Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1925)
Île mon iit ♦ £agíc iff Entered •• eecond-cUM natter August 4, 1B2Z. at the poet office at Vernonia. Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1879 Volume 4 VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY DECEMBER 11, 1925 Number 18 Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner Vernonia, A Good City fill DONATORS MUH Compared With Any City in the North weet Twice Our Size, We Show More Activity and Business 4----------------------------------------------------- ---------- Vernonia is a good town i Six garage» in Vernonia. A population of 2000 indus Something is being done in Ver- nonia every day. There is never a trious individuals, pleasant day without the sound of hamme.- homes, splendid schools, and saw. New improvements, new ad or new buildings going up with three modem school ditions every day. It is a growing city and buildings, over 700 pupils on u Saturday night our main street and 24 teachers. Vernonia resembles a carnival. Nearly every is an auto owner and the has three church organiza- citizen majority are home owners. zations, all with good con « gregations, a lodge for The east part of Vernonia, that large plot known as Hillside, is the every night in the week, residence district near the big Ore power, electric lights and gon-American mill. The mill com plotted the land and cleared a municipal water systemj pany it; graded streets, put in lights and and sewer system, paved a splendid water system and built streets and cement walks,! eighty-five splendid, little modern homes. The houses they rent to mill houses and streets all num-! employees and that part of town is bered, modern store build-! a pretty resident district that the can well be proud of. It lies ings with large mercantile county on the main road to St. Helens and stocks, wood working plant,’_____________________ from the beautiful homes one gets mills, logging camps, thea-1“ »uperb view of the town and val- tre, _ grain am and produce com com- ley. ley’ ____ —lumber dealers,Cham Vernonia ____ haa _ a _ city play _ ground *__ _ pany, ber of Commerce, railroad,! of three acres’ right ,inK the "centei the city. Next spring this ground stage lines, truck lines, 1 of will be equipped with swings, seats dance halls, good hotels, slides, stands and made one of the eating houses, laundries,all pretty parks of the state. lines of business is repre The Bank of Vernonia is an insti- sented and the city is the tution that all the valley is proud With its modern banking build- home of the largest saw I :1! of. ing, its safe and sound policy, its of its kind in the world,em eagerness to serve in all conserva- ploying hundreds of people tive business ventures and its great desire and wish to aid in all farm and running both a day and and dairy enterprises, make it the night shift. Vernonia is on center of Vernonia’s activity. the Inland Highway, half The Standard Oil company main way between Portland and tains a large oil station at Vern« nia. Astoria, - ms * 9 MUCH TO Bt DONE Development of these great na tural resources to date has scarcely scratched the surface of possibility The vastness of the reward is tied to the immensity of the necessary development, but much in the way of sound investment and construc tion has been accomplished and al ready the tide of prosperity grows at> onger. « Sources of Wealth. 4 Vernonia is surrounded by the finest districts of timber left in the world. Her forests are a source of immense wealth and have been tho cause of a steady golden stream flow ing into the coffers of the communi ty. Her agricultural land is of the i finest. The climate is especially suited to the dairy industry and making a glowing mark in the dairy industry of the Pacific coast. Her cattle are free from the bane of tuberciRosis^ and her people have learned the lesson df pure-bred sue cess in production. Her capacity for truck gardening is only limited by the demands of the market. The poultry industry is flourishing and capable of unlimited development. Even the busy bee finds a peculiarly suitable working ground in this sec tion. Health. 4 4 An average of forty sacks of mail arrives in Vernoni# daily. The lodge directory elsewher? in this paper tells all strangers when they can find a night at home in their favorite lodge. We have a meeting nearly every night, to each of which members will find a royal welcome. The Johnston-McGraw Shingle ___ .______ __ Mill _ is ______ another big __ institution for Vernonia. This is a new mill owned1 by local men and one of the best and largest in the state. They run, both day and night and their pro duct is declared to rank far above the average. The cost of the now mill was |40,000, put up by local capital and their success is well meri ted. It will furnish work to Ver- nonia men for many years to coma, No more healthful climate can be found in the world than that in Winters are the Nehalem valley, moderute anj summers delightful. Mortality is at its lowest ebb. The great destructive forces of natural are seldom pointed at its citizens Winter does not claim victims in its Lindsey and Bennett have recent icy grip, nor does humidity wilt and ly acquired control of the saw mill pass under the drive of solar heat located opposite the depot and we Op|»ort unity. understand will put it in operation A early in the new year, furnishing It is a land of opportunity. land where there is room for all, work for thirty of forty more men. and a . chance _____ for accomplishment Another asset to the city. Those who look longingly toward the I West cannot afford to overlook Three years ago, Vernonia had Vernonia, Columbia county. 