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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1934)
PAGE SIX C-------- T? ----- 'LL -------- Davis and Merle Mills attended CONSTRUCTION OF WILSON ROAD IS AUTHORIZED the Safeway picnic at Crystal Lake park Sunday. 'Joe won a (Continued from Page 1) Mr. and Mrs. Albert Childs and prize for a foot raee. C. E. Stewart, district engineer family attended a Shriners’ picnic Stimsons, Inman-Poulsen, Blod at Jantzen beach Thursday. While for the SERA, made a business gett and Hammond who will log there they enjoyed a visit with trip to Vernonia yesterday. some 3,500,000,000 feet. The Gene Shipman and Earl At the F. W. Gough family now liv Blodgetts are preparing to ex kins are attending the Legion ing in Vancouver. pend $700,000 for railroads and Mary Ann Childs, who has been convention in Astoria this week. logging and camp equipment west They are delegates from the lo a guest of Kathryn Malmsten in of Glenwood in the upper area Portland returned to her home cal post. of Wilson river. The Weyerhaeus- Mrs. D. F. DeCew of Portland Tuesday. Miss Malmsten who has ers and Duncan and Brower, who is visiting her parents, Mr. and finished her work at a school for are the largest owners on the beauty specialists has employment Mrs. C. F. Hieber. Gordon Hieber, Lower Wilson river, are as able her brother is still here, and will in an east side beauty salon. as the others to provide transpor Lillian Lindquist of Portland soon visit Glen Hieber, another tation facilities. Apparently the brother in Klamath Falls, on his is visiting at the home of her reluctance of the Weyerhausers way back to Detroit, Mich. sister, Mrs. Adolph Nelson, this comes from doubt of the timber Laura Van Blaricom of Seattle values of the Lower Wilson riv- week. Mrs. Harvey Crume is enjoying is visiting her parents, Mr. and er for commercial purpose». a visit from her mother, Mrs. Mrs. H. Van Blaricom. 4— The owners who seek the E. W. Henderson is reported Carrie Benham of Coquille. allocation have refused to assure Ruth Holaday of Scappoose vis as getting along nicely in St. or guarantee that they will use ited friends here Wednesday re Vincents hospital. the road for extensive logging L. S. Hopfield, Portland in maining over night as the guest operations. Representatives of the surance man, stopped off here of Mrs. Oscar George. Weyerhaeusers have frankly said Wednesday while en route to the JOY THEATRE that they will not use the road SUCCESS AT ANY PRICE, Legion convention at Astoria. should the operations prove un Carl Davidson, former assist Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Gen profitable. Also they have 1 efus evieve Tobin, Saturday and Sun ant superintendent at the mill, is ed to provide any part of con day, August 25 and 26. Admission now attorney for the state tax struction or maintenance funds. 10 and 25 cents. Adv. commission. He secured this po 5— The outlet will be Tillamook Mrs. A. W. Wridge and infant sition because of his outstanding bay, where there are no adequate scholastic record in the law school daughter Crystal Nadine return market or milling facilities. We ed from a Portland hospital Fri at the University of Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick of are informed the Hammond mill day. Mrs. Wridge’s health is mueh Forest Grove are parents of a at Garibaldi will not be available, improved. because that mill is needed for A. W. Wridge is now working daughter, Patricia Jean, born the extensive logging operations August 18. Mr. Patrick was an for Crossett - Western at Big of the Hammonds along the Sal Creek. Several Vernonia men are employe of the Gilby Motor Co. monberry and Cook creek. The here a few years ago. working there, he says. Lester Bergstrom, son of Wilson river logs will have to oe Miss Julia Wangler, Joseph rafted by sea to the Columbia Frank Bergstrom, fire warden, Wangler, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. made a bicyele trip Wednesday river, Willapa bay or Grays har TO THE VOTERS OF from Portland to Pittsburg by bor, at a cost of not less than COLUMBIA COUNTY way of Forest Grove and Ver $2.50 a thousand feet, which in the opinion of authorities wnom In announcing my candidacy i nonia. for County Judge, I pledge my Ivan N. McCollom, principal of the commission regards as cam self:— the grade school, returned Thurs petent, will add prohibitive costs 1. To represent you faithfully, day from Palo Alto, Cal., where in the competitive log market, es soberly and intelligently. he took a summer school course. pecially in the face of the large 2. I will, at all times, endeavor He will be in Portland today, and logging operations in other burn to represent the entire citizen will not bring his family here ed areas in the next five years. ship of the county. I will have no until some time next week. 6— The Weyerhaeusers and favorites, but shall owe my duty Marvin Porterfield and Mar other owners of the Lower Wil and service to all the people. I jorie Meeker were house guests son river have given no assur have no private or special interest of Verla and Helen Messing ov ance or guarantee that they will to serve. er the week end at Hood River, build a mill on Tillamook bay to 3. I will advocate reduction of spending Sunday at Lost Lake. take the Wilson river logs. expenditures and retrenchments 7— The commercial value of A big crowd was at Seaside wherever possible, without des on Sunday, reports