Vernonia eagle., May 07, 1926, Image 4

VERNONIA EAGLE
Widely Quoted Weekly________
Beat Weekly Ad Medium
America’s “Gretna Green”
Shakespeare Up-to-Date Tells
Motorists’ Terrible Toll
boyish bob.
What’s become of tne old-fash­
ioned child who asked for “lump’ll
t’ eat” every time he went with his
mother to visit a neighbor.
There are times when a grouch
can get on your nerves almost as
much as a cheerful idiot.
It makes no difference to the
postal clerk in the dead letter of­
fice whether he has a birthday or
not. Every mail throughout the year
brings him many returns of the day.
“Did you know Mary is engaged
to a fellow with a wooden leg and
she broke it off.”
SEVEN AGES OF AUTO ACCIDENTS
Per cent of total accidents for each age-group due to autos
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OHAKESl'EAKE S ueveo ages or mankind made no reference to the number
who were cut off In their prime by automobiles. If be bad, suggests
the Stewart-Wnriu r Safety Council, It might have run something like this
igarody on his famous lines:
At first the Infant,
Killed by a truck while In bls nurse’s arms.
And then the careless schoolboy with bls marbles,
Playing In the streets after bls lessons
Are over And then the lover,
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Absent i muled walking with a box of candy
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Under In.- arm, to see his loved one,
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Is struck by a taxi and hurtled to the ground.
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Next comes the gay young blood
Out for Ids evening’s entertainment, whom
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Sixty ni'l-
hour Iliads forty years too soon
Upon i> slab tn some unfriendly morgue.
And then the banker, full ot worldly pride and honors,
Jay-walks across ihe street between two mighty deals of finance^
And wakes to find Saint Peter quizzing him.
Next, the family man. with years upon him.
Confused and jostled In the crowd.
Missteps, and dies amid thanksgiving
That Ids last premium was paid up.
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And last. In. ary age. tottering and feeble,
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Perhaps with crutch, or eye too dimmed with time.
An easy victim for some selfish motorist.
Sans care, sans thought, sans skill, sans everything—but speed.
The chart above shows wliat proportion of all accidents happening to each
age group are automobile accidents. The toll Is highest for the very young
and very old. This situation Is explained partly by the heedlessness of the
young and the Infirmity of old age. Moreover, these two groups are least
involved In Industrial accidents which makes their automobile casualties
constitute a larger pari of their total accidents.
NATAL
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Mr. and Mrs. Nuret made a trip
to Forest Grove and to Portland
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. McMullen and
children spent Tuesday evening with
the Iler family.
Mrs. Smith and litte son, Mrs
Linsley, Mr. Frank Peterson, Lin
coin Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Holding
were sighseers in Vernonia one day
last week.
Mrs. Eldre dof Portland spent Sun
day night with the Holding family,
returning to her daughters homo in
Forest Grove Monday.
Bor nto Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer
a little son on Arpil 22. Congratu
lation.
government than do these branches
of mining.
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SUCH IS LIFE
Leroy Carsqn, summoned out of
bed at an unseasonable hour and
not in the best of humor, was just
entering the home of his patient,
when a late passer-by accosted him
conversationally:
“Somebody sick in there, doc?’’
“Oh, no, indeed?’ replied Doc.
“I’m just going to give him his
music lesson.”
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DON’T STOP
When someone stops advertising
Someone stops buying.
When someone stops buying,
Someone stops selling.
When someone stops selling,
Someone stops making.
When someone stops making
Someone stops earning.
When someone stops earning,
Everybody stops buying.
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Mr. Holding and Mrs. Osburn went
to Clatskanie Monday.
BOOST VERNONIA
Dead towns have no tales to tell.
The real community worker never
watches the clock.
Cooperation is born of understand
ing one another’s problems.
A newspaper- usually is as good as
the people are at subscribing for it
A town is prosperous in propor­
tion to the horse-power and horse
sense ot its boosters.
A knocker is a mortgage on his
home town, and every other citizen
is paying interest on him.
The home town newspaper is. the
loud speaker for the community and
it costs but a trifle a year to tune
in.
Ask the next peddler that sells
you something whqre he will be
when you want to make an adjust­
ment on your purchase.
A town. isn’t worth a tinker’s
whoop that'doesn’t have some fellow
in it who has worked long and hard
enough for it, to become unpopular.
