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Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner
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OCAL ITEMS
F THOSE WHO
OME AND GO
ORLD’S FAIR—PORTLAND 1*30
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Don’t scatter papers.
E. W. llaltham was a business
isitor to Portland this week.
W. L. Hall is on the sick liai;
ad a light stroke of parallels.
R. D. Coate* and family »pent
unday in Salem.
Jose Rose attended the football
ame in Portland Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bush visited ir
stem Oregon this week.
Dr. and Mr*. Cha*. Ogle of New
ork, were recent visitors of Dr. and
1rs. M. D. Cole.
Lloyd Thomas witnessed the Cali-
ornia Oregon football game Satur-
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Mr, and Mrs. A. L. Kullander
•re in the Klamath Falls country
his week.
Mr*. Brown, district school clerk,
a* been busy taking the schod
census the past two Week*.
Christmas cards at Eagle of ."ce
to send to relatives and frienk and
business customers.
T. C. Hall has purchased
Henry Hall property at the
bridge.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wai
key of Keasey feil from a tree on<
d..y last week and fretured hir
skull. He is in a Vancouver hospital
For our large circulation, th<
Eagle advertising rates are low. 26
cents per inch. A page $30; half
page $16 and so on:
‘Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kelly and
daughter of San Francisco, are visit
ing at the home of Mrs. H. G. Phelp
Mrs. Kelly is a sister of Mrs. Phelp
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Last Tuesday was "U. S. Navy da»
a* well as the birthday of Presidon
Roosevelt.
Dr Lutador, eyesight specialist
will be at Kullanders Jewelry store
Vernonia, on next Monday and Tue
day, Nov 2 and 3. Please make np
polntment with Mr. Kullander.
Ladie's gymnasium class will mee
Friday night 7:30 in Coyles hail.fo?
organization and practice.
The railroad company ia consider
ing the building of another long *id*
track to handle the immense freigh
and lumber shipments here.
A walk around the resident dis
tricts on both the east and wes
sides of town show several nev»
Improvement*
buildings going up.
never stop..
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parmley an<
baby of Banks, are spending a fexf
days visiting Mr*. Parmley parents
Mr and Mrs. Friedly.
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A page adv. in our Xmas editibt
will cost $30, and will be read b*
over 3000 people. Suppose you ha*
to write or print and pay poatag*
for that many.
The big attractive Annual Armis
tice ball in Vernonia, given by th»
American Legion, Nov. 11th. Get
your tickets.
Owing to illness th* proprietor o’
the Vista hotel will sell the
furniture and rent the building iron
8 to 6 yean. Splendid proposition
Cail at the Vista hotel.
Tom Boone made a short vjai
through southern Oregon and re
tasked Tuesday. Tom says VemoniR
ia the busaiest town he saw on th»
trip.
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THE V ER II IAN -Msto VERNONIAWINS
Mr*. G. H. Hitts attended th* Billy
Sunday service* in Po.rtland Sunday.
They had an attendance of 80,000
people and took a collection of $8.-
000.
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Vernonia High School -
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I . Mohd^y the senior class had the
The Pacific International Live
I pleasure *f memorising and reciting
stock Exposition start* in Portlanl
Walt Whitman’s famous old poem,
tomorrow and remains open until Editor
Margaret .Smit | “Captain, My - Captain.’’
Nov. 7. You will want to attend the
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best stock show in the world.
The high school orchestra, directed I
"Students| You must have fifteen
bf Mr. McBarren, is making rapid I .point* of your outside reading by
J. R. Gilby, manager of th* Local- progress.
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The
orchestra how has i the end of thie six week," Miss Bell's
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Gilby Motor company, was over from about twenty members.
gentle voice echoed- through the .> en-
ior room and died Away leaving each
St. Helens Saturday transacting
The freshman class has another young heart fully a pound reavier.
busineas with the local branch man
n*W member, Eugene Wade. He is 1 so.*
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ager Frank Hartwick.
from the Mist district, where
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Loel
and
Thor
Roberts have been
cently moved from Marshland.
acknowledged by the senior class as
Ray Mill* came home for the week
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Edna Strong, Louise Simmone, fiotball stars. Loel played the last
end From Forest Grove, where he
is
half and,, made a touchdown while
Cline, Thresa Bays and Aman- Thor
attending Pacific University to visit
played the whole game and
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attended
a
convention
with his parents, Mr. and Mr*.
Again the
i of the Christian Endeavor society in made two touchdowns.
Mills.
