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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1939)
/OUR VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON EAGL E EDITORIALS AN ERROR MIGHT BE AVERTED— z FACTS L »O W1IVIM j SUSTAINED YIELD BY SELECTIVE CUTTING— MANY TIMES criticism is directed at newspapers for publication of news items bearing names which are incorrectly spelled. The fault of those misspelled names can often be placed with the paper but not always can they be attributed to that one source. Any paper wishes all the news for publi cation and the volume that it receives is enormous, some of it sent by mail, some of it gathered by representatives of the publica tion. “Names make news” has long been a by word of the profession but those names often lead to trouble, most usually by incorrect spelling. Any publication appreciates greatly the receiving of news items and enjoys the publication of those items but the condition in which they are received often gives rise to the trouble. Given below are a few general directions to correspondents that can prove very bene ficial in preventing numerous errors: Write all names of persons plainly and spell cor rectly. As a general rule correspondents are in a better position to know or find out the correct spelling than is the editor. Include initials or first names of persons. Reference to “Mr. Jones” or “Mrs. Brown” ndt otherwise designated in the item can cause confusion and misunderstanding. Be brief in small news but make impor tant news complete. Say what there is to be said and quit. Especially important is the rule govern ing the use of initials for only by their use can proper designation be attained and the news item be of value to other readers of the paper than those who have made the contribu tion. The. Eagle is highly appreciative of the support it has received in the past and offers these suggestions only as a means of improv ing its reading value to others. Vernonia Iau le MARVIN KAMHOLZ, Editor and Publisher Entered as second class mail matter, August 4, 1922, at the post office in Vernonia, Ore gon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rate $2 per year Local advertising rate: 26 cents per column inch Foreign advertising rate: 35 cents per column inch Classified advertising rate: Minimum 25 cents, 5 cents per line, three insertions for price of two. Legal advertising rate on request Reader advertising rate: 10 cents per line. Official newspaper of Vernonia, Oregon eoaa. Mtu. Z ’s motor vehicle death rate A PRACTICAL example of the possibili — Oregon as expressed in deaths per 100,- ty of applying sustained yield management to 000,000 vehicle miles — continued private timber operations in ponderosa pine down, the downward trend started is that of the J. Neils Lumber Company of in 1937 during the first six months Klickitat county, Washington, a system that of 1939 by dropping slightly below might well be applied elsewhere for a sus rate for the corresponding per tained yield of timber which would provide a the iod in 1938, Earl Snell, secretary steady income throughout the years for other cf state, revealed today. mills and in other kinds of woods. The motor vehicle death rate for A recent release from the U. S. Forest that period was 10.7 and for the Service states that this company has been ex corresponding period a year ago perimenting with “selective cutting” or taking was 10.8. The death rate is calcu out only the best of the ripe trees leaving a lated on the basis of the number of substantial reserve of thrifty growing stock persons killed in automobile acci for future cuts. The results of these experi dents and the mileage of vehicles in ments have been so satisfactory that the the state as computed from gaso company now plans to handle their entire tim line consumption. ber holdings in that county on the basis of a The 1938 death rate for Oregon selective cut, hoping to secure enough addi wis 12.7 and if the present down tional adjacent timber from the state and ward trend is continued, the annual federal lands to place the entire operation on rate for 1939 will be under the July record was 119 made in 1938. a sustained yield basis. This management of 1988 figure, Snell believes. In 1937 The district, with headquarters private lands on a selective cutting basis is a the rate for the first six months of unique and highly commendable action on the the year was 13.1; in 1936 it was in the main post office building, Portland, includes all of Oregon, part of this company, it is stated by the for 12.2 and in 1935, 13.6. est service. Travel on Oregon’s highways and three southern counties of Wash “Selective cutting” when applied to pon streets during the first six months ington, and the 10 southern coun derosa pine timber consists of taking out 40 for the past five years has increas ties of Idaho. The Boise substation to 50 per cent of the volume of standing tim ed as follows: 1936, 928,346,489 led all other stations in the dis ber. In many cases this means cutting only vehicle miles; 1936, 1,070,394,660 trict for the month with 18. three or four mature trees per acre. The re miles; 1937, 1,140,087,650 miles; maining stand is protected to provide future 1938, 1,185,681,614 miles; 1939, “Twelve hundred men applied for enlistment during July,” Major cuts and reforestation. Thus the producing 1.254,733 miles. There were 16,525 traffic acci Bagnall said, “but because of ex- | power of the land is sustained and all forest PAINTING dents in the state during the first isting qualification requirements we|| values are protected. PAPERHANGING six months of 1939, with 135 killed were forced to reject most of Back of the town in which the mill is CALSOMINING and 3,131 injured. Fifty-one per them.’ The three most common located is some half a million acres with a sons last their lives in pedestrian causes for rejection were physical BOB MORRELL oqj, 'sdiqsjauMO snouvA ui soiaods aaqjo pun accidents, seven were killed in bicy defects, jail records, and lack of a 376 B Street - - . Vernonia auid Bsouopuod jo jaoj uoiqiq b joao jo puB}s cle-automobile accidents, 39 died in permanent residence over a period _________________ I handling of this timber under sustained yield collisions involving two cars, of years. rail- is of vital importance to that town of about road accidents took the lives 900 population, which is dependent upon the three and collisions with fixed of ob- Dr. U. J. Bittner MOTH PROOF Neils operation for its existence. jects took ten lives. Your home for a* little as With the Neils timber on a selective basis Twenty-seven per cent of the Dentist Fumigant approved by and the possibility of bringing all of the tim fatal accidents reported during the ' $1.00. Good Housekeeping and U. S. Joy Theatre Bldf. Phono 662 ber under sustained yield management the period occurred at intersections, . a I Dept, of Agr. Simple to use. town can look to the future with confidence. reduction of three per cent from in FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Perhaps the same methods of “selective tersection fatalities for the same cutting” could be applied in this region where period a year age. Fatal accidents r. J. E. TAPP the substantial growth of timber is fir but in business districts of cities amount other methods leading to the realization of ed to 11 per cent of the total, com the same result could surely be developed with pared with 12 per cent a year ago. All Kindt of Wood a result of similar proportions. True, much of Thirty-seven per cent or the fatal the acreage has been completely denuded of accidents occurred in daylight. Prompt Delivery Business Professional Directory LODGES its timber stand but that can be returned eventually to its original productivity and at that time be maintained on a sustaining basis. However, there does remain a considerable stand not yet tapped by logging operations. Could not the principle be placed in operation on that stand. Vernonia is at the present time beginning to see the end of any considerable timber stand for future cutting. For that land from which the fir has been removed, little can be done other than devote it to pasture lands where possible and in the meantime devote interest to the business of reseeding. This paper has maintained that the future of the Upper Nehalem Valley can be made secure by the procedure of devoting much of the land, now idle, to pasture immediately and by un dertaking systematic reseeding. When that time comes that the reseeding timber is ready for harvest, then the “sustained yield” method may be profitably applied. Baker, Jack Potts and Chester Düs TEN YEARS AGO— ten. Alternates were Denny Ryves, I One of the largest trees ever John Roediger and Lester Wells. 'sawed in this vicinity was cut last Vernonia Firemen were making week by the Oregon-American near plans for the staging of a celebra Camp McGregor. It was a yellow fir, 300 feet high, measuring 44,- tion for September 3, 4 and 5. 000 board feet. The tree was 8 ONE YEAR AGO— feet, 2 inches in diameter and 160 feet of mercantable timber was Reverend and Mrs. L. W. Suter, FIVE YEARS AGO— saved. It was 834 years old when formerly of Houston, Texas, and J. B. Wilkerson of Vernonia was i sawed, having started in the year more recently of Elkton, Oregon, named this week as democratic can-,of 1095. where they administered to the I didate for county judge by the On Saturday, August 24, the Assembly of God Congregation, ar county central committee. large modern fireproof service sta rived in Vernonia to fill the local A dance sponsored by the Ver tion, garage and auto agency loca pulpit recently vacated by Rever nonia unit of the Young Democrats ted on the corners of Bridge street end and Mrs. Merle Glew. of Columbia county is to be held and Rose avenue will be open to Delegates to the international at Arcadia park. E. H. Washburn the public. The building wag con- convention to be held in Seattle ! was chairman of the local unit, I structed by Charles T. Early and were chosen by the IWA Local No. Roland Treharne, vice president and ¡the station will be operated by [George W. Johnson. >7, to consist of Lyman Wax, Geo.Julia E. Wangler, secretary. The State Game Commission ' planted 8,000 fish in the Oregon- I 1 American mill pond Tuesday. The fish were taken from Columbia slough, where the water is being drained from the Scappoose drair. NEW AND USED PARTS | age district. NEW AND USED TIRES GAS AND OIL EXPERT AUTO REPAIRING WE REBUILD CAR TOPS LYNCH AUTO PARTS RIVERVIEW Meets Phone 241 First and Third Fridays of Month. Expert Tonsorial Work Legion Hall — 8 P. M. BEN’S BARBER SHOP Each Largest Number in His tory Join Army for July, Is Record John Grady, Commander Vernonia, Oregon Vernonia F. O. E. (Fraternal Order of Eagles) The Portland Recruiting District of the army, commanded by Major H. D. Bagnall, enlisted 171 men Grange Hall 'ast month making the second lar Vernonia gest monthly enlistment rate on record for the district and the lar Friday Nights gest July number in its history. 8 o'clock Most enlisments for any one month was in March, 1936, when 216 en listments were made. The previous j Roy Barnes, W. P. Marvin Kamholz, W. Sec’y. Harding LESTER SHEELEY Attorney at Law Bank of Vernonia Bldg.• Phone 231 Roland L. Treharne Expert Automobile Repairing WELDING ROLAND’S SERVICE STATION Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 116 Vernonia, Oregon Meetings:—I. O. O. F. Hall, Second and Fourth Mondays Each Month. BAFFORD BROS. General Plumbing Pythian Sisters Vernonia Temple No. 61 Vernonia, Oregon Meetings:— I. O. O. F. Hall Second and Fourth Wednesday? Each Month Order of Eastern Star Nehalem Chapter 153, O. E. S. Regular Communi cation first and third Wednesdays of each month, at Masonic Temple. All visiting sisters and brothers wel come. Mrs. Jean Crawford, W.M. Mrs. Helen Dewey, Secretary A. F. & A M. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO— Vernonia high school will open on September 8 with the following teachers: J. B. Wilkerson, princi- pal; Levi F. Austin, Mrs. Marjorie Holalday Cole, Mrs. Mae Beaman and Miss Cecilia Bell. The Rose theatre has been sold to J. H. Bush, proprietor of the Majestic, who will operate both show houses. William Pringle, owner of the Nehalem hotel building, has rented his farm and is moving to Verno nia to take over the management of the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Mac Donald expect after a sort vaca- tion to build a large modern fire- proof hotel for Vernonia. V. F. W. 171 Men Are Enlisted by In District Eagle Items Of Past Years Phone 773 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, UICK, easy, spick-and-span shaves at rock-bottom coat. That's what the new Thin Gillette Blade .. 4 for 10c . . . givea you every time. Cutting edges of a radi cally different kind protect your akin lrom amart and burn earned by misfit blades. 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