Issued Every Friday by
THE MIST PrilLlSHIXO IXMPAXY
S. L. MOOHHEAD Editor
S. C. MORTON Manager
Entered as second-class matter
January 10th, 1912, at the Postofflca
at St. Helens, Oregon, under the act
of March 3rd, 1879.
SlllSCKIPTIOX RATES
One Year $l.AO
Six Months 75
Advertising rates made known on
application.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
A NEEDED SERVICE
Glancing at the last telephone di
rectory of St. Helens and vicinity it
will be noted that there are almost
three huullred telephone subscribers.
The office hours of the local office
tare from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m., during
which time the service is very good,
in fact there is a marked Improve
ment over the past two months. The
office closes at 10 p. m. and is closed
until 6 a. m., during which time the
phone subscriber has no telephone
(service. St. Helens Is largo enough
and of sufficient commercial import
ance to have a 24-hour telephone
service. It would be very luconvenl
ent for some sick person in need of
a physician's services to wait eight
long hours before getting Into com
munication with the doctor. It might
also be inconvenient for some motor
ist with a broken down chug wagon
to wait on the road all night before
getting into telephone communica
tion with the several garages here.
In fact, this eight hours
durins which we have no
service might be and probably is,
very inconvenient in hundreds of
instances. The telephone was estab
lished because it was a necessity, and
while sixteen hours of service is bet
ter than none, a twenty-four hour
service is what St. Helens is entitled
to, and that service should be de
manded. If you cannot use your
telephone when it Is most needed,
then the service ceases to be a ser
vice. While the Pacific States peo
ple are making many improvements
in their lines and equipment, it might
be well for them to look into this
little matter of their subscribers in
St. Helens going without service one-
third of each twenty-four hours.
HIS DREAM OF AMERICA
My dream of America is America
represented in public office by its
best men, working entirely for the
good of the republic and according
to the laws and ordinances estab
lished by the people for the govern'
ment of their conduct, and not for
personal or political desires and am
bitions America working her Instl
tutions as they were intended to be
worked, with men whose sole object
shall be to secure the end for which
the offices were designed. Charles
E. Hughes.
Here is-a declaration of political
independence to which every real
patriotic citizen may with enthusl
asm subscribe.
If the United States were served in
Washington in accordance with this
ideal or service, there would be an
end of partisan trimming to catch
the breeze of temporary popular fa
vor, of party and personal dema-
goglsm, of pork distribution to help
congressmen make sure their own
reelection, of vacillating opportun
ism in high place.
Mr. Hughes has never sought of
fice nor evaded the call when It
camo.
He did not seek tno direction of
the insuranco investigation in New
York, but having accented the re
sponsibility, he carried It through to
tho most fruitful results.
Ho did not seek to bo governor of
Now York, but having been called to
that post by tho people he adminis
tered it wholly for their benefit,
without thought of self or party.
He did not seek place on tho su
preme bench, but, appointed to It, he
devoted his judicial temperament
and his fine legal mind to the best
service of which lie was capable.
And, finally, he did not seek to be
named for the presidency but kept
the ermine of his judicial office clean
of political mire. But the call came,
loud, clear, unmistakable. Ho gave
heed to it, he cast aside his robes,
he entered the campaign with the
wholesome vigor and clear mind he
baa always shown.
Tt'REN'XES KILLED HV TEUTONS
Turenne, a University of Washing
ton student who went with the
"American Legion" to fight for the
allies, is the twenty-third member of
his family to Join the colors opposed
to the Teutons. The other twenty-
two members of the Turenne family
have all been killed or wounded. Of
the fifteen who went with the French
all wero killed or disabled. Six joined
the British. Of these, three were
killed and three were crippled for
life.
RURAIi CREDITS HILL
If tho proposed rural credits
amendment is enacted by the people
at tho next regular election, it will
go a long way toward relieving the
farmer of the burden of debt and the
ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1916 ,
... . .
excessive interest in commissions on 1
the $30,000,000 farm indebtedness
in this Etato. Tho average rate ofj
interest on this indebtedness is but
little under 9 '4 per cent. Under the
proposed bill the interest would be
5 per cent. To this would be added
one per cent to pay oft the principal
and nt the end of thirty-six years the
entire indebtedness would be wiped
out, the interest paid up and the
claim settled on a payment of but 6
per cent annually on the entire
amount borrowed. This would save
one-third the annual interest bill and
wipo out the debt in thirty-six years.
