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Entered as second-class matter August 4, 1922, at the post of lies at Vernonla.Oregon, under the <Ac»s of March 3, -1879.
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VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY
JULY 2, 1926
Volume 4
Number 47
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Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner
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VANCOUVER
MEETS DEFEAT
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Large CAwd Witnesses De­
feat of Team
PLAY KALAMA 'NEXT
All Player* Play Exceptional Shut
Out Game, the First Yet Played.
Strong Contest Yet to
be Given
Davis, our chief twirler turned in
the first shut out game of the
Lower Columbia league last Sunday
when he white washed Vancouver
20 to 0. Besides pitching a wonder
ful game, Davis picked himself a pair
of hits.
Welch hung some tancy trimmings
on his batting average by poling out
a home run with two on base. The
Ducks put over a barrage of hits
totaling 15, sending four Vancou­
ver gunners off the mound.
Davis
was stingy with the soldiers, only
allowing them four scattered hits.
He walked two, struck out nine, and
accepted two chances for put outs.!
It was a tough day for poor
Uncle Sam, the Ducks treated him;
bo unmerciful.
The fact was they!
pounded him so hard on the chest
that they blistered his back. A de­
feat pill is not hard to swallow
w n it is small, but when on has'
t- lake twenty to etto other f .1
none it’s a large gob to get down
your old goozle.
For lack of space We are unable
to give an honor roll this week. The
Ducks all played such wonderful
ball that it is hard to pick one hero
when they are all heroes.
Ryderwood still heads the Lower
Columbia league. Kalama and Ver­
nonia, who are tied for second place
both won their games for Sunday,
so there is no change in that part.
Camus beat Clatskanie while St. Hel­
ens lost to Ryderwcod. This means
that Camas goes dp while St. Hel
ens goes down.
The Ducks have got tough going
from now on, and Davis will be
given the acid test in the next five
games, which include Clatskanie,
Camas, Ryderwood, St. Helens and,
Kalama. AU these teams are first
class and t'Ǥfped
Sped off with first class
pitching am ¿.there IS not going to
be any swl
j, nhtiing averages
after the
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away.I
Ryderwood hajl added, new strength
; wiih the addition of
to. their
“Lefty”
•of the Timber!
Wolves.
PLAN NO
VERNONIA DAY
Brief Summary >of What Can be Done
la Given in Following Article
There aril many attractions that
can be introduced into the spirit of
celebration for* “Vernonia Day” in
Vernonia, .'the fore part of Septem­
ber.
Proper committeemen can ar­
range a couple good speakers for a
short program in our new city park.
A few starujs can be operated that
will bring
at the
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S a ' little revenue
park.
.
TM|n the fire department
could challenge the O.-A. mill men
or a neighbor town for a water
fight, The American
_ Legion can put
on a big attraction,
The various
lodges carr be dated for one good at­
traction each, races can be program
med for the' street, street pavement
dancing at night free to visitors.
The Boy FScouts can act as guides
and put on a parade*, various stands
can be operated up and down the
street during both'’ day and night,
paying a fee to help on expenses.
The Ladiqs Athletic club could give
a street parade and "exhibition of
their exercises, the drum corps and
band could play, the streets and
stores could be decorated, properi
literature,- paper advertising at home
and in other towns, auto shield
stickers, bills, etc., should be plenti­
ful. A red-hot, tip-top, rousing cele- i
bration can be put on that wi’l re­
vive all of us gnd bring many hun­
dreds of ’ visitors who will leave a
dollar or-so each.Among the visitors
who will see the advertising and:
visit the town there will be some
looking for industrial sites, farms,!
fruit and dairy* ranches, homes, etc.
It will pay. But if it is to be done
we cannot delay another week.
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THANK YOU
Several h-ea^iera have pushed their
Epgle subscription ahead this week.
Among them Mr. Cropper, Mr. T. A.
White, -
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H. Hixon,
W. T. Lilly, John Edens, D. L.
Smith. O. E. Dent and Mrs. B. D.
Jlellcr.
UNION SCHOOL ELECTION
STATE INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE
Five Month* Period Endinc May 31
Show Seven Per Cent Increase.
