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ST. HELENS MIST, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1918 Issued Every Friday by THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPANY O. D. HKILBORN. . . .Vice Frcstdent and Manager. 8. C. MORTON Editor 8CBSCRIPTIOX RATES One Year $1.50 Six Montlta 75 Entered as Becond-clasa matter, January 10th, 1912, at the Pstofflce at St Helens, Oregon, under tbe act of March 3rd, 1879. COUJJTr OFFICIAL PAPER PATRONIZE HOME IXIH'STKY There is a St. Helens hraud of butter, a St. Helens brauJ of canned goods, two St. Helens bakeries wbp put out. a St. Helens brand of bread and now vreare to have a St. Helens brand of flou. All of these articles nre as good as the best and you will be aiding in the upbniMing cf the community when you us. them, or for that matter, any other article that is made iu St. Helens. If a home in dustry i .nnot look to the home peo ple for patronage, the chances are - we will have few home Industries. IT IS ALL IMPORTANT WORK A subscriber of the Oregonlan who halls from Linnton and la evidently a mill worker asks the Oregon Ian why the loggers and millmen are being overlooked in their patriotic work while the Bhipworkers have their bands, entertainers, famous speakers to visit them and are laud ed to the sky for their patriotic work in building ships. The writer does not seem to think that the shipyard workers are entitled to more respect or are they more patriotic than the men who furnish the logs nud stand back of the saws which make the lumber for the ships. The Oregon tan subscriber is right; the man in the woods who stays with his job and fulls and cuts the trees which go to the big mills and the man in the mill who makes the ship timbers from the logs and the men in the yard who handle tho lumber and stay with their jobs are just na im portant a cog in Uncle Sam's big ma chine or lluk in the bridge of ships 03 is the man in the shipyard who puts the timber from the mill, into the proper place in the ship. All of it is necessary work and nu man connected with any branch of tho work, from the forest to the ship, can claim that his work is nu.e im portant than that of his telle w-work-er. The main thing is for all to stay on the job and that the work pro gresses. A day's delay might mean failure for some important move Uncle Sam contemplates. LET THE RED CROSS HANDLE ALL WAR RELIEF WORK Announcement has been made that In November a union war fund drive of $100,000,000 for the Y. M. C. A., 15,000,000 for the Y. W. C. A., 115,000,000 for the camp community service and $3,500,000 for the library association will be mm. i. In commenting on this and mentioning ether war societies such as the Knights of Columbus, the Jewish Welfare League and the Salvation Army, the Spokesman-Review sug gests that all of these societies be put under the management of tha Red Cross which is essentially a govern ment organization. Tho Review sug gests that much duplication of work could be eliminated and the same re sults obtained. The Mist thinks the suggestion of the S-R timely and wise. There is no question as to the good work done by the organizations mentioned and the only questicn is tc do the same work under one or ganization and thereby lessen the cost of administration and avoid duplication. When the allies were working as separate commands, each general be ing the commahdor-in-chief of his r.rmy and free to work out his own plans, the results were not satisfac tory, but when the armies of the al lies were virtually molded into one great army and one great general, Fcch, was given entire charge, the results obtained show the wisdom of the plan, and the Mist thinks this might be taken as an example of what might be accomplished if the many war work societies were taken over by the Red Cross ana the work done under the direction of one great body. Bill Haywood might not have i found out that the pen is mightier than the sword, but he has found out that two pens are mighty, mighty pens. First the pen of the Federal Judge that wrote his 20-year sen- ; tence and then the Federal pen whore he will spend 20 years for be- ing a traitor to his