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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 192«
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
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MARK E. MOE, Editor
WHO WILL YOU VOTE FOR?
(whose champion of course is no other TELLS HORRORS OF
LIFE IN SHADOW
than “Al”) for a modification of the
prohibition laws, reminds one of the story
QF DEATH CHAIR
of the negro who had a hound dog that
was continually howling.
A friend of the negro said to him one Boy, Sentenced for Murder,
Is Saved by Sister and
day: “Mose, why is that dog continually
Sweetheart.
howling? Is he hungry?”
“No, boss, he haint hungry!”
Brooklyn.—The shadow of the death
“Well, is he lonesome?”
chair, the wooden and wire and iron
contraption which Is In the clean,
“No suh, he haint lonesome!”
white room at Sing Sing, hung for 13
“What do you suppose is the matter months
over Robert Weiner, But It's
with him, then?”
gone now; nt least, he Is out of Its
“Boss, I’s tried every way to figure out immediate shallow, and believes that
troubles are over.
what’s de mattah with dat dawg, and I’s his There
are not many men In New
finally ’eluded dat all dat’s ailin’ him is York state who have spent long lag­
dat he jes smells suthin’, and doan know ging months, waiting and watching
for that last trip through what once
what it is.”—Myrtle Creek Mail.
was "the little green door.” It Isn’t
Are you going to vote for Herb?
Are you going to vote for Al?
Interested as you may be in the presi-i THE CHAMBER SHOULD FUNCTION
dential election and the state, county or
city election, you will not vote for anyone
Vernonia’s Chamber of Commerce has
had a long vacation and now it is time to
unless you are registered.
Many learned to their sorrow in May get into action again. Meetings should be
that they were unable to vote at that time held as before every two weeks on Thurs­
because they were not registered. Oregon day, for there is much work to do.
now has a law which makes it obligatory
The secretary has been busy all sum­
mer attending road meetings and confer­
to register in order to vote.
The registration books close thirty days ences in relation to getting more and bet­
prior to the election, which is November ter highways through Vernonia, and much
6. So you must be registered by October has been accomplished.
6, which is little more than three weeks But meetings must be held and an in­
away. It is not only a duty, but a privilege terest shown by local business men before
long, or the chamber will cease to exist.
to take your part in the election.
Dues will not continue to be paid into an
THE NEW EAGLE ROCK
organization that does not function more
than this has the past few months.
An airplane owned by local men now
The work of advertising Vernonia has
calls Vernonia its home port. It is not to 'been given a good start. But it must be
be regarded as a luxury brought to town, [continued indefinitely in order to realize
but a new business, and one that may the best results. Support by the business
grow far beyond present expectations.
men in particular and all property owners
Those who may scoff at the practicabil­ as well is something that should not even
ity of flying will lose all the force of their need solicitation. They will be immeasure-
argument if this plane is ever called upon ably benefitted in the years to come.
an errand of mercy, such as taking an inj
While the beauties of the Columbia
jured logger to the hospital.
river can well be advertised to attract the
And so Vernonia will continue to grow, tourist trade. No district has a stronger
as long as we have citizens of vision and drawing card than the fertile Nehalem val­
ley for attracting settlers. Since the migra­
imagination.
tion of people is always westward, those
JUST HOWLING IN PERPLEXITY ' communities in the west will be most ben-
1 efitted who advertise their natural
This clamor of the pro liquor crowd 1 sources for making a good living.
NOTICE OF MASS MEETING
Notice is hereby given that on
Monday, the 24th day of Septem­
ber, 1928, at the hour of 8 o’clock
p.m. on said date a mass meeting
of the legal voters of the city of
Vernonia will be held in the Ameri­
can Legion ball for the purpose of
nominating the following officers
for said city: Mayor, four council
man, and treasurer.
All of said officers to be elected
at the general election to bo held
November 6, 1928.
Dated this 18th day of Septom-
her, 1928.
By order of the City Council.
G. R. MILLS, Mayor.
Attest ;
I». B. Reasoner, Recorder.
NNSf
PIN MONEY FOR HOOVER FUND
Sat.,
Office Hour»: 10 n.m. to 4 p.m.
THREE DAYS ONLY
No
charge
for consultation
I)r. Mellenthin is a regular grad­
uate in medicine and surgery and
is licensed by the state of Oregon.
He does not opernte for chronic ap­
pendicitis, gall stones, ulcers of
stomach, tonsils or adenoids.
He has to his credit wonderful
results in diseases of the stomach,
liver, bowels, blood, skin, nerves,
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Below
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one of the above named causes:
Elmer Booker. Condon.
IL H. Blake. Marshfield.
Thos. Burke. Willamina.
Mrs. M. R. Cooper, Oregon City.
D. G. Horn, Bonanza.
E. M. Hurt. Arlington.
Mrs. George W. Mathes, Ashland.