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
On-con Flux Fibre Co. making
AMERICA'S POET
Jmaes Whltcomb Hiley, America's
beloved poet, has answered the in
visible beckoning hand and gone to
join the immortals. His passing was,
as his life, peaceful and gentle. None
of us who have read Kiley's pure, up
lifting thoughts, expressed in his own
quaint way. but who think of him af
fectionately. Indiana claims him as
her son, but Aluerica claims him as
America's poet. When you read
Uiley's poems you immediately be
come interested and somehow Riley
slipped into the Innermost recesses
of your heart and stayed there. The
world is better off for having had
such a man as Riley, better off for
the pure, sweet thoughts he ex
pressed, and his memory will live for
generations to come.
MAKING NATURALIZATION
HARDER
All over the country tho courts
that have jurisdiction over the natur
alization of foreigners are using
greater caro and discrimination. One
judge in New York city recently
turned down nearly fifty applicants
out of 125, on the ground that they
were insufficiently informed. For
merly every man might hnve been
accepted.
Presumably those rejected aliens
will not Btay alien, but will get busy
und prepare themselves for passing
tho examination. Eventually they
may become excellent citizens.
One of the chief causes of the im
perfect Americanization of foreign
born citizens In recent years has been
that their citizenship was too lightly
and easily conferred. How could
they esteem as a great obligating
privilege a membership in our civic
organization that was given by
wholesale, with careless and perfunc
tory tests and unimpressive cere
monies? The harder a new comer
has to work for his franchise, the
more he will be fitted for it and the
higher he will prize it.
THE EDITOR'S RECORD
The editor died and went to heaven
But stood outside the gate
Because he hadn't the nerve to knock
And thought that he would wait
Till some other mortals came along;
He'd then see w hat they'd do,
And if they entered the pearly gate
He thought he might slip through.
He watched the vast procession pass
Lp to the portals wide,
While Peter told some they were up
too nign,
And others he took Inside.
The editor, weary of waiting so long,
Finally got in line
To see If Peter would accept him then
Or would "with thanks" decline.
He heard the sweet voiced angels
sing,
His eyes filled to the brim,
He shivered and shook with agony,
Knowing his chances slim.
"Aha!" said Peter. "An editor here?"
(He laughed with pure delight.)
"Why, certainly you may come right
In,
For all you did was write."
Coopersville Observer.
DO YOU KNOW THAT
It's worry, not work, which short
ens life? A cold bath every morning
is the best complexion remedy? Poor
health is expensive? The United
States public health service has re
duced malaria 60 per cent in some
localities? Tho death rate from ty
phoid fever in tho United States has
been cut In half since 1900? Pneu
monia kills over 120,000 Americans
each year? Flyloss town has few fu
nerals? The well that drains the
cesspool Is the cup of death?
When you and I were young, Mag
gie, there was a saying when the old
family horse died that it had gone
to horso heaven. Nearly a million
horses have gono from the United
States to the battlefields of Europe.
And ere this there must bo a vast
Increase In tho volume of the heav
enly chorus.
A basebull player sold the other
day for $25,500, while a congressman
is worth only $7,500. Kalama Ilul
lotin. You have It wrong, neighbor. The
ball player was wirth the money,
while the amount mentioned Is what
the congressman received, not what
ho Is worth.
Somo of the Kansas and Missouri
towns are agitating tho removal of
the hitching M:ks. Somo of the
younger generation may not know
what a hitching rack was used for.
In tho olden times, children, farmers
went to town in a conveyance drawn
by horses. Tho hitching rack was
used to tie the horses to.
rtroui of Portland; Archie A. or i or
dovtt. Alaska; Claude. '. of Aloha.
Wash.: Mrs. Susie Has of Portland;
Philip I Dewey '' Ill,rr' of S,al'
poose; ali-o seven grandchildren ami
five great grandchildren ; two sisters,
Mrs. It. J. Erukes of Si-nppoose und
Mrs. Harry Killers of uio, ure., n...
tests on cost of production. Stale
prison force of 100 camped In field
pulling nu. i ............... , ....r of Kalama
M.Minnvl.lo has let contract for , ",.,..
concrete liaso j " "" ."
j ada.
