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'IV .: iK I' Ui; .,: sis jVj P P 'I-' m If m srr; Hi Issued Every Friday by THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPANY 0. D. HEILBOR.V. . . .Vice President and Manager. S. C. MORTON Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year fLBO.rouean neutrals. Six Months 78 wnt.,.,1 .BrnndrflHM matter. January 10th. 1912, at the Postofflcejsfve advances, while in other linei at St. Helens, Oregon, under the act of March 3rd, 1879 COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER "I pledge allegiance to my Flag, ! S-.0 la ",.C-r.,,CIl,.Ii!th.t coal in Sweden now sells at 100 Liborty and Justice for All." WEED THEM OUT Indictments have been returned by the federal grand jury at Sacra mento against 65 persons charged with conspiring with officers of the I. W. W. to hinder the execution of the laws of the United States In the j prosecution of the war, and some of rocketed in price. A single tire sold the accused have been brought to j for $40 tlieSre last October. trial. I "Tea in Sweden is $8 a pound. According to the statement of gov- Coffee is practically unobtainable, eminent officials, these persons were -voolen clothing has increased more all concerned in a broad plot of sys- than 200 per cent in price since the tematic sabotage, the plan being to beginning of the war. Chocolate sells destroy industries and shipping, anri,for 13 a pound; ham for $1 a pound. In fact do everything possible to in terfere with and hinder war prepar ations. It is said that the plotters had arranged to begin a systematic campaign to induce men to oppose the second draft under the conscrip-1 tion law. sential. Kerosene is practically un- The steps taken by the government 'obtainable, so the people have had to break up the gang of traltoYs whjjt0 depend largely upon candles. In for months have been interfering with war activities of the United States government, are commendable and should have been taken some time ago, when the attitude of the I. V. W. was first disclosed, when curbstone orators, parading under the cloak of pacifism, preached disloyalty in the open. The department of jus- tlce has given too much latitude der the constitutional guarantee of free speech. Now that the government has recognized the danger and has earn estly set about to counteract it, the public may hope to be relieved of the annoyance and baneful Influence of these traitors. ineir inais snouiniVBar vn nr nntHn f be speedy, and, if convicted, they should be given the maximum penal ties, not only as a punishment for their offenses but as a warning to other of their kind who may be in clined to attempt to thwart the na tional will. As the war progresses anu America oecomes more ueepiy in-i voivea in me actual ngnting, tne American people will not be Inclined ! 10 view iignuy me activities 01 mar . ....... ...... . 1- plots at home seeking to hinder and handicap the country and its pur poses. It Is far better to deal witn these I. W. W.'s and their sympa thizers legally now than to leave xnem to De punisnea ny tne righteous indignation of the people later, for loyal Americans will not tolerate; them. The lives of too many brave ' sailors and soldiers of this country are at stake to permit disloyal intri gues behind the lines. Many of our Columbia county boys are in the 1 front line trenches or at training camps awaiting the orders to entrain for France and fight for freedom, and those of us who are left behind and who these boys have gone forth to defend, must see that while their faces are to the enemy we must guard the rear. We must not have a traitor In our midst. To those mothers and fathers and to those friends who accompanied our boys to the station to wave them farewell as they responded to the call of the country, we say it is your duty both to your country and to your son or brother to do everything possible to aid the government in this war fori flee that the telephone company re righteousness. To put your stamp j fuses to make nny further extension of disapproval on any utterance of its line or Install new phones. The against the government and to assist I management, by way of excune, by self sacrifice and example the states that the government requires noble boys who are ready to make every bit of material available and the supreme sacrifice for you. It is for that reason the phone company a patriotic duty, more, it is the