FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1940 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON Annual Meeting of Stockmen Here to See Officers Elected Dean Schoenfeld of Ore­ gon State College Expect­ ed to Attend Of interest to Nehalem Valley farmers and stockmen and agricul­ ture men throughout the county will be the annual meeting of the Columbia County Stockmen’s As- sociation slated for Vernonia this Friday evening, April 19th. The meeting will be held at eight o’clock at the Grange hall. The purpose of the session sched­ uled is the election of officers and the transaction of any business that may arise, it was stated by W. E. Crawford, secretary-treasurer. On the same evening Dean Scho- enfeld, Director of the Experiment Station and Extension Service >f Oregon State College, and Har y Lindgren of the Animal Husbandly Department of the college and secre­ tary of the Western Oregon Live­ stock Association are expected to attend. No announcement of possible speeches by the men were given but it is expected that both will rddress the gathering on topics of interest to stockmen. E. A. (Lode) McDonald, presi­ dent of the Columbia county assoc­ iation, and Mr. Crawford both have expressed the hope that a record crowd will be in attendance Friday for the yearly Vernonia .meeting. Three Get Fines in Justice Court Cleanup Day Discussed Water Ordinance Given Official Okeh by Council­ men Monday City councilmen, at their second meeting lor April held Monday eve­ ning, heard the reading of an ordin­ ance authorizing the water rate reduction voted upon at the first April meeting and gave the official okeh to the draft. Action was also taken to sell lot •) in block 7, Central Addition to he city to A. H. Tisdale. Those wo offical acts completed business i >r the evening with the exception of a discussioin of the naming o’ a cleanup day. Several comments were heard on the matter to lead to the decision to set no official ay for cleanup. Due to the under- : tanding, as it was expressed, that nmany residents within city limits would retain garbage from one year to the next in anticipation of the etting aside • of a special day for •emoval and would thereby be in­ trumental in contributing to a .reater accumulation, no action was taken. Committee Appointments Charges Var y from In­ toxication to Fishing in To Be Made Closed Strear i r Chamber Commerce Lun­ Three cases were heard in the cheon Due Next Tuesday •Vernonia Justice al Peace court Noon Says President since Saturday of last week, an examination of the court docket Chamber of Commerce President revealed Wednesday. The first case Slam Hearing stated Wednesday was that of Earnest Arthur Stacey! that the second April meeting of who was charged on Saturday with the group is slated for the Termin- being in a state of intoxication on al Cafe next Tuesday noon. In the ft public highway. A plea of guilty i announcement Hearing stated that to the charge was entered and a ■ business men, residents af the com- fine of $25 and cost of $2.50 inunity and farmers in the valley assessed. surrounding Vernonia are invited On April 15 Roy James Garner f0 attend. The appointment of committees of Portland was arrested for fish­ ing on the east fork of the Nehalem wil‘ occupy the business session o river, a closed stream and fined' L^e meet'n®- $25 and costs of *2.50. On th« KWLK to Change same day Russell Hiram Hewitt was groadcagt Frequency- charged with driving while intoxicat-1 Beginning with Thursday s broad- ed and entered a plea of not guilty., ,ast> Ra(Jio RWLK, Long- The date of hearing was set f°r'vuw will be found on a new spot April 17, Wednesday, and he was ¡on the dial, is the announcement admitted to bail but on the 16th, made to Vernonia listeners this — , , he appeared , in court to . i week by A. H. Green, manager of Tuesday, L, , the station. The new number on change the plea to guilty. A fine fche dia] win be J37o kilo<,ycIes an(i of $100 and 30 days in jail were instead of being a daylight station, levied as penalty. i that is signing off at sunset, pro- ’ grams will run every day from 7 | a. m. until 11 p. m. Registrar from Willamette to Speak— W’after Erickson, registrar of Wi|- lamette University, will address sen- iors of the high school Thursday morning at 9:45. Because of limit pd time, Mr. Erickson was unable to speak to the entire student body in addition to the graduating class. Money 1 Vernonia Scouts fo Participate— The Vernonia Boy Scouts are to be represented in the scout Skill- orama to be held in Portland April 26 and 27. Scouts from here