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THURSDAY, DEC, 7, 1967
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B U R E A U OF THE C ENSUS
Aerial Seeding
Contract Let
A contract for aerial seeding al
most 4,000 acreu of land admin
istered by the state forestry de
partment was awarded recently to
Evergreen Helicopters, Inc., Mc
Minnville. This contract went for
an average price of slightly over
53 cents an acres. The cost, there
fore, of distributing some 2,092
pounds of tree seed is $2,117.10.
Some $25,000 worth of tree seed
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Tj&mmerct'
secured specifically for this project
B U R E A U O F THE CENSUS
is being provided by the depart
ment. It has been coated with the
Washington, D.C. 20233
rodent repellant Endrin and a bird
This is to certify that the holder of this
camouflage of monastral green
pigment. The total price then for
card, whose signaturefjqppears hereon,
this reforestation effort is about
is authorized tort»e\prm the duties of a
six and three-quarter dollars an
acre.
Census E n u ^rch o r, and as such, has
The areas to be treated include
sworCjo luphold the confidential nature
nearly 3,600 acres in the Tilla
mook state forest and another 400
of census data.
acres mostly within the Elliott state
DIRECTOR
forest of Coos and Douglas coun
Form S C -2
ties. Seventeen separate tracts of
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Bureau of the Census
from 12 to 1,719 acres are to be
sown. These areas are to be seed
ed at the rate of *4 to % pound
per acre.
Seeding will be done at a flying
elevation of between 150 feet to
200 feet above tree top level. Speed
will be limited to not less than
45 miles per hour and not more
than 60 miles per hour to insure
proper distribution. Also the areas
will be cross flown applying one-
A number of local residents are
Most interviewers are women.
half of the total amount per acre putting on colorful badges a n d Each wears a red, white, a n d
in each cross flight.
going calling for the next fe w blue identification badge which is
weeks. They are among the 525 her official credential. It bears her
Sometimes the man who takes Oregon residents employed by the signature and certifies that she is
credit for being self-made discred U. S. Bureau of the Census as in authorized to perform the duties
its his own credentials.
interviewers for the Home Fallout of a census interviewer, and as
Protection Survey which the bur such, has sworn to keep confiden
Chickasaw Indains were one of eau is conducting throughout the tial all census information given
five civilized tribes.
state for the Oregon Civil Defense to her.
Agency.
Householders, both renters and
John E. Tharaldson, director of home owners, are asked a few
the census bureau regional office easy to answer questions. How
in Seattle, announces that the fol many persons usually live in your
lowing persons have been selected household? How many floors does
and trained as interviewers to call your house have? Do you have a
at homes in Columbia county:
basement or cellar under y o u r
Donna E. Dahl, Freida I. Ellis, house? If so, what are the walls
Dorothy R. Ross, Wanda M. Wat made of? What is the height o f
ters, Donna Jean Kneeland, Mar each outside basement wall above
guerite J. Riegel and Myrtle L. the outside ground level?
Brooks, St. Helens; Hilda Abrah
Facts about a house, whether
amson, Clatskanie; Doris E. Dau mailed in by the householder or
gherty, Scappoose; Susanne F. obtained by the census interview
Howard, Colleen L. Johnson a n d er, will be processed at the Cen
Julia F. Hyde, Rainier; Georgia sus Bureau. An electronic com
Playing Cards
V. Ray, Vicki L. Brewer and Rhoda puter will calculate the protection
L. Buckner, Vernonia.
against radioactive fallout t h e
...w in n in g Christmas gifts
The Home Fallout Protection house provides.
Survey includes only single fam
This information will be mailed
ily homes and two-and three-unit directly
to the householder, togeth
dwellings. It is being taken by er with a Civil Defense booklet.
mail in cities of 10,000 or more Those with basements will receive,
population, where questionnaires for their consideration, a booklet
have been mailed to households describing suggested methods for
to be filled out and mailed back. increasing the amount of protec
In areas outside these cities inter
in basements. Those without
viewers are visiting homes to ob tion
will receive another
tain the required facts and figures basements
booklet with general information
about the construction of houses. on
protective measures that can
Director Tharaldson asks house be taken
by individuals and fam
holders to welcome the census in ilies.
terviewer and to give full coopera
The computer’s report on t h e
tion so that accurate information
fallout protection in a home is con
may be obtained.
fidential between the Census Bur
eau and the householder, and is
provided without cost to him.
At the completion of the survey,
statistical totals will be provided
for the state, counties, and munici
palities. Together with similar
figures for previously designated
RIRKENFELD - Mr. and M rs. public fallout shelters, they will
Francis Earson and Fred drove to provide a complete picture of avail
able shelter space, information
Portland last Wednesday evening needed by State and local officials
to see Buddy who was in St. Vin in order to plan fallout protection
cents hospital. He had torn t h e for every resident.
main ligament in his elbow which
required surgery. He came home
Sunday. It will be two months be
fore he can do any work.