Judge W. A. the Lower Wilson river burned troying the necessary functions Harris, who spent the week end timber, under present and future of county government. there with Mrs. Harris. Unlike conditions of large log supply, of 4. I will conduct my campaign some other parts of the Oregon on a high plane. coast that day the weather was Sitts with a lovely surprise birth day party. The two hostesses I will run my race on my own clear and warm. could not be persuaded to reveal merits and not on the demerits of their ages, but Mrs. Sitts volun any other person or political j ALL DAY SERVICE OF teered the information that their party. CHRISTIAN CHURCH HELD birthdays were only two days If you elect me County Judge, An all day service of the apart. I will endeavor to perform the The guests were served with duties of the office and meet Christian church was held Sun- the responsibilities incumbent ^up day at Big Eddy park. 203 were a dinner which could not be des- on me in an honest and conscien present. Mrs. F. C. Stephens cribed as saying it consisted of class of Bereans had the best everything. The elderly ladies tious manner. attendance, 32, and there were were as eager after the sweets Sincerely, 23 in the men’s Ninety and Nine and goodies on the table as J. B. WILKERSON class. youngsters would have been. Democratic Nominee. Following Sunday school and After dinner they entertained the morning worship there was themselves by sitting around and dinner at noon, and in the af recalling instances of just such ternoon there were games and parties of bygone days. FOR SALE OR TRADE—80 one- swimming. The crowd returned year old white leghorn hens to Vernonia at 4 p. m. to attend for young stock. Also Graven- a special service at which C. R. stein apples. Chas. Schmidlin. Prichard of Eugene preached. 34cl New Philco Radios Classified Ads FOR SALE—string beans and cu MRS. W. T. GRAVES cumbers. Call A. F. Schalock, ENTERTAINS Riverview. 33*2 Mrs. W. T. Graves entertained NICE APARTMENTS for rent to Thursday at her home for her teachers. Will take warrants in mother, Mrs. Crawford, and Mrs. payment for rent .Also have Leg horn pullets for laying purposes; also fryers. Mrs. W. O. Porter Ask Your Grocer for . field. 34tf SEVEN 8-week old pigs $2.50 apiece if taken at once. J. A. Armstrong, Pettijohn place, up Rock creek. 34*1 ITALIAN PRUNES,— Bartlett pears, string beans. See Harry Culbertson. 33?c OLD GROWTH and second growth wood for sale. Phone X57 33*4 FOR SALE—2 sets golf clubs, including bag, cash. L. H. Dewey. 33tf< FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1934. VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA. OREGON Vernonia Bakery BREAD . . for 2 good Reasons— IT’S MADE AT HOME IT’S BETTER VERNONIA BAKERY distance from market and mill, is ciates may be interested in re questionable. Also the relative viewing the study made by the aconomy of a logging highway at Oregon state highway commission, the bottom of Wilson river can I am summarizing thus briefly. yon is doubted by big loggers The commission made a long and who use railroads and uphill log careful investigation and reached ging methods. the conclusion that the claims 8—The minimum cost of can- made for the proposed allocation structing the road to McNamer’s are impracticable. Competent tim camp for log hauling will be $2,- ber engineers say that much of 000,000; to Glenwood so as to the timber of the Lower Wilson open the road to the general pub river is not worth the taxes and lic, $1,000,000 more. This will add they doubt that the timber can heavy burdens to the project be commercially salvaged on a needs of Oregon and delay con large scale by down hill logging, struction of other roads, especial truck hauling and ocean rafting. ly the Wolf creek project, which I Costs of logging will be higher is Portland’s short road to the [ than for green timber, rn the sea. These two projects, each of | burned area, and the commercial good size, in the same district, I value of burned logs will be lower should be pushed forward in the in a competitive market. I re opinion of the Oregon state high gret that I am impelled to offer way commission, one at a time, these statements, but I assume and the Wilson river project that you value frankness as we should not be permitted to delay do in Oregon. the Wolf creek, in other words, The $42,000 which we recom the Wolf creek project should be mended for Wilson river construc given precedence. The short time! tion will afford relief employment required to salvage the burned in Tillamook county and for that timber of Wilson river will call purpose we made the recommen for heavy concentration of funds dation. The section to be con in the next three or four years structed with this money will fit for early construction. into the ultimate Wilson river Thinking you and your asso project. 5RFELUHY ST WEEK END Friday and Saturday, Aug. 24-25 SUGAR C & H pure cane. 100-lbs. $5.49 COFFEE 3 lbs. 60c Airway, pure Brazilian blend. Pork & Beans 4 fOr 25c Post Toasties 2 pkgS. 15c Van Camp’s No. 303 cans. 2 Bottles Catsup 25c Vinegar Best pickling Gal. 25C Pickling Spices s-oz. ceiio. Pkg. 15c fk every (Friday^ FAMiiyxiRa E MAYONNAISE QI Best Foods ...... Pt. TUNA FISH Clear Water H’s OP’’ — 2 for ........... . ......... SHRIMP 1 1 n Gulf Best 5o-z. can LLC CETTO For better jellies 0 4} Bottle ..................... CHESEE 1 r _ Full Cream ..... lb. 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