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Labor Holiday
Due on Mon.
New Law to
Lower Taxes
In County
School Tax Levies
Reduced Through
Income) Tax Use
Vernonia taxpayers, as well as
other taxpayers in the county, will
benefit from the income tax di­
version law which was passed at
last year’s general election, ac­
cording to figures compiled by
Otto H. H. Peterson, county school
superintendent. Special levies for
school purposes in the county
will be $113,965.04 less, due to
the new law.
The total reduction for Vernon­
ia will be $19,207.44, the allot­
ment for the grade school dis­
trict being $14,381.03, and for the
high school, $4,826.41. This will
reduce the grade school district
tax levy from $43,893.00 to $29,-
511.97. For the high school dis­
trict, the levy will be $22,808.09
instead of $27,634.50. Mist will
receive $946.06, reducting the
levy there to $960.26. Kist will
receive $157.90, reducing their
levy to $957.14. Birkenfeld’s levy
of $360 will be eliminated through
an apportionment.
The new law provides that in­
come tax cash is to be used only
to offset property taxes, so a
district having no special levy
will not receive a share of the
funds. Money available to such
districts will be distributed among
the districts which have special
levies. No district received more
than its special levy.
The average saving to county
property owners will\be 8.3 mills,
although each district’s tax rate
will probably vary.
As next Monday, Septem­
ber 6 is Labor Day, it will
give store employees here and
some other workers a double
holiday. The O-A mill will not
run that day, but Camp Mc­
Gregor men will not observe
the holiday.
The Eagle office will be
closed Monday, so the paper
will be a day late, coming
out on Friday.
Much County
Forest Area
Closed Now
Permits Obtainable
At Several Places
Including Pittsburg
Much of the forest areas in this
county were ordered closed ef­
fective from August 19 to Decem­
ber 31 through a proclamation
made by Gov. Earl Snell on Au­
gust 18. Thereby the unregulated
use of such areas is unlawful and
only those given permits by the
state forester or a fire warden
When the newly-organized Ne­ and those having right-of-ways
halem Valley, Rod and Gun club may enter. Permits will be ¡«sued
met at the Bush Funeral home under the following provisions:
(1) no fires shall be built except
last Friday night, August 27, Jew­ in places designated as safe in
ett A. Bush was elected president; permit; (2) tools suitable for ex­
W. H. Bridgers of Mist, vice-presi­ tinguishing fires are carried; (3)
dent; R. L. Spencer, treasurer; no smoking is allowed except in
and Marvin Kamholz, secretary. A places designated as safe in per­
board of directors, with the presi­ mit.
dent as chairman, was named to
Specifically closed, because of
include: Roy Hughes of Mist, Guy a menace to life and property due
Bellingham of Birkenfeld, John to excessive amount of debris on
Kirk, and Emil' Messing. Charles the ground from old burns and
Wall, M. B. Willard and Emil logging operations, is the follow­
Messing were appointed to serve ing area, Northwest Oregon As­
on a publicity committee.
sociation area No. 1—Columbia
First action of the club will be county: Township 3 north, range
to seek a more even distribution 3 west, Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12;
of shells. The government is ex­ township 4 north, range 2 west,
pected to release some shells for all of township lying west of the
the hunting season—to be releas­ Cedar creek CCC road and the
ed through Marshall-Wells only, Chapman-Pisgah
Home
road;
and the club will seek to have township north, range 3 west, all
them released through other deal­ of township lying west of the Ce­
ers.
dar creek CCC road and
the
Next meeting of the sportsmen Chapman-Pisgah Home road; town­
has been set for Friday, Septem­ ship 4 north, range 4 west, all of
ber 10 at the Busfe funeral home. township; township 4 north range
.The club now has 8.6 meraberi. E. west, all of tonwship; township
but only about 22 attended the 5 north, range 3 west, all of
meeting.
township lying west of the Apiary
Wilark and Wilark-Bunker Hill
CCC roads; township 5 north,
range 4 west, all of township;
township 5 north, range 5 west,
all of township; township 6 nfirth,
range 3 west, that portion of
township lying west of the Apiary-
Rainier Market road and the Api-
AT CAMP ABBOTT
ary-Wilark CCC road; township
KEASEY—Emerson White en­
6 north, range 4 west, all of town­
listed in the army July 28 and is
ship; township 6 north range 5
now stationed at Camp Abbott,
west, all of township; township 7
near Bend. He is in the engineer
north, range 3 west, that portion
corps.
