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
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(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
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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
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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.
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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:
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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.
M. B. Hatten,
Administratrix of tie Estate of
William Thomas Hatten, deceased.
Date of first publication March
24, 1927. Date of last publication,
April 21, 1927.
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