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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1914)
ST. HELENS MIST I h ui I Hvrrjr l-inUy lly r II i: miht r l H L I Nil I V ii V U M V A S V ((,rr,l an nm-oiitl dim innU'ir, Juimury luth. f tM2 . nit.. u IMhImI II.il.i.i'i ltiin.ii uti.l... ii... "'" ' r M-r,.. Sril. IK71, SI I1H Tlll'TION ItAVKit lorn- V.ar '' I ... . it.il. Mfinun in . I .. . t ill VI'III'IIIK " ... hi mil , nuii.TM 15 vi'iita er line. T I- i : ' 1 , TY OKKItlAI, I'Al' K li MAJOK BOWLBY 'S STATEMENT Major I!ovHy. State 1 1 ih way !'.ni:u-cr, ... . I i I iiiiii it tt'lui ll l I vli 1 .1 Ii ... I i.i TVl'S Olll .1 JM.ll niv.i. l I In- I'milaihl Journal. I.iv. Sunday :nl for the luiu lit of our rcmlcr we reprint a i.:in of it W!i i really interesting: ri.a cciilriK'l liu moii Nil ill i omnium i oiiniy iroin till" ll'"-"P ' IIUHt m .. .r....,. I J.H mil"" I'liU hrliiM tliH road to within -Wiclit ntlU m iL'Ini. whr thtt roiitl bollix built wilt .oin.trt wiltl tll ruutl liuw num. imi ir mm i , ..i..f r.m.l w.u M at IUXO.UOU. An u-lilt'Viiiiil f which wo are exweilliiKly . , . i iH ii,,' luyliiR out of thin road from 1'ortluml to Astoria lliut t no lli-'" l' rut'l crime the rail- . . i. . ..r 1 1. U l Mi A Itullwitv. Wlnili vim ri.m. rotttl 1 1 i 1 M 1 ..." " - - ..... miiIht II"')' r" K"ln to Pul ou tl'Blr fu,tl tralna, run nliU ut III" "ta ' ',0 ii1Ihi1 un I"""" In a few muiillia, , , ,t with IlK'lr lil 4)ont for Kun KrawUcu, ... u. ill reullzi what a coimlant moiittie to the Itvita I uf din iravi'lliiK puhllo woulil lie tlio croimlng of the rullrmiJ trui'H. 'I Ihti" urn over Q000 pmrni'tigt-r autoinolillva owned In rorilini'l. A lurite numlxT of our auto ownori .hi ihmIiii thin trio to the liarh. Kvery autoinolille owiiit In I'orlluliU l vitally Inlerentwt III fllmliiutliiK Hit. i.mill'-Hn hsarl Involvwl In rrolnK the rallroud lr :k A urvu)itl the Coluuihla ltlvr HlKhway ruim n H1" ooulh klle of the 8. I. . 8. track through thi miUklrtij of the city of Ht. Ilns. "A utriiiiK 1'flnrl U being made by Interested parties to Iiuvm tlin Ctiluii.iila lllghwuy cro the 8. I'. It 8. iriitiXit in throuKli the bunlnM ilrwl of Ht. II1 ... , i i. .. ...ii- i (Hill. llllri WUUI1 llll'UU 1 w u i.iunniiiiiM wi luv fainwau truikii iK-.tr lh count and danger of accident from the (ut intlim; It mouuaJwo miles more In dUtance; II iiii'iuih creuter eipenne am! It mean a move back mir.l In ruud hulldllig. 1 his statement cumins from the M:.j r is in- tireiin from several angles. I ll-: cu 'tract lias already I'een let for the i)itil:linj,' .f M miles of the load through this cuuiity which slarts at the Clatsop County line ami ends at ide (. reek, ciht miles helow St. Helens. $'( , I more money is ti he used on this con trail than the entire hum! issue for the n n! fiiiiii M ultnoiuah'tt) Clatsop, thereby, as he sayi. building a new road through that portion of the comity anil tisiug the old road through I hstriri No. 1. (JimmI business for the tax pay i i.i' i'liiiii No. 1 when iin) .iy oiie-liind the laves of the entire county, and get nothing in return ece.t to build a road through the other districts, and then have the people" uf tlne otluj- ((istricts call us hogs, selfish, and unfair. lie al-o gives out the startling information that tin re are M.MJ automobiles owned in l'"itl.iiid and that a great many of them will nuke the trip front 1'orlland to Seaside and that every automobile owner in I'OUTI.AN I ) is vitally interested in eliminating railroad crnsiings etc. It was openly charged (Turing the bond election campaign that the tax pay ers o( this county were burdening themselves with a huge debt for the purpose uf building a speedway for the Toi'tlam! Autoists and from ii,,. statement uf the State Highway l iiineer it begins to look more that way than mulling else. The people of Columbia I'Miniy are to be ignored entirely, if the afore said Highway Engineer anil State Commis sion have the absolute control of the location of the roads ami undertake to .spend our money in places where it will go only about "ie huh as far "as it would if the road should le located where it will serve the most people who are paying for it. I he eminent Major argues that by adopting i new road through the county front Tide Creek lo Multnomah County the dangerous grade crossings will be eliminated but his H'giuiieiit there is very weak for several rea sons. ( nc f them is that there will be no heeessiiy f,,r an-y irradc crossings at all on the route licmnmli'.l liv tlw iwniih uf this ser- J I I 'i - tion because the County Court has already made arrangements to secure two tindcr Kr,,iuid crosings, thus eliminating any posible 'langer to the Portland automobile pleasure r''lcrs. And really this is the only class of people who arc in danger from the crossings " this county for it is an indisputable fact that the road goes on the other side uf the track here will of no necessity be five people cress 'he track where there would be one if put on this side ; that is actual residents of the conn y laking it all in all there is actually the ap pearance of something rotten when State En K'lieer and State Commission come down here ad undertake to dictate to the peoph: of tlv.s cuiMy just what and what not they shall do uphold the reputation of the Engineer front an engineering stand point, ami in their con tention to use all our money and put us further "i debt to secure a right of way for a new road ,,1:'t will parallel the one already