Thursday, March 6, 1930
Vernonia Eagle, Vernonia, Oregon
'and “Loves Old Sweet Song”.
nuklonalTniportauce.
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Organ and Male Quartet num­
It Is thought the hltutnlnbus «and
in Canada Is In many respects alm-
bers will complete the program.
llnr to the oil shale In the United
States and that the development of
In cooperation with
bituminous gmul should be evnsid-
Basque Peace Officers
U. S. Public Health Service
quite ns seriously as tlint of
Frederick D. Stricker, M. D.,
Kept Reasonably Busy ered
the oil shales, Yield per ton from
Collaborating Epidemiologist
Unique is the mlguelete. Every­ the latter will. In some Instances,
where In Spain, from the gates of be higher than from bituminous
the royal palace In Madrid out to Bund, but, frofn the point of view
EYE SIGHT SAVING
the remotest, humblest hamlets, of mining costs and certain other
It may be said that in our the civil guardsmen have the right factors, the development of bitumi­
present stage of civilization, of way—except In the Basque prov­ nous sands will probably have ad-
there are very few eyes that can ince of Gulpuzcou. The Basques vantages river oil slinles.
be considered perfect. All eyes, j have their own police, called inl-
however, that are slightly defect­ gueletes, who wear a Jaunty uni­
Pacific Myatery
ive in their measurements do not form of baggy rod trousers, a blue
tunic with a cape fixed to the
Easter island Is called the MUn-
necessarily
require
corrective shoulders and a red bolna on thfir
glasses. The systematic examin­ heads (a contrast to the civil solved Mystery of the Pacific" be­
of the scattered presence of
ation of public school children guards’ yellow trappings and gray cause
hundreds of Immense heads curved
has made it possible to detect or black uniforms and shiny cocked out of stone wldcli are to he seen,
and classify the different kinds hats, triangular and of oilskin). some standing erect, while others
of errors. The greater demands Although a soldier, armed and are down upon the ground. Their
that are being put upon the eyes trained as such, the mlguelete, in­ meaning Is only conjectural und
of parading about In Idleness, no one has ever offered any ex­
of the children together with stead
has many civilian duties, lie car­
greater use of artificial illumin­ ries all the otllcial mall in the prov­ planation which Is generally ac­
Apparently Easter island
ation have resulted in producing ince. conveys lunatics to the mod­ cepted.
was chosen ns the graveyard for
symtons of eyestrain and fatigue. ern asylum. Inspects the roads, the chiefs of a large Island archi­
The symtons resulting from eye­ teaches the Illiterates to rend and pelago which suddenly disappeared.
strain may be local or general. write, colh'cts telephone tolls ami The thousands of slaves who were
The local symtons are redness of also taxes. A Basque Is always kept at work carving out these Im­
ready with a bet, which Is the ages were left without food und fell
the lids, itching and burning of common
way of ending a dispute
the lids and eye-ball, pain and about bandball, tree felling, grass upon each other until only a few
remained. The story of all these
tenderness of the globe, pain mowing, stone lifting, swimming, events
was never recorded and can
above the eyes, seeing of moats about what weight his pair of oxen be rend only by Inference.
before the eyes, tendency of the will drag or the fighting powers
eyes to cross, and temporary of a ram from his herd. On every
Put Health First
blurring of the vision after pro­ het a percentage Is due and is col­
by the mlguelete. It is the
longed use of the eyes, caused by lected
The views of students ns to what
mlguelete also who takes charge
sleepiness or fatigue, or the hold­ of the savings bank accounts, and makes life happy are revok'd by a
ing of a book too close to the so great Is the confidence he In­ ballot competition conducted by
spires among the peasantry that tbe National Union of Students
eyes.
throughout the uifiverslUca of Eng­
The general symptons of eye­ old and young hand over their land and Wales, says the London
reales and pesetas to
strain may be in the form of in- hard-earned
Observer.
