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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.” .THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 194« VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON VOLUME 24, NUMBER 32 ARMY AIR FORCES 39 YEARS OLD Grangers “Air Power is Peace Power,“ theme off Air Force Day celebrations. Postwar Fair Opening Date Scheduled Ang. 15 Propose Hospital Resolution Calls For Study by Subordinate Units > ■a 'Orville Wright, bicycle maker turner! airman, is the father »of powered American aviation. The “Wright Flyer” testing its wings at Fort Myer, Virginia, in 1908. It was a modest forerunner of the powerful planes Built by Curtiss»Wright Corp, during World War II. The B-29 “Superfortress” delivered the Anal knockout blow to Japan. Designed by the Boeing craft Company, the B-29 ushered in the atomic age at Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Bikini. The Boeing B-50, even more powerful and of longer range, is noy in produetion for the Army Air Forces. V »» 1.* o I The streamlined post-war AAF sports a powerful new fighter. Built by the Republic Aviation Corp., the jet-propelled P-84 ap proaches a speed of GOO miles an hour, has a range of 1000 miles, and a service ceiling of more thon 40,000 feet. Power Turnoff Slated Today Consumers of electricity in parts of the Nehalem valley will be without power this morning from 8:30 to 12 noon Frank D. Seelye, West Oregon manager, said Wednesday when he an nounced the hours. Power users in Riverview and down the river to Mist and Bir- kenfeld will be effected by the shut off which is necessary in or der for cooperative employes to do emergency work. • Junior Church Members Picnic Fifty-six boys and girls of the junior congregation of the Chris tian church and their sponsors enjoyed a picnic on the church grounds Tuesday, August 6. This group meets at 11 o'clock each Sunday morning for a wor ship service (at the same time as the adult morning worship service). All boyj and girls up to 12 years of age are invited. Adult sponsors are Mrs. Box Tunnell, Mrs. George Peters, Beverly Herrin and Mrs. Ernest Baker. • Car Wrecked Monday The automobile in which Mr. and Mrs. Lenwood Reynolds and their niece were riding rolled over twice in an accident near Trehame Mon day evening at 5 o’clock. None of the occupants were injured. Extent of the damage was several hundred dollars, but no definite estimate had been made by Wednesday. General Carl A. Spaatz heads the Ar >y Air Forces, our first line of defense, dedicated to the maintenance of world peace. New Outlet Obtained Another outlet for Pal Shop wholesale *ice cream was obtained a few days ago, A. F. Wagnei’, owner, stated. The product is be ing sold now at the Timber Mer cantile store at Timber in addi tion to the local outlet at the Mill Market and Lockers. Petroleum Prices Up Prices of Petroleum products, fuel oil, gasoline, solvent, stove oil and kerosene, increased here late last week in accordince with increases elsewhere. Increased production costs by the companies manufacturing the products are responsible for the increases to consumers local distributors re port. The amounts and items which are now priced at a higher rate are: gasoline, kerosene, solvents and thinners, lc per gallon; die sel and fuel oil lWc per gallon; and stove oil, 2c per gallon, high cetane diesel fuel, 2Uc per gallon. • Honesty Best Youth Finds Breaking a window usually leads to someone paying for the damage and the one to pay is usu ally the one who causes the break. That’s the way it developed last Friday when Ralph Borton acci dentally broke a window in the Brunsman store. The damage was caused that morning before the store opened, but the youth re mained to tell the owner about it and offer to pay for a new glass. His offer was not accepted because the breakage was covered by insurance. Moral: Honesty is ths best pol icy. Old Clothing, Toys Desired Mrs. A. E. Jennings is asking that all outgrown, outmoded and unwanted clothing, toys or any thing else that is not wanted by the owners be left at her place. Reason for the request is that she passes the articles on to someone else who has need for them. Mrs. Jennings can be found at home nearly every evening, but if no one it there, articles may be left on the porch of her home at 196 A St She will see that the material left is devoted to a good cause. • Columbia