Vernonia eagle., June 12, 1952, Image 1

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Forest Fire Problem to
Be Greater This Year,
Warden Tells Loggers
regularly, one at Pittsburg and
The problem of holding down
the number of forest fires during one at Wilark, and these crews
the fire season will be greater will be increased by the summer
this year for several reasons, crews.
In addition. Birch pointed out
Ed Schroeder, twird.n for the
that in the case of a serious fire
Northwest Oregon Fire Pro tec-
t:”e District, told a group of log­ in this area, other crews would
gers and mill m?n Friday even­ be brought in from other sections
of the Northwest district to as­
ing.
sist.
He was one of the speakers at
The Pittsburg warden pres, nt-
the annual fire prevention din­
ner, which is held each year by ed figures to show that last year
was the worst of th’ past three
the Columbia Tree Farm through
arrange ments made by Glen years from the standpoint of the
Hawkins. The meeting took place number of fires. Forty fires were
suppressed in 1949, 14 in 1950
at the Masonic Temple.
and 49 in 1951, although the acre­
Three Reasons G>ven
age burned in 1951 was not as
Schroeder emphasized his state­
great as 1919, the second worst
ment as to why the fire danger
year of the past three.
w.uld be greater this year with
three reasons: More operators Saw Fires Increase
The increased us« ot power
are working in the woods, judg­
ing by the numb r of logging per­ saws and fires that have resulted
from
their
operation.
also
mits that have been issued; tim­
ber values are higher, t her'by brought forth discussion on the
let ding to increased woods ac- subject and information that the
tr.’.ty and the cost of fighting state col leg’ is now conducting (
a study on saws. The study will I
fires is higher than ever.
He also pointed out that negli- 1 attempt to bring out recommen­ •
ger.ee was the proven cause of dations of changes that should I
the big operator fires last year be made to eliminate fire danger. j
At the start of the meeting I
of which there were 28.
Along with the emphasis plac­ several operators told what they I
were doing this year in attempt­ I
er on negligenc-», Buford Hayes,
ing to practice greater care in i
state forest inspector, pointed out
that inspections of fire fighting avoiding fire.
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eciuipment and procedures to be
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to .owed were being made by
h ~1 in accordance with policies
that had been established by the 1
state forestry department.
Niw Lookout Added
Burrell E. Birch, warden in
Candidates for county offices
charge of the Pittsburg guard
in the recent primary have filed
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station told the group that one
their expense statements with
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nt v lookout was being con­
County Clerk C. W. Wickman.
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st.’ucted and would probably be
Where there was no contest foi
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ready for use this year on Meis,
the office sought, cost was only
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ner ridge south of Apiary. Two the $20 filing fee.
five-man fire crews are on duty
Only two candidates ran for
the Republican nomination for
sheriff, which was won by War­
ren Forsyth whose statement I
showed expenditures of $115.69. I
M. R. Calhoun's statement showed
he spent $45.20, which included
Two piano students from here, the filing fee.
v ro participated in the annual
Dr. R. L. Smith, who sought
jur.ior music festival in Portland
the nomination for coroner, spent
las', week, won rating in the $34.75 while the other candidate,
classes in which they piaved. The
Ben Coleman, spent only $20, his
festival is sponsored by the Ore- filing fee. John Whipple, Re­
g.-;" Federation of Music clubs publican candidate for county
and was held at the YWCA audi­ judge, spent $37.50 and Charles
ta’.um from the first to the Ramp, seeking Democratic nomi­
s> •enth.
nation for that office, spent $20,
Both of the participants from
his filing fee.
hfre played Saturday. Adjudi­
Oth’r filing fees of $20 were
cator for the festival was Theo­ paid by Clyde Henderson, Clar­
dore Norman of the University ence Wagner, Jeannette Ostlund
of Washington music department. and C. W. Wickman.
I eggy Bowerman, daughter of
Judge J. W. Hunt, who received
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and Mrs. Tod Bowerman.
a write-in vot’ for county com-
r< reived a rating of excellent in
fissioner, filed an expense report
the primary II class. Gregory
which stated ’‘nothing".
Ktmholz, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Kamholz was rated su-
pt ior in the elementary I class.
Th:s is the second year he has
p red in the festival and the
second year he received the high­
er! rating given.
David A. Pittlekau has enlisted
in the army for a three-year
term June 5, according to an an­
nouncement made Monday by
Sgt. Don Adams, recruiter for
this area.
