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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1923)
— -______ -------------------------------------------------- ? ---- I Vernonia’s Reliable and Leading Grocery Store Has Advanced with the City’s Marvelous Growth, and we hope to Keep the Ball Rolling. Our Increased Trade we attribute to Square Dealing, Truthful Advertising, Only the Freshest and Purest Goods, and to Loyalty of Hundreds of Friends. Here are Only Six Sample Prices We Offer For Saturday and all Week: Flour per sack, Order Canned Goods Now! $2.25 Milk, two cans for 25c 33c 2 Cans Tomatoes, .25 Bülk Coffee, per lb., Corn, per Can, .15 Can Goods of all kinds in gallons and small cans. Then if unexpected company drops in you will always l>e prepared to serve them a most delicious meal at a minute’s notice. PURE FOOD GROCERY, Phone 222 “The Home of the Market Basket.” Oregon LANE & CO. More Local News . O. A. Powell, of Portland, visited Trace at home, read the many good at his brother’s, .near Pittsburg, the ads in the home paper—it will pay first« of the week. Mr. Powell com you and help build up a good home mented on the rapid growth of Ver town. nonia. and ordered the Eagle , for a are opening up the “Vernonia Used year. Mrs. Brown spent a few days Furniture Co.,” a new and second hand store in the building formerly Buy school clothes and supplies at in Portland this week. known as the “Blue Bird Restaurant.” home, Home people are helping to These men are the right ones in the keep up the schools. nod right place and they know how. They Mrs. Clarence Coyle has re tell us they will have furniture, stoves turned after several weeks visit and a big line of rebuilt second-hand ing with relatives. goods. They will open September 5. ANOTHER NEW BUSINESS Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gillman of Walter McDonald and family, Portland, motored to Vernonia and E. A. McDonald returned, Monday, from a trip to southern Saturday, and spent Sunday with Keeping up with the town and de Mr. and Mrs. Robt Nelson. Oregon. mands, R. F. Nance and J. A. McLeod Harry Caloway and familv, Alfred Bays and family called Reuben Hall and wife visited a at Dock Halls’s Sunday after* number of towns along the Col noon. umbia, last week. Louis Harvey, Kenna Harvey Esther Coulter attended the and Alfred Schroder spent the camp meeting of Adventist, at "eek end at the Harvey home Hillsboro. near Portland. Blacksmithing Mrs. Lucile Dustin of Bucoda, Three-room house and five-room Wash., is visiting her mother, house for sale. Inquire at Mellin County Clerk Hunt was a Ver ger’s Hardware Store. It Mrs. Ben S. Owens, this week. Mrs. Treharn intertai ted for nonia visitor Saturday. Sunday dinner; Mr. and Mrs. FAMILY REUNION Fires are too numerous. It is Horsefeldt of Longview Wash. Miss Myrtle Brown spent a few the dangerous month. A big Mr and Mrs Wall Murry of Mill days in Portland, last week, vis and dangerous fire in the O. A. Creek Logging Co. her mother N. Banks, postmaster of Timber, in iting relatives. Co. timber is reported at this renewing his Eagle subscription for Mrs Tatro and son Elbert Kelly. writing, one at the Koster Pro another year, tells us that they had Mrs. Fairhurst of KeaBey spent ducts and smaller ones in various a family reunion at his residence last Miss Helen Spencer of Port week that was the first for sixteen land is a guest at Thcmas Sunday with Mrs. Everett Raw disections. No one can be too years. A genuine old-time party and lings. careful of fire, and during the reunion. Those present were: David 1 hroop’s this week. hot weather every precaution J. Bangs, of Tacoma: Mrs. J. P. Pet W. T. Hatten and son John should be taken. A large force erson, of Tulsa. Oklahoma : Mrs. E. K. 4000 People will read the Eagle took in the circus at Portland of men are now fighting several Brose, of Hillsboro; N. A. Bangs, of Havre, Mont; W. G. Bangs, assistant this week. Thursday. timber fires, and we all hope postmaster of Timber, and N. Bangs. the destruction can be held down It’s the truth, Vernonia is too Mrs. Roy Fowler and daugh In the city we advise for every busy to Celebrate. ENGINEER FROM TEXAS ters, of Long Beach, Cal., are one to have hose and ladders ON WAY TO VERNONIA visiting at the E. D. Fowler handy and watch every match Jewel Alice, the three month® home this week. or cigarette you throw away. old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Davis died Sunday afternoon at Frank O’Conner and wife and the Davis home. The remains Mrs. Treharn attended, last Fri were shipped to Yamhill for day, the Culling Demonstration burial. given by a man from the State College, at Mr. Childberg’s place Last Sunday, the top of a hay stack on the Counts ranch slip near Warren. They feel well re ped off covering the Dunlavy paired for their trip. and Counts children who were Mr. and Mrs. Ruhl and Mr. playing near it. The train crew and Mrs. Grun spent Sunday at of the 11.10 train helped extri Seaside. They are also spending cate the frightened youngsters. a few days at Portland and No one was injured. Hood River. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zac li Mrs. Spencer was a Portland man of Portland spent the week visitor last week, her grand end at the Oxley home. daughter returning with her. Bert DePue and family mo Mrs. L*B. Stuart was operated tored to the Rose City Saturday, on for tumor at Good Samaritan returning Monday. They made hospital, last week. At last re the return trip In 3 hours and 15 minutes, stopping 20 minutes in ports she was getting along nicely. St. Helens. R. A. Simmons, of Conroe. Texas, We hear that Noble Dunlap arrived recently to accept the position has secured a good position with of chief engineer of the Oregon- American plant at Vernonia. Mr. Sim the Oregon-American Co., as mons has for a number of years held head carpenter. They are COn- i a like position with the Delta Land & Company, which is the title strutting many new dwellings 1 Timber under which the Keith mills operate that are now under Mr. Dunlap’s in Texas and Louisiana. R. A. is a supervision. Dunlap is a good high type man and is well known in mechanic and strick ly depends- East Texas as one of the best men in his line. Mrs. Simmons and the bl j In all his dealings. three children are expected shortly. Mr. and Mr*. John Gilispy, of Man IN CHARGE MACHINE SHOPS ning, spent a few hours Sunday at the editor's home. FOR O. A. CO. AT VERNONIA Home people should support their bail team. The bail boys are redeem ing themselves and with a little en couragement Vernonia can soon be the county champs. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Popham, of Berkenfeld, came over Sunday to see the ball game and to watch Vernonia in her rapid growth. Mr. Popham is in the garage business at BerkenMd Dave Marshall, erstwhile league ball player and until recently master mechanic of the Delta Land & Timber Company, at C.irson, Louisiana, will soon arrive to take charge of the Oregon-American machine shops. Mr. Marshall has been with the Keith mills for seventeen years and “knows his stuff." Dave is also an expert fisherman. Mrs. Marshall and two hoys are chaperoning Dave on his trip west. Auto Repair Work AUTO TRANSFER We ean do any at it,and do it right Local and Long Distance HAUUIINi I We’re on Weed Ave. acroea from the Depot Go io Portland h erv Tueedav and Friday Brin 4 us your work. All k nd of pipe fittings and Modern Plumbing Work Phone 474, Vernonia R. A. SESSEMAN R. H. ROBER TS Vernonia, Prices Satisfatory - Oregon ANCE À At Vernonia Dance Hall This Saturday Night Vernonia Day, and Monday Niehl of Labor Day Special Music, Good Floor Managers, Good Order, Good Ttme Guarenteed .5. 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