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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.