Pittlekau, a high
school graduate with the class of
Scappoose bowed to the“ Ver-
1952, left for Ft. Lewis immedi­
r'.ia Junior Legion team there ately and from there he will be
Sunday to bring the Nehalem shipped to either Fort Ord or
va.ley t-am its third win in three Camp Roberts for basic training.
starts and also the biggest win-
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
n -g score of the season so far.
H. E. Pittlekau.
rob Powell has hurled all three
ganes with some assistance from
S 2 Rov Oakes arrived Friday
A tert Fuller who took the
to spend a 15-day leave at the
r- 'und Sunday for a short time. home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
O'.r.er victories since the sched-
M A Oakes
u - started June 1 gave Vernonia
victories over Rainier, 4-2 and
Bill Sword's mailing address.
C ¿tskanie 7-6.
1er the information of those who
The lineup for Vernonia in- may wish to write, is: A2/c
c tides only 10 players: Lee Faulk, Alexander F. Sword. ASFN 19-
a'cher; Bob Powell, pitcher, Ken
402-082. 85th Bomb. Sqdn.. Light
Nanson, 1st base. Francis Crows
Jet. APO 22, c o Postmaster, New
ton, 2nd base; Dick Gwin, 3rd
York. N.Y
base. Rick Fulton, shortstop. Bill
?<t«.cDonald, right field and Al­
A lc Jack Gates left here Jun? 2
bi rt Fuller, utility.
to return
to Seward
AFB.
• Sunday’s game with St. Helens Smyrna. Tennessee after spend­
S t is timed to start at 12 noon
ing 30 days at home.
Candidates List
Campaign Costs
2 Win Festival
Music Ratings
Bid Call to
Be Made Soon
For Co-op Line
rea Economic Survey Heard
By West Oregon Board Tuesday
Right-of-way Work
Almost Completed;
Staking Underway
West Oregon Electric’s board
of directors were informed Tues­
day night that the proposed
transmission line from Vernonia
to Sunset junction will soon be
ready for the issuing of a call for
bids.
Progress that has been
made to date was outlined by
Manager Guy I. Thomas.
He pointed out that right-of-
way work is almost 100 per cent
complet - on the 34.5 KV line to
Sunset and about 90 per cent
complete on the Johnson road
line.
The Johnson road line will
serve additional consumers in
that area and will furnish a loop
service for industrial loads. Th?
line to Sunset will be a part of
the loop service tie-in with Bon-
neville to provide service for
cooperative consumers.
Some work has b«cn done on
the substation at the junction,
which will haw? an initial capa-
city of 1500 KVA. The station
is being constructed so that.
should it be necessary during the
next 10 or more years, its capa
city can be increased to 6000
KVA and even greater.
Engineering work is also slated
for an area on the Scappoose
road between Chapman and the
Sandon tap so that provision can
be made for serving prospective
consumers.
Wist Oregon will send a dele-
gate to the Bonneville power ad-
visory council meeting sched-
uled to take plac’ at Spokane
Thursday and Friday June 19
and 20.
Purpose of the meeting is to
review administrative and policy
problems of Bonneville with com­
munity leaders of the region
which it serves. The theme of
the meeting will be regional par­
ticipation in the development of
Northwest power resources.
Paul Gordon, secretary of the
board, was chosen as delegate
and Leo Wooden, alternate.
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THOSE WHO ARE
IN IT ...
Final rites will take place
today. Thursday, at 11 00 a.m.
for Matthew King, who passed
away at his horn? near River­
view June 10 at, the age of 87
years. The deceased was born
December 21, 1865 at Galt, On­
tario, Canada.
Surviving are: a daughter,
Mrs. W. R. Chalmers of Vernonia;
a son, Merl B. King of Hillsboro
and two grandsons, Bill Chalmers
and Jack King, both of Ver­
nonia.
Mr. King had been a resident
of this community for the past
22 years and was preceeded in
death about a year ago by his
wife, Harriet, who passed away
August 7, 1951.
The services will be conducted
at the Bush Funeral home chapel
and burial will take place at the
Tualatin Plains
o?m«tery at
Hillsboro.
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The futur° of the Nehalem val­ bor force and the good trans­
ley was the topic of discussion portation facilities for heavy
Tuesday evening when an econo­ freight offered by the SP&S rail­
mic survey was presented to road because of a recent heavy
West Oregon Electric’s board of expenditure on roadbed improve­
directors by three Bonneville ment.
