Vernonia eagle., June 25, 1926, Image 1

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Entered as second-class m*tter August 4, 1922, at the post office ac Vernonia, Oregon, under the Acts of March 3, 1879.
VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY
WASHOUGAL
LOSES AGAIN
JUNE 25, 1926
Volume 4
Number 46
Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner
COLUMBIA COUNTY
CEN. COMMITTEE
VERNONIA SCOUTS
GO ON VACATION
Officers and Appointments Made at
The annual summer encampment,
under supervision of the Portland
Council, Boy Scouts of America, is
now open for the season on the
ocean near Tillamook.
Vernonia
boys will leave for Portland today
and go from there to the camp on
the beaches.
Each scout-furnishes his own nui-
form and equipment and pays his
board of $6.09 per week for the two
weeks camp. He must be supplied
with clothing, cooking utensils, dish­
es, bedding, toilet articles, and may
also carry other things in his duf­
fle, or barracks bag, The daily pro­
gram consist of setting-up exercises,
swimming lessons, flag raising, work
hour, test work, games, inspection
and campfire.
Quarters consist of
wall tents with wooden floors am*
double deck wooden bunks.
A series of awards will be made
for advancement in Scoutcraft, camp
helpfulness and camp activity, con-
sisting of some handsome emblem.'
and honor hats,
The summer camp
grounds consis tof a donation of fib
acres and the purchase of 408 acre:
for $21,000, with ocean frontage of
about a mile and a half, ideally sit
uated for a Boy Scout camp. At the
south end is a fresh water lake of
about six acres, with sand beach, the
water being clea rand ideal for swim
ming. The shore line of Tillamook
county presents all known kinds of
topographical and physiographies)
formations. Hikes up and down the
beach for miles will take the boys
over rugged and beautiful Cape Look
out, around Netarts Bay, around
Cape Mears, over sand spits, bays,
and estuaries, even as far north as
Cape Falcon and Necarney moun­
tain, and south aroun Sand Lake,
Cape Kiwanda, Nestucca Bay and
as far as picturesque Neskowin and
rugged Cascade Head.
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VERNONIA
Meeting Held in St. Helens.
ELKS
WILL
LEAVE
FOR TACOMA
Caravan of 200
Car«
Will
Leave
Minute of the first meeting of the
Portland Temple to Attend O**e
newly elected Republican County
of Largest Gatherings on
Washougal Meets Vernonia Central Committee, held on June 19,
the Coast.
1926 at 2 o’clock p. m. at the
on Home Grounds for
county court house, Columbia coun­
Many from Vernonia will attend
ty, St. Helens, Oregon.
the Elks convention
_ at Tacoma,
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Wa, r
Second Defeat
The meeting was called to order
the 24, 25 and 26 of this month. One
by Chairman Edwi nRoss, and N. NJ
of the largest gatherings on the Pa­
Blumensaadt was elected acting sec­
cific coast will take place at Ta­
retary for the meeting.
coma this week when thousands of
o fC. W. Lou­
TIED FOR SECOND don The of resignation
the antlered herd will meet there for
Mist precinct was read and
a three days convention. A caravan
accepted.
of 200 cAs will leave the Elks
The following persons were then
temple in Portland early Thursday
Vernonia Will Clash With Vancouver duly elected committeeman in their
morning.
Transportation has been
respective precinct, where a vacancy
on Home Grounds Next Sun­
arranged for all who care to attend.
occured:
Many special trains from Idaho,
W. T. Exenson, Clatskania, No. 1;
day; Soldiers Are After
Utah and southern Washington will
Charles English, Deer Island; John
come
by way of Portland and pick up
Duck« Scalp
McAdam, Delena; Mrs. Hanna Arm­
those that wish to make the trip by
strong, Marshland; A. R. Melis, Mist;
train. Every one from the lower Co­
«
J. K. Simpson, Prescott; John Jolma
lumbia county should join the Port­
Quincy;
E.
E.
Rosenbraugh,
Rainier
Lower Columbia League Standing.
land caravan at Kelso, so that all
No.
1;
H.
D.
Morris,
Rainier
No.
3;
W. L. Pct.
will be together inroute as this car­
Charles
Beeler,
South
St.
Helens:
Ryderwood ........... ................. 5 2 .714
avan is to be entertained at Kelso,
Vernonia ............. ................. 4 2 ,667 Paul Robinson, Vernonia No. 1;
Cenrtalia and Chehalis. It is sched­
Lawrence
Tarbeil,
Yankton.
