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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1924)
Sp» ndid Schools VERNONIA EAGLE City of Homes union or co-operation—eall it what is asked: “Why don’t we elect our you will—and without combination President by popular vote?” With the three-cornered fight approaching nothing great can be achieved. pi— Coolidge, Davis and LaFollette run Veronnia's Day is upon us. It is ning, and the President named by “Electoral Vote” there ia a chance ripe time to co-operate in the one idea of civic pride, city building and that no one will receive the neces sary 267 votes required in the elec a moral and physical clean town. Issued Every Friday. This can easily be accomplished here toral college to elect, consequently $2.00 Per Year. as the start is more than made, The the next President would then be one great esential is less talk, and named by the National House of Entered as second-class matter August more business. It isn’t any one man Representatives. If ours is a demo 4, 1922, at the post office at Ver that is driving any business from cratic form of government, why nonia. Oregon, under the Ait Vernonia. If any business is kept elect our President direct? vf March 3. 1879. away from Vernonia on account of About as worthy a suggestion any man, citizen or officer, it could the welfare and convenience of only be done by talk circulated by a Advertising Rates 25c ts per inch, public as we have heard advocated single column measure, each we k. reat many more than one. And any recently, is the idea of establishing a We collect tor advertising the first man owning property or business would only be working against his route, or securing means of having mouth. own financial affairs when he ad a mail sack each way each day, to vises any to stay away from his and from Vernonia and St. Helens, PAUL s. R 'BINSON. community. It dosn’t sound reason our county seat. At present it takes E ditor and O wner . able. Mob rule is unlawful; cusing about four days to write and get a and raving in assembled meetings reply from the distance of 28 miles. is undignified; any movement to ease Big trees, bare knees. ocean law enforcement is regarded as un breeze and fancy cheese, bumble desirable to many citizens of today bees and B. V. D’s. will all be the Vernonia has a City Council that attraction for Oregon Editors on has shouldered a long, tiresome and Greatness lies not in the undevel weighty job—sewer building and next Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Tillamook City, Tillamook Bay oped resources of the inlividual or property assessing to accomplish and Tillamook Beaches. It is the an of the place. Man is great, not be -ame, all legal reel tape that is nec nual Editoral Convention and all the cause he has latent powers, but in essary; street paving that takes scribs in the state will be there. so far as those powers are develop time, plans and harmony; water sys- Clear the beaches, and have the meri ed. The commonwealth is great, not tenl bonds to look after, and hun- maids under chaperone, Tillamook. simply because it has fertile fields of minor affairs including the and great natural resources but finds p dicing of a fast growing city. A The National Agricultural Relief its true standard of value only after little co-operation will help; a little Congress recendy in session at St. these resources are discovered and confidence in the council will help, Paul, whose whole aim is the pro utilized. Without man these resourc kicking and threats will not get us motion of better conditions for the es lie forever dormant. " Primative very far, as the council has plenty American farmers, will put all their man did what he could in his simple to worry about as it is. The city efforts in securing the passage of unassisted efforts to promote the needs more officers such as a city the McNary-Haugen bill at next ses general welfare by developing the re clerk; a new deputy marshal has sion of Congress. As the LaFollette sources of his country and his coun been spoken of and we have no campaign workers and the LaFollette increased by trymen. As civilization doubt but that the council will at- interests are against this bill, the combination of effort people be- tend to the matters as soon as can LaFollette ticket will receive little came powerful and resourceful. be done and done in a proper man support from farmers in general. Greece had her day. ner at the proper time. We are a- Rome later boasted of her power ware that members of the council Some philosopher in preparing and ruled the world by the might do not know it all and they no doubt ideas for meditation and thought, of her armies. The Israelites, scat make mistakes. There is only two stumbled into the following: tered over the face of the earth, ■.