Vernonia eagle., September 15, 1939, Page 4, Image 4

VE RN ON IA EAGLE, VE RN 4 M ,
P AG E P OU E
out. a progT un fo r Impr t vlng the '
Qr ance h a ll by r e pair ing jin d palnU
in g tl)o bnlt dlns .
-E ^ 0 L E ED I T O R m i ^
T H E COUNT Y HEALT H
UNIT REV1VEI>- - - - - - -
N E A R L Y E V E R Y s chool t h r o u g h o u t th o
c o untr y h a s o pe ne d it s d oo r s b y t h is tin io to
rccclve c h ild r e n o f a ll oge a to cla- .acs o i
cducntlon fo r t h e c o m in g n in e m o n t h s . T he
ope ning o f s cho ol b r in g s th e s ^ c hildr e n t o a
p o in t o f c o n g r e g a t io n in la r g e n u m b e r s ' in
c o nt r a s t to t h e v a c a t io n pe r iod w h e n tlie y
ur e wide ly s c a tte r e d .
, , , i
ThlH Weeit, Mo n d a y to bo e x act, t h is fa c t
was p la inly e v id e nt , One o f t h e g r e a te s t dan-
Ijers to t h e Uvea o f t he s e ' c h ild r e n is e xce s ­
s ive speed o f m o t o r is t s p a s s in g s chool b u ild ­
ings a nd e ape cinlly is t h is tr u e s h o r t ly be for e
s cliool b e g in s in t h o m o r n in g , d u r in g the
lunc h h o u r a n d In th e a ft e r ’ioon a t s chool
cloalng time . A t th o t im e ni;:ntione d, s chool
ho d clos ed fo r th o a ft e r n o o n a n d s tu d e n ts
le av ing th e AVa s hing to n gr a de s chool we r e
c o ming fr o m - the ' fu lld in g lo e nte r s chool
bus s e s or " t a k e v a r io u s d ir e c t io ns h o m e w a r d
fo r th o r o m a in d e r o f t h o da y. Ma n y we r o
cr os s ing th e s tr e e t, u s in g the s a fe t y la ne
pr ovide d t h e r e fo r e b u t t h e d a ng e r was s t ill
too g r e a t fo r t h e cas e o f m in d o f s e ve r al on-
looker^i. A n u m b e r o f m o to r is ts we re a ls o
pos s lng, s ome t r a v e lin g n t mo de r a te s pe e d,
othe r s s lowly n n u s a fe ly b u t s t ill o th e r s a t
s peeds too g r e a t s h o uld t h e ne ce s s ity, pr e s e nt
it s e lf for a n im m e d ia t e s to p t o a void s t r ik in g
a child.
T he e x a m p lr on t lie Mo nda y a ft e r n o o n
could bo s a id to be o nly a n e x a mple o f s im i­
la r s ltuh tio ns n t e ve r y o t h e r s chool in g r e a te r
o r leaser de gr e e s d e p e n d in g on the Hchooi’s
location, w h e t h e r It be on r oa dwa ys s u p ­
po r tin g m u c h t r a ffic o r lit tle .
Rc gor dle s s o f t h a t s it u a t io n Iho d a n g e r
is Inhe r e nt t h a t a lit t le c h ild m a y be s e r ious ly
o r fa ta lly in ju r e d b r in g in g g r ie f to iU p a r e nt s
and r e gr e t to t h o m o t o r is t.
T he mo to r i.s t s h o uld r oniombe r t h a t his
e ve ry p r e c a utio n a t s uc h time s m a y pr ove
bare ly s u ffic ie n t a n d t h a t c hildr e n c o nno t be
de pende d up o n to ih in k o f the d a ng e r to
the ms e lve s . C h ild r e n w ill fa ll to a s c e r U in
whe the r the w a y is c le a r be for e cr o s s ing
Rtrcctfl r c^nrdlcHS o f t h e Hpuciflc a nd r opcate n
Ins tr uc tions t h e y m a y ha v e hnd on t h e s ub ­
je ct . T he m o to r is t m u s t e xe r cis e a d d it io n a l
pr e caution d u r in g s chool mo n th s .
