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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1922)
unkind thing about anyone, whether true or untrue” Every New Year's Day the pledge must be renewed. The society already has a million mem bers. Dr. Armstrong Smith, the founder, says that it is “A World League of Sealed Lips,” to stop cheap, thought less gossip that Causes so much heart ache in the world. Certainly there could be no more worthy task than to increase the num ber of those who will guard their tongues against unkindness.—Lebanon Criterion. The estimated budget of total ex pense for the City of St. Helms for 1923 is $15,070. Some important courtesies men tioned by St. Helens Mist are: The nicest courtesy you can show guests iu your home is to have their visit mentioned in the home news- pap r. The nicest courtesy you can show your friends is to let them know of your comings and goings through the columns of your home newspaper. To do either of these will also be a courtesy to your home newspaper. The First Passenger Train toJEnter Vernonia, September 9, 1922. 'JR FUTURE TIMBER PROBLEM market. The recent meeting of the Western restry and Conservation associa is in Portland advocated legislation fulating the use of private timber ids on the principle that “the pub hat the right to demand that the ■.gers leave their deforested land in eful condition.” The term "useful ndition” is so ambiguous that it ght mean most anything. ’radical timber men agree that it to the interest of the state as well themselves to leave their land in t most usable condition after log- g operations, for growing either urc timber crops or for agricultural rposes. lut they fear that the present tend- .y to apply European methods in ;ard to our forestry policy in a intry where conditmui arc entirely («rent will seriously handicap luin- manufacturers by eventually bi asing the price of their product to iioint which will put it out < f the ONE OF THE BEST ON THE LINE A governmental overhead of gigan tic proportions would easily be de veloped by creating an official tim ber bureaucracy in state and national governments. Over-regulation has sapped the lift «•in of.our railroads and the Wist can li afford to sanction any policy which funs the beginning of "p- trificaiion" of any of its basic in Ju .tries. 1 et us protect a tr forests but si« t in a manner that merely leaves the trees to die of old age and sawmills to rot down from inability to operate. Work is progressing rapidly on the new depot for Vernonia. It will be the only standard depot on the line be tween here and Portland. Dimensions are 30x100 feet and the same type and plans of the fine East Morrison depot in Portland. The Vernonia Chamber of Commerce is entitled to credit for its persistent work in getting the rail road company to build such a splendid building. The Chamber members stayed with the job and their urging had much effect. If it hadn't of been for the work and trips to Portland of certain members the old building that is now moved off the ground would The schools offices, every residence have been used as Vernonia’s depot. and all places of business of any im portance should have a telephone in THE PADLOCK SOCIETY. stalled at once. Your merchandise can be ordered by phone and in hundreds An organization known as The Pad. of ways it will pay for itself. A di lock Society has been started in Lon rectory car«l will be prepared with don. Those joining it unlock a pad your name ami number, to hang by lock, made a pledge and then lock the your phone. Get your number on it. padlock. This is the pledge: “I prom- so people can find it quick. ise to try my utmost never to say an CALAMITY WILL BE FOR THE BEST To a weekly newspaper being late with an issue, is the greatest worry the editor has. The Eagle has sure been worried for a couple of weeks, and will be for another week. Our big, Jew press didn't prove an easy job, as it took over a week’s time to install it. After getting “fixed up,” our two-horse engine proved too light to operate it, and it called for extra expense and time of installing a larger engin'. The calamity will, we hope, be pardoned, and it will assure us from now on of a better paper. The Eagle will grow and will herald the good tidings of Vernonia from shore to shore. Bank of Vernonia. All kinds of Christmas decorations and toys at Mrs. Lee's, in Vernonia Hotel building. Vernonia Hi>>h School. Nehalem Valley and Columbia Watershed I IPAirf S VAS»«»??' ................................................................................ ................ Cadets Take Provisions to Poor Families [ L ............. ........................... .......................... —............... .. jnan , Ltnnox •V unnrcvf ó* if JUNIOR NOBLE AND JOE HILL In addition to their training in regular acbool courses of «turfy the younger cadets of Hill Military Academy. Portland, are given military drill and le«a«aa in service to othars Paul Noble and Joe Hill (both Junior») are among th« •mall boy« of tho academy who Joined the basket brigade on a recent expedi tion made by the young pupils of the school and who took baskets of provi sions to poor and deserving famine« When the fall term opened recently, the first thing these lad« asked was. "May we save our allowance« up for a basket shower?' Saving allowances mean« no candy tor several week« aad ixst udtut cWLrag« woeo ota ss cerna rsgg! ?!*•