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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1923)
irrigation doubles crop « 1. O. O. F.—Veriioiim Lodge No. 246, meets every Tuesday night at 8:00 o’clock, in Russrman Hall, opposite I Depot. —M. J. John, Noble Grand; E. F. Massing, Secretary. —! Stop at the VERNONIA HOTEL Hot and Cold Water Eilectrie Baths Free lo Guests RATES REASONABLE Oregon PLUMBING I and ELECTRICAL WORK , House Wiring and Supplies, Plans and Estimates Furnished R. L. MILLS Vernonia • Oregon State License City Delivery Transfer and Lsosl Freight, Baggage and Express Olflce Opposite Economy Store C. R. WATTS Phone I Tbs various reports of the govern- went rocluuistlon service show that crops grown under a system of Irri gation average in value about twice as much as do ths crops grown upon un- Irrtgated Isnds. For exampls, tn 1920 the average crops throughout the United States, Including Irrigated areas, was 128.44 per acre; the aver age for Irrigated lands alone was $38.80 per acre, writes Edgar L. Hamp ton in Current History Magazine. ▲ specific case of increased yield, for ex ample tn the Milk river project, Mon tana, an area of 24,382 acres, which under dry farming methods produced per year 1102,000, and as a result of Irrigation produced 8700,000. Like wise, the Salt liver project in Arizona (under the Roosevelt dam), produced last year 890 per acre over 200,004 acres, a little more than four times the average for ten aggregate American crops. This aggregate crop, according to the 1920 census, was $14,- 700,364,8M, of which yield $4,753,000,- 000 Is credited to Irrigation. Tbs eco nomic Importance to the entire nation of thia steady progress In western reclamation Is also found tn the vari ous carefully complied government lists covering the expenditures of the people, who reeide In theee vari ous area» KILN DRIED LUMBER Flooring, Celli ni#- Finlsh, Mouldings Only 28 miles; good auto road to West Oregon Lumber Co. Clatskanie, Oregon J. P. HECK CONTRACTOR Painter. Decorator PAPER HANGER Signs of all Kinds Contracts Egli mated So long as Mount Everest’s summit remains untrod, men will try to reach that altitude. That la man’s way with things that defy. For years Everest’s peak has dared humans to come on— with threat of peril. And time after time they have atormed that height, only to lose. But the scaling parties that have followed each other have pushed the mark farther and farther upward. Defeat has taught man the dungers to be guarded against, the mistakes to be avoided. And the more that bo hae learned of Everest’s perils, the more able to deal with them bo has become. Another party la being formed to storm the height next year. It may reach Its goal or it may not But be thio ae It may, it la only a question of time when man will plant hts foot upon that mountain’s crest. According to a statement in a re sponsible magazine, army aviation fa talities average 8 per cent per year. The death rate among active flyers Is 42 times as great as that for other branches of the service. All the more credit to men like Kelly and Mac Ready, pushing their determined ca m- palgn for the conquest of the air. But, assuredly, such a death record is not a credit to any save those who defy IL In commercial aviation there is only one death to every 384,000 passenger mile» Why should the army flyer fare Has worse than the mail carrier! Uncle Sam done all ho can to safe- guard the Uveo of his khakl-clad blrd- men? Would you pound up and pulverize a ton of quarts, the rock so hard that it dulls a chisel, to get 89.107 No? Wo agree. Money la not that hard to make. And yet the ore milled In the great gold mines of northern Ontario, Canada, during 1922, yielded only $9.10 of gold for each ton of rock. De spite thia, the average man yearns to join the boomers whenever he reads of a new gold stampede. Modern ma chinery can make a profit, under fa vorable conditions, from gold ore as saying only $9.18 to the ton. But “modern machinery" means that it’s a corporation game, not a one-man job as In the old day» 4 distinguished British writer says muc.t domestic trouble would be avert ed if wives learned cookery. A little more cookery by many wives and a little more workery by their huebands might help matters greatly and enable entire families to visit the movie once a week. The men who pay for the tens of thousands of tons of