For the first five months of this
year ending May 31 the volume of
industrial activity in Oregon protec­
ted by the Workmen’s Compensation
law increased nearly seven per cent
over the same period last year, ac­
cording to a statement issued today
by the State Industrial Accident
commission. The total days work­
men were employed, as reported to
the commission, were 8,295,572 dur­
ing the first five months of 1925, and
8,846,559 during the same period
this year, an increase of 550,987
work days.
The total of accidents reported
during the five months of 1925 was
10,149, while for the same months
of this year the total reached 10,-
998, an increase of about eight per
cent.
A comparison of total receipts by
the commission also shows a de­
cided increase during the first five
months of this year over the same
months in 1925, the figures being
$877,510.49 and $969,872.62, re­
spectively, an increase over ten and
one-half per cent.
The commission’s statement also
indicates a substantial increase in
the volume of insurance during the
coining year by reason of the action
of large employers, who previously
had rejected the compensation law,
in again bringing their operations
under the protection of the Act.
Among the larger operations which
recently secured the protection of
the act for their employes are the
Oregon-American Lumber company,
Vernonia; the Pacific Spruce corpor­
ation, Toledo; the Whitney company,
Garibaldi; Bowman-Hicks Lumber
company. La Grande and Wallowa:
and the Prouty Lumber company,
Warrenton.
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GRAND OFFICERS VISIT
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KEEP TO THE RIGHT
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VOTES CASTED AT RECENT
t ...ELECTION IS 120
Weed, of PlessaX't Hill Win* Di-
rector Ship Over Sheeley by
Five Vote*.
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WHEIÏE THAT
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TAKE ANV
CHANCES
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Vernonia union high school held
their election for directors Monday,
The little complaint about lack of
44nteiest- i-n school matters had some
effect, as there 120 voters out, as
pompared to «nly 12 . to the . recent
grade school election.
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Only one name, that of O. G.
Weed was printed qn the ballots,
and he was from tfie Pleasant Hill
district.
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Many wrote in the name of Omar
Sheeley, however, r, Mr. Sheeley re­
ceiving 57 votes and Mr. Weed 62
votes.' ,
- For the Pettijohn district, Mrs.
Pettijohn had ‘no -opposition and
wap elected from hen district.
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FIRES NEARBY
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Undetermined -Origin of Fire- Burnt
Over" Large Area.
More than 300 acres of partly
lagged off, slashed and green timbei
on. property, owned by the East Side-
Logging company, located ten miles
from iiere.lwas destroyed by fire of
undetermined origin, .Starting about
five days ago.
The flames were
brought under control Monday morn
The Buy-at-Home route is an open highway leading to the best bargains ing. High winds at times made the
All other paths are rough, uncertain and frequently dangerous.
fighting difficult and severs' times
We can always see where the former leads, the place in which We ard the fire broke bounds and went into
sure of getting dollar for dollar and good service. In the shops of Ver­ other slashings.
nonia we can see goods before we purchase them and if by chance some­
Patrolmen were taken in Tuesday
thing proves unsatisfactory, there is not much difficutly in exchanging it. afternoon with pumps and equipment
Then again, better terms of credit can be arranged when trading among and several more were taken in or
friends.
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Wednesday to handle the situation
The home-town merchant must please his customers in order to stay . A six mile track four feet in width
here and do business among them. Those who do their buying herb reap has been thrown around the fire and
the benefits of his efforts to make good.
this has . been , jumped at times.
Contrast these privileges and advantages with the uncertainty of buy­
Water fop'the fire will be taken
ing from peddlers and mail-order houses, who demand spot cash, provide from. Clour creek, nfear ■ where the
no service and against whom there is little or no redress for unsatisfac­ fire is binging-
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A' f’re. starting in holdings of the
Standard' Box & Timber company In
Washington county and handled by
this -district started Monday but from
Grand Officers Show Sisters Work­
reports early in the week is under
control.
ings of the. Business.
Estimated damages of the two
, fires have not been' Teamed.
At the regular meeting of the
At, present these' fwo fires are the
Pythian Sisters, held last Wednesday
only' major firqs that have had to be
evening the following grand officers
contended with, reports. District
were present; Helen Wrightman. G.
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spmewhat
cboler weather than was
Lenh Ballaugh, G. J. and Mrs. W.
VISITED AMD COMPARED
| helped in some way to keep it up.
