Vernonia eagle., July 10, 1947, Image 1

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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 25 NUMBER 28
Accidents at Low Level Bank Deposits
For Week Holiday Period Show Growth
The overall picture of last
week’s holiday for lumber work­
ers along with the long July 4th
week was favorable from the
»standpoint of accidents and injur­
ies authorities mentioned early
this week when questioned about
activities of the past few days.
One automobile wreck in River­
view caused no serious injury al­
though the car was damage con­
siderably. That was all the more
remarkable'ijecause of the number
of people driving their cars during
the holiday.
The same picture was presented
pretty much throughout the county
and was in keeping with a state­
wide trend which listed fewer ac­
cidents than anticipated. For the
nation, however, the accident trend
was on the up, being greater than
estimates of authorities.
Several people here who motored
to points of interest in the state
reported better driving than usual
and a smaller number of drivers
attempting to speed.
Although most places of business
were closed Saturday here, those
business men who did keep their
doors open were surprised at the
number of customers and the num­
ber of people on the streets.
Any number of people who did
not take advantage of the week’s
mill and logging camp vacation to
motor to up-state points did enjoy
the sunny Fourth by picnics.
Elk Visits 0-A
Mill Site Again
The Oregon-American mill site
apparently holds some attraction
for wild animals, judging from
reports made by watchmen there.
Reported most recently at the
mill grounds was an elk, a four-
pointer, seen by Ed Sessman.
An elk has been seen there
before as also have several deer.
In addition to the elk here, a
herd of about 12 has been reported
several times in the Keasey area.
Nearly every suitable place on
Rock Creek and the Nehalem was
occupied as well as the available
park sites. No sizeable catches
of fish were reported although
fishing enthusiasts were in evi­
dence too.
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Work at the Oregon-American
mill began again Tuesday after a
week’s shutdown for the annual
employee vacation. Work at the
Oregon-American camp started on
Monday, but the loggers started
their vacation one day earlier on
June 26.
No vacation time is scheduled
in the future until labor day Sept­
ember 1.
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Few Receive
Jobless Checks
Number of unemployed appli­
cants, who were called at the office
of the state unemployment com­
pensation commission at the city
hall in St. Helens Thursday, was
less than any time previous during
the past two years the office has
been maintained. Instead of the
usual seven clerks and the two
clerks from the U.S. employment
service, there were only six al!
told and the business was closed
before 3 o’clock when the clerks
departed for Portland.
Disbursement by check to appli­
cants reached the all time low of
$2200 whereas in previous weeks
the amount came between $4500
and $5000. A falling off of the
applicants may be attributed to
the time limit of weekly compensa­
tion.
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Hearing Slated
The 1947 hunting regulations will
be considered by the game com­
mission at a public hearing to be
held at ten o’clock, Friday, July
11, at the commission headquarters
at 1634 S. W. Alder Street, Port­
land.
Bean Crop Harvest Scheduled to
Start July 15; Pickers Needed
SPECIAL ELECTION ON
PARK SITE SET
CLATSKANIE—A special elec­
tion for taxpayers in Clatskanie
Union High School District No. 5
will be held at the grade school
from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 28th for the purpose
of accepting or rejecting the park
site as a location for the new
union high school.
COLUMBIA RIVER
FALLING RAPIDLY
ST. HELENS—The Columbia
river is falling at the rate of
almost a foot each 24 hours and
the gauge at the city dock showed
a depth of less than 10 feet above
zero last week. By the end of the
week it was expected that the
depth would not be more than 7
to 8 feet above normal.
HARVEST OF BEAN
CROP DUE SOON
ST. HELENS—Wanted 600 bean
pickers.
Harvest of the bush bean crop
on the Scappoose dike lands will
start July 15 and Robert Cody
farm labor assistant, said Friday
that 600 workers would be needed
by the time the harvest hits its
peak about a week later. Due
for harvesting starting the 16th
is the 200-acre tract under con­
tract to the Birdseye-Snyder divi­
sion of Processed Foods, Inc.,
whose plant for this area is in
Hillsboro.
Cody asked all available pick­
ers to register now at his office
in the courthouse. He said that
Since Opening
Total Deposit*
Reach $421,820
In 3% Months
Next Park Work Day
Is Scheduled Sunday
At Camp Wilkerson
People who are interested in the
developement of Wilkerson Park
as a playground for Columbia
county groups will have another
opportunity to help with the work
next Sunday Glen Hawkins said
Tuesday morning. The building
being erected there is sufficiently
completed that <tne full day’s
labor will see the sidewalls up, he
said, if a sufficient number of
workmen turn out.
Held Monday evening at St.
