Fi ¡day, September 3, 1926
VERNONIA
MOREHOUSE GIVES PLAN TO PROTECT
PEOPLE FROM WILD-CAT PROMOTERS
ON THE SESQUI LAGOONS
American Bankers Association Official Who Ha» Exposed
Fraudulent Schemes for Robbing Saver» Draw»
Up Set of Rule» to Foil Crook*.
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By W. R. MOREHOUSE,
Public Relations Commission, Amsrlcan Bankers Association.
ARTICLE NO. IV
HE solution to the great problem of protecting savings
depositors from losing their money in fraudulent schemes
is largely in the hands of our bankers. If they will co-operate
with those who save they can make it hard for
these plunderers to continue business. Hasten
the day when our bankers without exception will
gladly welcome interviews with depositors who
contemplate making investments, will urge an
investigation or recommend in the stead of little-
known securities investments of unquestioned
responsibility. In every case where customers
call at the bank excited and nervous over some
scheme where by investing a few hundred dollars
they expect to make thousands any banker will
at once sense the situation.
The banker knows that the depositor is being
W. R. Morehouse
rushed off his feet, with "Hurry, hurry and
get in on the big clean-up!" and it remains for the banker to
caution the depositor against such tactics. In order to prevent
this all that our bankers have to do is to suggest that their cus
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EAGLE
to the skull and appears more as a ter of 1926 were $13,781,451, $3,-
part of the skin. Before application 126,001 more than the same period
pf any chemicals of this kind the last year.
hair should be clipped off over and
around the horns and vaseline ap
plied around the edge of the hair to
prevent the caustic from spreading
PIANO LESSONS
and causing a sore on the skin adja
cent to the horn. These caustic
Mrs. J. M. York
sticks should be handled with great
care. One end should be wrapped
$1.00 Per Hour
with paper to protect the hands and,
the uncovered end be slightly '
Arrange for lessons at
no listened and rubbed on the horn
Eagle Office
button two or three times.
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Oregon exports for the first quar-
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tomers make it a rule always to bring«»----------------------------------------------------
high-pressure salesmen to the bank to pirates go to those who are Inexperi
be Interrogated regarding their pro enced In finance for funds Is because
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motions. Thia will break up sales they can palm off on them so-called In
nine times out of ten, for hlgh-pres- vestments which In the eyes of men of
Here are Americans, visitors to the Sesqul-Centennlal International Expo
Expo-
sure salesmen Invariably avoid being experience are valueless.
sition In
sltlon
in Philadelphia which celebrates the 150
150th
th anniversary of the signing of
questioned too closely by bankers
(7) The glib-talking promoter is the Declaration of Independence, riding about the lagoons In an Italian craft,
who know Investments.
not a true friend of the aavlngs de a gondola, from which they view the buildings and displays from many lands.
Rules to Follow
positor but Is a wolf In sheep's cloth I In the distance can be seen the mammoth Sesqui Stadium; to the right is
Our bankers should urge this In ing, he will resort to any kind of the signal tower of the United States Coast Guard building aud exhibit, and
A good rifle is a real pal for the
vestment slogan: “Investigate before trickery to exchange a certificate of to the left is one of the Japanese pagodas which dot the exposition grounds.
open these days when hunting is
The
Grecian
pavilion
Is
one
of
the
permanent
structures
on
the
site
before
is
you invest. Consult your banker first,” stock for the depositor's cash, bls glit the city government decided to build the Sesqui at the front door of th « grezt
the
great sport for the men who
tering
promises
are
fictitious
and
he
and so indelibly Impress It on the
Philadelphia Navy Yard. The Exposition continues until December 1
love the outdoors. We have some
minds of their depositors that they la planning bow lie can entrap his vic
tims and relieve them of their savings
new models of Winchester, Rem
will always be guided by their bank and not how he can
make good dirt
Specialized poultry farms, on more paper.
er’s advice In making Investments. dends for them.
ington and Savage for you to see.
which the production of market eggsj
Salient poluts which should be kept
The third year is the leather an
(8) For every oil well that pays is the chief activity, are much less niversary.
before the investing depositor are:
Father gets a nice new
(1) There are three cardinal points dividends there are many dry holes I numerous than farms with a general j leather strap (any old belt or razor
to all good Investments, namely safety and abandoned drilling rigs, and for farm flock. Specialized egg farm s strap will do) with which to impress
of principal, certainty of Income and every profitable mine there are many
abandoned shafts, and tor every suc are located in greatest numbers [ Junior that he is to mind. Father be
salability.