sac- will not do any new work Thl red privilege of American citizen- j 10 "8 mat tne government would la- WHV VF KFli ships I8"8 ln8tructlons to any concern to WHY WEALED SHII 8 , KaM construction work when General Pershing's message to h work e e America a few days ago to "make a'a good ,dea to brlnthlB t barge or ships that will reach to ; tentlon of the pube 8ervice ,1 . France" has a military sign flcance I j '., ., " h. u -....7J -r,. '8lon nnd certain the real reason American army in France is an ex peditlonary army. It must be fad and clothed and munitioned from home, as well as transported across the seas in the first place. And it is estimated that it will take five tons of shipping to supply each soldier in France. There Is every reason to believe that the peak of the submarine men ace is past and that hereafter the U- boat will be less and less effective, but nothing Is sure that la still in the future and any letting up in ship building effort in the United States is neither more nor less than giving aid to the kaiser. Ex. Prices of most commodities in this country have advanced because of the war, but probably less than in any other belligerent, or any of the Eu- Tlie strong hand of the government, Ir.'d on commerce and Industry, has prevented excea- of business the proprietors have ac cepted smaller profits .and thu3 paid a private war tax of which the gen eral public knows little. Many stand ard commodities ae still sold at pri ces prevailing before the war, and newsprper subscriptions are largely in that class. Some figures on conditions In Swe den are given in the oWrld's Work, as follows: "Sweden before the war used to Import about 5,000,000 tons of coal and coke a year. This supply, of course, has Ktonned. One result is a ton, and is difficult to obtain. Ir. Denmark, also, the coal shortage is acute. In Copenhagen's finest de partment store clerks wear big straw slippers and woolen blankets because there is not coal enough to keep the place properly heated. "Automobile tires are scarce in Denmark and consequently have sky- "Gasoline, likewise, is difficult to obtain, and the price of it ts prohibit ive last October t was $2 a gallon "The length of the mdwinter day in Sweden Is approximately four hours. Lighting, therefore, is an es- August, 1914, candles were 15 cents a pound, in January, 1917, 34 cents a pound, and last October, 58 cents a pound "The scarcity and consequent ab normal prices of motoring necessities tires and gasoline, for exampl have necessarily affected the use of plensure cars. Recently there were un-;0niy 17 taxicabs operating in Stock holm." WORDS OK ENCOURAGEMENT Goble, Ore., Feb. 19, 191S. St. Helens Mist. Enclosed find check covering sub- 8cription to the Mist for the ensuing per and it certainly deserves our sup port, and don't forget we appreciate your efforts very much. Yours respectfully, JAMES KENNEDY. (Thanks, Mr. Kennedy. We are trying to make of the Mist a good county newspaper, and such letters as yours encourage ua t0 greater efforts Ed ) make still The public service commission has conducted an inquiry as to the recent raise In telephone rates. Very few people knew anything about the con templated raise until it was time to pay the phone bill. Of course the increase doesn't amount to much only about 30 to 40 per cent. For Instance, formerly you Daid 25 cents tor a three-minute conversation to Portland, or the minimum, rate wa? 25 cents. Now the only difference is that the company figures on what It calls an "aerial" rate. It says the meaning of this Is that the straight est air line between two given points is "aerial," but to the phone user it means sky high. The cost per min ute under the new rate is 20 cents war tax included, and for each addi tional minute 10 cents, so it now costs 40 cents to use the phone three minutes, as against 25 cents under the old rate. Rates to other places are proportionately increased, and to our notion this is the real meaning or "aerial." Complr.lnt comes to the Mist of- might be true, but It does not r.ppear jior the company s refusal to accom modate the would-be subscriber. The least you can do: Keep Monday end Wednesday wheatless. One wheatless meal a day. Tuesday meatless. Tuesday and Saturday porkless. Make every day a fat-saving day. Make every day a sugar-saving day. Use fruits, vegetables and potatoes abundantly. Use milk wisely and use it ALL. SUGGSETS.NEW TAX LAWS rir. MiSfcLlj- rttUT