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other lines of business,
Merchants in many cases encarur-
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age buying away from home. For
The Fourth is over and all seem
Town, in Busy Section.
instance, we’ll say Mr. Jones is in
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the grocery business, bis wife needs
PITTSBURG, July 9.—(Special.)
furniture—does he always buy from
C. A. Schamon, who has been em­
—Mr. and Mr«. W. L. Smith of
his fellow townsman across or up or
Corvallis were back in the valley ployed in Lewiston, Idaho, as car­
down the street. No, he can save a I
penter for several months, is home
for a few days last week.
few dollars by purchasing through
for a few days.
some friendly salesman who doesn't
Noble Dunlap has juat finished an
happen to be selling the furniture
Richard Granvill is home from
up-to-date house for C. Bruce.
man. The furniture man places his
Stella, Wash., to spend the holidays.
< rder for fruit for canning with a
Mr. nnd Mrs. Ira Peterson and
friend of his in the wholesale busi-
A.
D.
and
Everett
Hall
and
Dr.
Mrs. Lee Osborne were Vernonia
ness in a nearby city; \he jeweler
McDonald of Rainier, visited T. C.
callers last Friday.
buys his new suit from a peddler;
Hall’s home Monday and on the way
the dentist sends away for his auto­
Mrs. C. M. Pye, Myrtle Pye, Mar­ home met with an accident. No one
mobile accessories; the lawyer's wife
garet Lindsay and Ray Lindsay of was hurt but A. D. Hall, who went
buys her clothing in the big city,
Portland were weijk end visitors at through the top of the car, hurt his
head slightly.
and so it goes. Others should buj
R. S. Lindsay's.
at home, but when it comes to prac­
Little Miss Lavon Hall of Portland
Mrs. I. Aronson of Portland was
ticing this good rule1, one is incline 1
to forgetfulness.
visiting friends and relatives at Na- is spending the vacation months with
her sister, Lillian, at the home of
If retail merchants will try out
tai Saturday and Sunday.
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
these suggestions, then go after busi­
Mr. an« Mrs. D. Hill, Forest und Hall, of this place.
ness in an aggressive way using lo­
Helen Hill and Margaret McGregor
cal newspaper advertising and at-'
A. J. Akers and Silvester Hall of
■pent the week-end with P. H. Hill.
tractive window displays, two of tho
Pocatella, Idaho, was visiting over
most effective mediums of advertis­
Mr. and Mrs. Jog Vangilder and the Fourth at the home of W. L. Hall
ing known to modern merchandising
Louis Vaugilder, Mr. and Mrs. An-
and neither of which is available to
The Blankenship family are now
derson and Mrs. Lida Brown Chap­
the peddler or the mail order house,
pell spar.t the Fourth at Mrs. Lizzie settled in their new home at the
it will be but a comparatively short
Sigh
Williams
place.
Reeds at Rock Creek, All enjoyed a
time before they will have little
cause to worry about either of these
good tine.
The beautiful little bungalow
PINE SHIPMENTS HIT BY RUST competitors. Copyright 1926.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Smith of house that Mr. Bruce is having built
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Klamath F b II b were in the valley for on his place here is almost completed OREGON CORNER AND FOUR­ The Ten Commandments of Success
Mr.
Bruce
says
that
if
the
new
car
a few days on business.
TEEN STATES AFFECTED.
By Charles M. Schwab.
and house don’t attract some nice
1. Work Hard. Hard work is the
P. H. Hill is very busy these days lady, he won’t know what else to do. Edict Also Goes Out Against Some
beBt investment a man can make
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meeting the stage. He is looking for
Currant and Berries as
2. Study Hard. Knowledge enables
E. E. Mills is home again after
a lady friend.
Pest Carriers.
a man to work more intelligently,
his trip up in northern Wash., and
and effectively.
Cecil Lane is spending a few days Canada, He is glad to be back home
Washington, D. C.—The continued
3. Have Initiativ. Ruts often deep­
us Portland arid Corvallis this week. again, but had a good time.
spread of white pine blister rust in en into graves.
those
sectoins
of
the
United
States
J. B. Eifort of Portland, but who
A. V. Mowe and family celebrated
4. Love Your Work. Then you will
the 4th at Sheeley’s grove and on is spending the summer around Ver­ to which that variety of pine is na­ find pleasure in mastering it.
Monday the Sth at Hillsboro, where nonia, made a trip to Lost creek tive led Secretary of Agriculture
5. Be Exact. Slipshod method bring
they stayed to see the fire works, re­ Wash., to visit his uncles and re­ William M. Jardine tentatively to slipshod results.
promulgate drastic interstate quar­
turning home early Tuesday morning ports very hot weather up there.
6. Have the Spirit of Conquest.
antine regulations Saturday, acting Thus you can successfully battle and
Wm. Pringle , Sr., has just finished upon the recommenadtions of the overcome difficulties.