M A N Y m I: M B E R S a t t h o Ve r n o n ia
Gr a n g e a n d pe ople in t e r e s t e d In t h e t o p ic we re
pr e s e n t Ina t S a t u r d a y e v e n in g n t , t h e Gr a ng e
h a ll t o lifcar s pe a k Dr . E d w a r d Bo s t r o m , a
m e m b e r o f th e Or e g o n S t a t e Bo a r d o f He a lth .
T h o to pic o f his s pe e ch w a s t lia t o f t h e va lue ,
s e r vice a n d d e s ir a b ilit y o f h a v in g in e ffe c t ,in
C o lu m b ia c o un ty a c o u iit y h e a lt h u n it .
MAUVIN KAMIIOLZ, Editor and Publlnlinr
Ente re d an second class nmil matte r. Aut;u^t
4, 10J2, at tho p«»st office in Vi^rnonia, Or e ­
gon, unde r the act of Ma r c h Jl, 1871).
Subs cription Unto $2 pur year
Local adve rtis inir r ate : 20 cents per column
Inch
Foreiun adve rtis inK rai«‘: ‘'ir» ccntn per column
Inch
Classified adve r tis luR r ate : Minimum 25 cents.
5 cents pe r line . Ihr ro InKortiona for price
of two.
Leiral n d v jr lU ln u r ate on requoat
llende r adverti.HinK r ale ;
1« cents per line.
Officinl newMpapiT »f
Ve r nonin, OroRon
On i c
PUB LI S i t
Ne ve r ha s s uc h a u n it , be e n a c tive in t h is
c o u n t y a lt h o u g h th o p o p u la t io n h a s lo ng be e n
o f a s u ffic ie n t ly la r g e f lf ^ r e to w a r r a n t t he
d e p a r t m e n t a n d th e a d d it io n a l e xpe ns e it
w o uld ne ce s s ita te t o m a in t a in o pe r a tion. Ot h e r
c o un t ie s t h r o u g h o u t t h e s U t e ha ve foi; ye ar s
s upiJor te d a u n it a n d h a v e de r ive d b e n e fit
fr o m it s aers'ices— b e n e fit w h ic h c iu m o t be
e a t im a t e d in b o d ily h e a lt h . An y a t t e m p t to
fig u r e b odily h e a lt h o nd ha p pine s s In s uc h
m a n n e r can n o t r ig h t fu lly be ma de .
' Co ns ide r a ble in t e r e s t - hjid a c t iv it y r e vo lv­
e d a r o un d the fo r m a t io n o f a u n it la s t ye a r
b u t lit t le concr e te a c tio n r e s ulte d, Howe ve r ,
s u p p o r t o f th e move g a in e d m o m e n t u m . It s
r e viva l t h is y e a r ca n m e a n, If c a r r ie d t h r o u g h
b y c o nt in ue d s upp o r t, t h e e s t a b lis h in g o f the
u n it .
As the s it u a t io n Is no w , ono nur s e m u s t
i)e r for m dutie s too e x t e ns ive fo r one In d iv i­
d u a l to c a r r y o ut. S h e m u s t y a y r e pe ate d
v is it s to s chools o f t h e c o unty d u r in g the
s chool ye a r a n d wor k w it h In s u ffic ie n t fa c ili­
tie s , im ndie ap pe d in t h a t he r w o r k, is o f too
g r e a t an e x t e n t to be g iv e n pr ope r a t t e n t io n .
S L
H e le n s - -
CIT Y W E L L W IL L BE
T E S T ED F OR F L O W —
A w *i or iiu-
muniiMpal \ »rll.
t ho
a ile
I'f
SI
H .
.-f th.
