ST. HELENS MIST, FRIDAY, JUNE 11. 1915
FOVXDKIJ 18SI.
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COUXTV OFFICIAL PAPER.
CTI1JZEI WARFARE.
There can be fet Illusions lett about civilized war
fare. Undoubtedly this war has been more destruct
ive of human life and happiness than any ever waged
by the Huns. The devastation in Belgium probably
exceeds in extent that ever visited on any country in
a like length of time. In spite of all Hague conven
tions and London conferences for the alleged purpose
ot ameliorating war's rigors to noucombntanttt, the
sum of ruthless brutality perpetrated in Europe since
the first ot August probably matches up pretty well
with the best performances of Attila and of Alva.
When unarmed civilians are lined up and shot
because somebody with whom they may have had no
connection whatever fired on a man in uniform, to say
that it is according to the rules of civilized warfare is
no answer to the indictment that the act is mere bar
barism. A plea of military necessity no more justifies
drowning crews and passengers of unarmed neutral
ships .than a plea of personal convenience justifies an
individual in knifing a man who happens to be In his
way.
The notion that war can be civilized is a patent
absurdity. It is a negation of civilization an appeal
backward to ruthless brute force. On the wMole it
shows more brutality now than in Attila's time, be
cause civilized arts have vastly Increased its scope.
Restraints by way of protecting noncombatants have
been imposed on it; but in Europe their effect has
been outweighed by steadily increasing enlistments,
, until nearly the whole able-bodied male population is
now combatant, and so liable to be shot In strict ac
cordance with the rules, says the Saturday Evening
Post.
Probably nobody yet grasps the significance of
casualties running into the millions
THE MERCHANT VS. THE "STOREKEEPER.
In conversation with a leading merchant of a near
by city a few days since, who uses quantities of adver
tising space, he lamented the fact that some business
men and especially so his competitors, did not adver
tise largely. "I cannot get the full benefit of my own
advertising expenditures unless those in the same line
of business also advertise," he said. "Their lack of
enterprise allows much in which we both could share
to go to the mail order houses and seriously prevents
the extension of our trade territory to include that
which is really tributary to us but which goes else
where." The words are quoted to show how an up-to-date
merchandiser looks upon live local advertising
as distinguished from the attitude of the "storekeeper"
who can see nothing but waste to advertising appro
priations. If these could only be brought to see how cheaply
their sales message through the columns of their local
paper could be carried to their prospective purchasers,
what profits would they realize and how they would
help trade not only for themselves but as a whole.
The local paper reaches everyone In the local trade
territory, something which no other publication on
earth does. It is more closely read by every member
of the family than Is any other publication. The cost
of efficient and effective advertising is less than in any
other publication in the country.
Note these things, too: The advertiser must watch
his prices closely, because he must put theni down in
black and white for everyone to read and for competi
tors to meet if they can. This makes the merchant a
careful and scientific merchandiser. Honest advertis
ing pays. "Deliver the goods," or quit business. Suc
cessful advertising increases the volume of business.
Everyone knows the story of how Henry Ford accounts
for his great success.
ie nialru aimli n i .luanixi In liaw fnpnl mluutl AYtttMlll.
The exhibit is bound to produce good ro: ults as those ft rilPBPNT COMMENT 5
who havo adopted it in their home state i will sponk of llftnt" 1 vvl
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IV CIO ,119 UlbUII D.'DIVIU, HIIU IKUDO ii.u I.IV .ltini.r
ot coming to Oregon to reside, always come to the
education booths to find out what kind of schools the
state has. The commercial value ot showing our
school work will bo more than repaid, but l'ie ot,
thing is that Oregon, through her school ax I Iblt is
helping other states and nations to niuko more efficient
their rural schools, thus doing its share of the wo'k
in advancing the common good. Promtnont educators,
who have viewed the exhibit, say that Oregon through
'its standard for rural schools, its boys' and girls' clubs
and playgrounds Is doing work equal to that done by
the Uuitcd States government for the schools in the
Philippine islands, and this work Is attracting the
attention ot educators in allparts ot the world."
OI K BAN l.
