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FIRST SHOT AT POWER ISSUE TAKEN MON. Accept This GIFT COPY of Your New VERNONIA EAGLE with the Compli- merits of the Management. Call 191 if You Have a News Story. VOLUME 15, NUMBER 3 J. E. Tapp Named to City Post Ôertioiæ^J'EagÎe VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON Diesel Advocates Give Data Cost Estimates Submitted to Council Members Follow FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1938 ing Session Mon. Night Church tO Scho°l Children of Vernonia Burn Debts To Be Tested for Tuberculosis Sunday The initial broadside in the city council’s proposed Diesel power plant for Vernonia was fired Monday night following the formal council session in the city chambers when A. A. Woolsey, father of representatives of two large machin John Henry Woolsey, winner ery manufacturers appeared and pre The Mantoux skin test to determ A positive test is like a red light, of the First Annual Baby Der ine presence of tuberculosis in the which is not dangerous in itself sented general figures in the plan by in Vernonia and vicinity, bodies of Vernonia school children, but warns us to look carefully for which would give the municipality formally laid claim to the long its own electrical manufacturing and danger. list of awards this week when from the first to the senior grades, distribution business. “ Tuberculsis is a serious disease he called at The lEagle office will be given Tuesday, January 25, Though the city has been plan Each day it kills 200 person in Former Councilman, Mayor with his official credentials. Importance of Sunday Eve according to an announcement this the United States,” the nurse went ning for some time - concerning the I week by Miss Nettie Alley, county in Harness Again; Suc He said that Mrs. Woolsey was Service Stressed by Rev.' on, "i and for each person who dies power issue, this is the first time “doing fine” but little John ‘ health nurse. ceeds McNeill in Office there are at lease nine others who that any company’s representatives W. O. Livingstone Henry, at that time in the To clear several misconceptions are ill. have been present to unfold in- J. E. (Ed) Tapp, Vernonia fuel Doernbecher hospital in Port What will probably linger long !which may have arUen concerning formation. “ It is much better not to wait company owner, was appointed Mon land, was not so well. Hopes, The power issue was discussed in the life of the Vernonia Christ the test which is being offered to to have your child tested until day evening by the Vernonia city however, for the derby winner the children, Miss Alley issued the you believe he needs the test be before the council following the ian church as one of its most im council to succeed K. A. McNeill, were optimistic and it was felt portant and impressive services is following statement: cause if you put things off until regularly adjourned meeting. Word resigned councilman. that he would “pull through” the Man- the child appears ill you may have of the session had fikered out and “ In the first place elated Sunday night when the Tapp, for a period of five years okeh. The awards due Mr. and church debts, including a mortgage toux test is not injurious to the missed an opportunity to have ar- several interested persons were pre- a councilman, for a year the city’s Mrs. Woolsey will be given and notes covering the amount, will person tested. It will not keep any rested that sickness, or a chance to sent. chief executive, was again drafted them sometime this weekend as be lighted and allowed to dwindle child from school and there is no have kept him well,” the nurse con TWO FIRMS REPRESENTED into the city’s officialdom follow soon as The Eagle management hurt’ excepting the sensation of a cluded. into air. Included in the speakers at the ing the resignation of the former can conviently “make the slight sting as the testing fluid is The Mantoux tests here are spon informal discussion were G. G. Hall, Rev. W. Livingstone, pastor, O. councilman. He was present Mon rounds' i” and contact the partic- sored by the Columbia County Tub former city and county engineer, in making the announcement yes- placed beneath the skin. ipating merchants. John Henry day evening at the meeting. “A positive tuberculin test in a erculosis Association and are fin i epresenting the Caterpillar firm of terday of the debt-burning cere- is the second son for the win Mayor Ben S. Owens was ill Mon mony at the church Sunday even :hild need cause no worry. It does anced