,
F ALSE INF ORMAT ION—
A P HASE OF W AR—
T H OS E WH O fo llow ne w s pa pe r and
r a d io ac c ount s o f w a r a nd ha ve bee n fo llow ­
in g thos e o f the c u r r e n t E ur o pe a n c onflic t
no d o u b t have be come a w a r e o f u c e r ta in fe a ­
t u r e o f thos e acc ounts . T h a t fe a t ur e is not
ne w w it h the m o s t r e c e nt a c c ount s . It was
pr a c tic e d in t he case o f t h e unde clar e d wa r
up on Ch in n by Ja p a n .
Du r in g t he fir s t da y s o f the c o nflic t In
E ur o p e r eiKjrts o f b a tt le s be t we e n I’oles a nd
Ge r m a n s came fr e q ue n t ly ove r th e a ir and
.p a g e s o f ne ws pape r s we r e de vote d to mor e
de t a ile d in lo r m a t io n . T iie s e a c c ount s came
fr o m bot h the Ge r m un a n d P olis h ne ws a g e n­
cie s a n d t h e r e by hinge s t h e ba s is fo r fals e In­
fo r m a t io n . Oft e n r e por ts we re he a r d fr o m b o th
s ide s on s ome a pucilic e nc o unte r . B u t one fa c ­
t io n c la ime d an a dva nc e , a im r t la l vic to r y or
co mple te c a ptu r e w hile t h e o t iie r r e p o r t would
c la im c r e dit lo r the s iipie or r e fu t e in fo r m a ­
t io n re le ase d by the o th e r .
O f u c e r t a in ly , b o t h s ide s co uld not bo
cor r e c t. One niu.st be r e le a s ing fa ls e ac counts
pun)o.s ely for unde r th e c ir c um s ta nc e s luck
o f In fo r m a t io n could no t be us e d a s a n e.x-
cus e .
Als o o f n c e r ta in t y , Ge r m a n y , unde r H it ­
le r 's r ule a nd dir e c tio n, has be e n r e s ix jns lble
fo r m uc h fals e p r o p a g a n d a o f mis le a d in g
n a t u r e to thos e who w o uld ha ve no me a ns o f
iio t e r m in in g the t r u t h . It w o uld n o t be dif-
fic u ll to be lie ve t h a t Ge r m a n y , un d e r its d ic ­
t a t o r r ule , is s till r e s ix )ns ible fo r fals e in fo r ­
m a t io n .
*' •
the S «v e n lh Wo ild '.’t P o u lt r y Co n ­
gress he ld r e c e nt ly in Cle ve land ,
Ohlt*. T he bird.t we r e e x hib ite d fr o m
the p o u lt r y fa r m ope r a te d by Max
M. Ly nns on Sauvie ;* Is la ul.
im iiu H .-
U’ h h '
WAT ER P ROJE CT
WE LL U N DE R WAY—
OifnrinK of almos t two miles oi
tre nche s for inxtali&tion of the new
nuinicipal wate r «iy«tem for Colum­
bia City was) Mtaftud las t Tuesday
by a crew hire d by the >3upcrior
Cons r ruction Co. o f Se attle , holder
of the S22,7a8 contract. This con­
tract calls for the cons truction of a
lOO.OOO- fTBllon concrete s tora^o res­
ervoir, pump house and dis tribution
mains , and Ins tallntlon of a turbine
pump.
Me chahica! e quipme nt is being
used in diKffinff the trenches, which
are 4 fe e t in depth. Tho te r rain I.
not rocky, so the pr o jc ct can bo
cumplete d with di.ipatch. Tho well,
which is at pre se nt being used by
tho city of St. Helen* as an aux ili­
ary domentlc s upply dur ing the
wate r nhortage, was drille d last
xpring by the Janns e n Dr illing Co.
of Por tland.
Tho total project, e stimate d to
cont $27,272, Is be ing finance d with
u PWA loan of $15,000 and grant
;.f $12,272.
