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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.” Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon Volume 23 Number 41 Loggers Break Tie Spell by Win Over Gulls Rainier Next on Vernonia Schedule For Friday Night Seaside bowed to the Vernonia Logger attack here last Friday 27 to 6 in an afternoon game that was marked by errors and fumbles by both teams.. Coach Paul Gordon’s boys ended the first quarter on the small end of a 6 to 0 tally after Seaside scored on a Vernonia fumble but evened the count 6 to 6 by half time with a running pass from Byers to Riley. An ex change of fumbles gave Vernonia the ball and made the scoring play possible. The Loggers drove to the 20 in the third period, only to fum ble again but Seaside couldn’t push the advantage to scoring territory. With two minutes and 15 seconds remaining in that per iod, Byers took the ball 45 yards around the weak side to score. A sneak play made the point and the score 13 to 6. A running pass from Byers to Riley scored again and another 45-yard run by Byers added the fourth touchdown. Vernonia invades Rainier ter ritory tomorrow, Friday, night at 8:00 o’clock for a game that will apparantly give plenty of competition to the Loggers. Rain ier has won from Seaside 7 toO. Coach Gordon’s regulars are being pressed in several posi tions by Calvin Bass and Dick Renfro for half back spots and Dave Buell and Ralph Keasey for lind positions held by Bither and J. Buell. Vernonia’s lineup last Friday was: Parker le, Cline It, Bither lg, Anderson c, 'Condit rg, J. Buell rt, Riley re, Byers rh, Frank lh, East qb, and Dodge fb. Dairy Sign-up Dates Listed Dairy feed production pay ments to Columbia county pro ducers covering July, August and September, 1945 sales are now being made at the St. Helens AAA office. Dairy production payment will be made through March 31, 1946 on a quarterly basis. Rates are 55c a hundred weight for milk and 13c a pound for butterfat. For the convenience of dairy men the county AAA committee has scheduled meetings for sign ing applications. Dates and places are: Rainier city hall, Tues., Oct. 16, 10 a.m.; Mist grade school Thurs., Oct. 18, 10 to 11; Ver nonia Washington grade school, Thurs., Oct. 18, 1 to 3 p. m.; Clatskanie Odd Fellows ha'l, Wed., Oct. 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dairymen not able to attend a meeting may apply through the St. Helens office, being sure to send milk and cream state ments for the quarter Just ended. Nov. 30 is the deadline for accepting applications. Missionary to Speak Miss Florence V. Christie, missionary from Eygpt will speak at the Assembly of God church, Friday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Miss Burt will sing and play also. They represent the famous Assiout Orphanage of Egypt and Miss Lillian Trasher, its founder, of whom Jerome Beaty stated in the American Magazine: “Egypt is a land of wonders but to me it’s greatest is Miss Lillian Trasher.” Motion pictures will be shown Friday and everyone is welcome. Cara Collide Automobiles owned by Johnny Counts and M. D. Thompson col lided at the intersection of Weed and Bridge near the railroad crossing Tuesday about noon. THOSE WHO ARE IN IT O-A LUMBER SEEN SlcFC Thurman Dehart, in a recent letter received by Mrs. Dehart, writes that “it is a small world”. He explains the reason for his belief: Thurman is aboard the USS Medusa ARI in the Pacific and was recently sent out with a working party to a Liberty ship which was loading and unloading supplies. On board he saw some 1x6 lumber upon which was stamped Oregon American Lum ber Corporation. HERE FOR ELEVEN DAYS Douglas Culbertson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harrry Culbertson, ar rived here Saturday morning for an 11-day furlough. He has com pleted training for teletype op erator and will report back to Greensboro, N. C. for further assignment in the aip corps. GETS PROMOTION Harry M. Culbertson, Jr., has been promoted to first lieutenant at Headquarters, army air force, middle Pacific. Lt. Culbertson is a forecaster with an AAF weath er unit. ON SAIPAN Capt. George Laird is stationed now on Saipan with Hq. 1412th engineers base depot. HERE FOR 30 DAYS MAMlc Tom Bateman arrived here last Thursday night for a 30-day leave after spending al most 20 months overseas in the Pacific area. During the latter part of his time overseas he was in Manilla and saw the arrival of Japanese representatives by specially