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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1934)
Construction Of Wilson Road Is Authorized Young Democrats To Give Dance On September 1 A dance sponsored by the Ver nonia unit of the Young Demo crats of Columbia County is to HIGHWAY COMMISSION IS be held Saturday, Sept. 1, at Arcadia park. There will be REVERSED music by Jule Sherwood and his Pirates. Entertainment will be provided Wolf Creek Project Likely for both old and young, accord To Be Curtailed ing to E. H .Washburn, chairman Is Belief of the local unit. Roland Tre- harne is vice president and Julia Construction of four more miles E. Wangler secretary. of the Wilson River highway as a timber salvage project was authorized Wednesday by the United States bureau of roads, according to announcement by W. H. Lynch, district engineer in Portland. This reverses a decision of the state highway commission not to allot money at this time for the L. R. Rutherford I* Republican project, and may mean with Candidate drawal of the allocation enabling the completion of the Wolf creek road from the coast highway to J. B. Wilkerson of Vernonia a connection with Jewell and the was named this week as demo Nehalem highway. The commission cratic candidate for county judge is to meet in Portland today and by the county central committee. decide which project is to We He has acepted the nomination, curtailed in order to permit the his announcement appearing on allocation ordered by the gov page 6 of this issue. ernment. L. R. Rutherford, incumbent Chairman Leslie M. Scott's rea by appointment of the governor sons for opposing the Wilson since the recall of J. H. Welling river allocation were set forth as ton, was nominated Wednesday follows In a letter to T. H. Mc by the republican central com Donald, director of the iederal mittee. A platform was adopted, bureau. This was written before to appear in next week’s issue. the decision against the commis sion, the first in the history of Mrs. J. Schleppy the state: 1— Oregon has never built a Die* in Vancouver highway for the particular use of From Long Illness timber owners or log haulers or any other special interest; has al Mrs. John Schleppy passed ways built for the use of the general public. This latter policy away Aug. 16 after a lingering the commission believes is sound illness at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Morgan, in Vancouver, and publicly approved. 2— If the Wilson River road is Wash., and was laid to rest at built for timber owners and log that city. Mrs. Schleppy had been a resi haulers, numerous other similar roads will be demanded elsewhere dent of the valley for many years in timber areas of both burned with the exception of a few years and green timber, and fair play spent in Myrtle Creek, and Feli da, Wash. The last few years of will work in their favor. 3— Other timber owners on her life had been back here in three sides of the Wilson river Mist, where they own a home. burned area and contiguous with She was a kind neighbor and a it are providing rail transporta good citizen. She leaves three tion facilities of their own—tne daughters, Mrs. Oscar Jones of Mist, Mrs. Tacie Morgan ana Mrs. (Continued on page 6) Ben Stoops of Vancouver, and four boys, Clyde Lane of Bir- DEEPENING OF LOCKS kenfeld, Cecil and Ernest of Mist, CAUSES ADDED LABOR and Merle of Buxton, and her husband, besides several grand Deepening of the locks at Bon children and great grand children, neville to admit ocean vessels also a host of friends. created so much additional work there that men were working on Sunday with air hammers getting DISCOUNTING OF WAR- RANTS UNNECESSARY ready for blasting, reports Geo. SAYS WM. PRINGLE W. Johnson. The channel was about done according to the ori Some county aid people are ginal plan, he was told. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and Mr. being “soaked” ten per cent in states and Mrs. Oliver Mellinger made selling their warrants, a trip there Sunday, going as far County Commissio n e r W m . as Hood River and returning on Pringle. It is not necessary for any of these county aid war the Washington side. rants to be sold at a discount, BROWN EXHIBITS CHICKENS he declares. The payee upon J. W. Brown is exhibiting 18 endorsing them may mail them Rhode Island reds at the county to the United States National bank in St. Helens, which will fair this week. send a check for the full amount in return. The bank is cashing Council Meeting Deferred Lack of a quorum prevented warrants in amounts less than the regular meeting of the city $50 if presented by the original holder. council Monday night. Wilkerson Is Nominated for County Judge Enthusiastic Crowd Attends Baseball Game Warrenton Barely Beat* Local* In Hard Fought Game The largest and the most en thusiastic crowd of the seasort was on hand Sunday to watch Vernonia battle Warrenton, base ball champions of the Lower Co lumbia, at the local ball park. And incidentally battle is the proper word to describe the play The game was hard fought and close all the way, Warrenton edg ing out a victory by the score of 4 to 3. The score doesn’t show the margin of difference of the two teams. In fact every one agreed that the local boys were on par if not a little better than their opponents with breaks determing the outcome of the game. We do not wish to discredit the ability of our opponents but statistics prove our point. They were out- hit 8 to 7 and bobbled four times to the locals twice. Smith, Warrenton portsider, was the best chucker the locals have been up against. His speedy, wrong-side delivery had the boys outguessed plenty. Our team defensively has out classed their opponents consist ently this year