r YYT-.T THTO HTTOT T7TJT F A V APRIL 9. 1915.
2 Ol. Ililil-ilMIJ IIUOl, riuuiwi
roWBEU 1881
Issued Every Friday lly
THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPANY
J)avll llavis. Editor.
Entered as second class matter,
January 10th, 1912, at the Tostofftce
at Saint Helens, Oregon, under the
Act ot March 3rd, 1879.
. SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One year $1.50
Six Months 76
Advertising rates made known on
application.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
HIGHWAY APPROPRIATION.
Columbia county is somewhat to
be congratulated upon the fact that
the State Highway Commission has
kept faith with the people here, been
true to its pledge and appropriated
$50,000 toward the continuation of
highway work in tho county.
The atmosphere regarding the
road situation in this county, which
has been of such a hazy hue for so
long is now beginning to take on a
different coloring, and it looks as if
some headway would be made, but
not wholly satisfactory.
The elimination of Mr. Howlby as
highway engineer, is one of the great
obstacles overcome. The attitude
his successor is assuming gives prom
ise for better results in the future
from that source. Mr. Cantlne ex
presses not only a willingness but a
desire to consult with the County
Court in all highway matters and co
operate all along the line.
Mr. Bowlby's attitude in refusing
to remain In the employ of the state
and untangle the web of mismanage
ment which was spun under his re
gime, is another evidence of the true
character of the man. Unless there
is a great deal of tact exhibited by
the authorities there will be a pro
gramme of litigation to be carried
out yet. It is unfortunate that this
is so, and it may be avoided. The
least Mr. Bowlby could have done
would have been to stay on the job,
prove his contentions, if possible, and
vindicate himself in the eyes of all
interested parties. By his refusal he
has acknowledged the truth of the
charges preferred against him.
The $50,000 appropriated by the
state, in connection with the $40,000
otherwise provided, will afford a fund
which will permit of a great deal of
highway work being accomplished
this summer. With this fund of $90,-
000 the highway can be put in such
condition that it can be used for
summer travel, at least, perhaps most
of the entire distance.
The improvement of the road in
the south end of the county from the
Multnomah county line to at least as
far as Scappoose, by hard surfacing,
was very much the wish of the people
in this district, and not only the wish
but the outcome which they had
every reason to expect from what
they had been given to understand
from the Highway Commission. But
this Is not to be. The State Highway
Commission has directed that the
entire amount of the $50,000 be used
toward the completion of the work
along the highway in the northern
part of the county. The surfacing of
the road In the south end of the
county Is just as Important a part of
the work as any, and the failure to
have funds set aside for that purpose
is not only a disappointment but an
Injustice. Fifty per cent of the
amount allowed by the state should
have been directed to be used for
that purpose.
The final completion of the Co
lumbia Highway through the entire
length of the county, will be a matter
of a good many months' time, but its
ultimate accomplishment seems more
nearly at hand at this time than for
several months.
TAG DAY IS COMING.
Get ready to do your part In the
purchase of tags, by which means It
is hoped to raise a considerable fund
to be applied in providing a suitable
building on the county fair grounds
in which to exhibit the school work
of the various districts of tiie county
at the next and succeeding fairs. Next
Friday and Saturday, April 16 and
17, are the days arranged by the fair
board for this work. These tags are
to be sold and charged for at the
nominal sum of ten cents each, and
the three thousand which will be
offered for sale all over the county,
should be disposed of without any
trouble. If, for the immediate fu
ture, there should happen to be noth
ing more raised In the way of funds
for that purpose aside from what will
be realized through the sale of tags,
the proceeds thus derived will pro
vide a nucleus around which can be
made to grow a sufficient fund to
place a creditable building for the
purpose desired, and will permit of
the work on the structure beginning
at once, if necessary. There are other
Influences at work which will culmln-
nto in a broad diversity of means for
raising the remainder ot the fund.
The fair board is receiving encour
agement from all over the county,
and there seems to bo no question but
what the necessary fund will be reud
lly realized. Every school district in
tho county has been enlisted in this
work and Interest is growing rapidly.
There should bo no difficulty Ir rais
ing $U00 or $700 for this cause.
REVIVAL IX RAILROADING.
There is a world of significance In
the unnouucement made Tuesday
that the construction of the railroad
from GrantB Pass to Crescent City,
on the const, will bo started at an
early date. This proposed road will
traverse a route through the coast
range of mountains for a distance of
about ninety miles, and wlll.be of ex
pensive construction practically the
entjro distanre.
