VERNONIA '■ EAGLE ~ Friday, October 22, 1926. ©Ijf Urrtinuiu Eaglr Issued Every Friday LESSONS OF LIFE $2 per year in Advance Entered as Second Class Matter, August 4, 1922 at the Post Office at Vernonia, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879 MARK E. MOE, Editor PASSING OF AN INSTITUTION. The country store is passing. It is going to join the covered wagon, the town pump and the ox team. Thousands of them still keep their old estate, but in other thousands glittering fixtures, plate glass showcases gilt cash registers and steam heat have sup planted the wood stove, the upended nan kegs, the cracker barrel and the dry goodt box handy for the whittier’s blade. With its mingled smells of new rope, ker osene, yellow soap, coffee, cheese, plug cut and calico the country store is an institution as American as green com and apple pie If it is the will of the ruthless gods of com merce to destroy this institution it will b< to the great loss and with the great regret of the vast rural population of the nation. What the department store is to the city the cross roads general store has been to th< countiy. It has the compendiums of the wants of man. It has been even more thar that, for through it the farmer and his gooc. wife were able to convert butter and egg. into shoes and sealing wax. What the club is to the city the genera, store has been to the country. The countrj store has been the forum and intellectua arena of a large area of this broad country These countless centers for rustic gathering have been the fountain-heads of those riv ulets of politics and opinion thfat joined themselves into irresistible floods of nation al opinion. Rural America is in process of transfor mation and every step in that process bring, nearer to obsolescence the country store o song and story, of the jester’s fling and th cartoonist’s pencil. The hot-dog stand roadside garage and tea house are aiding in the extermination but can never take th* place of this pioneer institution. REMOVE SIGNS AT CROSSINGS Automobile associations and others en gaged in the work of averting grade cross­ ing accidents, can do no better than cam­ paign for the prevention of advertising signs at or near railroad crossings. There should be nothing at or near cross­ ings likely to cause distraction. When the driver of a vehicle is approach­ ing a crossing, he should have his mind on that very thing, and not be reading signs or thinking of something else. Signs are likely to attract his attention, and though only for a moment, it is at a time when he should be watching for trains and thinking of nothing else. It is for the safety of the motor driving public that signs at crossings be removed, other than those required to indicate a rail­ road crossing, and auto drivers and public authorities should cooperate to effect their elimination. Every person should go to the cemetery at least twice in life. Once at the end of life and first early in life to reflect on the bre­ vity of life and the insufficiency of worldly; goods. There is no place like a quiet church­ yard for meditation and there is room in every life for more serious thought. The tombstones hold a moral for all liv­ ing. There is inscribed the human virtues, but among the inscriptions there is no re­ cord of estates left behind, fortunes made and spent and worldly fame attained. The magnitude and sculpture of the stone or the vault alone remain to remind the world of “the boast of heraldry and the pomp of power.” Why should human beings worry and struggle through life’s fleet span in pur­ suit of wealth, fame, luxuries, vanities and all those other evanescent things we choose to call riches, The poor are distressed by too little money, the moderately wealthy by the thought that others possess more wealth than they, and the rich by too much money. The Garden of Paradise was only so long as Adam and Eve entertained no thought of worldly things. There were no pestering bank accounts, troublesome seiwants, ex­ pensive automobiles, business worries and social and fashion detractions in Paradise. Few people have learned the secret of living well. Most of us measure contentment in terms of dollars and social position. The number is negligible which views life as a golden opportunity to work and think and be joyful. YOUTH AND ADVERTISING Fifty years ago boys and girls were ad­ ept at weaving rag rugs, knotting quilts, carding wool, spinning homespun and stretching caipets. Today boys and girls know the entire a-b-c of the automobile, the electric household utensils, the steam heat system, the aeroplane and the radio. But the youth of today knows little of what constituted the store of knowledge of the youth of yesterday. The omniscience of youth in every era is ever amazing, but that of today would be inexplicable but for one thing more than all others. That is advertising. In the news­ papers, magazines and poster boards chil­ dren are finding a vast storehouse of prac­ tical and useful information and instruct­ ion. The value of this incidentally acquired knowledge can not be measured in class­ room hours. The youth of America is find­ ing that advertising pays it. , Psycologists have expounded the theory that truths are sometimes observed first by the adolescent. In the case of advertising it may truthfully be said that there are some of mature age who have not yet learned the value of advertising. Advertisers do not buy newspaper, magazine and billboard space for the edification of the public, eith­ er juvenile or adult, but they recognize the children of today are not only a potent fact­ or in the business of today but the decid- ing factors in the business of tomorrow. ty, Oregon. J Vernonia high school football team will play Acquinas high school of Portland on the Union Pacific field at 3 o'cock tomorrow. Acquinas has won several games from state teams so far and a hard game is anticipated by Vernonia. The Knappa game was called off on account of too many of their players being on the ineligibility list, forfeiting the game to Vernonia. Special Talks Given. All the members of the civics class will give talks on institutional and fraternal organizations of Vernonia today. Two members are assigned to one subject. It is also the cus­ tom of the civics class to report on current events every Friday. