Ocrnonia Eagle
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1965
Fam ilies Visit Kin
In Portland Saturday
RIVERVIEW—Mr. and Mrs. Ev­
erett Brown and children and Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Snook visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Morgan
in Portland Saturday.
Sunday visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Carson Strong were Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Rash and his mother
from Portland.
Mrs. Alice Mills returned home
Monday after spending a week in
Portland at the home of her daugh­
ter and family, Mr .and Mrs. Cleon
Woodruff.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lankston vis­
ited at the homes of Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Snook and Mrs. Artie Buckner
Friday. He has been on a tour of
service in Germany for three years.
State Veteran
Loans Higher
The Orcogn Department of Veter­
ans’ Affairs granted farm and home
loans to 3,734 veterans last year in
the amount of $41,723,009, H. C. Saal-
feld, director, reported this week.
This was an eight percent increase
over 1963 when 3,552 veterans bor­
rowed $38,496,000. Last year’s vol­
ume makes a total of 48,644 loans in
the amount of $415,996,174 to Oregon's
World War II and Korean War vet­
erans since the program started in
1945.
In Columbia county last year, loans
were granted to 47 veterans in the
amount of $442,700.00, compared to 63
Joans in 1963 for $564,000.00. Since
the start of the program, loans have
gone to 611 veterans here in the
amount of $4,555,150.00.
Saalfeld said that of the nearly
$416 million borrowed, veterans have
repaid $254 million in principal and
interest. They are repaying at the
rate of about $3.5 million a month,
with interest payments alone averag­
ing about $875,000. Of this more than
48,000 loans granted, 29,116 were out­
standing on December 31 in the
amount of $268,175,232.
Phil Laymans Add
A Second Daughter
THE PEOPLE
SPEAK - - -
I The following letter which was
brought to the Vernonia Eagle office
by County Agent Don Coin Walrod
is in reply to one he wrote seeking
an explanation for the deformed
tree top pictured in the Eagle De­
cember 31.)
Dear Don:
The newspaper picture of the Doug­
las fir which you sent appears to be
an example al fasciation. It is not
common in forest conifers and is
of no commercial significance in
forest growth, hence very limited
reference is found in forestry liter­
ature.
It is surmised to be generally
caused by excessive local nutrition
which temporarily upsets the growth
in individual trees in the forest. Oc­
casionally virus infection by bacter­
ia has been noted and is a possible
cause. According to the literature
only a single tree in a particular
area has the malformation which
rarely persists beyond one growing
season.
Those who theorize that the tree
may have been damaged by deer or
elk when the tree was smaller have
ignored the way in which trees grow
in height. The injury would have re­
mained at the point where it was
originally
sustained.
Subsequent
height growth would take place
above the injury or in a lateral up­
turning branch.
Sincerely,
Dan D. Robinson, Prof.
Forest Management
Department, Oregon
State University
(The following letter, brought to
the Vernonia Eagle office by Lester
Sheeley, is a reply to one written
by him to the state highway depart­
ment regarding roads in this area)
Dear Mr. Sheeley:
On December 18, 1964 you were
advised that we would communicate
with you further after receiving a
report from our division engineer.
This report was delayed due to the
recent storm and flood condition
which prevailed throughout the state
and caused such widespread damage
to our highways.
It is presumed that you are inter­
ested in work to be done in 1965 on
the Nehalem highway in the vicinity
of Vernonia. In the past several
years we have expended a consid­
erable sum of money on this high­
way for both widening and resur­
facing. Due to the emergency we
face, it will be necessary to utilize
these monies on highways suffer­
ing damage in the recent storms.
We do not have any program for
improvements for the Nehalem high­
way in 1965.
We still plan to install a portion
of the guardrail you mentioned east­
ward from Vernonia. However, with
the amount of damage to repair on
other highways, this work may be
deferred for a short time.
Very truly yours,
Forrest Cooper, State Highway
Engineer
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BIRKENFELD—Mr and Mrs. Phil
Layman are the parents of a girl
born Monday, January 25. She
weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces. She
joins a sister. Mr. and Mrs. Vick
Berg are the grandparents.
Gary Johnston spent week end be­
fore last at his home here. A friend
accompanied him.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Bellingham
were in Salem last Tuesday on bus­
iness.
Lloyd Johnston, Terry Larson and
three boys from Vernonia went to
OSU Saturday for open house.
Mrs. Robert Mathews and Mrs.
Maud Rogers visited one day last
week with Mrs. Lloyd Beach.
Shirley Berg spent the week end
at Horton and Eugene. Saturday
night she was with Mrs. Winifred
Hult at Horton. She was accompan­
ied by three girls, Donna Sanders,
Joyce Chandler and Sharon Bruns-
man, who went to the U of O for
epen house.
Death Claims
Area Pioneer
On Friday, January 22, 1965, a pio­
neer teacher, Mildred Watts, was
buried in the Fairview cemetery at
Scappoose by the side of her hus­
band, Wm. T. Watts and son, Law­
rence. The story of her life is one
of pioneering in early Oregon, and
is so recorded by the Columbia
County Historical Society in Vol. Ill
of local history.
