VOLUME 16, NUMBER 16____________________________ VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON______________________________ FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939
Three Girls, One Boy IRRIGATION
Win Bicycles in Eagle Program of
S ubscriptionCampaign BandConcert
EXPERT SPEAKS
LARGE EGG IS
PRODUCED AT
FRANK REED FARM
Exciting Finish to Sub
scription Campaign as
Awards Announced
While scores of excited boys and
girls in Vernonia and surrounding
territory impatiently awaited an
nouncement of the final' results, The
Eagle’s subscription and prize cam
paign came to an official close Sat-
urflay night, when the judges de
clared the campaign over and re
moved the sealed ballot box from
the window to start the final count
Beverly Wridge of Vernonia se
cured the highest number of votes
of all candidates and won the Dis
trict No, 2 Capital Prize, a fully
equipped bicycle. Mary Katherine
Norris was high of all the candi
dates living outside Vernonia and
was winner cf the District No. 1
Capital' Prize, a fully equipped bi
cycle.
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Under the campaign rules one of
the District Capital Prize bicycles
was set aside for the highest can
didate in each district regardless
ol their standing with candidates
in the other district. This is the
reason that a candidate in District
No. 1 received one of the Capital
Prize bicycles despite the fact that
she had less votes than another
candidate in District No. 2.
Double Winners—
In addition to being winners of
one of the prize bicycles, Beverly
Wridge and Mary Katherine Norris
won one of the two $10 cash prizes.
The two other prize bicycles were
won by Andy Killian and June Mc
Kay of Vernonia, who finished in
the order named.
The candidates not winning bi
cycles were each paid a commission
of twenty per cent of all money
he or she turned in for subscrip
tions.
The sealed ballot box was placed
in The E gle window Thursday and
was handy for the candidates at
any time up to the closing minute
of the campaign, when tne cam
paign was declared officially clos
ed by the judges and members of
the advisory board broke the seals
and made the final count.
Elsewhere in today’s Eagle is a
complete list of each candidate’s
votes and the final standing of each
of the winners.
Judges Busy---
The judges commenced their work
shortly after 9 p. m., and finished
only after some time of strenuous1
labor. They found hundreds of new
and renewal subscriptions in the
envelopes. Every receipt, check,
money order, bill and coin was care
fully checked and the results tabul-'
ated minutely.
It was truly a wonderful race,
the individual number of votes run
ning up to the hundreds of thou
sands, and the grand total for all
candidates ran more than 3,000,000
votes. The utmost accuracy was ob
served by the judges in tallying
each candidate’s votes. Had the men
selected not been acquainted with
the handling of figures, the job
might hrve taken much longer.
Thank Official«—
To those very competent judges
who worked so faithfully and care
fully Saturday evening, The Eagle
wishes to express its sincere thanks.
The management is indeed grateful
to them for their work.
The publishers wish to take this
means of expressing their sincere
thanks to every candidete in the
list for his or her part in making
the big campaign the rousing suc
cess it was.
More than anything else, the man
agement of the campaign appreciates
the expressions of the various c-n-
d'da’es abodt the fairness of the
entire campaign.
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ENROLLEES ENTERED
AT CAMP REEHERS—
A new group of 72 Florida and ,
Georgia bo vs were brought from 1
the barracks at Vancouver. Wash
ington. to the CCC camp last Thurs
day morning.
Announced
Fires Number
Over 50 in
County, Said
Tuesday, April 25, Set as
Time for Program of Var
ied Attractions
Estimate Places Numbei
of Acres Burned at More
Than 20,000 Monday
Reports reaching The Eagle Wed
nesday stated that over 50 fires
were in progress at the present
time in Columbia county and during
the time they have been burning
have covered an area in excess of
20,000 acres as of Monday of thi-
week. Since that time it was stated
that an additional 10,000 acres hac
probably been covered.
