Bt. Helens Mist
Founded 1881
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of the unions of the city of Port- equipped and largest saw mills
land. They represent the ex- on the Pacific Coast turning out
treme element of the laboring t many thousands of feet of ma
organization. The other one, it terial, suitable for wood paving
is understood, is opixised to labor blocks, each riav.
With all these natural products
and the manufacturing industries
other extreme and be under in operation, St. Helens is with
obligations to that element of out a paved street. Perhaps if
employers who do not want to
recognize labor organizations.
So both the extremes are repre
sented on the ticket. M. K.
Miller the fourth candidate, has
no affiliation with any organiza
tion. He is absolutely indenen-
this city, with all its business
bustle and activity was located
on some prairie where paving
stone was not to be had at all
and where a tree was unknown
and a saw mill or creosoting
plant would be a curiosity and
County Official
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dent of any class or faction. He where the material for paving
kno'AS the conditions existing streets would cost fabulous
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between emyloyer and employed.
He would be in a position to do
actual justice between the parties
The editor of the Mist has do-( whenever he was called upon to
. . ... . fllncr nt t.olitic. ' J'cide. He would be under no
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I . Secretary of State as a candi- or employed, lie is thoroughly
hie f..r the Uepublican nomina-, familar with every phase of the
n for State UU.r Commission-( dilutes that arise between the
r The name of M. K. Miller , office of I.alor C 'mmissioner and
nil nooear on the ballot at the. the owners of manufacturing
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Republican candidate, i ms
,,tin wi.s taken after mature
l,.!,!,, ration. It was taken with
I full knole.lk'J of the reapon-
LibilitienniHl duties oi me tuner.
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UoAl. dgethat the office of
,f the important rllices t Uie
;tate of Oregon, and that if the
lutirs of the nice are properly
Hlmi-.istered great benefit to
the lalring man ami nuiHn'
f labor will result, wnicn oi
mirse means an indirect lnefit.
(o i-very citizen of the state. To
many people it may seem pre-!
.umptious for un editor or a
oiintry weekly to aspire to such
an oliice. ni i
pie will say "what does a news-
,:iper man know blw-ut labor
ml lal).r conditions?" In no
thir business or profession
n.uld a man get the ideas of la-
l..r conditions better than in the
newspwpiT business w here every
nccitlent and every umjmn-, - j
contrivance and every piece of
machinery must be knovn to
him in tit-tail in order to kep
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in Ai'.n uu nines ami io imvi j
and accurately re port all these
things to the readers of his paper.
In no other business dies a man
inert with and hear both Bides
..f labor disputes and differences
U-tween employer and employee
more than in the countiy news.
p:ip.-r w rk. Resides an editor
of a cotintrv uaner is somewhat
of a latMirer himself. If there is
any profession that HC,.iM8
more constant and careful IiiIkm
than conducting a successful
routitiy paper, we have not
heard of it.
There is work to do in perform
ing the duties of State Ijibor
oinmissior.er. There is an op
portunity to d.j a great amount
of good toward the betterment
of conditions in the industrial
field of Oregon. There is a won
derful opportunity to brir g about
a different feeling- between em
ployer and employed. It is an
interesting position. There will
he chances all the time to give
encouragement to the industries
of the state. Properly adminis
tered this offiice will be one of the
greatest factors toward building
up the industries in Oregon. Im
properly administered the office
will only hamper and discournge
them. .
There are four candidates for
the Republican nomination for
Labor Commissioner. Mr. O. I
Hotr. the present Commissioner
w ho has held the job for 12 years.
Mr. J. A. Madsen, of Portland.
Secretary of the Irngshooeman's
Union
real estate
M. K, Miller, the editor of the St.
Helens Mist. Having the oppor
tunity and the priviledgc of
"di.ignosing" the case in the
Mist it may not be Improper to
give to the people who happen
to read this article the reason
why the editor thinks he should
he the favorite candidate of the
Uepublican party. Two of the
candidates are members of labor
unions, so it is said, and have
the endorsement of a number
plants. He knows that the great
majority of differences and dis
putes between employer and em
ployed is caused by unjust and
unwarranted agitation on the
part of disinterested parties'.
