“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumk“rj^gu
Two Councilmen,
Mayor, Treasurer
Seek Positions
Petitions have been filed at the
city hall with Recorder Albert
Childs to place the names of two
present councilmen, the mayor
and the Vernonia city treasurer
on the November ballot for reelec
tion. The petition route is one of
th two means which may pe used
to place candidate names before
the voters. The other is by cau
cus.
The petitions which were circu
lated late last week were for J. E.
Tapp and J. A. Davis, councilmen
and George Johnson, mayor. All
three men now hold the positions
for which they seek reelection
and all three terms are for two
years. The filing for treasurer
position was made by C. F. Hie-
ber who now holds that office
and has held it for several years.
Other candidates may file for
the positions, but if they do so
by petition the petitions must be
handed to the recorder not later
than 32 days before election.
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Hunting Season
Starts Saturday
Saturday is the big day. That’s
the date set by the Oregon state
game commission as the opening
of the general deer season and
it will last for a month, or to
October 25. Most every hunter
has been anticipating the event
for weeks and many local peapie
have planned trips to eastern Ore
gon where they will make their
try for the game.
Archers, too, have a season, but
its shorter, extending from Sep
tember 28 to October 6 in a small
part of the Deschutes game ref
uge and from October 9 to 25 in
a portion of the Canyon Creek
refuge.
To top off the season special
deer shoots will be held for deer
of either sex. All checking sta
tions maintained by the commis
sion for speciaj deer and elk
shcots will be open at noon one
and one-half days before the open
ing of each season and remain
open until 5 p.m. the day fol
lowing the end of the season.
Bag limit for the general sea
son is one deer, either blacktail
or mule, having not less than
forked antlers.
All Disabled
To Be Enrolled
“Every disabled veteran in
Oregon who has applied for col
lege or trade school this fall and
has qualified for entrance will be
enrolled,” Tom Craig, veterans
administration representative in
this area, declared Wednesday
while here on his weekly visit.
Nearly 1200 ex-servicemen are
expected to take school training
in this State with government as
sistance provided for disabled vet
erans under law 16. All who have
applied thus far will be signed
up. and this includes business and
trade schools as well as colleges
and universities.
"Every school in the state has
cooperated with the veterans ad
ministration in giving top pref
erence to disabled veterans,"
Craig pointed out. “Extremely
crowded conditions in all schools
have prevented some able-bodied
veterans from enrolling under
G.I. bill in the school of their
choice, but not disabled veterans
as yet.”
Veterans may obtain educa
tional information from the VA’s
contact office at the City Hall,
Vernonia on Wednesday mornings
of each week.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1846
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 39
Petitions
For Three
Are Filed
p “creation.”
COUNTY NEWS
LITTLE CHANGE
IN ENROLLMENT
CLATSKANIE—Both the Clat
skanie high, school and the grade
school have about the same num
ber of students at the beginning
of this term as in the fall of 1945.
C-H.S. has an enrollment of 124
the first week of school.
It is expected to reach 135 when
the students who are yet working
are back.
The Clatskanie grade school had
284 students enrolled this week
as compared with 281 last year.
FIRST CLASS STATUS
DUE POST OFFFICE
ST. HELENS—Probability that
St. Helens will have a first class
post office when the year’s re
ceipts are tallied up was seen this
week in a rise of $3,612,94 over
the income for August a year ago,
and a new record for the local
office.
Fir.t class status will go to the
office if its postal receipts—cash
income from sale of stamps, box
rent, etc.—total $40,000 for the
yieer.
A prime reason, for the heavy
rise in postal receipts here, other
than the fact that Station A in
come is now credited to the down
town office, is that the post office
has acquired a new customer dur
ing the past year. The customer
is Carl Brandenfels, the Yankton
man who has become the “hair
farmer.”
Mailing of his two-bottle treat
ment, which must ba carefully
packaged because postal regula
tions on the sending of fluids
through the mail are especially
strict, requires an average of
about 40c in postage per pack
age.
ELECTRIC RATE CUT
BRINGS SAVINGS
RAINIER—Bringing at least
one bright spot into the picture of
rising prices facing residents of
Rainier, Northwestern Electric
company last week announced an
other reduction in rates for elec
tric service.
This latest price slash by
Northwestern will bring system-
wide savings to its customers es
timated at $160,000 a year, ac
cording to E. A. Britts, local
manager.
Largest savings from the pres
ent rate cut will go to small home
users of electricity, Britts said.
For instance, the cost of 100 kilo
watt hours per month delivered to
a Rainier home will be cut 8 Vi
per eent.
SLUMP IN FISH
CATCH REPORTED
ST. HELENS—The fall run of
salmon is just about over if the
receipts at the CRPA station can
be taken as an indication. Re
ceipts have varied from two tons
to one ton per day and is expected
that they will be less now, for
most of the fishermen have taken
their nets from the river.
