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VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 29
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THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1946
State Grange Dairy Foods, Meats Show
Takes Canning Gain Some Stores Report
Sugar Action
Resolution Asks Re­
Survey of Stocks
And Allocations
PICTURED is the mobile chest x-ray unit which will be in Vernonia for two days on Monday and
Tuesday, July 29 and 30. In charge of arrangements for those who will use the unit is Mrs. Frank
Hartwick who will announce next ween thef time the unit will be open each day to take pictures and
where the unit will be located. The x-rays are free to all local people and provide a means of de­
termining the presence of tuberculosis. The unit’s visit is made possible by funds obtained from the
sale of Christmas Seals.
Budget Adopted
At Wed. Meeting
Hawkins Will
Show Slides
Colored slides of the growing
The City of Vernonia’s cost and harvesting of timber in the
sheet for this year is now in ef­ Pacific Northwest are available
fect. That is the result of ac­ for showing to groups any eve­
tion, or rather lack of acton, ning of the week Glen Hawkins,
last Wednesday night when a Columbia County Tree Farm su­
hearing for objections, should pervisor, said early this week.
The slides will make an en­
there have been any, was held.
The budget is *he one adver­ tertaining addition to an eve­
tised for two weeks shortly be­ ning’s program, Mr. Hawkins said,
fore the date of the meeting and and any local group that wishes
sets forth intended expenditures to see them can do so by re­
for July 1, 1946 to June 30, 1947 questing him a short time in ad­
and also gives the estimated re­ vance to make the showing. He
ceipts from such sources as wa­ will be able to nlake the show­
ter revenues, fines, license, sale ings during the summer • more
of property, etc. This year’s cost easily than later when school be­
sheet does not include a prop­ gins because the slides are also
erty tax levy, a procedure that intended for school use.
The pictures are 45 in num­
has not been followed for sev­
ber.
eral years.
Due to the fact that no city
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residents appeared to object to
the budget, the estimate was
adopted by the council at this
special meeting.
City councilmen have not held
any regular meetings so far this
The Western Auto Supply will
month due to difficulty in obtain­
ing a quorum of attendance. Sev­ open its doors to customers be­
eral members are either busy or tween August 1 and 15 Walter
out of town, making the meetings S. Ready said Tuesday. He and
Mrs. Ready are' here preparing
impossible.
for merchandise displays and the
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opening. Some merchandise ha3
already arrived and more is ex­
pected daily.
The owners announce that they
plan specials for the opening
which will probably be on a week
The saving of waste fats has end.
At present Mr. and Mrs. Ready
been termed “just as important
now as at any time during the are searching for a heuse to rent
war” by officials of government in town or near town.
and industry, according to in­
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formation made known here this
week by the county agricultural
conservation committee.
A check with local grocerymen
Tuesday determined that small
amounts of fats are being turned
in each week, but in minute
The Vernonia Boy Scouts will
quantity whcOi compared with col­ get all the hiking wanted on ane
lections during the war..
future week end this summer
One store is receiving about 10 Scoutmaster Ed Frazee said last
pounds a week, another averages week when he mentioned that he
about two and one-half pounds and the scouts had driven to
and still another is receiving very Camp Wilkerson last Wednesday
little.
Other stores indicated evening.
about the same response to this
The drive there was made to
saving program.
see what the camp was like, he
One very logical reason given said, but a hike is planned later
for the decreased turn-in was in the year. The distance is 16
that a shoratge of shortening has miles from Vernonia. The camp
made the use of fats in the home is located near the headwaters of
Oak Ranch creek.
a necessity.
Western Auto
Plans Opening
Fat Salvage Still
Vitally Needed
Scouts Plan Hike
To Summer Camp
July Account
Overdrawn
The July prorated portion of
$54,902.44 set aside for welfare
in the 1946-47 fiscal year is al­
ready, overdrawn by $225.t>0
That is the information contained
in a report released by Mrs. Eva
L. Tice, adminstrator, for the
July 10 meeting of the Columbia
county public welfare commission.
The report also points out that
the commission approved $61,-
947.81 to be budgeted for 1946-47
and the figure was cut to $54,-
902.44. It is also noted that pos­
sible rising food prices are not
included in the larger estimated
figure for this fiscal year.
Indicatons are that members of
the commission and the admin­
istrator will be among those pres­
ent to object to the budget, al­
lowance when the budget commit­
tee holds its hearing July 24.
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Petition Seeks
Express Delivery
Delivery service for the rail­
way express packages is sought
in a petition which was circulated
among business houses here Tues­
day by L. W. Skuzie. The pe­
tition “respectfully protests to the
American Express company their
recent practice of non-delivery of
parcels in Vernonia. This recent
action has caused undue hardship.'
