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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farmin«” jg fijation.”____________ ___________________________ VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON^^ VOLUME 24 NUMBER 9 Gl Laws to Be GRASS SILAGE, MEETING TOPIC Talk Topics For March 8 The making, preserving and feeding I of grass silage will be discus ed at a meeting to be held at the Washington grade school W. C. Christensen of Thursday afteroon, March 7, at Hillsboro, Others 1:30 p.m., states Geo. 0 Nelson, To Tell Regulations county agent. The use of grass silage is in Returned veterans, their fam ilies and anyone else interested creasing quite rapidly in Colum are extended an invitation by the bia county and the coast counties Booster club to reserve the date cf Oregon. Last year Columbia county farmers put up over' 4,- of March 8, Friday of next 000 tons of grass silage. week, for an event that will be Chester Otis, crop specialist beneficial to them. Arrangements , from the extension service, will’ are being made on that date for be the principal speaker at this speakers who will explain phases meeting and will discuss the de of the GI law: the loan service, tails of putting up g ass silage sc education and apprenticeship and as to preserve it properly and get give information as to how the the greatest value out of it. As returned veteran may avail him preserving grass silage is one of self of the benefits of thi_> law. the greatest advancements in Engaged for the evening is feed development in recent years, W. C. Chri tense.o, president cf all farmers that are interested the Commercial National bank of in putting up this type of feed Hillsboro, who will bring cth-cr are invited to attend this meeting speakers with him. The talks are scheduled for 8 and take part in the discussion . o’clock on that evening at the Legion hall and will be followed by refreshments cf doughnuts and coffee. This program marks the start of the Booster club’s schedule of events for the coming year. The The West Oregon Electric Co schedule is being drawn up by operative line tTuck, which was the club’s board of directors who have met several times within the purchased frem government su ■- past few weeks and who plan plus a short time ago, has been further meetings to complete the repaired and is at work as of the program. first of this week, according to The board members have re Frank D. Seelye, cooperative quested to answer an opinion manager, who also mentioned the heard several times that the organization is not open to ev names cf crew members who will eryone. Such is not the case, work with the coc-eprative. Heading the crew is C. W. they say, for anyone who is in terested in improving the Upper Robinson, line foreman, who was Nehalem valley and its future is recently discharged from the US invited to express him'elf. Sug navy. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson gestions along these lines will came here frem Texas last week so that hr could begin the con be welcomed. struction work when the truck was ready. Other members of the crew are E. V. Robertson, driver, Otis Ful ler, lineman and George King P. O. Bjornson and W. W. Bord ers, all groundmen. Letters are being sent to al? Floyd Ensworth will also con churches, clubs and lodges a king tinue with the organization and each to have present at least be in charge of right-of-way and utilization work. two representatives at the organ The line crew will attempt to izing of a health group. This unit, a part of the Columbia complete service connections to County Health association, wil’ customers not now being servec’ comprise a study group which in these areas where the power will meet probably mcmthly tc supply is ample, Mr. Seelye said. study and discuss chapter b> chapter books dealing with health and problems relative to keeping healthy. Mrs. Floy Harris of St. Helens and Mrs. Ollen were here recent ly to begin proceedings towarc’ Sarah Funeral services for the organizing of such a group. A definite t'me and date fci Jane Walker were held Tuesday the first meeting have not beer afterncon at 2 o’clock at tire decided upon yet. Letters to re Bush Funeral Home following he, ligious and social groups are be death Wednesday of last week ing prepared for distribution by February 20th, at her home here Paul Gordon, ] president of the Mr. and Mrs. Walker had just county health group and 1 Mrs moved here and had purchased H. W. Culbertson. a home on Rose Avenue. The deceased is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W. P. Dew, Cora ARM INJURED THURS. Harry Culbertson suffered a Wyoming; two sons, O. E. Walk er, Seattle and Allen J. Walker severly injured arm last Thurs day when it caught on the door Jerome, Idaho; and her husband, Thomas J. Walker. handle cf the car driven by Mrs Interment was at the Vernonia John Titus. About 18 stitches were necessary to close the Memorial cemetery and Rev. Al len H. Backer officiated. wound. Truck Starts; Crewmen Named Health Group to Be Organized Walker Rites Held Tuesday Chairman of Fund Drive Tells Plans Tomorrow Marks Opening Date for Solicitation Start March 1 is the opening date for the Red Cross drive which in this valley is sponsored by the Vernon a Study club under the leadership of Mrs. Harry Cul bertson, president cf that organ ization. In Bi kenfeld, Mrs. Guy Bel- lingham is in charge and Mrs, William Bridgers has the area between Mist and Natal. Mrs. Be:t Thdale and Mrs. Emil Mes- sing will solicit in the Treharne section; in Riverview, Mrs. Tcm Crawford. Members of the O-A eff'ee will be sclicited by Mrs. Rsl.ih Valpi instructors in the ani while schools will give their contribu tions to M'S. William Heath and Mrs. Harry Sandon. Mrs. Lyman jlayken will solicit the business firms. Representa tives from the Eastern Star, the Pythian