* I VIEWED BY AN OUTSIDER 10 Lots Sold in One Day in Beautiful Central Addition The popular place to buy for a home. Good drainage, fine view, 2 blocks from depot, Bank and pHtoffics. Just a few choice lots left. $75 to $160: 1*4 cash, bal. $2 ) per month. Call or write r= G. B. RICHMOND, L’.Z"' « seeaeeaMaeaaeeweeeeeee rtg- I i • • • rj__ li --I—W THOMAS BROS. i G A RAG E... Storage, Eioert Auto Repairing, Acetylene Welding, Ford Parts and Acccsories Sales Agents for Fords and Fordson Tractors. 3rd St., opposite postoffice Vernonia, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Reader When you pick up a copy of your home paper, do you give any thought how it was produced, or the money that is spent to print it and deliver it at your home? The newspaper of today, no matter if 25 cents a copy was charged, would be the cheap est thing you bought. In the first place it represents an investment in plant and equipment of many thousands of dollars. Its editor and staff work diligently day in and day out to gather all the news and present it to you in readable fashion. It aims to keep you informed on all the news that’s “fit for ink.” With the average paper, the price you pay for subscription does not cover the cost of WHITE PAPER? Yes, the newspaper is the cheapest thing you buy. , Think it over. Look it over. Then support your home paper. It's the best investment you can make, for it brings the largest returns. s Mills, Lum f s ber and Fac tory By Addison Bennett out. Logging Road Approaching Vernonia may be called a naw old I think the first railroad that head­ i town or an old new town, for it is a ed for the Vernonia country was a town that was really founded by the logging road from Scappoose, and , establishment of a small country store that road will soon be in the imme­ more than 47 years ago. At least C. diate vicinity of the town. It must W. Mellinger went to Vernonia 47 go that way, according to the stream ! years ago and the store was then do­ flows of the section. Then the United ing business. This store was on Rock railway that built from the Columbia creek, a short distance above the pres­ just below Linnton, and of course ent bridge that crosses that stream down the river from Portland. This about one-half mile north of its eon- road got into trouble with the Linnton 1 fluence with the Nehalem river. pisrple arul it was torn up from Port­ | This* Store did not last very long land to Linnton. But it was the sale I and then the lather of C. W. Mel­ of this road to the Spokane, Portland linger opened a store practically on a & St.ittic and the disposal of a tract ’ part of the present townsite. At that of 27,000 acres of timber lying mostly ■ time there were a good many ranchers in Clatsop county that finally began \ in that part of Columbia county, but to make the Vernonia dreams look , the country was mostly covered with like realities, and at present it is the | timber and brush. The Mellinger building of the railroads and the pro­ store did not last long, and then Mr. jects of cut-up mills at Vernonia that McNutt of Cornelius took in a stock makes the future look so bright. of goods from his Cornelius store. Railroad Is Graded This old store building is still stand­ The railroad is practically all grad­ ing and is occupied as a residence. ed and the steel will be there very McNutt carried a good stock and kept soon. The ties are in the ground. The it well replenished by hauling goods owner and operator of this timber from Cornelius. tract is a big lumber concern of Kan­ Townsite Is Platted. sas City, the Central Coal & Coke Soon after McNutt came the town­ company. The work is being done by site was platted by Joseph van Blaini- the Utah Construction company. The con. This was in 1891, thirty years main office is in the Yeon building in ago. The little town took on a new Portland, W. H. McGregor, repre­ growth and a newspaper was started, sentative. the Nehalem Journal, by Byron & One of the big mills will undoubt­ Braden. Their old office building is edly be at Vernonia, where the com­ still standing near the west bank of pany has bought a 93-acre plant. But Rock creek and a short block from the the raili iad will also haul logs for the bridge. The place is owned and oc­ Inman-Poulsen company and for sev­ cupied by L. B. Stuart as a drug store, eral others. Indeed, this road will be but it has been worked over several the outlet for some of the finest bod­ times. ies of timber in the state. It did not prove a bonanza for By- Town Considered Model. non & Braden, and they only lasted a In many ways Vernonia is, to my year or so. They sold the plant and way of thinking, a model little town. good will to Van Dyke and Davidson, Its population is probably 750, but it who changed the name to the Sentinel. seems to be growing very rapidly, for This was in 1893. The Sentinel soon it is a n fourth-class postoffice, but the suspended and the plant was moved h? rt» ^7 away, thus ending the history of llnut. The prcsent quarter The present quarter and and an an- . newspapers for Vernonia up to the othcr onc will almost surcly put it in present. But somebody will soon drop tmrd dass. into a good thing by starting a weekly The town is divided from east to there with a good job outfit attatched. west by Rock Creek, which flows to It is the best location 1 know of in the south into the Nehalem river. the northwest. And, by the way, from Timber to Ver­ Town Is Incorporated. nonia the road cresses the Ne-halem About the time the Sentinel started flvo times. This river rises in a big I the town was incorporated and there spring ’ about seven miles west of was a good deni of railroad talk. Timber and winds nearly all over There was a good many ranchers in Columia and Clatsop counties, finally the vicinity and at the 1891 election to flow into the ocean at the town of there were 400 votes polled there. Nehalem, in Tillamook county. And, remember, the women then had Five Hotels ' “ In Town. no vote. (At the recent primary elec­ The main street of Vernonia has tion 171 votes were cast there.) several cross streets and business Perhaps that is enough ancient his­ houses in all of them, There are in tory to give about Vernonia. I was the town five hotels and all said to be i invited to go over there recently and good ones. write something about the town. As There are in the town 51 business the crow flies it is about 30 miles bouses. from Portland to Vernonia, and upon There are all sorts of stores, garages inquiry I found the best route to reach and offices. The big school has 200 in there was via the Tillamook branch to the lawer grebes and 50 in the high Timber, then 11 miles by auto. school. Three school trucks bring the And just a word about Timber. It scholars in from four or five neigh­ is one of the most important stationr boring districts that have no high on the Tillamook line and a very large school. Vernonia is the center of amount of mail, freight and parcel learning for a big area, as well as the post business is done there, the most center of business. i of which originates or ends at Ver- Bank Opened Up. l nonia. You can get from Vernonia to About a year ago a bank was start­ Portland bv leaving at 6:30 A. M., ed. Il has a nice building. Its capital 8:30 A. M.,’or 10 A. M. is $15,000, deposits $56,612.19. W. O. Auto Line Operating. Galoway, president; W. L. Hall, vice- C. A. Mills has a lot of autos carry­ president; H. E. McGraw, cashier, and ing passengers and freight back and Peter Bergman, H. E. McGrow, Wil­ forth. Of course you can get there liam L. Moore, Louis Sicgert and W. I or away from there by wagon or auto O. Galoway, directors. via Buxton, and there is a fairly good C. D. White is the mayor of the i road from Portland to Astoria, on town and C. A. Mills, R. M. Hall, L. which Vernonia is about the half-way Siegert and J. W. Rose, councilmcn, point. and B. F. Lane, recorder. When the pioneers first settled in The Vernonia chamber of commerce i the limits of the present townsite is always ready to tend applicants they had a prophetic vision. The plats of property and all other infor­ only trouble with the vision was that mation about the town. This is a they overlooked about as many mis­ real live body of the best citizens. Ask haps as could hold a town back. But for information about dairying, fruit the location, at the confluence of the raising, farming, sawmilling, mining Nehalem and Black creek, was ideal, and berry growing. D. W. Kcasey is for it