Celebrating1 New Railroad and Industries. Attend
Vernonia’s Monstrous Celebration, Saturday, Sept. 9.
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Volume 1, Number 4
VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1922
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MOUTHPIECE ot th. NEHALEM VALLEY
CAN YOU EQUAL THIS?
An Enormous Yield of Fruit
tit own at This Place.
Are You not convinced by
this time of th) necessity uf
a State Highway, a Pavement
the Inland Loop Highway,
from Portland to Aetoria
through Vernonia. From
Vernonia to St Helene can
now be easly paved too--Get
busy before 1925.
Vernonia is surrounded
with greartfruit, agriCultual
and dairy possibilities. Mr.
H. D. Van Blaricon, one of
Vernonia’s ‘old timers’* has
just picked and sold 400 lbs.
of Peach plumba off of One
tree, here in Vernonia. Read
it again. And they areeicept-
tionally good fruit.
BE GOLD SPORTS
While the citv is taking
"Alter” why not “Lignt,
po ver and water” at the same
time. Run the two as one.
One man do both. Mills
don I like to fool with city
lights and power fees would
piy for ensta'ling the water
system. They wo k together
fine, and all cities prove the
light and power as the pay
ing end.
Might Learn From Athanlana.
To have a grownup body of citizens
In a town It la ««Mntlal that local loy
alty, local Interest, locsl pride, aug
mented by local service, be Inculcated
■nd assigned their tasks.
WHy not recall the spirit and mode
of snrlent Athens In her period of
highest civic power and grace? The
Athenian youth, on reaching his ma
jority at eighteen yeara, was intrusted
with s citizens weapons, the shield
and spear. He took his citizen oath
st a public meeting In the temple of
IHonyslus, where solemn rites to Zeus
slid the local divinities were observed
In connection with a drama. Among
the new Athenian clilzen pledges was
this: “Not to leave my town In a
worse hut In a better condition that.
I found It."—Quincy U Wood, In the
Chicago Dally New«.
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The open hunting season
for buck deer with horns is
now in effect, Aug. 20th. to
Oct. 31. Bag limit, two such
deer during the season. Be
true sports; obey the law and
nee that others do, or we will
soon have no deer to hunt.
At the rate the timber is
going the deer laws need ob
servance. No man with true
sporting blood will hound
deer into the open, The
heated deer meat isn’t good
and the game has no show
with a pack of hogs.
TAKE TIME TO “BURNISH U?”
Juat • F.w Dollar« and a Llttla
Labor Can Fraquantly Work
Wondara Around Houaa.
Many a man is keenly concerned
«bout Illa personal appearance before
the world, and yet perhapa a bit neg
ligent in a sense over both the out
ward and the Inward aa|>ect of hla
home or eatate.
Thia, however, la
the season when everyone, even those
who mny be considered among th«
careless, turns a thought toward a
bit of "burnishing up” around the
home.
'¡'tils thought of newness that Is
born when the pussy willows are be
Patunlaa Single and Doubla.
ginning to carry their halls of fuzzy
Bec ause uf the ease and facility with
greenness, when the first robin Is
which nil of th« single-flowered
heard on the back fence, may even
varieties of the petunia can he grown
go ho far as to evolve plans for a
from Heed, thia plant commands at
complete overhauling of the spot one
tention as a worthy candidate for the
calls home.
summer flower garden. The young
Be It remembered, however, that
plants grow rapidly and come Into
a great deal mny he done oftentimes
blootn early, and In addition to this
for a small outlay of money. A few
they furnish a continuous wealth of !
dollars Invested In paint, a necessary
bloHSoma until destroyed by frost. The
hoard or two, a small assortment of
large flowered strains are very heautl-
shrubbery, coupled up Io a bit of
fui and of great variety.
varnish, wall paper, etc., may go a
For the best results the seeds of all long ways toward creating a more
sorts should be sown In a gentle hot wholesome, cheery aspect whether one
bed. coldframe, or In fine soil In a views Ills possessions from the ex
Itut placed In a sunny window befora terior or the interior.
or by the time freezing weather» la
ovw —L’nlted States Department of
Agriculture.
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BANK OF VERNONIA;
Council Orders Clean-up Week
The fastest growing little
towu in the Northwest. Ver
nonia.
with her farms,
schools, many buisness con-j,
The City Council has ordered a Clean-up Day for Wednesday, cerns, mills, logging industry
August 30, next Wednesday. Have all trash, cans, paper, rubbish
etc., in boxes, at the curb in front of your property, by ten o’clock and with one uf «he laigesl
Wednesday morning, for the trucks to haul away. Begin piling a sawmills in the country
underway; with t e new rail
few days before.