‘ Rainier last week. While there, they .seniors came to the.front.
visited Sheila Williams, Opal Hall,
Loretta Johnson of the junior class
Yes, it rained a little after a ’ate Evelyn VanAlatine and Virgil Van-
Fall and dry spell,
We will have Atotine. former students of the lqc»l w^s jnjurejl Tuesday night when
she was coming home from Portland
more water and the Oregonians will high. - .
by way of Clatskanie. Her brother
feel better.
Business will improve
Dr. and Mr*. Ogle of Brooklyn, -stopped the car oh the mountain o
and old time smiles will be numer N* wYork, have been visiting Dr. wipe the fog fro mthe windshield.
ous.
Let’ er raih.
and Mrs. M. D. Cole. Mrs. Ogle is The car was on the incline and star
an old classmate of Mrs. Cole. Dr. ted to roll back. Loretta, in trying
Burford Wilkerson and hi* green Ogle recently completed his interse- to stop the car by jumping on the
foot brakes, Was thrown under the
cap spent the week end with his ment in the Brooklyn hospital. He' moving auto, where she was pinned
may decide to locate here in the
parents, Prof, and Mr*. J. B. Wil West.
for about-forty-five minutes before
help came and the car could be lif
kerson. Burford is attenling Pacific
The teacher’s institute will be ted off. She now sports a pair of
University this year at Forest Grove
held on November 12 and 13 of tb,iy crutches. ,
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C. T. Early was out from Port year. This will give us a three
vacation, since Armistice Day, cn
The junior class is very proud of
land this week. Mr. Early has con the 11th, is a legal holiday.
Glenn-Hawkins and Wm. Hill. Two
siderable property in and around
members of their class. Last Satur
Vernonia. His short visits are always
John Prenton has returned to Cal day each boy made a touchdown in
welcome and his Ideas on business ifornia with his mother.
the game against Knappa. thus
bringing the score up twelve points.
lines always appreciated, ;
Thor Robert«, member of the
Raymond Hamilton, a breakman senior class, was absent from sch.» >1 ■JSrlann Hawkins was absent from
of the Clark-Wilson Logging Co., the first Of the week, ow<ng to a school Wednesday because of illness
was instantly killed last Saturday. bad boil on the back of his neck.
The junior class is study in? the
While jumping from a car as it left
Who said the senior class was be tragedy of “Macbeth" by Shakes
the track, a falling log struck and
crushed him. Hamilton was 38 years hind the times. Are not six out of peare' this week. They find it very
the nine student body officer* se interesting.
old.
niors? Don’t some of the best foot
Mr*. T. C. Hall received new* on ball stars on. our team have the > The high school students made a
honor of calling themselves senior? contribution
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Tuesday from her brother, J. E. ' Alien’t we represented in lrw
Kn towards
the n,
high
a fund to rebuild the one
Tipton, formerly of Vernonia, that school orchstra? We certainly are time famous frigate. “Old Ironsides"
his wife and baby were very low,1 and yet some persist in calling us a 'Hie secretary of the navy has re
.»nd not expected to live with ty- "dead" clan. Jiist wait until we get quested the school childrn of the
phoid fever. They are now located
and then—X0“’11 hear "a United States to raise a fund of
tune in. .
about $600,000 for this purpose.
in Spokane, Wash.
Two speeches were delivered; one by
The. seniors are anxiously waiting Rev. Rademacher, of the Evangeli
two weeks to pass. Why? cal church anl the other by Margar
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS for another
! our senior rings will be here et Smith.
THE DOCTOR AWAY
The National Apple Shipper’s asao
elation. ha* renewed its appeal for
national coopertion in spreding th*
gospel of the apple during “National
Apple Week,” October 31-November
7. With a desire to respond the
Union Pacific offer* to broaden and
make more complete the use of its
now famous “160 recipe* for apple
dishes." This valuable publication,
which really originated in the Port
land office of that system, bounded
so suddenly Into public favor that
the management at healquarters de
cided to reproduce it in quantities to
meet the enormous demand, and it
will ba good new* to all who ere in
terested in the apple to (earn ti^t
it ha* now passed the eight edition
exceeding 1,160,000 boob*.
It ha*
not only reached every portion of
the United States, but has leaped in
to Europe and wa* in fact the cause
of the big apple movement now
sweeping over England and sime of
her colonies.
Expert* in culinary department*
in hundreds of institution* through
out the land testify that the recipe*
are without exception the beat col
lection known, and not one in the
book that will not stand the most
exacting test of domestic science,
-The book to now available without
expense to any one concerned and
will be mailed in single copies or
quantities to any addroe* on re
quest to Wm. McMurray4, general
passenger agent of the Union Paci
fic system at Portland, Oregon.
