Vernonia eagle., June 05, 1925, Image 2

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VERNONIA EAGLE
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Bigfeat Little City in Oregon
Advertising Rates - 25c ts per inch,
single column measure, each wttk.
We collect tor advertising the first
of every month.
PAUL S. R j BINSON. ’
E ditor and O wner .
¡sailed Every Friday.
Municipal WUtrByi faiii
VERNONIA EAGLE
she ought to be glad of the fact that she has doubled the
demand for her products without having to put on any
“Buy-a-glass-of-Milk” campaigns.
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CAN YOU JOIN THE LINE AT THE
PAYING
WINDOW
THE TROUBLE HUNTER
F YOU’VE ever taken time to watch the affairs of the
Ths Original Home Paper, Staadiag
$2.00 Per Year.
:Yerppnia man or woman who hunts trouble you’ve
for Progress. Fair Play, Homo Pat­
ronage, Law Enforcement, Gmod doubtless noticed that they found it, sooner or later. And
Entered aa aecond-claae matter August Schools and The Homa BeantifnL what is true of individuals is equally true of nations,-
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4, 1922, at the poet office at Ver­
great or smaH. They may not find trouble the minute they
nonia, Oregon, under the Aet'
Ail Accounts Mail Be Settled in Fnli
begin hunting it» bubif they keep "butting in” and pick­
of March 3. 1879.
Every 30 Days
ing on this natioR and that they’ll eventually find what
they hunted for.
France seems to be the latest nation to furnish us an
example of this fact. Not content with the narrow escape
she had in 1914-18, when only the timely entrance of the
¡United States saved her, she began almost before the flag
of battle was furled and laid away to seek more trouble.
And newspaper reports indicate that she has found it in
NE HUNDRED and forty-five years have passed Morocco. No sooner had Spain succeeded in getting out
since Patrick Henry, denouncing the tactics of of a long and costly argument with the little nation than
England and pleading for the independence of 13 strugg­ France stepped in and took up the fight—and reports
ling colonies in the ne wworld placed his name forever on show she has no more business mixing into Moroccan af­
history’s pages by declaring: “I know’ not what course fairs than we would have in starting trouble there our­ 3
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others may take, but as for me—give me liberty or give selves.
me death.”
....But she seems to have found that Morocco has not been
And that word “liberty” has since been held sacred by idle, but has a fully-equipped army, headed by enough
the descendants of the men who were gathered with Pat­ adventurers out of the late war to make up a powerful
rick Henry on that historic occasion. We come again to fighting machine—an army capable of making any nation
the anniversary of the birth of the nation with that word! a lot of trouble. With her treasury lean and her war debts g s
/liberty” strongly imbedded in our hearts and minds. For tremendous, France has stuck her foot into a nasty tangle
ty-eight stalwart states have grown from those struggling But when a man or a nation persists in hunting trouts?!
13 colonies, and in every one of them the red, white and that is usually what happens.
blue symbol of liberty is again being unfurled to the
breeze. In the hearts of even the smallest the meaning of
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TIME FOR ACTION
the Fourth of July has been made plain. School children
of Vernonia know why it has been proclaimed a national
X-GOV. LOWDEN, of Illinois, refused a vice-presi­
holiday, and they know what it signifies in the life of a
dential nomination because he wanted a job that
free people. They enter with their elders into a proper ob­
would
keep him closer to the people. So he retired to his
servance of the day, and they praise the name of those
farm
and
began running it personally. Now he is writing
who stood at Yorktown, Concord and Valley Forge, those
a
few
newspaper
articles, and quite a few people around
w’ho gave freely of their blood that Liberty and Indepen­
dence might forever prevail among the people of the New Vernonia have been fortunate enough to get hold of some
of them. In a recent one he said? “Residents of rural sec­
World.
tions
never going to be as prosperous as they should
Celebrate the glorious Fourth as you will this year. be so are
long
as they continue to market their stuff by the
Spend the holiday carrying out any program you may same methods
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used by our forefathers.” In other words,
care to arrange. But do not let the celebration be such he contends that
if we are still content to lag behind in
that those who gave their lives for your liberty could not the matter of building
more roads and keeping in repair
approve of. Celebrate it as quietly or an enthusiastically the ones we have, the man
hauls over them is going
as you choose—but don’t forget why you are celebrating to realize less profit for his who
wares
and the consumer is
or what you are celebrating. And, above all else, take a going to pay more than he ought to pay.
do a lot of
moment to consecrate yourself anew to the upholding of road talking these days, but we don’t get We
enough done.
those principles upon which your coumn- is founded-; And if we _ ■
„ better
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thfou^i
still
another
gummer
talking
pledge yourself again to be loyal to all that the Fourth of
roads
instead
of
seeing
to
it
that
some
actual
road
July and the American flag represents, and ask the spirit is done, next fall and winter will find us no farther work
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of those who gave you liberty to help you throughout all vanced toward more prosperous times. Right now, ad
not
the years to come to be a still better American.
next month, is the time to be doing road work instead of
talking about it.
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TELLER’S
It’s wonderful security to be able to go to
the Bank and draw' money when you HAVE
TO HAVE IT. It saves many a worrisome
hour. It brings many a moment of happiness
WHETHER YOU HAVE BILLS
to pay or wish to partake of a little of life’s
enjoyments. “Money in the bank’ solves
your problems.
