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Portland ha* wisely decided to eon-
¥ X n R U W IM KMUIoK y,««
hold y^
Show” each
IsMcd Every Friday.
$2.00 Per Year.
year. It will henceforth be put on a
•elf sustaining footing, and an ad-
miaaioa charged tor th* program
feature*. Thera is no excuse for the
Ro** Festival to peter out, and w*
opine that this year and each succeed
The Vernouia Drug Co.
ing year th* occasion will draw larg
er crowd* and improve a* time goes.
Th* Roe* Festival ha* become an paper, describing his experience*. In
Oregon affair and not alone Port speaking of hi* cheerful surroundings,
he »aid: “There are six fine window*
land'*.
in my room." The linotype operator
left the “n” out of window* and the
All ia favor of a “City Manage man's wife made a flying trip to the
i ment Fora* of Government” for Ver city to see how her husband was get
ting along.
nonia hold up your hand.
Just Phone 222
The man at the corner table in a
Hotel men are still talking of a big
local restaurant last night had been
new hotel for Vernonia.
waiting for a long time for the ful
fillment of hi* order. Finally the
F. C. Holibaugh, who had announc waiter approached and said. “Your
PAUL S R j BINSON
ed hi* intentions of entering the race | fish will be coming in a minute or
E ditor and owner .
for Representative from Columbia ‘ two. now. sir." The man looked in
County, ha* now announced hi* with terested and said. “Tell me. what bait
drawal. Th» leaves the race open for are you using.’’
entry, for any person of the right
It is estimated that there are enough
calabra. The Clatskanie Chief ha?
undeveloped oil land* to keep the
COI
out for Sherman Miles, We world in gasoline for another five
The easy and economical way to do your GROCERY SHOPPING
have heard no other name mentioned hundred year*. There are also enough
so far. It seem* like it would be ; unpromoted oil stocks to keep the
ia to PHONE 222 your list for a day’s or week’s supply and every
hoove the political leaders to get world in hot water for a hundred
advertising plus industry
busy. Party tie* evidently are not ' years or so added to the five hundred.
thing you order will be delivered promptly and just as you order
GETS
RESULTS very strong.
There are three classes of motor
ed it.
We aim to have what you want when you want it.
Water rent in Vern< la will have ists: Those who know how to use a
Los Angeles is typical of a city
that has been built up on a definite to be raised to $2.00 per month horn properly, those who view a horn
program of “going after industries”. where meter is not in use. This it is simply as an ornament and those who
The result is that today due to the believed will not k. t always, as it is retain their childhood attraction for
activities of its chamber of commerce easier to lower than to raise. In some noise and lots of it.
along these lines, it is probably the town* we read of the rate being rais
“In God We Trust” is an excellent
moat widely advertised and rapidly ed to $3 per month, but in Vernonia,
growing section of the United State* with our indebtedness for water we motto for a dollar, but not entirely
For 20 years people have said. find we can create a sinking fund and adequate for a pedestrain.
“They can’t keep it up.” But for 20 pay out with no trouble at the $2.00
Correct this sentence: “It was only-
years it ha* forged ahead along the rate with every indication that it will
a
nut that needed tightening,” said
same lines until today it is a city of be dropped later. This is the peoples
affair as the water system belongs to the auto mechanic, “and a quarter
over a million population.
will be enought.”
it baa built a harbor which has 52 the people. It is up to every proper
passenger and freight ship lines mak ty owner to pay promptly his water
Damage* and Repairs
ing it a port of call. It is the largest rent, and look after his own interest.
A Negro woman of mammoth
import lumber port in the world and
Here comes another U. S. Senator portions and inky eomplection was
is the Largest export port in the
in an automobile accident. She was
Part of Vernonia Light & Power Pipe
world for oil. More than half the toile candidate. Eugene E. Smith announc taken to the hospital, where she soon
es
hi*
platform
and
candidacy.
What
of the Panamo Canal are being paid
regained consciousness. The doctor,
by vessels on the way to and from if any, effect hi* name will have in seeking to comfort her a bit, said to
th* finals remains to be seen, but a
Los Angeles.
her:
And so it goes. Those persons who four cornered race will no doubt
“You will undoubtedly be able to
weight.
His
votes
will
pull
some
have
are waiting for Los Angeles to stop
obtain
a considerable amount of dam
growing will have a long wait ahead, upport from McNary.
ages, Mrs. Johnson.”
lu advertising has made it the ulti
“Damages!’’ said Mrs. Johnson,
Bert Mills has announced his can
mate point of destination fur millions
“What Ah want wif damages?
of Americans as well as feigners, ^cy for County Commissioner. Mr
got enough damages now. What
These alone will in the next ten j Milla is the Nehalem valley candidate wants is repairs.”
and
by
all
fairness
and
right
distri
year* probably double the population
of the city but without them, it* well bution of co«uy offices, we should
Go to church and learn about
Get the spirit—Call it the “Ver
>-*tabliabed industries would carry th* be represented with a County Com hereafter, or go autoing and see it.
nonia Spirit”—-of building and im
missioner.
