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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1922)
• Wrrnmia Columbia County We Entered as second-class matter August 4, 1922, at the post office at Vernonia, Oregon, nnder th: Act of March 3, 1S79 VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1922 Volume 1, Number 17 Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner ■*. < ■ MOUTHPIECE of the NEHALEM VALLEY STANDING TIMBER Will Gat Accurate Statement of the Amount of Standing Timber in County—Contract Lot to Loo ter Clark and Work Starts at Once. Advertising Medium of a Big Pay Roll Commnnity Vernonia High School COUNTY AGENT NEWS ALICE EN Y A RTS, Editor Berry vines should not be left to lie on the ground during the winter months as an injury known as die- 1 ack occurs frequently where this has been done. Alt vines should be trellised un from the ground. Some times there will be an injury from freezing where they are trellized up, but tests have proven that the freez- ing injury will not be as severe as the injury from die-back where they are left on the ground. To Poultry Men Are you in the poultry business or considering on going in, if so, there arc certain fundamental facts which must be observed if your venture is to prove successful. First: correct hous ing facilities. Plans for up-to-date chicken houses can be secured through the County Agent’s office. Proper feeding and care is one of the very great essentials in the poultry busi ness. Ii in doubt get in touch with your County Agent who can supply you with right information on this subject. Are you going to need baby chicks for next year’s flock. Let us remember that the production during next September, October, November and December will be carried on by the pullets you start next spring as your mature hens invariably take a rest during this period. It is also well to remember that this represents the peak of your price period so that in order that your flock is producing during these months you should be growing pullets next season that will permit production at this time. In order to do this baby chicks should be secured that hatch from March 10th to April 20th. Earlier than March 10th is not advisable and later than April 20th should not be consid ered at all. No doubt there are many poultry men who will question this statement, but it has been proven by extensive experiments conducted through our Oregon Experiment Sta tion along this line, that baby chicks hatched during this period come into earlier fall production and produce through the peak price period. Hatched earlier than this they are liable to go into a molt and hatched later they do not come into produc tion until the price of poultry pro duction starts on the downward scale therefore ail poultrymen should in sist that their chicks .be hatched dur ing this period. In order to secure these chicks from commercial breed ers you should immediately get in touch with any good hatcheries and have your orders booked early. The County Agent's office can supply you with information and recommenda tions along this line. Runners that have started from old strawberry vines should be cut and not allowed to feed from the old plant as the production of your field next year will show a considerable decrease where this is not done. County Agent’s office has been ad vised that a herd of 15 dairy cattle of the Jersey breed whose records are from 350 to 400 pounds of fat with an average test of 56 with good udders and teats, sound in every way and on the U. S. accredited list, having passed three T. B. tests without a reactor, are for sale. Also, five spring heifer calves from some of these best cows. The herd can be bought at a very reasonable price. Anyone in terested should get in touch with the County Agent’s office immediately. V—V—Ver—n—o—nia! H-H-igh! Vernonia High! and several In order to ascertain the amount of other snappy yells which were standing timber in Columbia county roared by the «nthusiastic stu- and make the proper tax assessment, the county court has ordered a cruise bents during the twenty min- of the limber. No cruise has been utes yell practice last Friday made for the past 15 years, it was morning sure did raise the roof. stated, and the court deemed it neces Basket bal' season is at hand sary to make a recruise. Thursday afternoon the court en and somo practicing has been tered into a contract with Lester done altho’ the gymn; is not Clark, well know*, timber cruiser of quite finished. If the team keeps Portland, to do the work. His bid was 18 cents per acre for the timber step with its RooterB it will cer lands and 12 cents per acre for the tainly be a bear cat. burned over lands. He is also to Men are building our longed make a contour map of the county. for sidewalks, No wading thru’ According to information secured from the office of County Assessor the mud this winter. Rah! Rah! C. W. Blakesley, the standing timber The rushing business of the in the county, based on the cruise of Sophs,AFrosh. class has sud 15 years ago, is about five billion feet. denly died down since the initia The valuation placed by the assessor’s: office on this timber is $5,990,270 I tion which was held last Friday There is approximately 120.000 acres I of timber land and probably twice evening in he high gym. There that much of burned over land, so if was some trouble getting started the entire acreage is cruised, the but it went off nicely consider county will pay a bill of $25,000 to ing that there were two fresh $30,000 for the work. However, the cruiser will work as directed by the men to one Sophomore. Games court and should it be found that the were played and refreshments original cruise is near correct it will were served afterwards, then not be necessary to cruise the