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ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY. JUNb z. mo .
FOUNDED 1881.
Issued Kvery Friday by
TUB MIST riTBI.ISHIN'U COMPAN Y.
8. li. MOOUHKAD Kilitor
8. C. MOHTOX Husiiiess Manager
Entered as second-class matter, January 10th,
1912, at the rostofflce at St. Helens, Oregon, under the
act of March 3rd, 1S79.
SUBSC'KII'TION KATKS:
One Year $1.B
Six MunUis 75
Advertising rates made known on application.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPKH.
AS TO STREET PAVING
If a stranger conies to see us and asks about
our industries, we tell him of our bi saw
mill plants, our creosoting plant, our big
shipbuilding plant which has set the pace for
shipbuilding all over the coast. We tell him
of our stone quarries, our perpetual supply
of rock which makes the best pavement on
earth, and all that we tell him is the truth.
. If we could tell him all of this in Portland,
he would have a better impression of the town
than if he came to investigate for himself.
Getting off of the train he would see a dingy
little depot which would not do credit to a
flag station ; he would ride over a narrow
strip of loose rock which is called a road.
Coming-in to Willamette street, he would
see a stretch of country about 80 feet wide
laid out and called a street, which, however,
is a macadam road about 12 feet wide, fringed
with grass and shrubbery. Turning into St.
Helens street he holds tight while the attto
monile swings the rough curve, then he passes
through a narrow rock cut before he finally
comes into Columbia street and over ruts and
bum.is he goes along until finally he is down
town. Do our streets bear out our assertions
of the upto date town we live in? The Strand
.should be paved: that portion of Cowlitz
street between the Strand and Columbia
should be paved and Columbia street should
be paved to the intersection of St. Helens
street. We believe that in the long run a hard
surface pavement will be cheaper than the
macadam we now use. We can keep the
streets cleaner, we will not be annoyed by the
constant cloud of dust we have in the sum
mer time and, moreover, we will make the
city look much more attractive. No town
the size and importance of St. Helens in either
Oregon or Washington has so poor streets
as we have. For confirmation of this go to
Woodland, Kelso,- Kalama, Rainier, Seaside,
or a dozen of other towns. Is it not time we
were getting busy.
TAMPERING WITH OREGON DRY
LAW
In another part of today's issue the Tele
gram prints in full, as news, the statement
put forth by those who propose an initiative
measure which shall so change the constitu
tional provision providing for statewide pro
hibition that, if it is adopted, will permit the
manufacture of beer in Oregon and its sale
htrv. in original packages. We believe that
this matter will arouse very general interest
throughout the state.
Our prohibition law has been in effect since
January 1 of this year, less than six months.
Unlike many similar laws it was drafted along
very liberal lines. It aimed to do two things:
First, to abolish the saloons, and, second, to
prevent the manufacture of alcoholic bever
ages in the state. It permitted the importa
tion of beer and liquor into the state for pri
vate use. The law was not aimed to be dras
tic; it was intended to be sane and reason
able, accepting some existing conditions
which could not well be altered. The aim
was to go only so far as the body of public
opinion went, so that enforcement of the law
would be backed by the sentiment of the state.
In this respect the framers of the law builded
wisely and well. Public sentiment is back of
the law; it heartily approves the abolishment
of saloons, and justifies it by the experiences
of the past five months since the law has been
operative.
We do not believe the people of the state
will stand for a modification of the funda
mentals of the law. Having adopted it by
such a great majority they will insist that it
be given a fair trial. "It has not yet been given
a fair trial, and any movement toward the
modification of its essential features will be
regarded as premature and calling, therefore,
for resentment at the polls in November. The
Telegram wants to make it clear at the very
outset its opposition to the measure and its
determination to do all in its power to uphold
the constitutional amendment as it stands..
Portland Telegram.
LANDS OPEN TO ENTRY
We acknowledge receipt this week of a cir
cular of information issued by the department
of the interior relative to the opening of lands
to settlement within the Colvillc Indian res
ervation, embracing 1,300,000 acres in North
eastern Washington. The tract is about 70
miles long east and west by 40 miles wide
north and south, the north boundary being
about 35 miles south of the Canadian line.
Exclusive of the 2,600 allotments made to
Indians and the lands classified as timber and
mineral, there will be about 350,000 acres sub
ject to homestead entry. Persons desiring
to make entry may present an application for
registration at Spokane, Wenatchee, Colvillc,
Wilbur, Republic or Omak, Wash., beginning
July 5 and ending July 22.
FARM WAGES IN DENMARK
The leading industry in Denmark is agri
culture, according to a United States consular
report from Copenhagen. The general aver
age in money payments to the workers dur
ing 1915 was $121 per annum to the men, and
$72 to the women. Hoard and lodging are
furnished bv the einplovers. These wages are
the highest ever paid in Denmark for farm
labor, and the year may be considered to have
been a banner one for wage earners living on
farms. During the last live years wages paid
to male and female farm workers have in
creased about 15 to 20 per cent, respectively.
