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VOLUME 35, NUMBER 31
Elk Season
Extended by
Game Group
A week longer general elk sea­
son and an earlier pheasant and
quail opening highlighted several
changes in the tentative rules
adopted by the gam? commission
Friday, July 26, as final hunting
regulations for the 1957 seasons.
The rules as adopted would
open the general elk season on
October 26 on both the east and
west side areas. Closing dates
would remain the same, Novem­
ber 11 on the coast ranges and
November 24 in the Cascade,
northeastern, and southeastern
ranges.
In addition, Josephine
county in southwestern Oregon
was included in the spike bull
area.
The pheasant, quail, and part­
ridge season was moved ahead
one week, opening on October 19
and extending through Novem­
ber 4. Because of excellent brood
counts, Jackson and Josephine
counties were opened up for val­
ley quail, the season to run con­
current with the pheasant season
dates. Bag limit was set at 5 per
cay and not ox?r 10 in possession.
An additional controlled deer
shoot was set up to be held No­
vember 16 and 17 on tree farms
in central Lane and a portion of
Linn counties. This area encom­
passes a long, narrow strip east
of U.S. highway 99 from Cottage
Grove and Culp creek on the
south to Halsey and highway 228
on the north. A total of 2,000
tags would by issued for this con­
trolled shoot.
The commission granted one
more proposal by Clatsop county
hunters and extended the buck
season three days. In this area
the general buck season was set
from September 28 through Oc­
tober 21.
All other regulations remain
the same as tentatively set two
weeks ago with a general buck
season running from September
28 through October 18 and an
either sox season from October
19 through October 21.
A complete synopsis of th»'
regulation will be available to
the oublic in three or four weeks.
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County Pioneers io Picnic
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The Columbia County Pioneer
association will hold its annual
picnic Sunday August 12 in Hud­
son Park.
In case of stormy
weather the meeting will be held
in the Beaver Valley Grange
hall. Those who attend are to
brmg lunch and dishes, Coffee
w '! be provided by the associa-
tion. Membcrs may bring their
friends, also.
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Final preparations for the 42nd
annual Columbia county fair
scheduled for August 15, 16 and
17 at the fairgrounds at Deer Is­
land were being rushed this week
planning,
with final program
work on fair facilities and prep-
aration for receiving a host of
exhibits all underway.
This year's Columbia countv
fair will offer a variety of attrac­
tions with three days of contests,
exhibits and entertainment plan
ned for Columbia county­ resi-
dents.
Featured at the fair this yr'ar
will be the work and projects of
the county's youth active in 4-H
and Future Farmers of America,
a county-wide flower show that
is being re-instituted this year
after several years’ absence, the
All-Star Monte Brooks’ "Sawdust
lind Spangles” circus type show
and a variety of other events.
4-H. FFA and other exhibitors
this week were beginning groom­
ing and planning their exhibits,
displays and demonstrations.
Reports from the various points
in the county indicated that th?
adults too were getting ready to
put Columbia county’s finest on
display in the fields of agricul­
ture, homemaking and hobbies.
Exhibitors are reminded to
check their premium lists for
times entries are to be in place
and the rules for showing their
prize exhibits in the county-wide
competition.
"Sawdust and Spangles,” with
Monte iBooks of Portland as
master of ceremonies, is a fast
paced show with animal acts in­
cluding a performing elephant,
dogs and horses, an outstanding
team of foot jugglers and acro­
bats and a bevy of beauties
bringing songs and dancing.
Monte Brooks' band will provide
the music for the show and will
also provide the music for the
fair’s end dance on, Saturday
night.
Giles F. Ohmart of St. Helens
is in charge of sports entertain­
ment with a horseshoe pitching
contest, pie and watermelon eat­
ing contest, a fat man’s race and
a pig scramble for the FFA. The
pig scramble will see two events
on Friday and three on Saturday
with one team from each of the
county’s five FFA chapters par­
ticipating
Another feature of the fair on
Friday afternoon previously un­
announced will be a tractor driv­
ing contest with Hudson Farm
Supply of Scappoose and Click’s
Farm Supply of St. Helens in
charge. It is open competition for
prizes and registrations may be
made at either of the two firms.
Entry and judging times for
PeeWees End Season with Holbrook
Game Monday; Appreciate Response
The Vernonia PeeWees ended
th' lr season with a valiant effort
but still lost to Holbrook Monday
night 4-2. The game was well
played by both teams and a
much better attitude prevailed
on the part of the host team.
