I '‘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
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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
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4
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<
a
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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 >
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Classified
Advertising
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Professional ?,
Business Directory
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Next week, “The Opening oft
the Second Skaggs Store."
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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:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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or unfurnished house.
Eagle Of
doesn’t work has the money and
fice.
13-lt
8. WELLS
r
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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News.
injected into the next Democratic Which will be served
FURNITURE HAULING
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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..
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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
■ '
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—
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.
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