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An VERNONIA EAGLE ------- HlyhtPR* °f Collection of Assessment ' NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that assakatnenta have been levied for the construction of the street im provements in Improvement District No. 1, of the City of Vernonia, Ore gon, and that same were entered in the docket of City Liens of the 15th day of May. 1925. the number or letter of each lot, part of lot, or parcel of land assessed and the num ber or letter of the block in which it is situated, the name of the owner thereof and the sums assessed upon such lots, parts of lots or parcel« of land being as follows: ASSESSMENT IMPROVEMENT Lot 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 8 4 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 .8 » * I 4 6 6 7 8 J 1 « 8 4 ! 5 6 ! 1 2 3 i 4 6 99 99 99 99 99 3 99 99 99 99 99 99 II 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 H. H. Hixson 99 Alfred Johnson 99 4 I» 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 I» 99 99 99 Faye Jolly Louise Alexander 6 99 99 II I» 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 M. D. Johnson Richard Boeck D. D. & Florence Drorbaugh Ed. Taylor A. D. Thompson Elizabeth 99 Brown 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 P. H. Roberts Ruben and Elsie Kelly » Geo. H. and Anna Ohler Merl Ellis L. G. & Bertha Wiedervsch 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 Tragedy of the “Missing.” 49.30 What, after all. had become of him? 49.30 If dead, why was his body never 49.30 found? The vision of him lying in 49.30 some shell hole, unseen, unguarded 49.30 against the spoliation of earth and 49.30 time, or cast up suddenly and sacri 49.30 legiously by some laborer’s spade— 49.30 15.80 that vision Is not one to allay parental 88.67 anguish. On the contrary, dead though 66.00 that body be, so long as It has not 53.25 been laid to rest it seems to have 53.25 voice, a voice which cries out to loved 49.30 ones at home. 49.30 And here it must be remembered 15.80 that “reported missing” does not nec 89.57 essarily mean that the soldier baa been 89.57 killed. It yields room for hope, but 49.30 h<q>e mingled with grave concern. He 49.30 may have survived, although badly 49.30 hurt, and that conjecture suggests ths 89.57 possibility of his lying help'eea In some hospital or wandering around Europe 49.30 bereft of strength and reason. Again, 49.30 49.30 he may have been neither killed nor 49.30 hurt, which opens up a new field for 49.30 speculation and the fear of something 49.30 worse than death—desertion. What is being dune to lift the veil of 49.30 mystery which enshrouds the missing? 49.30 Are they to remain officially forgot 49.30 ten? On the contrary, although it re 66.85 quires time, skill and unremitting ef 49.30 fort, the work of tracing the names, of 49.30 recovering the bodies, of repleclng in 53.25 some cases members that had been 53.25 scattered by shell bursts, of establish 49.30 ing the Identity of the whole and of 49.30 burying It finally alongside of the com 15.80 rades with whom the "missing" one 49.30 had fought and died—all that Is being 49.30 49.30 done quietly and diligently by the 49.30 American Oraves Registration service 49.30 49.30 49.80 6 99 99 99 99 99 •I 99 99 99 99 99 7 •I II 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 8 I» 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 I» 99 99 • I 99 99 99 I» 99 99 99 99 99 •I 99 99 99 99 99 9 99 •I 99 II 99 I» 99 •I 99 99 99 1 99 99 99 99 •I 99 99 99 6 2 II 99 •7 8 9 10 11 12 18 14 1 2 8 4 fi V a 7 g 9 10 H 18 99 99 99 99 99 1 H. Landers R. J. McGee 99 99 99 W. A. Bacon 99 99 W. E. Willis 99 C. W. McDonald 99 Mrs. Roy Winters Mattie Mae Williams O. V. Laramore L. O. Andrews Sarah Haddock Fannie Lebo E. S. Cleveland Q. V. Graham 99 G. H. and Anna Ohler G. B. Richmond 99 Tom Magoff F. A. Hankle E. C. Hankle Clara L. Cleveland 99 J. W. Whitsell 99 H. C. Felsman Wildrose 8 9 10 11 12 13 •6 I 49.30 55.63 78 11 87.17 48.58 41.91 37.71 20.23 1 J8 .4 6 99 C. S. McDonald T IS one of the ironies of a sol dier's fate that he may be lion ized in a moment of need, only to be utterly forgotten after the smoke of battle has cleared. Through out the world the trugedy of the sol dier ignored and neglected after he has given the best of bis youth and vitality to his country is a spectacle which