Tho significance lies In the fact
that at this time funds for such an
undertaking can bo had and that
there is sufficient encouragement for
transportation companies to obligate
themselves for such an expenditure at
this time. It is estimated that the
building of this road will entail an
ezpenditure ot approximately five
million dollars.
For several years there has been
very little to encourage the building
of new rail lines, and only the most
meagre expenditures have been made
in tho way of upkeep of existing
lines, rolling stock and general bet'
torments. A broad range of circum
stances have entered Into these con
ditions. One of the most prominent
of all was the wild-eyed legislation
which was enacted not only by states,
but by the national law making body
as well. Up to within the last two
or three years railroads were har
rassed and hampered in every possi
ble way, with the result that practi
cally every one of the branch lines
are in a state of insolvency today and
some of the main line roads have
barely escaped going into the hands
of a receiver. A more sane Condi
tion has prevailed during the last
year or two and there is a feeling that
conditions and legislation are on a
more sensible basis. This belief has
taken root to the extent that it 1b now
considered safe to proceed with ex
tensions and betterments whilh are
always of commercial value to the la
borer and general business alike.
LOGANHKRItlES AND MR. HRYAX.
Mr. Bryan, Secretary of State, has
given his endorsement to one of Ore
gon's staple, standard and sturd
products Loganberry juice. Some
time ago The Mist referred to this
fruit as one of the greatest ' utility
products of tho state, and took oc
casion to mention, among other
things to which this fruit can be
looked to as a revenue producer,
that their juice stood without a peer
for wine production. Loganberry
iuice is out-rivaling grape juice as a
mild and healthful beverage, and its
fame and favoritism is rapidly
spreading. Now that the White House
is to be invaded by this popular bev
erage it would seem that its popu
larity would become unbounded.
Welch's grape juice has held an
enviable place as a light drink for
more than a decade, and until about
a year ago did there seem to be any
thing that could displace it. However,
as there is a beginning, so also must
there be an ending to all things, and
as grape juice has had its day, Logan
berry juice will have Its years.
Columbia county seems to be pe
culiarly adapted to the production of
Loganberries, and their culture on
an extensive scale can be made one
of the profitable products of this
county. The Willamette valley is
annually producing thousands of
tons of Loganberries, which are
yielding hundreds of dollars per acre.
They are used as a fresh fruit very
extensively, as well as being canned,
preserved and evaporated to an
abundant profit. Their culture In
Columbia county has not b en exten
sive so far, but as means are pro
vided for taking care of the crop
their greater production will soon
follow. It's up to Oregon to pass
something along to Mr. Bryan for his
endorsement of one of our most
popular products.
PRIZES FOR PRODUCTION.
Tho producers of small fruits and
vegetables In this community are to
be encouraged and stimulated in the
work by liberal cash rewards to be
given by tho operators of tho local
canning plant, which has announced
a number of cash prizes to be given
to the person furnishing the largest
amount of all products to the can
nery for the season, another prize to
tho person growing the largest num
ber of acres of beans, and still an
other prize to the person producing
uie largest amount of No. 1 beans to
the acre.
These prizes are quite liberal and
it would seem that such an offer
would bo a substantial stimulus to
producers to exert an extra effort In
their agricultural pursuits. It would
seem that the management of tho
cannery is willing to meet producers
on moro than an equal footing In
this respect. Tho cunning concern
has previously announced very liber
al prices to be paid for such fruits
and vegetables as it will be able to
take enre of, and their moro recent
offer of cash prizes Bhould prove an
extra inducement along that lino.
Such an institution should receive
every encouragement. Its existence
provides a ready and remunerative
market for farm nroducts. It cannot
survive without tho material upon
which to operate. Its liberality is an
evidence of its sincerity. Producers
should encourage tho institution to
ina same uegree mill mo cannery i
encouraging the producer.
ADVICE FROM A RIG MAX.
Here is sound advice from a man
exceedingly well qualified to give it.
The speaker is Elihu Hoot and the
occasion a dinner in Philadelphia of
a famous club composed largely of,
successful business men. Ex-Senator i
Root says:
"The first thing Is that the bust-
ness men of America should become
vocal. Talk, agitate and expluln. I
Fight to clear the air." J
The trouble with tho business man 1
which Is a vague term, but pretty I
,
well understood is that ho regards
"agitation" as the exclusive proper
ty ot the social reformer nnd tho
civic busybody who is forever trying
to "unsettle" conditions." When agl-
tatlon is In the air tuo business mnn
contents himself with peevishly in
quiring why the heathen rage, nnd
then regards himself as abused when
the peoplo, naturally enough, imag
ine vain things.