Of those acres burned probably
1,000 acres have been of slashing
and brush or cleanup fires and the
remainder have been in reproduc
tion forests.
STATE PRESIDENT DUE FOR
OFFICER INSTALLATION—
Mrs. Leona Bryant of Coquille,
State President of the Business and
Professional Women’s club will bt
in Vernonia Tuesday, April 25 fol
the installation of recently electea
officers of the club. They will as-
ume office in July. Also expected
at that time will be Mrs. Veda.
Morgan of Hillsboro, last year’s
state president and Miss Marjorie
Gray, Hillsboro and last Year’s Ver
nonia club president. Mrs. Rose
Vslpiani will give a dinner honor
ing the guests and officers.
C. R. Watts, sporfsor and direc
tor of the Vernonia Junior Band,
announced the program of the band
intended for release Tuesday, Aprii
25, at the Washington grade school
auditorium. Tickets are being sold
to the affair to accumulate funds
to finance the band during summer
months of play.
The program will include seven
numbers by the second band, several
intermission numbers by the first
band.
Numbers which will be featured
>y the second band will be “Warni
ng Up,” “Starter,” Yesternight Ser
enade,” Trombone Toboggan,” (a
trombone novelty) “Honor Band.”
“Bl'ue Moon,” and “Neptune.”
Intermission numbers will include
an accordian duet by Jane Watts
ind Bernice Dass, “Simplicity,” by
he Dogpatch Serenaders giving
spectators real-life characterization
of the famed comic-strip charac
ters, an exhibition by eight major
ettes and “Songs My Mother Used
tn Sing.” a vocal solo by Jewett
A. Bush.
Numbers to be played by the
first band will' be “Our Director,”
“Washington Post,” “Cathedral in
the Pines,” “Wagon Wheels,” “Let
Me Call You Sweetheart,-’ “March
Salutation,” trombone solo by He
en Bennett and “National Em
blem."
JUDGES’ STATEMENT
We, the undersigned members of the advisory board of Judges,
sppointi J to take charge of the ballot box and make the final
count cf votes in the Vernonia Eagle’s subscription and prize cam-
cairn, were present at the Eagle office tnd took charge of the
ballot box at the hour and date named for closing the campaign.
We have thi3 date made a thorough canvass of the sealed
ballot box and have added the votes and points for the subscrip
tions contained therein to the total votes and points earned by
the candid- tes prior to the sealed ballot box as shown on the indi
vidual signed
• statement of each candidate.
It was found that the correct standing at the close, together
with »he prizes won and the number of votes cast by each of the
candidates who continued in the race to the end, was as follows:
District No. 1 Capital' Prize. Mary Katherine Norris 332,250
(Outside City Limits)
District No. 2 Capital Prize
(Vernonia City)
Beverly Wridge ...........
413,750
Third Choice of Bikes .......... Andy Killian ................... 396,500
Fourth Choice of Bikes ....... June McKay .................. 327,000
Th? four candidates whose names are listed above won the
four prize bicycles.
The following candidates (as well as
all others who turned in even as much as one subscription during
the camp.-ign) wilt each receive 20 per cent cash commission on all
money he or she has turned in for subscriptions during the entire
campaign!
Commission ...... Johnny Plymale ........... 229,375
Sixth—Cash Commission ....... Alma Jean Norman ...... 238,250
Seventh—Cash Commission
Marie McMullen ......... 203,750
E;ghth—Cash Commission ... Clayton Aldrich .......... 191,250
Ninth—Cash Commission ...... Max Millis ........................ 142,250
Tenth—Cash Commission ....... Maritnne Furnish ...... 118,500
Eleventh—Cash Commission Ray Tyrone
88.250
Twelfth—Cash Commission ..Douglas Culbertson ..... 76,750
Thirteenth—Cash Commission Norman Riggins ............. 69,750
Fourteenth—Cash Commission Robert Murphy .........