distresses the eye of even the most casual observer. ex-MaJor Namm of the Fifth division, A. E. F., writes, in the New York Herald-Tribune. And If It be so with the living, what must It be with the dead? But the corollary does not neces sarily follow. So far as America is concerned, the dead are being cared for. No one can visit the great ceme teries of the battle areas without ru- allzing the sanctity that is being pre served ubout the graves of the fallen, without sensing the beauty of the trib ute that Is being paid by tender hands dedicated to that sole purpose. Row upon row they He the’e, like men In a profound sleep, content with their martyrdom, yearning for no awaken ing. only one thought comes to disturb the peaceful picture. Unfortunately, not all of the dead are there. Some of the fallen have not hed the grace of a decent burial. Of the seventy odd thousand American soldiers who died overseas more than two thousand never have been located, and still are being carried on the records of the War department as “reported miss ing." And of all the phrases that were flung into circulation by the war none hHS been a more poignant source of pain, of hope, of doubt than thoee two words which announced the fate of a boy to be unknown. To thousands of American mothers and fathers that phrase "reported missing" has repeat ed Itself almost dsliy for the last seven years, provoking all manner of speculation, yet forbidding any defi nite conclusion. 99 99 99 1 2 Mrs. Minnie Krinick A. O. Hagen Paul and Clara Robinson J. R. Geo. McGee 99 99 6 7 » 49.30 49.30 49.30 62.41 110.92 79.59 74.98 81.70 70.61 51.68 49.30 49.30 99 99 99 8 9 10 11 12 99 99 99 99 : 99 ' II. J. Buffmire Geo. N. Mecklin C. L. Bateman Geo. A. Hankle R. M. Stokesbury 99 99 7 Lona E. Jensen 99 99 ! 89.57 89.57 93 88 108.22 161.13 106.92 tH.'O 79.59 110.92 67.59 53.25 49.30 49.30 22.27 99 99 « 9 10 11 12 13 14 H. H. Hixson J. K. Wood R. M. Stokesbury 99 99 7 Assessment I 61.00 118.21 89.57 89.57 89.57 89.57 •I 99 « Owner of Record G. C. Newton A. S. Antilia Lillian M. Brown W. N. Wood J. H. Price E. C. Hankle 99 II 6 NUMBER ONE 99 •I Mother’s Bread ROLL 99 8 V 10 11 12 4 1 • 1 99 99 8 i 99 99 2 , 99 II 99 7 1 Addition Central 99 6 , Block 2 99 DISTRICT Another Tribute for 99 Sunrise 99 Bertie Nelson Mrs. Myrtle Churchill E. S. Cleveland Rudolph Roehler D. B. & J. A. Reasoner 99 R. F. Reasoner 99 C. R. and Elizabeth Watts Wm. Moss 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 J. F. Hansen 99 99 99 99 99 II 99 99 99 99 99 II 99 II 99 99 99 2 99 99 99 II 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 II 99 »9 99 99 •fi 99 Sunrise II 1 F. G. Hansen R. B. Easly Tribute to Heroic Dead A. G. Van Alstine Joe W. Larson G. W. Reithner C. S. Rich Grant Thayer G. B Richmond G. M. and Anna Gleason Emma Blum Nelson GateB R. J. McGee 99 »9 9» •9 99 II 99 • 9 99 M. Shelton 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.30 49.31 49.31 49.31 49.3t 49.3c 49.30 239.86 are commonly referred to as the "Bep The foregoing assessments ------ now due and payable and if not paid croft Bonding Act”, may do so by within ten days from the last publi filing their applications therefor cation of thia notice will become de within ten (10) days from the date of this notice. Applications for such linquent. purposes may be procured from the Property owners who desire to Recorder. avail themselves of the privilege of Dated this 25th day of May, 1925. paying their assessments in install D. B. REASONER. ments under the provisions of Sec Recorder tions 3788 to 8798, Oregon Laws, 42-3t ‘ Hata offFo Hon. W. J. Bryan,/ Mr. and Mrs. Chas D. White wiîï who to making a rigorous stand “vacation” for three or four days against the teachers and followers going to Jefferson over Sunday and of th» Darwin theory, and all evolu down through southern Oregon be tion tudenta who try to believe that fore retuttiing the middle of the their grandparents hung from tree week. *• *^*branch»a by their tails. The last ceremonies, at the graven of the overseas dead of the navy and marine corps, when the heroic dead of the war time are laid to root at Arling ton cemetery. Photo shows the soler» dipped ae the reeoundlng notes of “Tape" are played. Subscribe for the Vernonia Eagle, The production superintendent of one of the largest Portland bakeries recently visited at a Vernonia home and