Fair Attracts
County 4-Hers
FIRST HOTEL Io be built in Vernonia was building
above and was located on Rock Creek opposite the
present theater building. The small building in back
was the printing office. Man in doorway of hotel is
Truck Hit by
Special Train
A truck driver and his passenger
escaped with injuries Sunday morn
ing when an SP&S excursion train
hit their vehicle, tore the cab from it
and left it a pile of wreckage, accord
ing to the St. Helens’ Police Depart
ment.
The driver, Charles E. White, 22,
7403 SE 48th Ave., and his passenger,
Charles M. Vonahn. 29, 1934 SE 35th
Place, were admitted to Columbia
District hospital, St. Helens, where
they were listed in satisfactory con
dition pending examination of x-rays.
Officers said the truck, belonging
to Jamison Fertilizer Co., was struck
by the train at a railroad crossing at
Highway 30 and Gable road just
south of the city limits of St. Hel
ens’. The two men were thrown from
the cab of the truck.
No one on the train was reported
injured.
The SP&S office in Portland said
the train was a special carrying
members of the Portland Chapter of
the National Railway Businesswomen
to Astoria.
The railway company said the
train and engine sustained minor
damages but the trip continued as
planned.
Oernonia Eagle
4
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1964
Phone HÄ 8-3^62
NEHALEM VALLEY
MOTOR FREIGHT
Sixty-eeven Columbia county 4-H
club members will be participating
at the Oregon state fair with horses,
dairy, beef, sheep and swine; also
with exhibits in knitting, clothing,
foods, home improvement, outdoor
cooking, entomology and garden.
Club members will be participating
as members of judging teams and in
demonstrations.
Lois Salmi and Barbara Place of
Clatskanie will be competing in the
intermediate demonstration contest
in the agricultural division. Margaret
Magruder of Clatskanie will be com
peting in the senior home economics
contest. Zenda Ellis of Vernonia, will
be competing in the intermediate
home economics contest. Participat
ing with the judging team in cloth
ing will be Dottie Jo Gortler and
Geraldine Holz of Columbia City, and
Kathy Cox of Scappoose. On the knit
ting team will be Vicky Donovan of
Scappoose and Jean Whitehead and
Pattie Sivers of Warren.
The meat animal judging team
will consist of Lloyd Johnston and
Marilyn Jones of Birkenfeld, and
Jean Luxford of Clatskanie. The
dairy judging team will be Joyce
Chandler of Vernonia, Georgia Kessi
and Steve Jenkins of Scappoose. The
horse judging contest team will con
sist of Karen Chamberlain of Clats
kanie, Laurel Ann Martin of Scap
poose, and Donna Hilderbrand of St.
Helens. The crops judging team con
sists of Dick Magruder, Randy Berg
man and Elizabeth Ellis, all of Clats
kanie.
Bert I^wis, owner, and he was about to ring bell for
dinner when photo was taken. Owner of original photo
is Bob Spencer, who plans to donate it to the county
museum.
IT'S YOUR LAW
Respect [or Law Makes Democracy Live
AVOIDING ADOPTION
IS UNWISE
Sometimes a couple will rear a
relative or step-child but won’t bo
ther to adopt the child formally and
legally. Such informal arrangements
can be very harmful to the child (le
gally speaking.
Adoption as we know it was not
part of the old common law. The law
yers say that it is a creature of
statute. In other words, our laws
covering adoption of children were
made by the legislature.
A child legally adopted by a per
son cr ccuple, usually assumes the
parent’s name, and by law becomes
the parent's heir just as if he or she
were a natural child of that parent.
To adopt a child legally, one must
file a petition with the proper court
in the county where the petitioner
resides. Also, there must be written
consent of the child’s own parent,
guardian, or responsible government
official. If the child is over fourteen
years old, he or she must also agree
to the adoption.
The judge must then satisfy him
self as to the genuineness of the con
sent, the moral character of the pros
pective parents, and ability to sup
port hte child, and the mental and
physical condition of all parties, and
also that the adoption is in the best
interests of the child.
The adopotion laws are strictly
enforced. The courts will not recog
nize any informal arrangements.
Many children who were brought up
by loving, well-meanirjg people, and
were even told that they were adopt
ed. have been deprived of an inheri
tance because their foster parents
did not comply with the letter of the
law.
• Oregon lawyers offer this column
as a public service. No person should
apply or interpret any law without
the aid of an attorney, who is com
pletely adivsed of the facts involved.
Even a slight variance in facts may
change the application of the law.)
KNIFE HOLDER
m 88c
CURTAIN RODS
6/88c
CANNISTER SET
$1.88
SALAD SET
88c
PAINT ROLLER CVRS 3/88c
Four-
Piece
-
CEMENT & CEMENT PRODUCTS -
Your Shopping Center For
Engineers Ask
Pile Dike Bids
The Portland U. S. Army Engineer
District has invited bids for con
struction of pile dikes at Puget Is
land, Morgan and Vancouver Bars
in the Columbia River.
Cost of the work, which must be
completed in three months, is esti
mated to be about $200,000.
Quantities called for are 48,700
linear feet of piling, timbers, hard
ware and 9,400 cubic yards of stone,
all in place .
Puget Island Bar is located at the
downstream end of Puget Island off
Bradwood, Oregon, about 20 miles
east of Astoria. Morgan Bar is off
Sauvie Island just downstream from
the mouth of the Willamette River,
and Vancouver Bar is off Hayden
Islar/d just downstream of Vancou
ver, Washington. CIVENG-35-026-65-
23. Jerald W. Schmunk.
(NOTE: This column is written
weekly and published by this news
paper as an educational and public
service. If you have questions with
regard to the Oregon State Employ
ment Service and-or Oregon Unem
ployment Insurance Division, please
address them to Oregon Department
of Employment, 402 Labor and In
dustries Building, Salem, Oregon
97310, Attn. Informational Represent
ative. )
QUESTION: In what year did the
Department of Employment pay out
the highest amount in unemployment
insurance benefits?
