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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farmin a ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 23 Number 28 Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon Enforcement in Order For Dog Control Act THOSE WHO ARE IN IT Numerous instances of trouble with dogs by city property own ers! has led to the announcement by city police this week that more strict enforcement of a regulating ordinance is intended. Complaints against dogs running at large have been received from TRAINS AT SALEM RIVERVIEW — Max Millis USN, who has completed his boot training in San Diego left Mon day a week ago for Salem after spending a ten day ¡eave with his mother and sisters here. At Salem he will attend the V-12 school which prepares our boys for higher ratings. Max says the boot training was O. K. County News J. N. MILLER IS FATALLY HURT CLATSKANIE — Columbia county lost one of its foremost citizens in the death of J. N. Miller last Thursday morning about 2 a.m. at the Clatskanie hospital. Joe Miller, as he was known to his friends, died as the result of injuries received on the morn ing of the fourth on his home farm where he was assisting with haying operations. Joe Miller was elected as commissioner for Columbia coun ty -in November of 1922, taking over his office in January, 1923. He served in this capacity until December of 1934. He was again elected to that office in 1939 and had served for the past six and one half years since that time. He was re-elected in 1942. During the time of the sale of the timber owned by the coun ty and purchased recently by Archie Adams, Mr. Miller took and active responsibility in that deal as well as in the leasing of county lands to the Texas Oil Co. Mr. Miller was active in all the affairs of the county, tak ing a leading role in every move that affected the county. His ac tive interest was in the market and secondary roads. His office vacated by death will be filled at a later date by the county court. BUSINESS INCREASING IN CLERK’S OFFICE ST. HELENS — Business is definitely on the up-grade at the county clerk’s office. The average monthly business shows a steady increase and this past month of June was one of the busiest the office has experienced for a long time. The amount of fees collect ed totaled $1,055.25, approxi mately twice what the average month's business netted two years ago. The fees were allocated by the clerk to the following funds: , Circuit judge $55, district attor ney $45, court reporter $20, law library $43.50, migratory chattels $14.50 and the c unty treasurey $877.20. A glance over the register re vealed that marriages are still be ing kicked around by the divorce rate. June, the month of mar riage in days gone by, saw nine divorces filed and only six mar riage licenses issued. SCHOOL BUDGET IS ACCEPTED BY VOTERS CLATSKANIE — The budget of Clatskanie School District No. 5 was accepted as written and presented at the budget meeting election. Twelve votes were cast at the election and the results were 3 for and 4 against. GROUP CONDEMNS LIQUOR HOLIDAY ST. HELENS — A resolution denouncing the liquor manufac turing “holiday” during July was. passed at a meeting of a group of housewives in St. Helens, Tuesday, July 3. Condemning the manufacture of beverage alcohol, the resolu tion declared that 600,000 tons of grain and 28 million pounds of sugar-producing molasses will have been used in the liquor hol idays of last January and this month. o< o all parts of town and those com plaints are covered by the terms of the ordinance so that owners must take greater care of the'.r animals. The ordinance covers every phase of control and is entitled: “An ordinance prohibiting the running at large of dogs and bitches within the City of Ver nonia, providing for and taking up the dogs and bitches running at large, giving notice thereof and providing for the advertis ing, selling disposing and killing of such dogs and bitches running at large, providing a penalty for the violation thereof . . Section 1 generally covers the contents by stating: It shall be ■■jnjawful for any person, pcr- ons, firm or corporation which is the owner of, or custodian of any dog or bitch, to permit such dog or bitch to run at large upon any of the public streets, alleys, or other public places within the city of Vernonia, Oregon, or up on the premises of any person except the ‘ premises owned or controlled by the owner or cus todian of such dog or bitch, un less the owner or person in charge of such dog shall accom pany and control the same. Other parts of the act deal with more specific regulations. Maximum penalty for violations and conviction in the recorder’s court is $100. Bond Sale Total Less Than Quota Thq sale of war bonds of ser ies E and of other series have been tabulated as of Saturday of last week, the last day of the drive, by Mrs. Ben Brickel, local chairman. The overall amout sdld and credited to this part of the county is $164,130. Of this amount, $106,450 represents the sales transacted at the post office of maturity value which does not reach the amount of the Verno nia quota. In some instances purchases of E bonds have been made through banks located in other counties and those sales have not been credited to the quota here. It is believed that, were all sales such as these .credited locally, the quota would have been reached. For Columbia County as a whole, purchases of all series of bonds reached 171.4 per cent cf the overall quota but again the series E sales fell short of the quota. Fire Spreads to Green Timber A fire which started Monday morning in Oregon-American cut- over land had spread by Tuesday afternoon to green timber, mak ing the job of fighting more dif ficult. The blaze started on an aband oned logging