“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.” VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON VOLUME 24, NUMBER 45 Loggers Take New Oil Test Work by Win Here FrL Texas Firm Started From Sherwood Rainier to Come Here Friday for Final Grid Game By MELVIN SCHWAB Coach Jake Hergert’s Vernonia Loggers once again proved them­ selves to be a powerhouse team Friday night on the local field, when they sent the Sherwood Bulldogs whimpering home and a 26 to 0 score against them. The Loggers displayed the same kind of good football which has been noticed since their defeat by Co­ lumbia Prep here last month. Two of the three Loggers’ first string men, out last week, were back in the starting line-up, but Cline, first string right end, is still re­ covering from illness. Bulldogs Receive Sherwood won the toss and elected to receive the ball, run­ ning it back to the 22-yard line. In three »downs they failed to gain a first and ten so elected to kick. It was a bad kick coming down on the Bulldogs’ 28-yard line where it was downed. Byers then took the ball and skirted around right end for a gain of 18 yards to put the ball on the 10-yard line Sabalino took the ball on a, power play through center for the first Loggers’ touchdown. The try for the extra point was good with Byers packing the mad through the middle. Sherwood received the ball a second time and through unsuc­ cessful attempts, lost the ball again. Once more the mighty Loggers started to roll, this time with a passing attack.. Frank threw a long beautiful pass to Byers from his own 45 to the Bulldogs’ 12-yard line. Byers once again took the ball, this time to the six-yard line. Then it was Byers over for the remain­ ing six yards and a second Loggers’ score. Sabalino went over for the conversion, bringing the score^ll to 0 in favor of the Loggers. W Ssherwood Fumble Fatal Late in the first quarter, Brown, speedy Logger guard, recovered a Bulldog fumble on their 35-yard line. On a fake reverse off of a double wingback East, made a beautiful 35-yard run for an­ other Logger tally. Try for point was unsuccessful. Again in the latter part of the second quarter the Loggers started another drive this time down to the Bulldogs 45 where Renfro took the ball on a quick opening play through the line and raced 45 yards for a score. Bad luck accompanied the play though, and it was called back for Ver­ nonia off sides penalty. The half ended with the Loggers in posses- sion of the ball. At the beginning of the half Sabalino took the kickoff on his own 28 and ran it back to the 45, nearly getting away for an­ other Lagger score. Later Sher­ wood started a drive from their own 30 sad were rtopped on the Loggers' 18-yard •me- The ’.og- gers took over there and com menced to drive the ball dov.n the field with nice runs made by Bass, Evers, Renfro and Th.mj- son. In the latter part of the fourth g- gers L«, Shervood Bulldogs 0. Loggers Average 18 Points Fi t» downs of tie game v.e-e, Preliminary work has started on a new setting for an oil test in the Nehalem Valley by the Texas company. The site of this test hole lis on the Archie Adams place, which is located near the Clyde Johnson property. The new location is 3042 feet north and 1032 feet west of the southwest corner of Section 19, 6 N., 4 W., and is near the Nehalem river near Mist. Road work was done last spring, lumber and concrete is being hauled, and Archie Adams is doing bulldozing work at the site so that all preparations will be made for the moving in of rig­ ging. D. Bode, chief geologist for the Texas company in Oregon and Washington, has said that the well wiill be drilled by a con­ tractor. It has been announced that the test will be designated officially as Clark and Wilson 6-1, and will bring the Texas company REA Association Meet Attended The quarterly meeting cf the Oregon Rural Electric Coopera­ tive association, of which the West Oregon Cooperative is a member, was held Monday of this week at Alturas, California. Rep­ resenting the local cooperative were Frank D. Seelye, manager, and Lee Wooden of Jewell, vice- president of the association and one of the board of directois for West Oregon. Also making the trip to the California city were Mrs. Seelye and Mrs. Wooden. The association meets to discuss problems of REA cooperatives and means of overcoming these problems in order to give better service to consumers. Meeting Saturday previous to the Monday