Clalskanie-
it it o
t h l-
n u in e i p n l
H y st e m
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H, f.Me tin-
i't»uld be ma«le. ' YA N K T O N G RA N G E
ttM .it v ba.I t.. lay :*.000 fe e t of T O B U IL D P A R K —
• n u ll ma in fr o m thi- lo liiin b ia l*U\
I’h n« fi>r the d e v e lo pme nt o f a
leading: friMU \ ]w
•(! I. Ih.-
II into St. Mel I,-. biiM'bnll par k and pionie g r o und s j*n
H tr act i>f la nd le as e il fr om I'. M
Wat s o n i*i\ ( ”«'x cr e e k, were dmous.*-
LOCAL T U RK E YS
ed by nutnbi'r iii o f the Ya n k lo n
W ORLD W IN N E R S —
j( ir a n «e a l Ih.Mr las l me e ting . The
('•.hnnb ta
f>ninty
nuiy
not be pr o g r a m e nlls fo r gr a.<itig a nd level-
but
in g o ( '.be pj«)pe r iy . c o n n lr u c t in g of
ii.' i.t l ih io iiu h o iii the wor ld.
Imke yr * t a ile d he r e e r e a le d a r e al a da m in the e r e e k to pr ovide u
hole
utul e r e ction
of
,iir bj wintuhk: i- humpions hlp!' at s ulmminkT
ble ache r s at the bane bnll par k.
T he n v r e a t io n par k i.* ide ally lo ­
cate d o n ly Ihr e e mile s fr o m St
m s s n iK in n . K
He le ns a n d is e x pe cte d to be a big
ilr a w in g c a r d whe n co mple te d. Cos t
W^r of Bank* and Fore sl Grove
Le ave Por ltandi
of the p r o je c t Is e s t int ate d at $500.
8i4 S a. m.
T he t ir a n g c me mbe r s als o line d
T rip* hy
Leave Ve r no nia i
8t03 a. m.
2i45 p. m.
I (35 p.
4t48 p. m.
G>3S p. m.
_______
Call , Se rvice be
twe en Ver nonia and Ke a .e r «nd P ltUbur g for
Paaae nge rt to or fr om Fore tl Grove or P o la U Be yond.
T E RMIN AL 9 The Co iy Fo unt ain
AGENT > Mrs. Earl L. Smith
P H ON E i 6B2 for info r mation
- ORE GON MOT OR ST AGES
inch full.
Nine te e n days of tlio month were
cle a n five par tly clear and seven
were cloudy.
T hu me an temperoture for tho
month was 00.07 dujfrees with the
max imum U8 and the minimum 43.
T he hotte s t day was Auffust 8 and
the Coldest the UOth. The five- year
me an te mpe r atur e is 74.20 deirrues
nnd the five year mean preciplta*
tion 1.1 .71 o f on Inch. The maximum
^
«
‘;- '>'Peraturo of U S on A y , t « was
the highe s t Augus t re ading in the
five ye ars tho local s tation has been
in exis te nce .
Axe l Br anne r has complete d a
ne w boat shop at Bradbury to re­
place the one which was destroyed
by fire a few weeks ago.
The ne w shop is 38x40 feet.
New machine ry has also been In*
Htalled.
The annua l me e ting of the Col­
umbia County Pioneers' association
was held Satur day In Clats kanic.
At
last me e ting 160 were
prcMMit. Anyone who Rcttled in Col­
umbia county 50 years ago or be-
fore is e ligible to membership.
A bu.tlness Ri'ssiun was callcd to
orde r at lU a. m. follo\ sing a pot-
luck dinne r lo be served by tho
local me mbe r*. A vis iting hour and
e nte r tninme nt weri* fe ature * of thv»
afte rnoon.
Mrs. Mary Kwing of Scappoose
Is the or ganization's pre side nt and
Grace Rood of Rainie r is the secre- ,
tury. Ruth McElwain is the local
vice- president.
Kain fe ll five dayn in Clats kanle
dur inu the ntonth of Augus t, accord-
inj. to the re port of Ralph Kleger,
ol*«ervii for the t ’. S. weather
bur e au.