BUT IF YOU DON’T PUT IT THERE
when you have it, you can’t take it out when
you need it. Join our happy army of deposi­
tors and lay aside a little each week so that
you can get it when you need it,
EVEN IF YOU HAVEN’T A DOLLAR IN
YOUR POCKET COME IN AND LET
US TELL YOU HOW TO START
BANK
OF
VERNONIA
Vernonia, Oregon
VERNONIA STEAM LAUNDRY
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QUALITY WORK GUARANTEED
Vernonia Institution, Modern in Every Respect
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WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER
Quick Service—Watch for Our Car
FAIR PREMIUM LIST OUT.
USE YOUR HEAD
HE PREMIUM list for this year’s fair is off the pres*
and copies may be secured from the secretary, Paul | F VERNONIA citizens will take time to glance through
C. Adams, Warren, Oregon, or at the office of the County ■
a Monday morning paper printed in any of our larger
Agent.
cities they will quickly see that it takes more than the
The cash premiums to be given this year amount to four hands and feet to operate an auto. The paper will tell of
thousand dollars. New classes in several divisions have death and injury all over the United States, largely due to
been added and more money is assured this year in many the fact that the thousands of drivers on Sunday drives
classes. Dairy and bee products have been given divisions were at the mercy of many who do not use their heads
by themselves and prizes are offered in these products. as well as their hands and feet. If we could speak but one
There are some special prizes given by business firms sentence in to our auto drivers it would be this: “Use your
head.’.’ Take it easy, watch the other fellow as well as
that are well worth competing for.
A feature of this 1925 premium list is that it has been yourself—don't take anything for granted—the other man
may do exactly the opposite of what you guessed he was
put out without any advertising matter. The merchants going
to do. If you are using you- head, then your own
were not solicited for ads. This is the first list in the state
car
is
in
perfect control all the time, and you can prevent
to be published this way. The amount of cash prizes
an
accident
that he might have been responsible for.
offered is one of the largest offered by any fair in the
I We’re all too busy making a living to have to stop and
Northwest.
I attend unnecessary funerals. So use your head as well as
New’ classes in the cattle division include, breeders your hand and feet when you’re driving, and we’ll have
herd, produce of dam, fat steer. These make additional fewer of them.
classes to compete in and will make it possible for the
owners of good animals to take additional prizes with IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SELL, RENT OR
them.
Changes have been made in the floral division and in TRADE AND WANT QUICK RESULTS, PLACE AN
the Woman’s art work and the school work has many new
AD IN OUR CLASSIFIED COLUMNS
classifications.
The prize for the champion horseshoe pitcher is to be
a silver cup and the cups will be given to the winningi
team of two players from one community. Bronze medals!
go to the second place winners.
Drop a postal to the secretary and you will receive
your list. Remember the fair dates, September 9, 10, 11.
Plan to show' something and to be among the crowd on
the opening day.
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ROUND TRIP FARES
HOUSEWIVES ATTENTION!
SPRINGTIME IS HERE AND WITH
CLEANING.
IT
COMES
HOUSE
LET US HELP YOU WITH YOUR CURTAINS,
BLANKETS, FEATHER PILLOWS, WASHABLE RUGS AND
ALL KINDS OF LAUNDRY WORK PROPERLY DONE
STATE LAUNDRY CO
PHONES:
EAST 0657 EAST 9387
VERNONIA, ORE.
rHE BROADWAY LINEN SUPPLY WILL SERVE YOU WITH
THE BEST LINEN IN THE CITY
—Same Phones—
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Emmott & Culver
VERNONIA MEAT
MARKIT
Choice selections of fresh killed
Steer Beef. Fancy Veal and
Grain Fed Hogs
DRINKING MILK
HE COW has been the salvation of
Y1, PeoP,e
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*3 ** least one of her pro-
__ - »SiMfifc'itna butter form a part of the daily menu of
every man, woman and child in Vernonia, it ought to be
of interest to them to know that she is gaining in popu­
larity, instead of declining with the horse. For years the
milk consumption in this country averaged a pint a day
for every person. Now, according to the government, the
consumption has reached two pints daily for every per­
son, and it is selling at a higher price than ever before.
With about 110,000,000 people in the U. S., and each
of them averaging a quart of milk a day, it can readily
be seen that the cow doesn’t have to worry about her
future. Her place in the American family is secure. And
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St. Paul $74.25
Chicago $88.25
st. Louis $83.75
Ne« Yurt $149.65
Ollier Poi«f, |a Pr^artio.
May 22 to Sept. IS; R.t.r. Limit Oct 31
YOUR CHOICE OF
1*0 of America’« Finest Trains
Ner,C. B°*a
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Ori—t.l Limited vi. J, p. * S < c N c Q
utimfb
railway - co.
necuUs For
B*ef Boil«
10c-12 l-2c lb
Choice Steak.
25c lb
PotR,MWtfl
......... 15c lb.’
Fresh Hamburger _........ ]h
Pure Porlc Sausage
25c lb
Weiner* and Bologna
18c lb.
Freeh Whipping Cream 35c pt.
Kippered Salmon
30«- p,
turda
PURE OPEN KETTLE
RENDERED LARD
Rullc Lard, per Ih................. 26c
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4k
14 lb. paila........ ......
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»0 lb. paila ------------- 12.06
fresh Dill Picklee ...,2 for 10c
We Handle all Kinds of Fancy
Cheese
We carry a large variety of Luncheon Meato