FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1939
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 16, NUMBER 29
Elementary District 47 Charles VanAlstine to
District No 47 to
Vote on Kindergarten Districts to SeeksBidson Fill Council Position
BeExami ned District 49
After Monday Action
Question August 11
Voters Must Have Pro
perty Qualifications to
Participate
Automobile,
Legally qualified voters of Grade Stage
School District No. 47, Jt., will
have the opportunity of deciding Collide Wed.
for themselves the question recent
ly arisen regarding the establishing
of a kindergarten in connection
with the common school, is the an
nouncement made this week.
The election has been set for the
date of Friday, August 11, at 8 p.
m. at the Washington grade school.
The kindergarten question was given
public mention some time ago at
the election held to pass the budget
and to name directors to fill vacant
positions on the board. No definite
action was taken, however, at that
time.
As has been explained by the
school board the kindergarten will
be primarily for the children of
par.nis who will be able to provide
their own transportation. At the pre
sent time it is impossible for the
district to care for the added ex
pense of transportation as the nec
essary funds are not available.
School busses now in operation
are crowded to capacity to provide
transportation for those children at
tending the grades and to provide
for those children who would en
rol in the kindergarten would
necessitate additional busses, it was
stated. In voting on the question
it was urged that this feature be
kept . in mind before decision js
made.
Practically no added expense will
ibe encountered, it was explained,
as an amount sufficient for main
taining the added feature, if fa
vorably voted upon, has been pro
vided in the budget recently passed.
Under present conditions it was
urged that voters not fail to un
derstand that no transportation
can be provided.
Only taxpayers are qualified to
east ballots in the election.
ROSS WARRENSFORD TO
HAVE OFFICE HERE—
Ross
Warrensford,
Columbia
County agent for the Northern Life.
Insurance Company announced this
week that he would, in the future,
be in Vernonia one day of each
week for contacts relative to the
business. No office location has yet
been established but will be soon
and will be announced at that time.
Warrensford’s headquarters at the
present time is St. Helens.
COMPLIMENT EXTENDED
ON CONTEST—
Intersection at Bridge,
- State Streets Scene of
Serious Accident
An accident involving an automo
bile driven by Paul A. Lee of
Salem and the Oregon Motor Stage
occured Wednesday shortly after
noon at the intersection of State
and Bridge streets. Lee suffered
the most serious injury to his per
son, receiving a badly bruised arm
which necessitated the use of a
ding until recovery. No bones were
broken.
As near as could be determined
both parties were equally to blame
for the encounter. The automobile
was brought to the Vernonia Auto
company for repairs which a hur
ried estimate placed in excess of
$300. No estimate was obtained of
he damage to the bus.
Delegaiion to
Meet with
Highway Group
To Seek Change of Road
from County to State
Jurisdiction
The Oregon State Highway Com
mission, through a communication
_o Lester Sheeley this week, an
nounced the date of their next regu-
i. r meeting at which time an at
tempt will be made to have the
commission place a portion of the
Vernonia-Timber road under state
control. The meeting will be held in
he Public Service Building, Port-
and, Thursday, July 27.
A delegation from this county is
slated to meet with the commission
eeking the change so that it may
be possible to obtain a paved road
¿rom the end of the paved portion
.it the Stoney Point Rock crusher
o Sunset Camp. Should it be pos
sible to obtain the oiled surface it
will at thae point, Sunset Camp,
connect with the now-traveled Wolf
Creek highway.
Columbia county was responsible
for the hard surface in use to the
rock crusher but lack of funds make
it impossible to complete the gravel
road extending from that point.
MIST MARKET ROAD
¡OILING DUE THIS WEEK—
G. O. Miller, General Manager
The completion of sufficient work
of the Miller Mercantile concern, to make possible the oiling of the
this week extended his compliments Mist Market road was announced
to the local branch and to L. H. this week. About 15 men will be
Dewey, local manager. Miller, in a employed in the work which will
ccmmunicst'on, stated as follows: ¡require from 10 days to two weeks
‘I think you have done the best iob imc for completion.
of any of our stores for the size
of the town and the stock.” Aimee
Turner, the local winner, left Sat
urday for San Francisco and will
return Friday evening of this week.
