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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
VOLUME 26, NUMBER 5
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
Temp’ture Over 100 Now
Factory for
Cheese Making Drops to 16 Back Keasey
Talked Mon.
Transaction
Small Amount of
Equipment Needed
Officials Say
State dairy inspector, Mr. Nixon
from Portland and state dairy
specialist on cheese, A. B. Widby,
from Salem called a meeting for
those interested at the home of
Clint Seibert January 26 to answer
questions about the handling of
goat milk in the manufacturing
of goat cheese.
The topic is one that has been
discussed a number of times here
among farmers owning herds.
Most revealing item in the dis
cussion was the small amount of
equipment really needed. Pasteur
ization and refrigeration are not
required. Also a very small build
ing, even 12 feet by 18 feet, plus
a cave for curing, if properly con
structed, will fully care for even a
200-gallon a day vat.
Types of cheese, markets, sources
of equipment, proper location of
factory site, lighting, floor and
wall construction, drainage, pack
aging, isolation of bucks, storage,
receiving, California and Wash
ington state requirements for the
cheese entering, what to expect
in the future and many other
points were thoroughly reviewed.
A most interesting fact in re
gard to the wholesomeness of
cheese was brought out in that
California and Washington require
that all cheese entering these
states be cured at least 60 days
because tests have shown that all
disease bacteria is completely self
eliminated in this period. Thus,
no pasteurization is required that
would also kill the healthful lactic
acid and other life-giving compon
ents of raw milk.
In Oregon, it behoves the con
sumer fo insist upon well-cured
cheese to safeguard himself against
the contraction of TB or undulent
fever unless he knows the cheese
to have been made from pasteur
ized milk.
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Meetings Scheduled
Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Petticord
will be at the Evangelical United
Brethren church from Wednesday,
February 4 to Sunday, February
8. This will be the third week
end meeting of Dr. Petticord at
Vernonia and it is hoped that there
will be a good turnout to hear
him. Services will begin at 7:30
p.m.
Low point on the official ther
mometer reached 20 degrees on
the 16th and several other dates
before that Mrs. Helen Spofford,
cooperative weather observer here,
said Tuesday evening. Tuesday
evening’s recording, however, was
even lower, the gauge dropping
to 16.
That reading was made on the
thermometer which officially re
cords low temperatures for this
vicinity for the department of
agriculture.
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Directors Name
Larson to Office
The board of directors of the
Commercial Bank of Banks, held
the first meeting of the year Jan-
uarv 20 in the banking quarters
of the Vernonia Branch.
Among officials elected for the
coming year were Gordon G. Lar
son, manager of the local branch,
who was named for the office of
assistant vice-president and Wilbur
E. Wilson, assistant manager of
the local institution, who was
elected assistant cashier.
The meeting was followed by a
steak dinner at the Hotel Mac
Donald.
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Collectors to
Give Tax Aid
People in the Nehalem valley
who anticipated that they will need
come tax returns may make use
of the assistance that will be given
h"lp in preparing their federal in
here February 5 and 6. On those
two days a deputy collector will be
on duty at the Legion hall to as
sist taxpayers with their returns.
In addition to the help that will
be available here, deputy collec
tors will be on duty at Clatskanie
January 27 and 28 at the Tourist
hotel; Rainier February 17 at the
c’ty hall and St. Helens February
18 to 20 inclusive at the court
house.
The same assistance is also
available to taxpayer's at the
branch office of the collector of
internal revenue, Room 100 Pittock
Block, S. W. Washington and
Ninth avenue, Portland daily ex
cept Saturdays until March 6,
1948. Aid will also be given at
the Portland office from the 6th
to 15th inclusive, the final day
of the filing period, including Sat
urdays.
Chest Drive Fails to Reach
Quota of $10,000 in County
CHEST NETS $2500
ST. HELENS—The Community
chest campaign ended . with only
one-half of the quota reached. To
date the drive has netted only
$2100 cash in the bank. It is
estimated another $400 is yet to
be turned in, making a. probable
total of around $2500. The quota
for the city was $5000.
