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Entered as second-class matter August 4, 1922, at the post office at Vernoftia, Oregon, under the Acts of March 3, 1879.
VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY APRIL 2, 1926
REVIVAL OF
LOCALCHAMBER
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Reader Gleans Item and Remarks
no News Matter
4 lady remarked last week that
the Eagle didn’t amount to much,
but she read it each week.
Just
more proof that the paper is thor
oughly read each issue.
It is pos
sible, however, that a little ptaise
for the home paper occa.isionally
would help the paper, the town and
the people making the optomistic re
marks. There are several Ways to
boost a town and it’s institutions.
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FIGHTERS IN TRIM FOR MATCH
FRIDAY NIGHT
Pugilistic Encounters Among Loc*l
and Out-of-Town Fighters Prom
ise Good Card.
Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner
MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN
THE
LUMBERMAN’S
LARGE
PROGRAM
Typographical Error in Story Mis
Three Year’» Campaign, Costing 31,-
leads Meaning
W. C. Mumaw, a recent speaker be
500,000, to Go into National Me
fore the Aberdeen Rotary club re
dia for the Benefit of the in
Newspaper mistakes such as typo
marked: “the next great develop
dustry» as a Whole.
graphical
errors
are
oft
time
serious
ment after Florida will be in the
Large Majority Voté for Annexation
of “Corey Hill."
PAPER THOROUGHLY READ
Number 34
POPULATION NORTHWESTWARD
BOUND
ANNEXATION CARR'ES
The special city election last Sat-
urday carried with a big majority
A very light vote was polled but
nearly all were in favor of annex
THREE FIFTY FOOT TABLES ing the territory to the city limits.
The district west of Third avenue
FILLED WITH GOOD
known at one time as “Corey hill”
EATS
asked to be admitted into the city
limits. Two polling places were
opened, one for the city vote ar I o:ie
for the outsiders. The city voted
48 for and none against. The out
side district voted 28 for and five
against. Vernonia is larger as the
One Hundred and Fifty Citizens result of the election. Bette.’-' take a
walk over the new part of town and
Show Manifestation and Make
wonder in surprise at the many
Merry; Talk Business
buildings and improvements there.
Wednesday night the Chamber of
Commerce banquet at the grange
hall was the biggest event of the
kind held in Vernonia. Practically
all the business men. were there be-
Sffies citizens from every part of the
city. Everybody was interested,
everybody was happy and the meet
ing full of fun. A musical program
added spice to the evening and the
tables were laden with the best the
market affords.
Wm. Folger was toastmaster for
the affair and various speeches were
listened to and applauded with
energy and enthusiasm. McBarron’s
band started the program and for i
two hours the dinner and music held
sway.
Following is the program that was
given:
Songs were given by Mrs. J. C.
A violin
Lindley and Mr. Mcall.
solo by Mrs. Shinn, piano selection
by Mrs. McCall, selection by the
band..
The invocation was given by 0
Weed, with John L. Foote, Judd
Greenman, Sheeley, Geo. McGee
Mr. Davis and Mrs. Greenman
speakers.
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great Northwest.” To this remark
the Aberdeen Daily World replies-
“In all conscience, why not?
Southern California and Florida of
fer a winter climate only, good for
about three months of the yeai
The Pacific Northwest especially west
of the Cascades, offers a year round
climate. When it grows hot in
Florida, and no one thinks of going
south in the summertime ,it is de
lightfully cool here.
There is no
summer heat to swelter under, no
winter cold to combat. In addition
at to that, this country has resources
torney of Portland, with considerable business opportunities and chances
favorable reputation over the state, for livelihood of which Florida does
is one of the announced candidate:-' not even dream. Industry is slready
for U. S. senator.
Mr. Ciark last under way here. The farming pos
week gave his platform in a long sibilities of western Washington have
radio speech broadcasted from a not been touched and a climate like
this ought to lend an attraction to
Portland station.
farming that is not acquired else
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where.
NEED ONE HERE
“The next great populación move
St. Helens Hospital Shows Dire and the next large development in
the United States surely ought to be
Need of One in Vernonia.
in the Pacific Northwest. From the
Since the St. He car
leral hos standpoint of summer tourist travel
pital was opened l'i
last year, this region has begun to attract at-
329 patients have r.