The season, however, has not
night the CRPA station had re-
been a bad one up to Wednesday
ceived and shipped to the Astoria
cannery slightly more than 54
tons, almost the same tonnage as
in 1945, and thq value of that re
ceived by the CRPA alone is
worth close to $11,000 paid the
fishermen.
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October 5 Last
Day to Register
Voters who intend to exercise
the right to cast ballots in the
November election and who need
to attend to registration details
have until October 5 to do so.
October 5 is the end of the first
week of that menth and just a
month before the general election,
November 5.
Registration here may be made
at the city hall where Recorder
Albert Childs will take care of
the details for voting in the
city, county, state and federal
election. People who have moved
here since last election, and who
have changed their residence from
one precinct to another must sign
again in order to cast a vote.
Robertson
Named New
Fire Chief
Neal Bush to
Open Office
Here Mondays
Zone Signal Plan
Talked; Hydrant
Check Started
Opening Scheduled
Monday, September
30 for Attorney
Neal Bush, attorney-at-law, who
maintains an office at Hillsboro,
is planning to open his office
here in the Joy Theater building
beginning Monday, September 30,
it is announced this week. Mr.
Bush will be here the first busi
ness day of every week to care
for legal matters.
Mr. Bush maintained an office
here before the war, but his
practice stopped when he entered
the service and the office was not
reopened after he received his
discharge.
The attorney is the present com
mander of the Hillsboro American
Legion post.
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Pasture Seeding
Results Seen
The pasture seeding tour ar
ranged by Geo. A. Nelson, county
agent, last Friday at Vernonia
was attended by about 17 persons.
On this tour the land seeded by
Columbia county in the fall of
1940 and winter of 1941 showed
some very definite results for pas
ture production. This land is now
owned by Walter Workman who is
pasturing this land with cattle.
The seeding on section 21, 4 north,
5 west which was seeded in the
ashes of a heavy burn shows ex
cellent results and there is splen
did. pasture on this land six years
after it was seeded. The cattle
seen on the range owned by Mr.
Workman are in fine condition.
The basis of this pasture was
tall fescue, chewing fescue pyren-
nial rye grass, orchard grass, bent
grass, alsike clover, and a small
amount of creeping red fescue.
In section 22 there was a lighter
bum, as it was an old bum, there
was lots of fern on the area. How
ever, the chewing fescue is show
ing remarkable headway. The pas-'
tures and sod farming qualities
of the chewing fescue together
with the tramping of the cattle
in pasturing the land is thinning
out the fern considerably.
The seeding demonstrates quite
a possibility of utilization of cut
over lands to advantage when
properly seeded to long life and
sod forming grasses together with
the legumes, the agent said.
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Country Club
Plans Tourney
Three topics, two tournaments
and a revival of the Little Dance
club, occupied last Friday’s meet
ing of Vernonia Country club
members at th« clubhouse and re
sulted in the. appontment of two
committee heads to follow out the
various proposals.
Mrs. Frank Hartwick will head
a committee she will pick to re
vive the Little Darnoe club, a
group that functioned here several
years ago, but which has been
dormant during the war years.
Revival of the club under the
sponsorship of the golf group is
being sought as a means of winter
activity when the course can not
be used.
Mrs. Tom Turner will be chair
man of another committee of her
own choosing to arrange a tourna
ment for lady golfers later this
fall.
The handicap tournament, for
which scores must be turned in by
this Sunday, is to be played after
that date Tournament Committee-
man Kent Bauersfeld said Tues
day. He also mentioned that prizes
for the fall handicap will be dis
played in a window at the Bush
Furniture company.
Highway Signs Display
Welcome, KOG Messages
“Now when visitors come to
Oregon we can show them the
true spirit of western hospitality
as soon as they enter our state,”
Otto H. Petersen, Columbia Coun
ty Keep Oregon Green chairman,
said in commenting on the beauti
ful outdoor marker-signs erected
at four main highways entrance
points to Oregon by the state
highway commission.
“These signs carry a dual ptes-
sage,” the chairman pointed out
“They first extend an official
welcome to Oregon by an official
agency of the state, the Oregon
State highway commission, and
then they ask the visitor to be
careful with fire and help protect
our wonderful forest resources.”
Already four signs have been
built and are in place at Rainier
near the Longview bridge; on
Eagles Attend
Sun. Convention
the Coast highway near Brook
ings; on the Redwood highway
south of Grants Pass; at the
summit of the Siskiyou mountains
south of Ashland. The commis
sion has approved construction of
a fifth south of Klamath Falls
near the California line.
The sign at the Oregon end of
the Longview bridge was the first
one to be erected in the state and
was commemorated with an ap
propriate dedication.
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Flowers Again
Hit Headlines
More proof that flowers, and
vegetables, too, can and do grow
well in the Nehalem valley is
forthcoming this week. It’s River
view again where the achievement
came about.
