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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1938)
t PAUL REVERE ANNOUNCED THE DID YOU ENJOY THE SUMMER COMING OF THE BRITISH. THE SOFTBALL GAMES? THEN BOOST EAGLE ANNOUNCES MERCHAN FOR DISE OFFERINGS OF VERNONIA THIS WINTER. MERCHANTS A BASKETBALL LEAGUE IT WILL GIVE YOU MUCH ENTERTAINMENT VOLUME 15, NUMBER 37 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1938 VOTERS URGED TO REGISTER BY OCT. 7 O.-A. Camp Operation WPA Aid To End Summer Quiet Sought by Committee By Middle of Week Two Hundred Men Return to S’cene of Logging Operations at Camp McGregor; Work Sure Until Christmas, Possibly All Winter Two hundred men will return to logging employment and train oper ation by the middle of the coming week when Camp McGregor, the Oregon-American lumber camp wi.l open full swing, is the word receiv ed this week from Judd Greenman. general superintendent. Preliminary crews have already begun in making preparation for actually getting logs out and will have made sufficient progress by the coming week to allow full crews to operate for sure and very likely during the remaining winter months. At the present time there remains enough logs to keep the mill operating for the month of September. CIO Begins Drive for Gain In Membership Local No. 37 Place« Large Membership Com mittee in Field With Lie largest me.nbei.ihip committee ever placed in the field, Local No. 37 starts its drive to bring employees of the lumber in dustry in the district comprising this area into the Lumber and Saw mill Workers Union of the CIO. With increasing attendance at t-ach meeting Lyman Wax, presi- dent and business agent, is con fident that a healthy increase ca’ be obtained, if workers start im- mediately to enlist all possible in to Local No. 37. With regukr weekly meetings scheduled each Thursday at 7:30 o’clock, the new meeting place well accomodates the large turnout. For the fall and winter periods many interesting speakers and of ficials will appear on numerous programs. Through the columns of the Ver nonia Eagle regular items of in terest to the membership will ap pear. HINDU GETS BEST SUBSTITUTE FOR NATIVE RITE Ram H. Singh, brother of Herman Singh, Vernonia mill worker, was accorded the best possible substitute for native Indian burial services recently followng his death in Portland1. Instead of scattering the re maining ashes on the Ganges river, the body was taken to the Riverview crematorium in Portland for part of the ser- vice. The following day the ashes were claimed by his nat- ive friends. Within a few days following the cremation a small box was discovered floating in the Willamette river near Portland airport and in it were found the dead man’s ashes with the inscription cert ifying that Ram Singh was cre mated at the Riverview mauso leum. Portland’s Hindu colony had used the best possible sub stitute in Oregon for the funer al rites. Walter Bennett Buys Cline Shoe Shop B. J. Cline to Retire After 17 Years in Shoe Repair Business Here Announcement of a change in ownership of Cline’s Shoe Shop was made the forepart of the week when it became known that Walter Bennett had purchased the busi- ness and would assume its opera- tion Thursday. Mr. Bennett has been associated with the mechanics of shoe repair ing for quite some time and is well prepared to give satisfactory service to his customers, He will retain the present name of the shop. Mr. Cline has announced his in Visit at Treharne— tentions of retiring from active Mr. and Mrs. John Liepold and work due to health requirements son, Cornelius, visited friends and but plans to remain in Vernonia. relatives at Treharne Saturday and He has been associated with the Sunday. business here for the past 17 years. Apply for PWA Funds Road Representatives to Meet Administrator To day, September 15 Thirty Blocks to Be Pav ed if Money Can Be Ob tained As an assurance to WPA admin istrator Griffith for the State of Oregon, a representative group of Columbia county road enthusiasts will' be in Portland today, Septem- ber 15 to contact the administrator concerning the allotment of funds for the completion of the Rainiet- Apiary-Pittsburg road and the Scap poose-Vernonia route. The delegation composed of Lode McDonald, Vernonia, Mr. Cathart of Scappoose, Mr. Stram of Chap man, Mr. Blumstadt of Rainier and Bill Nichols of Vernonia will con tact the Portland man with the idea in mind of assuring him that funds will be made available when the next county budget is formul ated, It is believed that the delegation will be able to report satisfactorily to the county court Saturday of this week when the court will be in session. Contact with the WPA administ rator comes as a follow-up on a trip recently to St. Helens when delegations of citizens from Ver nonia rnd different river commun ities met with the court to givs assurance of support in making the two partially completed roads part of the county system. Only1 thus could further appropriations be made towards their completion. At that time a plan was devised whereby original road surveys could be used by the court in accepting the roads without the necessity of new surveys. ■n- Following an examination of the remaining gravel streets in Ver nonia, members of the city council street committee determined to seek public opinion and make the nec- ■■ssary steps towards securing a PWA grant for paving of the ’.treetg not surfaced when the re- cent job was completed. The street committee .consisting