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4 Oer no III5E agte Candidates For Queen Sought Winner of Contest Would Rule During County Fair Is Explanation An attempt to arrange for at least two candidates for the county fair queenship was being made this week by representatives of the queen contest committea o'f the county fair association, Several contacts were made here with or- ganizations in seeking groups to sponsor candidates. The two representatives explain- el the contest as being fair to every community. Candidates will be sought from Vernonia, Clatskanie, Rainier, Scappoose and St. Helens. An impartial committee from out side the county will choose the fair queen from the winning candidates. Attendants for the queen will be the remaining community winners. Candidates in the communities will have charge of the sale o scrip’ which will provide admission to the air grounds, grandstand, ex hibit’, etc., with the exception of the carniva . The candidates are ! ’privileged to re'ain 10 per cent of the script sales for their woi<t, , it was explained. No announcement was made by Wednesday evening of possible Ver nonia candidates or sponsors. Oregon NYA Given $254,727 The Oregon NYA school work program, which assists approximate ly 5000 boys and girls enrolled in high schools and colleges, this week was allotted $254,727 for operation during the coming school year, ac cording to announcement NYA headquarters. The allotment, to be allocated among 24 Oregon colleges and 267 high schools, supplements $482,064 received earlier this month for op eration o'f the NYA out-of-school work-exp?rience program. Ivan G. Munro, state NYA admin istrator, announced that as in past years, purpose of the school work- pregram will be to heap needy youths maintain themselves in school in “proper and healthful circum- stances.” Last year, he said, average monthly payment to students assign ed to part-time employment was $4.40 in high schools, and $13.60 in colleges. A total of 3687 Oregon high school students earned $90,- 754, while college students earned $161,000. ’Munro also announced that the program will ’be headed by Britt Nedry, formerly superintendent o' schools in Tigard, Oregon, who was last summer appointed NYA state director of student work. To be eligible for assignment to the school work-program students must be between the ages of 16 and 24, and must qualify on the basis o'f "citizenship, scholarship and need.” Inquiries should be directed,’ not to NYA, but to school princi pals or school authorities in com munities where applicants reside. VOLUME 17. NUMBER 30 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1940 Cemetery Grounds Impove Due to Attention oj Caretaker Due to the spending of much time and effort in maintenance the grounds of Vernonia’s Memor ial’ Cemetery are showing a marked improvement. Due to the efforts ou Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sesseman who are employed as careeakers for the city project, the lawn and shrub bery are showing marked improve ment even during the dry summer months which ordinarily prove det rimental to such growth. Mr. Sesseman stated Wednesday that much of his time is occupied in removing weeds which, if allow ed to grow, would detract from the cemetery appearance. The lawn itself is mowed once each week, requiring about five hours ior that job alone. Mr. and Mrs. Sesseman can now be reached by phone, the service having been installed a short time ago. Grange Picnic Slated July 28 The anneal picnic sponsored by the Columbia County Pomona grange will be held Sunday, July 28, at Big Eddy park near Vernonia. A good time is promised all’ who attend. There will be foot-races for boys and girls of di ferent ages, a free- for-a‘l race, a three legged race and sack races. In addition a horse shoe pitching game, a ball game and a “whiskerino contest”, to deter mine who has the best growth of whiskers, are planned. Prizes will be given the winners of the con tests. The committee in charge of the picnic are :Chairman, Inez Langdon, George A. Nelson, Ray Tarbell, Noble Dunlap, W. F. Sheets and Laura Carmichael. Examiner Sets Date For Appearance Here— A traveling examiner o' operators and chauffeurs is scheduled to ar- rive in Vernonia, Thursday, August 1, and will be on duty at the city I’.all between the hours of 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. according to an announce ment received this week ’from the secretary of state. All those per sons wishing permits or licenses to drive cars are asked to get in touch with the examiner during these hours. Young People Plan Consecration Luncheon— The young people of the Chris tian Church will hold a “Consecra tion Luncheon” in the dining room of the church at 5:45 tomorrow (Friday) evening. A potluck lunch eon will be served; the subject for discussion will be “Youth, the Chuich and War.” A large atten dance is expected. City Street Oiling Stage Play To Be Given Begins Monday August 2 “Marihuana” Title of Pre sentation Slated Here at Christian Churc'x Cattle Must Be Tested For Fair The stage play "Marihuana” is scheduled for appearance at the Christian church at 8 p. m., August 2nd, it was announced this week. A capable cast of players, headed County Agent Released by Ted Howland, will do character Info on Requirements work for the presentation. Necessary for Exhibition The play, a three-act dramatic All cattle at least one year of triumph, is based on the ravages caused by the use olf the narcotic age or older that are to be ex hibited at the Columbia County from which the name is taken. Fair are required to be tested for So that all may be able to wit tuberculosis within one year pre- ness the evening’s entertainment novious to the county fair and for admission is to be charged but a Bang’s disease within 60 dtfys silver offering will be taken. The previous to the county fair. All those expecting to exhibit play comes to Vernonia highly re at the county fair this year and