This is the time of year when on certain evenings
ot the week at a certain hour ono can stroll to some
certain spot of most any city the size of St. Helens and
be wafted heavenward by the strains ot beautiful
music. Why not this privilege In our hustling little
city? We are told that St. Helens has ono of the bet
musical organizations ot the state. Why not an open
air concert one or two evenings of the week? Nothing
could please the music lovers better. Music is a civ
ilizer, and education and a contentment promoter, if
you please. Musicians as a class are not only always
happy but make others happy. To be able to coax a
succession of sweet sounds out ot a piccolo should be
as much a matter of pride as to bo able to extract the
decayed .root of a verb In any dead language or to har
monize the Integers of an algebraic problem. After
we grow up and go Into the tiresome business of mak
ing a living, we have scarcely any use for algebra to
help us out of a tight place. But music is a constant
necessity. Our souls crave f6r it. , Our emotions
respond to it and our bodies relax and recuperate
under its spell. Music is and always will be a living
language, a languago that needs no Intemreter. '
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I AN UP TO DA It II-
WHAT CONFIDENCE LS WORTH. '
Confidence makes' credit good, it makes buHinesn
lively and it gives a good steady measure of men and
politics. The strength of our government is that
while we fight out our political camualena fiercely am)
almost bitterly sometimes, we always know that we
won i go to tne dogs even if the other side la elected
For example, the rot at the heart of storm-stricken
Mexico is that no one has any confidence in anyone
else. But to the contrary, each eloraent In Mexico
suspects every other element of the .world. Monev In
bad, markets are bad, business is 'bad, men hate each
other, fear each other; victorious generals do not trust
me people or any other generals, and are nnt Mum.
selves trusted, artd. a country so utterly desolate' of
trust and confidence is bankrupt more ways than one.
indeed, in our humble opinion. Beleium'a stain U
uetter man Mexico's, infinitely more hopeful. There
is confidence and unity.
FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS.
It has been well said that: "a friend is the first
person who conies to us when the world eoe out "
There is any amount of truth in that: There are
many so-called friends who stand by while the money
holds out and the skies are propitious, but what is
needed Is one to stand by when sorrow and trials come
and the money takes wings and how true it is that
if the number of fuir weather friends is large, even
much larger is tho number of those who extend the
willing hand and express their sympathy in many
beautiful ways "when the world goes out."
WHV ARE YOU HERE?
Why are you living in St. Helens? Is it because of
the splendid money-making opportunities? Is it be
cause of the possibilities of fortune amassing or is it
just because of the beauty and healthfulness of the
place? How did you happen to come here? Some
body told you about the place, didn't they? Or did
you just happen in, and falling in love with the place
decide to make this your home? The longer you stay
the more in love you get with the place, don't you?
Well, how will It be if St. Helens livens up and be
comes a real good place to make a living, and more?
There are thousands of other people throughout this
grand nation Just like you. If they learn of its beau
ties and its healthfulness they too will come, not to
make money especially, perhaps, but they will be
those who have their living already made. They will
come, some of them to live permanently, and hun
dreds of them to spend a few months and take ad
vantage of the good air, enjoy the scenery and relieve
their tired brains. From such St. Helens will reap a
harvest greater in dollars than now gleaned from
many other resources. - Publicity 'is the seed of such
a crop or any other one similar. In order to reap,
one must sow. It takes money to buy seed; it takes
money to plant and successfully cultivate a crop. The
greater the effort, the greater the reward. That which
appeals to and holds you will affect many others In the
same way when they experience it.
OREGON'S SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
Harry Thaw Is sane, they admit the mistake Uiav m,i
in not sending him the way the law provides for mur
derers.
According to Assistant State Superintendent of
Public Instruction Carlton, who has just returned
from the exposition at San Francisco, Oregon's school
exhibit in the educational palace is attracting the
attention of all educators and those interested in
bettering the rural schools and in training boys and
girls to become expert farmers.
