VOLUME XIII >2.00 per year; 5c a copy.
Ball Season
Is to Start
On April 21
8 TEAMS TO COMPRISE
LEAGUE
Opening Game Here Dated
For 28th With Forest
Grove Team
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1935.
Two C C C Boys
From Reehers Set
Record in Felling
Glen Urie and Frank Foloeter,
of Co. 1313, Camp Reehers, es­
tablished a camp record of fel­
ling 20 snags, making 208.8 feet,
on March 27, according to Lieu­
tenant J. J. Taggart, commander.
The boys were working out of
the Rock Creek side camp, under
Ross Meeker.
G. H. Brown Is
Named Head of
Townsend Club
The eight teams of the Tuala­
tin Valley league have begun to
get themselves in shape for the
1935 championship race which
starts April 21. Included in the
league are Vernonia, Hillsboro,
Newberg, Sherwood, Amity, Ver-
Vice-
boort, Carlton and Forest Grove. H. S. Strong Is Chosen as
The Vernonia team, which has
President
the prospect of being one of the
best teams to represent the city
in years, opens the season at
George H. Brown was elected
Carlton. Opening day at home is
president of the Vernonia Town­
slated for April 28, with Forest
send club at its meeting in th«
Grove furnishing the opposition.
Nehalem hotel Friday night H.
While in Portland Saturday,
IS. Strong was elected vice-pres-
Glen Hawkins, manager of the
I ident. Mrs. A. E. Jennings, chos-
Vernonia team, bought new balls,
i secretary-treasurer at the recent
bats, mits and gloves, also what
| rally in the Christian church,
he declares to be the finest set
will continue in that capacity.
of uniforms seen anywhere. The
The club now has a member­
team is not only going to be good
ship of 19.
but will be well dressed also, he
Meeting Scheduled
promises.
Meetings will be held in the
The schedule, announced Sun­
Joy theatre twice a month. The
day by Drexel H. Brown, league
next meeting will be Sunday,
president, is as follows:
March 31, at 2:30 p. m.
April 21—Hillsboro at New­
berg, Sherwood at Amity, Verno­
nia at Carlton, Verboort at For­ Arrangements Are
Made to Transter
est Grove.
April 28—Amity at Hillsboro,
W.O.W. Membership
Carlton at Sherwood, Forest
Grove at Vernonia, Newberg at
Arrangements to transfer all
V erboort.
I members of Vernonia camp 655,
May 5—Vernonia at Amity, I Woodmen of the World, to Mult­
Verboort at Carlton, Sherwood at nomah camp 77, Portland, were
Newberg, Hillsboro at Forest made last week Thursday by E.
Gryve.
P. Martin, district manager, J. O.
May 12—Carlton at Hillsboro, Wilson, clerk of camp 77, and H.
Forest Grove at Sherwood, New­ S. Strong, clerk of camp 655.
berg at Vernonia, Amity at Ver­ Camps with less than 20 mem­
bers are being united with other
boort.
May 19—Sherwood at Hills­ camps.
boro, Verboort at Vernonia, Ami­
The local camp had over 100
ty at Newberg, Carlton at Forest members at one time. When the
Grove.
insurance was changed to the
May 26—Vernonia at Sher­ ' same rates as the old line com­
wood, Hillsboro at Verboort, For­ panies many dropped out, and the
est Grove at Amity, Newberg at depression reduced the numbers
Carlton.
still more. The Woodmen built
June 2—Carlton at Newberg, the hall now owned by the Odd (
Amity at Forest Grove, Vernonia Fellows. H. S. Strong has been!
at Hillsboro, Verboort at Sher­ clerk since September, 1928.
wood.
June 9—Vacant to take care I Seaview Man Is
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CHIMNEY FIRE AT REVIS
HOUSE CALLS OUT FIRE
COMPANY WEDNESDAY
The fire department was called
out Wednesday morning uy a
chimney fire at the Carl Revis
house on C street.