Sisters and the Legion Auxiliary will be in the post of fice during the drive; members of the Rebekahs, the Women’s Re lief corps and V.F.W. Auxiliary will serve at the Vernonia Drug In addition to solicitors, there will be placed in each business a container for any donations that may be given. Letters to tach organization are being sent requesting the groups to give generously to the Red Cress as the need is so great. Bishop Praeotrius Well Received Bishop E. W. Tractorlus spoke Monday night at the Evangeli cal church to a large audience Rev. Paul Pettieord acted as chairman of the services. Specia’ music was given by the choir. Commenting on the improve ments made on the church since his only ether visit in 1936, dur the quiet days when there wai no mill activity here, Bishop Praetorius was particularly grat ified that the highway lead ng in to Vernonia was much improved Others agreed with him when re minded of the trip to Forest Grove via Timber. Schoolmasters To Meet Mon. Next Monday night lai been sot as the date for the next meet ing cf the Columbia C urty Schoolmasters club, Ray Mill’,’ high sihool principal, said this week when he mentioned the event. The club’s members are all the men teachers in this coun ty and they will gather at the Nehalem Masonic Temple. The Social club will serve the even- ing’s dinner. Prominent on the meeting schedule that night will be the sketching of athletic activities for ccunty schools for this spring. Auto Men Hold Directors Request Ideas For Booster Club Activity Meeting Here The directors of the Vernonia Booster club have held severs’ meetings within the last two weeks to outline a program of activity which that organization can follow during the coming months of this year. In drawing up that program the directors are attempting to arrange for a number of speakers to talk on a variety of subjects of interest to residents of this area. At the same time the board is interested in working out ideas for improvements that will bettei tho community. A number of these have been presented al ready, but the board believes there must be others that should be considered. To obtain these the request has been issued that people of the valley make knowr. their ideas for advancement. In order to make this presen tation of ideas easy, the board asks that they be mailed or given to Marvin Kamholz, secretary Vernonia Booster club, Vernonia Ore. Columbia Members of the County Automotive association met here Wednesday evening at the I.O.O.F. hall to hear Jack Laky from Smith Auto Parts Portland, speak. The county association has been meeting once every three months since its oiganization last year. Owners of garages and me chanics and service station opera tors in Vernonia, Clatskanie, Rai nier and St. Helens are memberr of the group. The speech by Laley was pro ceeded by' a dinner at the hall. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1946 .< ° ILLEGAL meter WIRING CITED Attention is called this week to a notice appearing on page 2 of a practice which has existed in thi- vicir.'ty cf wiring around Yneters so that the cost of elec trical service is below the amount of consumption. Given on page 2 are the pen alties for conviction of this prac tice and Frank D. Seelye, manag er cf the West Oregon Electric cooperative, has said that the cooperative will carry out pros ecutions when such illegal wiring is discovered. The notice also outlines the procedures of making such con- nections so that there can be no (Continued on page 2) THOSE WHO ARE IN IT AT FORT LEWIS Capt. Lowell Hieber of the quartermaster corps, was here fox a short leave recently and, ac- cording to a release from Ft. Lewis, Washington, has reported there for assignment and duty. GETS RELEASE Edsel Hammond arrived here a few days ago with his release from the navy. Mrs. Hammond has been staying here for some time. Both plan to leave soon foi Kingston, Washington to live and he will be employed at the navy yard at Bremerton. TO REPORT FRI. Marvin Turner reecived his or ders to report for duty Friday at Berkeley, California for train ing in the navy. He will leave Portland thi3 evening and arrive there Friday where he will at tend the -University of Berkeley to study aeronautical engineer ing. WATSON DISCHARGED Reginald Watson, Flc, received his discharge at Seattle Wednes day of last week and arrived here scon after. He has completed a three-year term cf service, and has started work at the Vernonia Auto Co. GETS USMC RELEASE RIVERVIEW—-Mrs. Elizabeth Irvine, recently discharged from the USMC and who has spent the past mouth at Warrenton, came Thurs. for an overnight visit with her father, A. F. Schalock. She left Fri. for Spokane where she will visit for a short time before going to Indiana. KECK TO GET RELEASE RIVERVIEW — Pfc. John F. Keck received a telegram the lat ter part of the week informing him to report to Ft. Lewis for an early discharge. This was pleasing news for Johnnie and his bride, tne former Bonnie Ratkie, but found them unpre pared in ti e. choice of a home location as he expected to re main in th: service for some time. EXPECTING DUCI? iGES Harold L. Ca.ho-n, Flc, and Steve Bjomi-on, CM3-, USNR, son cf Mrs. Emma Bjornson, have both returned to this country and are expecting discharges from the service according to service releases. Calhoon returned to the states aboard the USS Renville, a navy transport, from Okinawa, leaving there February 4th and scheduled to arrive in San Francisco about February 23. Bjornson came back from Guam which he left February 12 and was scheduled to arrive in San Francisco about February 27th. Exams Taken Vernonia high school students were busy this week with exam inations at the end of the first six-weeks period in this semester. The second period will begin with the coming week of school. Safety Men Vuit Plant Representing the firm