THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1927.
Shr llrnuntia izaglr
Issued every Thursday
$2 per year in Advance
Entered as Sec .d Class Matter, August 4, 1922 at the
Post Offi< - at Vernonia, Oregon, under the
Act of March 3, 1879
MARK E. MOE, Editor
V RNONIA STORES
line are doing. Businessmen are not
ashamed to fol ow the pathfinder.
The greater he man, the more frankl
does he acknowledge his debt to men sti
greater than himself. Plato sat at the feet
of Socrates, Aristotle at the feet of Plato.
Raphael learned his art from Angelo, and
Corregio from Rapheal.
None but a fool feels himself to be self-
sufficient. The best of men must acknow­
ledge their masters. Few there are in the
galaxy of world stars that shine by them­
selves without the added luster -of bor­
rowed glory.
It is not weakness to has a pathfinder,
but rather a mark of good sense.
Retail steres are doing business today
THE CRIME OF CRIMES
on a smaller margin of profit than ever.
The high r range of prices prevailing
since the v»:.r has stimulated competition Americans usually take the side of the
and has forced retail trade to remodel its weaker. This characteristic shows itself in
system of operation and to make every sports, in business and in everyday life
possible improvement and economy in its generally. It is a national trait of good I
methods. The stores are saving a margin sportsmanship. Unfortunately, however, I
for the pub1 c as a result of improved dis­ it sometimes gets warped; it sometimes
tribution ihethods.
creeps in where crime is concerned. This
Merchant today are putting more brains attitude may be re. tonsible in a measure
in their wo -k. They get bettter expert ad­ for the public’s indifference toward arson
vice, they u derstand markets better, they and incendiarism in the past.
train their employees to render better ser­ Yet there is proof that this attitude is
changing. “There r ver was a time,” as­
vice.
The best way to make the people of serts the National Hoard of Fire Under­
Vernonia realize the fine quality of the writers, “When the man who started a I
service they get from their stores is by fire for gain to himself had less public
consistent a lvertising of those stores. As encouragement. The public is making it-
they read t e newspaper, advertising peo­ self felt in the number of successful pro­
ple learn i bout special chances to buy secutions in arson cases.”
goods which they would never have For the man who in the heat of anger,
or in dire necessity, commits a crime some
known ab< v.t otherwise.
They learn that stores are carrying sympathy may be felt. His deed may be 1
lines that they knew nothing about. They eternally wrong and yet be tinged with
get information warning them of condit­ an element of pity. But no excuse what­
ions that tend toward higher prices, and ever can be offered, no prison term can
showing them now they can save money bo too long, for the man who in cold
by prompt purchasing. They learn that blood applies the torch to serve his own r-
their home merchants have been scouring greedy ends.
the country to obtain the best merchan­ To destroy American property which
dise obtainable. They discover that their in many cases can never be replaced, to
home stores are working mightily to pro­ end’Mger life, to strike at the economic
vide the necessities and conveniences of welfare of the countiy, all this the arsonist
life at the lowest possible price consistent does. And why? Merely to benefit him­
self or another through the collection of
with substantial merit.
insr
ance.
The adveitised store is the appreciated
H
mce
it is that we say to The National
store.
Board of Fire Underwriters, to the Fire
Marshals of America, to every force en­
DEATH TO THE FLY
gaged in fighting the source of arson : “Go
on; follow every avenue that may lead
If there is no breeding place for flies to improved conditions, to more certain
there will be no flies. The almost total retribution.” Vast as is America, there is
disappearance of stables from cities has no room here for the arsonist, for the per­
removed a prolific source of fly propaga­ petrator of the crime of crimes.
tion. But not all the spots which assist
the fly in preserving his species were in
USE MARRIAGE PROTECTION
the vcinity of stables. Where there is filth
there will be flies and where flies go there The custom of going to Washington to
will some of the filth accompany them.
get marired apepars to the average citizen
Time was when flies were endured as of this state as the height of folly. Per­
an in -vitable annoyance without an ap- haps the w’ord “custom” is an exaggera­
preciai’on of the menace to health their tion in this sense, but one hears of these
preser.ee is. They swarm because no ef­ journeys so often that it seems sometimes
fort was made to eradicate them. That to be the rale rather than the exception.
era is past but there are those still who
Oregon gives the young women of this
tolerat) conditions which in effect are state the protection against veneral di­
not inimical to the interests of the fly. sease that their future spouces may have
Not ev«ry house occupant can prevent by requiring examination of all males ap­
flies f om seeking entrance but everyone plying for a license to marry within 10
can keep them on the outside. It is within days before making that application.
the pr. vince of all to refuse to purchase Without asking a sense of loyalty to the
food products which are accessible to I state, the young women is foolish who
does not use this protection that is of­
flies.