200 people, today she has over 2000, Here they will find what they are seeking, a chance to move ahead, The Vernonia Woodworking com tile pleasant companship of an in pany, Stankey A Son, is one of the dustrious and ambitious people, a best cabinet shops in the state. future home for their children, Their work isn’t eclipsed any place whore youth is cared for by the most and they are busy continually. modem educational facilities and where worthwhile examples is ever Vernonia wants and needs a present. Vernonia is a city with a future creamery, ice plant, wood manufac turing plants of various kinds, small thiit is bound to make history. factories and more farmers. Room for dairymen, chicken raisers and The local O.-A. mill has a capa truck farmers. city of over 800,000 feet of lumber a day, two shifts. Vernonia has a good band just or ganised with a membership of real The Vernonia Eagle has consid musicians, besides the material for erable over a thousand paid sub splendid orchestras. scribers, which means over three thousand readers every week. Vernonia has an athletic associa tion and one of the beat ball parks Hard to find a prettier or more romantic spot in Oregon for a city. in the state. Situated o nthe Nehalem river where Vernonia has a ladies athletic club Rock creek, running through the cen ter of the town, empties Into the with nearly a hundred members. river. A natural picnic grqund for The big shingle mill of Vernonia miles in every direction. Surrounded by tall trees, hills and valleys. All sawed 164,000 shingles in eight hours Saturday. one of the best works of nature. X Í è Bqyt depot on the railroad betwoen. here and Portland. The Vernonia volunteer fire de partment is one of the best assets the town has. The fire department has paid for itself many times over. The members are ever ready to go and anxious to work when duty calls The apparatus owned by the co rig pany is good, composed of an auto truck for ladders and hose. The boys never ask for anything, and the citizens should remember the-n with a substantial Christmas gifts for the department, More equipment wouldn't hurt now as the town is growing. Dr. Ella Wight, who last spring talked at the luncheon of tho Cham ber of Commerce in behalf of tho Harmon Foundation of New York, in offering their fund for play ¿rounds for boys and girls of Am erica, pleaded for a play ground for Vernonia’s girls and boys, and Dr. Wight was appointed cairman ex- officio with a committee of four to work with her and they immedia tely took steps to procure the throe acre track on Rock Creek as the most logical spot in Vernonia for a play ground, for it is near the busi ness center, has the creek for a wading pond and a natural cedar tree for a flag pole, not to say any thing of the many , advantages in >ther ways. The check from the Har man foundation has been received ind our playground has been assur ed. Now comes the task of clearing and grading the grounds, building 1 band stand, benches, swings, teters «nd a sand pile for the little folks Who will be the big kind hearted person or lodge that will see that the iig cedar tree is barked and nam ed and a flag raised? Who will do- aate lumber for our band stand and benches and we are sure that those vho will give a few hours of their ime to help build them will feel ioubly paid. What a grand place It will be for our high school band to rive concerts in the evenings and Sunday afternoons, and last, but mt least, who that has horses will be kind enough to help us either riast or pull out two or three stumps that are in the ground? The ladies of Vernonia are planning big things in planting flower beds and shrubs and furnishing many other things that go to make up a fine playground If the schools and organizations if Vernonia will cooperate they can make this the most beautiful play ground in Oregon, and whether we have children or not, what a won derful satisfaction there is in knew- ng that we help the children of Ver- to hove •> beautiful, ’re® equipped playground; Dr. Wight takes this opportunity^ in thanking each of her committees who have worked so faithfully to make thia a success and to all others, espettaDji the business men who gave so gen erously and the city council and chamber of commerce who went over the top to make this playground a reality. ---------- ♦---------- The P. T. A will meet next Mon day evening at 7:30 at the grad« school. The following program wiH be given. All cordially invited: Reci rarr tation, “Lost Tommy,” Veda Webster exercise, “Santa’s Little Son,” by six boys, piano duet, “Over th« A. W. Petersen, Chas. D. White Waves,” Billie Culver and Wilton “When I mm Ray Reasoner, C. C. Brown and Pau White, recitation, Comes, ” Oscar Ross, dramatization, Robinson were in southern Oregoi this week, attending to business af “Mother Goose Rhymes,” aeeond fairs in connection with the instai grade children, solo “Wild Flowery f lation of mine mill machinery an I Betty Culver, accompanied by M mr looking after the development of Mills, recitation, “Boys Rights,” Jnek Mr. A. W. Johns various mining properties. A minq Taylor, a discussion, --------- 