(2) Safety of principal Is more 1m- cessful promotion there are a thou along the Atlantic coast, in close ■ gins early.
The tenth year is the tin wedding.
portant than a high yield; the promise sand failures, and because of these proximity to the great consuming!
of big returns Is usually a sign of a facts the savings depositor's chance of centers, and along the Pacific coast, j They trade in their old Lizzie for a • •
“Everything in Hardware”
winning Is too small to justify the where climatic conditions are es new one.
risky speculation.
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(3) It Is like taking a leap In the great risk Involved
pecially favorable.
The fifteenth year is the crystal !!
(9) Savers should steer clear of
dark to Invest In promotions which
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stock,
shares
or
units
In
world-revolu
are an unknown quantity and for this
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A study of the production of oats set with four sets of ear-phones.
reason a thorough Investigation tionizing Inventions which are peddled
The
twentieth
year
is
China
wed
in
the
United
States
shows
that
for
In
front
of
empty
stores
or
sold
from
should always be made.
30 years or more preceding the ding so they see China. Mother de-1
(4) It is morally wrong. If not house to house or through the malls.
(10) Every novice investor should World War the trend of production dares she never wants to miss any,
criminally so, for any person to Invest
In any proposition he feels is a skin- remember that, as In all lineB of busi has been steadily upward, reaching of those travelogue films.
game, or which is tainted by trickery ness, black sheep have Invaded the In its peak in 1917 with a production
The twenty-fifth year is the silver:
or fraud or opens the way for a fav- vestment field. They must be shunned,
wedding. Along with the silver in
of
1,593,000,000
bushels.
Since
1917
while
Investment
firms
and
salesmen
ored few to “get in on the ground
their hair they realize that they have
floor,” clean up and get out from under of responsibility and Integrity should the production has declined slightly,
more silver ware than silver.
the
1925
figures
being
1,502,000,000
be
supported.
before the scheme collapses. Usually
The thirtieth year is the pearl
the depositor finds he Is not in on
Let our banks unite In a movement bushels.
wedding. Pearl spends Thanksgiving
the ground floor, there is no chance designed to protect the depositor
at home, and brings along a string
for him to clean up before the scheme against the schemes of the wild-cat
Dairying 1« Specialized.
collapses and so he loses all that he promoter—in a movement that will
of little pearls.
Dairying
in
the
coast
district
is
has invested.
save our savings depositors from de
The fortieth year is the ruby
(5) If a promotion is as good as spair and from poverty as a result of becoming more of a specialized in wedding. Ruby manages to get back
dustry,
the
operator
tending
to
be
claimed, It would not be necessary for having lost all—In a movement that
high pressure salesmen to resort to all will turn Into legitimate Investment come a strictly high-class dairy to the old home from far-off Hono
Ruby has always been con
sorts of questionable methods, it channels the millions of dollars which farmer, In the Willamette valley the lulu.
would not be necessary to rush a vic are now wasted on fraudulent schemes number of real dairymen can hardly sidered a jewel.
The fiftieth year is the golden
tim off bis feet and sign him up before of one kind or another. The best be said to be increasing.
he could interview his banker, but be service a bank can render a novice In
wedding. Ruby -and Pearl and
could be given time to consult others vestor Is to keep him from making
Junior, who is now the eldest, begin
Milk. vegetables and fruits are
before investing.
poor lnvestmt uta by helping him to
to scheme to get father’s gold and
most helpful for increasing what the
(6) The only reason high-pressure make good ones.
what silverware he and mother have
physicians call one’s alkaline reserve.
left. They find out that all is not
0--------------------------------------------- 0 and poorly drained, experiment sta Most of these are acid when eaten gold that totters. This anniversary!'
but this acid is in a form which is
FARM REMINDERS
is also known as the gold-rush.