propaganda car ried by the malls are the most com pletely swindled people In tide coun try. They don’t even know that no body reads tbe stuff, much lees pay any attention to IL It may become a delicate matter for a college to decide just where It must draw the line between an education which Impresses basic principles and one which undertakes to equip the stu dent with a ready-made set of theoreti cal opinions. We wonder how many of theee eager young people who discourse regarding imychology, et cetera, have a vague Idea of what they are talking about. No doubt there Is harmony between science and religion, <>ut there are some religious men whose harmony with certain scientific men sounds like a discord. Cuban murderer gets three terms tn prison and two death sentences. It will make a good deal of difference to him which end of hie punishments they Mart on. gome persons atop working en Fri day so they can get ready to loaf en Saturday. LES I KK SH EELEY Wo Have ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Dry Goods Vernonia, TH« UTTL« TOWN Dillard & Dillard I think God loves the little towns That go to bed at night; The little towns, all bushed and still Beneath the quiet light Of far. white stare I think ho lov The little yards fenced in With picket rows, where Howers nod In sleep themselves; the thin. ■weet, drowsy sounds of birds at root. The yellow lamps that glow ThVough windows In the little towns. Whore ruffled curtains blow Across their paths. I tbinh he loves The old in those still places Who put away their toil at eve And sloop with tranquil faces Until the morn. . . Hero it is day At night, the white lights glare Down in the passing faces. All Along the thoroughfare Is life and noise. There is no sleep; Young eyes are hard and bright. ... I think God loves the little towns That go to bod at night. Thus Irone Mary Davidson of Wloh- ita Falls. Toe., one of the singers rep resented In "Voices of the Southwest,” en anthology edited by Hilton R. Greer. ____________________ ATTORNEYS Practice in any Court- State Federal. Novelties Office, Court Plaza, St. Helena, The Women ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Always Need Clean-up Prices EDWIN ROSS. M. D. Muckles Bldg. St. Helens, Oregon. ergerson Many Not Suitable for Planting on Olty Street» Government Hortl- oulturlcto AaserL Vernonia’s Old, Reliable Corner Acrosx from I Ito Bank. DR. M. D. COLC DENTIST PHONE 242 Vernonia, Oregon. Tosnato growers ot Roseburg have agreed to appoint a cotlmtttve to fix » minimum price for this year's crop and »11 will abide by the committee's decision and will refuse to sell under the price fixed. Pitcher Fred Reynold», with Ionia in the Central league last year and sold to Decatur In the Three-I, which released him. is to get back in his old territory with Grund Rapids. o o e A yarn wits started In Los Angeles John Clark, one of the most widely that Harry \V< ’verton had been picked known police officers in the weet and to succeed .tack Miller next year as ex-chiet of police of St. Paul, Minn., manager of Lie Seals. San Francisco and of Portland, died at hts home tn club officials imine liately denied It. • • « Portland. Death resulted from a Scout Charley ' ; is of the Phillies liked stroke of apoplexy. Flnee collected through the actlrt- Pitcher Tony Welzer of Muskegon so well that he offered $3,000 for him on tles of the state prohibition depart belialf of the Philadelphia club, but ment during the three months ended the Muskegon managvunent refused. June SI. totaled $36.111 44, accordlag to a report filed with the ex e cuti ve department at Salem. ▲newer to petitions of the citiea of Beattie and Tacoma looking to reopen ing of the Columbia basin grain rate case was filed with the interstate com merce cosnmlMlon by the Oregon pub- lie service commission. Man-Made 8oenory. Next to lower taxes and a good flve-cent cigar, what this country needs more than anything Hee la to rid its highways of the billboard scenery that has sprung up like mushrooms along the principal routes. Where once we rede through the country to admire the scenery, we now return saturated with the nierlte of underwear, gasoline, hotels, soft drinks, collars, cheese, tires, garages, candy, overcoats, dollar watches, foot powder, cold crerm, curl ing Irons, soap, shoes, etc. etc. etc. And the presentation Isn’t even ar tistically done, for the average bill board, a monstrosity In itself, Is made doubly so by the color combinations It la daubed with. Men hae Improved <>n nature tn many things, but not on scenery, particularly commercial ized scenery. Give us a rest from pills and pains In our leisure mo ments.