session at Alturas were managers of the various state cooperatives who talked over managerial problems. Mr. Seelye presided at this meeting. This quarterly meeting of the association was held in order to conform with the California duck hunting season so that those at­ tending might enjoy the sport as well as attending the meeting. The local manager returned with two birds, he states. for the l.cgg-. ’s 14 lor the Pt? - dogs 7. So far this season the Loggers have averaged 13 points per ganie winning five ar.d losing two, giv­ ing them a percentage of 71.3. The scores so far tjiis season have been: Vernonia— Opponents— 14 Tillamook 0 St. Helens 0 34 12 Seaside 14 0 Columbia Prep 27 20 Scappoose 7 25 Hill Miliary 0 26 Sherwood 0 131 48 The Loggers will play their last game of the season this Fri­ day on the local field and fans are welcomed to attend what promises to be a ' anguj ball game. back to the scene of its earliest exploration in Oregon, and its first dry hole in the Clatskanie locality, which was at Clatskanie No. 1, five miles southwest of town. It was abandoned in Sep­ tember, 1945, at the 5650-foot level, after drill pipe became stuck in the hole. The new test, will be about eight miles south­ west of the abandoned Clatskanie No. 1. The Texas company abandoned another test, known as the Cooper Mountain No. 1 test, in Wash­ ington county last May at a depth of 9263 f^et. This is the deepest oil test in Oregon history and the company announced no show of oil or gas. • COUNTY NEWS ASSESSOR SUFFERS STROKE SUNDAY ST. HELENS—Fred Watkins, veteran Columbia county assessor, is in a serious condition as the result of a stroke which he suf­ fered recently. Watkins fell at onset of the stroke and sustained facial injuries. He collapsed on a downtown street. He was taken to the Vanport hospital Thursday of last week in order that he might have better hospital attention. Friends who saw or heard from him Saturday stated that his condition showed improvement. SEED RAISERS TO GET CASH ST. HELENS—All farmers who have harvested red clover, alsike clover, or alfalfa seed crops this year are eligible for payment from the AAA if this seed is sold into commercial channels before January 1, 1947. The rate of payment for this practice is 7 cents a pound for alfalfa and alsikd clover, and 9 cents a, pound for red clover. Anyone wanting this payment should notify the county AAA office, bringing with them some evidence of sale before the first of the year. COUNTY BACK ON CASH BASIS ST. HELENS—Columbia coun­ ty, on a warrant basis since Au­ gust, is back on its financial feet again. County Treasurer Gladys E. Peterson has issued a call f^r all general fund warrants of the county endorsed “not paid for want of funds” on or before Oct. 22. Reason for the return to finan­ cial health by the county is re­ ceipt of more than $26,000 in money from the Oregon and Cali­ fornia land grant and from sale of real estate by the county court. This money wa3 sufficient to pick up outstanding general fund warrants and thus save the county the interest it has had to pay because it did not have ready cash to handle the warrants it issued. • Dies at McMinnville Anna Marie Schmeddin entered the McMinnville hospital Mon­ day, October 28, and passed away Tuesday morning, word received here later that day notified lo­ cal people. Court Names Republicans Get Nod; Successor to Fish in, Pension Out County Agent George A. Nelson, Present Agent, to Retire Next Year Appointment of W. G. Nibler, assistant specialist in farm crops at Oregon State College, as Co­ lumbia county agent to replace George A. Nelson when the vet­ eran agent retires sometime next year was announced last week by County Judge Ray Tarbell. This appointment is subject to con­ firmation by the pregon State board of higher education, but it is believed that the action by the county court assures assignment of Nibler to the Columbia post. O.S.C. Graduate A graduate of Oregon State college, where he received a bach­ elor of science degree in 1938, Nibler formerly was fieldman and buyer for Libby, McNeil and Lib­ by of Portland during the sum­ mers of 1937 and 1938. From De­ cember, 1939, to October 16, 1940, he served as assistant secretary of the agricultural conservation association in Linn county. From that post he went to Marion county, where he was assistant county agent to July 1, 1943, assuming the post of county agent in the Capital city