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V ILUME 31, NUMBER 43
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
PHONE 191
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 22. li. i
I
Non-League
Tilt Friday
Lost 20-7
County Tax Valuation Up
For Total of $16,448,135
Two Business
Firm Changes
I Are Arranged
Columbia county’s tax valua- I
Th? booklet listed the value of
tion jumped $201,469 between taxable property for 1953-54 as:
1952 and 1953 to reach a total of tillable land. 29,285.57 acres,
$16,448.135, according to a sum- I $1.889,370: non-tillable land, 228.-
mary of the 1953-54 tax roll is- I 273.78 acres. $1,972,315; timb r
•Vy-East Outclasses
Thomas Variety Sold
sued last week by O. A. Ridenour, ! land, 4.259.04 acres. $151.630;
~ogger Eleven; Pass
After Completing
county assessor.
structural improveemnts on un
Defense Overcome
26 Years in Business
The tax hummarv, a 10-page platted land. $2.608,075; platted
pamphlet, outlined the tax situa lands, $842.480; structural im
The Vernonia Loggers took it
Two transactions have taken
tion of the county, listing valua provements on platted lands. $1,-
or the chin last Friday evening I
tion, a statement of taxes levied 644,010; and mineral reservations, plac" h re within the past few
w’.cn they made th"' long trip to
days that will result in changes
for the year and a breakdown of $18,880.
V -East whirs they met that
mill levies.
This placed the total real pro- of ownership for two business
tff m in a non-league conference
A comparison with last year’s p.rty tax valuation at $9,126 760. I firms within a short time. Of-
t ' and were defeated by the
summary showed that the in
Personal property was listed as. j ficial announcement of one of the
sc- e of 20-7.
crease in total valuation was manufacturing machinery
and
’ ernonia just couldn't se?m to brought about through boosts in ■ logging equipment,
$1.718,930; I changes was made earlier this
started and was outclassed in nearly every kind of taxable pro- | boats, vessels and other water week by Mr. and Mrs. Claude
P"- tically every department by party.
craft, $21,415; merchandise and Thomas, owners of Thomas Va
th* Wy-East eleven.
stock in trade. $1.449.080; farming riety store, who have disposed
Vy-East scored first in the
implements and quipment, $778,. of the business to Mr. and Mrs.
starting period when they caught |
860; furniture and fixtures in
M. B. Steers, Jr. The latter will
t- Loggers napping on pass de-
comm rcial use, $480,335; horses
assume
operation of the store
fr nse and completed a long, 30-
and mules, numbering 526, $12,-
vi d toss which end'd up in the
470; cattle, numbering 12,334, the first of November.
er - zone for their first TD. The
$578,835; sh ;ep and goats, num
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas recently
The fall handicap golf tourna
r i of th? first half play was a
bering 2,309. $10,695; swine, num- | conducted a st or?-wide sale and
nip and tuck defensive battle with ment has been completed at the b ring 566, $4,845; poultry, num
re -her team able to start any Vernonia country club with win bering 23,004; $14,840; fur-bear I since then have sold th? business.
ners as follows:
! Included in the transaction is the
sustained drives.
,
ing animals, numbering 2,303, $9,.
Ken Nanson 1st: Tom Corrigan.
■ building in which the store is lo
Third quarter play was the
075; miscellaneous, $365.
2nd; Ben Brickel 3rd in th? cham
big Quarter as far as both of
Valuation of personal property cated.
pionship flight; Bill Nelson 1st
totalled $5,079,745.
th squads w.re concerned. Once
The former owners would have
place in th' consolation flight.
ag; n the same long pass play
Soldier's exemptions brought complet 'd 26 years here in the
Trophies were awarded to the
p .- ed havoc with the locals when
deductions of $98,170 but Public variety store business in March of
various winners.
another Wy-East TD scor'd from
Service corporation property ad next year. They opened the busi-
In addition to the above win
2
ards out. The Wy-East squad
ded $2,339,800 to th? total valua 1 ness originally in the building
ners. low gross and low net
t-rn kicked off to th? locals who
tion. A county tax levy of 7.7 in which the Schaumburg paint
awards w.re won bv Joe Magoff,
lc; the ball roll to their own 25
mills is Expected to produce $125,- store is now locat d, but moved
Bill Nelson, Wesley Bolmeier ana
v lout gaining possession of it
650.63 in county taxes.
in a few months to the present
Kenny Nanson. These winners
w i Wy-East taking ov-r there
location. People who have re
The
summary
showed
that
resi
were awarded golf balls.
or a recovery. From that point
sided here for many years will
dents
of
Vernonia
will
pay
the
The next tournament will b?
drove it over after a drive,
recall that previous to th? time
the winter handicap which will high st mill levy of any incor
st -ring from three yards out.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas moved their
porated
community
in
the
coun
start soon after th? first of Jan
store into the building it was
~ ie Loggers’ one and only tally
ty
with
a
tax
rat?
of
142.4.
