Thursday. February 13, 1930
Vernonia Eagle, Vernonia, Oregon
ly recogulze ouisehes r.o.óoo or Oil.-
000 years from now.—Exchange.
Say» Powdered Gla>. Safe
Iver Sherer of Keasey spent
Tuesday in Vernonia.
G. W. Ford attended a con
ference in Portland Tuesday.
Tom Crawford was a Portland
business visitor this week.
Ambrose Schmidlin of Brauns
was a Vernonia shopper Mon-
day.
Mrs. C. Krieger hae been re
ported confined at her home
with a cold.
Mr. and Mrs. Judd Greenman
and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Davidson
were Portland visitors Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Allyn of
Beaverton spent Tuesday at the
V. L. Powell home.
Mr! and Mrs. Joe Banzer of
Mist epent Tuesday in Vernonia
on a shopping tour.
A. G. Greenburg of the Stan-
dard Oil company of this city
visited his brother in Portland
over tlje week end.
Exploding the stories that the
Borglas and other notorlo'.n pel m
ers of history mi d ti I v pur
dered glass In foe I and drink* for
their victims. Dr. Roche Lynch re
cently demonstran d to the Medico
Legal society of London tout this
supposedly deadly material ..-ually
passes through the human d- < live
system without causing <1 th or
doing serious damage. Kat ■ r lurk*
in larger pieces of glass with sharp
edges, he added.
convalescing.
Mrs. Lloyd Baker and children
visited the home of Mr. and
Mrs. V. L. Powell in Riverview
Sunday.
County Judge John Philip I
and County Roadmaster Chand
ler visited in this city Tuesday !
afternoon on business.
I
The Trusting Heart
Shall not the heart which Ims re
A. C. Knauss left Tuesday for reived
trust the power
Corvallis where he will instruct t hy which so It milch.
liven? May It not quit
in a special session for lumber- oilier leadings, and Men to <he
men at the school of forestry. I soul that has guldi 1 it so •■enlly.
nnd taught It so milcli. secure that
Ray Charlesworth and family the future will be worthy of the
Salem Sunday' past ?—Emerson.
were called to £_
evening on account of the death I
of Mrs. Charlesworth’» sister-
Grasshopper’» “Lungs"
in-law.
Grasshoppers, like nil insects,
have so lungs, but they breathe
The baby of H. F. Snodgrass, through nil Intricate system of air
who has been critically ill with tubes ending In tiny valves in their
pneumonia, was rushed to a sides. The Insects are able to con
Portland hospital Tuesday morn trol the operation of these at will
ing.
Making and Holding Fortune
Charles Rich attended the fu
It takes a great deal of boldness
neral of his brother-in-law, A. mixed with a vast deal of caution
N. Wills, former ex-councilman to acquire a great fortune; but It
at Portland Tuesday. Mr. Wills then takes ten times ns much wit
to keep It
died in Portland Saturday.
Miss Evelyn McMullin, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mc
C. H. Keys, county fruit in
Mullin of Natal, is reported con spector,
and Gus Hien of Scap
fined at home with pneumonia. poose called
at the W. B. Lappe
Mrs. A. J. Hughes, who has home on the highway Monday.
been ill with pneumoilia for the Mr. Keys owns a large orchard
past week, is reported as slowly near Scappoose.
Buttons in Early Tinies
Looked On as a Luxury
Business Institutes Use the
Flan of Getting People to
Think Father Than
Merely to Learn.
It took to
The ET.cîency Proposal
Love letters of an official: ‘ I have
already supplied details of my life.
Will you he my true loving wife?
Yes or no? (’ross out word which
do not apply.”—Lustige Kölner
Zeitung, Cologne.
Subtle Humor
It’s Just more fun than anything
to tell a stranger over the phone
that you are our. but that if be has
a message for you you will take It
and give It to yourself when you
return.—Life.
