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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1926)
vlki WNIA On Inland Highway VERNONIA Issued Every Friday EAGLE -$2 per year in Advance Entered as Second Class Matter, August 4, 1922 at the Poet Office at Vernonia, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879 Editor and Ownei Paul Robinson, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1926 The merchants of Vernonia are sending about $6,000 per month out of town for eatables that should and could be raised around Vernonia. Potatoes, pie-plant, cabbage, etc., etc., etc. We want garde nera, farmers, fruit men, egg men, bee men, dairy men, We know of no better oppor tunity or better location for such in the entire West. -------- o-------- There are eleven candidates for U. S. Senator. Bert E. Haney, democrat and Mra. R. E. Barrett, republican are the last to file. Mrs. Barrett is the one time manager of the city of Warrenton. She took the management of Wai teu ton when it was a small size city—look at it today. Even at that, we will be strong for Mrs. Barrett—if she gets the nomination. Her entry at this time, however, means more certain the nomination of Senator Stanfield. ------- -o--------- THE FIRE ‘TAX’ RESTS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS Centralia, Washington, is to have a heavy cut in the cost of fire insurance, because of the high standard adop ted for fire protection. Insurance everywhere is based on the risk for property insured. A careless, slipshod town, with fire hazards in every back lot, and with no adequate water supply or fire equipment- must of necessity pay a ruinously high rate; a clean town and good fire fighting equipment will reduce cost, in many cases, to an almost negligible amount. -------- o-------- A SPLENDID BUILDING MATERIAL EAGLE >« younger old timers are Pa cerson men with the younge • MOVIE NEWS AND I. L. .Patterson for governu •. In Vernonia Friday he met several acquaintances wht insisted on dropping the | COMMENT OF LOCAL | FEATURED “Senator” or the “I. L.” o the “Mr.” and preferred to a -------------------------------- call him “Ike Patterson.” We look forward to anothei The proof of extra good attrac visit from Senator Patterson and later a visit from Gov tions in movie picture world it the popularity of the pictures. Press ernor Patteraon. ------------ o------------ FOREST FIRE, UNIVERSAL ENEMY comment, big crowds and compli mentary remarks are evidence of the greatness of the shows. For the coming week at the Majestk theatre we have a nightly program of attractions that rank at the top of the list of late releases. They are all picures that have the highest at tendance in history. Indeed it looks like a mighty big week. Starting this Saturday and Saturday night we have “Three WeekB in Paris.” “Three Weeks in Paris” all but wrecks the optimistic spirit of Oswald Bates, a newly married man, who bids his wife farewell at the siren call of business. His stay in the “city of romantic adventures” is a riotous period of devilishly ticklish situation that finally thrust him into jail. Free at last, he discovers that he is offi cially ____________ dead, and in desperation he re- turns to his bride in the guise of a Good citizenship in the Northwest will everywhere note that winter precipitation was deficient; that spring is earlier than usual; that there was no water left over Lorn last year; and that this is in all probability the great est fire hazard for many years. Heavy spring and summer rains may retard the evil; but absence of packed winter snows that last for weeks or months and protect forests, fannot be made up from rains. Organization into fire dis tricts, with everybody making it his personal business to help; cooperation with fire restrictive orders that will stop the fires from starting; and determined, aggressive sympathy with the fire laws as the Northwest’s best friend will do much to make the country safe. The tourist crop is worth almost as much as the lumber cut; one year’s fire disaster might cut that yield by many millions of dol- lars a year, for the next generation. A forest fire is no- man's friend; it is the universal enemy. This is the year to chef- Then his wife elopes with Outlaw it r an°ther, and Oswald’s long-tired pa- tience explodes the whole fabric of -------- o--------- droll mystery in a delightfully unex ROUGH ON “FARMERS’ FRIENDS” Long Prarie is just about the geographical center of the great wheat state of Minnesota. It is a typical town of 1.- 000 people, with a weekly newspaper, the Leader whose editor has this to say about export bonus schemes, equali zation schemes and daily forays upon Congress by prof essional agricultural propagandists: “We would like to support some one for the legislature, who would run on a platform of putting all ‘friends of the farmer’ in jail for 90-day terms or so. These so-called farmer friends, with their calamity howling, are doing the farmer and the cause of farming a great harm. There is nothing the matter with farming, if the. e professional friends would leave it alone. As a matter of fact- but little of the calamity howling comes from the farmer. It is produced for the purpose of fooling the farmers, and by a class of men who want to make use of th a farmer for their own selfish benefit. Let a movement be started to sit down on the professional friends of the farmer. Such a movement w ould be something really worth while in behalf of con structive agricultural and farm prosperity. Farming is all right, and so is the farmer.” -------- o--------- pected manner. be paid any old time. Some of