of sections 31 and 32 lying south
of the Clatskanie river; township
E. P. BROCK ON LEAVE
Elbert P. Brock, Aer. M 2/c in 7 north, range 4 west, that portion
the navy, who is stationed at of sections 27, 34, 35 and 36 ly­
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, is ing south and west of the Clats­
home in Portland on a 15-day kanie river and sections 28 to 33,
leave. Former residents of this inc.; township 7 north, range 5
city, the navy man and his moth­ west, all of township lying south
er, Mrs. Carroll Brock, visited with of the Columbia river highway.
the W. P. Ortner and W. T. Lilly Some Area« Exempt
families here Tuesday afternoon
Not included in the provisions
and evening.
of this closure are the rights-of-
RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO way of all public roads and high­
Coxswain Art Spoffard, son of ways, the cultivated lands of bona
Mrs. Bessie Spoffard, has return­ fide residents with right-of-way of
ed to the armed guard center in roads leading thereto, the areas
San Francisco after a week’s visit embraced in cities or towns and
here and in Astoria with relatives the prescribed areas of public
and friends. Before having his camp grounds.
leave, he had just returned from
Also exempt are: that area ly­
North Africa, where he received a ing between the Nehalem highway
star for being in a major battle. and the Nehalem river from the
Now he is attending petty officer Clatsop-Columbia county
bound­
school before going back to sea. ary, section 30, township 6 north,
range 5 west, to the Nehalem
WAC AT MEDFORD
Aux. Montana French Marshall bridge at the mouth of Clear
of the WAC arrived at Medford creek, section 27, township 4
about a week ago, and will now be north, range 5 west; that area
stationed there. She has been at lying between Rock creek and the
Rock creek road from Keasey sta­
Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia.
tion, section 5, township 4 north,
ENLISTS IN MARINES
range 5 west, to the city limits
Clyde E. May of Salem, 17- of the City of Vernonia, section 4,
year-old son of Clyde May of the township 4 north, range 4 west.
Pittsburg guard station, enlisted
Entry permits may be secured
in the marine corps on Saturday, at the following places: Pitzer
August 21. Until after the fire ranch, section 25, township 7
season, however, he will continue north, range 5 west; Birkenfeld
to work as a fire guard with his garage; Wilark Guard station;
father, who is in charge of fire Pittsburg Guard station, Pisgah
control in this county, being ap­ Lookout, section 27, township 4
pointed several months ago.
north, range 3 west; and Wolf
Clyde was born here in Vernon­ Creek fire camp, section 10,' town­
ia, and is a graduate of Salem ship 3 north, range 5 west.
high school.
J. A. Bush Elected
Club President
Those Who
Are in It
FOUR SONS IN ARMY
Mr. and Mrs. E. EL Walker of
Riverview now have four sons in
the army. Keith, who graduated
from high school here in May and
who worked at the mill until he
left on August 5, is stationed at
Fort Custer, Michigan. Eldon, who
also worked at the mill, left here
August 12 and is now at Camp
Adair in the infantry. The two
other sons have been in the ser­
vice longer. CpI. Winston Walker
is in the Hawaiian Islands, while
Sgt. Lyle Walker is at Pine Camp,
New York.
RELEASED FROM SERVICE
Wesley Brady, who was station­
ed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri,
has had a medical discharge from
the army. Before arriving home
Thursday evening, he visited rela­
tives
in
Phillipsburg. Kansas,
North Platte, Nebraska and Den­
ver, Colorado..
VISITS LONDON
KEASEY—M/Sgt. Ted DeWitt
has been in London twice and the
last time he enjoyed a chicken
dinner, he wrote. He walked
through St. James Park but saw
no flowers. The debris from the
bombing has all been cleared away
so to a newcomer, the damage has
to be pointed out. He has decided
that it will take a good many trips
to see much of it.
TWO BROTHERS VISIT
MIST—Orlo and Orville Trotter,
both of the armed forces, were
at home a few days last week
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Acie Trotter. They left Tuesday,
August 24. Orlo is stationed in
New Jersey, while Orville is sta­
tioned in Missouri.
Dimout Aid •
September 2—6:33
3—6:34
4—6:35
5—6:37
6—6:38
7—6:39
8—6:41
9—6:42
7:48
7:46
7:44
7:42
7:40
7:38
7:37
7:35
SOLDIER VISITS
Pvt. G. A. Wilson, who is in the
army and stationed at Sioux City,
Iowa, spent Monday and Tuesday
of last week visiting his mother,
Mrs. M. G. Wilson at Mist. •
More “Those Who Are” page 6
PROBLEMS TO BE DISCUSSED
Charles H. Vancil of the UPA is
scheduled to meet with the local
rationing board tonight (Thursday
September 2) at 7:00 p.m. for a
discussion of gasoline ■ and tire
problems.
