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Library, “Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation?* VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON VOLUME 26, NUMBER 1 Parking Rule Enforcement Is Promised Signs Erected by City Employees Late Last Week One-hour parking in the bus iness section of Bridge street from the S.P.&S tracks to the bridge will become a reality this week when enforcement is promised by city police under an ordinance adopted by councilmen last year. Difficulty in obtaining posts for mounting prevented installation of the signs previous to last week. The ordinance was officiallly adop ted May 20, 1946. Eighteen signs, six to each block, will warn motor vehicle owners of the time limit on park ing between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Three signs appear on each side of the street in each block. Adop tion of the ordinance was under taken by the council because of parking difficulty that has de veloped in the business section at certain times. Section 3 of the regulation gov erning parking states: “It shall be unlawful for any person to park or stop any vehicle for a longer period of time than designated by official signs, park ing meters, or other markings, placed by the bureau of traffic engineering, department of public works, marshal, or any police of ficer of the City of Vernonia, ex cept on Sundays, New Year’s day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Dny, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Such parking time time limits shall be effective only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6 p.m. unless designated “No Parking at any Time” or other wise designated by official signs or markings and the aggregate of time of all stops on the same side of the street of any vehicle within a space of 200 lineal feet measured along the curb line and within intersections shall not ex ceed such designated time limit during any three-hour period, where one or two-hour parking is designated, or during any two- hour Deriod where 30-minute park ing is designated.” In section 6 of the same or dinance it is specified that: “In all prosecutions for viola tion of motor vehicle parking ordinances in the cities of this state, it shall be sufficient to charge the defendent by an un sworn written notice if the sama clearly states: the date, place and nature of the charge; the time and place for the defendant’s appear ance in court; the name of the ar resting officer; the license number of the vehicle.” Collectors To Give Aid Deputy collectors from the of fice of the collector of internal revenue at Portland will tour the state between January 2 and January 15 to assist farmers in preparing and filing their forms 1040-ES, declaration of estimated tax for the calender year 1947, or the preparation and filing of their income tax returns for 1947 in lieu thereof. Other taxpayers will get the same assistance later on. The closest visits to Vernonia will be made at Rainier January 5 and St. Helens, January 6 to 7 inclusive. • Car Body Repair Shop Open Now Officially opened for business here a short time ago was an au dition to the Greenwood Motors firm, E. E. Greenwood, owner an nounced a few days ago. The ad dition is an auto body repair shop which is located on Washington street in the building formerly housing the Raymond Electric Shop. Mr. Greenwood said that Eddie Johnson has been added as an employee of the firm to take care of that kind of repair work. The latest equipment to handle all phases of the work has been in stalled. • 400 Children See Santa The visit of Santa Claus at the Vernonia Drug company December 20 was highly successful for both Santa and the children, reports of the incident indicate. Over 400 youngsters came io see the vener able gentleman and each went away with a small gift. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nance, owners of the store, say they expect to ask Santa to make another visit again next year and stay longer if he will. • Fund Turned In Funds collected from organiza tions, business houses and indivi duals in Vernonia to contribute to the Northwest Christmas Ship was forwarded to Portland Tuesday of this week by Bill J. Horn, chair man of the local committee placed in charge of the solicitation. The fund totaled $241.75 when the turnover was made. Contribu tions not listed last week were: Oregon-American Lumber Corp oration, $50; members of the Mas onic lodge, $21 and Veterans of Foreign Wars, $5. THURSDAY. JANUARY 1. 