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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1923)
< lient onia Entered as second-class matter August 4, 1922, at the post office at Vernouli, Oregon, nrider the Act of Marc 1 3, 1379 Volume 1, Number 32 VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1923 MOUTHPIECE of the NEHALEM VALLEY y COLUMBIA COUNTY------ - Advertising Medium of a Big Pay Roll Community TT- NEW MAIL SERVICE WITHIN TEN DAYS Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner Ball Boys boosted ROOMS, HOUSES. VERNONIA NEEDS MORE By Big Basket Social MEALS WANTED MEN WHO KNOW HOW Mail and Train Service For Last Friday noon th a Chamber of Commerce met around the Vernonia Better Than dining tables of the Columbia Whole Nehalem Valley Teeming With Opportunities Hotel, all table« taken. It was Any on the Line Not Fully Realized, Even Within the Narrow an interesting business and so Like our new train service. cial meeting. Several important Confines of Her Own Borders. Last Thursday night the Ver nonia Ball team gave a dance and basket social. It was a big success from every angle. A good attendance made the night lively. The baskets were mostly beautiful ones, some made after novel patterns, representing de signs of various characters. Lester Sheeley was auctioneer, and they were sold at from one to eight dollars each. The “Ore gon-American bunch” was out determined to carry off laurels, and they came through in splen did shape for the cause. $126 was realized from the box sales and $127 was raised by subscrip tion, hence the Ball team starts out under very favorable con ditions. Vernonia will be on the base ball map this year—she’s out to win. Many Men Will Soon Be Here to Work on Our New Industries Within thirty days about 50 Vernonia will now have a mail subjects were disposed of and men will be working on the new service that is better really than the strong feature« included the mill and thé force gradually in we expected to receive.' The election of officers, camp ground creased up to . about 200. It is new mail hours will be in force site, county booklet, new mem np to Vernonia to board and Pioneering Has all Been bone and Active Operations Will Start Immediately— within ten days at the longest bership drive and publicity. room them. Have you any The election was very agree and everv patron in the valley is Industries Assured For This Season Form Almost Staggering Aggre rooms? We hear* rumors of a pleased with the announcement able. Two candidates for presi gate—The Wise Ones Will Get In on the Groud Fluor new 75 roorn .hotel; but it can’t dent ran “neck and neck,” as and hours promised. be finished in 3 ’ days. These The mail will arrive on the both were good men, who would Vernonia, the hub and indus Within a few days the construc men want places to stay Pre train after this, and, more good at all times work felt Vernonia, trial center of the beautiful, rich tion starts on the million and a pare. news, it will not be discontinued and little preference was shown. Nehalem valley, is a wonderful half dollar saw mill with an on the Timber slage to the S. P. The election resulted in the fol spot of opportunities. This fast e<'ght hour capacity of 250,000 The incoming mail will arrive lowing winners. growing city holds every advan feet of lumber. A municipal Pres., G. B. Richmond; Vice on train 61 at 11:45 a. m, and tage aud every reason for ex water system is under construc the outgoing will leave our office Pres., H. E. McGraw; Sec’y,, panding and obtaining a mar tion; a big hydro electric light A jury trial was held Tuesday at 3:00 p. ip. on No. 62. One Lester Sheeley; Tr.-as., J. C. velous future within the year and power plant is now under before Judge tyeed in the case mail each way by train, and one Lindley; Directors, Clarence now upon us. This romantic construction, many houses are of the State vs. Harry Keasey. mail each way by the Timber Coyle, J. W. Rose. L. H Det valley and this city without com being erected—and the city with Mr. Keasey was charged with route as is now. Your mail gets row, Wm. Folger, C. A. Mills. petition holds forth today the a guarantee of 3000 more people Phone the Eagle office a news operating ia‘ passenger automo in about noon and you can an Mills and Mr. Blakely tied and a riches that have always reward wil1 need sewers, new streets to item; that’s what we have a bile without, a chauffeur license, swer it the same day, and it gets “toes up” carried for Mills. Mr. ed ambition, energy, and indom hold the