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Vernonia’s Monstrous Celebration, Saturday, Sept. 9. Celebrating New Railroad and Industries. Wrtumia fäxalt VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1922 \ Attend Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner Volume 1, Number 6 MOUTHPIECE o» the NEHALEM VALLEY Pay Roll Community Advertising Medium °* • VERNONIA EXTENDS A HEARTY SHE IS MOVING Ctoli; t.. Fair al ¡fl) THE POINT St. Helens, to be Big — An Unsolicited Entier From WELCOME TO AU. OF YOU Inportant, Reliable Company City Council Proves to be I With only two weeks in Alive to Beat Interest tervening before the annual of Our Growing City county fair, Sept. 19-21, the Walk Over Our Little City, From Our New High School Building to the Cashier McGraw, of th* fai' board is making plans I River, From “Vernonia Heights” to the new Mill Site; Notice the Bank of Vernonia, received fora bigger and better fair than ever held before. This' a letter, this week, from the Many New Buildings; Notice the Need for More Business year, in addition to other nationally known Westing Houses; Ask Questions; Make Yourself at Home fair features, there will be a I house people, that will be in $30,000 Water System Votel Favor* Carnival. A good interest teresting reading, it follows ably by City Dads.—Ordered Street Vernonia for a factory town. The Vernonia Eagle an Grade to be Established for is being taken in the fair ibis I Cheap factory sites, plenty of nounces that your city is Sidewalks all Over Town year by the exhibitors. M?- shortly to hnya developed water for power, good railroad facilities and the right location. ny have signed up for space,: Our Mills, Industries, Farms and Railroad With Log« ' Factories, smelters, all industries Tuesday night’s council and in general it promises to; for its use water power in the vicinity. Stub a develop wanted. Write to the secretary meeting granted the Light bi a successful year. The! ment will be o the greatest ging Operations Assures r City of 3000People of the Chamber of Commerce. A, tower franchise to Geo. Holstein Breeders Assn. v»ill importance in promoting the In Two Years. Will You be one of Them? This assures have a herd of 43 cattle out, growth o your community, The fact that tl e Vernonia J. Burdick. Chamber of Commerce raised Vernonia with a genuine hy and will snip this herd to the as electric energy for power ing these extremely good look $1500 in this city of only eight dro-electric pewer plan., state fair at Salem afterward. ar.d light han become a nec ing prospects, A deep well essity. We are informed hundred population, to stage with no outside cities sup would soon determine the oil or that Mr. George J. Burdick ! this celebration is indisputable Iron, Coal, Clay, Graphite and Oil. In no oil in quantity; at the same is about co be granted a Iran • evidence that we have not a plying it or with uo steam or dication* in Vernonia Territor of time, the well might divulge chise to develop and distrib great many de d ones among us. ■dab vood tT depend on, wi th Getting Them All, and of Iron and Coal some other good facts. Any one If you c’ecide to cast your lot •10 ig corporation, or the P. Vernonia is getting new in ute power in your city, and We Are Sure. interested can . get more details. with the live ones we will grant I*. L. P. Co.,, or any hold dustries every week, as we ask take this op| ortunity to state I I you a most hearty welcome, ups to keep factions out. for them and as the outside that we have beun in touch •---------------------- President Keith, of the Cen- | The mineral w. alth of Vernon with his work in other com If you should meet a dog upon Th’s assures us of many new country hears of the needs, We ia is being sadly neglected. It| C°al & Coke Co. of Kansas munities, where he has made is a proven fact that iron ore i City, on a recent vist to Ver- our streets today w.iich does' factories and industries al have as good a machine shop as creditable installations, and majority of towns; we have and splendid burning (.oal in nodi a, announced that his com not wag his tail in a welome ready decid?d to enter the plumbers, we have a splendid feel sure you will be phased way, just report him to Mr. large quantities exist on both pany would build no stores and I Nehalem valle/. hrte cabinet shop, stores, bakery and with his program of develop the north and south ends of would leave the mercantile and Sheeley, secretary of the Cham buildings were spoken for • till lots of room for business ment. I Vernonia. Up Rock Creek, all other business enterprises to ber of Commerce. Yours