Rod and Gun
Club Chooses
New Officers
Fishy Reporter Wonders
Who Has Caught Fish
Basketball Flashes
Into Spotlight at
Two CCC Camps
Lumber Co.
Reorganization
Plan Approved
CAMP REEHER’S, CCC, Wes-
timber, Dec. 5—Basketball activi­
ties are flashing into the CCC
M c E ntire chosen head
spotlight at Vernonia and Forest FEDERAL COURT IN MIS­
Grove.
SOURI GIVES SANCTION
OF ORGANIZATION
Friday night at 7:30 o’clock,
Pacific university and Camp Wil­
Much to Be Done Before
ark teams will tangle in an early
C. R. Watts Is Unanimously
Operation Can Be
season
game
at
Forest
Grove.
An
Re-elected As
Assured
interesting game is expected as
Secretary
three of the Camp Wilark men
have placed as Illinois “all state”
The financial reorganization
men during high school basketball plan for the Oregon-American
Harold McEntire was elected
careers.
president and C. R. Watts was re­
Lumber Company was approved
elected secretary of the Nehalem
Saturday, December 8, Com­ by the United States district
Rod and Gun club at the meeting
pany 1302, CCC, from Bremer­ court for the western division of
in the Masonic temple Monday
ton, Wash., will meet Camp Reeh­ the western district of Missouri
night. Mr. McEntire won by one
ers at Vernonia. The evening wall on November 26.
vote over Ross Duncan, and C. R.
be made a double-header, with a
The reorganization plan, sub­
Watts’ election was unanimous.
preliminary engagement being mitted with the consent of the
C. S. Hoffman, Ross Duncan and
scheduled for the Vernonia girls’ statutory majority of all classes
Emil Messing were named as
team and a similar aggergation of creditors and under the pro­
members of the board of dir­
from Birkenfeld.
visions of Section 77B of the
ectors.
A CCC basketball tournament corporation bankruptcy amend­
The meeting went on record as
in which the Vernonia high school ment of 1934, provides that the
VERNONIA RESIDENT
not favoring a special license fee
and town teams, Camp Reeher’s first mortgage bondholders of the
FOR SEVERAL YEARS
for women, or a short term li­
PIES IN PORTLAND and Camp Wilark teams will par­ Oregon-American Lumber Com­
cense fee for transients from
ticipate is slated for Vernonia pany and of the Delta Land and
outside the state. It also opposed
Mrs. Frank Gray, who has been for Thursday and Friday, Decem­ Timber Company will exchange
putting of game funds into the
a resident of Vernonia and vi­ ber 13 and 14.
their securities for income bonds
general fund for reapportion­
cinity for a number of years
in a new corporation to be pre­
ment. Proposed measures approv­ Lionel Baker Killed When Engine until she moved to Portland this
sently formed, the Oregon- Amer,
ed were making the steelhead a
fall, passed away in Portland
lean bondholders getting dollar
Jumps Track
game fish and endorsing the ten
Sunday according to word receiv­
for dollar in the exchange and
year plan of the state game com­
Lionel F. Baker, 30, locomotive ed here.
the Delta Land and Timber Com­
mission.
engineer for the Clark and Wil­
Because of her critical condi­
pany bondholders getting an ar­
The program began with in­ son Lumber company, was in­ tion her daughter, Mrs. Ruby
bitrary amount of bonds agreed
strumental musical numbers by stantly killed Saturday after­ Tackett, was called to her bedside
on in advance as representing the
Jane Watts, followed by Leo noon when his train jumped the last Friday, and has not yet re­
worth of the Vernonia property
Scene of Auto Accident to Be
Ludwig and Madison (Smoky) track.
turned to Vernonia.
owned by that company and cov­
Guarded
Augustus, in turn. Everett Meek­
The accident occurred on spur
Mrs. Gray leaves besides her
ered by its separate mortgage.
er urged a good example on the 18, near Pittsburg, between 4:30 daughter Mrs. Tackett and two
The state highway engineer Bondholders and stockholders of
part of sportsmen for the bene­ and 4:45. The train load of logs grandchildren Ruth and Dickie has ordered 400 feet of fence to the old company will receive
fit of the younger generation.
got out of control for some rea­ Tackett of Vernonia, her hus­ be built along the bluff just voting trust certificates for cap­
Three representatives from the son which could not be determin­ band who has been working in south of town, according to word
ital gtc.'x i’.i the new company as
Multnomah Hunters and Anglers ed upon investigation yesterday. ■ Vancouver,
another
daughter, Nov. 28 from Chairman Leslie their interests appear. Certain un­
club, Dale Gilman, Sid J. Matco- The fireman, head brakeman and Dorothy Dobbins of Portland, her M. Scott of the state highway
secured claims have been wai-
vich and C. H. Stokke, spoke second brakeman jumped to safe­ mother, Mrs. H. C. Batchelor of commission to L. H. Dewey, pre­
(Continued on page 6)
briefly. Mr. Matcovich urged sup- ty, and Mr. Baker stepped out Mead, Washington, and a bro­ sident of the chamber of com­
(Continued on page 6)
on the running board of his loco­ ther, Ralph E. Wright of Port­ merce.
motive apparently ready to jump land.
