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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Re«-- VOLUME 24 NUMBER 6 THOSE WnU Farm Outlook BANQUET DATE Instruction ARE IN IT IS FEBBUARY 18 Conference To Start On Intended Fri. Flying Thurs. Committees Prepare Reports on Land Use, Production A Columb a County Farm Pro gram conference is planned Fri day cf this week, February 8th at St. Helens, where answers to questions of what Columbia coun ty farms can produce and market to best advantage will be sought. W. C. Johnson, Mist, is general chairman for the event which is expected to draw farmers from every section of the county to hear reports of the seven con ference committees which have been working for the past sev eral weeks. The committees have prepared reports giving information on the most advantageous use of coun ty land during the peace-time years ahead and have ai'O con sidered what practices will make for lower costs cf production and greater profits as well as what can be done to bring about a better farm home and rural life in the county. George A. Nelson is general conference scc- retray and ha- been assisting the various committees with the r work. The conference will be held at the Methodist church begin ning at 10 a.m. Of interest to. Nehalem valley residents is the report of the sub-committee on land use of which Glen Hawkins is chairman and L. F. Cronemiller and R. Tarbell are the other members. This report deals with the coun ty’s timber resources by out lining the history of logging, land ownership, problems of land use, reforestation and other de tails necessary for a sustained- yield economy. The conference program ap pears on page 5. KOG Men to Talk Fire Prevention Otto H. H. Peterson, St. Hel ens, has again been named Co lumbia county chairman of the Keep Oregon Green organization by Governor Earl Snell and has been invited to a meeting of all KOG chairman at Salem Febru-' ary 11th. The meeting next Monday is being called so a more complete statewide program can be de veloped to prevent farm, range and forest fires during 1946. The early start of fire prevention education is being made this year to alert the public during Feb ruary and March when fern fires annually take much valuable young timber lands and thus set back reforestation and interrupt sustained-yield operation of for ests. The Keep Oregon Green cam paign against forest, range and farm fires has paid good divi dends in the saving of property from fire during recent years, but continued education of the public is necessary to prevent future losses, KOG officials say. Miller Infant Buried Sunday Graveside funeral services were held last Sunday at 2 p.m. for Virgil Dale Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Miller, who passed away January 31st at the age of 20 months. Cause of the death was bronchial pnuemonia. The services and interment took place at the Vernonia Mem orial cemetery with Rev. W. O. Livingstone officiating. Bush Fu neral Home was in charge of ar rangements. tion.” THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON „* O __ \J ° ___ The Booster club football ban quet committee, meeting Thurs day evening cf last week and Monday evening of this, has set the date for the banquet, ar - ranged for the sale of tickets, obtained the services of the A- merican Legion Auxiliary to pre pare the meal and has written seeking a speaker. The banquet will be held at the Legion hall on Monday even ing, February 18th. Girls of the high school will decorate the hall and serve the approximate at tendance of 90 players, teachers and fans. Palmer Hoyt, publisher of the Oregonian, has been asked to speak at the banquet but a reply has not been received yet. City Garbage lot Discussed The c’ty garbage di.posal plot came up for another discussion again Monday night when city councilmen heard that improper me of the lot is again being practiced. The city dump has pro vided p eviaus “odor” for coun cilmen who have threatened ac tion to stop dumping of mater ia! so that it hinders other peo ple. Trouble arises when garbage i- not thrown over the bank but is left beside the roadway lead ing to the bank. Planned Monday is the post ing of rules at the d-mp an 1 the arresting of offender- who will be tried in the justice of peace court as this property is outs.de the city lim'ts. City attorney R. M. Burley was p -esent to tell council mem bers abcut