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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1924)
» VERNONIA EAGLE On Inland Highway MT- -■ ■ — ment, has legal advice, and hires Oregon employers. STATE BOARD WANTS Why should not an Oregon employ MORE POWER physicians and pays doctors and drug Many Opportunities Here ... J™ I— I OREGON NEWS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST er have every advantage enjoyed by bills and now wishes to cut off the the employers of any other state? Oregon has a very liberal Work little competition the employer has Why make it hard to operat e in ingmen’s Compensation law that pro left. Oregon? vide* generously for all persons who Brief Resume of Happenings of Nearly al lstoatei by Oregon allow may be injured by accidents that employers to give bonds for comply the Week Collected for occur to employes in all industries. ing with the terms of settlement anti ONE MAN’S SECRET But by the terms of compensa care of the injured worker as fixed Our Readers. tion being fixed by the state for any by the state or allow insurance to be injfiry, from bruising a finger to loss carried with casualty companies. I Roseburg’s strawberrjrfestival open of life or limb, the employer, by Oregon employers, if the present A 14-year old boy, George BUck, ed last week with a record-breaking waiving his common law defences, commission can have its way, will be built himself a wagon out of four crowd In attendance. may still contract insurance outside forced to accept service from the Preliminary arrangements for the wheels, an egg crate and some ma the rt. te. State Commission, making it a com- fair next fall have been taken up by terial, then wetn to peddling nterch- ■ nnlanrv mnnnnnlv The workingmen’s Compensation.-pulsory monopoly vvhpthnr whether tho the serv- andise for eggs among farm folks the Linn county association. Commission provides hospital treat- ice is efficient or not, penalizing Crops throughout Grant county are around the town of Pigeon, Mich, He became known to every farmer In need of Immediate rain and farm for miles around. A few years later ers are alarmed over the prospect. b he opened a store. The business out More than 2600 persons attended the grew it and he bought a big factory opening of the first annual eastern building. Recently he built a *350,- Oregon sportsmen's show at Baker. 000 addition to that. Black now Portland accommodated 4079 fami does a business of *350,000 a year lies in new dwellings in 1923, as in this town of 800 population, Peo- against 3658 In 1922 and 2136 in 1921. pie for miles around trade with him. An extension of the Pendleton Salesmen in his store work on com- municipal water system Ht its source n. sion; his hardware clerk averages of supply to cost about *25,000 will *-150 a month and the woman nt his be started next week. notion counter makes *30 a week, Petitions for the recall of Willard llis business nets about *1,000 a day. A. Elkins and Mrs. Roy Loomis, mem Not long ago a merchant in a larger bers of the Eugene school board, have town took a day off and went to been placed in circulation. Pigeon solely to ask George Black KAVANAGH LAND CO.,* WEST OF BANK The receipts of wheat at the Astoria if he cared to divulge the secret of terminals from July 1 of last year up his success. Black smilingly said he ¿ fl AI p »» Farm Lt nils to the present total 3755 carloads or was glad to tell the world his sec slightly over 5,000,000 bushels. ret ; and he told it in words we want At the Independence mine in the every merchant in and around Mil waukie to read and commit to mem Granite district there is piled up more than 200 tons of concentrates awaiting ory. He said: transportation to the smelter at Ta “I offer nothing but real bargains coma. —and I advertise in the newspapers Business men of Polk county are in small towns around Pigeon. backing the campaign to organize all 1 here's no secret to it—advertising of the 6000 prune acreage in that has done it for me”—Milwaukie Re county into one unit for the marketing view. of the crop. Roseburg suffered a spectacular warehouse fire, which caused a loss roughly estimated at *50,000 and for I a time threatened the entire south BATHING CAPS I end of the city. Snappy New Models The Jersey herd of Frank Loughary : and son of Monmouth was auctioned to bidders from all over the United PICNIC SUPPLIES States for *15,220, at an average price Paper Plates, Napkins per head of *252. and Cups The pageant of Wascopam will not be staged In The Dalles this year. It being planned instead to put on a larger affair in 1925, with a paid 3 IN 1 SHOPPING director in charge. BAG Satisfying o lr customers is just The Walter L. Baker Calf club, so- Handy — Useful as much a part of our business as called by reason of the gift made by Assorted Colors the selling of merchandise. We Mr. Baker of a registered Jersey calf car; y a representative line of from his Lane county herd, has been Stationery, Gift Articles, Office organized at Pilot Rock, Supplies, School Supplies. Picturp The request of Sheriff Lowe of Frames and Novellies. 