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The 20th annual meeting of the Ore
gon state board of health was held in
Portland.
KAVANAGH LAND CO., WEST OF BANK
A joint meeting of the banker* of
Washington and Yamhill counties was
held at Carlton.
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S. & S. GARAGE
Now Open Eor Business
Bet w ?e n M <11 i n ge r’ s a n d Hr >il'm a n ’s Stores
Call for Any Kind of Aut»> Repair Work
Have It Attended to by Experts.
Taxi Service in Connection--DAV Ok NIGHT
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Brief Resume of Happenings of
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NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION MKMBEKSHIB
NO. 2146
The state and county tax levy In
Douglas county will amount to 19.8
mills. Assessor Calktvs announced.
VERNONIA
The annual meeting of the Oregon
Wool Growers* association will be held
in Pendleton, January 28, 39 and 30.
Population. 1560
High School & Standard Grade school
Pay Roll City —Mills, Logging, work
Earming—dairying, fruit, vegetables
P. A. & P. Ry. Town growing fast.
On ¡Inland l,oop Highway between
Portland and Astoria.
A Large territory to draw from.
49 miles from Portland, 115 miles from
r’orest Grove, 27 from St. Helens.
Many opportunities in Vernonia.
Best hunting, trapping and fishing in
.he Northwest.
Modern New Building
Hot ami Cold Water,
Electric Lights.
Dining Room in Connection.
Just Like Home
NEHALEM HOTEL
DAVE MCDONALD, Prop
Vernonia,
Oregon.
A total of 646 cases of measles was
reported to the state board of health
during the week ending December 8.
Prohibition enforcement expenses
for Jackson county for November and
the first ten days in December aggre
gate $1441.80.
The basketball schedule in the Coos
County high school association for this
winter includes 42 games and eight
participating teams.
Guy Cordon of Roseburg has been
appointed district attorney of Doug
las county to succeed Carl Wimber
ly, who has resigned.
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Prize Winning Meats
C. R. WATTS
City Delivery
and Transfer
Freight, Baggage Express
Office Opposite Economy Store
You can come here shopping
with the utmost confidence that
the Meat you get will be the
best to be obtained anywhere.
Our Service ia maintained with the
comfort and welfare of guest
Uppermost In mind.
COLUMBIA HOTEL
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The Nehalem Meat Market
Blacksmithing
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Auto Repair Work
House Wiring snd Supplies,
Plans and Estimates
Furnished
R. L. MILLS
Vernonia
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’Ve can do any of it,and do it right
Oregon
We’re on Weed Ave.
across from ttie Itepot.
State License
Brin ’ us your work. All k nd - of
pi$e fittings and Modem
Piumbing Work
R. A. SESSEMAN
Vernonia
Oregon
W. I. HATTEN
,Tbc Old
Reliable Blacksmith
» ■encrai I'dacksmit hing.
Horse Shoeing,
PAINTING
SIGNSOr PAPERING DONE
LOOK OVER MY WORK IN VER
NONIA FOR THE PAST TWO
YEARS, IE SAIL FA< IORY
B. DALE 8
Machine»» Repairing
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One Block South of Bank
Vernonia, Oregon.
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Hunters’ Supplies
Stoves and Pipe
Shelf and Heavy Hardware
Paint, Brushes, Fence
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G. C. MELLINGER,
Millinery of
the Newest
The Southern Pacific Friday ran
trains over the branch line between
Marshfield and Eugene for the first
time in eight days. The lino had been
tied up by recent storms.
Created by the Country’s
Foremost Designers,These
Hats repiesent the very
latest in style tendencies
for winter wear.
Judge John Wesley Bell of depart
ment No. 1 of Multnomah county has
submitted his restgr.ation to Governor
Pierce to become r" -tlve January 1.
Judge Bell is 74 y ,i . of age.
W»1 hope you will lake time I
values are exceptionally good
The state and c • ty tax levy for
Lane county this year is 23.1 mills, ac
cording to announcement by Ben F.