"What pleased me most," he said, "is the number
of people who wish to adopt our system of work for
the rural schools. Groups of representative people
come every day to find out how Oregon has been able home or business block, do it now, and swat the fly
The disaffection, of Villa causes no sensation
along the Mexican border, because the people there
have seen one storm after another gather in the north,
and it is not to be supposed that the cause of the "low
barometer" has been removed. The Mexicans do not
fight hard enough, and the results of revolutions are
Indecisive. The evolution of society below the border
cannot be artificially stimulated within Itself. It will
take time for the Mexicans to work out their problems
and to us, after having spent some two years In and
out of the state of strife, the only way the natural flow
of events can be accelerated is by armed intervention
An article in a recent issue of the Oregon State
Prison publication "Lend-a-Hand," asks for an un
limited mail privilege. It seems to us that if there
is ever a man on this sphere that should be granted
every privilege nay more, the right, if you please,
to write and receive communications, it ought to be
the prisoner confined In his lonesome cell. It does
not only help to make a better man to be in touch
with the outside world but gives him strength when
his term expires to go out with a firm stop., better
prepared to make another start.
It is good to see the cheerful way in which most
of the Columbia county farmers are going to work
this season. Many difficulties have been overenmn a
throughout the county comes reports that they see
ineir way to make the largest profits of any In hUtory,
and larger profits which careful and diligent hus
bandry entitles them to. The good markets here en
Joyed and the larger production which is in sight,
should make the next few years In Columbia county
the most prosperous which have yet been enjoyed.
Five hundred miles of Germans,
Five hundred miles of French,
And English, Scotch and Irish men
AH fighting for a trench;
And when the trench is taken
And many' thousands slain,
The losers, with more slaughter,
Retake the trench again. Life.
These are the days when President Wilson should
read the part of Rudyard Kipling's poem: "If you can
keep your head when all about are losing theirs, and
blaming It on you."
It's
a confounding problem: if they admit that ....... ? f,uu lrom ln8
w Is sane, tl, admit .tw ml...!,.. ,. lruuHurr "e applied on the
- i Biiiivuiun will nnn
Japan has promised the open door in China, but 11600, and they asked the r tv
B has lot a new lnnlr nnd tan it i- u ... . ' u tllB c,ly
she has got a new lock and key for It In case of an
emergency.
If you have not had a clean-up day around your to begin work on 'the new svl
me or business block. in it nn. j . I " "ow
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kAAAAAAAAAA.
Nature Is seldom neutral; it Is
Nearly always too hot or too cold.
What has becoino of that old
awfully so old-fashioned word "sou
bretto"?
Eastern time will only bring the
brown-tuil moth wustwurd so much
the faster.
Love In a bungalow puis a new
face on It, but tho tneomo roinulns
tho same.
We fear Portugal Is still paying too
much attention to politics iimtoiid of
pulillo schools.
How many generations must puns
awny before tho Rocky Mountains de
velop yodulers?
Usually, the man who "doesn't
euro" Is reduced to that situation In
spite of himself.
. Is it a tussle to determine whether
tho "high Bens" wero made In Great
Britain or "made in Germany"?
Straw huts hold bravely to the
open, hut whito shoes saw their
shadow and have gone bark in tho
hole.
No doubt tho Jitney Iiub Its use;
and Its best use is to prove that large
motor busses on certain routes ought
to muko a profit.
No attempt Is made at Harvard to
limit free speech, us President Lowell
well nays; and isn't the college paper
itself called Lampoon?
Capital punishment does not stop
murder, they say. No, not with ono
instance ot capital punishment to
every sevontecn murders.
It this war keeps on it may lead to
tho discovery that the Earth is the
hull to which tho wicked on tho other
planets are consigned.
Dr. Edison hasn't yot reached the
ultimate. He might sleep only every
alternate night; some people do that
now, but not from choice.
Automobile etiquette: If you ride
with your friend, It Is your'jluty.to
keep watch behind, that you are not
pursued by the motor cycle police.
Thcso American cities will keep on
changing their time schedules until
tho sun will become so befuddled It
won't know when to set anywhere.