This offer is made in the faith that
it 1* the best means yet devised of
promoting a larger and more In
telligent use ef th* apple, in which
Oregon and Washington are so vi
tally interested and which all stu
dent* if the science agree is the bent
dietary food with which nature ha*
blessed us.
nearj/ every Rase of this kind noth,
ing could be farther from the truth
than such i belief. It to the editor’s
business to publish local hoppen ing*,
good *r bad, and If a man furnishes
material for a bad item he, has no
one to blame but himself, should it
appear in print
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No doubt you have read the edr
torial in a recent issue of the St.
Helens Mist regarding advisability
of an aeroplane landing field being
established on the Columbia County] Playing one of its most interesting
Fair Grounds near Deer Island. Wc ! game* in the past two yean, Ver
believe that this is a move in the nonia defeated the Knappa high
right direction, and I believe that! team Saturday to a score of 30 to
the residents of Columbia county I 0. In this game the Vernonia boy*
would appreciate the establishemnt' showed up exceptionally well, in
of such field.
fact better than they have. "Toad"
This, field would be useful for! Roberts of Vernonia was high point
several purposes. The War Depart man for the home team. At he be
ment have assure«] us that if a prop-1 ginning Vernonia kicked off and
During the
er landing field is established, their made a 16 yard gain.
airplane* will come diwn one day du> playing Knappa failed to make yard*
ing fair time and give a flying ex-. waK
s>*ie and the home team wa*
hibition. This in itself should prove aKe and kicks. Hawkins of Vernonia
one of the big attractions, and as penalized 5 yards.. Burt is taken out
sist in making the fair a financial and L. Roberts goes in. Knappa does
success and would attract people a considerable amount of fumbling
frim this county as well as other, and Vernonia retrieves the ball. Ver
places.
Such field would also be, nonia takes the ball and loses 16
beneficial,, as it could be used for yards when the center throws the
forest fire patrol planes and also ball way over the head of the re
could be usel as an emergency land ceiver. “Toad" Roberts makes tile
ing field for mail, army and com-; first touch down for Vernonia when
he runs from the 40 yard lin*, th*
mercial planes.
You have undoubtedly noticed run was an easy one, but fails to
that air mail service will be in- j convert goal and the score stood in
augurated between Los Angeles the first half, six points for V*r-
The second
•nd Seattle, going via Vancouver nonia, Knappa none.
and then will follow the Columbin quarter was a little more than a
river as far as Kelso. In view of the, work out for both sides when both
growing importnace of airplane ser teams stayed in the middle of - th*
vice, we thiik that Columbia county field, gaining no yardage at first.
Knappa was penalized at th* clos*
should get on the air field map.
The Columbia county fair board of this quarter 5 yrds for being off
have purchased 190 acres of land, side.
In the thirj quarter Knapp* trie»
and much of this is not needed for
fair ground purposes, and they pro-: two long passes and fails; VernonU
pose to lease some portion of the retrieves the ball and losses. Knappa
could make no yardage and kicks.
ground.
Lieutanent Oakley G. Kelly, the] Vernonia’s pass fails by Roberts
famous aviator, personally inspected fumble and losses. The most inter-
run of the whole game h"P-
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stated that with some clearing a very j pened at this period when Leol Rob-
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good landing place would be had erts carried the ball for a 90 yard
tld ( I touch down, with the Knappa boys
The estimated expense of this would
r fast on his heals, but could not over
be under a thousand dollars.
take him.
During this run the
Very truly yours.
I Knappa coach calls time out for a
JOHN L. STORLA | ]onp discusion on pro and con on
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TRYING TO*WRECK
ball was taken to make this touch
TO EXTEND RAIL Deer Island grange will enter
down but Vernonia won the argu-
tain the Columbia County Pomona
TRAIN FAILS men. but failed to convert goal.
HOLD AT HEARING Saturday, No« "
Meth»«ii t
“Tiney” (Wm.) Hill, fatest boy in
church, St. Helens, Lv^u...lu^ at
Edward Derossity, 15, son of n the high school and heaviest man
, Plans to extend the Gales Creek A 10:80 a. m. Every rrar~", rsp- ’-il
Wilson River railroad to Tillamook ly invited.
The lectuie— hour -ill I St. Helens, mill worker, was arreste j on the team carries the ball for a 36
through the' Wilson river canyon are begin at 8 p. m. and --'"1 be ..n open J at Westport Monday after two un yard score, but the ball hits th*
being made, with no indication as session to which every one is invi successful attempts to wreck passen standards and fails to convert.
ger trains runninge between Asto Score third quarter, Vernonia 18;;
to when the plans might be carried ted.