Keeney, assessor. This Is two mills
less than the levy of last year.
“The Ruth Millinery,” Next to Horseshoe Restaurant.
IMF“ SILK
Vernonia,
Orogo-
HOSE FOR WINTER
Representative Sinnott of Oregon
has been named a member of the
house steering committee, which puts
Its stamp of approval on all logisla
tion to be considered by the house.
Portland is one of the 26 of the larg
er cities in the United States which
showed increased employment in Nov
ember. according to the survey of the
United States department of labor just
issued.
A contract for the care and custody
of the legally adjudged insane of the
territory of Alaska was awarded to
the Sanitarium company, operating
the Morningside hospital at Portland,
by the interior department.
Bandon users of electricity are
gratulating themselves because
municipal plant which cost the
something over $60,000 has found It
possible to reduce the cost of service
from 17 cents per kilowatt hour to 15
cents.
The cost of supplies for the state
institutions for the six months start
ing January 1, 1924, will l>e practically
I. O.O.r. V ernonia I xjdc .F, N o . 246,
the same as for the first six months
meets every Tuesday night at R:00
o’clock, in Sessemnn Hall, opposite of 1923, according to bids received by
the state board of control for furnish
I 'epot.
ing supplies.
M. J. J ohn , Noble Grand.
E. F. M içsisng . Secretary.
A report of Traffic Officer Murray
of Hood River county shows that 349
arrests were made from April 1 to
Knights of Pythias. -
December 1. Aocldents on the Colum
H ardin »; [ x » im ; e , 116,
Vernonia, Or.—Meets bia river highway and valley roads
every Friday night in reached 175. Twelve persons were in
Grange Hall. All visit jured, one fatally.
ing brothers cordially
The action of the Coos county tax
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invited.
F are S mith .C.C.; P. M N ash ,K.R.&S. commission In lopping off the appro
priation for the four free ferries In
the county Is causing a Gurry among
ranchers who are dependent upon
these for communication with the cen
ters of population.
There will be no material sales of
1923 prunes until the 1922 crop Is
cleaned up, according to Fred Drager,
8*1 em packer. Mr. Drager estimates
that there are between 1,500,00») and
2,000,000 pounds of old prunes unsold
st the present time.
The question of whether the legisla
tive act creating the county supervis
ing and conservation commissions Is
constitutional probably will enter
prominently into a mandamus action
Hied in the supreme court at Salem by
Umatilla ecsinty, to compel R. O.
The Vernonia Grange meets
on the second Saturday of every
month at 7. 30. P M. Any mem
b^rs of the Grange living in or
n ar Vernonia or visiting in the
community are cordially invited Hawks. Muaty assessor, to
to attend. Mrs. S. V. Malmsten. I ene-mlll tax for cooperative
if. roM construction.
Sec.
levy a
market
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Vernonia. Oregon
The spread of diphtheria in the city
of Portland has not been curtailed as
yet, for records in the health bureau
shows that there are 111 cases under
quarantine.
Dr. Jay Tuttle, for more than 40
years one of Astoria’s most prominent
physicians and surgeons, died at the
hospital following a few days’ Illness,
at the age of 81.
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Governor Pierce issued a full pardon
to Charles W. Purdin, who on Decem
ber 30. 1921. killed his divorced wife
and a stranger whom he found with
her in their former home in Portland.
And no matter what cut you
want, you will find us willing
to do our best to give it to you.
PLUMBING
and ELECTRICAL WORK
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Carpenter Tools
Representative Elton Watkins, the
new democratic member of congress
from Oregon, was nBsigned to the com
mittee on immigration and expendi
tures of the war department.
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V ernonia bakery
PATRONIZE HOME
Our Bread, Cakes,
Cookies, Pies, etc.
As Good as 1 he Best Made.
We’re for Vernonia.
Are You With TJa?
When purchasing your daily rations, he sure to a-k
for Vernonia Broad.
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ALF.X DIEPOLD, Prop.
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