as was proper Mother’» Bread was a part of the repast of which he partook. This gentleman pronounced Mother’» Bread to be the finest bread that he had ever eaten from a country bakery. We do not even know the gentleman in question and this compliment came to us unsolicited, so we feel that it is sincere and that it came from one who knows good bread. A trial will convince you too that Mother’» Bread is all that we claim for it—you can get none better and it is your most economically priced food. Start using Mother’s Bread today—ask for it by name and be sure you get it. As a mark of respect for our Soldier dead, our store will remain closed all day on Decoration Day, Saturday, May 30th. Vernonia Bakery BREWER & VISNAW, Prop*. On 2nd St., half-block South of Bridge St. in France. Each month brings the re covery of more bodies; each week brings a reduction, even though slight. In the number of missing, and with the continuance of thia work under direc tion as intelligent and conscientious as It has had in the past the time may yet come when moat of the missing will have been accounted for and the fears and doubts concerning them will have been stilled. Many “Unknown." The Important work of searching and accounting for the missing was begun by the fields units section of the Graves Registration service imme diately after the close of the war. The task proved to be extremely difficult. Records of burial made under battle conditions were not complete, for bodies had been hastily Interred under firs and the terrain had been subject to many transformations. The first search of the battle zone in the fall of 1918 and In the spring of 1919, there fore, met with but little success. It was not until November, 1923. that the Graves Registration service became free to resume an organised and systematic effort to search the records for the missing, to recover un located bodies. At that time an officer who had «sen four years of service in the field wm detailed to the Paris of fice and placed in charge of the rec ords. investigation and research de partment. He was especially equipped for the task in that he had served in the infantry and was thoroughly fa miliar with battle terrain, and also be cause he had a knowledge of anatomy which was exceedingly useful In the work of establishing Identity between dismembered parts, where a shell, as often happened, had played particular havoc with the victim. Good Work Oelng On. That officer organised a series of units which are now serving in all the battle zones where Americans fought and under his direction the work has progressed steadily and successfully. Unfortunately for the service, under the operation of the “Manchu law" which requires every officer to serve one year out of five with troops, the man who until recently was in charge of the task has been compelled to re turn to America. The work, however, will he carried on by his succeesor. From January 1 te July 1 of 1924 the units engaged In the search recov ered and established the Identity of 120 bodies, or at the rate of 5 a week. They also recovered 29 bodiee on which identification could not be es tablished owing to mutilation and cor- rasion that had taken place with the passing of time. Thsso results can only be regarded as remartrahli and foster the belief that the time la not fhr distant when the search for missing heroes of the World war will be crowned with com plete success. Several members of the K. P. lodge, from Harding lodge, went to St. Helens Tuesday night and took along a couple Vemoniteo, who were shown the mysteries of the third de gree. We had the pleasure of riding in Dr. Cole’s big new Crysler, and can truthfully proclaim, “she is some car. CMSIIIG Itti EiUSIVE CU« il EXCITING HUNT OF 1HE WILD ANIMAL 01 0RE60I BEACH printed schedules at most beach re sorts telling at the exact time the clam family will exhibit and if they do not show up at the given time, you get rain checks. “Brick,” the red-headed boy who acted as guide for the expedition ex plained that the proper method was to grasp your shovel firmly and stroll along the beach keeping a close watch on the sand in front of you and “when she bubbles, dig Uke hell.” It was also explained to us that the clams only show up at minus tide. I will confess that this had me buffaloed. I learned in school that the tides were something that the moon had