County Pomona Grangers, meeting Saturday, Au gust 3, at the Beaver Homes hall adopted a resolution which will start an investigation toward ob taining hospital facilities in the county. The resolution adopted Saturday says: “As there is very little hospital facilities in Columbia county to take care of its over 20,000 peo ple, there is a definite need for a movement to try and secure for the county sufficient hospitaliza tion to take care of its people. “The hospitals in the adjoining counties are also badly crowded and many times unavailable to Columbia county people, besides the disadvantage as to distance from the county. “In view of this, it is recom mended that this matter be drawn to the attention of every subordinate grange in the county and committees appointed to in vestigate and promote the idea of establishing hospital facilities in the county.” Morton Tompkins, A^aster of the Oregon state grange, was present at the session to relate what the grange is doing and an nounced that the national grange will meet in Portland beginning November 13. There are now about 30,000 grangers in Oregon and in this county around 1130. The largest subordinate grange membership is that of Beaver Homes with 179. Initiated Saturday were 61 new members, the largest class in the history of the county Pomona group. August 17, Saturday, was select ed as grangers’ day at the coun ty fair and all grangers are wel come for the picnic lunch at noon in the fair grove. • New Sprinkler System Set Up A Stout Sprinkler System has been installed on the Ralph Mc Kee farm in Riverview and prom ises to make possible a substantial dairy herd increase by the owner, C. L Anderson, who installed the equipment, announced early this week. The system will provide »irriga tion to the 20 acres owned by Mr. McKee. Most of the acreage pro vides clover pasture to a herd of about 17 cows and it is believed that with irrigation, the herd can be doubled without the need of increasing the acreage. The system is of the latest type employing aluminum pipe and quick couplings, Mr. Anderson said. • Prizes totaling $500 will be awarded to winners in various events that are to be part of the daily afternoon show at the 31st annual Columbia county fair, ac cording to Ralph Langdon. The county's first post-war show gets underway Thursday, August 15, and lasts through Sunday, August 18, and there will be $500 in awards at the afternoon show every day of the fair. Planned for each day at 1:45 is a parade featuring livestock and other exhibits at the fair. Promptly at 2 p.m., the daily show will get underway in the arena. Some of the events sched uled for this show include a quarter-mile horse race for ani mals entered and ridden by boys and girls, a barrel race in which contestants will have to ride the r mounts around a barrel at each end of the course and a quarter- mile race for horses ridden by women riders. Other special events include a bundle race where contestants are required to ride to the end of the course, dismount and put on cloth ing left there, mount their horses and ride to the finish line. A one-mile flag race, a tail race in which one man rides a horse and another hangs onto the animal’s tail and a half-mile derby race in which the top horses will be entered, are other features. F.F.A. and 4-H boys under 16 years of age will have an oppor tunity to get a $50 calf just for the catching, in another event on the afternoon show. Each day, a $500 calf will be turned loose in the arena and the first contest ant to catch the animal, put a halter on it and lead it back to the judges’ stand wins the calf. Calf-riding is also to be a feature on the afternoon show, with rid ers limited to 16 years and under. Any boy who successfully rides the calf assigned him will win $5, Langdon said. Feature of the evening at the fair will be the rodeo which will start at 8 p.m. daily except Sun day when the afternoon show and the rodeo finals will be com bined. Thursday, August 15 9 a.m.—Judging of all entries and exhibits. 1J0 p.m,—Livestock parade in arena. 2 p.m.—Afternoon show—races, special events, air show. 8 p.m.—Rodeo. Friday, August 16 9 a.m.