The quota for the county was
$10,000, with half assigned to St.
Helens. Failure to attain the quo
ta was attributed by the committee-
men to the fact that the drive had
a late start, and was not able to
benefit from the radio and press
publicity sent out during the per
iod scheduled over the nation.
SALMON TAKE GOOD
CLATSKANIE —- Three good
weeks of fishing in 1947, two of
them in August and one in Sep
tember, resulted in the largest
Chinook salmon catch since 1942.
The total year’s catch of Chi
nook salmon by Washington gill-
netters in the Columbia totalled
5,084,089 pounds and the catch
of Oregon fishermen* from April
30 to September 30 amounted to
11,455,375.
The grand total of 16,539,464
rounds, which does not include the
light Oregon catch early in 1947
and after September, is near aver
age for the five years prior to
the operation of fishways at Bon
neville. It is almost 2,000,000
pounds above the average for the
years since 1942.
CHURCH TO BUILD
SCAPPOOSE—About 70 mem
bers and friends of the Scappoose
Congregational church gathered
last Monday evening to hear
the building committee
report on plans and the drive for
funds is also progressing satisfac
torily. It was voted to b^gin con
struction as soon as weather is
favorable and all plans and spec
ifications have been approved by
the national board.
HOSPITAL MUST WAIT
ST. HELENS — St Helen's
chances of getting federal aid for
the construction of a hospital are
slim at the present time, George
Shiffer, director of hospital sur
veying and liscensing for the Ore
gon state board of health, told
about 50 members of the Civic
League last week. He said that
St. Helens has a lower priority
due to ita proximity to Portland
and that the high cost of building
hospitals coupled with limited fi
nancial resources means that few
hospitals can be built. The aver
age cost of construction now is
$10,000 per bed, plus $15,000 per
bed for equipment.
Candidate
Incorporation Is
Topic at Meeting
Of Club Friday
Subscriptions totaling over $1040
were pledged by Tuesday of this
week towards the purchase of 157
acres and the buildings at Keasey
now owned by West Oregon Elec
tric. The property purchase was
the main topic of a Nehalem Val
ley Rod and Gun club meeting last
Friday evening when sportmen of
this area met to talk over the
possibility of incorporating or
a non-profit basis and making the
purchase.
The amount pledged by Tuesday
was almost double the amount
which had been subscribed up to
the time of the meeting last
Friday.
Nearly all the people
making pledges have been contact
ed by Pete Brunsman, Ed Ling
and Charles Wall.
At the sportsmen’s meeting,
Harry King, president of the club,
explained possible arrangements
that could be made and also an
swered questions brought up at
that time. One question, brought
out by Vern Dusenberry, requested
information as to why the Cooper
ative bad not accepted his offer,
made some time ago for the prop
erty. He explained that his in
tentions was to keep the area open
for use of sportsmen as a place
to fish. Mr. King outlined the
Cooperative’s policy as one where
by the sale be made only to an
organzation or group with a policy
of keeping the area open to the
public.
Preliminary steps towards form
ing the corporation were taken
Monday when Neal Bush, attorney,
was informed of the progress made
and the acceptance of the idea
the Rriday before by sportsmen.
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Radio Saves
Life Sunday
Communication by means of the
-two-way radio system operated by
West Oregon Electric made pos
sible the saving of a Nfe last Sun
day when Guy Thomas, Cooper
ative manager, was able to call
for assistance for a woman ser
iously injured in an auto accident
at 12:15 p.m. near Elderberry Inn
on the Sunset highway.
Mr. Thomas was on his way to
Jewell at the time. The radio
unit in his car made it possible
for him to call Charlie Robinson
here who in turn called for an
ambulance to go to the accident
scene and also made hospital ar
rangements.
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School Paper to
Enter Contest
The Timberline, Vernonia high
school bi-weekly publication, will
be entered in the annual Oregon
high school press association con
test for newspapers, Ray Mills,
high school principal, said Tues
day. Judging will begin February
16.