entire all the students went home. acreage. The court has directed Mr. Clark The students in the play A to start work in Townships 4 and 5 Case of Suspension; are prac which are in the Nehalem country Be and when the work is checked up ticing every spare minute. with the former cruises they will de sure to come, cide whether or not to do other cruis A report has reached us of the ing. marriage of one of our former high shoot students. Miss Doris LARGE NEW DEPOT FOR Wood. We dont know who the VERNONIA lucky man is, bit we wish that The big passenger depot is now thev may live long and happy, Miss Elizabeth Perry our high under actual construction, and it u a splendid one. The best on the entire school superintendent was to line and one of the prettiest that the visit us last week. S. I*. Sc S. Co. have. The location Miss Edith Wilson a ophie, could not suit our city better and the railroad company is showing its gdod and Miss Julia Keasy, a freshie will and confidence in Vernonia, missed two days of school this which is evidenced in this commod ious and well arranged building. It week. We hope that the initia will improve that part of town im tion party is not at fault. Horrors. A high school Stu- mensely. dent has lost his bottle—of ink. Änclker Way To Help Build À City It was a cold frosty morning like we had a week ago. A little tot of a girl probably five was on an errand to the grocery for Mother. Her list covered sev eral articles not too heavy for her to carry had they been wapped up but it was to much for the little tots fingers expo sed to the cold and tears began to trinkle down her pink cheeks when a gentleman came to her rescue and carried the parcels, and the little white cold fingers went into her little coat pocket to get warm. Big Business Deal An important business deal this week is t'at of the sale oi the two lots on Second street by Mrs. WeLster to Brown&Brown the new furniture store people. Mr. Brown tells us tod iy. that they will build on the corner lot A large BoxlOO foot building to be useH by them for an under taking parlor, chapel and furni ture store, in connection with their present store in the Brown builbing. Mrs. Eva Ncvling, of Butte, Mon« tana, is a new arrival in Vernonia, visiting with her friend, Mrs. G. M. Mecklen. Mrs. Nevling is purchas ing a lot and will build a new home here. Safetv Honesty «a (*•> e e (Communicated.) The fans who attended the smoker last Saturday night at Vernonia Hall received a treat seldom accorded a town the Bize of Vernonia. Hanson, knowing from his first match with Hill, that he had a tough man to con- quor, did not rush matters but tried wearing his man down. Hill proved to be equal to the oc casion and took the first fall in one t our and eighteen minutes, with an arm scissors and wrist lock. Hanson, after twenty-nine minutes of Herculean wrestling, gained an arm scissors and held Hill’s shoulders to the mat longer than was necessary. The referee had some difficulty in making a decision on account of the position of the meu. At this period Mrs. Hill, wife of the wrestler, showed great sports manship and knowledge cf the game by stepping out of the au dience and slapping Han so on tho back, conceding him the fall before the referee did. Had Hanson been compelled to exert more strength with his hold Hill’s shoulders would have been wrenched and the next fall would have been but a matter of a few minutes, as happened to Hanson at the last match when Hill got a wrist lock in the sec ond fall. The men returned to the mat with determination to gain the deciding fall, but after fourteen minutes of hold after hold, fell apart, as the two-hour limit was up. The referee raised Han son's arm as winner, which did not prove popular. The match should have been a draw in fair ness to both men. It requires considerable knowl edge of th? game to make a de cision in a case like this. To the novice the man on top seems to' have advantage, which is not al ways so, as some of the coun try’s greatest wrestlers got their deciding holds from underneath, I so the writer of this article, who has covered a good many big bouts, is of the opinion that this Ì match s ould have been a draw. The boys, with the exception of Erickson, did not show up for the preliminaries, much to the regret of Mr. Dow. Had the match been over in time to clear the floor there would have been dancing after the bouts, The majority were On Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. H. wrell satisfied, but you can’t sat J. Duncan moved in their new isfy everybody as was proved home in the Fowler residence. by the ind vidual who stole the It was their first night at home, gasoline lantern from the side and the many friends in Vernon walk to get what he thought ia were determined that the was a dollar's worth. couple would long remember it Some of the boys were of the A large crowd of men, womei opinion that the match was not and young people gathered that up to snuff because of the lack night with tin horns and made of roughnees. Gredit must be the admosphere resound with given both men for avoiding this unearthly music until invited in. stuff. Knee butting, biting, The bride and groom welcomed eye gouging are not a part of the visitors, refreshments were wrestling, and it is this kind of served and a good time enjoyed. bouts that has caused commis sions- to be formed to govern same, We want clean sports, and Vernonia is not going to tolerate any other kink. The High School District Tax Meeting that is called for 2 oc- Cedar Timber for sale— splen lock Saturday will probably be did site for mill timber enough arranged in a way that a few for several year’s run, Eight will meet and call a recess un miles from Vernonia.