county then when the agent left to enter service. He assumed his present post of assistant specialist in farm crops on. July 1 of this year. Nelson to Retire At Oregon State college Nibler majored in farm crops, soils and agriculture economics. He is married and has two children. It is expected that as soon as con- fwmatian cf his appointment occurs, he will make arrange­ ments to move to Columbia coun­ ty. Nelson, who announced his pending retirement some weeks ago, may quit his post here soon after the first of the year, the court was informed, and in no case will be here as county agent later than June 30, 1047, end of the current fiscal year. Before naming Nibler as its candidate for the agent's job, the court contacted Joe Cox, former Triple-A secretary here and now assistant county agent in Wash­ ington county, regarding the Co­ lumbia post, but Cox indicated he was satisfied to remain where he was. • New Projector Received Ray Mills, principal of the high school has announced the purchase of a Bell and Howell 16 mm movie projector. The machine is to be used for the purpose of visual education and is planned to be put into service soon. Vic Vet says » • ATTEHTIOH VETERANS! FOR INFORMATION ABOUT: • • • • • EDUCATION PENSIONS LOANS MEDICAL care HOSPITALIZATION INSURANCE ydcattonau TRAINING DEATH BENtRTS Sto VETERANS ADMINISTRATION Lions International Club Organized Here Tuesday A Lions International service club was organized here Tuesday evening under the direction of Orlando Hickey, special repre­ sentative of the organization, and plans were made for the contact­ ing of prospective members. In order to carry out to com­ pletion the obtaining of a char­ Zeeman Move» Shop J. J. Zeeman, owner of Zee- ter and adopting of a charter the man’s Radio Servicing has moved small group which met Tuesday the location of his shop from the elected Rev. Ernest P. Baker DeVaney apartment building to president. Rev. Baker and Mr. 714 Third street (Formerly* Hickey spent Wednesday morning contacting prospective members Scott’s Studio), * New store hours are from 9 other than those present Tuesday a.m. to 6 p.m., except Mondays, evening when seven local men signed for membership. when the shop' will not be open. Organization of the club here will serve partly as a means of carrying out some of the activ­ ities of the Booster chib which was disbanded by a motion about two weeks ago due to lack of in­ terest. One of the first undertakings of the Lions club will be the sponsoring of the football ban­ quet. That project will be a carry­ over from the Booster club which had started plans for the banquet before disbanding. The board of directors of the Boosters will meet in a few days to take action toward refunding dues which were collected for the coming year. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 194« • EMPLOYMENT • READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES See U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE • HOUSING Soo NATIONAL WOUSIHC AÚEMCY • SUPPLII*; PROPERTY Soo WAR ASSETS ADMINISTRATION • REEMPLOYMENT Sot SELECTIVE SERVICE For local addrtiMt comult: Your nearest community odvisory center. Your locol phone book, your postmaster. Columbia county, with seven precincts yet to be heard from Wednesday morning, had given the nod to Republican candidates names appearing on the ballot for Tuesday’s selections. Records be­ ing compiled at the county clerk’s office in St. Helens listed voting results from all but seven pre­ cincts with the expection that to­ tals had not been figured for the ballot measures. Results for the measures were not ready at the clerk's office by late Wednesday afternoon. Local voting in the four Ver­ nonia precincts called for adoption of the fish bill by a heavy margin and at the same time turned down the old-age and disability pension fund by decisive figures. Votes cast for candidates in the county were: Representative in Congress: Lyman Ross ........................... 1448 Walter Norblad .....................2684 Governor: Earl Snell ..................................9227 Carl Donaugh ...................... 1860 Secretary of State: Robert S. Farrell, Jr........... 2969 David C. Epps ..................... 1307 Com. Bureau of Labor: Ralph W. Peoples ............... 1872 W. E. Kimsey ....................... 1926 Senator 14th Ilist.: Irving Rand ............................1962 Russell Hogan ...................... 