SQUIRREL DOPE
Vernonia will have its Lyceum and
Chautauqua on June 6th to 10th in
clusive. Fourteen high class enter
Tom Ray was in Vernonia Sunday
tainment and educational numbers and says, “I’ll be one of you soon."
are included for the program.
Several slams have been heard
thrown at Me Jensen for not using
Now is the time to plant Dahlias. Dempsey behind the bat.
Mac. is
Get your bulbs from Mrs. A. J. handicapped for this reason, he has
Sitta.
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a local team for amateur baseball.
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A Because Vernonia can not afford to
pay hikh prices for players.
That
Treatment
was proved last year. Dempsey says.
for
“I want fifteen dollars or I will not
play." The gate reciepts last Sunday
FALLING HAIR AND
will alone show that Vernonia can’t
pay Dempsey $15. So whose’s right?
DANDRUFF
If Dempsey received fifteen dollars
—“Nuff Said”—
a game, what would the rest of the
players get?
o—o
N. Soden
Rose Barber Shop
The directors of the ball club are
trying to furnish Vernonia with a
________________________________ j baseball team of local players and
furnish Vernonia fans with a good
line of sport.
To import players or
T. J. EDWARDS
pay players at the rate of fifteen dol-
(Insured Carrier)
larsa game is impossible.
Portland to Vernonia and
Way Points
VERNONIA OFFICE
A. W. Whitaker, “The Cozy”
—Telephone 673—
PORTLAND OFFICE
Auto Freight Terminal
E. Water and Yamhill Sts.
East 8226
912 Division Street
—Phone. Sellwood 1185—
Jimmy Reese of Oakland saved the
day for Oakland last Sunday by
pulling the old Cain and Able trick.
Something you rarely see.
Jimmy
Reese played for Eureka, Cal., last
year, while MacJensen was one of
his closest coaches.
THE TOKEN AND GIFT SUPREME
We have that healthy, delicious, pure, home
made candy by the box—Beautiful Mother’s
Day Boxes, with appropriate verse. Many
designs—you know the kind :
We Didn’t Fail You
Christmas; and we
Won’t Fail You Now.
Order your “Mother’s Day” box of candy now.
Made at home.
—Remember Her—
The sewing class made a relay
pennant, designed by Robert Hoff
man and awarded to the Senior class
for winning the relay in the iter-
class meet.
The “Folger Cup” to be presented
at the track meet Saturday is beau
tiful. See it in Mr. Folger’s window.
Certainly a good community for Mr.
Folger.
Dance Saturday night.
Sidney Ratcliff, one of the Eat le
printers, has been absent for a week
with the Flu.
For sale. Good second hand sewing
machine; drop head, vertical feed.
In good condition. See Mrs. A. Lind-
quist.
STORES AT
STORES AT
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CORVALLIS
HILLSBORO
McMINNEVILLF
MONMOUTH
NEWBERG
SALEM
SHERIDAN
VERNONIA
Every Day
the Better Way
You don’t have to wait for Saturday Leaders, at Miller’s. Every Day is Bar
gain Day here. Below we quote a f ew of our regular Every Day prices.
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DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT
STRAW HATS
Hope Muslin, bleached, yd. 16c
25c
Red Seal Ginghams, yd..
25c
Kalburnie Gingham, yd.
55c
Ever Fast Suniting, yd.,
35c
Voiles, plain colors, yd.
Printed Dress Voiles, yd. 39c
49c
Swiss Dress Voiles,
Silk Hose, $1.50 values. .... 98c
Full Fashion Silk Hose... $1.50
Chiffon Hose
$1.75
See our window it will tell the
whole «tory.
V/e carry all the new shades
in hesery.
Millar’s
WORK SHIRTS
.............. 75c
Big Yank
Color blue and gray
Full cut. good big sizes and
first quality, not seconds.
Easter Drown H op ■ f >r child
ren, all sizes, fl to 10. black
and brown, 25c pair.
