VERNONIA EAGLE
She Urnwmia Sagte
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
SHUN THE PEDDLERS
Either common or mungarlan
fare. Each Fjurth marks a year in wh ch
vetch is most commonly used with
many useful nen and women have cross ed
oats for silage. Both make a ' h.igh-
the line, too is enshrined, or should je,
qu; lity feed, yield well and , <TOW
in the celebration.
well under western Oregon and
J
i
Washington general farming eon-
, To bring it nearer home, the time will
ditions. The better the land and
come when we, too, are part of the past
By W. R. MOREHOUSE
growing conditions the largér the
for Which the people of the United States
Public Relations Commission, Arn-rlcan Bankers Association
crop.
will exult some Fourth of July. Does the 1 WOMEN are often easy victim.; for the high-pressure pro-
quality of our citizenship, our service to
V
moter. Widows are especially sought out by the con-
the nation, merit that consideration? Shall f lence men. Even before their deceased husbands, protectors
and counselors are buried the wolves ot
we have contributed anything at all to
high finance at e waiting outside their doors.
warrant our successors in perpetuating the
They know the defenseless widows will be
occasion for anything other than the noble
easy prey. Mr ny a woman today is penni
W. O. W. Vernonia camp No. 655
foundation?
less as a result of making poor investments. meets
Monday night at seven
“Getting rich quick” for the widow without thirty every
It is a fair question, and a necessary
at the Grange Hall. Visiting
investment exi erience is in reality getting members welcome.
one. The duty of citizenship is not ardu
poor quick. Otice a sharp promoter gets
ous, plain. It implies a high standard of
A. F. KOSTER C. C.
the confidence of a rich widow he has a
national government, the choice of good
“Bonanza” as he calls it. Eventually he
C. C. DUSTEN CLERK.
men of steadfast purpose for public of
gets the estate and the widow gets the ex
perience. Widows with estates should be
fice, the intelligent and unselfish partici I
on guard everj minute. They are marked
pation of every American in the business:
Vernonia Lodge, No. 184 A.
persons, with promotion crooks hot on their
of government. A subject worth giving
F. & A. M., meets at Grange
trail. The best thing that every woman in
five minutes of your time to.
Hall every Second and
vestor can do is to consult her banker before I
Lodge Directory
The summer season, now at hand, brings
with it an economic ill that annually takes
a toll of thousands of ill gained dollars.
It is the itinerant peddler, the house to
house door bell ringer and those of his
kind who travel from place to place ply
ing their trade and imposing on the cred
ulity of the unthinking, offering bargains
i
investing.
Fourth Thursday nights.
Properly
cut
and
set,
crystals
sparkle
in
Visitors Welcome
in this and that which most always turn
l .39U22S3S
LEADERS MUST ASSUME
realistic imitation of diamonds. The same
K. A. McNeill, Secretary.
out to be inferior merchandise sold at
VA.R. MOREHOUSE
RESPONSIBILITY
is
true
in
the
field
of
finance.
There
is
that
higher prices or in short measure. It is
vhich is fraudulent parading as the genuine, Don’t buy in
well to beware of these fellows and the The present high taxes in most states vestments simply because they sparkle. In the realm
of wild-
plausible stories that they tell to engage and the actual financial plight of the c it financing, fictitious credentials, testimonials, and refer-
are employed to give setting and ’ <•>--------------------- --- —- ----- -—----
the interest and confidence of their pros treasuries of many of them, is said to exist e g ces
nuine appearance. Some are such Is the seller so eager to part with his
pects.
I. O. O.F.— V eknonia L odge , N o . 246,
uk imitations that they are easily property, even to the extent ot making
because “the people demand all the things t r cognized,
but others defy detection it easy for a new owner to farm it?’ meets every Tuesday night at 8:00
They are of many varieties and with as done by the government.”
on the closest investigation by The answer is that the land is not o’clock, in Granee Hall
many kinds of merchandise to sell.There Is this a fact, or do the constantly in a e ;cept
i expert. The only safe procedure Is
worth the selling price, nor will the
O. E. Enstrum, N.G.
is the oil cloth salesman who travels about creasing number of boards, commissions, ti investigate under competent advice. profits
derived from It be anywhere
Literally
millions
of
dollars
are
lost
G. B. Smith, Sec't'y.
in truck and delivers the goods “on spot.’’ functions and officials that are foisted up
ne
ir
as
large
as
promised.
