Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974, June 28, 1951, Page 8, Image 8

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    « THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1951
THE
EAGLE,
AROUND THE FARM
The third thinning cut of tim­
ber from the fairgrounds tim­
ber harvest tract at Deer Island
is now underway.. The first year
this tract was cut, 1949, about
10 cords per acre were removed.
Last year 9 cords per acre were
removed. Those two cuts were
made by Mollenhour Brothers of
Chapman.
This year the third cut will
remove 8 cords per acre and the
harvesting is being done by
Jerry Kelleher, Deer Island. Kel-
leher will use horses for log-
ging whereas Mollenhour used
power equipment. Many timber
men including Mollenhour have
expressed interest in seeing this
tract logged with horses to get a
comparison in figures on logging
casts and returns to the opera­
tor. The 1949 returns were $65.11
per acre or $2.38 per hour for
operation time. In 1950 the price
of wood had increased and the
return was $73.30 per acre or
$?.oo per hour.
Incidently, when this harvest
is completed this
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timber harvest
tract will be unique
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in being one
of very few tracts of timber in
Oregon that have been thinned
three times. Thinning work
being doni by several woodland
owners in Columbia county is
MOTOR
BY W. G. NIBLER
County Extension Agent
now getting to a place where the
second cuts are being made.
Results of the 1951 cut from
this tract will be compiled and
will be available during the Co­
lumbia County Fair. Woodlot
owners and others are welcome
to visit this tract at any time.
Those wishing an explanation of
the work will get an excellent
opportunity during the county
fair when forestry experts will
explain the work being done.
It will cost you $5 to feed one
rat around the farm for one year.
That $5 will buy enough rat
poison to keep your farm baited.
The other day someone asked
me when the government was
going to do something about the
price of meat. I don’t propose
to have the answer to that ques­
tion but this person was think­
ing about the high price of meat
when he asked that question.
Meat prices have gone up but
they have not kept pace with
wage increases. Figures of the
U. S. Department of Labor and
Commerce show that it took 52
minutes work to buy a pound of
meat in 1901, 37 minutes in 1926,
and only 32 minutes today.
VALLEY
FREIGHT
SHOP NEHALEM — SHOP NEHALEM — SHOP NEHALEM
SHOP NEHALEM — SHOP NEHALEM — SHOP NEHALEM
ORE.
Geo. Mays, St. Helens, has a
pear tree in his backyard but
last year the pears were badly
deformed by pear scab. This
year Mays followed a spray pro­
gram for control of pear blight
and has some very nice fruit
developing on his tree. To ap­
ply the spray he uses a small
barrel sprayer
PHONE 853
NEHALEM
VERNONIA,
NEHALEM
MARKET AND GROCERY
For Delivery Every Day Phone 721
Oregon traffic deaths con tin-
ued to gain last month as May
accidents took 38 lives compared
to 31 in May a year ago, Sec-
retary of State Earl T. Newbry
reported a few days ago.
The May death count, which
might go still higher if late fa­
tality reports are
received.
brings the death toll for the year
to 142. This is 23 per cent high­
er than the 116 fatalities record-
ed at the same time in 1950.
Average death increase in the
nation is about 10 per cent, the
secretary said.
Traffic and highway officials
in most states are becoming in­
creasingly concerned as the
month-by-month
death
gain
gives no sign of tapering off.
Oregon police agencies and
courts, he said, are being re­
quested to help stem the rise by
stepping
up their activities
wherever possible.
State records show that Ore­
gon, after cutting back fatalities
to a four-year low in 1949, suf­
fered an 18 per cent increase in
1950 and is taking even higher
losses in 1959 to date.
Still facing the state's motor­
ists is the Fourth of July hol­
iday and the peak of the sum­
mer travel 'season. Oregon’s
worst traffic-killing month on
record came in August of last
year when 59 persons died, most
of them in open highway acci­
dents outside the limits of cit-
ies or towns.
Regular Meeting for
Townsend Club Held
Townsend club members met
last Saturday at the IWA hall
for a regular meeting which was
conducted by Chairman M. A.
Oakes. The club heard a talk,
“What Is the Townsend Plan
and What Does It Mean to You?”
by George Nichols in which he
pointed out progress made by
other clubs, especially in Cali­
fornia.
