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THE ST. HELENS MIST
Iwiip1 Evrjr Friday by
THR MIST PIBUSHING COMPANY
O. D. HEILBORN. . . .Vice President
and Mit..ger.
81IISCK1PTIOX KATK8
One Year 12.00
Six Months S1.00
Entered as second-class mnttor,
January 10th, 1912. at the Postoffice
8t 3t. Helens, Oregon, under the net
of March 3rd, 1879.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
Member National Editorial Asso
ciate and Oregc.n State Editorial
Association.
THE
DEMOCRATIC
DEARER
STANDARD
osts has charge of the proposed
Changes
Surely these American leaders can
have no Interest In business condi
tions that are going to work a great
hardship on anyone and Congress
and the people who are really tne
power back ot Congress can well listen.
These men bellnve that the excess
profits tax and the high surtax are
business killers, driving Investors
away from productive industry and
Into making all their Investments In
tax exempt securities.
They propose a re-arrangement o.
the present high nnd direct burden
on business, some plun to set busi
ness free, to increase production and
to reduce prices, that are now arti
ficially raised by shunting taxes.
Taxing undistributed surplus en
courages extravagant dividends, stops ' '
.1.- I .... t In .IiiuIkIh I nlnntdl'1
and increased production, and will
eventually lead our country into an
era of national Insolvency.
Under consequent business depres
sion the present excess profits tax,
LIST OF TRANSFERS
Reported by Columbia County Ab
stract Co.
I,,,. a a Mrs. V. II. ltllK.TS to
WEATHER REPORT
FOR JUNE, 1920
Max. temp., 83 degrees on lu;
niln. 3ti degrees tf iUnl: mean max.
Mrs. Clara Cleveland, H of lot 5. and ((mp ( 67 7 degrees; ineatl niln. toniu.
i.art of lot 4 lllock 7 Vernonla, $1.00. I4 2; mean monthly temp. &r 9 l
( harles U Edgrlon to Elsio M. Mark-! wlilcb is 1.7 degrees l.elow nor-
well, lot 11 Hlock 8 Clatskanle. $1 00. ' .,, 1.73 Inch, which is 0 .!
iiu.i.irili ViilH:iiinn to V mule A.
Kindred, land In Sec. 32 T. 7 N. R.
4 V , $100.00.
June 24 Florence Rnelling to C.
A. Wesley, lot 6 lllock 32 St. Helens.
$10.00.
June 25 Henry Campbell, guar
dian to School Dlst. No. 12, land In
Governor Cox of Ohio has been
elmsen ns the standard bearer of the
democratic party, after a long and j high surtaxeu and luxury taxes will
Ibitter contest at the convention wnicn
was handicapped and to a certain ex
tent dominated by the administration
forces. The Mist believes that Cox's
nomination was nol due to the "wet
delegates" ns some convention writ
ers have claimed, but more to the
fnct that a srent nart of the demo-
cratic party was tired of Wilson and than penalizing initiative.
his autocratic rule and resented nis
domination
The Mist' believes Harding will win
out over Cox, but the hitter's recoro
as governor of the great state of
Ohio for three terms, will, undoubt
edly, be of much aid to him In his
campaign, and if he makes a whirl
wind campaign throughout the coun
try while Harding conducts the
"front porch" campaign, the chances
for democratic success are better
that the average republican guesses.
The democratic candidate has risen
from the ranks. He Is a self made
man, and, like his opponent, obtained
his early schooling in a newspaper
office. It is rather singular that
both republican and democratic nom
inees are from the lame state and
both are newspaper men.
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not produce revenues, ana govern
ment cannot rely upon them as a
permanent peace time policy.
OM.a hav oaButnn nf I'nnimiiil will
be compelled to take up the problem ;B N R. 5 .. isoo.vo
- i . i .. I .... 1 n v .. I .... -,.. .n(li;A NO. 117 10 J. K.
tl.a ct:,i,,lnnlnt nf nlnelnir 11 nremliim land In Sec. 0 T. 4 N. It. 1 NY '
upon industrial production rutner
W., $1.00. Murgarot J. Moeck. Ad
ministrarllx. to M. V. Luring et ux.
land in Sees. 18 and Zl . 1
W., $550.00.
June 26 Elsie M. Markwoll to
George B. Conyers et ux, north part
of lot 11 Block 8 Clatskanle, $10 00.
R. B. Magruder to Honrlk O. Olanson,
Tract 8 Woodson Drainage District,
$1158.75. James M. Hill to My rich
Albert Bancroft et ux. one acre In
SW Vi Sec. 13, T. 6 N. It. 6 W.. S00.
00. Martha Magill to Mary I'adn,
NH of NK Vi of NEH or see. SB l.