CANVAS GLOVES
10c
8 oz. knit wrist, pairr
25c
10 or. knit wrist, 2 pair
14 ■ i., 1 piece back, pair. : 20c
D th blue and red wrist.
Millar'«
OVERALLS
Pay Cur Bib, pair ..... $1.39
Head Light Bib, pair. . $1.98
Guaranteed to outwear two
ordinary pair or your money
back.
Pay Car Waist Overalls $1.39
Miller*«
EVERY DAY IS BARGAIN
DAY WITH US
Miller’«
HOSE
We are selling hundreds of yards, genuine
Goodyear Rubber Co. guai anteed Hose.
Don’t experiment with off hand Hose, buy
something that will give you several year’s
service.
50 ft. %, 4-ply Hose $5.00
50 ft. %, 5-ply Hose $6.25
50 ft. Non-Kink high grade $7.50
Hose Sprinklers 35c-75c
Extra hose couplings, clamps, washers, etc.
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HOFFMAN
ABOUT IT
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Advertising pays when rightly
used.
There’s too much proof on
that point to permit of argument. So.
if yu want to argue, start the adver
tising first, so it can be working for
you while you waste time discussing
the point.—Exchange.
A recent visit of a P. O. Inspector
revealed the fact that the Vernonia
post office was doing business enough
now to be rated as a second class
office. This shows big ad vancement
and will soon mean much better and
larger office.
Judd Greenman, superintendent
at the O.-A. mill here, Sundayed at
Olympia, Wash., and Mrs. Green
man accompanied him back to Ver
nonia, remaining here until Wednes
day.
25c to -3.50
LADIES SHOES
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Two biig shipments just re
The latest in tone
ceived.
Sandals, worth the time to
drop in to see them.
MENS AND BOYS SUITS
Miller'«
Come in and sse the nice line
of silks we Ju t received.
M11Ù r’»
We are leaders in this line and
can save you money, Come in
and look the line over, It is
a pleasure for us to show
merchandise.
Miller'«
MILLER MERCANTILE CO.
Vernoma’s Leading Store
Christian Church
Milliners Announce
a Flower Season
His riends were glad to see Mr.
Donahoo over from I.ongview last
Sunday. He says Longview is a big
city and growing bigger every day.
A.«k the fellows who have received
Mutual Benefit checks how they like
it. Satisfied? I'll say they are, ask
the Vernonia Representative,
G. C. Olsen, Vernonnia Realty Co.
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i&’nt
Bom to Mr. ad Mrs. M. B. Wil
lard, Tuesday, April 28, a baby girl,
the young lady arriving at a Portland
hospital.
Next door to Old Mill
Hoffman Hdw. Co
SEE
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G. B. Richmond was a Vernonia
visitor Wednesday. Sory we did’nt
get to see him while he was in our
city.
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INCOSSORATIO
J. W. Bush and family visited the
first of the week with Mrs. Bush’s
relatives in Eastern Oregon.
The Lincoln Candy Kitchen
J. C. Lincoln
Miller Mercantile Co
games to win one.
There waa aI
great wailing and gnashing of teeth.
when it was rumored that each'
student receiving a letter would
have to make a speech and many
sighs of relief were heard when Mr.
Austin announced that he had been
bribed into excusing the fortunate
ones. However, Charles Hoffman,
yell leader, was too poor to pay the
penalty, therefore, he had to give a
speech, which ended in nine rahs for
the squad. The boys receiving foot
ball letters were: Loel and Thor
Roberta, Harold and Lisle Smith, Ray
Mills, Glenn Hawkins, Robert Hoff
man, Carl Fowler, Herbert Ileltzel,
Donald Hodges and Kenneth '.Vhitzel.
Those receiving basl.< tball letters
were: Ray Mills, Thor and Loel
Roberta, Harold Smith and Glenn
Hawkins. The gi l.i receiving basket
ball letters weie: Theresa Days,
Doris Akerstadt, Julia Keasey, Lena
Gibson and Mildred Bergerson.