Mrs. T. F. Hillyer proves that
she can produce both large flowers
and vegetables. Her hollyhocks
reach 10 feet high and her gladoli
spikes bear seven-inch florets.
Mrs. Hillyer’s vegetable garden
has produced cucumbers eight
inches in circumference and 10V4
inches in length.
The F.O.E. district 2 conven
tion at St Helens last Sunday
drew seven Vernonia aerie mem
bers to participate in the day’s
activities and hear talks by eGr-
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a’d Mason, F.O.E. president, and
other state officers. Youth guid
ance was Mason’s topic.
Attending from here were Al
ford Doree, Ray Canida, John
Wilcoxen, James Combs, Oscar
Enstrom, George Armstrong and
Another sawmill and shingle
Freeman
Schelene.
Wilcoxen mill industry is being planned for
was included among the candidates this vicinity Ed Garner announced
for initiation and ritualistic work. Monday when he said that 30
Eagles from all over the state acres of land had just been pur
were present for the meeting chased to be used partly as a site
and drill team competition at the for the mills.
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St. Helens foothall field later in
Machinery will be erected soon
the day and the banquet and and Garner said it is planned to
dance that <night.
start operation after Christmas.
Vernonia F.O.E. members are With the sawmill equipment will
invited to Longview October 5 be included one planing machine.
and 6 for the Longview Eagles The firm already has started log
17th anniversary.
Housing ar ging wth three trucks and two
rangements for the Longview cats.
event can be made through
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George Armstrong, local aerie
Corn
Feed
Planned
secretary.
The annual American Legion
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corn feed is going to take place
Saturday evening at the Legion
hall and Legionnaires are prepar
ing for the event already. Steps
have been taken to obtain the
corn and an invitation was extend
Do you know about the reading ed early his week to business men
course service offered by the and Legion members to enjoy
Oregon state library through the themselves at the week end event.
Vernonia library? If not, stop in
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and look over the list of 75 sub Auxiliary to Meet
jects available for study, Mrs.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
Paul Gordon, librarian, said Tues
day when she mentioned that the Auxiliary is scheduled to meet
subjects were ready for patrons. next Wednesday evening, October
Mrs. Gordon also said that there 3, at 8 o’clock at the I.O.O.F. hall,
is no charge for these non-credit All members of the organization
reading courses other than post are urged to be present at that
age on the books sent and she will time.
give any assistance needed in se
lecting the desired course.
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Garner Plans
For Sawmill
Read to Learn
Course Purpose
Two Are Fined
A. F. Glendening was fined
$78 and R. Bradford, $158 Friday
in the justice of peace court here,
the former for being intoxicated
while in a truck and the latter for
driving the truck. State police
also arrested Marvin McGaughey
Thursday and turned him oveT to
the Portland police.
The Vernonia volunteer fireanen
met last Friday evening to elect.
Cleve Robertson their chief, Jamew
McCrory assistant and to plan for
a program of drill and a check,
of every fire hydrant in the city-
The naming of the fire chief and
assistant does not become official,
until the city council meet® in
October, but the usual procedure
is for the council to favor the
recommendations made and that
likely will be the result Mayor*
George Johnson said Tuesday.
Starting Tuesday evening the
firemen began a systematic check
of every hydrant in the city and
while the check is being made
they will apply red and yellow
paint to make the outlets earner
to find in case of fire. Some of
the hydrants have not been opened
in several years Chief Robertson
said and a check now will likely
mean the saving of property later.
The examination and painting
will continue every Tuesday eve
ning until completed, the chief
said.
Other Dians for the department
are practice with the pumper and
other equipment, a thorough check
of hose and elimination of that
which is too old for use and the
inauguration of a system of zone
signals. The signal system will
be worked out with the telephone
office so that firemen may go
directly to the fire without un
necessary delay.
The department ' membership
will list 10 regulars and three or
four assistant*. Men who have
served in previous years and who
have equipment are asked to re
turn it so it may again be placed
on the trucks.
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Cafe Gets New
Owner Today
The new owner for Vike’a cafe
will take over today, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Vike announced earlier thus
week when they announced the
change of ownership. Mr. and Mrs.
Vike have operated their cafe for
four years.
The ne v owner is Mrs. Eliza--
beth English, who has had con
siderable experience in the busi
ness.
Restaurants Get Sign*
Two new neon signs for the
Vernonia business district were
erected late last week by the Co
lumbia Neon Sign company of
Portland. Two cafes, the Palace
and Vike’a cafe received the mark
ers.
Each new sign that is
erected along the street is a
marked improvement for the buai—•
ness section.
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Examiner Scheduled
A driver’s license examiner la
scheduled to be on duty in Ver
nonia Friday, October 4, at the
city hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Licenaes or permits to drive will
be available to those calling on
the examiner during those hours,
but people are asked to be present
well before the closing hour hr
order to assure completion of their
appliations with a minimum of
delay.
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