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power administration officials. ' Plant Idea Rejected
Also present to hear the report
The report indicated it was un-
was a small group of business I likely that a hardboard plant,
men who were interested in de­ which has been suggested for
tails of the report concerning the area, would locate here. Such
this area.
a plant would probably have to
The survey was prepared for operate on null waste to be com­
the cooperative by D. J. Morey, petitive.
economist on the BPA staff, in
It was suggested that a rea­
order to estimate the electric sonable possibility exists for a
power needs of the cooperative
lumber remanufaeturmg plant to
between now and 1961. He ex­
plained the report to board mem-
bers as did Thomas E. Black,
lower Columbia district manager
and William Trommershausen,
southwest area manager of BPA.
Action Urged
Twenty Vernonia batsmen be­
The Bonneville spokesmen sug­ came strike-out victims to the
gested that action be taken im­ hurling arm of Beard. McMinn­
mediately by the community ville pitcher, Sunday when the
her-’ to dramatize the assets of local team traveled to complete
the area and pointed out three its last game in the first half of
details to consider in working the Tualatin
Valley League
for an expanded economy. These
schedule.
assets were: resources, transpor.
Final score Sunday favored
tation facilities and power.
McMinnville 4 to 1. Beard al­
The report pointed out the lowed only two hits during the
decline in the stands of market­ day.
able saw timber and empahsized
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th? need for other industry to Vernonia
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2
3
locate in the area to take up the McMinnville
4
6
4
slack in employment.
For
Vernonia: Langford and
Advantages which this area Byers; McMinnville: Beard and
holds arc its proximity to Portland Frueler.
and the Columbia river, ample
Forest Grove defeated Banks
industrial acreage, a trained la-
4 to 3 to complete the first half
with six wins and no losses.
Standings 1st Half
W
Ave.
L
0
1000
Forest Grove
6
2
McMinnville
4
666
2
600
3
Banks
Vernonia
4
3
572
One victory and two defeats
Hillsboro
2
3
400
have been record’d so far in
2
4
333
Verboort
county league play for the two
Tillamook
1
4
200
small boys’ baseball teams, but
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5
166
another game on the schedule Beaverton
Batting Averages
for this evening may change that
Ave.
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picture somewhat.
Wantland
12
6
500
The Cubs scored a 4-3 victory
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Johnson
5
400
over Scappoose last Thursday
16
6
399
behind the pitching of Schneibel Galloway
Crowston
13
5
390
for their first win. Bob Dimbat
14
4
290
caught that game. The Cubs go Brandow
280
Byers
25
7
to Clatskanie to play tonight and
16
4
250
hope to add another win to their Langford
Nelson
24
5
208
list.
Hunt
25
4
160
The Pee-Wecs have lost both
Cline
25
4
160
of thtir first two games, the first
7
1
143
to Scappoose last Thursday 12-6, Nightwine
Rose
4
0
000
and to Clatskanie here Monday
13
0
000
15-3. Jim Nanson and Dale Frye Hartman
of
play
will
Second
half
send
hurled the league opener and
Jim Peters and Dick O’Brien the Banks against Vernonia on the
local field, Sunday. June 15.
second game.
Play for First
Half Completed
Cubs Win One,
Pee-Wees Lose
Final Rites to
I Be Held Today
Sunday Win 3rd
For Jr. Legion
THURSDAY. JUNE 12. 195:
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTV, OREGON
VOLUME 30, NUMBER 24
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Between 70 and 80 boys are
turning out for the thr«e age
groups, Cubs, Pee-Wi”s and Pig­
mies, according to George Peters
who is acting as coach and mana­
ger for the team. Gamns will be
scheduled later for the Pigmies,
he said.
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Class A Race
Won by Gates
The Class A feature race of
last Sunday's fairground jalopy
race? was won by Jack Gates
with a time of 24 minutes flat
for the 30 laps and crowned his
day of racing after winning the
first heat race of five laps. His
tim? for that race wjis 2:53.5.
Cloice Hall crossed the finish
People interested in the af­
line second fli th? second heaj
fairs of th? union high school
will vote on two questions next race and finished third in the
main event.
