-.1 ST. HELENS MIST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1915. r. HELENS MIST FOUNDED 1881 iHNuetl livery Kitdny lly 3 .MIHT PUBLIHiIIVO COMPANY M. K. Mlllur, VAUoe ttired a second class mattur, January 10th, 1912 a l'out OHIce a tSulut Ilolini. Orison, under the Act of March 3rd, 1871) 8UU8CRIPTION UATKU Yoor $1.60 Months 76 iVurtlnltig rates made known on application Kul notices 5 cants per line. !K COUNTV OFFICIAL PAP Kit OREGON PRODUCTS. here lias !ecn carried on a campaign for past two or three years by the Cummer-, organi.ations of Oregon to Use Oregon lucts, Patronize Oregon Industries, and lar slogans. There is a continual cry I these organizations to do these things the betterment of Oregon. Oregon neo should use Oregon products is the battle all along the line. And yet they never to tell the Oregon people what the Ore products are. The manufacturers of Ore products do not seem to be alive to the ition of acquainting Oregon people with t they are expected to buy in order to pat ze Oregon industries. Look at the news :rs in Oregon and you will not see, in one '(out of a hundred, any advertisement of jon products. This thing of the Portland imercial Organizations impressing on the jon people the necessity for buying Ore C products is wearing on the nerves of jon people until many hundreds of them becoming disgusted with the slogans, method of campaigning Jar the sale of jon made goods to Oregon people seems ( the work of children. The continual cry the manufacturers to the people to use f goods without letting the people know ( those goods are is not doing any good he direction intended. ' the people of Oregon arc expected to use gon made goods it is time the manufact s ami commercial organizations were lug wise enough to do some advertising of ide Oregon goods. That there arc Ore goods on the market that would be used ho time if such goods were known, is true, 'on account of the eastern manufacturers ig judicious advertising the Oregon goods . set on the back of the shelves while the ...em goods are being sold and used in Ore ..' There are numbers of instances where ' . fact is glaringly manifest, l'or instance am of Wheat, made in the east, is used by e Oregon people than like cereals of all gon brands are used and yet there is uifacturcd in Oregon just as good an arti t about half the cost to the consumer as ie Cream of Wheat. Wheat-hearts, made i Portland mill, is sold for much less and is I as good an article. Also the Pearls of eat. Hut there are thousands of people )regon who never heard of these Oregon iucts and continue to use the article iufactured in the east out of an inferior Je of wheat to that used in the Oregon ducts, all because the Oregon product is advertised. The manufacturers of Cream A' heat are alive to the necessity of adver 3g. They pay as high as $3000 a page per ic for their advertising in some of the lead- magazines. The local manufacturer ap cntly spends nothing. True the local pro it is sold cheaper but therein lies one of the Jons. The eastern product is sold at a suf cntly higher price to make up for all ad tising cost. Other articles such as Violet s, manufactured in Portland, are just as )d if not a better grade of oats than is the nker brand manufactured in the east and there arc 10 packages of the eastern brand J in Oregon where there is one of the local duct. Mt. -Hood soap is another product pregon that should be' advertised. It -is as good as the eastern brand and is sold I as cheap, but there are not 20 per cent of pgon people who ever heard of Mt. Hood p. The products of the Pendleton Woolen is, especially in blankets, furnishes an cr instance. Eastern people who have nc west have declared that when they go p a store in New York, Chicago, Philadel 'a and other cities and call for the BEST ol blankets, the Pendleton goods are of fcd, while it is a known fact that Oregon ple will go into the big stores at Portland 1 pay more for an inferior blanket. There I" perhaps tiot to exceed 20 per cent of peo in Oregon who know that there is such an titution in the state as the Pendleton Men Mills. Are might go on and name hundreds of jEgon made goods that are placed by the C of the eastern goods on the same shelves I those local products will stay on the shelf iil they become musty while the eastern iclc is sold all the time. There are canned ;ils and vegetables bearing an eastern or lifcrr.ia label which will sell while the local products are left on the shelves to become stale. These arc only the little things manufact ured here which we have mentioned, but they serve better the purpose of this