Vernonia eagle., August 21, 1925, Image 2

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VERNONIA EAGLE
Issued Every Friday.
$2.00 Per Yur.
Entered aa aacund-ciaaa matter Alignât
4, 19aL at tba peat offic» at Vai­
noci*, Oregon, under the Act
of March 3. 1ST».
time, and
he
has
given
out
f
w
that
thefe^are
in this
Wa collect tor atfeertM
country
today
a
little
ov
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laws.
They
are
state
ut every month.
and
national
and
municiple,
but
they
are
to
be
obeyed
PAUV 8- R3BIN8ON.
if a man stays “within the yaw.” Now where is the man
Enrroa anç O wnbb .
---- can
claim-that
ha ha
is wjse^enough
to ’ t
“
all"
who
claim that
is wise^enough
And where» there any reaaonfor bl
H”*"« happening oa a new one occasionally,
has broken ft’ Twb million la_
Z!*—yet here we are spending our hard-earned money in
_ every state in the union-to pay legislators to make more
•a ta f » u of them.
AdveetMng Batea - Meta
M. A. E8SELSTYN
W. W. ESSELSTYN
VERNONIA BOOK S AR I STORE
Everything in Magazines Stationeiy, Pictures and
Books—School and Office Supplies
Art and Novelty Goods
We do Picture Framing of All Kinds
TIMES HAVE CHANGED
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west has harvested her wheat crop and for the
first time years she hasn’t had to send out a nation-' I
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wide appeal for harvest hands. This doesn’t mean that
her crop was very much smaller, nor that there is a
greater amount of idle labor than in previous years. It
simply means that those who are willing to work in the
E’VE never boasted of our powers as a prophet, and grain fields of the west during the harvest season can
neither do we lay any claim to be able to peer now get there without difficulty, and at less expense
farther into the future than the average citizen of Ver
­ when they had to depend on the railroad instead of
than
nonia. But when a few months ago we ventured the es- the fliwerB. This condition is good for the grower and
sertion that the auto manufacturers of this country good for the man who really wants employment. He can I
would slash their prices before the fall season rolled a- go a longer distance to secure this kina of work than he
round- well, it looks like we made a mighty good guess. could have hoped to go a few years ago, and he doesn’t
They are coming down in price now, and have been have to spend all he earns in the haivest field for a ;
for several weeks. Not all cutting at once, that would ticket back home. We will probably never again hea^
look too much like a frame-up. But gradually they are the old-time cry for help from states that furnish the
falling in line, each giving his own individual reason w’orld with its bread. The flivver seems to have solved
for the reduction. But the public knows a lot more about still another problem for the “bounding west.”
the business of auto-making now than it did a half-dozen
YELLOW FIR WOOD
years ago, and one thing it has learned above all others Out in the country, life is what
you make it, and in the city, life is'
is that, without a single exception, they are all too costly what you make.
You can buy a lot of steel and leather and nickel-plat- There may be a few darning Order your fall wood now. De­
ang and labor for a thousand dollars. And when plants needles left in the world, but we can livery any time. See WEAVER
that can turn out hundreds and thousands of cars daily find girls right around Vernonia who CLARK.
can mould and bend and cut and assemble that material do not know it
A Philadelphia man fainted three
several thousand times more cheaply than if it turned times
being married Wonder
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out but a car or two a day, they can take a profit of a few what he while
J. M. CLARK
’ll do when the first month's
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dollars oneachcarandstill make money. The public know, bills come in.
Real Estate Broker
too, that while auto production has been as high this year Ail kind-, of good things at the
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as last more of this year’s machines have been shipped cooked food sale at Kings store Sat.
Vernonia^ Oregon
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abroad than everever before.
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handle
all
kinds
of
Real
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The American car buyer has grown particular. H? i«
o
HELP WANTED
Estate and Rentals. I spe-,
placing more value on his dallar now7 than he once did.
Husky
young
man
for
work
in
cialize in town lots and'
As a result he is driving down the prices of autos, and
our
shop.
Must
be
steady
and
without causing any of the makers to starve to death-
acreage. Good homes on
willing and not afraid of hard
either.
work. Apply at VERNONIA * easy terms. Houses to rent
AUTO PRICES TUMBLING
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BAKERY.