will participate in the parade to be held on Saturday, stated Scoutmaster Ira Baucom. Credit Union Formed Union Purpose to Pro­ mote Thrift Among Mem­ bers A group of Vernonia residents wish to announce the formation of the Vernonia Community Federal Credit Union, Charter No. 3723. Mr. Robert Raymer ci April 5 called the group togeth r and in- troduced Mr. Powell of the Farm Credit Administration wl > was here t-> install the charter and explain the purpose of Federal Credit Unions. The purpose of Credit Unions as explained is to promote thrift among its members, by af­ fording them an opportunity for accumulating their savings; and to create for them a source of credit t or loans for provident and pro­ ductive purposes. , Officers elected at this meeting were, President, Robert Raymer; 'inancial Secretary, Dwight Strong, 'redit Committee: John Roediger, H. A. Stevenson and Rurus Bram­ lett; .Supervisory Committee: Mrs. ’Obert Raymer, Lester Wells and Warren Stevenson; Board of Dir- ctors: John Gritdahl, Hale Bank- on, Dwight Strong, Robert Ray- ner, E. Burton, O. D. Willard ana Edwin Ade. Membership in the Vernonia Com- ■nunity Federal Credit Union is imited to the residents of Vernonia ■ nd those living within a radius of ix miles, There are no paid of- icials in this Credit Union and t is non-political and has no other affiliations other than being undei he direct supervision oif the Farm Credit Administration, which audits ts books annually. There are now 66 such Credit Inions with a combined member­ hip of 13,500 in the State of Ore- ion in the business oe saving money md in turn loaning it to their mem- >ers in need of such loans. Vernonia ’s getting off to a good start, now aving 34 members and with others howing interest in the Credit Un- on. For more information please •ontacf any member or any officer nentioned above. High School Budget Board Named Sat. Meeting Date Set for May 7, Tuesday, by Dis-1 trict Directors Directors of the high school board of directors for District No. 1 last Saturday named budget board men to draft the high school budget for the district at the director’s meet­ ing held last Saturday, April 6. Those named to the board are C. W. Johnson, Cass Bergerson, Ed Bollinger, Henry Johns and R. M. Aldrich. The budget meeting late has been set for Tuesday, May 7. Firemen Called to Action Wednesday— The Vernonia fire department was called into action about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon when an alarm was turned in for a fire at the Walter McDonald home. Chim- ney sparks had ignited the roof but timely arrival of firemen pre- vented any but small damage. Total 107, • I • It is often said that statistics are day being the first day of business not of jnterest to the reader but | in that year. The first money order that statement can hardly be con­ of that day carried number 171,678 sidered true when those figures ' and the last order last Thursday are of an amount revealed last night was numbered 279,519. week by an examination of the With that information in hand number of money orders issued I the question arose a« to the total th rough windows of the Vernonia amount of money concerned which post o'fice. A statement made last came to the figure of *1,272,534.60; Thursday by O. T. Bateman, assist­ f this week, April 19th, stage a band concert and majorette contest in the Washington grade school audit­ orium. Plans for the evening will feature lor the first time locally • he majorette contest which will be governed by high school regulations. C. R. Watts has faithfully directed the local band aspirants in practice, inarching and drills and has, in the past few years, perfected an out- tanding group of young musicians now in demand for conventions, parades, etc. to represent Vernonia with justified honors. Only three of the original members of the first I and, started five years ago by Mr. Watts, are active in the present ;roup, Jane Watts, daughter of the director being one of the three, She s now assistant director. Two trophies, one gold and one silver, as first and second prize will be awarded in the majorette contest in which a number of at- tractive young ladies will pantici- pate. Funds derived from the concert will be used to defray band expenses on trips and other expenses that may arise. Oregon Offers Advantages To Industry Washington Utility Dis- trict to Lose Payroll to Neighboring State Officials of the Aberdeen Ply­ wood Company have just announced that they will seek a new manufac­ turing location for their huge enter­ prise in Oregon and will not rebuild