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library, Ü of O “Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.” Schools Get Help from Support Law Sales Tax Vote May Determine Receipts of Fund School districts in Columbia county will receive funds totaling $32(7,924.82 this year as a result of the basic school support law which was passed at the general election last Nov. 5, it was dis closed last week by Mrs. Lois D. Kent, county school superinten dent. St. Helens school district No. 2, being the largest of the county’s units, will receive a greater al location of funds than any of the other districts. This district is to receive $56,664 and the total will almost reach the $60,000 mark since the $3,163.53 allocated to Columbia Heights will also go to St. Helens. St. Helens is not the only dis trict to profit by passage of the basic school support law as every district will receive some finances from the state. Vernonia also will get a large share of the funds to be distribut ed through the new law. The grade school is to receive $41,528- .76 while $16,554.08 has been ap portioned to the union high school there. Scappoose schools will receive a sizable chunk of funds as a total of $15,675.77 has been allocated to the union high school and the grade school will receive $22,132.35. The only drawback to the plan at present is that it is understood that whether or not these sums may be received as listed may depend upon whether or not the proposed state sales tax issue is approved when it is balloted on Oct. 7. That the matter will be contingent on approval of the sales tax measure is not definitely known but such a possibility has been mentioned. School boards of most districts in figuring their budgets for the coming year have included these funds in their estimated incomes. • ~ 100 Years to Be Celebrated I The Vernonia branch of the Northwestern States Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will celebrate the one hundred years since the “Mormans” pioneers entered the Salt Lake valley, July 24, 1847, by having a picnic and outing at Rogers Park on Pebble creek road, Thursday, July 24, 1947. All those interested, friends and members, are cordially invited to attend. Games and a program are being planned. Those attending are asked to bring their lunch and join in the celebration. The Vernonia branch will also commemorate the arrival of the pioneers at the evening meeting on Sunday, July 20 at 7:30 at the chapel at 925 Rose avenue and the public is invited to attend. The program for the evening is printed on another page in this issue. Walls Up for Park Structure The walls are up for the build ing at Wilkerson park as the re sult of work accomplished last Sunday because a large enough crew of people from various places in the county appeared to carry on the job, Glen Hawkins said Mon day morning. Last Sunday’s work was the third in which donated labor has been forthcoming to develop the park for the use of county groups. The next work date has been set two weeks from last Sunday, or on July 27, when a start will be made on a roof for the struc ture. Every person who can come is asked to be present then for the job, Mr. Hawkins said. • Next 90 Days Work on Street Lights Vital Time for Nearer to Completion Timber Safety County KOG Head Name« Committee To Help Campaign Glen F. Hawkins, Keep Oregon Green chairman for Columbia county, has been asked to step up activities of his fire prevention committee for the next ninety days in an effort to save millions of dollars of forest and valuable crop land. The urgent appeal for help came from Dean Paul M. Dunn, state chairman of Keep Oregon Green. “With proper care.” Dean Dunn said, “it will be possible to reduce the annual average of 450 man- caused fires in Oregon during the The Oregon state game commis next 90 days. Most citizens are sion after holding a public hear ing on July 11, set the tentative careful while traveling in the regulations for the 1947 hunting woods, but we always have the season. The hearing will be re small fraction who ignore all the convened July 26 at the Portland safety rules and unknowingly headquarters of the commission at start most of our fires.” which time the final regulations Dean Dunn urged the local will be adopted. chairman to send out frequent Antelope: No open season. warnings during the summer in the Deer: General season October 1 hopes that some fire destruction to 20 inclusive; bag limit, one can be curbed locally. blacktail or mule deer having at “Children of your county deserve least forked horns. Area, entire special citations,” Dean Dunn said, state except Sherman county and “for the wonderful spirit of en certain other closures. thusiasm they have brought to the Elk (Eastern Oregon): general Green Guards and Keep Oregon season, October 25 to November Green.” I can only hope that 16. Open area, that portion of the these young people may be ef state east of The Dalles-California fective where every other type of highway and north of the ^John appeal has failed to reach the Day highway. Bag limit, one bull minds of the deliberate destroyers elk having antlers with three who drop fire brands along high points or more. Open season, ways and in our dry woods.” October 1 to 20 for bull elk with Dean Dunn announced that antlers having three points or Charles Ogle, Salem, executive more in the area east of highway secretary of Keep Oregon Green, 97 and south of highway 28 and is now starting a state-wide tour also that part of Deschutes county designed to reach every county. Mr. Ogle will visit with Keep Ore west of highway 97. Elk (Western Oregon): general gon Green leaders in nearly every season, October 25 to November 2 city. A number of local citizens have inclusive. Bag limit, one bull elk having antlers with three points been asked by Governor Earl or more. Open