something to do with. I was soon enlightened, however, and wish to inform the eager pubtie that the tides are the things that wash things ashore and a minus tide is a tide that is not only not a tide but it lacks considerable, and bears the same relationship to a tide that less than nothing does to anything at all. With this simple explanation I think we can proceed with the story We walked along the beach for several yards looking for “bubbles’* but none appeared. Suddenly “Brick* grabbed his shovel with both hands dropped to his knees and shoveled like his life depended on it. Ha then ran his hand, arm, shoulder and one ear down in the hole ha had dug anj after wiggling around a little yelled, “I’ve got him,** and fell over backwards. He had evi dently got a gentleman clam. How ever, on close inspection of his catch I found that it was a soda-pop bottia The next three trials he got a pi ecu of bark, a sardine can and a crab shell. However, perseverance finally rewarded and and produced a sleek oblong object that looked something like a vanity case, only it was messy looking. It was put together with hinges and seemed to have two head» Frankly, I was disappointed. 1 thought a clam was worth looking at at least, but this thing looked more like nothing than anything I eve» saw. However, we came for class» and I intended to get some riam», even if they were not worth having after I got them. I found that you dig when you sen a sort of a little sink hole appear ia the sand in front of you. After a Nt I began to find plenty of sink holes and I began to dig and polo my am and ear down in the pits 1 had dag, following as cloeoly aa possible the same method the red-headed boy hfifi followed. The first IS hole» I played produced two pieces of starfish, three tobacco cans, one pop baM*A one shoe and eleven pieces ed heafc. The next netted ”>• two cut fthffUM and a broken thumb nail. 1 dgg 87 more holes and guess 1 wouM ba digging yet, but 1 worked so Net that I overtook the lady who was strolling along and punching th»ee sink holes in the saad with bar tboe (By A. Clamshooter) The encyclopedia says that clams are mussels, having bivalve shells, held closed by muscqjs. and opened by a springy ligament on the back of the shell, that the clam creeps through the mud and sand by means of a fleshy foot. Furthermore, that it draws in water by means of a fleshy tube and strains this water through plate like gills, discharging water and non-assimilateable substances by means of a second tube. For the past ten years I have been advised by superior persons that “clamming” is the sport of kings and I have been made to feel ignorant and inferior because of the fact that I had never seen a clam. Recently coming to a conclusion that this deficiency in my early training should be at once remedied, I planned a campaign against this ferocious animal. The preparations of Theodore Roosevelt for combating the lion, were care fully studied an<] after assembling the necessary weapons, offering the Smithsonion Institute any rare species discovered and granting the newspaper reporters a farewell in terview I hopped off for the hither to impenetrable wilds of Cannon Beach. Oregon. On arriving I found that the natives were prepared for the arrival of the expedition and our party was met with offers of summer cottages, hamburgers, hot dogs and near beer, which the natives were willing to exchange for the small bright disc like piece of metal and vari-colored strips of paper which we carried along, we having been previously advised that these articles would always assure us a welcome. Immediately on our arrival, I was in favor of plunging into the clam territory and engaging the enemy, but the native guide advised us that the clams would not make their ap pearance before 7:30 a. m., and it would be useless to go out in the afternoon. Though v.-ry much dis appointed at not being permitted to take any club out and knock over a few delicacies for dinner I was com pelled to bide my time. Early the next morning, however, we were on hand in ample time for the perfor mance. When the guide arrived he had a couple of the kind of spades that you dig post holes with. I threw my baseball bat away and accepted a shovel. It seems that Mr. Clam has a regular schedule for his ap)xar- ances and he is as tempermental as an opera singer. There are little heels.
