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St. Helens MistC. V'1''1'' r"w"n f Foun.ted 1831 laMi4 Er Friday by The Mist Publishing Company M. T Mn. i. in, rMiiur. Kiin r"t Ha m-i ii t rl.i m uter lu ry In. I it.', i iUo i'"t hIImv m mm I hi li fitm, ori'tfoti llli.l.'l Murrll ,.. is-.u. KlIUHCHirTION Uaih.i What's the use of havinwr ,!'ViBhi'ri(T n.l :- " mui tuuiiiy paying ! Hilt i.,,,.i,,,l . I . " """"'y ir .r8-t .!,., .1 ...,.. , ., .. " . ' -Hnyui,M iuur , ,,uy twoor!::;;:, :::rm r , Governor West's i I i - . . , " n Tom Wuif .l a. i. - ... , tun uu uiu wwii, Hi a tnree Htutic (ru,li..u ...! .. iiu'iii several iiu.rithH M'U.irwo,ki done it will b !.. .?. '.' Hulmtantiui B,i ., ,-". posmveiy win not ex- iunif Iltii t 1,.,... 1 ,. i , . , f..n. tiu. i,... , n., I iiie comninea salaries oi all " Ill ll'ill . 1 H' 111 !.. I . ... . ...... ...i.K.T any list- trying t kuisu uii! fact that the due yens - 1 1. Mi Hit months '. 7:, A.lverlUliiK rule, riiu.le known on .. i i,t H()n( chI loll l.'K"' '"r i-cniH t i lint County Official Paper itrcHi-nt Hy.tcTn of working muds inui.sirul fuilur... Many jvar. of failure has I...... i ... .. mniiu'ii ii, una me ftouner we "tlHT KVHtl'111 Mooru-r we will have takn a "triile in the direction 0f venieiu'e mid prosperity. rt-,the BhenfTs in the state? Use less expense. As evidence of this note the Kreat moral cru sade carried on in St. Helens this week. the lonx con- Tvunly years bw there va ailatioi. for better roads in Cul uinliia county. At that lime the people were traveling over mini roads nearly entirely and they' were rlarnot inn for ma eailani or ilank. We rcpiintin this issue an article taken from the Mist of December IM. IK'XI, which sizes up the situation of the time in a very able manner. The article also shows the won derful advance in the times and conditions since that date. In this part of the county there is nw macadam on nearly every piece of rond, and while it is a y.rmt improvement oxer the oh! mud roads of twenty jearsso, it in mm wise metis II ej resent day demands. Kefoio the ad vent of the automobile. macadam mads were all rijiht if propt re built nut tatefully maintaintd. but in order to keep up with modern times the roads mu;it not only lie macadam but hard sur face, to l e of p rmai v t nature. The article of twenty cars an o is inlerestir a so it is here kivoii: As t!)"' w t ti i adviun' and our public hitliMii)s become K'sn practicable of arteries of commerce or social intercourse, the pair.ful fact is each day more forcibly im pressed upon us that less talk anil theory ami mine hrse sense, and "elboWnre.'lM-" i4l"Uld bo expended upon our county rfeb. Cotillict inK opinions preail as to the best, fhesinvkt and ino.st cubt.taiitii.1 i-'ri of iiiipriivin roads, hut a fair and uo bin.:e I verdict cannot ! olhT tli ei favoiablo to n plan whieh. though a little more exj.enMVe, will injure the m.t substantial plan of impi o inr mads. This) county his abundant re wiui'im in the way of wood and Htone wherewith to improve roads, and both have In en Used to noun extent f. r that purpose with K'ood results in both cases, but after careful observation of the results obtained, v e are convinced that macadam is by far the most Ker Vie. :ible of the two, thoiieh it is undoubtedly the most ex pensive. Accepting the macadam or crushed rock proportion as the best, the next pmblem is the least expensive means of Kettinit the roek.and in this connection the at- it... ...iimtv court is called it. o i e oi in - to the proposition ef Messrs. I'-"'' fhaimHn. who offered t' w'11 l" th.' county their crusher, which they are operating just north of town, for $:',"(). and deliver it to any part of the county. The machinery is comparatively new and in perfect working order. It consists of a portable rnitin.. and Rni1 8 crusher that w ill crush sulhc.ent rock in ten hours to macadamue Hcvcral hun.bed feet of road. This Ih certainly a splendid otfer and one that should receive the favorable consideration of the county court. This county is at an annual expe.se ,fal,out$tr.0 for road wo.k with out any visible improwmcnt m he roads.exc.pt p.iblv in the dry natute not s om..v . sa,e cotull- A GOOD PL71CC TO DO BUIACS Information reaches us that complaints have been made to Covemor West that the laws were beintf violated in Columbia county and that the aid of his special representatives were needed to clear it up. Accord ingly his special aent, Tom Kay, made a quiet visit to the county this week, starling at Scappoose 'A here he found a hoy about IS years