the circuit court case City of Vernonia vs. Summers, that will be tried in March. He also had information about a sewage disposal plant which is required by law to replace the present septic tank and pumping system being used. The council will provide for the raising of funds for this expenditure when the next budget is drawn and avoid a bond issue for the esti mated $25,000 needed for the plant. An offer cf $50 from Elmore Knight was accepted as payment for city liens against property he had purchased from the coun ty. The property is located near Knight’s Beauty Shop. Pomona Hears Noted Speaker The Columbia County Pomona Grange convened last Saturday at the Beaver valley hall near Rainier with a large crowd in attendance to hear Dr. James Millar, an outstanding member of Portland’s Minister Extension Council, give an address. He spoke on the subject, “America, Yesterday, Today, and Tomor row,” during the Lecturer’s hour. Master Ray Tarbell, St. Helens, presided over the Pomona bus iness section and the Lecturer’s hour was under the direction of Mrs. Florence Skeans of Rain ier. The Beaver Valley grange en tertained the other grangers pres ent that day. Examiner Scheduled A traveling examiner of op erators and chauffeurs will be in Vernonia Wednesday, February 14 at the city hall, a secretary of state's office announcement says. The examiner will be on duty from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. so people wishing permits or li censes to drive cars may get them. Cody-Wiecking Aero Service to Begin Operation at Port Flight instruction will be avail able here starting Thu-sday of this week Pat Cody of the Cody- Wiecking Aero Service said Mon day when he flew here from Scappoose. Mr. Cody spent sev eral hours here preparing for the first day of business.' He ar ranged for office facilities at the airport hanger and spoke to stu dents at the high school. The Service was originally owned by Cody who now has a partner, hence the change ir. name. Mr. Cody will give instruc tion here a.id his partner will be active at Scappoose. Tire ureal le-gth cf time necersary before sclo flights are taken is eight hours of instruction. The Service will a'so fly charter trips and p! a u e rides for those inter ested. Another feature of the con cern is froe bus service from Scappocse to St. Helens frr those people wishing to fly from here and avoid the t:in by car, Mr. Cody said. The flight from Vernonia to Scappoose requires not over 15 minutes. The field here was in fair condition Mon day on the east end and w 11 improve when weather conditions are better the instructor said. BOUNTY NEWS MINNAUGH MILL IS BEING PURCHASED CLATSKANIE — A deal is now being consumated whereby Dant and Russell, Portland lum ber exporters, are purchasing the La ry Minnna.gh mill in Clats kanie for an unnamed party. Mr. Minnaugh purchased the local mill servera! months ago end has been operating it since that time. It is thought the mill will employ eight or nine men under the new ownership. COUNTY EACK ON CASH* BASIS ST. HELENS—Columbia coun ty, which had $18,445.73 in war rants outstanding as of Dec. 31 and has issued a few since that were not payable because of lack of funds, once more is back on a cash basis, Mrs. Gladys E. Peterson, county treasurer, said. All warrants which had been endorsed as “net paid for want of funds” were called in Jan. 23 and the 4 per cent interest which the county pays on such paper ceases as of that date. How long the epunty remains on the present cash basis will de pend on tax payments and other revenue, 'Mrs. Peterson said. RED CROSS WORKER TO SERVE HERE ST. HELENS — Miss Nannie Harris, of, Tulsa, Oklahoma, has accepted the position of executive secretary for Columbia county chapter, American Red Cross, and will arrive to take over her du ties on Wednesday, February 13. Miss Harris recently returned to the United States after a year and a half aboard a hospital ship. Her pre-war work with the Red Cross included that of ex ecutive secretary in a midwest ern area. Taken to Hospital Darrell Baysinger was taken to St. Vincent’s hospital Wednes day of last week in the Bush ambulance after an accident oc- curing while loading a lumber truck at the O-A mill. He suf fered head lacerations and a pos sible skull fracture. FORMER STUDENTS MEET Ralph Sturdevant, son of Mr. and Mrs. II. H. Sturdevant, and Doug Culbertson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Culbertson, have