Kalama
................. 4 2 .667
uled to arrive in Tacoma at 9 p. m.
The
election
of
officers
then
took
St. Helens ........... ............ 4 3 .571
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place
with
the
following
results:
.500
Vancouvt'r ........... ................. 4 4
N.
N.
Blumensaadt,
Rainier
No.
2,
Worker
Badly Burned
.429
Camas .................
...... 3 4
Washougal ......... ................ 2 4 .286 chairman; Paul Robinson, Vernonia
Fusa Causa« Arc Burning Frank
Clatskanie ........... ................ 1 5 .167 No. 1, secretary; Edwin Ross, St.
Helens No. 2, treasurer; T. C. Watts,
Browning on Faca.
St. Helens No. 1, state committee-
SUNDAY’S HERO
man
and
A.
R.
Melis,
Mist,
con
­
All the honors and decorations
Frank Browning, who was badly
that can be bestowed upon one man gressional committeeman.
burned at the Oregon-American mill
Elected
committeemen,
May
21,
should be'given to Davis. Davis did
The man with the proper civic spirit investigates before he criticizes. He
last week, is reported to be getting
the impossible in Sundays game 19“6;
takes the trouble to look into the future of his own town before he con­
along nicely. A fuse box blowed up
W.
L.
Brown,
Apriary;
Robert
demns it.
Chief Manning was assigned to pitch
on the machine he was running,
Berg,
Birkenfeld;
C.
L.
Conyers
for Vernonja, so Davis found himself
The trouble with most critics, as with the knocker in this picture, is that
causing a large arc which burned
Clatskanie,
No.
2;
W.
P.
Maclay,
Co
­
a soft seat and watched one of th<
they do not know enough about the things they criticizi.
Constructive
him badly about the face and neck.
lumbia
City;
Fritz
Anliker,
Goble-
finest games ever played on the hom<
criticism is valuable because it carries with it a full knowledge of the
Had it not been for a pair of
Mrs.
C.
E.
Lufkin,
Milton:
N.
N.
grounds. The game was just a wov
situation, but just mere knockiny is ignorance on a rampage.
glasse, he would have probably lost
Blumensaadt,
Rainier
No.
2;
J.
G.
from the start, and belonged to nc
There is nothing elevating or enlightening in continually finding fault
both eyes. Electrical men are at a
man all the way through. The last Watts, Scappoose; T. C. Watts, St. yet the small city frequently has this type of citizen with which to contend:
loss to explain just how the accident
Helens
No.
1;
Edwin
Ross,
St.
Hel-
of the ninth with Vernonia to bat
a small minority which thinks the town is not good enough for them. But
occured, saying they had never heard
found Washougal leading by one run ens No. 2; Charles Graham, St. Hel- if it depended on their efforts, there would be no town at all.
of anything like it before.
ens
No.
3;
Ben
S.
Owens,
Vernonia
and
Nance was hit by a pitched ball
If you know any one in Vernonia who cannot see the advantages of mak­ RUNNING A HOME
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sent to first base, Wright came to No. 2, and Elmer Dahlgren, Warren ing this a bigger and better town, get him to climb the ladder as our boos­
A
Shame
to the Public
IS
A
BUSINESS
bat and struck out, Dowd layed down
ter friend in the picture has done, and maybe he will drop the ax, or he
a soft grounder and was pegged out Prisoners Bilked, Charged will see fruits galore, enough for him and everybody in town.
Small Number Maks Appearance at
1
•
at first sending Nance to second.
No purchasing agent in a busines'.
School Board Meeting.
Hudson was the next to bat and like Man Arrested in Vernonia Is Re-
Important, Right Now • ATTEND CONVENTION office could hold his job unless he
each time before, Gaines walked him
turned to Vancouver.
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kept abreast with new products and
with the idea of fanning Manning
The “public” is a hard proposition
the next baeter up, but Manning
William Baker, arrested at Ver­ Uncle Sam States That all Subscrib­ Delegate« Attend Meeting Held at the progress of money-saving mer- to get interested in public business,
wasn’t the next batter, the mighty nonia, Or., Friday, was brought to
ers in Errors Must Pay up
public
Marshfield, Oregon.
improvements, co-operation
chandise.