'Steel en Klamath county that he be allowed to graved Cards with Envelopes for ; send his prisoners to the state pent- every occasion. Look for your | tentlary for safe-keeping has been re- favoried Magazine here. I fused by Warden f>alrymple. The Oregon Federation of Women's Vernonia Hotel Bldg. clubs by unanimous vote went on record In convention at Oregon City as favoring the entrance of the United States into the world court. With construction work on a fish way over Sherar's Falls already start ed. plans for the opening of the Des chutea river and its tributaries to Co lumbia salmon have materialized. More than 2600 acres of timber were cruised and mapped by students in the school of forestry of Oregon Agri cultural college while on their annual spring trip in the Oakridge district. Boys of the North Powder high HE Oakland Six is true blue because it was designed with one school and seventh and eighth grades very definite purpose in mind—to make it the finest light six were dismissed last Friday morning to in its class. Take Oakland closed cars for example. Here are real haul sand and other material for con automobiles. They are true blue because their distinctive Fisher- struction work of the new gymnasium. built bodies are real closed car bodies—with no makeshifts nor Paul Coughlin of the University of compromises entering into their construction or appointments. Washington won the tri-state oratori- , cal contest at Eugene for his school Oakland’s Six-Cylinder Smoothness against the Universities of Oregon and Means Greater Closed-Car Comfort Idaho. His oration was entitled “Jus Then there arq four-wheel brakes (you cer tice." The Oakland engine 1* true blue because in tainly should not buy a car without this it the natural advantages of a “Six” have Land which yielded "40 gallons to proved essential); exclusive centralized con been developed to a remarkable degree. the acre" of moonshine wMsky was trols on the steering wheel; a special body There ia freedom from annoying vibration, tilled by Caeriff Christensen and a finish which retains its lustre indefinitely, which ia essential to complete closed-car force of <’uuties on the ranch of Wil and a dozen other features. satisfaction; there isextre me flexibility which lard Qu.nn, in the southern part of Isn’t it true that the problem of choosing makes gear changing rarely necessary’; there Wasco county. the right car is merely a matter of getting is a surprising ability to respond to unusual the most and the best for your money? demands quickly and without fuss—all of Ursul Normand, 12-year-old son of Examine the True Blue Oakland Six. Drive which qualities you will surely seek in .Mr. and Mrs. Alex Normand of Rials, it yourself. We welcome frank comparisons. , selecting your next closed-car. , in Clatsop county, was Instantly kill- e l by the accidental discharge of a GILBY MOTOR COMPANY rifle. The bullet tore the right side Vernonia and St Helens of his head off . The Prouty Lumber company, own er of the Callaby Lake lumber mill near Carnahan station in Clatsop coun ty, has lea rd the plant to J. Weston Hall of Portlaud, who expects to start operations at once. Oregon’s ^sports for the first three months of the year totaled *20,273,030 and put the state 13th In the list of states in the value of its foreign trade, according to statistica from the de partmsnt of commerce. L. E Warford of Portland will be one of the doorkeepers at the repub Hilll llcan national convention at Cleveland. There were two placee for Oregon ex- service men and Warford’s application was the only one received. The state superintendent of banks ; has Issued cehcks covering the secón*' | dividend to depositors having claim- | against the defunct First Rank of B v City. The payments covered by tli- I ' dividend aggregated *2400. ' ORDER A CHICKEN for Dinner ACREAGE—LOTS™ HOUSES RANCHES We have some wonderfully fine Roasters right now Vernonia Prjperly Valuable a roast Chicken for dinner. Buy Now While Price is Right deliver one that will please you. • and the family will consider it a real treat to have ♦ Phone us the size you want and we will select and 1 M. & M. Pharmacy r The Nehalem Meat Market CRAWFORD MOTOR CO. AUTHORIZED FORD DEALERS Second and Maple Street*; Turn Off at Drug Store Corner The Large New Building AUTO ELECTRICAL WORK AND STORAGE BATTERY SERVICE Gasoline, Oil, All kinds of Repairing Work, Stor age for Autos, Accessories of all Description. 4 CRAWFORD MOTOR COMPANY SEWER AND CULVERT PIPE We manufacture Concrete Sewer and Culvert Pipe in large quantities and keep a large stock tin hand. We have water and rail shipping facilities and are prepared to make shipments of any quant ities on short notice. Get our quotations for your next job. 4 LONGVIEW CONCRETE PIPE COMPANY Phone 256 Longview, Washington For a Good and Sub stantial Home See Daoust & Oversen I GENERAL CONTRACTORS Buildii g mid Ooi'Hlniction Woik <»l Ail K nds ♦ THAT’S THE FEED FOR RESULTS i When fattening your stock for market, you want to get them into prime condition with the least expenditure of time and money. We have several grades of feed that have been scientifically compounded for this pur pose—and they get results at the lowest cut Get Charcoal for Dysentery for Chicken* Vernonia Trading Company Wholesale and Retail Chas. 0. White Vernonia J9