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Entered ss second-class nutter August 4,, 1822, at the post office at Veruonls, O jgon, ander the Act of Marc ft 3, ÌS7J
VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1923
Volume 1» Number 24
Advertising Medium of a Big Pay Roil Community
MOUTHPIECE of the NEHALEM VALLEY
Council Discusses, ill Fine
All members present. Mayor
White recommended that as
Lester Sheeley was a native son
a college graduate in law, a sin­
cere, ambitious young lawyer
that had devoted much time with
no pay for acting as city attor­
ney, and that as he was thorou­
ghly compitant to attend to the
minor affairs at least ol the city
that he thought it no more than
right that the city encourage
him to the extent of the appoint­
ment of City Attorney. Mills
said the City attorney should be
a property owner.
Mellinger
said the city it seemed like would
need a very good attorney and
that we had one in town. White
said it might not be harmony to
have a city attorney that worked
agiinst the Mayor.
Sheeley
said he would do his best but
didn’t want the job unless all
the Council wanted him.
Hall
said he felt the time was here
when we needed some one with
experience, and he really was
in favor of Harris. Mellinger
said the best way out of it might
bi to let the Recorder * hire the
attorney he wanted to do his
work. Mills said he hoped we
could have an attorney who
would always be present and he
favored Harris. The talk con­
tinued awhile and ended in no
action.
Curfew ordirarce was read
for third time and passed. White
said the public wculd like o
know what the ordinances were
and that they should be published
as he thoaght the expence would
be no grater than to have them
type written three timee and
posted. Hall said it he knew
how many lines there would be
he could give his opinion. Mills
said he believed more people
would see them if they were
posted than if printed. Melling
er was neutral, and Mills moved
the Curfew ordinance be pub­
lished; carried. A large blanket
ordinance covering the laws you
are most likely to break was
passed as an ordinance describ­
ing disorderly conduct. Sears
moved this ordinance be posted
and motion carried. An ordin­
ance fixing the bonds for treas­
urer, recorder and marchal was
passed and ordered pasted.
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few bills were allowed and some
of them tabled after long dis-
Good P. O. Site
cussion. Moved by Hall that
Recorder have an ordinance pre-
partd for sidewalks; carried.
Mellinger moved that Marshal
put in cross walks; carried.
Bids for test wells were opened
and an hour's talk tabled them.
Adjourned at 10:45.
Business Men, Look Here!
Store Changes Hands
We hear of a business deal in
the city, this week, that is im­
portant. The Throop store be­
ing purchased by Coyle & Coyle.
We hear that the change will
take placo Feb. 1, and that the
new proprietors intend to remod­
el and install, in connection with
groceries, a first class meat mar­
ket.
Rev. F. B. Culver of Lents
has arrived in Vernonia to take
charge of the Evangelistic Ser­
vices now being hehl in the E-
vangelicai Churci.
Already
there are some good results which
are very cn.-ouraging at this
early stage of the meetings.
Service» each evening. Song
eervi *e and preaching | at 7:30
and 8. Everybody welcome.
The McLees case came up on
Wednesday eve ling.
McLees
was charged with using profane
and boisterous language. He
acted as his own attorney. Les­
ter Seeeley was attorney for the
city. The defendent called three
witnesses.
None of them men­
tioned the case i i question. One
swore that Fowler declared once
he would get McLess some time.
Another swore that she had said
that one of the complaining wit­
nesses could not sell booze in her
place of business. The third
stated that she didnt want her
boy to get in any of the trouble
in town.
Three witnesses for
the prosecution ail swore that
they heard the defendant use
the mentioned language. Two
said it was about 8:30 and one
said about 9:30.
City Recorder
Ben Owens was the Judge and
he dismissed the case.
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The public, as well as the law
looses patience with men that
cou d be men. who repeatedly
choose the beast route. A long
term seems the only -»emedy for
those who insist in making them­
selves a nusiance.
Theodora
Roosevelt coined a splendid
phrase when he spoke of certain
stripes as “Undesirable Citizens’’
Four drunk and disorderly
cases were up before the local
police court Monday morning.