traffic, new auto park, phone for. using, one belonging to Guy R. into Portland about five that Richmond won over Mr. Brown Milis. The defendant produced itable will in a great, new, de play grounds, halls, business day, in time to be delivered in'by only one vote, and Mr. Brown no witnesses and the jury, af er veloping land. The pioneer buildings, small factories and the city, or to catch the eastern demonstrated his loyal disposi- being out about. ten minutes, work is done; a r w country has hundreds of home«. Nc.v school DEMAND FOR MAN, mail trains. This certainly is tion and parliamentary ability by brought in a Verdict of guilty. buildings are demanded now and been conquered and subdued. some service. Nothing is too' a motion that the secretary cast TEAM AND PLOW The fine was placed at $12 and the surrounding country adjacent Great achievements have trans good for Vernonia; everyboiy a unanimous vote for Mr, Rich formed it And yet only a be will be dotted with camps and costs, totaling $27.80 Mr. Ses<e- realizes the importance of the mond. mil s. Community Gardeners Solve man Was attorney for the de The new president made a ginning has been made in its de coming city. We are on the fendant and W. W. Dillard of velopment, in reaping the har Vernonia is without competi Problem by Employing Ex splendid talk on Vernonia’s map. St. Helens, represented the state tion, being a drawing center for Chamber of Commerce, past,, vest of its bounties. Greater pert With Tractor. rewards are ytt to come. That twenty miles in every direction. present and future; sighting SeasideWillAdvjertiss Csttlng a plowman to plow the A good railroad with good train is the appeal, the pulling power among big accomplishments the garden is often a serious prob of this new land to the young service, a highway from Port- small lem, especially in cities and towns publicity the Chamber secured Two thousand dollars is be man of today. Nowhere is there and to Aitotii ihruugh the where very few teams and plows are through the state press; the big expenaed by ifri Sei .Mw <. < i Now ready for business is a a future fuller of hope and un town, ana nt.v people with available. The community gardeners new jewelry store for Vernonia celebration last September that limited expansion for growing know edge of town building are have solved this difficulty by having merciai Club in advertising sea in the Blakely building. Mr. the state still remembers and ambition than here awaits the locati g every week. More taxes the entire tract plowed and harrowed side and sister resorts of Clats< p in a body either by team or tractor. Martineau, of Portland, is the the splendid new depot at Ver man with a reasonable amount come :® the people come; prop In this way the work can be done on county this spfinfr. President L. new arrival and comes highly nonia that the Chamber* was in of capital and a willingness to erty values . dvance as the city an acreage basis and is much cheaper L. Paget has announced. Solic recommended. Notice his an strumental in securing instead work. To the farmer, industrial grow ; a pay roll means pros than by having each individual garden iting committees began a cat vas plowed separately. of the business hom es last v eek nouncement ad. on another page of a re-built house once proposed worker, manufacturer, the re perity. The problem of financing the plow Mr. Robinson reported on the ing and preparation of community gar to raise this’quota, which will tail busine s man. the man with We must take care of the dens County Booklet meeting, and the Is solved by each gardener put cover the .cost of printing and Mayor Becomes Farmer i funds for the book were ordered capital to invest, and to every growth; we should be better pre ting a certain amount, say $2, Into a distribution of thousands of at man who yearns to get a start at pared now. Men with the common fund at the beginning of the tractive booklets and auto stick season. This fund Is placed In the Mayor Chaa. D. White has sent to the Book Board treasur the start of things, Vernonia and Knowhow are needed. Men hands of a plowing committee who ers ordered by itne Club. purchased a 30-acre ranch a cou er, who is Judge Philip of St the Nehalem Valley calls. afraid are detriment. Vernonia employ a man with teams or tractor Helens. ple of miles from Vernonia -the Within thirty days train after is a cky; she has thrown off her at a pre-arranged price per acre, and A Park committee was named Big Rock Crusher the committee sees to it that the work best tow in Oregon, Cnak. says