Over 15 signers were obtained
and the listing will be sent to ex­
press company headquarters to
attempt to get a change in the
decision to stop delivery.
Packages have not been deliv-
ered from the depot since
March 25.
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CASE DISMISSED
The justice of peace hearing
here last Friday ended with dis­
missal of the case against J. W.
Shortridge. who was charged by
L. G. VanDoozer in the complaint
with illegally entering the house
occupied by the latter on Corey
hill. Both were partners in the
United Electric and Supply com­
pany.
1946 Season,Bag LimitsSet Tentatively
The 1946 hunting season and
bag limits were set tentatively by
the Oregon state gapie commission
at its annual hearing held Sat­
urday, July 13, in Portland. The
hearing was adjourned to July 27
when the final regulations will be
adopted.
The general season for blacktail
and mule deer was set for Septem­
ber 28 to October 20 with a bag
limit of one deer having not
less than forked antlers.
For Rocky Mountai elk the gen­
eral season will be from October
26 to November 17 in the area
east of the Dalles-Califomia high­
way. Bag limit will be one elk of
either sex except that in Wallowa,
Union and that part of Umatilla
county east of Highway 395 the
hag limit is one bull elk with
antlers. Also the bag limit is
one bull elk with antlers in the
Muddy Creek area, Baker county,
during open season from August
31 to September 2, inclusive.
The general season for Roose­
velt elk will be open from Octo­
ber 26 to November 10, and the
bag limit is one bull elk with
forked horns or better. Open
area includes Lane, Lincoln, Des­
chutes, Klamath and specified
portions of Clatsop, Tillamook,
Coos and Douglas counties.
In addition several special
deer and elk seasons were de­
clared to take care of problem
areas, for most of which only a
limited number of permits will be
issued. While hunters may file
for more than one special deer
tag, in the event he is successful
in more than one drawing, only
one tag will be issued. Hunters,
however, are asked not to file ap­
plications for special tags until
after the adoption of the final
regulations on July 27.
Archers will have two rpecial
deer seasons. One is from Sep­
tember 28 to October 6, inclusive,
in a small area in the vicinity of
Paulina creek on the Deschutes
game refuge. Bag limit is one
deer of either sex. The other
season is for deer of either sex
from October 9 to 16 in S por­
tion of the Canyon Creek refuge.
Tagging regulations will be en­
forced this year, and all game
held during the closed season or
shipped into closed areas or out
of the state will • have to be
tagged by the game law enforce­
ment authorities.
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The Oregon State Grange exec­
utive committee has taken action
on the canning sugar shortage by
asking a “re-survey of sugar
stocks and allocations” through
a resolution adopted July 8. The
resolution is a step towards what
will apparently determine whether
there is really a shortage of
sugar or whether the sugar is
being held back from the concum-
ing public. Some contention that
-the latter id. true has been
heard.
The resolution reads:
“Whereas the present sugar al­
location for home canning is en­
tirely inadequate to care for home
canning needs, and
“Whereas, even at this early
date in the season, there is a con­
siderable wastage of fresh fruits
now ripening, due to lack of can­
ning sugar by housewives, and
“Whereas there are conflicting
depressed market prices for a
number of products, and
‘Whereas there are conflicting
reports as to the amount of sugar
on hand in this country; therefore
be is
“Resolved, by the executive
committee of the Oregon State
Grange that we ask our delega­
tion in congress to request an
immediate re-survey of sugar
stocks and allocations with the
purpose of increasing sugar allot­
ments for home canning purposes;
and be it
“Resolved, further, that a copy
of this resolution be sent to each
of the Oregon delegation in con­
gress and to the National
Grange.”
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Registration Is
Up 8 Per Cent
Oregon’s motor vehicle regis­
tration set a new record at the
end of June this year when Sec­
retary of State Robert S. Farrell,
Jr., reported 441,000 vehicles reg­
istered in the state.
The registration this year is
eight per cent above the total
registered in the state at this
time last year. It is about two
per cent higher than ' the 1941
total of 434,089 vehicles.
Farrell said the record number
of cars, together with the record
gasoline consumption during re­
cent months, contributed to the
heavy traffic volume that has in­
creased accident hazards in this
state. Traffic volumes now are
around 80 per cent above the vol­
umes registered a year ago.
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Some food prices have increased,
most of them remain the same
and a few have lowered! That’s
what a survey of Vernonia gro­
cery outlets revealed Tuesday
when store owners were ques­
tioned about their merchandise
and about the attitude of cus­
tomers towards paying higher
prices for those items that have
increased.
