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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1925)
VERNONIA EAGLE City of Home* had grown “cold” and yet they presumed to inflict such a scrawl on others. Plain, legible handwriting helps to bring joy into the world, and if our school teachers could only spend a few months in a newspaper office where even’ kind of writing good, bad and indifferent—is received, they would cer tainly lay more stress on its teaching and insist that at least two studies receive particular attention, above all ’ others, and that would be writing and spelling. They can do the pupils under them no greater favor than to impress them with the fact that clear, legible handwriting is one of the world’s greatest business assets. VERNONIA EAGLE We eoli»« 1er of «very oxx -U l tha PAUL S- ROBINSON. E dito * ano O wn «. Issued Every Fridays 12 00 Per Year. Vines, rose bushes, green grass and plentty of paint used extensively by each lot owner would make V’emonia a beautiful home city. If each home owner would clean up in front and in the rear of his own property it would solve the “city beautiful” idea. It is time to paint and paper and time to plan on beautifying your lawns. Might be well for TRAGEDY RECEIPT some Civic Club to offer a prize for the prettiest yard in 1 ake one natural-bom fool; add three drinks of bad towm this spring. An occasional bright warm day liquor. To this add a fast, high-powered motor car. Allow makes us all want to dig and “fix up”- the fool to soak well in the liquor and place him in motor car, then let him go. After due time remove from the Vemania girls are some Basket Bell Players—they can’t wreckage; place in black, satin lined box and garnish be beat. Now, we suggest they go after the State with flowers.—Ex. Championship. It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked H hen Asked by a fellow Passenger why, after spend ing Millions of dollars in advertising, he did not stop and bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they add the money thus saved to his profit, Mr. Wrigley, of make pouring it out.—Pope. Chewing Gum fame, said, “We are now traveling west at WORTH REMEMBERING sixty miles an hour. Where would we be tomorrow at this time if we took the engine off the train?”. In conversation with a Vernonia carpenter recently we asked him how he managed to avoid mistakes, and he an»- FRIENDLY TOWNS wered: “I make it a rule to measure twice before I cut Small cities and towns that do not have a “Welcome” once. “We’ve studied over that answer, and we believe sign on every main road leading into the place are regard that it would apply well in everything we do—measure ed as “slow” and out of date. twice before we cut, think twice before we speak, and so And as a rule, the sign emphasized friendliness regard on There is more time and energy and raw material wast ed in this country from lack of forethought than one can less of wheather the community has it Once upon a time it is related there was a man w’ho be even estimate. No one can do his best work when hunt ing lieved insigns, and taking the one at the edge of a strange and what is done in a hurry often has to be done over. town literally, he drove in and prepared to be real friend Taking time to think over w hat you are about to do means ly. He sat on the curb for an hour and not one person even that you can besure of haring it right when it is done. looked friendly, much less asked him any questions about And haring it right saves time in the long run. The car penter has given us a thought well worth keeping in mind what luck he was having among strangers. I he touring season will soon be here- Thousands of “measure twice before you cut once.” motorists are going to pass through. Some of them will WHY WORRY? stop here if they get the right kind of a reception; more of them will be our guests if we show ourselves hospit- There are quite a few people around V’emonia who be abl.e- “Welcome’ signs are the most expensive things a town lieve that “what wall be will be.” They can now find en can have if the welcome is not there when the stranger couragement in the story of Mr. E. N. Cooksey, of Clarks rille, Tenn. Mr. Cooksey is 83, a civil war veteran, and arrives.—Bend Press. despite numerous serious accidents is reasonably hale and Among unsolved problems before the public is the fact hearty. He was wounded four times at the battle of Miss that one Rev. Olsen of Cottage Grove and Eugene is in ionary Ridge. He has been struck by lightning and in two vestigating for oil and says it exists near those cities and train wrecks. His skull was fractured when he was hit on that some California Capitalist says oil will be found near the head with a brick in a fight- Recently he fell off of a Buxton—but, neither parties have visited the really oil bridge, breaking several ribs and his jawbone. And he country in and around Vernonia. It is up to some one to still lives to tell it. A peaceful death in bed will probably inform Mr. Olson of the indications arround Vernonia; be his end. Not all of us will be so fortunate,but it does not pay to w’orry