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THE CITY’S DOINGS
Oregon is noted for her beautiful
The town paper. Eagle, notified the
women—pretty girls.
Every state recorder that it would publish a re­
claims the same distinction. The Ore­ corder’s financial report without cost,
gonian, for popularity’s sake, is that the citizens and taxpayers would
carrying on another “beauty contest,” know just what the city was doing.
the winner to have a free trip to At­ The council thought it would be a
lantic City, where she will “show her good thing to publish such a report
Issued Every Friday.
beauty spots” to thousands of clad if it would be done free. The report
$1.50 Per Year.
and half-clad admirers on the beach. is hardly ready, the recorder think­
This beauty contest stunt is cer­ ing it should be gone over by the
Entered as second-class matter August tainly ridiculous, and the big papers council first. After seeing some fig­
pull them against moral judgment, ures we are of the same belief. An
4, 1922, at the post office at Ver­
because they imagine the public de­ audit would be the proper thing.
nonia, Oregon, under the Act
mands it. and perhaps it does. There
The council is doing everything in
of March 3. 1879.
is no decision reached, there is no their power to run the affairs eco­
Advertising Rates-25c ts [>er inch, benefit derived, there is no truth in nomically. Money is getting scarce.
single column measure, each weak. the verdict. Beauty, real beauty, is Things are not costing just what we
We collect tor advertising the first a matter of personal opinion and what thought they would by the contracts,
some three judges decide on is per­ according to figures. According to
of every month.
haps not the verdict of any other in­ some figures we have seen, the reser­
dividual. Vernonia has the prettiest voir was to cost $3198 and we have
girl in Oregon, so has Hillsboro, Cor­ paid $4966.86. Our water system was let
PAUL S. ROBINSON.
Editor and Owner- vallis and Woodburn. The Oregonian at contract for $26.27820 and we have
has been publishing pictures of some allowed $26.489.97 already and water
of the beauties, and if the photos are system not complete. The allowed
any indication, we would say they time for completion of system was
VERNONIA
were carrying on a contest for “plain 120 days. The 120 days are up.
lookers.” One shows a face turned
These, we say, are according to fig­
Population, 1250
High School & Standard Grade school up to a strangling position resem­ ures presented to the Eagle. We don’t
Pay Roll City —Milla, lagging, work bling a dying calf, and others of sim­ know as to the correctness of them.
Farming—dairying, fruit, vegetables pletons who imagine to look “cute” That is why we insist that the citi­
P. A. & P. Ry. Town growing fast. is a pose of beauty, and some quite zens and council should have an audit
or at least go over the records item
On Inland Loop Highway between pretty.
Oregon City recently put on a con­ by item and account for each item.
Portland and Astoria.
test unique in that its reward was There are those that have complained
A Large territory to draw from.
for the “most handsome man.” Now that the Eagle was butting in on
49 miles from Portland. 35 miles from that is more like it and more refined. this. We are not. We would rather
Forest Grove, 27 from St. Helens.
It may give the men the swell head, no one would take that sensitive view
Many opportunities in Vernonia.
but the men entering a “handsome of it. as we are for the people all—
Best hunting, trapping and tlshing in contest” don’t stripe down to their our bank is certainly appreciated by
the Northwest.
B. V. Ds. and have some short-haired who want to know.
woman measure their beauty curves,
We are not insinuating that any­
as the female bathing beauties do. thing is not absolutely correct. We
GOING DOWN AT A WILD PACE
Beauty to these contest originators wera for the contractors, as everyone
always
calls for few clothes, and the knows. We are friends of the engi­
Early Morning Dancing, Moonshine
fewer the more beautiful, Yes, the neers; we are friendly to the council
and Bad Company Wreck Lives.
beauty contests arc an awful waste and we don’t believe a member of the
of time, money and paint, The Orc- council would see anything out of
(Elgin Recorder.)
gonian is wasting lots of good read­ order to their knowledge. They are
A 15-year-old girl lies dead at Union
ing matter, and their winner will be men of splendid standing, honesty and
with a home left desolate. A 21-year-
no more beautiful than thousands not arc held in the highest esteem. It
old boy is held until a jury may place
heard of. and her accomplishments is for the interest of the council, the
the blame for the automobile acci­ will be of no earthly use.
contractors, engineers and the people
dent that had such a fatal termina-
that the Eagle says an audit of af­
tion at an early hour last Sunday
fairs would be appreciated. The re­
morning.
HURRAH FOR BANKS!
port could be published. We have
At such a time the world is quick
the space to sell, same as any store
to place blame and extend sympathy.
