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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1927)
VERNONIA A LOTTERY WITHOUT A WINNER and Hale Greenman to Hill Mili tary academy at Portland. The American Legion membership committee will wind up its 1927 I A number of the (There is presented herewith the first of a series of articles exposing the wiles drive tonight. Of »harpers who are after your money.) boys plan to take the last cards LMOST unbelievable amounts are lost to the American people to Portland this evening and find annually from unwise ventures. This loss, estimated at near- out whether the local post will 1 ly one billion dollars a year, is accounted for when you take into consideration that practically all of the money retain the cups. By W. R. MOREHOUSE Public Relations Commission. American Eankers Association A “invested” in numerous fake schemes and half-baked projects is forfeited by the invest ors. In presenting this series of articles re garding sharp practices and various kinds oi swindles we hope to prevent thousands of peo ple from falling into the traps already set for them by irresponsible and unscrupulous pro moters. Through the use of only actual cases se lected from several thousand, it is hoped tc prove conclusively the futility of taking 8 “gambler’s chance" with your savings, for as in a lottery without a winner you are bound tc lose. Much of the material here used has been supplied by the Better Business Bureaus throughout the United States which are non profit organizations serving the investoi • wq MODcunuftF without ch: rge and acting wholly in the j <• public interest. Read these cases and then file thtvn away for future reference, for sooner or later you may find yourself on the verge c f “taking a leap in the dark”,—of speculating with your savings 8 s the people here told about were inveigled into doing. ! A “good front” has put over mon crooked deals than any other one thing Every irresponsible promotei specializes in putting on a “good front” in his dealings with those whom he fleeces out of their savings Whether or not he is successful is dm to a large degree on how good a from he is able to put on. In motion pic tures, the sets, or “props” as they are called, supply Jhe setting for the , scenes. They are used to portraj things that seem large, things tha Men grand and beautiful. Peer be hind those sets and what do you sa there f You see that the attructlw fronts are supported by braces made of the cheapest, knottiest sind poorest timber imaginable. They serve their purpose In the world of make-believe, but in real life you cannot afford to buy Satanic cunning they fall in line with their intended victim’s likes and dis likes, his viewpoint and his hobby, and when they have gained bls favor and trust they grow more and more confidential, presently taking a great interest in his welfare and happiness. Before long they are offering advice and poiuting out how he can better his own interests by making a new dis position of his available cash or by selling his present good securities and buying others recommended by them. Your promoter will draw upon your imagination and paint a picture of a scheme by which you can make thou- Otis Hyland drove to Portland Friday on business and also to call on his old Riddle friend at the veterans’ hospital, who is slowly recovering from being paralysed, which happened in a car wreck near Roseburg more than two months ago. M. Murray received a favorable decision from the state supreme court of Oregon recently against the Firemen’s Insurance company of Newark, N. J., concerning dis puted insurance on a fire in an other town. Have Your Eyes Examined Dr. Luzader eyesight Special ist will be at Kullanders jewelry store, Vernonia, on Monday and Tuesday April 4 and 5, where all who wish can consult him about their vision. If you have any troub le with your eyesight or headaches, better have your eyes examined. Please make appointment with Mr. Kullander to avoid waiting. You are anxious, just like all the rest of us, to get a full share of the new season’s business, and there is one best way to get it, advertise. Going to Budapest Gaining the Victim's Confidence I sands of dollars without effort or risk,—he may describe some Invention selling for an astound ing sum, or depict the prospects of a fabulous mine or oil company that is going to double and treble In value -over night. As a climax he may paint the picture of a vine-covered cottage which is to be yours in your old age. with its radiantly burning fire on the hearth and with all the luxuries that go with a happy borne. And finally, he may paint you sitting before this fire, happy and contented—Independent tor life, as the result of an investment made according to his advice. But there is a great difference be ttween what you get and what the wild-cat promoter paints in the imag ination of his victims. By the lure of easy money he leads them over the precipice of financial ruin, instead of old age ease and comforts there usu ally results poverty and privation. fTM next article In tbl* eerie. will tCl of a clever echeme practiced in many perla of the country bp which the unwary are robbed of their money.J MORE LOCAL NEWS Mrs. N. Miner returned from a The H. Robinson family have month’s visit with her parents in moved from the Sidney Malmsten ■ Portland. place on the highway to O.-A. hill. ; Mr. and Mrs. R. Hornbeck and E. S. Thompson were Portland vis Allen & Hendrickson cannery of itors over Sunday. Rainier, installs another ,250-h. p. boiler for increasing output. The F. Wahlater and H. Berg man families left Saturday for Se Mr. and Mrs. M. Gründen have attle, en route to Arizona, where moved into the house vacated by they will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. H. Bergman. Mr. and Mrs. George Stankey The Ladies’ Athletic club will are recent arrivals from Klamath give their monthly party on April Falls, where they went on account of little George’s health, which was 18. Husbands are invited. greatly benefitted by the change. Miss Bessie McDonald is teach- Mrs. A. Black entertained the Ing in the place of Miss Krause, Pythian Sisters Thursday night of who is ill. last week. Mrs. H. Bergman and A number of new cases of scarlet Mrs. 1 F. Wahlater were guests of fever have been reported in the honor. community. Miss Georgia Fairbanks has re Mrs. Maude Scott has had a * turned to Willamette university st bad case of blood poisoning in her Salem, Miss Muriel Bell to the University of Oregon at Eugene, foot. I ! I A X Wealthy Banker Leaves $100,- 000 for Rest Homes. Allahabad, India.