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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1924)
I VERNONIA EAGLE Issued Every Friday. $2.00 Per Year. Entered ns second-class matter August 4, 1922, at the post office at Ver nonia, Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1879. Advertising Rates 25cIs per inch, single column measure, each we:k. We collect lor advertising the first of every month. PAUL S. ROBINSON. E ditor and O wner . The Original Home Paper, Standing for Progre»», Fair Play, Home Pat ronage, Law Enforcement, Good Schools and The Home Beautiful. Ail Accounts Must Be Settled in Full Every 30 Days EDITORIAL •DOLLAR Sp» ndid School« VERNONIA EAGLE City of Homes I time he went out and stubbed his toe. He was of some help about the place, too, from the time he was 7 years old, and when a father leaned across the checkered table cloth at supper time the evening before circus day and, putting a quarter in his sons hand, gave a few words of advice about staying out of trouble tomor row, he knew that while he would probably not see his son again for 36 hours the honor of the family would be maintained. He knew he wouldn’t have to stop his work to get the boy out of jail for speeding or for becoming too friendly with a bootlegger. There were no Boy Scouts and fresh air camps in those days, and no gymnasiums. But the fellow who has never stood barefoot in a pasture or orchard grass, or buried his toes in the cooling dust of a country road, with the rising sun bringing another bunch of freckles to distribute over his face, has missed something out of boyhood he can never put back. To day the world gives a lot to boyhood, but when we think of the boys of yes terday and then compare their joys with those of the boys of today we can’t help feeling that at the same time the world is giving them much it is witholding still more. It is not too early to suggest that you do yous Christmas Shopping Early. GASOLINE’’ Not very long ago there was fear fo dollar gasoline in this country. But today it would sound more sensi ble to talk of ten cent gasoline, for instead of growing scarcer the fuel has been constantly growing more Ipentiful; instead of getting dearer ti has been getting cheaper. We have just read a government report to the effect that figures gathered from 30 towns and cities in as many sections of the U. S. show an average price of 15c a gallon. If the Vernonia citizen who has contended that the day of the auto is soon to end unless a substitute car be found for gasoline will read ui he will find that he is wrong. As old oil fields and pools play out new ones are being opened. There have beer rich oil strikes this year in regions where they were not expected, an< ethre is probably far more crude oi. in the world than has ever been esti mated. At any rate the drillers an< refiners act as if the supply was in eshaustible. Low prices do not checl them, they keep right on increasing production at a time when market is glutted. That consumers are doing al they can to help them is seen in th» fact that the United States is usint 20 per cent more gasoline this yea than it used in 1923. Millions of gallons are wated, o course, and some day we may regre it. Yet men who make a study o. crude oil are not inclined to worry They have faith in the bounty of olu Mother Earth, giver of so many ric! gifts. And we have faith in our in ventors to believe that they will hav» a cheap substitute ready the minute that the world’s gasoline supply doe- give ou. BOYS OF OTHER DAYS Older Vernonia residents will free with us that a boy didn’t cost much in the days gone by. A pair of corduroys, a cotton waist and a lOt pair of suspenders made a wardrobe that came to less than a dollar. If ht ate a great deal he didn’t run up a odctor bill. A stonebruise a bad case of sunburn were ailments that never cost his father a cent. He did n’t have to have a dollar ’s worth - ------ ------- of — , salve and sterilized bandages every THE FINEST GIFT OF ALL The gift that keeps on going, something new each day. No matter what kind of music you want or when you want it, a Victrola and Victor Records give it to you— “BETTER”. No great opera company can offer such an array of artists as are at your command. Every Victor Record is made by an artist of distinction in some chosen field—You can purchase one of these wonderful instruments right at home as cheaply as any place in the world—From $25.00 up. Any one of them will play any of the good Victor Records. Let us show them to you. Our line of records is very complete and We are more than pleased to play them for you at anytime. He’s a Successful Man Not alone (he fact that he has an automobile, or that he is well dressed, marks him as a success, but the fact that he has money in the bank, which en ables him to enjoy the good things of life, that is the things that marks him as a success. Don’t envy success—save and be successful your self. BANK