Davis had been called for the roll Vancouver, Wash., by Deputies John­
or public necessities. It really is a
to Receive Paper
of pinch hittter, and oh, boy, what a son and Andrews to answer a charge
Five young ladies left Vernonia
shame
that
the public takes so little
Women are the purchasing agentf
wonderful actor he was. He swatted of grand larceny. It is alleged that
It is customar;,' .-■J very common Saturday June 19, bound for Marsh­ for the home.
They can always do interest in such important affairs as
Gaines’ first delivery for three bags when Baker obtained his release for people to for. e < r neglect hand-j field to attend the G. A. R. and W.
their work more efficiently by know school elections and school annual
scoring Nance and Hundson.
Those who went
meetings. Last. Monday was school
from the county jail he was given ing to or sending
• the editor the R. . convention.
ing of new articles that save money district No. 47 election and meeting
a watch by Zim Wilson and $50 in subscription price of the paper were Gladys Gesscll Smith, president
Davis just can’t keep from winning cash by Joe Wood to be given to Right now The Eagle needs some of the W. R. C. corps; Mrs. W. L. and time; that add new ease to life Only twelve people out.
Only a
ball games. Its in him and it has to relatives of the two men, who were subscription money. Some are back Hall, senior vice; Muy Mellinger,
The advertisements tell you of dozen in the entire district interes­
come out.
still confined on liquor charges, and a year or two or three. Uncle Sam conductor; Sarah A. Spencer, these products. They are reliable ted enough in the schools, the money
■ Washougal
Vernonia
failed to do so.—Journal.
won’t stand for that hrough his post patriotic instructor and L. A. Rogers sources of information that keep wo­ expended, the teachers, the board,
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Merrit, rf.
IWilson, cf
and 700 pupils to attend the meeting
offices. All subscriptions should be a member going as chaperone. Mrs. men abreast of the time.
|Caig, fb
Mr. Condit was retiring from the
Welsh, If
in advance. If every Eagle reader Spencer being the youngfest (?) in
Read the advertisement.
They
Former
Vernonia
School
|Gay, rf
Kotula, 3b
would pay up and their year in ad 1 the bunch had to have Mrs. Rogers will make the business of running hoard and Mr. A. D. Hall was elec­
Teacher Is Married vrnce this week, the home paper i to look after her. to see that she a home easier. They will save you ted. Next Monday is the high .school
Blackman, fb
lEarickson, ss
Nance, 2b
IHolland, c
would be on a good basis and getI didn’t run off with some of the money and assure faithful quality election.
Wright, ss
I Pickett, 2b
A marriage license was secured out a better and bigger paper. I young comrades as she is the onh in all that you buy.
single one on the trip. Mrs. W. L
Dowd, cf
[Crum, If
at Kelso, Wash., this week by W. B. Please.
Advertisements tell you what is Maybe a “Town Creed” ....
Hudson, c
(White, 3b
Howell and Winifred Mellinger, both
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I Hall will be the chaperone as they best to buy and where to get it.
Manning, p
IGaines, p
I have promised not to tell on each
of St. Helens. Miss Mellinger is well
NOTICE
Would Help Your Town
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Vernonia
000 001 202—5 known to Vernonia people, as she
Free Vaudeville.
At the school meeting Monday, , other and let us know what a good
Washougal
000 300 001—1 taught in one of the iocal errade we will not vote on the tax ques-J time they had while th°re.
Perhaps your town needs a creed
On Tuesday night, June 29, there
Errors: Kotula 2, Dowd 1, White schools two years ago.
tion or any school house question.1
Thayer,
will be a free vaudeville entertain­ for strength and growth.
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1, Earickson 1, Pickett 1. two base
Sunday
’
«
Game
That part of the meeting is post-!
ment and musical at the Grange Kan., did. So the Thayer News has
hits, Gaines 1, Holland 1, Welsh 1,
poned to the regular budget voting | Vancouver comes to Vernonia hall. This show is given by the Wood published and is working for the
Promise Yourself
Kotula 1 Merrith 1. three base ihts
To be strong, that nothing can time. But the election and meeting Sunday. It will be an exciting game men of the World, and elsewhere following creed, entitled “Helping
Davis and Dowd, stolen bases, Dowd,
will be held Monday from 2 to 7 to on the home grounds. Don’t miss it where they have appeared the even­ Thayer Grow”:
sacrifice, White, Creigh, Pickett, Ko­ disturb your place of mind.
