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THE ST. HELENS MIST
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I M K ,M IM II III l.-IUM. VO.MIMIS
O. I). HEILIUdtN. . . . Vue I'rosldenl
and Alauagor.
8. C. MOIt'lUM Editor,
American workmen are nuiUInK
the gravest mlHiuko pcssiblo wlie.i
they allow themselves to hei'omo
mere puwns of radical It; in to wreck
this government and Its industries.
They would be tho greatest h.serj
by chaotic coud.Mous nuch i.a they
are trying to create.
M IIM lill' l lilN KA II-.M
Cue Year 2
tlx Months I.lt)
lOniereil na awoiitl-cla mnlter.
.limitary lOlh, JH1J. at the I'oBKiriii'a
M .si. Helena, Oregon, under Hie act!
of March 3rd. IX7 j
Ilil'M) OI I Ii It I. I'U'HI j
Member National' Eii:tor!il Asso
ciatl'in and Oregon Staio Editorial
Association.
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SOLUTION OF (SOU IMOHLK-H
The g.-nerr.l puhl'c Is slow to real
ize that gold and Its production is af
fected by the high coat of l.v.ng
just the s.imc as the Individual, For
instance, the mm with en inccmo of
$2,000 in 1913 found on October 31.
1919 that th's income had automat
ically been reduced in purehu n
power to $870.00 :n terms of all com
modities. In ether words. $2,000 in
cctu.l gold was only worth $S70.00
In comparison with Its purchasing
power 6 years before.
The gold miners ccst of operation
In producing gold has Increased in
proport cn to the individual 1 vins
costs but, instead of getting increased
pr.ee for h's product to offset th s
increased ccst of production, the gold
miner st!U continues to receive
$20 67 a fine ounce 'or li s gold, ihe
figure established several hundred
;ears aso.
The result has been Inevitable.
In 1915 the U. S. gold production was
$101,000,000; in 1918 it was down
to $68,000,000; ml th's year It will
probably be down to $5.1,000.000 or
$60,000,000. It lies been Impossible
to increass the price f gold without
upsetting the standard of values
throughout the world tut at last a
saf'sfactory solution seems to have
been found. A mct-.aure is being
placed before congress which pro
vides that a premium of $10 per fine
ounce shall be pa d to every person
producing gold in the United States,
fa'd payments to bo made out of
funds to be provided by an excise
tax of 60 cents per penny weight
($10 per ounce) cn the use, manu
facture or sale of gold in the United
States for other than co'nage or
monetary purposes. In other words,
$10 an ounce would be added to all
told used for commercial purposes
other than making money. This
would provide a fund sufficient for
the government to pay gold producers :
r.n additional $10 an ounce to covet
the'r greatly Increased cost of pro
duction. Someth'ng must be done as our
gold supply !s disappearing. At the;
end cf a 6 year period if conditions:
v.ere again normal the excise tax;
vould he removed. In tho man
t me fold rroduct oa would be greatly
encouraged. !
WILL KAMI.VK UKSU.TV
If the farmers of this country d.
not secure common laocr to ltl
them till the sjil, crop acr.iuRo next
year will be greatly reduced. .
United States Department of Aj,r.-'
culture, Uureau of Crop Kst.in.ne.-t.
1'ortl.iud, on April 9 issued a report
which turn shes food for thought.
It says: "The shortage iii farm ,...vr
supply appears to tie nationwide.
Reports indicate that the s tual cn .s
a b.t lo:-a fiivorablo in Oreyou than in
the country is a whole. The supply
th a year an compared with normal :s
retorted v.a 78 per cent for Oregon
und 7 2 per cent IVr tho U. S. Hie
supply this year as cent pared with h,
ye. r agj aiso siiows ton derabln de
t.Cienc, the f.gurts be ng g vi n us
Sio per cent for the suito and 87.3
per cent for the V. S."
from every section of Oregon and
'.her states reports turned in to thi?
Uureau of Crop Estimates showed an
absolute shortage ot farm labor,
farmer after f.irm?r is planting only
what he can handle limself.