Helens was a meeting of the
Wilkerson Park planning commit­
tee. At that .time it was announced
that the Girl Scouts of St. Helens
are purchasing a pump, 'pipe and
other equipment necessary to in-
Published this week is the Con­
solidated call statement of the
Commercial National Bank of
Hillsboro and its affiliated banks.
Listed with statements are the
deposits for the Vernonia branch
which opened about three and one-
half months ago.
For the Vernonia branch alone,
total deposits have reached the
figure of $421,820.53 as of June 30
for the three and one-half months
since opening. Of that amount,
$353,903.95 is demand deposits and
$67,916.58 is savings deposits.
The response of people residing
in Vernonia and the Nehalem
valley has been very satisfactory
towards the local branch since its
opening according to Gordon Lar­
son, manager of the Vernonia ( Darrold R. Proehl, city park re­
branch.
creation instructor and guard for
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the swimming pool has asked that
the hours and days he will be on
duty during the summer be listed
again. The morning will be de­
voted to softball play.
Mr. Proehl won’t be at the park
Increased work in predatory
on Monday, but will be present
animal control this fall is contem­
every other day of the week. His
plated in a program recently ap­ schedule is:
proved by the Oregon state game Sunday—afternoon, 1 to 5 and 6
to 8, (pool).
commission, it is announced by F.
B. Wire, state game supervisor. Monday—day off.
Tuesday—forenoon, 9:30 to 11:30,
The plans include aerial poisoning,
boys over 12; afternoon, 1 to 5
aerial coyote hunting, use of trap­
and 6 and 8.
pers, hiring of dogs and other Wednesday—forenoon, 9:30
to
methods of control.
Funds ap-
11:30, boys under 12; afternoon
propiated for this work will be in
1 to 5 and 6 to 8.
addition to the amount paid by the
Thursday forenoon, 9:30 to 11:30
commission for bounties and the
girls; afternoon, 1 to 5 and 6
$12,000 contributed annually to
to 8.
cooperative control program under
Friday—forenoon, park
main­
the fish and wildlife service.
tenance 9 to 12; afternoon, 1 to
Last spring the commission paid
5 and 6 to 8.
$3,390.63 for hunting of coyotes
Mr. Proehl’s schedule for the
from airplanes. Hunters during
summer will last until September
271.15 hours flying time reported
a kill of 624 coyotes with a prob­
able additional kill of 59. After
several seasons of this method of
control, coyotes are showing a
marked decrease in the high desert
country where they had been so
plentiful. It is anticipated that
this form of control can be de­
With more and more use being
creased somewhat by the commis­
made
of chemicals in weed control,
sion and more work done in other
areas where need for control is demand has multiplied for inform­
urgent.
ation on suitable equipment for
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dpplying the materials on both
large and small areas. In answer
to this demand the O.S.C. experi­
ment station recently published a
station circular, No. 170, contain­
ing recommendations for weed
Minor bruises to the four oc­ spraying equipment for use under
cupants, but no serious injury varying conditions.
resulted from a car accident July
The printed illustrated circular
4 on the Pebble creek road a short discusses rates of application,
distance from the Riverview mile pumps and tanks, pressures needed,
bridge officials here said Satur­ booms and nozzles and examples of
day.
spraying operations.
Low rate
Damage to the car was estimat­ applications used with 2,4-D are
ed hurriedly at $500. The accident also reported on.
resulted when the driver, C. C. Mc­
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Daniel of Portland met another
auto on a turn and left the pave­ Club Meet* Monday
ment to avoid collision.
The Lions club will meet at the
In the car at the time were MacDonald Hotel dining 'room
Marge Jeppersen, Betty Dooley, again Monday noon of next week.
Judy Hershey and Vern Hershey. The club met there Monday of this
Swim Hours,
Days Listed
More Control
Work Intended
1.
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Bulletin Tells
Weed Control
transportation would be provided
from areas as far away as Deer
Island and Columbia City to the
north of St. Helens and that the
company also planned to run buses
from Scappoose to Portland, St.
Johns and Linnton.
ALFORD HEARING
PLANNED SOON
ST. HELENS—So far no pre­
liminary hearing has yet been held
for Carl E. Alford, the Rainier
man who was arrested recently on
a first degree murder charge for
the alleged killing of his wife.
Alford, returned here after being
captured in San Francisco is being
held in the county jail.
It is possible that a prelimin­
ary hearing will not be scheduled
until Curcuit Judge Howard K.
Zimmerman comes here for a court
session next week. At that time
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Judge Zimmerman is expected to
name an attorney for Alford and Council President Here
the Rainier man will have legal
Harvey Nelson, Columbia river
advice whether to waive a pre­
liminary hearing or to ask for district council president, was in
Vernonia Tuesday afternoon of
such a proceeding.