By the "History of English
Dress," the button ts traced to 1250
It was commonly worn In the time
of Edward I, and figures In n poem
that dates from nlmut this time and
certainly not Inter than 1390. This
refers to a robe, the sleeves of
which were decorated with blue
Success Rule
button« frirni the ensiw ts tfie Imnd.
The talent of success Is noth
When pohrH and hMM wers Muro-
Ing more than doing what you
dnwd In tba Fifteenth «»nttiry
can do well, and doing well
buttons fell out *f favor, but re
whatever you do.
turned as a luxury In the follow
ing centnry, nnd were so highly up
predated as to be bequeathed In
wills. A testator In a will dated
1573 left to one John Wood,-.vie
‘‘my doublet of frulte-canvns. and
my hose with frieze breeches. Also,
unto Strowde, my frieze Jerkin with
silk buttons. Also, to S.vinotule
Bisshoppe, the smith, m.v other
frieze Jerkin with stone buttons."
Motbor of Columbus
Gascoigne sang of "it bonnet hut
Most writers n.treo that Colom
toned with gold."—Kansas City
Inn was rn Italian and not Jewish.
Times.
•Iionrli recent Invest h.'c tors have
cast doubt on liis birthplace and
claimed that Ids mother was Jew
Church’s Vast Property
The Trinity churcli tract, In New lull.
York city, contained about 52 acre.*
nnd wns variously known ns tlm
King’s farm, the Duke's farm nnd
"Does fear of an Illness h
the Queen's farm. Van Twlller tin li?" Is a question often asked,
|)ttteh governor of New Amsterdam directly. Fear, however, lower
sold the tract In 1(13(1 to Itoelof lallty. and Ilins there Is not
Jans, and by Ids will It became the rame resistance.
property of Ids wife. Anneke. She
died In '1(103, lenvlng eight children,
V/a'ting Outside
nil of wlmm but one, Cornelius llo
It Is mighty hard to h('l!ove that
gardus. In Marell, 107(1. executed fonversmlon is a lost art whilo you
an Instrument known iir n "trims uro waiting for yonr turn ; I tho
port" conveying the property to Col p jbllc telophotio. Louisville ’¡’¡hies
Francis Lovelorn. then governor of
New York. Trinity church was In
corpornted hy rovni charter In May
1097. In 1703 Queen Anno formally
presented the tract to the Trinity
church.
There is one general prinoipl«
nt the basis ot all good teaching
and It la that a person loarns more
readily by assimilating the exper
iences which he hlmeelt onooun-
tors than in any other way, say»
Harold Stonier, National Educa
tlonal Director of tilo American Ins
Btitute ot Banking. Tills Institute
Is tho edvcatl nal soctlon ot the
American Bankers Association.
“The most advanced people In
teaching today aro emphasizing the
importance of rctivlty on the part
ot the student," ho Bays. "In the
schoolroom ot former days we of
ten heard such phrases as, ‘Be
still,’ ‘Learn by heart,' Don't do
that,’ ‘VZltnt does tlie book say?*
The n wor education asks, 'What
do you think?,’ ‘What was your re
action. to that o:;per!m»ntf,’ 'What
dll you dheover?,’ ‘What reason»
have yo t for your answer?'
“The ‘expre sing' school Is tak
ing the pl-tco of tho repressing and
listening school. The classroom is
b coining an open forum, a studio
ot s-lte:.pri. s’on, a place ot men
tal grpwtii. Tho modern concepts
ot i.Icc’.ti.in rre personal expert
in iitat.on, Individual Investigation,
critical <1! ¡cession and creative
self-ex.>ro s' n The pupil really
I, ¡ .is only as ho la able to assimi
late tjio nc w meanings of fact»
and prii:dp es with his previous
The Lapse
experiences.
ActlvP'c» therefore
A woman of Intellectual tnjrfcs
constitute the pivotal force around
found It tllfilcufl Io collect all the
which faro gio.tp d tho new tao- facts she wished to remember. She
tors In education. Tho primary re- therefore secured the services of n
I memory system expert.
spnnsib lity of tho teacher Is to
Scarcely hn<l the expert taken Ills
furnish a constant stream of ac I
tivities which will afford the stimu departure, after n successful first
lesson,
than n loud double knock
lating urge to mcntnl growth.
wns heard nt the front door.
