an oil
pavement from Al Parker’s to
Pittsburg, a distance of 2 Vi
miles, and use the balance of
the federal money in complet
ing the Beaver Creek high
way to the Hess bridge was
made by Judge L. R. Ruther
ford and Wm. Pringle, br., of
the county court to Chairman
Leslie M. Scott and Chief Engi
neer R. H. Baldock of the high
way commission Tuesday
and
promise was given of considera
tion of the proposition. A meet
ing of the commission was held
in Portland Wednesday, but
whether this matter was decided
at the time had not been learned
in Vernonia up to time of going
to press. •
Mr. Scott and Mr. Baldock
made a tour of the Beaver Creek
road Tuesday noon, being met at
Buxton by a Vernonia group
consisting of F. D. Macpherson,
Tom Crawford, Albert Childs, Ed
Bollinger and Ray D. Fisher, to
gether with Judge Rutherford
and Commissioner Pringle.
While traversing the route Mr.
Scott explained that there had
been so much disappointment in
Vernonia over the loss of the
Scappoose-Vernonia road that the
commission had tried to open up
the Beaver Creek road so as to
provide a convenient short route
between Vernonia and Portland.
North of Buxton, he maintained,
the road, regardless of the coun
ty line, is essentially a Columbia
county road, being used almost
altogether for the benefit of Co
lumbia county.
Improvement* Estimated
Mr. Baldock estimated that re
Reeher’s camp, C.C.C., Westim-
ber, July 26-(Special)-Activities rocking and in some places wid
of an unusually late fire fighting ening and realignment is neces
season finally opened with a bang sary for 5.2 miles at a total cost
this week and extended to round- of about $26,000. This is divided
the-clock hours for Civilian Con into two section, 2.8 miles north
servation corps men of Com of the new grade now being con
pany 1313 headquartered at structed, and 2.4 miles south of
it. The new portion when com
Westimber.
First real fire call of the sum pleted will be in fine shape, he
mer was received Monday after-1 said, being built according to sec
SEEN AND HEARD
noon for the suppression of a ondary road standards.
Les Sheeley carrying an axe conflagration that had started
Mr. Baldock doubted if $5000
into Mac’s drug store ano get-1 south of Forest Grove as the a mile would be sufficient to
ting kidded about helping the i result of road clearing activities. pave the Nehalem highway north
Boy Scouts clear land without A crew of some 40 C.C.C. wor of Al Parker’s, as the foSndation
getting a sweat up . . . Ken Me- ■ kers were sent from the Wilson is not good enough. It might
Neill wondering how to fix up' river side camp and from the take $8,000 or $10,000 a mile,
the airport donkey sled without i main site at Westimber to fight depending upon the amount of
any money to fix it with . . . the fire.
rock needed and the drainage.
Geo. Johnson remarking that the
The main crew had an oppor
In the afternoon the party,
bank case is about as long drawn tunity to get needed rest only which was joined by a number
out as the longshoreman’s strike from 10 o’clock Monday night of the engineering staff left on
... A. Vernonia delegation kill until 3:30 Tuesday
morning, an inspection trip down the
ing time in Buxton by adorning opening up suppression activities valley.
the bench in front of the village again with sunrise. A small pat- (
grocery . . . Ase Lolley’s midget rol remained on duty the entire I
Pomona Grange to Meet
light plant in the rear of his night. The 100-acre burn was 1 The Columbia County Pomona
Buxton shop . . . Frank Berg brought under control Tuesday. grange will meet Saturday, Au
strom’s red fire wagon parked on
A second fire calling for more1 gust 4, at Cedar Grove, near
Bridge street between forest fire, than “early bird” hours started i Clatskanie. Those attending are
calls.
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