--Address til 3.30 oclock. Thia will give 0. Enneberg. Mist Ore. 2t- an opportunity for parties to a- ttend the Road Ta« Meeting at A. W. Huffacre just finished a nice Sidney Malmstcn at 2 and H. S. new residence on the East Side near Meeting at 3.30. Then this dis* the Dent property. meeting at 8 P. M. TAI MEETING » ir s Courtesy Service. BANK OF VERNONIA I NEW PRESS FOR EAGLE ORGANIZATION IS WORTHY ; In unity there is strength. In Ver The Eagle has been troubled more nonia the Chamber of Commerce can or less each week with our newspaper do much for the city and the town. press and on a few occasions the In every town there are “kicks” about paper has been delayed on account of the commercial organization. These breakdowns or the amount of work objections arc generally unfounded for our size press. This ,we?k we are and exaggerated. They usually come busy mstalling a new magnificent [from ^ ^ people that don’t attend the six-page cylinder power press. A press ■ No city of any importance can large enough and fast enough io han-* ¡make personal visits and get every dlr any size paper a city of several mdi’ ¡dual's idea or consent before an thousand could demand. In fact, the . improvement is contemplated. We .ame make of press many dady papers know cituen- o( PortUud or any use. It is built for high speed elec-! other city don’t even know of street trie power, and for a short time wc improvements, new enterprises or all will be compelled to use a gas engine city improvements until those im- until the juice is turned on in Ver , provements are completed and seen. nonia, probably next June. The Eagle Leaders are needed, leaders that have goes to some twelve hundred to fif the city’s interest at heart, leaders teen hundred dollars extra expense in that have pep and initiative ability the new press, and between you and to go ahead. The Chamber of Com- I, we are going in debt for part of it, mcrcc acts as a clearing house for but we have faith in the community all good suggestions that come up for and it was an absolute necessity that our welfare. Th<- Chamber of Com- we purchase it and do is nui not stealing any cash or . . . , it immediately. . ; I merce ii : Our city is growing fast and our read- g!ory and jf _ is not perfectly ers want their paper to keep up with satisfied, they attend and help the procession. The Eagle now has a push as well as sec that their objec No. 1 printing office, an office capa tions are well founded. ble of turning out any kind of work In some towns that struggle for an and no Job is too large or too diffi existence, w e have known parties who cult Come in and see a real printing have chipped in a dime and yelled for office. year over how that dime was spent, or insinuating that some one got the Ninety per cent of the property money. In these cases we have owners in sidewalk districts are more noticed that no one got any money than willing to pay for the walk along that they were not entitled to, and their property. The walk along Bridge in every case the ones doing the most Street, Rose Avenue and one to the work get the least for their wotk. High School is important. We want The leaders are always entitled to a walk to the property we live in— more than they get—rest assured of we are paying for it—and every renter that. and owner feels the same way. A In Vernonia ' c don’t bear any suggestion heard this week, and a serious kicks do believe, how good one, is for the city to at once ever, that here w e need more mem build these walks clear through and bers to the Chamber of Commerce— present the bill to the owners. They men who will help put the city over, will pay them at once without a word men who realize what a big industrial of protest and be glad to do it. But city we really have, men awake. Let you can’t expect Mr. Crockett or Mr. more membership applications be Smith or any other man to neglect his turned in. It is a good cause. Of business to come and build 30 feet of course, every more started can't ma walk. Let the city build the walks terialize with all speed expected or CLEAR THROUGH. NOW, and be wished for. Of course we can’t all done with it. It will be cheaper for be winners every time. The big idea each if the whole job is done at the is, "If you are a loser, join the win same time and they will be absolutely ners.” We can all be winners if we uniform. Must have walks and have alt pull and endeavor to pull together. them now. We are ever striving and we know of no city ha’ mg better prospects or Big impiovement ii the large nr” more opportunities. Let us have a store building going up just off the large membership to the Vernonu Rock Creek bridge, to be occupied by Chamber of Commerce. The next the new Haltom-Sniith Co. Dry Goods meeting night is Friday, December 1. Store. These people will put in a big stock of new goods and their store Mr and Mr;. A. Cartwright are nevr promises to be an up-to-date one in citizens for Vernonia, this week, com every respect. ing here to make their home from Chinook, Montana. They were among the eastern Eagle readers who have St Helens Oregon Nov. 22’22 been reading ef Vernonia every week The Eagle, Vernonia Ore. through our eoluinns, and Vernonia First service new Catholic welcomes them. Church, will be held next Sun- R. B. Shaw is just finishing a large da.v morning 9 oclock. All Cat new residence in the couth part of holics are expected to be present town. to make plans for dedication of The ne'v E L. Mastin residente ts building by Arch Bishop Cristie I no«- ready fer (he family to move in of Portland who, according ten Two fine new residences on tative arrangements, will arrive ___ started 4. I Rose Avenue this week. They are by special train. The general gOing Up fast the Eagle reporter public invited tO attend Sunday, can’t keep track of all of them. —Rev. Father Jos. P. Clancey. Build your sidewalks.