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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”_______ *________________________________ VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON VOLUME 24, NUMBER 13 Gain Evident In Third PVee.k FIRST TREE planting by Boy Scouts . f Vernonia troop 201 on the Columbia County T ee Farm, March 8. Reading left to right the pa'licipns are: Front row—Lloyd W rley, Heib Willison, D.d- ley Sp.fiord; back row—Henry Ade, Calvin Mittheil, Fred Lund gren, Jr., Ke-nrc h Lind5' '. Meiv.n Beck. Gene Wa.l, Loren W; d- mrn, Leser Wei', and Ell Shipman. Wilis n, Crown-Zelierba:k f roster, to d ti e b. yr how to plant seedlings to belt a ¡vantage oy plrci .g in t o shade uf a l.g or bush. Last Tree Farm Seeding Intended This Week End The last plan ing of t ee seed lings cn the C lumbia County Tree farm for this season is in tended during the zoning week end, Glen Hawkins, local rep resentative for the farm said Tuesday. So far 30 tnousand April 16 Last Registration Day If you want to vote in the primary election May 17 and if you have moved since last registering to vote, have changed your name or your poli ties it is necessary to register by AprJ 16, Albert Childs, city reorder said this week. Mr. Childs will take care of this detail for people living in the four Vernonia precinrts if they will call at h's office at the city hall. Returned servicemen are also urged tc. check their registration before the deadline to be sure they are eligible to cast a ballot. The recorder will take care of registrations for all elections whether city, county, state or fed eral. Chapel Plans for Special Services The Nazarene Chapel at Third and Bridge streets will feature slides and pictures of the life of Christ Friday evening, March 29 at 7:30, Evangelist Coryell announced early this week and an invitation is extended to ev eryone to attend. The chapel is also planning special features for every night of the coming week, he said. On Tuesday evening, April 2, Bea verton musicians will be in charge and other singers and musicians from Portland will be here other nights of the week. Aldrich to End Work as Agent R. M. Aldrich, S. P. & S. rail way agent here, has tendered his resignation to the company, he announced a few days ago, and will leave the office the first of April. Mr. Aldrich has rail roaded for 47 years and of that time has spent 22 years here. He and Mrs. Aldrich plan to make this community their home in the future. When asked what he planned to do after April 1, he said “Go fishing.” A. H. Landers, present oper ator at the depot, will take the agent position, but no one has been named as operator yet. The third week of the Red Cress drive shows a gain over last week, Mrs. Harry Culbert son, chairman, reported Tuesday. The total amount collected from this vicinity so far amounts to $1299.02. Donations received by mem bers cf the Eastern Star at the post clflce amounted to $38.25 while the V.F.W. auxiliary re ceived $8 at Girod’s Food Store. Mrs. Harry Sandon and Mrs. W. G. Heath,in charge of the drive at the schools listed: Wash ington school, $18.50; Lincoln, $4, and high school, $34. Mis. Ralph Valpiani has turned in $87 fr?m the Oregon-Ameri can ffice and Mrs. Lyman Haw- ken, $23 from the business dis trict. Organizati jns have do nated as follows: Mt. Heart Re bekah club and I.O.O.F., $41.85; Vernonia Study club, $5; St. Ma y’s Altar society, $2; and Nehalem Chapter, O.E.S., $10. The drive sponsored by the Jcy theater will continue until March 28 when the total amount will be turned over. The theater ha; u ed this method for the pa t several years. . Co-op Officials Attend Meeting of the 35 thous.-.nd trees orig inal'/ obtained have been placed in the g:a_nd. However, an addi tional eight th u.and alder seed The quarterly meeting of the lings are cn the way he.e from . Oregon Rural Electric associa the Nisqually nur ery, having been shipped M nday. They tion was attended by Frank D. Seelye, West Oregon manage-, .are expected t .day. and three cooperative directors, The alder seedlings will be planted around the seeding in Lee Worden, Charles Uhlin and the Coal creek area and along Fred Knox, Saturday, March 23, The West Oregon the west end south sides of' roads. at Sandy. Purpose of the alder planting is b;ard adopted a resolution e.t to pi;vide fire breaks, Mr. Haw their last regular meeting March 12 accepting membership in the kin; said. Lu? to a two-day school va state organization. cation Thursday and Friday, four The West Oregon men at days will be open for the work tending enj yed a good program by high school students who are that brought out the value cf a participating. stat? organization as a necessity if the cooparatives are to con tinue and prosper. Eleven co operatives in the state are mem bers of the association. Officials reelected Saturday included G. W. Hendrick--, Ben Golf enthusiasts and other lo ton-Lincoln co- p, president; Mrs. McFarland, Umatilla co-op, vice cal people interested in further president, and Mrs. Mildred R. ing the organization of the Ver Decker, Sandy, secretary-treas nonia Country club are invited to urer. be present for a meeting which Of additional interest to con is „scheduled f r Friday evening sumers of the West Oregon co-op of this week at the club h.use. is the fact that the next quarter Joint announcement of the meet ly meeting of the Oregon Rural ing was made early