There
ia
little
necessity
to
city along at a rapid rate of progress
proving. There is plenty of room for
introduce Mr. Mills to the voters of
Often when the wolf comes around beautifying and your lot will double
the
county,
as
he
is
perhaps
as
well
SPEND ’EM AT HOME
known as any man living within it’s the the door he finds the family out in value. It is building time,
driving in an automobile.
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If you want to get the most for borders. As to the qualifications,
Bert
Milla
ia
not
doubted
in
the
least.
that hard earned dollar—spend it at
Car Catastrophic*
State Treasurer O. P. Hoff died
It isn't a political guess to predict
home.
Here lie the remains of Percival Sapp last Monday in a Portland hospital
The benefits derived therefrom ar* that Mills will be one of our next He drove his car with a gril in his following a lingering illness. Jeffer
obvious and immediate. The fine and Commissioners as it is a forgone con
lap.
son Myers, of Portland has been ap
constantly improving road system— clusion all over the county.
pointed State Treasurer by Gover
The »plendid schools to which you
Lies slumbering here one William nor Pierce.
It costs more than double to live a
send your children.
Blake,
double life.
Th* Home Merchant
He heard the bell, but had no brake
you know him—you
Listen to only one knocker—Op
You can rely on what
Beneath this stone lies William
portunity.
about hi* merchandise.
Raines,
you credit in time of need. He ia a
Ice on the hill, he had no chains.
Former Vice-President Marshall
vital part of yous community, . He
helps build it up. He ia in i every ■ays minding our own business would Here lies the body of William Jay,
move—church, school and municipal. solve a lot of ills. But, Tom, there He died maintaining his right of way
The amount he spends in this com would be no excitement in that.
munity for charity and uplift would
“Vanderlip Say*”
Why is it that an intelligent and
astond those who do not know. When
“
Absolute
knowledge have I none
you need aaaistance or advice in time leading private citizen is suddenly But my aunt’s washerwoman's
transformed
into
an
ignoramus
when
of trouble it ia your local buaineaa
sister’s son
man that you look to—not a Chicago he is elected to a legislative body?
Heard a policeman on his beat
man. Your local man ia your friend
America is full of people who feel Say to a laborer on the street,
when sadness comes to your home.
That he had a letter just last week—
It is he that gives you the firm hand like selling their beds to buy better A letter which he did not seek—
radio
sets,
because since they took
clasp and offers sincere sympathy.
From a Chinese merchant in
Did you ever hear of a mail order up radio they have no use for their
Timbuctoo
concern making a donation to any of bed* anyway.
Who said that his brother in Cuba
the activities that make up our com
knew
munity? to Chautauqua*? to Lecture
Of an Indian chief in a Texas town
Courses? Band? Road System? and it
Who got the dope from a circus
has been proven time and again that
clown
you ran get more for your dollar in
That a man in the Klondike had it
Vernonia than you can in Chicago.
straight
Think It over. It is worth your
From a guy in a South American
consideration.
state
That a wild man over in Borneo
It is time to do a little restricting
Was told by a woman who claimed I
on immigration, when over 5$ per
to know
cent of babies born in the United
Of a well-known swell society rake
states are of foreign parentage.
Whose mother will undertake
To prove that her husband’s sister’s I
Petitions will be circulated asking
niece
for the abolishment of the manufac
Has
stated plain in a printed piece
Mah Jongg. because of thee
ture and the sale of cigarette, or the
That
he has a son who never comes
I lost my liberty.
advertising of cigarette* within the
home
They
say
I'm
ding.
state. Gov. Pierce favor* it and th*
East Wind* and" West Wind* blow, And who know* all about the Teapot
legislature will be asked to pas* such
Dome."
Pung, Chow is all I know ;
a law. Like the saloon keeper, many
Oswatomi* won’t let me go.
cigarette dealers are bringing this a-
Who thrfe* that brick?
bout by not keeping within the law.
Thera is today a state law against
KIQDI NG KIPLING
selling cigarette to minors under 21
year* old. We know the law is violat A fool there was and he saved his
ed daily in Vernonia as well as the rocks, even as you and I; but he took
state over. Hence the W. C. T. U. them out of the old strong box when
a salesman called with some wild-cat
is taking up the matter.
stock*, and the fool was stripped down
Cirti* D. Wilbur, of California, ia to his socks, even as you and 1.
th* now Secretary of th* Navy, in th*
If only we could bear one another’s
place of Denby. Judge Wilbur is
burden* as cheerfully a* we bear one
Chief Justice of th* California Su soother’s faults.
pram* Court, and a graduate of th*
U. 8. Naval Academy. He ia a good
A Clatskanie man. convalescing in
man for the piac*.
a city hospital, wrote to the local The Vernonia Drug Co
t
The Central Grocery
J. J. Purney
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