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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1922)
PERSONAL DOINGS. W THE LOCAL FIELD y Items Gathered From Here and There. Sense aud Nonsense. r^Mrs. Geo. Olsen is spending a John Bryan has returned from few days with Mrs. P. Bergeroon a short stay up in Washington. C. Hoffman of Banks was in Mrs. Olive A. Powell was in town Wednesday. Portland on business this week. Rev. and Mrs. Heverling were out to Oscar Weed’s Wednetaday. Mayor White made a business trip to Portland Tuesday. _ Mr. Johnson and wife from Keasy moved to Vernonia Tues. Mrs. McGraw is visiting her ! parents in Banks. W. 0. Galaway Presient of our Lloyd Thomas was in Buxton I >. al bank was in town T lesda.'. Monday. Mrs. Ed'th Wood was visiting Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl at the Clarence Reed home Alon. Holtz, of Mist, Oft. 4, a daughter A. Cory was in Portland Wed. Mrs. Fo ger wa« in Portland getting the new front lor hie all of last week visrhng her store. mo’.her.return ng hom*> Satu rday Mass was held at Mr. Cory’s I)r. Murray arrivetf from Spo- lane to make his i o d ? with D. residence Wednesday morning. McDonald at the Niehalem Hotel. Mass will be held at the Cath G. H. Fenner *of Casper Wye, olic Church the 29th. of Oct. visited his son, A. L. Fenner Mr. Hoffman, of Banks, is in the past week. the city, looking after the build J, A. McGo wn has gone to ing of bis new' hardware store. Portland to b ave his tonsils re Geo. Pearce has purchased a moved. newspaper at Berd, Ore, The Bend Press. Mr. Sullivan retnrned from Mrs. R. S. Lindsay was sur Portland and will work for Mr. prised by a party of friends last McNutt in thel.ogging camp. Teursday evening. Frank L, Smith of Les Angeles The Womens Missionery socie visited at the home of Warren L. ty met with Mrs. Judson Weed. Smith, last week. Wednesday of last week. Mr. Fenner has purchased his Wm. Folger and Louie Detrow partner’# interest in the Verno were on a fishing trip Sunday, nia Pool Hall and Confectionery. bringing home a good string. If you are looking for a com- Columbia county officials have p'ete line of tobaccos, call at started an active campaign a- tne Vernonia Pool room and Con gainst punch boards, and some fectionery, south of bank. warm developments are expect ed. Ezelle Hodges and family, of Mr. and Mrs. T. J, Flippen of Camas, Wash., have mov d to Rainier spent the week end with their home here, recently bought their niece Mrs. Walter Coyle. of L. C. Boeck -Jr. They expect to locate here in the The younger people enjoyed near future, having bought the themselves immensely. Mor.day Johnson shingle mill. night, at a surprise party on Annare Webster. Another mil) employing at least 20 men will start operations The schools were closed Mon within four weeks. Percy Har day evening, permitting the tea rison sold his 40 acres of splen chers to get ready for, and out to did timber, aatd the buyers will the Annual County Institute at at once trect a new mill on the St Helens. old Beaver Creek school si e. Vernonia schools are crowec and new schoolars enrolling every week. We need more room, more seats, and moie teachers, Vernonia schools rar.k high but at the rate of growth Sam SheHun ut the Marshall they need enlarging. Weils Co. was ih to wo this week The newspaper news columns calling on the Vernonia Hare a r e compelled to be open for ware Company. communications, and signed ar T. R. Throop recieved a car of ticles are often published , s a hay from Hillsboro, this week matter of duty. Editorial opin and will ?et a car of feed over ion. by the editor, isn’t news, nor doee the editor always agree the new railroad Monday. with ideas or statements in the communications he receives. The first train of logs were The Vernonia Hwd. Co. has recieved the blocks for theie new builair g and will start work as soon as the rest of the k mbtr is recieved. taken oit on tne New railroao Such a demand for extra copies this week, from the Oregon of the Eagk- last week that we American holdings. Logging ran short of copies. We are operations are opening up on all therefore reprinting the map of sides of town. the Nehalem valley and extra A. HolenBtane ant1, wife and c >pies this week. Call early be- sister were in town looking foi fire they are all gone tnd we a location for a re3tf.urant th -ij will have one or more for you to will be back in the Spring to lo send away. cate. LVE CITY GROWS Mr. anl Mru. p. Bergerson and daughter, Lolt:e, were in Portland last week at e iding t:-e The Bend Water, light & tunerai of (¿eo. 01 ten. Power Co. has