I work to tho plan, says the Columbia
Irani! Uureau News. A good plan
' Is to d vide tho farm up into plot..
and Indicate the number of iii'ic
' g.ven over for d ffero.nt crops Then
.ook oT tho market repur.t for tin.
I l si few years and get en Idea of
I the niovt prof. tall.) crops to gun.-.
It is believed that tho staple crop
Tor tin next two or threo years is
sure to br'ng high prireu.
$7,(KM),4MK lMitKASK
Total tatos levied by Oregon conn-tic-,
for the year 1820, baaed cn the
rol'a (. 1919, exoluHlve of the f.re
patrol assessment, -aggregate $32,
:6.C95.03, or npj ruximately $7,
000 000 in excess of the amount
ra Htd in the year 1 1 1 9. baaed on the
roll., of 1918, according fi a recent
'Ojiort of the state t; x comni.ssiuner.
near a we know. Then It tao ami
one hull l:iilo h.ko up Mountaiu
ira.l to Hie Hummlt of Mount l.o
(one m lo uhove sea level . to w litre
a grand view la to be had oi t ie v.U
K.v bel.i. doll.. I will gitve an J
clt'es lo Iho ocean.
A .up to .Sail I'iego. 156 ' '
Hie south end of Calllarn.a, "
l.i d-w uter exiialticn was held In
1916 and 1916 wlutro miiny tiling or
aurf a" ' romuliniifT lni'" '
vor.ii Uio W....J "'d l-oiii thoro
irip ti Tin Juanu, .Mexico, is til.er-
i"iiiil gr it'tlnga to all Ihe roluuihla
count. P" .....
('. J. LA It SON.
rty owner ou Winter treet from
liu luti-rsectiou wun o""1" ,
tlM'tio I'auih along the center of
said W tiller trol to It Intersection
with I'buiouth trot In the City fcf
31 Helen. Oregon, Unit Ilia Knl-no-r
cettlflcato of th completion of
said luiprevi men ha been Med In
the offl of the City Kocordor cf
! Clt
And ou the i
torn ,.i,i...
w... b. ue.ra by th.7,;mfS
.. V.tirUer of th. n,..
mi ith du uf Aprl
30-1 1.
TlllCItK SA II.MIT
A l'lirenix, Ar t., c'uirch has barred
lov.-neck lres 'S. v.ith necks going :
down and siiiris go tig up, they had
to draw the 1 ne si iaewherc; for a i
Kipling siid: "E.ist is eai" and weal!
s vest, and never the twain shall
meet." i
.oin K to .ium;mu
Pomona Cruiigi. wi.l meet on Hal
I'nl i.v. Al.iy la:, vlth l lie I'eur Isli.nd
grange at l'eer Island. llranger
ru urged 10 l preaout. A. II. lur
birll. M-iuier. i-20-2t
Xt.'IK'K T 'OMl."lli:
MA(MTirK or roiililCN T1UDK
The importance of sound shipp'ng
policies is lest shown by the fact
that In 1919 our fore gn trad
amounted to over twelve bill.on dcl
larj. before the world war 92 per cent
of our foreign trade was carr.ed lu
foreign vessels, but e ght per ceui.
Leing carried under the American
11a,:.
In 1914 American tonnage reg
stered in foreign trade was only
1.276,000 gross tons, while in March
1920 it has increased to 9,200,000
gross tons.
American ships cleared from th-j
United States with 746. 242 to
fre ght in 1914. and cleared with 8,
610.226 tons in 1919 an eleven foil
injreasj.
! Although public s.horl teachers
with normal train'n;; are alarmingly
, scarce In Orogon. the Oregon Normal!
j Seho il at Monmouth docs not re-'
co vo enough maintenance money to
itnable It to train t ie 50'J students
for whom It h;-.s elas :rooms. y.illagoj
'nooma has IncreatieJ so 1 t'lo that I
tho Ntrmars rejeipm arj only $l44.'t
more a year than they v.-ero when the '
; m lingo bill was ti; si p.uaod. Ex
pensaa, however, hcire gono up tre-
m ndously, just us cos.s have every
where. In couseguencu the Normal
cannot carry more th n 300 siudenta,
, although It has root I for 500.
