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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1925)
City of i nw VERNONIA EAGLE VERNONIA EAGLE Adv^rtiain* Kat»« Sftcta per inch, ■imrl* column menaur*. each w«*k. We collect tor advertía.ng the Aral ot every month. PAUL S. RJBINSON. E ditor and O wner . Issued Every Friday, $2.00 Per Year. Kutwnxj a* ■ v . xwh I rl*M mattar Au«uat 4. Ift&L at th* pu*t utttt'a at V»r- noni*. Or»*vi>. umi*r th« Act of March S. Editorial What is the matter with the youth of this day? Is it any worse, any more frivolos, any giddier than the youth o*f any other time? t>r is all this merely the talk of oíd timers who cannot understand a new age with its new standards? A number of prominent university leaders have been in vestigating, ami from their insight into college undergrad uate lite, they speak with wools of significance. They say that college' students are more' inteivsted in dances, amuse ments. and class activities than in culture and learning. In fact they issue a sweeping indictment of this generation, for students are' typical present day young folks. “t'ollegt is no longer a place for those who wish to be come cultured. It is a social practice ground”, said Dr. Robert C. Angell, I niversity of Michigan, in a report to President Burton. “A tradition is being established outside Wisconsin that we are a bunch of cake eaters.” declared Dean Scott H. Cioodnight of the University of Wisconsin. “Does not our record of parties and dances go to substantiate this tra dition?” A statement from another source was: “The mothers re gare! the university as a good matrimonial bureau, and ac cordingly they send their daughters here.” Editorials in some university publications place the blame for low cu'tui .f. stamfavis r.ot upon the students but upon incompetent instructors. And the battle goes niemly on. Some extremists go so far as to claim that the old viril ity of American life is disapyvaring in the foppishness and thrill mania of the present as show :-, in the conduct of col lege students. Bui in the humble opinion of the editor, this isn't so seri ous after all. Young people al heart are no< much different tkHiay than they were' in the olden times. Human nature changes but little from age to age. and therein lies both the hope ami task of the present It is as difficult for any force er tendency to cause people in the mass to deterrcrate sud denly as it is to cause them to improve quickly. Perhaps si'me young fo ks have taken the old adage, "all u\xrk and no play makes Jack a dull boy»” a little too seriously —that’s all. > Thrifty Youth A NEW DEADLY DISEASE MODERN YOUTH r No doubt this man was no more blind than most of us here in Vernonia. The writer is of the opinion that there is plenty of wealth and opportunity to be found ri^ht here in our community and some day some man of vision will come along and see what all of us should have seen long ago. The greenest pastures are always further up the hill, i “Distance lends enchantment’’ In other w’ords we think that we must travel far away to find opportunities. But opportunity is everywhere—nearby and far away. If you lack the necessary vision you will not find fame or fortune by traveling to the far corners of the world. If you have vision you will probably find just what you most de sire right here in Vernonia. There is a new disease in America today that is more dangerous, more contagious and more wide-spread than any black plague, flu or other noxious malady that ever visited moral beings. Its effects are: First a warping of the mind so that it fails to realize consequences. This comes from contact with those already afflicted with the disease. Next conies the deadening of the morals of its newly contaminated victims. Then comes the decline that finally will lead to the uttermost depths of mental depravity, moral degradation ami physical decay. Those who are suffering from this terrible malady in its advanced stages will resort to any crime to satisfy its unquenchable thirst. Speed, thrills, excitement ami more excitement are the only palliatives that will quiet the demands of this arch fiend of today. Ordinary thrills cease to suffice and even murders have been committed merely to satisfy the depraved cravings of some of its victims. The Nation was shocked from coast to coast when the news was carried that a 15-year-old girl, a victim of this plague, had killed her own mother in order that she could indulge in the debaucheries demanded by her di seased condition. “Jazz-Mania” is spreading with unprecedented rapid ity. The younger generation are being contaminated hour ly*. The homes of once happy families are crumbling from the decaying influence of this arch enemy of civilization. If this’ disease can be legislated aw ay, now is the time for our state legislators to act. If education alone will eliminate this unhealthy con dition. “in the name of civilization”, it’s time for all forc es to begin to educate. Parepts associations, womens clubs, churches and the schools can find no subject more deserving of their efforts than an active campalp1 education for the suppression of this blight on our civilization. Stop and Think.