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Entere<ypMcoad-cl»M matter August 4, 1823, *> U k post office at Vernala, Orason, ondar ths Act ol Moren 3, 187B
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VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY MARCH 20, 1925
MOUTHPIECE of the NEHALEM VALLEY
Volume 3, Number 32
COLUMBIA COUNTY-
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PROGRAM OF
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DISASTERS COME
THICK
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REGARDING BRIDGE STREET PAVING
Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner
Advertising Medium of a Big Pay Roll Community
WILLING WORKERS MEETING
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SOME ACTIVITY
EVERY MINUTE
In the last forty-eight hours we
The city counciil has called a special election to be An enjoyable evening was spent
of fearful disasters in various
held
on the 23rd of March between the hours pf 8:00, by members and friends of the Will
part» of this discontented globe. It
ing Workers at the home of Mr».
seta ua to thinking—thinking bf a. m. and 8:00 p. m., at which registered and legal voters i HaWkins, Tuesday. The house was
PARENT TEACHERS TO
many things. Before the fall of of the City of Vernonia are entitled to vote, for the pur gayly decorated in Saint Patrick’s
RUINED SENSE
HOLD UNIQUE PROGRAM
Rome wickedness prevailed ar d pose of determining whether the council shall issue' Day symbols and colors.
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money grabbing linked with parties $6000 of Vernonia General Obligation bonds, in order
A large crowd was present and
Members of the American Legion
Silver Offering To Be Taken
anj a high life wen suddenly halted.
spent the evening enjoying readings Post- Vernonia-119, known that
to
obtain
the
money
with
which
to
pay
for
the
paving
of
Today we of the Northwest, Oregon '
and songs and pldying games.
v* .vevum
spring ..
is coming, ,,
not
account oi
of
On Friday evening, March '27th, and Vernonia, prsbabiy are thinking street intersections on Bridge Street,
Late
in
the
evening
delightful
re-
their
unusual
brialliancy,
but
from
St 8 o’clock, the Parent Teachers’ we are fortunate or lucky. Whi'e1
The property owners on Bridge street will later on freshments were srved.
| the flippant manner which the Fly-
Organization of the Vernonia schools our heartfelt sympathies go out to i
i
be
called
upon
to
form
an
improvement
district,
and
Those
present
were:
Mrs.
Haw-
ing Apes, entered their rendezvous
will hold a program nt the High the fire victims of Tokio in their |
kins,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Swan,
Mr.
and
Monday night, March 16th, for their
that
district
will
be
assessed
for
the
paving
of
the
street.
school building. A silver offering Wednesday's couilugration; and we,
Mrs. Greene, Rev. Mathis, Mr. and weekly feed and conflick. With ex
Will be taken and the proceeds will are egtremely Horry for the flood, It is the common practice of all cities to pay for their street
Mrs. Porterfield. Mr. and Mrs. Veal, tended nostrils, ears at a 40 per cent
go to equip a Ro.it Room for each victims of foreign lands; and we re-j intersections by general taxation, and it is particularly
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. angle, feet flying in all directions,
f tool building.
gret the four million dollar fire lor.’t,J necessary in Vernonia, due to the fact that the aassessed. Hyland, Ms. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. these babies entered the hall on
'1 he program will be composed of this week, in Palm Beach; and while|
valuation of the property on Bridge street cannot legally | Sitte, Mrs. Rodgers, Mr, and Mrs. TIME, full of pep as though they
not only students from both schools, we are in deep sympathy with th-'
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Even Misses Maxine and Laura Jean Elli-
had just eaten a dish of TNT.
but parents and other people who middle states over the many him bear sufficient assessments to pave this street.
ott
and
Mildred
and
Ida
May
Haw-
!
Must be spring that makes them
lire interested in the welfare of the dreds of lives lost in Wednesday’s though the property owners were willing to bear all the
kins. Miss Emma George, Miss Rose ___
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m keep
feel
that _ way, ____
and in order to
Schools.
mighty cyclone—the worst in the burden allowed by law, it would still mean that Bridge Sitte, Miss Helen Veal, Miss Jessie them in the same humor, Chef-de-
1. Music,
High School Band country’s history, with all of these, street cannot be paved this year.
Therefore the entire . George and Marvin Porterfield.
