Vernonia
Entered as accond-ctaM matter August 4, 1022, at the post office at Vernonia, Oregon, nnder the Act of Mar, :h 3, 1870
VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, DFCEMBEK 22, 1922
Volume 1, Number 20
Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner
MOUTHPIECE of the NEHALEM VALLEY
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Advertising Medium of a Big Pay Roll Community
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Ad. Hunches; No. 1
The Chicken
I have reached the land of snow and
Dinner was certainly ap
to
rain,
Advertising experts on dis
Of buck meat and skeeter pain,
preciated after the long1 iâllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllQÏ I got my land from Uncle Nick
play instruct u* that white
Portland-Astoria Highway rough drive. The St.
And I am beat, you bet I am.
space judiciously used is
more valuable for attractive
When first I came to get a start
Last Saturday the St.- Helens Club is awake.
The deer were not .far apart, .
ness
than ornaments or long
Now all that I can get to eat
Helens Chamber of Com Dr. Flynn, the Pres.’
descriptive stuff in small
Is corn bread and steer meat.
merce entertained a del and asplendid live wire,
type
Last week one of our
Out on the »now-covered mountains
called
the
meeting
to
stores carried a half page,
egation of enthuastic
I stand,
order.
Chas.
D.
White,
With my 30-30 in my hand,
fifty per cent white spate
citizens from Astoria,
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And try to kill a buck deer,
Vernonia's
Mayor,
was
and
fifty per cent large tv*) e
Although the game wardens may
Vernonia, Forest Grove,
sneer.
telling of certaiu articles for
Timber and points along chosen Chairman. Good
98
cent*. In two days the
The corn won’t grow and the wheat
the Portland-Astoria In speeches were made by
drowns out;
store was entirely sold out
My Sunday pants are all worn out/
land route. The meet ludge Cornelius of As
I sadly think of my father’s home. of the described article, du«
As I gnaw the meat of the buck’s directly to his judgement Hi
ing was called to form toria, Rep. Miles of St.
bones.
the ad. copy mim I the value
plans and to prevail up Helens, Rep. Mott of
Astoria,
Mr.
Bangs
of
Now when I lay me down to sleep o' the bargain. People don’t
on the Highway Com
The fleas and bedbugs o’er me creep.
Timber,
Attorney
Shee-
They
sing prospect holes all over care to read S'-veral thousand
mission, if possible, their
my
hide,
words of sin a I 8 point type
And chew my ribs like they were
early actiou in designat ley of Vernonia, CUude
to
describe an article. Make
fried.
—R. A.
ing this route as a State Smith of Forest Grove,
(We really pity poor R. A., and your c >py attractive.
feel sorry for the woeful plight he
Highway, It is likely and about twenty others
seems to be in.—Editor.)
that little will be attem in attendance. A com
Little sympathy will be
For the benefit of those who bav
pted until after Jan. 1. mittee composed of J udge
in the past sold or aided a minor to forthcoming to the young
obtain tobacco, we are publishing
when it is expected a White and the Columbia
what the law has to »ay about it. man who offer* moonshine
Read it:
to young girls, as we hear
new Commission will be county court,Judge Cor-
“It is unlawful to »ell, barter, trade,
nelious
and
court
of
give or in any manner furnish to any has been done in Vernonia.
appointed. Thousands
minor under the age of eighteen years A re pec table young miu
Clatsop
county,
Judge
of peoole are vitally in
any tobacco, cigars or cigarettes in'
has a duty to protect the
any form.
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terested in this most im Goodin and the court of
w
“It is unlawful for any minor under gir's of his towon as he
the age of eighteen years to smoke,.
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portant of all Oregon Washington county and
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or in any way use any cigar, cigar-1 "Ould »hat of Ilia Sliter. Th«
roads. We have coast the secretaries of the
ette or tobacco in any form whatso-|gjrl t<ituati00 IS dellca’C, Slid
ever in any public highway, street,
, ,
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various
commercial
clubs
highways a plenty, until
place, square or resort.
'th* old Hollg miifht >e chang-
"It is unlawful for any person to ; e<j to ‘Whe:e ill m> Wander
the actual farmers, mill was appointed to present
sell, offer for sale or keep for sale,
n- I T • I ♦ ” If
exchange, barter, dispose of or give t mg Giri lOlllgut.
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men, and townsmen can the matter to the present
away to any minor, any cigarette or, man get* in UOuble OT in
secure a route out of the Highway Commission
cigarettes in the »tate of Oregon.
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“Any person violating the law with Ril
1S generally DI* O*U
and
to
urge
them
to
at
mud. Besides the great
regard to selling cigarettes to minors J fault, Ulid Slid Whether any-
shall, on conviction, be punished by a
,
.
