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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1928)
FOUR Thursday, February 23, 1928. VERNONIA EAGLE sonal reasons to doubt it, about $450,000,- 000 in bills is outstanding. When new bills, are ready ii.j bu.J.s wui ii ,ue them and send to Wash ..gto.: .lie iarge ones that come into Uijn 310 When tl... .uw 1. .. ni j h is driven out the old iv will bo uui t everybody In .‘’tin twn ciivüc . V / has been ben i.t< ’ . ;c the two sizes I $2 per year in Advance Issued every Thursday are in circukiticn < ■an; ers and mag-ltlM . ucncod. But when Entered as Second Class Matter, August 4, 1922 nt the nates will be n.eo iVe the last of the large 1 bills has disappeared Post Office at Vernonia, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879 from circulation trie government will save money, the wail will make a smaller bulge MARK E. MOE, Editor in the pant picket or silk stocking and paper money will be more mailable as INDENSPENSABLE TO BUSINESS well as portable. Smail enough to -be placed in a wallet “Advertising pays!” or envelope without folding, the diminu That epigrammatic declaration is ques tive currency will remain cleaner and will tioned by no one informed in the history live longer. Moreover, Secretary Mellon of business and commercial development. says the new bills will be harder to coun It is a statement of fact, obvious and in terfeit and handsomer than the old. If disputable. anybody is a better authority on money Quality and service have built vast than Mellon, let him be produced. And commercial and industrial institutions, if he is not complaining about the trouble ■i but with their handmaid, advertising, of counting two sizes of bills nobody greater institutions have been built in far should, for few have more in their own less time and at far less cost. Advertis name and none has more under his of ing brings buyers and quality; service and ficial control. advantageous price keep them. One can point to several automobile SAFETY IN ROUGH ROADS manufacturers who owe their exceptional success not to building a better car, but to using more and better advertising It may come to this, that in order to than their competitors. And several manu minimize reckless driving of automobiles facturers have learned too late that suc it will be necessary to leave streets and cess in this huge industry depends upon roads in disrepair. Every stretch of smooth highway is regarded by a goodly more than making a good car. It is significant that the makers of those proportion of motorists as an invitation products whose copyrighted names are to “step on the gas and see what she can synonymous with the product itself have do.’’ At any rate, they “step on it.” So all been large-scale advertisers. Making often does “she” do the unexpected that smooth pavements sometimes appear to a “better mousetrap” wasn’t enough. What these famous national advertisers be menaces. But it is not the fault of the have accomplished for the trade names of pavement. Then the public authorities their products has been done by merchants have to step in, make a lot of arrests and for their business names. Advertising has earn the reproach of having set up a made one store synonymous with cloth “speed trap.” There never is a “trap” ing, another with furniture, another with where roads are rough. The explanation is meats and groceries, another with music. that motorists do not exceed the speed In every business and community there limit where doing so would shake their is some far-seeing and enterprising manu cars to pieces and upset their own stomach. facturer or merchant who raises his pro Rough roads for safety. This is the in duct and business name above the com ference from experience. Careful drivers mon level by making advertising wort for who habitually respect the law will not be annoyed by the official activities. But him. they have more than a causal interest in the conjunction of smooth pavements and SHRINKING GREENBACKS speed fiends. All motordom would suffer Americans soon will have a little ex were rough roads made the rule because perience of their own with shrinking too many motorists cannot be trusted to money. But, while marks, francs and use smooth pavements aright. rubles shrank in value, the dollar’s shrink Public safety must be held above public age will be in size. The new bills, one- convenience and comfort, Wherefore if third smaller in size than those now in misuse of smooth highways makes for un circulation. Will be placed in distribution usual danger to the people, it would be shortly. I reasonable to compel reduction of spted Altnough the average citizen has per- by making a perilous pace impossible. Slip Urriuniia taijlp I n A À TORES ion Without Waste ¡ The Lenten Season Those who observe this period are often confronted with the problem of where to secure a variety of foods appropriate to their needs. Out of this vast experience in serving “all of the people, all of the time” the Safeway Man has provided the solution for this problem. In our stores you will find a great assortment of delicious foods—acceptable to the strictest observer. Prices are in keeping with customary Safeway savings. Let Safeway serve you—the Safeway. Its Safe to Save the Safeway. Features for Friday, Saturday and Monday, February 24, 25, 27 Hand Made Butter Safeway Brand Quality guaranteed 47 C 93 c 1 Pound 2 Lb. Ro» lOk 25c ■iwmnfiwr "*>■ iKammmygfc Minced Clams Warrington Brand Tins ............... 49c Fancy Sockeye Large Oval Can 3 Pounds Egg ................... 29c ................... Camels lead by billions and keep right on growing Pears, Apricot, Peaches or Pineapple 59c $233 Maximum Large 2 Brand tins 2 23c Canned Sweet Petatees 2c™. 23c Malt Blue Ribbon or Bud weiser hop flavored. 3 cans 79c C. & H. Market Day Special 35c Sugar Bulk Raisins Pure Cane 3 Best Quality Lb. Bag .............. 25c Pounds . Matches Carton ........... 100,ÏÏ"d $625 OÇ Pound $169 Bap ä I* Powdered Sugar Safeway Brand Strike anywhere 29c 0 Box 19c 4 Pounds ..... 37c Notice tha Big Savings at IHJ I Pork Roasts Young Pork Shoulder Per lb................ Legs Per Pound ............... Bacon Fancy Eastern Bacon Sugar Cured 20c 23c Per Pound .................. 19c 2 Pounds for g Pounds for One-half or Whole Bacon Strips 2 to 4 Pounds Per Pound ........................ Camels $198 Bbl............... $7 79 Sack Raisins Noodles 2 Pounds Canned Fruits Long Grain. Blue Rose 4 49c .... $279 Rcmlny Cheese or Spaghetti Genuine Semoline Standard Pack 4c,„, 12 Hour 4 Cnn» .............. 49C 10 Pounds ............. 69c 100 ,.b. b ™ $635 55c Tciiiaioes 45c 3 Cans . Per Dozen .................. $1'33 Big K Brand. Eastern ; Wash, and Montana Hard Wheat Skaggs Brand. Full Cream 49c ................... Rice Sardines Macaroni —get right up front where the pleasure is. Have a Camel. The real object of smoking is to enjoy it. 1 Pound 3 Pounds Booths 9 for pleasure Coffee Safeway Brand Fresh Roasted, Fresh Ground 1 Tall Can ................... 35c 49 Lb. 3 Cans ....................... 98C 4sck> “ Pounds If you smoke 69 C Jar ............ Alaska Red Salmon ? c. Cans Prase; ves Carnation Brand 2 Tall $133 Sub. Box ................. 3 Lb. 12 CAN LIMIT Maximum Brand No. 2>/> Square tin Assorted flavors Strawberry Peach Apri cot and Pineapple. Canned 3 Cans Aspsragiis Chocolates 27c Shortening ................... oq _ $119 Fancy Mince Meat 2 lbs. for 25c We Deliver all Orders Free Store 225 Vernonia Phone 741 ,n