Derno FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1940 Settling Basin at Water Intake to Be Replaced, Ordered Council Received Bid for Lot; Delinquent Accounts Discussed ■City Councilmen meeting Monday evening gave authorization to pro­ ceed with the rebuilding of the city water intake settling basin, which matter was given considera­ tion at the first council meeting this month. Cost of the construction was given at $832.92 which includes the cost of materials for the tank and its erection but does not in­ clude the cost of foundation tim­ bers or the foundation itself, A bid was received by council- men from Lloyd B. Lane to pur- chase the Stuart block, the block on Bridge street now vacant except for the band stand. The price nam- ed for the block in the bid was $700. An amendment to the cemetery ordinance was given official okeh making the price of lots in Section D $10 i' interment is made in a concrete vault and $15 if in wood. Final business of the evening was the discussion of delinquent water accounts end the authorizing i der to wr’te letters of the Citv R ■vhos ■ accounts are to those delinquent Three ('ases Heard by Recorder Charges of Disorderly Ccnd’jct Placed Against Two Defendants The Recorder’s Court for Ver­ nonia was active last Saturday on two cases involving infractions of the law, the first cases for several weeks. Both C. B. Ashley and E. S. Baf- 'ord were charged with disorderly conduct and fined in the court last Saturday, the former being assessed a fine of $20 and the latter $10. Neal King was released from the city jail Sunday on $15 bail after arrest on a charge of being drunk on a public street. Trucking Business Sold E. H. Washburn Disposes of Lumber-Hauling to O. E. Johnson E. H. Washburn sold his lumber­ hauling business last Friday to O. E. Johnson of Banks. Wash­ burn, who has been operating the business for the past two years, had just purchased a new Federal diesel truck previous to the selling. The new owner began operation of the trucking service Monday of this week. "Washburn has not an­ nounced nlans for the future. Warning Given Dog Owners By Marshal rh’nvle Mill Capacity Estimated— An estimate was given this week of the capacity of the shingle mill to be in operation at Riverview within a short time as 30,000 shingles per day with the plant in full production. Timber will be pur­ chased in bolts and hauled to the site of the mill for manufacture. Survey Asked on Station Proposed Fish Hatchery Site to Be Examined by Regional Director Word was received this week by Lester Sheeley from Charles L. Mc- Nary, Senior United States Senator of Oregon that the United States Bureau of Fisheries has requested a survey to be made of the pro­ posed site on Rock creek for a Fish Cultural Station. According to the word, Fred J. Foster, Regional Director of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, with headquarters in Seattle, Washing­ ton, will be in charge of the work. The survey will 'be made to deter­ mine the feasibility of a site on Rock creek where a bill recently in­ troduced by Senator McNary pro­ poses the construction of a $50,000 hatchery. Justice Court Docket Reveals Fines Violation of Motor Ve­ hicle Law Leads to Ma­ jority of Arrests An examination of the docket of the Vernonia Justice Court this revealed action taken in the License Required for week court in the past few days fior in­ Animals by March 1 to fractions of laws. Avoid Penalty Jasper Raymond Crabbe was fin­ Through a notice published by ed $5 and costs for speeding with a truck while James Walter Charles- City Marshal A. D. Lolley dog own­ > worth was accorded the same fine ers of the city are warned to make "or improper lights. The third case the purchase of licenses for their in the court in recent days was a animals before the date of March violation of the motor vehicle law. 1 or be assessed a penalty of 50 Harold Benjamin Moore was given the same fine as the two previous cents for the delay. The warning cases for failure to possess an is made in accordance with a recent­ ■operator’s license. ly passed city ordinance. On Monday a fine of was the Licenses may be obtained at the assessed Hale Bankston city hall for a regular charge of $1 charge of being drunk on highway. for males and $1.50 for females. Sheep, Goat Raisers to Meet Sat. Student to See Lanny Swallow— Students of the Vernonia schools will he entertained by Lanny Swallow, “the man with the X- Ray eyes” at the National Assem- bly Program to be held Friday a ternoon at the Washington school. Swallow will demonstrate “the th sense”; he will see without ing. He will show how he though blind-folded. Of added tcrest the audience will have “spook racket” exposed by Swallow. VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY. OREGON VIC SMITH AS MR. CARTER Mr. Carter is the pater familias “The Carters of Elm Street,” popular and realistic script pro- gram which is now hteard