American savers annually as the
More often than not his goods are of am on the taxpayers by legislatures and the to
buying into the fox business, the
o itcome of buying into something—a
inferior character and the yardstick that) 1 politicians who want jobs for their friends, f audulcnt farm promotion, a business poultry business, the dairy busines
that is nothing more or less or any kind of business is risky unless AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
he uses is far short of standard. The pur-! pile up the debt burden slowly but surely? o t .an a job
you deal with reliable persons or firms
a set-up to catch suckers.
chaser usually finds both to bo the case
Often the savings of a lifetime whose word is as good as gold. Watch
Meet« first and third Mon
The average politician recognizes no
but always too late, for the bird has flown. obligation to economize along the line of a u lost by buying unimproved the seller who iseinsistent In forcing
days of each month at
lands with the understand- a sale upon you. Look at Lis proposi
Then there is the “sailor” who “happens to President Coolidge’s theory of government f I t g >m that
the Legion Hall.
the seller, or a service tion from every angle. Just because
be in port for a few days,” as he says. He, in federal affairs.
McGraw, President
c mpany promoted by him, will he makes glowing promises is no as
too has a good stoi-y. For he tells his pros When a public deficit is created, it is F ant the farm to trees or vines, surance that he is not the world's
c re for them, market the crop and champion exaggerator. Extravagant
pect that he has smuggled in a few suit
referred to as “the grave financial t rn the profits, which, it is promised, an’ exaggerated claims are the ear
patterns which, because they have escaped wisely
big, over to the owner. But mi rks of the take investment. It
Vernonia Po«t
dilemma of the state.” The situation is t v i ill is be
dream never comes true. Tie you want to go into farming or buy
the payment of duty, he offers to sell at at
119, American Le-
once seized upon as an excuse for pro E ■( ailed guaranteed big profits are into a business, investigate before you
gion. Meets second
an attractive price. Often he says there is posing
new laws to raise more taxes and, E >er realized. If people would only in -est. Write to the National Better
and fourth Tues-
enough in the patterns for a three piece incidentally,
Business
Bureau,
New
York,
or
con
op
long
enough
to
consider
all
an-
S
create more jobs which add £ es of an offer like that before in- su t your local banker. If they are
days each month, 8
suit. One may be lucky enough to get two to the permanent
p.m.
H. E. Me-
overhead
expense
of
without
information
on
your
proposed
v
.sting
they
would
see
the
folly
of
Graw, Commander.
of the three. And usually its wearing government. Budget-makers create de I tinging blindly into such a proposl- investment, wait until they can get
qualities are far below par. Inferior ar ficits and legislatures appropriate money t on. Lot them ask themselves only the facis and report to you They
t iis one question: “If it is true that have no interest at stake except to
ticles of these and many other kinds are
is not in the treasury to spend.
eich big profits are to be made, why to estall crooked games.
peddled about hither and yon during the which
Nehalem Cha: pier 153, O. E. S.
Is
there
no
moral
responsibility
in
pub
summer months. The automobile has been lic office? Do constitutional limitations on
Regular communi-
cation first and
a great aid to this kind of chicanery for amount of taxes that can be levied and
third Wednesdays
after he has landed a few gullible pros collected have any meaning to the law
of
each
month.
pects a day’s journey will take him far makers who create illegal deficits? Is
All visiting sisters
away and beyond the reach of the buyer
and brothers wel
no obligation to so manage public
who discovers that he has been victimized. there
come.
affairs that the burdens of the taxpayer
By DAN H. OTIS
Bessie Tapp, W. M.
What better insurance can there be than may be reduced?
Leona McGraw, Secretary.