through the sale of the Portland; and W. J. H. Vossbrinck, ning parents, Albert Franklin, day night and could not attend and ing said it was expected that George lot mean that the child is diseased, Christmas Seals at the Yule time. Seattle, representing the Chicago the councilmen present rustled a- 5, being the first. Stankey and J. W. Skinner, of this but it does mean that he should be If there appear any questions as Pneumatic Tool Co. round hurriedly to get McNeill there community, and Dr. M. D. Cole, examined by the doctor and have to the test, parents are invited to There were no specific figures in order to open the meeting and Longview, signers of the notes and his chest X-Rayed. This helps to call their child’s instructor, or the presented by either of the two then seat Tapp. Councilman A. E. I mortgage, as trustees of the church find out if the germs have done principal of the school attended companies’ men. The discussion re Adams chairman of the council, ac at the time the indebtedness was any damage and, if so, how much. I by the child. volved for the larger part about ted as presiding officer. contracted, would be present and generalities of operation and con FIRE LIMITS LESS struction, together with the figures be seated on the platform. “It will An emergency ordinance, that of be an evening of great rejoicing gathered by the council in a city reducing the fire limits 100 feet for these men, I know, ” said the wide survey of power use and in each side of Bridge street to ex dividual power 'bills. tend from Rose avenue to Washing Local Bartenders, Culinary pastor. Another feature of the service NOVEMBER USAGE *2,200 ton, east and west, was given its Workers Join Portland was outlined in the announcement. three readings and then passed by Figures presented by the Cater Parent Organization All charter members of the local the council. The change was made pillar representative were based on organization who can find it con- due to potential residential con an estimated *2,200 gross revenue Officials of the local CIO organ venient and will be present and will Masi Meeting Scheduled Portland Men Back Plan to w ithin the Vernonia city limits in struction due for East Bridge street. ization announced yesterday that be given a place of honor on the Thia Evening for Grade; Give Governmental Agen November. ASK SIGNS ON STREETS with one excepiton all local rest From the estimate informally pre- An interesting 'bit of business re aurants and taverns had accepted program and se seated on the plat cies Cut of Profits School at 8 p. m. sen ted, for the council’s consider- volved around the request of the 'CIO affiliation, An organization form during the service, S peris1 Petitions appeared here yesterday ation, the equipment needed to ladies of the Home Economics club committee from Portland recently music is also planned for the •ven- The first step in the organiza- of the Vernonia Grange that the contacted the local businesses and ing. .ion of a unit of the Oregon Com calling for a constitutional amend generate power enough to adequat ---------- o---------- city council place street signs at returned this week to complete monwealth Federation is planned ment to legalize certain lotteries ely serve the city would cost in the intersections throughout the city. its work. nere tonight when a mass meeting and other gambling devices, includ neighborhood of *46,000 or *60,- >f interested citizens will be held ing pinball machines, horse and 000. The suggestion came in the form The local people are now affil Construction of power lines and it the Washington grade school aud- dog racing and punch boards, The of a letter sent to the officials. Some iated with the Culinary Workers petition included the names of sev- setting of poles, including trans torium. discussion was heard concerning the and Bartenders Union No. 636, A discussion of current politi en Portland people as initiators and formers, would be dose to *20,000. suggestion but due to the stress of Portland. cal issues by Dr. Shattuck of Port- states the proposed amendment pro- The estimate intimated that four business, Councilman Stacey moved The local cafes and taverns have, and is planned, He is to be as- vides for licensing of the devices, persons would be needed to oper to table the point until next meet in the past, been affiliated with isted during the program by Mon It also provides for the distribution ate the plant. Salary of the man ing. The councilmen seemed to fa the American Federation