A PRETTY PASS
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HINGS are coming to a pretty pass when crime con­ t
ditions get so serious that priminent citizens from
“SCIENCE FOR SER VICE
the various states of the union find it necessary to or­
ganize to stamp out murder and banditry. Yet an or­
Through the Experinreitt Sfction the Extension Service,
ganization for that purpose, with E. H. Gary, head of
and Resident Instr action
the steel corporation, at the helm, is now in process of : :
formation.
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We live in peace and contentment here in Vernonia
and it is hard for us to believe that the United States is
today taking its place at the-top ofthe crime list of all s
nations. But ther they are, not one or fwo but dozens i
Serves the Farms, the Homes and Industries of
of them, chronicle on the first page of our daily papers : :
Oregon
every day. The climax came a few days ago with day­
It offers a college education in—
Agriculture, Commerce, Engineering, Forestry, Home Eco­
light holdup in a big Chicago hotel in which the clerk Í
nomice, Mines', Pharmacy, Vocational Education, Chem­
and two of five bandits met death. But the very same I
ical Engineering, Military Science and Tactics
day, and practically every day since, other crimes of a :
The School of BASIC ARTS AND SCIENCES provides
the foundation for all technical courses. The training in­
most revolting nature were reported from other parts of :
cludes—Physical Education, Industrial Journalism, Social
the country.
Sciences, and Music.
Murder has become common in the U. S. within the :
past few years. It is impossible to pick up a daily paper
Fall Term Begins September 21, 1925
any more without finding accounts of holdups and mur­
For illustrated booklets anj specific information, write to
THE REGISTRAR, OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
ders. Men are shot down on the least provocation and
Corvallis, Oregon
bandit gangs pick off the leaders of opposing gangs at
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will. This year will record more legal hanging and ele­
ctrocutions than in any one previous year, and yet the
number of cold-blooded murders is not decreasing. It
seems strange a nation like this has to put up with such
a record, or that it is necessary to form a committee of
-private citizens to get behind our laws and see that they
are enforced.
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Oregon Agricultural
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CRAWFORD MOTOR CO.
LINCOLN—FORD—FORDSON
You can now buy your Ford on the 18 months
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payment plan
Payments as low as $21.88 a month
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Gasoline,. Oil, Storage, Tires and Accessories
Battery Service
Ambulance for Towing
Phone 612
YOU
AFFORD
CAN
A
FORD
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BUY TIRES NOW!
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INDICATIONS POINT TO STILL
ANOTHER BOOST
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A serious shortage of rubber on the world’s,
market and the impossibility of quick in­
crease in rubber production has forced
tire makers to set new and higher prices
for the fourth time this year.
And another inert
is now being predic­
ted.
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BETTER ACT NOW!
It is to your advantage to buy tires now,
even though you may not need them until
later. We will do the square thing by you
and sell you only tires that give more miles
per dollar.
VERNONIA BRAZING & MACHINE WORKS
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MORE GOOD NEWS
HEN citizes of Vernonia are again called upon next
March to file their income tax returns it is more
than likely that they will have to pay but one cent on the
dollar, instead of 2% as at present. For figures have
been given Pres. Coolidge showing that a tax cut of
$350,000,000 is now warranted, and he has told congres­
A ring is something that you do not buy every
sional leaders that he wants this winter’s session to lop
day, and so your judgment in selecting a ring-
off income taxes. It is also proposed to eliminate entire­
ly the tax on theatre tickets, club dues and a few other
must be guided by the store from which you buy.
things. But the thing that will help this section most is
Let us suggest for your needs.
the income reduction, and taking off another 1 percent
would bring it down to the point where there could be
very little room for complaint, since we must raise money
to pay for the war. State and county taxes are burden­
Diamond rings in first quality from $25.00 to $500
some, and always will be. So since there appears to be no
hope of getting them reduced, let us be thankful for this
still further reduction in the taxes assessed by Uncle
Sam.
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A FLOOD OF LAWS
OUBTLESS everyone in Vernonia is acquainted with
the old assertion that “ignorance of law excuses no
one.” And yet we would like for someone to point out
to us one man, here or any where else- who is not ignorant
of our laws. A learned eastern man has just finished an
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KULLANDER S JEWELRY STORE
Expert Swiss and American Watch Repairing Done
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