locally over Station KWLK, and is aired coast-to-coast over 83 other sta- tions of the Mutual Broadcasting System. The program is heard daily Mondays through Fridays, from 9:45 to 10:00. Mr. Carter in real life? Vic Smith is his name, and he is one of radiodom’s most ver- satile character actors. VOLUME 17, NUMBER 8 Delegation Hears Naming of Committee for Change Diphtheria Clinic To Immunize Children Here Wednesday Pettijohn To Be Buried Here Accidental Shot Kills Brother While on Hunt- ing Trip Jean Pettijhon, 25, of Portland was killed by his brother, Robert, 20, late Tuesday near Gold Beach while they were hunting d/eer. Young Pettijohn and a hunting companion, Vernon Turner, of Gold Beach, told Police Corporal Guy Forsythe that they had separated from Jean who had shot a deer pnd was packing it into camp. See­ ing the animal through the brush, Robert fired, the bullet striking his brother in the head. The Pettijohns whose homestead is located on Rock creek are well known in this community. Left to nouia are: the mother, another brother, Norman, and a sister, Mrs. Ray Cummings of Portland. The victim’s body is being shipped from Gold Beach to the Bush Fun­ eral Home. Plans Made to Welcome Homemakers Cas^s of Disease in Ad­ joining County Leads to Action A clinic to immunize children against diphtheria will' be conduct­ ed at the Washington grade school next Wednesday morning, Febru­ ary 28, beginning at 9 a. m. Miss Nettie Alley, Columbia County Red Cross nurse, in making this an­ nouncement early in the week states that there have been reports of several cases of diphtheria in an adjoining county and since a number of children here have not been immunized, steps are being taken to provide the means. She urges that the parents see to it that their children are protected from this disease by taking advantage of this county-wide service. Toxoid will be given the children in two doses, three weeks apart, for the small charge of 50c. Child- ren of pre-school age as young as six months old are eligible to be immunized. Parents of large families, unable to pay the fee for the immuniza­ tion of their children, are request­ ed to see Miss Alley at the school Wednesday morning. Additional Candidates Seek Election Four More File Intentions for Public Offices During Past Week Filing of candidates for the May Conference Dates Set for primary election late last week re­ February 27, March L vealed four additional candidates will be in the political race at that Inclusive time, as shown by records in the Plans to welcome some 1200 office of J. W. Hunt, County Clerk. Oregon homemakers for the tenth Those filing were County Clerk Set annual Home Interests conference, J. W. Hunt, Sheriff M. R. Calhoun, Annual Gathering for Saturday, February 24 and for the celebration of the fifti- Assessor Fred Watkins and Coroner eth anniversary if the establish- J. O. Elibon of Rainier. Elbon has at St. Helens ment of home economics at Oregon competition in the filing of Charles The Sheep and Goat Raisers As­ State college, are being made, says N. Rogers, St. Helens, for coroner. sociation of Columbia county will Mrs. Azalea Sager, state home de­ hold their annual meeting on Sat­ monstration leader in the extension Deputy Collectors urday, February 24, at the court service. Dates set for the combined Itinerary Given— house at St. Helens beginning at event are February 27 to March 1, Information released I by the 10:00 a. m., according to Mr. W. inclusive. Treasury Department this week The joint program is being makes known the dates upon which A. McClintock, president of the planned so that Tuesday evening Deputy Collectors for 1 Federal in­ Association. Mr. R. A. Ward, manager of the and Wednesday will be devoted come tax will be in the county: St. Pacific Wool Growers Association primarily to the anniversary cele­ Helens, Feb. 26, 27 inclusive; Rain­ of Poi tland who is now at Boston, bration, while on Thursday and ier, Feb. 28; Clatskanie, Feb. 29. Massachusetts, in connection with Friday, the regular events of the In addition to the places shown, the marketing of wool, will be the Home Interests conference will be the same assistance is also available main speaker of the day. He will emphasized. Demonstrations and dis- |to taxpayers at the office of the ulso have a number of interesting eussions featuring all phases of ' Collector of Internal Revenue, Cus­ exhibits to show and will make a family living will be conducted by tom House, Portland, Oregon, each report on the wool and mohair leaders in their respective fields, in- day until March 25th, which is the jnarketing situation as he found it • eluding foods and nutrition, cloth­ final day of the filing period. among the manufacturers on the ing and textiles, home furnishings, home management, parent educa­ Here from Portland---- eastern coast. Helen Messing who is working All sheep and goat raisers who tion and child development, Costs