The method that has almost always
been adopted by the business mnn to
meet a threatened crisis Is just tho
method that appals last to tho taste
of the American public. It hns been
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characterized by unobtrusive orgnnl-
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zation, executive meetings, aversion
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to publicity. "Talk, agitato and ex
plain," says Mr. Root. Above all,
ezplaln. Nothing is more easily nls-
understood than secrecy. "Gumshoe"
is much more opprobrious than "agi
tator." It Is better to be frank than
to be misunderstood.
When business finds Itself forced
to combat the procedure of Irrespon
sible trouble makers It must muke In
the open at least as good a showing
as its opponents. The class of pub.
Heists who frequently are blamed for
present conditions never have been
bashful about stating their case to
as large an audience as possible. The
theorist with a minimum of taxes to
pay has no false notions of dignity,
And if the owners of much property
decline to "talk," agitate and ex
plain," who Is to hear both sides of
the controversy?
NO HIGHWAY FOR TILLAMOOK.
There will be no highway Improve
ment In Tillamook county this year
under the direction of the state. The
Tillamook county court has inter
viewed the commission In regard to
the highway survey through that
county, and County Commissioner
McKlmens says nothing will be dono
in this matter In Tillamook county
this year owing to the muddle of the
state highway affairs. This condi
tion Is due to various causes about
equally distributed between the state
highway engineer, tho various
county courts of the counties that
bonded for tho highway and also to
too much boosting on the part of the
automobile club of Portland. Any
how, nothing will be done In this
county with the survey until highway
matters on the outside are adjusted.
HHoh Use Much Timber.
It may be somewhat surprising to
the general public to knov that the
amount of lumber, all high grade,
used In the construction of silos In
1914, has been estimated at about
100,000,000 feet board measure. A
good silo may be made of any ono of
a number of materials, hut no matter
what class of material is used, the
success of the silo depends very
largely upon proper care. In the
use of wood, the desirability of pre
servative treatment 1b becoming con-
erally recognized. In fact, some
manufacturers are already traatirx.
all of their silo material, nnd It i
now possible to purchase silos treated
and ready to set up. Enough t.
known of tho results of treatment of
other forma of lumber to bo able to
predict that a good treatment of coal
tar creosote will prolong the life of a
silo for at least twenty-five or thlrtv
years.
Jetty Improvement at Co(iililo.
Within a few days active wnrir m
be commenced on the north Jotty nt
the mouth of the Coqullle river, an
Improvement for which $90,000 wn
appropriated In October. A stone
quarry to be opened at Bandon will
supply the stone and it 1r AY no nt nil
the Jetty will be practically com-
pioieu tnis summer.
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
Albany will pave twelve block
this spring.
Oregon lias had boosting enough;
It's time to go to work now.
Thoo. Itoss will erect a three Htory
brick business building at Sulem.
Methodists at Buy l'ark, In Coos
county, will build B $1000 chapel.
Wuhco county is Installing large
Industrial ham on Its county farm
I. $;10,000 homo will bo erected
'near Oswego for a Portland banker,
I Attorney General ltrown holds
)mt jjlm,y )ukhch are common car
rior
Linn county will Install a $20,000
steel bridge across the Santlam
river.
Wallowa Is soon to vole on the
proposition to build a modem city
hall.
Clackamas county will expend
$771,000 for public Improvements
year.
L Tho postolllro at lloseburg is now
ilocnted In tho new $10,000 federal
building.
i;,Hlrgo liorria Iium let tho contract
for ft lur;o tirlfk business building
ttt iiKt'ito.
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At Aurora lust Monday bids were
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WM-l-tl Hi" iuiiniiui'ii
concrete jail.
Tho Eugene Commercial Club bus
1,1,8 "'K,,n' 'tvui.uk ir
, 1,11,1 payrolls."
Med ford has raised a fund of
$2000 to lie used In operating n fruit
cannery there.
The hoKpital unsocial Ion at Salem
will erect a $25,000 addition to the
present Institution.
I All t.i,.otrio railroad Is planned
(rom Tl0 .,,, M (.r(,k ,
' mr(,0 tlm,T ,u
,
Tho I nion Furniture Factory nt
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Albany, has been purchased by A. I .
