ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1917
Issued Every Friday ly
THE MIST riBUSHIXO COMPANY
S. C. MORTON . . Editor and Manager
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Entered as second-class matter,
January 10th. 1912. at the Postofllce
at St. Helens. Oregon, under the actjod of helping the soldier boys.
of March 3rd, 1879.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPF.U
"I pledge allegianco to my Flag,
and to the Republic for which it
stands, one Nation indivisible, with
Liberty and Justice for All."
REVIEW MAX HAS LAPSE OF
MEMORY
Through its organization. Rainier
carried off first honors in both the
Liberty Bond and Red CroBs drive.
It may be possible that if the same
organization will take hold of things
in the coming election, Rainier can
get some recogntion when it comes
to passng out county offices. The
old idea that has prevailed in Colum
bia county for the past several years
to the effect that a man must be a
St. Helenslte, dyed in the wool and
a permanent fixture of the tight little
place up the river should pass into
history along with certain politicians
that have passed their stage of use
fulness and efficiency towards at
tending to the county's affairs.
Rainier Review.
When our esteemed contemporary
wrote the above article his memory
wasn't working well, or he didn't
take the trouble to look up the rec
ords or else he wilfully made a mis
representation. We are surprised
that one who has been a resident of
Rainier for many years could so
easily forget the many good citizens
of his own town who have served the
county and state in official capacities.
Even during our eight residence in
the county wo recall the names of
prominent Rainlerites who held coun
ty offices and by looking through
some of the records at the court
house we find there were many more
whose names wa didn't recall. For
Instance, that respected pioneer Dean
Blanchard served as judge three
terms; Joe Doan wr.s judge for two
terms; Chas. Doan was assessor for
three terms, and Henry Doan for one
term. The records show that Chas.
Doan was sheriff, and that Martin
Both was representative in the lower
house. The present county clerk, A.
F. Barnett, wr.3 a Rainier man. He
was deputy clerk for two terms and
has been clerk two terms, and al
though he was a Rainier man we be
lieve the records will show thr.t Rain
ier gave his political rival the long
end in one election. We think that
a certificate of election was given J.
H. Collins, who then lived in Rain
ier, and ho represented tho county
in the lower house. Then, if the
records are coirect, it appears that
J. B. Wilkerson and J. H. Collins,
both residents of Rainier, held the
office of county school superinten
dent. If wo remember correctly,
many of the court proceedings which
the Review published were signed
by A. L. Clark, as county Judge, and
passing on down the line wo find that
another good citizen of Rainier was
district attorney, Mr Cooper, and
Frank Sherwood was elected coroner.
How the Review could so easily for
get all of theso men from Rainier is
a mystery. It is really a hard "Nutt
to crack.
Some people who read the article
say that what Brother Nutt wanted
was to start something for some
Rainier man, and the Mist wants to
assuro the Review that it will heart
ily support a Ralnlerite if he is a
member of those progressve "organ
izations which carried off first hon
ors" in the Red Cross and Liberty
Loan drives. Tho members of both
of theso organizations are to be con
gratulated for the good work they
rir. They brought credit to the city
of Rainier and to the state and we
are proud of them. Perhaps next
week the Review will openly say
what candidate they wish put for
ward, but thoso who have served in
the past and served well should not
hi entirely forgotten.
Tho Mist takes exception to the
Review's reference to St. Helens of
"the tight little place" etc. St. Hel
ens gave her quota on Red Cross,
y. M. C. A. and Liberty Lonns, and
St. Helens stands ready to again re
spond to the call of patriotism.
We do not believe that the good
people of Rainier share in the senti
ment expressed by the pr.per pub
llahd in their city, even if the Review
is narrow enough to entertain such
centiment, and ouch sentiments do!
ont tend to create a more friendly
feeling between the two towns.
boxes which the Honor Guard girls
havo placed to receive such donations
as a generous public wishes to con
tribute for tho purchase of little
necessities and luxuries for tho boy
In tho trenches and thoso in training.