Cook, Shields, threw them, dainty
2 Song
Mr. Culver calamities, we are glad we live In.
electorate
of
Vernonia
have
an
opportunity
of
express--
morsels
of corn-willie and gold-fish
Laura Smith Vernonia where cyclones were never,
3. Reading
with humble bees in-step for desert.
EVANGELICAL CHURCH
4. Dance
“Highland Fling" dreamed of; where lightning was i ing their opinion on the paving of Bridge street
The sonorous manner in which
The council is asking authorization for an expendi-l
Betty Culver
never seen in its true word, where
the
baboons in-haled this grub,
6. Duet
“The Father’s Protective Care” I
hnfl, blizzards, earthquakes or tor-' ture of $6000 in order to be on the safe side, while it is
would have brought tears of joy, to
Students of Mrs. Culver
nadoes, extreme cold or hot winds, | now estimated that only $5,000 will be necessaiy. How constitutes the sermon topic for a cannibal’s, heart, one of the Apes
"Pleasant Hill” were never known. Yes, we »re I
6. Flower Drill
ever, taking the largest figure and figuring that the Sunday morning at 11 o’clock ser said he would like to be a cannibal
Students
glad, and we wish it were possible bonds would run for an average life of ten years, the vice. The theme for the evening in order to see what a flapper tastes
“Mrs. Jones Millinery” for all the good people to live with
7. 1’lay,
service will be “The Suprme Author like.
7th Grade
us. But in our contentment we oft total cost of principal and interest to the city would be ity of Jesus.”
“Narcissus” fail to properly appreciate it. We 1 $9,600.
8 Dance
Therefore, to find out what each property own- The Sunday School will be in Free of brains as a frog is of feath
Frances Soper
inky grumble, we may kick—only to ! er would have to pay for the improvement of Bridge sesson from 9:45 a. m. until 10:55 ers, these babies, grinned like cats
yellow jackets, thinking that
Mr. McBerran feel ushamed when we hear of ao
9. Violin Solo
street out of general taxation, the following method will a. m. Classes six and seven are still eating
the
Chef
would enco-e the grub, but
Hoffman Family many other so unfortunate.
10. Music
tying in a ttendance and offering.
be found available for determining any property owner’s The
the
Chef
refused to be vamped oy
3rd and 4th Grades
11. Drill
Christian Endeavor meets at
their cat-like grins and ate the bal
Mrs. Hurley
burden
:
12. Dance
6:30
p.
m.
COMMERCIAL RUSHED
I
ance of the gold-carp himself.
13. Pantomime. 44 And the Light
For each dollar of assessed valuation,
US THIS WEEK
Went Out’’ 8th G>ade
The Legion singers favored the
it will take less than three cents to pay out.
It has been reported that a rumor
14. Darky Songs, Sth anj 6 Grades
bunch
by singing “You Made Me
Therefore if you own property the as
had been ciculated to the effect that
By Patents
15. Play,
What I Am Today,” and after the
The Eagle was almost neglected
there was an unreasonable debt up-1
sessed valuation of which is $75.00, you
Every one interested in the schools for a time this week on account of
song ended it was noticed that quite
on the church and parsonage. We!
will eventually pay $2.25 towards this im
are welcomed and urged to attend. a rush of “job printing.” There
a few of the boys had departed, evi
wish to answer this by saying thatI
provement. Or if you own property with
dently they figured that some more
I were 2000 tickets for the Nehalem
the actual debt is under $2000. Up
BURNED OUT
songs would follow.
pro-!
Market Ham prize; Theatre
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an assessed valuation of $300, you will
to this all is covered by pledges and i
grams, 500 shipping tags for Ver-j
We tried to conquer the impulse
eventually pay $9.00 towards this im
money due frim old property. We J
Twenty thousand Japanese were nonia Merc. Co.. 500 bills for
to
throw the quartet out on thei-
believe the subscribers to be honest |
provement.
made homeless in a Tokio fire this Kingnley Mere. Co thousands of1
dome, and knock them for a home-
and
in
due
time
pay
their
full
sub-!
