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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1926)
Thursday, December 30, 1926. ëhr Urrttnnia Euglr Issued every Thursday $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 THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW 1 VERNONIA EAGLE Most of us think of January first as an institution of great antiquity, but as as sociated with its present date it is histori cally infant. Among the ancient Egyptians, Phoneicians and Persians the new year began at the autumnal equinox, which we know as September 21; the Greeks cele brated at the winter solstice (December 21) for several centuries, and then chang ed to the summer solstice (June 21). The December date was good enough for the Romans until Julius Caesar, after having Preacher who says that a ftw pews of divided Gaul into three parts—to the ex good-looking young women will draw asperation of untold generations of young young men to church evidently has ob Latinists-—divided the years in a new place, January 1 to wit. But the early served the operation of lause and effelt. Christians naturally shunned the pagan festival, and recognized the date only in An English scientist has discovered that its relation to the Nativity. a ship traveling east is lighter than when Medieval Christendom observed March it travels west. And, on the Atlantic side, 25 as the beginning of the new year, and drier. this custom continued for centuries. It was not until 1582, with the formulation of Whether Methuselah actually reached the Gregorian calendar, that the Julian selection of January 1 was revived. But the gae ofg 969 years, it seems not to be it took nearly 200 years for the innovat disputed that he is dead now. ion to become adopted in England, whence it was transplanted to America; hence Parents who once yearned to seem “re it is not much older than the republic. fined ” now have children who are con Yet, thiwut the ages, and despite the inextinguishable impulse of mankind to tent to seem sophisticated. believe that tomorrow will be better than today, to shake off the memories of the The freedom men really desire is free mistakes and disappointments of the old dom from the mediocrity that keeps them year and greet the iew with cheerful sal from getting a million. utations and high hopes. In what mood do we take leave of 1926 and welcome its successor? Not complac All compliments received are the prop ency, perhaps, but certainly not despair. erty of the person giving them and should The eventful year just closing saw sub be returned. stantial progress from civilization’s en deavors to regain peace and stability: that Very few men would work if they had whch opens brings promise of continued advancement. to aBk the boss daily for what they need Even in their improved state, the peo-, ed, as thdir wives do. pies of many other countries face a bitter sti-uggle for existance; they must bear Nobody seems to have mustered the crushing burdens of taxation, must labor courage to get up an expedition to go under the lash of necessity to repair the destmction of war, must toil painfully up after the ald-fashionel simple life. steep paths to regain the means of self- support. For this nation the present by Perhaps the most hopeless combination contrast is kind and the future of glow on earth is that of a jay walker and a ing promise. In natural wealth, in econo jay driver. mic productiveness, in freedom from con flict, in all the potentialities of material Many a man would ftel embarassed to prosperity, the United States is favored above all other regions of the earth. meet his grocer when driving away from Enjoying peace, productiveness and the filling station. ordered liberty, the American people have abundant reason to hold fast to tne prin A man who doesn’t feel dressed up un ciples upon which their republic is found less he has a shave, will object to his wife ed, to yithstand not only revolutionary in using rouge. citements but also the temptation to tol erate the wrongs which prosperity inevit ably breeds. The man who depends more on clever ness than old-fashioned honesty is usually But we really must hake a resolution to headed for an awakening. conquer this vice of prosiness. Here we have been treated the occasion as though it were a combination of Armistice day, Wouldn’t it be too bad if we were all the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. as bad as our entmies think? What we meant to say might have been said