This noble example of Amertcau citi
zenship (we say citizenship because
he is a citizen so fur as having a citi
zen's privileges) did not hesitate to
express his disapproval of this moth
He
maintains that the government fur
nishes them a place to sleep, clothes
to wear and three meals per day,
and then in addition to this gives
them $1 per day "and that ought to
he plenty." This man, who hlniBelf
was called in the first draft and wax
exempted on account of dependents,
thinks board, clothes and $1 per day
is sufficient for tho men who took
his place and will go forth to defend
him and his home. This patriotic
man lives near St. Helens and we are
mentioned this fact simply to hrlng
to our readers' attention that lille
there are millions of people living
in America not all of them are Amer
icans and it is well for us to know
just whom wo can look to for assist
ance in this hour of tho nation's
peril.
tlons condemning the I. W. W., while
the latter organization brackets the
labor unions and Wall Street as its
greatest enemies.
GETTING NEARER HOME
"Three American soldiers killed,
five wounded and twelve captured."
This is tho tragic message that
comes from the battlefiolds of France
and carriees sorrow into many Amer
ican homes. It Is only a short sen
tence, but it speaks volumes; It
means that the boys wearing khaki
and fighting under the Stnrs and
Stripes have met the enemy; that
tho lives of some have been snuffed
out; some have been wounded and
others have been captured and are
now in the prison camps of the Huns
The message means that somewhere
in America mothers, wives, sisters
and brothers are mourning for those
lost "somewhere in France." This
is only the first message, for
as the days go by and our boys meet
the common enemy more casualties
will be recorded, more homes will be
in sorrow for tho boys who will never
return. But wo aro in a war with
a nation whose desire is the conquest
of the world, a nation whose ruler is
drunk with the blood of combatants
and non-combatants. We must ex
pect heavy losses before humanity
conquers lust and we must pay the
price. And, whilo our soldiers are
paying the price, aro we contribut
ing our share? We at home can and
must do our share. We can make
pcraonal sacrifices so that our sol
diers abroad may have more com
forts. We can economize in the con
sumption of foodstuffs so that our
soldiers and our allies may havo the
best; we can preach and practico pa
triotism and thus help our govern
ment In the conduct of and tho suc
cessful termination of this war, and
a novo all wo can and must bo true
Americans, ready and willing to
mako sacrifices for those who are at
the front defending us. We must do
these things; tho challenge has been
hurled at us and we have accepted
it. Wo must conquer or as a nation
dlo. Take your choice.
IH)X'T LOSE Vdlll 1IEAO
Taxes In Ureal Britain uro heavier
than thoy aro with us, yet business
over there Is prospering more than
in tho nuat, according to the reports
that reach us. In Canada, despite
the great increase In tho tax rate,
deposits in savings bnnks have in
creased enormously.
Just as soon as wealth in our conn
try accustoms Itself to tho conditions
of war it will awake to Had It has
suffered a needless fright. Then the
values of securities, which havo been
did. They brought credit to the city (
ho assured tho passengers there
would bo no doubt but what the Uma
tilla would wait until noon tho next
dry, and we would catch It all right.
Tho soldier was a lino young fellow,
and ho was Bl'niply dying to talk. He
Joined us at lunch and stated that It
was boats getting stuck on tho bar
that kept him from forgetting tho
English language, and ho later con
fessed to mo that ho greatly rojoleeil
when a boat stranded, for ho could
conio abourd, eat somebody elso's
cooking, get some imiKiifclnea and talk
to his kind. I was much Interested In
tho young fellow and the life ho led
and wo had quite a long talk, when
he said he must go bark, and he
ruthlessly sacrificed, will recover I urged mo to go with him. I refused,
their equilibrium, for with us no j muing him 1 could not iuIkh tho boat,
wealth has been destroyed; rather j Then he confessed to me wo would
has It increased in a considerable de-lmvor may0 u. "No chance now and
gree. As in the years Hint followed ! i positively know It," ho said. "The
former financial crises, wealth will i mut Taylor knows you aro on the
look back upon its fevorhth anxiety, ! tir. tho Umatilla will leave, hut there ;
wondering why It permitted Itself to j a no K0Od in throwing cold water on
lose its head. Flnanclul World. 't1H pus-ion gers. Let 'em hope."