Ver
uary. This will be open to any
occupied by the Gordon furniture
c-.r'e on a 55-yard jaunt by Speed
golfer in the community that has nonia's taxpayers are financing store.
L ‘by. Th? try for point was
a
new
high
school,
accounting
for
an established handicap or can
Previous to their variety busi
• i with Ozzie Ray converting.
establish a handicap by turning the high tax rat..
ness,
th" Thomases owned and
Clatskanie residents will pay
in score cards to th? club house
operated a garage on Second
the
sicond
highest
tax
rate
of
126
between how and the first of th"
street where the Nazarene church
year. The golf course is in bet mills.
is now located. They will con-
Third
highest
tax
will
fall
upon
ter shape than it has been all
tinu"
to mak? their home here.
year and this should prove to be Scappoose citizens for a total of
1
The other change of business
120.1
mills.
an add d incentive to get the
which has taken place in the past
golfers, and duffers out. There
Rainier taxes will total 106.8 few davs concerns the Palace
"vo hunters were injured by is still lots of good golf weather
mills for residents outside the cafe. Mrs. Jack Barry, former
u. '.shots near here Saturday and
left.
cemetery district and 109.8 for I operator of th? business, has dis
ar.-ther was killed Sunday on
Goble taxpayers posed of her interest to Mrs.
i those insid. .
< • e.i mountain as the hunting
will be charged 84 8 mills for Luella Anderson who planned to
tr last week end in this part of
their government, while Prescott reopen the business today.
t- state. Both injuries took place
citizens pay 99.1 and Columbia
nc: here.
City citizens, 92.9.
iis. Frances St. Onge, 25, of
St. Helens residents face a tax
S H lens was wounded in the
I levy of 96.9 mills.
f.-
while hunting n?ar Bak?r
Through information releas d :
Valuation of cities in the county
pc it lookout by a bullet fired in a communication received here with last year's valuation in par
by George Koski, also of St. the latter part of last week The | enthesis w?re:
K ens. She was taken to the Salvation Army points out that it j
Clatskanie, $387,030 ($381,530);
Th? need for more equipment
F” sicians and Surgeons hospi- is not included in the current j
Columbia City, $88,755 ($87,745); for the grade school cafeteria is
t
:n Portland for treatment.
Unit.d Fund drive which began Goble. $31,995 ($17,7151; Prescott.
the reason for a benefit dinner
Th 2 second mishap to occur Sunday. Word of the Army’s de
$33,845 ($27,380); Rainier, $640,105 which is scheduled to take place
S. ' irday was a leg injury for cision to conduct its own cam
($681,950);
Scappoose, $301,870 October 31 at the Washington
J.1 R. Lowe. 30, of Portland paign came from Harry L. Lar
($270,735);
Vernonia,
$315,345 school lunch room. The decision
w was hunting in the Stoney sen. divisional commander. Port
($323,300).
to h ip with the project was made
• it area on Timber route. He land.
Rainier showed a drop of more Monday evening at the first fall
brought here for emergency
The decision, as made by Army
tm?nt, th?n taken to St. Vin officials and the county commit than $40.000 in total valuation business meeting of the P.-T.A.
ci -t’s hospital in the Vernonia tee, was released in view of th? while Vernonia fell n-arly $7,000. Monday evening at Ithe high
All other communities war? given school.
< -munity ambulance.
fact that some publicity has ap
Th? association will give the
*>'hile hunting on Green moun peared to the effect that the higher valuation.
The booklet showed that resi grade school its assistance in mak
ts ■ early Sunday morning, a Army was included in the United
dents of Goble, like last year, will ing th? dinner a success.
.«?•: took the life of Jack East- Fund.
pay no city tax. but must pay a
Members of the P.-T.A. heard
29. of Astoria. The shot
total levy of 84.8 mills.
Mrs R. O. Wickersham. Portland,
w;.s thought to have been fired
The summary illustrate the state chairman of the parent edu
b; Jack Cummings, also of As- Jambore« Date Set
steady climb of taxes in Columbia cation committee as
guest
: • ; 3.
