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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Limbering, Farming, Recreation.” VOLUME 26, NUMBER 8 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON County People to Pay $6,575,378 Oregon’s per capita share of the requested $39,669,000,000 bud get for cost of federal government for fiscal 1949, now before con gress, is $366,852,820, or $276.66 for each man, woman and child in Oregon, according to 1945 Ore gon population estimate of 1,362,- 066, and 143,382,000 United States population. A breakdown of this state’s per capita portion of the proposed federal government cost for year ending June 30, 1949, shows that Columbia county’s share will be $6,575,378. These figures have been re leased by Oregon Business and Tax Research Inc. On basis of 1947 federal taxes paid in Oregon, the state’s pro rata portion of the requested 1949 federal budget, is about $337,- 000,000, according to figures sup plied state taxpayer associations by Senator Styles Bridges, (R.N.- H.) chairman of the senate purse strings appropriations committee of which Senator Guy Cordon is a Farm Forest to Be Established A demonstration of a managed farm forest is being established by the Columbia county farm for estry committee on the J.C. Skeans farm, Rainier, according to W. G. Nibler, county agent. A plan for forest management has been requested by Skeans who wants to set up his 200 acres of second growth timber on a per manent basis. The technical work in setting up this plan is under the leadership of J.J. Nickalonis, Pittsburg guard station, representing the state forester’s office. Nickalonis with the assistance of industry foresters in the county will make a survey of Skeans’ forests and draw up definite recommendations on de veloping a plan. This plan will include an inventory of the tim ber on the 200 acres, mapping roads, marking trees to be cut, marketing assistance and plans for rotating cutting. The Columbia county forestry committee is a group of forest owners working with the state forester’s office 'and the county agent’s office in developing forest ry assistance for farm forest own ers. The demonstration on the Skeans farm is one of six de monstrations planned for Columbia county to be set up this year as examples of how frosts might be handled to get continuous re turns. The committee has recommended that these demonstrations be set up to assist in stabilizing the forest industry in this county. The increasing importance of se cond growth forests in the timber industry is the basis for the com mittees, recommendation that these second growth stands be so hand led and harvested as to yield a steady and continuous yield of products. member, according to the tax re search organization. This is at rate of $247.41 per Oregon in habitant. For each $1 of state taxes col lected during 1947, $4.50 will be spent as Oregon’s share of the proposed 1949 cost of federal gov ernment, according to Senator Bridge’s analysis. Oregon’s per capita share of the proposed 1949 spending budget REPLAY ASKED WITH ASTORIA The Vernonia V. F. W. and the Astoria Vets are scheduling a game early this week to really decide the district 4 championship, Kent Bauersfeld, manager of the local veteran team said Wednesday morning. Astoria and Vernonia met last Thursday here to decide the district winner, but it was learned after the game that As toria played one ineligible man. Vernonia will ask Astoria to come here again early next week for the game that will definitely settle the matter. The V. F. W. team lost by a six-point margin in last Thursday’s meeting. • Salvage Log Use Observed The use to which logs being salvaged from the Columbia Tree Farm are put and the degree of decay that can be permitted was demonstrated to a group of local men yho visited the Crown Zel- lerbach paper mill at Camas last Friday afternoon. The mill made a run of logs from this farm that day and among them were some that had deteriorated to a point beyond usefulness in manufactur ing paper. More of a basis for selecting logs suitable for the process was determined from the visit ana contract loggers working on the farm will be more closely restric ted in the future on the material they cut in order to avoid ship ment of logs which cannot be used. Making the trip from here were Glen Hawkins, R. C. Lindsay, J. W. Nichols, Ralph Hartman and Marvin Kamholz. Clarence Richen Crown Zellerbach forester, Port land, also went with the group for the tour of the mill. • Scout Funds Exceed $800 Boy Scouts in the Portland Area Council will benefit from a fund that has exceeded $800 in the drive conducted here last Thurs day and for which all monies had been turned in yesterday when the amount was released by Glen Hawkins who headed the cam paign. The actual figure was $831.42. Dates for 33rd Fair Set; School Addition Talked BONDS VOTED SCAPPOOSE—Decision regard ing the proposed $197,000 bond is sue to finance construction of ad ditional school facilities at Scap poose grade school was made Sat urday when voters of the district went to the polls to cast their ballots on the matter. The issue will serve to finance the addition of seven new class rooms, a kindergarten, library and combination auditorium and cafe teria at the elementary school. FAIR DATES SET ST. HELENS—Dates for the 33rd Columbia county fair have been set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 19, 20 and 21 it was announced last Thursday. As usual, the show will be staged at the Deer Island fairgrounds. No Sunday show is planned as far as the fair is concerned, but it is believed that the Clatskanie Posse may stage a performance on that day. POLIO FUND GETS $664.71 CLATSKANIE—Clatskanie and the route areas have given vol untary contributions to the March of Dimes fund this year to the amount of $664.71. No personal solicitations were made. Milk bottles were placed in various public places and the amount received through the bot tles was $206.14. SCHOOLS QUIT FOR WEEK RAINIER—The Rainier schools opened again Wednesday morning of last week after being closed a week on account of bad wea ther