tip Q If A || IA F A G L E
■ LnllUll IH t HULL
$1.50 Per Year.
The railroad strike has been a
good thing for some Vernonia
people. It made their mail-order
I packages li te.
Applieation for Entr.rf as Second-class
matter at the Post Office at
Vernonia pending.
There’8 nothing longer than
the summer days to the girl who
¡g ^gagg^ t0 be married in the
Issued Every Friday.
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Going over Niagara Falls in a
barrel ¡a an easy stunt just now
compared to getting into con­
gress with one._______
LESTER SHELLEY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Vernonia.
Oregon.
DILLARD & DILLARD
ATTORNEYS
Practice in any Court—State or
Federal.
Office, Court Plaza, St. Helens, Ore.
Advertising Rates-25cts per ineb,
,
n.-
single column measure, each week.
Jf you gee a Vernonia boy out
We collect tor advertising the first riding wjth & gir) gnd onJy one
JOHN L. FOOTE
his arms is visible don’t worry
the o.her is around somewhere.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
of every month.
PAUL S. ROBINSON.
Editor and Owner-
Another thing we can’t figure
out is why a Vernonia woman is
always younger than a man born
on the same day.
VERNONIA
Population. 950
High School A Standard Grade school
People go on ......
picnics to forget
Pay Roll City—Mills, Logging, work
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Farming—dairying, fruit, vegetables everything. And this USUaHv
P. A. & P. Ry. Town growing fast. includes salt and pepper for the
On Inland Loop Highway between e^gs.
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Portland and Astoria.
It’s a goed thing that “Tin
A Large territory to draw from.
49 miles from Portland, 35 miles from Lizzie >» can keep a secret bettu
Forest Groye, 27 from St. Helens.
than most women.
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Many opportunities in Vernonia.
Best bunting, trapping and fishing in
Thst man win dropped dead
the northwest.
St. Helens,
There’s Real Two-fold Economy in wearing our
Overalls, Jumpers, Work Shirts, Aprons, etc. hirst, they save
your better clothes. Second, they are big values in themselves.
Oregon
EDWIN ROSS. M. D.
Muckles Bldg.
Phone 134
St. Helens, Oregon.
DR. S. H. RUSSELL
CH1ROPRCTIC PHYSICIAN
Morefkld Cabinet Steam Baths.
Ottic. and R.tid.nc. 10S Cclvmbia St.
St. Helens, Oregon.
on Wall street may have been a
farmer learning the price of
We have seen several small el ctric
wheat.
plantr run by wood or even gas engines
P. O. Box 574
Phone ’.2vJ.
DR. W. G. PARENT
We have also seen hjdro electric plants
in manufacturing cities.
If health is wealth, then the
Veterinary Surgeon.
hay-fever victim feels that he is
dead broke.
‘ The Oregon Standard-’ is a rew
St. Helens Hotel.
Phone 44
weekly paper established in Portland.
St. Helens, Oregon.
Vernonia merchants should j
At the head of the front page it an­
always
bear
in
mind
that
the
nounces that it is ’ An Independent
Psper” and that "The Fight is On, more sales they expose them­
Ate you in It" By reading a few selves to the more sales they / Vernonia Garage /
lines one discouvers that the "fight” will make. And that’s where
Rriddc
p Arrn« A
referred to is fight for Hall for Gov­
Bridge Strppf
Street, Fast
East SM
Side,
Across V
printer’s ink comes in.
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ernor. No place does the paper men­
tion who the editor or puolisher is.
He may »how good judgement at that.
from Hotels.
TRUE AS GOSPEL.
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Stage Meets Trains
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Working Clothes
For Men and
Women
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we Carry the Product of the Most Re
liable Manufacturers
Particularly the popular advertised brands.
We have them in the standard colors and
various grads and weights, according to your
needs.
Come and see our siiock
The Economy Store
Vernonia, Oregon
A. COREY, Prop.
Harry L. Tyler is a member of the
Vernonia has had lots of goo? honest great advertising firm of William H.