Director Agricultural Commission, American Bankers Association
buying from the home town merchant? If Cartoonists and would-be wits poked
lines suffer became of inefficient firms, whose
for any reason the article proves unsatis fun at President Coolidge’s New England “ f, NDUSTRIAL
cling to old methods ar d place goods on the market,
VERNONIA GRANGE
factory he is ready and willing to correct thrift, but he has worked with Congress < ven officers
at a loss, to compete with t le more efficient institutions.
the trouble and satisfy his customer. Not to constantly reduce taxes and reduce de
The Vernonia Grange meets on th
Agriculture, tco, has this problem to face.
so with the peddler, he is gone tomorrow ficits by paring appropriations, and has
We find farmers who fight new methods. second Saturday of every month a •
They retard the prosperity of other farmers 7:30 P. M. Any members of th
or yet today if the chase gets too hot. He toiled with his budget-making department
by throwing tn the market poor quality Grange living in or near Vernonia
is not seeking to satisfy his customer, he to maintain a surplus in the national treas
or visiting in the community, ar
products, freqi.ently produced at a loss.
is after the money alone. The home town ury and constantly reduce taxes. State of
The nature of the banker’s business cordially invited to attend.
merchant stakes his reputation and his ficials could employ a little of his thrift
Mrs. Minnie Malmsten, Secretary
places him in a position to help this type of
success on his record for fair and honest to the great benefit of local taxpayers.
farmer as well as the more progressive
farmer. At the same time the banker can
dealing. He may be found at his place of Just as it takes brains to have a private
MOUNTAIN HEART
assure himself of good loans based on the
business day in and day out, year in and business show a profit, so does it take
farm as a going concern.
REBECCA LODGE No. 243. I.O.O.F
year out. There is nothing elusive about brains to operate a state on a solvent basis
A study of t ie investments, sources of in Meets every second and Fourth
him. When folks want support and con without constant and increasing assess
come and expenses of the successful farm Thursdays in Grange Hall—Vernonia
tributions for this and that, they know ments on the taxpayers.
Visitors always welcome
ers in his community will give the banker a
measuring stick by which to gage the haz Mrs. Edna Kilby, N. G.
where to find him and he gives willingly Public officials blaming “the people”
ard entailed in furnishing loans to other
MRS. IRENE SPENCER, Sec’y
and generously. Did anyone ever hear of for the taxation dilemma, is on a par with
farmers. This study is readily accomplished
the itinerant merchant contributing a sin the officers of an army blaming the sol
through the ure of summaries of farm rec
gle cent for the advancement of a local diers for ill-advised campaign tactics. Both 1 WZ.Ttvnagr
ords. In the absence of good records, survey
J. MASON DILLARD
cause? There is one real way of insuring the people and the soldiers follow their
D.H.OTIS
blanks which can be obtained from the agri
cultural colleges, may be used for collecting the information.
good goods at reasonable prices, one way leaders.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
A banker in a dairy district would use data similar to Next to Carkin Cleaning Work*
(of getting good value for the dollar ex
I armer A’s summary in the following table as a measuring
Here Every Wednesday
pended and that is to buy of the reputable
...u to
... judge the condition of
_j Farmer v-----------------------------------------
e * ick
even
The
habit
of
saving
is
itself
an
L:
home town merchant.
=?=
sity of income. Notice that the lead
greater asset than the savings; for a habit
Farmer
Farmer in; source ot income, dairy products,
A
B
is for life, and a sum of money or meas 1 Farm
receipts
DR. ELLA WIGHT
22,214 constitutes less than one-halt of the
. 15,4«
ESPECIALLY THE FOURTH
arm expenses,
.
2.122
1,079 total Income. The various enterprises
DR. C. J. WIGHT
ure of any other valuable thing is a mere
th
it
make
up
Farmer
B
’
s
diversity
ot
Tec’pts above expenses 23,343
21.135
CHIROPRACTORS
incident,
replaceable
once
or
a
score
of
Interest on total invest
business all show marked decreased
The Fourth of July is the anniversary
Rheumatism, Neuritis, Stomach,
ment 5 per cent..
1,070
989 income.
times
by
a
habit
of
saving.
of the Declaration of Independence of
Liver and Intestinal Troubles
Net Income after de
Quality of Business Shows Leaks
ducting
interest........ 22,273
2145
Delayed Menstruation
these United States. It is a holiday. The
< '
127
130
Farmer
Farmer
- otal investment........... 221,400
219,773
average citizen and his family expect to It is pleasant to think of the Garden of Operating
A
B
capital (ma
Receipts per cow......... tuo
2«
chinery,
livestock,
enjoy a “rest,” by motor, by rod and line, Eden, without taxes, reformers, working
Receipts per livestock
equipment) ....................