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(.Irani of Moutesano, Wash,
I Tl, Pun,nc Telephone Company
hIiIm1 4 4.000 stations to lis system
, "' ur,'K'n during the last year.
Thirty-five new houses for resi
dence purposes are being built at
Smith'B l'olnt, In West Astoria.
The Lane couniy fair board has
substituted a cow show for tho Eu
genic exhibition at its fair this fall
Pendleton Is starting a ronipnlgn
to raise $100,000 to hard surface the
road from that city to Cold Springs.
Tho Crown paper mills at Oregon
City, which has been Idle since lust
October, will resume soon, giving em
ployment to about 100 men.
Department of public works at
Portland bus decided to cease laying
"usplialtlc concrete" pavement until
It can bo tested and Its full wortn
proven.
Mux Straw to Bring $15 Per Tun.
Within tho past few days deflnit
action has been taken nt Salem I
regnrd to starting tho flax Industry
In this state. In order to encourage
farmers to experiment with tho new
crop, It Is planned to offer $15 pe
ton for flax straw, a considerable ad
vancn over prices in other sections
Seed will be furnlHhde ut $3 pe
bushel, payment to bo made when tin
straw Is marketed.
NEW VERSION OF PRFSI AT-D A
TENDENCIES OUTLINED IN
CAUSTIC MANNER.
Col. E. Hofer of Snlem, Gives View
On What CoiiHlltulON n Lively,
Progressive Community.
Closing stores nnd places of husl
ness ut night gives a town a dead do
sorted look.
In a chicken yard nothing is mov
, , u,l,:r except tho rats and
other vermin.
Closing theatres nnd other places
on Sunday makes a town ceem llko
n cometery.
Empty stroots nnd no ono moving
about all In tho country or at homo
asleep kills nil values.
Stopping peoplo spending money
nnd making fools of themselves Is a
bum t0 PUt commu,llty n tho
Laws and ordinances to that effect
deprive about half of the people of
the Incentive to llvo-a strange fact
It bus not yet been determined
whether folly, ixry, extravagance
produce civilization or vice versa
One thing Is certain If we only
bought necessities cf life to eat and
wear, about l.mr i, i ' .an"
world would stop: 01 U,
Millinery stores, tobacco shops Ico
cream parlors, high-heeled shoes
J,0lo"V P"r cars "ami
. wouiu go,
Tho arc llirhi r ...
windows. moVles and Iv g' beaZ
dry goods dlMplay, wonM
TIlOSO wlin '.
Ism. "'"'S nacK to barbar-
We could all wonr ovnruIlK eat
nouns and graham bre,. ....' 5 lt
nil vy our
weVoulI Tm"r,:,k?,n t'.but
cwnZT i kU1 ttrt8' nluHtrle. and
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TWENTY YEARS AGO i
Tho Mist, April 6, 1K95.
License to wed was Issued by the
Couniy Clerk last Suturday to U. W.
Burger, nRod 21. and Cora M. Tor
bell, aged 14. Tho license wi Is
sued upon written consent of tho
young lady's father.
Tho annual city election look placo
In St. Helens laid Monday evening,
mid resulted In tho election of tho1
following persons: President of tho
council, W. II. Dolman; rooonmr.
Hudson Allen: murshnl. Kugeno
Weaver; treasurer, K. K. Quick;
councUuien. A. II. lllakesley, James
Dart, D. J. HwlUor and Tholuu Coop-
er. The only changes made In tho
ticket us nominated nt tho caucus
previously held was that D. J. Swlt-
er and Thomas Cooper wero elm-ted
Instead of S. A. Miles and W. II. Dll
lard. Mr. Dlllurd having previously
iecliiii d to be a candidate.
The wagon bridge nt lloulton has
been considerably damaged lately by
sawing running In Milton creek. The
lower pier which supports tho ast
end of tho long spun wan. some day
ico, niovod several Inches, which
nine mar wrecking tho bridge.
When the bridge wits built the piers
were set on top of the solid rock bed
of the creek, without any support to
hold them In placo except tho weight
of the bridge, nnd wholly unprotect
ed from the great jams of Hawing
which shoot tht rapids ut that placo.
A crib Is being uiude of largo logs
which Is to b filled with rock and
sunk In the creek to protect the emit
nd piers from fui titer dnmago.
