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VERNONIA EAGLE
Biggest Little City in Oregon
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By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
THE HIRED
MAN’S ROOM
Dean of Man, University of
Illinois.
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, Univer»ity of
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THE PENCIL MAKES
A FARM PAY BETTER
Dr. Mellenthin
Coming to Portland
TTP TN the country who o 1 v
—— nnd where 1 spent .i ' • v
last summer they were com
not a little about the dill’ n't Ot S*-
curing competent and regular »Ip <>n
the farm. The hired men
e shift
less lot, they airid, noumdic, 1 unken
sometimes, unreliable nnd 11 ly to
leave a man in the lurch just ' ien lie
was most needing help.
I was Inclined to dis 'tm
statements as to the utter n
and worthlessness of the hir*
for I had had some experlenc
own as i farm hand during tl
mers of my undergraduate co
college, nnd I have still •Ivkl
lections of the hired man room
id fa< i at
We washed our hands
the pump in a tin basin or in tt tub
q >1
from which flip horses drank,
combed our hair, if this ton rial
service were performed st all. in ■ont
of a battered mirror hanging
the kitchen-door. There were n ■
cfllties for general bathit
creek a mile away or n bucket of
water carried discreetly behind t ic
corn crib after the shades of evening
had gathered.
The room in which we dressed nnd
slept was about eight or twelve feet
In size, and was Just under the leskv
roof with side walls scarcely two feet
high and one single, slim’eles» window
looking toward the west. It was a
hell-hole In the summer with the burn­
ing sun heating pitilessly nr -i It dur­
ing the long afternoons ;u I with no
possible chance for ventiliitlon; what
It was In winter T can only in
ne,
for the walls were as thin s n:q-or
There was an old rickety, frowsy
bed In one corner jammed up ng: inst
the side wall ns close as tbe «hinting
roof would permit. A lire en-backed
chair and a packine box In Hen of a
table stood on the bare floor. There
was an unsteady, greasy I nut on the
Improvised table, the chimney black
with smoke and the burner choked
with dead flies and other insects. A
few nails were driven awl word y into
the wall, upon which we
Ig1 t hang
our Sunday clothes. There w ras i e
dresser, no drawers or shelves of any
kind. Such changes of clothing as we
had we kept in our suite ases, whirl),
when not In use. we klcke< •d under the
bed. I presume this room i was some-
times cleaned, but not while I was
there.
“Was yon ever In the Waldorf
Astoria?” Oscar, my companion in toil.
asked me one night in August aS we
lay sweltering ahd to«slng on our ho'
mattress.
‘‘I hud a little look-in once.” I re
piled, "when I was In New York."
"Is it anything like this?" he in­
quired.
I was force! to admit that the re­
semblance was only Blight.
'T'llE Warners were very poor In-
deed- to poor In fact that sub »
. times 1 am afraid they had scarcely
1 enough to eat. Worse than that, per­
haps, they were refined, educated folks
' who would have appreciated and en-
; joyed comforts and beautiful things
i more than most of their neighbors.
Oeorg» Warner had worked his way
through college, had started out on n
i »mall mil.-try and with a handicap of
debt, and had never got far. His wife
had proved an Invalid, but she had
held on until one of the girls was
through college and the second one
was In high school, and then she had
given up the struggle and died.
Then one calamity followed another.
George had a breakdown and was re­
tired on a small pension by the firm
for which be had been working, the
oldest daughter took to her bed with
an incurable disease, and the burden
• >f looking after the family fell on
Mary just out of high school.
They had their house, George’s pen­
sion, and the small sum that Mary
could earn by going out a few hours a
week to help at social functions. They
were proud, and they never discussed
tlieir situation with the neighbors who.
as Is common is such cases, were sym­
pathetic when they gave a moment’s
thought to the affairs of the Warners,
but who did nothing tangible to help
out matters.
Mary struggled on. She made her
'■■lther as comfortable as she could, she
looked after her invalid sister, and
some way she got enough to keep soul
and body together.