On S ipt. 20, 21, and 22
road just built and new high
the Banks Dairy and Hog
ways—Vernonia offers many
men hold their annual show,
opportunities. Better invest
The premium list discloses
igat) ond “get in now” Many
some splendid prizes and the
buisness establishments are
entries are confng in satis
needed. There is, among
Men are busy clearing the site—slashing and burning, dozens „ need or a Laundry, factory. This year.s show
and preparing for the big mill and 40 acre ponJ. Wh’.- a Jeweler, a bakery, a cheese prom it ea to be the best ever
ten & Bryant have the contract.
The mill will be of factory, a bath house, factor held, and one that will be
largly attended from stock
250.000 capacity and run double shift..
ies for all wood products, a
men all over the Northwest.
pay roll town is always good,
driven recklessy. It takes especially when backed by a If interested in purebreda. it
a man to diive a machine in 'arm community as well. will pay one to attend.
Pottce office» all over the l.he6e »‘">nuou, days * and 2000 more people in two yrs.
tho8 who undertak it should We’ll Vouch for Vernonia—
country agrees that a large
number of drivers arrested Have 'heir whole attention Come and investigate a hun
on the job. Reckless driving dred dwellings are needed.
A canvas of stores in Vernonia
for speeding in autos are
is
as
u-ineccessary
as
it
is
shows, accurate figures, that
young Allows who are taking
2000 loaves of bread are sold
dangerous.
their girls for a ride. A
daily. Vernonia wants, and
young driver, they say, take*
wants badly, a bakery with a
J. W= Shaver, of Portland
pride in “stepping on the gas” visited old friends in Vernonia
capacity
of at least 2000 loaves
To some not informed, We
and seeing what the old boat last week. He also was present copy the few lines from the Ore. per day. Who will investigate
will do. He likes to appear at the G. A. R. social and dinner Almanac which is considered on this style of buisness.
in the eyes of the maiden at Saturday in the Grange Hall.
quite conservative, Vernonia is
surrounded by rich agricultural
his sidp as a daring driver
and timber belt. Dairying, stock
who will take chances and
raising, fruit growing, chief A lumber yard with lath, brick
who can work his way in and
crops
oats, berries and hay. cement, tile and like material in
A Laundry.
out of traffic with ease. He
High
and
Graded public school.
A Bakery.
plenty is the crying need in Ver
is fond of creating hair
Evangelical church.
Grange
A Jeweler.
nonia. In stock for immediate
A Bath House.
Splendid trojt fishing and hunt
breath escapes. Most Ver-
delivery.
The waiting is disgust
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An Apartment House.
ing in vicinity.
nonia people recall that it
ing.
A Hospital.
wasn’t bo very long ago th-t Chair and Furniture Factory.
the young el low out to make Auto Agency.
FOR S a LE-
Sure! Bring ’Em to Luncheon.
Manufacturers.
From a photographer’s letter: “We
an impression turned to th i
Marble and Granite Dealer.
employ some of the moat beautiful
20 Acres on main road only
Mattress Factory.
ex ct opposite of speed.
girls in the city aa model«; girls with
two miles from Vernonia, good
Millinery.
magnetic smiles and striking appear
Nothing suited him better Photographer,
ance. May I call on you with sam house, well & barn, fenced. Only
than a tried and true Dobbin
Music House.
ples?"—Boston Transcript.
11300—Vernoia Realty Co. in
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whose favorite gait was walk Plumber.
Eagle
office—Terms.
Tailor.
A horse that could bedih’en
by wrapping the reins a-
9 lots for sale of fine gar-
"ound the whip suit’d him den land rich sandy soil in
exactly. Bit the joutlful ¡the north edge of town of
lover of present days has no i Vernonia and on the north
side of the Rock Cr ek road-
such ideas They do not
Wilburn Hall Vernonit. 3c
mind paying a good sized bill
A REA1 BUY.
for breaking speed laws and
50 aero farm, half creek
they enjoy handingover ‘hj
bottom
22 a in cultivation,
assessment in the presence
I of the girl, as a sign they are 45 can be; creek through place
“good spoits ” Which b all 6 miles from Vernonia. $2500
very well, except for one with terms. $3000 for place
thing. An auto is an engine with stock and impla n mts
of death an injury when
Vernonia Realty Co.
Wagon to Call For Trash—Have it Ready
A Good Bank in A Good Town §
Banking Hours, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m
Open During Noon Hour
Room For Big Bakery
Official Information
Wanted in Vernonia NOW
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The Best Made
Sold on Merit
Tampa, Cuba Clears
The A. D. S. Remedies are the Best in the
Drug Line.
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Prescriptions, Diuggists Sundries, Stationery, Etc.
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Hog and Dairy Show in
Neighboring Town
Big Affair
Times Have Changed
We Handle Both
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Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner
Lumber Quick