4--------- that the Vernonia people are inte’- ested in, has proven to be one of NEW STREET LIGHT the richest in the country, and tha Fourtee nlarge new street lights smelter to be builc at Gold Hill wil ire being installed along Bridge St, be one of the best investments in The new lights will shine ov«r th« the state. center of the pavement instead of ---------- 4---------- on corner poles as previuosly. PORTLAND—ASTORIA UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, F 1- INLAND LOOP HIGHWAY gene, Ore., Dec. 6—Three stud . cs from Vernonia attended the high school conference held at the Uni versity Friday and Saturday. They were: Lena Bigen, Mildred Berger and Margaret Smith. The conference was divided into four divisions: Oregon High School Press Association, Association of Student Body officers, which inclu ded who are secretaries; and the faculty advisers. Approximately 500 delegates from all parts of the state were present at the various meetings. This was the largest and most suc cessful conference held since the be ginning six years ago, according to Carl Dahl, beneral chairman. Prominent speakers were Miss Marion Brown, dean of girls at the University high school, Oakland, Cal.; Marshall Dana, associate editor of the Oregon Journal, Portland, ---------- ♦---------- Ore.; Arne Rae, editor of the Tilla F. Loomis. mook Hearald; Dr. H. D. Sheldon of £.r MM il- A. W. and W. A. Pria- the University administrative com-, ulx sell Th.* Creswell News to Chas. mittee and other faculty members. I Vernonia is half-way between Port land and Astoria on the Inland high way. This highway will be pav«d— it is a necessity—it will relieve the i heavy traffic of the Columbia River highway—it is a scenic route—it is an outlet for hundreds of fawners, fir mills, camps and flourishing towns. It is a military highway that the nation surely needs. Tourists coming up the Roosevelt highway to Astoria, can take a short cut to Port, land via the Inland highway. Ver- nonia. the hub, has no competition within 30 miles—a 60 mile trade territory, and the busiest city on the highway. --------- ♦--------- Oregon Agricultural College, Dec, 2—Alvin Parker of Vernonia has been appointed second lieutenant of the college R.O.T.C. engineer unit Mr. Parker is a senior in forestry. The Twelfth Month rey ’’fnss 3sq ? 7 T 6 7 Ô 9 10 n Í3 14 15 16 k 20 21 22 25 9 X 29 50 5 OH.MOWR lookt here ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS MORE DRUG STORE TO MOVE ---------- 4---------- Mac’s O Pharmacy * uaiiuavj is io going to mova ui'ivcb DISAPPEARED to the building formerly occupied byj The local Odd Fellows lodge hae the Mellinger Hardware company This will give the drug store a mor) been requested to locate if ¡»««¡Me central location for business. The George (Bud) Crow, age 16; 6 feet windows are being enlarged for bet 8 inches tall; weight 116; fair eoaa- ter display and the enterior of the plexion, dark brown hair, small building arranged in better shape round face; pleasing personality, for the store. Mac's Pharmacy is mac mall bunch or scar under left jaw ing a good move an(] we predict a near ear; very faint scar acroee neck , better business in the new locatio: in front. He disappeared from his home ia near the business part of the city. Gooding, Idaho, on August 18th and .. —3♦— is believed to be in this vicinity. AIREDALE HAS MORE VALOR Mrs. Crow is prostrated and any in THAN DISCRETION formation would be appreciated. If Bud sees this he should write home Mickey, an oversized Airedale dog immediately and relieve hie mothers set out Thursday morning last, to anxiety. investigate the habitat of a badger ---------- 4---------- on the dike land of his master, Sara Lumjarvi, near Quincy. That after OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF noon Mr. Lumjarvi brought Micky THE OREGON-AMERICAN to St. Helens for much-needed re PLANT AT VERNONIA pairs. The Airdale, having been brought Sawmill, powerhouse and machine .ip in the neighborhood, evidently thought he was well posted as to shop of steel and concrete construc the general disposition of the bad tion. Lumber always under cover from ger family. This particular Mrs. Badger, however, did not run true the initial operation to the freight to Micky’s previous experience for car. Kiln drying of all lumber up to she hustled'out to see who was two inches thick, including uppers snooping around her household. Airedale like, Micky substituted commons and lath. Monorail system for handling tbs valor for discretion and opened hos tilities. A few short minutes con entire output in unit packages; ’ll*4 vinced him he ha<j made a mistake. piling only in the dressed lumber But it was not until his neck, body shed. Complete Tanner system of and legs were a mass of slashes from the razor-edged teeth of the badger ing. edge piling and unstackiag, per* ■ that the dog was willing to call it mitting segregation of lumber aa to length, thickness, grade 1 a day. Ample shed room for Dr. G. W. Tyson of St Helens took stitches in a dozen different tion of rough dried stock f< places before Micky was altogether orders before surfacing. Timber storage facilities for again. The badger returned, presumably, 000,000 feet. Use of Martin air to her household duties. riages. mo The tonic for the business world ing Complete mill, with —newspaper advertising. , driven by aa ii .» y V - -'i-. -’¿.W í A«* -