*
The total r a infall wus .HO of an
ineb with tfie greatest in any 24
hours on the 31sl when .4.1 of on
MOT H P ROOF
Yo ur home for as lit tle a»
$1.00. Fum ig ant approve d bjr
Good Houte ke e plng and U. S.
De pl. o f Ag r . Simple to use.
F IRS T CHRIS T IAN CHURCH
Yo ur Mone y Buys a Be tte r Value Whe n Yo u T rade
a l the
VERNONIA BARGAIN ST ORE
NEW and USED GOODS
810 BRIDGE ST REET
Var o o oU
Dr. U. J. Bittner
Dentist
Jo y T he atre Bldg.
All
Phone 662
Kind,
of Wood
Pr ompt De live ry
V. F. W.
Meets
Phone 241
Firs t
anil
i
T hird FrIcUys of
Month.
E.\ pert Tonsorial Wor k
Le gion Hall. — A ? . M.
Jo h n Grady, Commande r
Each
BEN’S BARBER S HOP
Ve nioriia, Oregon
Ve r nonia F. 0 . E.
( F jy t ^r na l Orde r of Eagles )
C r .n fo
H a ll
Ve r nonia
Friday Nlg hti
LEST ER SHEELEY
Attorney at Law
B a n k o f V e r n o n ia B W r .
I' h o n e 231
8 o'clock
The Rur al Ele c tr ification a d m i n - B a r n e a , W. P.
Is tuition h a i allotte d an additional W a i^ n Kamholr , W. Sec’y.
$7,000 to the Nchale m Valle y Co- |
Knights of Pythias
ope rative Ele ctr ic ass oclatioin. mak- l
^ r d i n g Lodre No. 116
ing a total of $Bl),OOjO in fe de r a l)
Vemo'nta, Ore | oa
money allotte d to the Nehalem pro­
Mootings :— L 0 . 0 . F.
je ct since its Ince ption.
Hall, Second and
The ne w mone y will g»> for con­
Four th Mondays Each
s truction of about 11 miles of ad­
Month.
ditional line to serve JU members,
headquarter s . Out of the allotme nt
Pythian Sisters
$1^000 will be used to "de fr ay cer­
Ve r no n U Tainpig No. 01
tain expense^ connected with the
Ve r nonia, Oregon
initial ope rations of tho proji^ct
which cannot be covered by the Me e tings !— L O. O. P. Hall
Se cond ond Four th Wcdne s dayr
ot»nst r uction loan.'*
I
Eoch Month
Alb)lnu*nts so far include the
first one of $05,000 in December, I
P- *
c.
CLAT S KAN IE GOT RAIN
F IVE DAYS IN AUGUST —
B OB M O RRE L L
J. E. T APP
N EHALE M RE A JOB
GET S $7,000 MORE —
include s 05 miles of line to serve
1107 me mbe rs.
P AINT ING
P AP ERHANGIN G
CALSOMINING
376 B Str e al
BRAN N E R COMPLET ES
BOAT - BUILDING SHOP—
COUNT Y P IONEERS
MEET SAT URDAY—
LyoUa lo o k the g a nd sweepstake.*
I will \ h ' s ufflci>*nt fo r e m e r gi'ucy u»o for lur ke y ii by ^cor iuR the mos t
‘ unt il juuUluM we ll ca n be dr ille d , if puinti* by a n y e x hibUur . He al.'**'
j ii tit deiMiU'd neces.Hjiry.
w«m the g r a n d chnnip»*»nshjp f«>i
M u r in g
tin*
re ce nt
w a te r
s hnr - he n* ove r all br e e ds , tho chamiMon.
nt
o
the
ne
w
-
tlup for b r o nze he ns , and took fir *l.
lji> :e . Uie r it y h t in k e d
W. T tomnie r haus e n Is super\ isor
Will at Cu h n u b ia (.'.iy . p unt p in g a n nrvon«l nn«l lliir tl fo r heavy yi*imir
.if the proje ct. The total project
.•'Umat e d - Oci ^a llo t is o f w nle r pe r hens.