Note: The following letter is one
LIQUOR COMMISSION HOLDS— • ece'ved by City Recorder Loel
HEARING HERE TUESDAY—
Roberts a short time ago. It is writ-
Three representatives of the Ore
gon State Liquor Control Commis ten following the assessment of a
sion were in Vernonia Tuesday for fine for violation of an ordinance
a hearing regarding a license is- prohibiting house-to-house solicita
sued the Shamrock Cafe for the tion. It is reprinted here as an ex
sale of beer. No action was taken ample of problems often encounter-
at the hearing regarding the revoca d by city officials.
tion of the license and will not be City Recorder
until the results of the hearing are Vernonia, Oregon.
considered by the liquor commis
Dear Sir:
sion.
“Not knowing who to write to,
I am picking on you;—will you
Visits Treharnes—
alease mail' me a copy of your city
Miss Anna Runkle, Miss Eliza rd'nance pertaining to solicitnting
beth Bateman and Miss Minnie >rders from house to house. I am
Bateman of Smithton, Pennsylvania, making a collection of these ordin
visited here Tuesday afternoon ances and am interested in learn
and Wednesday forenoon with Mr. ing how closely yours resembles the
and Mrs. Roland Trehame. The o-called ‘Grean River’ Nuisance
visitors were former school oc- Ordinance.
“jjhis ordinance was conceived in
quaintances of Mr. Trehame.
Recent Legislation Cre
ates County Reorganiza
tion Committee
Attempt to Be Made to
Sell Beaver Creek Pro
perty, Stated
The recent state legislature pas-
sed an act creating in each county
of the state, except those organized
as a county unit, a county reor-
ganization committee composed of
the county judge, the county as
sessor, chairman of the Non-High
Board, the county school superin
tendent who acts as chairman, and
three other members of district
boards to be appointed by the de-
signated members.
This reorganization committee
shall organize and begin the ex
amination of existing school district
boundaries within the county and
determine what boundaries stand
in the way of providing satisfac
torily for the support and opera
tion of the schools and the educa
tion of the children. It shall pre-
pare plans for the revision or ele-
mination of boundaries and the
adjustment of all contiguous dis-
tricts so that the boundaries of all
school districts, including those
which are not altered, shall fit
together and form a comprehensive
school' district plan as determined
by standards established by the
state commission; provided, how-
over, this act shall not apply to
union high school districts, but
shall apply to elementary school
districts within a union high school
district.
The county reorganization com-
mittea shall, through the standards
established by the state commission,
give due attention to the conven
ience of children attending school,
the educational necessities includ
ing the welfare of teachers and
school officers, the economies of
Iransportation and administration,
the use of available buildings, tax-
■able resources including reduction
.n disparities in valuation per pu
pil, local governmental boundaries,
'he needs and reasonable desires of
communities, the suggestions of the
state commission, and any other
matters which, in its judgment,
are of importance.
Each county reorganization com
mittee shall prepare and file with
the state commission a plan for
•he reorganization of school dis-
‘riots within the county. The re-
port is subject to review, modifi
cation, and acceptance by the state
committee.
The designated members have
nominated the following and ask
them to serve on this committee:
iC. L. Wilburn, Route 1, Rainier;
Henry John, Vernonia; Oscar Lind
berg, Route 1, Clatskanie.
The designated committee mem
bers are J. B. Wilkerson, county
judge; Fred Watkins, county as
sessor; Mrs. Addie McAdam, chair
man of Non-High Board, and Wm.
B. Schnebly, county school super
intendent.
The wish to receive bids for the
purchase of property is announced
this week by Grade School District
No. 47, Jt. The announcement is
made through publication of a legal
notice which states that bids are
desired for the purchase of the
buildings and grounds of School
District No. 49, Jt., Beaver Creek.
That district has been consolidat
ed with District 47 and its chil
dren are now transported to Ver
nonia by bus for school attendance.
The property in question is owned
by District 47 and is, therefore,
not listed on tax rolls. The pro-
verty consists of the school house,
wood shed and one acre of land,
cleared.