Postal Savings
Highest Ever
August was a fairly aver­
age month for the sale of
war bonds and stamps at the
local' post office, but as of
August 31 the amount in­
vested in postal savings was
the largest in the history of
the post office.- A total of
$185,463 in postal savings
accounts was noted.
War savings bond total for
August was $18,581.25, while
$603.50
wag
invested
in
stamps during the month.
$2 Said Offered
For Goat Butterfat
Of much interest to local goat
milk producers is an announce­
ment from Mrs. L. 0. Gillham,
secretary of the Nehalem Valley
Goat Milk Producers association,
that she has just received word
that a Portland firm has offered
$2.00 a pound of butterfat for
goat milk. Word of this offer came
through the Oregon Dairy Goat
Breeders association, so it can be
depended upon.
When the local organization
was being formed in June, the
top price of $1.25 a pound for
butterfat was mentioned.
The association here will prob­
ably meet some time this month,
as the possibilities of setting up a
cooperative goat milk creamery
here are being investigated.
Dance to Boost
War Stamp Sales1
War savings stamps sales here
will be boosted considerably when
the Mothers’ Service chib com­
pletes its ticket sale for its Sep­
tember 18th dance. In reality the
dance patron does not buy a tick­
et, but a $1.00 war stamp. He or
she is given a ticket, on the back
of which is fastened the war stamp.
The club is conducting an advance
ticket sale.
The war stamp dance will be,
as usual, at the Legion hall, and
Glen Davis’ orchestra will play.
All expenses in giving the dance
will be paid by the service club.
This Saturday night, Septem­
ber 4, another semi-formal dance
will be given by the service
mothers.
Taxpayers to Get
Help with Forms
Deputy collectors for the treas­
ury department will visit three
Columbia county towns before
September 15 to assist taxpayers
in filing declarations of estimated
income and victory tax for the
calendar year, 1943, but will not
come to Vernonia. They will be
in St. Helens and Clatskanie on
September 8, and in Rainier Sep­
tember 7. They will be in Forest
Grove on September 9.
The same assistance is also
available to taxpayers at the of­
fice of the collector of internal
revenue, Custom house, Portland
each day 'until September 15,
which is the final day of the
filing period, J. W. Maloney an­
nounces.
Canvass, Rally Planned
For Invasion War Bond
Drive, Sept. 9th to 30th
September 9 will see the start of Vernonia’s invasion war
bond drive, which will feature house-to-house canvassing, an
invasion bond rally September 10, an auction, and other means
to help make it possible for Columbia county to meet its quota
of 11,017,900. Plans were made at a meeting held Tuesday
night in the old post office building for the drive, which will
continue through September.
The house-to-house canvass will be for the purpose of ad­
vising and assisting those who
wish to invest savings in war
bonds or to increase their pay­
roll deductions.
An interesting program is plan­
ned for the rally Friday evening,
September 10 at the Legion hall.
Each precinct chairman will be
responsible for a number, and
there will be community singing.
A local and an outside speaker
will be featured, the latter to be
a bond committeeman. Of course
the opportunity to purchase bonds
and stamps will be given.
Details are to be worked out
for an auction on the street dur­
ing the drive. Still other means
may be employed to make the
drive a success.
QUOTA INCREASED
Mrs. H. H. King learned
Wednesday noon
that
the
county quota ha. been boost­
ed to $1,800,000, in order
that the county may sponsor
two motor
torpedo
boats.
That is as close to the quota
as possible, and sale, between
September 1 and October 1
will be counted. The boats
will be named after cowaty
pioneers.
Columbia county’s
quota
of
$1,017,900 is divided as $682,800
for individuals and $335,100 for
corporations. The quota for each
working man, woman and child
is $112.50.
Chairman of the drive is Mrs.
H. H. King, who will be assisted
by the following precinct chair­
men and committees: precinct one
—chairman, Mrs. Harved Red­
mond, Mrs. C. A. Mills, Mrs. Lar­
ry Thompson, Mrs. P. Weidman,
and Mrs. Oscar Vike.
Precinct two—chairman,
Mrs.