of Car ter and Baker, Safety Service John Carter and tleorge I. Baker were here Tuesday on an inspec tion t.ur of the O-A plant. FernFiresDestroy Tomorrow's Trees “Although it may be raining today, tomorrow may be dry enough to start burning that fern. Don’t do it,” is the warning given by Glen Hawkins, local representative of the Columbia County Tree Farm when he men tioned that “the burning of grass or dry ferns may destroy tomor row’s industries and jobs.” That warning should be heeded with every precaution against fire. The reason is that beneath the fern or grass are the young trees that will someday grow tc be new forests. Fire kills the seedlings and fire destroys that future forest. Coming from that future forest will be lumber for homes, wood for paper and wood for many other produets in addition to in comes, taxes and the foundation for a prosperous community. In order to bring about that future the seedlings growing beneath fern and grass must be preserved Protection of forest lands isn’t somebody else’s job. It belongs to all of us. The casual smoker Capt. Wm. J. Horn Ruys Exchange The Vernonia Insurance Ex change has a new owner due tc a recent transaction wherein the business was purchased by Cap tain Wm. J. Horn, formerly of Cheney, Washington, from Orin Amundson and R. R. Hankins of St. Helens. The St. Helens men had cwned the exchange for only a short time, having purchased it from C. F. Hieber Capta’n Horn took over the business last Friday, February 22nd, and will continue operating the firm as a money exchange and insurance agency. flipping a cigarette from his car, is also a great peril to forests just as is the man who deliberate ly sets fire3. To keep forests producing, they must be kept growing. COUNTY NEWS MUMPS DEVELOP AT HIGH SCHOOL ST. HELENS — Although not yet attaining serious or epidemic proportions, mumps was breaking out in the high school last week. Principal Lloyd Gooding stated that for the past week and a half, one or two cases had de veloped each day. Miss Ruth Peffley, county health nurse, stated that immuni zation steps were being taken in the city grade schools to combat the menace of head lice discov ered in several grades recently. KENT MAGRUDER NEW MEMBER OF BOARD CLATSKANIE—Kent Magrud er, Clatskanie veterinarian and farmer, was appointed by the county court to the vacancy in the fair board left by resigna tion last week of E. H. Condit, also of Clatskanie. Magruder will serve out Con- dit’s term, which expires this year. Condit was serving as pres ident of the fair board at the time of his resignation, but the board probably will hold another election soon. PARCHER FILES FOR COMMISSIONER JOB RAINIER — Donald Parcher, who since last August has served as county commissioned through appointment by the court to suc ceed J. N. Miller, deceased, filed his candidacy for -nomination for a regular four-year term last week. OIL COMPANY PAYS COUNTY FOR LEASES ST. HELENS—No one knows yet whether there are oil-bearing sands hidden under Columbia county’s surface, but even so, the county is making money because of the possibility that there might Owners of dogs have the rest be. Its latest receipts on the oil of today to purchase their 1946 potentiality of county-owned real licenses for their animals without estate came in the form of $11,- paying a penalty of $1.00 If> 000 from the Texas company, the dog owner resides within which holds cil leases on about the city limits, the llicenses may 75,000 acres of land for whten be obtained at the city hall from the county has the title. This check brought . to $28,- Marshal A. D. Lolley. However those people residing outside the 000 the amount the county has city limits must apply to the received from the company in the past year or more for lease» county clerk. Fees are: males and spayed fe the oil firm holds. It will send males, $1.00; females, $1.50 if the county another payment later payed before March 1st. The this year for $1,400 for its lease 1945 licenses expired December on another parcel of Columbia lands. 31st. 1946 Dog Tax Deadline Near Aid of Employers Asked To Relieve Job Shortage The department of veterans’ affairs is laying plans for a statewide program bringing at tention to the veteran unemploy ment program and seeking the cooperation of employers, large and small, in alleviating the sit uation, Director Hugh E. Rosson announced this week. The pro gram is being planned in coopera tion with Governor Snell’s ofice. More than 70,000 veterans of Oregon and other states have re turned to Oregon and the job sit uation is becoming more acute every day, Rosson pointed out, as shown by the rapidly increas ing payments of readjustment al lowances to jobless veterans. Nearly 30 per cent of the unem ployment compensation commis sion’s activities is in the payment cf these checks. “Up -to mid-February, about 26,000 veterans ahd applied for allowances, 17,000 had received at least one check and from 11 to 12 thousand were filing claims each week,” the bulletin says. and goes on to state that more checks were paid to unemployed veterans in January than for the entire 16 previous months since the GI bill went into effe.t. Rosson said that while mmy veterans either were returning to their old jobs or had the skills to find new ones, on the other hand there are great numbe: who went into service without having held jobs and these are the ones generally experiencing difficulty in finding jobs. Employment of ficials estimate between 50 and 75 percent of veterans are with out pre-war job training. "Governor Snell has been mads acquainted with the plans of the veterans’ affairs department re garding this project,” Rosson said, “and it is expected that % definite program calling for unit ed effort throughout the state will be developed in cooperation with the governor’ soffice, to get jobs for veterans.