The legal states that bids should
be in the hands of Lee Schwab,
Clerk of District 47, on or before
August 11. The school board re
serves the right to reject any or
all bids.
Grade School
Building
Gets Repairs
Industrial Arts Quarters
to Be Enlarged; Wood
work Will Be Varnished
Extensive refinishing work is be
ing undertaken at the Washington
grade school during the summer
vacation months to prepare the
building for use with the opening of
the fall term of school, it was re
vealed this week by an examination.
W. E. Crawford, recently named
as janitor of the school, is super
vising the .work. As an improve
ment the industrial arts room in
the basement is being enlarged with
a space approximately 30 by 50 feet
in size. A cement floor has already
been poured and walls will be con
structed soon.
The main floor hallway is being
sanded and when completed will be
varnished and waxed to prevent ex
cessive wear. Plaster work has been
given a coat of whiting and the
woodwork will be varnished and
painted. The remodeling work is
being cared for by W. E. Crawford,
George Nutt, C. C. Brown and Geo.
En Kirk.
Many Present
For Irrigation
Demonstration
Arthur King, OSC
gineer, Explains System
COUNTY BRAND INSPECTOR
to Farmers of Valley
GETS APPOINTMENT—
Arthur King. Oregon State Col-
ege Engineer, Wednesday explain
ed to a number of farmers I of the
Upper Nehalem Valley the sprink-
.er irrigation system now in I use at
the Matthew King farm a
short
distance from Riverview on
<
the
Mist highway.
A count made at one time during
the afternoon by George Nelson,
County Agricultural' Agent num
bered 39 farmers present. Many
others came to view the system and
departed but were not present dur-'
ing the count, it was stated.
As was intended when the demon-
stration was planned, a system
somewhat different in operation
was to be installed for use during
the day but at the last moment be
fore the Wednesday date it was im
possible to obtain the necessary
equipment. However, a thorough ex
planation and demonstration of the
plant purchased recently oy Matt
hew King was made to those pres
ent.
Complying with a new law, J. D.
Mickle, director of the state de
partment of agriculture, recently
appointed Dr. Ray Rankin of Clats-
canie as county brand inspector.
According to the announcement,
ivestock owners, 'before shipment
i to be made, must furnish the
brand inspector a list giving brands,
age, sex, color and flesh marks.
Inspection is to be made only as'
■utlined by law and not in trucks
ind failure to personally inspect
subjects the offender to a $100
fine.
LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION
TO MEET SATURDAY—
JEWELL-BIRKENFELD ROAD
TO GET OIL SOON—
The announcement is made this
week of a meeting of the Columbia
County Livestock Association to be
held at the Natal Grange hall. The
gathering will convene Saturday
evening, July 22 at 8 p. m. and
will consider any business that may
be brought before it, states W. E.
Crawford, secretary-treasurer.
Word this week makes known the
intended oiling of the road between
Jewell and Birkenfeld to a point
two miles this side of Birkenfeld
and approximately three miles from
Mist. The information was released
by the County Judge and it was
‘hought that the work would be
done sometime in August.
BIG EDDY TO BE SCENE
OF POMONA PICNIC—
Mrs. Inez Langdon, Pomona
Grange Lecturer, announced this
week the date .of a picnic to be
held at Big Eddy park for the
Columbia County Pomona Grange.
The picnic will be held July 30,
those present to bring a basket
unch. Coffee will be furnished by
the committee.
Peddler Objects to Sentence for Solicitation
•
a small jerk-water town, who have
since done a lucrative business sup
plying copies to other small towns
at $5.00 per copy; so, if yours is
a copy of the Green River Ordin
ance and you have not paid for it,
I would think . that you would be
guilty of ‘error and omission.’ Or
would you? However, let your con
science be your guide.
“Well, old timer, here’s what I’m
Tying to say; one of our ‘dealer’s’
..•as in your fair city, on or before
May 4th, and, was picked up by
your police force, (imbued with a
ense of civic duty, maybe?) haul-
d to the City Hall, charged with
soliciting, and fined $2.50. Two dol
lars and fifty cents may not sound
like a lot of monty to you, but it
is one h— of a lot to the poor de
vil trying to support a family and
keep off the relief rolls, carrying
a heavy case, and ringing door bells
is plenty tough, and believe me, he
wouldn’t be doing it if he could
get enough to support his family
at anything else.
"TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY
CENTS for what??? This man John
\rmstrong was taking orders for
merchandise, which, at the , time
the order was taken was outside of
'he State of Oregon, this is Inter
state Commerce, which is a legiti
mate occupation, regardless of any
city ordinance, and the judge knows
t.
“But it’s ersy to sit in a chair,
oound the desk with a gavel* and
^ay, guilty or not guilty. Then hang
$2.50 on to a poor guy who never
heard of ‘constitutional rights.’ But,
1 would think that it would require
a lot of nerve to take a days pay
from a man just for dinging a few
door bells.
,
“I remember some years ago, Ver
nonia got lots of FREE advertising
from the newspapers in Oregon,
boosting your city, and all you had
was abolTt half a dozen buildings,
but I still remember the sign that
you greeted people with:—DRIVE
SLOW, SEE OUR CITY, DRIVE
FAST. SEE OUR JAIL.—And you
had about two blocks of oiled pave
ment. Kid stuff, eh. I was hoping
that you might have acquired some
metropolitan ideas, but I'm afraid
you’re holepess. Don’t spend that
$2.50, I coming to see you soon
and I expect to collect it.”
Very truly yours,
W. Hodgson, Northwest
Salem Manager, White House
Home Products Corporation.
"P. S. Don't forget to mail me
a copy of the ordinance. The $2.50
should cover expenses.
Request Issued City by
Andrew Parker to Buy
Riverview Water System
Councilmanic change, were con
siderable Monday evening at the
second monthly meeting of the city
council when one resignation was
tendered city fathers, was accept
ed, an appointment to fill the va
cancy was made and voted favor
ably.
The resignation was that of Roy
Raymond which was made follow
ing the presentation of a resolu
tion signed by a number of city
property holders making the re
quest for the resignation. The re
maining members of the city gov
erning body accepted the action.
In order to fill the vacancy then
exlisting Charles VanAlistine was
named for the position and was
given a favorable vote to fill the
chair. VanAlstine will take the
position formerly reld by Raymond
on all' committees, it was stated.
The Monday evening meeting al
so heard the written request of
Andrew M. Parker that the city
purchase the Riverview water sys
tem for $500. That price was in
tended to include the pipe and wa
ter supply now in use. The matter
was referred to the water commit
tee for investigation and further
action.
Futher business of the meeting
was the decision to purchase 30
cords of wood for consumption at
the city hall from J. E Tapp at a
price of $2.50 per colli.
KOY-KOAC
Case Decision
Is Delayed
Final Action Deferred on
Applications for Increas
es of Power
The
Federal
Communications
Comfissions has deferred final ac
tion on the radio KOY-KOAC case,
pending disposition of applications
for increases of power on the 550-
kilocycle frequency. O.S.C. officials
have been notified. KOY has had an
application pending for more than
a year to use the KOAC frequency,
a request which is being vigorously
opposed by the college, licensee of
the state-owned station.
KOAC has an application pend
ing for a permit to increase the
power from the present 1000jwatt
limit to 5000-watts. The 1939 Ore
gon legislature appropriated funds
for this expansion in the interests
of better radio service to the entire
state. It is understood that station
KFYR at Bismark, N. D., has also
applied for permission to increase
power.
The commission indicated in its
order that a further hearing may be
necessary in cases such as that be
tween KOY and KOAC, on issues
relating to interference problems
created by pending applications for
increased power.
DANCE SCHEDULED AGAIN
FOR AUGUST 29—
Following the staging of a suc
cessful dance last Saturday evening
by Hurry George and his orchestra
the announcement has been made
that another dance is to be held on
Scturday evening, July 29 at the
I.O.O.F. hall. The same orchestra
will play at that time.
FIVE ADDITIONAL
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE—
Five additional contributions to
the subscription, fund for the Ver
nonia Junior Band were announced
this week. Three individuals and two
organizations were responsible, Fr<-d
Tousley, E. E. Garner, M. Gibson,
the A. F. of L. and the Hy-iVan
Hotel.