The following was the
this red legged cop. Wlmt pres-
digestion, headaches and other tige! Indeed It has been proposed order of Importance voted for the
conditions not ascribed to the that the League of Nations study various attributes conducive to a
eyes. Headaches are more fre­ the corps with a view to making happy life:
A sound constitution; a sense of
quently caused by eyestrain than it a world organization.
humor; a congenial occupation;
any other cause. The Tieadaches
an assured future; a charming
that last over night are usually
wife (or husband); a blameless
the direct result of eyestrain and France First Country
reputation; £400 n year; a bril­
are the least frequently recog­
to Organize Zouaves liant career; a thick skin; a good
nized as being due to eyestrain.
Zouave Is the name of a tribe of cook; a persuasive manner; a li­
and a poker face (equal); an
Continuance of eyestrain not Berbers In Algeria. In 1R31 the brary
artistic temperament; a schoolgirl
corrected with properly fitted j French recruited two battalions of complexion.
soldiers, who were uni­
glasses may be associated with Berber
formed In their native costume. In
symptons of disturbances of the about ten years they were convert­
Tat-Tutl
stomach and intestines. Many ed into an Infantry branch of the
Ml JadluUl k Honor, f
nervous disturbances and twitch­ rreueii ariu/ end Lbe SM^irM re­
Before the World war not frtrospecflvs.
ing of the muscels may also be tained.
due to eyestrain, These clear up ’ there were four regiments of zou­ Judges dig It up from the pnst, oth­
nre busy extracting It from the
with the wearing of proper glas- i aves still In the French army. The ers
first service that these troops saw present.
ses.
A little while ago It was stated
j outside Algeria was in Hie Crimean
If the eyes of every patient war. They attracted much atten­ before a well known Judge that a
were tested for acuity of vision tion because of their uniforms and company was to run a revue named
more could be done towards the their fighting qualities, and volun­ "King Tut-Tut.”
Ills honor rubbed Ids brow.
saving of eyesight and the pre­ teer military organizations through­
"Whnt does ‘Tut-Tut’ mean?" he
vention of blinded than any other out the world adopted the uniform, Inquired.
a modification of It, and the
preventive means. All cases of or
“It Is nn expression," replied
drills and tactics. There were sev­
defectiveness would be detected eral of those zouave companies In counsel, “used on the golf links
and in the majorty of the cases t’ o Civil w.:r. and they w *o take!
•vl-on a men tri''“«« Ms drive.”
“ton menu when the clergy are
if the patient were refered to: Into the army as organized.
present," suggested the Judge, amid
an oculist, the proper glasses
laughter. — Birmingham
(Eng.)
would be secured and worn.
Weekly Post
Canadian Bituminous Sand,
The proper illumination of
In what Is known ns the McMur­
schools, offices and factories is
Portland---- Bids advertized
a most important factor in the ray country. In Canada, 300 tulles
1 orth of Edmonton, are to be found construction of Penn Street ap-
conservation of vision.
«'¿tensive deposits of bituminous proach to Swan Island airport.
Progressive cities have estab- j. nd. . The future commercial sig-
lished special classes for those i Ticance of these deposits is ns yet
Medford — Two
carloads of
who are handicaped with ser- I >t generally realized. It adds, al-
.
• i x rrxi
f'miirlt It Io wzic’ -’lil/x Fit«,* r't'i—
pears per day are being packed
iously defective eyesight. These ’
at Southern Oregon sales plant.
are popularly called, “Sight Sav-,_
ing Classes”. The Sight Saving,
X-.V
it.
— conservj I ”
Class
helps 11-
the _ child U
by
ing his eyesight through elimin­
ating all possible eyestrain and
teaching habits of eye hygiene.
This benefits his general health
by saving him from the nerve
strain attending the competition
with the normaly sighted. In ev­
ery city there is a need of a
sight saving class.
IsT.iUtl. near die- CelefiM. was set­
tled l-y an arbiter’s award, giving Langnan, LIETuian, Honan, Baguan,
it to Holland Another error lias and the Mangsees lying north of
been found In the northern line Mangsee channel.
"Although the Islands are unin­
dividing the Philippine Islands and
Taiwan (Formosa), hut this does habited and very difficult to reach,
because of the barriers of coral
not Involve actual territory.
“England has been administering which surround them, natives go to
the seven ‘lost’ Islands off Borneo, them regularly to gather coconuts
giving them the little attention and turtle eggs.
