VOLUME XIV
$1.50 per year,
LICENSE EXAMINER unable Moran to
TO GET TO VERNONIA
As Sch<K>I
Electric Light
Rate Reduction
Is Now Effective
Object la to Encourage Use of
More Electricity by Lowering
Rates for Quantity Consumers
Effective this month the Ore
gon Gas and Electric company
with the consent of the public
utilities commissioner of Oregon,
puts into effect new rates on resi
dential and commercial lighting.
After meeting with some of
the business men of Vernonia
and representatives of the public
commissioner the
company of
ficials decided that if a re
duction in rates was accompanied
by an increase of use of electri
city they would be justified in
lowering their rates.
At the meetings it was clearly
shown that the earnings of the
company were entirely inade
quate on their investment in Ver
nonia and did not justify a re
duction in rates. However, they
were willing to file a new rate
schedule by which will permit of
increased use of their service by
their customers at a lower aver
age cost per kilowatt hour.
The old rates will remain in
effect for the small residential
consumer, who uses less than the
minimum, unless
he elects
to
adopt the new rate, which he
may do at any time, but having
adopted the new rate must stay
on it at least one year.
Under the new schedule the
starting rate is 8 cents a kilo
watt hour, dropping to 3 and 2
cents for quantity use.
The
minimum charge, however, is
$2.00. The old rates start at 12
cents, with a minimum of $1.20,
which may be retained by small
consumers who choose to do so.
In discussing the new reduced
rates Mr. Nichols said, “There
rates were put into effect re-
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Resign
JANUARY 15,
MARGARET SHOP IS SOLD
TO MARY SCHMIDLIN
Director
Ice on the lower Columbia: j c Mora^°c“h;innan of the
highway between Astoria and grade school board, announced
Clatskanie yesterday morning pre 1 Tuesday in a long distance con
vented R. J. Dooley, examiner of versation with T. C. Graves, dis-
operators and chauffeurs, from . trict clerk, his intention to re-
keeping his scheduled date in the I
¡sign from the board. For some
i
local city hall.
time his duties in the state fores-
e..
I try department have kept him
1937
NUMBER
Vernonia Post
Meeting Monday
Is Enthusiastic
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Miss Mary Schmidlin, who has
been engaged in beauty shop
work in Portland, purchased Sat
urday the Margaret Beauty shop
from Margaret Powell.
Miss List of
Activities
for
1936
Schmidlin took immediate posses
Surprises Even Some of
Most Active Members of Unit
sion.
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The shop is located above the
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Vernonia Post 119 had a very
Five School Songs
away from Vernonia, and he is Hoffman hardware store.
enthusiastic and well attended
now
residing
temporarily
in
Chosen in Contest
meeting Monday night, Jan. 11.
WPA Project for
Salem.
About 30 were in attendance.
Five songs set to various pop-
Action on the part of the School Lunches
The post voted to give $25.00
ular tunes were selected among a local board awaits definite no-
ti the inhalator fund after J. C.
To
Start
Monday
number of entries in a school tification from County School
Lincoln reported the states of
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song contest at the Washington Superintendent E. H. Condit that
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A WPA project for serving inhalator finances.
gradeschool, Thursday. Winners , Mr. Moran’s resignation has been hot lunches to school children at
The
commander,
“Happy”
were Nora Vike, Barbara Nichols, if¡]e(j w
ith him.
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...... His successor will nominal cost will be started Mon- Thompson, arranged a member-
Miss Condit’s 6 ” ■ , I ^a®s> Esther either be elected by local voters
day at the Washington and Lin-1
contest between Navy and
Williams and Letha Gaines - joint
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lor
appointed by the county super coin schools. The school district Marines against Army, and if
ly and Irene Valpiani.. , Judges | jntendent, at the option of the
will pay for the equipment, and t|,e pOgt membership is raised to
were Miss Amy Hughes, , Miss j other two directors. In either
the WPA will pay the wages of
members, the post will pay
Marjorie Gray and Enoch Dumas. i case the term of Mr. Moran’s
the women who do the work.
f
dinner.
If not. the side
These songs were used at a ¡successor will end at the annual
Arrangements have been made having least members will pay
basketball game Friday evening. ¡meeting next June.
whereby the community chest for the dinner.
A. P. Bays will automatically board will pay the cost of the
A very fine report was turned
COLD WEATHER PREVENTS
become chairman, and retain the lunches of children whose par
in bp the Christmas charity com
GRADE SCHOOL SESSION
position next school year.
ents are on relief, and also un mittee. Bert Tisdale and George
dernourished children from needy Baker spoke on how successful
Inability to heat the Wash
families. At least one hot dish the committee was in having the
ington grade school in time for
will b provided each noon.
cooperation of the entire com
Monday’s classes prevented use
munity. Mr. Baker spoke espec
of the building that day, and the
Railroad Freight
ially of how the teachers of the
children were granted an unex
schools cooperated to make this
Service Now Daily
pected holiday. No difficulty was
the most successful Christmas
experienced on other days.