spur and its cause was not known. The O-A camp personnel and the Northwest Fire Patrol were engaged in fighting the flames. FIREMEN REPORT QUIET FOURTH ST. HELENS — It was a com paratively quiet Fourth of July for the St. Helens Fire Depart ment this year, with the elimina tion of fireworks from the ritual of celebration. They did reeeive one call, how ever, from Bachelor Flats where a chicken house was completely consumed by flames. The build ing itself was the only loss . . , and there was no fried chicken. VISITS WIFE RIVERVIEW — Ross Wilkins of the merchant marine arrived from Okinawa recently for a vis it with his wife. He had been overseas five months and will re port back to Portland at the end of 30 days. GOES BACK TO PACIFIC RIVERiVIEW — Albert Schal- ock WT2c (USN), son of A. F. Schalock is again on his way to the South Pacific to finish the job he started three years ago when he spent two years help ing push the Japs back toward Japan. Albert is in hopes he will get to stop in Hawaii long o- nough to visit his sister, Pfc. Elizabeth Irwin (USMC) who has been stationed there for sev eral months. GETS DISCHARGE Pfc. Coy Chested Bass, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bass, has notified his parents that he has received his discharge from the army and expects to be ' home soon. He would have been in the army two years in August but has been hospitalized a year after injuries received in the Pacific war. He is at Vallejo, Cal. now. CALLS FROM NEW YORK Captain Harold Cason, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cason, called long distance a few days ago to tell his parents that he had ar rived safely in New York after service in Europe. HERE FROM ASTORIA Ph. M2c Joe McNutt and Mrs. McNutt were here last week end from Astoria where he is sta tioned at present. GETS DISCHARGE S. Sgt. Byron D. Bennett has returned to the United States after 39 months overseas with the Americal Division, and has received an honorable discharge. He entered the service July 9, 1941, receiving his training at Camp Roberts and Fort Ord, Cal. before going overseas in Mar. 1942. A member of a heavy ma chine gun unit, after the Guadal canal campaign his outfit was sent to Fiji for rest and more extensive jungle training. Bennett took part in the Gua dalcanal, Bougainville, and Philip pine campa'gns and is author ized to wear the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon with three bronze stars, the Philippine ribbon with one brenze star, the combat infantry man's badge, and the Presidential Unit Citation with one bronze star. Pfc. Helen Bennett of Ham mer Field Air Base at Fresno, Cal. is home on furlough visiting her brother, Byron, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.C. W. Ben nett, of Springfield, Ore. The Bennetts formerly resided here. GOES TO ST. LOUIS Lt. Dessy Laird left last Thurs day for St. Louis, Missouri, to spend a week or 10 days with his brother, George. He will re turn here again soon. GETS 35 DAYS MORE Mitchell DeHart, USN, arrive! here again Tuesday for 35 days more leave after being here a short time ago to visit his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. DeHart. JAPS HIT RIVERVIEW — George Wood, Sic, sends word to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wood that he is aboard the USS Lexington and states that “We have hit the Japs once and will be going after them again soon.” He doses with a P.S., "What about some cookies, Mom?” Use Care with Water Urged by City Officer No Restrictions Apply to Amount Consumer May Have City Water Superintendent Walter Kent, when questioneJ about the city’s supply of water and the popssibility of a shortage at this time, urged that care be practiced about the amount of irrigation. There is sufficient water but its excessive use where not necessary could lead to difficulty in maintaining enough in city reservoirs for emergen cies.. Water customers are allowed 8,000 gallons during June, July, August, and September for the base charge of $1.75, which is double the amount allowed dur ing other months of the year. This allowance was made for ir rigation of lawns and gardens. During the past few days since the temperature has been higher and more irrigating has been required, especially for gar dens, the pumping plant is oper ated for longer hours than is or dinarily required. An example is that 17 hours of pumping was required for one day this week in order to fill reservoirs and the pumping fur nishes 15,000 gallons an hour. Fire Caution Is Great Need Now Use extreme caution with fire was the warning issued this week by Fire Chief Harry Culbertson when he mentioned especially that low humidity along with dry grass on many lots in the city are very easily ignited and when once on fire can spread to build ings quickly. Few permits to burn are be ing issued now by Mr. Culbert son and then only under strict conditions such as burning early in the morning. The city fire truck was called Saturday afternoon to stop a grass fire on Third street. The blaze, which was set by young sters, was put out before damage resulted. New Shoe Ration Stamp Valid Soon The new shoe ration stamp that the office of price adminis- tiation announced would become valid August 1, 1945, will be Stamp No. 4 in war ration book No. 3, it was announced Monday. Airplane stamps Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are good indefinitely. The last stamp was validated November 1, 1944. Intervals be tween validation of stamps de pend on the available supply of shoes. Price Clerk* Meet Price clerks from rationing boards in this part of the state met at Astoria Monday to dis cuss problems which boards in this area have experienced. The meeting was conducted by a district office repesentative and was attended by Mrs. Paul