MI. IIUItMl
Chamberit,
June 28 Charles H. English et al
to J. A. Andress, land In Sec 8 T.
6 N. R. 1 W . $1.00. Lulu E. l'ar-
The party who put out the fire at mely to Ben Pierce et ux, lot 12
the St. Helens denot is not entitled i lllock 3 Columbia Park, $120 00.
Inch below the average. There w.-r
S clear. 12 partly cloudy and
cloud v davs while measurable rain
fell on 12 days. The nights were
from cool to cold, retarding tho
growth of vegetation. The fruit has
dropped heavily; all kinds or grain
looks well, while tho hay crop wilt
be near average. The weather at the
end of tho month was favon.ble for
bay mr.klliK. imcKeiiia'r;;.
HERE ARE SOME x
BARGAINS FOR YOU
We have several excellent buys Ii.
used cars and It you want a real bar
gain In a Ford ear hero Is your op
portunity. We have a 1918 Ford
touring car, a late model roadster,
a lale model sedan and a couple of
irood Ford trucks. All are In good
shape and will be nold cheap. Come
In and look them over. The ma
chines ore right and the prions are
r'Kllt" KlELDHOl'SE MOTOR CO.
Voters of the Klumlh Irrigation
dlstrht have ratified the proposal to
enter Into a contract with tho federal
L'livitrnment for the expenditure 01
to a vote of thanks, that Is from clt- ! Joseph Reed et ux to John Hull, land R'r men . r " -!2ens
of St. Helens and surrounding , , Sec. 27 T. 6 NR. 6 W.. $1 00.. . .000 f, 0 e tmpn '-M''-country.
illno 29 Frank Bishop ct ux to.. . "
Juno 29 Frank Bishop ct ux
Peer Island Logging Co., land In
Sec. 6 T. 5 N. It. 2 W., $5500.00.
Columbia County Invevstnient Co
to Frank Bishop et ux, 5 acres lii
tracts 114 and 119 Beaver Homes,
Chus. Lope et ux to C II.
I k'rnni'k el II X S V Of lot 7 BlOCK JO
'.ion cnuses no more than one dayaist Helens. $500.00. Louis Hosnsco
delay. It's a sure sign they ore speed- ux ,0 o. A. Will's et ux, lots 10
Wednesday's paper contained a
dispatch from Washington stating
that the population of Pendleton
had been determined irnd would be
made public on tho following day. ; j-joo.00.
11 iicnnci itlXJ UVIUIVVIIIV HUIHIIIIIIIIU-
THE BAND
A good "band is an essential instl
, tution in any good town, and St. Hel
ens has a good band. With little en
couragement from the home people,
the bund was organized and under
the capable direction of Bandmaster
Oleen, has become a real band, one
which St. Helens and the south end
cf the county niay well feet proua
The members of the band, most ot
them from St. Helens and Warren,
are determined to keep their organi
zation intact and have wonted hard
to accomplish the results now appar
ent. All credit is due to the leader
of the band and each individual mem
ber, for they have accomplished some
thing which reflects credit on St.
Helens, and they are entitled to the
thanks and hearty support, financial
and otherwise, of everyone.
The Mist is proud ot the St. Helens
band and sincerely hopes that it will
live on and prosper. It further hopes
that the support of the public, which
is richly deserved, will be given.
CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN
The Fourth of July celebration is
now another page in St. Helens' his
tory, and while each citizen of th
town is saying, "Well, we had a good
Fourth," and while each visitor is
complimenting St Helens, 4t is well
for us to pause and think who was n
sponsible for"" the succesalul celebra
tion. It took work, and a lot of it,
to make out and curry out the pro
gram and some one had to do it. It
was a lot of hard work to arrange the
parade and for the exercises of the
day. The fireworks were beautifu:
and were enjoyed by thousands, many
of whom, perhaps, gave little thought
to the men on the barge who worked
hard to make tho display. Conduct
ing the races, arranging for the water
sports and various other features of
the program, was work and hard
work, and some one did it. In fact,
while mauy hundreds were enjoying
the Fourth and the celebration, there
were many good men of St. Helen.,
at work making the Fourth the sue.
cess It was. The Mt wants to give
a goodly share of the credit to Sherman-
Miles, general chairman, How
ard Scott, the hardworking executive
secretary upon whose shoulders fell
a lot of work and to' the other offi
cials, E. I. Ballagh, Magnus Saxon,
Tom Roy, Von Gray, Carl Johnson,
Clyde Sutherland, Ed. Jones end Mrs.
A. F. Barnett and many others
whose names the Mist does not have
ior tneir part' in maxing a success
of the celebration which reflected
much credit upon St. Helens.
ing up after years ol doiay ana procrastination.