VM. I FATHEIl IX LKSLIK S SAVS:
Your employer is in business tu
mike a pro.'it. Unless he makas a
rr-fit he enn't stay In business If
you loso one hour a day, your em
ployer s profit on your work goes
glimmering. When he f:xts hi
pr.ces, he Tgurea Miat you w"ll do
as much work as you can In as short
a time as you can. If you loaf when
you ought to be working, you aro
robbing him Just as surely as if voa
took nnney from his safe. Life and
business are like an account at tho
rank. You can't take out more than
you put In.
If all the s'udents o.' the Agricul-'
tural College, tho Mate I'n'vurs t .
and the Oregon Normal were
cuuntid, there would be more than
10 COO. This nuiiibc.' oum uaiuuel
t Stella on clasaes. wiiuer short course,
corr sondence-sludy. and music
siud.mis. Tho nunuer cf fulltime
students Is 6400. as conipard w tli
- oi: 2300 in 1913. The great In
creas!, w.thoul an corrci(Oiidiiig
increr.se In state supiort, is what has
xrougiii the pres. nit crisis upon the
thrco iiis.ituuou i.
OXE MORE SIOKK IN THE WHEEL
Tho outlaw switchmen's str'ke was
Just mother step In the program of
revolution that is teing promoted by
rad'cals in th 8 country.
Pua Ehment for instigat'ng such
mr-vemcnts ha.s been a farce; a few
tl en radicals have been deported but
thousands have been turned locse.
The llame for th s lon'ency Is
placed at the door of Acting Secre
tary of Labor Post, who has been a
co isistent champion of radicalism
and he has the power to decido
whether an al:en revolutionist shall
be daported or not.
The SAitchmen's strike has served
the purpose of demonstrating once
mere that revolutionists act.ng as
labor lotders are attempting to
wreck th's government and gain con
trol of our industrial system.
The government has proof that the
I. W. W. leader Foster engineered the
steel str.ke f.asco, and others lik.j
him, are behind the outlaw switch
men's str'ke. Also that th's revolu
tionary movement is f nanced by for
e gn cap.tal and is part of the plan
of the Russion radicals "dea'gned at
the ult mate capture of industry, the
overthrow of the government and the
setting up of a dictatrobhip like thati
In Rues a.
Womr favor Progress.
Jackscn county women, work'mt
with the homs demonstration agr-nt
have made 80 dress forms at a sav
ing iii $800 ever the commeivi.-.l
cost. They also helped In making
che;r own f.reless cookers, iceles
refrgerators and home dryer.
- ghty-two of them with the help of
the ncent are koaping household ac
counts, thereby reducing liv ng costs
They have put hot lunches Into ton
schools, and have themselves "gene
to s.hocr to the number of 60
where they learned m II nery and
dress m.ik ng. In all, 674 famlllea
huve studied fooda and food values.
I'ntreateJ Wounds Decay. '
To prevent decay that may spread
to othor parts of the tree, the limb
of a tree that is blown orf or he
''mes diseased should be sawed off
even with the trunk and pa n led
w.in creoho.e or tnr m'nt, B.
state college horticultural specialist
ocmet mos Injuries no laiei
the head of a nail under the bar!
w.ll cause the bark to drop otf leav
ng the wood unprotected. Decay
w.ll starts from these spots and ex
'end until they endanger the tree.
If treated with a coat of creosote or
tar decay !s stopped, and the uarii
v 11 grow smoothly over the wound
again.
1'armlnf Plumi Pay.
In farra'ng it ia as Important as in
any other hn.'noua n ,
.. w.,a tv iiavo a plan
of operation for the year and then
SIOHTtiEI INC IX CALlrOKXIA
In go'ng south from San Fran
cisco one has the choice ot the Coast
ur of the Valley route, the Coast
route being the mcst scenic but as
vu had our old Wnrron neighbors,
Mr. Isruelson, living on the Valley
line at Herman, nr h reano. wi
u-jk tnat route this time ana slopped
a few dajs to visit our old friends
They are Interested m sjedloss raisin
rjl ng, this Industry being the most
prof table in that section at present.