f E. A. Stacey, Roy Raymond and Ed Tapp, made the check the past Sunday in seeking to determine the number of blocks remaining with out a paved surface. In making the tour it was found that 30 blocks of surfacing would be nec- essary to complete the job but that these streets were of more narrow width than those just completed and would consequently be of less expense to property owners. The paving just completed was on streets of 40 foot width and was applied at a cost to property owners of $13.68 per lot of 50 foot frontage and 115 foot depth. This was figured at a cost of one-half to the property owner and onc- half to the city. Under the present scheme prop > ty owners would be required to nect 55 per cent, of the cost for 'he same size lot but the total -ost would be less as most of the treets are of less width than those ilready finished. If the cost of ■cnstruction remains the same for Lhe proposed project as for the last it could be figured at a cost of .01368 cents per square foot. Application tor the PWA grant would1 have to be made to C. C. Hockley, Regional Director of Reg ion 7 and would be made for a bituminous oil pavement. Laundry Gets New Office Space Officers Are Local Firm Makes Addi tion for Better Customer Selected by Service Classes K. Inouye, manager of the Ver nonia Laundry, announced' this week the building of a new office! on the laundry structure. The ad ditional space will' be used largely as an office for the firm and will be of sufficient size to accommo date several people at one time. Part of the additional space will be used for hanging finished work where it may be received by custo mers when calling. Formerly, due to lack of space, it was difficult to serve customers speedily. First Prizes Gleaned at County Fair Residents of the vicinity were alarmed at times during the past few days when smoke drifted over surrounding hills seeming to indicate the start of forest fires. Sunday brought the first indication when smoke appeared in the hills south of Vernonia. Then during the two ensuing days various points seemed to indicate other sources of fire origin. A telephone call Wednesday to Dave Conn, assistant district fire warden, at Pittsburg re vealed that 12 permits had been issued from the station allowing farmers the right to bum brush and slashing on their property. Otherwise no serious blazes have been reported for some time. State Eagle Organizer Due Here D. D. Hail Scheduled for Vernonia Friday Septem ber 23 D. D. Hail, Eagle State Organiz er for Oregon and Idaho is schedul ed to be in Vernonia Friday, Sept- ■mber 23, to initiate the charter ■lass for the fraternal order of Eagles. For the past several months an intensive drive has been made by Deputy Organizer M. M. Meredith working out of the Portland office of Mr. Hail, and by previous mem bers of the organization when it was attempted to form a charter ?roup here. Membership gains have been rapidly made and are expected to be sufficient for the date set. A roster of one hundred names is necessary before a charter is obtainable and for that time dele gations are already invited and ex- oected to be present for the even ing’s ceremonies. In order to increase the number as much as possible Deputy Organ izer Meredith urges all' present members to have their candidates present this Friday evening, Sept ember 16 for degree work. Student Leaders Named Report Accident— An accident occuring at Maple to Head High School and Third streets was reported Monday evening to Ace Lolley, Groups For Year Coming as a preliminary to class activities for the ensuing year an election of officers was made last week by members of the four high school classes. The names chosen ■n each group will serve in their capacity during the coming year. An advisor was also chosen by each group to assist the student officer«. Senior class members chose for their president, Vivian Laird and The following letter from George The circular letter follows: vice-president, Earsel Christensen. A. Nelson, County Agricultural l An irrigation demonstration will Principal Wallace McCrae was nam Agent corrects an error in The ed advisor to officers and eless be held next Friday, September Eagle of last week: members. 16, at 1:30 o’clock at Mr. B. F. Vernonia Eagle The juniors have named as their Vernonia, Oregon Winslow’s place at Birkenfeld. leaders: president, Andy Killian; I Dear Sir: At this meeting the irrigation. vice-president, Heidi Reich and ad 'Enclosed you will find a circular of land by the different methods Poultry Entries Place at visor, Miss Evelyn Cook. Sophomore letter which I am sending out to ‘ students chose to act as president, Nehalem Valley an^ their advantages wilt be dis- the farmers in the 1 Top in Three Classes Roy Soejima; vice-president, Calvin in regard to the irrigation demon- cussed by Mr. Art King, Agricul- Entered Davis and advisor, Ray Mills. Fred stration which we will hold at Mr. tural Engineer from the 0. s. “ c. “ B. F. Winslow’s farm in Birkenfeld Extension Service. Equipment will Three first prize awards were Thompson and Tillie Hull will serve during the year as president and for both Columbia C atsop jnsta]]e(j at that time for de- gleaned by Dr. R. I. Hall during vice-president of the freshmen with the Columbia County Fair at Deer counties. Miss Mary Louise Miller directing In the notice of the irrigation monstrating some of the ways that Island for his showing of pure the group in their problems. demonstration in the last issue of water may