Smoke issuing from cracks in
a terra cotta chimney filled the
attic of the house, but no dam­
age was done.
DONA LOUISE IS NEW
ARRIVAL AT HOME OF
MR. AND MRS. PRITCHARD
i
An eight pound baby girl
named Dona Louise was born
Monday Evening to Mr. and Mrs.
C. R. Pritchard at the Christian
church parsonage.
Chosen Head of
L. C. A. C. of C.’s
Snow Not Rare
At This Time
Says Pringle
Snow at this time of the year
is not so unusual as folks might
think, declares County Commis­
sioner Wm. Pringle, Sr. He has
in a photograph album at home
pictures taken March 29, 1922,
showing eight or ten inches of
snow at his place. The Birkenfeld
Lumber Co., which was then log­
ging across the river from him,
had to shut down because of
snow, and again on April 8 of
the same year because of a repe­
tition of the storm.
Sixteen Masons
From Portland
Visit Lodge Here
Sixteen Masons from Unity
lodge 194, Portland, visited Ver­
nonia lodge 184 last week Thurs­
day. Most of the delegation
were employes of the state for­
estry department, and they came
in compliment to A. J. Kostur,
also of the department, who re­
ceived the Master Mason degree.
Lumm Is Head
Of N.W. Council
At Aberdeen
Many Turnovers
Name of Sawmill and Timber
Of Real Estate
Workers Union I« Adopted
Probable in County
There is every indication quite
a number of turnovers of real
estate in Columbia county during
the next few months will be
made, judging from the inguiries
for detailed information received
by P. M. Bewley, of St. Helens,
county representative for the
World War Veterans State Aid
commission.
The commission holds approxi­
mately 1500 properties valued at
$3,800,000 throughout Oregon,
and a campaign is under way to
get them back on the tax rolls.
Bewley reports that has had re­
quests for data from several
places in the middle west.
Among the last transactions in­
volving state-owned property in
this county, made by Bewley, are
the following: the Hermann dwel­
ling in Clatskanie sold to Bart
and Alice Boggs of that city; the
Batchellor 20 acres near War­
ren sold to J. O. Morgan of Ok­
lahoma; the Morton 120 acres
near Rainier sold to Edward Edge
of Kinzua, Ore.; and the Chapel
50 acres near Clatskanie sold to
E. H. Frederickson of Portland.
Rail Traffic Is
Halted by Slide
On Top Hill
Railroad traffic was interrupt­
ed yesterday morning by a slide
on Top Hill, and a train of
empty cars which was coming
out for loading at Koster camp
had to turn back. A steam shovei
was sent out from Portland to
clear the track, and traffic is
expected to be resumed today.
Arthur Strand of Seaview,
Washington, was elected presi-!
dent of the Lower Columbia As-1
sociated Chambers of Commerce |
at the quarterly meeting held |
Friday in Rainier. E. E. Rose-
braugh of Rainier was named
SEEN AND HEARD
vice-president, Geo. Conyers of
Claude Thomas scraping red
Clatskanie treasurer, and K. C.
Batchelder of Longview secre­ paint off the front of his store
tary. The next meeting date was . . . Mrs. Jennings hustling about
set for Friday, June 21 at Long to find a meeting place for the
Townsend club . . . District At­
Beach, Washington.
Resolutions calling for the torney Storla, brief case in hand,
straightening and widening of looking for Judge Hill . . . Fred
the Lower Columbia highway Lumm, new president of the
through Columbia county to Sea- Northwest Loggers, in town for
ide. and enlarging the defenses the union meeting last night . . .
of the lower Columbia area were | Swede Nelson investigating a
traffic accident on Bridge street.
adopted.
Feathers . . .
and.. .Talons
Fred Lumm, president of the
A. F. of L. Loggers local 18742,
Vernonia, was elected president
of the Northwest Council of Log­
gers, Sawmill and Woodworkers’
unions at a conference in Aber­
deen, Wash., March 24. He suc­
ceeds Roland Watson of Seattle.