Exira base hits by Holbrook, a
triple and double by Golden and
a triple by Ford were largely
responsible for their team's vic­
tory Twice Vernonia established
a ne-run lead only to see their
opponents tie the score in their
half of the inning.
In the fourth and fifth innings
Vernonia had runners advance as
far as third only to be left stran
ded as Holbrook s pitcher, Ferris,
bore down and registered strike­
outs to retire the side The mar-
gir of victory was provided in
the fourth inning when Ford led
off with a triple followed by a
Vernonia error, a fielder's choice,
another error. and a balk on
Marvin
wh.ch a run scored.
Crt wston had good control
throughout the game not walx-
1V a single batter and striking
out three
Line score;
Program for
Scouts Topic
Of Meeting
Preparation Rushed for
42nd Annual Fair Event;
Varied Program Offered
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Vernonia
101 000
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101 20
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Holbrook
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Batteries; Crowston and Alt-
man; Ferris and Bell.
The Vernonia PeeWees, then-
manager, and their coach. wish
to express their appreciation to
the people of the community
whose immediate response satis­
fied the financial need for their
baseball program Within a few
hours after the news was pub­
lished Bill Horn had collected
or had pledged to him th? amount
sufficient to cover the equipment
purchased this season. Donations
were received from the following
individuals and businesses: Red
Ade. J. Hall. Mrs. Myrtle Falcon,
berry. Texaco Service, Mike's
Place. Rex McRae. Strong Elec
trie. Marvin Eby. Bill Wilson.
Carl Schaumburg. Chuck John-
son. Vernoma Bakery, Sam Hear-
Jr. John Wylde. Harvey
Keith. Dr R D Eby. Jack Thomp-
son. Loe I Roberts. and Mrs. Mary
Fletcher
The PeeWees would
also like'to thank those who have
contributed to the summer pro­
gram in other ways such as lights,
transportation, umpiring, etc
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the various departments of the
iair vary and exhibitors are
urged to check their premium
books for details on their individ­
ual fields.
Exhibits in textiles and culi­
nary departments must be in
place by 10 a.m. Tuesday, Au­
gust 13 to be judged Wednesday.
All entries should be made as
early as possible and must be
made and in place excepting tex­
tiles and culinary on or before
midnight of the day preceding
the opening of the fair excepting
those exhibiting stock 26 or more
miles from the fairgrounds. They
will be given until 8 o’clock on
Thursday morning to have their
stock in place.
The special floial department
will receive entries on Wednes­
day from 7 to 9 p.m. and on
Thursday from 8 to 11 a.m. with
potted plants accepted Wednes­
day evening only. Judging of
flora] entries will be at 11 a.m.
Thursday.
State Fair To
Open August 31
The most colorful state fair in
Oregon history is promised when
the gates open for the 92nd fair
the morning of August 31. Near­
ly all the buildings are shining
in newly painted pastel colors
of yellow, green and pink, Set
among the shaded lawns and
trees, the fairgrounds will pre-
sent a strikingly different ap-
pearancr to visitors.
The 4-H building will be in use
for the last time by 4-H young­
sters.
The list legislature ap­
propriated $300,000 for a new
4-H dormitory and work on the
new building will be started just
as soon as the long range survey
on fairgrounds planning has been
completed.
The midway is being doubled
in width to 52 feet. This has al­
ways been one of the most con­
gested areas on the grounds.
There will be parking space for
several thousand cars. Most of
this will be near the 17th street
entrance but some parking area
will also be available at the Sil­
verton road entrance.
Council Studies
Burner Plans
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Marvin Meyer, neighborhood
commissioner for the Boy Scouts
in this area, has called a meeting
of all parents of scouts and pros­
pective scouts for next Wednes­
day evening. August 7, at the
1OOF hall at 8 p.m. Cooperating
with him on plans for the meet­
ing are Frank Lentz and Truman
Knight, representatives of the
Odd Fellows lodge which spon­
sors the Bov Scout movement
here.
A representative from Portland
will be here to present the scout
program and to explain the needs
for carrying on such a program
here. At present, there is no
local scoutmaster. Jewel Lloyd
who has been scoutmaster for a
number of years, resigned several
weeks ago. His son, Pat Lloyd,
who is home from college for
the summer, has been carrying
on in the interim, but if the scout
program is to be carried on this
fall, a new scoutmaster is im­
perative.
