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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1925)
. VERNONIA EAGLE Place Your AH Here VERNONIA EAGLE Advertising Rates 25c ts per inch, single column measure, each we.'k. We collect for advertising the first of every month. PAUL S- R5BINSON. E ditor and O wner Issued Every Friday. Righto! An English doctor says midnight. True- By that Believe we would almost rather work for a living than nave some that kissing is least dangerous at girl’s father is usually aslse jobs. —------ ♦--------- Does He? First iittlo girl—“My father's an editor; whuc doe» yours By WILLIAM E. KNOX do?” Second little girl ‘ Whatuver President. American Bankers Associa mamma tells him. >> 1 tion THE FEDERAL RESERVE A NATIONAL PROBLEM The Federal Reserve situation Is the Th. Original Hom. Paper, Standing for Progre«», Fair Play, Home Pat- paramount problem before American ronage, Law Enforcement, Good banking today. The time Is approach- Ing when It will Entered as second-class matter August School* and The Homa Beautiful. be necessary for -A. 4, 1922, at the post office at Ver the nation to nonia, Oregon, under the Act consider t h « Ail Account* Muit Be Settled in full of March A. 1879. question of re- Every 30 Day* charteriug the Federal Reserve Hanks. The Federal Reserve System must be pre- It Is one served, William E. Knox of the most .. ROAD DISTRICTS CAN PAVE .. scientific banking systems in the world During the last ten years, hrough all the stress of war. inflation, i NSTEAD of paving one mil* a year as this District has lepresston and revival. It served this done this year on the st ip east of Vernonia, there ountry as no country was ever served a banking system. We know that is a way to pave entirely thro- gh the district and eonnect by vlthout it our nation would have had with the district joining, if th adjoining district happens t financial disaster far more devastat- than any that ever assailed ft. to be of the same idea. About a year ago the Eagle spoke ■ng While we have this great loyalty at length of the road bonding idea. The last issue of tht ind obligation to the System, we must Clatskanie Chief has the fol iwing on the subject, and ■ecognlze that among its friends there risen serions controversy over with the Chief, we believe the idea certainly worthy ol las aany matters of detail. Thqr® 1,6 consideration. Bonds or Spec, il Taxes?—Shall Columbia ;iany demands for change in the county continue to vote special taxes for road purposes methods of its management and in de of Rs operation. Where these every year? Is the special tax method satisfactory or is tails demands represent broadly the great it a waste of money? Is there any other method whereby est good of the greatest number we needed roads can be put into shape without going to the hould support them. Where they represent merely narrow, diverse in special tax election and voting special money year by terests of one part of the country or year? one type of business or finance, they be subordinated to the common There is but one way out of the special tax, it seems, should good. We should meet on the great and that is by the bonding system. The bonding system broad ground of the common wel fare—first to preserve the system in has its advantages: it has its disadvantages. general as it is now constructed, and There is not satisfaction with the work that $1000 or secondly to bring about, carefully and $1500 or any small amount of special tax money will do soundly, such changes as are rt quired adjust it to circumstances of today in fixing roads. There is too rruch preliminary work neces to The task of considering, sifting, sary and all too often the woik is contracted (and that is weighing and co-ordinating discussion suggestions regarding the Federal the only way to do it in many cases) to contractors who end Reserve System has been confided to have not the equipment to do it most economically and the Economic Policy Commission of justify their purchasing that equipment. the American Bankers Association. It is hoped that-thereby the Federal Re On the other hand, if the county got together say on serve System will be given the best five years’ program on the reads that must be fixed and thought and the best support of bank There is no greater service bank that do not come under the market road law, or which ing. ing can render the nation than this will not be able to be fixed by the general road money, de" It goes right to the heart of good termine the amount needed and levy a bond issue io run management of the public economy of that five years, the work undoubtedly could be more ec America. $2.00 Per Year. Editorial I onomically done. Bigger contracts could be let, adequate equipment The Mint’s Sidelines i would be available, or contrictors with adequate equip United States mints make oth ment to do-it would seek tie work, for it would be in er The objects besides coins. All of the large enough quantities to justify it. Real money would medals for the army and navy are be saved the taxpayers on th s method of building roads, turned out by the mints. Mtdals of all the Presidents, the Secretaries of it surely seems. Treasury, the Directors of the Of course, the above named method has its drawbacks the Mints, have been designed and exe Many people now living on t ie paved roads or well con cuted by the mints. Recently the ditioned roads would disappiove of the plan immediately mints Inaugurated the practice of and undoubtedly selfishly. The voting of bonds over a making medals of the Under Secreta -of the Treasury. Congress has period of years is distasteful to many. The picking of the ries authorized the mint to make up 40.000 loads and .ns t he expended on them would medals to commemorate the arrival