but some of the team is not hitting up to par. This isn’t anything to worry about for it must be rememberea that several of the players are in the first year of regular baseball and it is the tendency of youngsters to be ball shy. Costi and Lar son were the hitting stars for the locals each gathering two hits. Hawkins hit a long home run in the sixth for Vernonia’s first score. The ball sailed high above the left field fence. His clout was the longest and the first seen here in several seasons and was the cause of a great out burst on the part of the fans. Costi hit a pinch single in the seventh scoring two runs and temporarily tied the score. War renton came back in the ninth pushing over a run and taking the game. There will be a double header Sunday, Aug. 26, with the locals taking on both Deer Island and Apiary. The first game starts promptly at 1.30. Thirteen, Nineteen Are in Respective Shifts at Airport No Fires Yet In District Despite Smoke Thirteen men were employed on the airport this week, and the other crew consists of 19, states T. B. Mills, engineer in charge. LOGGING OPERATIONS Estimate of the amount need ALL DOWN ed to complete the project is be ing made by Mr. Mills and C. E. Stewart, district engineer. Low Humidity Causes Order A truck load of powder was By Governor brought in this week for use at Meier the airport. Townsend Plan Is Advocated In Meeting Here Would Provide Aged with $200 Month Pension The Townsend plan to provide old age pensions of $200 per month for those over 60 was ad vocated Saturday night by B. R. Wolfe of Portland in a meeting in the Legion hall. According to the plan the money would be provided by a national sales tax of 10 per cent. The advant as set forth would be that requirement that the money must be spent during the month and not hoarded, would so stimulate trade that depressions would be impossible. The 10 per cent sales tax would be adequate, the spea- sr believed, as soon as busi- ^c»s is revived by compulsory s ending. Petitions aeking congress to en act the measure were circulated at the meeting and signatures are being secured throughout the town. UNION ORGANIZATION PROGRESSING SAYS PRESIDENT F. LI Despite the low humidity BO fires of any consequence are burning in this district, according to word from the assistant war den’s office at Pittsburg yester day afternoon. A 60-acre fire on cut-over land near Apiary ha» been burning for a couple of weeks. Smoke visible from Vernonia is believed to be from Washington fires. i All Logging Cease* Because of weather conditions all logging operations were ord ered closed by Gov. Meier Tues day. All camps are therefore down. Clark and Wilson had barely begun to get under way after the shutdown because of the long shoremen’ sstrike. They were op erating two sides and a skidder. OREGON LOGGERS TO APPEAR TUESDAY AT ARCADIA PARK The Oregon Logger* of sta tion KOAC will appear in person at an old-time dance in Arcadia park Tuesday, August 28. Feathers ... and.. .Talons Tony Demand* a Holiday Tony, noted pet of Mr. and Mrs. F. Claude Stephens, did not get to the Christian church pienfe on Sunday. He had to stay locked up ih the house—and what dog would not feel hurt at staying home from a picnic? So Tony felt he had a holiday coming. On Monday he slipped out of the house, went to Mor ton’s in Treharne and spent the day there. For once his master had to come down town without the faithful and decorous Tony at his heels. HIGH SCHOOL TO OPEN Fears of dog kidnapping and ONE WEEK BEFORE BRAZING WORKS other evily melted away when GRADE SCHOOL STARTS REARRANGES ROOM evening came and Tony returned. FOR AUTO PARTS The high school opens a week He had had his holiday. from Tuesday, Sept. 4, and the The sales room of the Ver SEEN AND HEARD grade school the following Mon nonia Brazing and Machine works Judd Greenman, Frank Baker, day, Sept. 10. has been completely rearranged High school second hand books in order to make room for Chev Happy Thompson and Les Sheeley will be taken care of this year rolet parts. A stock is expected in front of Mac’s discussing the NRA . . . Sign on Skinny’s bin in the school. New books will be shortly. sold at the Armitage Drug store. board announcing a big fight bo- The firm has received a new tween Kid Kirk and Ken McNeill, demonstrator. Robinion Ha* Field Alone 10 rounds till further orders . . . Paul Robinson, founder of Ver Ivan McCollom, car and trailer, nonia Eagle and now publisher of PARKKNEN HOME returning from California . . . NEAR MIST DESTROYED Mrs. Oliver Mellinger’s little the North Bonneville News, now has the field to himself, his com baby sitting on a soda fountain MIST—(Special.) — The home counter while being fed a plate petitor, the Bonneville Index, of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parkknen of ice cream ... Ed Bollinger’» having suspended. Mr. Robinson has TTTs living was destroyed by fire last Wed and Bd Salomonsen’s sales room quarters and shop in the same nesday, Aug. 16, and nearly all so changed one doesn’t recog building recently erected. It was of its contents. They were able nize it . . . Jim Brown scrubbing necessary to tear down his first to save only a small amount. It the feet of his prize chickens in shop so as to vacate for a street. was located on the burn. preparation for the county fair. Work of organizing local un ions among loggers and lumber men is progressing nicely, ac cording to Fred Lurnm, president of the local A. F. of L., who is traveling in the interest of the state federation. Just now the process is slowed up somewnat by the prolonged shut down of the camps. A loggers’ local was re cently organized at Bend. Mr. Lumm came to Vernonia Tuesday and is remaining until this morning.