filed with the state engine« r on 5000 second Ed. Thomas a ad "ife spent feet of water on Deschutes river. the week enh in Portland at the The plant is located at Bend, home of h’s mothe1-, who had Oregon, ju-t returned LTotn Oaklrnd, All Columbia county, all Caliiarni*. N. Flnngs, postmaster, mayor, ana political war-horse, of 1 n." her was Sizing up the City of Vernonia yesterday. Mr Bangs is earnestly advocating the Port land-Astoria Highway, through Timber of course. towns and cities in our coun- y. realize end declare that Vernonia precinct is entitl'd to some r’present tion. Wm Iringle, of Vernonia, is a candidate tor county com missioner, and he is entitled to election. A newspaper is quite a bit different from any other line of business. When one« established in a good live, thriv ing community it goes on forever while other lines of business may come and go. The newspaper may change management occasionally, but the same old paper is issued and read week after week and year after year. There is no use getting peeved at the editor. If he starves out, there is always some one to take his place. You may kill off all the editors you please, but when you come to kill off a well established newspaper you may just as well give up, for some day it is going to publish your obitu ary. NOW SHE CAN VOTE The political campaign is now warming up all over the country and candidates with outstretched hands jo smiling through the land. They ■ top us in th<? lanes, and tell us about t in the blacksmith shop. They have been exhibiting themselves at the county fairs and the ice cream so cials. They are cheerful and opti mistic over their chances—but they are not normal—not quite normal. We notice a certain bewilderment in their eyes. For Ma. as well as Pa. is an the voting list this year; and Sis is going to vote, and her vote counts just as much as Bud's. And the ladies, heaven bless 'em, are to some extent an unknown quan tity to the man who looks for office. Of course he has ladies in his own home, but the chances are he is not entirely sure and certain how they are going to vote. And if he doesn't know what his own womankind may do, how can he guess at the feminine vote in general? Poor candidate! He can't tell just how properly wet or dry lie should be. Should he carrj a flask on his hip and a rose in his hand? Should he stuff one pocket with cigars, and another with choco late bon bons? Alas, who is there to tell him? He is up against a new ;hing and there ate no traditions to guide him. He has a shrewd fear that the ladies will not be as easy tc string alone as the man voter, with whose ways he is more familiar. The time was when the average Vernonia man smiled if a woman ap peared in the midst of a political conversation and appeared to be in terested in what was said. But it’; different, now that she can vote, and no one knows that any better than the fellows who are chasing after an office. To the Editor. In your issue of last week 1 happened upon an account of some talks given here in Vern- nonia under the auspices of the local Protestant Church. The pe son to whom the good church members accorded the warmth of their hospitality and faith oi their minds was never a Catholic nun, and possibly, never saw the inside of a convent. She was challenged to produce her proofs at StHelens, but ignominihusly fai’ed to do so. Consequents the vih, obscene and un Chris tian talks she gave within the walls of a building ostensible de dicated to the worship of God. were nothing else than shameful danders and calumnies. She vas only a hired tool of some of the opionents of Catholic and .ther private schools, to over throw which is there object, to be gained by all means —fair or fowl. « hen the Catholic chur-h here is completed the people of Vernonia will have a chance to hear all about the Church of Rome, asking any pueation they w.sh, at first hand from a Cat holic priest. —Jos. P, Chancy. Pastor. Do your Christinas shopping early. There now, we was the first one tol say it this time. I THE BAZAAR Trains are running to Vernonia it] now. Let us send you the Eagle. us your nanfe and $1.50. The new » VARIETY STORE in Vernonia Hotel building, room formerly occupied by Shoe Shop. The Vernonia Brazing and Machine, Shops can be distinguished by a fine, | large, new sign on their big plant. Building activities in Vernonia keep going ahead. Every time one takes' a walk around the city he notices I many new homes. “The Ba;aar,” opening Saturday in I the store room in Vernonia Hotel. New novelty store you want to visit. Between Timber and Vernonia, go ing around the hill