Price gains have been marked
for dairy products such as but­
ter, milk and cheese, but in real­
ity the increase comes about only
as a change in method of pay­
ing. Subsidies formerly were ex­
tracted from the taxpayers’ pock­
ets to offset price gains. Now
subsidies have bean removed so
the amount of the subsidy for
each item is added to the previous
cost of that item. Result: a
change in the method of paying
for the article.
However, there is indication
here as esewhere that food buy­
ers are striking against the pres­
ent price of butter.
Several
store owners’ said the same when
questioned. People are not buy­
ing butter in nearly the volume
they did before the great change
came about. Sales have fallen
off and butter shelves are not
cleaned out quickly when stores
receive their allotments.
One
grocery operator said that a buy­
ers’ strike might not prove ef­
fective even now because stores
are still allotted butter and the
New Car Models
Expected in Aug.
Vernonia’s newest car agency
will have models to show the pub­
lic by August 15 if, and the “if”
bears some explanations, no fu-
rure
difficulties
which
have
slowed manufacturing schedules
arise to push the date still more
into the future..
That was Geo. Johnson’s an­
nouncement Tuesday when he said
dealers in this part of the country
have been promised cars by the
middle of next month.
The Vernonia Service Station
is
planning
several
interior
changes to accommodate showing
the cars, the Kaiser and the
Frazer, and expect to be ready
when the products are available.
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PREMIUM LIST RECEIVED
A premium list of the 81st Ore­
gon State fair has been received
at The Eagle office and is avail­
able for inspection by anyone in
this area who does not have a
copy of the list and wishes to see
it. The fair is dated for Septem­
ber 2 to 8.
price could easily remain at its
present height until the supply
exceeds the demand.
Another groceryman indicated
that increases will be forthcoming
on many canned goods items. He
has been informed that gains of
50c per case are likely shortly.
Indicative of seasonal abundance
is the lowering of produce prices
which have taken a drop, he said.
COUNTY NEWS
RIVER STILL ’ FALLS
FISH CATCH POOR
ST. HELENS—The Columbia
river continues to fall slowly and
the gauge at the city dock shows
a depth of 12 feet above zero, a
fall of more than 6 feet from the
high water mark early in June.
Salmon fishermen had hoped
that the run of fish would im­
prove as the river fell but their
hopes have not been fulfilled.
Catch taken by the CRPA aver­
ages about one-half ton a day
and few fishermen take more
than 200 pounds.
.WESTPORT AND WAUNA
DISTRICTS MAY JOIN
CLATSKANIE — Voters
school district 7, Westport,
school district 38, Wauna,
vote on July 22 whether the
school districts should be
solidated.
of
and
will
two
con­
FUR TRAPPING IN
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COUNTY TOTALED $10,393.72
ST. HELENS—Recent figures
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on the fur catch in this county
foi- the past year shows the total
value of the pelts to have been
$19,339.72. The catch was divided
as follows among the fur-bearing
animals: Otter $900.15, mink
$6032.16, muskrat $2849.60, wild­
cat $197.80, skunk $55.46, weasel
$19.74, raccoon $127.05, civet cat
$18.48.
NEGRO GIVEN 2-YEAR
TERM FOR ATTACK
ST. HELENS—Ben Williams,
40-year-old Vernonia Negro, re­
ceived a two year sentence in the
state penitentiary Wednesday of
last week when he appeared be­
fore Circuit Judge Howard K.
Zimmerman to plead guilty to a
district
attorneys
information
charging rape.
Williams, who was arrested by
state police in May, had entered
a plea of guilty when he appeared
before the judge in June but sen­
tencing had been postponed be­
cause no report had been received
on his past record. The FBI
record of his fingerprints dis.
closed that be had been arrested
four times previously ,but had
never been convicted.
School Roof
To Get Repairs
F. A. Snyder, Portland con­
tractor, began work on the high
school roof last week. The roof
will receive a new covering of
paper and» a coat of tar to pre­
pare it for winter rains.
The school also received the
large oil storage tank which will
be used to supply an oil burner
for the furnace. Installation of
the equipment will be made be­
fore the start of school, Mr. Mills,
principal, said Sunday.
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BUILDING GETS REPAIRS
Cleve Robertson began wort on
remodeling the Chat ’N Nibble
cafe building early this week by
removing part of the back of the
structure and leveling and repair­
ing the foundation.
Further
work will include a complete
change for the interior.
Quartet to Sing Monday
A male quartette from the
Northwest Nazarene College and
Professor James D. McGraw will
be here Monday at the Nazarene
Chapel to sing and talk. Rev.
H. L. Russell, pastor, said this
Monday.
The program, scheduled to start
at 7:45 p.m. will include singing
principally.
However, a short
time will be devoted to Professor
McGraw who will tell about the
college which is located at aNmpa,
Idaho.
Local people are invited to at­
tend.
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