A. Harris, P. G. C. After the open­
vcdmonia
I We arrived at The Dalles about had last week, the handicap is not
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ing ceremony, Marjorie Cole, M. E.
Several logging camps including
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lunch T and to s‘ ole around
C., Vernonia Temple, presented each
Writer
Brings
Out
Good
Obgerva*
’ awhile.
Nice busy town and sub­ Koster Products company and the
with a lovely corsage boquet of pink
tions and Throughout Letter
stantial looking wheat fields on one East Side camp in this district have
rose buds.
The grand officers
Hints to Things Close
side and the apple and cherry or­ closed down for the Fourth and
watched the work, pointing out the
to Home
several patrolmen ' are employed in
chards on the other .
mistakes and complimenting the pro­
watching for fire pe well as loggers
gress made. The candidate initiated
We
took
one
of
the
Brown
Co.,
We left V:.—.onia on the afternoon stages out of there for Bend at Staying at the camps.
during the evening ceremoney was
Mrs. Ann Allen. Among the guests t -in the last Wednesday in May. 2:15 in the afternoon.
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We went
were several membrs and officers of There were about 12 passengers over the Sherman highway from • rt- • • COREY’S" STORE
aboard,
all
of
whom
were
strangers
Ava Temple, St. Helens. Mrs. Paul
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Briggs oh. This was a long lonesome ■i i > ,
Robinson, Mrs. Culvr and Mrs. Em- with the exception of Miss Bell, who drive, the passengers all started out Former Vernonia .Merchant Will
was
returning
home
after
the
close
mott have been transferred and are
Open New Store Her«.
happy enough but before we reached
now able to attend the meetings. At of school aqd Mrs. Sarah Spencer Bend at 8:30, tveryone was dead to 1 > i « ' r
going
into
Portland
to
visit.
Mrs.
the close of the evening, refresh­
A. Corey, formerly in business
the world.
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ments of cake and pineapple sherbet Spencer’s pass called for parlor car
Vernonia mer­
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We passed through the big wheat here and a pioneer
accomodations,
but
Mrs.
Spencer
was served by the degree staff:
fields, fifteen hundred and two thous­ chant, who has been in -Gales Creek
was
a
good
sport
and
occupied
a
Mesdames Albert Childs, Emmott,
and acres to a field, with a house -tha past six months, has sold out
J. W. Brown, Maurice Richardson. seat in the Vernonia special bob with only
just now and -theif and through there and is. coming back to Ver-
the
rest
of
us.
Charlotte Brady, Lola Nance and
nonTa.
He will open a store here
We Spent the night in Portland several towns. They all looked like sometime this month. Putting in a
Minsses Macile Roberts and Florio
they needed some of our moisture.’
and
went
to
a
show
that
Mr.
Bush
Kelso.—Correspondent.
stock pf gents furnishing goods
had shown out here the week before. all well built, streets well cared fori shoes and dry goods in the Hankel
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They are called sheep and wheat
We
took
that
stage
for
The
Dalles
‘building, formerly- ossupied by the
COUNTY LEGION MEET
I at 9 a. m. the next day, over the Co­ towns. There was Wasco, Moro, Grass
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IS HELD AT RAINIER lumbia river highway and our coach Valley, Shantico, This is the leading Depot oafe.
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happened to be a brand new one, sheep town and then along the way QUARTERLY POLICE REPORT,
Many of the Legionaires of St. making its very first trip. It was a we came to a town the driver called
ENDING JUNE 30, 1926
Helens joined with those of Rainier beautiful coach with upholstered “mail order town,” and in explina-
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and Vernonia, at the Legion hall in single seats, high windows, lights and tion told us that the inhabitants did
Fines
Charge .
Rainier for a joint legion meeting heat (we sure did need the heat,) no so much mail order buying that they No. Arrests.
«130.00
Monday night. Jack Carkin, of Ver­ dust and a capacity for 30 passen­ did not leave money enough in the 6— drunk ....... .'.......... “™.