Dr. A. G. Fjellman of Seattle,
president of the Northwest Luth
eran Synod, visited Friday at the
The average ex-GI with an Ore
J. E. Lonnquist home.
veterans’ farm and home loan
Word has been received that gon
paid a property tax of $369 t h i s
Mrs. Winifred Hult of Horton re year, a 9.4 percent increase over
ceived a fractured bone in a fall. the $337 he paid last year and 15
She is at home but unable to do percent above his 1965 payment of
anything, though her progress is $320.
This figure was reported by H.
good.
C. Saalfeld. director of the State
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bellingham Department of Veterans' Affairs,
and Marty of Astoria visited at the which paid $12,312,240 in 1967-68
taxes this month on the properties
Art Bellingham home Sunday.
Mrs. Lloyd Beach, Mrs. Art Bel of 33,381 World War II and Korean
veterans who have state loans.
lingham and Mrs. Bob Mathews Last year’s tax payment was $10,-
attended the Eastern Star bazaar 519,611 on 31,463 properties.
at Clatskanie last Friday.
In Columbia county, the tax on
The Mist-Birkenfeld church at 395 properties this year was $130,-
tended the Evangelist Crusade in 091.06. The average tax here was
$32!). against last year's average
Clatskanie Sunday evening.
of $294 and as compared to t h e
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Baker statewide average this year o f
were in Portland Sunday and were $369.
dinner guests of their son and
T h e borrower pays his taxes
wife, the Frederick Bakers. 11 monthly to the state veterans’ de
partment along with his loan re
was Frederick’s birthday.
payment. The department in turn
A1 Berg made a business trip pays the tax collector, and does
to Astoria Monday.
it by November 15 to earn t h e
veteran a three percent discount.
The discount this year saved the
veterans $379,760.
Fallout Protection Survey
Underway by Census Takers
VERNONIA DRUG
COMPANY
U.S.-Soviet Talks Slated to
Renegotiate Fish Agreement
Several Oregon representatives
will join in a parley between the
U. S. state department and th e
Soviet Union in Washington, D.C.
beginning on December 7 to con
sider renegotiation of the soon-to-
expire agreement regarding Rus
sian fishing of the Pacific Coast.
Oregon fish commission direc
tor, Robert W. Schoning; Ward
Nichols, otter trawler, Astoria;
Russell Bristow, gili-netter, Wau
na; Arthur Paquet, otter trawler,
Astoria; and other Pacific Coast
fisheries representatives will be
advisors to a U. S. negotiating team
headed by Ambassador Donald L.
McKernan, one-time Oregon fish
commission research director, now
Secretary of State Dean Rusk’s
special assistant for fisheries and
wildlife.
The team will meet with a Rus
sian delegation to consider renego
tiation of the one-year agreement
tries met in Seattle in June to ex
change biological information and
plan research studies on fish of
mutual interest off the Pacific
coast. Dr. Thomas E. Kruse, direc
tor of research for the Oregon fish
commission, was a member of the
U. S. scientific delegation to this
meeting. Dr. Kruse and Arthur
Paquet, otter trawl fisherman from
Oregon, were members of t h e
U. S. delegation to the first meet
ing in Moscow in late 1966 to dis
cuss the problems relating to Rus
sian fishing off the Pacific Coast.
The forthcoming meeting is to
consider renegotiation of the exist
ing agreement, probably with mod
ifications. and is not primarily for
the exchange of scientific infor
mation. Renewal of the US-USSR
agreement on king crab pot san
ctuaries around Kodiak Island in
Alaska will also be considered.
formulated in February 1967. The
current agreement was prompted
primarily by increasing conflicts
between U. S. fishermen and the
Russian fleet which moved into
the waters off the Oregon a n d
Washington coasts in the spring
of 1966.
The very large Russian catch
off the Pacific Northwest coast in
1936, particularly of hake and oc
ean perch, alarmed U. S. fisher
men. In addition, the size, number
methods, and areas of operation
of the Soviet vessels resulted in
many conflicts with U. S. fishing
activities.
Although all the objectives o f
the U. S. position were not achiev
Clever is the fellow who gives
ed, the agreement has proved bene his worries a little time — time
ficial during the past year. Direct enough to settle themselves.
conflicts between USSR-US fisher
men were less numerous and ser
Integrity outclasses all other
ious.
Fisheries scientists of both coun kinds of pull in the long run.
the gift
for
Christmas
day
and every day.
Larsons Visit
Son in Hospital
Tax Increases
Paid on Loans
KING’S Grocery-Market
Phone 429-6015
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At the Mile Bridge
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4-H Knitting
Meet Slated
A training meeting for 4-H Knitt
ing leaders will be conducted by
County Extension Agent Miss Ann
Stevens Wednesday, December 13.
The meeting will be held in t h e
conference room of the Bank of
St. Helens from 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
leaders will be presented informa
tion on how knitting can be taught
to 4-H members, how to use judg
ing contests and demonstrations
in 4-H meetings and some knitting
techniques.
Prospective 4-H leaders and par
ents are also invited to attend
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