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Library, U of 0 “Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.” VOLUME 26, NUMBER 6 Councilmen Name New Fire Chief City Attorney to Draft Ordinance To Up Water Rate All the appointive offices for the city of Vernonia are filled now because of action taken Mon day evening by the council which accepted the appointment of Cleve Robertson as chief of the fire de partment. The department had been without a chief since the re signation of Frank Slemmons a short time ago, hence the new ap pointment Monday. Mr. Robertson has had previous experience as head of the fire department, hav ing held that office for some time last year before leaving here to reside at Seaside for several months. The naming of the chief will make possible a reorganization of the department, the council said. Another action by the council at this week’s session will eventually effect every user of water. The action is the one that has been talked at earlier meetings when it became apparent that revenue from water rentals was not suf ficient to meet rising costs of ad ministering city business. Principal source of income for the city is the rental charge, there being no property tax levy in effect. As it waa explained by Mayor George Johnson to a small group of city residents present Monday, costs of carrying on city business have in creased and additional revenue must be found to meet those ex penses. It is the council’s belief that water rental is an equitable means of raising city funds because every family helps by paying each month. Should a property tax be levied, the funds coming from that source would be less certain of* collection and probably in many cases would never be collected. City Attorney Neal Bush was instructed to draft an ordinance calling for the increased water rental charge and have it ready for the next meeting of the council February 16. The question of charge!) under the new garbage collection fran chise also came up'when a delega tion of two apartment house own ers asked for a clarification of the franchise. Their contention was that the charge being made by the collectors was too high for the amount of material collected. City attorney Bush explained the wording of the franchise and pointed out that not even the min imum set forth in the law was be ing assessed. The council suggest ed that further attempts be made to wofk out the collection dif ficulties. Another council decision Monday resulted in Shirley Kirtland,*city marshal, being named as cemetery caretaker. He will handle that job along with his work as police man. • March of Dimes Returns Good Returns from the March of Dimes campaign have been sat isfactory and funds for that pur pose are still coming in, Paul Gordon, chairman of the drive here, said Tuesday. The dime bottles, which are still on display in stores, are to remain there over the week end the chairman said, because they were not received here until after the campaign started and were not on display until late. Several organizations have made very good contributions, he said, and a tabulation of the results will be made at an early date. The grade school conducted a March of Dimes yesterday, Wed nesday, as part of the campaign. VERNONIA, COLUMBIA jCOUNTY, OREGON Dawn to Dusk Campaign To Raise Scout Fund Scheduled to start Thursday, February 12 and end the same day is a Dawn to Dusk finance cam paign which will be devoted to the raising of finances for the Boy Scouts. The campaign, which will be conducted throughout the Port land area council, will be headed here by Glen Hawkins. Arrange ments for getting the day’s pro gram underway were made early this week by Guy P. Miller, assis1 tant scout executive of the Port land area council, and C. Bryan Walker, field executive of the Forest Grove district which in cludes Vernonia. The council budget for 1948 is $119,000. FundB subscribed will not be used directly by or for any cub pack, scout troop or senior unit, but rather for the over-all scouting program in all communities in the council. Thir teen thousand boys are now mem bers in the Portland area, an increase of 55 per cent since 1940. Fifty thousand boys of scouting age are available in the council area and of this number, 35,000 would like to be scouts. Additional funds will make pos sible the additional organization, recruiting and training necessary to give more of these boys scout ing. The Dawn to Dusk drive will begin at -7 a.m. that morning with a breakfast at the McDonald hotel. Team captains have been named to carry out the campaign that day and the competitive groups will be headed by Cecil Johnson, Carl Davis, John Kirk, Bill Horn, Paul Goodmanson and Ray Mills. Mist Social Helps March of Dimes The program, pie social and candy sale held at the Mist gym for the benefit of the March of Dimes was a success Thursday ii’ght, January 29. The pie auction netted $266.00, candy sale by the Mist Girl Scouts $5.01, and supper proceeds $10.15. Individual donations handed in to the store during the past month amounted to $29.77. The Natal Grange also donated $20.00 to the cause. • Community Chest Seeks Building A building that can be used for the storage of articles that could be used in case of an emer gency is being sought by the community chest committee here according to one of the members of the group. When the space is available, people of the community will be asked to give articles that could be used for families who need help, especially in emergency cases. Members from both IWA Local 5-37 and the Vernonia Study club comprise the Community chest group. Committee members from the study club are Mrs. Ben Brickel, chairman, Mrs. A. J. Hughes, Mrs. Fred Tousley and Mrs. R. D. Eby. IWA members serving are L. L. Wells, John Elder and Rex Nor mand. • Lecture Intended A stereopticon lecture on Sweden and other parts of Europe will be heard at the Seventh Day Adven tist church at 8 p.m. Wednesday, February 11. The church is lo cated at Second and Nehalem