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Vernonia Lodge, No. 184 A.
EDWIN BOSS
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HOW EXCESSIVE
TAXES BLIGHT A
NATION'S LIFE
Hall every Second and
Productive Effort Stops if Gov
FOR SALE
1'ourth Thursday nights.
We have two almost new piano« ernment Takes Undue Share of
Wm. Folger. Master.
stored in your city and rather than
Profits, Says Treasury Official.
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O. F. TIPTON, Sec., ship them back to Portland we will
sell them at a real saving. Term« if
Visitors Welcome
desired; answer quick.
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WEALTH IN RUSSIA FLED
Office Hour» 2-4.
Phone 922
G. F. JOHNSON PIANO CO.
BEFORE THE TAXQATHERER
C. F. VIA
419 Morrison St.,
Portland, Oregon
Physician and Surgeon
Diet. Surgeon S.P.R.R. and
Men in America Prefer Golf to
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S.P.& S.R.R.
meets every Tuesday night at M:00
Now is the time to plant Dahlias.
First National
Forest Grove,
Giving Fruits of Three Days Work
Get your bulbs from Mrs. A. J.
o’clock, in Grange Hall.
Bunk Bldg.
Oregon
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T ('. John* Noble Grand Sitts.
Muckles Bldg., Phone 134
St. Helens,
Oregon
P. O. Mellinger Secretary
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Office Hours 9-12, 1-5.
ANNA SIMPSON-TOLLES
Drugless Physician
Pringle Building
Evenings by Appointment
Vernonia,
Oregon
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DR. H. H. HURLEY
Dentistry
X-Ray
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Evening* by Appointment
Office over Halton’s Store
Vernonia,
Oregon
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Eugene E. Marsh
Attorney-at-Law
Notary Public
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Lester Sheeley
Attorney-at-Law
Oregon
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GEORGE II. SHINN
President
Columbia Co. Abstract
Company
St. Helens,
Oregon
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Chamber of Commerce
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First and third Monday noon of
each month at
Ix-ster Shecley
Secretary
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Liston!
NEHALEM HOTEL
Opp. Gilby Motor Co. on Bridge
street and Grant Ave.
Newly Furni.hel Throughout
Modern and Convenient
Ths blighting effects of excessive
taxation, leading to a nation's econom
Knights of Pyttilaa. -
ic destruction, are described ta the
H akiiing L odge , 116,
current Issue of tbs American Bank
Vernonia, Ur.—Meets
every Monday night in
ers Association Journal by Qarrard B.
Grange H ill. All visit
Winston, Under secretary of the Treas
ing brothers cordially
ury. Citing possible effects on the
invited.
Ford Motor Car Company, be declares
Chas. Mellinger, C. C.
that "the valua la so large and Its
j. B. Wilkerson, K. of R. S.
FOR SALE—Stale Bread in sacks ownership so centered it is concelv-
—good chicken feed.
able that collection of Inheritance
taxes may check, if not dootroy, that
Vernonia Bakery
VERNONIA GRANGE
unit of policy which has created and
The Vernonia Grange meets on the
expanded that Industry and thus pre
WANT TO BUY
vent Its future prosperity. Of what
econd Saturday of every month at
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7:30 P. M. Any members of the
Want to buy a house and lot in avail, then, is It to any government If
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salvage
your
old
notes
and
accounts
Grange living in or near Vernonia, Vernonia, Ore., on monthyl terms. it oollecta one hundred million dol
vULLtU I IUHO
No Collections
No Charge
lars ones In estate taxes and destroys
or visiting in the community, are Will consider empty resident lot.
a source of income upon which It can
cordially invited to attend.
Address P. O. Box 807, Vernonia rely for revenue year after yeart
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J. I. KNIGHT,
J. J. STANGEL,
J. O. BOZORTH, ?
F. E. MALMSTEN, Sec.
“Success of the Ford Company does
McMinnville.
Hillsboro.
Tillamook.
not mean simply that Mr. Ford and
FOR SALE—Empty Lard barrels
his son have grown wealthy. It means
and iron drums at Vernonia Bakery employment of tans of thousands of
men and women; that mines, forests,
FOR SALE
railroads and veesels are brought into
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8-tube super-hetrodyne at a sacri use; that the public has received an
fice for $200. Including a $35 loud efficient and inexpensive means af
transportation; that the farm is tn
speaker, ear phones and all equip touch with the city, and the worker
ment complete to operate. Address with his office." Mr. Winston says in
Eagle Office.
39tf part:
Wealth Flssa Oppression
“Upon first Impression it might ap
FOR SALE—Some lumber, 2xl2x pear that a nation could take all of
14; also a wagon. See Thos Schock. the earnings of its citizens or all of
their property.