Monday afternoon between 2 and
Two spills during the after­
8 p.m. standard time, 3 and 9
noon provided extra thrifls for
p.m. daylight saving time.
On.? purpose of the meeting race fans. First was the wreck
will be the election of a director of th-» jalopy drivm by Oscar
for a five-year term and the Roth in the second heat and the
other is the proposition of giving final pile-up came in the main
the board authorization to sell event’w hen Paul Brasmer turned
the schoolhouse site as now i over about mid-way through the
race.
used.
Four of the 10 starting cars in
The term of Oscar Weed, chair­
man of the board, expires thia the main event completed the
journey.
year.
District Board
Slates Meeting
Pioneer Honored
At Birkenfeld
The annual Nehalem Valley
Pioneer association meeting,
which took place Sunday at Bir-
kenfeld with the usual dinn -r,
business meeting and prograrrt
attracted a large .group of pio­
neers, amiyig them Grandma Carl,
99-year-o)d honor guest for the
day. She will reach her 100th
birthday this fall.
Among those of the program
was Mr. Coffey of Portland, at
one time the principal of the
Wmema high sjhool.
Mrs. WiUiam Jones of L'lats-
kanie performed a memoftal ser­
vice for the J3 deceased mem­
bers of th? society. Other high
points of the day were visiting
of the pioneers and discussions
of events which took place in
early times.
Installation Monday
The joint installation of the
American Legion and Auxiliary
officers for the coming year
is scheduled to take place Mon­
day evening of next week, June
16, instead of Tuesday as an­
nounced last week.
locate here and information from
th? SP&S traffic department
provided information that Ver­
nonia, which is on a branch line,
has the same privileges as if it'
were operating as an intermen
ate point on a mam line.
"Branch line points are con­
side red to be on the main line
up to a distance of 65 miles from
the main line. Thus, a remaau-
facturing plant might locate in
Vernonia and recover the ma­
jor part of lts inbound ra-.e
charges, The same inbound rate
would apply to the incoming
rough lumber as, applies to the
outgoing finished lumber pm-
duct. . . ”
Requirements Estimated
Included in the report wrr?
estimates of future electrical en­
ergy requirements for the arra
An expanded residential con*
sumption is forecast, based on a
rapid increase in average con-
sumption in recent months and
the statements of appliance deal­
ers.
The rural area is already high­
ly electrified and the survey
pointed out that there is little
room to exploit opportunities in
this direction. County farm of
ficials were interviewed for th-
report information that little ex-
pansiop in irrigation can be ex
pected in the Vernonia area since
most of the opportunities have
already been exploited.
How
ever, quite a bit more expansion
is foreseen in the Birkenteld
Jewell-Elsie regidn with 4OU
acres planned for the near futur*-
and an additional 500 acres in 10
years.
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Land Being Cleared
There has been active clearing
of stumps in this area in prepar.?
tion for farming and Irrigation
Small industrial users in the
area indicated some growth in«
power needs in future years ana
the report indicated a poasibl«'
need for a 500 KW demand in the
next few years, depending on
whether a lumber lemanufaetur
ing plant located here. The re
port estimated a peak d -mand of
2,000 KW in 1961 or» the basis of
the needs of heavy industry.
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Vets Warned on
Address Changes
Veterans Who have moved since
applying for the Oregon bonus
were warned today to report
their address changes immediate
ly to the departm nt of veteran's
affairs bonus division in Salem
Bonus payments were slated to
start by the ffrst of July, but
H.C. Saalfeld, bonus supervisor,
predicts that many of the check»
will be returned to the depart
ment because applicants failed to
report their changes of address
Saalfeld said the post office in ®
most cases will not forward bo«
nus checks
"If a v< teran has
moved since he applied for the
bonus, and hasn't informed us ot
his address change, his bonus
payment will be returned to the
veteran’s department and held
until we can locate him.'*
Applicants can avoid this de­
lay by informing the department
immediately • of their addre«.
changes. They should write the
d'parjment of veteran’s affairs,
bonus division, Salem, giving
their full name and bonus ap­
plication number, their old ad­
dress and the new address.
An estimated 65,000 veterans
will receive about $27,170.000 in
the initial payments during July
That is the numbzr and amount
of payments pxpected to be ap-
prov d when the first bonus
checks go in the mail.
More
than 85.000 Oregon veterans al­
ready have applied, while about
50,000 more applications are ex­
pected before the D-cember I
deadline.
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