General Repairs, Tlîes. Ford
publicity and the whole state is look­ Rankin Company, a concern that i
Parts, Gas, OU.
ing toward us and depending on us to buys millions of dollars of advertis-I
ing
space
for
producers.
In
a
recent
j
to
r,e an asset to the state. Its up
interview Mr. Tyler said:
Vernonia.
The Old
“Newspaper advertising space is
worth vastly more today, and costs
Vernonia is entitled to something in the user proportionately less for what
County affairs, and our contention is he gets, than at any time in history.
acknowledged by all parts of the This is as true of the smaller country
County. Vernonia isn’t aakir.g for a paper as of the big city dailies. For
General Blacksmithing,
big share, or for many County offices wherever it is situated, the newspaper
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Horse Shoeing
but this part of the County has a good that survives in these times has be­
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man that will make a good Connty come more than an individual enter­ ^ For Timber. Forest Grove,zg
prise
—
it
is
an
institution
whose
lines
Commissioner and that man is Wm.
and Portland leave Ver- -
Pring!e. You all know him.
Vr, of influence are closely woven into
the
very
fabric
of
the
community
life
noni at 6 a. m. and
Pringle's statement, short, business
around it. There is ample reason for
oi all Kinds.
like and to the point, is “I w ill serve the great power of newspaper space
economi al, conscientiously and to the Any manufacturer that has placed a
HTRi TRIPS ON APPOINTMENT
best of my ability.” Knowing his a- good product on the dealer’s shelf
One Block South of Bank
bility and his fairness--we would ask and is getting eye-strain from watch­ ® H. J. DUNCAN, Prop
no more.
ing it stay there can trace it to just
Vernonia, Ore6on.
one thing—he is not telling the peo-1
Statewide development by bringing pie what he has to sell and where j
thousands of visitors from all partsjthey can buy it. And people can’t be |
of the world to Oregon during the i expected to buy things which they do I
1925 exposition is the slogan of the not know exist.”
exposition advocates Who have laun-j
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When You Wa:it It. Order from
ched a campaign in behalf of the con-i
.
,
.
. ,. .
•. I There must be some reason for the
stitutional amendment which permits
the city of Portland to tax itself for fact that ev"y man- *omar' and ch’W
Plans and Estimates rumiate
the exposition.
,n Vernonia is a booster. Glance atx'Ut
Mill 2 Miks Sooth of Vernonia
Agents Tor Eagle Lumber Co.
The amendment must be approved and see if you can’t locate the cause. (
YELLOW FIR LUMBER
Rough and Dressed.
by the voters of the state before it
Quick Delivery.
becomes effective, although no tax is
WE BUILD ’EM
New Nehalem Valley Town of
provided outside of the city of Port­
£
BEAVER
LBR,
CO
Vernonia Growing
land.
McGown & Anderson
“Oregon is the least advertised
C immunity Now Hu Population cl 700
state in the union,” says Mayor
Vernonia, Oregon.
and u Thriving
Baker who beads the campaign com­
mittee, "although it has more re­
From The Oregonian
sources, opportunities and scenic at­
tractions than any other state in our WERNONIA is a fast growing,
land. But without people and new, V frame-building.
industrial new
The
capital all of our opportunities do us1 town of some 700 populatiou. >» ■MJ8 I
little good.
the third issue of its enterprising
“The 1925 exposition will bring paper, the Vernonia Eagle,
which
thousands to the state—people who I
as ita banner this line
have motif) and are anxious to invest carries
it
Mouthpiece of the Nehalem Valle / >t
it. These jieople will visit the fair
Before Letting Your Job.
There are opportunities here for
and the state, and it will not be long
All Material ard Workman-
before every section of the state will many enterprises and business ven­
ship Fully
tures. Especially is there a good
begin to see the benefits.
“Anyone who has studied the situa­ proposition for one to build four or
GUARANTEED
tion in Oregon realizes that Oregon five-room cottages to rent for S10 or
-©
must adopt some big scheme of ad­ $12 or more per month or sell on the
vertising. An exposition such as Ore­ installment plan.
gon proposes is the best method of
Vernonia in two years will be a city
advertising that can be undertaken."