It was a pitiful looking bunch,
a true expression of the “mor­
ning after th? nigh before.*’ It
dosnt pay, and the four were
The Merchants Protective As­
fined $25, each, which they paid
sociation met Wednesday night
A bunch of business was disposed
Every mother and every child
of. The stores will close at 7
under 16, living in Vernonia
o’clock p. m., with the exception
will read the Curfew ordinance
of Wednesdays and Saturdays,
publisoed in this issue. Probably
when they remain open as late
600 of them at least. How many
as the trade demands.
would stand out in the mud ?nd
rain to read it if posted on a post
or side of a barn.
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Bank of Vernonia.
McDonald, Rodgers, Lindquist,
Fowler and Elizabeth Hall, all
neighbors, surprised her by
calling for two o’clock dinner.
A splendid time is reported.
Sheriff Wellington was in our
city Monday, visiting and taking
notice. He speaks in encoura­
ging terms of Vernonia and ex­
pressed the wish that the road
between here and St Helens was
paved.
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The city telephone 1» in operation.
Get your phone put in as soon as pos­
sible, as some one wants to call you
up. It will save many a trip “down
town” if you have a phone. Prac­
tically every business firm in the city
now has a phone. The Eagle is pre­
paring a phone card with the phone
number and business, making it easy
to find whom you want. If it is a
grocery store, you can find on the
card that hangs by your phone who
it is and what his number is in a
few seconds, etc. Also see at a glance
what the firm handies.
The card directories are for free
distribution, and if you have a phone
or contemplate getting one, you can
have a card at this office or any
store in town that has a phone. Blank
spaces will be left for any new firm
numbers. The cards will last for
years, and can always be hanging by
the side of your phone for handy
reference.
What a grand and glorious feeling
is a good cup of coffee when you
crave extra good coffee. We found
it. Mr. Copeland, of the “Mecca.”
called us in and demonstrated beyond
a doubt that he knows how to make
really good coffee. The “Mecca" is
an up-to-date fountain lunch.
The Elon E. Malmsten home ia mod­
ernly equipped with an acetylene
lighting system that will furnish light
Mrs. Ruben Hall had a birth­ for both home and barn. They have
day Thursday, the 19th. On the it so arranged with a plate to cook
occasion
Mesdames Hattock, on. Certainly convenient and handy.
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There is a city ordinance now cov­
ering gambling, vagrancy, gun carry­
ing, vulgar and boisterous language,
etc. The Eagle is interested in seeing
the law enforced. It is time it was
st ipped. One of the tin-horn gam­
bler» ha» left town, and some still re­
main. The law is going to be en­
forced. So is the law against minors
in pool rooms and the curfew law.
A half dozen men who have done
nothing for a living in Vernonia ex­
cept gamble for the past four months,
either have to go to work, stop gam­
bling or move on.
A man can make an honest living
as easy as he can in avoiding the
law. If a business isn't paying as a
legitimate business, it is better and
more profitable to stop that business
while the stopping is good.
OREGON POST OFFICES ______
ARE ADVANCED
Vernonia Can Now Have Larger P. O.
Building—Another of Our “Pol­
icies’* Being Realised
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 13.—The
postoffice at Brogan and Vernonia,
Oregon, have been advanced to the
presidential grade, it was announced
by the postoffice department today.
The postmaster at Brogan will re­
ceive a salary of $1000 and the Ver­
nonia postmaster will be paid $1200.
The above little item tells a story.
A few personal letters, a fast-grow­
ing population, an urgent necessity, a
thoughtful and business administra­
tion eventually brings results. Ac­
cording to the announcement and
word the Eagle receives our post­
office is advancing and will double its
capacity and business in 1923. Now
the local office is an appointive, or,
rather, presidential office.
Our postmaster is to receive a sal­
ary of $1200 per year. This means
that we can buy stamps any time of
the day, the postmaster can devote
his entire time to the business, he
can better afford the time and ac­
commodations and courtesies the
growing business will demand. It is
a regular postoffice.
No new timber is hankering for the
job, however, for which we are glad.