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medical _ tention. That should and will be
and surgical treatment. Twenty-six j followed, if the country is advertised
major and 40 minor operations have' and exploited, as it should be. by an
been performed. 40 X-rays taken and( influx of permanent residents, and
36 babies have been born. An ad-1 home-owners and builders.”—Long
ditional lot has been purchased to' view Daily News.
build an addition onto the hospital
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to take care of the rapid increase.
WHY NOT HELP?
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SCHOOL NEEDS UNSOLVED
The second series of fights held
by the Vernonia boxing commission New Fireproof High School Building
will be in the Rose theatre on Fri
Is Necessary
day night, April 2, beginning at 8:30
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Claire Bromeo yvill fight Billie
The school situation in regards to
HAVE TENNIS COURT
Burke in the main event. Bromeo
I won a knockout over Joe Jewett the urgent need of more room is
Business Men Make Possible City here March 16 and promises a real still before the community and still
battle Friday. Yoson and Balthazar unsolved at this writing. We hope
Recreation Sport.
who fight the six round semi-final that before this paper goes to press
are both tough and ambitious. It is it will be seen by the majority that
Lawn tennis will be a popular rumored
that the winner of this
game here this summer. New courts bout will challenge the winner of the a new fireproof high school is
r.re being made*T>n the corner lots a> main event and every efiort will be needed and that the grade school
Second
and ___
Maple
streets and
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__ the
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made to match them in the near has urgent need for the present
young people are preparing for a future. Young Manuel lost to Brady high school building. Better to build
two
weeks ago but has been working for a few years than to add to and
busy season.
The business men ‘
and is taking Faber of St.
“chipped in” to improve the groundl hard
Paul 'for a four round go on the rebuild every year or so. In a few
and the nets, rackets, etc., have been second. Bert Heltzel and Loel Rob years we will be without tho timber
ordered. Champion matches will be erts box four rounds and Don Brady tax income, also, which is a mighty
and Bob Whetzel a two round cur big asset to the districts at present
pulled during the summer.
tain raiser. Local boys are develop
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ing fast and will be matched as
F. O. Miller, head of the Miller
WHAT CAN YOU TAKE?
much as possible in future events.
ChU'-'- Bennett is looking for a Mercantile stores, was out from
well pleased with
Henry Longfellow could take a I mat i here r id f go ■ v' h Jin r*i~tland t!
s
nori and Vein, . la business.
sheet of paper worth 1 cent, write Jefferie abor.. A, :ii 1th. f
a poem on it and make it worth fast and lias a numbe: of g 'nd fi. h
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to his credit at Portland and Sa'em.
How is your subscription?
$5,000. That’s genius.
He is with the Eagle Lu.'. >rr Co.
Henry Ford can take a similar at prericn'... Ringside seats art : 1 ..
sheet of paper, write a few words selling at $1.50 and general admis-
on it and make it worth $10,000,000^ sion $1.10.
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That’s capital.
A workman can take 3 cents', OUR ADS W LI. TELL YOU
FRIDAŸ, APRIL
worth of steel, make it into watch
April and May fairly hum with Vol 1
springs and collect hundreds of Spring activities.
There are the
dollars. That’s skill.
! clean-up,
_, paint-up campai tr.s — a j
i'.i! iished Every Week By
A merchant can take an article boon to hardware lumber ;.nd fur
Vernonia High School
worth 50 cents, advertise it, and sell niture dealers.
T........... the Spring
’
With
Editor ....................... Margaret Smith
it for a $1. That’s business.
| everything on wheels stai't^.to go—
Almost any printer can take a farm wagons, bicycles, automobiles,
A junior -senior dance was given
job with a price without a profit.' even the youngster’s velocipedes and
last Friday night in the high school
That’s damphoolishness. — Franklin kiddie-kars.
.Warm weathe sports ■ gym for the benefit of the annual.
Association Bulletin.
create a demand for baseball gloves The music was furnished by the
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tennis racquets, and golf sticks. “Revelers” and the Olson boys,
Birthday Celebration.