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tion tests show. It also thrives better
0--------------------------------------------- 0 than other vetches on the acid soils burned in the body and releases al
The seventy-fifth year is the
substances
held
in
combina
kaline
The value of thinning winesap of the Willamette valley.
diamond wedding. But who wants a
It is a
apples in the Milton-Freewater dis good yielder of hay and silage and tion.
diamond after waiting that long.—
trict was shown in tests supervised produces seed of good quality. It is
Stanfield Standard.
Good Circulation,
by the state college extension ser rather finer stemmed than common
A hard working country editor
vice. Winesaps on reaching mature vetch and appears to retain it»
Horns That Never Hook.
was in bed, on the verge of death,
age tend to produce small fruit if leaves better.
A simple method of dehorning
over,
but
when
the
doctor
leaned
unthinned.
Results of the test
young calves is to use a caustic on1
placed his ear on the editor’s
showed practical value of thinning
the undeveloped horns. Either caus-'
Strengthen Alfalfa.
breast and said “Poor man! Circula
as much as six inches or more. This
tic soda or caustic potash may be
In the east a top dressing of well- tion practically gone!” the dying edi employed. Sticks of these about the'
is particularly true where good
rotted
stable
manure
applied
in
the
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tor sat up and shouted: “You’re a
New Amusements, Contests, Races
grades and high color are required.
size of a lead pencil may be bought
late fall or winter to alfalfa not only "ar; we have the largest circulation
at drug stores.
Exhibits, Fun
furnishes some protection, but in i.; our county.”
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For best results the operation
The cost of producing feeder most cases also will increase the
should be performed when the calf
lambs under conditions prevailing in yield the following season. If stable
Wedding Anniversaries.
is a week or ten days old, when the
the fall of 1925 with wool at 40 manure is not available an applica
At the end of the first year comes
knob or bud is only loosely attached
cents n pound was $9.25 per hundred tion of 300 to 500 pounds of acid
the cotton wedding anniversary. The
weight according to investigation by phosphate per acre in the spring is
wife realizes that her silk hose won’t
the experiment station, Under the of considerable assistance in main
jibe with her husband's income, so
same conditions the cost of produc- taining the vigor of the Btand.
she gets some cotton hose.
But
ing early feeder lambs was $9.90
does she?
per hundred weight.
The second year is the paper wed
One cutworm control recomen
ded by the experiment station is ding. Husband's paper is overdue at
NOVEMBER
Bee colonies located on a site with
made by dissolving one pound so- the bank, so he pays it off by giving
good drainage and protected from
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prevailing cold winds have proved dium fluoride in two gallons of water
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7
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into
which
is
stirred
two
quarts
of
most successful in Oregon in tests
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conducted by the college extension molasses and 16 pounds of bran. :
This combination is thoroughly
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service. Bees eat more stores when
mixed and is good for control of
cold winds strike wet hives. Wind
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:
either cutworm or earwig.
This
breaks on the north and west are
Restaurant and
poison
bait
can
often
be
purchased
especially good in Oregon, The hives
already mixed with the exception of
Confectionery
do not face the prevailing winds.
the water.
:
Valuable calves, too weak at birth
If Oregon creameries would form
is the more simple and economical means of telling the people how well you
Quick Service for
group organizations principally to either to suck the cow or to drink
are
prepared to serve them. We have the material to aid you in preparing
from
a
pail,
can
sometimes
be
saved
standardize their manufacture and
Working Men
your advertising.
sale of their produces it would be by feeding from a bottle either with
possible to reduce costs of selling, or without a nipple.
says the experiment station.
This
:
Chicken Dinners on
Milk from cows infected with a
We Invite a Comparii on of Job Work Price»
would also establish their products
Sunday
on the market in a way certain to communicable disease such sa tuber
give them a more permanent rela- culosis or separated milk from a
creamery, should always be pasteur
tion to the consuming public.
ized (held at a temperature of 145
LUNCHES PUT UP
Hungarian vetch is the best vetch! degrees F. for 30 minutes) before it
for Oregon lands rather low, flat is fed to calves.
Real Pal
Mellinger Hdwe.
COLUMBIA COUNTY
September 8, 9, 10, 11
NEW FAIR GROUNDS
On highway, near
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Each Month Will
Bring New Business
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