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Library, U of 0 — VOLUME 28, NUMBER 27 JUDGES’ STATEMENT Franchise Adopted by Councilmen We, the undersigned members of the Advisory board of Judges, appointed to have supervision of the final count of the ballots in the Vernonia Eagle subscription and prize campaign, do hereby state that we this day have made a thorough canvass of all votes in the sealed ballot box, and have added the totals of each candidate to the votes they have earned up to the sealed ballot box. From these totals we have concluded the winners of the bicycle prizes to be as follows. DISTRICT NO. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE Robert Kyser 586,500 DISTRICT NO. 2 CAPITAL PRIZE Gary Grass 766,750 THIRD CHOICE OF BIKES Beth Ann Heskett 503,000 FOURTH CHOICE OF BIKES Judith Strong 401.250 Following is a list of the non-bike winners in the places in which they finished. Each of these will receive a 20 per cent cash com mission on all the money they have turned in for subscriptions. FIFTH Elvin Stiff............................. 390,750 SIXTH Chet Ray 312,500 SEVENTH Buster Owen 255,500 EIGTH .................... Leonard Badley .............. 218,000 NINTH Teddie Grice ________ 212,500 TENTH Robert Drips ............ . 180,000 ELEVENTH ............. Dickie Crowston .............................141,000 TWELFTH Henry Bass ............. 123,000 THIRTEENTH .......... Bobby Rose .......... _...................... 43,000 FOURTEENTH Earl Kipp ___ . 32,750 FIFTEENTH Robert Fulton.............. 30,250 SIXTEENTH Jack Dowell ......... 10,000 The first EXTRA prize of $10 in cash given to the candidate turning in the most NEW subscriptions the second week of the campaign was won by: Robert Kyser of Mist with 153 points. The second EXTRA prize of $10 in cash, given to the candidate handing in the most subscriptions (either old or new) during the last week of the campaign was won by: Gary Grass with 305 points. Dated at Vernonia, Oregon, July 1, 1950. Signed Bill J. Horn Pete Brunsman W. E. Wilson Two Face Bad Check Charges According to the court docket, circuit court will be busy when Judge H. K. Zimmerman comes to St. Helens July 10. Cases to come before the judge, both criminal and civil, are greater in number than for many months The county jail has a numer ous population just now, includ ing William L. Kinney, who was apprehended in Coquille last week and brought here on a charge of forgery. He is al- lerged to have passed fraudulent checks in Vernonia. He is said to have had a previous jail re- County Clerk Fee Total Up Fees collected in the office oi the county clerk during June totaled $1,521.40. well above the monthly average. Of the total amount, $150 was received for the sale of fireworks permits. Other sources of revenue were as follows: Recording fees, $614.95; County, $231: circuit judge, $112; district attorney, $45; trial,$16; reporter, $55; probate court. $30; law li brary. $52.20; marriage licenses, $48; liquor license, $5; migratory chattel fees, $43; and miscellan eous, $109.25. THURSDAY, JULY 6, VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON cord. His bail was set at $5,000, which he could not raise. Louis L. Sauer of Portland is also in the county bastile await- mraienment in circuit court. He is charged with passing worthless checks in Vernonia. Clackamas county has requested the local authorities hold him for them when they are finished with him. His bail was set at $1,000. Another criminal case, in which the public is greatly interested is the first degree murder trial of Niles Batten, who was in dicted for the shooting at Delena of George Devine a month or so a?o. Several young men and xjuve- niles will go before the court on charges involving morals. There are also a number of civil actions which are sched uled to be tried at the next ses sion of the court. Hubbard Defeated The O-A softball team defeat ed Hubbard Thursday of last week when the two teams met here for the last game of the first half of the Valley league. Hubbard met defeat for the first time since play started as a re sult of a big fifth inning when Vernonia tallied three runs to tie and then added two more in a later inning. Rose pitched for the O-A and allowed six hits, the same number allowed by the Hubbard hurler. Water Rate Raise Discussed; Tank Cost Ccnsidered Official consideration was giv- ; n to the city garbage disposal franchise when city councilmen met Wednesday evening of this week instead of Monday, and adoption of the regulation was completed authorizing Duane Garrison to conduct the business. Mr. Garrison assumed the busi ness officially the first of this month from Mr. and