VERNONIA EAGLE
LOCALS
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The ball game Tuesday evening.
Business men ball game next Tues
day evening.
Be there.
Everybody will want to see the ex
position next Tuesday without fail.
The Chautauqua is now on in Ver
nonia.
Tolles has moved to appart-
ments over Haltom store.
Mrs. Sarah North of Corvallis is
visiting old friends in and around
Vernonia this week.
Dr. and Mrs. Hurley are spending
a few days in Portland attending the
state dental convention.
Mrs. J. D. Anderson of Seattle
visited this week at the W. J. Good
ing home.
we had in the city at that time wn.t
lain by 3’11 and the Stranahans
completed in our City show a con
tract price, one for $2.62 per square
(Continued from Pare 11
yard on six inch pavement and one
I at $2.54.
Curbs wetê aire tdy in at thet time i
These improveemnts were initiated
and the records show that curbs something like six or eight months
were running at 55 esnts to 70 cents ago, Yours truly,
O. K. ATWOOD, City Auditor.
per lineal foot.
The Hessam paving was made dn-
Oregon Portlnad Cement company
ing the summer of 141 J, and as far Mr. Davidson, quoted f. o. b., cars
as maintainance ou’.r'i* of the week Vernonia far paving purposes.
ly flushing, there has been no c»»t Cement, per bbl........................... $3.58
in the upkeep, Yours truly,
Less sack credit ............................... 40
H. L. HOWE, City Recorder.
$3.18
The City of Astoria, Oregon
Less cash d’set per bbl
.05
Gentlemen :
Answering your letter of May 18,
>3.13
1925, beg to advise that two of the
This only 7 cents per bbl higher
recent improvements which we had than Eugene price Price at Oswego
the paper» . >
ok up so.n » legal net >2.45 pr bbl. May 20, 1925.
matters and in the general confu
sion of moving they were eithet mis
placed or not returend.
Cost per yard approximate’}’ $1.25
per yard, this for the Hasst. n pav
ing. The only other concrete paving
PAVING MUST BE DONE
MR. MASON’S
FUNERAL
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of
Dr. and Mrs. Hurley spent the
week-end with Mrs. Hurley’s mother
in Tacoma.
The Montana Hotel has changed
hands and some good improvements
are being made.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Anderson visit
ed over Decoration Day at the home
of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Gooding.
Mrs. Bryan arrived this week from
their former home in Seattle. Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan are now at home
over the Haltom store, which Mr.
Bryan is manager of.
The old se* tiers, or the p’oneers
of the Nehalem valley will meet in
Berkenfield on the morning of June
13. A days picnic will take tl.e time
and all pioneers of the valley are
expected to be there.
Mr. and Mrs. Mat Steichen and
sons Mark and Ray and Mrs. Rade
macher, parents of Mr. and Mrs. S.
C. Grove, motored down from Ta
coma and spent Decoration Day and
Sunday with the Rademacher’s, Miss
Ethel Grove, a sister of Mrs. Rade
macher had come up the week be
fore, thus the family were all to
gether over the week end.
You will do better here
New Customers made at the
Peoples Store Daily
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Peaches, basket, ......
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75c
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New Display of fancy Gioghi! ms,IOc yd
Ladies Shoes, pair
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Men’s Shoes, ....... .............. $2.45 up
B. V. D.’s, suit ._
Mens Overalls ...
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Red Devil Sliirls for 69c
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funeral. His death had not been un
Mr. and Mrs. George Stankey and
expected ; Indeed it had been antici son and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Greene
pated for months, but Mason had never Bpent Decoration Day at Centralia,
done anything on time in bls life,
Washington, where the Greene’s in
so why should he surprise or die
appoint his friends at this time by fant son is buried. Centralia had a
doing things In a regular way. He splendid program for the day, ar-
Quite a few from Vernonia were immediute territory and by acquir- at the job with a whole heart and
rainged in the park, where stands
was true to his habit.
in parts of southern Oregon mining ing a few more eighties, they expect the death of an uncle who left me
As I said, I was going to Mason’s the newly erected monument .as a
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funeral, and all through the morning memorial to the four boys who were districts this week. A company of to rush development work. On one
I had been held up and delayed, and killed while in a parade in the streets men of Vernonia have organized the of the claims they have considerable'
ANNOUNCING
Interrupted until I was distressed for of that city, a few years ago in a
Kelmar-Vanpet Co-operative Mining ore out ready for the smelter.
fear I should not get there on time,
Mrs. Mae Aikia will be in Ver
peaceful Armistice day parade.
and Development company.
They I
and being late to a funeral Is only
nonia all of the coming week, at the
less objectionable than being late to
have a very promising gold and sil
Hy * Van hotel. Permenant wave
The baseball game between the
a wedding. The taxi did not come
ver prospect and workers have the
specialist, For appointment or in
on time, there was considerable con business men of the South side of tunnel in about a hundred feet. At a
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I formation consult Mrs. C. J. Nance.
gestion in the street, which held us the street vs. those of the Not th
meetini; of the board of directors
Acvoiding to an unverified story
up, and the driver misunderstood th.? side, that was to be played last Tues
Monday, they decided to lease three current among Oregon lumbermen,'
address, so while we should have ar day evening, was postponed for one
VERNONIA STRAWBERRIES
or
four splendid holdings that their' the proprietor of a country sawmill
rive«) at three, ft was twenty minute« week only on account of the rain.
