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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1946)
} THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1946 THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE. twelve miles further up that mountain road. with his map, a compass and a We had not known it was lo vague idea, he has gone on afoot cated so far from the highway. to look at the timber we have We had our sleeping bags but no come so far to see. I trust he cooking utensils or food. Fig RIVERVIEW—The addition of has the instinct 'of a homing uratively kicking ourselves for RON A MORRIS WORKMAN two roomy bedrooms is nearing pigeon, also, so he can find his our trust in civilization and near ROCKING W RANCH way back to me. If he doesn’t, by eating places, we turned back completion at the Artie Buckner Don't expect me to tell you I’ll probably remain here the rest down the crooked road that can home. where I am as I write this, be Everett Rundell of Medford of my life and become known as never be made straight but which cause I can’t. I only know that it the wild woman of Indian Creek, we fondly hoped would lead us to spent Thursday at the Ed Buck is at the end of a road some because I could never get out food and rest. However, civili ner home. where in the mountains near Ma Mrs. Bob Beck and little son, alone. zation hasn’t included—at least pleton. The Big Boss, with the Bobbie, are at the Harvard Malm- during the last few years — enough Miles and miles of highway we help of a map, the description sten home in Vancouver where from a Forest Service man, sun traveled yesterday, wide and hotel rooms or auto-camps, and it they expect to stay until they wasn ’ t until we reached Florence smooth, lined with farms and dry and various directions from and Mrs. Malmsten and daughter, others, and his own God-given towns, then suddenly we turned, that we found anything but “No Sidney Ann, start for Anchorage, And what a intuition, has managed to get the dived under a railway trestle, Vacancy” signs. Alaska to join their husbands and Chrysler and me this far. Now, and found ourselves in a cool for place! Tenants had been living fathers who have good jobs in est-walled ravine. The narrow there for a month—Heaven help road switch-backed up and up ’em—, had moved out that day the north. Mr. and Mrs. Chet Anderson along a noisy little stream. Rocky and the place was promised again for the morrow. The owner ex and Children of Tillamook were walls, massed with alder and giant Send your salmon-berry bushes (I would cer plained how lucky we were to here Sunday (for a visit at the tainly live here if I were a bear) find it empty that night. Maybe Anderson and Roediger homes. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jacobs and and dripping with fems, towered ha was right. At least, it was above us, while at one of the the only place to be found, but daughters of Clatskanie spent curves was a cold clear spring Dickie, our big Percheron, has Father's day at the parental Riley which trickled over fem-draped more room in his stall, more Hall home. Mrs. Oscar Sorlee left Sunday rocks into an encient hewn-out tasteful furniture and decoration, log, where, of course, the Big and besides his stall smells much for Portland to resume her work to Portland's most mo Boss had to atop and let me get better. We took one glance and at Lippman-Wolf after a two dern plant. Two pick a drink. Suddenly we emerged a sniff, then looked at each other. weeks vacation with her parents, ups and deliveries into an old clearing and the dust The B. B. said (passing the buck relatives and friends here. She weekly at Vernonia at and debris, the tumble-down to me, as usual) “What do you was a Friday evening dinner your home or our local shacks, broken parts of cars, tin think?” I didn’t feel it would haps if he does come with nefar cans and general ugliness sur be polite or wise to say what I ious intent, I can calm him down agent— rounding a small mill. Some one really did think, so merely sug with sweet words and a spot of BEN BRICKEL’S once made a remark to the ef gested that it probably wouldn’t coffee, for 5 have found that most BARBER SHOP fect that nature is always lovely kill us in one night and beat it folks are far less fierce than they and only man is vile. At that outside. He took another look, pretend to be,, so why worry moment I entirely agreed with sniffed tentatively, and grunted, about it now? A black ant is him. However, even if they had “Maybe you’re right, but I doubt walking across my page carrying and However, lets eat. Maybe spoiled the ■ portion, of the earth it. —like most of us—a’ burden three where they lived, they were kind- we can stand it better on a full times too big for him. Maybe he ly# folks—as most folks are—and stomach.” knows what he i- carrying it for There are always compensations from them we learned that the and where he is going, but, judg timber we sought was ten or for anything, if one looks for ing from his actions, I rather them, and the fried clams at doubt it. Ants are such -illy Chowder House nearby almost things; they remind me of us hu made us forget. The cook was man beings. I lie Editor Has My "Goat ’ plump and Irish, and faith, she Excuse me now. I am going was the colleen with the skillet. He sold me this space, then said I would to spread my blanket where the Long may she wield it. A show— sunlight drips through the alder have to write something to fill it up. ancient but still good—killed a leaves, listen to the woods and bit more of the evening, but not Not much use to advertise beer, because we. the stream tali; and forget for a much, for at Florence, they really little while that I am a busy, haven’t enough for our regular customers now. roll up the sidewalks, docks and bustling, stupid human ant. I'll sand-dunes and send the poor My friend, Peterson, the baker man, was in be a lazy improvident grasshopper transients back to their dog grumbling a bit about his 257« cut in flour. houses early in the evening. How for this one day and let tomor row take care of itself. ever, I was right, as usual. It I came right back and asked how he would didn’t kill us, but when morning like a 58% cut like we are getting in the beer finally did come, I said, “The business. Funny, too, there is no wheat used in wild, free life for us, old dear” making beer. and raided a hardware store for a skillet and a kettle thfe docks We still have some good wine and Mexican for a fine red-snapper, a grocery beer. Seems the Mexicans are not feeding any store for other essentials and soon body but themselves. we were barging back up the crooked road into the heart of WE HAVE GOOD FOOD, TOO the coast mountains. reasonable prices—that’s Now I sit at the end of said LEW’S PLACE why it’s thrifty to buy at road. There is a tiny green mea “where the crowd goes” dow here with Indian Creek wind the New and Used store. Ann and Lew Bloaten ing along its edge. I have my blanket on the soft grass close to the talkative stream. The other bank is laced with fem and sway ing green forest growth; moss and yellow violets hug the rough /Ö/ rocks and a wild pigeon murmurs from the wooded hill above. After a while I shall build a fire, put on the old camp coffee pot—thank goodness I had it in the car—and o polish up the new frying pan with at bit of rand and moss prepara tory to frying the red snapper. I may be evicted from this bit of paradise, for we have been told that this land belongs to a cantankerous old mountaineer who objects to folks sojourning on his property, but sufficient to the hour is the eviction thereof. Per- Alaska Trip Planned Soon - At the End Of the Road Laundry & Dry Cleaning OREGON Laundry Dry Cleaners FOWLER’S New & Used Store Shanghai You can travel to the far parts of the world ... those interesting places you ve heard about and always wanted to see ... and you’ll have untold adventures that go hand-in-hand with extensive travel! Here Is the Complete Story I A 3-year enlistment, or reenlistment, in the Regular Army entitles you to your choice of branch of service and overseas theatre. 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