Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974, November 06, 1925, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextI '‘carrying” your account to explain Vhy you can't meet a note about to .all due, ask for The American Bank Reporter and turn to I'age 26. Imagination pictures Wood Ruin, water as u modern David Harum; a good banker, yet withal managing mic u master <>f satire, ns evidenced by the circular letters he sends out from time to time to th« people somehow to retain the sympathetic Conway county, the latest of which unci genial chpiact«;, islics of u hu- rends ns follows: man being; certainlya philosopher Dear Customers; I furnish« my Ever hear of Wood Rainwater, lt> customers fertilizer, cotton chopping the name of a banker—a philosopher picking'and ginninf; money, yet some He lives in Arkansas, In the town of ut them are going to quit me next Morrillton. Wood Rainwater is presi year unless 1’11 agree to furnish dent, of Rainwuter Bank & Trust Co, stove wood, fishing tackle, chewing and Cloudy Night Rainwuter is vice- tobacco and squirrel dogs extra. 1 president—if you don’t believe it, don’t blame them. I don’t see any the next time you step into the bank other ducks working. Why shoulc that you accord the privilege of my customers do all the work trying ♦ * VERNONIA BOOK 8 ART STORE J. Merle and A. Kemper Everything in Magazines, Stationery,Pictures anti Books—-School and Office Supplies Art and Novelty Goods ♦ We do Picture Framing of All Kinds a Money Saving SKAGGS- •• The Origin and Operation of Skaggs Store ’ Popular conception of the or- , »gin of big business InatiUiticns ’frequently proves, when nil of ¡the facts are known, to l>e quite »different from the act ml manner ¡^f their founding. In gencari, we < >are prone to regard h’isiness a ¡’cold-blooded prwpoxition. de. <d i >of sentiment or Id* >1», "A<l to ' ’think of inrgf concerns us exist- i , ing and having always existed for ' 'the sole purpose of making prof- ; ¡its. It is difficut to picture a < >vast organization us naming once J ; been a tiny, one-mnn business. It < ¡is even more difficult t) iniag- J ¡ine It as having been founded < >—through rigid self-denial nnd ; ¡bitter sacrifice—and with a zeal <. for public service. I • < . Many people easily attribute 'altruistic motives and high ideals , to men in other walks of life, ¡but for some reason, the soul of ,the merchant—if, needed, lie be • ’credited with having u s«ul—is J supposed to be shriveled and < ‘dried up by the flame-» of his pus- J ¡sionate desire for gain. Probably, ,iimerchants themselves—or rather, J ¡the system tinder which merchan- < >dir.ing hns been done in the past— 4 'can be held largely of nt least a I ¡portion of the public. Nevci ihele.A ' 'many of our Im-gest and most suc- I ¡cessful merchandising institutions ■ > have been founded with a sin- J ¡cere desire to render the public ■ ■a better service than it lui sheen ; ¡getting and only those men and < (organizations that have kepj the J ¡faith and kept alive a deep sense i ¡of obligation to their associates ' 'and the public have succeeded to I ¡any marked degree. 4 ; Skaggs Stores originated from < >the efforts of one man, who, 4 ¡with a sense of public duty, ¡¡sought to find the mean.« for re ’ 'lieving a situation which was J ¡working a severe hardship on a < ’large section of the country and J ¡incidentally discovered how richly < 'the public rewnrds its real ser- J ¡vants. This man was S. M. Skaggs < > father of the present executive J ¡heads of Skaggs Stores—-a min- < , later of the gospel by choice and 4 'vocation—but at that time a J ¡struggling homesteader among a 4 lot of other equally hardprcised J ¡homesteaders near American < Falls, Idaho. <, Some two years prior to the 4 ’opening of the first Skagrs , ¡Store a tAmerican Falla, Idaho. 4 ’in 191B, Reverend Skaggs came I ¡west in search of health. The section in and around American ; ¡Falla appealed to him from the i ¡health standpoint, so he filed on 4' a homestead and settled there. J ¡As is usual with most preachers, < 'he had very little monv nnd what I ¡little he did have was soon ex- < > pended >n the erection of a home- J ¡steadcr’s “shanty" and l’>e pur- I (Chase of a team, tools and such 4 'equipment ns he necessarily niu«t I ¡have. He and Ms family eked out < 'an existence as best they could I ¡and, by reason of his calling and i >a natural talent for leadership, ] ¡he soon became somewhat of a ( deader among his fellow home- ; ¡steadera. , < > Prices