ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY. TULY 9. 1915.
FOUNDED 1H81.
Issued Kvery Friday by
THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Ernest G. Coan Kditor and Manager
Entered as second-class matter, January 10th,
1912. at the Postofflce at St. Helens, Oregon, under the
act of March 3rd, 1S79.
SUUSCIUPTIOX BATES:
One Year 1.50
Six Months .75
Advertising rates made known on application.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEU.
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OREGON NEEDS CHEAP LAND.
As we hope for Btate aggrandisement the vital need
of Oregon is cheap land.
We want people in this state who will make homes
productive homes the sort of homes from which
spring the most dependable citizenship of the com
munity. The kind of people who make those homes
are those of resolute purpose, ttrong bodies and nor
mal minds. Sometimes they have money, but seldom
do they have much money. For the establishment of
the homes tbey hope to build they must have laud,
and it must be cheap land or the homeuiaking will fail
and the state will suffer.
The land which would supply this need is not avail
able in Oregon. This is too patent for argument. To
be assured of it one has only to go out and try to buy
the land suitable for the productive home. It does
not matter particularly into what part of the state he
may go, he will meet with the same condition. He
will find the prices of land to be such that he cannot
afford to buy on the reasonable expectation of making
good. If he does not buy he becomes a poor advertiser
for the state. If he does buy and does not make good,
In that fact and in his subsequent attitude he does
much to the damage of the state's reputation.
We solicit this homeseeksr and homebuilder from
the outside continuously. Suppose we be honest with
ourselves and consider the futility of persevering in
this course, while we ignore the problem of cheap
land in this state, that appeals to us imperatively for
solution.
So long as we shall continue thus at cross purposes
we can charge up a vast amount of intelligent energy
and printer's ink to the community's profit and loss
account. We can exploit until the day of kingdom
come, and if we do not get down to the fundamental,
which is the usable price of land, our exploitation,
like spurious charity, will be as sounding brass and
tinkling cymbal.
The recent decision of the railroad land grant
case brings this issue of cheap land emphatically to
the fore. It suggests, and very many people believe,
that it proffers the opportunity to get cheap land
the very land that is needed by the homebuilder and
settler and at a price that will enable him to acquire
and build and prosper as the community builds and
grows. In fact, there is something like a public re
solve to realize that condition. Can we improve this
opportunity and realize it, or must we' let slip through
our fingers as other opportunities have done hitherto?
That is a question of vital importance here in Ore
gon, and by the policy we finally evolve with respect
to the disposition of these grant lands we must answer
it. Will the answer be for the homebuilder or against
him?
It is not at all to the present purpose to suggest
any detail or the formulation of any outline for the
plan that should or that may be pursued with relation
. to these lands. It should be a matter of clear convic
tion, however, that the necessity for cheap land,
coupled with the opportunity which the court decision
in this land grant case presents should be held con
stantly and resolutely in mind. There should be a de
termination that the final solution of that matter must
serve the need of the state of Oregon and its future
homebuilders.
There is no public question before the people of
Oregon at the present time of greater moment than
this none that demands more serious thought and
discussion. It is presented practically as an alterna
tive a Bort of last chance, to put In effect that which
is clearly the most effective policy for the development
of the state or forever after hold our peace and let
unbridled land speculation rest as an incubus upon the
commonwealth.
The sole recommendation this paper has to offer at
the present time is that we discuss, agitate and canvas
this subject thoroughly from premise to conclusion.
Let it have the best thought of the community which
will stick to the one purpose of discovering the policy
and adopting the procedure that will benefit the state
by an Increase of homes and contented, prosperous
citizenry. . j
For all these, cheap land is the fundamental.
Portland Telegram. i
' NEWSPAPER PERSONALITY.
No newspaper man ever pleased all the people and
no newspaper man ever expects to do such a thing.
When one adopts the course which appeals to him as
being right, he Is conducting a newspaper as it should
be. If he makes enemies under such circumstances
he ought to be proud of it. '
Every- newspaper has a personality exactly like
every man and woman.
It has a logical entity that is conceivable In an
instant just like that one thought which rises to the
surface whenever we think or speak of an Individual.
Mention the name of any paper and the instant
idea that flashes Into the minds of hearer and speaker
alike is the fact about the character of that newspaper;
I the sum of all its achievements, good or bad, re
flected in a second, and exciting admiration, hostility
or disdain, as the case may be. j
This quick Impression bears a certain relation to
that remarkable fact recorded of the drowning man
whose whole life, it has been testified, passes before
his inner vision in an Instant. j
So the sum of the whole history,? of the whole
character, of any Journal flashes across the mental
retina whenever its name is mentioned.