In the event he is held follow­ this week to attend to union
ing this hearing, scheduled for jus­ business.
tice court, he will be bound over
for grand jury action. If the -
Station Painted
grand jury returns a true bill in
the case, Alford will then face a
Workmen were busy Monday
circuit court trail. Should he be and Tuesday repainting Chapman’s
allowed to plead guilty to a second Service Store. The job was nearly
degree murder charge, Alford can completed Tuesday evening with
waive preliminary hearing, grand some sign work remaining. The
jury indictment and go up for Texaco company arranged for thé
sentencing immediately, if he work by contract with a painting
wishes.
firm.
THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1947
Accident Results
In Minor Bruises
week for the first time since the
dining room was opened by Sam
Y. Gregory, new owner of the
hotel. Mr. Gregory is featuring
home cooked meals and the dining
room is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Conference Scheduled
The Oregon district of the North­
western States Mission of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints will bold its quarterly
conference at Gresham Sunday,
July 13. Members are urged to
attend the two sessions, one at 10
a.m. and the other at 2 p.m. Elder
Milton R. Hunter of the Council of
Seventies will be in attendance.
stall a water system for the
building.
In order to make more sure a
good turnout this Sunday, Wallace
McCrae, superintendent of the St.
Helens school system, will call
by phone many interested people
in the county, reminding them of
the time and the place of the
work. In that way it is hoped
to have a sufficiently large turnout
present to complete the walls.
Several future dates after Sun­
day will probably be necessary to
complete the job of roofing and
the installation of equipment to
make the structure convenient for
use.
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June Rain Is
Most Listed
Rainfall for the month of June,
1947 was the most for any June
ever recorded by the cooperative
weather station which is operated
now by Mrs. Helen Spofford.
Precipitation for the past month
is listed at 2.96 inches which ex­
ceeds by .02 of an inch any pre­
vious recording which has been
kept for this area. The greatest
amount to fall on any one day was
.35 of an inch on June 7.
Other Junes in which the rain­
fall was over one inch are: 1939,
1.53; 1941, 1.38; 1942, 2.94; 1944
1.32 and 1946, 2.82.
Other data for the month just
just completed lists the maximum
temperature as 84 degrees on June
24 and the minimum as 36 degrees
on June 11; prevailing wind direc­
tion, northwest; days clear, 6;
days partly cloudy, 5; and days
cloudy, 19.
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Portland Golf
Team Due Sun.
A 16-man team of golfers from
Portland is scheduled to invade the
Vernonia Country club’s course
Sunday morning to meet a club
team Rex Hess, course owner, said
Tuesday. Arrangements for a Ver­
nonia team to meet the visitors are
being made by Jack Anderson.
The team from Portland will
represent the Inman-Paulson Lum­
ber company and arrangements for
that group are being made by
George Baker, former Vernonia
resident.
Flying Sancer
Seen Sun. on
Apiary Road
Description Of
Sight Matches
Other Reports
A flying saucer report here
Sunday evening lists this area on
the roster of places where the
discs have been seen in recent
days. Such reports have been made
from nearly every state in the
union now and more can probably
be expected in coming days.
First mention of the discs was
made here Sunday evening by Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Herrin, who aaw
the saucer between 5:30 and 5:40
that evening while driving towards
Vernonia on the Apiary road. The
Herrins reported that the saucer
was visable for a short time before
going out of sight behind a hill,
but that they were able to see it
clearly while it was visable.
The saucer appeared silver in
color and shiny and was moving
through the air in a slightly tipped
position. No sound could be heard.
Other reports made here of
people seeing one of the saucers
were given by M?s. Virginia
Stacker and City Marshall A. D.
Lolley.
The saucer seen by Mr. Lolley
was traveling in the direction of
St. Helens and was described in
general as being similiar in ap­
pearance to the one witnessed by
Mr. and Mrs. Herrin. The speed
was estimated at considerably
greater than that of an airplane-
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No Injury Is
Crash Result
J. C. Middleton, employed at the
Nehalem Dairy Products company,
considers himself very fortunate to
be at work this week because of
his good luck in escaping injury
from the crash of an airplane in
which he was riding one day last
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Middleton and
children were at Cottage Grove
over the Fourth to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph McDole and the plane
ride occureti during that time. The
plane was badly damaged, he said,
from the landing crash aqd only a
miracle saved Mr. Middleton from
injury. He expressed himself em­
phatically that this ride was to
be his last in an airplane.
Mrs. McDole and Mrs. Middleton-
are sisters.