Mr. Clmilnger was n charter ineiu
i lier of Odd Fellow lodgn No. H".
Funeral services wero conducted
will spend $:100.000 re- j from tho ('nngregiitloiial church on
Come In
The water's fine at
North Beach
Queen of North Pacific Resorts
Ocean anil weal her are just lihl at this
v of All I'ai-ifu- Northwest heaehes.
GO NOW! We will he Kla.l to help von
lilan the trip. Ask for the New I'oliler
.leseril.inj; NOUIIl HK.U'II. It's free.
fivo miles of paving
with bltulithic top.
Oiegon-Washington hops promise
I . ...... .i
Mt. Hood loop highway promised! "hid! was organized twenty-four
lonn mm tr.n r.vi-Kutrv il imsirt ill en t i years ago.
this ear.
S. P. Co
i.,.ii.ii,.,t .r..u i,..t U-....H tsnthi-rllii mid I Sunday afternoon. Tho Odd Fellow
IJivIiIo. I lodge of St. Helens conducted the
Klamath Fulls gets additional pas-' services. Itev. Snyder of West St.
senger train service from Weed. j Helens delivered a beautiful und
llukor und I! rant unlto to build j comforting sermon. At Fulrvlew
inter-county highway over Dixie ' cemetery the gruvo was surrounded
mountain. j
Ontario Stuto officials havo In- Q yyYTT
spotted drainago plans to reclaim 50,-
000 acres or Mainour lake.
Medford Stuto Press Association:
meets hero August 4-0. i
Astoria Council votes hard stir-1
face for several more streets. Pacific
Power & Light Co. to ho given new
franchise.
Astoria Iron works to ho re
established if people furnish two
third:: cnpitul.
S. P. Co. advances 3,000 common
laborers on Pacific division from
$1.75 to $2 per day.
Astoria reports record breaking
salmon run. May be heuvlrat in the
liver's history.
Corvallls Fischer Flour Mills
sells 2,000 barrels flour over long
distance phone to Milford, Tenn.
Development work under way on
nitrate properties in Luke and Har
ney counties.
McMiunville Company formed to
prospect oil field near here.
Grants Puss Queen of llronzo
mine increasing output. ,
North llend 1,600,000 feet of ce
dar ties shipped last GO days.
Crane At this terminus 1,800 peo
ple celebrated coming of railroad.
Roseburg shipping carload of cop
ier ore for tost In Tr.coiua smelters.
Wasco, Grunt and Wheeler coun
ties plan new highway to Idaho Hue.
Nearly 40,000 of wool have been
pooled by the I. a no county tanners.
Union Pacific buying 2,500,000
feet fir lumber for cur equipment.
New roud proposed from Eugene
to Klumath via Crater lake.
Pleasant Valley Grunt rock quar
lies opened with crew of seven men
io furnish rock for new linker school
Independence Vulley & Siletz It.
U. being rushed and will tup rich
timber belt by full.
Willamina lias loganberry juice
plant.
Portland Chamber of Commerce
endorses amendment whereby east
ern Oregon Is to receive $200,000 for
experimental well drilling.
Salem Stuto engineer Issues per
mits last quarter to Irrigate 7,610
acres.
' St. Johns About 400 men put to
work ut the plants of the Peninsula
Lumber Company and tho new ship
yard connected therewith.
Hundon llundon Reach Creumery
Is under new management and is do
ing rushing business.
Coquille Coquillo Valley Cream
ery Co. rebuilding. Work under wuy
on court house annex.
Chicago, .Milwaukee. & St. Puul R.
R. lets contruct for 1,100 box curs
requiring 5,000 feet of Douglas fir
at a cost of over $1,000,000.
Coust lumber Interests announce
he immediute orguulzutlon of nn
open Bhop stevedoring company to
operate In all tho ports of the l'u
eiflo coust.
Roseburg Seven thousand yards
of gravel wil be placed on the notori
ous Pass Creek cunyon roud by Doug
las county, covorlng nearly seven
miles.
Oregon City Work started on
new 5,000,000 gallon reservoir.