And the curious fact in this connection is that the
same emotion in the case of so very public an enter
prise as a newspaper Is common to alliof us.
There Is no kind of business that is from its, very
necessity so open to criticism and so threshed out In
the public conscience as the conduct of a newspaper.
After one has become fully established there are
never two opinions about it in the mind of the general
public. It is either good or the other kind. Benton
County Courier.
GERMANY WOULD MAKE PEACE.
. While the Gorman army is holding the forces of
tho Allies completely n bay, having frustrated the
combined efforts of tho French and British forces, and
having chased the Russians until they are almost out
of wind, it is whispered that the kaiser is willing to
mako peace while tho advantage is with the Teuton
cause, fearing that new developments may soon bring
a disastrous change in the situation.
Tho greut qucst'.ou with the kulser seems to ho how
long will he be able to hold his present grip on tho
ciluution. Italy Is steadily gnawing her way towards
tho very vitals of Austria, the Dardanelles may bo
forced any day, itussia supplied with more ammuni
tion and the Balkan states brought into war ou the
eido of the Allies. And if these things would happen
it would no doubt spell disaster for Germany. Ger
many realizes that she is completely hemmed in by
her enemies and If they are able to hang together tho
time may come that will witness her disaster. It is
improbable that the country can hold out and fight
against such odds.
German puace terms which are being talked of are:
Berlin domauds tho Belgian Congo as compen
sation for the evacuation of Belgium, and tho ces
sion of Morocco or other African territory as com
pensation for tho evacuation of northorn France.
Berlin also demands the ri duration- of its African
colonies taken by Great Britain, but is willing to sur
render all claims to the Chinese interests captured by
Jnpr.n. An International agreement must oIjo ha
reached providing for the absolute freedom of the
seas.
PROMOTION OF PROSPERITY.
The Mist Is always a promoter of prosperity and
wants to see every citizen In Columbia county boeonio
a persistent peddler of prosperity and dealers in pro
gressive sunshine. We realize there are knockers In
every community, although there Is less excuse for
their existence In these parts than in auy portion of
our country.
It Is time to turn from the small things of the
past to the glorious certainties of the future, and
every citizen should stand shoulder to shoulder in the
final achievement that will bring prosperity to all.
Let the croaker croak until you are able to drown
his croaking with the wave of prosperity which Is
about to sweep over Columbia county. Let tho living
tangible results marking the accomplishment of this
great achievement give the lie to the fulmlnatlons of
the knocker. There is no time to waste upon such
creatures. The greatness of the opportunity so over
shadows the puny efforts of the knocker that to de
scend to his level is retrogression. There is no knocker
in all Columbia county who can hope to stem the tide
of advancing development and prosperity. Close your
ears and forget him.
ORIGIN OF PRINTER'S DEVIL.
In the early days of printing this art was much of
a mystery, and Ignorant people thought the primer
evoked the aid of the powers of evil. Aldus Manutius.
the famous Italian printer of tho sixteenth century,
went to Africa in an exploring expedition and brought
back with him a very black negro boy. Negroes were
a rarity then. The report immediately gained circu
lation that the printer hud been employing the black
art in his work and that the pickaninny was in reality
an imp of Satan. He was called the "Little Ulack
Devil." The charge became so serious that the printer
was forced to exhibit the negro in public. In his an
nouncement he said:
"Be it known to Venice that I, Aldus Manutius.
printer to the Holy Church and to the Doge, have this
day made public exposure of the printer's devil. AH
those who think he Is not flesh and blood may come
nud pinch him."
ST. HELENS (?) BAND. ..'
St. Helens at one time boasted of a musical or
ganization as good as any of Its size Where Is It to
day? An outsido band had to be employed to furnish
tho music for the three days' celebration. Not because
the committee wished to do so, but because St. Helens
had no band to secure.
Something is sadly wrong. With a full set of in
struments, music, etc., it has been impossible to get
enough players together to carry a tune; whether it
is the fault of the musicians or lack of moral support
from the citizens is the question.
The few that have borne the brunt and endeavored
to keep the organization together are to be praised,
but out of the twenty-five good musicians in the city!
the majority have shown tholr lack of public spirit by
their actions in the matter.
California has been having a war among the under
takers. The rates have been cut so low that it now
pays a man in that state to hurry up and dio before a
combine is re-established. And down in California
they also have a way of making a fellow want to dlo
Just as soon as his money gives out. It is the finest
country on the continent as long as the rocks last, but
tho fineness disappears when the exchequer runs low.