We have the right man in the right
place, and we are glad to see the ad­
vance. We believe now that our post­
master, by proper communications
with the proper officials through
Portland headquarters, can prevail
upon Uncle Sam to rent a larger
building, where the lobby will ac­
commodate the crowds and where
lock boxes will- be more plentiful.
There are people willing to build such
a building. We congratulate our
postmaster.
Harrison Rose, and a Mr.
Zumwalt were arrested Monday
and charged with the attempt
at contributing to the delinquence
of a minor by force. The case
JOIN THE CHAMBER OF COM­
came up before Justice Weed.
MERCE
Defendants wavered hearing
The Chamber of Commerce will
and were bound over to the next
help you, help the city and help all.
session of the Grand Jury under Next Friday they meet at 1 o’clock in <
Vernonifi Chamber of Commerce
Sesseman Hall. Be there.
bale of $500 each.
held a good meeting last Friday night
W. O. Galaway, President of
the Bank of Vernonia, was here
Wednesday, the first time in ov­
er a month. Mr. Galaway has
been in Portland undergoing
treatment for stomacd trouble,
and is now feeling himself again
Vernonia people were glad to
see him on our streets and in the
bank. Mrs. Galaway accompan­
ied him, driving over from Banks
T\EP().*hir $100 in the Batik
V trnouia un your child's
1st biithday, Then
on each
birthday add a numlwr of dollars
equal to ’he child’s age. When
your chil 1 is twenty-one lie will
have $300 in the bank.
The actual money yor put in
comes to only $231. The 4per
cent compound interest that the
Bink of V> rnonia pays <u> aav-
ings adds tlie her $75 nulomat-
ically. .Any »ystematic saving
on the Bank of Vernon n plan
grows aunizi ngly. You can start
wilt any amount from $1.00 up,
and bank by mail.
'The Crown Mills Calendar
for 1923 presented us by Mr.
A splendid post office building | Kerth, is a beauty. The best we
is wanted by every one In town have so far received.
It is a
without exception. All
want picture of Hood River Valley in
a lobby as large again as the apple blossom time.
present otffe, and many more lock
boxes. Why not prevail on U. S.
to rent a good, regular room on
oiir main street Near the bus­
The Vernonia Chamber of
iness center, the bank and easy
.Commerce will meet next Fri­
to reach. Why not endeavor to
day at 1:00 o’clock in Sesseman
rent the neat room just built by Hall. Lunch will be served and
Mr Blakely, providing Mr. Blak­ an hour’s talk fest enjoyed.
ely will rent It? We believe this You are invited.
would meet with the approval
LAW AND ORDER
of all the patrons and the pat­
rons are the ones to be accomo­ Clean Up the Gambier», Vag» and
dated.
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Any Police Court increases
the fine materially for every
time the same prisoner appears.
When they appear the second or
third time it generally is the
limit.
Mr. and Mr«. Arnold, Mr. and Mrs.
Lindley, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Folgvr
went out to the thingie mill Sunday,
about i miles from town, and enjoyed
a winter picnic.
A pleasant hour was
spent at the Arnold home Bundav
eveninc by tde same party.
W. J. Gooding, who is proprietor of
the Vernonia Wood Yards, feels at
home more since the arrival of his
wife and son from Idaho, last week,
to make this their home. Mr. Good­
ing is a new subscriber to the Eagle
and keeps up with home news.
President Keasey suggested that we
do something while the legislature
was in session in regard to trying to
secure the inland highway as a state
highway. The subject brought a
united response and a committee wa<
sent to Salem to see if a bill to that
effect could be arranged. More mem­
bers are wanted in the chamber and
every man in town can help th" com­
munity by joining. Next meeting is
at Nehalem hotel dining room at 1
p. m., on Friday, January 26. Come
if you will join. The luncheon will
cost each one present 40 cents. Let
us have a good community talk at the
table and everyone can have a say.
Call this your invitation.
A woman in Tillamook was burned
with a hot iron by two men one n-ght.
A reporter, writing for so much a
column, made a long story about it.
The K. K. K. was, of course, men­
tioned, because it made better read­
ing. The woman has three children,
but they live in Florida. She has been
arrested for moonshining; she is
“talked about”; she was arrested for
carrying a gun. Her name has “been
mentioned” with different men. Oh,
well, use your own judgment.
