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VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1922
Volume 1, Number 15
MOUTHPIECE of me NEHALEM VALLEY
Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner
Advertising Medium or • Big Pay Roll Community
’Vernonia Decides For Greater Progress
Marvelous Growth is Now Assured
VOTES BIG FOR WATER, LIGHT AND POWER
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Mayor While is Chosen For Second Term—Ne
halem Valley to be Electrified
urer, Hoff 67, Touvelle 190.
Supt., Churchill 91, George
160. For State representa
tive, Miles 106, Veatch 71.
For County Commissioner,
Miller 71. Pringle 243. Con
stable, Fowler 167.
The
Compulsory School Bill, yes
204. no 68.
Wm. Pringle, a Nehalem
Valley man of 40 years resi
dence, ran well in this pre
cinct. Mr. Pringle put up a
good clean campaign and
won many friends who work
ed for his electiou with un
tiring efforts.
THE BEST WAY TO
I wish to thank tny neighbors
Ven.--.ua held it’s first smok-
BUILD A GOOD
er to a capicity house at Verno and friends for the generous and
nia Hail, Saturday, Nov. 4th. unsolicited support given me at
CITY ANY PLACE
Mr. Dow is to be congratulated the election, Nov. 7, and tru9t
Smoker Well Attended
for presenting so good a card that with the able assistance of
ard says he will improve it if the the worthy Councilmen chosen
public take an interest in good to serve with me that we will be
clean shows of this kind. Gus able to give you an administra
Hanson of St. Piul., Minn,, gave tion reflecting credit to ourselves
a very interesting lecture on and resulting in much good for
physical culture before the bout, the weilfare and prosperity of
which was appreciated by the our city.
Sincerely Yours.
auidience. Both men entered
Chas. D. White
the ring the picture of physical
health. Red Hill, the local boy
long and sinewy museled while
Mr. C. W. Louden, who rec
Hanson was short muieled and ently returned from travels all
looked the stronger. Hanson over Oregon, flattered us by tell
won first fall after 27 minutes of ing us that the Vernonia Eagle
fast wrestling with a far arm is doing more for the Nehalem
and bar armhold. Hill wen sec than any other agency ever did
ond fallin 20 minutes with a or can dol He says down as far
wrist lock. Hill won 3rd fall as Ashland and east of the
and the match with the wrist mountains they are enquiring a-
lock. The match was fast, both bout the Nehalem and the city
By phone today we learn men showing remarkable indur of Vernonia, asking about things
that Win. Pringle lost in the ance. Both men held good holds they have seen in the Cagle.
Commissioner race by only which looked like a sure fall only Practically every paper in the
158 votes ; aud in Rainier, to be broke i. Chet Dustin and state has copied Vernonia articles
John Hall put up a very good 3-
where he received a good round b >ut to a draw. Dashing from th a Eagle. Ihl3 informa-
I tion do’ant swell us beyond the
majority, many of the voters Erich and Coiey were real good belief that it is entitled to all the
voted for a dark horse can and we would like to see these boosting due her, and the
didate not on the ticket, boys in action again, Gus Han- ’’mouthpiece” only reflects the
which lost that many for chalenged Red Hill to a return truths as th? Valley has them to
match which was accepted and count for. Vernonia, as Mr.
Mr. Pringle.
both men signed to meet Satur Loudin says, is the “Market-
day, Nov. 18. This will be a Plaee, ” the ’.shipping Point” to
very good match. Other boys this large and rich territory.
will be secured and a good card. The new railroad to Vernonia has
,Geo. Greenwell officiated and made possible a city here much
Just as we go to press wp hjg decisions met with approval larger than to-day count on.
learn that Mr. Israel Spencer, by the audience.
The largest vote ever polled in Vernonia re
sulted in a victory for city growth and means
hundreds of new people for our city before spring.
The city election was more exciting than the
state election. The Eagle’s stand for new indus
tries and a bigger town, as well as a healthy town
and attractive town, won by nearly a two to one
vote. We are glad, very glad, that we have not
beard of a sore spot over the result, and that all
bands will now join in the immediate upbuilding
of a Greater Vernonia. New industries that have
had their eyes on our city will now prepare to lo
cate and Mr. Burdick tells us this morning that
his work will be started without delay, and the
extent of the electrical plant in the vallev itself
means much more than we realized, as we will all
soon find out.
One of the greatest acts for health is the big
majority given the water. It means everything.
It means that actual work will start on supplying
water this winter without the expense of any
more special elections or without any unnecessary
delay. Vernonia is to be congratulated, and
every citizen is, we believe, now united for the
best welfare of all. We can accomplish wonders
by unity. The winners are not crowing; the los
ers certainly show the game spirit and express
their words of joining in the good work. On the
city ticket the vote was close, very close, and re
sults seem satisfactory to all we have had time to
interview.