old playing pool in a pool room, and the proprietor, Mr. Milloy was promptly arrested und taken before the Justice of the peace and entered a pica of nuilty and was fined $2."), which he paid. Then St. Helens was visited by the detective and here he found the law was beinjr openly aud Ihnrantly violated by 'i ciar store and two saloons where Kutn machines were beinn opeatod, with the result that Mr. Thatcher of the Club CiRar more, Kstabrook & blew and J. II. I.inville were taken before the Justice of the Peace and pleaded guilty and wire each fined $10, which sums v er i promptly paid. After completing all of this work, the special aent ot the Covernor Aent back to Salem to report his success in punishing law vio lators of this community. When a community such as St. Helens, a lumbering tow n and a sea p irt where hundreds of men are working, is so free from gambling and other like crimes, that a special detective comes in unawares and makes a clean-up, with the results obtained here, it nmst certainly Fpeaks well for the community. It is provtn thereby that St. Helens is a good place to live. That it is a well r.Mmhited town and that the oflieers are doing their duty. The devices used here by the men w ho were caught in the mesh of the special agent's raid wereof such a character that they were supposed to be within the law. There was nothing about tnem that ould cause the ordinary individual w ho dropped his nicltt 1 into them and secured a package of gum or several packages of gum to think that he was gam bling in the usually accepted term of gambling. That there were chances to take was of course known and that the ma chines are money makers for the proprietors is also known, but as for gambling in its ordinary sense, there was none found, nor was there any other law viola tions serious enough to cause the detectives to make any arrests. In justice to these men of bt. Helens who were Iineu lei ii ( said that before the machines, were placed with them they in-, vestigated the gambling feature and found that there were bun-1 dredsof the same kind of ma-, chines used in 1'ortland and other places in the state and that, .i ,,t who Placed the ma-, had letters irom vn u . 1 1 .... ,1 a f q 1 1 n ir in i ortuinu o""'"o clearly not a Columbia County Bank ST. HELENS, ORE. ylSCTS $2.70.000 Speed Just a word to the bachelors: A young lady stenographer of Chicago has been willed $500,000 upon condition that she marry inside of one year. Scientists have figured out that the world will come, to an end in 15,000,000 years. This startling announcement has not caused i much worry among St. Helens! people as yet. Kvcry day happenings tre happening in St. Helens which indicates growth. A couple of years ago there were enough chairs in the City Hall to ac commodate the largest crowd that ever assembled there, but during the past two months several entertainments have been given where every chair was For sale cheap A complete set occupied and large numbers of of the Americana Encycloped.a people had to stand up. Enquire at Mist oflice. - B ARD CE DIRLQIORS Wm. M. Ron, President U R. Rutherford, Vic-Pre.. A L. Stone, Caahier J. S. Allen, A .it. Ca.liier L. G. Rut rites or Yoitaiy Visits Between S. P. & S. Points and to Points in Oregon, Washington, Britith Col umbia and Idaho Selling Dates: December 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. 23,21 Tickets Good to Return Jan. 5 Full particulars as to fares and sche dules furnished upon application. J. O. DIVENS, Agt. Houlton. Or. 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The place will be con ducted strictly according to law and good order will he maintained. For a Merry Xmas come and see me J. II. WELTAXGTOX r U A IOE Heanun, wbi-n . ... it... -..,l.i in U I,ul l"r , :., I,.l,..r the milium them. I"1' svhuiii 'f tion than all which i expended upon .i .. ii nliriolete inreiunmii . . ,i patching U,afowrh.-kh..le- 'n Ih roads every -prlnK. terial Hupplied by nature, only have the mud get deeper and la road more imp" ,w'h 'u ,.,,ling winter, ha- U-come viry .nonotonou, and tircm.e ' time ha, a. rived when a cl...W chine attorneys i i. . . t tlulV 1 ; device and could be rated with safety. These men . ' netintr in Hood faith ana had they not been men who were anx oU3 unu wnn -Un laws of the state they could , v stood trial and no jury . n t county would have convicted Sent under the circumstances. ,m n-hinea have been uu. . .H e .Kent who placed, Z: has been notified to come,, and sret them. 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