this week by Electric a sociation will be held O. T. Bateman, pre.ident of here with members of the bu-ard the club and Rex Hess, owner cf directors and employees of of the course. the We t Oregon Electric acting Mr. Bateman irged attend as hosts. ance Friday so decisions, can be made on the further organiza tion of the club and on an in- vitati n to tournament play. The tourney invitation came from the Forest Hills club to send a four-man team to com The raising of turkeys on sev pete in the Cascade tournament on June 2 when 11 clubs will be eral farms in the Nehalem valley represented there. is planned again this year by The Friday meeting is timed at growers who also raised sizeable 8 p.m. flocks last year. Over 10,000 eggs have been sent to the hatch ery at Hillsboro by six farm own ers who are engaged in the busi ness. Among those who will raise flocks this, year and the number An important bill before con of eggs that have been sent are: gress is an administration-spon W. R. Wolf, 1200; Max Oblack, sored measure to increase the au 2000; Mr. Wells, 500; M. B. thorization for- rural electrifica Steers 3600; Richard Peterson, 500, and Read Holding, 2600. tion administration loans by $1.- 000,000. This will provide funds Delivery from the hatchery is for an REA expansion program expected during April and a which is ready to be put into hatch of 68 per cent is usual, operation now that materials are it is said. becoming available. Since REA program was begun by the ad Cattle Club To Meet ministration in 1935, 450,400 miles of distributing lines serv The Columbia County Guern ing more than 1,400,000 rural sey Cattle club will meet at the consumers have been made pos home of Mr. and Mrs. Milfred sible by REA loans. The pro Gregory at Goble Sunday, March Mary Schwab, portion of farms having electrical 3!, at 11 a.m. services has increased from about secretary of the club urges the 11 per cent in 1935 to nearly attendance of members for the pot-luck lunch and meeting. 50 per cent at present. Golfers Is Meet Friday Turkey Flocks Being Planned New REA Rill Before Congress Financial To Be Asked Of Businesses Financing Procedure Discussed at Friday Evening Meeting Financial aid from every busi ness firm in Vernonia wil’ be asked in a solicitation which has been started siuve last Fr:day night when a decision wrs reached as to the method of fi nancing the business firms' part of the expenses for new street lighting. The decision was made at the pubi c meeting held at the city hall when attendance was asked to study the problem and attempt to reach a decLi.n. • At the Friday meeting, no other means of obtaining the necessary funds was devised other than a solicitation, that bein~ thought the most nearly fair way of evenly distributing the expense. The bus'ness firms’ portion of the cost was estimated at $1500 for the present pro gram of lights which calls for 14 mercury-vapor fixtures on Bridge street from the Standard Oil company plant to the Vernonia Auto company. This program far lighting, as explained again Friday, will pro vide an installation cf modern fixtures designed to give far greater illumination to the busi ness section cf Bridge st-eet. To finance this portion of Jbe proj ect, each business is being asked to contribute $30. In addition to s;licitation of the business firms, those peo ple in business will be asked to assist in the financing program. Lyman Hawkins was pamed treas urer for the solicitation and the f. nds will be placed In the hands of Albe-t Childs, city recorder, uptil the project is completed. Rites hr Strong Heard Sunday Funeral services for Harry S. Strong were held at the Bush Funeral heme Monday, March 25, at 2 p.m. following his death March 22 at 11:02 p.m. at the Emanuel hospital in Portland! Harry Strong was born March 13, 1876, in Massachusetts and passed away at the age of 69 years. He is survived by his wife, Theolinda; a son, Dwight E., of Vernonia; two daughters, Mr?. Erma Johnson of Tillamook, and Mrs. Edna Brown of Milton; two brothers, Charles of Spring field, Mass., and Harry of San Francisco; a sister, - Mrs. Hattie Whipple of Amhurst, Mass., and seven grandchildren. Interment was at the Vernonia Memorial cemetery. Nehalem Hotel Ready for Use The Nehalem hotel, which has been repaired and refinished, is ready for occupancy, Fred OveJ son mentioned a few days ago. He has done practically all the work on the building but has been hindered by difficulty in obtaining materials. The hotel was partially de stroyed by fire several years ago but enough of the structure was saved so that it was possible to repair it. Part of the improve ment includes a central oil heat ing system and covering of the walls with wall board. Interest Begins Monday City Recorder Albert Childs announced this week that in terest at the rate of six per cent starts April 1 fir all street assessment amounts due the city. The interest is assessed after that date for those assessments which have not been paid, he said. | Safety Is Monday Topic The program sponsored by the joint safety committee members of the IWA and the Oregon- American Lumber corporation Tuesday evening brought to Ver nonia Dr. O. R. Chambers of Oregon State college and Robert M. Evenden, director of the acci dent prevention division of the State Industrial. Accident com mission to talk on the subject. Mr. Evenden mentioned the three-point program of SIAC as helpful in accident