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VERNONIA EAGLE
Largati Mill in the West
LOCALS
Picked Up About Town
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Hoffman HardwareCo
Miller Mercantile Co.
Lester Sheeiey was a business
visitor in Portland this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bush and family
spent Monday in Portland.
SPECIAL
NEWBERG
SALEM
SHERIDAN
VERNONIA
CORVALLIS
HILLSBORO
McMINNEVILLF
MONMOUTH
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Mondays or Tuesdays
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A. W. Petersen was a business
visitor to Portland Monday.
Please get your ad changes in on
Mondays or Tuesdays
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Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Bryan spent
Monday in Portland purchasing new
goods for the Haltom store.
For Your
Mrs. W. A. Harris has been en
joying the ocean air at Seaside the
past few days.
JUNE 2(5, 27,29
9c and 14c
YOU’LL BE SURPRISED
Jack Schopflin drove out in a
Ford from Kansas City, Mo., and is
now working at the O.-A. mill here.
4th of July
Kingsley’s store entertained many
this week with a free coffee demon
stration.
See HOFFMAN abou‘
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HERRIN NEEDS PASTOR CHRISTIANS WILL
BUILD NEW CHURCH
Mr. McDonald of the Miller Mer
cantile company spent the week end
in Portland.
Street work on the side business
streets in Vernonia is making vast
Plans are drawn for the new improvements as the work proceeds.
ing columns. What more can I do I Christian church, and work to start
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to assure you that I am for you in the immediate future. The new
Lee Schwab changed his mind at
anj your cause—but, as I said be-' building as planned will be very con
the last moment and went to Prine
fore bring and use a Bible that has venient in every way for a taber
ville with the legion boys.
all the pages in it, and believe me nacle of the kind wanted. The main
auditorium will seat probably three
Yours very truly,
You can’t have a good town unless
HAL W. TROVILLION, hundred people; and class rooms will you spend your money in your own
be so arranged that they can be town.
opened into one large room or a hall.
VIEW NEW ROAD
The new church building will be built
M. Murray has b^n sick this week
NEAR VERNONIA '. on the lots the church recently pur and kept away from business part of
chased, known as the Ruben Hall the time.
County Surveyor L. J. Von Or- home. The residence on the corner
shoven and Road Viewers W. J. Ful will be converted into a parsonage.
Mr. Kingsley, Sr., and daughter
lerton and George Mills and Harold
of Portland spent a few days in
Spraguer, chainman, left this Morn
town last week.
ing for Vernonia to view and lay out
WANT
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a road petitioned for by many resi +--------------------------------- *
Mrs. F. E. Visnau left Thursday
dents of Vernonia.
The proposed
for Clarkston, Idaho, to visit with
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
road will run northwestrly from
friends and relatives.
Rose avenue in the south end^of Ver
nonia and serve a number of settlers. FOR SALE—House and lot in Ver
Misses Grace Kuhl and Lillian
nonia. Would take good Ford
—Mist.
Jose of Portland took dinner Thurs
touring
car
as
first
payment
In
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quire at Eagle office.
46-lt* day evening with F. J. Brewer.
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MATTER
Mrs. Alta Schaaf and mother, Mrs.
Clara Black from Pullman. Washing-
•ton, were visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Rainwater on Sat
urday and Sunday last.
They
motored down and enjoying the trip
very much and both were surprised
at the growth of Vernonia.
When
they last saw Vernonia was when
Mrs. Schaaf taught school at Kist
about thirteen years ago.
We have been trying to improve
the Eagle each week and a few have
commented on it. There are a good
many good readers that have over
looked the fact that they could help
us to meet our obligations by paying ,
the small subscription price.
The
Eagle is only $2 per year by mail,
many are taking it that are in error.
Subscription should always be paid in
advance. Can’t the delinquent ones
If you live in the Nehalem valley
mail us the little check this week. We .
never like to make statements for j we want you to read the home paper
subscriptions and many neglect it or every week. Can’t we mail it to you
weekly, at only $2 per year?
forget it.
Please.
Neckwear
For Ladies.
The largest and most complete
selection ever shown here. Prices are so attractive
you can find what you want at the price you want
to pay. Call and see the line and learn what the
ladies are wearing elsewhere. Prices from—
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50c to $2.50
HALTOM MERCANTILE CO.
VALUE PLUS SERVICE
The Store Across the Bridge
Come to Miller’s
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We carry the most complete stock in Vernonia
in Dry Goods, Ladies Ready-to-wear- Men’s Fur-
nishings and Clothing. Hats and Caps, Men’s, Wo-
men and Children’s Shoes, in fact everything to
Miss Merel Dissmore of McMinn
ville spent a few days visiting at
the home of her brother and family
H. O. Dissmore last week.
wear and our prices are always less.
time to buy for the Fourth.
Robert Hoffman and Herbert
Heltzel got curious to know what
the wild waves were saying and
spent the week at Seaside.