Also, in the past, parents have
shown very little interest in the
program and th*e desired support
from parents has been lacking
Purpose of this meeting is to ex­
plain to parents the need for their
cooperatibn and the ways in
which they can and should assist
the scoutmaster. One person can­
not carry the load alone and pro­
per success of th? movement de­
pends on the interest and help
of parents of boys who enroll.
The attendance of scouts at
Camp Meriwether will also be
discussed at the meeting. Some
are signed up for the sessions
which will occur soon but lack
adults to accompany them.
Clark Extends
County Duties
Leo D. Clark, who previously
was work unit conservationist for
the Scappoose Soil Conservation
district, has now extended his du­
ties to include all of Columbia
county. Such a move was made
necessary because of the transfer
of Virgil Lance from the Clats­
kanie district to Corvallis July
1.
At present. Clark is spending
Monday and Friday in th? Scap­
poose district and Tuesday and
Thursday in the Clatskanie dis­
trict.
Wednesdays are devoted
to what ever area needs his at­
tention and some of the time
he is at the West Oregon office
here for consultation with people
in this area
Mr Clark has been working
in the Scappoose district since
1952.
Open House:
Smithwick H
The welcoming of a new indus­
try for this area will be officially
observed August 15 when an open
house is scheduled to take place
at the newly located processing
plant of Smithwick Concrete
Products at Haydite about nine
miles south of Vernonia. The
plant has been moved from Port­
land to the quarry and is schi'd-
uled to start operation next week.
An open house at the plant at
Warden Orders
Burn Closure
Closure of the Tillamok Burn
area to all travel has been or­
dered by Frank Sargent, district
warden, state forest service, due
to extraordinary fire hazard
brought on by a long rainless
period. While the area affected
may be designated by area 5 P
in Zone 3, the Tillamook burn, it
might be well for possible en­
trants to consider the entire burn
area affected The order became
effective at midnight Friday, July
26
Entrance may b? gained by per­
mit. according to Sargent. This
may be applied for at the Forest
Grove district headquarters, Hen­
ry Rierson's at (Elsie; Rogers
camp, summit of Wilson river;
Nehalem,
Salmonberry,
Tilla­
mook. Jewell, Trask or Jordan
Creek guard stations, Orville
Buxton’s at Yamhill, the Sterling
ranch on Sunset, or the High
Heaven lookout.
Extreme care is being taken
because this is the sixth year
after the disastrous fire of 1951,
which followed th? fires of 1945,
1939 and 1933, all in intervals of
six years.
Even after gaining a permit to
enter the 300,000 acre area, berry
pickers, fern pickers, loggers,
fishermen and hikers are warned
that smoking is permissible only
in certain designated areas and
use of campfires also is regulated
to certain areas. All those enter-
iirg the burn are required to have
in their possession certain fire
extinguishing equipment.
Wooden Nickels
Used By Scouts
A letter was recrived this week
bv Mrs Paul Gordon, chamber
of commerce secretary, from the
boys of Jamboree Troop 8, Port­
land council. Boy Scouts of Am­
erica, who had attended the Boy
Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge,
thanking her for sending them
wooden nickels which they used
as traders for souvenirs at the
jamboree. The letter stated that
by now the nickels were all over
the United States. Thirty-seven
boys signed the letter.
City councilmen met Tuesday
evening for a short special ses­
sion to make up for the regular
second meeting in July at which
a quorum was not present. The
main item of business Tuesday
was a study of blueprints for an
incinerator for the city garbage
dump
Plans for the incinerator ha1
been prepared by S. A. Ross, en­
gineer. but information about
costs was not yet available. The
The Vernonia Fire department
council requested W A Davis,
who has the garbage franchise, received two calls last week and
to make arrangements to burn as were able to reach both fires in
time to prevent extensive dam­
frequently as possible.
