"VOLUME XIV $1.50 per year, 5c a copy.
Swimming Hole
In Rock Creek
Is C of C Topic
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY,
Fire Damages House
Of John Ellis:
Starts in Flue
OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1936.
Dist. 47 Reduces
Tax in Spite of
Added Costs
A fire that started in the flue
>f the John Ellis house Wed­
nesday morning did some dam­
Decrease in Debt and
age inside the house, chiefly from
smoke and water. The department Better Tax Prospects
responded promptly, and the fire Enable $8,000 Saving
$400 in costs, of which $150 was soon extinguished.
will be for material and $250 for
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Despite the added cost of re-
labor, was announced by Lester FALLERS & BUCKERS START conditionlhg and operating the
Sheeley at the chamber of com­ IN MADIGAN OPERATIONS
Lincoln school next fall, and an
merce meeting in the Masonic
average increase of ten per cent
Fallers and buckers in the new in teachers’ salaries, the proposed
hall Tuesday noon as an estimate
for construction of the proposed camp at Keasey operated by F. budget for School District 47,
dam in Rock creek. $62.50 has H. Madigan started work last drawn up last Saturday, calls for
been collected by private sub­ Monday. It is expected that logs a tax approximately $8,000 less
scription, he said. A WPA pro­ will be loaded next week, A than that of last year. The re-
ject sould be applied for, he crane will be used for the pur- duction is made possible by the
pose.
maintained.
paying off of about $24,000 of
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The bank will have to be crib­
the district’s indebtedness, and
bed on the west side to prevent
by an estimated 90 per cent in
muddying the water, and also
collection of taxes.
there should be bath houses, nei­
The budget election, to be held
ther of which items is included in
at the time of the annual meet-
the estimate, he added.
•ing, is scheduled for June 15.
In order to protect the bridge
! The budget committee consist-
from debris in high water the
ed of Judd Greenman, A. F.
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dam will have to be 75 or 80 feet
Twenty-eight bunk houses and Baker, R. M. Aldrich and two
above, he explained, and it will one cook’s car were taken to directors, James Moran and Ray
be necessary to blast out a sec­ Camp McGregor Sunday in three D. Fisher. Director Alfred Bays
tion of the soapstone deep en­ train loads. The O.-A. main line was absent because of illness. Es­
ough to form a diving hole. The locomotive hauled the trains as timates for the use of the the
level of the water can be raised far the the sink hole near the committee were prepared by the
only about four feet because of Keasey dam, and from that pointi superintendent, Ivan N. McCol-
danger of flooding gardens if they were taken by a Shay loco­ I lom, and the clerk, T. C. Graves.
the level is any higher, he declar­ motive. These houses, the last of
The proposed budget appears in
ed. A fishway will have to be the 62 to be built at the mill full in another column.
constructed.
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and shipped to camp, have been
Judd Greenman suggested that ready for some time, but bridge
Miss Grace Condit moved from
the state board of health be re­ repair on the S. P. and S. made Natal to her home at Stony
quested to test the water for it impossible to take them until Point road Saturday after her
typhoid bacteria before the dam Sunday.
school term ended.
is built, so that the swimming
It is expected that bridge and
pool might not be rendered use­
less if condemned after being track repairs will be completed
at the end of the week.
constructed. Mr. Sheeley, as
The O.-A. main line train cerw,
spokesman for the committee,
consisting of Jack Heenan, con­ It
agreed to this.
ductor, Chet Alexander, engin­ â
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Holiday Closing Discussed
eer,
Cheif
Campbell,
fireman,
Closing of stores on Saturday,
Memorial day was discussed. J. Clarence Gunderson and B. By- SEEN and HEARD . . .
W. Nichols stated that he had eer, Chief Campbell, fireman,
Wallace MoCrae and Paul Gor­
been requested by the local post main-line tests in Portland Fri­ don discussing plans to hitch hike
day
and
passed.
of the American Legion to ask
to Detroit and then ride back in
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the cooperation of the chamber in ARMITAGE DRUG CO. MOVES their new ears • • • Harold Mc‘
the matter of closing, and the
! Entire, relieved of school duties,
prevailing opinion was that this TO NEW LOCATION
talking fishing with Emil Mes-
should be done.
tl
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Ivan McCollom
busy
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The Armitage
Drug r.
Co. moved j J • sing
r . . . fhn
Kiicri , house
nnncn inrn
i tivinr»
fixing im
up the Bush
into
FIREBRICK COMES FOR
Saturday and Sunday from the j
I which he will move . . . Dr. and
O.-A. MILL BOILER REPAIR
Early building adjoining the post I
Mrs. R. D. Eby pedaling their
office to the Hoffman building '
I I i bicycles enroute to the golf
Two carloads of fire brick, one in the same block.
[ links . . . Chet Alexander and
on Friday and the other on Mon­
While the stock has all been
locomotive coming back for
day, reached Vernonia from Mex­ moved the process of getting set-■ i his
^thTr Toad of
houses
ico, Mo. They will be used in
tied is not yet complete. Mr. I Sam Heariflg dashing to the
repair of the boilers at the mill. Armitage plans a grand opening, EHis fire in his
new Chev. . . R.
The fire brick originally used the last of next week, when ev­
in the boilers also came from erything is expected to be in M. Aldrich walking to work be­
cause he doen’t want his shiny
Mexico, Mo.
shape. Experts from the McKes­ new car to stand out in the hot
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Mrs. Dave Marshall spent Tues­ son Drug Co., wholesalers, are sun. . . Charles Eversaul fin­
assisting Mr. Armitage in arrang­ ishing a section of new roof on
day in Portland.
his house just in time to beat the
Vern Dussenbery was home ing the displays.