Easter means gift , carls, Easter
A very enjoyable time was had egr and bunnies—and new clothes Robert Hoffman, who was home on
his spring vacation, also ; layed.
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. R for the whole family.
With May
A meeting was held Tuesday at
Stanton, on Wednesday, March 31, come showers for brides and treus-
the event being Mrs. Stanton’s birth seau, weddin«’. r.nd new hotn-' prepa-' 12:45 to organize a tennk club.
Helen Heibe. was elected president;
day, The Woman’s Relief corps pre-' rations of every der;ription.
Glenn Hawkins, vice-president and
sented Mrs. Stanton with a beauti
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ful birthday cake. A bountiful din
Theresa Bays, secretary-treasurer.
Air Mall Service.
ner was served at one o’clock. Tne
Air mail service is now available Lawrence Dickson, Anna Rea Web-
dinner talk was given by Judson for use by all sections of th > L'r.ited Icr, G!<: n Hawl-.'as, Ida Mae Haw
Weed. Those present from the W. R. States. The New York-San Francisco kins and Margaret Shipley were ap
C. were: Gladys G. Smith, Nannie route is the only one operate 1 by the pointed to interview Mr. Alden John
postoffice department, states Post
B. Hall, Emma Weed. Emma G. master Messing and on Apt il 6 air ronceming the grade school tennis
Greener, May Mellinger, Sarah A mail service will begin between Pasco court.
Spencer, Martha Mills, Estelle Man Wash., and Elko, Nevada. This will
Anita Oilier, who attended school
ger, L. A. Rogers, Marion Bliele, materially reduce the time for air last year until forced to quit be-
Grace Pettijohn, Vera Jones, Clora mail going to the east. Rates for air cause of her eyes, visited us Wed-
Hepler, Minnie Johns and Mamie mail are 10 cents for each otmee er nesday.
fraction for 1,000 miles. All mail to
Lane and Judson Weed.
Others go by air must be marked “air
Florie Kelso, Opal Hail and La
present were Mesdames O. G. Weed, mail.”
Velle Gosa have been very ill this
Wm. Wood, Harry Wilson, Morton, • •-
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week.
Nelson, Hodge and Bever. All depar
District Attorney Visits
I
The handicap cross country race
ted wishing Mrs. Stanton manv more
District Attorney John L. Foote
was
quite an event last Friday at
birthdays.
was a Vernonia visitor Wedtl»s<hiy.
The talk for Mr. Foote as a joint the high school. There was a total
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Attention W. B. A.
senatorial candidate will not hush of sixteen entries. The junior class
Mrs. Varner, commander of Vor- and when asked about the matter captured five of the first eight
nonia Review of W. B. A., has re he answers that he has not aa yet, places. Glenn Hawkins, with a twenty
ceived a letter from Miss West, su decided upon the matter. Columbia five second handicap finished in first
preme commander, endorsing a ban county 's wilt l..m, whether he place and was second in time. He
turned in a score of three.
Lynn
quet for fathers and sons of the “does or doesn't.”
Burt, scratch man, finished first in
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members. This banquet will be held
The present county superinten time with a record of thirteen min-
Friday evening, April 2nd at the
dent of public schools will be Ver- utes and fifteen seconds for the
grange hall, for members only.
nonia’s superintendent of giade two and a half mile course, and
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placed fourth in order, giving him a
Try the want ads for results
schoc'.j next term.
comical, outrageous and more often
a subject for a mild joke. Weekly
papers in smaller cities where every
one is acquainted is treated as a
mistake and offers nothing but
slight comment and a little more
worry to the editor for that week.
Last week in a three line news item
the Eagle’s typesetting machine
failed to drop an “s” when the “s’
key was touched, consequent’y the
item read Mr. and Mrs. when it
should have been “Mrs..” in both
cases. Mrs. Wm. Culver and Mrs.
Glenn Copenham were in Portland
but Mr. Culver stayed home and
worked.
Of course the item wa.’
called to our attention several timer
proving that the paper is thoroughly
read each week.