Mrs. Watts attended meetings of
the society as long as she was able,
but for several years, she had lived
with her son’s family in Eugene un­
til her advanced age, 95 years, made
it necessary for her to be in a nurs­
ing home. She wrote her story se­
veral years ago for the records of
the historical society.
Mildred Boyle was born in 1870 in
Ohio, and at an early age decided
she would like to become a teacher.
After passing her teacher’s examina­
tion, she taught near her home in
Ohio, but in 1891, she and her sister
came west to Portland, Oregon.
She lived with an aunt for awhile,
then went to the Marshland area
where she lived with other relatives,
the Elliot family and taught her first
school in Oregon. Next, she taught
in Clatskanie, then a t Mist and on
“the bum” in the Nehalem valley.
She then taught one term in Scap­
poose where she met and married
Wm. T. Watts February 23, 1898.
She taught in District No. 9 at
the Columbia-Multnomah county line
later when a teacher was needed
there to finish a term.
When the Pomona Grange met in
Scappoose May 7, 1904, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm .Watts took the fifth degree with
45 other candidates, preparatory to
taking the seventh degree when the
National Grange met in Portland
later that year. Mrs. Watts was ac­
tive in the Grange for several years.
Wm. Watts was county surveyor
at that time for several years and
was re-elected, but he contracted
tuberculosis and passed away May
20. 1907.
Mildred Watts told many stories of
her early teaching experiences and
of riding horseback from Clatskanie
to the Nehalem valley in those early
days before there was a good road
over the mountain. She always felt
an interest in this county and was
sorry when she could no longer visit
here and relive the times of long
ago.
At lambing time a few ewes, espec­
ially two-year old ewes lambing for
the first time, may refuse to claim
their lamb after it is bom. Usually
after a ewe has been restrained
where she cannot move away from
the lamb while it nurses for the first
times, she will permit her lamb to
nurse without being further restrain­
ed, according to County Agent Don
Coin Walrod.
Plan No. 5912, for a stanchion that
February 1 is the final date to ap­
will hold the ewe, is available from ply for incentive payments on 1964
the county extension office. Last wool marketings, reminds County Ex­
year a number of sheep owners tension Agent Don Coin Walrod.
used this stanchion and reported that
To become eligible, wool growers
it worked quite successfully, says need to file copies of wool and lamb
Walrod.
marketing receipts with the county
ASCS office. Plaza Square, St. Helens.
To provide an incentive for increas­
Park benches are filled with men
ing
wool supplies, a national average
who thought they knew it all.
of 62 cents per pound has been es­
Do it today! Tomorrow there may tablished. Growers receive the dif­
ference between the average national
be a law against it.
price and the 62 cents.
Funds to make wool incentive pay­
ments come from duties charged on
imported wool, rtates Walrod.
Final Date for
Wool Pay Near
SEALED BEAMS ON THE BLINK?
Don't take any chances with those
headlights—Have them checked and
if new units are needed we are equip­
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economically!
BOBS
UNION S E R V IC E I
Returns Need
Tax Numbers
IT'S YOUR LAW
Raspaci far Law Maiti Dmotraey Lire
Taxpayers were remnided this past
week by A. G. Erickson, director of
internal revenue for Oregon, that un­
der present law they are required to
enter their identifying “tax account”
numbers on 1964 income tax returns
filed in 1965.
For the individual, this is his so­
cial security number, or similar
number which is issued for tax
reporting purposes if he has never
had employment under social secur­
ity coverage.
Use of identifying numbers is es­
sential to electronic data processing
of returns, now being used nation­
wide by internal revenue, Erickson
said. He added that failure to enter
the account number will delay any
refund due.
Taxpayers without an account num­
ber should apply at once to the dis­
trict director’s office or to the district
office of the Social Security Admini­
stration, or by writing to Internal
Revenue Service, Post Office Box 211,
Baltimore, Maryland.
Director Erickson also pointed out
that payers of dividends and interest
are required to obtain the account
numbers of their shareholders and
depositors and to report them on in­
formation documents submitted to
internal revenue.
He said receivers of income from
these sources should comply prompt­
ly when they receive requests for
their account numbers from the pay­
ing organization. This also is requir­
ed by law, he added.
Aliens Told
Of Deadline
District Director Alfred J. Urbano
of the Immigration and Naturaliza­
tion Service reminded aliens in Ore­
gon today that Saturday, January
30, is the deadline for filing address
report forms as required under pro­
visions of the 1952 Immigration and
Nationality Act.
The immigration official urged
aliens who have not yet filed their
address reports to do so no later
than January 30 to avoid possible
penalties.
Failure to comply with the re­
quirements can mean a fine, jail
sentence and deportation for a will­
ful violation.