Mrs. Harry French, former holders of the franchise. No other definite action took placp during the evening, but ’jnsideration was given a pro posed standpipe for use at the water pumping plant to replace the present washback tank which must soon be replaced. The city engineer, N. W. Haner, will prepare specifications for the pipe installation which it is thought will be a considerable saving over construction of a new tank. Councilmen will meet with the engineer as soon as plans are ready for the work. The water rate increase pro posed by the budget committee also was discussed Wednesday, but the council did not take def inite action to make an increase official. It is probable that the matter will be considered again it an early future date. Ownership oi Garage Changed Effective a short time ago was a change of ownership for the garage formerly operated by Gunder Paulson and Harold Grass in the Lee Motors building. The firm, which up to the change had operated under the name of Paulson-Grass Motors, started business March 15, 1949. New owner of the firm is Mr. Grass who purchased his part ier’s interest and is operating ihe business now under the name of Grass Motors. Mrs. Grass is doing the bookeeping for the firm. Boys Return Here Bob Allen and Billy Wells have returned from a week spent at Boy’s State at Corvallis, the for mer as a Lions club represen tative and the latter as the Amer ican Legion representative. They returned with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Culbertson. Bank Deposits Go Up; Savings Interest Rate Increased This Month The deposit totals of the Com mercial Bank Group, including the Verigonia institution, were $21,567,691.09 as of June 30, 1950, according to Gordon G. Larson, manager of the Vernonia Branch. This represents an increase ot $519,030.15 over the deposit to tals as of the end of the year. The deposits of the local bank as of June 30 were $991,334.55, an increase of $20,557.62 over the totals at the end of the year. One of the chief factors in the increase, in the opinion of the officers of the bank, is the strong market for lumber at the present time. Also, there still seems to be a excellent demand for con sumer goods of all kinds. They are optimistic as to the future outlook for this section of the country. Mr. Larson also announced an increase in the rate of interest paid to savings depositors from 1 per cent to 1 Vs percent. The increase is effective July 1, 1950 and applies to all accounts over five dollars regardless of how large. English Paper Carries Article On Operation of Columbia Farm Growing Trees on the Columbia Tree Farm has made headlines in a weekly magazine published in England! A clipping of the article was received by Farm Manager Glen Hawkins recently in which was pointed out what has been accomplished on the local farm and what plans are for the future. Explained in the article are the program of Crown Zellerbach as related to growing timber on their tree farms and especially several developments which have taken place on the farm here. How information for the article Judges Decide Bike Winners The close of the Vernonia Eagle subscription campaign last Saturday night was an event awaited with great anxiety for the young folks of the area. The campaign judges worked dili gently and as swiftly as possible in order that the bikes might be awarded without undue delay. After the final count had been tabulated the judges found Gary Grass of Vernonia to be top vote getter. He chose the Schwinn bicycle as his award. Gary was also adjudged winner of a $10 cash prize in the campaign. Robert Kyser of Mist was found to be winner of the other District Capital prize, and chose the Mon arch bike. He also received a $10 cash prize for getting the most new subscriptions the 2nd week. The only two girls who entered the campaign were found to have piled up enough votes to win the other two bicycle prizes. Beth Ann Heskett finished third and Judith Strong capped fourth place. Elsewhere in today’s paper will be found the Judges State ment which lists the places and numbers of votes earned by each of the vieing candidates. All the candidates not winning bikes have received their 20 per cent cash commission checks. Pete Brunsman, Bud Bush, Wilbur Wilson and Bill Horn presided as judges at the final tabulation of votes. The Eagle and the candidates in the cam paign wish to express their grat itude to these gentlemen for the time and effort they put in to make the final count. reached the English magazine, known as The Indian Mercantile Guardian, couldn’t be explained by Mr. Hawkins. A considerable portion of the article appears elsewhere in this edition of The Eagle. Buildings