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from Keasey Monday.
heavy shower Wednesday even­
ing. . . Bill Armitage selling
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Cobat and CARLOAD OF CHEVROLETS
drugs in a sew location . . .
Ralph Cobat returned home Mon­ ARRIVES AT STATION
Shorty Kullander explaining at
day from Marcola.
A carload of Chevrolets arriv- council meeting that his doctor
Air. and Mrs. L. W. Calhoun
and sons Leroy and Bobbie went ed over the S. P. and S. Mon­ prescribed plenty of pie in order
day for the Vernonia Auto Co. to get sufficient vitamins . . .
to the beach Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Doyle and Mrs. Lil­
The company ha? sold to R. M. Judd Greenman raising the ant«
lian Washburn were Portland Aldrich a master sedan and a on the cost of chamber of com­
shoppers Saturday.
sedan to Sam Hearing.
merce meals.
Sheeley Reports Cost
To Be Approximately
Four Hundred Dollars
Rest of Houses
¡Are Shipped to
Camp McGregor
Feathers . .
ns
Most Vernonia Stores
To Be Closed on
Memorial Day
Most of the Vernonia stores
will be closed Saturday, Memor­
ial day. Many of them will keep
open Friday evening in order to
accommodate customers who can­
not come earlier in the day.
It is expected that the beer
parlors will remain open. The
state liquor store in Mac’s phar­
macy, however, will be closed
in accordance with a provision
in the Knox law.
In order to reach patrons who
will do their week end shopping
on Friday this issue of the Eagle
is appearing one day earlier than
usual.
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Plan for Joint
Hiring Hall Gets
Union Council O K
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A plan for a joint hiring hall
under the supervision of Charles
H. Gram, state labor commiss­
ioner, is said to have been ap­
proved at a meeting of the Col­
umbia river district council of
lumber and sawmill workers un­
ions at the Labor temple Sun­
day night, and was submitted to
representatives of the Columbia
Basin Loggers association. If ac-
ceptible to them, the next step,
as reported, would be to submit
the idea to the union member­
ship for approval or rejection.
As far as the local situation is
concerned it is understood that
the union committee headed by
George I. Baker has full author­
ity to act, and whatever agree­
ment is approved by them will
be acceptible to the members.
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SPECIAL SERVICE TO BE
HELD AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
A special service will be held
in the First Christian church on
Sunday morning next in recog­
nition of the birthday of the
church, the date commemorating
the 1906th anniversary of Pente­
cost. The occasion will be observ­
ed by special decorations, spec­
ial music, and the morning ser­
mon will be appropriate to the
occasion. The members of the
church are particularly requested
to dress in white to the extent
that it is practical and possible.
This is in commemoration of their
baptism, a custom of the early
church that gave rise to the
term,
“Whit-Sunday”
(White
Sunday). The public is invited.
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EXAMINER TO BE HERE
THURSDAY, JUNE 4
R.
Dooley, examiner of op­
erators and chauffeurs, will be
in the Vernonia city hall Thurs­
day, June 4, from 11 to 5, ac­
cording to a recent announce­
ment from the secretary of
state’s office.
NUMBER 22.
New Occupation
License Law
Is Introduced
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Penalty for Failure
To Pay Is Set at
Fine of Fifty Dollars
A new ordinance fixing occu­
pation licenses passed the first
and second readings at an ad­
journed meeting of the city coun­
cil Tuesday evening, and will be
up for final passage at the next
regular meeting.
Under the proposed ordinance
licenses wil lbe payable semi­
annually, June 30 and Dec. 31.
Each line of business is assessed
a certain amount, varying from
$1.00 each half year for barber
shops to $25 for public utili­
ties. Stores generally are to pay
from $5.00 to $10.00 semi-annu­
ally; confectioneries $4.00, groc­
eries $5.00 and $7.50 according
to volume of business, drug stores
and hardware stores $7.50, res­
taurants $6.00, etc. General gar­
ages with or without repair
shops are charged $7.50, auto
sales agencies exclusive of gar­
ages or service stations $7.50,
service stations $5.00. Those in
professional and personal voca­
tions pay $6.00
Peddlers are required to pay
$10 for each day or fraction
thereof, and canvassers and sales­
men a similar amount, except
when engaged in interstate com­
merce.
Penalty for -violation of the
ordinance is set at a fine of
$50; in addition the marshal is
to have authority to seize and
levy upon merchandise to be
sold at public auction to pay the
delinquent license and costs.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lesray Norris
and children from Longview vis­
ited Claude Norris on Sunday.
Myrtle Layer went to Port­
land to undergo a major oper­
ation this week.
Mrs. Mary Lemon and daugh­
ter moved from Mt. Vernon into
house 15, O.-A. hill.
FILL OUT AAA*WORK SHEET
IS ADVICE FOR ALL FARMS
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Filling out a work sheet in
preparation for applying later
for soil conserving or soil build­
ing grants is advised to farmers
by County Agent Geo. A. Nel­
son.
The work sheet lists conditions
on the farm last year and is
regarded as a necessary first
step in the securing of benefits.
Extension men estimate that
work sheets have already been
filled out by some 10,000 Ore­
gon farmers, which is approxi­
mately the number who parti­
cipated in all the crop control
programs combined.. Yet there
remain many thousands who have
not obtained these blanks from
the county agent or community
committeemen.