J. E. Tapp, Mrs. John Grady,
Mrs. Irven Ackley, Miss Lenora
Kizer, Mrs. J. M. Currie, and
Mrs. Oliver Mellinger.
Precinct three—chairman, Mrs.
A. J. Hughes, Mrs. Ben Brickel,
Mrs. Bob Holcomb, Mrs. Hamp
Roberson, Mrs. George Drorbaugh,
Mrs. U. J. Bittner, Mrs. Rufe
Bramblett, Mrs. Chet Taylor, and
Mrs. C. H. Fowler. The latter two
will canvass Wilark.
Precinct four—chairman, Mrs.
Harry Culbertson,
Mrs.
James
Emmons, Mrs. Milton Lamping,
Sr., and Mrs. Bud Borton.
Other workers will be added to
the committees as needed.
New License
System Due
Although the new overall live­
stock slaughter licensing system
transfers local responsibility for
al) phases of the war meat pro­
gram except those relating farm
slaughterers to the food distribu­
tion administration, the Columbia
county war meat committee has
WATER MAIN BREAKS
been asked to continue to work
It was, discovered Saturday with FDA area meat supervisors
morning that a water main, which in seeking solutions to county
lies crosswise under the road near meat problems, W. C. Johnson,
the Cherry Tree apartments, had chairman of the county USDA
broken, and while it was being re­ war board, announced last week.
paired the road was closed to traf­
Under the new licensing system,
fic. The break was of such a na­ Mr. Johnson explained, all slaught­
ture that quite a bit of digging erers except farmers will be li­
was required.
censed to slaughter livestock under
certain conditions. These will in­
TINY BABY GAINS
clude compliance with quotas and
Mary Edith Branton now weighs with all livestock and meat orders,
two pounds! The tiny baby only and payment for hogs of not more
weighed a pound and a half at than OPA ceiling prices and not
birth on Saturday, August 21, less than WFA support prices.
and has gained one-half pound
Farmers will continue to oper­
in 10 days. The infant, who is at ate under the slaughter permits
Lloyd’s Maternity Home in River­ issued them by the county war
view, is normal in every way.
(Continued on page 8)
Tire Quota Here
Lowered Again
Tire quota given the local war
price and rationing board to work
with in September again reflects
a downward trend. For passenger
cars 38 new grade I and 21 grade
III tires, and 26 tubes may be
granted. The truck tire quota is
51, while 30 truck tubes may be
allowed. Other items allocated are
4 farm tractor and implement
tires, 2 passenger automobiles, and
3 bicycles.
It is to be noted that a certifi­
cate is still required for truck
tire recapping, although no quota
'is involved. The absence of grade
II tires in the quota is due to
the fact that grade I and grade
II tireB have been merged into
one class.
Vacancy at High
School Is Filled
With the appointment last week
of Mrs. Margaret Dement as com­
mercial teacher at 'Vernonia high
school, the school’s teaching staff
is now complete. She will fill the
position left vacant when Miss
Betty Galloway was stricken with
infantile paralysis, and her sub­
jects will include typing I, com­
mercial law, and world history.
Mrs. Dement is a graduate of
Linfield college and has taught
in the past at Myrtle Point.
With this
teacher obtained,
things are in readiness for the
start of school Wednesday, Sep­
tember 15. The repair of the high
school gymnasium roof was com­
pleted Saturday after about a
month’s after-hours efforts of
teacherg and interested citizens.
Lookout Manned
By Local Student
A new forestry lookout station,
the construction of which was
completed about August 1 about a
mile north of the Wilark guard
camp, is being manned by Mitchell
DeHart, a local high school stu­
dent. He will be on duty there un­
til the close of the fire season.
Under the direction of E. A.
“Lode” McDonald, the post was
constructed on a prominent ridge
in a fir tree that had been topped
at a height of 50 feet.
It i« considered an important
development in the fire detec­
tion service of that section as it
covers the Columbia State forest
on the Clatskanie river as well as
a large part of the Columbia riv­
er slope.
URGES EARLY MAILING
Postmaster Emil Messing urges
all who wish to send Christmas
gifts overseas to do So at the
earliest possible moment. Abso­
lutely none will be accepted after
October 15. An estimated 10 mil­
lion parcels will be opened, inspec-
ed and wrapped by the postal de­
partment before that time.
WINS WAR BOND
James W. McKenzie was winner
of a $25 war saving bond in a
drawing held by I.W.A., Local 5-37
at the meeting on Thursday, Au­
gust 26. A similar drawing is
held during the last meeting of
each month.