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MOUTHPIECE
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NEHALEM VALLEY
Advertising Medium
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ntered as second-class matter August 4. 1922, at the post office at Vernonia. Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879
Volume 4 Number 4
VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1025
SATURDAY NIGHT' SEPT. 5 0
ENDS BIG VOTE SCHEDULE
New Schedule of Vctey Goes Into Effect
for Next Two Weeks-Candldates May
Win or Lose In Next Two Days.
night—do not fail to turn in every
available subscription to your ac­
count before the close of the “first
period.”
Not to do so means you
will have to redouble your efforts
during the remainder of the racj t <
A few
make up for lost ground,
long term subscriptions now mav be
the very ones needed to “cinch” one
of the big prizes. They could h-.idiy | I
help winning one of the major
awards.
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Counts on Facts Only.
Saturday night, September Sth
marks the close of the ’’first neriod”
in the Vernonia Eagle’s big prize
automobile campaign.
After this
time and for the next two weeks,
the “second period’’ schedule of
votes will be in effect which means I
a material reduction in the voting
power of all subscriptions, wh*le *he
third and last "per. id" will see the
scale of votes cut practically in half
Leading candid: *es are seething
with the bustle of preparation for i
the final dash, nd with one accord
are fighting valiantly and deter­
minedly to reach the goal where the
big grand prize automobile uwaiti.
Speed Will Win.
The crucial teat is now at hand.
If you ever intend to do anything
big la thia race, do it now. Instead
of being in second, third, fourth or
fifth place, get up to the top and
»lay there. Now is the time to se
cure an insurmountable reserve
vote, Now is the time to make
reasonably certain of the prize you
most desire. Never agin after this
Saturday night will it be possible to
get the full voting power on -ill sub­
scriptions.
This is final and fair
warning. If you intend winning the
big Overland Sedan or one of 'he
other valuable rewards to he awar­
ded by the Eagle on September 26—
)u»t three weeks from this Saturday
As a timely warning, don’t try to
rigure just exactly how many votes
it will take to win, for you will sure­
ly inil to get «neigh.
D t . t !-c j
afi aid of having loo many vol.» ;
,-< u can’t have too n.any. It would
b • better to win th« prize yiu m»»*t
desire by a million votes mor' tha,.
enough than to get left by a few
thousand votes, representing a mere
handful of subscriptions. Don’t let
this happen to you. You would never
forgive yourself the fatal error
There wiil oe ro cause for regret» j
if you but heed expert advice and
back it up with a goodly number,
uiday night will to a considerable
extent, tell the story. We can help!
you < nly by telling you how. Your
fate is in your own hands. You cu.i
sweeten or embitter it yourself
Y -ur own subscription count«.
DITCH CAVES IN
BAND BUYS HOLD
Street workers connected i
with the paving job are dig­
ging storm sewer ditches on
the side streets from Bridge
to Bear creek.
On Weed
avenue* opposite the depot,
Thursday noon, the ditch
caved in, covering Mr. C.
Rainard, a worker. He was
tiown about seven feet,
Mr’
when the fall come.
Watts noticed the cave in as
it happened, and hastly
called help. By fast digging
the volunteers rescued Mr.
Rainard. No serious effects
are expected from the ex­
perience, although it was a
mighty tight squeeze and
narrow escape.
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MISS THELMA OLSEN
GOOD SALESLADY
At a meeting of the band on Wed-|
nesday evening, it was decided that
in order to keep the band going
through the winter, so as to be in'
good shape to gi-.v lUtdoor concerts, i
und in other way.« provide Vernnia
with a musical organization that can'
be called on at all times for musical
entertainment in the future, a re­
quest will be made that the busi-
iicm men of Vernoniu contribute at
least $1 per month towards the up­
keep of the band.
This will enable
them to meet current expense and
pay off the indebtedness on the in­
struments taken over by - the band
and that do not belong to individual
members. At the present time each
members of the band pays $1.50
per month besides spending their
time for rehearsals twice a week. A
committee has been appoirted to
wait on the people for this sub­
scription and it is hoped that they
will meet with smiling willingness
to do their Lit for a bigger and
better band. It is 11 crucial moment
that will decide the future of the
band.
Volunteer -1 «nations may be
made to Mr. Watt’s, the l-and’s sec­
retary, by any one lhai believes a
band is a good thing for our city.