Day farm laborers receive on an average 93
cents per day, and women 09 cents. These
figures are about 20 per cent higher than foe
years ago. The hours of labor are about ''.(
a dav during the spring and summer. In tin
fall, 9.9 hours are the rule, while in the winter
only S.l hours are demanded. As compared
with live years ago. the day's labor has been
shortened one-third of an hour.
1 -..j.muiiVVVV
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
LOWER TAXES NEXT YEAR
Judge 1 1 nt tan. who was elected under the
recall, is pledged to conduct an economical
administration, and those who know him best
are satisfied that he will, to the best of his
endeavor, comply with the wishes of the peo
ple '1 he platlorm under which he was elected
favors good roads, a uniform system of road
building under the direction of a competent
road builder.
Favors a small general road levy, to be
economically expended under the supervision
of the county court, and favors the present
law which provides that any road district may
levy sueli tax as the district may desire, not
to exceed 10 mills.
Opposed to the county court exercising the
P -wer of making high general levies and arbi
trarily distributing the same on roads, for the
reason that it takes the power out of the
hands of the people.
It favors appointing road supervisors who
are petitioned for by the residents of their
respective road districts.
Is opposed to excessive cost of engineering
and overhead expenses, which means that the
office of highway engineer should be abol
ished and the elimination of numerous super
visors at work in the same district. However,
it will require some little time before these
reforms can be brought about.
It is opposed to importing outside bosses
and labor to build roads when better material
is available at home. This plank should cer
tainly meet with universal approval.
It favors national or state aid for the com
pletion of the Columbia highway, which is
largely beneficial to the city of Portland, the
state and the nation.
The deepest May snow in the remembrance
of pioneers of the Hood River valley now lies
in the forests around Lost lake, and Upper
Valley sportsmen who had planned on early
fishing trips to the lake have been turned back
by the snow banks. Angus McDonald, who
has been with a party of engineers surveying
;. proposed logging road of the Oregon Lum
ber Company on the west fork of Hood river,
returned here after an effort to reach the lake.
Governor Withycombe has accepted the
resignation of Clyde li. Ailchison as a mem
ber of the state public service commission and
:.imounced that on June 1 he will appoint II.
II. Corey to succeed Aitchison, who resigned
to accept a position as solicitor to represent
the National Association of Public Service
Commissioners before the interstate - com
merce commission, while the work of com
piling the valuations of the railroads of the
Uiii.c.d States is in progress.
Progressive farmers and live stock men
those with a vision are much concerned over
the high price of cattle, hogs and sheep. It
is pretty generally conceded by everybody
that prices have about reached the danger
mark and if they are to go much higher peo
ple will be forced to curtail their meat diet
to a marked -extent. Once the people of a
nation go on a short diet of meat, this con
dition becomes more or less of a habit, so that
after the return of live stock to a lower level
people are very slow to resume their former
diet of meat. Most people know that it is
necessary that meat supplies a good share of
their food and that under no circumstances
can vegetables and cereal foods take its place.
However, once they have gone on a vege
tarian diet their return to meats will be very
slow. Strange as it may seem to many, the
farmer himself is most vitally interested in
this proposition and he should feel that the
soaring of prices in livestock would result in
tli2 long run to his disadvantage. 'A few peo
ple will scoff at this warning; many, however,
who look t lie situation squarely in the face
will know that it is timely. Livestock Re
porter. ;
THE OFFICE TOWEL
When I think of the towel,
Tlio old-fashioned towel,
That used to hang up hy the printing-house door,
I think that nobody
In these days of shoddy
Can hammer iron to wear as It wore.
The tr:imp, who abused it,
The devil, who used it.
The makeup and foreman, the editor too (poor man),
Each ruhhed somo grimo off
While they put a heap on.
In, over and under,
'Twas blacker than thunder,
'Twas harder than poverty, rougher than nin;
From the roller suspended.
It never was hended,
And it flapped on the door like a banner of tin.
It gre thicker and rougher
Harder and tougher,
And daily put on an inkier hue.
Till one windy morning,
Without uny warning,
It fe'.l on the floor and was broken in two.
Dob Jturdeito.
. - . .. A fl .A. 4
liiKlivd Mr deficiencies ill oili-r In ;
stliutioiis. tlie Oi.-.om insane asylum
will return $10,000 of Its i ilot. n
nnco mud as unexpended.
i Mocllord vot.'d JIIOO.ODO bonds to
'; start .construction or district l'
i railway.
Warrcnton Clay Products '
building railroad to clay pits. ,
I Hoasldn opens bids Juno :l on -.-'
000 union hlfch school.
, Wasco will vote on liO.uuo coun
ty road bonds.
Newport -Work starts on potash
factory Juno 1. '
lleppner to have large ice storage
1 plant.
; fanby votes J1S.000 for water
system.
I liosohurg Limestone iUarrlcs
! employ :!0 men.
Albany $-0,000 loganberry plant
;iK..mvd and machinery ordered.
Portland. May :tl Conference or
loganberry growots to standardize
product!! of Industry.
St. Johns now quaffs Hull Itun
water.
Crown-Columbia paper mills In
civ.ise wages $100. of a year.
( berry drove gels big sawmill.
