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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1941)
Friday, June 13, 1941, Vernonia Eagle, Vernonia, Oregon Motorloggers Preview 'Dream* Highway Down Wilson River to Tillamook Region Thin ta one of a leriei of motorloc*. •ondenned from The Oregonian, recount* Ing tripe to interesting parts of the Pa cific northwest made In co-operation with the Oregon State Motor association. The complete article will appear In The Ore gonian Sunday magazine June 15. BY FRED W. COLVIG Staff Writer. The Oregonian This is in the nature of a summer tradition — a progress report on the Wilson river high way linking inland Oregon and the Tillamook country. And this is probably the last year it will be necessary. For after ten years of disap pointing setbacks the fast new trunk route to the coast is so near completion that highway officials are almost certain of the exact opening date—Labor day. Even today, with 11 miles of the road remaining to be sur faced, a motorist — equipped with a hard-obtained pass—can skim the 77 miles between Port land and Tillamook in little more than an hour and a half's driving time. He won’t have to Th* motorlogger« «topped on a graded «ection of the highway break the law or the dictates of to "kibitx" WPA worker« leveling the crushed surfacing rock. safety to do it, either. We know, because we just did it in a pre Graded and ready for surfac than 5 per cent and no curve view of the route. sharper than 10 degrees. Almost ing (with the exception of one Trip One of Series every foot of it is “mile-a-min- nearly completed cut and one long fill)——10.8 miles from We cruised the new highway ute" highway. in the white travel car of the Briefly, here Is how we found Camp McNamers to Glenwood. Oregon State Motor association construction within three Being graded—three miles of in one of The Oregonian’s sum months of the completion date: new construction between Glen Surfaced and open to public wood and Washburn on the old mer series of motorlog tours. Driving coastward from Glen travel — 29 miles from Tilla Gale’s creek road, a project de wood, where the new highway mook east to Camp McNamers. signed to unbend several dan takes off from the old Gale's Minor work on this stretch re gerous highway elbows. creek road, west of Forest maining to be done includes Grove, we rolled forth on a curve-straightening and widen Completion Due Soon All this, we were assured by “dream” highway banked and ing on the old state road be graded to “railroad” specifica tween Tillamook and Mills Superintendent O. G. McIntyre, will be completed by the first tions, with no grade steeper bridge, six miles east. week in September. There is irony in the story of this Wilson River highway, irony in the gray-black snags that border 30 of the 40 miles between Glenwood and Tilla mook. Ten years ago, when a paved highway to link Portland and Tillamook was still a dream. The Oregonian noted regret fully that hard pavement and automobiles were to invade one of the last great expanses of primeval wonderland. Well, a greater destroyer ef wonderlands than ax or shovel beat the road builders to the Wilson river country—the great fire of 1933—and the virgin tim berland is now a ghost forest. There are gashes < the green mountainside where the road builders have left their mark, but grass, maple, salal and other native brush will soon heal Black line shows completed section of the new Wilson River them. highway, broken line the part to be finished by fall. The new But it will be generations be road cuts 30 miles from inland Oregon - Tillamook journey. fore Wilson river sees another Dotted line shows eventual "by-pass" route. forest like the one fire ravished. The average annual tax per motor-vehicle is $57 a year. This amount to twenty-six per cent of the value accorded to the average vehicle. THEY WOULD READ YOUR AD TOO, IF IT APPEARED HERE grandparents, Mr. and Mr«. Joe Warner. Edith Bledsoe of Portland was a caller at the B. Tallman borne last Wednesday evening. Remus Branion is the owner of TIMBER—A COC truck load of a 1941 Chrysler coupe. boys from Camp Reehers turned Return to Greniboro over Saturday night about a mile Thomas Cameron and his brother, south of town when the driver Garland, who visited him here turned out to avoid a collision. Paul several days, left Wednesday for Foster was the only boy injured. their homes in Greensboro, North He suffered a fractured arm in Carolina. two places. Georgene