—Southern Oregon Spokesman. BANK OF VERNONIA Vernonia, Oregon I COLLECTIONS KNIGHT ADJUSTMENT CO. McMinnville Hillsboro Tillamook MEAT HE WILL EAT EAGIE FEATHERS vill Your skill as a cook is fully exemplified and reward ed when you use it to prepare one of our delicious Roasts for your table. THE RAILWAY STATION If first impressions are lasting impressions. then we can scarcely overestimate the importance to a town of a neat, tidy railway station. Roth the firs: and las: thing that many travelers sees of a city is the station. And if ours is attrac tive. dean, and comfortable looking. he will say of Ver noaia when he goes els*'where: "It is a fine little town”. IVx vle of the far West w ho appreciate the value of the right \ -d of advertising for their cities, understand this, and make their railway stations works of architectural beauty. Such buildings are no more' expensive than ordin ary stations. but they are more attractive They convey the rgh.t Kind of an impression. What we here in Verner a can do is to show an ir.teresc in the proper maintenance of the grounds around the «ca tion. ar.d individually refrain (roc: deface the afais and pvttmg qgitness where lioness »cans a Sack EJTi agains: our town in the minds of trace Thrifty youth means old age comfort, so why not prepare now’ for your old age, when your productive days will be over, and you can enjoy yourself in comfort? It costs only a little to start a Savings Account—and a little added each pay day soon adds up into a most comfortabel sum. Ú Let us send you one for dinner today. Poultry. Eggs, Choicest Reef, Pork and Lamb, Cold Meats. Fish. Mac Says M h E mct 7*rv«rtu mnmi w ¡he -Jbf mm v'ti, irmtf nr » <r*z&£ ’-1» w*y ft Mb nine twc <•/ wi>t titmi »'j/naer it 4>nm tlu£ auaQt The Nehalem Meat Market The ocher day - HI I I WHERE IS OPPORTUNITY*? Few of us are gifted w ith ’.he vision reccssary to see Sec op- OO- p*xnumiies that He nearest at hand. And when the editor saxx few of us. he includes himself along with most of his Vermwùa friends. An excellent illustration of this is a story told by Professor Agassis. ami retold time and again by a famoos Lecturer. There was once a man w ho owned a fana in Pennsyi- v-arda who became dissatisfied wish framing. This was in the early days of the oil basine*. ami so he anpT'vd him- seif to i '.he aspects of the then new and premmng in dustry He ¡caraira how pecrve<cr< was fumed. how refin ed, and how rr.arketed. In short he kar&ed all he could about the theory, ami thee he sold his (am tor ISSX Shortly after the sale, the new owner went over the piare to look after factottos for watering stock. He found that tos prederesisvr had fixed a olank across the surface of a stream running thrvxugh the fam. and this plank was set at the rght depth to hoist back a black scum through- which cattle wouM net put their noses. This was unusual. With the assistance of experts. hen conducted an irvostig-atxxa. The black scum, they dbew-r ered. was petrvêeura. and the fam it was laser found was one of the rückest oil fields of the East—an oS field that '' geoiegxsts later declared was worth $ ItfeMMMüMNi to ûe state of IVnnsybrama. Here she asas who studied the the ory of finding, refining, and markethig oral edL. fail been., damming back a stream that was waring farth mlliun» in aS. The city of TitusxiRe sCartiuits en the (cm that: ile wld far 1SR? - in order to go to far away places where hn| thought Opportunity was awaeting hi ll >MAHp AHlC >tnun ’T’mf t «tn trimprsy ¡Canut lin it» •à»»«r v’tètmit i» uiv tïüiirm * tfih a •imp Ji 5AIÇ Swr ■ aHEtfiL ■‘•'Wiy*; «ut ittu. Ufa for 'Jie wtoie tamil? ' Yes» ve rarry a esmpárte ¿a* of toilet «ca*jH for -Jle wrtir» family EVERYTHING NEEDED vtomit w* tanme jaupcwtance to the modern wo •tmn Uuui rihH •nnr^.M b«* beauty cabinet. You can mm* amt frnra the purest cosmetics in the ;iuic vhoc awi for yo«r complexion. Si/ver Fox Pharmacyl jWHVU, GRECOS