■•ays to handle the council from a “Inch for inch, pound for pound, none the lss for centuries controlled citizens standpoint. And the way is the cat can lick anything on earth. the financial destinies of nations. ■ ther TRUST your council or RE “Yet there is nothing to her but The “Seattle Spirit,” manifest for CALL them. Now neighbors lets for- pep, quick thinking, quick acting a number of years, put that city on ■. et all petty things and pull, pull and an almost maniacial intensity for the map, and raised it from a vil hard, all together for a Greater Ver- the job in hand. lage of 40,000 to a city of over nonia. “She gets plenty of sleep and 300,000 couls. rest too.” No one individual, however emi- \ D mocratic club has been form Consider the cat and nent, can, unsuported, raise his < d in Vernonia. Mr. Davis is Presi- Southern Oregon Spokesman. community to the ranks of great- dent of the club and Mr. Sheeley is ness, but the true “community Secretary. Vernonia, long a Repub- La Follette, wanting to be Presi spirit,” backed by the unanimous ’¡can community in a strong Repub dent, is calling for five million dol good will and effort of all the mem lican county, is now guessing just i lars campaign funds. One Alexander bers of the community can and how the town, valley and county Kahn, a Jew editor, acknowledged a will do much to raise that commun tand politically. The town has grown “money getter”, will attempt to se ity to the standard of true great from 200 to 2000 in two years, and cure the “donation” of one days ness. the new population is mostly from wages from every working man in “The power of Will” is potent not other states and democratic states the country so inclined. Geo. Ch • r, alone when applied by the individ- at that. Don’t bet too high on the already having plenty of trouble In ual, but equally so when exercised outcome of the Vernonia precincts. Oregon keeping his State Prohi. Agents in a straight and nar.it a by numbers. At this time, more than ever, it is contracting more worries by m: - This is the age of combination, aging the La Follette campaign ;n this state. ■MKIKU W. WJ VERNONIA EAGLE EDITORIAL INLAND HIGHWAY .’ortland-Vernonia-Astorla OOST IT 120-gallon capac ity pump. 60-cycle motor. 8 gallos, galvanized tank Complete, f. o. b. Now r* Water under Pressure The new, low-priced Fairbanks-Morse Home Water Plant supplies water under pressure from cisternor well for only a few cents a week. It attaches to any electric circuit. The operation isentire- ly automatic—self-priming, self-oiling, self-starting. You have water under pressure all of the time. Water under pressure increases returns from livestock and land. You get bigger gains with lees feed—milk yield is inert ased— the garden crop is safe from drought. You have real fire protection. Water under pressure lightens housework and outd •< r chores. The most disagreeable, the heaviest household tasks — washing, laundry, scrubbing—arc easily and quickly done. And the fresh '.vifer attachment gives you fresh water from the faucet, any time. Call ns un and have us submit an estimate on a Fairbanks-Mi rse plant for you. There is a size for every need. They operate with electricity, 1 ros ne, or gasoline Better yet, come in and let us -how you a plant in operation. Get rid of the drudgery of hand pump mi d pad. Water under prr j»ine is the rhe-<eat srvvgr.i y ju can owe BERGLUND, The Plumber In Beall Electric Building A Meeting Place A warm afternoon, any evening or after the show, Ladies and Gentlemen gather here for a refreshing drink, a friendly visit with neighbors, a light lunch or box of sweets. You will enjoy a stop at THE G A YDS A. “TRY OUR NOON LUNCH” Men, Here is “Smoke Headquarters The Gayosa L.H. Detrow, Prop ____________________ ,______________ Ï table than in any other rancher’s now in the valley. And one always feels at home when at Pringle’s. A SHOE SHOP A SHOE FACTORY HY VAN HOTEL New Equipment Throughout Twenty-eight Outside Room* Hot and Cold Wit-r Popular Place to Stoo—Convenient A*k for the Hy Van W. J. COYLE. Prop. We Repair Shoe*; We Make Shoe*. Have You Sore Feet—Let U* Make Your Shoe*. GENERAL REPAIR WORK — Have your shoe* repaired while they are worth it and while the weather is good. We are conveniently located right in town —In the Lester Building, south of Rose Theatre. Call and see T E. BOWERS A Weekly Panorama of Event* in the National Capital By Peter Keegan Some delay has been c: 1 in getting the Republican campaign un der way by the death of the Presi dent’s son. As