Get Paint, Repairs Four places of business are un dergoing or have undergone re painting and repairs here to im prove appearances. Some of the work is underway now and some has just befen completed. The Cozy Lunch has been re decorated by Mr. and Mrs. Nor man Neiman and the sidewalk in front of the Joy Theatre build ing has been replaced. Workmen started earlier this week preparing the Texaco ser vice station for repainting and painting of the exterior of the Mill Market and Lockers is also in progress. Other work to be done at the Mill Market will be redecorating the interior. Marshal Asks Grass Cutting City Marshall Shirley Kirtland issued an announcement a short time ago in which he asked that residents of the city cut down tall grass which is growing ad jacent to their property and also in parking areas fronting prop erty. Compliance with the request is required or the city will un dertake having the grass cut and levy a change for the work against the property upon which it is located. Cutting grass now will serve to eliminate a con- iderable fire hazard. 1950 Draft Act Extension Pointed Out Registration of 18-Year-Olds Is Law Requirement Returning from Washington D. C. last Saturday, following a week’s conference of state direc tors of the selective serviq? sys tem, Colonel Francis W. Mason, deputy state director for Oregon, expressed great satisfaction over the recent action of congress in extending the selective service act. “Recent events in Korea”, said Col. Mason, “give an emphatic and conclusive answer to all who questioned the necessity of con tinuing selective servive”. Enlistments appear to be main taining our armed forces at their authorized strength, commented Col. Mason, but the selective ser vice system must be in readiness to assume inductions whenever it becomes necessary to provide personnel for the armed services. “Many young men who have delayed registering within five days after attaining their 18th birthday have been registering this past week,” said Col. Mason. “It is evident however that Ore gon’s percentage of such delin quents is far below other parts of the country, where registration points were swamped all last week.” “Oregon state headquarters is busy formulating plans to make it as easy as possible for regis trants to comply with their re sponsibilities under the selective service act” continued Col. Mason. “The stringent economy made necessary by the small appropriation covering the fiscal year just ended made it neces sary to consolidate local board offices which worked a distinct hardship on both registrants and local board members. As soon as we know how much money will be available to operate for the ensuing year it is hoped to be able to reopen at least some of those local board offices which are now located at considerable distance from the area served. Colonel Mason warned that every parent should make it a point to see that their sons reg ister within five days after reach ing his 18th birthday, and ex pressed his hope that all regis trants would immediately advise their local board if their current address is different than the one ’iven at the time of registration, or as to their current marital and employment status, if there has been any change since filing their questionnaire. “This is of utmost importance," emphasized Colonel Mason, “as failure to comply with any provisions of the selective service act creates a delinquency that is subj ct to ;evere penalties.” Derby Date Changed Due to the vacation period and other details as to location, it was thought advisable to change the fish derby date from July 9 to July 16. Complete details will appear in the July 13 edition of The Eagle. The darby is part of a youth program announced last week by the Fraternal Order ot Eagles. Next Sing Scheduled Plans will be discussed for a picnic to be helcNin the near fu ture at the community sing Sun day afternoon. This meeting will' be held at the Baptist church under the direction of Mrs Fred Lundgren and the time is 2:30 p.m. All are invited to attend. These Four Win Eagle Subscription Bikes AT WORK her« weighing out dough for loaves of bread are E. W. Peterson, foreground. Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Hildur Davis. Increased production since the start of a trike by Portland bakers has re sulted in producing enough loaves to supply local stores as well as other stores in the valley so that people here have been able to obtain all the bread they wish. ROBERT KYSER GARY GRASS BETH ANN HESKETT JUDITH STRONG THESE four boys and girls capped iop honors in iha ifernonia Eagle subscription campaign which ended last Saturday, and each won shiny new bicycles as a result.