streets. • Pomona to Meet The Columbia County Pomona Grange will convene Saturday, February 7, at the Yankton Grange hall at 11:00 a.m. Canaan Grange will entertain. Announcement of the meeting was made early this week by Mrs. Elsie Tracy, sec retary. The local scout executive committee is John Elder, Charles Wall, J. J. Grady and Dr. H. E. Schlegel. The executive committee and team captains will meet Friday night of this week at the Wash ington school at 7:30 to set up final plans for the drive on the 12th and probably members of the various’ teams will be picked at that time. Another point about the drive scheduled next Thursday is that that day is the last day of Boy Scout week, February 6 to 12. The week marks the 38th anniversary of scouting and more than 14,000,- 000 men and boys have been mem bers of the organization in Amer ica since the movement was started in 1910. • Feb. 20, Date For Weed Talk W. G. Nibler, county agriculture agent, will be at the Vernonia Grange hall on the evening of Feb. 20 to discuss weed control with the people of the Nehalem valley. The meeting is sponsored by the women of the Keasey ex tension unit. Mr. Nibler is to ex plain the use of the new weed killers, telling when and how they should be used for best results. He will also discuss vegetable planting, describing some new dis coveries in the use of fertilizer for faster growth, and pest con trol for bigger, better yields. Home vegetable growing this year is considered very important, as a successful garden will not only stretch the food dollar, but will save grain and other scarce foods and promote better health. • Seal Sale Total Highest Yet The sale of Christmas Seals for this area this year has reached a figure considerably above that received for. the sale last year and there is the possibility that addi tional funds may yet come in. A report on the total to date was made early this ,week by Miss Velva Ramsey, locaj chairman, showing that $769.75 has accum ulated so far. Last year’s total was $533.20. So far 314 people have not returned their contribu tions or the seals so the total may swell even more. Several organizations and indi viduals helped the fund by con tributing more than the $2.00 ’covering the cost of the seals, Miss Ramsey said. Helping to increase the fund with larger contributions were: Crown-Zeller- babh, Dr. R. D. Eby, Judd Green map Glen Hawkins, Oregon-Amer ican Lumber Corporation, Dudley Spofford, Vernonia Branch Com mercial Bank of Banks, IWA, VFW and West Oregon Electric Cooperative. • Golfers Select Years Officers John Roediger will head the Ver nonia Country club for the coming year as president of the golf group. He was elected president at the club’s annual meeting last Thursday. Other officers to serve with the president are: Jack Nance, vice-president; Edwin Ade, secretary; Paul Dyer, treasurer; Kent Bauersfeld, vice-president in charge of entertainment and Rex Hess, vice-president in charge of operations. The tournament com mittee will be appointed at a later time. Other business at the meeting was the decision to raise the mem bership fee from $35 to $36 and to plan for a Columbia county open tournament during the com ing summer. Residents of the county would be eligible for the play. 4-H Work to Be Topic of Meet Feb. 6 Start of Project«, Information on Work To Be Talked Fri. Scheduled for Friday evening of this week, February 6, at 8 p.m. is a meeting of 4-H leader«, parents of children eligible for 4-H work and the young people themselves to outline a start of projects and acquaint those who attend with new projects. The meeting will be held at the Wash ington grade school. Expected to attend the session are Fred Dahl, Columbia county 4-H agent and Mrs. Maude Caswell, county home demonstration agent, both of whom will discuss various problems of club work. The general public is invited and especially those interested in lead-, ing clubs and parents of children between the ages of nine and 21 years who are eligible for 4-H work. Also to take place Friday even ing is a clothing demonstration. A showing of forestry pictures will be made by Glen Hawkins. • 131 Subscribe to Corporation Fund Subscriptions by sportsmen to the fund which is intended for the purchaib of the Keasey prop erty now owned by West Oregon Electric reached 131 names early this week. Likelihood that suf ficient more names would be ad ded within another week to pro vide the full amount of money needed was indicated by Pete Brunsman, one of those making the contacts for the fund. Purchase price of the land and buildings at Keasey is $1500 and each person contacted has been asked to pledge $10 towards that amount. Steps have already been taken towards incorporation on a non-profit basis, Mr. Brunsman said. The land at Keasey amounts to over 157 acres and has a frontage on Rock creek of three-quarters of a mile. • 11 Degrees Is Jan. Cold Point Minimum temperature for the month of January is recorded at the cooperative weather station here was 11 degrees. The thero- meter dropped to that point on the last day, the 31st, according to the records assembled by Mrs. Helen Spofford, observer, who is sued her report for January early this week. Maximum temperature for the month fell on January 7 when it was 53 degrees. In the first 12 days of 1948, 6.36 inches of rainfall came. There were 12 days of cloudiness, six days partly cloudly and 13 days clear. Rainy days and frosty days were almost equally divided. The weather bureau is under the U. S. department of commerce and not under the department of agriculture, but the information is used by the department of agriculture. • THURSDAY, .FEBRUARY 6. 