Engineer has located, all making a moved to Portland, depositing $50,-1
past when we drove up to the church
We are in the strawberry belt.
They will play next Tuesday even very creditable showing. This com-!
In which the ceremony was to occur.
000 in a local bank. He had been op-We never have seen prettier, larger
five
o
’
clock.
It
will
be
an
ex
ing
at
I was In plenty of time, however
pany n’jw holds a whip hand in their crating his mill 30 years and appar- or better flavored strawberries than
The captain of the
citing game.
for the funeral started late.
ently had been able to accumulate we had this week, grown at the
Mason had been a faithful soul—gen North side says his men were will
this much as surplus. When asked the
of town. Mr. Elon E. Malm-
erous and thoughtful of his friends, ing to play in the rain but the op
secret of his apparent financial sten presented the Eagle office
of whom there we,e got a few, but posing team had no umbrellas.
success he said:
,
he seldom thought of anything on
with a large box o f some just
time. If he wrote a letter of con
“
I
attribute
my
ability
to retire from the dew on his splendid farm
With Mr. and Mrs. Chas. D. White
gratulation to Jones upon the arrival the edito rand wife rode through
with $50,000 in bank after so long ntar town. Some of them were near-
of Jones, Jr., the boy was usually
a period
in the
country
sawmill
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—ly as large as a hen’s egg, and they
Roseburg last Tuesday, and who did
In rompers before the epistle arrived
nesa,
1
to
close
application
to duty, I seemed to melt in your mouth.
we
meet
but
D.
W.
Keasey.
formerly
If he sent a note of condolence to a
rigorous rules of economy, never They are better berries than those
Mr. Keasey was in
bereaved friend upon the death of a of Vernonia.
spending a cent foolishly, unadulter- you buy on the market in any to
member of the family, the grief had town from his ranch with a load of
uted honesty, everlastingly keeping wns we have been in.
become pretty completely assuaged new potatoes, each as large as a toy
before his words of comfort and baloon. He says they
have green
sympathy got Into the malls. If his peas, strawberries and all vegetables
wife ask«*d him to p«j«t a letter or to the first of May. Ranch life apparent
bring home a few lamb chops for
ly agrees with the Keaseys.
luncheon, he never failed to do so
bnt he posted the letter urnally the
Miss Nine H. Little, county Red
next day, and delivered the chops
after the cook had the table laid and Cross nurse, will leave tomorrow for
all the preparations made for the Spokane for a few week’s visr, with
meal.
relatives and later she will join Mira
Mason was a very religious man and Elizabeth Perry and the two will
I think, sincerely so. It was hie In make a trip to Alaska.
Miss Little
tention to be regular at church
has been asked to return to St. Hel
services, bnt no matter how early he
ens in the fall and icsume the po-’-
started to get himself ready for th«
service, he always miscalculated. He i.ion she has 10 acceptably fillet for
got In ordinarily Jnat about the time the past year and it is probable that
the collection was being taken op. II she will do 'o.—Mist.
he ever did arrive early It was be
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
cause he had misunderstood the hour
Whatever the pretty vagaries of the
when I he exercises were supposed to
I Respectfully solicit a share of st-ason may develop hi wedding'
begin.
gowns, for June brides, nothing will
Ills office hours were from nine nn your insurance business. My com
evef oatclnss the dignified gown of
til four bnt I’ve looked out of rr
missions are spent in Vernonia. Ivory or HjiltaJillR. Tk
window at half-peat nine to see hln> Only best Companies raprcwritfftt Wl
pushing himself hastily down th* Efficient insurance service all lines. wear >■ with the same assurance that
«he feels when she puts on the veil
street in an effort not to be later
G. C. Olsen, Vernonia Realty.
that served her mother or her grand
than usual, for ultimately no one rent
mother
or may have descended upon
~
apartment
”
house
"
sight
—
ly expected .Mason to be on time. It
100x100 on East Bridge St. The the brides of a family for generations
was hie habit; Istenena had come :»
The gown shown here Is nearly
be Ingrained Into bls character, so price will surprise you G. C. Olsen,
dos I
straight In lines, showing just a vague
that It waa quite Impossible for him Vernonia Realty.
following of the figure, and is finished
to be or) erwlse.
at the bottom with a hand of lace
It was fitting thnt he should ge to •LOOK DOWN ON VERNONIA»
bordered by rows of pearl beads, a
tils grave s liftle late. Lying there
From a home on the hill 8 room lace bordered veil ««companies It.
In hie coffin I could Imagine that he
Fashion leans toward georgette 1.
;
House
can be made into 4 rooms,
would otherwise not have rested com
gowns for bride* and their maids an«:
fortably, not have seemed quite at i Ground 76x150 Garden, Poultry
reveals a preference for lace In com
home
It would have been r~m~thtng i yard etc. Beet view property «n west blnation with georgette or satin Pcsr'
of a criticism upon his life to have i side. $426.00 for quick sale. Own
beads In trimmings and In headdress
S whs
started hl« funeral on tl
ers are leaving. Pay down 1225.00 are an aMtraved style feature of th.
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