them will let it run for years, if the publisher does not cut it off. Anj it it is cut off, they get huffy and de clare they will never take the paper again. They feel indignant because doubt has been thrown upon their credit They should reflect that the publish er gets no good out of their credit. What he needs, to pay his help and settle his paper bills, etc., is cash, and nothing will take the place of the same. ..his irregularity of income is the course of many newspapers that would be in a thriving position, if they could depend on the same pay ments that the dry goods man and the shoe store can look to. It takes a lot of time and effort to collect all these little bills. it usually costs more than the bill is worth to collect an overdue subscrip tion account. If these accounts could be promptly paid the newspaper people could use the more regular income in creating new features for their paper, adding to it usefulness and interest and making it constant ly a greater credit to the city or which it is the exponent. The individual citizen often sayt that he would like to do something for his home town, but he has no particular gift for any form of public work, so does not know when and where to begin. Here is one way in which he can begin right now. Let him see if his subscription is over due. If it is, let him wslk up to the captain’s office and settle and take pride in doing so, realizing that when he performs that simple little act ot justice and good business, he is help ing an ageney that works every daj for his home town, to avoid need less burdens and expenses . And for the coming Sunday, day and night is “The Little Irish Girl.” Here’s a crook play that is different Built around three men and a girl who try to play the age-old game of out-witting the other fellow in the shady realm of crooked finance the story of “The Little Irish Girl” takes amazing twists and tunrs that fascinate and charm. You’ll find sus pense to the end to thrill you; a de lightful romance to enthrall you; and -------- ♦-------- plenty of fast comedy to amuse you &----------------------------------- O iKIST-TIMBER NOTES ----------------------------------- (g. A change for next Monday night Miss Louise Smidlin, Waneta in “The Cowboy Musketeer.” A bashful cowboy posing as a baj man Smith and Louis Smith called at the a grateful bandit helping him out, Ornduff home last Wednesday even an unsuspecting girl, the arrival of ing to Ikten to radio concerts. the real desperado, a torrent of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Morris were twisted situations, a landslide of recent visitors in Forest Grove and comedy and a typhoon of thrills. Portland on a shopping trip. Then on Tuesday and Wednesday we will have the big thrill, that much talked of “Sally of the Sawdust” with an all star cost. Sally in circus togs, Sally in silks, She’ll make you laugh; she’ll also make you weep. Sawdust or mansion, poverty or wealth, tatters or velvets, all the same to her. She’s innocent, daring care-free, child-like, but loyal, devo ted to that adorable rogue she call “Pop.” Mrs. Roy Townsen was called to Portland Tuesday night as her hus band was to undergo an operation for an accident he sustained while working at the SunBet camp and which we all hope will not be serious. A model home in Portland, Oregon, built by the West ern Pine Manufacturers association, has been given FOR MR. F ATTERSON • national notoriety for its delightful features. Houses in Jay H. Upton, candidate for the republican nomination the east used to be built entirely of white pine; ’nouses that have lived on through generations. The association for governor, is fortunate in his friends. Here in Lane, Everyone up this way is getting their farming and gardening done. built this show-house to prove the splendid qualities em and in a few other counties of Oregon, his political or bodied in this timber for home construction. In building) ganizations include some leading citizens, as well as somp A. F. Ornduff is geting more poles up a market for this western product, the association leading party men. And Mr. Upton, besides being an es out at the Sunset camp these days. timable citizen and an experienced legislator, is said to makes a demand for thousands of workers, and millions Mrs. A. F. Ornduff called on Mrs. of the best pictuers ever put of caiptal and business for the railroads that haul the have a long memory for those who render him political on One the screen is that for next Thur» Roy Townsen Tuesday and spent the service. product to market. day and Friday night. It is witty, day. But this year it seems to a good many people that Ore pretty, loveable Colleen Moore in -------- o--------- Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Moris have gon ought to make certain of delivering itself from Gov “Irene.” Gowns that will amaze every moved FOUNDATION OF WESTERN DEVELOPMENT to Forets Grove for the sum- dressmaker in Paris Hollywood beau ernor Pierce and from the 'Spences, the Cleavers and mer. that will open your eyes! Come It might be truly said that the mining and oil industries other political mountebanks with whom he is surrounded ties dy that sets a new pace for the Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Purney were and who, like their chief, put in more time exploiting built the West, because these two industries attracted laughmakers. No wonder they eaU callers at the Ornduff home Sunday capital in large amounts, which would otherwise lievet economic and political fallacies and in stirring up class this Colleen Moore’s greatest comedy evening . thought of investing in this section of the country. Both feeling and class antagonisms than in rendering service achievement. Mrs. Sybal Miller spent Sunday these industries represent development and progress. to the state. The governor was swept into office on a wave with Mr. and Mrs. Ornduff. WHEN IT IS DUE PAY UP They are the forerunners of modern convenience and bet of religious animosity. That wave has receded now. But Mrs. Townsen is home from Port ter living conditions. Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc and the governor meanwhile has built up for himself a power There are many citizens who ex land and reports Mr. Townsen get oil furnished the foundation for Western development ful political machine. It can be done even by a minority pect to pay their butcher and their ting along nicely. party leader when that leader occupies an office so im grocer every month, but they think These industries are more important today than ever and -------- ♦-------- stand as a guarantee of prosperity in many states. Let us portant as that of governor, and our Walter has done it. that a newspaper subscription bill can Everybody reads the Eagle. And he has continually made, w ith some considerable encourage their development. success, appeals for class favor in various directions. He. -------- o--------- tells the church audiences and the prohibitionists, whom THE LITTLE BUNCH he loses no opportunity of addressing, that in him alone Although we may be deeply interested in the enhance is their hope of law’ enforcement, and some of them be ment of community welfare, and stand ready to encour lieve him. He tells the farmers that nobody but he can age legitimate movements tending toward greater devel or will aid them, and his message takes with some oi' opment of natural resources, it is an indisputable fact them. He has personal magnetism andthe power of ap i that the masses seldom get in and drill. Experience peal to the emotions not much less telling than those New arrival of Shoes just in and with each pair teaches that it is invariably the efforts of a little bunch which appertained to the late W. J. Bryan, and he ia of! sold Saturday, I will give a pair of silk stock of progressive, citizens w ho, appreciating the need of ac the same visionary and insecure advocate of the impos ing for men.................................... $5.75 to $6.50 complishing things, that count. This is true of practically sible that Bryan always was. It is going to take a strong man to beat Mr. Pierce next every community. New shoes for Ladies and Girls November. The strongest man available is the one who A few resolute men—the little bunch, if you please something classy.......................... $4.00 to $6.00 This newspaper w’ho have the confidence of their neighbors can accom ought to be nominated againt shim. plish much for the upbuilding of not only their home thinks that man is not Mr. Upton, but that it is I. L. Pat-i Boys Oxfords just in and they are town but the surrounding territory as well. One idea terson. Mr. Patterson is a farmer—a successful fanner. up to date...................................... $400 He knows the needs of fanners and i s in sympathy with 1 and mutual confidences operate most successfully to gether. Loyalty, enthusiasm and keeping everlastingly at them. Practically all his life he has lived in contact with B. V. D. slip in, one button, it brings success. Staying by a purpose, following an idea! farmers. But he has been a business man, too, and there i fine for hot days................. $1.25 again he has been successfill. He has had large official has resulted in a crowning glory for many a little bunch experience. While in the state senate he was chairman of of community builders.—St Helens Sentinel. Short sleeves and ankle length union the ways and means committee. No othe imposition better -------- o--------- summer weight underwear................ $1.00 Senator I. L. Patterson, of Polk county, was a Ver fits a candidate for coping \ ith problems of state finance than this. He has a very wioe acquaintance up and down nonia visitor last Friday. Mr. Patterson is a republican Mens single coat $5.50 candidate for governor of Oregon. He had only a short the Willamette valley, whi?h is the most thickly popu time to visit in our city and was sorry that he couldn’t lated part of Oregon, and as the nominee of his party un Mens summer suits, whip cord for meet more of our citizens, although seeing quite a few, questionably would carry t ie strength of that populous Saturday only................................. $10.00 most of whom expressed their preference for Mr. Patter district, as well as much of he country east of the moun tains. For all of these reasoi s he appeal ’ s to be the strong Kaki Coats and Brich, suit $9.00 son for governor. Mr. Patterson, in the opinion of many, is the only candidate who can beat Pierce for election He est candidaee in the present campagn and the one whos< Men suits, 2 pr pants $25.00 is a Polk county farmer who has the majority of Salem. chances would be best for election in November. Oregon ought to free itself from the unsoundness of Portland and southern Oregon backing him. He stands for efficiency and lower costs in state government, and Pierceism. The time to begin is at next month’s primary, is found right in most public questions. Many of the old and the way to begin is by nomiiating Mr. Patterson be timers personally know Mr. Patterson’s father, who i> cause he is strong above other contenders.—Eugene still fanning in Polk county at ninety years old and thei Guard. Working Mans Store PAY DAY SALE E. W. Holtham iSi