on all commodities In ; ¡America»? Falls were high—to S. i >M. Skaggs, seemingly much high- 1 ¡er than conditions justified—and ¡frequently discussion with neigh- •bors established a concurrent op- ¡inion, but how anl what itapa to •take to correct or overcome this ¡condition was the problem. Eventually Mr. Skaggs evlved whereby he thought he ' , 4 J < a « » * could operate successfully, a plan' ’ which among other things indu-! I (led a program of physical effort« ’ fo rhimself which today would bej [ considered little short of bondage ’ This store could not be an or-; ; (liiiary store nor could it be ap-i ( erated in any ordinary manner? J The strictest economy in its in-< ( stallation and operation was nec-1 ’ essnry, else it would fa'-! in its! ! avowed purpose, which was to re « ’ duce prices. To reduce prices, be; ¡. was practical enough to know that' > one must reduce operating co^; ; and waste. Therefor«, with hif, > purpose of service, built upon i? ; great ideal, he foi-muiat’-d ( scheme of operation ns practical' ’ as it was simple. , , S. M. Skaggs had no money ■ and nothing on which he couloj ; secure money except his «haraeten ( nnd to D. W. Davis, then presi J ; dent of the First National Bunk > of American Falls and later Gov-J ; ernor of the State of Idaho, h<< i presented his problem and plans' 1 securing $1,000. , , On a rented lot on a side« > street he erected with his owi J ; hands a frame building of dimeu ' ’ xiqns 18x32 feet and in this little; ; building in the summer of 19If. > was opened the first Skaggi; ; store cf the West. In that story ; S. M. Skaggs toiled diligently < ’ frequently for weeks at a time] ; walking two and a half milei< ► daily from his homestead to wor)J ; an(| buck in the evenings so tha'( > all possible horsepower could btj J used on the farm. < - This store was the first unit in] ; a chain, which in a little mor«: ! than ten years blankets the Pa-1 > cific Coast and extending as fail J east as Colorado and Nebraskri ( comprises more than three hun-; ’ dred of the finest food stores. i ( S. M. Skaggs, some four year»; ; after the opening of the first, , store, with his health regained, re-; ; turned to the geographical loca; ! tion of his choice and the occupa-« ’ tion dictated by his moral convict [ tion—that of preaching the Gos-' « pel as he understands it—but; ; many of the methodists employ-. ( ed by him, the founder, are still; ; used; used with knowledge that, , “He who serves best profits most”; ; and much of the spirit imbued in I ; to the lives of the older personnel' ’ through their association with him; [ still lives and finds expression. i > I HHHH Classified Advertising J Professional ?, Business Directory 1 I Next week, “The Opening oft the Second Skaggs Store." ' SATURDAY &MONDAY f FEATURES White cooking figs, 2-lbsJ • for ............................ 25c • 5-lb. boxes, layer figs 89c ; Heinz Catsup, large bot- ; • ties............................ 29c; Fancy Pack Pineapple, 3;; tins................... ........ 83c;; Coffee “White Wrap”—;; 1-lb............................ 47c;; 3-lbs........................ $1.39;; Crown Flour, per sk $2.45;; per bbl ......... .... 89.69;; Big “K” flour, per sk 2.35;; Big “K” flour per bbl 9.29;: Sweet Spuds, 4-lb...... 25c: Yellow and White Com i: Meal, 9-lbs.................. 49c I 1-lb. Skaggs Assorted— ! Chocolate and Carmels in! box............................. 33c COLLECTIONS • »¿4« KNIGHT ADJUSTMENT CO BACON ... .................. 40c POT ROAST............. 15c: » * to keep up thh community. This town and county ard lucky. It’s reported to bo the richest people in the United States. Of course some »• * folks have children (little ones) the? — LODGE NOTICES wouldn’t take 8 million dollars for. ITS and FOR KALB WANTS But really we are lucky.,The drouth ♦ • cut off all our corn, hay and potato Al) ads. ui der this bead >-re cash patches, we won’t have any gathering with copy. Kates, one eent a word1; Vernonia Lodge, No. 184 A. DR. ELLA WIGHT to do this year but cur roads are india is and ligure» count as words. DR. C. J. WIGHT F. i A. M., meets at Grange good and gasoline has gone down Mi Minimum, 26 cenia an issue. CHIROPRACTORS cent. We have a new clear-watet Hall every Second and Rheumatism Nawitie swimming pool. On opening night it I Stomach, Liver and Intestinal Fourth Thursday nights. FOR SALE was free and everybody saved 50 Troubles. Folger. Master. cents. When any fellow here saves Delayed Menstruation FOR SALE—$50 PER ACRE—150 