prevention. This commission program is: Use of safety equipment, a better training program on safety prac tices and a safe working place. Dr. Chambe-s is an authority on the importance of mental at titudes in accident prevention and his talk proved highly interest ing to those interested in the subject of safety. lohnssa to Head Food Committee W. C. Jshnson, Mist, has been app inted to head the coun ty food for family relief com mittee which is being organized in Columbia county this week to promote the campaign to con serve food. Name of the com mittee will be the County Food for Famine Relief and i.s p.r- pose wi.l be to reduc? the use of flour, cereals and fats. In addition to the county com mittee, kcal committees will be formed in the various commun ities as sub groups. Members of the county com mittee will include wholesale and retail food distributors, bakery and restaurant operators, food pr.'ce.-sors an8 leade.s from vari ous organizations. A house-to-hcuse canvass will be conducted to urge food pre servation and householders will be asked to sign foed-saving pledges. Window stickers will be given to homes signed up un der the program. COUNTY NEWS COUNTY GIVEN QUOTA OF $1480 ST. HELENS—Columbia coun ty has been assigned a quota of $1480 for the cancer con trol drive which will start April 1, the first time, such a campaign has ever been conductor here. The campaign will run the entire month of April and is designed to raise $105,000 the state. HAUSLER STARTING $8000 BUILDING CLATSKANIE — The Hausler Lumber Co. started construction last week on a new lumber ware house in Clatskanie, which will be located between the PUD of fice and the Puzey Machine Shop. Completion of the build ing is expected about Aug. 1. Cost is estimated at $8000. WATER COMMISSION TO BUY MORE LAND RAINIER—The Rain!- r water comm ssion this week is publish ing notice of intention to spend $1105 for 2211 acres of land sit uated just south of the present watershed. The tract, which it is proposed to buy from Colum bia county, is to he added to the watershed. OTTO PETERSEN QUITS COUNTY SCHOOL ST HELENS—Otto H. H. Pe tersen, appoint?J county school superintendent in October, 1941, to succeed William B. Schnebly, Wednesday handed his resigns- t:on to the county court and asked to be re ieved of his duties by July 1. Pitmen told the court that he had been elected principal of the Scappoose grade school, the post he resigned in 1941 to coma to St. Helens. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1946 Speakers Tell Berry Growing Details Mon, Kinds of Soil, Best Producing Berries Explained at Meet The kinds of soil to be found in the Nehalem val'ey, the berries which will produce the be.t and details for starting this farm product were discussed Monday evening at a dinner and pro gram arranged and sponsored by the Vernonia Booster club. Speake s at the meeting were George A. Nelsen, co-unty agent, and Milton Johnson and Charles Botsford of Hudson-Duncan com pany. Mr. Nelsen outlined the vari ous kinds cf soil to be found in the valley and on the sur rounding hills and told where ex plicit information could be ob tained about these soils to de termine their adaptability to produce. Straw berries, boysenberries and red raspberries were recom mended by Mr. J.hnson as per haps the best for this area. He mentioned an increasing con sumer demand for both frozen and fresh beriies and said that the only strong berry competitor of the Northwest was the south ern states and that their competi- ti n was in the fresh berry mar ket. The Hudson-D un ran plant at Forest Grove will be equipped to prepare berries for the frozen market. Due to a steadily in creasing demand for berries, Mr. Johnsen expensed great confi dence in the future for this product and that prices would continue high. Charles Ectsf.-rd, representing the field department of Hudson- Duncan, dealt with details of getting a slait in the industry and the fact that his company offered considerable financial as sistance and advice to those who contemplated berry growing. He mentioned that if sufficient acre age were started here, the com pany would build a teceiving sta tion in this vicinity, but that at least 25 acre? were necessary be fore that could be accomplished. Mr. Bctsford outlined at con siderable length the steps in starting production as to prepara tion of the ground, fertilizer, plant disease and insects, yield per acre, and the kind of ber ries to plant. All three of the speakers urged farmers interested in the subject to call ipon them for information and help on problems. Church Plans Special Services Starting Sunday, March 31, Rev. Allen H. Backer, Evan gelical minister, announces 10 special services which will be held at the church from the com ing Sunday through April 7. Two services will be held on the two Sundays in the schedule and one service on each week day. Appearing here for the pro gram will be Major Vermillion who has been a chaplain for four years and who spent seven months at the front with Patton’s third army. Special music will be provided by students from Cascade college in Portland on April 5, 6 and 7, Articles To Be Sold The sale of miscellaneous ar ticles, which have not been Claimed from the casualty sta tion, will be sold next Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, Mrs. R. B. Eby said Wednesday. Tho sale will be held .at the Bank building between the hours cf 2 and 4 p.m.