An intensive campaign has been of 3000 Deople. It can’t help it. It
planned by the exposition advocates. | will take that many people to do the
The new P. A. & P. rall.oad
a campaign that will be taken into work.
v
II sections of the state in the effort JU8^ entering Vernonia is the making
of unifying Oregon for statewide de-( of a city, We h..ve splendid farm
velopment thru the staging of
country and the largest body of timber
Ready to figure on any Job.
1925 exposition.
in the northwest. The Central Coal
and Coke Coompany of Kanias City is
See me before letting your build­
bui ding at Vernonia one of the largest
LET’S UNITE.
ing contract.
sawmills in the state. The mill and
Nies Clean Beds and the Best of
camps
will
employ
1500
men,
running
A million dollars worth of good
Treatment. We Alai to Please.
Vernonia,
Oregon
v as accomplished a* a result of Ver­ two shifts, Several other good mills
Vei nonla,
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Oregon.
ronin’s celebration. There was some are located at Ve nonia that employ
kicking and jealous feelings, but we many men.
are nearly all too broad-minded to
Vernonia 1« just completing a fine
notice snail mistakes or acts when new school; the city council is planning
the "rest big. important point was for a water system and the town is
accomplished. We will get results “re »dy to no.”
for years to come. Men were here
A study of the map and roads will
who will aid in developing mineral
wealth, our highway, our timber, our reveal an ideal location for a city at
Physician and Surgeon
a question of who lhe hub nt five fertile valleys, on
railroads. It'Tnot
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gets the credit or who was energetic three ••«vam». splendid »oil, excellent
or who simply talked. It’s the re­ road» beautiful natural camp grounds,
sults.
a wide territory to draw from in every i
Residence
direction, fishing and hunting grounds :
Every man should carry his the best in the state and ideal sites
Banks,
Oregon
business card-Let the Eagle print and conditions for factories and in-
duslr ies.”
you some cards.
W.T. HATTEN
An Opportunity To Brighten Up
Brightening up the home is
one of the chief pleasures of the
housewife. A bright, cheerful
home makes for contentment
and comfort.
There are marred and scratch­
ed pieces of furniture—the worn
floor and stair treads—the wood­
work, which needs refinishing—
the ice chest—the kitchen cabi­
net and many other places about
the home can be brightened up
with
Reliable Blacksmith
•Vernonia luto Transit Co.§
Machinery Repairing
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5 p> m>
LUMBER
Building Contractors
# Beaver Lbr. Co. •
Painter and
Paper Hanger
C. H. URIE
Contractor and Builder
For a Good, Square Meal
COLUMBIA HOTEL
DR. G. F. VIA
THE MODEL
BARBER SHOP
S herwin - W illiams
FLOORLAC
• varnish stain of unusual wearing qualities, adaptability and
beauty. It stains and varnishes in one operation—is durable
and waterproof.
Floorlac is made in all the popular shades of oak, mahn^any^
walnut, etc. It is inexpensive to use and easy to apply.
We are making a special offer in order to introduce Floorlac
quickly to the housewife. Cut the coupon from this ad, bring it
to our store with 10c and we will give you a 35c can of Floor1*'*
and a 15c varnish brush. Bring in the coupon today.
FREE FLOORLAC SAMPLE
Fill in this coupon with your name and addre.a, bring it to our store
with Ten Cents and you will receive a Thirty-Five Cent can of
Floorlac and a Fifteen Cent Varnish Brush. This introductory offer
is limited—Sign your name and bring the coupon to our store iJday
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Zr.'rfresi
lane & co.
Right Here!
Headquarters for all Kinds of
Air Dried lumber
Wood For S2.SO „ Uou.t
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Lay in Your Winter’s Supply Now.
twin lu mber co • j
Vernonia,
Oregon.
Why Go To Portland?
THE FOREST GROVE GENERAL HOSPlfÄ
Oraduate Nurse, In Attenda
Surgical and Obstetrical Case, a gelait,.
____________ Foresl Gro»e, Oregon.
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