PERSONAL DOINGS IN THE LOCAL FIELD
Items Gathered From Here and There
Sense and Nonsense.
If we don't see your personal-
Miss Hilda Webster was out
ly, and if it should happen that
from Portland for Sunday.
you are not a regular subscriber
Mrs. Thjw. Tucker visited her to the Eagle, wont you consider
chilbren in Warren for a couple this an invitation to subscribe?
week.
Send your name; $1.50 per year.
Mr. and Mrs. Folger were
called
to Salem last week. Mrs. J. R. Lee had to bring I s
The new depot is beautiful.
Shortage of feed is giving IJarrfa-
Folger,s mother, Mrs. H. L. bob sled to the aid of Uncle Si hi
burg dairymen much concern.
la^t week and go after the mail,
The new cottages ior Messrs Martin, died (here last Friday. where autos feared to tread.
Total receipts on the Columbia river
Interstate bridgs last irtonth amounted J.iy and Brown are being sturttd The funeral services were held
at the Portland Crematorium
to more than 119,000.
Thos. L. Timmcns has ju9t re
The Seventh Day Adventists of this
A. Corey is buildinir a large Monday morning.
turned
from a trip east, through
state will hold their annual camp meet
new
residence.
Oklahoma,
Kansas and Colorado,
The
Win
O'
e
Club
met
last
ing in Eugene next June.
visiting
friends
and relatives
Thursday
night
in
H
>ffman
Hall
Odd Fellows of Marshfield have de
Mrs. W. E. Walker of Banks about fifty strong. They re and t ki g in a big Insurance
cided to begin Immediately the con
struction of a $25,000 lodge building.
has been visiting at the home of port the best time ever.
convention at Tulsa.
Late registrants have raised the her daughter Mrs. H. E. McGraw
number of students for the spring
WANTED—1 want to buy a Heard several remark that if
term at Willamette university to 539. I N J. PirKer was transacting
good used 120 to 150 egg incu the council is to meet in the
A $50,000 appropriation for control busini ss in Portland t..e first of
bator. Will pay cash. Inquire sch >ol building, why not in the
of northwest white pine blister rust
th
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week.
Eagle office.
building, and not down in the
up to July 1 has been made by the
federal government.
cellar. The spectators like to
Mr. Twinehan is out from see the councilmen and hear
G. ii. R'chmo.id has returned
During the year ending February 1.
1923, the loss by fire in McMinnville from Portland and has assuran Portland, this week.
their remarks, instead of being
was only $1500. The department re ces >hat the big mill will be
lined up behind a furnace.
sponded to 11 calls.
H W. Smith was Uansactir.g
built
in the spring.
Petitions are being circulated in the
business at Portland this week.
Bend and Harper school districts for
Begin to think of gardens.
Coyle
B.-us,
were
in
Portland
a special election at Bend March 3 to
Read
each week the “Ccttage
None of the outside bidders
vote on creation of a union high school this week arranging for a new
Gardener
” that we will run in
came to hear the returns Mon
district.
ice making plant
the
Eagle.
Articles worth many
The Eastern Oregon Osteopathic as
day night. The Astoria com-
0. zV .Vids was a Portland oany culled up the Mayor’s of times the subscription price of
sociation met in La Grande Monday.
Osteopaths from Wallowa, . Baker, visitor this week.
fice the following day for re the paper. Real helpful hints
Uhion and Umatilla counties were
Attorney Sheeley was a Hills port, but otherwise industry on your home gardens.
present.
Governor Pierce has announced the boro and Portland visitor Mon throughout the state wasn’t
Read our garden talks. They
hampered, nor was the pipe
appointment of William Pollman of day.
are
new each week. Every
Baker as a member of the state high-
market effected.
Mrs.
J
W.
Rose
spent
the
first
cottage can have a garden.
why commission, to take the place of
< f the week at Portlund.
W„ B. Barratt,
Camas, Wash., Feb. 14.—The
A protest against any cutting of the
The Eagle is censured <>c
Mrs. Rhoda Hall of Prescot voters of Camas yesterday pass
$56,000,000 appropriation for rivers
casionally
when sonuone
and harbors was telegraphed to Presi Wash, mother of Mrs. B J. Cline ed a municipal bond issue of
dent Harding by the state chamber was vi-iting relatives in town
$158,500 for a new water system imagines their toes are step
of* commerce.
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last week.
for Camas by a vote of 232, ped on. 'Che Eagle nas no
The stale highway commission, at a
wish to be personal, nor does
against 7 opponents.
meeting to be held in Portland March
Mrs. Geo. Olsen of Portland
1/ will open bids for the construction
it stoop so low as to seek re
roads and bridges at an estimated has been visiting Mrs. J. E.
The largest office building in venge, or to wrong anj’one
cost of $5004)00.