322.50
nonia was making a final survey of gers, painted gray, red and white. town, to keep up the improvements 9— Possession liquor .....r
,146.06
That 10— Disorderly Conduct
the membership in this part of the We were the star attractions all of the streets and utilities.
state before the department conven­ along the highway at every stop. The every merchant who ever came, in 7— Traffic Violation ----- ... 10.00
.. 16.20
tion. Commander McDonald presided citizens were waiting to see the new there went broke with the exception 2—No Operators License
... 5.00
The Forty and Eight was represen­ coach and all the passeng >rs felt of one Jew and he stood behind his 1*—Reckless Driving .....
.. 28.00
ted by Grand Chief De Guerre, very distinguished. This war: one of counter for three years and quietly 1— Vagrancy ........... ......
00.00
Cockran of Vernonia, who made a four such coaches to be put on The studied the situation and then quiet­ 6—Rambling .....................
splendid address on legion activities. Dalles-Portland run and there was ly packed a »5,000 stock of goods 4—Minors in-Pool Halls ... .. 5.00
Comrades McDonald and Hall also already three on the run that would and shipped it back to Chicago. Took 2— Assault and Battery ,T.. .. 22.50
made talks. "One of the fine t meet­ make a schedule to be divided be­ in a partner and spent, »10.000 in 1—¡Petty larceny ............. ... . 15.00
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ings I ever attended” is the general tween seven coaches on that one run getting out an attractive high colored 4—Curfew
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remark of those who attended.-Mist and the cost of each coach was »14,- mail order book and today that nice 1-n-PeddleT!
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000. Just carry this thought out in little Jew man is 'paying taxes to
Total »695.70
BASE BALL GAME SUNDAY
regard to stage transportation and; right near the million dollar mark, 54
for month of Apr.»105.2C
the amount of taxes that comes from to help beautify the city of Chicago Total fines
for month of May 210.60
Oregon-American Giant Will Play this stage terminal to the state of and build schools and colleges for Total fines
fines for month of June 380.00
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Oregon is right around »2,000,000| the children of the state of Illinois Total
Goble Team.
The- above report does not include
Then after a v-hP- wo c-me to
annually.
any cases that were- in the justice
I heard another driver of a small the sage brush land, just in the nat­ court for the state and county.
The O .A. G.—Oregon-American
Giants, baseball nine, went to Ber- stage ask our driver what kind of a ural state, acres and acres of dry
W. J. KELLY, City Marshal
kenfield last Sunday and met defeat pull he had to get to take the new parched hot and duyty sage brush,
by a small margin, the score being coach out and he said, "OF. I have with not a movn-, thing in sight, I’" NEW ARRIVALS
9 to 12. The giants are colored play­ a record and that Slim and Red and only great- ridgea of cocks away in
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ers who are working at the mill. Vinegar Visoge was to be the drivers the distance Charles.' R.„ Clark in his
htcDONALD—Jlorn to Mr. and
They play in Vernonia on Sunday for the other three new coaches." poem of “Gods Country” says of
the Fourth of July with the Goble After listening in on this the pas­ this quid: land "with not a sound as Itf/si D. McDonald, of the Columbia
team. It is said that the colored boys( sengers al) fell to discussing what the year; 1.- ,t flew, ’cept the moan hotel, on Monday; June 28, a nine
have one of the best pitchers on thei our drivers name might be and of the soft wind drifting by.”
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Along on the highway we met pound baby girl.
from the popularity and attention
coast, outside of the big leagues.
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some
of
the
natives
and
there
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1 he was getting at every stop, we
in looks between them
Mamitse
Licenses
AT ST. HELENS THE FOURTH. thought he must be the “can iy man.’ a and sameness
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the
country.
open! We passed through Hood R.ver, the
Vernonia ball team plays “open'
•Those from Vernonia securing
It is the people of this sage
date ball” this Sunday at St. Helens apple and cherry town, and through
brush and Deschutes «river country; marriage licenses at Vancouver with
grounds with the Clatskanie team. I acres and 1 acres of ' orchards
My attention was attracted at, that Zane Gray is making famops in, in .the-past week are: .
by a sign on a building his latest wanderings, and whdh Mr.’’ Ronald A, -Smith, 24, and Mrs.