I will speak a good word for every
ing’s entertainment has been highly
To talk health, happiness and vote on two directors, one from
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tula, Welch, double plays, Gaines to
Hill and one from the
spoken off by those attending. Every fellow business man, even though he
NOTICE
Creigh to White, Manning, Nance to prosperity to every person you meet Pleasant
be my competitor.
To make your friends feel that Pettijohn district.
Blackmnn, wild pitch, Gaines, Davis
Cut the grass and weeds on your body is invited Tuesday night.
I will vote at every election, put­
batted for Manning in 9th. Struck there is something in them.
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property and keep all trash cleaned
ting the future of Thayer ahead of
Liberty Like Health
To look at the sunny side of
out by Gaines 2, walked 4. Manning
Self Government
up. This is a bad time for fire so
my own private interests.
5, walked none. Hit by pitched ball everything and make your optimism
Liberty is to the collective body! do not let boxes and papers lay
The «, iiwxvj
liberty vi.
of « a people consist in
* I will
win nuv
not auppun
support a a iiiuu-uruer
mail-order
come true.
Nance twice;
what health is to every individual j around your place of business or being governed by laws which they J house or buy from my own whole-
To
think
only
of
the
best
—
to
work
Chief Manning dropped into town
body; without health no pleasure your home. Fire sweeps clean, take have made themselves under what­ sale houses personal articles not
Sunday and administered a severe only for the best.
can be tasted by man; without lib­ a little precaution and help prevent soever form it be of government— stocked in my store. Rather, I will
To be just as enthusiastic about erty no happiness can be enjoyed byi them.
beating to Washougal. Manning and
W. J. Kelly, City Marsha) the liberty of a private man, in being patronize my fellow merchants as I
you
are
the
success
of
others
as
Gaines hooked up in a real pitching
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society—Boiingbrooke.
master of hi« own time and actions want customers to patronize me.
about
your
own.
duel, both going the full distance
CHARLES MORRIS
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so far as may consist with the laws
I will try to buy stock in some
of
the
To
forget
the
mistakes
and allowing only seven wild hits
Has Forest Fire.
local industry, thus helping to build
Charles Morris, 62, died at his of God, and of country—Cowley.
each. They were given brilliant sup­ past and press on to the greater
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had home in West St. Helens last Wed­
The
East
Side
Logging
Co.,
up
pay rolls and values in my home
port all the time, especially from achievements of the future.
quite a little fight with fire this nesday. He was born in Illinois and
town.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Rex
Dalles
and
To
wear
a
cheerful
countenance
Vernonia’s wonderful outfield.
week, extending over probably fifty settled in Columbia county in 1899. children, of Albany, Or., are leaving
I will try to keep my store at­
Washougal had the game on ice in at all times, and give every living acres.
At this writing Wednesday I For 21 years he had resided there. for home after enjoying some of the tractive, going forward each year in
creature
you
meet,
a
smile.
the ninth inning when Vernonia
To give so much time to Jhe im­ night, it is reported under control Besides his widow, Mr. Morris is sur­ good fishing to be found in the Ne­ stock and fixtures instead of back­
came to bat. They were leading by
with very little damage.
vived by a son Arlie, of Portland, and halem valley for a week.
While ward.
one run, there Were two outs, two provement of yourself, that you have
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I will keep my lawn neat and help
a daughter, Mrs. Louis May of Ver­ here they stopped with their mother,
men on bases when Davie, batting no time to criticise others.
make my street the most attractive
nonia, two brothers, John of Mab­ Mrs. A. ~
F. Stankey.
To be too large for worry, too Two Bound Over on
for Manning slugged out a three bag
street in all Thayer
Wash., James of Portland and
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ger sending the winning runs across noble fof anger, too strong for fear
Robbery Charge ton,
I will attend some church every
two sisters, Mrs. A. C. Sau'ser of
the plate and breaking up one of and too happy to permit the pres­
“The Laff-a-Lot club” met and or- Sunday.
St. Helens and Mrs. Nellie Baker of
, '
the hardest fought battles’ ever ence of trouble.
Charged with assault and robhe-y Vernonia. Funeral services were con­ ganized Wednesday at the home of
I will ever work for enlarged
To think well of yourself, and to being
staged between two teams.