The chamber of commerce
when the locomotive tipped,
Funeral services were held sponsored a petition to the com­
throwing him off. His neck was Tuesday at the Jacobson chapel mission following the fatal ac­
broken as he hit the ground. A on Foster road.
cident at the curve late m Oc­
couple of spilled logs struck him,
tober.
but the evidence seems to be that
death was due to the fall and
REHABILITATION OF
not to injury from the logs, says
City Get. Delivery of Title to
OLD EAST SIDE
Supt. A. F. Baker. The body
Property
Recker» and Bremerton CCC
PROPERTY BEGINS
when found was about 15 feet
Tranferrence
of the deeds to
Teams to Meet
ahead of the locomotive.
the golf jjourse and the Bank of
The first basketball game of
Rehabilitation of the old East Vernonia buiRIing to the city was
Services for Lionel Baker were
the season in the grade school
Side logging property is under completed Monday after Judge
held
Wednesday
in
the
Holman
gymuasium will take place to­
Two Vacancies on Boxing Com­ way, three men being engaged in W. A. Harris, attorney represent­
morrow night at 7:30 when the and Lutz parlors in Portland.
repairing trucks and other equip­ ing the city, had secured them
mittee Are Filled
He
is
survived
by
his
parents,
Camp Reehers CCC team will
Hank King and Ed. Frazee ment at Keasey.
from W. G. Hare, attorney for
clash with a CCC team from Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Baker of were named at an adjourned
Seth Morgan is in charge.
H.
E. McGraw.
Portland,
his
widow,
Marjorie
and
Bremerton,
Washington.
The
meeting of the city council Wed­
New Proposition Opposed
Bremerton team last year won a sister, Mrs. Wilbur J. Smith nesday night as members of the
Opposition to the proposal to
of Rainier. He was a nephew of
the district championship.
boxing commission to succeed J.
| exchange the golf course for
The game will be sponsored by Supt. A. F. Baker.
C. Henderson, deceased, and E.
the Safeway building is voiced by
the Vernonia grade school bas­
S. Thompson, removed from the
Judge Harris, who says that the
J.
F.
ROSE
LEASES
ketball team, and the proceeds
city.
income from the building is ap­
MARKET IN PORTLAND
will go to buy needed Equipment
It was agreed to make a fifty­
proximately
$40 short annually
for the local boys.
J. F. Rose, formerly manager fifty allowance for water lost
of paying interest on the mort­
On Thursday and Friday of of the Safeway market here, has by the Home Water association
gage, insurance and taxes, with­
next week there will be a four- leased the market in a large store through bursting of one of its
SEEN AND HEARD
out
reference to upkeep and de­
team tournament, the losers in in the Montavilla section of Port­ pipes.
Norris Soden and Dr. Bigelow preciation. The 1932 taxes on
the Thursday game to play each land, and will take possession
examining a gun in Norris's the building were $286.93, he
other Friday night, and the win­ January 1.
BERT HALL WINS
barber shop . . . Nat Perdue says. Interest on the $4500
ners to play the winners. Those
He and his family plan to
WRESTLING MATCH
hosing off the sidewalk in front mortgage is $315, insurance $45.
participating will be Camp Reeh­ move during the Christmas holi­
WITH MASKED MARVEL of his place and Bill Lanway
Dividend Is Likely
ers and Camp Wilark teams, the days.
sweeping the water as it flows
A dividend from the commer­
Vernonia town team and the Ver­
Bert Hall won the main event down to Mac’s . . . Earl Smith cial department of the defunct
nonia high school team.
MERLE CLINE SERIOUSLY ILL in the wrestling match Saturday on the parapet of the bank build­
bank will be soon forthcoming
The Reehers team consists of
Merle Cline, who is in a Port­ by getting two falls from the ing looking down the stovepipe
much the same material as the land hospital with pneumonia, “Masked Marvel”. The identity flue . . . Harry Culbertson pack­ from the state banking depart­
ment as the result of the satis­
fast quintet from Camp Mist last has been seriously ill. His family of the marvel was not disclosed. ing an old cookstove down the
faction of the city’s $23,000
season, and the Wilark team, have been with him.
Bob Raymer won the semi­ street . . . Carl Jensen setting up claim. It is hoped that there may
then stationed in California, won
Some improvement was report-1 final from Young Dietleff of a “grader at work” sign as he be a small dividend also in the
24 straight games.
ed the first of the week.
Gaston.
goes to lunch.
savings department.
Fish! Fish! Who caught a fish?
If the fish don't start biting
a little better your reporter will
have to go out of business. There
are a few steelheads in the creek,
but oh boy! Are they hard to
land? Ask Mr. McEntire. He lost
two nice ones Sunday.
Mrs. R. A. Simmons lost a big
one on the Nehalem at Cedar
creek. R. A. himself was along
taking a few lessons.
Pappy Bruce caught one there
and it made him feel pretty good.
(Who wouldn’t?)
Larry Marshall caught two last
week at Keasey. (How’s to bor­
row your horse-shoe, Larry?)
A few high-lights of the Rod
and Gun club meeting—R. M.
Aldrich’s hearty laugh . . . The
two candidates for president col­
lecting the votes and “maybe”
stuffing the ballott box . .
Ed Bollinger bound to put the no
question first . . . Doc Bigelow,
Lode McDonald and McGraw all
trying to get the floor at once.
But in ail seriousness I don’t
believe that I have ever attended
a sportmen’s meeting that show­
ed or created as much good will
and enthusiasm as the one last
Monday evening. Everyone took
an interest and showed their wil­
lingness to cooperate with the
club. May we have more and bet­
ter meetings like this. The inter­
est shown by the young people
was the one thing that made one
feel as if we were really doing
something worthwhile.
Is your shoulder at the wheel?
If not, get it there.
Engineer Meets
Death in Log
Train Accident
Engineer Orders
Fence at Bluff
South of Town
Season for
Basketball to
Open Saturday
Golf Course and
Bank Bldg. Deeds
Are Transferred
Council Names
King and Frazee
on Commission
Feathers . . .
and.. .Talons