That old-tushloned man who work
ed to pay his way through college Is
so ofd-fashtoned that ho u worv
to pay his son's way through co
There are men outside the
itiaKiuii who use to cook and a
good cooks, but there isn't. ono livl
who has any taste for washing dish
Every year 8000 dogs may ho so
to the happy hunting grounds by
niclpal executioners. Then the iv
proprlatlon runs out; but the do
don't.
Peace propaganda never did rer
the point at which any municipal
trundled Its old cannon presented
the government out of the pu
squaro.
Blessed Is he who keeps
iruuuiug to in in no I r. " says a wan
philosopher; and thrice blessed ii
who refrains from making trouble1
others. (
A scientist sayB tho perfect
must, have a mozzo-soprnno vo,
and the porfect husband might ni,
putting the soft pedal on his v
part of his porfoctlbility. j
Remarks a writer, "Lot it try f
so hard, the strawberry can never;
as red as the little red radish." j
so nearly hollow, although som
the strawberry giunts do hove v;
urns.
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The Mist, May 31, 1895.
It was thought the water ln th.
lumbla has reached Its highest I
for this year.
There wore three steamboat
front of St. Helens at one time 1
nesday, each towing a log raft of
logs toward the Portland markr
Mr. C, H. Johns has coniractr
the building of a new six-roon
tage on his proporty north of t
H. George proporty, the erectl
which will commence noxt Mo
William and John Slavens of O!
are the contractors.
At the request of a number .
terested citizens we wish to ann.
that a meeting will be held in
courthouse on next Monday e
at 8 o'clock for the purpose o
cussing the quostlon of console
tho St. Helens and Houlton i
districts. All persons interest
school matters are requested
present, as the question is or
great importance.
The city council 'at its nu
Monday night passed a reso
appropriating $400 from
water plant which Is
sldoration by Orchard & Jones.
estimated that tho works propoi
. genuemon will cost
oonus as above stated ti.
will be brought from wit.i
place into the city, and It Is Int
once.
Jewelry
Store
COMPLETE STOCK OF
Watches
AMU
Clocks
EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING.
VON A. GRAY
Jew.l.r. ST. HELENS
PURE
MILK'
AND
CREAM
Furniihtd Daily hj
LONE FIR DAIRY
Cada Brot.,
Ptiprictora
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ST. HELENS, OREXON.
Plume 107-6. j
Our fiM'illtlm and tiulimmt'
for liniulllng dairy prtxIurU
I'liul'IcK un to Hii.lj the I tmt
grade of milk and rnm, which
' ) strictly saniUry. '
Wn are aiixlou to ms-iire
limrf) customiTH ml imiiilit
It' mmI wivlcc.
KutlNfurtlon KUFunteed In
every rr-Hrt.
PROFSIONAL CA
E. A. ROSS
FUNCRAL DIRCCTOR
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PHYSICIAN AND 8URolON
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DR. A. C. TUCKER
DENTIST
ST HFI.KNS, ORkgon
DR. L. GILBERT ROSS
PHYSICIAN.. SUROEoh
Olflwi Baui mt. . ...
M. Helens
DR EDWIN ROSS '
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
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X- S. WHITE
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Houlton
Orcgoi
DR ALFRED J, PEEL
PH YSICIAN & SURGEON
,' St. Helens
H. R. CLIFF
'YSICIAN & SURGEON
one Main CO A Kra.
iViS."" Portland, Or.
Die Hit W. MACK
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CHIROPRACTORS
Hours: 9 a. m. to 11 a. m.
i. to 4 p.m., 7:30 to 8:30 put
St. Ho Ions, Oregon.
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1 TTORN EY-AT-LAW
clcus Oregon
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TTORNEY.ATLAW
n Oregon
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lens Oregon
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0PLE3 BOAT
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ortland dully -2:30 p. m.
Sunday 1:80 p. m.)
it. Helens - - 6:00 p. m.
Sunday S:80 p. m.)
It. Ilolnns - - 6:15 a. m.
Portland - - - 10:15 a. m.
H. HOLMAN, Aj.nt
11 way landings. Wharf toot
:reet. Phones: Main 8321,
WILKINS, 81 Helen Agent
FRESH SHAYE
dds tone to any
nan. That's why
are so busy and
;here are so many
;ony people in this
f town.
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