Were everyone to eliminate breeding fered, which in a few cases might relieve
■ places on his own premises and to screen her of a life of agony and rained hap­
and swat, the fly soon would become as piness.
completely extinct as the monsters of
which we know only through their fossil The laying on of hands may have cured
remain;. The fly is small but he makes few diseases, but it worked wonders in
up in indus‘. y persistence what he lacks chronic cases of impudence.
in size. We become alarmed when an epi­
demic threatens, yet too many of us tol­ It takes all kinds of people to make a
erate the fly when we know his capacity world, so almost anyone should be able
as a d.sease carrier. Because he is no nov­ to fit in somewhere.
elty we minimize the peril which he may
transmit.
The man who slaps your face instead
of your back plays fair. Ethics permit
THE PATHFINDER
you to swat him in return.
No man liveth unto himself alone. All
Next to persons who know how to ran
need pathfinders. Newton. the scientist, a newspaper probably are those who are
said, "If I have achieved anything in sure they could write a book if they had
science it is because I have stood on the time.
shoulders of giants.”
The young student takes it as a mat
It does absolutely no good to try to
ter of course that he shall follow the old guess a woman’s age. No man would hhve
masters. If music, he sits at the feet of the courage to tell the truth if he were
great guides, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin. certain of it.
If art, he works for horn's before copies
of the great masters, Raphael, Michael- With the girls all working, young whip-
Angelo, Murillo. The student not only ne’-snappers may get the notion that a
knows the value of the pathfinder, but is , helpmeet is one who will help meet the
happy to acknowledge the debt he owes expenses.
these immortals.
So it is in business. The man who Long hair, says a woman’s page note,
gets to the front in industrial or com­ will come back slowly, if at all. Bobbed
mercial life is the man who is closely in young ladies who are trying to grow it
touch with everything the leaders in his already knew’ that.
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American
Lumber
any
W. O. W. Vernonia camp No. 655
meets every Monday night at seven
thirty at the Grange Hall. Visiting
members welcome.
A. F. KOSTER C. C.
C. C. DUSTEN CLERK.
Vernonia Lodge, No. 184 A.
F. i A. M., meets at Grange
Hall every Second ant
Fourth Thursday nights.
Visitors Welcome
K. A. McNeill, Secretary
I. O.O.F.—V ernonia L od GE, No. 246
meets every Tuesday night at 8:0
o’clock, in Grange Hall
O. E. Enstrum, N.G
G. B.. Smith, Sec’t’j
\MERICAN LEGION AUXILIAR’
Meet, first and third Mor,
days of each month a
the Legion Hall.
-k
McGraw, Preside!
Vernonia Port
119, American L»
gion. Meets secon
and fourth Tua
days each month,
p.m.
H. E. M.
Graw, Commande
’lehalem
McCormic Deering
Agency
MOWERS
RAKES
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Regular commun
cation first an
third Wednesdaj
of
each
mont
All visiting sistei
and brothers we
come.
Bessie Tapp, W. M.
Leona McGraw, Secretary.
VERNONIA
GRANGE
The Vernonia Grange meets on th
second Saturday of every month s
7:30 P. M. Any members ef th
(¡range living in or near Vernonk
or visiting in the community, ar
cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. Minnie Malmsten, Secretar,
MOUNTAIN HEART
REBECCA LODGE No. 243. I.O.O.
Genuine I. FL C. Partsand
Twine.
Meets every second and Fourt
Thursdays in Grange Hall—Vernon!
Visitors always welcome
Mrs. Edna Kilby, N. G.
MRS. IRENE SPENCER. Sec'
J. MASON DILLARD
Vernonia Trading Co.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Next
to Carkin Cleaning .Wor
Here Every Wednesday
uxz
DR. ELLA W'lGHT
DR. C. J. WIGHT
Kills
'em
dead
CHIROPRACTORS
Rheumatism, Neuritis, Stomaci
Liver and Intestinal Troubles
comte
?I.Y SPRAY
flies, mosquitoes,
votiflies&mofhs, etc.
Delayed Menstruation
LESTER SHEELEY
Attorney-at-Law
Vernonia
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