' ! Ho argued that we would have to
Commissioner Harvey claims wowu,t n, a W6p , st M1,,m(ll
did him an injustice In our reference nm, h(J wmU, b(J ,
to him last week. Mr. Harvey y.;w,H,k , oy(,r ,
the interests of the whole county aro ; ..(,(mH (U(WH t(J , wh m,
ills interests nnu his pust and
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Sold on easy terms
Hupmobile Service Station
Keep a Full Line of Firestone Tires
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ST. HELENS HOTEL
E. A. HOTOKH, Prop.
SABOTAGE AM) LABOR UNIONS
It is important that ell Americans
at this juncture, understand the dif
ference between the genuine labor
union and other organizations that
at tho present time are making much
trouble in this country, especially in
the west. The average newspaper
reader rather hazily regards the I.
W. W. as something in the nature of
a labor union. Such a conception
does an organization like the Ameri
can Federation ot Labor a groat In
justice. The I. W. W. is not engaged
In tho campaign which we mainly
associate with workmen's combina
tions. It Is not seeking to improve
the conditions of workmen, to ob
tainhigher wages and better working
conditions, or to bring about changes
in our industrial system in the Inter
ests of the working class. The so
called International Workers have
one aim and one aim only the utter
destruction of the existing political
r.nd economic order. They are not
engaging in strikes. Their one activ
ity is the wanton destruction of prop
erty. They smash machinery, flood
mines, burn wheat, destroy fruit,
dynamite reservoirs and aqueducts,
and tie up railroads. Probably mo"st
people believe that they commit these
depredations in order to bring em
ployers to terms. Not at all. The
employers cannot purchase immunity
by paying high wages, reducing hours
or making easier working conditions.
Tho International Workers are solely
engaged In a continuous attempt to
destroy all physical evidences of an
economic order which they regard as
Iniquitous.
It is not the purpose here to enter
into the scatter-brain philosophy that
Inspires the reign of terror that pre
vails in certain western states, but
merely to disabuse the public mind
of any idea that thlsls a labor union
movement. Such an lmnrcsslnn l
UNPATRIOTIC unlust. enneelnllv . om ,i... .i.
A resident of Columbia county was ia,or unions, for the lareer nart are!
in St. Helena several days ago and . rendering loyal service to their coun-i
in calling at the various business! try. The American Federation of'
houses noticed the little contribution liLabor has frequently passed reaolu-l
future
actions will beer out his statement. ,
If we were misinformed, then wei
has'en to apologize to Mr. Harvey, I
for it is not the Inetntion of the Mist
to misrepresent anyone. Tho Mist :
advocated tho election of .Mr. Harvey
because we knew him to he a cap
able business man to whom, we'
thought, the huslncr.s of the county
might safely ho entrusted, and we
islnceroly hope that wo made no mis
take in our advocacy of his candi
dacy. .
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In addition to the "help win the
war" spirit which has been largely
brought about by the sule of Liberty
bonds another good result has been
accomplished the money-saving
habit among many who havo hereto
fore saved little or nothing from their
earnings.
and stay three or four days. I will
tako you down In a sail boat In plenty
of time. Wo havo plenty to eat and
there is flno duck hunting," he plead
ed. Sixty miles In n little sail host
.n tho open sea In the iiIkM time
didn't look good to me, and I flatty
refused, and then ho begged mo to
go down with him for the night. We ;
got In tho row boat ami set off. For ,
about tlireo-quarters of an hour I sut
with my rain roat over my head to;
keep off tho swarms of mosquitoes
Wo arrived nt the station and he!
told me to go in and go to bed. Il
had something to see to and would
be In shortly. I opened tho door, and
in uie turn iigiu i saw iwu miners iy-1
lug on tho floor with a big wolf dog '
between them. They had come In ' -
after the soldier hnd left the station. AAAAAAAAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUi
Tho blankets Binelled like a glue ;
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American anil Europrau Plan
All lliWMMt Call at Hold
f.Yerjiiiing Modern Hiram Healing" Plant
Hot anil Cold Vatr In Room
Now that we havo tho second Lib
erty loan out of the wuy, let us turn
our attention for the tlmo bolng to
the needs of those noble institutions,
the Rod Cross and the Y. M. C. A.