“The Turtle islands, ns they are
Recent Convention Be­ they need. On Tngamik Is a light
marking the entrance to locally called, and the Mangsees,
tween England and the house
Sandakan harbor, the most Impor­ lie along the southern edge of the
tant port on the North Borneo Sulu sea and are as far south
U. S. Fixes Boundary.
coast. The provision of the old Manila ns Charleston
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south of New York city
i1 Washington. — Seven “lost” Is­ Spanish ami British treaty has
lands will he reattached to the been found Inqiosslble of fulfill
Burns— Public Service Com­
iPhilippines by a recent convention ment because ‘nine nautical miles
between England and the Pulled off the const,' creates an linpossl mission issued order granting Ed­
States fixing the boundary between ble surveying problem, due to the ward Hines Western Pine Com­
North Borneo and the PhllippineN sinuous curves of the Borneo eoast. pany privilege of furnishing elec­
archipelago.
Yield Coconut and Turtle Eqjs.
tric light, heat and power to ter-
“Mislaying Islands In
“So an Imaginary line has been* ritory south and adjacent to this
pines Is easier than
drawn across the ocean and It Is city.
seem," says a bulletin
specified that all the Islands and
Hillsboro— Remodeling opera-
flonal Geographic society from its rocks north of this line, and this
headquarters In Washington. I>. C„ means most of the group known as tions, costing about $17,000 will
“because there are approximately the Turtle Islands, will go to t'ci be carried on .by Montezuma
7,000 islands In the archipelago, Philippines. In addition to Taga- ■ Lodge, I. O. O. F., on buildings
distributed over an area equal in gak there !fo lire"' t‘ 1—, I at Third and Main streets.
length to the distance from Palat­
ka, Fla., to Mackinaw City. Mich.
“Taganak, most Important of the
seven ‘lost’ Islands, Is only a tulle
long. Some of the others are
merely clumps of trees on small
Delivered To
Yfllit
rocks or coral patches. None Is
and Called
' “
Inhabited.
"Before the Spanish American
For
At
war, Spain had imide a boundary
treaty with Great Britain defining
the line between Borneo and the
Philippine islands as nine miles off
the Borneo coast, latter cante the
treaty by which Spain ceded to the
United States the Philippine Is­
lands. and this was found to have
four errors, the last of which nre
being cleared up more than thirty
W. A. Davis, Local Manager.
years later.
An Island Without a Country.
Office Phone 1041
Res. 1052
“Soon after the treaty was made
it was found tint Cagayan Islands,
of which the principal Island has
an area of 46 square miles and a
population of 250, had been left as
nn Island without a country. This
was corrected In 1900. Last year
thp question of who. owned Palmas
State Board ot Health
Seeds Of
Quality
Fast
Freight
Radio Program
Florence Macbeth, noted oper­
atic soprano, will be the guest on
the "General Mills Fast Freight”
program at Do'clock tonight, over
stations: KII.J Los Angeles, KVI
Seattle-Tacoma, KFRC San Fran­
cisco, KFPY Spokane, KFBK
Sacramento, KOIN Portland, KD-
YL Salt Lake City-(10:00, P.M.
Mountain Time).
She will sing a group of old
favorites,
including Schubert’s
“Ave Maria”, “Deep in My
Heart”, “Last Rose of Summer”.
You will find a gener­
GLADIOLI ous assortment of flow-
er seeds here. Plan on
your garden now.
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VERNONIA
TRADING CO
Vernonia
Cass Bergerson
Phone 682
telephone
Our telephone I. ut rear rervieo.
Call us and we shall be glad to send
you whatever you wiih la bread,
calm, pie. ar poetry.
everything in our .hop la quality
baked. We uae Occident Flour ev
clu.ively—which,
while
It
roots
more rirre that distinctively dif­
ferent Sever to our baked goods.
VERNONIA
BAKERY
Oregon
American
Lumber
Page Three
Freight
Door
Trucks Leave Vernonia
9 A. M. Daily
Portland-Vernonia Truck Line
For Freight Orders
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Clarno—Oil drilling operations resumed on well in this place.