of be diffic . die first shipload of Norse immigrants board the sloop Restaur Ationen. ... But the big advantage to us as we see it, is the great an which Is to be celebrated at the Norse saving it would be in getting the work done more econ American Centennial In Minnesota omically. Let us hear from others.” next summer At the last session of Congress -------- o-------- there was a flood of hills seeking to LIQUOR GETS BLOW have commemorative half dollars E HAVE noticed an item going the rounds of the W press to the effect that the Masonic grand lodges of Kentucky and Louisiana have passed stringent laws against violation of the Volstead law, going so far a? de claring that any subordinate lodge accepting a violator of the prohibition law as a member shall forfeit its char ter. That is one of the hardest blows that the wet ele ment has received since the prohibition law became ef fective or effective s6 far as the officials have been able to enforce it, and if other Masonic grand lodges and the grand lodges of every fraternal society and organization in the land would follow this more salutary effect in stamping out moonshining, bootlegging and surreptitious handling, selling and using of liquor than could be ac complished by an army of prohibition officers larger than the force enlisted and drafted to enter the world war.— Kelsonian-Tribune. ------------ O------------ VERNONIA -J-H-H-+ Your Conversation -!-+++++ “DAISY” - • Poets and lovers know quite a Mt about daisies. The simple little flower is the subject of sone nn<l the oracle In uncertain love ntfairs The name of this flower is an appropriate one.' <>: -.'innlly it was called t. e "day's eye” because of the frank. open way In which It turns its face to ureet the morning sun. ------------ 0------------ The fool and his money are soon parted. If only nature cou’d strange a similar alienation of the fool and his chair. T + I " V -i- T 4 HI : 1 I t I -1 » M-H-H-H I I ! I I I 1 -i Phone Main 192 All ftews Items Make this test! En,] suffering from Indigestion, Pimples, Pains in Rack and Sides, Constipation, Headaches and tired, run down condition, due to Sclf-Poisowing, because of sluggish liver und clog ged intestines. ’ . Take a pleasant spoonful of Dr. Thacher’s Liver and Blood Syrup after the next two meals. In less than 14 hours’ notice quick dif ference in way you feel. Contains pure vegetable ingredients ap- proved by Physicians. 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Í 6— Do your rear wheels “.track” with the front ones? -.7—Are your brakes too tight?. 8—Is your carburetor set for winter driving? ; ' Why not find out -X Job printing can be done in Ver nonia as good as any place in the state, at right prices. Let the Vernonia Eagle Why not ask someone who knows — someone who makes it a business to doctor the ills of automobiles—and to keep those in good condi tion from declining? Drice in now—no charge • for expert advice—and the most reasonable servire rates in town. ------ Job Printery—_— print your circulars, invitation«, cards, biotterB, bills, letter heads, time slips, envelopes, statements, programs, menus, letters, tickets, etc., etc. Work guaranteed. VERNONIA BRAZING & MACHINE WORKS; NEW WINTER REB CROWN A Flood of Coins With the 150th anniversary of the great battles of the American revolu tion approaching, bills were pas:sed last winter to issue coins commem orating the stand of the mjnuteinen at Lejdngton and Concord and the battle of the Green Mountain patriots at Ben nington in Vermont. Proposals were made to pay tribute in a similar way to the battle of’Bunker Hill, the vic tory at Yorktown and other event« American history, such as the 2l >tb anniversary of the founding of Stough ton. Mass., and the 50th anniversary of the admission of California to the Union. Fearing that the growth of . If you are rooking for nn investment where your money will bring good returns, we have it. An apartment house of 9 apartments, all strictly modern in every detail, very best Io cats'll in the heart of our thriving little city. Income ?240 per m- h. Good terms 'if desired, for particul ars see Repass Bros., owners, Ver nonia, Oregon.—Adv. 8-lt --------- *---------- minted. The prior session authorized the minting of the Huguenot halt dol lars and of 5,000.000 half dollars to signalize the start of work on the Stone Mountain carving, which will serve as a monument to the valor of the soldiers of the South. On the Fed eral coins appear Generals Lee and Jackson, the two leaders of the Con federate forces in the Civil War. These women are always doing something out of or- dinary. Because the day was nice and the editor was busy the wife had to come down and wash the front office windows Monday. We fully intended to do that j b th* first of the year ourself, but now it won’t be necessary. T. J. EDWARDS -------- o-------- (Insured Carrier) Different people have different opinions and there i? no harm or disgrace in expressing an opinion. One Portland - Vernonia Truck Line opinion that might be expressed with all sincerety is that - the saw dust on the streets at this time is poor policy. The VERNONIA OFFICE sun is not hot, the nights are damp, the new pavement "The Cozy1 was nearly hard and was being kept wet enough. Then A. W. — Whitaker, Telephone 673— the saw dust is tracking up all stores and will, we are afiaid, fill up the sewers. Next spring it will be blowing PORTLAND OFFICE all over the walks. But then, it is only an opinion. Auto Freight Terminal E. Water and Yamhill Sts. -------- o-------- East 8226-------- Office No. 11 Co-operation—something that Vernonia, as well as Portland Resident—Walnut 2380 other towns need. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SELL. 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