A Season Just Started.
AN AUTO TOURIST PARK
A very important need for our city
is a city park, as near the center of
town as possible. An auto camp
ground. Now would be the time for
the chamber of commerce to look
into this matter and get prepared for
the hundreds of visitors we will have
this spring.
Mrs. Webster .'as been on the
sick list this week.
Folgers Cold Tablets
25c
Folger’s Horehound
Syrup, 50c and $1.00
An Excellent Cough Remedy.
Laxative Cold Tab­
lets,
25c
Baby Cough Syrup
25 and 50c
A. W. Kraus, of Aurora, is a new
subscriber to the Eagle this week. He
says Vernonia is going to be a good
city, beyond a doubt.
Nyals Combined Cold
Remedy,
50c
They call it "Sunny South," yet
down in Georgia they had snow and
sleet two weeks ago.
Beef-Iron Wine, >1.25
A Fine Winter Tonic;
Mesdamee Smith, Lindley,
Brown, and Folger met with
W. N. Wood oiled the wheel» of the Mrs. Arnold 1 uesday afternoon
Eagle pre»« this week with a year’»
as a sewing society.
subscription.
Since you have to advertise, why
not do it right? Advertising'is noth­
ing but teaching people to believe
•n you and your goods.
You, for instance, are trying to
teach people to believe in your city.
You are trying to sell thirdly to as
many people as you can; not literally,
but you are trying to impress them
with the good qualities of your city.
Your city is nothing but a collection
of individuals, and your town will im-
pre»» itself as your advertising im­
presses. I am a great believer in a 1-
vertising cities as well as business.
The most important feature of all
is to have someone whose business
it is to attend to the advertising of
your city. This is an age of public­
ity, and unless you keep after th_-
people all the time they soon forget
you. You have got to keep everlast­
ingly at it, because the business of
ibis community in all of its transac­
tions is like a kaleidoscopic view, we
see things for a moment and then
they pass away. I doubt whether
there is a man present who can tell
who was president of the United
States six terms ago, and yet I think
he was the most important personage
of that time, but I do believe that al­
most everybody can tell who was the
last president of the United States.
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky was
once a great place, but you do not
hear of it any longer; publicity has
stopped. The same thing is true of
the earthquake in San Francisco. I
ioubt whether there is a man in this
room- tonight who can tell the year
.nd the date it happened. It simply
hows how great events and things
>ass from us unless we keep cverlast-
tigly at it.
I often use the word “booster," al­
though it is perhaps not an elegant
term, but I have seen good action
come from the work of “boosters.”
\ “booster" is a man who does all
the good he can to all the people he
can as well as he car. and then trusts
the rest to God.
A "knocker” is defined as “a thing
that hangs on the outside of tbe
door.”
I have said the two big factors in
the problem of distribution are ad­
vertising and salesmanship. The re­
lationship between the two, in my
opinion, is the closest relationship it
is possible to have. It is closer than
the team under a single yoke; it i;
closer than friends; it is closer than
brothers, yes, it is closer than the
relation between man and wife, be­
cause there can never be a separation
or divorce.”
Prompt Action Against Colds Means Health
and Prevention.
A Proper Remedy for Children’s
Colds.
ß. F. Carlyle has returned
from Bellingham, and will work
with Dale & Enos, papering and
interior decorating.
By Hugh Cbalmar».
A Big Year for Colds
New telephones and new telephone
central are now in and our city is
up with the rest of them now in this
respect. Something new all the time.
Free garden seeds are arriving—an­
other sign of spring, but don't plant
them yet for a day or two.
Ad. Hunches; No. 4
What your city really needs
Weeks Cold Tablets
25c*
Vicks Vapo Rub
Mentholatum, 25c. 50c
and
$1.00
Oil Eucalyptur, 25 and
5Oc
Nyals Liver Salta, 35
and
60c
Benzoin Inbaler,
Omis
Vernonia Drug Co.
W in . Ftegar, Riarmatesi.
Vernonia,
50c
Every Home Should have one.
Keeps Yon Fit
Para
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