A3 the result of a well attended
meeting of lumbermen of the Pa
cific Northwest in Seattle last
month, the West Coast Lumber
Trade Extension Bureau has been
incorporated for the purpose of di
recting a national advertising cam
paign in which no less than one
and one-half million dollars will be
expended during the next three years
The object of this campaign will
be the promotion of the sale of lum
ber and forest products from the
Pacific Northwest, and while it has
been instituted by and has the im-
mediate backing of members of the
West Coast Lumbermen’s association
will be planned for the benefit of the
entire industry. The funds are u> be
realized by a five cents per thous
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and feet on all logs or lumbe' sold
BASEBALL LOOKS GOOD
by those organizations signing the
A few Practice Games Haye been agreement. More than enough firms
have signed up to warrant imme
Played; Outlook Good
diate starting of the campaign, al
Baseball for this year looks prom though the signing up of further
ising in Vernonia. A new reorgani contributors will be carried on un
zation has been accomplished ami til one hundred per cent of tile in-
all debts are being cleared up. The dustry has been enrolled.
It is planned to use national
business men are rallying to the
support of a team for the season magazines, trade papers, news
and the Oregon-American mill people papers, and general media, includ
are offering every inducement ini ing considerable direct mail mater
their power for the baseball success p ial; and Henry Schott, associate
A few practice games are being ar editor of the The Nation’s Business
ranged and a good working team Washington, D. C., has been granted
assured. Men at the head of the a leave of absence from his position
association are men of good judg to direct the West Coast campaign.
ment who see the benefits derived Especial attention will be paid to-the
Paper I* Looked Upon a. Window from a winning team.
building trade publications and at
Gia.» to Outsider».
least one house organ for the lum
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ber trade will be issued.
GOLD MINING IN
We wish every order, lodge,society
Entire Industry to Benefit.
GOLD HILL AREA
It is also planned to use a por
family and hotel would send >n lo
An item appearing in the Med tion of the space bought by this
cal news of their doings each week.
Wouldn’t it be a great improvement ford Tribue about a week past is a bureau to work with other wood
to the paper, town and citizen? It good pieces of interest matter in thi products organizations in a proposed
would help the looks of the town, activities t tne Kel-Mar-Pet mine. national campaign to encourage use
The item is credited to A. E. Kel of these materials and to combat
too. The home paper is the window
glass through which strangers look log; by U3 and speaks for itself.
the growing activity in the wood
Gold liill, March 5.—That a substitute fields.
at the city’s activities.
The paper
ranks well up with all state weeklies general resumption of gold mininii
“We are going to carry on a cam
industry in the Gold Hill district is paign which will aid every one con
but we want it better.
at hand is evidenced by the pres nected with the lumber industry.”
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Out of fourteen teachers to be ent activities of the several mining says Mr. Schott, “from the owner of
employed for our grade schools next companies in the field pushing mine timber lands on through to the retail
year, only eight have so far been en development and construction woik:> handler of the finished product and
gaged. Those who have been en w'th a view of putting properties inti from the reception which our planB
gaged so far arc: O. A. Anderson, production. The Kel-Mar-Pet Min has met with to date we ire con
superintendent; Harry Ingruhm, as ing company has increased its capita vinced that there will be no trouble
sistant,; Mrs. Elsie Knowles; Mrs ization from the $25,000 mark to in lining up all of these factors in
Alta Neal. Mrs. Graves, Mrs. Ray, $150^000 and announce the immed this distinctly co-operative achieve
iate construction of a reduction plan ment.”
Mrs. Wilkerson and Miss Keizer.
at a cost of $50,000, all to be driven
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IS THIS A RECORD?
Tell us a news item. Hand it in, by electric power.
This small capitalized and closed
send it in, mail it in or phone it in.
There is a remarkable firm of
corporaiton, composed of several general merchants in the little town
local mining men and Vernonia Ore of Clear Lake, S. D., which probab
gon business men, began last summei ly holds the worlds record for con
to drive An 800 foot mine tunnel sistent and adequate advertising in
int0 the mountain back of Gold Hill a community of that size.
to
cross-cut the iron dyke and syl
2, 1926
English & Towers have carried a
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vanite vein running northsouth full-page advertisement in the Clear
score of five. Following is the order ) through the Gold Hill district, and
Lake Courier every week, without a
of finishing of the handicap race:; have astonished the mining world
miss, for twenty years. They have
by
cross
cutting
large
bodies
of
Glenn Hawkins ;John Wardle, Donald
Hodges, Lynn Burt, Harold Olsen,1 valuable ore unknown to the tunnel contracted for a similar space for
Arthur Hixson, Clarence Wardle,1 projectors at the commencement of each week of 1926.