fcOOIUll Al, WBiJ f Xe.HmH,u, Mr. h JL-V,.. . Pioneer Tax Collection. The Mist has received the letter printed below from D. W. Freeman. We do not know that Mr. Freeman Intended this for publication, but the Ideas advanced as so souud and full of business logic that we are taktiiK the liberty of presenting It to our readers. Following is the letter: "Neverstll, Ore., Feb. 13, 1918. Editor of the Mist: "Dear Sir: I have the delinquent lax list before me, as published in the Mist. Is It not a gross Injustice to the loyal citizens of the county and state to allow a lot of slackers to shirk their duty by such means? By summing up the various amounts. not counting anything under $50, we have nearly $10,000 on the list of unpaid taxes, some of which appears to have been carried from year to year until they have accumulated to the extent of over $1,200. It seems to me the tax law is such that the penalty is no incentive to induce prompt payment of taxes. However, it seems that there is no one with money who cares to take the chance on such an Investment, viz.: the buy ing of a tax title, hence the drug oi the market. It is a notorious fact that In many instances the large tim ber holders are removing the only valuable product available from the land and allowing their taxes to go delinquent, and that is one of the principal reasons that tax titles can not be sold, even though a valid title could be made at once the land, In Its rough condition could or would not be considered worth the pur chase money. "What we have in mind is bnsed on the validity of other laws touch ing the negotiability or sa'.abillty of certain documents, deeds, tax titles, etc., unless they conform to certain requirements. . Deeds and notes must be stamped. 'We will here enumer ate a few instances. If you loan money and take a mortgage to se cure the payment of the note, you can prohibit the removal of the tim ber from land under mortguge until such money Is repaid. Why? Be cause you have a Han on the timber as well as the land. "Now, if a tax title is a lien on the real property It certainly follows that said tax title is also a lien on ell the proceeds of such real estate. "If existing laws cannot be con strued In the manner above described let us have laws making It a misde meanor to attempt to remove any valuable material from off the prem ises without first paying all arrear ages of taxes. Furthermore, If tax able property Is or should be classed as strictly agricultural, let all back taxes be paid before rentals could be collected. "I am constrained to believe that all the above propositions are entire ly feasable and legitimate, and if en acted into statutory law there would be no delinquent tax list to be pub lished each year, provided, however, that said law should be executed. "D. W. FREEMAN." Effect of ContruHt Reggy Do you think you could be comfortable on $10,000 a year? Peggy Yes, I believe I could, -f the people next door hadn't moro than $9,000 a year. AND NOW THEY ARE COOKING TOBACCO TO MAKE IT BETTER For a good many years The American Tobacco Company have been conducting s series of experiments having as their object the improvement of smoking tobaccos. And It is interesting to know that one of the greatest of their discoveries was one of the simplest, and that was, that cooking or toasting tobacco improved it in every way, just as cooking most foods improves them. They took a real Burley tobacco, grown in this country; toasted it as you would toast bread; moistened it to replace the natural moisture driven off by toasting; made it into cigarettes, called them "LUCKY STRIKE, the toasted cigarette," and offered them to the public. The result has been the greatest demand ever created for any tobacco product in a similar length of time. The change produced by toasting is not only most wholesome, but the flavor is ! greatly improved, justa.cookine improves meat, for example. SEEPS fvt quitter century r. v, the recognized SEED "Buckeye" liteub.for. ud &ro4r Siotm Diamond Poultry Foods Bee Supplier FertiH.eVt HEADQUARTERS of the Northwest it our puarantce of V3 :K ....,.,-., none A r-kCG Funeral Director Kmlmln.er Business Phone 23 Residence K-29 Bank Bldg., St. Helens, Ore. WALTER B. FREEMAN Violin Teacher Deer Ilnnil, Oregon DR. C. E. WADE PhysiU'iun and Surgeon Phone 99 Mucklo Bldg. St. Helens. Ore. S. B. H03KIN Dentidt OfTlce In Bank Building Helens, Oregon St. DR. L. GILBERT ROSS