The swimming hole near Vernonia
in certainly a popular place for the
boys, and girls too, of the community
Good swimming weather, good grow
ing weather, a fine climate to live
in.
Mrs. C. S. Hoffman, who is visit
ing in the south, writes that it is
dreadfully hot there and through
the states enroute. Wish everybody
could enjoy a
Western Oregon
climate.
Cyrus Todd stopped us on the
street Monday and said: “I want to
give you some money on the paper.”
Then handed us enough to pay way
in advance. Those acts help mightily
in making a better paper.
Mr. and Mn. J. P. McDonald and
Mr. and Mn. Bruce McDonald were
Eugene visitor» laet week. They re
port a -good time and Mac says that
Bruce ran over a bull pup and ehaned
a cow up a mountain and ran the
Chev, thirty miles without any gas.
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Miller Mercantile Company
Veinonias Leading Store
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Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Magoon and '
<l«u«hters motored up from j
Chico, California, last week on a
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visit with his sister Mrs. Mills and
to also look over the old stamping I
ground that Mr. Magoon’s father
took up a homestead near Pittsburg
in 1878 and spent his last days there.
After a few days visit they will tour
Frank Schopflin, vice-president cf
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through Washington county going I
the Central Coal and Coke comoany,
by Hillsboro and Forest Grove,
cf Ktnsaa City, Mo., parent com-
I where Mr. Magoons parent live and
pa >y of the Vernonia Oregon-Am- } after a short visit there they will r-|
eticar. Lumber company, Wi",n ris turn south to their home «hare Mr. 1
fnu’ly ariived this week on a visit
Magoon is connected with the S. N.
• 1 inspection. They drove thrt'Ugn I
R. R. company. He haa noticed some
from the eastern city.
great changes in Vernonia since hia
V. C. Short returned Monday last visit ome twenty yean ago.
morning from a three weeks absence
and trip to Sacramento, California.
Editor Jonas of the Prineivlle
Mr. Short went to the southern city Central Oregonian, was boosting the
with hia mother to consult a former American legion convention and all
family physician an<| noted surgeon prepared to enter the city’s enter
concerning cancer. V. C. remained taining campaign, when his ofiice
with hia mother until after the opera was visited by fire early Tucsduy
tion, which was quite successful and mining and almost totally “wiped
when he left, hia mother was on a out. ’ He announced that he will n A
rapid way Uf complete recovery.
rr iss an issue of the paper how.ivc -.
community picnic i s
Sunday at Sheeiey
Grove to which everybody and all the
family, especially the youngsters are,
invited. Bring a basket of eats and
join the crowd is the announcement.
The band will play.
A
big
was scheduled for
One important fact is that Ver
nonia has three meat markets that
are as up-to-date as any city can
claim. Each has its own ice plant
and fixtures second to none, an<j we
are glad of it.
Miller’s
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Mrs. W. O. Christensen of North
Powder and Mrs. P. A. Daniels and
children of La Grande are visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Culbertson this week.
The Clatskanie rose show
I represented by two cars from Ver-
I nonia and three cars from mill view.
Mrs. Schroeder taking the lead with
Lola, gueen the first, her mother,
Mrs. Smith and others.
Now is the
We have lots of
Special Bargains Awaiting you.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Adams of
Berkenfeld spent te week end with
Mr. Adam’s sister, Mrs. Dolly An
derson.
Judson Weed is in Oregon City
this week, attending the G. A. R.
convention. Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Mills
and Mrs. Munger are the delegates
attending from the W. R. C.
Novelties in
TOGS
No place in Oregon are the op-
portunitiea for bargains greater that
you see advertised in the Eagle thia
week and all weeks. Read the ads
this week.
In all of them are good
trading suggestions; in some of them
you will find prices better than we
have read of in all our exchanges.
It will pay you to look them over,
then start on your shopping trip
around town. When there are good
buys you will read about them in the ’
home paper. And this week they
offer ogcoptiona.
their aid in forming a local society
of the W. C. T. U., for thia place,
The ladies are earnest and untiring
workers for America’s good and we
hope the Vernonia ladies secure a
large member roil. Our city is losing
nothing by the new addition to
the society of the W. C. T. U., or-
ganization. To the lady workers re
sponsible, is due much praise. The
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Mr. West, assistant manager of the
Federal Reserve bank in Portland
was a Vernonia visitor Tuesday. Mr.
Galaway of the Bank of Vernonia
showed him over our big mill and Mr.
West was surprised at the bigness of
the industry.
He had a good word
for Vernonia and her opportunities.
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Willie MacFarlane, Oak Ridge pro-
Mr». Maude Milla, Mrs. Albert
fessions
I, who won the natloaal open
Burcham, Mrs. George Wilson and
championship from Bobby tenir
Mra. Otto of St. Helena were in Ver golf
of Atlanta.
nonia the first of the week offering
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