country. A loan to Uncle Sam is much bet ter than a levy by the kaiser. Begin now to lay aside for the Liberty bond you will buy on or before Septem ber 28th. St. Helens must maintain the good record it has established and you must do your share. Pay up the balance on your Thrift Stamps and get ready for the Fourth Liberty Loan. St. Helena and Col umbia county must go 'over the top end be among the first to do so. Now since the council lias-decided to build a floating dock to be the property of the city -and to be buili on city property, It might be well to call their attention to the fact that the dock it! needed NOW. If any true American can read George Pattulo's article "Hellwood" In the Saturday Evening Post ' of August 31st and not feel more proud of the American soldier, he is a queer kind of animal. Too Hud Ho Couldn't March United States Senator Howard Sutherland of West Virginia, tells a story about a mountain youth who visited a recruiting office in the sena tor's state for the purpose of enlist ing in the regular army. The examin ing physician found the young man as souL-d as a dollar, but that he had flat feet. "I'm sorry," said the physician, "You've got flat feet." The mountaineer looked sorrowful. "No way for me to git In it, then?" "I guess not. With those flat feet cf yours you wouldn't bo able to march even five miles.'' The:i the mountaineer said slowly, "I'll tell you why I hate this darned bad. You see, I walked nigh on to otw hundred, and fifteen miles over tlio mountains to git hero, and Gosh, how I hate to walk back!" Every body's Magazine. and PgglS3, for Canning WE HAVE THEM. DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE, BUT Place Your Order Now PROPAGANDA (Copyright 1918, by E. O. Plpp) If you don't trade with us we both lose money. St Helens Mercantile Co. Phone 80 St. Helens, Oregon DON'T FORGET WE MAKE DAILY DELIVERIES Germany Ib fighting the war with her printing presses ns well as with her guns. The German propaganda work has been thorough and extensive, and, to a great extent, effective. There is uothlug that Germany has Cnr.e quite so thoroughly as to adver tise her .thoroughness this with a view of creating a feeling of awe toward her anions other nations Hut. while Germany Is and has been thorough in ninny ways, she has done nothing and can do nothing that can not be matchod and more than match ed by other nations. In a building in Loudon nro four thousand girls and men, going through mall matter or all sorts, look ing for German propaganda, and find ing much of It. It comes In all sorts it forms; papers, booklets, mnga zires, bound volumes of books, post cards, and the like. , In one room In this building sixty girls handle 14,000 pounds of nail a day. In another room eighty mon denl with a hundred and fifty-seven different, languages and dialects. In still another room r.re samples cf various books sent out by Ger many as propaganda. In this room 2,000 volumes, nicely bound, sent out rs works on art, science, literature j and nearly all other subjects in which men nnd women are interested, bur !n reality German propaganda to the core. There were books with gold r.nd red covers to appeal to the Turks, books for nearly every nation on earth, whother ally, neutral or enemy. On a table in this same room, I saw W. J. Bryan's attack on Eng land's treatment of India printed by Germany In twenty-seven different languages, still carrying Mr. Bryan as Secertary of State of the United States, all calculatod to prejudice the world against England. Through Intrigue and propaganda Germany accomplished in Russia that which Bhe did not and could uot nc-! compllsh with bullets and bayonets. Germany Is still working among the Russians with force and persuasion ; oping to get aid from them in her struggle. Germany Is working among the people of South America, sending them not only printed matter, but cheap jewelry on which are kindly In scriptions regarding the Kaiser and members of his clique. German propaganda covers almost every line of thought; racial ques lions come in for a great deal of at-, tentlon. In Berlin ono organization! will take an incident and dish it up for 1 the