OF VERNONIA Vernonia, Oregon MAKE THIS A VICTOR CHRIETMAS. Silver Fox Pharmacy VERNONIA, OREGON The second Monday in January, at Salem, will witness a Republican gathering of prominent party men from all over Oregon. About 96 will be present and not over a half dozen of the crowd will acknowledge being ed radio set. Shown into the room democrats. Oregon Legislature is he looked long and earnestly at his new baby brother, but without com afely Republican. ment. Next day at school his teacher But the Astoria Budget hated to asked about the new baby, "Well, I expected a radio set, but still this acknowledge it. baby acts something like one,” re The only cure for sorehead is to plied Johnny. “When he isn’t receiv develope a thicker skin and a better ing he’s broadcasting.” forgettery. COLLECTIONS KNIGHT ADJUSTMENT CO. McMinnville Hillsboro Tillamook to work hard and get your share of whatever prosperity is going around, but while you are at it it is also a good idea to salt a little of it away, and remember that this country nev er struck a prosperous or a boom season but what it also saw a tight ening up a little later on. EAGLE FEATHERS The average family’s idea of a wel come guest is the one who leaves her children and her troubles at home. Being married, makes a man do a lot of foolish things—and also keep >iim from doing a lot of others. ’ Maybe the reason European tions don’t hold a big get-together meeting is they’re afraid someone will pop up and ask who won the war. Another thing that daughter can’t Uncle Sam’s new 16-inch guns will do that mother used to do it to trip on her skirt when she’s going up- hurl a ton shell 35 miles. Wouldn’t they be fine to deliver coal with? stairs. Every schoolboy knows stead of streets in Venice canals. But he wonders comes of the cats when them cut at night. well have it You only have to watch some fel lows around Vernonia driving autos be- to understand that what Barnum said put about the suckers is right. in- More and more we’re ciming to God made the world to be happy see that the demagogs can’t fool the in, but all the happiness some peo people when the people know more ple gets is hunting for trouble on a than the demagags. dark night with a dim lantern. WARM * . Whatever became of the seven long-haired sisters whose pictures we A tourist went through town the used to see displayed in the hair other day on his way East. On the restorer ads? back of his fliver was the the sign, "Goodby California, the home of the .Luck doesn’t always mean inherit lemon, the prune and the nut.”— ing money. Look at the Vernonia Capper’s Weekly. man whose last year's overcoat is good enough to wear this year. A LONG FAREWELL MUCH LIKE A RADIO There’s only one way for a woman; We had been planning to buy • ti find out how homely she'll look in radio set when a new baby arrived bobbed hair—and she generally takes When Johnny came home from school that way. the nurse said she had something to show him. He thought of the expect- We’ve noticed that some fellows have a wonderful memory until a few minutes after they are put on the witness stand. A BETTER THAN We heard a Vernonia man say yes terday he doesn’t believe in capital punishment because it’s hard to find a man who is worth hanging another man for. USUAL CANDY Of course the auto helps some, but old Worry still continues to be the undertaker’s best friend. For goodness and whoesomeness and for pur- ity and perfection you cannot secure a more delicious candy. Try a box tonight and we are sure you will purchase more in the future. Each pieec hand-coated with the finest chocolate produced. In pound and half pounds; also in bulk. THE M. & M. PHARMACY In Vernonia Hotel Building Opposite Qtiby Motor Company DON’T GET EXCITED We’ve recently read several arti cles to the effect that the country is about to enter a boom period, though none of the writers give any specific reason for such belief. We hope it is true, so long as tt is not the kind of boom that gives us great prosperity for a few months and then leaves the country in worse shape than it was before. Too many people, and we have some of them in Vernonia cannot realize that all the boom periods are of short duration. They commence to find money com ing in more plentifully, and they take it for granted that it is always go ing to comeeasy. As a result the boom eases off and they haven’t any thing, except possibily a lot of debts, to show for it. Thia is a good time in a minute! With Pearl Oil in a good oil heater—yon can warm up any room in the house in a jiffy. Abso lutely no odor, though you use it every hour of the day — because Pearl Oil is entirely consumed by the flame. In even the best oil heaters—you should use only the highest-quality ker osene. Avoid asking for “kerosene” or “coal oil” which may mean any kind of kerosene. Order “Pearl Oil” by the name that’s copyrighted for your pro- tedion. 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