conditions and icy roads that made it dangerous to get in with busses from the country districts. Roads were clear, but still icy in some spots and the busses did not attempt to go over the side roads. or $366,852,000, is a little more than one-quarter of the state’s assessed valuation, and the total proposed budget is equal to one- fourth of the 1946 national income, Oregon Business and Tax Re search pointed out. “This tremendous burden on Oregon taxpayers, and everyone is a taxpayer to the Federal gov ernment, is reflected in cost of food we buy, clothing we wear, cigarettes we smoke, where there is a 7 cents ‘hidden tax’ per pack age”, F. H. Young, manager of the tax research organization said. “Naturally we can’t expect to trim Federal spending to a pre war level. But certainly there are many places where substantial sums can be saved. We need to reduce federal payrolls. Overlap ping and duplicating Federal agencies can be trimmed, and ob solete and unecessary Federal bureaus eliminated”. • Extension Class Approval Asked Approval is being awaited here for the start of an extension course and 20 teachers in Vernonia schools have already signified a desire to take the instruction which will count towards a degree. Announcement of the course and steps taken so far to secure it were made Tuesday by Paul Gor don, grade school superintendent. The course is also open to others, not teachers, who may wish to enroll, he said, and the cost is $7.50. The instruction will be given by the Oregon state extension division of the system of higher education on the subject, “Nat ural Science History of Oregon.” People who are interested in the course are asked to see Mr. Gor don for further details. • Milk Price Hearing Due A public hearing to consider re vision of minimum prices paid producers for fluid milk and wholesale and retail prices td con sumers in the Columbia county marketing area will be held at St. Helens in the county court house room at 1:15 p.m., Feb ruary 25, according to notices is sued by the milk control section, state department of agriculture. Melvin J. Conklin, examiner for the department, is in charge of the hearing which is expected to establish official data for min imum milk and cream price schedules under conditions now prevailing in this area. The Columbia county hearing is one of a series being held by the state department of agriculture to investigate costa and other factors affecting the production and dis tribution of milk in the bottle .and can trade. • County Chairman Here Russell Martini, county chair man of the coming Red Cross fund campaign, was here last Sun day afternoon to meet with Mrs. Ray Mills, Mrs. C. L. Anderson and Mrs. A. J. Hughes. Purpose of the meeting was to provide local leaders for the drive with supplies and outline the program to be followed. The solicitation will begin March 1 and will be completed in two weeks if pos sible. * • Funds Being Collected Members of the Nehalem Valley Rod and Gun club who are heading the drive to purchase the Keasey property are asking people who have not subscribed towards the fund to purchase the property to make their payments as soon as possible. The money is being col lected at Brunsman’s Hardware and Electric. Grangers to Hear Master On Saturday Conference to Be Held at Yankton; Discussions Due Columbia county Grangers are urged to attend the state Grange officers’ conference which will be held at Yankton on Saturday, February 21. The afternoon session will begin at 1:30 with group singing, fol lowed by a talk by Morton Tomp kins, state Grange Master. There will then be a round table discus sion led by each department head, an agricultural conference, and a panel discussion led by state of ficers. The supper scheduled to be served at 6:15 p.m. is to be fur nished by visiting Grangers as follows: Yankton will furnish the coffee, sugar and cream; Warren, Chapman and South Scappoose, hot dishes; Canaan, Fern Hill, and Natal are expected to furnish salads; Marshland, Vernonia and Winema are listed for sandwiches and Clatskanie, Beaver Valley and Beaver Homes will bring dessert. The evening will see demonstra tions of floor work by the Grange officers of the county. Criticism will be made by the district state deputy, the aim being to improve the ritual work of those participat ing. At 9:15 the state Grange lec turer, Mrs. Garnet, will demon strate a balanced program, and this will be followed by a talk by the state Grange Master. There will then be a question box where those who wish en lightenment may present their questions for discussion by those qualified to answer. Yankton and Cannan Granges have postponed their regular meet ings of this date so they may at tend the conference, and it is hoped that other Granges sched uled to meet on this day will do likewise. • Tree Planting Resumed Mon. Tree planting operations on the Columbia County Tree Farm were resumed again Monday morning after being discontinued during the recent freezing weather which made it impossible to carry on the work. An enlarged crew, now numering about 14 men, will try to make up for the time lost. Merle Cline is foreman of the crew which is doing the work under the supervision of R. C. Linsay and Paul Goodmanson, resident forest ers for the farm. Approximately 80,000 more seed lings remain to be planted in the Crooked creek area. Species are silver fir, noble fir, and Port Or ford cedar. In addition, an exper imental planting of spruce is* to be made on the creek bottom. • 3 Businesses Make Changes Three business firms here are in the process of or have just com pleted interior redecoration or changes of their places. At the Vernonia Drug company, the dis play cases back of the front win dows have been removed, the woodwork has been painted and different types of displays have been arranged. The change per mits a great deal more light to enter the store and makes possible a better arrangement of merchan dise. Redecoration of the interior of Kullander’s Jewelry store has just been completed with the exception of a new floor covering that will soon be installed. Painting of the show room at the Vernonia Auto company started Tuesday to ac count for the third firm to under take improvement. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1948 Supervisor's Report Rates High School Conditionally Standard; Library Lacking Mention was also made that Received here a few days ago was the report of Carrol B. Howe, the building was old, but in sound supervisor of secondary education condition due to repairs that have of the state department of educa been carried out in the past and tion, on the condition of the high the administration was compli school buildings and equipment. mented on the keeping of a dup His report of the plant came after licate set of records in a place an inspection which was made Jan other than the school building. uary 19. The inspection is made Favorable comment was also made to determine whether state re on cooperation between the school quirements, which the secondary and the city in developing a light schools must meet, are sufficient ed field. It was recommended that the for allotment of the state school district board should be giving support fund. Howe’s rating of the Vernonia 'Serious consideration for a new plant was that the school is con building in the next few years for sidered conditionally standard, but several reasons that were out will become standard as soon as lined in the report. Some of the changes are made in the library. points mentioned in respect to the At present the library is too need for a modern plant were: 1. The present building is too small his report indicated. The state will also require that a small for the number of students teacher be in charge of that de attending. 2. There are no lockers which partment during more periods of the day and that an increase results in losses and misplacement of books and supplies. in the number of books be made. 3. Present space for the library Provision has already been made for the addition of new volumes. is too small and there is no other Superintendent Ray Mills said place in the building that could Wednesday, and a new Encyclo be used for this purpose. 4. There is no band room which pedia Britannica set was received only recently to increase the use makes it necessary for the band fulness of the library. Present to practice near other * classes cramped quarters make it impos which in turn proves a hinderance sible to enlarge to any great ex to other students. 5. Additional shop work, espec tent. The report indicated that the ially welding classes, are needed. 6. The home economics room is school would be considered stand ard when possible library changes unsatisfactory because of lack of space. were made. Parents, Teachers Organize Mon. A parent-teacher organization for this community became a real ity Monday evening when an in terested group met at the Wash ington grade school to elect of ficers, adopt bylaws and talk about the first project that is to be undertaken. Several previous meet ings of parents and teachers have been held, but the actual start of the group came Monday which was founder’s day of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. Two steps were taken Monday that makes it possible for the or ganization to function as a force to make local schools better for the children attending. The first step was the election of officers and the second, the adoption of by-laws which were presented by a committee named at a previous meeting. The by laws are those suggested for elementary school parent-teacher asociations by the National Con gress of Parents and Teachers. Another committee, which was also named at a previous meeting, suggested nominations for officers for the coming year and those nominations were elected. Head ing the P.-T.A. are: Mrs. George Johnson, president; Mrs. John Kirk, vice-president; Miss Marian Schwartz, secretary and Mrs. Louis Laramore, treasurer. One of the first and most im portant projects to be accomplish ed, members say, is the start of a hot lunch program. They be- Hauling Stops On County Roads Truck hauling on county-owned roads has been discontinued for the time being because of weather conditions which have caused the roads to soften and show signs of breaking. As a result, pulpwood operations on the Columbia County Tree Farm have been discontinued Manager Glen Hawkins said late last week. The thaw after recent freezing weather led to the bad condition for roads and a request from the county court that hauling be dis continued temporarily. lieve that the lunch program is a “must" ih a school with an at tendance figure as large as here, especially when that attendance covers so much rural territory. Twenty-five names were placed on the charter list Monday by the payment of the annual 50c dues, but other parents and teachers who wish to be identified with the group as charter members may do so by being present for the March 15 meeting and paying the neces sary dues then. The attendance of all interested people is asked es pecially at that time in order that the association may have the back ing it needs for coming programs. Small Fruits To Be Talked Fertilizers and soil management for small fruit production will be discussed by A. S. King at the Columbia county small fruit grow ers meeting at Rainier on March 4. This all-day meeting, start ing at 10:00 o’clock in the city hall, has been arranged by the county agent’s office to bring the latest information on fertilizers cover crops, and other soil man- agv.nent practices to Columbia county strawberry and cane fruit growers. Interest in the use of commercial fertilizeds on berry crops has increased and many questions have been directed to the county agent’s office in re gard to time of application, mat erials to use, and rates of applying them. This information will be discussed by Mr. King at a small fruit growers meeting. Other discussions at the meeting will cover insect pests and disease control and the outlook for berry crops. • Republican« Meet Frank Taylor was in St. Helens last Friday evening to be present for a meeting and dinner of the county republican central commit tee. Principal speaker at the af fair was Tack Rodman, state cen tral committeman.