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importance of this route least recommend this
fine of not more than $100.00 for the{On'' ® ’*•* F®1*
***’ ,,OL UOP-
first offense and not more than $500
help hl* cause OD® lOla.
from Portland to Astoria highway to theincoming
nor less than $25.00 for the second
administration.
via Vernonia as a neces
offense, or by imprisonment. Minor» Let each of us sc live that we
under eighteen who smoke cigarettes will have no occasion to fear
sity to farmers and home It was the prevailing Motor Association and I
PLAYING POLITICS IN
in a public place may be fined up to
the enforctnient of any law.
$10.00 or by imprisonment.”
owners, it is, in addition, belief that the Governor the Tourist Association.
INDUSTRY
The best place for boys or
a route of scenic beauty elect would favor the We will keep everlast
B. W. Carlyle, has gonr to girls under age, a'ter dark,
equalling the Columbia early building- of this ingly at it, and we will A peculiar situation exists in the Bellingham Wash, to spend is home.
Northwest. The lumber industry of
Highway.
It is also Inland Highway, and it win
this section is the greatest employer Christmas with relatives.
of
labor.
needed badly on account was the opinion that the
Notice in hereby given that
Canadian shingles are imported
into the United States free of duty
of the present congested new highway commis
The McMullen boy* killed the annual meeting of the
but if the American shingle manufac
condition of the Colum sion would be composed Vernonia High School turers wish to buy Canadian logs a large cougar one day last Nehalem Telo Co. will be
for making shingles they are faced
ALICE ENYARTS, Editor
1923, at
bia Highway, and thq of men with the same
with a prohibitive duty on the raw week that had been annoy- he!d January 3.
tnaterial.
ing the community around Vernonia Grange Hall, com-
The Inland
Inland route will be opinion.
With cheap, foreign labor, Canada
cheayer to construct and Highway will be a reali A splendid program is to can produce both logs and shingles Natal for some time. It is menoing at 10.00 o’clock a.
less than the American manufac reported the animal measur- j m. All stockholders ar# re
a “year round” route. ty. Aid will be asked mj given by the Delphine for
turer. Control of shingle production
Society
Friday, by reason of tariff on logs and free ed about nine feet from tip quested to be present,
At the St Helens meet from the State hotel Literary
—Louis Siegert, Sec.
December 22,
Everybody shingles is passing into British Co to tip.
lumbia hands.
about thirty guests were Association, the State welcome.
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After the end of this se
mester Harry Kea-ey of Ver
nonia High School, will not
be on he hasket ball team
any more, because he will be
over age.
Miss Louise Lester went
to Portland December 19 to
undergo some examinations
by doctors.
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The City Council met Monday
night It was decided that the
city water reservoir should be
located on the T. B. Mills hill
which has an elevation of 200
feet higher than Bridge street.
No more drnce hall permits will
be granted unless the operators
can guarantee order. At an ad
journed meeting the vote of
Nov. 7 was canvassed and found
that both the water and light
measures carried by a handsome
majority and that Guy R. Mills,
C. W. Mellinger, R. M. Hall and
Dr. B. L. Sears were elected as
Councilmen and C. D. White as
Mayor.
Monejz
R BANK.
frh- Your Family.
What would that little family of your* do right bow If any-
thlng haapeaed t > you and you didn’t have a dollar? Lots of thing*
imld happen to your earning power.
Hadn't yon better start a Bank Account?
Put your money In
our Bank.
Bank of Vernonia.
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The inconsistency of the situation
is apparent. American lumbermen
are expected to pay high wages to
American citizens and meet cheap
labor foreign production with no tar
iff protection on a finished product,
but a prohibitive tariff on the raw
tnaterial, which they could buy to
advantage.
This is politics, and even though it
crucify an industry, some politicians
prefer to “play politics" rather than
consider the science of yovernment
as a matter of business for the de
velopment of their own country.
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We hear a report that Mar
shal Fowler intends to re
sign. We really hope it i*
unfounded or that Mr. Fowl
er will reconsider. We real
ize his job is a hard one, in
that he is sure to make ene^
tniea as well as friends—it
being impossible to please
everybody.
He is probably
blamed if he don’t and blam
ed if he doer, as is the case
with police officers the world
over. But we do believ°
that in Vernonia the city
would have a difficult time
finding a better man for the
place than Mr. Fowler,
Mrs. Folger has gone to Salem
to visit relatives untili after
N. Soden, went to Portland to
spend the Holidays.
Christmas,
lace
fhon
Oil
'
Christmas Gift
Headquarters
The Vernonia Drug Co.
Extends to you all a neigh
borly Christmas Greeting
and wishes for you a very
PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
Vernonia Drug Co
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