The Eagle has a splendid circu-, Troutdale
which read, county library and I was Gray tells you that this country' is-, Etna V. Hoff, 21, Milwaukie.
lation—practically everyone in the interested
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asked
ladies; just like God made it, you can be- ,
'Cleto Aring, 26, and May Selim,
valley is reading the paper each w) o came a;,Oard about it and she lieve it. All this country needs to
(CratiaMd ea Pag« 8)
20, both of Vernonia.
week.
said that both the town and county
GOSSIPY VACATION LETTER TO
VERNONIA EAGLE BY MRS. HANSON
DELEGATES RETURN
FROM MARSHFIELD
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Mesdames Sarah A. Spencer, L. A.
Rodgers, Gladys Gessel Smith, May
Mellinger and Nannie B. Hall, who
attended the W. R. C. convention
at Marshfield last week, all report
a grand time. They had quite a time
with “Grandma” Spencer, as she
seemed to think every place they
stopped that there must be some one
there she knew.
So in Monmouth
While the rest of the party waited
she hunted up an old friend a Mrs.
Burkhead and in Corvallis she hunted
up Carl Keasey and went and spent
the night with the Keasey family.
The convention went off very
nice. Minda Slaterly was elected de­
partment president for the W. R. C.
There was a good many of old
G. A. R. boys there, stepping around
like a bunch of boys out for a good
time. On Thursday evening the Sons
of Veterans gave an intertainment,
A'hich was very interesting. At the
close of the evening program the G.
A. R. fife and drum corps struck up
an old familiar tune and some of
the old boys got parties and done
some real old time square dancing,
and Grandma Spencer got real en­
thused and felt young again.
Well
the Vernonia parties promised not
to tell any tales when they got back
and I am sure they wont. The roads
were excellent across the mountain
and many miles you could not tell
there was any grade, in fact the
chauffer thought the water was
running up hill, but Gladys and May
thought not. Poor Mrs. Rodgers, the
chaperone, seemed to think she had
an unruly bunch, but promised never
to tell any tales.
Gladys was very
much disappointed in the Roseburg
country, as she expected to see tur­
keys by the hundreds, instead she
saw one lone gobbler roaming the
fields..
May was always looking
for something free and all she found
on the trip that was free, was a
shower bath in the Roseburg auto
carnq and she took advantage of
that
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nonia deligation was invited to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Brindle, for-
merly of Vernonia, and were royaly
entertained and were served to a
wonderful dinner to which they
were very thankful.
On the way
home it fell to Grandma Rodgers
to get milk for lunch. She wandered
into a drug store and asked for
cream, they asked what brand and
was it the vanishing or cold cream
She said “I will ask
she wanted?
them” and never went back for it.
The party came back through
Salem and visited the capital build­
ing, the penitentiary and all visited
the insane asylum, but Mrs. Spencer
and Mrs. Hall said the visiting hours
were too near over and wa? afraid
the gates might close on them.
ONE WHO WON’T TELL.
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LET US CELEBRATE
Favorable Comments on “Vernoni*
Day are Given.
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After days and weeks of persi«-
tant hints of our belief that a cele-
bration of “Vernonia Day” would
be a splendid thing for Vernonia, we
are glad to hear many favorable
comments on the proposition.
We also notice that many papers
of other town have mentioned the
idea advocated by The Eagle.
The community needs such a re­
vival and if accomplished in a
proper manner, would be worth many
dollars.
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AN OLD TIMER
New York Special Daily Paper Telle
of Lincoln’s Assassination.
Sam Conklin has in his possession
some relics that are certainly “Old
Timers.” One is an old “hard tac”
cracker that his uncle left from his
This
'-napsack of the Civil War.
*ek Mr. Conklin handed us a copy
of the New York Special Daily paper*
dated April 15, 1865. Its front page
is entirely devoted to descriptive ar­
ticles on the assassination of Presi­
dent Lincoln, who was shot by
Booth, at the Fords theatre the
night before.
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QUEER WORLD WITH QUEER
PEOPLE
Last week we mailed some 200
circulars, from purely a business
standpoint, stating when Eagle sub­
scriptions expired. Of course every
paper and magazine in the world
does this and many people actually
get offended if they are not so
notified.
Many people desire
occasial statements, but two or three
in Vernonia got peeved and really
mad, declaring they didn’t need any
' "duns.” We are really sorry. Two
stopped their paper. Isn’t it a queer
people and a queer world? An edi­
tor gets lost of encouragement.
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Read the ads. Yon will profit this
week by doing so.