be applied to the land, bred poultry. The class elections also named Classes entered were for White the Vernonia Eagle, the date was . The jry weather conditions this Crested Black Polish hens, Silver a secretary and treasurer for each , given as Friday, September 15. I summer have demonstrated the Spangled Hamburgs, and Japanese' but these names were not The date of Friday is correct, but I need of irrigation in the Nehalem Long-Tailed Yokahomas. The birds I»’ V* available for publication, the day of the month should hate Valley, and pasture for dairy cows were entered in a large field of --------- ”--------- been September 16 instead of Sept and other crops could1 have been competition and received thei*-| Br,n« Candidate* ember 15. I would like to ask if grown to advantage if irrigation awards on plummage and breeding I Members of the Fraternal Order you could draw attention to this : systems were available on many The hens for egg producing cap- of Eagles were urged this week in your next issue. , 1 of the farms in the Valley. acity, prove themselves very valu- to have all their prospective tnem- Thanking you for past favora, | All farmers who are interested able. They require no more feed' bers present for the meeting on I am coming Friday, September Yours very truly, i in attending this demonstration and or ur cave than mixed breeds but will , | this ---- — ...... . ------- ,, — .--------- 16. — Geo. A. Nelson i taking part in the discussions are I make a much better showing when I They will be given degree work at County Argicultural Agent invited to be present at that time, egg laying figures are totaled. that time. The Eagle Errs in Stating Date of Irrigation Demonstration SMOKE CAUSES FIRE ALARM; BURNING BRUSH GUILTY city marshal, by Robert Glassner and Walter D. Veberes. Both auto« were traveling at a moderate rate of speed and the cause was given as obstructed vision and lack of suitable lights on one of the vehicles. Return* from Vacation— Mrs. Robert Holcomb returned to Vernonia Saturday, September 3, after spending two weeks vacation ing in Seattle, Portland and Van- rouver, B. C. Formality Necessary To Vote New Residents, Those Changing Districts Re quired to Comply b inal day for voters to register in order to vote in the November 13 election has been set on Octo ber, 7, it was made known this week. The registration books, loc ated1 at the Oregon Gas and Elec tric company office are in charge of Mrs. E. H. Washburn who will close them on that date. It is warned that a change in address within the city so the voter has moved to a new district will make it necessary for him to re register. Any new resident must also care for the registration details with Mrs. Washburn before he will be eligible to cast a ballot in the general election. In order to vote in the city elec tion of city officers held also at the time of the general election voters within the city Mmits are re quired to place their signatures on city registration books at the city hall. Just registering at the Ore gon Gas and Electric offices will not make voters eligible to partic ipate in the city election it was learned. ■---------o--------- Motor Freight Extends Itinerary Seaside to Be End of Route for Nehalem Truck Line As a further offering to custom ers of the Nehalem Valley Motor Freight the line’s itinerary has been extended past Astoria to Seaside which will now be its terminus, as was announced by Frank Hartwick, resident owner. The line has operated regularly from Portland out through Vernonia and on to Astoria but the distance for daily trips has been extended on to the coast city. Increasing mileage has necessitat ed' an additional driver for the line, Bill Tyberg, who will drive from Vernonia to remaining points on the route. Space for a depot has been ob tained at Seaside and will serve as headquarters for that point. - O—- 1 1 Attend Convention— Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith left Sun day for Pendleton where he will Attend the convention of the State Firechief’s Association. They re turned Wednesday following the close of the convention. Columbia County Cow Testing Association Report Given The following report of the Col umbia County Cow Testing Associa tion was presented this week for interested farmers in the upper Nehalem valley. The figures are presented as of Augtist 1938: Number of herds on Test: 20; No. cows enrolled, 468; of which 34 are dry. Total production: Milk 312,503; Fat, 135,271; No. of 40 lb. cows, 64. Average production (Including cows in milk and cows dry). Milk, 668; Fat, 28.9. High herds, Including dry cows: Over 20 —Owner, R. L. Keatley, Clatskanie; Breed, Gr. and J.; No. Oows, 33; Average pound Milk, 807; Average pound Fat, 37.6. 12 to 20 cows, Nestor Lehto, Clats kanie; Breed, Grd. and Gr. ; No. cows, 15; Average pound milk, 753; Average pound fat, 33.7. Under 12, owner, A. A. Schwab, Deer Island; Breed, R. G.; No. cows, 7; average pound milk, 740; average pound fat, 39.0. Five highest herds of the associ ation: 1st: owner, A. A. Schwab, Deer Island; No. lows, 7; average pound milk, 740; average pound fat, 39.0. 2nd: R. L. Keatley, Clatskanie; No. cows, 33; average pound milk, 807; average pound fat, 37.6. 3rd: Arshie Colvin, Clatskanie; No. cows, 25; average pound milk, 807; aver age pound fat, 36.5. 4th: C. E. Gregory, Goble; No. cows, 9; aver age pound milk, 785; average pound fat, 34.5. 5th. Beeson Bros., Clats kanie; No. cows, 30; average pound milk, 723; average pound fat, 34.1.