The Soviet govern
Cash paid for false teeth, dental ment proposed to appropriate all In
gold, platinum and discarded jewel strumentalities of trade and com
—Day and Ni.ght—
ry. Hoke Smelting & Refining Co., merce. Yet, when the state reached
always open
out to grasp this wealth. It disappear
«to
Otsego, Michigan.
ed and left nothing bat a few tangible
objects, such as gold and jewels,
teous, experienced mechanics at your service—men who
VULCANIZING
which were easily transported to oth
New Location
can put your car in “tip top” shape. And our standar
New Equipment
Prepared to do your vulcanizing any er countries. Wealth In Russia ceased
to
exist
dized
prices enable us to give you a cost estimote be
On corner opposite Vernonia Drug time. Work absolutely guaranteed.
"If income tax rates are placed so
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F.
E.
SIPE,
fore
we
touch it.
Company
At the Sesseman Garage, Vernonia. high that capital in productive busi
ness no longer gives a net return com
We carry a complete line of
mensurate with the rink, capital will
Vernonia Bakery goods
WOOD—You need it. I have it to go out of productive business, lie idle,
Phone and we’ll be glad to come after your machine.
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r go abroad, go into tax-exempt securi
sell. Thos. Schock,
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You hi
•re Selling the
ties, or find other ways of avoiding »
The White Lunch
Good Front Office room for rent. the tax. If income tax rates are so
In fireproof building. Call Hoffman excessive that a man of ability finds
he must work more than three days
Hardware Co.
LET US DEMONSTRATE IT
a week for the government, he will be
come discouraged and decide that the
BIDS WANTED
result is not worth the effort. Less
Income will be produced and less will
Bids will be received by the elerk be realized from the tax.
“Recently a letter camo to the
of Union High No. 1, for 100 curds
C. R. WATTS, Prop.
Second St. bet. Bridge and Maple
of 4-foot wood, If bidder wishes to Treasury from a small farmer. He
supply cord wood please state if cut owned a few acres which in 191$ were
assessed at $900 aad on which a tax
from old growth or small trees. If of $1$ was levied. In 1914 the as
Freight, Baggage and Express
slab wood, describe same. The Board sessed value Increased to $$.$00 and
moving a specialty
reserves the right to reject any or the tax to $U8, but the farm tailed
all bids. All bids to be in by May to produce nay more. Taxes exceed
Phone 472
Res. Phone 654
ed the rental value of the land and
2nd.
Residence North Rose St.
By order of Board of Union High more than the net earnings ot the
Office at the Gayosa Cafe.
property were taken by the state. The
No. 1.
farm was abandoned and now pro
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Mrs. Chas Malmeten,
duces no tax.
Clerk.
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"Often there come to notice cases
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where a particular Improvement la
BABY CHICKS
not made, or a particular business is
not started, becaoso after deducting fa
taxes
the risk exceeds the value of
Chicks
from
heavy
laying
strains
Delivered any place in town any
time.
White Leghorn chicks $16. per 100 the expected return. Mon have drop
Good screened and crushed gravel
Barred Rocks 25c each; Hatch« ped buslnsas, spent their winters in
Florida aad their summers abroad,
for all purposes.
come off about March 22, April 1 because what they are permitted to
and May 10. My breeding stock i retain under precoat tax rates Is not
surpassed by none. Satisfaction guar worth ths labor they must give to
Pit at Al Parkers Place ,
acquire it They prefer golf ta the
anteed.
One 2 year old O. A. C. Barre. further development of the country.
Unscientific Taxes Doetroy a Nation
Rock Cock and two O.A.C. Barre
"Unscientific methods of taxation
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Rock Cockerills for sale.
may actually destroy the very earn
Vernonia,
Oregon
Grand birds from heavy layer ings or property which it should be
J price $5.00 to $10.00 each.
the principal internet ot a govern
My hatching capacity is limited. ment to foetsr. Whoa it reaches the
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Place your order early.—P. Hill limits of what la known as Its taxa
Me capacity, a nation has begun to
SEE THE
die.
If taxes are raised too high, a
country win slowly but surely de
e
e stroy Itself. It will bm for dally con
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OPPORTUNITY
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• future life depends, and the spirit of
Initiative aad adveatare in its poo
e
A confectionery, card and
pie will finally disappear.
Ono or
« billiard room, cigars, etc., splen
more ot throe things happoa: The
e
didly located in Vernonia, can
for
quantity ot
la cut down,
• be had for $3100.
Write or 0 which moan
of the stand
e call on Vernonia Eagle for
«rd ot living; or capital accumulations
e tor extensions, improvemoats aad
e particulars.
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now undertakings must diminish, ro
suitlag ta a slowing up of progress
aad leesealag eventually ot taxable
The
only
thing
we
are
thankful
Lime, Brick, Plaster, Cement
rwveaae; or, thirdly, a slackening of
for when he run into a Vernonia effort on the part of the cttlzaa will
knocker is that all humanity was not take place when too largo a part of hie
born twins. #
earnings are taken la taxon.