Then one day George Wnrner gave
up and died, and the neighbors waked
up. They were eager to do what they
could: they were overflowing with
sympathy for the young girl who had
curried the burdens of the family for
so long.
There were flowers at the funeral—
i ' ses nnd chrysanthemums nnd carna­
tions, and Mrs. Burton sent a huge
wreath of violets and orchids.
The
•lain little house was full of them,
and George had had few flowers dur-
Ing his lifetime.
‘‘Wouldn’t it have been a lot bet-
ter." Jordan said to nie as we were
"Ikine back home after the services,
“if George could have had a little
more attention before he died and n
little less after? The money spent
<>n those flowers would have brought
■ iii' a lot of comfort while he was
alive.”
"We don’t think, I suppose,’’ 1
:usw.-rofl, "We send our flowers pretty
generally after n man is dead.”
We can’t do much for*our friends
and neighbors any of us. after they
are dead. Tf we have any kind words
to utter, any help to give, nny flowers
to .»on I, it is a good <leal better to get
the tJ.ing done while the people con-
• erned are alive. After they are dead
it dot «n’t matter much to any one.
Farm Accounting Reveals Losing
Methods and Points Way to
Bicger Profits.
DOES NOT OPERATE
Will be at Benson Hotel Wedne«-
day, Thursday an J Friday, Oct.
8 and 9.
Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 4 p. m
Three Days Only
No Charge For Consultation
Dr. Mellenthin is a regular gradu­
ate in medicine and surgery and is
licensed by the state of Oregon. He
does not operate for chronic appen­
dicitis, gall stones, ulcers of stom­
ach, tonsils or adenoids.
He has to his credit wonderful re-
ults in diseases of the stomach, liv­
er, bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart
kidney, bladdtr, bed wetting, catarrh
weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg
ulcers and rectal ailments.
Below are the names of a few of
his many satisfied patients in Ore­
gon:
J. L. Chambers. Roseburg, head­
aches John Wodtli, Waterloo, blad
<ler and prostrate trouble.
Mrs. E. E. Holman, Richland,
kidney trouble.
W. E. Bennett, Oregon City, ulcer
of the stomach.
R.
W. Myer, Shaniko, heart
trouble.
Chas. II. Hoak, La Grande, gall
stones.
Mrs. M. I. Olsen, Portland, appen­
dicitis.
Remember above date, that consul-
t itios on this trip will be free and
that his treatment is different.
Married women must be accomp­
anied by their husbands.
Address: 211 Bradbury Bldg., Los
Angeles, California.
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(From Hanker-Farmer)
A farm ennnot properly be calks!
successful unless it pays a fair rate
of Interest on the Investment and re­
turns fair wages tor the farmer’s la­
bor. Agriculture is considered by all
odds the most lm|>ortant industry In
the world, and yet In no other indus­
try Is the business end so neglected.
It Is common to find a farmer with
an investment of fifteen to twenty
thousand dollars, yet does he keep
books? Perhaps ho may jot down a
note now and then of an Important
deal, but this is of no value In qn
analysis of his business as a whole
No other Industry, however small. Is
carried ou without books of some
sort.
Farming is a business and to be
successful innst be conducted In a
businesslike way. The business mans
miud should have indelibly printed
upon It two questions: What proflt Is
my business making? How can that
proflt ba Increased? To know the lat
ter, one must And out the former; and
to And out about profits requires the
keeping of books.
It is not necessary for a farmer to
have a course in bookkeeping, Al
most every agricultural college In the
country has issued a simplified farm
accounting book which it sells at cost
and only a few minutes are required
each day to jot down the day’s hap­
penings.
Accounts Increase Profits
Instances number a thousandfold
where farmers have profited by know­
ing their business. Accounts kept by
nineteen farmers In Illinois led them
to improve the organization and oper
ation of their farms tn ways that add
ed approximately $650 to their aver
age net income in 1922. the seventh
year they had kept accounts.