the President and Mrs. j Coolidge will be in mourning fo» at least a month, it was thought best to | postpone the presidential notifica tion ceremonies, set for July 24. The1 exact date is still uncertain, but it i will not be at least until the middle of August. The notification of Gen eral Dawes at Evanston, Ill., like wise will be delayed. In the mean time, however, the Republican Na tional Committee, under the direc tion of Chairman Butler, will quiet ly complete plans for the campaign. I In view of this delay in the Re publican camp, it is expected that the No. Five Democrats, despite all their difficult ies in getting a nominee at New York Wm. Pringle is a farmer, and that will arrange to formally notify John isn’t all he does. Mr. Pringle is one Davis of his nomination before the of the pioneers of the Nehalem val Republican ceremonies are held. The ley and he is personally known ull Davis notification probably will take over Columbia county. He has blazed place at Clarksburg, W. Va., instead trails and roads before automobiles of in New York. Clarksburg is his I were known of in the valley. When home town and the home-town people Vernonia was a stopping place on the who fought for him throughout the creek Mr. Pringle was interested in convention want to give him the of the town. When the railroad was ficial send off at the start of the campaign. talked of he was a booster for the town, when the mil) was located he kept on boosting. Then Vernonia be Reconciliation among the warring gan to grow. Mr. Pringle could see Republican leaders came ubout dur ahead and told his neighbors to keep ing the- trying days at the White their eye on Vernonia and build House '.hen Calvin Coolidge, Jr. here. He practiced what he preached died. C. Bascom Slcmp, the Presidents I and built the Nehalem hotel, one of Secretary, _______ ___________ who had _____ quit ___ in _ a huff I the first large buildings in the town, because he didn’t like the way things Then he came back with a “Follow were being run, rushed back to Wash Up” and put up the building now >c- ington to extend n helping hand to cuppied by the Eagle office; he did the President. It was announced that this because there wasn’t a vacant he would resume his duties at the room in the town for the paper; then Executive Mansion and he is now on getting the building spirit, he erect duty again, preserving discreet ail- ed the “Pringle Blk.”, on the corner ence about the events which led to occupied by the Modern Market. his departure nearly a month ago. Then he bought a residence or two , and built a house or two. He is for; The United States is slowly, but Vernonia as strong as ever. Talk of paving main street where Mr. . surely taking a more liberal hand in Pringle owns most of his property world affairs, despite the Govern ment determination to stay out of •nd he ia the first to say “I^t’s do the Leartie of Nations and to avoid it” he don’t care how, so it is done. Europe' into nal political quarrel. He favors the sewer, he favors any The opening of the new allied repar line of progress, knowing as the ations conference in London finds town prospers and progresses ao two American Ambassadors—Kel doe sthe property owner progress. logg and Houghton—joining in the Mr. Pringle takes an active part in discussions and considerable presure politics, in lodge work and in busi is now being brought upon President ness. He has made some money and ! Coolidge by the Prime Ministers of is entitled to every cent be has, as France and Great Britain for the he isn’t one who is afraid of work. sending of an official American mem Mr. Pringle is helping in building ber to sit with the permanent Repar Vernonia not only in spirit and mor ations Commission. al support but he puts that dollar to work, then aids in the manual labor Al Repass and Joe FrydendaH were to boot. Probably more people have had their feet under the Pringle in Portland Tuesday. UVE MEN, REAL MEN, MEN WHO ARE BUILDING VERNONIA r'’ HERE WE ARE—AT YOUR SERVICE Photograph Office West of Nehalem Market Vernonia Views On Salt NOw Displayed—Let Us “lake Your Picture" Work Guaranteed. W. G. Alexander — AND NOW THOSE PIES With their rich, delicious crust filled with goodness They are Unexcelled—Try them so too. And don’t overlook our cream pies Be Beat and you’ll They can’t ALL KINDS OF PIES FRESH DAILY SPECIAL: Every Saturday we have Cream Puffs filled with Real Cream. OUR MOTTO: Quality, Cleanliness, Service Vernonia Bakery BREWER & VISNAW On 2nd Street, just a few doors south of Bridge St.« NOTICE: We are closed on weekdays from 7 to 9 p. m. and on Sundays from 1 :«30 to 5 p. m. At all other times we are at your service.