Messrs. Joe Pos and Boyd Allen,
Yet one might carry the blame a of the firm of Pos and Allen of Port­ sells their goods, but offered at one
little beyond where it now rests land, were in town Wednesday. Mr. time to publish this report, which is
heaviest, even to the home where the Allen put in all day Tuesday looking legal printing, paid for in every town
in the world, for nothing. Do the
blow fell.
over the proposed water system pos­ readers want to know?
There was a time not many years sibilities. Mr. Pos arrived before
ago when 15-ycar-old girls did not eight o’clock Wedhcsday morning
frequent public dances unattended by and both men are making strenuous
Yes, we have no pajamas.
parents, and there has been a time, efforts to get this matter completed.
and should still be, when 15-year-old
It will be a great day for Banks
girls did not go riding in the early when they can turn the water on.
morning hours with some “awfully Bathrooms, inside toilets and all HOW YOU CAN HELP
nice young man” met earlier in the kinds of modern conveniences will
YOUR COMMUNITY
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night at a dance.
• then be available. The increase in
AND YOUR COUNTY
Yet today, if one raises his voice in property values should almost take
ever so meek a protest, he must be care of the expense of the water sys­
Every community wants good roads,
branded as an advocate of blue laws, tem. The reduced insurance rates
a narrow-minded, self-centered crea­ will be an item worth careful con­ good hotels, good mail service, tele­
phones, and other things that help to
ture, who distrusts all the world be­ sideration.—Banks Herald.
make it a good place to live. These
cause he himself has too little red
things, when they are available, make
blood to enjoy it.
It is a mad pace some of our young
Aren’t we human beings funny? your property more valuable, your
folk are living, not because they are We spend all kinds of money for gaso­ products easier to market, and your
bad, but just because their energies line, for joyriding and never grumble; community a more desirable place to
are not directed along the lines they we take in picture shows and eat ice­ live, work and prosper.
Every community, and every one
should be. Resentful perhaps of par­ cream and drink soft drinks, and in­
ents whose discipline has always wav­ dulge in hundreds of things that bring in it, can help in still another way
ered, drawn into the vortex of pleas­ us nothing but the entertainment of to improve their home section, by
ure and show, they will break away. the moment. No permanent benefit bringing it to the attention of the
Yet who of us cannot look back and comes from any bf it, but we never public through their newspaper, at
see where a father or mother’s advice, think of kicking about it. It is only every opportunity. If anything of in­
followed or disregarded, has marked when we come to pay taxes, the things terest happens, tell the newspaper
a turning point toward better life or that gives us school;, roads, paved about it, as soon as possible after the
untold grief? And how many times streets, government and permanent event happens—while it is still news.
might the good effect have been mul­ benefits that we rise on our hind legs
It is a distinct benefit to the com­
tiplied if that father or mother had and holler our heads off. Aren’t we munity and its people to have their
been but a little firmer or perhaps humans funny?
doings, their work and enterprises
had had a little deeper insight into
published in the home newspaper.
the nature of the child and had over­
That is one of the ways communi­
Just read of a.corner lot in Lon ’- ties arc built up. Below arc some of
come the cause.
It is too easy to sidestep responsi­ view selling for $9000. That OUrlit the things that should appear about
bility, before and after the crash to be enough.
your home district, in the Vernonia
comes. It is too easy to follow the
Eagle.
ways of the world, heedless of dan­
Birth, church and school doings, co­
A
E.
Voorhies,
of
the
Grants
Pass
ger as long as it does not strike.
operative
affairs,
entertainments,
Courier, had by far the best descript-' fires, farm activities, grange meetings,
And what a price we are paying I
ive writeup of the Mt Hood climb. ■ home-comings, illness if serious, pttb-
His article should be printed in pam- H q improvements, lodge doings, mar-
THE FABLE OF TUT
1 ¡ages, public meetings, parties, p< r-
sonal items, reunions, road improve­
Three thousand years ago lived an
This "Kind and Humanitarian” ments, sales of land, sales of stock,
Egyptian King named Tut-Ankh- policy at the Slate Penitentiary is etc., sports, and many other events.
Amen. It sounded like a Stutter and getting on the nerves of law abiding Tell us, or send it in.
the Gang at the Luxor Golf club citizens. Every week we read of es-
The publication of these things
called him “Tut.”
eapes. until we wonder if enough con- helps your community, lets the gen­
When Tut reached the Cake Eater Viets are left to keep up their ball eral public know the place is on the
age and got his hair plastered back team. The Oregon Pen is a joke; a map, makes known the enterprise of
right—he died. Dying was one of the
resort for outlaws who apparently your citizens and is no small satisfac­
leading Egyptian in-door sports and
tion to all residents of the commun­
Tut’s death was a major event. They come and go at will.
ity. The Eagle is anxious to receive
slipped him into a swell tomb in the
such.