was in the midst of one of the president and J. W. Rose, B. F. Lane, j greatest timber sections in Oregon and H. E. McGraw and C. A. Mills, dir­ with Vernonia as about the only chan­ ectors. R. M. Hall, treasurer; and nel through which it could be brought Lester Sheeley, secretary. Katherine Maltnstein, dau­ Reglstered Holstein Bulls ghter of Air, and lira. F. E. No. 1 —Born Dec. 1921; half Mai rotten «pilled a pot of white, good type and breeding; boiling coftiee ever the right JOB PRINT I NG Addison Bennett recently visited Vernonia, and wrote an ar­ ticle on his impressions for the Oregonian. We have been asked to re-print it in the Eagle: We can save you money on this kind of Printing si e of her face and shoulder Sunday, severe pain, and probably leaving 1 a small ecar, she is now fitt­ ing up during the day, but and’irsns’fe"rred,"f ~o. ¡¿St? Hd' suffers considerable. ens. Paul C. Adams, Warren, Oregon. Sidney Malsten, an I family were We Print Anything inflicting ready for sc rvice. $75.00. No. 2- Born Feb. 1922; a husky ycungater wi h heavy production back of him; will make a aplen. did herd sire for you. $50-00. T. B. tested, crated, registered Portland guests last week. If you change, bring your adv. changea in the first part of the week. Otherwise we. rnn the same ad. A new 6 Room houae, dose VERNONIA EAGLE PRINTING Read all the advertisements. They are good reading, and a $950 See—G. B. Richmond. personal message from each firm. WHigh Schoo), a snap at Little More Local News Columbia County Fair St. Mr. Wiles of Wiles Motor Helene Sept. 19—21. Co. Forest GroA«, was tans- acting buisnesahere Wednes­ Work has begun on tbe day, new Catholic church. Clayton Welty who is em­ Mr and Mrs John Urie, ployed here, visited thia and M« Charles Urie were week in Hrbbard, Ore. shopp;ng in Portland Satur day. Miss Esther Urie returned home Sunday after spending Our .hundreds of readers a month with her Grand outside o Vernonia can tell Mother. Mrs. John Urie of what business is repsented West St Helens. here by the ads in this paper Reuben Roberts was in Dale & Hill, Vernonia Portland on business Satur­ painter?, are 6till spreading day. colors all over town. This week they have painted Line & co store, The Haxelwood, i he Lunch Box, Bryan’s Mr. Ripperdam, who h s barber shop, Hall’s store, been staying at Mr. Ahlers Throops store, Elvin Mill’s bunealow and Judge Hans- left for daho last week. Edwin North is enter­ es ungalow. taining an aunt from Hcno- lula. We chalange any Oregon town when it comes to newly Religi >us services are being peinteu buildings. Very few held at the Kist school hous* “old shake” and vnpainted every evening this week. Peter Bergerson has been buildings in Vernonia, Most busy threshing for ths past of the buisnes9 houses are newly painted or under the week. Everyone is relieved painters brush now, It looks to have he threshiñg done before the rains. splendid. Jlr. and Mrs. Christensen have been visiting Mrs.Chris­ tensen’s mother, Mrs. Ander- so i, for a fe v di p. Can’t we in ert regular The Condit and Stanton lin-ctory notice of your meeting nights and offioeis young folks were visitors of in the Eagle each week, so the John family Sunday. Jim Magers and family re* as visito.s and new comers may know your meeting turded from Oregon City, night and that you are in ex- where they had been visiting istaiue? Dont cost much to their home near Vernonia Alden John motored to How about printing v..u Portland last week, and re­ some lodge stationer)’ too? turned with an Essex road­ ster. Earl and Charley Snyder motored to Forest Grove City Election in November Sunday. You must register to vote Mrs. Rilla Snyder waa in Vernonia Registration Book Vernonia Monday having Opens Sept. 4 for 30 days, dental work done. Vli Vernonia voters reques­ Miss Eunice Mitchell, a ted to ngister eaa’y. Dont former teacher of Pleasant neglect it. Hill sc lool, sailed Sunday from Seattle on the S. S. Pree. McKinley for Canton, China, where she will engage Vernonia’ must have at in Missionary w irk under leas 100 more houses; directien ot the U B. chu’ch cottages for new coming peo­ Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Ring­ ple to live in. The demand land of Riverside, announce