M. J. Mills, seert ry.
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out, under pressure applied by tim
Vernonia used approxi
He ad-j mately all their subs in the last
ber owners in the Wilson river for both the “northern roads and to be defective mentally.
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He said that he had: "Toad" Roberts carries the ball this
This statement marked the testi son river route. This plan wa* de . son for it.
time for a 50 yard touchliwn, but
mony of executives of the Northern feated by the Southern Pacific, it : passed the sixth grade in school.
The first attempt at destruction [ fails to convert the goat Hawkina
Pacific and Great Northern railroad* was said.
"The Gales Creek A Wilson River • was discovered when train No. 22, also makes a 60 yard touchdown,
in the recent Portland' hearing in
th eKlamath Fall* rih-oad contro line must be extended," Budd said, bound from Astoria to Portland, but this one like all the rest fails
versy. Ralph Budd, president of the timber owners are bringing pressure i struck an obstruction on thé track to convert. The Vernonia high will
Great Northern is reported' to have to bear op the northern lines to , three miles above Westport this play a return game with Knappa at
stated that unsuccessful negotiations cause this extension to be made.’’—- morning. Examination disclosed the Knappa a week from Saturday.
remains of a spike which had been
already had been made o arrange Forest Grove News-Times.
: driven between the adjoining ends
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PARK CARS PARALLEL
of two rails and had been broken
That Grand and Glorious Feeling
off when the train passed over it prevails in Vernonia over th* open
Dick Hines, special officer for the ing of the new paved main stroat of
railroad company, who was riding the city. Now there is need for now
on train 22, got off at Westport and parking laws and strict enforcement
rode back on the Astoria-bound thereof.
Cars can now drive near
train from Portland, which encoun the curb, something they could not
tered ■ similar obstruction at almost do when mud was hub deep.
To
th* same place.
Examination this make passing and turning roons-aiow
time disclosed a spike still in place all cars should park parallel with th*
between the ends of two rails.
curb as they do in all narrow street*
The Derossity boy was found by of Portland. Each of the two side
Hine* loitering near the spot, gave wheels should not be father thaa six
an account of his movements during inches from the curb, and can five
the preceding 24 hours, which did feet apart.
This will give more
not agree with train schedules, and street room and the side streets will
on cross-questioning became con hold all long parking ear*.
One
fused and admitted driving the hour is plenty long • enough for
■ dF.HOLLYWOOD. CALIFORNIA. ONg OF TH* COUNT RY»«
spike*.
go RIDgRg, ANO HIR HUNTgR, “JOHN FgXL"
Bridge street
America’s Greatest Horse Show
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Hotel, $1.004, fine harness hora**; and
lat*raattoMl Hi
Oct. U*t to Nov. TtB? Imperial Hotel, $1,000, six-in-hand
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Mn. M. A. Goodwin and ekildro-t
of Wiggin*, Mias., ar* visiting her
HALLOWEEN DANCK
mother. Mn. Theresa Wing and her
There to to a masked Halloween
two brothen, Messrs Frank and
Perry., Browning of Vernonia. Mrs dance at Coyles hall this Saturday
Prise* for th* be*t costum
Goodwin may make Vernonia h*r fu night.
and wails.
ture home.
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OUR CHRISTMAS EDITION I
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The ^Vernonia Eagle will is-
' sue a Christmas number with
’ beautiful and expensive cover
’ page of three colors, on Dec.
> 11. To Nehalem valley readers
[ about 3000 of you, we are sure
' it will be to your advantage
> to read carefully the ads of
I your home merchants in this
; and proceeding issues and to
> do your Christmas buying at
i home, as loyal home folks,
i Will advertisers please get
' their ad copy in a* soon now
> a* possible.
Demonstrate to
, your custom*»* that y<ra ap-
[ preciate their patronage with
; the Season’s Grootiugs. Christ-
> mas shopping ha* begun.
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LOCAL K. K. K. HOLDS
PUBLIC OUTDOOR MEETING
On Wednesday evening about 8
o’clock, someone opened our office
door to say “look up on the hill." It
proved to be the signal for starting
the ceremony of the local K. K. K.
lodge in an open air meeting. The
firy cross on Seward’s hili was in
deed pretty and during the burning
some of the lodge member* wk* had
the work to do, marched through
our streets dressed ia their ledge
room paraphernalia. About a
were in the march. 1
vice* were helg at th*
were present.
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