commended by teachers and minist have not already had their cattle ers alike, All are urged to come tested within the required time and bring the family. Boy Scouts should report either to Dr. F. G. and Camp Fire girls are especially Rankin, county veterinarian at Clatskanie, , so that he can make invited. the test or to the county agent’s office at St. Helens where the re- quest will be forwarded to Dr. Rankin for his attention. These requests should be sent in Oil immediately so that Dr. Ranain will have time to complete the test “A total of 12 dairymen in Cbl- ing in time for the fair. umbia county made the National Dairy Honor Roll by their herds averaging more than 300 pounds Building of Crawford of butterfat per year in the Col Home in Progress— On the plot of ground, located umbia Cow Testing Association for the year ending April, 1939,” states in Riverview, formerly owned by George A. Nelson, county agent. Sidney Malmsten and where the Those whose herds made the Malmsten home stood before it was honor roll and received the Nation burned a number of years ago, al Dairy Certificate are as follows: Tom Crawford is having a new, Beeson Bt>others, Clatskanie; R. L. modern home erected. Jack McGowh Kealtey, Clatskanie; William Arm and Noble Dunlap have contracted strong, Marshland; Nestor Lehto, Cor the work. The house which will be complet Clatskanie; Frank Hassel, Marsh land; Boesel and Son, Warren; J. ed in approximately six weeks will D. Honeyman, Scappoose, Everett consist of a living room, dining Johnson, Birkenfeld; C. E. Gregory, room, kitchen, breakfait nook, bath, Goble; M. M. Lyons, Sauvies Is two bedrooms and a linen closet. land; A. A. Schwab, Deer Island; The concrete basement will provide space for a play room, for the elec and Fritz Anliker, Goble. The highest herd average for the tric water pump, which pumps 350 Association was Fritz Anliker’s gallons of water an hour, for wash herd of Goible whose herd of 19 ing equipment and the heating cows average 388.1 pounds of equipment. The excavating for the basement and the fireplace are in butterfat. “Dairymen who continue to test progress at present. are steadily increasing their aver age production and the net earn Cabinet Shop ings of their dairy herd each year,” Gets New Roof— states Mr. Nelson, “which shows The building housing Jack’s Cab that it pays to systematically test inet shop received a new shing.e cows for milk and butterfat pro roof this week. Shingling was done duction." by Jack McCown and Noble Dunlap. 12 Dairymen Honor Roll Reports Tell Events in Note—The following three reports are those written by students in the boys’ and girls’ classes of the Evangelical church. The classes were taken to the state Capitol July 2nd. First and second prizes were won by Marietta Hodgson and Frances Carrick in the girls' class and first prize for the best report by a mem Accountant Reports ber of the boys’ class was won by Books Balanced— Wendell Riggins. Mrs. G. A. Riggins A report to the of icers and-teaches the girls and Matt Gibson members of Local 2557, A. F. of the boys. L. this week reads as follows: OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL Gentlemen: EXCURSION I have checked the receipts and Observations by disbursements of your treasurer MARIETTA HODGSON from January, 1938 to June, 1940 On Tuesday morning of July 2, anl find accounts in excellent shape 1940, the boys’ and girls’ classes and balanced. of the Evangelical Church started J. E. Willoughby on an excursion to Salem, Oregon, Public Accountant The purpose of this trip was to Portland, Ore. further educate the minds of the children on the Oregon State build ings. First Karakul There was a group o'f thirty Lamb Born— children, twenty-one of which were The first Karakul lamb was bom boys, nine girls and four adults, a last week from the flock of five total of thirty-four people. Mrs. valuable Karakul sheep purchased Riggins was the teacher of the girls’ recently by Mr. and Mrs. S. V. class and Mr. Gibson was the teach- Malmsten rtf Riverview. The lamb’s er of the boys’ class. We started about 9:00 o’clock in value for its fur was estimated at ‘he morning. Our first atop was $30. Banks. Here Mr. Gibson treated all the children to ice cream. We didn’t stop again until we were in Salem. Here we stopped to let Mrs. Mills, the bus driver’s wife, off. Then we drove on to the park around the Capitol building. Here we ate our lunches on the benches in the park. From where we sat we could see the little gray squirrels. After we had eaten our lunches we went to the penitentiary. We entered a large gate and walked down a long sidewalk leading to tne building. As we walked along we could see the prisoners working in the prison grounds. The grounds are beautifully kept. We next entered the building where we were shown the work of art done by the prisoners, compris- ed of leather goods, jewelry, hand craft, etc. After we had looked at the exhib it of goods made by the prisoners, a guide took us in the auditorium and then into the kitchen where there were large quantities of food. There was a very large stove in the center of the room. We also went through the library. The guide told Us there were more than 1,000 prisoners in the penitentiary. Next we went in the dining room Tear Down Work Almost Completed— The work of tearing down the vacated Bennett Mill structure is almost complete reports Harry Cul bertson who purchased the building and dock structure for lumber con tained therein. Much of the lumber has been sold, one sale going to Portland to be used in the con struction of a residence. Junior Band to Begin Practice Practice for the Vernonia Junior Bqnd is scheduled for resumption tonight, Thursday, was the an nouncement Wednesday by Clarence Watts, director. Band practice has been discontinued for the past six weeks. Members of the band will meet at the Washington grade school at 7 p. m. The first fall appearar^e of the group will be Saturday at the IWA picnic scheduled