Eugene Chamber of Commerce Is
sending out suniples of Lune county
flax to linen users of Eurotm for tin.
purpose of comparison with the Euro
pean product.
Oregon City Paving under way
on Milwaukee Hell wood road.
Iitf all UIIIIHUHIiy HUH" !
who gave tho ritual services in a very
linproKxIvo manniir. Miss Mary Kw
lug iiikI Mm. Molculf of KruppiHme,
wero the only Itebekuh ladles pres
ent und they Jollied In tho sorvlcim.
At the close, "Nearer, My God, to
Tli..,," wits kuiik by tho lodge so
lieautlfully that tho largo concourse
of friends were hushed to perfect
.dlenco und a feeling of ttWO per
inoiitoil their very souls. Tho gruvti
wus covered with a muss of blooms
which filled Dm nlr with tholr frag
rance und breathed loving thoughts
of the llfo of tho form they covered.
Mr. Clonlnger possiMsed it gener
ous disposition und wus at ull lltnoH
ho cheerful und kind In nature Hint
he won the heurtn of ull tho children.
Having spent ull bis llfo among us,
tin comniiinliy Join" l "XlendlnR
sympathy to the bereaved.
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PROFESSIONAL eg
H. A. Ross
FUNERAL DIKCCTOR
Bank Building
Bunnm Plum, 21
5
At
4 Fares, tickets, reservations and
lull information upon applica
tion to
4 (ienenil Pnisenger Agent,
1 PORTLAND
O-W. R. R. & N. CO.
i UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM
4 ASK YOUR GROCER FOR
ST. HELENS BRAND
A HOME PRODUCT
CANNED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
WE BUY CHERRIES, PRUNES, PLUMS. BLACK
BERRIES, RHUBARB, BARTLETT PEARS AND
CABBAGE TO BE CANNED HERE IN THE CAN
NERY. THOSE WHO HAVE ANY OF THE
ABOVE NAMED WE WOULD BE GLAD TO
HAVE THEM COME TO THE CANNERY AND
GET A CONTRACT FOR THE SAME
WE ALSO BUY POTATOES IN QUANTITIES.
ALL KINDS or VKUKTAIH.K I'l.tVTu i.v.u u.i ...
COLUMBIA RIVER CANNING AND PRODUCE COMPANY
NOTICE
Notice Is hereby gv,. tint t10
tounty Itoudmuster has filed In this
office his eer.:f!ente of completion of
the Improvement of the E. J. Smith
Itoad, under iln contruct with
Ocorgo V. Grant.
All protests against tho norept
ance of this contract must be filed in
the offlco of tin County Cle-k with
hi two weeks from .ho date of the
first publication h-jreof.
i'',t0 of 'Irst publication July 2 1st
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A. K. HARNETT,
County Clerk.
THOS. A. CLONINGER
Thomas A. Clonlnger was born
May 22, 1850, at Scappoose, died
July 20, 1910. He was the son or
David A. and Susan R. Clonlnger.
Ho entered this life and also passed
out of this llfo at the present family
residence, which Is a purt of his par
ents' donation land claim. Tho par
ents crossed tho plains In 188.
In 1871 Mr. ClonJngor was mar.'
lied to Mary Wood.
1S91, Three girls and four boys!
living, and one girl and two bovs d-!
ceased, was tho result of this mar-
i luge. He was later married to Cor
delia St. Clair, to whom ono girl and
throo boys wero hnrn. Tho ,i.i
ml elovon child ren mirvl va
w, ii i n.
Mlnti Murray of Portlund; Thomas
iJ. of McCarthy, Alaska; Wm. J. 0f
Lcn Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Molly Allen
of Hnn Kranclsco; Mrs. Pcurl Sund-
UNCLAIMED LETTERS
Letters nnclulmed ut the St. i.
ens, Oregon, of rice for the week end
ing July 22, 1918.
Mrs. II. Clayton (3), Mrs. Tom
router, Mrs. Ada llumllton, R. Ham
ilton, Ceo. Kalunl, Mlllean Patau
Don Sellard, Sutton.
'-ettors unclaimed by August G
will bo smit to division of dead Id
lers. IVA E. DODI), Pnstnuu.ter.
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