in three words—Happy New Year! A man in love will do anything, but he usually does nothing. THE BANK OF HEALTH [LODI TREASURE MYTH EXPLODED treasure, or possibly he could not un body, right posture, fresh air, communion durstaud the hidden directions. Wlieu be was on hto death bed he called his with nature and other health deposits. son and handed him the box with the Every waking and sleeping hour may thus secret document, telling him all he be male a deposit in the bank of health. knew of tbe treasure supposed to be bidden under the palace. This In When people^ are not making deposits scription baa now been deciphered to they art quite often drawing checks. In Secret Passage in Palace tneun: from the fireplace, t>b igne; to tbtf subterranean, per Infers ad lu- the bank of health every deposit which Reveals Skeleton, but ceu; which means to enter back of is withheld is a withdrawal. You obcerve tbe fireplace, descend below and con Gold Is Missing. regular hours of sle^p or draw a check tinue until you reach the light, which on your health balance. You eat at regular Rome.—When one mentions Lodi, la the exit Into the garden. la necessary, aa these walla are hours and the proper ■ kind of food in the this prosperous city of Lombardy, one a It historical monument, to undertake of fins Parmesan cheese, for proper way or you make a demand on thinks tunny experts Insist that ths very fin- the seurch together with a government that health balance. You must work, play, sot U made In this district But now employee sent by the department of Aa the family Is certain think and laugh or cause a run on the Lodi is’connected with bidden treas excavation. aud the Intend of a golden stag that apart from the few golden coins bank of health. Deposits in this bank are ure, under Its foundation wbeu the there to uo other treasure, It 1ms de always working capital but they require burled undent dty was attacked by the Mi cided to leave tbe puasage open, aud deposits to keep that capital working. lanese prior to 1158, when Emperor live lu the tradition thut u treasure Frederick took It under bls protection was once hidden underneath. People in poor health know that the and a new dty was built five miles Extracted Teeth in bank of health pays a high rate of in from the destroyed town. It was about a mouth ago that the terest, compounded, to its consistent de people Lungs, Wins $5,000 of Lodi were aroused from New York.—lu the Richmond count) positors. ttielr everyday stolidity by the rumor Nothing hurts your luck as much as thinking you haven’t any. In the interests of good health some one has likened the body to a checking account in the bank. The checking ac It may be cheaper to marry than to count will continue growing as long as give her a Christmas present. the deposits exceed the withdrawals. Neg lect to make regular deposits to cover them is bad banking, and neither banker It is a wise man who looks things over nor depositor feels at ease when with instead of overlooking things. drawals keep too close step with the de posits. Ethics are things a man uses until he private “health bank?’’ As long as you gets into a tight place. deposit a lot of health to your credit you will have a lot of health at the disposal It’s a sad world, and most of the good of your check book. The blank checks in listeners are too dumb to talk. a check book in the “bank of health" are not any more inexhaustible than those in any other sort of check book. Unlikt fin One of the things we’d like to know is ancial banks, the “bank of health" does how a traffic cop acts at home. n’t provide additional checks when your last check is gone. Home is a sweet place where you can growl for service instead of tipping. Deposits in your health bank may be made in many forms. They may be regular sleep, proper eating, exercise’ or recreat It is wise to find out what a man is ion, plenty of work with both mind and likely to do before stirring him to action. that a treasure had been found under the ancient palace of the Soinmarlva. In former years, whenever there was any digging In the vicinity of the Laue Pornpea, gold coins were found, and workmen often showed their finds secretly to their friends. But the pres ent discovery was on a far greater scale. It was said. It was supposed that a golden stag, golden helmets and shields, with ether equally rare treas ures, bad been found. The kommarlva owned their palace front 1221, when they were leaders of the popular party and enemies of the OrveuHghl, who