area, Clatsop, Col Snell to serve on the county Keep umbia, Lincoln and that part of Oregon Green committee. Those Lane county north of Siuslaw already receiving invitations to help in this vital work are: Mar river. Areas closed to hunting are: vin Kamholz, John Elder, Frank Camas creek area near Ukiah in Sargent, Edward Schroeder, Cecil Umatilla county; Tillamook burn; Johnson, Joseph Cramer, Ralph Langdon, Robert Pollock, Paul Siletz area, same as last year; Onion Peak Area in Clatsop and Paulson, Dave Howard, Wallace Tillamok counties; Detroit area in McCrae, Arthur Steele, Jewett Marion county; Wango Butte Bush, Sr., Archie Adams, Guy area in Crook county; Northwest Bellingham, and William Bridgers. corner of Ochoco refuge; White • tailed deer refuge in Douglas county; Deschutes game refuge with exception of a portion at the southern end; Mt. Emily game refuge. Union and Umatilla county and Mountain Sheep refuge, Wal Vernonia Country Club golfers lowa county. Refuges to be open for hunting were the victors again Sunday include: Salt creek. Grass Moun because they captured a win from tain, Myrtle park, Steens Moun the Inman-Paulson Lumber com tain, Cow creek, Mule I'eer, War pany on the local course, 27% to ner game refuge outside the fed 20%. eral Hart mountain reserve, Ochoco The Portland firm was repre game refuge except the north sented by 15 men who will have west corner, Canyon creek refuge the chance for revenge early next except that portion set aside for month when Vernonia meets them archers and that part of the Des again at Forest Hills on August 3. chutes refuge south of Cabin Medalist for the match Sunday was O. T. Bateman with a 73. Lake road. Game Men Set Tentative Dales Vernonia Golfers Win Sunday Match Hospital Bonds Proposed; Company Begins Work HOSPITAL PLAN GETS BOOST AT MEETING ST. HELENS—Hopes of res idents of St. Helens and vicinity for a hospital in this locality were given a boost Wednesday evening of last week when members of the port commission, under whose sponsorship the proposed hospital would be built and maintained, met and decided upon a bond issue to finance the construction of the structure. SWIMMING CLASSES TO BE ORGANIZED ST. HELENS—The eighth arf- nual St. Helens swimming pool- American Red Cross "Learn to Swim Campaign” will begin Mon day, July 14, and last until Wed nesday, July 23. This 10-day THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1947 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON VOLUME 25 NUMBER 29 campaign has become an annual feature of the St. Helens swim ming pool and has proved to bp very popular during the eight suc cessive years it has been held. Hundreds of youngsters from St. Helens and surrounding commun ities have been taught how to swim. FRED HERMAN OFF CITY JOB HELD 31 YEARS RAINIER—Fred W. Herman re signed as city attorney at the council meeting held last week. Mr. Herman had held that pos ition since April 1916. The rea son for his resignation was the condition of his health. No one has so far been appointed to fill his place. WEST COAST PHONE STARTS WORK HERE CLATSKANIE—The West Coast Telephone company began work last week on improving the system in the Clatskanie area which will entail the immediate expenditure of approximately $10,000 in mat erials and labor. Two new lines will be put into operation in the Beaver drainage district and throughout the lo cal system local lines in the fu ture will have no more than 10 parties to a line, according to company officials. In all about 300 new poles are expected to be erected. Seven men arrived here Monday to begin the work. The placing of cable «for Ver nonia’s modern business section street lighting will take about a week’s tíme in addition to the time already spent, barring acci dent, workmen on the project said Tuesday and everything will be ready for the standards when tITSy arrive. The work now being done is the Fair, Pastures Topics on KALE Columbia county’s Fair will be discussed over KALE at 6:30 a.m., July 23 by the members of the County fair board. Participating in the discussion will be Kent Magruder, Clatskanie, President; Ralph Langdon, Scappoose, sec retary, manager; Guy Tarbell, St. Helens, treasurer; Burton Hutton, KALE farm program director and W. G. Nibler, county agent. The importance of this fair to Columbia county and some of the special events will be discussed by the group. Columbia county pastures on logged-off land and crop land will be the subject of another radio program, “Pay Dirt,” over the same station the following day, July 24. Hill pastures on logged-off land will be discussed by Mr. Tarbell, and Mr. Langdon. Crop land pastures will be covered by Mr. Magruder. Assisting in the talks will be Mr. Nibler and Mr. Hutton. • New Managers Take Over Cafe The Palace Cafe, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Don Bayley has been leased and the new management started last Sunday the owners said Monday. Now operating the business are Mrs. A. A. Newton and Mrs. Grace Lydic. Mr. and Mrs. Bay- ley, who purchased the business from Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Robert- soft earlier this year, are planning a vacation, but plan to return here later. • • JP Court Levies Two Fines Mon. Heard in the justice of peace court here Monday were two cases involving fawn deer. Albert Krieger was fined $25 and costs for illegal possession of fawn deer and Earl Tipton paid $50 and costs for the same offense. Both arrests were made by State Patrolman R. W. Wheeler. • Former Student Wins Contest Miss Jane Hoberg, graduate of Roosevelt high, Portland, was named Miss Portland in a beauty contest at Jantzen Beach Sunday night. Miss Hoberg is a former Vernonia high school girl, having completed her Sophomore year here. By the win Sunday, she becomes eligible to compete for the Miss Oregon crown