Remember above date, that con­
sultation on this trip will be free
and that his treatment is different.
Married women must be accom­
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—Complete telephone service is a convenience
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extension telephones save tiring steps for the
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A Terrible Feeling.
in Internal Medicine for the
past fifteen years
NOT OPERATE
Grants Pass—Long cherished hope
of a railroad to connect Rouge
with Eureka, Calif., again proposed
by rail officials.
Silverton—Proposed new Cascade
highway would open up new coun- I
try with assessed valuation of 35
million.
Bob Weiner Watched Them.
Dr. Mellenthin
Will be at
Benton Hotel Thu., Fri., and
October 4, 5, and 6
Card of Thank,
I wish to thank the many friends
for their kind expressions of sym­
pathy and beautiful flowers sent
during our recent bereavement.
Ralph Clem.
struggled is in itself a story. But they
won when tile Court of Appeals ruled
that Weiner be given a new trial, and
tl>e district attorney In Manhattan ad­
mitted he couldn't produce the evi­
dence which would again convict the
Brooklyn boy.
Now Weiner Is home, Just trying to
get acclimated. He isn’t going out.
He is Just sitting around Imine, trying
to realize that when night comes he
will not have to sit in the seinldatk-
ness and count the hours. He hasn’t
yet, he says, understood fully that he
will not have to play checkers through
the bars, or hear the shouts and laugh­
ter of condemned men who are trying
to appear carefree, but who are worry.
Ing and counting.
Coming to Portland
DOES
(The Pioneer Church)
The Sunday school meet at 9:45
a.m. The pastor will preach at II
a.m., subject, “ITU Do It For Jesus
Sake.” Communion service will be
held in connection with morning
service. Young people’s meeting at
7 p.m.
At 8 p.m. Rev. F. B. Culver,
presiding elder, wil preach.
Monday, 8 p.m., Rev. F. B. Cul­
ver will preach again, and hold the
second quarterly conference.
G. W. Plumer, Pastor.
THEY AGREE ON POLICIES
St. Helens—Board of directors
elected for huge payroll industry.
Fir-Tex mill to locate here.
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green now, of course; it’s browned
steel and it’s big and heavy. But the
Idea Is there. For those men who
have lived eternities each day and
week there is no way out, once they
have passed through the door.
Twelve persons, eleven men and one
woman, marched slowly, shuffling
along through that door while Bob
Weiner watched them. And now he
shudders, and bls smile fades when he
thinks of them. He saw Iluth Snyder
slouch through it. He saw Judd Gray
go, and several others.
Two Women Aided Him.
They sent him to the death house,
under penalty of death, for his al­
leged part in the Tombs prison break
and killing of 192G. He denied any
part. But a Jury found him guilty.
Then two women, indeed they are
little more than girls, set out to prove
him innocent. One was Ids sister. The
other was bls sweetheart. The story
of how
battled against odds.
fought
officials, worked
EVANGELICAL CHURCH
“It's a terrible feeling," he says.
"(Ids knowledge that some night Is
coming and that you are going out of
your cell and that you are not coming
back.
“I played checkers with these men.
We had to play our own board, shout­
ing out the moves, because death house
confinement Is solitary confinement
And we would play, or talk, never
seeing the men we were playing or
talking with.
"Then would come the night when
we would hear the shuffling of feet.
I think that was the worst We would
hear the men shuffle down the cor­
ridor. I would see a dim form, then
two or three others pass the cell. The
men would cry out their farewells.
The others in the cells would call out,
too. But the man we had known. If
only by voice, had gone."
Weiner feels, he says, as If he had
bet-a dead and had come back to life
again.
Mother Found Guilty;
Attacks School Teacher
Lafayette, Ga.—An Irate mother
who whipped a si-bool teacher Is un­
der a 12 months’ suspended sentence
on the chain gang.
Mrs, .1. W. Groce pleaded guilty to
an assault charge for an attack on
Miss Bertha Harp, Chickamauga
school mistress, last year. The whip­
ping occurred on the street after Miss
Harp had punished the Groce boy for
a schoolroom Infraction. A long
switch was used by Mrs. Groce. When
this was broken she used a club, ac­
cording to the victim.
Grace Semple Burlingham, Missouri National Committeewoman,
gives a check to John W. O’Leary, vice treasurer of the G.O.P., covering
contributions, without personal solicitation, of one dollar each from 1281
Missouri housewives. Mr. O'Leary la in charge of the “nickels and dimes”
campaign, by which he hopes to obtain at least 600,000 subscribers to the
Hoover fund.
Injury Worth $7,500
London. Eng.—Forced to wear long
skirts to hide nn Injury to her ankle
in an automobile accident, Joan Bar­
ker, of this city, wou a *7,500 dam­
age suit
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