Peaches and , tprico'g also being
rdipted to that section, a little al
falfa is also grown and some bnrloy
Th.s is the San Joaquin valley which
extends south from the Sulsson bay
to Tahat Chcpi mountains ever 200
m les in length and about 30 mile
in width. 'Iho valley was once a
dry sand desert but by leading the
wator out of tho San Jouumn river
and its tributaries, u part of thi-
vaiioy is produc ng good crops of
var.ous k nds and especially of grape
and othsr fruits that thr.ve in a hot
cl.mitc.
At the south end cf this vallev the
Tehuchupi mouctal.-.s are cross d
at cn elevat.on cf over 40o0 feet and
then down It goes again to Los
Angeles, 1.3 m.ies through green
valles and Blop.ng hills dor. and as
we get nearer Lr Angeles the urunge
and lemon grov.s begin to show up
There are Many tilings t-i Interea'
to be seen in and around Los Angeles
an au:o rlue up on trie tlys.au hui
t-ffords a f.ne view of the cay. Th.-
Zclig Zoo. with Its many w Id ani
mals, tho alligator uid ostrich farm,
and San Gabr.el M i slcn nro all oi
great Interest. A trip to San Cata
1 ne Island g ves a little experience
of a saa voyage and a tr p ulong tne
Island in a glass boitora boat glvea
an idea c f vegetation and animal life
on tli3 bottom of tho ocean.
A trip up Alt. Lowj In an Interest
!ng tr.p, which consists of a nineteen
m.le ride by f.roilcy tar through tiit
beautlful orange groves and throuin
the pretty und r.ch Pasadena to
Rubio canyon, then up tho 3000 foot
ncl no where cars carrying about
SO passangers are pulled up a grade
of G2 per cent to Echo mountain by
m?aiiS c-ii cables, then f.ve miles of
winding and curv ng trolloy car ride,
up along the steep mountains d-s
oyer 18 bridges to Vo Alpine Tavern
Th's he ng the greatest wonder of
railroad construction in tho world a
St. Helens. Oregon, Apr. I 7, 1920.
S .led I'rupoaii.a, lulilreaied to tue
County Couri of Columbia County. ,
Urei:on. at St. Helen. Oregon, and
i a th -. ned "rl'oposil for Iwliig thi
I'ollowing Work in Columbia Coun'y,
.o-ii: i
"i ler'nir and Oradlnc Ihe M:iy-Kor-Qiilncy
Head from Station 0-0u
.o ....i.u. .u iu-.ui i'iuirct No.
7," w.ll be received b ld County
( oun until two o'clock P. M , Ms
12th. 1920. tu.d not lliereafter. und
at that t mo w.ll le pulil.cly opened
and read. 1
Ail proposals must ho mude upon
blank forms, o liu obtained from the
itoadin: ater, at hi office In St. Hel
ena. Oregon. Muat give prlle pro
pi and. both In writing and lu figure,
a ml muat ho signed by the bidder,!
with hia address. !
l'l.-iis and Specifications are on file
n th County KoudmaatMrs off loo
Mid with the Supervisor of District i
No. 7 at Cla-'akanle, Orebon, and
may be examined lu the e.tiee of the
County Clerk.
Each bidder shall deposit, wltn
h's bid, a certified cheek tor an
amount of at least f.ve (6 per cent
of Irs bill, payable to the County
Clerk, which shall bo forfeited to the
( oumy. In case the award 1 made lu
him, and he ahull neglect, fall or
i of use, fur a period of five day after,
such award ia urn tie, to enter Into a
contract and file the required bond.
Thn right la reserved to reject auy
und ell bids. j
MARTIN WHITE,
County Judgo.
A. B. HARVEY.
Commissioner.
JUDSON WEED.
Commissioner.
T. 8. WILKES,
Roudmastcr
J. W. HUNT,
County Clerk
NOTICE TO PriOPKUTY OWNERS I
ON WINTER STREET IMPROVE-
ME N'T Kite) M1T3 INTERSECTION !
WITH TUALATIN STREET TO
ITS INTERSECTION W ITU
PLYMOUTH. SOUTH." j
Notice Is hereby given to the prop-!
CUT THE H. C. OF L.