1948 Helicopter Used in First Experiment To Broadcast Seed On Columbia Farm Broadcasting of three species of tree seeds by helicopter over one thousand acres of the Col umbia Tree Farm highlighted the 1947-48 restocking progralm of Crown Zellerbach Corporation in Columbia county, according to Chief Forester Clarence Richen. The seeding was accomplished last Sunday afternoon and Monday mprning. Rigged with a special seed disposal unit the helicopter is expected to accomplish a thorough job of seeding areas where natural restocking has been delayed. Tree seeds broadcast were Western hemlock, Port Or- fcrd cedar and Silver fir. Timing of the helicopter’s operations de pended on flying weather and the Central Aircraft company of Yak ima was contracted for the hel icopter seeding job. This is thought to be the first time tree seeding has been performed in this manner. In addition to the helicopter seeding, 184,000 seedling trees of Noble fir, Lowland White fir and Port Orford cedar will be planted this winter on 330 acres in Col umbia county. Spot seeding with seed guns and by hand will cover 100 acres. Location of the planting and seedling is in the Enterprise dis trict and on Crooked Creek. Work is under supervision of Paul Goodmonson, resident forest er, and his assistant, Bob Lindsay. Al Moore, of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service is advising Crown Zellerbach’s foresters on rodent control in connection with the seeding operations. The winter’s planting season of Crown Zellerbach will be the larg est since the company first planted trees about 50 years ago. Total area to be covered this year will be 5100 acres of which 1600 acres will be seeded from helicopter and 3500 acres will be hand planted. About 154,000,000 seeds of West ern hemlock, Sitka spruce, Silver fir, Noble fir, and Port Orford cedar will be sown, and 892,000 Owners Resume Cafe Operation New management for the Pal ace Cafe was announced early this week to become effective New Years day. The business has been operated for the past six months by Mrs. A. A. Newton and Mrs. Grace Lydic. The building and business are owned by Mr. and Mrs. Don Bay- ley who are again taking over the management, they have indicated. • Strange Light Seen Reported here at 9:30 Monday evening, Decemiber 297 was a strange light which was first noticed south of Venonia. The light, which was very bright, was observed by Louis Taylor and his son, who made the report, saying that it appeared to be about the size of a washtub. The light ap parently was not moving when first seen, but later was noticed to travel in the direction of Port land at a rapid rate. • Annual Meeting Dated The First Christian church will hold its annual business meeting Sunday, January 4 with pot-luck dinner being served at noon in the church dining room. Rev. Van- slyck of Portland will deliver both the morning and evening sermons. • Tom Byron Dies Tom Byron, a resident of this community for a number of years, was found dead December 29 in the pasture adjoining his home on top of Corey hill. He had pas sed away about 15 hours before being found. Funeral arrange ments were pending late Wednes day afternoon. EXPERIMENTAL seeding from a helicopter on approximately 1,000 acres of Columbia Tree Farm land was completed Monday morning near Mist. Above are Glen Hawkins, left, Farm manager, and Merle Cline, Farm foreman, who is carrying more seed for the hopper. Cut Courtesy The Oregonian seedlings of Noble fir, Sitka spruce Lowland White fir and Port Or ford cedar will be planted. Trees are grown by the Nisqually Nurs ery which raises five million trees annually for planting on privately- owned land in Western Oregon and Washington. Restocking will be carried out on five of the company’s eight tree farms in the Pacific North west. George Schroeder, assistant chief forester, is in charge of the program. An example of results from seed broadcasting on the company's property comes from the T-ake Tahkenitch area. In March, 1943, a company forester hand-Hroad- casted about 55 acres of logged land with 96 pounds of seed, with Port Orford cedar predominating. A check made in March, 1947 shows an average of about 1600 thriving tree» to the acre, of which about 1000 are Port Orford cedar. The restocking program is on lands serving pulp and paper mills of Crown Zellerbach at Camas. Washington and West Linn and Lebanon, Oregon, and is one phase of the company’s action program to attain a true sustained yield on its eight tree farms in the Pacific Northwest, which em braces about one-half million acres. Dog Controls Set by Board 4800 Acres Exempted From Bangs Control Law The dog control board fixed the dog license fees for the next year at their first meeting in Decem ber, as follows: $1 each for male or sprayed bitch dog and $3 for each