Miss Olsen is certainly an ener­
getic worker in the Eagle auto con­
test. She is making many friends
who are very determined that
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Thelma will ride in the new Over­
MRS.
GRAHAM
IS ONE
land Six Sedan. This week she tells
us she Will visit the towns on the
THAT NEVER STOPS
Columbia river in addition to a few
camps. She is proving quite popular
Mrs. E. E. Graham believes is per-
over the county and feeling confi- servance and is making every day
dent.
and every hour count In her cam­
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paign to get votes in the big auto
Labor Day Mo
. The Ameri- contest being conducted by the
Mayor G. R. Eagle. Mrs. Graham is visiting many
can Legion and
Mills urge and suggest that all people of the entire county and be­
places of business close on Monday fore it is over she intends to spend
for Labor Day. Good suggestion and some time in every camp and town
we believe it will be generally com­ rtf the Nehalem valley.
plied wit hin Vernonia.
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. Say It with the printed word.
STANDJNG OF CANDIDATES
Mrs. Alice Burch, Vernonia.....
A^JThelma Olsen, Vernonia....... ......
¿¿rs. E. E. Graham- Vernonia.......
inifred Mecklen, Vemonia t ....
re. A. A. Dowling, Mist....... ......
Miss Mabie Bosworth, Vemonia ...
fA I bs Irene Smith, Vemonia____
.308,510
.308,020
.307,890
.276,040
... 15,430
8,610
8.050
Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner
tBERGEFIC WORKERS
About fifty men are working on
street and walk jobs in Vernonia.
The paving of Bridge street is the
biggest job and is the one thing now'
that will make the town.
It is
the great improvement that we
have waited these long months to
see accomplished.
Cummings and
LaPoint have the contract and they
are rushing the work.
The men,
all of them on the job, from power
digger to steam roller down to the
many men with the shovel are all a,
jolly bunch and their work and
presence is giving the town a busy’
appearance. The boys work like the;/
meant it and when play time comes
they play with as much energy as
they put in the work.
Th; paving,
The
job is giving us a business like ap-'
pearance, and not appearance alor c
as business is good in Vernonia.’
The laborers are all Vernonia!
Eagle readers too, and that helps a
whole lot.
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VERNONIA W. C. T. U.
GROWING FAST
W. C. Repass is in a quiet, modest
way doing something that will most
likely make the town of Vernonia
and also Columbia county famous.
Mr. Repass is making wonderful
violins that have been pronounced
by experts the equal of the famous
violins of the former masters of tie.-
art.
The wood used is the native wood
of Oregon. One is made from the
myrtle wood of the coast country;
another called "Columbia” is made
of Columbia county wood—maple
and spruce. The violins are exquisite
in workmanship and musical Experts
claim the resonance and tone are of
the best. Mr. RepaFss is being urged
to have a display at the county fair
so that our people may see and ap­
preciate the production of these
beautiful instruments by one of
our Columbia county citizens from
our own Oregon trees.
Mr. Robinson, now of Longview,
Wash., but for many years with the
Wiley IL Alien company of Portland
says the P?pass violins are the equal'
and even the superior of violins that
sell readily for $1000.
A friend of Mr. Repass, who re-,
cently has returned from Europe
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with one of those $1000 instruments.
I
was so dissatisfied with it after try­
ing the “Columbia” that he com-
missioned Mr. Repass to work over
his purchase.
Columbia county may well be
pround of the Repass violin.—
Rainier Review.
The recently organized Women'.«
Christian T*m’'crrnce Union of
»ernonia held a membership drive
last week and now has 40 paid up
members n”d is in a position to do
some real construction work. They
are planning to have the tempererce
essay and oratorical contest work ir
the schools this winter and have a
committee to confer with the school
officers so that the work can l»e
made a part of the school year pro
gram.
Five of the Vernonia touchers
are members of the union. Mrs. II.
S. Strong is president, Mrs. Bert
Crowley, secretary, and Mrs. Alma
Mills, treasurer.
A large audience attended both
One more union in this county
and a county institute can bo held the “bret.king ground for the new
and plans are being made toward church’’ ceremony, and the evening
services at the Christian church last
that end.