66,000
Fifteenth—Cash Commission Thelma Wilkinson
62,500
Sixteenth—Cash Commission .Nora Vike ....................... 47,250
Fifth—Cash
The first EXTRA prize of $10 in cash offered to the candidate
securing the most points on NEW (and ONLY new) subscriptions
handed in between Saturday morning, April 1, and Wednesday
night, April 5, was won by:—
Mary Katherine Norris of O.-A. Hill with 45 points
The second EXTRA prize of $10 in cash offered to the can
didate securing the most points on old and new subscriptions
handed in between Saturday morning. April 8, and Saturday night,
April 15, was won by;—
Bever'y Wridge of Vernonia with 339 points.
Er ch of the $10 cash prizes was an EXTRA prize, and is in
addition to the bicycle or cash commissions won by the two $10
cash prize winners.
(Signed)
Lee Schwab
Albert Schmidlin
An egg of unusual size was
brought to the Home Grocery,
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Zeiner, Monday of this week.
Measurements revealed that the
hen responsible for the over
sized production had laid an
egg a fraction less than eight
inches in circumferance. The
hen is owned by Frank Reed.
Scales registered the weight at
exactly four ounces, which if
obtained in dozen quantities,
would provide the weight of
four pounds.
Four Arrests
Made by State
Patrolman
Angling in Closed Area
Given as Cause for Ap
prehending Fishermen
The opening day of the trout
fishing season was unlucky to four
anglers in waters of the Upper
Nehalem Valley. Saturday, April 15
marked the arrest date for all but
one of those apprehended.
The
fifth offense occured on Monday,
April 17. None of the offenders
were local residents.
Fester Cook and George Johnson,
both of Portland, made the mistake
of angling in the East Fork of the
Nehalem river Saturday. They were
taken into the arms of the law
local State Polich' dnd brought
into the court of Justice of the
Peace Oscar Weed. Fines of $25.00
and $2.50 cost were meted each.
On the same day Melvin Curtis
of Portland and Walter Colvin of
Aurora were discovered! at the
headwaters of the Fish Hawk past
Mist and were charged with the
same offense, angling in closed area.
Both offenses were squared with
fines of $25.00 and $3.00 costs in
the justice court.
Monday, April 17, brought to jus
tice Henry Brusco for angling in
the closed area on Oak Ranch creek.
The case was transferred to the
Juvenile court at St. Helens.
LITTLE THEATRE GROUP
PLANS PLAY FOR FUNDS—
Plans are being formulated for
a' one-act play and several skits
to be given in the grade school
auditorium by the Little Theatre
club to raise funds for the beauti
fication of the new Vernonia Mem
orial Cemetery is the announcement
this week. The date set for thi
benefit program is May 26th, Fri
day. The regular meeting of the
Little Theatre was held in the
Washington grade school' Tuesday
evening with Mrs. Judd Greenman
presiding.
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CEMETERY GRASS SEEDING
COMPLETED TUESDAY—
The seeding of grass on the Ver
nonia Memorial Cemetery was com
pleted Tuesday of this week by O. i
B. Turner, Claude Tackett and Ar-j
thur Blum working under the direc-1
tion of the city council cemetery
committee.
City Dads
Forage Can
Authorize
Be Grown to
Safety Lanes Advantage
Yellow Lines to Appear
on Bridge Street Intersec
tions Soon
Arthur King Says Bene
fit Would Be Large to
Farmers of Valley
Under the sponsorship of the
Two delegates, Mrs. W. O. Port
Vernonia Chamber of Commerce
erfield and Mrs. Sidney Malmsten, and County Agricultural Agent Geo.
of the ladies of the Vernonia Grange Nelson farmers of the Upper Neha
appeared before city councilmen at lem Valley were privileged to hear
their Monday evening meeting to an address delivered by Arthur
King, Irrigation Engineer of the
request the painting of safety lanes
Oregon State College Extension
at intersections of side streets with Service Tuesday evening at the
Bridge street between the railroad Masonic Temple.
track and the junction of State
Following the regular short busi
street with Bridge.
ness meeting George Nelson was
A motion passed by councilmen introduced to those present for a
authorized the painting of the safe talk of short duration. Nelson an
ty lanes to provide an additional nounced the date of June 23 as
measure of safety to those cross that of an intended visit to the
ing the much-traveled street.