The papers will not only be
judged and scored on the basis
of the score sheet of the national
high school press association, but
in addition an individual critique
of each publication will be re
turned to the school.
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Contest Being Planned
An attendance contest is being
planned at the Christian church
during the month of February.
The women and girls will attempt
to defeat the men and boys. In
addition, all that have perfect
attendance during February will
receive a prize on the fifth Sun
day. Everyone is invited if not
attending elsewhere.
VILAS L. SHEPARD, democrat,
Clatskanie has announced his can-
3 i d a c y for
nomination
for representative, second
representative district of Columbia
county. Shepard has spent all
his life as a resident of Oregon
and has held numerous public of
fices, among them being: pres
ident of the Clatskanie PUD, mem
ber of the board of trustees of the
Northwest Public Power associa
tion, Columbia county chairman
of the American Red Cross, mem
ber of the board of trustees of
the Lower Columbia Highway as
sociation and members of the Clats
kanie Grange which he represen
ted at the state convention in
June.
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Election Boards
Are Appointed
Appointments of the judges and
clerks of election boards and the
designation of polling places for
elections for the period of two
years were made January 14. An
nouncement of the appointments
was made by C. W. Wickman,
county clerk.
At Mist Joseph Banzer was nam
ed chairman, Dorothy Jones, judge
and May J. Mills, Jeanette Sund-
land and Guy Bellingham 1st, 2nd
and 3rd clerk respectively. Elec
tors will cast their ballots at the
school building.
Vernonia No. 1: John Erickson,
chairman; Mary E. Hearing, judge;
Erma Johnson, 1st clerk; Mar
garet Walrath 2nd clerk & Celeste
Poetter, 3rd clerk. Erickson build
ing.
Vernonia No. 2: A. H. Backer,
chairman; Grace Currie, judge;
Bessie Tapp, 1st clerk; Melba
Johnson, 2nd clerk and Macile
Grady, 3rd clerk. CIO union hall
building.
Vernonia No. 3: Mary E. Pringle
chairman; Bess W. Nichols, judge;
Ethel Titus, 1st clerk; R. S. Lind
say, 2nd clerk and Marvel K.
Chalmers, 3rd clerk. Washington
grade school.
Vernonia No. 4: J. W. Rose,
chairman; Laureta Lamping,
judge; Hazel Bergerson, 1st clerk;
Wauneta Timmons, 2nd clerk and
Irma Johnson, 3rd clerk. City
hall.
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Second Rally
Due Tonight
The second Youth for Christ
rally for Vernonia is scheduled to
night, January 29, at 7:30 at the
Legion hall a member of the Ver
nonia Ministerial association said
earlier this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kirkpatrick
with their chimes will provide
part of the program and Charles
Freed, a student af Pacific Bible
college of Portland, will speak.
All young people are especially
invited and adults are expected
to back up thé young people.
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Conference Attended
Ralph Aldrich, Oregon-A merican
Lumber corporation, Merle Cline,
Crown Zellcrbach corporation and
Milton Oakes, C. I. O., were in
Salem on Thursday and Friday at
tending the accident prevention
conference held by the state in
dustrial accident commission.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1948
Blast Removes Dam at
Keasey; Tax Load Drops
A blast that was set off at
1:30 p.m. Monday of this week
removed a good two thirds of the
Keasey power dam, reduced West
Oregon Electric’s tax load and
insurance cost, and opened Rock
creek at that point for easy ac
cess of steelhead attempting to
reach spawning grownds farther
up the stream. The blast was one
that has been talked for some
time by Cooperative officials in
order to reduce the tax load on
that particular piece of property.
Before the dam was removed, West
Oregon was paying $1100 a year
in taxes alone, Manager Guy
Thomas said, not to mention in
surance on the dam and Keasey
property taken over when the Co
op purchased the Oregon Gas and
Electric holdings. The insurance
charges amounted to a consider
able figure also Mr. Thomas said.