The S. P. & S. railway is now Vernonia ever had.
gardless of the low earnings of
giving daily freight train service | A long list of post activities
SEEN AND HEARD
the company, with the hope that
to Vernonia in place of the three I since Aug. 3, 1936 was read,
the increased consumption in
A new smoke stack looming up day a week service operated for : which greatly surprised even some
electricity would increase the on the city hall . . . Clarence some time past. The train arrives 1'of the most active members,
company’s earnings.
Watts expressing the opinion that in the evening and leaves in the j They were in part:
“Similiar rate reductions in walking on slush is better than morning, averaging 13 cars of
Vernonia post sent in the
'first 1937 members in the state;
othe communities have been fol walking on ice because the slush lumber outward bound.
There is no service on Sunday. i started program to purchase in-
lowed by increased use of elec indicates that the snow is on the
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tricity and it is the hope of the way out . . . K. A. McNeill
i halator for city; continued to
F. M. Ruhl returned from Kan
company that the same may telling about the new baby boy
'furnish ambulance service to city;
. . . Thor Gronbeck declaring sas Sunday morning.
prove true in Vernonia.’’
■ sponsored Boy Scout movement;
In commenting on the new that he doesn’t like baching while
Mrs. L. H. Dewey was a Port erected safety signs on high
ways; repainted bulletin board
rates Mayor Ben S. Owens re his wife is away on a trip to land visitor Monday.
and put new names thereon;
marked, “The company has been California . . . The two loud
more than fair and certainly has speakers on Kenneth White’s
Garland McGee, whc operates 1 started school award at grade
treated the city fine.” Council truck wrapped up in the cold . . . a barber shop in Skinny’s Card school; sponsored boxing and
man K. A. McNeill said, “Cer The county snow plow coming Room, is seriously ill.
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home after a day’s work on the
tainly sounds good to me.”
mountain . . . Marjorie Holtham
shoveling snow all 'up and down
the block.
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Feathers . . .
and... Talons
Vernonia Loggers Achieve
Brilliant Win over Beavers
The Vernonia Loggers made
history on the local floor Tues
day night by dropping the Bea
verton Beavers 30 to 4 without
allowing a single field goal. Bea
verton, one of the strong teams
of Washington county, was un
able to penetrate the tight zone
defense of the Loggers, while the
Loggers’
offensive
functioned
smoothly to rattle the net for 30
points. The Vernonia boys using
a new type of offense never be
fore used here of alternately pas
sing and rolling the ball on the
floor to penetrate a zone defense
baffled the Beavers as well as
some of the fans.
The game started slowly with
little scoring for several minutes,
but the Loggers soon pulled away
to lead at the end of the first
FRIDAY,
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quarter 9 to 1. The score at the
half was 15 to 3. Coming out
for the second half the Loggers
opened up with a fast breaking
offense while holding the Beavers
to a single goal shot.
All eight men on the squad
were used by Coach McCrae with
Storey and Adams leading the
scoring parade.
The lineup was as follows:
(4) F (1)
Gibson
Condit
Storey
(12) F(l) Karpe nstein
Adams
West
(8) C
G
Brown
Schalock
Meeker
Iassacson
(4) G (2)
McDonald (2) S
Barnes
Bixby
Byers
S
Whiting
Thompson
S
In a preliminary the B squad
defeated the freshman team 34
to 7.
Program for Soils
Meeting Announced
The program for the Columbia
county soils resources conference
to be held in the Legion hall,
Rainier, January 21 and 22 was
announced this week by County
Agent George A. Nelson.
There will be noon luncheon
served by the Methodist ladies
each day.
There are more than 30 dis
tinct soil types on Columbia
county farms and this conference
will be devoted to the inany
problems relating to the manage
ment of these many soil types.
The response of the different
soil types to various manage
ment methods and to fertili
zers, as well as crops, varies con
siderably. Many of these pro
blems will be discussed in detail.
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Small Crowd Braves Cold
To See Wrestling Match
Carl P. Linn
show from the start. Frankiln
Only a small crowd braved the dragged out his usual line of
cold to take in the wrestling at rough tactics with Hagen run
the Legion hall on Tuesday ning a close second at hair pul
night.
ling, ear chewing, etc.
Because of the inclement wea
Franklin took the first fall in
ther some of the contestants did 19 minutes 30 seconds with a
not show up and some not until body press after Hagen was
late so that Promoter Tisdale groggy
from too much rough
■was about to call off the festivi treatment at the hands of the
ties. At this time Noel Franklin, Portland ruffian.
Portland “meanie”, Jack Hagen
Hagen came back strong and
and Dilly Davis, three of the took the second in 17 minutes 10
headliners arrived on the scene seconds with a headlock forcing
and agreed to go ahead with Franklin to pound the mat. After
the Frankin-Hagen match with fifteen minutes more of rough
Davis for referee. The specta-, going Davis awarded the third
tors being given their own choice j fall and the match to Hagen on
as to how much “mazuma” to dig, a foul after Franklin persisted
up to be allowed to witness the I in using strangle holds and other
spectacle.
unfair tactics.
The match, a one hour or two
Davis had the approval of the
of three fall affair, was a good' cash customers on the decision.