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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1926)
VERNONIA Btfg—t Little City hi Oregon A New Home a Day EAGLE An asbestos suit that can be used cent edition of the Oregon City En the home merchant, who will replace order man who sold him a shot gun Byron W. Huhn ,silk hat manu MAIL ORDER BUYERS terprise. Probably some Columbia it or refund the money. But the It was cheap, true enough, but he for protection in rescuing a fire vic facturer for most of the Presidents FIND GOODS COSTLY county residents have been dealt with mail order firm will not do this. He nearly lost a thumb when the ecu tim is on exhibit in the American since the time of Grant, recently '--------- I similarly. Here is what is happen is too far away to fight and argue traption exploded. Museum of Safety in New York. died at his Milwaukee home with. He has made the sale and ing around Oregon City: Many more instances could be pocketed the money, so he should Oregon City and the whole coun given, all showing that, while dis try is now being flooded with a worry if dissatisfaction follows. tant fields look the greenest, it is Here is a recent instance that usually the greenest patron that volume of mail order literature that apparently breaks all records. Some makes this point clear: sends his money far away for things body has sent out an embracive mail Hi« Bargain Suit. that may be bought right at home at ing list of Clackamas county names A man employed in the paper equal or better values. to each of several well known mail mill called at the county court house --------- ♦--------- order concerns in Seattle and the and wanted to know what procedure [ T CHURCH NOTICES f east and the enterprising firms have was necessary to recover monev by ' acted with prompt replies. Every civil process in a case of misrepre ®-------------------------------- o blandishment known to the super sentation. He said he had sent away CHRISTIAN CHURCH dealers of things that can be sent to a mail order house for a “gen Oliver L. Curtis, Pastor via parcel post or freight is being uine Scotch woolen suit,” guaran- Next Sunday morning the pastor extended, and the catalogues still anteed to be tailor made according will preach on “His Coronation and come. In many homes, especially to measurements which he had sent. His Ambassadors" This will be the rural domiciles, the mail order cata And only $12.95. This looked good, second of a series of sermons on the logue forms the principal classic of so he sent the money, receiving keys of "The Kingdom of God.” In AL’S PORTLAND ORCHESTRA household literature, and is persued therefrom a shoddy suit that fitted the evening the sermon will Le “On closely by Father, who imagines he nowhere. He spent $2.50 on altera Holy Ground.” The bible school is can save money by buying all sorts tions, and found the cloth all awry still showing a great interest in the .. Under new management. Al J. FABER, Mgr.... of things for farm garden or shop; and shrunken after its first rain wet auto contest and next Sunday we by Mother who gloatingly reads ap ting. Probably no merchant in Orc* are going to look for you. pealing bargain prices of domestic gon City is selling anything like it things and raiment; by Daughter.who yet here was a man who passed up scans the list of knick-knacks and good clothing values at home, be finery;-by Son, who looks over the cause a Chicago mail order catalog list for the latest in radios, shot secured him as another dupe. Of guns, raincoats and clothes; and by course, there is no redress in these the Kid, who wistfully wishes he had cases. The county court is not a a few dollars to send away for a debt collection agency, and the mail pretty mimic motor, tinker toy and order houses are too far away any whatnot. way, to reach. Only thing to do is Those Enticing Catalogs. to grin and be a game loser—and The price lists and catalogs are learn the lesson that it pays t> buy prepared by high powered publicity at home, after all. wizards whose business is to get the They Come to Grief. business anway, regardless of merit Many instances like this are heard or relative values, and the result is An upper county farmer sent away disillusion and disappointment in for some mail order harness for his