In addition to the business
session and dinner following the ■
meeting, members saw five
movie reels of scenery. In ad­
dition to members, two visitors
from Portland were present.
Two new members were added
to the club roster recently.
Next meeting is scheduled for
July 21 at which time educational
movies will be shown.
When you are young you do a
lot of wishful thinking, When
you are old you do a lot of
thoughtful wishing.
KHTVHHN <1OHS — KHTVH3N JOHS — WIITVH51N <IOHS
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drivers who celebrate the Fourth
with drinking and extra patrols
of all highways are in the offing.
Most frequent causes of holi­
day accidents, records show are
excessive speed, driving on the
wrong side of the road, trying to
pass with insufficient clearance
and drunken driving.
Traffic Deaths
Mount in State
GET THAT
CLEAN
FEELING . .
The law of supply and demand
is not infallible. Look how many
reformers we have, and how little
reform.
For Grade A
Pasteurized
Dairy Products
Call or Write
Extra Holiday Road Care Urged
Governor Douglas McKay and
Secretary of State Earl T. New­
bry have issued a joint state­
ment urging Oregon drivers and
out-of-state vacationists to ob­
serve the Fourth of July holiday
with extra care on streets and
highways.
The text of the statement said
that early reports for J une,
coupled with those of the first
five months of 1951, have soared
the state’s highway death toll to
159, a figure well above that of
the same period last year.
What drivers must remember,
the statement said, is that traffic
on the Fourth will be heavy, and
chance-taking can lead to an ac­
cident.
Governor McKay ad­
vised that if the highway toll is
to be held to a minimum, every
Deer Island
Sunday
July 1
Time Trials 1:30
Admission 75c
Children under 12 with parents free
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Sponsored by St. Helens
Junior Chamber of Commerce
The Cow That Can't
"Run Dry"
Sandy Johnson showed me his
Jersey cows last week. It was a
warm day and they were all under
the trees near a watering trough.
And darned if one cow wasn’t
pumping water into the trough!
It’s a fact—she’d raise the pump
handle with her nose, and use her
throat to push it down again.
“That’s Mabel,” Sandy explained
as she moved away. “Sometimes
they drink that trough dry, and
she’s learned how to fill it again.
But she doesn’t know her own
strength—turns the place into a
swamp if we don’t watch her.”
From where I sit/ Mabel Isn’t
the only onewho sometimesdoesn’t
know where to stop. For instance,
people often carry personal opin­
ions too far—like the person who
wants everyone to accept hi»
choice of political parties, or ball­
players ... or beverages. I prefer
a glass of beer with my meals. 1
know that a lot of other people
prefer milk. But nobody ought
to insist on “herding” other!
around to his way of thinking.
Copyright, 1951, United States Brewers Foundation
ALL NEED IT!
Young people going
away on wz dding trips . ,.
younger people coming
home from school . . .
older people planning va­
cations . . . anybody tak­
ing their belongings any­
where away from home
. . . all need Personal Ef­
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very little —
and may
mean a lot to you.
BANK
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Bill J. Horn, Agent
905 Bridge Street
Phone 231. Vernonia
For the Best in Glasses
COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
Telephone 8812
Timber Rt., Box 56
Vernonia, Oregon
From where I sit... fy Joe Marsh
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by bringing all cleaning |
work to the—
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Vernonia Cleaners ;
motorist must realize that “there
is no substitute for caution when
hiehwav® ar° crowded with plea­
sure-seekers.”
State safety men also added
a word of warning to the pleas
of McKay and Newbry, with
announcement that state and city
police will be on the look-out for
PEBBLE
CREEK DAIRY
Don't delay another moment in putting off the need for
glasses if they are needed. See us right away and don't
lake any chances with your eyes. Dr. Plumstead offers
nothing but the best,. so drop in today for an appointment.
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DR. C. A. PLUMSTEAD — Optometrist
Phone 445
Hillsboro
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2.13 E. Baseline
For Further Information Inquire at K inlander’s Jewelry Store
“You Can’t Be Optomhtic if You Have Miaty Optics
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at the bank and get some American Express Travelers Cheques."
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Vernonia Branch
Commercial Bank of Oregon
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