He knows that a great many of
these differences and dispu'es
could be avoided by a policy of
harmony in dealing with men of
1.0th. clarses. He knows the
objects and aims of organ'zations.
both labor and implojers. He
knows and recognizes that both
of them have their rights and
prices, many of the streets, es
pecially the business streets.
lowest price that it could be ob
tained for in any other place, we
travel around in the mud and
dust, content to have our native
products go to other parts of the
world.
If for no other reason than as
an advertisement of our great
resources and our great indus
tries some of our streets should
be covered with Relgian Hlocks
and Creosoted wood blocks. Take
Columbia Street from St. Helens
Street to the intersection of
Cowlitz Street and put in a strip
about 20 feet more or less of
Belgian Rlocks properly laid; then
pave each side of this roadway
with creosoted wood blocks.
It would be the best paved Etreet
would be paved at an immense in the State of Oregon. It would
cost to property owners and tax be a great convenience to the
payers. Rut here where we citizens of the city and county
have everything at home and
where the best paving material
in the world can be bad at the
It would be a great advertise
ment for our industries and re
sources. It would be the means
of increasing the valuation of
property along that street many
times over. It would be a good
investment from every view
point.
GRANT B. DIMICK
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR
that both of them are sometimes j
w rong, inere is no just, reason i
or cause why either employer or
employed should have control of
a public (ffice to further their
ow n ends to the detriment of the :
other. That should be the very
last thing to be undertaken by
any organization. IJoth sides!
should look upon the office ofj
State tabor Commissioner with j
a friendly smile and know thati
the man who occupies the posi-J
tion is a friend to Ixith sides and
will do what is absolutely riuht
and do so w ithout U'ing under
obligation to either. These are
some of the reasoi s why the
editor of the Mist thinks he
shou'd receive the nomination.
That the office of State tabor
Commissioner should oe adminis
tered by a man w ho is absolutely
independent and who will lend
encouragement to home indus
tries, do all in his power to pro
mote a better and more friendly
feeling U'tween employer and
employed and give everybody a
fair and square deal.
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Real Estate Transfers
Oregon Lumber Co, to M and M
Hurl, land in 34 8 J.
Karl Alexander to Lena Short, n hf
of Iota 7 and 8, blk A, M ocelli 2nd add.
F P M W M Jto8 to Ernest John, lot
19, blk 3 firti add to Col park.
E 0 Carlson to Mrs W E Sperling,
lota 5 and ft, blk 61 Beaver homes.
F W It ft Ciltner and Sewall to
Scandinavian American, land in 30 5 1.
E Peterson to I. Peterson land in 29
6 4
L Peterson to E I'eterson, land in
29 6 4.
N O Larabce to St Helens Imp Co,
lot 19, blk 4, R R add.
A Nicolia to C Auntinc,
in 13 7 3.
M U W T fiurgeas, to Clyde Hanson,
land.
C A R C Chambers to Wm and C M
Dwyer, land in ?0 7 2.
those who have betra-.ed their trust to
their country. Observe and respect
works rather than persons holding ex
alted positions. It ia wiser to be a
good Congressman than a misconceived
Ruler. Loyal Americana and able lead
ers have been revealed. They should
be made use of and supported. This
Panama Canal deal should prove an eye
opener to the people and those repre
senting their interests. This new par
ty oragnization may well be promoted
without delay. It is needed and early
action may prevent internal troubles,
which might lesult from the scheming
designs of a foreign enemy operating
within the country.
Report of City Treasurer
Portland Letter
Office of City Treasurer. St. Hel
ens, March 31 To the Hon. Mayor and
Council of St. Helens City, Oregon:
I respectfully present to your honor
able body the following report of tbe
indebtedness of this city and its finan
cial condition as required by your body.
Admx, land Amount oi outstai.ding city war
rants March 31, 19 4 $I47M 44
Amonnt of in'erset on si me to
date 649 76
Total amount due at date 15401 20
Amount of general fund on
hand to be applied to pay
ment of same 77 78
Balance due at date 15323 42
Amount of outstanding warrants
of sewer district No 2 10500
Amount of interest on same to
March 31. 1914 675 60
11175 50
Portland, Ore., Apr 14. Special.