ANSWER: The highest amount of
unemployment insurance b e n e f i ts
paid by the Oregon Department of
Employment was in Fiscal Year
1958, beginning July 1, 1957 and end
ing June 30, 1958 when $40,963,549
was paid out. The lowest year of
benefits was in Fiscal Year 1944,
during World War II when only
$156,240 was paid. During the past
1964 Fiscal Year, the benefits paid
amounted to $25,593,712.
FAST, FA IR , FR IEN D LY
Fast service. Fair
s e ttle m e n t of claims.
Friendly people who
are on your side.
And you save money, too!
Lower rates because Farmers
insures careful drivers.
Farmers Auto
Insurance
It’s not hard to get your troubles
off your mind if you keep your
mind off your troubles.
AUTO • U F I ■ F IA * « Ta u o *
OF LOS ANGELES
Lloyd Quinn — HA 9-5211
SHOP LOCALLY FIRST!
V
Î
V
V
Î
I
A SKI TRIP
Jane Smith was about to grab the I
ski tow to the top of the hill when an
other skier, out of control, plowed in
to her and hurt her badly.
The skier himself had no money. 1
He could not pay for the harm he
did. So she sued the ski tow man for
I
not seeing to her safety.
The accident took place at the bot I
tom of the ski tow where all skiers
finished their runs near a sign say •5
ing "load here”. But Jane failed to S
see the skier until he hit her. In
these circumstances she might just V
as well have been looking out for her V
own safety.
1
At least the court said so: Jane
had assumed a legal risk when she v
went skiing. She should have expect 3
ed that someone might lose control 3
on the hill and hit her. The tow peo I
ple had no legal control over the ski
•Î
ers once they were on their way.
¥
At one extreme are such things as
railroads, buses, airplanes. They are
“common carriers”. Legally, they I
owe the public "utmost care” .
But at the other extreme are such
high risk sports as auto racing, para
chute jumping, or water skiing. Par $
ticipants and even spectators go in
for them with their eyes open. They 3
assume great risks and have no S
claim for damages if they don't look V
V
out for themselves.
i
Often those who do the liarm owe
their victim nothing legally — a bad
ly sliced golf ball, or a car roaring Î
out of control for example, may be V
nobody’s fault. Thiy are just one of
the sport's inherent dangers which
you must look for at times, and do Î
what you can to guard against them.
But the participants do assume I
some risks. A person enrolled in a
ski class, for example, may well
have a right to some legal protection, ä
at least more than a skier on his
own. For a novice may have the ÿ
right to look to his instructor for his 3
protection. As a rule, a spectator al 3
so has a right to rely on the grand
stand which the promoters can con
î
trol to be safe enough.
• Oregon lawyers offer this column Î
►
J
as a public service. No person should
apply or interpret any law without I
the aid of an attorney, who is com
pletely adivaed of the facts involved. Î
Even a slight variance in facts may 3
change the application of the law.)
3
v
V
V
I
V
I
We can't train elephants,
s
vv
i V
We're not good cooks,
V
V
iV
We don't build houses,
Sm okey Sayt:
...OF THE PEOPIE.BY THE PEOPLE,
fORTHEPEOPtf
INTRUST—
AMERICA’S
FORESTS !
Garden Supplies — P lants — Flowers — Seeds — Feeds
Farm Supplies — H ardw are — C abinets — Plywood
Building M aterials — R entals — Chemicals — Shoes
Men’s Clothing — Toys — Plastic W ares — Kitchen
W ares.
g
a
fi
fl
V
V
V
i
v
We don't practice law,
V
I V
We can't set a broken leg,
f V i
V
V
V
V
fi
I
I
We can't hang wallpaper,
fi
We don't sell clothes,
V
$
V
We don't make ceramics,
I
•5
I
We are not electricians,
V
I
fi
«
We don't fix tv sets,
I
fi
fi
fi
We don't sell furniture,
v
I
fi
fi
v
fi
fi
fi
fl
fl
fi
We can't fix typewriters,
We don't know jewelry,
V
V
fi
We can't fill perscriptions,
V
V
V
fi
fi
fi
fi
fi
fi
We can't run a farm,
We don't savvy hardware,
V
V
V
V
fi 5
fi i
V
We don't sell groceries,
We can't pave streets,
V
î
î
fi
fi
fi
fi
V
î
I
I
8
I
V
V
We don't make or alter clothing,,
I
An oldtimer is a fellow who can
remember when you couldn't buy
chain saws in a drug store.
V
We'll probably never go to the moon,
C"
S
V
V
V
We don't fly airplanes,
v i
I
SHEET ROCK
$2.65
PLYWOOD
sH„t $5.98
VERNONIA TRADING CO.
Oregon State Fair, Salem.
SEPTEMBER 22
Annual Swine Day, Oregon State Uni
versity.
Columbia County Agricultural Plan
ning Council, Fairgrounds, 8 p.m.
A
V
LABOR DAY
BARGAINS
YOUR JOB —-
FA R M CALENDAR
SEPTEMBER 4-9
BUT
V
i
WE SURE CAN
fi
î
î
fi
î
î
fi
PRINTING
OF
A L L KINDS
THE VERNONIA EAGLE
PH O N E HA 9-3372
—
VERNONIA, ORE.
v
v
v
î
î
v
V
V
V
V
V
v
§
fi'
Prevent forent Arcs!
3 fi
î
X