VF R M A N IA FAC LF
VLnnUniA tAUtt
Issued Every Friday.
The K0^ P«°Vle of our neigh-
boring town of Bank«, have the
sympathy of 700 Vernoni t people
in their delima of having to put
up with a knocking non—boost
ing editor who dos’nt ev»n know
news mattiv or how to print it.
LESTER SHEELEY
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Vernonia,
THEY ARE HERE
Oregon.
$1.50 Per Year.
Columbia County, one of the
DILLARD & DILLARD
You are Invited to call and inspect
best in Oregon, also one of the j
ATTORNEYS
Application for Entr. as Sec'.nd-eiaas
our new goods that have just arrived for
richest, will welcome thousands
Practice in any Court—State or
matter at the Post Office at
y
strangers
in
Vernonia
Sept.
Federal.
Vernonia pending.
Fall wear.
!
9:h. at the big Celebration— Office, Court Plaza, St. Helens, Ore.
Advertising Rates 25cts per inch, Come and see a growing City the
single column measure, each we.'k. fastest growing in Oregon, Col-
We collect lor advertising the first
County is ahead of the precess
JOHN L. FOOTE
of every month.
Rain Coats; Ladies’, Gents’ and children’s
ion.
Clothing. Let us dress the children for
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW
PAUL S. ROBINSON.
| There’s a good deal of talk just
Editor and Ow’ner- now about the living wage. Op
Oregon
inions may differ as to what St. Helens,
constitutes it and we suppose
there’ll alwajs be disputes be-
EDWIN ROSS. M. D.
I cween the man who wjrks and
The Vernonia Eagle has 'he : the man who pays—but few per-
Let us dress the older ones for the
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distinction of sending a papei « »ns have the hardihood to deny Muckles Bldg.
to a man 105 years old who reads tie laborer’s right to a decent
St. Helens, Oregon.
it w ithout glasses. W. H. Hess I h >me, with sufficient food for
of Vernonia is 105 years old. Mr himself and family, education
Hess is as lively as most men oi f >r his children, and a bit left
DR. S. H. RUSSELL
60, and when he is on the streets o.’er, if he is sensible and pru
CHIROPRCTIC PHYSICIAN
of Vernonia he has an optimestic dent, for a rainy day. This is
Morefield Cabinet Steam Ba hs.
word for all he meets. He is wtli 1 not only the right of the organ
Otfio. m U ft.iiii.no. 101 Caivmbh St.
St. Helens, Oregon.
posted in all current affairs and ized laborer, but the right of
P. O. Box 574
can tell interesting tales of early I every laborer. And we feel Phone ’.26J.
Oregon.
Vernonia citizens will agree with
Flannels are here; prices are right. New prices, as well as new goods.
us
when
we
say
it
is
also
the
DR. W. G. PARENT
Every exchange in the state
of Oregon that reaches our ex right of the farmer. He should I
Veterinary Surgeon.
change table, and they are num and does insist upon it, and he
See my new big stock of Shoes, especially Ladies Hikers and School Shoes
erous, had a good word for Ver should be willing to concede it i St. Helens Hotel.
Phone 44
not
only
to
the
city
laborers,
nonia and her new paper except
St. Helens, Oregon.
Every pair Guaranteed.
the measly, nariow, jealous edi but to those who help him in
in his farm operations, whether ;
tor? of the Banks Horror.
hired hands or members of his
The following paragraph has own family. Those who will not, / Vernonia Garage /
gone the rounds in the columns pay the living wage cannot them (
We Save you Money
Has What you want
Brldd« Street,
Street. East Side,
Side Across
Aerosa *
Bridge
of the country press untill its selves expect to recieve it, This
from Hotels.
orgin has eventually been lost;' was made clear last year, when
but is applicable to all communi farmers producing low-priced
ties and is worth reproducing: crops under high-cost conditions
“After God had finished making were unable to ke p the factories
General Repairs, Tires. Ford
the rattlesnake the toad and the running and the city worker
Parts, Gas, 01!.
vampire. He had some awful found himself out of a job. It
The Old
substance left of which, he made is a good time to remember the
a *1 knocker”. A knocker is a two Golcen Rule. Its practical app-
I
legged animal with a corkscrew lication is easy, even though it
anything and everything you might
soul a water-soaked brain and a< may seem to be difficult. Every
need for the kitchen can be found here
combination backbone of jelly ■ worker shouldhave a living wage
General Blacksmithing,
at reasonable pric.8.
and glue. Where other men wether he isemoloyed in city or
Horse Shoeing
*
have hearts he car ries a tumor of country. The workers who re-
Cleaning Powders.
STAGES
decayed principals, When the cieve more than the living wage
¿For
Timber.
Forest
Grove,
knocker appears on the street are taking out of the pocket of
Soaps for all Purposes.
decent men turn their backs, the some other class. The worker W and Portland leave Ver-
of all Kinds.
noni at 6 a. m. and
X
Brooms, Pots and Pans,
angles in heaven weep and the who is recieving less than a living
I g
5
p.
m.
devil closes the door to h.s king wage is a bra? upon the country.
Scrubbing Brushes,
One Block South of Bank
g EXTRA TRIPS ON APPOINTMENT X
dom that he may not entei
There are twe very important j H. J. DUNCAN, Prop.
Vernonia, Ore6on.
there. Dont be a knocker—
Cooking Utensils.
you can’t saw wood with a things that go toward making
a good, live town--one is per
Just say what you Want and we can sup.
hammer.