I
This year's LCL basketball county during the last five years. speaker at the meeting. Her to
jamboree is scheduled to take Total taxes were listed as 1948-49. pic was •'Study and Discussion
place h're again this yiar Decern, SU68.117.71; 1949 50. $1.420.730- Groups for Parents."
ber 4. Eight high school teams 27; 1950-51. $1,478,805.57; 1951-52.
will compete, each team playing $1.548,90191; 1952-53, $1.636.153.-
Convention Attended
04; 1953-54, $1,666.707 11.
two quarters.
Fall Handicap
Won by Nanson
Two Injured, One
Killed by Shots
Salvation Army ;
Not in Drive
i
Tuesday Meeting
To Hear History
7 te next meeting of the Colum-
b.a County Historical Society,
v ■ Th is dated to take place next
Tu ?day. October 27, will bring
■ ribers of the organization to
th:s section of the county. The
s..- ety will conven-* at the Ver-
r • -;a grange hall.
T ie affair will open with a pot-
;< dinnir at noon and a busi-
- o meeting and local history
- gram will follow. The history
p. gram is being arranged by Os
car Weed
The annual election of officers
so scheduled for this meeting.
Girls Plan Dance
The high school Girls League
w
«pensor a homecoming dance
zftrr th? Warrenton game Friday
evening. Music will be supplied
the Swmgstsrs and the affair
9pen to the public.
I
Benefit Dinner
Due Cafeteria
Electric power consumers served
by West Oregon Electric will be
without electricity from 1 to 5
a.m. Friday morning, tomorrow
officials of the cooperative an
nounced Wednesday morning.
Reason for the outage is the
completion of work at the Ver
nonia substation which will com
plete the job of changing a switch
that will mak? it possible to tic
in the new transmission line be
tween this substation and the
one located at Sunset junction.
Power users in the entire Ver
nonia area will be subject to the
outage including residents at Bir-
kenfeld. Mist, Pittsburg, Timber
rout ', Timber, Hayward, Bacona,
Top Hill and Keasoy route.
Loggers, Rainier
Tie for Second
LEAGUE STANDINGS
St. Helens
Vernonia
Rainier
Warrenton
Clatskanie
Scappoose
Seaside
W
4
3
3
2
1
1
0
L
0
1
1
1
3
4
4
Pct.
1.000
.750
.750
.666
.250
.200
0O0
Friday’s Scores
St. Hol ns 19, Clatskanie 0.
Rainier 26, Scappoose 6.
Astoria 35, Seaside 12.
Warrenton 19, Neahkanie 13.
Wy-East 20, Vernonia 7.
Vernonia’s sole ownership for
second place in the Lower Co
lumbia I 'ague last week is shared
with Rainier this week as the re
sult of last Friday’s games. The
Logg.rs, playing Wy-East in a
non-league fray, didn’t drop from
second place even though they
lost 20-7,
Rainier shares second this week
because th ■ Columbians overran
Scappoose Friday 26-6 for their
third league victory, thereby
handing Scappoose its fourth de
feat this season.
Warrenton also holds the same
standing as last week as last Fri
day's game for the Warriors with
Neahkanie was out of the league.
Warrenton won 19 to 13.
St. Helens maintain d its posi
tion at the top of the list by
handing Clatskanie a third loss
this season, 19-0, although the
Tigers were able to hold the
Lions’ power in check for th? first
quarter and allowed only one
touchdown for St. Helens up to
the mid-way mark.
Students to Go
To Conference
Both the high school Timber
line and th? Memolog will be re
presented Friday and Saturday
at the 27th annual Oregon high
.-.chool press conference at the
UniV"rsity of Oregon, Eug.ne.
To attend this year’s sessions
Three delegates representing I will be Kathleen Sauer and Mary-
mill and timber workers returned lyn Good, representing the M mo-
last week end from Vancouver, log, and Margaret Buckley and
B. C. wh"re they attended the June Cunningham from the Tim
berline. Miss Mary Harding, ad
annual IWA convention last week
Going from here w?re Jim Cox, visor for the Memolog. will ac
Vernonia, on the other hand, ! Jr., and Mrs. Cox and Sherman company them.
Th? conference will featur? gen
has a record of three wins and Fisher. The two men represented
eral
assemblies presenting repre-
IWA
Local
5-37.
Charlie
Duncan
one loss and is tied with the Rai
nier Columbians for second place represented Camp Olson at th? s"ntatives from the newswriting,
literary and advertising fi?lds.
to dats. The Ixiggen defeat’d convention.