McCuistion who spent The dance, sponsored by the this winter in Portland at the home PTA, was well attended; fourteen of her sister, is visiting her par dollars and thirty-three cents were ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Mc- cleared. Lunch was served by PTA Cluistion, west of town. members bringing seven dollars and Hazel Shook left Monday night fifty cents. Everyone reported a for Eugene where she spent a good time. few days visiting Estelle Porter. Garland Cameron of Greensboro, Goe« to L. A. North Caroline, arrived Saturday Richard Turley left Monday evening and spent a few days morning for Los Angeles where here visiting his brother, Thomas. he expects to spend the summer with his grandmother, Mrs. Martin Meza, and other relatives. We will all miss Richard. His brother, George, will deliver the Journal until Richard’s return. A large group of boys from On July 1 there will be a change Reehers OCC camp will leave Van couver by troop trains Saturday in the nonresident angling license. for their homes in the southern The two-day nonresident angling li cense for $2.00 has been eliminat states. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Townsend ed and in its place will be sold a of Portland were week-end visitors ten-day angling license for $3.00 Spanish American War residents of Mrs. Townsend’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lance may obtain special licenses after five years of residence in Oregon (Blackie) Brown. instead of twenty years, as pre Zone Winner« viously required. Boy Injured in Truck Turnover Reehers COC boys were winners in this zone in softball and will play their last two games Friday and Saturday at Vancouver, Wash ington. Last Saturday Reehers won from Cathlamet 7 to 3. They play ed two games Sunday with Short Sands Beach and won both tnose games. First score was 11 to 2 and last, 8 to 3. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harkson are the owners of a new Buick sedan- ette. Miss Jo Bowen of Nehalem spent last week with Miss Betty Jean Gi'dner. Carl D. Sullivan of Fort Stevens scent the week-end here visiting friends. To Vi«it GROCERIES, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Expert Auto Repairing An Independent, Home-Owned Grocery LYNCH AUTO PARTS For your summer menus we have the finest selec tion of foods, vegetables, fruit and beverages. Shop at Sam’s. IT’S ALMOST LIKE GETTING A NEW SUIT! get your garment» from looking suit that For You insure your business against fire and theft . . . syperb finish. Try us! Agency, Wendell's Barber Shop & Bowling Alley. Riv erview Agency, Babe’s A Les’s. Phone 772 Forest Grove Cleaners Why Not Insure Pickup Mon. & Thur*. 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Skilled operator* are responsible for that Vernonia Prohibit« $2 10 returned. is Other new game laws include provision for enlargement of the area of the Corvallis watershed wild animal refuge; setting aside an area east and north of Canyon Creek in Grant County for bow and arrow hunters during deer sea son; making provision for avoiding conflict and difficulty in the en forcement of game laws on the Snake River where that river serves as the boundary line between Idaho and Oregon. ■ ”1 • est Grove, rip off the paper and see the smart PURCHASING POWER APRIL, 1041, Compared with APRIL, 1940 V® \S unnybrook FREE DELIVERY you American Income Rises 24 Cents; Living Costs 1 Up 2 Cents Over 1940 Father Gas and Oil When Other New Law« Thelma Thompson of Cornelius left Portland Saturday night for Illinois to visit indefinitely with her father. Miss Thompson formerly lived here. Mjr. and Mrs. Elmo Tailman were visitors of Mrs. Tallman’s mother, Mrs. Edith Riggle, at Bux ton Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Ed West and daughter, Ava, who are picking strawberries for Ginzer Brothers spent the week-end at their home here. Zona Lee Bonnell' spent last week in Vernonia, where she visited her aunt, Betty Warner, and her SAM'S FOOD STORE RIVERVIEW or its tributaries after July 1. An emergency clause was attach ed to the bill granting the Game Commission power to set seasons and bag limits, and as a result this law became effective as soon as the governor signed the bill. Nonresident to Get 10-Day Permit New and Used Parts New and Used Tires Phone 773 7 Wed. & Sat. SALES? Look at it this way: the regu- lar insurance you buy is a pro tection against unforeseen events. 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