—One hundred thousand dollars for a home of rest for bugs (the irritating Indian red bug) Is the strange legacy left by a Mar wart banker millionaire named Both Buddhlmal, who died recently In Slhorl state, central India. Both Buddhlmal set aside a quarter of a million rupees (which is roughly >100,000 real money) for the building and maintenance of three resthouses In Slhorl state, in each of which a special room Is to be set aside for the preservation of red bugs. The red bug is a well known Indian pest, encroaching everywhere in rail roads, trolley cars, automobiles, houses, and, In fact, wherever human feet tread, the bug creeps in to disturb the peace and quiet of the evenings. The Slhorl banker demanded that In the red bug rooms at bls resthouses, poor travelers should be puld for the “serv ice” of sleeping In them at the rate of roughly $1 per two hours. There Is of course a catch In this. If at any time a poor unfortunate bug be found deud, through the uncon sclous squirming of the paid victim, or otherwise, the traveler loses his dollar. There are at present some 250 "red bug rooms” In the resthouses of Itajpu- taua state, but the occupants thereof are not paid for the privilege of their company. They are more or less "quarantined” for tlie benefit of the non-lnfested travelers who use the resthouses. But while It has been a long standing custom to provide "bug rooms" for resthouses, no such va'.c able legacy has been left for many years in this part of India, and cer tainly no such legacy which seeming ly considers the feelings of the bugs. Timmins, Ont.—Interest is running at favor beat over the first geological report of wbut may be the biggest copper strike ever made In the north country in the Kamlskotla lake gold area. "Auythlog from 60 cents to $30,000, 000" was the only declaration of pos Bible wealth George Scott, geologist would give. "It may be worth a for tune and may be a washout.” Mr. Scott accompanied George Jamieson, prospector, to the district and made a survey of the vein. Com paring It with the Flln Flon and Home camps, Mr. Scott said In his opinion the Kamlskotla find appeared to have better prospects. "Every new discovery of sulphides In the ana, no matter how small, will be of unusual Interest," states the geologist. He has been In and out of the Katn- lekotla lake area three times within the last few weeks, and on his second trip ho would have staked a claim on his own behalf In Jamieson township A new portrait of Mrs. J. Butler If he had been able to persuade the Wright, wife of the new American men accompanying him to cross the minister to Hungary. She will ac Mattagaml river on an Improvised company her busband when he leave« raft. for his post in Budapest. The Lure of Easy Money In personal appearance they are impressive. As conversationalists ■ they are convincing. As students of the traits of human nature they rate short, they high In snort, iue/ know suvw j bow ---- to 1 stalk their prey successfully. With INDIAN 3FD EÛGS RICHLY ENDOWED Believe Rich Copper Vein Found in Canada MORE HORSEPOWER FOR FARM RELIEF . cnly good fronts. Your .house must have real ’ rooms behind it, your purchases and investments real values. In the field of wild-cat financing if you peer be hind the “good front" which the pro moter puts on you will find that It is . supported only by deception, dishon esty and fraud. Unscrupulous persons of the “&_>od front” type are expert actors in the . role of “big brother" to Inexperienced investors with money at thetr com mand. Ae protector and advisor to the widow and the ineocperienced, which they claim to be. they are in reality wolves in sheep’s clothing. EAGLE All proposed plans have thus tar failed to provide the farmer with farm relief by increasing bls Belling prices. Industry, however, met a somewhat similar situation by lowering the cost of production. A similar solution can be successfully applied to agriculture. The Increasing of production per worker on the farm Is being met to a certain extent by using larger units of power, whether horse or mechanical. Where one man was using a single horse or team he 1 b now using from 3 to 8 horses, thus increasing the ground covered from two to five times. By the use of larger power units hired labor can be reduced or eliminated. An analysis of raising corn divides costs according to the following: Land ...................... 60 Labor...................... 20 Power ........................................20 Miscellaneous ........................ 10 percent percent percent percent Of these items one can be consid ered stationary, namely, the land coat. Labor and power are variable and have been the main obstructlone to lower production costs. Larger power units are doing much to decrease Mbor factors. Also, largor power units If used over larger farm areas can do much to lower the power percentage. Professor J. B. Davidson, senior ag ricultural engineer, United States De partment of Agriculture, summing up investigational work In 33 states, of fers this equation for farming: 1 18-C1Q When "I” equals Income “8“ Is eetllns price “C" Is cost of production “Q” Is the quantity of produc tion Professor Davidson states: “Whore quantity of production la held upper moat one finds prosperous farmers who plan to farm more acres without Increasing the overhead.” Corn controls central western agri culture In that area the acreage one man can farm is dependent on the number he can cultivate. With the single row cultivator ho was unable to cultivate more than four to eeven acres per day The two row cultivator doubled this amount. Three and four row cultivators are now on the mar ket—even six row were used this sea son. It cultivates fifty seres per day Thursday, March 31, 1927 NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATRIX’S SALE In the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Co lumbia. In the matter of the Estate of Wil liam Thomas Hatten, deceased. Notice is hereby given, that pur suant to an order of the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Columbia, duly made, dated and entered on the 21st day of March, 1927, in the matter of the Estate of William Thomas Hat ten, deceased, authorized and em powering the administratrix thereof to Bell all of the real property of said estate, at private sale, will, from and after the 25th day of April, 1927, sell at private sale, to the highest bidder for cash and subject to confirmation by said Court, and continue to offer for sale, until sold, the following des cribed real property, belonging to the Estate of William Thomas Hat ten, deceased, to-wit: Lot numbered one (1) in block numbered twelve (12), original town of Vernonia, within Columbia county, Oregon, for the purpose of paying the claims, costs and ex penses of administration of said estite; terms to be: Cash in United States gold coin, ten per cent to accompany bid, balance on confir mation of sale, all bids to be di rected to the undersigned at Verno nia, Columbia county, Oregon. 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