train will unload cargoes of new old wjys and styles and is enter Is properly done. After the plowing confer with the ball boys on a to »W ---- —and intends living on the place building material to go into Ver ing a new life. In another year is completed and the work paid for park site and report at a meet A big rock crusher arrived this summer. Mr. White will nonia industrial plants. Within the shacks will be replaced by the committee returns the unexpended last week for the O-A- L. Co. build a new residence in town to ing this Friday night. Join the The chicken din er was thor sixty days brick and cement beaut J'ul homes. and is “set up” for business at rent* this summer, while he puts ciowd. buildings will be under way. oughly enjoyed by all, and as a their camp. They have lots of i i the time improving his farm. climax every member will try to go d rock* easily procured and Another Suit Which Looks Best? Who Will Be It? secure another member with are crushing for baltast on their dues at $1.00 per month, with n ad and to be used in the erec ,. , - . . - ..... H. V inBlaricom has a warrant out Someone will soon put up a no initiation fees. tion of the immense mill at Ver We can t^help but feel a little chargi g Prof. Wilson with assault and fireproof 50 or 75 room hotel in nonia. F. E. Malmsten returned Mon proud of the appearance of the battery. The case comes out of a - 1 1 't Vernonia, Who will be the day from Salem, vyhere he Sun- advertisements in the Eagle, punishment on one of the school pupils, Two New Business Houses lucky builder? It will be de dayed with his daughter, Miss Notice how each one is built; do Myrtle VanBlaricom. The trial is aet >for this afternoon< we are informed. manded before it can be finished, Hazel, who is attending Willam you think them artistic? if one was to start today. McGown & Anderson had a ette University, car load, of lumber arrive 1 rum Lloyd Thomas and Dr. M. D. A peculiar hearing before Jus Portland this Week, and "ill Cole were Portland visitors Sun tice Weed Saturday that resulted An Important Outfit. start construction of two new in acquittal, for the present at: day. We think Lloyd went to balance to the members or holds it least, was the complaint of one Salem, but he told us not men- In a common fund for meeting exi business houses wilh it immedi gencies that may arise from time to ately. party that another party had I tion it, so we won’t. .— s>—J------ -*!• time. Where the gardeners are or drawn a gun. From testimony ganised Into a regular garden club all Ed- ^fimbnsen and Perry Har it appeared the fuss was over Geo. C. Burton of Portland, matters such as plowing, laying off the vey, of the Vernonia Brazing & the affections of a girl. Judge was looking at Vernonia this gardens, and cleaning up In the fall, are handled by the officers of the club Machine Works, were transact Weed gave some good advice week with a notion of locating. aud such committees as may be ap ing business at Portland last and we opine that his only re Said he would be back. pointed^__________________________ week. gret was that both men were too large to take over his knee for a good spanking. Mr. Sesseman ably defended the defendant When You Want Let Us Develop OU live in the land of opportunity. Make and Print Them to Present the moat of it by keeping up with Verho- Some more late and good news nia—by keeping your bank account growing in says that two large buildings are Nothing makts a more desirable or suitable gilt (han a collection of sol >11 order that when YOUR big chance comes you to be built immediately on the photographs, or some nice photograph enlarged into a big manificent picture. don’t have Co “pass it up.” C. A. Mills property, the best For the developing and printing of {¿ictures. and enlarging,,^><;offer you the business property now vacant on Thia is the unbiased advice of your bank — services of our photo department supervised by an expert ph«>togiapher of she west side, with the excep and it’a well founded, too, for we, as well, are jf tion of two corner lots that can’t high degree and who will exercise the greatest possible care .a handling yiour keeping up with Vernonia.” be bought work, as his reputation depends altogether on the results he’ produce««. For STAGE IS ALL SET, READY FOR ACTIVE WORK In Justice Court T-T New Jewelry Store .• 8 Keep Up With Vernonia PICTURES Y BANK of VERNONIA. Jadge Judson Weed was in town yesterday and made us a pleasant call for a moment’s chat. 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