During the past week representatives
of the four great railroads traversing
this territory joined with the eommer- Total of sewer debt
cial organizations of I'o tland, Spo
kane, Tacoma and Seattle in the pre
paration of plans for properly present
ing the numerous attractions of the
Pacific Northwest to the tourists who
will next year make a pilgrimage to
the exposition at San Francisco. An
other conference will be held in about
two weeks at which time the details of
some co-operative scheme will be
worked out. It is probable that a tour
ist bureau will be established at some
central point in the middle west from
which efforts will be made to induce
tourists to purchase tickets over lines
serving the northwest states. The ex
pense of such a bureau ' will be borne
! jointly by the railroads and the com
! mercial c.ubs.
April 25 has been set aside as "Good
Amount of sewer fund on hand
Sewer Dist. No 2
207 02
Balance duo at date
Amount of cash on hand
1914:
Amount of General fund
Amount of fund from water
rates
Amount of fund from Sewer
Dist. No 2
109G8 48
March 31,
$ 77 78
1797 53
207 02
alls, arm themselves with pick and
shovel, grab their trusty dinner pail
and go forth to do a more or less ser
ious day's work on the roads. The O
To the Legal Voters of Oregon: i improvement of public roads from the yy R and N Ry. will run a train of fiat
I have filed my declaration with the J market centers into the agricultural cara to various ijoints on the Columbia
Secretary of Stata as a candidate for . districts, the same to be built under River highway and the gas company
Total of cash on hand at date 2082 33
City Treasurer.
SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT.
On this 9lh day cf April, 1914 I have
just received notice from the County
Treasurer that there ia in his hands
ready to be turned over to the city the
sum of $3230.10 received from taxes
Roads Day"in Oregon and on that date which before this reaches the eye offi-
it is expected that not less than 2,ooo cjay 0f the Hon. Mayor and Council
j husky men from the Portland Ad Club wij have been appije(j to the payment
and similar organizations will don over 0( cjty wgrrants.
Said debt increas d by $250.50 will
be reduced by tbe amount of $3281.50.
Respectfully submitted,
H. P. WATKINS,
City Treasurer.
Perhaps no other commuinty
in the United States is situated
as conveniently to paving mater
ials as is St. Helens, and yet
there is not a foot of paved
in the eitv. The manu-
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facture of I'.elgian Blocks is one
of our big industries. The na
tive stone here is recognized as
being of the very best quality.
at.d some oi mu mu.
St. Helens have been in constant
use on Front Street in the City
of Portland for over thirty years
and dont yet show the wear.
These blocks are more nearly
permanent forstreetpavingthan
is any other material. We have
thousands of tons of this .stone
in St. Helens from which to
make the blocks. There are a
number of men here who have
followed the business of fiocs
mQuino-all their lives and can
ret out as many blocks dunrig
.)., na ran nnv man in
world. They are experts. ..
stone is cheap. There ia every
fnrilitv for making blocks and
facility for laying uiro.
the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor, and as the la limits the expen
diture of each candidate for this office
to fifteen per cent of one years salary,
I am compelled in order to abide by
the spirit and letter of the law to avoid
making an expensive campaign, and
in order tj reach the voters whom I
will not be able to meet, in person, I
herewith submit through the prass for
your consideration the following:
First: I stand for a strict and rigid
enforcement of every criminal statute.
Second: I favor equitable labor laws
giving to the laborer just considera
tion.
Thirl:; I am opposed to high and
extravagant legislative appropriations
and the constant creation of aala ied
Hoards and Commissions which carry
with them an army of employees to be
paid by the taxpayers of the state.
Fourth: I stand f r the contsant im-
prorement of our public school system
free from extravagance, and should the
Supreme Court of the United States
leclarc a forfeiture nf the land now
held by the Oregon and California Rail
road Co., then and in that event I tavot
urging Congress to place those lands
at the disposal of the Irreducible State
School Fund of Oregon.
Fifth: I stand for the permanent
skilled management, so as to get full an(j various contracting firms will loan
value for the money expended. the necessary tools. Governor West
Sixth: I favor a constitutional ' ar)j the county road officials will be
amendment allowing the Governoi to present to see that the amateur labor
veto any one or more items in appro- erg d0 no loafing on the job. All other
priation measure without vetoing tha parta of the state are expected to fall
Mr. Fred S. Dynon. a'evcry facl.ty tor .. yu.
te man of Salem, and Another of the u 'K-
of St. Helens is me .......-
.i ,.aim..nt of creosoted woou
blocks for paving streets. There
ia Wnted in St. Helens one -
h Unrest Creosoting plants in
ci.ina They are
thousands and thou
sands of treated w;ood block j .for
h nre oeinn oiy-"
L -n .,n-a nf the world, the lat
Ltih nment beinjt destined to
India. There is located
in this city two of the best
entire mearure.