of attending are being for Fred Meyer Company in Port- are interested in this meeting are invited to be present at that time kept at a minimum, says Mrs. land was a Vernonia visitor Wed- nesday. Sager. and take part in the meeting. Forest Grove Chamber of Commerce Active on Road Problem Through an invitation issued to the Vernonia Chamber of Com­ merce by the Forest Grove Chamber a short time ago, five members from Vernonia were in Forest Grove Mon­ day noon to participate in a dis­ cussion of the Rainier-Apiary road which has been under construction for the past several years. The road when completed will act as a shorter route for Highway 99 from Longview to McMinnville by providing a road that will avoid heavy traffic in the Portland dis- trict and one that will shorten con­ siderably the distance in miles be­ tween the two points. Members of the Washington coun­ ty court were present and through their chairman, Herman Kirkman, extended cooperation to the two chambers in seeking to have the road declared a secondary state highway. Before the business of the »neeting was concluded a motion •vas heard to name a committee to have charge of no other detail than the seeking of that change. Members of the Vernonia chamber present for the day included: J. W. Niohols, Lode McDonald, Joe JIursh, Lester Sheeley, Tom Bate­ man and Marvin Kamholz. Seeding Lands Urged By Agent Suitable Mixtures for Planting Named in Re­ lease to Fanner* The seeding of grasses and clov- ers can be done to good advantage on fall-seeded grain lands or on logged-orff land that was burned over last fall'. The seeding can be done either when the ground is frosted or the seeding can be made in the mud. In this way the seed will usually be sufficiently covered to insure a good stand. A good mixture to seed on this type of land is as follows: western rye grass, 4 lbs.; English rye grass, 4 lbs.; timothy, 2 lbs.; orchard grass, 3 lbs.; alsike clover, 2 lbs.; and white clover, *4 lb. To this should be added sod-forming grasses if the pasture is to be permanent such as one or two of the follow­ ing grasses: Astoria bent, % lb.; Chewing’s fescue, 2 lbs. or tall fescue, 2 lbs.; and Kentucky blue grass 2 lbs. About 19 or 12 pounds of the above mixture should be applied per aere. The permanent grasses may seem to be high priced, but they are only added to the mixture in small quantities and will continue to spread after they are planted so it is important to have some of these grasses in the mixture where a permanent pasture is desired, even if it is necessary to put in a small amount of the recommend­ ed amounts in the mixture. For pasture on low, moist lands English rye grass of 8 lbs. and ladino clover of 4 lbs. is recom­ mended. City Recorder’s Yearly Report of Expenditures Shows Surplus in 1939 • IC-ompletion of the City Record­ er’s report of receipts and expen­ ditures for the budget year of 1939. which was released this week by Loel Roberts, revealed the finan­ cial standing of the city for that year as compared with the budget for the same length of time. The first part of the statement dealing with collections revealed a total of $7,021.08. A breakdown To follow the statement st!!. • aneous, $381.20. only four items but surplus from the remaining items more than of the different items revealed the various sources for those collec- tions and the total for the year for each source: Fines, $630.00; occupation tax, $1,820.90; contract payments, $2,285.25; rents, $734.50; assessment payments, principal, $916.93, interest, $194.80; ceme­ tery sinking fund, $57.50; miKell- • budget total for the year was $14,- 246.25 and expenditures actually made were totaled at $10,557.54 leaving a surplus of $5,058.76. Ex­ counteracted the overexpenditures. Overexpenditures occured for police department personal service, $134- .51; police department other ex­ pense, $55.42; cemetery. $1002.76; and insurance and surety bonds, penditures over the amount deter­ mined in the budget occured for • * “ 1001.49 948.21 i collections by months were as fol- Oct. $177.36. 1101.85 I Nov. 1105.19 The final portion of the report lows : 1097.36 1096.69 Billings Collections Dec. *” deals with collections and disburse- j Month Warrant expenditures compared $1142.24 1043.94 ment for the water department, ! Jan. 1160.70 with the budget were: 1106.82 The total uncollected accounts at Feb. surplus budget expenditures 1107.68 1107.67 the beginning of the year was March 1265.89 Superintendent’s Salary 1139.53 $4,528.68. Total billings for the April 1496.40 123.60 1166.56 1298.91 $1620.00 year was $13,1/73.35 and total col­ May 1111.63 1120.41 Collector’s Salary lections $13,565.55. Billings and June 60.00 1225.53 1201.91 810.00 750.00 more reveals the statement of war­ ' July 1329.01 1332.29 Supplies and maintenance rant expenditures as compared with Aug. 2696.31 2303.69 1143.66 883.73 I 5000.00 the budget for the year 1939. Thej Sept.