Dirt, iron, wood, stone, brick and
mortar never build a city. They have
to he mixed with human pep., brains
muscle and everlasting cooperation
Be thankful for our farmer and
other labor friends. Thy toil from
early mom ’till night producing the
things that make men strong, wo­
men fair and children happy.
Np Sherman anti-trust law ever
will he invoked to break up a com­
bine of loyal, forward looking, clear
minded men and women cooperating
to put their town on the map and
keep it fhere.
Mr. and Mrs. Osburn took dinnei
with the Holding family recently
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Metal, the Great Civilizer
One who has traveled through the
sections of Our Country which pro­
duce our gold, silver, copper, lead and
zinc ores, must gain respect for the
men who invest their lives and their
capital in producing these invaluable
metals. There would be no civiliza
tion without such mineral production
No industries, in the interest of na­
tional welfare, deserve greater en.
couragement by the people and th
COMMUNITY SPIRIT
Mix a little cooperation with un­
unselfishness. sweeten it with civic
pride, throw in a dash of common
ense.stir it with leadership,roll it in
persistency, flavor it with optinvsm
bake it with enthusiasm and the re­
sult is Community Spirit. Communi­
ty spirit can make anything happen
within the realm of community pos­
sibility. It is its own force.
Once
you get a fellow inoculated with it
you have transformed a passive nr
potential liability into a civic asset,
community" forth as a composite tn-
• * * It is what the citizens of a
tity in terms of love and sacrifice to I
the community in which they live I
Mr. and Mrs. Edgerton of Clats­
kanie and Mrs. Arenson of Portland
were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs
N. I). Peterson.
Miss Hattie Turner called on Mrs.
Frank Peterson one evening Iasi
week.
Mrs. Osburn sprained her ankle
quite baldy one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. McMullen ana
MA. and Mrs. Jim McMullen and
daughter Mary were Clatskanie
visitors last week. Mary had a tooth
pulled while there.
Mr. and Mrs. Neurt called on Mr
and Mrs Osburn one evening last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Holding and child­
ren went o Berkenfield one even­
ing recently.
Mrs. Noble Dunlap and son bloyd
were Mist shoppers Saturday.
Bertha Holding was absent from
school Monday.
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About 40,000 couples baa Justice ot the Peace Howard Kemp at Crown
Point, Ind., started off on the sea ot matrimony since he took over the marry­
ing office thirteen years ago. He Is declared to have joined more couples tn
wedlock than any other man alive and earned the title of the “Marrying
Squire." The tiny county seat Is often referred to as the Gretna Green of
America. Many prominent folks have patronized the Hoosier matrimonial
office, including Rudolph Valentino on one of his ventures Into the wedded
•tale.
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message into the same homes he is
that we call community spirit * • ♦
Its right application will bring mar putting his catalog. There is one way
it can be done—one way you can get
velous results. • » • » » ,
: it into the home, and keep it there,
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To A Girl.
and that is through your home town
Blessings on’ thee, little girl,
newspaper. You are entitled to an
With shingle bob instead of curl: even break with the catalog man__
With thy rolled down silken hose
A"d thy dimpled knee that show" and the columns of this paper offers
you your only opportunity to break
With thy red lips redder still
even with him.
Kissed by lip sticks at thy will;
With the sunshine on thy face,
Leaving freckles in its trace
Nobody really lives as long as a
From my heart I wish thee we'l
rich relative seems to live.
Just to be a girl—inconvenient.
The height of ignorance, is for a
Astoria Budget
girl to get married simply because
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she is tired of working.
An active gossip in a community
hard citizens were standing
can stir up more trouble in a day in Two
a secluded spot talking confiden­
than a hundred well intentionej peo­ tially. One of them sudden1 y sneaked
ple can smooth out in six months. away while the other stood on guard.
And the gossip is not confined to Soon the first one was seen to
“the female of the species,”—not by emerge from a window and join his
“Did youse get anything?”
any means. There are male gossips pal.
whispered the one in waiting. “Naw.
that cause as much trouble and heart de guy what lives in dere is a law­
aches as any of the female gossips yer,” growled the other. “Dat’c hard
who peddle their stuff. Possible the luck,” said his pal. “Did youse lose
gossips all work on the theory that anything?”
when some one else is being slnnd-
First Old Maid— Whal’d you
erd, people will not see the faults rather have than anything else in the
of the one who is peddling the poison < world? Second Old Maid—A nice
which is seldom the case. And the
worst part of it is that no one is
immune from their slurs, insinua­ J
tions and surmise, no matter how cir­
cumspect in conduct.