Gor don, Mrs. Harry Culbertson and Mrs. Harry Sandon. HERE UNTIL AUGUST Cpl. Geo. King, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. King, will be here until August 3rd on furlough after returning from overseas. He arrived a week ago Monday from Ft. Lewis and will return there when his furlough ends. George was home last August and was oversea* in Czechoslo vakia on V-E day. serving with an MP platoon. Thursday, July 12, 1945 93 IS TOP TEMPERATURE Was it hot the last few days? If you think it was and wondered what the official recordings were, this is what Mrs. Helen Spofford has listed for July 1 to 8 incul- sive at the cooperative weather station: Maximum Minimum July 1 89 42 July 2 76 49 July 3 71 39 July 4 77 40 July 5 83 39 July 6 92 39 July 7 93 45 July 8 88 45 Classes for Home Service Intended County Red Cross workers met at St. Helens Monday evening to hear an outline of plans for the organizing of home service work classes and to discuss other mat ters relative to Red Cross ac tivities in the county. Going from here were Mrs. Frank Hartwick and Mrs. A. J. Hughes. Classes for home service work are planned by the executive secretary of the organization, Mrs. Snyder, within a short time. She will bring the instruction to ladies in each community, there by making possible better admin istration of Red. Cross undertak ings. At the Monday meeting it was also the decision to engage a part time paid secretary to aid Mrs. Snyder with the work. June Recordings Show Little Rain Although June had more cloud iness than usual, it was a very dry month here and throughout the state according to the co operative weather station record compiled by Mr. Helen Spofford, local observer. Most of the month’s rain fell in a series of showers on the 13th. In Verno nia .09 of an inch was recorded on the 13th and .02 of an inch on the 21st for a total of .11 of an inch for the month. The maximum temperature varied greatly on various dates from a low of 57 degrees on the 26th to a high of 89 degrees on the 17th. Minimum recording was 33 degrees on the 15th. In some parts of the valley, white frost was reported. Prevailing wind direction wis northeast; days clear were 14; partly cloudy, 9; cloudy, 7.. ’42 Car* Ration Free On Monday, July 2, used 1942 autos were removed from ra tioning. Thef may be acquired altered or transferred without rationing restrictions. Eligibility for new 1942 cars remain the same. Most users of 1942 cars are in the high mileage clasifi- cation and thoset cars are fre quently in the htfrd usage cate gory, thereby being on the av erage no better than 1941 cars or older. Club Meet* Today The Vernonia Service club will hold its regular meeting Thurs day, July 12, today, at 2 o’clock at the Legion Hall. All members are requested to be present for this important meeting. Dress Shop Opened Mrs. Robert Holcomb and Mrs. Reese Holcomb announce the purchase of the Betsy Joy Dress shop at Gresham this week. They took over management of the business Monday morning after making the purchase a short time ago. Fiscal Totals Show Trends Of Business Official Year Ends For Post Office, City of Vernonia June 30, the end of last month marked the end of the fiscal year of business for the Vernonia post office and the City of Ver nonia and makes possible th«l re lease of figures for the amount of business for both during the y«ar. For the city, the total of all funds at the end of June as given by City Treasurer C. F. Hieber, was $33,494.79 which is somewhat less than a year ago at this time when the figure was $35,207.34. This year’s funds are distributed as follows; cash in banks: St. Helens—$6,747.20: Forest Grove National—$6,915.- 59; investments for the various funds are: general fund—$4440- .00; water fund—$7400.00; wn- ter sinking fund—$7400.00; and cemetery fund—$592.00. Business at the Vernonia post office reached a grand total of $672,896.56 for receipts and this does not include such small items as the sale of duck stamps, auto stamps, etc., but does include all major items which follow: The figures were prepared by Post master Emil Messing. The largest item of receipts of money was recorded in the mon ey order department. For that part of po3t office work $279,- 185.00 in orders were written and $2,276.36 in fees were lev ied. Next greatest volume of bus iness was recorded for sales of series E war bonds for which $222,150.50 cressed the counter during the 12 months. Postal savings was third in line with $155,922 being received. On de posit in postal savings at the end of June were $253,65'1 which is an increase of $31,779 over the same time a year ago. Stamp sales comprised the last major item of business and in that department alone there was a good sized turnover. Listed for the year is the figure »of $13,- 362.70. Deer Killed by Car Tuesday There are some deer in this part of the country^ at least that would be the indication, by an accident tn the Beaver creek highway near the Schmidt placo Tuesday morning. Mr. Schmidt called officeis here to report the accident and was instructed to dress the animal which had suf fered a broken back. State Pa trolman Olson from St. Helens arrived here shortly after noon to make disposition of the meat Room* Painted The painting of 15 rooms at the Washington grade school, which work has been underway for several weeks, was completed this week. E. E. Upgard has been doing the work and he will also do considerable work at the high school before the fall term if school opens. STREETS WASHED Bridge street was washed on Friday evening and again Sun day evening to remove accumu lated debris. City firemen did the job Friday and Marshal A. D. Lolley Sunday. CLERK RESIGNS , Mrs. Reeve Holcomb, who has been a cleTk at the post office here for some time, has tenderd her resignation.