beaded the nobles. The Sommarlva were Ghibelline and the otbera Guelph, and there wus con tinual fighting. The Podesta made peace by exiling the Orveiiaghl, and the Souuuarlva became lords of the town. Palace Ceded to Ghlsl. The family held the palace until 50 years ago, keeping It In Its original form until the time of Napoleon, when the head of the family was a general ku ttta Austrian army. Napoleon stormed the bridge In 171X1. After the return ef the general from the war he bad the palace reconstructed, but toft the old foundations as they were, as well as the fireplace. He died tn Vienna and his successors remained In possession until the bead of the fam ily, Marchese Emilio dl Salerno, moved io Milan. He ceded the palace to the Ghlsl family. It still retains much of the old building, and lu order te keep It In touch with the traditions of an cient I.edt neither steam beat uor an elevator has been Installed. ttome weeks age during a cold spell the wife of the owner, Ghlsl, called aa eld servaut and told her to light the fire In the ancient fireplace, at the buck of which was an eld coat of anus. Sticks and logs ware being put into place wbeu one of them bit the coat of arms, and as If by magic It sprung open, leaving a gaping bole. The servant screamed and her mis tress rushed lu to see wbat bad hap pened. She saw a bugs upeulug In the back of the tireplace. Her sou with friends decided te explore. With torches and repo they entered, one by eue, and toHud a winding staircase leading te the lower level, a distance of 18 feet down. It was necessary to take sticks, ns the lower cavern was full of snakes, which had evidently been there for many years. Ou all side* ware aacteeit walls with frag- meats of sculpture; eti the floor were golden coins and a human skeleton. PH Believed Bottomless. As night had fallen and they did not wish to alarm the people tn the section Of the palace where a convent of Eng Hah nine has Its school, they post poned further search until daylight TVie skeleton was taken to a sanitary enter In order that they might examine ft «regally and learn te what period H belonged. Trent the lower cavern the search continued down a walled passage under ether palaces. The search has been delayed, aa It to noo- eseury te get permission for the exami nation ef ether properties under which the passage runs. Hid Inhabitants remember that tn Ba gardens ef the fiemmartva palace there was a tog hole which was sup posed to be bottomless. The legend swWeuadlng this was so Impressive that It was considered necessary to oevnr up the aperture so that uo aeel- deUta should »»ear. It to thought this seas eonneeted with the fireplace to the library, and was a secret entrance for those who did net wish to bo seen entering the house. Those were trou- bleoome times, and men found it neces aary te surround their movements with a greet deal of mystery. tfbtol. the ownar ef the palace, has thrown light mi the discovery by ad mitting that bto father, after be had bought the bouse, was very much In terested In the legends In the books In the library. He studied there often, urt dlecusaed with bl' sou the poaal blilty of finding the | tdon treasure One day when be w. I sitting in the library near the fireplace be Inadver tenily knocked against the wall and found that It sounded hollow. With a sharp Instrument be pried Into tbe wall, aud succeeded In fludlug a secret hiding place. In this repository was a box. which he opened. Inside was a doeamasM In which the secret of tbe hlddeu gulden stag was told. Kept the boorsv There was a coat of arms with a bead ef (bo gol<ten stag, and undos noeth wea the saute essrt ef am that area In the fireplace, while below was a eabaltoUe Mga with two creased bones aad four oirclee containing the legend. "Ab Igno per Infers ad luoem.” The father kept tbe secret of this doc ament to himself. Poeelbly bo tearod rldknlo U bo started Marchlag *sr the Supreme court a jury awarded $5,COO dumugtM to Miss Kathleen Brennan, twenty-Bix-yeur-old daughter of W. L. Brennan, retired broker of Went New Brighton, L. I., for Injuries received from awullowlng parts of two extract ed teeth, due to the carelessness of the operating dentist. The philntlfT had sued for $50,000. The case which wus bitterly contest ed, has been watched with Interest by dentists throughout the state. The evidence showed that in May, 1923, Miss Brennan went to the oili< e of Dr. Adolph Greenberg, dental surgeon, at Stapleton, S. I., took gas and hud 10 teeth extracted. Three days later she became ill of un obscure and battling affection of the lun/s. The patient spent six weeks in St. Nicholas hos pital and nine months in u »nnltarium lu New Jersey, but the illness per sisted. A year after the dental operutlon Miss I rennuu was seized with a vio lent eough.ag spoil o.ie evening at din ner, uad coughed up purts of two teeth. The plaintiff’s counsel presented two X*ray p'etum, indicating the presence of tbe ueth in the lungs. Lincoln’s Rail Partner, 10S, Survives 5 Wives Dallas, Texas.