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 1 Advertising Medium of a Big Pay Roll Community IQ PnUINP sea^ lu UUinillb table. JUST VERNONIA at the banquet S IIHIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIff ■ E 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, I 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. 1 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,. , . ,. . • • • . _ portant of all Oregon Washington county and IB 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, , , . . . . • _ 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. II a 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. . • n u- “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 , . . , 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. n tl nrvr 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. 1 : 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. I 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. I 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 4