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
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and haunched
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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
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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
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,
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-
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, ■
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
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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
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“ 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
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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
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Goodyear Tires
State Laundry Company
FOR GOOD LAUNDRY WORK
We call and deliver TUESDAYS and
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