1948 Legion to Back Junior Diamond Team in Spring As a result of a vote taken Mon- 'day evening by American Legion Post 119, this community will have a Legion junior baseball team to represent it this spring when the season opens. Sponsorship of a team here has been talked for some time by the local post, but Mon day evening’s action made certain that a team would be organized and entered in district play. Announcement of the decision was made Tuesday morning by Harry Culbertson who heads the Legion committee in charge of arrangements for getting the team started. New suits and playing equipment will be purchased for the boys participating and all games will be played under official rules. Competition will be open only to boys who have not reached their 17th birthday by January 1, 1948. Scientific Study Shown in Film The picture shown by the dairy co-op at the grange hall January 28 was new and exceptional, in structive not only for the dairy men but to everyone. Results of years of scientific study on how cows make and pro duce milk was arranged and film ed at the Minnesota agriculture experiment station and the movie together with the accompanying lecture by Dr. Patterson was very good. Tests have proved that cows handled quietly and kindly produce more milk, also that the newer milking machines used cor rectly with no hand stripping are not only beneficial for the cow but produce cleaner milk. • State Agents to Help with Filing People who anticipate the need of assistance in making out their state income tax returns may ob tain help from state income tax agents who will visit several near by localities during March to give aid in preparing the reports. Nearest visits to Vernonia will be made at: Rainier, city hall, March 15, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.; St. Helens, court house, March 16 and 17, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Forest Grove, city hall, March 18 and 19, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Hillsboro, court house, March 22 to 25 inclusive, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Dog Licenses Due March 1 Owners of dogs must secure licenses for them from the county clerk not later than March 1 or pay a penalty of $1, according to a notice issued this week by the Columbia county dog control board. While the license fee for male or spayed female remains at $1 this year, i‘ has been increased from $1.50 to $3.00 for female dogs. A. R. Melis of Mist is secretary of the control board and John L. Lane of Bradbury is county en forcement officer and claim ad justor. People owning dogs who reside in this vicinity can obtain their licenses by calling at the Vernonia city hall, where the permits will be issued. More Candidates Place Hats In Ring; Cold Hinders Run COLD HALTS SMELT CLATSKANIE—The smelt are still in the Columbia river al though it was thought early last week that they might go into the Cowlitz. At one time they were up the river as far as the Longview- Rainier bridge but were reported Wednesday of last week to have dropped back down the river and it was in the vicinity of Puget Island that most catches were being made. The catches are not plentiful and enough smelt have not been caught to fill the demand orders. The season is reported as fair and the cold water is probably the cause of the smaller catches. Another parent-teacher associa THERMOMETER DROPS TO 16 RAINIER—Automobile gas lines tion meeting is scheduled for the evening of Monday, February 16 and radiators congealed in many a member of the group said Tues instances when the thermometer day morning of this week. People dropped to 16 degrees for the who are interested in the work coldest spot of the winter Wed will gather at 8 p.m. at the nesday morning of last week. For a week the reading had Washington grade school. The February 16 affair is being been approximately 30 degrees held to elect permanent officers each morning, a marked contrast to below zero readings in many for the association. P.-T.A. to Name Leaders Feb. 16 Boys born prior to January 1, 1931 are not eligible and boys entered must be amateurs. To work on the committee with Mr. Culbertson are J. W. Nichols and Charles Biggs. A schedule of play this year will be announced later, Mr. Culbertson said, and games will be conducted under the official playing rules of profes sional baseball clubs. Of interest io parents of boys who play, Mr. Culbertson pointed out, is the fact that the local team will be covered by group accident insurance designed specifically for American Legion junior baseball teams. The insurance covers all players plus the coach, manager, bat boy, athletic officer and post commander while they are play ing in a scheduled game, playing in a scheduled practice and travel ing to and from a scheduled game or practice. Three men, besides the committee in charge of arrangements for or ganizing the team, will haridle the management and coaching, but their duties will not be defin itely decided until later in the year. To handle the team will be Ralph Hartman, Bert Tisdale and Jake Hergert. The Legion post will handle financing of supplies and trans portation, but business firms will be asked to purchase uniforms for the players. Cost of a suit has not yet been determined, but that information will be available soon, Mr. Culbertson said. The Legicn will sponsor dances in- a cam paign to raise funds for other expenses. • other sections of the country. TWO WILL FILE ST. HELENS—Two Columbia county officials have lannounced they would be candidates for re election to their present posts. Mrs. Gladys Peterson, veteran treasurer, will again be a can didate for the post, which she has held for about 15 years, and C. W. Wickman, who replaced J. W. Hunt as county clerk when the latter assumed the judge’s post slightly more than a year ago, has declared his intention of seek ing reelection. Warren Forsyth filed his peti tion with the county clerk Thurs day for the republican nomination for sheriff. Thus he is actively in the race, after several weeks of consideration. C. E. Throne of St. Helens has also filed fo. the sheriff’s office on the democratic ticket and M. R. Calhoun has announced that he will file for that office, which he now holds, on the republican tick et. James Anliker has also an nounced that ha will file as re publican for the assessor’s office.