An Iowa farmer found at the end of
the first year he kept books that crops
fed to livestock brought more money
than when sold outright. His figures
showed that his cows were poor;
compared with other farms In the
state, he fonnd the number of acn-s
cultivated per man on his farm, as
well as the number of acres per horse,
were below average. He rented more
land and replanned his fields, so that
the crop areas per man and horse
were Increased. He sold some of his
scrubs and bought good cow», The
second year his Income from the
farm, after paying all expenses and
interest on the money Invested, had
been increased over $350.
Costs Can Be Regulated
“I have discovered.” says one farm
bookkeeper, "that the kind of man
you have on a job. as well as the
particular team, often makes quite a
variation in the cost of performing
certain tasks. I have learned from
the pages of my book that If 1 could
have Increased the yield of my wheat
field by two bushels and my corn by
five bushels I would have realized a
substantial proflt from them."
While the farmers may not be able
to fix prices on their products, they
do have a voice in determining the
costs of production. To reduce this
‘cost they must first know what the
costs are.
The number of farmers who are
keeping bowks on their business has
increased remarkably in recent years,
but the number of businesslike farm-
ers is woefully small when listod
alongside the sum total of the farm
ers in the country.
Inventory Is Indispensable
The basis of any system of farm ac­
counting is the annual property lint
or inventory. It Is the starting point
of the farm records. Ono must take
into consideration decreases or in­
creases In the value of all property
owned to gauge the progress of the
business.
Lacking facts as to the
value of hfs property, no husiness man
can form an accurate estimate of how
he stands financially. Increased cash
may be due to property which was
sold, or increased debts may be duo
to improvements made. If a farmer
is falling behind, the Inventory viU
emphasize this fact. Often when a
man Is discouraged and thinks he Is
making no progress, his Inventories
will tell him that he is better off than
he thought
At the end of each year a financial
statement is drawn off. Thin Is the
farmer’s rating and no farmer with a
good flnanclal statement need fear
walking lalo a bank and asking for a
loan.
BANKERS HELP
A bank In Monrovia, Ind., towtsi seed
corn for farmers. A basement room
was fitted out last season for the pur­
pose aod 25,000 earn were tested for
fifty-six farmer«, One-fourth of (he
seed tested last year was unfit for
seed. This year the percentage will
run even higher, The work Is done
under the supervision of the high
school agricultural teacher. He reports
that the community will have a aur
plus of seed corn this year.
The banks of Conway. A Mt., have
offered prizes for the most marketable
sweet potatoes produced on one acre
of land. A first prize of >15* |8 of.,
fared, along with three district prism
of $50 each. The county agent and
the banks are working out Hie details.
The County Bankers Association
will help to emfiloy a full time county
leader this year for boys’ and girls’
club work In Cnlhoun, f'herokao and,
Buena Vista counties, Iowa.
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Delivered any place in town any
time.
Good screened and crushed gravel
for all purposes.
Pit nt Al Parkers Place ,
Classified
Advertising
WANTS and FOR SALK
All hi I h . under thia head ere cash
with copy. Rates, one cent a wuri)
initials und figure» count as words.
Minimum, 25 cents an isHue,
FOR SALE
RAY
Vernonia,
REASONER
Oregon
Contract lot at $55,732 to built
Sutton Lakc-Florence section of
Roosevelt highway,
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THE FIRST
SNOWFALL
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, -Univarsity of
Illinois.
T GET n good deni of satisfaction out
—■ of the Hint nnuwfnll. The poetry
of It «till appeals to me not ii little,
though I have gotten pretty well over
my childish desire to engage In snow-
hall tights and to hitch my hand-sled
behind coni wngonn nnd other vehicle»
:ia they roll down the atreet. Nor
does the bob-sled ride with a crowd
ill snugly tucked In with blankets
md buffalo robes make much of tin
appeal to me. 1 doubt, really, if un
Iionest-to-go<>dness buffalo robe could
be requisitioned In my neighborhood.
In spite of nil of Its modern eon
leniences.