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sistent, thorough and attractive
ply it at before-the- war prices.
The advent of the lailroad in advertising and the other is
to Vernonia marks an epoch in backirg up the advertising witi
the history of Columbia county, performance, There is no use
When You Want It. Order from §
Plana and Estimates Furnished
the importance of which can having the goods if don’t adver
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Agents For Eagle Lumber Co.
hardly be realized at this time, i tise them. No town has ever • Beaver Lbr. Co. <»
YELLOW
FIR LUMBER
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The Vernonia country is a rich benifited by the man who sits W MUI 2 Mlles South of Vernonia S /
By stocking the latest and most im
WE BUILD ’EM
/
farming bnd timber region, down and waits for more enter
proved
kitchen utensils or all kinds and
Rough and Dressed.
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hitherto practically untouched prising and public-spirited per
cleaning preparations to keep them in
Quick Delivery.
McGown & Anderson
by the forces of industry. Here ( son to bring trade to him, and
shape, we help our customers lighten
Vernonia, Oregon.
BEAVER LBR, CO.
their work.
stands the great belt of green neither is it by the man who
timber that Columbia county up fails to deliver the goods when , fI
j
to the presant has not ntilized, I called upon. Both help make,
and which has been lying in this a cow pasture of a town. When
section as a huge reserved trea the buisness houses of 8 com- ©
sure, as it were. Untill the pre munity know f.ow to advertise
SEE MANLEY
sent developement in the Neha and how to foliow up the adver-
The
lem country, Columbia county lising by giving good service,
has been regarded as a country the community is sure to grow, © Painter and
with only one “used” side—the and that helps til the people,
Paper Hanger
Vernonia,
Columbia slope. The remaindei for a part of every every dollar
Oregon.
Before Letting Your Job.
a farming and logging country s'ays in town, A part of every
AU Material ard Workman
combined, of weal.h equal to the dollar spent in town goes to tax
ship Fully
developed portion, has been hid es, churches, charities, street and
guaranieed
improvement, Isn’t
i
den to a large extent from notice sidewalk
I
I
that
argument
enough
to
con
Right Here!
With the entrance of the railroad
vince
you
’
lhe
dollar
ought
to
stay
the old order will be ch nged,
Headquarters for all Kinds of
Yw are Cordially Invited to Inspect
for when this rich and fertile here.
Our Exclusive Lines of Seasonable
territcry 1 as been tapped it will
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WOOLENS
We
’
ve
seme
fairly
old
citizens,
p ace. Columbia county on a
We Sp.-ciallze In the Trim-Fitting Gar-
ba-ia hitherto imoossible to be in Vernonia but we doubt if any i menta so Generally desired by dis
Wood For «2.SO n l.oaj.
COLUMBIA HOTEL
attained. Let Columbia county of them ever saw a one-man
criminating patrons.
Lay In Your Winter's Supply Now.
congratulate Vernonia and her auto top that cne man could
Nice Clean Beds and the Beat of
Vernonia,
adjacent neig ■bo-’b nil; let con operate.
Treatment. We Alm to Pleaae.
• J Oregon.
gratulations also be given to rhe
Dont refuse to marry a girl
county, for what is Ver .onia's because she can’t cook—sne may
Vsinonla,
-
Oregon.
TAILORS
gain is a.so gain for ail Columbia have money enough to pay your
",'qwl I# the Best -Battsr thin ths Re»f”
county Put Vernonia on the board.
OOOO^lroo
map and «.eep n there. —Rainier
THE MODEL
Superior knowledge and expert work
Review.
Rubber Shoes
SCHOOL
105 Years
\ V
CELEBRATION
Hickory Shirts,
98 Cents
MONEY-BACK SHOES
THE ECONOMY STORE
J
Stage Meets Trains
W.T. HATTEN
j
G. R. MILLS, Prop.
Kitchen Needs
Reliable Blacksmith
Machinery Repairing
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LUMBER
I
¡Building Contractors I
WE MAKE YOUR WORK EASIER
Ì
Lane & Co
For a Good, Square Meal
F. E. COLLINS & CO.
You never know how foolish
some men can act untill they
the suddenly break into the father
Maby if we don’t treat
Eurup^aa countries kindly they
won’t invite us to their next war
class.
manship «recombined with choicest
materials in Snits. Overcoats
and Raincoats.
Modernly equipped for
Cleaning. Pressing and Dyeing
We Call for and Deliver.
One reaaou why America doesn’. Phone Broadway 2248.
375 Stark Si
We can’t call the name of a
think much about war is because
Corner
of
West
Park.
I
single American who remained
In Vernonia ot.ce a month. Leave
it can always off its surplus
at home and attended to his
Steam by monkeying with the order* at Nehalem Hotel. Call and see
own buisness being killed in Mcx-I
us or write to ua in Portland.
tariff.
ico.
Air Dried Lumber
TWIN LUMBER CO
BARBER SHOP
In Rose Theatre Bld’g.
MOOiRM SWOP YOU WIU. UK(
Also Sult Cleaning and Pressing.
Try Us Next Time.
Why Go To Portland?
THE FOREST GROVE GENERAL HOSPITAL
Graduate Nurse, In Attendance
Surreal and Obstétrica! Cases .salait,
0. Puokstt, Prop.
Orders Tstan tor TaOsr Made Suita.
Forest Grove, Oregon.
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