built and wlnch has cost us thousands and thousands of l liars. And that question of right of way is al'larenty ,,st sight of by the Highway Engi neer, hut his survey passes through store '"Hidings, bams, residences valuable orchards ai'd other property which would require more than double the anion:, of money to purchase than it would take to finish the'road i-.lrc;.d in use. There is mi occasio. f jr all this distur bance and trouble if the State Highway Coi mission would only consult the wishes a-id best interests uf the people of this county wh.. are paying for the road and would use a little of the judgment they are presumed to possess when they are selected to occupy the position me no. i ne niea oi usmg tlie taxes of this county to secure a right of way for a n-; road to accommodate the automobile plea.mr; seekers of Portland, when the same mom.) could be used in completing a road that would be of equal service t ) those outsiders and the people of this conn:;-, ii ridiculous and should not he tolerated for :t u' liute. The people of this portion of the county are standing sih inly ior tne ne.'svy hurden of taxation and bonds and are making no disturbance when the great bulk of their money is used in another portion of the county, and have no v vd of complaint to say when the road makes n detour of sev eral miles in order to reach the more p-qiulou? districts down the river, but when it comes to saying that our money shall be used for se curing a right of way for a Portlan I road .Mid , we be compelled to use the same road we have for years with out any improvement after burdening ourselves with the large debt, it is a little more than we can stand. And let it I r said here and now, not necessarily in the nature of a threat, but in a matter of fact de termination to stand for justice and right, that the people of this end of the county are going to have something to say or there will be nwi serious trouble in getting any of the road u all than there is now for our small portion of it. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE It is a common remark by some of the busi ness men of this and every other community, that advertising in the local paper does not pay, except to encourage and assist a local paper to live. Such assertions of course never come from a real live business man, but only from those who have never given real adverti sing a trial and who could not see any benefit unless every customer who entered the store or other place of business made the direct statement that their visit at that particular lime was the result uf leading an ad in the local paper. Advertising always pays if the advertising advertises something worth adver tising. There is not a business in this city now that can afford to be without advertising. If there is a prosperous firm or man in the city doing business with the public and de pendingon the public for support he is doing some kind of advertising. If he is not adver tising he is not very prosperous if all the real facts arc known. The Mist is conceded to be to least an average country paper. We are devoting considerable time to making it a readable paper, containing all the local news and filled with advertisements of a portion of our business men. We are spending all the profits of the paper in building up a modern printing plant so that we may be able to keep up with the times and furnish to our patrons the very best of service. We have a subscrip tion list in the county that reaches a large majority of the homes in the county. We are sending out several hundred papers each week to other parts of Oregon and to twenty other states outside uf Oregon. Several thousand people read the Mist each and every week. If yon, Mr. business man think that you can do the same amount of business in this little city without using the columns of the Mist to let the people know you are alive and would ap preciate sonic of their trade and that you have the goods wanted by them, then you are labor ing under a delusion and a dream from which you will arouse some of these fine days only to find your advertising competitor doing the business that rightfully belongs to you. So confident of the values of the Mist as an adver tising medium have we become that we decid ed the price being charged for space is not sufficient for the returns and that we are not getting value received for our space, so after the first of next month every inch of advertis ing space in the paper will he increased in price. We need the business of the' business men and we are going to get thebusiness of the more wide-awake of them too because they arc business men seeking business and know the value of advertising and realize thar the Mist is the best advertising medium in St. Helens and the southern portion of Colum bia County. Those people who think that all the good they receive from an ad in the Mist is an act of charity to keep up a local paper, we will say that you a.e mistaken. The Mist is not a charitable instil ut-vi and does not depend on charity. It is an up-to-date local paper doing sufficient business to meet its obligations and w'lenever any person pays a dollar for advertisi.i ?paec in it that person is getting full value f jt his d lhr. Wc want you all to feel that way- know tnat if you will agree with in. Fully realizing the you will give the nut;er fair consideration truth of the statements herein contained we are going to start an advertising campaign in this city and will try o secure an ad from every business man in the city. It will pay the business man; it will pay the Mist; it will pay the community. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON Snow, sufficiently heavy to ca suspension of work for several bourt Is reported as bavlng fallen at the Simpson Logging company's camp, about 20 miles from Dallas, last week Masons from all Oregon will meet In Portland June 10-12, Inclusive, at the sixty-fourth annual communication of the Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Oregon. On the grounds of fraudulent mis representation at the time of entry the United States supreme court In validated title to four tracts of coal lands held by the Washington Securi ties Co. of Oregon. The Aurora postofflca was burglar ised lust week. The safe was carried down the railroad track, and nitro glycerine was used to blow It open. 8tamps amounting to more than $1000 and money order blanks were taken, as well as private papers belonging to the postmaster. Vergil Chenoweth, a l-year-old farmer living 10 miles east of Oakland, la the largest turkey grower In Doug las county. This year be has a herd of BOO. Mr. Chenowe'.h has also start ed skunk farm, and now has 24. To these he plans to feed the turkeys that might die. Arrangements are being made to again commence operations In what Is known as the Dallas oil field. Two wells drilled near Dallas mors than ,a year ago showed unmistakable signs of oil and one of these Is to be re opened and drilled deeper and then shot, with a hope of developing a pro ducer. The Canby postofflca was robbed last week, the robbers leaving no clew escept the tools with which they had forced the doors. The office has no safe, as the postmaster keeps his sup piles In the bank vault, and as near as can be ascertained the loot taken con sists of 10 In money and part of a book of money orders containing 14 black orders. Tbrougn tne successful and rigor ous work of Claude C. Cate, county agriculturalist, blight ravages to apple and pear trees In the Grande Ronde valley have been greatly arrested If not wholly overcome. Soma orchards were so badly Infected with the dis ease that they had to be destroyed en tirely and other orchards have under gone a scientific process of pruning under his direction. Members of the Japanese colony In The Dalles will help celebrate Inde pendence Day In that city, July S and 4. The Japanese have raised f 150 and through M. 8hlmomura, have secured a like amount from the executive com mittee, which is arranging for the cel ebration. The entire amount has been turned back to the Japanese, and they will have full charge of the fireworks, for which the money Is to be used. Preparations are under way by the farmers and livestock breeders of south Polk county to make a big ex hibit of products at the Panama-Pacific exposition In 1815. - The breeders of goats, sheep, horses, cattle and hogs expect to have their stock will repre sented. Growers of hops, prunes and grain say they will collect samples andend them to San Francisco In a glganUo lot from Polk county. - Three quarters of a million dollars Is saved annually to the shippers of the state through the work bolng done by the state railroad commission, ac cording to a statement made by the commission In response to an Inquiry from the commercial club traffic bu reau of Salt Lake City. This saving is made by reductions on Intrastate shipments of freight and la declared to be easily proved by court records and the files of the commission. Instead of entering a Rogue River Valley general display at the Panama exposition, Jackson county will have a specifio exhibit embracing agricul ture and horticulture, lumbering and mining. Work haa begun In a horti cultural way, especially In the line oi processed fruits. This specialty Is un der the supervision of H. O. Frohbach, of Ashland, the county court having appropriated a sum for the purpose. Strawberries and cherries are being handled In this manner, and other fruits will be handled In season. The Southern Pacific company must tear up Its tracks and abandon Its Natron extension towards Klamath Falls for a distance of 15 miles, or It must build Lane County a wagon road as good as the one It appropriated in the narrow Middle Fork of the Wil lamette valley between Natron and Oakrtdge. Tha railroad has built a substitute wagon road over tha hills above tha river, but thU Is not as good a road as It agreed to build, according to Judge L. T. Harris, who haa filed a decree In tha $100,000 damage case and Injunction suit against tha Oregon ft Eastern and tha Southern Pacific railroad. Get your Exhibits Ready for the County Fair Sept 23-24-25. GO TO CENTRAL MARKET FOR BEST FRESH AND CM MEATS phone 60 FISH and POULTRY . AH Work Guaranteed. Estimates Furnished. R. CONSTANTIN Plumbing and Heating Sheet Metal Work St Helens Oregon i a a I a a I Columbia County Abstract Company. Abstracts, Real Estate, Insurance. Loans, Conveyancing St. Helens, Oregon WINES LIQUORS CIGARS You Always Get the Best at DUKE'S PLACE Blakesley Bldg. ST. HELENS. ORE. EUROPEAN PLAN AMERICAN PLAN EVERYTHING MODERN AT THE ST. HELENS HOTEL J. CEORGE. Proprietor ' ALL BUSSES CALL AT HOTEL RATES $1.00 AND UP SPECIAL RATES TO REGULAR BOARDERS ron m s'lTrmrrg t rTinmrr xtrrrri Mogenes fays- m Strong for NYALS HOT SPRING BLOOD REMEDY Z Sold in St Helens at m DEMING'S DRUG STORE : CijiJiJiiJtiJttijmmia. umtiunitumiiaui I IMDERTJIICMG EA&yiLAUrtG g 1 E. A. 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