Very Truly, the next morning after the and industry not represented. probably eight miles, can be the city. Their company is now Westinghouse Electric A Look Vernonia o-.er thorough found coal and iron to last the working on the ground for their ly, and consider the matter well, franchise reading and Mr. Mfg. Co. Vernonia Ball Team went to state for several gene*ations. saw mill in Vernon a, of 250,000 and see if any exaggerations Burdick expects to start act West Port Sunday. Carl L. Wernicke, Mgr. Graphite within two milea of capacity and to run double shifts I have been made in our descrip ual construction t iis month. town shows at least favorably — day and night. A hundred tions of our wonderful resources. We can have light and power enough lor more investigating. more houses will be needed for We are inclined to believe that by January, and our city is All this wealth needs is some families of mill workers, timber you will proclaim “The Half Has' ■ made. The Council is to be one to get busy. Some company workers and railroad men. T< e Not Been Told.” I congratulated, and will re- or capitalist would do well to new mill will be completed by Thls is the first regular “ Ver- ! ceive thanks from our citi- next year, and the buildings and send a representative here to pond will cover fifty acres of nonia Day, ” and we want you toj for years to come Now iully oetermine what action, if ground joining the city limits. enjoy it to the utmost. j ,)lir mjnera| wealth can be any. c uld be taken in develop- _ — ¡developed and the city will day. hom now: roads; that we may bring on election , . . | go and grow. them up to a condition de on the Vernonia country is Water System serving wit the needs of lhe going to have a large num Mr. Lincoln submitted his val'ey. It is a known truth ber of voter—enough to de report on the water survey, that this country has not re cide an issue. uid the Council nccep ed the On leturning to our sanc ceived it’s just dues rom the pumping proposition; the en tum after a trot around for taxes paid from timber, etc, Be here the 9th. tire system, piping, reservoir, i ews, we found the following or it would have paved our etc , to cost about $30,000. vote on our desk, left there roads from the valley to We must have water, and Th s fast growing and substantial institution was established New Market Ready by an Eagle reader. Il sounds Portland many ti les over.” have it as soon as possible. in Vernonia, Oct. 25, 1920, with a capital of $ I 5,000. very good, and reads as fol We might suggest, broth Coyle & Coyle have moved Eve.y indivdual is desirous 1 o-day Totals show $ I I 7,000.00. W. O. Galaway is low«: “Would it be a good er, that the officials handling their meat market in their new of it, and feds the need. the President, W. L. Hall, V. P., H, E. McGraw, ■tunt for you to look into the distribution ol this mon building just completed. They Street Grades Cashier, J. C. Lindley, Asst. Cashier. the mntler of lhe Nehalem ey, be kept tab on. Then, enstall an ice making plant in Mr. Lincoln was employed Valley road- getting t e just the fair and unfair be sorted connection with the market and to est blish street gradesnver will have one of the most up-to gmiunt of taxrs due these date meat markets in the country the city immediately. Power and Light Plant to Start Work at Once THE TOWN IS YOURS An Mstrial Cil) to Tie to Gel Some Timber Tax On Vernonia Highways Bank of Vernonia I Make Safe Investments Drug Store for Well People New Heaters and Ranges The Projection of Principle and all kinds of pipe at prices to beat big cities Next to the little church and the local * * Should Le the first consideration of eveiy investor. But it’s not always an essy matter forth? ordinary investor to determine the safety of the issues offer ed him. The Character of an Investment •s however, is usually reflected in the con cern which offers it. Investments offer ed through this institution warrant your confidence. • Bank, lhe little Drug Store on the Main © k Street la an Outstanding Mark of a i 1 © Ain making more room and offering now at a COMMUNITY’S CREDIT BARGAIN Tampa, Cuba Cigars for your Vacation; made for the discriminator—Ibe Choices—they are Different. 5 cents and up All Oak Dressers, Furniture In stock Also Nervous, Rundown People Need A. D. 8. Ironnox. PeptonDed. red blood absorbs more oxygen. Makes more red blood. Pipe and Pipe Fittings More at More oxygen means better health Safety, Honesty, Courtesy, Service Head q artera for School Supplies BANK OF VERNONIA VERNONIA DRUG CO. I I Lowest Living Coit VERNONIA HARDWARE STORE LOUIS SIEQERT, Prop.