Urbano said the law requires that
every alien except those having dip­
lomatic status, represmtatives of
certain international organizations,
and persons admitted temporarily
as agricultural laborers must file
the address report during January
of each year at the nearest post of­
fice or Immigration and Naturaliza­
tion Service office.
He stated that an estimated 14,000
aliens in this state have filed ad­
dress reports so far this January.
A total of 21,032 aliens filed ad­
dress reports in Oregon last year.
Reports for 1965 are expected to to­
tal over 22,000.
Sheriff Checks
Sunday Affair
Columbia County Sheriff Roy Wil­
burn said his office is investigating
a shooting that took place early Sun­
day morning at a rural home between
Scappoose and Warren.
Larry Ridley, 27, Portland, was
hit in the shoulder by a slug from a
.38 caliber pistol. The sheriff said
Mrs. Kathryn Stum admitted shoot­
ing the man. The incident took place
at the George H. Stum home.
According to Wilburn, no arrest has
been made following the incident.
The injured man was first taken to
Columbia District hospital, and later
transferred to a Portland hospital.
The sheriff said the injury was not
considered serious.
It’s so much easier to practice
economy when you’re broke.
DR. R. V. LANCE
WHAT IS A TORT?
A “tort’ ’is a legal wrong or injury
committed upon the person or prop­
erty of another. Examples are as­
sault, battery, false imprisonment,
libel, slander, malicious prosecution,
alienation of affections, and negli­
gence causing personal injuries or
property damage.
The remedy provided by law to
persons against whom a tort is com­
mitted is an action for money dam­
ages. Liability arises from a breach
of duty primarily fixed by the law.
In some cases, the person wronged
may have the additional remedy of
injunction or of specific restitution
of property. The injured party must
act in a timely manner, since the
statutes impose limitations on the
time within which he may begin suit.
A breach of contract is not a tort.
Neither is a tort necessarily a crime,
although in some instances the same
act may be both a tort and a crime.
For example, if one man slashes an­
other with a knife, he may be pro­
secuted criminally. He may also be
sued in a civil action for the injuries
caused by the assault and battery.
The law of torts is not static. It
grows with the growth of society. In
some instances it takes an act of
the legislature to keep pace with the
changing attitudes of society. In
other situations, new torts are de­
veloped by the courts. For example,
the invasion of a pei son’s right of
privacy has come in many states to
be recognized as a remedial wrong—
that is, a wrong for which the law
provides a remedy by way of money
damages. Texas has not yet adopted
this view.
Torts are sometimes classed as fol­
lows:
1. Intentional wrongs, such as tres­
pass to land, assault and battery,
false imprisonment and conversion
of personal property. In all of these
cases the act must be intentionally
done.
2. Negligence, such as careless op­
eration of a motor vehicle causing
injury to another.
3. Strict liability, such as the keep­
ing of dangerous animals, or the do­
ing of a potentially dangerous thing,
which is not a matter of common
usage, such as blasting.
The law of torts, built up over a
period of many years by the process
of court decisions and legislative en­
actment, forms a silent but strong
protection necessary in an orderly
society .
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION:
KEEP RECORDS
Back in pioneer times our forefa­
thers found they could keep track
of the family history pretty well with
a few notations on the flyleaf of the
family Bible. But life’s not quite that
simple any more.
Great-grandpa wasn’t covered by
social security or workmen’s compen­
sation. He didn’t have a bank ac­
count or safe deposit box, a car and
a dozen home appliances being
bought on time payment, or a half
dozen insurance policies.
We have taxes great-grandpa never
heard of and wouldn’t have believed
if he had. And had you asked him for
a certificate to prove his birth, he’d
have thought you’d taken leave of
your senses.
The point of this is that the average
American today has a good many
important papers to keep track of.
There are birth certificates, receipts,
copies of tax returns, sales con-tacts,
and a host of other papers. With a
little tidy record-keeping, you can
make life easier for yourself and
your family when you are gone.
So why not make a Resolution to
follow these suggestions:
1. Get a heavily bound notebook
folder or file folder as a central col­
lecting point tor all the records of
your affairs.
2. Put your especially important
papers in your safe deposit box, but
make a list of those papers and a
brief summary of their contents to
put in your home file.
3. Get for your files, copies of
birth certificates for all members of
the family, and add them to the file.
Add your marriage license or at
least a statement as to when and
where you were married and by
whom.
4. Insert your will or a copy of it.
If your will is kept elsewhere, in­
clude a note telling where it may be
found.
5. Put into the file your income
tax withholding statements and re­
ceipts which may be deductible, and
keep a copy of each year’s tax re­
turn in the file.
This will take time initially, but
will save you both time and worry
in the long run.
(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 advised of the facts involved.
Even a slight variance in facts may
change the application of the law.)
Note to newlyweds:
as surely as love and marriage
go together, need for family
security follows immediately.
Don’t delay calling us. We can
check your needs prom ptly
and arrange a sound plan of
insurance within your budget
. . . to assure you of realistic
protection against the possi­
bilities of financial loss.
J. Horn
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