tfrvolr lU Ci'l in ih m 1Iimi:Iu«. v\ 11 i>
ntado U'"
i'"
>
mane nl
matalU.I
I'll-
l>umping .••unpm.- iH ix - rln- t i"l
nrrivo lu- i.'
fioni \ \ u - ...i.mv
in Los Aiij:«'U''
Before tlu-
«lnlliMtr
ceased ope ralionn, ih f wrll luul
reached » doplh of
«lu ‘tv
a vein of soft w a l.i uu^ - inuk
City offli'ials arv uf the ..pinio.. th.-
JOU
well's capacity will !'.■
hu'h
and 250 gallon^ p«*r mmut
S p h iiu t
„ S t . He le na cit y * councllmcn will
hold tho lr r e gula r mcc lin g In th«
council r opm o f the cH; hall next
Monday e ve ning. It outind buiine ss
and n dIs cuMlon re lative to , tho In-
•ta lla tion o f a pump at the ne w well
dr ille d ot tho s ite of tho municipal
I >v;;Ur Btorago ro«crvolr, will occupy
'| a majo r p=r t of tho «cMlon
Thv 1U40 budge t, which must bo
on file* w ith County Assessor Frcil
Wntklna by Docombe r 1, Is achedul*
cd fo r dincuMion. ..While c.itimatcd
buiIeetA may be. lubmit tnd by do*
par tmunt he id * immcdltttL'ly follow-
inu June 30, »uch action Idv paually
withhch! unt il in the e arly fall
monthH.
T he u n it , as It Is In o pe r a tio n in o th e r
c o un t ie s o f the s ize o f Co lu m b ia e mbr a ce s a t
le a s t, the s e r vice s o f u full- time doctor a nd
tw o nur s e s d e vo ting t h e ir t im e to the wo r k
a n d in mos t u n it s u s e c r e t a r y .
~viMtii\ a m o m e n t’s c o ns ide r a t io n, w h a t
co uld be o f g r e a t e r \‘a luc to (he [ mpuluce t h a n
a h e a lt h u n it ?
COUN TY N EW S-
Th ird Texm
C lXy C OU N CIL
MEET S MONDAY-
T OO MUCH SP EED F OR
•il CHILD’S SAF ET Y—
V e r n e n ia Ea f ile
T OT DAY. SEPT EMBER 1^. 1939
QREGOl^
.
Re gular Communi­
cation firs t ond
third Wodne s doys
of each month, ot
Masonic
Temple.
All visiting sisters
and brothe m we l­
come.
Mrs . Je a n Crawford. W.M. 1;40
Mrs.* He le n Dewey, Secretary
A. F. & A. M.
Ve r nonia Lodge No. 184
A. F. & A. M. meet? ..a!
.Masonic Temple.
St at­
ed Communication Firs t
T hurs day of each month.
Spe da l
called mci- tlng'
on a ll othe r Thltrsdoy nlght.<i, 7:3Q
p. m. V lilio r t most cordially wel- .
.•omc.
Sp e c ia l m e e ting s F r id a y nl| b ts .
Lo v e ll Hie be r, W. U.
Gle nn F. Hawkins , Sec.
VE RN ON IA
P OST 119
AME RICAN
1 LE GION
Me e ls Fir s t and
T hir d We dne s days
A U XIIIA RY
Fir s t and T ^r d Mondays
Roland L. T re hame
'CxiiiTl
Auloniubllo n c pnlr ins
WELDIN G
ROLAND'S
SE RVICE ST AT ION
BAF F ORD BROS.
General Plumbing
Ve r nonia
NeMem Valley
Motor Freight
Fr ank Hartwlck. Pr oprie tor
Por tland • Timbe r • Ve r nonia ■
Ml*l • Bir ke nfeld - JewoU
Ve r nonia Telephons 1042
CASON’S T RANSFER
LOCAL
and
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