marked plane to meet Gen. MacArthur. At present Tom’s classification is frozen, but may be changed in the near future. At the end of his leave ,he will report to Brem erton. DISCHARGED A press release from the office of public information at the Pu get Sound navy yard, Bremer ton, lists Leslie Leroy Owens, PM2c, as being discharged from the navy. The separation from service came October 4. DISCHARGED ON POINTS James and William E. Byers were recently discharged from the US army air forces on the point system. Each of the boys had over 133 points due to dec orations and months of service. Both were first lieutenants, both were pilots of P38’s and both had served in the armed forces for three years. GETS RELEASE Hale Graves, ACMM, has been released by the navy and has secured a position with Marshall- Wells company in Portland. Mrs. Graves is visiting her parents the Fred1 Ovesens, but expects to join Hale in Portland within a few days. EXPECTED HOME Raymond Thacker is expected home soon. He is stationed at Camp Elliot, California and is waiting for transportation to Bremerton where he will get his discharge papers. He has a new rating of EMlc and has just re turned from the Philippine Is lands. SENT TO CAMP ADAIR Pvt. Joseph Schmidlin from Camp Roberts, Cal. has been in Vernonia on furlough. He left for Camp Adair Oct. 8th from where he expects to be sent to the Pacific occupational area. HOME FROM PASCO Merle Nelson, AMlc, is home with his grandmother, Mrs. Daisy Omduff, on a 32-day leave from Pasco, Wash. HERE ON FURLOUGH Pvt. Glen Henry is here on fur lough to be with his wife and daughter, Phyllis and Donna. From here he goes to Camp Adair where he will receive his orders for shipping overseas. (More ‘Those Who’, page 8) RELOGGING TO* First Safety Service Exam START SOON Made Tuesday Elimination of Unsafe Conditions, Acts Is Purpose The first inspection by the Safety Service company, a re cently formed company, was made here at the Oregon-Ameri can mill Tuesday, after the com pany began its work two weeks ago by the organization of a safety committee. Purpose of the company is the elimination * of unsafe working conditions and unsafe acts on the part of workmen by working in conjunction with a safety committee comprised of manage ment and employees and the State Industrial Accident com mission. This safety work is carried out by inspections, the holding of safety meetings and safety training classes. The partners of Safety Service are George I. Baker, John Carter, both former ly with the State Industrial Ac cident commission. Mr. Baker is a former resident of Vernonia. Consolidation Is Jewell REA Topic Members of the Jewell REA cooperative will meet and vote on the matter of consolidation of that group with the West Oregon Electric Friday, October 12 at Jewell. Should the vote prove favorable, the consolidation will be another step toward com pleting the West Oregon Electric system as planned when the West Oregon group was formed. The ballot which will be voted upon Friday at Jewell states in part: Resolved that the members of the cooperative hereby author ize, approve and direct the sale conveyance and transfer by the cooperative to West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Inc., of all the properties and assets .... The Jewell REA has obtained loans from the government not in excess of $119,000, the ballot also states, and these loans will be assumed by the West Oregon Cooperative if that district is made a part of this one. Secretary Tells Trailor Rules Car owners who have trailers that are required by law to be registered in Oregon are urged to obtain titles for them at once in order to avoid the rush period during motor vehicle registra tion time in November and De cember. It is likely that many people owning trailers are not informed on the law. All trailers that must be registered must have titles under provisions of a new law enacted by the 1945 state legislature. Trailers that must be registered are those over 750 pounds with a carrying capacity in excess of 1,000 pounds. Titles cost $1 and applications can be obtained by writing the secretary of state, Salem, Oregon. Conference Scheduled Rev. Paul Petticord wil con duct the first quarterly confer ence here at the Evangelical church Wednesday, October 17 at 7 p.m., it is announced this week. The public is invited to this service. Harry King Win« Harry King won the first flight title in the Forest Hills annual fall open golf tourna ment Sunday when he