Sunday. It was the farewell sermon
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of
Rev. Mathis, and the only regret
A. J. DAVIDSON CALLS
A. J. Davidson, of the S. P. & S., of the congregation is the fact that
and P. A. & P., railways, with offices Rev. Mathis has left for his new
A new pastor
in Portland, called at the Eagle of­ home in the south.
fice- Thursday. There were two or will take up the work here in a
three official cars here, with high few days, we are told.
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"fridfuif'looking over the line. Mr.
Davidson is very much interested in
Upper Nehalem
Upymr
VernaniM’s progress as are the of­ |.
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ficials of our railroad.
Vernonia
The rain of last week done every
looks to them as the “City Dads of
their best little
” The Eagle ones potatoes a lot of good up this
is extremely glad to class this rail­ way.
Mr. and Mrs. Ornduff and family
road bunch of officials as its par-
ticular friends, and Mr. Davidson returned from the coast recently.
generally stops to chat a minute They visited Newport and all ths
other principal coast beaches nnd
whenever he is in oilr city.
reported a splendid time
While
MRS. ALICE*BURCH
there they gathered a splendid bunch
agates which they brought home
ONE OF HIGH ONES of
with them.
Mrs. Bert Ohler and son Carl
Mrs. Alice Burch is now putting
more efforts to win in the auto con­ called on Mrs. Ornduff an 1 spent
test and is making many acquaint­ the evening Wednesday.
Claude Miller took a motor trip
ances over the county. Mrs. Burch ia
meeting many people and gaining to Berkenfeld last Sunday, accom­
more votes every duy.
She has panied by Miss Sybal Ornduff, to
several good friends who are help­ visit Mrs. Louis Nelson.
Mrs. Haggerman has a oaby girl
ing her and say they intend to pull
that
weighs six and three-quarters
her way all they can. It’s the right
pounds.
spirit.
James Griffin has gone over to
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Newberg
to pick hops.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keating and
Mrs. Martin Rainwater and Mr.
son Donald, and Mr. and Mrs. Stone
and daughter Helen of St. Helens i-na Mrs. Dan Rainwater were trans
were in Vetnonia for a few minutes acting business in Hillsboro Satur-
Sunday paying a visit to the Eagle day.
Mrs. May Ohler and Mrs. Oscar
office.
This is the first time that
called on Mrs. Oran Smith
Smithh
they have been irt the valley and
are very much impressed with the at Glenwood Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willing from Ver­
many scenic wonders that it has.'
nonia
spent the evening with her
Later in the day they went to the
Natal grove where they enjoyed a cousin Mrs. Ornduff one day re­
very bountiful picnic dinner. Both cently.
MF. and Mrs. Alvin Deitz and
Mr. Keating and Mr. Stone are em­
ployed in the mechanical depart­ son Raymond, is home again after
a spell of absence.
He has been
ment of the St. Helens Mist.
thrashing at Aurora.
Ernest Worthington made a busi-
The K. P. lodge went to St. Hel­
ens Tuesday night for seme Third nes« trip to Vernonia Monday.
Toney Vanderhie was a guest at
degree work. Tho St. Helens l-rdge
are royal entertainers
Vernonia the Worthington home recently.
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Harding lodge and St. Helens Ant
lodge are al-nost os one organization
Excitement is running high in the
The county seat members are the Eagle auto contest. Who will get the
most socialabte ones we have met new car? Beta are about even, and
and they each have their lodge Work all the girls certainly getting in
down to perfection.
1 some good work. Three hundred new
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readers have been added to the
Mrs. Paul Schooley visited till Eagle subscription list at this wrlt-
week in Portland.
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LARGE NUMBER AT
FAREWELL SERMON
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♦ The editor was over in
i the soul ¡them part of Colum-
¡nfy last week and in-
the sanctum santur-
ium of Editor Robinson»
NO HOPE IS HELD FOR
publisher
of the Vernonia
RECOVERY
Eagle, who extended us t .e
glad hand and offered he
(St. Helens Mist)
All hope for C. W. Blakesley ha« the freedom of the
_ city.
, He
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been abandoned and his death is did more than that, he took
momentarily expected, though it is the time and showed US all
possible he might linger for several the attractive industrial and
days. Since he has been unconscious
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and each hour indicates that the end
featUl es of that City
is drawing closer.
| and surrounding country,
Mr. Blakesley resigned his position1 SO We are nOW better in-
as county assessor I because of faii-j formed as to its future pros-
ing health and since that time
....... has perity One of the most in­
been confined to his home.