Roy Smith was helping Robert
the new walk he has been building federal horticultural board. The pio-
Lindsay with his hay last week.
7. Cultivate Personality. Person­
for Mr. Bruce, which adds to the posed restrictions will become effec- ality is to a man what perfume is
eive September 1, and apply in to the flower .
R. . Lindsay is sporting around convenience of our little city.
general to a tier of counties in
In a new Ford sedan.
What’s the
8. Help and Share with Others.
Mr. Crowley, who purchased some northwestern Oregon, as well as the
matter “Bob,” we do not hear you
The real test of business greatness
acreage
from
George
Parker,
is
a
coming.
entire state of Washington and 13 lies in giving opportunity to others |
busy man, building chicken houses. other seates.
9. Be Democratic. Unless you feel
The Nehalem Timber company’s
The regulations would prohibit in­ right towards your fellowmen you
Mr
.and
Mrs.
John
Estes
ar.d
son
camps all closed down for the 4th
terstate movement of five-leafea
Oral, spent the Fourth at the home pines, currants and gooseberry plants can never be a successful leader of
but will open again this week.
of their daughter, Mrs. David McMul­ from the counties of Clatsop, Colum­ men.
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10. In All Things Do Your Best.'I
bia, Lincoln, Polk, Tillamook, Wash­
The tonic for the business world len at Natal.
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ington and Yamhill, in Oregon. They
—newspaper advertising.
Dr. Ella Wight announces that if would also bar such movement of
all the good citizens of Vernonia European black currant plants in
would turn loose and cooperate with
the city council and the Chamber of the entire intermountain and Pa­
Commerce and get the play ground cific coast region. Interstate move­
leveled off that the money the Ath­ ment of cultivated red and white
letic club raised on tag day will currant plants and cultivated goose­
build a band stand and some benches berry plants within the restricted
and then for the biggest celebration areas will be permitted under cer­
Vernonia ever had September 9, Ver­ tain stipulations, which include in­
nonia day, or Saturday, September
11 if more conveniene and decorate spection during the month of Oc­
buildings and streets and have music tober previous to shipment, absence
all day and dance at night. A real of blister rust within one mile of
carnival dance on Bridge street be­ the place where they are grown and
tween the bridge and the railroad.
disinfection of roots and crown in a
lime-sulphur solution.
Do you know that you will find in
Investigation has shown that rust
you? public library a book that will cannot go from pine to pine without
are now regaining help you with your parties? It is an intermediate state of development
“Ice Breakers,’ by Edna Geister. A on currant or gooseberry bushes,
lost heaUh simply book
that will help you become a which accounts for their inclusion in
good story teller? It is, “Story and the quarantine order. — Morning
because they know the secret of
the famous health springs which
Story Telling,” “Roberts Rules of Oregonian.
has only recently been discov­
Order.” “Scientific American,' "lie
ered' Radio-activity is the se­
view of Reviews,” “Home and Gar­ A
cret' And the newest miracle of
den,” and other good magazines. To
WANT ADS
modern science enables them to
the pay shelf has been added this I
have—without any upkeep ex­
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month, the following: “ The Bat,’
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
pense — a perpetual health
“
The
Comeback,
”
“
Man
Nobody
spring right in tbeir own home
Knows,” and “Pig Iron.” Forty books SITUATIONS WANTED—Female
have been donated and bought since ELDERLY LADY WANTS CON-
the last report. Use your fiublic li­
finement caess.
Call at Tisdale
brary. Open Mondays, Wednesdays
house, Corey Hill, Vernonia. 481
and Saturdays from 3 to 5 o’clock
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DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK
In last week’s paper we noticed
an article about the delegates re­ By Edson R. Waite, Shawnee, Okla.
turn from tile Marshfield convention
Harry R. Hill, advertising mana­
signed by one “who won’t tell.”
It must have been Nancy B. H.all ger of the Fargo (North Dakota)
that wrote the article for she never Forum, says:
found relief in long standing case«
That we hear a great deal of com­
told about her getting up at 4 in
of High Blood Pressure, Bright's
the morning to beat the other camp- plaint from retail merchants in all
Disease, Goitre, Rheumatism, Arth­
ritis, Diabetes, Ecienu. Neuritis,
ers to the apricot tree to get what lines of business with reference to
Constipation, Stomach Trouble,
fell to tht» ground. They say they people trading with out-of-town con­
etc Get lull details right away re­
cerns, patronizing mail order houses
apricots for breakfast.
f
had
garding Nature's way of dissolving
Mrs. Spencer said when she read and peddlers, and one is inclined to
and eliminating the health destroy
i he paper the old folks dance was sympathize with them and to con­
ing accumulations of body poisons
Wednesday evening instead of Thurs demn the peddlers and mail order
—the easy road to radiant health
concerns.