High tax levies are usually the re
sult of excessive appropriations and
experimental legislation, and tho most
effective cure for that abuse ia ti be
more careful in the selection of your
legislative members.
I was born "in Marion County, Ore
gon, Ma ch 4th, 1809, and was educated
In the public schools, McMinnville Col
lege and the State Normal School at
Monmouth, Oregon, admitted to the bar
by the Supreme Court in 1895, served
five terms as Mayor of Oregon City,
three years as Deputy Attorney, was
elected Presidential Elector on the Re
publican ticket in 19o4. and County
Judge of Clackamas County in 19o6.
I am deeply interested in agricultural
pursuits, own and manage the Dimick
Stock Farm at Hubbard, Oregon, and
publish the Western Stock Journal at
Oregon City.
I respectfully submit my candidacy
to the consideration of the Republican
voters of Oregon.
Pd Ad GRANT B. DIMICK.
in line and the aggregate result should
A IETTER
Panama Deal Has Revealed
Natters Uncertain
A Correction
Portland. Ore., April 14 1914. After
reading the Reuben items in the Mist
last week, I am writing this to rectify
the mistake at out Mrs Lindsay's ill
ness. She came to Portland to take
chirorpactic treatments as she was get
ting better and thought these treat
ments would strengthen her arm. But
she has not had a stroke of paralysis
since January 21st. She is very much
improved by these chiropractic treat
ments and will soon be home entirely
recovered. A Subscriber.
I Special Sale for Short Time
Note Prices on the Following:
CALICO RejuUr 8 and 10c values at 6c a yard
CINGHAM3 - Regular 12 12 and ISc values at 10c a yard
CHAMBRYS Regular 12 1 2c value at 10c a yard
FINS DRESS LAWNS 18 and 20c values at 15c a yard
FINE DRESS LA'VNS-15 and 17e values at 10c a yard
PONGEE SILK- 75c values at 49c a yard
TABLE LINEN-All colors, regular 65c value at 49c a yard
IN THE GROCERY LINE WE HAVE A NEW AND FRESH STOCK
AT LOW PRICES
FLOUR Drifted Snow, per k $1.35 Per Barrel .$4.75
SUGAR-20lb 100 MILK-3 can. 25
TOMATOES -3 cans 25 CORN-3can. .25
COFFEE-35clb 3 lbs. 1.00
COAL OIL- Pure Pearl Oil- per gal ... 1 7c 5 gal 80
F.J. HAS EEL
Iloulton
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Washington. D. C. Apirl 3 1914
The Pjmama deal has revealed matters
hitherto uncertain. It has definitely
placed the administration in the posi
tion of a subgovernment of the Britisl
poverntient. from which position it
will hardly be able to retrace its steps.
That is.it has burned its btidges as far
as serving the people and having their
confidence is concerned. The question
is who and how far, will others follow?
It has furthermore carried with it
Democratic platform, pledges, party
and all. and laid them at the feet of
th British crown. Will it also succeed
in delivering the individual Democrats
as a sacrificial offering to the British
shrine? Indications are that v. hen
matters are understood, few Americans
will give up their rights; neither their
own political and material rights nor
the country's individuality as a nation.
And whv ahould they? What Is the!
constitution and Monroe Doctrine for?
The administration has not only carried
away the Democratic platform, but it
has publicly conceded political and
material independence and placed it
at the feet of that very machine which
was threatened a year ago, with being
put in jail. It is the greatset piece of
betrayal and political insult ever heap
ed upon the people of any nation.
What are the just deaerta for such be
trayals and what is to be done? First
of all this liberty and independence
must be reclaimed, which can only ba
accomplished through the organiaztion
of a "new civil gorvernment" political
party, all old parties having been con
sumed bv the British governments ma
chine Second, avoid the council of
FOR SALE 10 acres all under cul
tivation, 1 mile from city limits.
GEO. PERRY, Iloulton, Ore.
Columbia
County
Bank
OLDEST
IN THE
COUNTY
Does
General
Banking
Depository
for
U. S Postal
Savings
DIRECTORS
Edwin Roes
L. R. Rutherford
A. L. Stone
J. S. Allen
Wm. M. Roes