"Education Is a proceos of ex
“Who was that, Mary?" the worn
pert uclng, and tho program ot the an Inquired of her maid, when the
Institute is so arranged ns to give
latter returned from answering the
the treat;st oportunlty to gain by knock.
•'Oh, If yon please. mn'nm." mild
such experience. Through this we
develop tho art of thinking. Think Mary, 'It was the memory man;
ing litis been described as the he forgot his umbrella."
ability to handle experience and
to bring it to boar on a problem.
Humanity Facing Change,
Effective thinking arises when we
An eastern doctor Is greatly
arc presented with the choice of
alarmed lest the use of automobiles
conduct. Our previous experience«
do swny eventually with tlie tegs of
become helpful as we marshal the human race. The prospect Is
them and bring them to bear upon quite terrifying.
And then, too.
the matter ot our choice.”
there Is the vacuum cleaner, tb it
The »tudonts In the American In-
has rendered the treating of carpets
stitute of ranking by reason of and rugs no longer necessary, nnd
this may In time do away with the
the fact that they continue to go
on about their employment tn arms of the human race, ft seems
banks whilo taking the banking oa- more. Uuui Ukg!~ tltaL v
social Ion’s study courses have an
opportunity te combine learning
with practical thinking »nd action.
Coins Always Desired
Brillhint objects have always In-
spinal man with a passion for their
pcs. ->ion, nnd precious stones have
occupied an Important position on
»•(•count of their form and color.
The history of gems runs parallel
to that of humanity, and has been
as (»chited with the development of
religion and science from the most
remote times. Their connection
with the church can be traced from
the offerings of Jewels in temples
of the pagan gods to their place by
the end of the Fifteenth century as
the chief possession of the “treas
ury’’ of Christian churches.
Authentic Giantess
Ella Ewing, known as the MIs-
sour! giantess, was born in Scotland
county, Missouri, of normal par
ents, and at birth weighed
pound-’. She grew abnormally be
tween the ages of eight and twen
ty two years until she reached the
• -•I'l’inotis height of K feet 4 inches.
She wore a number 24 shoe.
It
took 30 yards of silk to make a
dress for her. When she stopped
nt hotels two ordinary beds had
to be placed side by side so she
could sleep across them. She made
a fortune traveling about on ex
hibition nnd died at the age of forty
years.
Decatur’s Schooldays
The dashing Decatur who hum
filed the proud dey of Algiers, and
after whom so many New York
I k ■. i were mulled when he was In
the zenith of hl* naval glory, lived
In Powder MUI lane nnd went to
-. ' ad at the Lower Dublin academy
In Holme burg, Pa.
For nil Its
pretentious name, the ‘'academy”
was a small tug nud. stone struc
ture with only two front windows
mol a shingled roof. Stephen De
catur did not take kindly Io study,
lint lie Is said Io have curved Ills
imine on every desk in the school
room. —New York Times.
Ma ter of Long Dispute
The true, origin of the expression
“O.K." Is not definitely known,
though several explanations have
been (lerivcd from n Choctaw In
dian word meaning “It Is so”; It
lias been attributed to tin Indian
chief, (till Keokuk; it has been con
sidered tin* Initials of “Orl Kor-
rect”; It has been called nn error
lor “(> It." (ordered recorded). An
other authority ascribes it to Aux
Caves, pronounced o kay, lit Multi,
front whence lite best runt and to-
h.-'c.-o was exported In Col,mini
days.
Coluxr.bus’ Coat of Arm»
It was hi “the spacious times of
good Queen Bess’’ when the Span
lard was Lord of the Earth.
All
knew the story of his “Invincible
Armada“; hut It had an unforeseen
result through one of the vessels
being wrecked on the Fair Isle, off
the coast of Scotland, and some 200
of the crew being saved.