It is said that Congressman- Sims of' Tennessee,
wired the President the following epigram upon
Bryan's resignation: "The people are with you, and
they never resign." .
It will not be long until the Arizona, Uncle Sam's
greatest battleship, will be ready for service. And
the Arizona is the greatest naval fighting machine in
tho world.
Bob Cole and E. A. Hotger of the Illuminating
and decorating committees respectively, did themselves
nonor. Never did St. Helens sec herself in so much
attire.
It is better to wait at a railway crossing than at a
doctor's office, is the admonition given to motorists
by a western railway.
"Clean-up" week is Indeed a sporadic activity, as
some say, but perhaps after awhile the spasms may bo
made more frequent.
We are told by scientists that two persons starting
In the opposite direction will -meet again. Perhaps
there Is yet some chance for Wilson and Bryan.
To make St. Helens the city beautiful, each and
every property owner has to do his share.
It's all over for this year. Next big event the
county fair, September 22, 23, 24.
PROMPT ACTION
Is NeoewMuy to Save Many TlioimMiidx
of Starving Mexican,
The action of tho Bed Cross society
In unking all governms of Mexican
ttates to rolievo tho faiulno sufTerors,
Is considered must geiiurully as a
wasto of telegraph tolls, as the gov
rmrs oro powerless to get corn that
loos not exist In Mexico. Millions of
lushvls must be Imported Immediate
ly from tho bins of tho United States
,r thousands (some place tho esti
mate, us high as tens of thousands)
jf Mexicans will Btarvo to death. The
Constitutionalists consider tho Impor
tation of unimunltlon paramount and
ire not spending money to import
-orn, although knowing the desperate
:omlltlon and the food shortage
throughout tho southern part of Mex
ico. Even If curgoes of corn were
iunt by tho Red Cross society to Vera
'ruz they would not relieve the sllu
itlun In tho Interior, where sufTor
ii S Is the most, as distribution under
irecent conditions would be Impossi
ble without foreign supervision. The
'ntiro time and energies of all the
political factions of Mexico are de
voted to fighting each other or other
factions, and tho feeding of non-eom-Imtants
Is a secondary consideration.
Corn In Vera Cruz Is quoted as
;olling at fifty centavos a litre, or
ibout fourteen peso a bushel, and
very little is to ho hud even at that
irohlliltlve price. Last'ear's crop
Is practically exhausted and tho next
:rop is not due for somo three
months. It la estimated by authori
ses that the crop this year will be
diort over former years some 40,
000,000 bushels.
Already in many sections the peons
ire dylug by tho hundreds of sturvu
.ion and conditions at tho best are
setting no better but rapidly growing
orse. Hunger Is the foreword. It
Is forcing small farmers to Join the
irmles or roving bands of marauders
js their only means of existence. Ho
liable men coming out of stricken
Mexico City say they saw a lino of
persons a block long, four abreast,
waiting to buy corn, which the Zupa
.ista authorities are selling at twenty
are centavos a quartillo, which Is
ibottt one-fourth tho prico charged in
Vera Cruz. Zapata had seized all the
xrn in bis territory, they control and
ire doling it out dally to the peon
class at the above rate The corn line
'ornu early In the evening, and re
mains all night, the tun beating
Iowq too hot fur them to stand In
line In the d3y trm
One f.rra. Artqekle Bros . paid 50
,esos for a tea of corn for their em
loyee at Pottrm. sw Vera Cruz.
Hardly hid tv.y rotus ft stored
'way lUn f.jj-ty CimitUu soldiers
oawing tWsri. U t,n tooU the
majority of fcr u.r hurvt, le.
-pile the pry-Amt tJUt it . copied
o keep tte e:? Irva surrixr.
Ca.-raaza 3iii 51.M I m
have the Mtx:ea ru...j .j from
Vera Cnu to J6-x?m rvjy tr th 5th
ot July, lt ti E4.ri3,t hereto
fore vould Bl bfetr kin ,at in this
sertion. Even if the road is re
paired and placed in condition It will
not materially relieve the condition
unU38 large quantities of itupplles ar
rive from the United States and arc
permitted to go to Mexico City.
, AN UP-TO-DATE
Jewelry
Store
COMPLETE STOCK OF
Watches
AND
Clocks
EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING.
von a; gray
J.w.ler. ST. HELENS
PURE
MILK
AND
CREAM
Furnlihcd Daily by
LONE FIR DAIRY
Cade Bros., Proprietors
ST. HELENS, OREGON.
Phone 107-6.