Th country newspaper office, with
its odor of printer's Ink and the con-
tant call of cold typo, where the
editor is required to be reportor, ed
itor, publisher, business manager, iu
look- after subscriptions and see to
ids and collections, net to mention
giving attention as a leading citizen
to the affairs of his communty, is
'me of America's greatest universi
ties. Out of this university have
come mjany of America's greatest
men. senator Harding nas gone
through the ordeal of this great
school with conspicuous success.
and 11 Block 138 St. Helens, $1.00..
The merry-go-round was here for
the Fourth and there wore many
kiddies who surrendered their dime
ind ONE CENT WAR TAX to ride.
There were hundreds of other kid
dies who bought ice cream cones and
paid the ONE CENT WAR TAX.
About the same time, some of our
noble congressmen and senators who
framed the war tax bill which makes
the kiddio pay a tax on his merry-go-round
ride and a tax on his ice
cream cone, are preparing to take a
little pleasure trip to Honolulu,
Japan and China The celebrities
will make the trip' for less than cosi
to the government. A government
transport will be used and govern
ment rations will be served tor less
;han cost, and these aro tho men
who made the law to tax tho "lux
uries" (?) of the kiddies. The Mist
wonders if these national lawmakers
twill think of the pleasure of the kid
dies and the tax they have imposed
on them, while they are taking their
pleasure trip at below cost and
without war tax.
Epigram
Most of the mischief In this world
Is done by the people who go about
doing good.
The good die becauso they realize
that there Isn't much use living h
they have to be good.
It is because a woman is a riddle
that man is so reluctant to give her
up.
No matter how loose an engage
ment ring may be, the diamond never
slips round on the Inside of a lady's
finger.
A woman's instinct is that which
tells her she is right whether she Is
or not.
The astonishing woman is she who
can conquer the world In a frock slit,
has made herself.
A man looks at a woman because
lie wants to; a woman at a man be
cause she wants hiin to look at her.
Eve, London.
LET GEORGE DO IT
Socialism In all Its various forms,
from comrnun'sm in Russia to public
ownership in America, has been found
to be the most wasteful nnd demoral
izing form of government ever im
posed on mankind.
During and following the European
war our country has been living under
semi-sncinlism and It lias nearly
ruined us.
In Russia there has been the high
est expression of the real spirit or
socialism every fellow for himself
and the devil take the possessions of
the foremost.
The socialistic thinker's great slo
gan is: "Let George do it," when
there are only two ways to get any
thing done by act of God or by
act of an individual.
"Let George do It," Is the lazy
man's Invention, resorted to when
ever he gets in a tight place.
If he's out of a job, out of food or
out of money go to the government
tor help. Instead of pulling of his cD.it
sr.d goirg to work, the Socialist yells,
"Let George do it"
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FEDERAL TAX REVISION
While the press and the people
are struggling over tho details of the
great national political campaign,
business men are wonting on a plan
of federal taxation that shall displace
the present inequitable system.
A committee ot seventeen gentle
men who are heads ef large mercan-
Arthur E. Holgate of Corvallls. who
was. wounded In battle near Cantlgny,
also at Solssons and the Areonne. ha.
tile and manufacturing organizations, 1 been cited for gallantry by his dlvl
(tnd represent the nation's, best inter- ision commander.
f L'MliElt INDUSTRY THREATENED
Shortage of Fuel Oil May Seriously
Crijiplu LumlK-r Production
Log and lumber production in Ore
gon and Washington may be serious
ly interfered with by the shortage of
fuel oil.
One of the leading oil companies
has Bent out notice to the effect thai
the-situation In fuel oil is becoming
more stringent every day, and that
orders are anticipated to discontinue
deliveries of fuel oil to all not pro
tected by written contract; and, as
these contracts expire, deliveries are
Co Immediately cease.
The withdrawal of fuel oil supplies
from the logging Industry means that
many operations will cease during
the fire season by reason of the great
menace to standing timber in the use
of fuel other than oil.
A few years ago tho legging in
dustry was Induced to chunge over
from coal and wood to oil by reason
of the fire hazard. The hazard con,
tinues; therefore, without oil, many
operations will temporarily discon
tlnue.
Efforts are being made by the In
dustry to show the oil-producing
companies that lumber Is more es
sential than Joy-riding; and that fuei
oil should be furnished in preference
to the gasoline refinement. .
Unless the embargo on fuel oil
for logging and lumbering operations
Is lifted, there may be a shortage of
lumber when the fall buying sets in
TRAIN SCHEDULE
MAKES CHANGE
A Blight chance in the arrival nnd
departure of trains on the 8., P. &
S. has been made, the new schedule
of bus nnd train time bolng as follows:
To Portland
Bus Timo
7:55 a. m.