defeated Paul Anderaon two up in the finals. Ben Brickel also partic ipated in the play Sunday. A small logging industry here that will be able to obtain ma terial without limit is ready to start work. That industry is the relogging of area that has already been logged in this section and is being started by Harry Sandon. Mr. Sandon has built a portable crane for yarding and loading. The crane is so constructed that it will work from truck roads and will bring in logs from a dis tance of 400 to 500 feet on both sides of the read. This operation will salvage ev ery stick to and including an 8-inch top and the log will be manufactured into ties and small timbers. This system of logging is in keeping with the Orown-Zeller- back practice of forest utilization and also provides an important means of fire prevention by re moving much material left by previous logging operations. Red Cross Seeks General Head Several county and state Red Cross officials were here Tues day afternoon of this week to assist the present local Red Cross organization in seeking a more effective set-up. In car rying out the idea of a more closely knit group of workers, a general chairman for all branches of Red Cross work is being sought. Present Tuesday to better or ganize the local work were: Mr3. Ruth Snyder, executive secretary of the Columbia county chapter; Mrs. Elsie Abrams, chapter chair man for home nursing; Mr3. Margaret Larson, home service corps member, all of St. Helens; Miles J. Handy and Chester Schwartz, first aid and water field representatives; and Miss Adelaide K. Nelson, general field representative for western Ore. Named Tuesday as the local home nursing department head was Mrs. H. M. Culbertson. "Prevent Fires" Purpose of Week This week is the one set aside for observance of fire prevention, the observance being an annual undertaking. This year Fire Chief Harry Culbertson mentions that one of the best practices in the prevention of fire is the removal of hazards. Disposal of trash or rubbish is an excellent means of greatly decreasing fire danger around homes and business places In general, any effort spent in making home grounds and build ings look neater will also help prevent fires, Mr. Culbertson said. When planning to burn trash it is now necessary to ob tain a burning permit according to a recently-adopted city ordin ance. Permits are issued by the fire chief. Tire Certificates Eased on Need Because of the acute tire short age, OPA boards are being ad vised to give first call to a tire applicant who has no other means of getting to his job or perform ing it over the needs of a car owner who has access to other means of transportation even though the latter’s services are more vital. That is the informa tion released here this week by Portland OPA officials. The OPA has also warned that many so-called "junk” tires now traced to southern California sources are being sold to un suspecting dealers in Oregon as recapped or repaired tires. , u ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ol ° Thursday» October 11, 1945 Tree Farm Vital Here; Fire Greatest Enemy Emphasis on the subject of fires is brought to a peak with the designation of this as Fire Prevention Week. The importance of fire prevention at all times cannot be overemphasized and that is the topic of a letter re ceived by The Eagle this week from a man who has spent a good many years logging in this area. His thoughts dh the sub- jetc of fire and the damage it causes in forests are so vital that his letter is presented as he has written it: Dear Editor: This week is “Fire Prevention Week.” The Junior Chambers of Commerce throughout the nation are making every effort to elim inate fire hazards in our cities. They have adopted for their slo gan of the week, “Sweep Out Fire Hazards.” While our record as a city is exceptionally good, we should take stock to see if we can’t better1 our record. We cannot, however, relax and rest on our city record for I believe that the slogan “Sweep Out Fire Hazards” as for as we are concerned might well be applied to our forests. We are interested in the welfare of our forests both from an economical as well as a recreational stand point. As citizens, nearly all of us are dependent on our forests as a means of livelihood. As a city our very existence depends on the preservation of our forests. to make the area surrounding Vernonia into a tree farm. This Vernonia into a Tree Farm. This tree farm when properly devel oped will be an important factor