O. F. TIPTON, See., 10 cents he buys a new car and saves . acres 3Và miles north of Vernonia Visitors Welcome V big money by not having to paint on river road. About one million his old one. feet of fir. good farming land, DR. H. H. HURLEY Our people are the most charitable ■x running water; will sell 30 acre Dentistry and X-Ray PACIFIC WOODMEN LIFE people on earth. They never take trr.cts or more. Terms. A. L. ASSOCIATION LODGE another man’s job. Men have one Parker, 11F53 134t Evenings by Appointment Meets every Friday night at Sess- change of clothes—from fishing to mans Hall. All visiting Brothers FOR^AL&^TERMS OR CA3H? - 5 golf. Women one change—bathing Office ever Halton’s Store welcome. Emil Messing, C. C. suits to party dresses. Lots of farm Vernonia, Oregon resident lots. 50x100 each, 1 busi O. L. Bateman, Clerk er boys belong to the golf club— ness lot. by owner, Mr.3 they get some exercise playing. Brown. We bankers have been talking crop diversification for 25 years. We FOR SALE—MALE COLLIE M. D. COLE have it now. Nearly every farmer has months old, cheap if taken a coon dog, Ford car, radio and a O.O.F.— VEKNONIAl-OliGE, No. 246. once. House and one acre DENTIST victrola. Everybody is getting rich ground % mile east of mile bridge meets every Tuesday night at 8:00 drinking their own whiskey. They Cash or terms. D. M. Williams, o’clock, in Grange Hall Vernonia, Oregon figure good whisky is worth $6 a Box 229, Vernonia, Ore, 13-lt M. L. GAINES, Noble Grand x.. quart; if they drink 2 quarts a day J P. O. Mellinger Secretar) they save $12. That’s pretty good FOR SALE OR TRADE—FOREST r Grove property for Vernonia wages for a plumber of a brick acreage or town property. P. O. layer in the city. Knights of Pythias. - Lester Sheeley Box 47, Vernonia. Oregon. 10-tf H arding L odge . 116, The only dark spot that I can see Vernonia, Or —Meet» on the horizon is where the bank Attomey-at-Law every Monday night ir er get the money to pay freight on A FOUR ROOM HOUSE WITH Grange H-ill. All visit Breakfast Nook, bath and built the corn that the farmer needs to Vernonia, Oregon ing brothers cordially ins can now be bought at $100.00 invited. make his whisky next year. But I‘m J. W. BROWN. C. C. cash nnd $50.00 per month. Thisl y sure the Kiwanis or Rotary club will JACK NANCE. K. R & S. is one if the best houses in town. fix it some way. Any time anybody See G. C. Olsen,Vernonia Realty. happens to run out of money here r 12-2t they buy a horse on credit for $20, GEORGE H. SHINN VERNONIA GRANGE tie him on the railroad track and President The Vernonia Grange meets on th get $105 for him. Some new comers FOR SALE—Choice corner on second Saturday of every month a Columbia Co. Abstract Bridge street, some terms. E. S. ‘ 7:30 P. M. Any members of th use cows, but the railroad won’t pay Company Cleveland 45-tf Grange living in or near Vernonia over $50 for a cow. Fellows in other states rob, steal or work for a living St. Helens, Oregon ■ or visiting in the community, ar Of course, they haven’t had advant -------------------------------------------------------------------- f WANTED cordially invited to attend. age of our railroad education. WANTED TO RENT—FURNISHED F. E. MALMSTEN, Sec I’ve always heard the fellow who ....... or unfurnished house. Eagle Of doesn’t work has the money and fice. 13-lt 8. WELLS r •X pleasure. Of course I want up-to-date MERCHANT TAILOR customers; if you work, you wear WANTED— Old cotton rags at the “MARK EVERY Cleaning and Pressing out your clothes anyway. They say Eagle office, must be clean, cash GRAVE” Repairing and Alterations 3 an idea is sometimes worth a mil paid. 40-tf 3 lion dollars. Looks like out of 2000 We Call for and Deliver Within You will find at our shop the 44 smart customers, one of them would finest granite. Rock of Ages,’ City Limita LOST AND FOUND have a million-dollar idea. My cus “St. Cloud,’’ “Ashland,” and Bridge Street tomers are like the woman who LOST—BLACK TRAVELING BAG various other granites and MAIN 891 containing light blue wind-»reaker, jumped off the 30-story building. marbles. Every window she passed she re- pair military brushes, two post cards Reduction In Price« Vernonia, Oregon addressed to Mrs. Anna Schultz, •narked how cool and delightful thc I —For Sixty Days— etc. Finder please return to Eagle temperature was and how she was office for owner ,13-lt Mrs. M. N. Lewis & Co. enjoying the ride and scenery. / ......... " "X I don’t like to be a joy-killer and Hillsboro Fourth & Main Sta. »Lookl Listoni I lo^e to see my customers enjoy LOST-LADIES BLACK PURSE AT J Timber, Ore., Saturday night, Oct ■lie but somebody in 3 or 4 years NEHALEM HOTEL 31st. Money, silver pencil, East- from now has to work a day or so Opp. Gilby Motor Co. on Bridge em Star and other receipts, value and recuperate the family fortune street and Grant Ave. American Legion to no ine but owner. Keep money 119 ] and deposit ‘««me mrtney in this pee and return to owner, Mrs. Pe^ri Post No. wee bank of mine. Of course I don’t Ryan, Vc r.