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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1927)
Thursday, August 25, 1927. VERNONIA EAGLE number of west-bound motorist* for the 1927 shmmer vacation, but NO. 13. it is safe to say that the increase meant 25,000,000 to 30,000,0001 ALKALI LAKE THREATENS Lawyer Lilikell won another case BILL THOMPSON’S MULE dolalrs additional revenue in the I SWATS WAYWARD FLY cash registers of the communities TO DRY PLUM SLAP UP this week but it hasn’t been de- livered. Lazy Lizzie, the one-eared Drown favorably situated to take advan- Alkali Lake, the one bright spot SOCIETY mule belonging to Bill Thompson tage ef the swing of the tide. in the yellowish-brown greasewood “Whether the comunities realize I of Rattlesnake Arroya, won first flats, is getting lower and lower Miss Goldie Boone will leave | prize in an attempt to reach a it fully or not, the main factor in every day and is threatening to the county seat today to shop horse-fly that lit in the middle of developing this new business for dry up to the hilt. The long drouth a cigarette holder. | her back Sunday afternoon and the west, is the motor club; and whiA hits this section every spring and hangs on until fall and late Miss Roesola Hicks had the mis-, settled down to enjoy a free lunch. the western units participating in winter is getting in its dastardly fortune to sprain her wrist Sat-1 Lizzie has gained great fame In this Portland conference are the | work, and the placid waters of the urday while cranking an ice cream this section for her ability to.service institutions to which the, I reach into difficult positions withlmotor caravans of the presen- and old lake are gradually wearing off freezer. her tail and dislodge a varmint of . the future will look to make motor at the edge, until now all that re- in n the west pleasurable and Alf Stude had his tonsils remov- any species that tries to use 1 her , | touring , * mains is a small pool of liquid mud, which throws a glamour of despair ed Saturday so he could drink with for a roost, but she far exceeds; profitable. more freedom. tall of her accomplishments in the | The A.A. about the scene. extent to v Something must be done about Mrs. Bearcat Boone who went feature role last Sunday. The fly had in the last few years, and it. We know from long experience through her husband's pockets look lit and started to dig its teeth tn- | particularly since the start of the that it won’t rain until fall and ing for a quarter, will make an to her back. Lizzie bunohed her ■ western conference three years ago, ---- together feet . ___ __ and haunched _______ her maybe not at all. This ancient other trial Friday night. | back like a cat and with a quick tied into national service chain of watermark seems doomed. It will Doc Horsecollar dropped a couple flap of the paddle on her tail, she 908 motor clubs and associations soon be too low to suport marine of stitches today while sewing up spanged Mr. Fly as quick as light- i consisting the greatest motor fed- life. It never did support any ma an operation. j ning and went on eating her hay. ' eration in the world. The services rine life except mud turtles anik Mescal Bill says flies had better of these western clubs, from tour frogs, but the hearts of our stal LOCAL NEWS take out insurance when they start ing information to emergency road wart citizens are wrapped up in service, now compares favorably the ancient frogs and ancienter Centipede Clarke filed another to graze on Lizzie. Mescal always J with anything in America, he add- could think of funny ¡racks at turtles that crawl and croak in notch on his radiator this week I ed. I happy contentment when the shades when he ran over a pedestrain., the right moment. “The Oregon State Motor as of night fall gently over the scene sociation will act as host to the ■ • - ....................................... Wild Bill Mullins, notorious two- WITH THE LITERARY GENTS and a person is trying to get conference, Geo. O. Brandenburg, gun bandit who terrorized this; some rest. held*' Will Rogers, who writes for a its secretary and manager, handl early days, was 1 ___ , section in the Just today the editor of the Douglas Shelor of string of papers, has been accused ing details. Catamount went out to take a last up by a lady bandit and relieved Seattle, manager of the automobile visiting in of criminal syndicatism. of his watch, while fond look at this happy scene of Irv Cobb who recently went on! club of Washington, has been ap several peoples’ childhood. His Chicago. a diet and took