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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1924)
Fastest Crowing VERNONIA EAGLE Of Bobbed Hair WHETHER YOU ARE HAVING YOUR FIRST BOB, OR ARE GETTING IT TRIMMED, YOU WANT IT CUT IN THE LAT EST STYLE. WE SPECIALIZE IN HAIR WORK, HENCE YOU ARE AS SURED THE CORRECT CUT WHEN YOU COME HERE. ship« easily borne, to those which ab- termine its own death rate. Take solutely ruin. There are today over health work uncertainty and place 9,000 wage earners in Oregon eon- it on sure ground. Make it a potent fined to their homes on account of factor and it will pay. zsckne«« The workers lose on an aver j Surely if we are rich enough to age of seven days annually on ac- spend $18 per capita for tobacco, LICENSED BARBERS. count of sic knew» 400,000 wage earn $« candy and confections, $5 EAST OF PRINGLE BUILDING ers lose 2.800,000 days annually on for patent medicine, tonics and drugs account of sickn>-ss every year. At a questionable value, $1 for eosme- daily minimum wage of $3 this means tic* an<i "5 cents for gum we should a loss of $8,400,000. $3,300,000 is i* willing to spend more than 10c spent annually for doctors. An equal P*r capita for the most essential part Rather an unusual question, but amount is spent for nursing and hos- l*^e—health. Every community pital care, $4,000,000 is spent for must estimate its own requirements «uch was the interrogate,r. in a re cent questionnaire sent out by an drugs, mostly self prescribed. an«i aPpropriate accordingly. eastern farm magazine. And here is what one farmer’s wife declared she I .had done, in her answer: Made 33,190 loaves of bread, bak ed 5,930 cakes and 7,960 pies, canned 1550 quarts of fruit, raised 7660 chickens, churned 5,450 pounds of butter, put in 36,461 hours sweeping, washing and scrubbing, and cooked THE BEAUTY AND ECONOMY OF GRASS 235,435 meals, all in 30 years of married life. RUGS AND REED FURNITURE The woman closed her reply with the following estimate of her own worth: ‘1 estimate the worth of my labor conservatively at >115,485.50, none of which I ever collected. But I still love my husband and children, and wouldn’t mind starting all over gain”. This woman’s record is probably nothing unusual. She merely took the time and thought to tabulate what she had done and the result, because it had never been done be fore, is startling. It would seem that a wife is the biggest asset, even from sentiment, Celebrate in Vernonia Two days, Friday and Saturday, .July 4 In os many ways will you find Grass Rugs and that a farmer can have.—The Dalles Reed Furniture superior to the heavier furnish Chronicle. ile farms, growing towns ar.d c ar .1 ditions; highest type of citizenship. the columns of the Review» gel in ings for summer use, that the change will add ng industries—resourc -s m : it: •- Oregon welcomes new settlers, and do your part in drawing trade OREGON PAMPHLET much comfort to your family and yourself during gering than the wildest dreams of new home-seekers, new capital. to Rainier as well as keeping it here. the warm weather. Note the low prices at which Through the thoughtful efforts and the sturdy pioneers are now being We have the circulation, we have you can secure what you need at your big Furni energy of P. M. Nash, secretary of developed. HOW MUCH NICER IT IS striking advertising cuts und we are ture Store right at Home. Vernonia has jumped from 200 to the Vernonia Chamber of Commerce with you. Will you do your part?— and through the kindness and the' 3000 in the past year. Has the larg- In today’s issue of the Review ap ever ready aid always extended Ly *”t electrically driven mill in the U. pears the large advertisments of 2 Rainier Review. the State Chamber of Commerce, S. Center of the Nehalem valley ami Rainier drygoods merchants. A short Prof. Nash has for free distribution her undeveloped resources. Interest ' , time ago a Portland store sought en- a few thousand important Oregon <*d Address Secretary, Chamber of trance into the column* of th* R*> FURNITURE & UNDERTAKING phamplets reading as follows; Commerce. view and other stores near by h...e OREGON Oregon has one-fourth of the stand also tried to gain ncccss to our colu- WOOD Today, in Oregon—a land of fer- ing timber of the United States; I nins. But kept them for Rainier Portland is the world's largest lumb- , merchants. How much better we feel Get Your Winter’s Supply er manufacturing and shippinp cen when we know that tin Review i Leave Orders at ter. today drawing trade to Rainier in STEEL’S Oregon has a greater variety of cli stead of to Portland, Astoria or PHONE mate than any other state in the other near-by towns. Geo. Winson Mr. Merchant (now absent from Union; one district has 325 days of sunshine each year; another has the lowest wind velocity of any point in ithe United States; another has the correct proportion of rainfall and sunshine to produce maximum crops of any product native to the temper ate zone. Oregon is the leading Jersey state in the nation; six of eight world’s records of the breed are held here. Oregon has more Gold Medal, Silver Medal and Medal of Merit Jerseys 9:00 a. m—“The Building of An Em than any other state. Oregon i. the leading wool state pire.” Monstroub paiade of the Pacific Coast; the largest Woo) bringing in review all the en mill West of the Mississippi River; historical events that have the only w .rsted mill west of the transpired in the past in Mississipri River; the world’s largest Oregon’s History. Prizes , manufai' jrer of certain lines of I worsted knitted goods. for best entries in parade. Oregon apples and pears command 10:00 a.m.—Baseball game at Fair a premium on the market of the Grounds. world. Nine-tenths of the world’s sup ply of loganberries are raised in 12:00 noon—Patriotic Programme ( ■•ej'.n; 23 per cent of the nation’s 1:30 p. m.—Round-up of ten fast and yield of prune*. furious events. $1,000 in Oregon produced the first 300-egg - prizes to winners. No hen; has the world’s record flock of paid actors. All contest 13 hens ir. <■- g-laying. Oregon manufactures annually ants win on merit. Band products v. lucd at more than $100,- concert. 000,000. Portland in the manufactur 6:00 p. m.—Barbecue at Fair Grounds ing, banking, jobbing, livestock ship 7:30 p. m-Fire Works in front of ping center of the ?4orthwest; is the grandstand. A massive, world’s largest primary wool market has the best equipped wool scouring fiery pagent of fire plant in the v.-oild; has the largest works of all kinds. furniture manufacturing plant west Dance at pavilion of the Mississippi; the Columbia Riv other events. er is the finest fresh water harbor in the world. Grant* Pa** invite* Southern Oregon to coi Oregon sdenery, hunting, fishing and outdoor recreational opportuni and enjoy the biggest day this town ever saw, ties are second to none. Oregon is the mort healthful state Barbecue Ticket* 50c at gate. in the Union; has the lowest infant mortality rate; the purest water sup Entire Programme Free ply. Oregon, above all. •'« a home state. Finest of schools; best of living ecu- Shipley’s arber Shop B7 \ U—J WE CELEBRATE Grants Oregon Program of Day July 4,1924 Helps millions enjoy their vacations a