< mean to insinuate any of you will meets 2nd and j have to save or economize or work Mon. nites Some men seem to for 3 or 4 years yet. Everybody that * • * Catering to the traveling public. I get into a scr;. >e - You will be cared for at the spends all their money on cars- and Scouts meet mentions i in 1rs ; ha ..j o Nehalem Hotel gas will be it back from Ford and it out of malice toward them. In every Fri. nlghtat Legion hall ; Rocky. What you spend Wtth them M. E. CARKIN, Com. Wm. Pringle, Prop. Vernonia they give you back half when you k EUGENE SHIPLEY, Adi. ___________________________________ J When a man starts to make die and the other half when you foo lout of imself he completes the ome back. Somewhere in the Scrip jo bby blaming it on someone else. tures it says: “Think not of tomor •x I r r row.” Most of my customers are African girls, we hear, are now CURLEY’S TRANSFER good Bible students. “HELO, HELO” clamoring for American clothes, COMPANY The power of parable and fable I Has all our uplift work in the Dark What an indiement of some of the Local Hauling and all kinda Continent been in vain. Why not try our Sand foibles of our day—along with, by of team work Office at Kavanaugh Land Co. wiches, pie and coffee implication, a preachment of sound Ex-Gov. Henry Allen of Kansas economic p r i n ci p les.—Garibaldi predicts that “the wet issue will be also Spanish Beans. SPECIAL CARE WITH __ News. injected into the next Democratic Which will be served FURNITURE HAULING --------- ♦--------- campaign." Certainly some form of daily at the THE MAN WITH THE “PULL” stimulant shoull be admisitered. We arc always hearing of the man Phone 563 Res. Phone *68 Vernonia, Oregon who has made good because he had WHITE FRONT England votes a bonus to prevent 1 “pull” The lads who have fallen a coal strike; we let the strike take X.. j KANDY KITCHEN by the wayside insist that if it had its course. And if you study that for y n’t been for the “pull” the successful a while you will find it works out X. man would also be a fizzle. Did you to about the same thing. r ever stop to think how the average ■ ' " " r — man gets his “pull?” Did it ever strike you that the “pull” came nlon* T. J. EDWARDS because he had made good? Look Delivered any place in town any (Insured Carrier) time. around town and note the successful Good screened and crushed gravel business men. Look over the state Portland - Vernonia Truck for all purposes. house and at the Santa Fe offices Line How many of the brass collars therr nad a “pull” when they were bare VERNONIA OFFIOE Pit at Al Parkers Place , foot boys? Do you recall how lowly A. W. Whitaker, “The Coty” some of them started and how early —Telephone 673— some of them got up in the morning RAY REASONER and how hard they toiled troughoui Vernonia, Oregon PORTLAND OFFICE he day, all the time never failing t( J return the answer courteous Thi Ante Freight Terminal lad who works hard and faithfully E. Water and Yamhill Sts. | Loafing, in England, is called un- is bound to acquire a “pull.” Whe-- East 8226 --------Office No. 11 there is an opening higher up the Portland Resident—Walnut 2380 employment, and the people get paid for doing it. No won der British boss remembers him and his faithful people love their country so dearly. services, and gives him the chance. The poor boy who is working hard today and keeping his head clesi and his eyes open and his mouth shut is very apt to be your banket or your governor or the general manager of the Santa Fe tomorrow. There is no limit to the “pull” that honesty and industry will not return The man who has earned a “pull” is NO COLLECTION------ NO CHARGE entitled to all the aforesaid “pull" HEMSTITCHING can deliver. The pull never delivers MRS. J. E. CROPPEN to the lad who cannot make good.— No. It. Mill View Bert Walker. Portland McMinnville Hillsboro Tillamook Vernonia, Oregon. Send in news items. The Eagle 502 Board of Trade Bldg. appreciates to receive them for pub lication.