Interesting, valuable information re-
day evening for she was there.
gar ding the making of or­
ONE WHO WENT
While we hold no briefs for these
dinary drinking
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people, we must at last give them
water healthfully
Use i f newspaper advertising costa credit for their enterprise in going
radio-active cheer
money, but it doesn’t cost much in’ after business in an aggressive way
fully given tree
consideration of what you get, instead of weeping about hard times
which is the opportunity to talk to and worrying about the profits the
the entire community to say just other fellow is making.
WRITE
what you want to say, when and
If retail merchants would put just
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how you want to say it—M. S. half the effort behind their soiling
1 POT ROAST, lb...........
''loan, president, Brooklyn Edison campaigns in proportion to the size
company.
of the'r business as the mail order
rite Mrs. C. O. Thomas,
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house dies, the mail order business
dence opposite Post office,
EARLY CELEBRATION
PICNICS
would find pretty poor pickings in
nonia, Oregon.
G1MÎUMIH:
IN NEHALEM TOLD most any community.
4 to 5-lbc. each, lb.
If the people behind the counters
Without obligation
«"•> fitta
The first Fourth of July celebra­ in the average store knew half as
tion that Mrs. J. H. Aldridge of much about the merchandl’.- they are
tend mr your litrntture
I CHO'iCE
Clatskanie remembers was one held supposed to sell as the average ped­
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at Mist in 1882 when she was 10 dler does, and would be just as will­
EASTERN BACON,-lb.
years old. At that time there were ing to show their lines, and just half
merely trails through the woods and ■is anxious to make a sale, the ped- j
people lived several miles apart. dlers would soon be forced into
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The chief means of transportation
was horseback, as thia wm prior to
the advent of wagons.
About 50 people participated in
the festivities, the children amusing
themselves at games and swings. A
community outdoor picnic wm ona of
the features of the occasion. Nalaon
Cole, a Mist resident at that time,
made a speech on the incoption of
Independence Day.
Some of the people who were
present at the celebration in Mist
46 years ago were Jim and George
Jones, Dora Reynolds, Mrs. Julia
Whittig, Joe John, Frank and Anna
Banzer, Ain Wallace, Lewis Beck­
man, Irving Knowles and Mrs. A. D.
Mells, all of whom live in and about
Mist.
Another old-time picnic, the mom-
ory of which recurred to Mrs. Ald­
ridge’s mind, was held in Nels Peter­
son's barn in Natal 43 years ago.
People from Vernonia and Mist at­
tended the picnic and dance. The
entertainment consisted of fireworks
dancing a picnic in the afternoon
and a midnight dinner at Mr. Peter­
son’s, the dance lasting all night.
Roads had been built and more fami­
lies had moved in, so there was quite
a gathering at Natal ,Mrs. Aldridge
said.—Clatskanie Chief.
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thousands
Jioney
saving
The man who has done his best has*
done everything. The man who has 1
done less than his best has done
nothing.
taining two yolks and measring
»even and one-half to > seven and
three-quarter inches in oval cirum-
ference, is endeavoring to evolt a
new breed of fowl that will retul-
arly produce such eggs.
A Georgian who has a hen that
produces ‘double’ eggs, each egg con-
Tell us a news item.
Thanks.
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GO INTO CAUCUS
WITH YOURSELF
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Do you know7 that the big de­
partment stores set aside from
three to five per cent of their
gross sales for newspaper AD­
VERTISING? Are you utilizing
from three to five per cent of
your gross annual business to
put the great force of ADVER­
TISING to work for you and
your business? If not, you are
overlooking an important factor
that makes for success.
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ADVERTISING in The Vernon­
ia Eagle is the cheapest and
most efficient way to reach the
residents of this community. It
is at your service every week.
USE IT CONSISTENTLY!
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WISE BUSINESS
MEN ADVERTISE
e UNITED STORES
stores
Saturday and Monday Features
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lundreds of
thousands oT
people
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Fruit Jars Mason : ,
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Sugar. 25-lb. cloth bag
Dunbar Shrimp, 2 tins for ,
Whole Grain Corn, 5 tins
Old Dutch Cleanser, 3 tins
Matches, 6 box carton
Tomatoes, large tins, 2 for
Kelloggs Rolled Oats, 3 pkgs
Quarts 88c
Pints $1.03
1-2 gallons $1.38
$1.65
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35c
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49c
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25c
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25c
25c
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33c
In ovr Meat Department for
SATURDAY
14c
97^
HAMBURG
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and SAUSAGE, lb............... J
15e
SHORTENING OR
LARD, 31b..
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BRING YOUR PAIL
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25c ¡
Lily Picnic Plates, 6 cups. 6 plates. 6 napkins
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and ask yourself frankly if you
are using ADVERTISING
SPACE in line with the volume
of business that you would like
to do. What about it? Are you?
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