Nothing pays better than attend­
ing strictly to one’s business. If you
can't say something gooj about a
person it is a good plan to say ni th­
ing.
you know’ the reason for the fla­
vor. There’s an added zest to
Frye’s Delicious Ham because
you're sure. The exclusive mild
curing has reached the acme of
perfection and is carried out un­
der conditions of cleanliness that
are absolutely ideal. Our own
and U. S. Government inspection
insure this.
T hirty - one K inds
of H am
N ineteen K inds
of B acon
That’s what it seems
like when you serve
them the many differ­
ent ways shown in
Frye's Meat Guide.
Each recipe brings out
a different kind of
goodness. You’ll be
surprised.
Send 2c to cover post­
age to F rye 8 Co.,
Seattle.
No wonder that
Frye’s Delicious Brand Is
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Do something for somebody, some
where,
While jogging along life's load.
Help someone to carry his burden.
And lighter will grow your load.
THE LID IS OFF ON PRICES AT THE PEOPLES STORE
Do something for somebody, always
Whatever may be your creed,
There’s nothing on earth can help you
So much as a kindly deed.
Absolutely the very best goods possible for us to
get at prices to “knock ’em cold”
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A curious fact concerning the 57
“deeps” in the ocean is that all of
them are near the land.
Ruskin outlined a plan in Sesame
and Lilies similar to the Boy Scouts
long before Baden Powell organized
them.
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Astoria—Paving begins on Astor­
ia Svenson section of Columbia
highway.
Portland receives national prize
for cities of 100,00 or more,for best
progress in reducing fire loss.
Ashland—250 ton retort of Hart­
man syndicate, said to prove satis­
factory for extracting oil from shall
Salem—Adam Engel will build 12
apartment house, to cost $58,000.
Hood River citizens will support
move for new $169,000 high school.
Florence—Stout Lumber Co., will
raft its logs, from Siuslaw river to
Coos Bay.
McMinnville — Linfield college
plans $500,000 plant.
Oregon highway commission will
oil 400 miles of macadam highway
this year.
March lumber exports from Cooa
Bay had value of $51,196.
Oregon farms have 3251 radio sets
and 6771 tractors.
AN EVEN BREAK
We've talked to many rural resi­
dents and we've reached the conclu
■ion that the only reaaon a man or
woman buys from a mail order
catalog la becuase somebody was en­
terprising enough to send them the
catalog. In running through it they
discovered they would like to have,
and since the price suit« them they
sit uown and order it—without ever
thinking that the same thing can be
secured right here at home, at Just
as fair a price, and with n great
saving in life. So we have also come
to believe that the old idea of fight­
ing fire with fire is a good one—
that the only way home merchants
can hope to hold trade is to meet
the catalog man half way—put your
No. 1 Potatoes, cwt................... $3.85
For Friday and Saturday only
Flour, 49-lb. sack....................... $2.29
Apples, per box....................... $1.15
and they are Winesaps
Camel Cigarettes, carton
3
$1.25
Coffee, bulk, lb.......................... 48c
aa good as canned Coffee
Bordon or Oregon Milk—
10c can, 11 cans for.................. $1.00
Cornflakes, 10c; 3 for.........
25c
Pineapple, 2^ tins,
“Palace Car” can...............
25c
Red Mexican Beans
special, pound..................... ......... 10c
Macaroni, 3 pounds............
25c
Gold Bar Catsup, 16 ounce bottle
special. Fri. & Sat. only, a bottle, 19c
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ATTENTION: Shoes from 49c to 95c a pair; This
shoe is absolutely a regular $5, $6 and $7 shoe,
but the styles not upto 1926 model=-not new style
but all shoe and the biggest shoe bargain yet
offered by us
ANOTHER SPECIAL: Look Here! A 55=lb. felt
Cotton Mattress, rolled edge, going at $12.75 each
Bring your pocket books along and save wages
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Peoples Store
M. MURRAY MANAGER
NEXT DOOR TO BAKERY