I enjoy watching the snow come
down, when I have time to watch It.
nnd 1 like to see It lying like n white
counterpane across my stretch of
I iwn. It In when It gets soot-begriined
or soft nnd mushy under my feet from
tiie wnrut rays of the sun that I do
not care for Jt.
It In ns n test of character, however,
that I find most interest In the first
s lowfnll. I live on a street of de-
t: ched houses with.ample lawns nnd
s dewalks In front of them. It Is n
changing community where neighbors
c mie and go a good deal, with few or
copying the same house for many
y -ars. I seldom have time to form n
v >ry close acquaintance with these
n-lghbom; I cannot call upon them:
b it the first snow fall gives me an
li sight into their characters and tell»
n e not u Rttle about their personal
b iblts.
If the snow comes at night, as It
< ften does, long before I am up In the
nomlng I can hear my neighbor
:• cross the street cleaning the snow
< ff his walk. IIIs shovel beats a rnpld
tattoo upon the cement walk. It Is
no narrow path down the middle of
the walk that he makes, ns some oth
ers less energetic do, but a thoroughly
complete Job, Including the long ex­
panse of walk In front of his lot swept
■lenn. Ho even goes so fnr nt times
is to Include the place next door
where only women live. One enn pick
■ mt th« energetic ones by looking down
the street and counting the bare
patches of sidewalk that the early
risers have shoveled clean.
Nothing tents a man’s character so
severely ns hla living fnr back from
the street or on n corner lot where
Ills walk extends about two sides of
the place.
You can always depend
upon a man who shovels ont both
sides of a corner lot following the first
snowfall. If he is satisfied to plow
through the soft snow, nnd let the sun
«lenn It off when old Sol gets round
to It. or to push a narrow path down
'he middle of the walk with a few
whisks of a stiff broom, ten to one he
is lazy or selfish.
It takes strength of character to
crawl out of bed of a cold morning,
hunt up the snow shovel nnd go out
md clean off the walks.
FOR SALE—One team, three years
old, bridle broke. Will weigh 2G
to 28 hundred. Price >200.00 Call
at A. B. Counts place, 2 miles
from Vernonia on Rock Creek.
CANARY BIRDS FUR SALE—21
to chose from, good singera, en­
quire block north of Washington
grade school.
Mrs. Krimick 5-2t
FOR SALE—RESIDENCE, THREE
rooms and bath and 50x190 lot.
Terms, Located in Riverview ad-
ditiun.
Will sell furniture in
house.
E. E. Mills.
5-2t
What Makes the Tide
Newton's law of gravitation
explain* that everything In the
universe Is attracting nil other
particles at all times. This at­
tractive torce of the sun and
moon exerted on the earth
causes the water to yield to this
pulling movement, while the
land, being rigid, does not so
yield. Twelve hours and 2d min­
utes olapHi' between high tides.
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FOR SALE—Lots 1 and 2 in bik 1,
Corey addition. Write owner, J.
A. Rlveat, 179 Cudahy St., Wal­
nut Park, Los Angeles, California.
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FOR
SALE—Choice
corner
on
Bridge street, some terms. E. S.
Cleveland
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FOR RENT
WANTED
WANTED— Old cotton rags at th*
Eagle office, must be clean, cash
paid.
40-tf
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J. M. CLARK
Real Estate Broker
Vernonia, Oregon
T handle all kinds of Real
Estate and Rentals. I spe­
cialize in town lots and
acreage. Good homes on
easy terms. Houses to rent
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Piny safe. Before starting out, neo
the local agent about n MUTUAL
BENEFIT HEALTH AND ACCI­
DENT POLICY. Pays All Ways—
Always It’s the best policy ever
written. G. C. Olsen, Vernonia Ilea!-
ty, local agent.
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ACREAGE
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RENT
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SELL
Seven anil a half acres, two miles
fr< m Vernonia, nil under cultivation,
with fair building» on place. Inquire
one block north of Washington grade
school.
John Krinick.
WANtern Newspaper Union.>
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