article than would those of the larger manufactured arti cles, but the same line of argument applies to all Oregon goods. It is high time that Oregon Manufacturers were awakening to the fact that just the idea of getting Oregon people to use Oregon goods without designating what aire Oregon goods, is time and energy wasted. If they would realize the fruits of their campaign along these lines they should urge Oregon people to use Oregon products and then ad vertise the Oregon products. Every news paper in Oregon should be filled with ads of some size or kind telling of Ore gon goods. Local demands would increase rapidly until there would be a realization of the dreams of Oregon manufacturers to have Oregon people useing their products. . A CREAMERY NEEDED. It is. strange indeed that there is no cream ery in St. Helens. Such an institution is badly needed. It would be of the greatest benefit to the city and the community. It would tend to develop the outlying country as nothing else would do. The small farmer would increase his herd of cows. Each in crease in the herd would require more land clearing upon which to raise the feed for the cows. More work would result from the land clearing as well as the dairying. With more land cleared there would be more fruit and berries put out, which could be marketed at home now with the fruit cannery in operation. With this fruit and vegetable cannery there should by all means be also a creamery. The conditions are ideal for "such an industry at present and every effort should be made to interest some person with the means to start one. lint in order for a creamery or fruit cannery to succeed the co-operation of the farmers is absolutely necessary. That there would be sharp competition from the Portland con cerns is apparent, but if the farmers would give to a local concern the proper support it would mean success from the start with great benefits to the creamery man, the farmer. the dairyman, the merchant and even the news paper. We would all receive some of the benefits of a home industry. If we stop and think we can readily see that the community that pulls together will do more and accomplish results than the one that is always divided. By working together and producing the greatest amount of marketable products, and marketing them to the best ad vantage and at the least expense, we will have greater profits in the community than wc would otherwise receive. And by buying our goods from our local merchants and from one another, instead of sending away for them, we are constantly increasing the wealth of the community and the resultant prosperity of each individual. When such money conies into the commun ity, and only a portion of it goes out again the surplus at home will grow, and grow, and grow, until it becomes a veritable Eden of wealth. BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. A big headline in the Oregonian of Tuesday, proclaims that the hair in the hand of Mrs. Wehnnan was not Pender's. Nobody ever said it was Pender's hair, but a great deal of fuss is being made by the friends of Pender, in an effort to enlist the sympathy of Governor Withycombe, over this little bunch of hair, which had no bearing in the trial of cither case against Pender. There is no possible ob jection on the part of any person in Columbia County to a'l the investigations being made that the friends of-Pender care to make, but to persons who are familiar with the details of the evidence against Pender, such state ments as have been coming from the noted criminologist, whatever that term implies, about hair, and people hid in the bushes over hearing conversations etc., seeiiis to be in keeping with the discovery? of the buried pistol which was used in an effort to secure a new trial. , - Until something more reliable and impor tant than anything yet discovered, is forth coming there should be no cause or reason for any action by the Governor in the case, and Governor Withycombe, before he makes any move towards liberating Tender, should , be absolutely certain that two sets of 12. men sitting as jurors, two fair minded and impar tial Circuit Judges and the Supreme Court, were all mistaken. With each succeeding move made by the now famous? criminologist, such as the Siercks confession, the method in which it was obtained, the hair episode, the hiding in the brush of hunters who overheard a conversa tion, and other impossible clues, only goes to convince more and more the people who are familiar with the details of the evidence, that the jury which convicted Pender made no mistake, and that the crime of murder was proved -against him beyond a reasonable doubt. , ANOTHER INDICATION. The sale of 80,000 paving blocks by Mr. John Philip, of St. Helens, to Portland con tractors to be used in street paving in that city seems to be a sign of returning prosper ity. The paving block business in St. Helens a few years ago was in a flourishing condition, furnishing employment for a large number of skilled workmen. The products of our quar ries were readily disposed of at prices that were sufficient to make the business profit able. Hut for some reason the paving block business failed almost entirely about two years ago, since which time there has been absolutely no sale for the blocks. The order for 80,000 of the blocks received this week looks like there might be some activity again along these lines. It is earnestly hoped that the signs will not fail, and that during the coming spring and summer the block makers will all be busy making the everlasting paving block'. While there is some sign of reviving the in dustry in St. Helens it would be a very wise plan to do some work looking towards the use of more of the product in the paving of streets in the city. The qualities of the pav ing block manufactured in St. Helens are well known to the officials who have in charge street paving, and it might be well to urge upon them the economy of the blocks -when the lasting qualities are taken into considera tion, so that more of the paving to be done in the city will be of the stone blocks. This is an industry of considerable importance to St. Helens and community. Every effort should be made by the citizens to keep it alive. Now is a good time to get busy and advertise an Oregon product that is in a class by itself. GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTROL. The usual fight for changing the fish laws is on before the Legislature. With each ses sion of the legislature and each fight on the fish laws it becomes more and more apparent that the United States Government should take in hand the regulation of fishing in the Columbia River and its tributaries. By that means alone will there ever be a uniformity of laws that will provide regulation without the influences of local conditions. By that means also could be eliminated the continu ous conflict between the sporting element of fishermen and the commercial fishermen. A diplomat is a man who admits to his wife that he is wrong when he knows he is right. When a woman fails to get a man she often gets mannish. A DOOR WITH OUT A BOLT The strongest oaken door that has no' bolt add 8 to a house no element of strength and affords of protection. A Bank without Conservatism resem bles a door that has no bolt, lacking the ess3ntlats of conservatism and safety. This Bank Is staid and con servative. It seckt, the banking busi ness of those whose primary require ment is safety. We perpetuate the best Ideals of our ctato and effer to men and women courtesy coupled with conservatism. Small accounts receive here the aatns careful consideration aa large. Columbia County Bank OLDEST IN THE COUNTY ST. HELENS. ORE. We pay 4 per cent. Interest in our Savings Department. A't UP-TO-DATE Jewelry Store COMPLETE STOCK OF Watches ANO Clocks EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING. VON A. GRAY Jeweler. ST. HELENS Auto Troubles respond quickly and inexpensively to our treatment. If your car rattles, or does not run smoothly, or jars, or makes too much noise, IT IS TIME TO BRING IT TO US if you want it to last. A dollar or two spent on that car today may save you ten tomorrow, and that is an INDISPUTABLE FACT. Caroline 16 Cents. Marine Engine Repairing. CITY GARAGE ' St. Hk. lens. if0 O a SYMPHONY LAWN WRITING PAPER It Use a Mark of Refinement. Plain White and tinted, Surf Green, Old Lavender, Champagne, Boudoir Blue, Shell Pink. Variety of shapes and sizes. In Gold Edged Correspondence Cards, with envelopes to match, in white and tints, at 40c. and 50c. the box. Remember we handle Krause's High Grade Candies, in boxes and by the pound. o o PLAZA PHARMACY tl BANK BUILDING PHONE 100 ST. HELENS, OREGON J4 LUNCH AT MASON'S RUTHERFORD BUILDING. CHOICE Confectionery and Cigars QUICK SERVICE LUNCH ANY HOUR. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF BOX GOODS. All Work Guaranteed. Estimates Furnished. R. CONSTANTIN PLUMBING, HEATING, SHEET METAL WORK. St. Helens Oregon I NEW PERKINS HOTEL PORTLAND, OREGON. Handy to Large Stores, Theaters and Banks Comfortable and Convenient A RESTAURANT Of High Class, with Moderate Prices, in Connection. t Room Rates: With bath $1.50 up. privilege $1.00 up. With bath d C. H. SHAFER, Manager. ;