Irish; another organization will put Its interpretation on the Incident for the South American, or for the Hebrew, or the American; oiie set for! Catholic, another for Protectant. Need of American Prouj(uiiI American propaganda should be distributed In every way posslblo among the nations of tho earth. Our propaganda should not be of the deceptive sort uned so freely by Germany, hut should continue to be: of that naturo which gives tha world to understand that America, man, woman and child, is back of tho Pres ident when lie says we are fighting a war not for gain, that we want neith er territory nor Indemnity, but are lighting to make the world a safe and decent place for future genera tions; fighting to stamp out that Military spirit which has made Ger man autocracy a menace to all civlll--Htion. Koeping ourselves right and let ting the world understand, without I ragglng or self-glorification, that we mean to do only thnt. which is right .nd will quit only when right prevails will help much. Thlo will bind our Allies closer to us and cmniot be without Its effect in Germany if we aro persistent enough to got tho real truth to the German people. ' I do not mean to say that it is pro bable that this would make a break in Germany, but from what I have cocn of German prisoners of war,' I bolieve ft Is possible to make it hard er for the Kaiser and ills clique to keep his peojlo In line, which means ;hat It would he correspondingly eas lo for our men. I'ropoganda work should In no way load to a let up In the material pre paration, but should lncroase it. America should get good and ready to give Germany the whipping of her history, and not stop until Kalsorlsm and his militarism are brought to t.ieir knees, submissive to tho dictates of right and decency. SATURDAY SZPTpQ Frazier's Confectionery St. Helens, Oregon On the Strand near Mill Yard CIGARS, TOBACCOS CONFECTIONS SOFT DRINKS POOL and BILLIARD PARLOR All Hum fall at Hotel Conrtemi Treatment HTOP AT ORCADIA HOTEL TIIOS. 1S1I1STER, Prop. Chicken Dinner Hominy, !t,V RATES (I.OO'PER DAY AND UP Kierlnl Rates to Regular Hoarder M. HOVEN Steamer RUTH SAFE, SPEEDY SERVICE TOWING. JOBBING Passenger accomodations for 100 Landing at City Dock Hello, Central! A 128 Yes, Bennett's Barber lop. Quick nd good service. Lynch & Muhr HAIR CUTS, SHAVES, SHAMPOOS Everything in the Barber Line done up in Style Our shop is Strictly Clean and Sanitary Come in and See us ST. IIKLICNH raff OREGON 161 raYATIOHSij ST. PRANK Klli:P.RD, Prop. HCIIKDLLM A. M. P. M. Lv. St. Helens 7:30 1-30 Warren 7:45 1M6 Scappoose 8:00 2:00 Ar. Portland 9:20 3:20 Lv. Portland 10:00 4-00 Ar. St. Helens 11:60 6:60 Huturdnys und HuiuIiijk Special trip leaving St. Helens 6 p. m Leave Portland 11 p in. Buy and Bank in St. Helens YOU will find just ns good merchandise and just as reasonable prices right here in St. Helens as in other places. .And you will also find in the COLUMBIA COUNTY BANK a financial institution of adequate capital and large .resources .for taking care of your banking needs. This keeping of the money at home contributes to the upbuilding of the community which supports YOU. Savings Accounts may be opened with as little as One Dollar. Liberal Interest is paid. HHKUMAN M. Mll.KK Prrld,i, MARTIN WIIITK Vlr.pr.,,ld.m A. I j. MTOMK fmlilrr . MoKCK AUtant fiiMil.r oiifMiilAXOtiNrr in coTITmWa ST. HELENS HOTEL K. A. UOT.l:K, Prop. SJOu&S Pi! JliB-:. JL-j ' " I aim lUtni American and Kunieaa Plan All Humm Call at Hl Everything Modern Hteam Heating Plant Hit and fold Water In Rooms St. Helens Lumber Co. Wood and Lath Electric Lighting Lumber Manufacturers STJ HELENS ROUTE rl Willam.ll. Slouch THE PEOPLES BOAT STR. AMERICA Leaves Portland dally - -2:30 n m (8unday 1:30 p. ni.) Arrives St. Helons - . 6:00 d m (Sunday 3:30 p. tu.) Loaves St. Helens Arrives Portland - 6:16 a. m. 10:16 a. m. H. HOLMAN, Ag.nt Makes ail way landings. Wharf fool A204 Thoies: Main 8323, FRANK WILKINS. St Helen. Agent. So many people think of our Market when they want meat because they have found it pays, to get Fresh Quality Meats AT Central Meat Market THE BEST MEAT MARKET IN THE COUNTY Phone 60 Free and Prompt Delivery