Tapp for a few days.
the world is at Detroit, Mich.
unjustly. The paper is for
The Union Oil company of California
has purchased from Mrs. Anna Mack
good; it will continue to
.'180 feet of water frontage at Astoria
work for good and to suggest
for a wharf and warehouse. The price
paid was $65,000.
improvements and denounce
Last Saturday night, a few
The Whitney company at Garibaldi
To the Editor of the Vernonia Eagle. wrong, whether it hits husi
has a payroll of $42,000 a month. The Vernonia people enjoyed the best
Dear Sir:—
tune
of
their
lives.
Mr.
and
ness methods, ciuncil or
town is growing rapidly and 42 em
In view of the fact that upon two
ployes of the firm are building perma- Mrs. Detrow entertained a few
occasion* you have seen fit to slur the school. A newspaper has no
hent homes there.
of their rriends at t.ie Coyle su teachers of the Vernonia Grade preference.
It is for the
‘ Astoria^btisiness men have establish burban home. It was a party
Schools, the first being the remarks
ed a community department store in
that will long be remembered about the teacl era taking holidays public.
.the old Lovell garage building in the
from school work to attend the insti
burned district as a step toward com- and one that the neighbors en
joyed until a real late, or early, tute, when by law they are required to Several residence lots were
•mercial renaissance.
do so or forfeit theif certificate; (see
Nine school districts in Coos, and hoi r.
Splendid refreshments par. 75, page 33 Oregon School Law.) sold this week.
Curry counties have consolidated for were served. Music, games and
and second in regard to the observance
.•the purpose of establishing a high
Mrs. G. 0. Sale was a Port
progressive
“
500
”
passed
aw»y
of Lincoln’s birthday, we, the grade
school on the Roosevelt highway with
land
visitor Thursday and Fri
the time. Mrs. White received teachers wish to state that your in
in half a mile of Bandon.
day.
formation
in
regard
to
same
was
very-
J Bruce Donaldson was found guilty first prize for the ladies, and
incomplete.
. last week of having Illegally possessed Waiter Coyle for the men.
The The facts were that several of the Schools in Vernonia were dis
beaver hides, hidden in the garret (of praise of the host was nani-
Thursday—
teachers did observe Lincoln’s birth missed at noon
' his cabin at Valset?, and was fined
Washington
’
s
Birthday.
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meus. Eighteen guests were at day and others « ere for a week pre
$100 by Judge Baker at Independence.
vious,
working
upon
a
combined
Lin
years
ago
George
Washington
Modern Woodmen of America from the tables.
coln, Washington birth-day program, was bora.
j most of the leading.towns of western
The Oetrows Entertain
r Oregon assembled at Albany for a
* district conclave and initiation. Ap-
•’ proximately 100 candidates .were ini
tiated.
,
Immediate precautionary measures
to prevent the spread of influenza are
, urged by Drs Frederick D. Strickler
through bullet Ina being issued from
. the offices of the Oregon state board
of health.
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The annual'fire report of the fire
..* chief of La Grande shows that of a
total of 58 fire calls during 1922, six
were due to children playing with
/ matches and three from carelessness
t of smokers.
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Members of the Associated Press
' in the state of Oregon will hold a
special meeting at the University of
Oregon at Eugene In conjunction with
the annual Oregon newspaper confer
ence, March 22, 23 and 24.
Five cars of canned pears are be
ing shipped from the cannery of the
Eugene Fruit Growers' association to
England, one^of them'going to Liver
pool and four to London, according
to J. O. Holt/manager of the asso
ciation.
Total deposits in the 281 state and
national banks in Oregon on Decem
ber 29, 1922, showed an increase of
approximately $25,000,000 when com-
pareu with the deposits December 21.
1921,.according to a report prepared
by the state banking department. Total
resources of the banks last December
were $308,543,854.2!».
Waste wood from sawmills can be
utilised in a destructive distillation
plant Installed in the mines building
at the Oregon Agricultural college by
J. R. Armstrong of Oregon City, a
senior in engineering. Armstrong has
been working on the project since the
first of the school year, under the
direction of Dr. F. E. Rowland, profes
sor of industrial chemistry, who be
lieves that the project can be carried
on commercially on the Pacific coast
with gbod results. There are several
, large plants In the east but nene in
the west, where wood is p!»ntlfnl.
“1 hem Cays Are Gone Forever”
‘Thirty-nine years ago, when
it really snowed. 1 carried mail
to St. Helens from Vernonia
through 16 feet of snow. I wal
lowed in snow as deep as a well,
but made the trip, two days go
ing and two days coming; and
people then thought I was slow.
The trip t day to Timber in
about two feet of snow is a
pleasure outing, a heaven of
bliss in comparison, and no ex
cuse for missing. We could in
the deep snow days get our mail
on time but ‘them days are gone
forever.’