Northrup creek
Columbia-Clatsop
Necessity of providing additional county experiment station.
material for work on the Vernonia Possibilities Explained—
Memorial Cemetery brought, through
Nelson then introduced King who
the form of a motion, the authoriz explained some of the possibilities
ation to the cemetery committe which could be derived from the
to proceed with the purchasiag of use of irrigation on farm land of
supplies. To bring nearer to com ‘ the valley. Under cultivation at
pletion the supplies needed at the the present time are 3,000 acres
present time include moulds im which with the application of water
permanent cement grave markers, could be nearly doubled and with
plumbling materials for the city- the improvement the benefit would
owned care-takers home, light fix greatly increase farm income as
tures for the residence and water well as act as a supplement to pas
ing hose for irrigation of the new ture land on surrounding hillsides.
ly seeded grass, and paint for the Forage crops could be grown which
house.
during months requiring feed other
, Vrom two bids submitted for than that possible for cattle or
the cost of painting a motion pass xheep to obtain themselves, which
ed gives the work to Bert DePue. would insure more extensive pas
Both the house and garage and turing.
storage shed will be painted.
In the production of butter fat
Councilman E. A. Stacey report alone, it was explained, the cost of
ed results of the meeting with » producing could be reduced by pro
delegation from the Ladies Auxil viding better pasture per each acre
iary of the IWA. An attempt will under irrigation. Yields have been
be made to seek the construction of more than doubled per acre under
septic tanks as alternate for the similar circumstances in other lo
construction of a sewer system calities and the yields have been of
which would be excessive in cost better quality.
it was stated. At the same time
Another advantage mentioned by
Loel Roberts, City Recorder, wa King was that increased revenue
rdered to communicate with the from irrigation had in many instan
State Health Department seeking ces mrde possible the payment of
the services of an inspector. The old deibts incurred by farmers plus
letter will ask the inspector to ex payment for the new debt load
amine and recommend possible in, acquired through the installation
movements for the Corey hill dis of a system. The government has
trict of the city, Riverview and provided assistance in numerous
Treharne.
cases by establishing credit at low
Another motion at the meeting rates on farms having locations
anctioned the sale of lot 4 block conducive to irrigation.
' 2 to Ed Bafford for the sum of
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550.00. The property is located on PIANO STUDENTS TO BE
Second street two houses south of PRESENTED IN RECITAL—
Mrs. Lulah E. Fullerton will pre
he property owned by Lester
sent a group of piano students in
Sheeley.
Motion for adjournment closed -ecital at the Fullerton Studio Fri
day evening, April 21 at 8 p. m.
city business for the evening.
to which friends and acquaintances
HOME MAKERS’ FESTIVAL
are invited. Numbers will be pre
TO BE STAGED TUESDAY—
sented by the following: John Peter
Word from Mrs. Maude Purvine, son, Laureline Cameron, Tommie Lu
County Home Demonstration Agent, Holcomb, Virginia Vaughan, Arthur
Wednesday announced the Columbia Tousley, Barbara Kennedy, Deri
county home makers’ festival for St. Roberts, Elsie Duncan, Patsy Tis
Helens Tuesday of the coming week dale, Florieda Graves, Sheila Mc-
to start at 10 o’clock of that morn Catfery, Nina MacDonald, Gwen
ing. A display of hobbies and dolyn Graves, Betty Jean Cummings,
speeches will be features of the Erma Koberstein, Beverly Wridge,
day. Luncheon will be served at I Aretha Brzdy, Lucille Colson and
Robert Kent.
the noon hour.
These Four Win Bicycles