both written to their parents of meet ing in Europe. Both boys were sent overseas the latter part of last year for duty in the army of occupation and are now sta tioned near each other in Ger many. They are able to meet quite often. DISCHARGED Robert Turner, GM3c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Turner, ar rived in Portland Saturday from Bremerton where he had re ceived his discharge that day. He was met there by Mr. and Mrs. Turner. Robert has been in the service 19 months and has made two trips overseas, first on a cargo vessel and last on an LST. His return here makes possible the first family reunion of all members in nearly four years. MULKINS RETURNS- Pfc. Fred ick H. Mulkins is cne cf 1050 high-point army vet erans who was returned to the States for discharge aboard the USS Shamrock Eay from Yoko hama, Japan. He left ther. Jan uary 11th. GETS DISCHARGE RIVERVIEW— Melvin Powe’l arrived in Portland by rail at 10 a.m. Sat. and was rr- by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vi-c i Pow ell. Melvin had been diseba-g-l at Lambert Field near St. Lru'i, Mo. and found traveling crowd ed end tiresome. As a souvenir he ha3 a two-man rubber life raft with which he, his mother and friend, p'sn to do s-me man euvering on the Nehalem. TO START V-5 TRAINING Marvin Dal? Turner ha* en listed in the March cla«s of the Navy’ famous V-5 pilot train ing program. Turner is a graduate of Ver nonia high school and has at tended Oregon State college since September. He participated in football both in high school and college. He will start his $27,000 aer onautical education March 1st with a year of college training. He will then attend flight school to win the Navy's "wings of gold”. Commissioned an Ensign in the Navy or a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps, he will serve aboard carriers, at advanced bas es and on continental shore sta tions, operating high-powered air craft, fighters and bombers. Applications are still being ac cepted for the March V-5 class. Young men, 17 through 19, who want to . fly are urged by the navy to write the naval aviation cadet selection board, 1311 Ex change Bldg., 117 Marion St., Seattle, 4, Wash., for informa tion. Enrollment Up At High School Student enrollment at the Ver nonia high school has gained dur ing the past few days Principal Ray Mills said Tuesday when he mentioned that all classes now total 171 students. That figure is slightly higher than last year although enrollment at the first of the school year was less than the previous year at that time. Six new students have entered, Mr. Mills said, and one has left. The new students came from Roosevelt high school in Portland and Vancouver high school when their families changed residence to this vicinity. Stores Painted The interiors of the Hoffman Hardware company store and the Frank Hirsch Plumbing Shop have been newly redecorated. The hardware was painted Sunday and the plumbing shop a few dMys before that. 1946 Dime Drive Total Tops Last Year The March of Dimes campaign Washington schools averaged 16 to raise funds for infantile paral and one-half cents. ysis care and research was ac Box Brings $80 corded such enthusiastic response Perhaps the most surprising by people of the Nehalem valley return from any one source was that the 1946 drive fund has ex that of the dime box displayed ceeded the collection of any pre by Pete Brunsman which totaled vious year, Campaign Chairman $80, more than twice the high Paul Gordon said Tuesday when est return from a box in any pre he had completed tabulation of vious year. That bex was promin the money. The dime drive yield ently displayed and Mr. and Mrs. ed a greater amount than that of Brrnsman practiced considerable the Christmas seal sale this year. salermanship to achieve the $80 Total for the valley is $605.43 result. The next highest d me box which exceeds last year’s $490.88 return was $8.12. and also tops the 1944 drive by When making the final report $213 and the 1943 c.llecticn by Mr. G. rdon aLo included his ap $513. Mr. Gordon released the preciation and thanks for the figures from the various sourc support of the dime boxes, the es as follows: organizations that contributed and the response to the cards Amounts Listed Rural a ea cards $80.40 sent rural bcxholders. American Legion 60.00 Rhythm Vendors 20.00 Legion Auxiliary 6.20 Study Club 1.60 St. Mary’s Altar Soc. 2.00 Mt. Heart Club 15.00 Christian Church A new minister to replace Rev. S.nday School 13.00 and Mrs. W. O. Livingstcne cf High school students 45.69 High school ball game 46.00 the First Christian church has Elementary schools 85.82 not yet been definitely selected Dime Boxes 220.45 by that congregation, it was Individuals and Misc. 9.27 learned this week. Rev. and Mrs. Several contributions deserve Livingstone resigned the pastor special attention, Mr. Gordon said due to their sire. Of the ate here sometime ago with the car:!’ sent to rural boxholders, resignation to become effective A. J. Hic’s. Keas?y route, re February 1st. They plan to move turned $10.90. The cards pro to Hood River whira they will vided space for coins totaling open a gift and novelty stere. $2.00 and 80 per cent came Due to inability to obtain a back with that amount. The high replacement, Rev. Livingstone school contribution averaged 55c will prea-h he.e Sunday at both per tudent and the L ncoln and the morning and evening ser vices. Mrs. Living tene has ac cepted the invitat'on to -preach at the special “Week of Compas sion” service at the church on the 24th. Rev. and Mrs. L vingstone Monday and Tuesday of next came here from Silvcrtcn ten week are the dates set for a years ago in October and have visit here of deputy collectors of been active in both church and the internal revenue service, ac civic affairs in the community. cording to a release from the in ternal revenue service. Local peo ple who are having difficulty in filling out their tax forms can get assistance at that time in the preparation of federal income tax returns for the year 1945. J. C. Moran, president of tho The deputies will also visit Columbia County Livestock as other towns near here to give the sociation, has been named to head same assistance, should it be im the range development committee possible to see them while they at the annual meeting of the are here. Nearby visits will be W: stern Oregon Livestock associ made at Clatskanie, January 24- ation at Coquille February 14 25; Rainier, Feb. 4; St. Helens, and 15. Moran was appointed by Feb. 5-7; Banks, Feb. 13; and C. Burkhart, president of the as Forest Grove, Feb. 14-15. sociation. Speakers of statewide reputa tion will appear on the program to discuss the general topics indi cated by the committees, as well as other subjects. Among those already announced are R. A. Fur buyers anxious to obtain Ward, manager of Pacific Wool their share of the 606 beaver Growers cooperative, Portland; pelts offered for sale by the Walter Hold, new manager of the Oregon state game commission Pacific Internationa! Livestock established a new record for the exposition and secretary of the fur that first attracted white Oregon Wool Growers associa men to Oregon. After the brisk tion; E. L. Peterson, director, bidding the total paid for the state department of agriculture; entire lot was $32,307.59 or an G. H. Hansen, regional director. average of $53.40 per pelt. The Fish and Wildlife service; and R. highest bid for a single blanket L. Clark, secretary of the Port was $69. land Livestock exchange. Under the new plan of dis tribution of the sale price, one- third to the owner of the land on which the beaver were tak en; one-third to the independent trapper working on contract; one- third to the state; the landowners C. I. Anderson, owner of the received $7,565.19; the independ ent trappers $6,549.39 and the Anderson Woodworknig shop in commission $18,192.61. However, Riverview announces this week many of the beaver were taken that he has rented the machin from streams on undeeded land, ery in hi* shop to Al Norman, and also many were taken by formerly of Tacoma. The business regular employees of the com change became effective Febru mission. Landowners desiring to ary 1st when Mr. Norman started participate in the income from work there. furs contract with the commission Mr. Anderson will continue to which agrees to prevent damage work in the shop, will retail ven to their lands by removing the eer and will work with his son- active rodents by controlling the in-law, Ed Roediger, who is do population at a point where wa ing plumbing work in this vicin tersheds are protected. ity. Church Minister Not Yet Engaged Deputy to Give Aid Mon., Tues. J. C. Moran Heads Range Committee Beaver Pelts Draw Good Price Anderson Rents Shop Machinery