—Grit. 4 City Garden Work. The local campaigns for the clean ing Hnd beautifying of cities and the promoting of gardening were rein forced by the "national garden week." This Is a worthwhile work, and In dianapolis should realise with some pride that It was one of the first cities to take It up. It began with the cultivation of vacant lota by people who were glad thus to eke out their living. The man who Introduced the Idea wee Mayor Pingree, of Detroit, who. In the hard times of the latter nineties, obtained the use of lota over the city. The papers at first saw only the absurd side of It, and poked fun at the mayor by calling him Potato Pingree, but since then thousands have had renson to bless the man who started the plan.—Indianapolis New» / "T 4 * HEATINO AUTO RADIATOR REPAIRIN6 Write me, or Phone NORMAN ARMES Forest Grove, Oregon. t I DR. G. F. VIA Physician and Surgeon Residence Banks Oregon FRYE’S DELICIOUS HAM tastes just as good as it smells. It’s choice, young, grain-fed pork, cured and smoked the FRYE WAY, which preserves the delicate texture and rich juices of the meat. Keep a FRYE’S DELICIOUS HAM hanging in the cooler ready to give you a small roast for baking, thick slices from the center for frying or broiling and pieces from the shank for boiling with vegetables. I • .. ‘ • it Evenings by Appointment. “I’min ham!” exclaim members of the family when they peep into the kitchen. It's so warm they thought they didn't want anything to eat but the odor of broiled FRYE’S DELICIOUS HAM makes them change their minds. • V “Everything the name implies" *.?: Office over Ilaltom’s Store Vernonin, • • Oregor Sheet Metal Work ^rye's /Delicious JL Him ■ DR. W. H HURLEY DENTIST Ummliam • Roooa far Beautifying, Ao a means of beautifying the city, the St. Charles (Ill.) . Garden _______ dub Is urging that rosea be planted In every garden, preference being given to the Columbia rose, which Is hardy and blossoms all summer. i" ' FRYE’S DELICIOUS BACON is of the same rioh flavor and de I toe to texture as FRYK’B DKLIC1OU8 HAM. « . I ' « FRYE & COMPANY A Model City. Adelaide, the capital city of Routh Australia, la a “model city,*’ laid out with a central town In perfectly »•tuore blocks, containing public and biiaineas buildings. Outside of that la » belt of public parks and garden». St. Helens, AND AT NOT ALL TREES DESIRABLE The need of trees on town and city streets Is so apparent that no argu ment la necessary to Induce municipali ties and Individual owners to plant and care for them; they not only make for the beauty of a city but for the health and comfort of Its citizens, Is the as sertion made by Robert H. Moulton In the Dearborn Independent. Strange ly enough, however, and notwithstand ing the numerous tree-planting pro grams which have been carried out all over the country in recent years, there still exists a great deal of misunder standing regarding the kinds of trees best adapted for city streets. In recognition of this fact, and with a view to obtaining scientiZcally exact Information on the subject, government horticulturists have for a lung time been experimenting with a variety of treea In different localltlee throughout the nation. The result of these experi ments, which have just been an nounced, has been to upset many pre viously conceived Ideas on the subject. It has been determined, for Instance, that oaks are the best trees for street planting. It Is probable that oaks have not been more widely planted because of the prevalent belief that they are slow growers, and because In the North they are rather dif ficult to transplant. A white oak, however, which is one» of the alow- growing varieties, will reach the same height as a sugar maple tn the same period of time, and maples have been used more widely than oaks for street ornamentation, despite many unsatis factory characteristics. Elms are given second place In desirability for city streets by the government experts, and sycamores third. Maples are con sidered lees desirable than has been generally supposed. Except the Lom bardy poplar, most varieties of poplars are not recommended. JOHN L. FOOTE I iiiihhi I