A GREWSOME FIND
ON RIVER'S BANK
factory. I wondered if they hnd ever
been washed, and wondering, 1 fell
asleep. Early In the morning I was
awakened by tho miners getting up.
They rolled their blankets and went
on. Then tho operator. In another
room, nw' o and I could hear him
getting breakfast, and whilo ho was ,
at It I heard someone come In and
tho two men talking. i
The breakfast was good, fish, duck j
and pio. Pie for breakfast! The sol-;
dler had baked It, and It was good
Tho meal finished, he told mo an
Indian had come In with tho Informu-'
Hon that there wero three dead Eski
mos on the shore, a little way above.
Ho said they had eaten tho diseased
meat from a dead whalo and had been
poisoned, and tho natives would not
go near them. Ho wanted the white
man to bury them. So ho said the
duck shooting program would havo
to he changed to a funeral, and asked
if I would go nloiig. as It would lie
cheered them with assurances: "Sure .on our way to the boat,
we will make it. Tha Umatilla will Wo found tho place and tho dead
wait. Wo will get there In good a man and two squaws. Tho man
tlme . : lay between two logs, with poles laid
Tho "If" was "if" wo did not get across to keep tho anlmalB off. One
hung up on tho bar at the mouth of squaw was partially concealed in an
vuu river, wnere me i UKon empties empty gasoline tank and tho
mio uio ionn bound. was some llttlo distance
After leaving Marshall tho country a canoe turned over her.
(M. J. Brown)
If you pick up this paper Just bo
foro dinner, skip this article, until
lator on and read tho Boclety r.nd city !
news. Your meal will tasto better.
However, tho "Incident!;" r.ro a part
of what one gr.s In Alatka, and you
must havo them, even If they aro a
bit grewsomo.
Our three and a half days had al
ready lengthened to four and a half
and wo were yet far from St. Michael.
Tho pnssengers wcro fearful that we
would not catch tho ocean steamer to
Nome, but tho steamer officers
We Serve Only the Best
Our place has gained a reputation for serving the
best Meals and Lunches. Then, too, we handle Cigars,
Candies and Soft Drinks. Some morning try our Waf
fles; many people tell us they are very good.
MASON'S
A nice lunch at any time; prices reasonable.
other
way with
changes. Every few miles largo
streams would branch off from the
main river and find their way to the
tiering Sea, and the wonder to me!
was if there would he water enough '
In any of them to let our flotilla out
Into tho open sea. It was night when
we reached tho bar. Tho tide had
just gone out r.nd tho ono specula
tion was "would we make it?" We;
could see the buoys on either side of
tho narrow channel, four of them,'
auoui a quarter or a mlio apart. If.
we could pass them, then we hr.d the
open sea, 65 miles to St. Michael. j
Tho captain said the last trip down ;
the wheel throw up a lot of mud, but'
they just made it, and he thought
they would this time. The Indians
were on tho front barge with their!
sounding poles. They would call out!
the depth to a man on the barge and
he would sing It out to the pilot. I
"Seven and a half," he called out'
at the first buoy, and that was dead
safe, as the steamer and its family
of barges were flat-bottomed m,H
empty. "Seven, six and a half, six, I
five and a half," ho kept singing out, j
as we passed two more of the mark-'
ers. "we won't mako It," said a
minor to tho passengers who wero
crowded in tho front of the boat, still
and anxious. "Five, four and a half,
four, three and a half, throe," called
out the sounders, and the boat Just
moved. Then "Two and a half," mid
the steamer stopped. Tho stern wheel
kept churning away, throwing up
mud, but the boat did not move.
"Stuck, wait for the tide," that was
tho verdict, and the wait would be 12
hours. It was nearly midnight and
a few of us wero having a lunch when
a soldier came down and polncd us.
He was the wireless operator at Kot
llk, a little way down the rlvor. There
was no town thore, absolutely nothing
but tho wireless station, and this
young fellow lived alono thore. 8t.
Michael had wired him to 16cte our
boat and find out if it made the bar.
Liko all tho rest In the "con" game,
(Continued on i'ugo 6)
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