Justice J. B. I loan and wlfo of
Uulnler, spent lust Sunday with the
family of Sheriff I oan. Justluo Dean
ainn to Oregon u good many year
u:o. lie was born In Chester county,
I'u , not fur from riillndelphia. Ho
Is now 03 years old, nnd hi life from
he beginning, has been an active
inv At the age of 14 ho began an
.pprentlceshlp nt the carpenter trade,
forking the first year for $S pur
eek, the second year for $7 and tho
UiHt year for $9. Then ut tho ago of
17 he entered the Vnlon nrmy, nnd
erved three years, al tlm end of
-vhlch limn ho was discharged for
disability, his sickness, however,
being of short duration, he was mar
ried before his 21st birthday was
eached. Mr. Doan has a mm 32
veurs old nnd four grundchlldren. To
erve un nppreutlcenhlp nt tlm enr
enter's trade, three years In the civil
ur nnd nfterwurds get niurrled bo
fore ho Is 21 years old U a pretty
yni record. Mr. and Mrs. Doan are
"uch enjoying splendid health, nnd
lo not look to be moro than 4 6.
It now seems pretty certain that
the Astorla-Cohlo roud will bo built
vithln tho next few years. Indeed
tho proposition of Mr. A. II. Hum
mom! savors morn of himlness than
my former arrangement. Details
eem to bo In complete order for tho
'on:Uructlon of the rood snvo ono
"ling, namely, tho right-of-way. Tho
people of Astoria huvo ngreed to se
cure, the right-of-way without cost to
Mr. Hammond. Kor them to succeed
In this will depend lurgely on tho
leiitlment of the people along the
proposed route. Should they decline
to grant the right-of-way It will bo a
serious obstruction to Kin enterprise
"id, perlmps, prevent tho roud from
liulldlng. In our oplnlou tho property-owners
cannot nffort to refuso to
muko lliesn concessions to tho road
Mlnro their nttltudo will have a grout
oeui 10 no wltli tho roud being push
cd forward. While it Is truo Mr.
,"1 nHKcu an extension oil
time, this neeil tint ,nu - .
" """-uuruKU loose
Interested, for It is only such a de
''and ns nny snfo business man
would muko under present strained
'""'"""''H. Tho gentleman has bo
Bn In a cautious and conservative
way to complete a largo undertaking,
and ho ought to succcd.
AN UP-TO-DATE
Jewelry
Store
COMPLETE STOCK OF
Watches
AND
Clocks
EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING.
VON A. GRAY
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Joweler.
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15. A. R()ss
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
R.iai... IH a.
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DK. C. K. WADIJ
PHYSICIAN AND
rilUNt 9V
DK. W. K. DINHmP
DENTIST
Oilier in IJ.nl gg,!
St, Helens . n.
a. C. TUCKEK
DKNTIST
ST. Hl l.r NS.OKKCoN
Menu miKj.
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DR. LCLP?rR0Ss
PHYSICIAN &.SJPGE0A
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DR EDWIN ROSS
PHYSICIAN A SURCLOtt
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St. Helens
Ores
T. S. WHITE
FUNERAL DIKEUOH
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lloulton
Or
DR. ALFRED J. PEEL
PHYSICIAN A SURCEOHl
Hunt
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St. Ik'
DR. H. R. CLIFF
PHYSICIAN A 5U?Ce
Itllinr Main 4X1 A l?.Hi K It C3
CEORCE Hi SHINN
ATTORNEY A T LAW
St. Helens Orccoi
HERBERT W. WHITE
ATTORNEY-AT-UW
St. Helena Orfg
M. E. MILLER
ATTORNEY A TLAW
St. Helens Orcgot
PURE
MILK
AND
CREAM
FurnUh4 Dsilr r
LONE FIR DAIRY
Cad. Bros, Propria
ST. HELENS, ORECON.
I'hone 1074.
Our frllltk anil eculp,
for bundling tlnlry pf"0
miuMm us to wipi'lr J?
Krade of milk ami crem, V1
Im t..l,..tw u ti 1 1 ur V.
Wo aro annlous to ef"'
moro customer and pre"""
KckkI service.
Kutlsfuetlon turntco
every rosMxt.
Somerset Lodge
WHITE WYANDOTTE
Of the bout WliinliilC HtrlB
fl.no and a.50 per I
O. I. ). and Poland (1l"
8l
Htoek for Halo. Writ
T. BROWN
ST. HELENS
Yankton
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