in the maintenance of our com munity life. One may counter: it takes a long time to grow a tree. True, but logging as we know it today will be passe. The methods of logging will be different. The product logged will be small in comparison to the big trees we see going through^our city but the volume in our second growth stands at forty to sixty years equals and sometimes exceeds the adjoining old growth areas, acre per acre. There is enough of the forty- to sixty-year growth with- COUNTY NEWS NEW DRIER FOR DAIRY PLANT CLATSKANIE — Work will be started as soon as labor con ditions and supplies will permit, on the new structure at the Clats kanie branch of the Lower Col umbia Cooperative Dairy Associa tion and the installation of a spray type milk drier will be made. The new drier is the latest in equipment with a daily ca pacity of 175,000 pounds of raw milk. ACTIVE CLUB PLANS WASTE PAPER DRIVE RAINIER — A waste paper drive is to be conducted by the Rainier Active club on Sunday, October 14. The Active club >s a sponsor for the Boy Scouts and is behind an effort to estab lish a club house fund for the construction of a scout club house in Ra’nier. A portion of the receipts from the October 14 paper collection will go to the clubhouse fund. PIGMENT ORE NEW INDUSTRY ST. HELENS — A new indus trial activity for the county is seen in the sending of 1,000 tons of pigment ore from the iron range back of Scappoose to the C. K. Williams company at Em- oryvile, Calif. A. A. Muck, owner of much of the iron range, handled the or der and made the shipments, which were completed last week. The pigment ore is a grado of iron ore which is used in the manufacture of paints. in the area to begin production but the younger trees coming on must be protected, so they too may reach the proper age for marketing. The plan is perpetual production. Fire can break the cycle. Most of our fires are man made. Let’s become Fire Gonsciquc. Let’s make our friends and visitors Fire Conscious. During this In dian Summer season of cold frosty nights and hot sunny days the brush and bracken be come very inflammable and need careful attention in order to pre vent the start and spread of fires. Let’s make the slogan “Sweep Out Fire Hazards” an all-year program, not only for our city but our beautiful Ne halem Valley as well. “Let’s Keep Oregon Green.” Respectfully AN OLD LOGGER Crooked Creek Fire Controlled A fire which started about the middle of last week in the Crooked Creek area was brought under control Sunday after cov ering approximately 50 acres, fire fighting officials here stated early this week. The fire cause was not definitely known but was attributed to hunters, there being no other apparent cause. Two bulldozers, one belonging to the Northwest Forest Protec tive association and the other owned by the Crown-Zellerbach corporation were immediately dis patched to break trails when word of the fire was received Friday. Fire trails were com pleted Sunday by a crew of men to control the blaze. The area burned was logged in 1936 and many five- and six- year-old trees were growing to reforest the land. All these were destroyed. A number of fires have also been started intentionally in tho Apiary and upper Clatskanie riv er areas, manjl of them in viola tion of a regulation requiring permits to burn. More War Fund Workers Named Several new names have been added to the list of workers who will solicit for the war chest fund drive which is now under way. For localities in the Ne halem Valley in addition to those who will work in Vernonia, the following have been named: Mrs. B. Tisdale, Treharne; Mrs. J. Titus, Natal; Mrs. H. Counts, Rock Creek; Mrs. Wm. Bridgers, Mist; and Mrs. G. Bellingham, Birkenfeld. All organizations here have been contacted and some funds have been received. The first donation to the war chest here was made in the sum of $30 by the Vernonia Service club. Sewing Continues Another shipment of material for kit bags has been received here and Red, Cross sewing will be held every Friday afternoon at the high school from 1 to 4 p.m. to complete the making of the bags which are urgently need ed. Any woman who can sew is cordially invited to participate in this work. Attend Conference Paul Gordon .grade school su perintendent, Ray Mills, high school principal, and Miss Velva Ramsey, grade school principal at Lincoln, were in Portland the early part of this week to attend the Oregon state adminis trator's conference held at the Portland central library.