The question to be determined by the voters of Ver
week. Most of the city burned, counter slips, bill of fares and no-
run, but the compassion, (which
Many predictions for 1925 seem to tiqcs for the White Lunch, 500 letter nonia on March 23rd is only one: that is, to express scriptions. An effort is being made'
now
to
raise
a
certain
sum
and
pay.
means) sorrow for the suffering of
be coming to pass.
heads aud 500 envelopes for Hal their opinion on whether they desire to aid the property off on the indebtedness. State-| others, forbade us to commit »itch
tom Mer. Co., ticket» for the Brazing owners along Bridge street to an amount of $6000, ments will be mailed to all subscrib- a ras** act-
SOME FIRE
works, ballots and warrants for the
which will come out of general taxation on all the prop ers reminding them of their pledges.! From 19 to 74 members in the la*1
city, 500 letter heads and 500 en
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■ ten weeks, is the record which t! e
34,000.01)0.00 fire hits Palm velops for the Rose Barber Shop, erty in the city for the paving of intersections which be
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Legion holds for increased member
P.
A.
Nickles
was
a
Portland
vis
Beach, Fla., Wednesday, destroying Checks and cards for O-A Mill, large long to the city as a whole and not the property owners.
ship.
noted resorts anj million dollar circulars for Dr. Wight, Laundry- In other words, they will pay for the improvement of itor the first of the week.
We are now tied with Sheridan,
hotels.
Slips for bqth laundries, letter heads, their own property.
.
Mrs. Helen E. Duggins, whose Oregon, in the number of members
for City Hall. 1000 letter heads and j
The above question is the only one being submitted' home is in Baktrsfield, Calif., is mak- an<i within the next month or so we
DREADFUL SPRING
1000 pay slips for the Home Bakery,!
to
the
people of Vernonia at the present time.
The- ing an extended visit with her h°Pe to reach the 85 mark.
statements, letter heads and envel-;
Our new club house in fine, lots of
In the eastern states spring storms
opes for Dr. Cole. In all a pretty question of whether there shall be storm sewers or no; daughter Mr». Robt. spencer,
room,
newly painted and fine lots on
any dreadful. Oi> Wqdneeray a tor
good weeks run. and we are proud stoun sewers, open gutters or no gutters, cement paving
N. C. Shipley, of Forest Grove, side and rear of Club for tennis
nado swept Ulinoii, ‘Indnana and
to say the woik is as good in qual or some form of bitulithic paving, is entirely out of the father of C. W. Shipley.the Barber, court.
Missouri, killing thousands of peo
ity as could have been done any question, and the voters of Vernonia should understand! was a Vernonia visitor this week.
CHEMMIN-DE-FER.
ple, wounding over 2000 and dis-
troying hundreds of thosands of dol piftoe-
immediately that there is no decision, and will be no
Happy Thompson and wife visit
Repass is in Tillamook with
lars In
*frr wonder people
decision
for several months to come on the general type his Bob
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CHRIST
‘
AN
CHURCH
ed
over Sunday in Portland.
brother
Emmot
who
is
quite
want to come to Oregon.
of construction. When the question of whether Bridge sick.
The spring sunshine is bringing street shall be paved has been settled, the council will;
Mr. Bryan of the Haltom Merc.
We specialize in diamond setting,
cut
bolter
(crowd*
to
both
Sunday
John
Nelson
Conkey,
age
56
years
Co.,
was in Portland this week buy
be
in
a
position
to
employ
a
competent
engineer,
but
un
Es-
repairing
of
all
kinds,
jewelry
timutes cheorfully furnished. Kul- I School and church. Last Sundayj til the surveys are made and costs estimated finally, it 3 months and 12 days, died in the ing more Easter and Spring goods.
morning 98 were present at Sunday
camp on March 12 of heart
binder’s Jewelry Store.
*’ will be impossible to determine exactly what is needed logging
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It is estimated that it will cost
failure. He was burried in tht local
.
. , ,, cemetery on Sunday afternoon at “us”—our count y—$10,000 to
Conklin, Waterman and Schaffer 177 pupils. We shall not be content by the city.
Therefore the amateur engineers of Vernonia should one o’clock. He is mourned by two repair the damage done the road be
pens all prices and all guaranteed at until we have them all and more at
tending regular again.
not sway anybody’s opinion as to whether the council sons and three daughters. Services tween Vernonia and Timber by the
Kullander’s Jewelry Store.
A splendid number of young folks j
eeding in the right direction. The council is do- were held in the undertaking par freight trucks that haul to Vernonia
is proceeding
attesting
ehoirfi
services
tegv-
lors and were conducted by Rev. H. business houses, Why then don’t
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Mr. and Ifln. C
i'Ing the only thing humanly possible and that is to pro- G.
the business men then patronize the
Herrmann.