WE MANUFACTURE
Fresh
Butter
Milk
DAILY.
10 CENTS A GALLON
CAN U BEAT IT?
St. Helens Co-Operative
Creamery Assn.
Productive Farmj
Make a Prosperous Town
T is to the farming community around St. Helens
1 that we must look for the future prosperity of this
vicinity. '
Ar.d the more we all join in in building up those
.agricultural resources of the county, the sooner and
mere substantial will be those results.
Your account here at the Columbia County Bank
increases our capacity just that much more in lending
encouragement and co-operation.
May ye have it?
Soft Light;'Not Dimlight
w,lnout unnecessary brightness usa
NATIONAL MAZDA
while Mazd.i Lamps. The Unless whiio i ,L
St. Helens Hardware Co
, . (Successor to E. O. Ditto)
TelePhone97. St. Helens, Ore.
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Buy Real Estate Now
It. hou. good lot on Improved atraot. llati,, toll .i
LkIh. for fiiMMMH). Torm. "ni
R. horn." with bath, toilet and light 71 by "jo Imi hi
lom, near pvomoiit. chool riot lu. Kruit and u
IMiMl.iMi.. .Torm. ... 'r"
house, modern cement lumnenl sad all roiiveiileue- .
garden o I. iiM.lM).
house, inod'trn with I fine ' loll, well loeatfd 0
iiiuut. $S'Jhmm) on Rood term. m
house with all modern convenient' Including lauadri i
with hot and cold water, big almipluc porch, ooi i,,?"
A l
160
and onin beur.ng fruit, Onru. ou good curii.r doLk
a good buy on viry nlea troiua. ' ""
TRADES
retty, modern & It. bungalow to trade ou farm un totaixwu.
or 3:0 A. Uk county; l0 A. felicmi, 40 ft. we, u,u
ui:tii iiousi'. narn, an invm anil uiianict, tnr countr nu
Exchange for Columbia county farm, home or iuk
40 A.
ell l,Mio.iM. Torma. . "
fiirm with bulldliiK and Improvement, onu.h.if ...
cuiiiTKiiuii. u i iii'ir iruin viumoia Highway ti i
BilMlll fill nr Inks ttf. Itlli l.nma In l..i "
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. . ir l . . . I .. l ...... . . M
n i nr.ir iiuuiioii i.iiui'i iiwum un ciieior rlut road, flUiid
unit vitrv aalv rlrtnrHil. AlMMl ul clRa
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20
It A
(3 A.
ami rory early cleared. $ixk.mi.
near Yankton, g A. rlnareet, iprlng wattr and good Ian
liinnt. rJ-"MH.(M, term. Bee Ihl.
mwr Warren on good road with stock, tool Bd mv
mnt and ready to ntaka you money
with big house, barn, alio, well, iprlng and running nr.
with dairy iock. l ull euulpmeut, m A. cleartd nil
RUTHERFORD REALTY CO.
PHONES-Office, 123; Residence B-38
Doing Our Best to Save You Money
That is what we are doing every day for peopli trad
ng at our store. It will pay you to give us atr UL
General Merchandise
Ladies Coats, Waists, Skirts Dry Goods Drew
-Shoes for the whole family Cents'- Furnishinjt-tti
Everything Good to Eat
A. T. KIBLAN
Tel 35 (One block east depot) St. Helens, Ortp
Now About That Range
We have just received some to sell at the
following prices:
5-hole range with 18-inch oven and hig shelf
6-hole range with 18-inch oven, white enamel
back under high closet, polished top and nickle
base. Special
$66.50
I will soon have the Portland made rangei
again. Best one on the market for the price,
and MADE IN OREGON.
E. A. ROSS
Masonic Bid. St Helen3, Ore.
Garden Seeds
All kinds Bold in bulk or packets. EveErything in
stock for the farm or garden.
Fertilizers
A good investment.
I'HOSPHATE, LAND PLASTER, MORECR0P
. LIME, BONE MEAL AND GUANO.
Best results are obtained by the use of fertilizers.
A trial will prove it
Plants
Cabbage plants are now ready, other plants can
be supplied in season.
Columbia River
Canning t Produce
t it "daBBl - iri
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Company