Yet Clear Lake is a town of on|y
The tunnel has already
Ralph Heltzel, Herbert Heltzel, Thor the work.
835
population, in a county with
Roberts, John Forman and Morris been driven in 600 feet into the
| mountain and it is several hundred but 8,759 people, with two news
Bennett.
papers. The extent of the firm’s ad
yet *-0 the known vein system
The cast for the senior play
vertising with the other newspaper
been' on ^he Pr°Perty. In the mean time
“Why Smith Left Home,” has
1
was not stated in the source of our
selected as follows: Mr. Smith ' ^e work has been pushed *o the ter information, but it is reasonable
Billet
m
*
na
l
Poi
“
t
and
in
boring
the
tunnel
Charles Hoffman; General
to suppose that it was considerable.
doux, Lawrence Dickson; Count Von ’ e'8ht veins of an aggregate width of
From their extensive and persist
Guggenheim, Melvin Mowe; Major)
feet have. been cross-cut at a ent advertising, English & Towers
Duncombe, Donald Brady; P.oberti dePth of 300 feet. The ore from these appear to be pretty thoroughly sold
Walton, Thor Roberts; Mrs. Smith I veins is runninK from HO to $60 per on the proposition. As the Courier
Margaret Smith; Miss Smith, Jessie'ton in gold alone, while the other
says: “They have proven to their
George; Mrs. Billetdour, Louise metal values are silver, nickel, copper satisfaction that large space in the
and
iron.
In
addition
to
these
veins
Malmsten; Rose Walton, Florio Kel-j
newspaper regularly brings corres
so; Julia, Lola Nance; Elsie, Lygia, crosscut, the tunnel is being driven pondingly big results.”—Barrington
on
a
parallel
east-west
vein
of
an
Burt; Lavinia Daly, Lena Gibson.
(Ill.) Review.
Practices will start at once and the average width of three feet and run
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ning
in
gold
values
$12
per
ton.
play will be given in about five weeks)
Same
Old Oregon Here.
The Kel-Mar-Pet reduction plant
Mason Dillard, an old stud nt of building will be 44 feet by 116 feet
With surprise and wonderment we
Mr. Wilkerson’s end who is now in demension and will be erected read today of the cold weather and
practicing Ihw :n P. t’.-.r. l. visited close to the portal of the grinding storms in the south and middle west
his old pritfessor last week. At Mr.l roasting, regrinding and floatation states. We stop hoeing our pansies
Wilkerson's request he spoke t*> the1 separation in recovering the values and new raddish bed to pick up the
student hedy during the ten minute which are principally gold, silver, daily paper and see where there are
study period at one o’clock.
nickel, copper and platinum, which several foot drifts of snow in the
The girl's basketball club is enter will all respond to the floatation or south. Yes, a regular blizzard, fruit
taining the lettermen and the facul chlorination system of separation frozen, people killed by wind and
ty at a
't this Friday night. Mr. E. Derwent, chemist and metal flood damage as far south as Hous
The county track meet will be I lurgical engineer, who has had ton. It made us feel like putting on
held at Clatskanie on Maylst, and charge of the Gold Hill technical our coat and taking off our straw
the district meet at Seaside on May II laboratory for the past two years hat. It is too bad that Oregon isn’t
large enough for all the people of
7th. Vernonia will be represented by will have full charge of the con
struction and installation and opera the country, but some must live
a strong team again this year.
tion of the reduction plant for the where the climate and weather is not
This Thursday evening, after the company under a long term contract perfect.
clean-up, the annual inter-class* —Gold Hill News.
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track meet will be held, and some
Every hotel room in the city oc
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keen competition is expected. This
Charles D. White and Cecil Bale cupied nearly every night. People
is free to the public and all are cor man are in southern Oregon this having trouble finding sleeping
dially invited.
week.
quarters.