of Labor. roe Sweetland, secretary of the of license taxes as follows: 40 per ager was set at *160; three assist vor, more or less, the idea, and will ---------- o Victor Olson, 54, 111 but tate group, and Peter Zimmerman, cent to municipalities, 10 per cent ants, including two outside men, give the matter study in the ensu public fairs and exhibitions, the re was set at *326 total for the group. Short While; Was Resi- well known state figure. ing time prior to the next meeting mainder for old age security and TO GET DETAILS The meeting starts at 8 p. m. Dent of Pittsburg date. Vossbrinck told the council mem The committee in charge announ other purposes provided by law. Other regular business included a ---------- o---------- Friends of Victor Olson, 54, in ced that motion pictures covering bers that he would compile for them refund of a $5 wine sale permit spector of fire wardens for this the bombing of Shanghai, presented a detailed statement of costs, cov fee, reading of the minutes and district, were shocked to learn Mon by “Oregon Friends of China” will ering all phases, and then include minor details. day morning of his death early be shown during the meeting, The the manner of payment. It was ----------c---------- hat morning. said that the proceeds of the mun public is invited. icipal plant would be able to pay Former Bank Building to Be Mr. Olson, residing at the time of -------------- 3 for the investment in from eight to Scene of Operations for his death at the Pittsburg forest station, had apparently been in good ten years, based on the city’s find Time Being, Announced health. He contracted what he be ings on gross revenue for the month The registration crew, under the lieved to be a minor stomach ail Visitors From Several Com of November. Oregon State Employment Service, ment which forced periodic vomit WOULD BOND CITY munities Near Enjoy Fes If the plan is completely devised, and which is registering unemployed ing spells but he disposed of his men for job insurance payments, plight Hghtly. Monday morning he a bond election would be held to tivities of Post F. A. Nobes, 66, Passes Fol will probably be in Vernonia three arose from his bed, after an Bt- authorize the issuance of general Representatives of the Legion obligation bonds the proceeds of lowing Operation; Was days each week until the local sit tack, and made his way to the room of his home to rest in L. G. Skaggs, F. M. Stokes and Auxiliary from Banks, Gresh- which would be used to pay for Father of Mrs. R. D. Eby uation is cleared, Richard Busch- a front chair for a time. Of Portland Have Good am, Mist and Birkenfeld were pre- the municipal plant. Lower power man, interviewer, announced Wed 'Shortly thereafter he died, fam- * Funeral rites for Frederick A nesday. Luck at Keasey, Reported sent Mojiday night at a meeting at rates for the incorporation is the the local hall which featured the basis of the council’s plan to gain The crew will take registrations ily members finding him sprawled Nobes, 66, father of Mrs. R. D. Indicating the far-flung fame of attendance of 100 persons. Eby of Vernonia were conducted and applications for the insurance on the floor nearby, A blood clot the findings and possibilities of Commander Cop of the Banks Diesel generated power, It was said. yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the former bank building on on his heart was attributed as the Vernonia and its nearness to pro ductive angling waters, C. S. Hoff- Post introduced members from from Finley’s Funeral home in Port- East Bridge street, it was said cause. The power issue, It was generally Funeral services were held at man and Ross Duncan played host Banks. Guy Bellingham of Birken admitted, will form the nucleus for If the bank building is not avail land. Mr. Nobes was recuperating in able, the post office will be used, Astoria. He formerly resided at Wednesday to L. G. Skaggs and feld introduced his community’s rep one of the most interesting city Mayger. F. M. Stokes, prominent Portland resentatives. Clyde liarman spoke wide discussions in many years, the Portland Sanitarium following the official said. o men, during a fishing excursion to briefly and invited local Legion and should the point go so far as It is expected that the crew will a major operation when pneumonia It. Helenite* Here--- the ’white water” of Rock creek naires to the next Legion session a bond election, still more inter complications forced a relapse and be here Mondays, Wednesdays and Dr. E. C. Dalton, Columbia county near Keasey. at Clatskanie. Fridays, until further notice. Those est is anticipated, the meeting in eventual death. Skaggs is the former chain groc- An enjoyable feature was “init dicated. Both Dr. and Mrs. Eby attended registered are invited to call at chairman for the program which the services yesterday. Mrs. 