Our facilities and equipment
for handling dairy product
PimhleM us to supply Ilia liewt
grade of milk and cream, which
N ktrlctly Hniiltnry.
We are anxious to Kccure
more customer and rnil
jjimmI service.
Satisfaction guaranteed In
every respect. .
TAMPER WITH SCHOOLS.
A political move ts on proposing
to have Oregon school books pub
lished by the state.
Quite a plausible argument is ad
vanced to Indicate there would be
considerable saving.
Thoso who support the plan
Ignore tho groat big facts of the
case that the best standard toxt
books are copyrighted.
What we want for Oregon child
ren aro tho best textbooks.
Several Oregon authors have
written school textbooks that are In
universal use because of their merit.
If each state primed its own toxt
books, there would be a very small
market for the work of Oregon
authors, and we of Oregon would
be denied the benefit of obtaining
the best textbooks written, else
where Incidentally, U y,om C0Ht
the- state of Oregon far more to
publish textbooks than tho price at
which they can be purchased from
publishers who issuo them In large
editions for the schools of a large
number of stntos.
Politicians who would tamper
with our educational system by an
appeal to prejudice should receive
Httlo encouragement. Orogon Voter
On Monday night we re
ceived the first copy ofhe St
Helens (Oregon) Mist, Issued
under tho mantigernont of Er
nest 0. Coun. Tho Mist Is a
splendidly edited, neatly print
cd county seat paper. Mr.
Coan, who was managor of tho
old Booster, has tho best
wishes of many friends In this
district and his old home for
his highest success. Pnotilu
lan, Pnonia, Colo.
LUNCH
MASON'S
RUTHERFORD .
BUILDING.
St. Helen, Oregon.
Ifrndqimrlpr for
Prnnk'H Quality
MK AT TIIEATH
MT. HOOD K K ( IlKAM
II llt Hrado
CONIEtTIOXEUY
C'HIARH AND TOBACCO
Lunch nt nil hour.
New Restaurant
RE-OPENING OF
Grand Cafe
ST. HELENS, ORE.
K ERVTHINO TIIH MAR
KET AITOKD8
I'ULI'AHKI) I.V CLEANj
EATABLE STYLE
HOMK COOKIN'U
niOfJILAU DINNER AND
HIIOBT OUDEIW
MEALS AT ALL IIOUK8
W. C. Campbell, Prop.
Str.IRfUDA
Rates between St.
Helens and Port
land, 5o cents one
way, 75 cents for
the round trip.
Tickets good until used.'
Host leaves St. Helen. 7:55 8 m
IlclurnlnK leaves Portland 2:30 n ' m
Arrive at St Helen. 4 .45 P. n '
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R. A. ROSS
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
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I DR. C. K. WADK 1
PHYSICIAN AND SUBQroN
PII0NS pu
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DENTIST
Offic in B41J1 BUin,
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DENTIST
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DR. L. GILBERT ROSS
PHYSICIAN V SURGEON
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St. llcl
ens
DR EDtflN ROSS
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
OrriVk IN HANK HI 1I.DIM1
St. Helens
Oregi
T. S. WHITE
FUNERAL DIREL10R
l.l:KNXb KMU.il. MX.
Hotilton
DR. ALFRED J. PEEL
'Physician a surgeon
Hank
Hull, tin.
St. Helen:
DR. H. R. CUFF -
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
lhnne Main a A l.'Xli Km. I.4UI
1113 u 1117 tviliii. n .1 1 a
fctmi.ii..f Portland, Or
DIL I It A W. BLACK
Ilt. NANA II. BLACK
rm?. CHIROPRACTORS
Omca Hours: a. m. to 11 . a.
1 p.m. to i p.m., 7:30 to 8:30 p s
St. Holeni, OrocoB.
HERBERT W. WHITE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
St Helens Oregon
M. E. MILLER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW .
St. Helens - Oregon
ST. HELENS ROUTE
to WIUaiMU SWmK
THE fCOPLES BOAT
STR. AMERICA;
Leaves Portland dally - -1:80 p.
(Sunday 1:30 p. m.)
Arrives St. Holeni - - :0flP j
(Sunday 3:30 p. m ) ' 1
Loavei St. Helena : 1 5
Arrive Portland - - - 10:15 j
u U1IM1N A.aat
IB. rovi".r"t ' 1
Make all way landing.. Whirl ! to
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PRANK WILKINS. St Helen! Al'
I A FRESH SHAVE
AAAa isr tn fltIV
man. That's why
we are so busy and
there ore so many
. tony people iu this
2 ; town.
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