Wash,, Saat
laet yrly.
thein • car for Golfa*. Wash.,
We invite and urgi: ail young and vide the ways and means for ,improving ^Bridge
railroad. Unless the damage ceases
week, They win níÁkc* llleir fibule
oldold,
who
are
not
attending
Sun-'
pei
manently,
and
they
are
calling
upon
the
people
to;
They
tell
us
that
5000
new
homes
the
county court may be compelled
there.
day School or church elsewhere, to! express their desire to shoulder their share of it.
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»Vhen, are now under construction in Port to reduce the load weight that can
Kaibumio Gingham 29c a yard come out and hear Rev. Mathis.
this has been accomplished it is time for persons to go land. We wouldn’t doubt it, as one be hauled over our roads. This
The
topic
for
next
Sunday
even
can count a few hundred in most would make it impossible for small
at Kingsleys.
ing's sermon will be “Who is My before the council and argue for some pet type of im every resident section.
mills and shingle mills—our pay
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Neighbor?’’ This will be interesting provement.
rolls—to continue business.
This
Silks, 79c a yurd at Kingsleys.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Drarbaugh is important, business men. It is up
to all, and especially to men blong-!
and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mills were to us.
FOR SALE—Ten varieties Oregon ing to the Odd Fellows’ lodge. Spec-!
Pertland
visitors Monday.
al
jnps>c
i».
t
being
arranged
for
that
Gladiolus bulbs at aaveu cents;
J. H. Rivard, of Portland, has
evening.
’
Early Halleys' rtt *5 cents.
Ruben Roberts and J. C. Brown taken the place of C. R. Pool in the
Mrs. W. J. Gooding.
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traded farms last week, Roberts meat department of the local Skaggs
Four good used beds for sale.
leeaving Tuesday for Glenwood, store.
Mrs. M. B. Hatten.
One lot 50x100, small house, bam.
Idaho, where the property is.
Will sell cheap if taken soon. On
Today is the first day of the
Mrs. J. E. Jenkins and son Till
Rose avenue. P. O. Box 242, Ver
Furnished housekeeping apart spring.
man of the Burn, near Mist, visited
nonia.
ment, light and water.
Wednesday with her daughter Mrs.
Koeter Camp is starting opera
Mrs. M. B. Hatten.
Bring your old watch and trade it' H. C. Felsman.
tions.
This sounds good.
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i»r on n new Hgtn. Waltfium, Hamilg •fi' , ■. $■«*-'
Spring
style
displays
are
being
A.
J.
Ake
in
and.famflpr'C.
E.
Dur
ton or Illinois Railroad Watch.'
J. W. Brown purchased the Ed.
advertised in all state papers, and it
Priced right. Kullanders Jewelry ham and family left Tuesday for
home this week.
Seseman
is
proving
profitable
they
tell
us.
Klamath Falls.
Store.
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You would hardly suppose anyone
would vote against the Bridge street
paving proposition.
Mr. and Mrs. John Imbeck and
Ed. Sesseman purchased the new
residence recently built by Mr. Johns daughter« spent the week end at
on Vernonia Heights.
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'' i the M. Stephons farm.
Mrs. wA. Pringle and so*
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Sundayed in Portland.
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Ev*n
11*11 left for home
a« 1 iati.
E IdalA,
Friday.
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at Mer-
We cannot expect any new work
Mrs. Huston Brendle was a Port-
eP extensions to roads leading to lahd vlkitor Saturday.
Vembnia if the Money has to he
Andy Gump lost fourteen straw
spent for repairs instead of extdn-
hats, so it is reported, in the Palm
sions.
Beach fire, but his presence proba
bly saved the city.
MS is Better.
Attend the Entertainment at High
School Next Friday Night
March 27th
s
MAR I ED
The later part of last week Mr.
Elmo Jory and Mrs. Anna North
Vernonia needs badly a live cor were united in marriage in Vaneou-
respondent for the Portland dailies. ver. Wash, Both parties are well
known in Vernonia and have hosts
Got your flowers and lawn decor of friends, who are extending con
gratulations. ’• They Will continue
ations all planted yet?
to make their home here.
The Eagle wishes to join with the
MISTAKE—In Skaggs advertise
ment on another page. Flour price many friends in wishing them every
should read:
“Sack $2.69, bbl. success and a full shade of life’s
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110.66.”