BRICQUETTES — Bost heat, no
“The effort ta taxation should be
thing
for
ashes, lasting. Just the
to
the tax which will continue
There
seems
to
be
one
law
for
the
Incubator heating.
mousy over a period of year«
reach and on« for the poor—and to i
about 2,000,000 for the middle invariably, with aa exceaaivo tax, its
yield has fa 11 m off year by year,
class.
—Warehouse South of Depot—
while each rate reduction to reflected
ta aa lacruaM ot taxable Income. If
A wetesra poorhouse refused to the Treasury Is to bo SMured a con
admit a man because he owned an
gg retsnua. our dttaens
auto. That’s about like a hospital meat prosper. If they are to prosper,
Wholesale and Retail
Vernonia,
Oregon
refusing to take a man in because the appropriation by the state of their
Saratoga aad property moot be based
he is sick.
KNIGHT ADJUSTMENT CO.
next Horseshoe Restaurant
S. C. SALE, Prop.
A General Machine Shop, Biggest in the
County.
Everything New
A Man’s Resort
Should Anything
THE WHITE LUNCH
—Go wrong with your car while you’re in
town—or that it may need a general over
hauling—or a washing—drive over to this
Garage.
—Here you’ll get prompt attention. Cour
That you’ll be satisfied goes without saying
TRANSFER and CITY
DELIVERY
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CRAWFORD MOTOR CO
LINCOLN—FORD—FORDSON
Local Hauling and all kind»
of team work
Office at Kavanaugh Land Co.
SPECIAL CARE WITH
FURNITURE HAULING
You can now buy your Ford on tte 18 months
payment plan
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Payments as low as $21.83 a fnonth
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Gasoline, Oil, Storage, Tires and Accessories
Battery Service
VERNONIA TRADING
COMPANY
CURLEY’S TRANSFER
COMPANY
YOU
CAN
Ambulance for Towing
Phone 612
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AFFORD
A
FORD
ALL THE MAGAZINES
ALL THE TIME
Dupont Explosives and
Blasting Accessories
Phone 563
Ros. Phone 653
Vernonia, Oregon
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Catering to the traveling public.
You will be cared for at the
Nehalem Hotel
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St. Helens, Oregon, April 18, 1925.
Sealed Proposals, addressed to the
County Court of Columbia County,
Oregon, at St. Helens, Oregon, and
endorsed “Proposals for Doing the I
Following
Work
in
Columbia I
County, to-wit:
Clear, Grub and Grade the Mist-
Clatskanie Market Road be tween
Stations 279 and 190, in Section 14
and 23 Township 7 north, Range 5
west of W. M.; and construct a tres
tle brilge on said road between
Stations 277 and 279, according to
plans and specifications, will be re
ceived by said County Court until
10:00 o'clock a.m., May 9th, 1925,
and not thereafter, and at that time
will be publicly opened and read.
The average Vernonia voter hears
All proposals must be made upon a good deal of talk about “a new
blank forms, to be obtained from the source of revenue” but he knows it
Roadmaster, at his office in St.1 is just a case of doing the same old
Helens, Oregon. Must give prices tax-tapping in a different place.
proposed, both in writing and in
figures, and must be signed by the
Cloth Manufacturers must live.
bidder, with his address.
Plans and Specifications on file in So what they take off the girl’s
the office of the County Roadmaster, skirts to make them shorter they
at St. Helens, Oregon, and may be put on the young men’s trousers .<>
examined in the office of the County make them longer.
Clerk.
There is only three more week* < f
Each bidder shall deposit with his
school at the Woodlawn school hou: e
VERNONIA BRAZING & MACHINE WORKS
All members turn out
Visitors welcome
Wm. Pringle, Prop.
bid, a certified check for an amount
of at least five (5) per cent of his
bid, payable to the County Clerk,
which shall be forfeited to the
County in case the award is made to
him, and he shall neglect, fail or
refuse, for a period of five days
after such award is made, to enter
into a contract and file the required
bond.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bide.
John Philip,
County Judge.
J. N. Miller,
Commissioner.
T. B. Mills,
Commissioner.
J. E. Eilertson,
Road master
J. W. Hunt,
County Clerk.
NOTHING BETTER
Gayosa Cafe
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NOTICI TO CONTRACTORS
Be»t Ball Park in Oregon
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L. R. Gilchrest
President
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Vernonia,
The Library solicits old news-
papers and magazines tied in neat
bundles, to be sold, money used to
buy new books, etc. They will be
called for every two weeks, Anyone
having papers please call City Hall.
Library Committee.
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Enjoy an hour at the new
Oregon
Vernonia,
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Job printing can be done in Ver
nonia a* good as any place in the
state, at right price*. Let the
Vernonia Eagle
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print your circulars, invitation»,
cards, blotter», bill», letter heads,
time slips, envelopes, statements,
programs, menus, letters, tickets,
etc., ate. Work guaranteed.
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SCHOOL AND OFFICE SUPPLIES
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