Students will also meet Saturday
Seaside, Clatskanie and Scappoose
morning for roundtable discus
and suffered a loss at the hands
Jury Name» Listed
sions conducted by staff members
of the St. Helens Lions. Ver
nonia will also be out for blood
The October t rm jury list foi of high school publications with
to remain in the second plac? slot th? circuit court for Columbia | high stat? and national ratings.
in the league, so this should be county was released the latter |
quite a game, which is rated by , part of last week by the county ,
New Job Taken
the armchair quarterbacks as a clerks office and lists the names J
Don Helm, who was in charge
tossup.
of three people from this part
Local fans will see fancy ball of the county. Edward Garner for part of the past summer at
carrying with the efforts of Carl was the only Vernonia name listed the Pittsburg guard station, has
Rodrigues,
speedy
Warrenton on the trial juror list. Mrs Laura been transf?rred to Dallas where
back and one of the leading scor Carmicha?! and Clifford Fowler he is working as inspector for the
ers in the league, and Bill Braun, both are serving on the grand forest service. He left for his
new pest early this week.
Logg-r speedst r.
jury.
Loggers, Warrenton to
Tangle Here Friday Night
|
i
Coach Vlcek's Loggers will tak?
, on the Warrenton eleven on the
local field Friday night at 8:00
p.m. in their fourth Lower Co
lumbia leagu*» encounter this sea
son and the last game to be play
ed on the local turf. This will be
homecoming for the Loggers and
a gooq crowd is expected both
from Vernonia and Warrenton.
To date the Warriors of War
renton have a league standing
of two wins and one loas, the only
loss being suffered at the hands
of St. Helens The Warriors have
taken wins from Rainier and
Scappoose and will be out for
blood Friday evening for the con-
vettd second place berth in the
league.
Outage for
Power Users
Announced
County Fire
Record Lists
9 for Season
2.4 Acres Burned
During Summer;
State Record Good
Forest fires reported for th»
1953 fire season hit an all-tim •
low for Columbia county ar. I
the state record, as far as matt-
caused fires is concerned, als >
dropped to a number less thai
has been true for ov.r ten years
Figures giving the county total
came Wednesday from Dennis Ma
whirter, assistant district warden
at Pittsburg and from the Keep
Or?gon Green association head
quarters at Salem for the stat •
data.
For this county only nine fires
have been reported up to dat ‘
this year and they have burned
only 2.4 acres. Last year’s re
cord of 20 fires and 47.32 acres
was considered very good by
forestry men, especially for th •
extremely dry summer season of
1952, but the record so far this
season is even b tter.
The record for 1951 was 34
fires and 112 acres and for I95j,
14 fires and 29 acres.
Causes given for the fires in
1953 were given by Mawhirter as
two—logging; two—smokers and
one each from lightning, debt-..»
burning, incendiary and miscel
laneous.
Figures compiled by both stat?
and federal units show that j
total of 1,543 fires occurr d in the
forests of Oregon this past season
and one of the very significant
facts is that only 473 were man
caused while the balance of 1.97 '
were caused by lightning. Dean
Paul M. Dunn, chairman of th*
KOG association released the in
formation and also indicated that
this will be one of the best fire-
free years since 1941 when th*
association program was organi?
ed.
Causes given for the 273 total
are: smokers 156, logging 60.
slash and debris 66, campers 57.
incendiary 23, railroads 19 and
miscellaneous 92.
Last year’s
man-caus d fires totaled 1,04.»
Scouts Without
Leader Service
Boys of this community wh>
are interested in Scout work ar
without the services of a Scout
master for the coming year an
official of the I.O.O.F. lodge an
nounced Tuesday night after th •
matter had been discussed at th •
Lodge meeting that evening.
Th? Scoutmaster post becam •
vacant a week or so ago when
Merle Graham resigned and sine
that time someone to take the post
has not been found so that it may
not b? possible to carry on th?
program this y?ar.
Scout troops are granted new
charters each year in October for
the ensuing year, but so far th •
lodge, which sponsors the Ver
nonia troop, has not applied for
a charter for the coming year.
THOSE WHO
ARE IN IT
Staff Sgt. Leeman Lindsiey sur
prised his parents Sunday even
ing by arriving on a 20-day delay
enroute furlough. He is being
transferred from Mare Island Na
val base to a recruiting stat.**n
at San Francisco
Donald Blount who is station *d
in Japan was promoted to PC*,
rec ntly.
Death Call Received
Mrs. Paul Naviaux left here
Tuesday for San Francisco when
she was called because of the
death of a son. Glen Morgan. Sh
made the trip with Mr and Mrs
LtWU Morgan of Portland, foe