For
more than a year he has been bed­ teresting things about Ver­
ridden and almost helpless and for nonia is the extensive lum­
the past four months, it was seen bering plant of the Oregon-
that he was rapidly failing.
The I American Lumber company
malady appears to be creeping par-’
one of the largest milling in­
alysis.
Probably no man in Columbia! dustries in the northwest,
county is better known or more cutting 500,000 feet of fir
universally liked than Charles W.' lumber daily.
The mill is
Blakesley. Durin ghis quarter of a substantially built, a great
century service at the courthouse, in deal of iron and cement be­
various capacities, he made hun­
ing used in its construction
dreds of friends, and his long rest- ■
to
avoid fire risk. The entire
dence, about a half a century in
the county, afforded him an oppor-! equipment is modem in
tunity to become acquainted with every respect, and the splen­
practically all of the old timers’ did system of cutting up
who sorrow that their friend, and
companion of former days, is about’ logs and handling the lum­
ber is all done in the most
to pass on.
skillful and scientific man­
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ner, the management being
PRETTY SOCAIL
AFFAIR IS HELD deserving of a great deal of
credit for operating the mill
Just a few of the close friends so successfully and profit­
and neighbors of Dr. C. J. Wight ably.
Some 400 men are
and Dr. Ella Wight called, as a sur-' employed in the sawmill.
prise on them, last Friday night at’
their beautiful home on Third Ave.j Of course, this is Vernonia’s
and it
Dr. Wight had recently returned; largest industry,
from his Alaska trip and the pic-' means a big pay roll every
tures of the north country and the month. There are other in­
description given by him was in-; dustries springing up in the
deej interesting and entertaining, j
Our
Mrs. Wight is the proud possessor vicinity of that city.
first
impression
of
Vernonia
of one of the finest bear skin rugs
ever brought to the states, and the compared with Tillamook
bear fell to the rifle shot of Mrs.* city some 20 years ago, only
Wight when she lived at Ankerage. that Vernonia is growing
Both Mr. and Mrs. Wight are royal'
entert liners; their home is lovely more rapidly- for it is only
and *t v as an early hour in the about three years ago that
to grow from the
morning when the guests departed.1 it began
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Cards and refreshments, together ground
up and in this
with conversation and music whiled short Space of time it has a
££ population of 2000 persons,
styne, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McGee, with a gravity water system,
Mr. und Mrs. J. W. Brown, Mr. and a sewer system, electric
Mrs. Dewey Drorbaugh, Mrs. J. P. light system and will com­
McDonald, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul mence paving its main busi­
Robinson.
ness street and sidewalk >
this week.
Like ail new
WINIFRËDMECKLIN
towns,
for
the
most part
GAINING IN CONTEST
there are frame buildings.of
When one makes up their mind a fire trap character, con­
to do a thing they find the work taining large and valuable
easy, and that is just what Wini­ stocks of goods, with a
fred Mecklin is doing this week. She
finds more friends and helpers in brick, tile and cement build­
the auto contest every day, and says ings here and there. There
JH| attend-
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she is getting to know lots of people are’some 600 pupils
Mrs. Mecklin is a vote getter, and ing the grade * and high
hiuh
very popular.
school,
in
modem
biuldirgs.
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Of course in the natural
Mr. and Mrs. Gilchre.t recently
course
of time the framfc
returned from a weeks vacation trip
through southern »nd we item Wash buildings wil disappear and
ington. They drove from Cenrtallia modem, up-to-date struc­
over to South Bend and beuch re­ tures will take their place,
sorts. Mr. Gillchrest says they weat
for Vernonia just now is in
to issolated points but found P*r*
feet rosds.
In spots where there the making. The city has a
was no timber and apparently little good bank and the right
taxable property they foe nd roads kind of people back of it
that would put the St. Helens-Ver­ and the business men as a
nonia road to sbar.ie.
whole are most optimist *c as
to the future development
NOT A VERY
PLEASANT THOUGHT of that city- and are pulling
♦'—ether, in a conservative
,t4nai nner, for
School book buying time is here^
and school books in the state of Ore­ of the city. They real
gon will cost at least a third more value of the
this year. Ail high and grade school
paper and E
books will be higher. It isn’t a pleas­
ant thought, but it can't be helped. being one
boosters of that
C. *. B1MESEEÏIR
Newspaper advertising talks.
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