—Completion of judging if any. 12 Windows at School Broken Twelve window panes in the Vernonia high school building have been broken during the sum mer months by youngsters shoot- <ing BB guns or throwing rocks, Expansion Planned Bob Spencer, janitor, said Tues- Another meeting of the Ver David Brunsman, nephew of d»y- Police have been notified of nonia Booster club is dated for Pete Brunsman and a captain in the vandalism, Mr. Spencer said, the coming Monday evening at the army air force, has joined and also of the most recent de structive act which occurred la3t the Vernonia Country Club Lou the sales staff at the Brunsman Saturday night. store the owner announces this Girod, president, said Tuesday. Some time during that evening week. The increase in staff will Planning of a program for the be followed by an increase in the one of the large window panes in coming months will- occupy the store space soon when the floor the principal’s office on the sec meeting. area will be enlarged by extend ond floor of the building was Members of the group are asked ing the building back 25 feet to broken by someone throwing a to be present at 8 p.m. and re display additional lines of mer bottle. The damage will be paid freshments of sandwiches and cof chandise. for by taxpayers of the district. fee will be served afterwards. Part of the last meeting’s dis cussion was carried out last Thursday when the debris was re moved from Rock creek below the swimming pool dam. • Booster Club Meet Planned Painting to Start Work will start Saturday night of this week on redecorating the interior of the Miller Department Store Cecil Johnson, manager, said Monday. The work will be done by Carlin Hackney. The Tree R's ;.. Respect, Reap, Reforest Keep- Obecon Gteen, 11:30 p.m.—Livestock parade in arena. 2 p.m.—Afternoon show. It is expected that Governor Earl Sneil will be a g’lest at the fair on this day. 8 p.m.—Rodeo. Saturday, Aungust 17 No special morning program announced. 1:30 p.m.—Livestock parade in arena. 2 p.m.—Afternoon show I 8 p.m.—Rodeo. Sunday, August 18 No special morning program announced. 2 p.m.—Final events in rodeo«, also special events from the regu lar afternoon show. Fair closes at end of afternoon performance. COUNTY NEWS CLERK’S JULY BUSINESS BRISK ST. HELENS—July was a brisk month as far as business went at the county clerk’s office, for fees received totalled $1343.25, a slight rise over the June total which was $1296.10. Sources from which the money came were as follows: Recording fees, $710.35; county fee«, $23; Circuit judge, $57; district at torney, $40; trial fees, $20; re porter fees, $85; probate court, $47.50; law library, $41.65; mar riage licenses (a sharp drop from the traditonal Cupid’s month of June), 12; dance licenses, $10; mi gratory chattel fees, $25; miscel laneous fees, $66.75. HIGHER FISH PRICE ASKED CLATSKANIE—Columbia river fishermen are going to ask the packers for higher prices for salm on but they are not going to strike even though the request is refused. Such was the decision reached in a special election on Monday, called to decide whether or not to give their price committee au thority to call the fishermen off the river unless price demand* were met. At the present time catches if salmon in the Columbia are ex tremely light but the regular heavy August run is expected soon. The prices of river Chinook salmon agreed upon earlier n the season was 10c. The fisher men had received a 2c increase, the first price increase in spring salmon prices since 1942. NEW TROOPER ASSIGNED HERE ST. HELENS — State Patrol man Roy Wilburn, who has been on duty at the Milwaukie of fice, has been assigned to Colum bia county to take the place of Warren Forsyth, recently pro moted to sergeant here. Wilbur, who has been a mem ber of the department since May 1, will move here with his wife as soon as he can find housing. MINT HARVEST BEGINS SOON CLATSKANIE — Prospect* are now fine for the miint crop in the Clatskanie area,- harvest of which will start in the next ten day; and then swing into lull speed ahead. The local crop is better than last year and practically all fields show improvement although the weather prevented sufficient weed ing in some places. • Contractors are now offering $6 per pound and eastern ware houses are practically empty of the oil while it has been the cus tom to hold about two years’ sup ply in reserve. Word from Michigan, another of the big mint growing sections, is that the crop is not good there. Most of the mint farmers now have their own stills which in creases prospects of getting all the mint harvested during the good weather when the leaves give off the most oil.