During
a stay of some months there, the
Spaniards taught the women their
quaint patterns. One of the pat
terns is a golden anchor on a blue
ground. This was the coat of arms
granted to Columbus by the Span
ish sovereigns ns one of the re
wards of his discovery of the
New world.—Montreal Family 11 er-
aid.
tnrr~n trst ■sn ann "try to Tbrani gists, in ma"ng exciiTnTIorrM m TliTs
connection with the testboard. region, have uncovered ruins thou
There was some trouble obtaining sands of years old, among which
the connection. The youngster lis have been found broken sculptures
tened a tew minutes and rushed of the date palm, together with ref
Into the house, exclaiming, “Mam erences to the use of Its fruit as a
ma. come out here quick. There’s a food. According to an old, old
man up a telephone pole talking to Arabic story, after (hid had i-rented
heaven."
Adam, some of the suit cluug to
“What makes you think he ts His hands and He molded It Into
a date palm. The leaves were set
talking to heaven?"
“ ’Cause he
hollered 'Hello t in n feathery crown at the top the
So It
hello! hello! gixqj lord, what's the same as lie created man.
matter up there; can’t anyone Is only naturul that the palm should
be ns nearly perfect a tree as Adam
hear?’ ”—Forbes Magazine.
was a human being.
Cold Bath,
A friend. In tlie ho piiul In the win
ter, found his recovery Imztened
by fresh ulr wdtlch was udiidtled t<
his room despite the zero temper-
rture.
If the window remained
,*lo«ed tong lie felt “wilted." The
fresh ulr wns a tonic. Fortunate
ly, he find been prepared to stand
cold temperatures hy dally cold
plunges. The frequent bath Is
something tvlilch the Western world
learned from the Far East In
din taught the British conquerors
the value of the dully hath. Ort
ental peoples lm<l been tut tigdnllv
baths for a thoiisniul years before
I’erry visited Japan.—Grove Put
terson. In the Mobile Register.
Sudden wealth, .••iipiiied without
labor, assurin'* ease nnd luxury
and power, appeal« to the avari
cious Instinct of many otherwise
sound and intelligent people. The
thrill of expectation, of suspense,
the possibility of • u< cess with the
next spin of the wheel, the next
turn of the card, the 1 next shovel
of earth hn« kept mon fighting odds
since hictory hogan. I says the Si.
Paul Dispatch.
There Is n romance to search for
buried treasure, to stories of un-
earned wealth won In the gold I
fields, the roulette wheel, the gam
ins table am] the stock market that
Is fascinating.
h blinds Its vic
tims to risk »my danger. They give
no thought to how many »ire beuien.
Men seldom boast of their losses,
so failures in tin* gamble for easy
wealth rarely win the spotlight.
Now and then a paragraph tells of
a broken spirit ending his life.
Young men who gamble with their
company’s money are frequently im
prisoned as embezzlers. But these i
are the dramatic Incidents that get
Into print. The thousands who risk
and lose their life’s savings sink
out of sight without leaving a rip
ple on the surface
It Is somethiies worth remember
ing that all who play do not win.
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Unfortvnite Trend to
Flabbiness of Thinking
Hope lees
For more than lwo hours the
cldb bore had been telling Ilfs
stories lo the occtipanl of the <hah
opposite him In the smoking
At last the victim decided lie
have lo be rude If he vere
cape at all.
When the next story came to >■*
end he gave a prod
ills yawn
“Excuse me,” he said.
But the club bore was a mate!;
for the best where rudeness was
concerned
“That’s quite all right,” he said
“It doesn’t hotlier me at all. You
see. I’ve lived close Io I tie
trance of a railway ti.'imel for
last five years.