over what may happen. The “what will be We believe he would be glarl to investigate. will be” philosophy is good, if we do not permit it to en courage carelesness. Personally, we believe in it a good STAMPING OUT DIVORCE deal ourselves. But we always look both ways, just the Anything pertaining to divorces interests the average same, before we start to cross a street. man or woman everywhere.Here in Vernonia divorce gos sip is second in interest only to a murder and, for that Water and Wood—Pulp Mill need ed—Vernonia. matter, so it is in all other towns, big or little. This being true, we feel our readers will be interested in a bill offer ed last week in the Ohio legislature, a bill that strikes the hardest blow' that has ever been struck at divorces. The proposed measure w*ould make it illegal for any man or woman to reman-y in the state of Ohio within two years after securing a divorce. It is a proven fact that a majority of divorces are brought about through the desirej of the-husband or wife to marry again, but if the new bill- becomes a law there would be, inone state at least, consid-; erable hesitancy on the part of this class of divorce-see kers, Besides, many would find their affection for this the third party growing cool before the two-year period They say the Chinese had cross word puzzles 3000 years ago. No The old elapsed, anil this thing of getting a divorce one da/ just wonder they are slant-eyed. time remedy— to get married the next would not be so popular. We be lieve such a law would reduce the divorce mill’s grist fif Sulphur and Scientist say work makes life ty per cent- The divorce evil has grown so rapidly in this country longer, but the average Vernonia Cream of Tartar man is of the opinion thnt it only that it has become a serious problem and one which makes is just as it seem longer. threatens our homelife. Easy divorce has wrecked thous effective a ands of homes, and causeil the growing generation t° look What has become of the old-fash upon marriage as air adventures or a joke. We hope Ohio ioned man who used to think that Spring Medicine passes this proposed law, because we believe it will do the way to keep something out of more than anything else to eliminate divorces, and if it the paper was to “scare” the editor? as it was works in Ohio then we can hope for its adoption here in fifty years ago. r our own stote. Just when we got autos and bal loon tires to get us away from home But it is here comes the radio and cross-word A BUSINESS ASSET i much nicer puzzle to keep us there. If there is any one business in which handwriting shows Many Vernonia parents raise the to take, now’ up above everything else, then it’s in the newspaper busin deuce these days because their sons that it is ess. We believe that, taken as a whole, the handwriting of and daughters are as wild as they obtainable in the Vernonia residents will compare favorably with that of were at the same age. any other community, and yet if you could see some of the pleasant tasting handwriting that finds its way into this office you would The new game they are playing in good many cities just now F tablet form, wonder why so many people have apparently neglected a called “Hiding the Bottle." this important branch of their education. at the There is no occasion for anyone to write so it looks as if A man holds a woman's hand be a fly had been dipped in ink and set loose on the paper. fore marriage, and after marriage M. & M. PHARMACY While many cannot boast an attractive handwriting, she holds the whip-hand. everyone ought to write so that what they put on paper They aay sage tea will color the from Gilby can be read. Carless indifference is the cause of more poor hair, but Vernonia auto drivers know Corner Aero** Motor Co. handwriting than anything else. We’ve known people who that a close call at a railroad cross* could not read their own handwriting two days after it ing will do it quicker. IN HIS HONOR Washington alive today nothing could please him more than to know that every bank in the country could forward him word that they had opened a number of new savings accounts in his honor. He wits a thrifty man, knew’ the value of saving money. So why not pay your respects to the Father of Our Country by starting to save today. We have a plan that will tit your income. BANK OF VERNONIA Vernonia, Oregon EAGLE FEATHERS i I Mac IT’S EASY TO KEEP FIT M a r Were striking the season now’ when the blood is inclined to grow thinner. And calls for some thing to build up energy, to stave off the draggy feeling that comes on as winter nears the end. COME IN AND LET (JS RECOMMEND A TONIC THAT WILL SHAPE YOU UP IIP FOR THAT SPRING’S ARRIVAL BE PREPARED Rapid and frequent changes of weather are causing moie than the usual amount of illness. Be pre pared at t he * 1 rst sign of an approaching cold. Stop in on your way home and get a cough and cold cure that we guarantee it may save a life or a heavy doctor bill. REPLENISH THE MEDICINE CHEST WITH . TIME-TRIED REMEDIES nng your Prescription for careful compounding. Silver l< ox Pluinnacy VERNONIA, OREGON On coiner across from Bank of Vernonia r È