.......
..
6,8C2
4,473
units
other
than
I umber of cows...............
18
11
by golf-club, by swimming-suit, by picnic hours or relatives.
iswa ............................
94
32
Investment in cows.... 12,302
LESTER SHEELEY
21.205
Under
the
heading,
"Quality ot
basket, by the noisy and futile fire-cracker
The total investment of Farmer A Bi slness," Farmer B shows that his
Attorney-at-Law
some, perchance, by a good old snooze at
II moderate with a large percentage cows are bringing In 162 less per year
A pedestrain should always have him ( !7 per cent) of operating or working than
home.
Farmer A’s. The 168 a year which Vernonia
Oregon
capital. Farmer B is low in operating they are producing is undoubtedly be
The two facts remain; the Fourth of self under control.
c-ipital. Tho number of cows Is also low the cost of feed and keep. The
1 w, which is reflected in the farm 1 e ome per live-stock unit is still
July is an important anniversary; it is a
ceipts, these being |3,251 less than worse, and while this farm needs
DR. W. H. HURLEY
holiday. How would it be for every Ameri Famous last words: “I believe that’s his t r -ose
of Farmer A. The expenses of
w
cows to increase its volume ol
can to combine, for as little as five min-j left headlight burning,
1 irmer B, although about one-half of more
DENTISTRY AND X-RAY
business, it would be financial suicide
t ¡ose of Farmer A, are, nevertheless, to Invest in the same type of cow
utes, those two facts; devote part of the]
------
Evenings by Appointment
high
in
the
ratio
to
receipts.
biliday to thoughtful consideration of the It is presumed that picnic ants never
Tilts poor farmer must weed out his Office over Brown Furniture Store.
The only way to Safeguard a loan poor cows and- feed the balance pro Vernonia
Oregon
anniversary?
.
heard of the law of supply and demand.
t > Fanner B is to consider assets and perly to get results before money it
Do we commemorate this Fourth the
tot Income. Before any loan should lo ined io him to Increase bis herd
at all the banker and with good stock.
fathers who were the heroes of a magnifi-' It can be proved without insurance sta t te ie considered
ivi. D. COLE
farmer should go over the situa-
An analysis of the farmer's records
cent event; or do we celebrate rather the tistics that careful drivers live longer,
t on, uncover the leaks and outline a w.ll bring out many other leaks which
fruits of their efforts? Would the Fourth;
---------
L flnite program of improvement
the farmer may not have noticed. He
DENTIST
may be paying high prices for feed
be the great day it is if their efforts had A gentleman fanner is just like any
Diversity of Business Good Sign
when
less
money
spent
for
fertilizers
come to naught, or if the United States other kind except that he loses more
Vernonia
Farmer Farmer and lime may enable him to raise the
Oregon
A
B
had become a less imposing people? The money.
I come from crop«. .. 21.474
2*51 right kind of feed on his own farm
I om dairy pr-wluct«.. 2,343
752 at d stop this drain on bls pocket
truth is, we celebrate both; both the fath
t de of livestock (In
book.
MARK EVERY GRAVE
cluding Increased in
ers who founded and the wonderful thing - -About the only thing a man can achieve
ventory) ................. 1,554
280
3arrtng
temporary
emergencies,
i.
.eceluvneoiui
income..
327
181
that has grown from that foundation. In without some inspiration is whiskers.
farm loans bandied on the basis oi Memorials in Granite and Marble
A good diversity of Income serves income, indicating a going concern,
At Reduced Prices
other words, we are remembering all good
t > protect the farmer against years would hasten tremendously the day ol
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS
citizens of that day and since that day One of the interesting features of Amer o'
over production of any one farm a permanent and prosjmrous agri
who have contributed to the national wel- ican penal institutions is the gateway.
product. Farmer A has a good diver culture.
MRS. M. N. LEWIS & CO.
Fourth and MAin St.
Hillsboro.