It has been said a good many
times over. In this generation as In
others, but President lllbbnn of I
Princeton did well to remind the
students of bls university that they
should be on their guard against
a flabby mind. Just as watchfully
ns against flabby muscles. The old
Roman who spoke for “a sound
mind in a sound body’’ • :t the
mind first, let us remember—mens
sana In corpore sano—but in our
modern quotation of the saying we
are almost always throwing the em
phasfs on the body. As civilization
becomes more and more complex,
the flabby mind, unequal to the task
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Hard to Picture Orient
Without the Date Tree
For untold ages the date has
been it - tuple article of diet In the
Orient. It Is said that a half pound
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J. Angelo
F. C. Braum
Bert Arthur
H. Beaver
J. H. Beaver
Columbia Co. Fire Assn.
of Jewell. Oregon
Columbia Co. Dist. 9
W. C. Childsworth
Oregon Gas & Elec. Co.
Col. Co. Fire Assn..
W. E. Crawford
Culver & Co.
Ed. Devine
E. Carrigon
H. Fielherg
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Many parents feel that tlie first
few years of a child's life ere an
unimportant twilight before the
real dawn of personality and ut
terly Ignore the Importance of
those early years for development,
observes Clara Bassett In Hygela
Magazine.
Careful study of the spoiled
child problem shows that web chil
dren do not outgrow their early
habits, aa parent» often think they
will.
Many of them go through
life with these attitudes and then
develop mental and nervous break
downs when they And they are not
equipped to meet bravely the vlcis-
sltndes and responsibilities of adult I
existence.
been employed as a clerk in the
G. W. Ford, superintendent of local Safeway store.
Eurcle McCollum of Treharne
the Oregon Gas & Electric com- . j returned to his home at St. Ig-
pany, returned Friday from a natius, Mont., a week ago Mon
visit to Tacoma.
Unnumbered Victims of
Dream cf Eaey Wealth
Fi.h Armed With Knives
A ’•physlehin’ fish, accoutered
with razor edged lances winch lire
used to wound, however. Instead of
heal, lais been listed with the
Smithsonian Inst II it lion's vast I'lill
Ippine collection.
It Is known as
the surgeon fish. On each side of
Its tall are sharp pieces of car
tllnge, so keen that they are ver
Itili,le knives
In an Instant they
.-an bo made to stand out from the
body for a rlppin„ blow
A slight
slap from the tall Is siifildent to
cut >1 man's hand to the bone
Mirny <d the lances are poisoned
The surgeon fish Is eoi fined to tlo
tropical parts of the ludbtn uno
I'acllic oceans
ebruary
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of life Hii<r*lbrnklng it through, tie-
Oliver Burris of Natal was a
evrues more and mors perlion», both Vernonia shopper Friday morn
to Its possessor and to others who
ninjr be obliged In any way to de ing.
E. A. Ritchey received his new
pend upon the judgment of that pn»-
recsor.
Certainly no one almnld Chevrolet sedan from the Gilby
be mors watchful tli.in the srndeut. Motor company last week.
—Columbus Dispatch.
Bert Brewer of Portland has
Telephone 671
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Phone 721
I
William Hayden
J. C. Johns
L. Johnson
O. Hyland
L. Hall
P. Hill
W. Hammack
K. Hoffman
H. H. Hixson
I». James
E, F. Hubert
Adam Hall
George Johns
Si. L. Herrin
Dr. M. R. Eby
A. D. Lolly
T. M. Kaphammer
W. B. Lindley
E. Kin?
J. M. Kirkwald
R. S. Luxton
Geo. Miller
J. A. Miller
E. Casperson
P. O. Mellinger
T. “
B. ......
Mills
M. McNeil
Olaf Mellinger
C. Miller
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J. J. Purney
W. O. Porterfield
P. J. Blummer
J. Lindstrom
Nat Purdue
Nehalem Meat Market
Nehalem Creamery
O.-A. Lumber Co.
John Reynolds
Ralph Reberger
A. L. Radcliff
Eugene Shipman
A. J. Stockton
M. Siedelman
Ed. Siedelman
A. Schmidlin
E. Senter
E. Simpson
Glen I,. Winter
Vale & Scott
J. L. Vale
Rov Taylor
Union Oil Co.
C. Uhlin
E. Visnaw
Don Williams
Jake Neurer
N. Fest
Crawford Motor Co
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