—Henry Plumer, 106- year-uld father of 84 children, rall- spUtter with Abrahuiu Lincoln, to now alone In hto vlue-shuded cottuge lu Dallas, ever since the death of hto fifth wife. Hto father, now 183 years old, was etUi enjoying Ufu in Georgetown, D. C., when Henry lust heard from him two month! age. Hto mother lived to be 73 year, tdd. Henry himself was one of 'At eblldreu. Two brothers, J1H1 and Tom Plumer, returued to Africa In one of the ships that carried stoves to their original home soou after the close ef tbe war between the states. Both are In ihelr uluettos and still living. Henry has survived all of hto five wives, bls fifth one having died 17 years ago to Dalles at the age of 53. Of Henry’s 34 children, 21 are living, tbe oldest being Nick, 84 years old. aud in Loe Angeles, and the youngest a married daughter, 33 years old, who Uvea In Dallas. Eighteen of them were born In Dallas, but In the approx imate* three dozen onsprlng there are no sets of twins or triplets. Lodge Directory [ W.O.W. Buxton camp No. 655 meets every Monday night at seven ! thirty at the Grange Hall. Visiting members welcome. ! C. A. BARNES C.C. j ; C. C. DUSTEN CLERK. * Ja — (.V^tiall Child Dead 8 Minutes, Restored by Adrenalin New York.—Adrenalin administered Into the heart of Raymond Siegfried, twenty-two months old, after he had been “dsad” eight minute« In the Leng Island College hospital, Brook lyn, brought tho infant back to life. The operation was performed by Dr. Robert Ceeley. Th« attending ward physician would net explain the ease In detail, but other hospital authorities admitted that the child had been to all appear ances dead eight minutes. The baby, son of William Siegfried of 0019 Sixty-first street, Brooklyn, was alflletad tw>< weeks ago with a pus secretion In the vicinity of the spine. Despite the doctor's efforts the child "died." Eight minutes after the heart stepped beating, Doctor Ceeley In jected the adrenalin and massaged around the heart. The Infant stirred. The doctor hopes for its ultimate recovery. Vernonia Lodge, No. 184 A. F. & A. M., meets at Grange Second and Fourth Thursday nights. W. ri. HURLEY, Master. Wm. PRINGLE. Secretary Visitors Welcome I I. O.O. F.-VEkNfiNiALoriGB, No 246, meet» every Tuesday night at 8:00 o'clock, in Grunge Hall J. W. ROSE, N. G. M. L. GAINES, Sic. VERNONIA TEMPLE No. 61 PYTHIAN SISTERS Meets every Wednesday night on thé lower f|oor Grange Hall. AB visiting Sisters and Brothers wel come. MARJORIE COLE. M E. C. PEARL WILKERSON. K ofR.C CHAPTER NO. 153 O. E. S. — Regular communication first Woman in Court Seeg ♦ ♦ and third Wednes Mate Believed Dead i ♦ day of each month. Camden, N'. 3. —Albert Gra All visiting sisters ham of Portland. Ore., con and brothers wel fronted hto wife, Catherine, who come. said she bad belli ved him dead * ALICE GOODING, W. M. ♦ since 19118, In the Orphans' court MAE BERGMAN, Sec’y. here during the trial of a will case. The will was that of Gen naro Tagllauettl. who died in VERNONIA GRANGE testate August 4. Mrs. Graham, under tbe uume of Miters, The Vernonia Grange meets on th asked for letters of ndnilnl-'ra second Saturday of every month a tioa, alleging that she had been 7:30 P. M. Any members of th his common law wife since l'.M9. Her claim is contested by a I Grange living in or near Vernonia or visiting in the community, ar »aster of the dead man. who con tended that lire. Heyers bad a * cordially invited to attend. husband llor attorney pro * * F. E. MALMSTEN, See duced Graham, who thus saw Ù I Jit ' file wife for the .dr t time In ♦ MOUNTAIN HEART twenty-three years The lawyer said that Graham had married * REBECCA LODGE No. 243. I O.O.F Mrs Heyers thirty years sro Meets every r cond and Fourth and had deserted her In 11X13. 4hu.»u..ys in Grange llall—Vernonia Five yean later she heard he Visiters always welcome had been Jrewaed la Lake Mich Mrs Edna Kilby, N. G. Isen. MRS IRENE SPENCER, See’r. NEHALEM : î ♦ * every i J