one-third off,! pointed chairman of the program , heart almost broke in twain when Mescal Bill struck a deposit of experienced no difficulty in get- j mmittee, and David Watkins of the dismal view met his heroic high gravity dynamite while drill F in Francisco, manager of the gaze. There was Old Bull, the ing for oil on the Jim Ell’s farm. ting it back. California State Automobile as- A report from Kansas states oldest, the most venerable, the Hog-Eye Haines was injured that Ed. Howe has launched into sociation, chairman of the atten- most loved, the outcroakingest old Saturday night in a raid on a wa I dance committee.” the newspaper business. frog in seven counties, sitting up termelon patch. Wampus Pete put on his spurs on the end of a rotten log with Calves intended for baby Bearcat Boone, tonsorial deter- today and took a ride on Pegasus. his fate written in every feature. 1 Professor Heywood Braun, wjio should be started on some grain mitician and horseshoer, has receiv Will the stalwart citizens of Cactus when fpom 4 to 6 weeks old. has been conducting the intelligence ed a batch of mange cure for use Flat stand idly by and watch Old The full natural sweetness of Bull shrivel up to a husk when on his human and equine customers. department of the New York the sweet potato develops only World for some time, was fired Elk Himes became a victim of the lake dries up? Will Old Bull, after a period of storage, the sweet who has croaked his way into the asphyxiation Tuesday while clean- the other day for expressing an ness being due primarily to the opinion. ing his pipe. hearts of his, so-to-speak, coun presence of sucrose or cane sugar Scotty MacPherson captured a trymen, be doomed to croak? Not which is formed during this period. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS by a jugful. glow worm this ■ week, which he Painting at regular intervals is The Catamount appeals to every will use to keep his light bill the cheapest way to keep buildings Harve Hepson to Hog-Eye law-evading citizen in Cactus Flat down. Haines, Vi interest i in quarter-sec and implements in good condition. to do his, her, or its duty and Archimedes Puck went over to tion of land for interest in The building materials widely used carry a sloshing full bucket, barrel the county seat today to have his today, such as yellow pine, cast pedigreed hunting < dog. or whatnot of water and dump it hunting license abstracted. iron, and the more common steels, with appropriate ceremony into Rattlesnake Ike to Abe Barlow deteriorate rapidly on exposure, Miss Winsome Nutte says the the yawning vacuity of Alkali Lake, new pitcher on the baseball nine et ux 1 qt. Sierra Dew for used ■ and need frequent painting. Even The old lake has weathered twen- is ambiguous, as he can throw a I car and other considerations. ! sheet iron that has been tinned ty-four extensive drouths and three ball with either hand. | or galvanized, to prevent rusting, Eb Squills to Horsehide Hop- I usually should be painted because presidential elections, and it is the “ Let me break the laws of a | kins, water right on Coyote Gulch duty of every red-blooded citizen of imperfections in the coating. to help it through this crisis by j nation and I care not who wTrtes | if it ever rains for right to hunt | Notwithstanding the growing im the songs, ” said Old Quib Skills jackrabbits on ranch property in portance of the specialized poultry cranking up the old Ford and whizzing a barrel, a tub, or a dem today as he put the bottle back season. Deed of trust. flock and of the commercial farm ijohn of water to the scene of bat- i in his hip pocket. i flock, the general farm flock is The Honorable William Hoots tie. Every man with a spark of MORE LOCAL NEWS I still the backbone of the poultry manhood is expected to respond j has drafted the first three hundred ' industry from the standpoint of. to the call to arms. Every woman I paragraphs of his message outlin- j Advices from the little frontier volume of production. The farm village of Los Angeles state that ing his reasons for believing his i with a spark of womanhood is urg ed to save the suds from the weeks i nomination for the presidency would ■ Aimee has taken over the reins of government and will hot-gospel her washing and dump them into the not be a national calamity. lake. Every child with a spark of The manager of the Palace of flock as of yore. childhood in his makeup is expect I , Beans has installed a — fly swatter .