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a petition duly signed by 17 freeholders, resident taxpay­ ers and legal voters of Road District Number 9 of Columbia County, Ore­ gon, and presented to the County Court of Columbia County, Oregon, a District Road Meeting of the legal voters of said Road District Number 9 will be held in the Parker Hall, one mile east of Vernonia, Oregon, on the 13th day of November, 1926, at the hour of 1:00 P. M. of said day, said meeting to be for the purpose of voting a special road tax in said Road District, of not to exceed ten mills on the dollar, on all taxable property in said Road District. Done at St. Helens, Oregon, this 16th day of October, 1926. JOHN PHILIP, Countp Judge; J. N. MILLER, County Commissioner; T. B. MILLS, o22n5 County Commissioner. Girls of the athletic club are prac­ ticing indoor baseball in the high NOTICE OF DISTRICT school yard every evening. (■•mea ~ ROAD MEETING will be played between teams chosen Road District No. 16, Columbia from the different classes. County, Oregon. Notice is hereby- given, that in pursuance of a petition duly signed by 14 freeholders, resident taxpayers and legal voters of Road District Number 16 of Columbia County, Oregon, a District Road Meeting of the legal voters of said Road Dis­ Lettermen's Aten. Elect*. trict 16 will be held in the The Lettermen’s association elect­ Brown Number ’s Store Building on West ed new officers for 1926 as follows. Bridge Street, in Vernonia, Oregon, Kenneth Whitsell, president; John the 13th day of November, 1926, Wardle, vice president; Clarence on at the hour of 10:00 A. M. of said Wardle, secretary-treasurer. said meeting to be for the pur­ The lettermen are hoys who have day, pose of voting a special road tax in earned a letter in athletics. Their said Road District, of not to exceed duties are to support athelitic, as­ sist in any program, to keep up the ten mills on the dollar, on all tax­ morals of the school and to punish able property in said Road District. Done at St. Helens, Oregon, this or assist in punishing any offender l«th day of October, 1926. of school laws and traditions. JOHN PHILIP, C.ountv Judge, NOTICE OF DISTRICT ' J. N. MILLER, County Commissioner; ROAD MEETING T. B. MILLS, Road District No. 9, Columbia Cotta- o22n5 Counay Commissioner. The two smallest classes_ in ____ the hirh school are Miss Hickman’s Cae­ sar class and Miss Hammer's algebra class. There are three members in each. POLICE NOTES Ray C. Connie and Bernice Camer­ on were arrested at the Commodore Hotel by Marshall Kelley and charg­ ed with disorderly conduct. On a plea of guilty before Judge Reason­ er they were fined $15.00. S. Hirai, a Japanese, was arrested Saturday night by Marshall Kelley for being drunk and disorderly. A plea of guilty brought a f $35. before Judge Reasoner. L. Blevins was sentenced to 6 months in jail by judge Reasoner on a vagsancy charge, but upon petit­ ion of his parents sentence was sus­ pended provided he leaves the city and county for one year. '"My dress was just awfully soil- I • 'ed when I sent it ta you, and nowi , ,—not a spot on it.’’ ■ .Installing new Prosperity press . .this week. We can now give th< . .best of service to the public. ♦ ’ • Vernonia Cleaners BPAND Brown Truck • » and Transfer Local and Long Dist­ ance Hauling. Ice and Cold Storage Storage for Furniture and Baggage A keen appetizer for keen appetites- when a slice or two of Frye’s "Delicious” Brand Ham is being served at ANY meal there’s no waiting for tardy members of the family circle. You will find this extraordinarily fine tast­ ing Ham cured just as you would have it cured, to make it the perfect food. Frye’s "Meat Guide”—a collection of 187 recipes, many on how to prepare Ham­ will be sent you by return mail on receipt of 2c to cover postage. Address Frye 8C Company, Seattle. You’ll find Frye’s "De­ licious” Brand Ham Tel. No. 683. Office Corner Bridge and Weed Ave. FADA* 5 tube Sets............................... $85.00 6 tube sets............................. $167.00 8 tube .....................................$315.00 Inside or Outside Antenna ATWATER KENT 5 tubes .................................. $65.00 6 tubes .................................... $75.00 7 tubes ................................... $145.00 Outside Antenna These sets do not squeal when you “tune in”—No bother to you or your neighbors. Fenner’s Radio Shop ACCESSORIES — SERVICE — SETS NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of an execution and or­ der of sale duly issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Columbia, State of Oregon, dated the 19th day of October, 1926, in a certain action in the Circuit Court for said County and State, wherein Munson - Rayner Corporation as plaintiff recovered judgment against A. L. Fenner, as defentant, for the sum of Six Hundred Twelve and 87-100 Dollars, and costs and dis­ bursements taxed at Thirty-one and no-100 Dollars, on the 12th day of October, 1926. Notice is hereby given that I will on the 23rd day of November, 1926, at the West Front Door of the Court House in St. Helens in said County, at 11:00 o'clock in the fore­ noon of said day, sell at public auc­ tion to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described property, to- wit: All of Lot Four (4) in Block Six (6), in the original Townsite of Ver­ nonia, sometimes called "Vernonia Proper”, according to the map and plat thereof On record in the office of the County Clerk, and situated in Columbia County, Oregon, taken and levied upon .as the property of the said A. L. Fenner or as much thereof as may be‘ necessary to satisfy the said judgment in favor of Munson- Rayner Corporation against said A. L. Fenner with interest thereon, to­ gether with all costs and disburse­ ments that have or may accrue. J. H. WELLINGTON, Sheriff. Dated at St. Helens, Oregon, Oc- tober 19th, 1926. Date of first publication October 22nd, 192«. Date of last publication, Novem­ ber 19th, 1926. 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