Welfare expenditures in Coium
The dump was burned Monday age
bia county for the past fiscal year
First
call
was
about
10
pm.
night of this week under super­
showed an increase of $37,000
vision of the state forestry de­ Wednesday evening when they j over th? previous year, according
were
called
to
extinguish
a
roof
partment
I fire on a store room at the home I to Mrs. Eva Tice, administrator.
of Phil Reeder on Rose Avenue. The total expenditure for the
Fire had apparently started from year was $425.153
Correction
Mrs. Tice said that there were
sparks from a stove used for
increases in general assistance,
The yard of the month selected burning trash
in precinct 3 belongs to Mr. and
Thursday noon, the rural fire old age assistance, aid to dis­
Mrs George Wells of Riverside truck was taken to the farm of abled, and foster home care. A
Drive instead of to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Woods four miles out on decrease was noted in the aid to
L. L Well« as was stated last Timber road to extinguish a trac­ dependent children bracket.
In general assistance there was
week
They have the sign in tor fire.
an increase of $12,186, bringing
their yard to prove it.
the total cost to $40,229 general
'Woody' Attends 4-H Camp and $8,129 for medical general
Premium Lilts Available
Woody, the forest industries assistance. In the bracket there
Columbia county fair premium symbol of Tree Farming and good was an average case load of 62
lists are available free of charge forest management, me» several persons
The increase in the old ag as­
at the West Oregon office, the Oregon 4-H club members at the
Vernonia Trading Co., Steer's 4-H forestry club camp at Camp sistance was $16,885, Mrs Tice
Vernonia Variety store, the U. S. Wilkerson in Columbia county said, with the total amount for
National bank and the Vernonia last week. Ovr 100 boys and June. 1956, $15.803 and $19,031
Eagle office They contain a full girls, members of Oregon 4-H for June, 1957, The cause of the
list of all entries that will be ac­ forestry clubs, attended the camp increase was mainly due to in­
cepted and rules for entering ..nd received instruction on for­ creased nursing home rates, and
increased standards. The total
est and wildlife management.
them
Two Fire Calls
Made Last Week
4:30 that day will bv folio wet
by a hospitality hour and dinner
here at the Legion hall at 6 p.n
and for the affair Governor an.t
Mrs Robert Holmes have accept
ed an invitation to be presen'
He will be one of the main speak
ers.
Invitations are being ex­
tended other state officials, may
ors of towns in northwest Ore
gon. heads of various professional
and construction organizations,
state representatives and senator»
and county officials.
Arrangements for the open
house are being handled jointly
by Smithwick Concrete Products
and the new industries committee
of the Vernonia chamber of com
merce and 200 are expected to be
present for the affair as it is
shaping up at present.
Natal Grange Is
Told of Ragwort
At the meeting of Natal Grange
held July 24, Clyde Henderson,
agriculture chairman, gave re
ports on present conditions in the
lumber business and on farm har
vest crops, which are reported
large in this area due to much
rainfall. Hog prices were shown
to be about the same as last year
and egg prices are expected to
rise some.
It was also reported that some
tansy ragwort, a weed very poi
sonous to cattle, has been found
in the Nehalem valley and every
one was urged to be on the look
out for it and destroy any that
was found by burning Canadian
thistles are also bad in some
areas and each land owner was
urged to try to eradicate those-
on thdir place.
Mrs. Ruth Steers, fair booth
chairman, asked members for the
best of their produce and canned
goods for the exhibit at the coun
ty fair.
Future events announced in­
cluded party night August 3, Po­
mona Grange at Yankton August
3, a special meeting at the little
school house to prepare grains­
and grasses for the fair August
12 and the next regular meeting
August 14.
A program <4 songs and rend
ings was presented by Myrtle and
Grace Mathews and the meeting
was followed by the usual social
hour and refreshments.
Fluke io Attend Event
Darrell J Fluke, seaman, USN,
son of Mr and Mrs. James Fluke
of 8 O-A hill, Vernonia, Oregon,
and husband of the former Miss
Bonnie M Russom of 123 North
St., Vernonia, is aboard the sub­
marine USS Menhaden, which >s
one of the 22 ships which will
visit Seattle, Washington August
7-12, during the annual S"a Fair.
County Welfare Costs Rise $37,000
During Past Fiscal Year, Reported
cost for the year was $205,736"
for general assistance and $24.-
414 for medical. There was an
average case load of 272
An increase tn standards was
the main cause of the $4.015 in­
crease in the aid to the disabled,
Mrs Tice said. The total cost for
the fiscal year was $44,412 gen­
eral and $5,300 m'dical. There
was an average case load of 48
The only decrease, which was
in the aid to dependent children,
$232 with the total of $66.959 in
1955 56 and $66,727 in 1956 57.
The average case load was 52
The increase in foster horn-
care, with current costs of $22.-
313 as compared to $19.180 dur­
ing the 1955-56 fiscal year, was
due to an increase in foster home
rates, the administrator said
There was an average case load
in this bracket of 27
The total case load for each
month during the past fiscal
year was 613, Mrs. Tice said.