Dot Smith’s. A number of the W. school facilities
armed with a dangerous
If you missed this game you have proclaim this fact to the world not weapon, Albert Armstrong, Joe. ducted from the Methodist church B. A. ladies furnished the dinner at
I will give a job to every Thayer
a reason to be made at yourself, be­ in loud words, but in great deeds. Hartzell and Lewis Cornelius, Ver­ in St. Helens Saturday -lfternoo» 1 o’clock.
Officers and members
To live in the faith—that the nonia, were given preliminary hear­ with interment in th; Odd Fellow were present and the program for girl an dboy I can employ to get
cause there was everything in it
them interested in thrift and econo­
Warren.
that a human could hope to see. whole world is on your side, so long ings before Justice of the Peace J cemetery at ---------
the next meeting outlined. The next my.
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There was more excitement and as you are true to the best thae i« L. Storla on Saturday. It is alleged
meeting is at Marie Adams at 1 p. m
1 will thank God my home is in
Our last Sundny's walk divulged June 30.
thrills than being an eye witness to in you.
All W. B. A. members Thayer and not Chicago or China.
the crime was committed in Ver­
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another
beauty
:
pot
in
the
lovely
14 murders.
welcome and bring your bathing
nonia, June 16.
The men .were ar-(
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Washougal drew first blood in the A passenger line plying between rested in Portland the next day I lawn, flowers and arrangemnts sur­ suits.
Grand Chief Helen Wrigintman.
fourth inning when they put three Seattle and the Far East publishes, a Cornelius was dishcarged. but Arm­ rounding the home of Mrs. B. L.
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accompanied by Rose Farrington,
runs over. Vernonia came back in the paper in Chinese for the benefit of strong and Hartzell were bound over, Lane. Her flower garden with back
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gooding. Jr., grand mistress of correspondence and
ground
of
bearing
fruit
trees,
is
sixth with one landed two in the the Chinese passengers.
to the graud jury under $2000 bail
and son, of Idaho, were in Vernon­ Mrs Leah Ballagh, grand junior, al)
seventh, tying the game. Washougal
and are held in jail in St. Helens— hard to bent.
ia this week, visiting with his par­ of Portland, paid an official visit to
scooned another in their half of the diamond today. He made the going Portland Journal.
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ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gooding Sr. Vernonia Temple 61, Pythian Sisters
ninth. Vernonia came to bat and hard for Washougal.
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A farewell party was given on Mr. Gooding Jr., is in the sheep Wednesday evening.
This gives the ducks five straight
hung two more on their string, mak­
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Cleveland are Mr. and Mrs. Alf Becker Sunday
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ing a five to four victory. Our in­ games in a row and that not all. wo moving*to their newly finished home evening. A large number of friends I business in Idaho and drove to the
A number of the W. B.A. ladles
field played air tight ball with the are going to got more. Next Sunday up on Vernonia Heights. Their pres­ and relatives and neighbors called • coast for a few days vacation, mixed
He spoke and their friends had a surprise
acceptance of Kotula. who wobbled is the big day. we meet that fast ent home is one of the beat located to bid them farewell before they left I with business affairs.
a little at the start. The outfield wa< and furious Vancouver team here on and most expensive in Vernonia, for Shelton, Wash. The evening was I with optomism concerning the ap­ party on Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
pearance of Vernonia.
Graven at the Riverview hall re­
copper rivited, nothing could get by our own lot. This is going to be one ; with a garden that
far surpasses spent in games and stories, with a
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cently. They spent the evening in
them.
Dowl, our new cepterfieldcr of’the best games on our schedule, any in the city.
From their new fine supper at a late hour
A supper of
Skin on the feet of Binghi natives games and dancing.
was all over and made some great because the Ducks gave them one house, however, one gets a view of
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in Australia is said to be the thick­ weinies, buns, pickles and coffee waa
catches. Merrit played a wonderful whipping and_ they have never for­ the entire town.
The birth rate of the United est
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found on any human beings.
The served. All departed saying they had
The battle ery at Van-
game in the field but at bat like gotten it.
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States has declined more than 30 per Binghi have been known to put hoh- a delightful evening.
Hudson, Gaines was afraid of him couver is "beat Vemonia at my
Patronize
the
city
library,
located
cent in the past thirty years and is nails in the soles of their feet and
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But as you and I know it
and issued him a few walks. Welch price.”
in the city hall.
Tell us a news item.
Thanks.
still declining.
proudly exhibit them.
and his dirty shirt shined like a can’t be dons.
ah