1877 Rep. 2nd Rep. Dist.: O. Henry Oleen. ...................... 1522 E. H. Condit .......................... 2462 County Judge: Joseph G. Nauman ................ 1375 J. W. Hunt ............... 2610 County Commissioner: Donald V. Parcher ................ 2206 Oscar Edwin Larson ........... 1652 Manley J. Wilson for repre­ sentative 33rd representative dis­ trict was unopposed. In the city election, no competition developed to oppose the candidates who had filed for official positions. Totals of the four local pre- Society Plans For Bazaar St. Mary’s Altar Society is making final plans this week for a bazaar to be held Saturday at the Sundland Electric store be­ ginning at 9 o’clock. An attrac­ tion for the day will be a “snail” quilt and a paid of fancy pillow cases to be presented at 2:30 p.m. A special counter for chil­ dren is being set' up also. A luncii of hot coffee, cake, sandwiches and pickles will be served by the society. The 17 members of thq society have been working since February for this event. cincts for the measures on ballot were: Yes Succession to office of governor .............. 490 State armories bill. . 150 154 477 Establishing rural school dist. boards .. 286 337 Chinamen to hold real estate ................ 307 Bills by title only ... 316 Increasing number of senators ................ 237 Regulating fishing in coastal streams............ 606 Old-age and disabil­ ity pension fund.... 243 Basic school sup­ port fund tax ............ 333 the No 337 250 371 117 492 330 0 Cow Gets Chance At Book Learnin' A chance to take on a little book learnin’ was accorded the cow belonging to Fred Oveson last Wednesday night when a yre- Halloween prank was instigated by several high school students. The prank resulted in the cow being led into the high school build­ ing and left until next morning at the foot of the incline leading to the second floor. Police officers were informed by school men and an investiga­ tion followed the incident. Halloween the following night led to the usual “trick or treat” visits as well as some pranks including the marking of windows. 0 Fire Destroys Farm Home Sun. Fire completely destroyed the C. S. Lacey home near Braun’s Siding Sunday evening with the damage amounting to approxi­ mately $4500. Insurance coverage amounted to less than $1000. The blaze originated at the kitchen stove when some parafin and kerosene caught fire. • Unit to Meet Today Members of the Vernonia ex­ tension unit are reminded again of the meeting scheduled for Thursday, today, at 10:30 a.m. at the Evangelical church. Mrs. Maud Casswell, home demonstra­ tion agent, will be present to explain the making of corsages and also give suggestions on Christmas decorations for the home. People attending are asked to bring a lunch. Property Taxes Zoom to All-Time High Figure Taxes on all property in Ore­ gon, including homes, farms, pas­ tures, skyscrapers and timber, for current 1946-47 fiscal year, zoomed to an all-time high 6f $53,- 280,111, or $9,083,861 more than was levied in Oregon, 1945-46. Property taxes levied in Co­ lumbia county for 1946-47 total $879,440 compared with $742,527 for 1945-46. School taxes in Columbia county increased from $363,005 in 1945-46, to $488,184 for the 1946-47 school year, an increase of 34.4 per cent. This amount does not include the coun­ ty school levy of $10 per census child, which is included in the general county levy. This peak of property taxes was announced by Oregon Busi­ ness & Tax Research, Inc., and was compiled from assessors’ summaries of taxes levied this year, first quarter payments be­ ing due November 15. Of the $9,983,861 increase in total taxes this year over last, tax levies for school purposes ac­ counted for $6,360,564 of the to­ tal. Total local school district taxes, including special voter ap­ proved levies, amounted to $22, 134,545, after $8,000,000 of income revenue had been applied as a property tax offset. First four counties in Oregon with highest percentages of total tax increase, 1946-47 over 1945- 46, all purposes, were Curry, Jef­ ferson, Polk and Linn, with in­ creases of 76 per cent, 60 per cent 55 per cent and 54 per cent, respectively. The four counties with lowest percentage of 1946-47 property tax increase this fiscal year over 1945-46, were Wheeler, Multno­ mah, Sheridan and Baker. These counties showed only 8 per cent, 8.6 per cent, 6 per cent, 9 per cent and 9.1 per cent increases re­ spectively.