'Eby the office for information, if they is cooperating to establish the in ery owner and Stokes is a well iation” given the new hall kitchen ---------- o fantile paralysis foundation, in con known architect, having done con- by the Auxiliary ladies who served McNeill* Move--- had been in Portland several times care, Buschman said. junction with the celebration of riderable work on the new state- the refreshments Monday night. recently to be with her father The household belongings of Mr. ’’resident Roosevelt’s birthday; Wil bouse and having been credited The announcement that a court and Mrs. K. A. McNeill were moved during his period of illness. Death Entertainment Due— liam Russell, a committeeman; and Another of the enjoyable Nation- with the scheming for the Wash- of honpr for Boy Scouts would be came unexpectedly. Wednesday to Portland by the Cas held at the Legion hall February on transfer and truck company. Mr. Aside from the local woman, the al School Assemblies is due for Ver isdison I. Ballah, a second com ington grade school here. mitteeman, were in Vernonia Sat nonia Tuesday, January 25, at 2:- The local men called the two in 7 was made. Visitors, including and Mrs. McNeill plan to go to deceased is survived by his widow, 30 p. m. in the Washington grade urday arranging for the ball here, Portland Tuesday instructing them parents and friends of the scouts, Portland; a brother and a sister. Portland this week end to reside school auditorium. “Orendo, the the net proceeds of which will go of the favorable conditions and are invited to attend the session, there. McNeill recently disposed of :is a part of this county's quota in Magician” is the next event billed they arrived here early, Wednes it was reported. Visits Ill Man— his drug business here to Mr. and The senior Rifle club selected Mr. and Mrs. H. Forquer. Mrs. for tna local stage. Periodically, I the foundation work. Emil Messing, day morning to spend the day in Mrs. Jack Nance. postmaster, ia local chairman, act the programs are brought here and *he out-of-doors near here. Several Tuesday nights for practice on the Curtis Haskew and iCIaude Knapp visited Mr. Haskew at the General local oeraono are invited to attend. ing in the place of Mayor Ben S. teelhead were caught by the party, indoor range and Friday nights New Book* Here— were taken by the Juniors. Guncan getting three. hospital in Forest Grove Monday A small admission price is charged Owens, originally named. Miss Edna Owen, librarian, raid at the door. High school and grade evening. yesterday that four new fiction Bank* People Hero— '■baits To Operation— students are asset "lbled in the aud- Attend Birthday Party— Mrs. Iver Anderson, a former Mr. and Mrs. A. iE. Eberly and books were available at the local Goes To Portlan< itorium to see and hear the en- Mr. and Mrs. Claude Knapp called on friends in Trenholm, Houlton, St. resident of Vernonia, underwent a sons, "Fat” and Ronny, of Banks, book lending station. They are: "The Dick Lynch was a business visitor tertainmenta. Helens and Portland Saturday and Major operation last Friday at the spent Saturday and Sunday visiting Crystal Tree” by Louise Platt Hauck, in Portland Monday." ' ■ —■«---------- Ge Te Portlaad— attended a birthday dinner at the General Hospital in Forest Grove. in Vernonia with Mrs. Eberly's sis “The Eleventh Hour” by J. S In St. Helen*--- Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Roediger 1iome of Mr. and Mrs. James An Mn. Anderson is slowly improving ter, Mrs. Harry H. Williams, and Fletcher, “Mountain Men” by Jack- Leo Ludwig spent Monday in St were in Portland last Thursday on derson of Fairview, Oregon, Sun nd friends may visit her the last family, Mr. Williams and children, son Gregory and “The Moon’s Our Helens transacting business. businea. day. Home” by Faith Baldwin. Arthur and Esther. of this week. FATHER OF FIRST BABY IN 1938 LAYS CLAIM TO AWARDS Announce Affiliation With CIO OCF Unit Is Planned for Vernonia Petition to Legalize Slot Machines Inspector of Wardens Dies Suddenly Insurance Crews to Be Here 3 Days Local Woman’s Father Dies In Portland Notables Angle Here Wednesday 100 Attend Legion Meet Here Monday