many instances. little team and tinkered with it, re As a matter of fact, it is doubt fitting the straps and r things, ful if one can really obtain better in an endeavor to ...a hem fit value from the distant mail order Finally he threw fieri away in dis Just the other day we bought 63,000 bags—about If I concern than he can from the store gust. carloads—or 6,300,000 pounds of sugar. Quite t in the home town. A West Linn woman received a bit of sugar—wasn’t it? Enough—one would thin c Comparison of values in near; mail order oil stove last week and — to last us for some time. But—fur Skaggs S ton s every line will prove this. Another the things nearly blew her up, be —this was just about a THREE WEEKS’ SUPPLY! thing is this: if the buyer makes a fore she got it working, after hir mistake and the article is not used, ing a man all day to fix it. Can you conceive of any ordinary store—or chain < f There is a Canby man who would all he has to do is take it back to stores, for that matter—buying and selling in such qi antities? Hardly! Mail order catalogues are arriving with the bright spring days and are flooding the post offices of the »mailer cities. The experiences of purchasers of goods from these cut-1 alpgues probably would get a book. Some of them are set forth in a re D A N C E D Every Saturday A Coyles Hall N V ernonia Music by C E Phoney ____________ saving ,H liM 51 »USi stores How We Do it 157 CARLOADS SUGAR! HE 3-wing aluminum you see here, has T agitator revolutionized the washing of fa Naturally, with such a tremendous purchasing power and such an outlet for merchandise, we get the lowest prices we pass on io you. For instance—on this one item alone—we are saving the patrons of Skaggs Stores 10 to 25 cents a bag. This is our idea of sei-vice—the service of saving—and it is re fleeted in the prices quoted below. i I clothes by electric machine. ' It* scientific design — its scientific location at the top, rather than at the bottom of the tub, is the secret of Horton’s superior washing effi ciency. * ( ( FLY SEASON IS HERE I I WHY SEND AWAY FOR YOUR SCREENS Let us prove this fact by an actual demonstration at our store. SATURDAY FEATURES : I ©©R2 IP A RT Y Window and door screens of all kinds GIVE US A TRIAL I Sugar — East era cane— 10m 53c Limit 24c 40c Large ripe Florida Grapefruit, 2 for... Bunch Onions and radishes i 3 benches for..........................* VC Bananas— 3 pounds for Four Fitting Rooms. 25c Modern r 25c THIS PART IS INVISIBLE SKAGGS MARKET With Every Pair of Zell Bros. Glasses an Insurance Policy M FOR SATURDAY WE ARE OFFERI NG ONE OF THE BIGGEST SAV- INGS OF ALL TIME AND THAT IS THE BUYING PROBLEM OF MEAT. SKAGGS MEAT MEN ARE ALL TRAINED MEAT MEN AND KNOW THE VALUE OF EACH PIECE OF MEAT AND WILL GLADLY SHOW YOU ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CUTS OF MEAT AND HELP YOU SOLVE (0 YOUR MEAT PROBLEMS. COME IN AND JOIN OUR DOMESTIC CLASS A SATURDAY. SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE INVITED TO COME IN AND ASK V QUESTIONS REGARDING DIFFERENT CUTS OF MEAT. FOR SATUR- AA WE ARE FEATURING AT A REAL SAVING H ® Zh ’ / When you buy glasses of Zell Bros. Optical Department you re ceive a Certificate of Guarantee and Insurance Policy, regardless of thVprice of glasses. This Certificate allows you to come back to Zell Bros, and have a change in lenses made WITHOUT COST, in case your eyes need a change of lenses within one year after purchase; also an insurance against breakage. OUR INVISIBLE KRYPTOK Bl- FOCAL ONE-PIECE LENSES ARE ONLY OUR DEEP CURVE READING ......... $5.00 $12.50 CHARGE ACCOUNTS EXTENDED No. 1—2«3 Washington Nr. Fourth I 45c Butter—best cream ( ery, 1-lb. VEGETABLE FEATURES ::: ! fit I • <• f- Instruments. 49c ; /1/VCÆ POLICY Optometrists. Cheese—full cream Lilly of the Valley Catsup 2 bottles Cream of Wheat Registered Nut Margarine guaranteed quality Zell Bros. & Co. No. 2 Washington at Park Cattycorncr Majestic Theatre 23c Prime Rib Roast Boned and Rolled, lb. 25c Shortening— 3 pounds ..... 50c Milk Fed Legs Veal pound ....... 26c Shoulder Roast Veal, pound — 22c Steer Boiling Beef, pound ............. 11c ■ ,OPTICAL DEPARTMENTS > — ALL GOVERNMENT INSPEC TED BEEF FOR YOUR PROTEC TION TWO STORES Copyrighted by Zell Bro»., 1926 T Good Tender Beef Steak, pound &