10:50 a. m.
3:05 d. in.
7:45 n. m.
To Astoria
7:55 a. m.
9:00 a. m.
1:05 p. m.
6:05 n. m.
7:00 o. m.
Train Time
8:25 n. m.
11:1 l a. m.
3:27 p. m.
8:00 p. m.
A
PHOTO
FIRST-CLASS
Is uuiHt npprftfluteri when some
of our hived ones are called
away. It can only Vi obtained
while we are feeling our best
Life Is uncertain and tomor
row may he too late. Do It
now today.
Scott'sStudio
St. Ileleps,
Oregon.
8:10 a.
9:24 a.
1:22 p.
6:25 u.
7:14 p.
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PRICE STILL
BUILDING SHIPS;
The St. Helens friends of J. H. '
Price, of the J. H. Prlco Cnst ruction 1
company of Seattle, received Invita-
tlons last week to be present at the I
launching of the motorship, "Muriel" '
rn June 20th. Tho reputation of
Mr. Price as a shipbuilder is so well
known that there can he no doubt
but that the launching was a success.
Mr. Price was superintendent of the
St. Helens Shipbuilding company
prior to his going to Seattle.
Subscrite for The Mist.
You'll Pick A Winner
If you make this your fuvorito
pluco for the purchase of binu-r.
For you cannot loxe no mat
ter what you buy, or how much
or how little, our plan of Io
Ing buHinraH Is to nutko every
buyer perfectly satisfied. The
only way we know how to (In
this Is to furnish qualitlcN that
cannot l Hurpamefl at prices
which cannot be matched.
St. Helens Co-Opera-tive
Creamery Assn.
CLEAN
CLOTHES
That Look Fine
That feeling of com
fort and contentment
that comes only with
correctly laundered
underwear and ho
siery is assured you if
you send your work to
us. Our methods pro
duce a r.oft, soothing
finish that canndt be
excelled. And the
prices are right.
ST. HELENS STEAM
LAUNDRY
J. H. FLYNN
Auto Supplies and Ac.'CHsoric
Expert RepalrhiK and Shop
W'Mk
II. S. L. HATTr.llY HEIIVK E
Rhnp:
St
One blocs cast of S.
& S. depot.
Helens,
P.
Orej n
Dping Our Best to Save
You Money
That is what we are doing every day for
people buying meats at our. market. It
will pay yjiu to give us a trial
MORTON & WILSON
TWO MARKETS
Central Market Phone 60
Strand Market me 48
New Arrivals,..
Extraordinaily pretty are tht
new Trimmed Hatn featured here
Choose from smart tailored
models, also artistically trimmed
with Celophane, Fruiti and
Flowers.
M. RICEN OPENEVENINQs
Summer is Here
(ct mi oil Move ii lid not work owr n I ml rung, oil k
ilii'iii'r limn wimmI hih Iimh hi 4 hnvx to be illt.
$.V.OO .MiiiiniT stoves at $24.75
$M.UO J-lmnuT stoves at $18.75
$7.50 J-humer ovens at $7 qq
sit.-'S 1-lnirner ovens at , $5.75
Whilo t tin prvsoiit slock 11
lti:i Itlt.l ItATOIUS AT ItKillT PIIK KS
Masonic Bldg.
E. A. ROSS
St. Helens. On
.Mm i-i-JtrN iii1.
The Economic Situation
Demands Thrift...
During the "come-easy, go-tasy" period after the
war prosperity was so prevalent that practicing rigid j
economy was not deemed absolutely essential. Bil'
even at that the majority of depositors at the Colum
bia County Bank kept their accounts growing
steadily.
Now, however, the welfare of the country asweD
as that of the individual depends upon thrift in order
that returning normal conditions will cause hardship
upon neither.
So if you already have an account here, make 'i
grow faster.
SHISRMAN M. MILKS J. II. HUTCHINSON
President Cashier
tssmmrsjmk
in (.oiiffiuU TCCtJNrv
The Truth
Longfellow could take a worthless piece of paper '
and write a poem on it and make It worth $05,000.
That's Genius.
There are men who can write a few words on a piece
ol paper and make it worth a million dollars. That'i
Wealth.
A mechanic can take material worth $5.00 and make
it into watch springs worth one thousand dollars.
That's Skill.
A merchant can take an article costing seventy-five
cents and sell it for one dollar. That's" Business. ,
You can get a sack of tobacco for 10 cents. That's
Bull.
The author of this could write a check for $1,000,000,
but it wouldn't be worth a cent. That's Tough. .
Patrons of the Co-Operative Store say that the com
pany is constantly and effectively striving to give
them better service. That's the Truth.
Consumers' Cooperative :
Store
Successor to St. Helens Union Store
Telephone 80