The school days can easily be
counted now. Eat that does not «ay
we will be idle for there is plenty
to do. Besides the final exams and
book reports, there are many big
school activities yet to be put over
successfully—the district field meet,
the Junior Prom, the band concert,
the Senior play, Commencement and
Graduation.
Mothers Day
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
The high school band is giving a
concert at the Majestic theatre, May
8. The boys have given concerts in
Have you Vernonia property you Clatskanie, St. Helens and at home
would trade for Hillsboro residence? and were complimented on their
playing. It was the only high school
See
G. C. Olsen, Vernonnia Realty Co. band in the county and will prob
ably be called on to play for Ver
nonia and nearby towns during the
summer.
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Municipi W.ter 5y«t«m
VERNONIA EAGLE
Biggest Little City in Oregon
In spite of the sickness i . i town
last Sunday’s bible sch . .- » church
attendance was large, but next Lord’s
Day we hope to raise our number to
at least one hundred and fifty at
bible school classes. We invite all to
come. There is a class for every one,
young and old, with a competent
teacher for each class.
The morning services, directly
after bible school, is a beautiful de-
votianal service, consecrated to the
communion and the teaching of the
word of God.
The evenig services
will be Christian Endeavor Allowed
by preaching. The evening sermons
are of an Evangelistic type of ser
vice. Sunday school at 9:50 a. m.,
communion and church service at 11
a. m., Christian Endeavor at 7:00 p.
m., preaching 8 :00 p. m.
We are a sociable church and wel
come all.
SATURDAY
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To attend a spring and summer rail-
llnery opening dlsplny Is as Inspire
tlonal as going to a flower show. Sure
ly, It Is a flower season for chapeaux
Joyous colors, as only flowers can ex
press It, flashes Its loveliness o’er lit
tie hat, or big, most Impartially, this
season.
There are two direct flower trimming
tendencies, one nses large flowers In
natural mass effects, especially rosea;
the other exploits tiny flowers worked
with painstaking precision into con
ventional flat effects and arresting
motifs.
Breathing the freshness of spring
are the violet covered crowns which
feature many a picturesque doebe.
As the picture hero shows, a single
large rose Is the “crownnng glory" to
this violet symphony. Many flower -Im
iiilngs aspire to reach the peak of lie
crown, these days. A charming real
ization of this tendency Is Illustrated
In the other little hat, where a bon
quet of large rose buds surmount a
silk and mllan straw-novelty-deslgned
Grandma Spencer was in Portland
a couple of weeks “keeping house i” 1
at her son’s while Mrs. Omar Spen- crown.
cer and daughter Laura were visit-
Who Pay» Your Bill.? When you
ing in Los Angeles.
are laid up from accident or »ick-
Have a little pitty for the wife, ness, the Mutual Benefit will take
only if for one day and enjoy a care of them for you. You will be sur
change of diet.
Did you know that prized at the »mall coat of thi» pro
the W. B. A. ladies were going to
serve a cook food »ale at Kingsley’s tection. See the Vernonia representa
store on Saturday, May 9.
Get tive today. First quarterly payment
good pure cooked food of every cover» till October 1st. G. C. Olson,
variety and take it home. Save labor Vernonia Realty Co.
39-lt
and fuel.
SPECIALS
Mens Tan Oxfords—
Regular $7.50 quality
Childrens Shoes, sizes 5>/2 to 8i/2—
Pat. Leather Oxfords and two
Tone Shoes, special.......
Boys Brown Dress Shoes—
Sizes 3 to 5>/2, regular $3.98
quality, special ..........................
Mens Athletic Union Suits—
A cool loose fitting garment,
special .........................................
1% inch Pico Edge Ribbon—
All colors, special ......................
Ladies Canvas Garden Gloves—
special .......................................
Ladies Garden Hats
79c
29c
15c
39c
HALTOM MERCANTILE CO
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