Valley of the Kings.
Now is the time to rogue out
Three thousand years later a party
of snoopers dug up Tut’s tomb and the diseased potatoes from your
AM I RITE?
all the junk buried with him. The seed patch if you are prepairing
Why does a luscious doughnut
advertising men took charge of Tut to have them certified. These
Resemble a money-roll?
and in a few weeks have given him a
Well, after you go through it
rep which makes Charlie Chaplin’s, diseases are indicated by a dwar­
You find you’re in the hole!
“Doug’s" and M. “Day-by-Day” fed condition of the pfa*ts, roll­
Coue’s look like a last year’s almanac ing or crinkling of the 'leaves,
The average man tries to keep his
in comparison.
and lack of color cr yellowing of limitations a secret, but usually man­
Dead for 3000 years. Lost 1 For­
gotten 1 Then bang I Advertised— the same. The stems below the ages to expose them about seventy-
and a whole world hollering for more ground are found to be black or four times a day.
news of Tut!
brown.
The rogueing out of Less Sheeley says the fellow who
If advertising can thus put life into
these
diseases
in the growing invented the name Glee Gub surely
a dead one—what can’t it do for a
crop is one of the important steps never knew what glee was like.
live one?
They could have dug up a hundred to be taken in eradicating the
Tuts in the desert and if they had diseases of Blackleg, Fusarium
kept the good news to themselves—
Valentino wants to forget "The
only a few bald-headed historians Wilt and other diseases. It is Shirk." If he can also help a few
would have ever known it.
not necessary for you to wait of the rest of ui to do the same thing,
You can have the best merchandise until the inspector comes to look we’ll nominate him for the hall of
in the world but if the world does
fame and as a prize give him the mos­
not get hep to it—the business will over them for certification, but quito’s riding boots.
should be done quite frequently
sleep long and peacefully.
Remember Tut I
in order to keep the disease from
‘‘Watty,’’ of the Tulsa Tribune,
spreading to the healthy plants. knows a Tulsa girl, says the Wichita
An undeveloped people is one that Geo. A. Nelson, Co. Agricultur­ Eagle, who paid twenty dollars for a
has to depend on natural causes for ist. •
bathing suit and wore it out sitting
down.
its death rate.
And Now We Are
CROWDED
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Shelves all full of
;
est brands
Groceries
GOING TO MOVE IT QUICKLY
Only a few Prices Quoted this week, because we arranging two
Big Truck Loads of New Goods
Everything Marked Down
Try our famous Golden
Corn at—.
Can Peaches at
“ Pears “
Bantam
30c can
35c «
30c ««
Can Apricots at___
Pineapple “
3Oc
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“ Loganberries
25c
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I. F. Lana
L H. Detrow
LANE & CO
“THE HOME OF THE MARKET BASKET
Oregon
Vernonia,
Watch
What Happens!
Lubricate your automobile with Zerolene,
which costs about half what you pay for many
other oil*, and watch what happens.
First, you find that your gasoline bills are
lower. Repeated tests have demonstrated that,
other factors being equal, the car lubricated
with Zerolene makes about 5I better gasoline
mileage than cars lubricated with other oils.
Second, your car goes from 15X to 50Xfarther
before you need to grind valves or remove car
bon. This fact, too, is fully substantiated by
numerous tests.
Insist on Zerolene—even if it does cost less.
STANDARD^OOCOMPANY
3o% Jess CARBON
Outside and Inside
PAINTING
QUALITY
is our watchword, and
this applies to workman­
ship as well as material.
DALE 8 ENOS
W. T. HAT FEN
The Ok!
Reliable Blacksmith
Cenerai Idacksmithing,
Hotse Shoeing,
Machinery Repairing
01
all Kinds.
One Hlock South of Hank
We are Puttining all Our Effort
Vernonia, Oregon.
For a htriotly
Good Grocery Store
t
AUTO TRANSFER
Local and Long Distance
HAULING
When we ray Good Groceries,
•Go lo Portland every
fueedav and Friday
We mean the Best we can boy
Phone 474, Vernonia
R. H. ROBERTS
TRY
Prices Satlsfatory
Bergman Bros
FOR
Your Table Needs.
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And you can always
Depend on Them
Bergerson Bros.
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Vernoula’s Old, RsMabls Corner
1 Across from the Bank.
"PHONC 242
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