for Arcadia park. Binder Coat of Oil Appli ed First; Lifts to Be Spread Later A welcome sight to many resi dents of Vernonia was the start of street oiling work Monday of this week. Several pieces of county road equipment were employed in the application of a coat of bind ing oil to those streets which will later receive paving oil and rock. Oil used in the binding was haul ed here from Linnton by a county ti uck. The oil for that purpose was spread while hot and then mixed with gravel already on the street. The final stage for the binding was pressing it with a road roller. According to present plans it will not be necessary to haul oil from Linnton for the actual paving as a tank car will be spotted here when the work begins. Spreading the oil and rock is scheduled to start the latter part of this week. Grange Singers To Vie at Fair Fire Causes The Oregon state grange will sponsor its secord annual state fair song contest at the 79th Oregon Industry Loss state fair, whi< h opens in Salem Labor day for a full week. The song contest will be a feature of grange day, Friday, September 6, with Mi's. G. W. Thiessen of Mil waukie, state lecturer, in charge. Only members of the subordinate and juvenile granges will be eligible, with winners to be chosen from nine classes': Men soloists, women solo ists, duets, tries, quartets, chorus, juvenile soloists, duets and quartets. Elimination will be conducted through regional contests, closing August 15, and only songs written prior to 1900 may be used. All entrants must appear at the 'fair contest in costumes appropriate to the period for which the song was written. The state fair will award first and second cash prizes to the win- ners totaling $150 for all’ the classes. Highest monies, $22 and $12, will go to the chorus groups. The grange song contests were inaugurated last year and were a highly successful feature. to State Capitol where about prisoners were served at one time. We went to the cells also. Before we left some of the children bought souvenirs. I bought a ring. After we left the penitentiary we went to the Capitol. Before we entered the building we stood ir. front o'f it viewing the whole build ing. We could see the Oregon Pioneer cn the top of the Capitol, which is gold in color. Later we learned that he is six feet to the knees, and twenty-four feet in all. The statu,, cost about one-half a million dollars and six to eight boys can stand with arms spread out inside of him. As we entered the building we saw a large Oregon Seal carved in the floor. A very pleasant guide told us many interesting facts about Salem and the Capitol. We could see beautiful paintings on the wall’s. There were ten in all, throughout the entire building, five of which were painted by Barry Faulker and live by Frank Schwarz. The guide first took us to the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives was a very large room. The carpet had the Oregon State tree, the Douglas Fir on it. The guide told us that County Equipment Being Used Oregon had sixty-six Houses of Representatives. The room is of Golden Oak. The lights are holes in the ceiling and 1,000 watt light bulbs are used. There were 169 names of Oregon’s early pioneers painted around the ceiling. There were chairs and desks arranged close together. The hard chair is Tor the secretary and the soft chair is for the legislator. We next visited the Governor’s office. The Governor has seven rooms, five of which are black wal- nut with a myrtle wood border. In this room some of the children sat in the Governor’s chair. The next room we visited was the Board of Control room, This room is of knotty pine. There was a large rock-wood table in the een- ter of the room with chairs around it. The Senate was out next stop, There was a large painting in front, of the room by Frank Schwarz. The guide told that the man who sat in the highest chair in the room was the President. The chairs and desks were arranged the same as in the other rooms. We were told that the senators and the representatives were paid for forty days only. (Continued on page 5) Oregon has a large and danger ous fifth column that regularly sabotages her basis industry of lum bering, causing shutdown of lumlber mills, loss off payrolls, a destruction of scenic beauty and wild life. “This fifth column is nothing less than a large group of our own citizens who in other respects are exemplary in conduct but who fail utterly to Observe the common rules of precaution with fire when they travel our highways or camp in our verdant forests,“ said N. S. Rogers, State Forester. “Oregonians should quit talking about forest fires as a public enemy and bring the blame right to their own doors where it belongs. It’B the hand that sets the fire that must be checked. For the most part these are the hands of unwitting, thought less persons who pride themselves cn their loyalty to state and nation, but the results of their carelessness is just as costly as if they were avowed fifth columnists in the pay of enemy nations.” On this score, a fire warden in the West Timber area reported the case of a motorist on the new Wolf Creek highway who stopped his car to survey the black desolation wrought by a recent fire. He shook his head in genuine sadness, called it a “blasted, dirty shame” and flipped a lighted cigarette stub into dry grass beside the highway as he drove on. A careful study of the locale of major forest fires in the state show that a vast majority have started within 100 feet of highways, bear ing out the State Forester's con tention that careless smokers and campers must be blamed for more than 40% of Oregon fires. Evangelists to Hold Final Meeting— The meetings at the Christian Church led by Mr. Walter Fiscus and wife, and Mr. James Whitaker and wife, are continuing with deep ening interest. Mr. Fiscus is a force ful and convincing speaker and a number of memberships to the church have resulted. Mr. Fiscus will hold his final meeting on Sun- day evening.