in a con test at Seaside on July 25. Winner of this event will be sent to Atlantic City for a try at the Miss America crown. • F.O.E. Win« Sunday Weyerhauser’s softball team from Longview met defeat here Sunday afternoon at the hands of the Vernonia F.O.E. team 12 to 6. The F.O.E. also defeated Camp McGregor Friday evening last week. city’s part of the project which included the placing of Parkway cable which will connect the units. The cable being installed beneath the sidewalks is manufactured for this specific purpose and is being used as intended. It does not re quire conduit. Most of that part of the job which will remain after the cable is in will be done by the West Oregon Electric. The cooperative has already strung the control circuit and time clocks which will be used on the system. Guy Thomas, cooperative man ager, was informed early this week that shipments of the light stan dards was scheduled Tuesday from Canton, Ohio. The cooperative will install the standards and make the necessary connections. • Research Act Plans Started Tenative plans are under way at the present time for the adminis tration of the research act passed by the recent legislature session which sets up a fund through a tax of 5 cents per thousand board feet on timber harvested in the state for the purpose of carrying out research in forest utilization, silviculture, protection and simi lar problems. While the act became effective on July 1 of this year, it will be several months before funds are available for research since pay ment by the operators are on a quarterly basis and this one is not due until October 15. The money is paid to the tax commis sion and the commission after re taining $30,000 for administrative costs, turns the balance over, to the board of forestry. The law requires that this turnover be made on November 1 and quarter ly thereafter. Sixty per cent of this turnover is set aside for the purpose of carrying out experiments by the forests laboratory at Corvallis, largely in matters dealing with utification of forest waste while 40 per cent goes to the board of forestry for the purpose of carry ing out experiments in the re habilitation and protection of state forest lands. Several staff meetings have been held in the office of the state forester for the purpose of dis cussing organization and the na ture of some of the research pro jects which might be carried out. These include research in direct seeding, establishment of exper imental forest plantations, thin nings, protection and other mat ters. Before concrete plans are draft ed for the work that is to be carried out by the Salem office, it is the intention of the state forest er to call a conference of oper ators, timberland owners and for esters and go into the entire matter of research. In this man ner it is expected that valuable suggestions will be made for re search problems which will be valuable to the operator and land owner. • Building Cleaned Kenneth White, former manager of a furniture store here, came from Sweet Home last Wednesday to clean and do some repair work to the old laundry building on Second street. Talk by city of ficials of condemning the struc ture made the work necessary Mr. White, now owner of two furn iture stores at Sweet Home, men tioned the possibility or renting the structure to a laundry firm. Commission Considers Keasey Dam West Oregon Board Of Directors Plans Keasey Plant Sale The Keasey property, owned by West Oregon Electric, is for sale and a probable purchaser has signified interest in it Manager Guy Thomas said Tuesday morn ing. The property ownership was transferred to the cooperative when it purchased the distribution facilities and equipment several years ago from the Oregon Gas and Electric. Since that time, the power gen erating equipment has been used to produce a portion of the elec tricity consumed in the system and has been maintained for that purpose. With the completion of work which made possible a con nection with Bonneville power, the plant will no longer be re quired, hence the decision to sell by the cooperative board. At present, the Oregon State Game Commission is interested in the site as a possible fish hatch ery, Mr. Thomas has been inform ed, and a representative of the commission is expected here this week to make a detailed examina tion. Included at the site are the dam, flume, 167 acres of land and three buildings. The power generating equipment will not be included if the sale is made. The West Ore gon board of directors is of the opinion that a sale of the property is much more desirable than des truction of the dam which would be necessary in order to restore the stream to its natural state. No timber rights will be involv ed if the sale is made, Mr. Thomas stated. • Country Qub Party Date Set Scheduled for the evening of Saturday, July 26 is a party foe members and friends of the Ver nonia Country Club a club mem ber anounced Tuesday. Dancing and a buffet lunch will occupy the evening. In charge of arrangements for the evening are Mrs. Guy Thomas, Mrs. Atley Chapman and Mrs. Bill Horn. • Cleaning Plant Move Intended Intended for one business place this week end is a move to a new location. The change was an nounced Monday by Bob Cline, owner of the Vernonia Cleaner», who has leased space in the Lee Motors building. That part of the building to be occupied by the cleaning firm has been partitioned from the garage and changes have been made to accomodate the equipment to be moved. Mr. Cline has been anticipating the move for some time and is still awaiting new equipment which has now been promised for de livery by September 1. Installa tion of the new machinery will be made at a later time he said. • Plant Painted Workmen were busy several days last week repainting the Standard Oil distributing plant building and storage tanks on Rose Avenue.