Other officers are Norman
Lange, Tacoma, vice-president;
Edgar S. Hall, Westport, secre­
tary; J. V. Matheny, Westport,
William Wedel, Portland, James
Wilson, Hoquiam, and John R.
Brown, Bellingham, councilmen.
The delegates
adopted
the
name of Sawmill and Timber
Workers union, under charter of
the United Brotherhood of Car­
penters and Joiners, affiliated
with the A. F. of L.
CAR OF MAPLE LOGS
SHIPPED FOR EXPORT
TO FRANCE FROM HERE
NUMBER 13.
J. M. Adams, 82,
Early Pioneer
Dies Thursday
SETTLED IN VALLEY IN
YEAR 1877
Services to Be Held Next
Sunday Here at
1:30 p. m.
James Monroe Adams, 82, one
of the earliest settlers of the
Nehalem valley, died early yes­
terday morning at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Counts on
Rock creek. He had fallen from
a railroad trestle while crossing
from his own place a couple
of days before, was found by
Mr. Counts and taken to his
home. Mr. Adams lived alone
on 20 acres of the Charles Berg-
erson place on Rock creek.
Mr. Adams was born Jan. 9,
1853 in Missouri. With his par­
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Riley Adams,
he came to the Nehalem valley
in 1877. For many years the
family lived on a homestead
now known as the Walt McDon­
ald place.
He was particularly active as
a hunter and trapper and even
when advanced in, years was not­
ed for his endurance while
tramping in the woods.
Surviving are two brothers,
George Adams of Columbia City
and Green Adams of Vancou­
ver, Wash.; three sisters, Ellen
Stater of Newberg, Alice Bilous
of Vancouver, Wash.; and Lena
Guild of Portland.
Services
will
be
held
in
Brown’s Mortuary Sunday at
1:30 p m., with interment in
the Vernonia cemetery.
A car of maple logs for ex­
port to France was loaded in the Working Days on
iocal freight yards the first of
SERA Projects
the week by Beer and Ross of
To Be Changed
Portland and was shippea out
Wednesday.
Effective during the month of
On the same day the first April there will be a change in
car of ties from the Bennett and the working days for SE,RA pro­
Johns mill was shipped out.
jects, according to orders received
this week by Loel Roberts, local
A. N. GLANVILLE ASSISTS
timekeeper. Working days will be
F. B. CULVER IN MEETINGS Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and
IN PORTLAND CHURCH Saturdays, with layoff on Wed­
nesdays and Thursdays. The pres­
Rev. A. N. Glanville, pastor of ent layoff days are Friday and
the Evangelical church left for Saturday.
Portland Monday to assist the
The first day for work under
Rev. F. B. Culver in conducting the new schedule will be Friday,
evangelistic services in a sur- April 5.
burban church. Rev. Mr. Glan­
ville will not return until after ARCADIA PARK TO
Sunday. The pulpit of the local
BE REOPENED ON
church will be occupied by a
SATURDAY, MAR. 30
Portland speaker in the morning.
In the evening the Womens Mis­
Arcadia park will reopen to­
sionary society will have charge morrow night under the manage­
of the services.
ment of Mrs. Ann Lord and Mrs.
Ella Caywood.
DR. AND MRS. OLSON
Both ladies are well known
MOVE TO BONNEVILLE I here, having been residents of
. the Mist section for several years.
Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Olson
moved to Bonneville, where Dr. MRS. F. E. MALMSTEN'S
Olson is employed as telegrapher.
MOTHER PASSES IN IOWA
The Olsons are well known
here. Dr. Olson being a tele­
Mrs. F. E. Malmsten received
grapher at the S. P. and 8. sta­ word Sunday of the passing of
tion for a number of years and her mother, Mrs. Hannah Ander­
also practicing chiropracty. Mrs. son, in Swea City, Iowa. Mrs.
O’son once managed the Ver­ Malmsten visited with her while
nonia hospital.
I on a trip east last summer.