• I Nat Sibrow writes from Phila- - -------- , ■ ed to carry a bucket of water to at each table for the convenience delphia that Jack met Jack and of his patrons. I Tex Rickard met jack. the thirsting lake. The crisis is here. It must be Miss Goldie Boone was attacked! Bearcat Boone’s pet rattlesnake met The fate of Old Bull hangs by a kangaroo at the circus, which by a mosquito’s eyebrow and let made a leap for her skirt, but was chased into the house Tues- I day by a white rat. it not be said that we stood idly fell short, by and watched the noble frogs . .7 ...................... The air leaked out of one of the Cube Root’s motor stalled again ’il—__ »_ ’s Warn . Lucs .in on Writ vim fall, as fell the buffalo, the ante- 1 I tires Cliff /" uiin Gilmore Ford Tues- _ Tuesday when _ he tried I to climb lope and the roulette wheel. J— causing ----- ’ “ to - go flat. - I 1 day it a tree without shifting his gears. Come to your state University for cultural VOLUME 1 FIVE THE CACTUS FLAT CATAMOUNT LAURENCE LOCKNEY, Editor education and professional training. Movies of Club Work Some of the purebred sheep assoc- serviced by these A.A.A. western iations will give special prizes for units to cash in on the tremendous In This County Will Be Taken at Fair fleeces from the particular breed increase of motor travel into the of sheep they represent. favored playgrounds of the west, From page 1 The best mohair buck fleece will “Even before President Coolidge their clips judged by the leading experts of the west, and to carry be awarded a beautiful mohair selected the Black Hills for the home some prize money and valua- davenport cushion by the Angora ' summer White House, thereby giv- Journal of Portland and L. C. | ing tremendous impetus to the ble trophies. » ’ Cash prizes, ribbons and, in Chase & Co., Boston distributors of westward urge,” said Mr. Smith, some cases, silver trophies, will mohair. All of these trophies and ■ “it had become apparent that the be awarded the best fleeces in the special prizes will be given in ad- | tide of motor touring into the various classifications. The casii' dition to the regular cash prizes Rocky Mountain states, the Pa prizes will range from $3.00 to and ribbons, and other additions cific Slope states, including north $15.00 for first place, depending to this attractive lineup of awards ern California, Oregon, Washing- have been promised. j ton and adjacent Canada, had as- upon the number of entries. From the large number of en i sumed dimensions seldom equalled The Pacific Cooperative Wool Growers will give a silver trophy tries already received, the event by any human migration. “It had become apparent in fact for the best quarter-blood fleece promises to be the largest and most in the show. Charles J. Webb has interesting wool show held in tht that this area with its tremendous offered a handsome silver platter west acording to those in charge. assets of climate, scenic grandeur, and business opportunities, was de for the best fine wool fleece, and the United States National Bank' 17 Motor Clubs to Meet veloping into the hub of the na- of Portland has donated a silver outaandinK feature of the P™<Tram I tion’s summer playground. It is _ r _ as _ a , perpetual _ r____ ___ r„* __ cup trophy for the,would be the <^“>0" ways too early yet to secure accurate best three-eighths fleece exhibited, and means to enable the territory fjgUres as to the increase in the FINNEY OF THE FORCE By F. O. Alexander Opportuni fy it offered in 22 departments of the College of Literature. Science and the Arts And in the School» of Architecture and Allied Arts— Business Administration—Educa tion—Journalism—Graduate Study —Law—Medicine—Music—Physi cal Education—Sociology-*-Social Vork—Extension Division. College Ye»r Opens September 26, 1927 For information or catalogue vanto The Regietror. Uniaoreitp of Oregon, Eugene. Or« CAR GREASING 75 CENTS and up Vernonia Service Station Central Garage is now Open For Business We Specialize in Relining Brakes and keeping them properly adjusted FREE of charge. You are assured the best of experienced mechan ical work. Tires and Expert Tubes Washing Vernonia Stage Depot G ilby M otor C o . OAKLAND, PONTIAC, CHEVROLET, STUDE BAKER Goodyear Tires State Laundry Company FOR GOOD LAUNDRY WORK We call and deliver TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS—Leave orders with S. Wells Tailor, Phone MAin 891 4t VA./lTlJLn V f ; COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR September 7=8=9=10 Just three weeks away Going? Finney ;es His Tune »• - amo TKU Oi DO j T TÎ4IMK ' 1 tAAJK 7 T mi M LOIFE - S avecs G i T FAID HALF A veajü F WHAT iv EQ T m EV GiT// TlTLf.— MOV*/ • you /