Physician and Surgeon Office In Hunk Bldg. St. Helens DR. ALFRED T. PEEL Pliynidun and Surgeon Masonic Building St. Helens, Oregon DR. S. II. RUSSELL Chiropractor MRS. 1US.SKI.L, Indies' MnsseuHe Moorneld Cabinet Steam Bathi Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Phone 11-1 2 G St. Helens, Ore GLEN R. METSKER Attorney Office In Bank Building Phono 17 St. Helens, Ore. T. S. WHITE Undertaker and Funeral Director County Coroner Phone 64 Residence phone 113-3 St. Helens, Oregon E. S. SNELLING Attorney at Ijw St. Helens, Oregon GEO. H. SHINN Attorney nt ljuv St. Heluns, Oregon J. W. DAY Attorney at Law Dank Bldg St. Helens, Ore. FRED W. HERMAN Attorney at Law Rainier, Oregon LODGES The Loyal Order of Mooso, St. Hi-lens LodKe No. 123S. Meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month All visitors cordially Invited. H. A. COLT, Dictator. W. W. BLAKESLEV, Sec, Mizpah Chapter O. E. S. meets In Masonic Hall the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. MRS. LILLA M. CKUUSE. W. M. JOHN PHILIP. Secy. ' Tlllicuui Tribe No. &2. Improved O. R. M., of Yankton, Ore., meets at Its wigwam, second and fourth Sat urdays of each month. V . O. JIKANNON, C. of R. EUEK BROWN. Such. St. Helens Rehckah Lodge. No. 217, meets second and fourth Thurs day of each month In I. O. O. F. hall. Visiting members always welcome. FLORENCE SNELLING, N. G. MRS. ELLA ALLEN, Sec'y. St. Helena 1-odne f t yjyti No 117. I. O. O. F. fifVO weets In the I O. ' O. F. building, on the second and fourth Saturduys of each month, visiting members are al ways given a licartv welcome. FRED W. CHRISTIE, Noble Grand. C. W. BLAKESLEY, Sec. Avon Lodge No. 62 Knights of Pythias meets every Tuesday even ing In Castle Hall, St. Holens. Vis Ifln Knights always welcome EUGENE E. BLAKESLEY, C. C. EDISON I. UALLAGH, K. of R. & S. A St. Helens Ijdge No. 82, A. F. & A. M. meets 1st and 3rd Saturday in each Visiting brothers cordially mouth A. it, BTONE, W. M. E. E. QUICK, Secretary. St. Holens Camp No. 10.999. Mod ern Woodmen of Amorlca, meets the nrat and third Wednesdays of each month. H. E. VEAZIE, V. C. 11. E. LA BARE, Cle-k. ' 44 1) ( Ml 1 Nerve small Koy (as farmer caicne. ui"! . . 1.1... jlup ,lU clierry tree) Oh. Mr. Jones I " been "P' Tu"!, Id I...... ...Inri fetching nie lanuer " I that I can get down from here? If I $1195 I F. O. B. DETROIT ri) There S. inflexible loeic in the filing 9 There is inflexible logic in the fixing of that price for the Maxwell closed cart. The purpose of the Maxwell builders was to strike the MIDDLE LINE of ab solute value. They have done so with scientific ac curacy. The Maxwell doted cars have grace, beauty, comfort, efficiency, durability, economy and standard equipment. But, if built to sell for less than $1193 one or the other of these would bo lacking. On the other hand, for a higher price you could get only larger size or fancier furnishings not any greater VALUE or finer "class." That is what we mean by "the Middle Line." Frvt-Paiitnrer StJun, ft 195, Six PaittiigtrTfWH Car, UJVSi Uurinf Cur nvilh Att H lMhir T$r, tJSS Uurtmr Car, ,Y, HtaJiltr, f74S iilfrna f.O.B. Ottrta Columbia Co. Auto Sales Co., Agents, St. Helens, Oregon 5ijraawnBn.srrrv,ta 1 .V-" "Results MITCHELL Mitchell Motor an4 Service Co., Seattl "tauilu ar barm mad coat of operation considerably lower while using Zra Una." pujgv . ZEROLENE The Standard Oil for Motor Cars ' Endorsed by Leading Car Distributors fcecauae the reconla of their service de. pertmanu ahow that Zcrolene, correct, ly refilled from California uphult-haae cnide, give perfect lubrication lees wear, more power, Icaat carbon deposit. Dealera everywhere and i our aervice Ration. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) Fortnam, - "l-""7 Charles South CONCIiRT VIOLINIST and INSTRUCTOR announce that on Thursday of each week he will be m St, Helens to teach the violin. Studio at the Lidyard residence, opposite the St. Helens Hotel. Phone 68 for information. Portland Studio, 502 Eilers' Building When lie Found It Out She (tenderly) When did o, I linnw vnu loved itinf He When I began to i . 1- ' is: warn peopio miu you wors nrtg and unattractive. ' as are Better" BUICK I. D. UllDM. ! 'have lound Zaroleae 10 be eadaCactorl lubricant lor 0utck automobile. DODGE H. O. Harriett Co., Saa rWitca "gives perfect aafiafartton," MAXWELL Curler Lee, OakUna Zaolene ha give u pried atiefacticMl." Ztrvtm, HanrJhity rtcvmrnemitd.