The placing and shooting of
the explosive charge of 100 pounds
was carried out under the super
vision of Clay Warren of the Ore
gon state fish commission, and
Ted Howell of the ,state game
commission. Soundings were taken
of the water back of the dam
before the explosion, the dam was
examined carefully and calcula
tions were made as to possible
results that would be obtained
from the first charge. No definite
information on structural details
of the dam were available previous
to the blast, hence the care in
West Oregon to
Serve Industry
A new consumer and a large one
was connected with the distribu
tion lines of West Oregon Electric
last Wed., Manager Guy Thomas
said this week When he announced
that the sale of electric energy by
the Cooperative would increase
considerably because of the hook
up.
The firm making the purchase
is the Northwest Aggregate com
pany with a plant located near the
Sunset highway tunnel between
the Sunset and Buxton junctions.
The firm will process a special
type
rock
found
there for
use in concrete and also as a
coating for processed roofing ma
terials.
Full scale operation is expected
in about a month when 112 kilo
watts per hour consumption of
electrical energy is anticipated for
each eight-hour shift, cooperative
officials said.
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Market Owner
Change Made
Mr. and Mrs. Al Herra, who
have rented the meat market at
Sam’s Food Store for the past
18 months relinquished the bus
iness as of the end of last week
and the market was taken over
Monday by Sam Hearing, Jr.,
owner of the store. The market
will not be rented to anyone the
latter said Tuesday, but will be
operated in conjunction with the
store.
Orville Makinster started work
Monday at the store and has been
placed in charge of the market.
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Polio Fund Gets
$33 from Social
The Vernonia Grange March of
Dimes social last Saturday, Jan
uary 24, drew a record crowd to
sing, play games, dance and enjoy
music provided by Lloyd Gillham
who engineered the grange's elec
tric record player and an orange
relay race in which the women
won. The losers, the men, paid
a fine. "
All proceeds taken in that night
amounted to $33 and will be turned
over to the current polio fund
campaign.
placing the shot in order to avoid
damage to the railroad trestle
nearby.
As nearly as could be deter
mined, the dam was built in 1924
by the Vernonia Light and Power
company to provide the first elec
trical service for Vernonia and
was 30 feet high and 70 feet in
length.
Non-reinforccd concrete
was used throughout with the
exception of the lip at the top.
The water crest resulting after
the blast traveled only about
200 yards below the dam due to
the fact that most of the water
was drained beforehand.
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Candidate
ED CONDIT, former representa
tive in the legislature from Co
lumbia county, has filed for the
republican nomination for repre
sentative from the joint Columbia
and Clatsop district. He is now a
resident of Clatsop county. Con-
dit formerly resided near Vernonia
and was superintendent of the
grade schools here for several
years.
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Vets Urged to
File for Bonds
World war I veterans who have
not yet filed for their terminal
leave bends are urged to take
care of this matter now while
service personnel is still available
to effect their payment.
Announcement of filing was re
ceived from the veterans adminis
tration by Dolph Stuart, county
service officer, who is here every
Monday afternoon.
This warning came from the
army finance office in Seattle,
which pointed out that more than
one-third of Oregon and Wash
ington veterans still had not filed
claims for pay for unused leave
time while <n service.
Those who filed prior to August
1, 1947, should check on the
status of their claims with the
office where the application was
mailed, if they have not received
payment.
. Application blanks and assis
tance in completing them can be
obtained from county service of
ficer.
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Clyde Henderson
Is Candidate
Announced here a few days ago
was the candidacy of Clyde Hen
derson, Mist who is seeking the
office of county commissioner for
this district. Mr. Henderson has
declared under the democratic
ticket for th> post which will rep
resent the Nehalem Valley on the
county court.
He has lived in the valley for
many years, is well known and
is campaigning under the slogan,
"Service to the Best of My Abil
ity.”
The commissioner post is held
now by Wm. Pringle, Sr., who has
acted in that capacity for the past
15 years and will retire when his
present term expires.