H. D. VanBlaricom.
The Philosophy of Bro. Ostrich
There is something almost hu
man about the ostrich. Rather
than face the urusua1, he buries
his head in the sand—thus ex
posing himself, rather reckless
ly, to the whims of chance.
Lots of folks shut their eye?
when they need them most. In
the matter of buying something.
Who gets the most for his
money? The man who buys
blindly—or the fellow who reads
the adverisements and discovers
the things he really wants and
needs?
There is no denying the great
value of advertising to those
who i»ad it. It protects you
against fraud and inferiority. It
tells you what ie new and good,
miking you a wise buyer. It
sr<ves you money.
DCN’T BE AN OSTRICH.
R ;il the Advertisements!
I Home Guilders*
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We are now in position to take care of
orders for the following Building Supplies:
Terra Cotta Chimney Pipe
Cement,
Lime
By the sack or pound
Roof Saddles, Flue Thimbles,
All Standard Sizes Window Glass
Building Paper,
Roofing
Paint Brushes, Putty
FOR PUBLICATION
as has boon the custom here.
Also in regard to change in times of
late years, the statement is not borne
ont by facts as the law requiring the
observance of the bi'days of famous
Americans is of very recent origin.
In conclusion allow us to state that
patriotism is not taught on one day
only but on every day in the Vernonia
schools by teachers who aro 101 per
cent. American. (Signed) the grade
teachers.
The above *'essay ” is a little off
subject. If there is one institution in
Vernonia the Eagle is partial to, it’s
the grade schools. We are interested
in them. We have repeatedly lauded
their good work and have on numerous
occasions “bragged” on them. The
grade teachers we admire. We be
lieve them splendid instructors, and
are proud of Vernonia's half dozen
school teachers in the Grade School.
The above writer signed the article in
only one handwriting with no name
and called it “The Grade Teachers.”
An entirely wrong ide * is expressed
when this writer says this paper ever
“slurred” the teachers. We leave it
to all Eagle readers, who know better.
This piper never hinted anything per
sonal about Vernonia teachers taking
vacations on pay to attend “Teachers
Institute.” At one time we did insin
uate that it was a queer law that de
manded such and that it seemed the
teachers could have their institutes
any time, other than school time.
Ninety per cent of our readers over
the state will agree with us, too. As
to the Lincoln Day observance: We
didn’t state that no rooms observed it.
But we stated that we had asked sev
eral grade boys and they told us Lin
coln's name wasn’t mentioned on Mon
day, Lincoln’s birthday—not even toll
ing pupils it was Lincoln’s birthday,
in Prof. Wilson’s room, and at least
one other room, we declared, thio was
omitted and we are still 100 per cent
strong enough to declare thio ten t
right. But we leave it to an over
sight on the part of the teachers and
not a lack of patriotism.
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JUST TO READ
—Our friend Mr.---------------------- says
when he married he thought he was
going to be master of his house but
he has discovered that he is only pay
master.
—They don’t call small towns, “one-
horse places” anymore. They call
them “four-cylinder burgs” now.
—Wichita, Kan., Jan. 28.—(Special.)
—Guided by intoxicated pigs and a
“boozy” rabbit, Sheriff Chet Conner
and a corps of deputies uncovered a
hidden still, several barrels of mach
and a quantity of liquor, concealed
cleverly in the brambles in the center
of a 40-acre grove on the William
Bitzel farm near Belle Plaine. After
several unsuccessful attempts to break
through the brambles officers fol
lowed the trail of tipsy pigs and a
rabbit which appeared to have at
tended a moonshine party, and located
the still.
—In 1844 two men arrived at the spot
where Portland, Oregon, now stands.
One man was from Boston and the
other from Portland, Maine. Each
wanted to name the place for his own
home town and to settle the argument
a penny was flipped. The Portland
man won, according to the story.
Pettygrove was his name and his de
scendents still treasure the historic
penny.
$50.22 up
$50,
$75,
$100
$150
ONE-FOURTH DOWN
Corey’s Addition
Best Residential Part of Vernonia
Healthy,
Sightly,
and Dry
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—They say that Crusoe was one of the
first advocates of advertising—be
cause NSr. Crusoe stuck up an ad in
the form of an old shirt on a pole, and
the result was rescue from a passing
ship!
Lots ■iw"“::“ Market
—The United States, with only one-
sixteenth of the world’s population,
has one-sixth of the world’s live stock,
fays the United States Department
of Agriculture. It has one-half of the
world’s 9,000,000 mules, one-third of
the 169,000,000 swine, one-fifth of the
100,000,000 horses, one-seventh of the
492,000,000 cattle, and one-ninth of
the 465,000,000 sheep. As consumers
of meat per capita, we stand fourth in
the list, with an average of 142 pounds
per person per year.
Also 2, 3 and 4 Acre Tracts.
For More Information Call at
Economy Stofa»
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