! County road front Oregon City to
Clackamas bridge being Imrd-sur-I'ucrd.
i lluildings secured for Kugeue flax
WCI li:'.
i West l.lnn votes $4,000 for roads.
I Peninsula Shipbuilding Co. has
contracts for five vessels.
N'ewhcig gets a large fruit vinegar
: factory.
1 Prosperity, population and payrolls
Is tho slogan at Hoseburg.
i Progressive Coos county carried a
i big bond Issue for good roads,
, Ksturadu to have modern cannery
employing r. 0 to 100 people.
Ontario Nitrate beds of Malheur
1 county to be developed on a large
! xcnle.
; Toledo gets a new business bulld
; lag.
i Maker Chicago-Virtue mine will
start mills on June 1.
Portland special privilege faddist
I boosting municipal olf links.
Sab in Suit brought to enjoin pur
i ciia:.e of $6,001) municipal paving
! plant.
j Portland Another meat Inspector
! with auto to ho ailded to city force.
North llend - lluehner I. umber Co.
j to open logging camp nt Ten Mile.
! (Jreen. Douglas county, to have
new school.
Ilermlston to have $5,000 library.
The outcome of the State Taxpay
ers' League movement will be a tax
: limitation law anil a debt limitation
: law.
Myrtle Polnt-$14,r.:ifi Hewtr con
; tract let to Kdward Sandherg, Ore
gon City.
The slate department of weights
and measures has Issued orders to
slop all sale of Hood Ulver slruw
. berries not up to legal requirements.
; The Dalles Tho National Fruit
: Cleaner and (irader Company will
build n plant and commence manu
facturing their machines within the
I next-ill) days. The company has just
received its fill:li ,KltolltH fr()m VVaif)l.
! nlglon after several years of lli,.a
tion. The company wll Increase Its
; capital from $ 10,000 t $250,000.
H will employ from 50 t irl0 skilled
mechanics nnd will have a market
;for Us product all the year round.
, Seven different eompnnlcH were mak
i Ing these machines Und ell of them
, were infringing on tho patents of the
Oregon company. They a,o ,m
eliminated and tho local company ha
I tho field to Itself. Machinery Is be.
!lng ordered for the plant. In this city
l "d the factory will he modern In
, every ,e,pecl. T, ,. iin. ,,
vance orders for 600 machines
wM-PFUNDEWS J,
V OREGON
T
I BUILDINGCHAHACTEH
j Character may win a reputation,
":,,u'"l(l ''n never build rhnr-
aeter. The deeds we commit In this
life are the things that make w,ut
we tiro nnd not what others lh( wr
a i .1.
Kvll deeds lhl,Khlll Rll1
by continuance, and ,,,, f.l(.
wmi "T l',n r""(l 10 "("'ctlon.
While, if wo Hml(, thlllk iim)
Rood thlngrt we would gain )0Wnr
! ,?f ', n'ra' '"! Inevitably
' tho foundation of true ethical
character.
When wo have a good thought, do
not defer or neglect It, else vi
- take Its ,d,,(;o. (() ;
deeds wo acini , .
"M ill llIIDlt Hit 1
esBontlul to good churncter, j
y practice toward some deflmt,.
nd, we acquire perfection along tllut
no; iuh with good deeds; 0nco"Ho, -tl.ey
Imvo a tendency to react I,. Ul0i
samo channel.
IllllldlllR Chnrnntnr I.. III.. ... 1
" roiling i
atoll; once In motion we mum stop
" ' ' " ,0" " m the oppo.
i-lto direction. Put good thoug
Into action nnd ti,,,u ,.i...,. .,
,. , . -""CR mo ev
thought and overpower thorn K,,., '
l"Klll Will ft(,l ,
mentum to the ethical power.-Har !
old McClollan, Frueport, Ohio.
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ST HELENS
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
I?. A. ROSS
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
LICI.NM.D EMSaimi.
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Bunk Building
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POULTRY
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ST. HELENS MARKET
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DR. C..H. WADH
PHYSICIAN AND SynGt0
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PHYSICIAN A iJvC0
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DR EDWIN ROSS
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
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St. Helens Oregon
T. S WHITE
FUNERAL O.,tCJ0
LIOH-Kb Ktill tl.MIK
Iloultoii
Oregoi;
Itriug )ou Mutch to u for -M-rt
reiuilrlng
Complete Line of Jewelry ,
Novelties Silverware i
si:i: in it i.i nk or Hamilton
vat iii;s
VON A. GRAY. Jeweler
and Marble
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DR. ALFRED J. PEEL
PHYSICIAN A SUKCE0H
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J Having made arrangements
with a large I'ortland manu-
facturer of tombstones nnd
J monuments, I mil prepared to
cell a nd set up anything wanted
In this line, f,om the cheapest
to the best; also Itowers for
fuiier.ib; on short notice.
T. s. wiin i ;
l iiderlaker ami l iiibalmer
DR. H. R. CLIFF
PHYSICIAN SURQE0N
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M. E. MILLER
ATTORNEY A1 LAW
St. Helens - Ortp"
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Portland, Oregon
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ST. HELENS, OREGON,
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