Wm. Pringle Runs High
Mr. Spencer Passes Away
one of Vernonia’s pioneers,
died at the family home The Hood River Glacier is the
best patronized w-eekly paDer
W dnesday night at 6 o’ that comes to our exchange table
clock. Mr. Spencer was 78 Hood River must be some city
by the appearence of the adver
years old and one of the beat tising
columns of the Glacier.
known and most respected I The stores and places of business
citizens of the Nehalem Val are certainly modern institutions
and they draw a large trade from
ley. The funeral services a large territory. Next June we
will be held at the church hope to visit Hood River during
State Editorial meeting there
this Friday morning at 11 the
and are anxious to see this live
o’clock.
paper office in this live city.
Vernonia’s Vote For State, County and City Officials
City Mayor—D. W. Keas- < r, Beu S. Owens, 110 votes,
ey, 92; Chas D White, 94 ;j Marshal, E. 1) . Fowler. 10.
C unCilmen—Coyle 87, Hall For light and power, yea 105;
105. Malmalen 91, Mellinger No, 74
For charter and
108, G. Milla 137, C. A Mil’s water, yea 110; no G7.
80, Sears 101. Elected, Rq-> For state officers this pre-
ben Hall, U, W. Mellinger, I ci net gave W. C. Hawley 195
F)guy R. Mills and B. L. Sears. 'voted for Representative in
For treasurer, H. E.McGraw i Congress.
For Governor,
with 166 Votes. For record->01 cott 118; Pierce 198, Treas-
According to Washington
County papers, that county is
going to vote Sp:cial Road Tax
in practically every district.
Washington County needs good
roads, we might say better roads
in many cases, and they will get
them, Parts of that country is
working very systematically for
the Portland-Astoria Highway,
and one way for quicker success
is to have the routes in fit con
dition to drive over at least.
The advertisement of an en
thusiastic real estate dealer con
tains the information that the
remarkable achievements of
one woman had succeeded in
raising 3000 bushels of corn,
500 bushels of oats. 10 wagon
loads of punkins, nine children
and a shiftless husband on 80
acres of land.
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The reports of this Bank
■how progress and successful investment. A
atriot adherence to the banking laws, careful
transaction of the business and horfest consiner-
ation of our depositors’ interests go to make thia R
institution a safe, substantial and reliable de
pository.
Watch
Our Record Justifies the Ftftth
of our great number of depositors and insures
the best of protection.
Safely,
Honesty,
Courtesy,
While hardly arranged, we are
now capable of waiting on onr trade
in our new quarters.
This paper next week for our big
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There arc still a lot of things an
editor can’t understand, and one of
them is why some people will call him
on a legal holiday or out of bed at
night to give him an earful of scan
dal, or to tell him a report 4hey heard
about somebody’s shortcomings and
insist that he publish it in bold black
and white, while the informant would
not for the world sign their own name
to such an article. They want the
editor to be the goa* at all time«
And these same hypocrites, whenever
‘a relative dies, expect the editor to
write an obituary, oh, so sweet and
nice—probably going on the theory
that it will serve aa an entrance cre
dential to be presented to St. Peter
when the decedent has rapped at the
¡pearly gates We have sometimes
thought that the editor who can run
I a good paper, make both ends meet,
I and gat aloitg smoothly with all man
kind and wominkfnd, is fir for any
job. no matter how big it is. And we
don’t think we’ll ever have occasion
to change our opinion.
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A Little Matter Easily Ac«
complished, if We All
Do Our Parts
Go to the postof ice most any
day and one will see the mail
truck unloading bag after bag
of parcel post matter from mail
order houses money going out
of our community never to return
If this money, thousands of dol
lars, that has been spent at home
the home stores could have as
good a stock as any city would
want. Look around and it will
be easily seen that few towns
twice our size have as neat ap
pearing, well stocked or more
modern stores than Vernonia
can brag of. Take your big mail
order house. Does it pay a cent
of Vernonia taxes? Does it cre
dit you in any emergency? Does
it show you the goods first and
have a cordial word of greeting
every morning? In sickness
does the mail order house offer
to help or enquire a3 to the family
Does the mail order donate to
the church, the school entertain
ments, the societies, etc? Does
the mail order house accommo
date you or your city in any way
No. No road building, walk
building, house building or
school building. If we all pat
ronize home as much as possible
and quit sending our money to
outside cities, our own Etores
will grow as* large as any de
mand will call for. Let’s try
it. Let’s build Verno jia. We
can get as good prices st home
and better goods.
A painting hanging in an art
gallery. Thoughts of childhood,
The arousal of the Christmas
Spirit. In the Christmas num
ber of the Eagle the oil painting
from which the cover is being
made is the work of Norman
Rockwell, who is known in every
American home through his
handsome covers for the Satur
day Evening Post, and other of
the wealthier periodicals. Our
Christmas number and Christ-
ma* stories will be well worth
preserving and the holiday ad-
vertisments therein will give
many Xmas suggestions that
will help in the selection of small
or large gifts.
Several citizens have spoken
to the Eagle in a tone that would
indicate a demand for some new
city ordinances. The citizens
want several laws but the most
important ones and the ones
mentioned to us this week that
the Council is asked to pass is
an Ordinance on cows running
at night, one for a curfew, our
requiring building permits, and
one regulating speed limit and
one to have the ordinance printed
over
Vernonia and the Nehalem
Valley is getting to ba a vote
center. Enough votes to deeide
an election, Vernonia will pole
800 votes next election.