female dog. If any person fails to procure such license in the time limits set, March 31, a penalty of $1 for each dog license will be assessed. Members of the dog control board are A. R. Melis, Mist; Ralph Langdon, Scappoose, and E. O. Wyeth, Goble. Disbursements last month to be charged against the dog license fund were: J. L. Lane, license col lector, $263.41; A. R. Melis, board member, $19; Ralph Langdon, board member, $5; £. W. Wick man, clerk supplies, $40, and Col umbia county treasurer, $18. Claims paid against the dog li cense fund were for three pullets destroyed by dogs, to Pearl Dan ielson, Columbia City, $4.50; Earl J. Chartney, Clatskanie, sheep, $50; Ray Tarbell, St. Helens, 4 turkeys $26; Mrs, M. B. Steers, Vernonia, 9 turkeys, $61.50; Wm. H. Dresler, St. Helens, 22 chick ens, $27.26. Depredations committed by dogs in the county are paid out of the license fund. The fund has a considerable bal ance on hand at the present time and at the end of the year the un expended moneys will be trans ferred to the general fund. • Decision to exempt approximate ly 4800 acres of land in Columbia county from provisions of the Bangs disease control law was announced last .week by County Judge J. W. Hunt after a second meeting on the matter in the county court room. According to Judge Hunt, a court order to this effect will be forthcoming in the very near future. First meeting to consider the proposed testing progfam was held on November 12 when more than 60 persons discussed with the court the effect adoption of the provisions for the entire county would have here. Principal item was whether br not feeder cattle should be included under the pro gram and, after much deliberation, the court agreed to hold another meeting and make a decision based on recommendations of interested parties following that session. In announcing the court’s de cision, Judge Hunt stated that ex Mathews Buy Store at Mist The Mathews brothers have pur chased the William Bridgen* store at Mist and will take over the business the first of the year. Walter Mathews will be the man ager of the store and Miriam Corll will "be clerk. The store will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday begin ning January 2. emption of cattle within tlie 4800 acres from test.; apparently would meet with favor of all concerned. All of the land in question lies in the Scappoose dikeland area and in the Clatskanie dikeland vincin- ity with approximately 1800 acres in the former location and 3000 acres in the vicinity of Clatskanie. It was stated that this exempted land will be purely for raising of feeder stc^k. Just two days after the initial meeting on the subject, the Col umbia County Livestock associa tion at its fall session, passed a resolution asking that the Bang’s disease control law be enforced in all parts of the county to protect dairy and breeding stock and beef cattle where there was any danger of infection. However, that unit stated that it would approve ex emption of feeder cattle if they were isolated but would want them tested also if they were to mingle with other cattle. Returns from Sale of Seals May Equal Last Year's Take 1500 YOUNGSTERS SEE SANTA ST. HELENS—More than 1500 bags of candy were distributed among Columbia county young sters here a week ago Saturday afternoon by Santa Claus, ik the person of Reber Murphy, assisted by members of the St. Helens jun ior chamber of commerce which sponsored the big event. Most downtown merchants claimed there were more people in town Saturday than they had seen for years, as hundreds of parents accompanied their youngsters to St. Helens. JOBLESS PAYROLL HIGH ST. HELENS—The clerical force of the State Unemployment Com pensation commission which comes to St. Helens, was kept busy on Monday serving the 248 persons who called. A break down of the number shows that of the number 90 were men, 58 women, 95 vet erans and there were five new ap plicants. Disbursements are es- timated at close to $5,000. Last Thursday, the number of contacta was 247 and disbursements close to $5,000 so within a few days almost $10,000 was distributed to the unemployed in this area. SALE MAY BE GOOD ST. HELENS—Mrs. W. W. Col lis, county chairman of the Christ mas Seal sale, announces that from present' indications, the coun ty will equal and possibly pass last year’s record sale of seals. The towns and communities which have reported have shown a fine response in their respective com munities. Although several eom- • Building Purchased Announced officially this week was the purchase by J. A. Bush, Jr., of the building which houses the Bush Furniture store. The property was purchased from the Kingsley estate.