their $800,000 Aberdeen plant which was recently destroyed by fire. Beyond stating that Oregon offeis better industrial advantages and greater raw material supplies, oom- pany oficiáis gave no hint con- eerning what possible Oregon com­ munities they are considering as the site for reestablishment of their enterprise. Announcement of Aberdeen’s per­ manent loss of one of its largest industries and its 450sman payroll has come as the second heavy blow to the righ hopes of thousands of citizens that the new Grays Harbor- Public Utility District would bring aheap electric rates to city dwellers nd farmers and attract new pay- ■oll indurtricc. Acting on these repeated promises of public power advocates the coun­ ty voted in a PUD in 1938. Last month thq PUD commissioners sold $3,350,000.00 of 4V4% tax exempt bonds and purchased the private itility system serving the 35,000 people in Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Cos- n-opolis and surrounding rural ter- •itory. Immediately after taking over the irivate lines, the PUD commissioners rnnounced that the people will not Precipitation Totals Ov­ tet any of the promised electric er Four Inches, Records ate reductions under the new >ublic ownership system. Instead the Reveal ?UD will continue to charge the Cooperative Weather Station fig- »eme prices that the private utility ures released recently by Harry collected for an indefinite period, As a result the only benefiiciarie» Culbertson, observer, revealed a of the PUD thus far are the power maximum temperature for March. politicians and their financial and last month, of 76 degrees. Further Political allies. They and their check of the recordings revealed friends, the now available public that the month’s readings also drop­ records reveal, made private profits ped to 28 degrees for the lowest or themselves of a minimum of recording, The high temperature more than $300,000 from the dis­ trict’s funds for "organization” etc., occured on March 21st and the low nd from investors in the 20-year on March 19th. Readings for seven tax-exempt bond ¡issue. The bond days showed minimum recordings issue itself was for $508,000 more than required to buy the private below freezing, 32 degrees. Precipitation records gave a total system. Of this half million dollars of excess borrowing $103,000 cash of 4.92 inches of moisture for the was paid to PUD lawyers, engineers, month with .82 of an inch being lif-.-nts, etc., for fiscal engineering, recorded on March 26th. legal fees and other “organization Mr. Culbertson also revealed that expenses.” This leaves the district with he will no longer be in charge of $100,000 for working capital and the cooperative station, it having another spending fund of $305,000 been transferred to the charge ot for “rehabilitation”, replacements Ed Sesseman, recently appointed and other property improvements. cemetery caretaker. The station has It leaves the people with only been relocated atop Corey hill near these millions of debt to re-pay and the Sesseman residence. little hope of procuring any perman­ ent rate reductions for many years. The New York attorneys for the bond selling group drew an iron -lad agreement under which the • ing only in thousands of dollars district must build up at least *250,- money order figures were as fol­ 000 cash to assure bond payments lows: January, *22 thousand; Feb­ and interest for a year in advance, ruary, *21 thousand; March, *25 It must also build up another *250,- thousand; April. *24 thousand; May. 000 cash fund to maintain prop- limes must have nave $24 thousand; June, $23 thousand; I | erne* erties atiu and at mi all times July, *21 thousand; August, *22 at least *120,000 cash on hand for thousand; September, *24 thousand; working capital. (then the shut down) October, *19 Since bonds must be retired at thousand; Novembet, *18 thousand; and December, *23 thousand. Dec­ a rate ranging from *118,000 a year ember business for a normal year to *248,000 a year and interest is above *35 thousand. (Continued on page 5) Tempera I ure In March Hits 76 Degrees H. L. Hatchard Prepar­ ing Oregon Gas Building for Use Vernonia’s newest business estab­ i shment is due to open its doors to the public on May first or short- ly therea fter was the word of H. L. Hatchard, owner of the con­ cern, when contacted Wednesday re­ garding the store. Mr. Hatehard is employed at the present time in preparing the store space for the < pening. The completion of that •vork will determine the opening date, it was stated. Ice cream and confections will be the attraction, the ice cream