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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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The fool and his money are soon
parted. If only nature cou’d strange
a similar alienation of the fool and
his chair.
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DO YOU KNOW
1— The correct grade of Oil to use in your car—
light, medium, medium-heavy or heavy?
2— Are you using more gasoline than is neces
sary on account of improper timing?
3— At what speed your car renders the best effi
ciency?
4— Are your pistons and rings worn out?
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t 5— Is your cluth slipping?
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?
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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
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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.
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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
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(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.
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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. RENT OR
TRADE AND WANT QUICK RESULTS, PLACE AN
AD IN OUR CLASSIFIED COLUMNS
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Parent! anxiously)—Nurse, Is it
a “him” or a “her?” The Nurs?—It’s
a “them!”
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I hates to go in dat lot wheh all
dem mules is, dey is so playful dis
nsawnin!
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Notice Difference
In Way You Feel
In 14 Hours or Less!
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New Winter "Red Crown” now on sale is
• new gasoline expressly developed to
meet aH the conditions that cold weather
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Split-second starting that saves the starter*
battery, undue priming and crankcase oil
dilution.
The quickes^acting gasoline m<n/<r-smooth
acceleration, tremendous power-energy—
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Here is the achievement of oar 47 year«
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On sale now at Standard Oil Service Sta
tions and at dealers displaying the red,
white and blue “Red Crown” pump.
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OIL COMPANY
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