where the slides keep tl^e road soft and the way nar- tow and dangerous, is a spot that certainly must be fixed immediately. It is a big job and daily trips arc langerous. No machine has slid over and plunged down to the river many feet below, but we will read of it some day if the road remains open and is not put in better shape. It is the worst spot on the highway be tween Vernonia and Forest Grove. If you know of an item of news that would interest your neighbors, don't withhold it from us—tell us. If you know what they know, and they know what you know, and everybody knows what everybody else knows. >oon we will all know everything lere is to know. That’s why we pub lish this paper. Tell us. LET US HAVE LIGHT It seems strange that anyone would not urge and beg and plan, and help to welcome with a full heart, without any its and ands, the developing of water power and the speedy harness ing and installing light and power in our community. Petty excuses rtiay hinder the whole enterprise. Do we want to grow? Then let us quit jabbering and trguing among ourselves over trifles >f who starts anything, who gets any credit, etc., and all pull for the big .iroposition to come. It means sev- ral hundred thousand dollars to Ver- tonia in the way of new enterprises— this we know; are absolutely sure of. Anyone opposing such wonderful icvclopment has a reason, of course, but perhaps they don’t realize the growth it means to the Nehalem Val- ey. It is really big. Big men that tre successful are back of it. Men that are building our state, men in terested in Oregon’s undeveloped water power, men working for our aifhwajr, men who are going to see to t that Vernonia becomes a good in lustrial city. Mr. Burdick, the builder and mail- iger is very highly recommended by he larger ejectrical companies of the United States. We are certainly to ‘re congratulated on the fact that he and his company have been attracted here. Let’s unite in welcoming this big enterprise to Vernonia. In addi tion to provisions drafted in his fran chise, Mr. Burdick tells us he wants the following embedded in the fran chise now: “I hereby agree to. and have in serted in contract, that I will begin work on hydro-electric power and light plant as soon as possible, ac cording to franchise granted, and tgree to give the city four street lights of 100 watt power each and tlso to erect at two entrances of city -tn electric sign, and also agree tc irotect my overhead wires from trees tnd other trouble to best of my abil- ’ty as other wires in state are pro ested; to have a trouble telephone ine along wire route; to have a lint patrolman and further agree to put up $5,000 bond for good faith. Also o transfer money to Vernonia Bank to begin work as soon as possible in tn endeavor to have lights in Ver nonia by February 1, 192J. ■VERNONIA POWER CO. “By Geo. Burdick.” In TlnWflre, School Supplies, Laces, Handkerchiefs, Dishes the “Bazmr” you will FOR SALE; Good Edison Mimeograph cheap, a 2-burner gaaolhie stove; sn iron bedstead; one 8x.2 Peaileas Job press; a 16-inch paper cutter; one flat top office desk; one copying press. Erquire Vernonia Eagle \ SI n SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 The Opening Dav, Saturday, October 14 will be a day for you to via t the Store. It will l>e worth your w l’e. Ill • neatest little Store io Vi-ruonia. MRS. SUE LEE All Kinds of Mending and Altering of Men’s Clothes. Bring Your Sc win#. n.TB r 2 Leaders 2 Royal Club Our Best Selling Coff/e, 4,5 cts. a pound or 5 Pounds for $2.00 FLOU Drifted Snow, Fisher’s Blend Crown Diamond High Patent $2.40 per Sack Our Canned Goods are the Best Grades we can bu\r. We Deliver. Lane & Co. Where Quality Counts Vernonia, . - Oregon. ■=“ I Builders ’ Hardware and other hardware fixtures for the old or new home need careful attention. our stock of builders’ harlwariy u can select just what you want for making repairs or for u*e in a new bui ding. You look at them be ore you buy, and batk of them is our guaranty of quality. VERNONIA HARDWARE (JO. FOR SALK— Fox Hound Pups All ages; at right prices. Well-bred stock. -Earl Bateman, Galea Creek. Oregon. 'T Locks, Doorknobs, Hinges Fiom The Palace Hotel at 12th. and Wuah Portland, ie Vernonia’s hotel. Stop there the next time you are in the eity and you will agree. find a go •«! \ -u i and a tide- Mrs. Roberts has gone to Canada tc visit her daughter, who is quite sick. IF NOT FIXED WE'LL WALK Where will alson be a Circulating Library and Ex change—splendid books at a cost to the public of 3o a d ly or lDo a week “The Store of Personal Service” SIEGERT & ARNOLD "yr