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THE ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27. 1920-
THE ST. HELENS MIST
Issued Every Friday by
THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPANY
O. D. HEILBORN....Vlca President
and MuLiger.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Ota Tear $3.00
Six Months $100
En'.ored at necond-clasi matter,
January 10th, 191J, at the Postoffice
at St. Helena, Oregon, under the act
( March 3rd, 1179.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
Member National Editorial Asso
ciate and Oregon Stats Editorial
Aisociatlon.
N. P. L. NEEDS CASH
When the Non Partisan League
invades Oregon in fore, it will be to
get the maximum cash from Oregon
farmers, and that cash will mostly
be used In other states where the
League is waging final battles (or ita
continuance in power.
No post-dated checks are wanted
from Oregon. Money is what talks
with Townley now ready money
thlat he can spend In a hurry.
Following is quoted from a Town
ley circular of instructions to work
ers Just issued, and reveals his fran
tic need for cash money in a hurry.
"Get a book of checks from your
local bank. Use the form checks
provided by the League as little as
possible.
"Accept cash or cash checks lu
payment of memberships. Secure all
the cash you can. but if it is impos
sible to sPTyro checks, accept post
dated checks due not later than
October 1. 1920.
"Encourage every man to give you
a cash check. Your enemies fight
with cash, not with post-dated checks.
Make all checks payable to the cap
tain of your crew.
' "On a separate slip of paper, write
the names and addresses of all men
who refuse to Join the League, giv
ing one reason for their refusal. This
is very important and should not be
neglected.
"After the completion of your
work, send all cheeks, properly in
dorsed, together with your new re.
port and list of all men who refused
to join, to your county manager,
who will Issue and mail membership
receipts to all members."
It will be remembered that early
lr. League history, post-dated checks
were asked of farmers, and quite a
talking point was made by the League
solicitors of the fact that the cash
was not needed. Often the checks
were post-dated as far ahead as eight
months. Then the League discount
ed the checks with friendly banks,
and used the proceeds. But as
League methods were exposed, and
frenzied financial methods came to
light, it became more and more dif
ficult to get cash on the post-dateu
checks. So now Townley wants the
cash to play with right away, or at
latest before the November election
so as to finance the frenzied cam.
palgn the League Is putting on In
North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana
Idaho and Washington where the
League has nominees to elect in No
vember if It can. Oregon Voter.
WHERE U. S. STANDS
Just where the United States
stands In relationship to the world
is pointed out by the New York Curb
News which suggests the "knockers'
be presented with these facts that
America has:
6 per cent of tho wcrld's popula
tion;
7 per cent of the world's land;
20 per cent of the world's gold;
25 per cent of all wheat growu;
.S3 per cent of the world's Bilver;
40 per cent of the world' ruilroad
4D per ceut of the world' steel und
lien;
62 per cent of the wcrld's coal;
60 per cent of all cotton grown;
66 per rent of tho world's oil;
70 per cent of tho world's copper;
75 per ceut of all corn grown;
80 per cent of the world's uuto.
mobiles.
Previous to 1914, we owed Kng.
land so much money Unit the annual
interest was 3 hundred million Jul
ia rs Now England is paying i.s 150
million dollurs a year Interest. Ho
fore the war we owed about 4 bil
lion dollars abroad. Today the net
Indebtedness of Europe to America
is 10 billion dollars. America s now
the richest nation und tho financial
center of the world.
Before the war, England was the
greatest ship-owning tutton. After
i20, America will have twice as
many ships as England.
NOX-PABTISAX LEAGUE ACTIVE
The Non-Fartlsan Leiguo is enter
Emma Goldmun, who has spent
thirty or forty years of her life In the
attempt to convince tho American
people that their government Is ut
terly wrong, and who has been tell
ing the world what a tine govern
ment KuKsIa now has, writes back
to a friend In America that Bhe Is
disappointed in ltussle and homesick
for tho l ulled States. Her sentence
to Ituxsia should be for llfu ind the
sumo for all of h'-r stripe. She did
not appreciate this landiot freedom,
where she could lecture, sell books,
and change hunbunds, without much
government Interference.
In the morning!) the uinln conten
tion which I upheld or strove to
was acquiesced In at the end of your
editoriul, thus: "there are more ex
amples of mob law or lynching in
the South than In the North."
With these explanations. I sup
pose we may consider this auilcuble
controversy closed.
JKItKMY Kit AM.
The census returns for the 1920
v-ensus show thut Columbia count!
has gained 31.9 per cent in popula
tion. Another tiling it shows, and
that is tliet Columbia county Is de
veloping, n n,d thai is the gratifying
part of tho census report.
PUBLIC FORUM
To tho Editor:
Hail I remembered thut the editor
of tho Mist hails from the netliei
side of the Mason and Dixon Line, I
should perhaps have thought twice
beforo offering a comment on the
conduct of his formor neighbors,
"lllood is thicker than water." so the
tages say; und the friendship which
t'xists between our able editor and
my humble self, though sincere, is
only Misty at best. It is not surpris
ing Into Dolitics on a national scale iV1' "ereiore. mill you Ueult me
and Is nuttine forward a ulatform f-"1 rational nuymuker.
which is skillfully drawn to appeal !
to the average voter from the stand-1
OPENED UP
General Auto repairing
and service work done by
W. J. Kelley. First class
mechanic, twelve years'
experience.
Shop In connection with .
Ward's bUckunlth shop,
at lloultoii, (Ire, Box HI.
I A YOUTH
J1 f j TV I'hoiis
But sir.
AFFECTS ALL OF US
There are some who believe that
the proposed 5 per cent Interest rate
bill Is a measure In which the bank
ers are alone interested, and that if
the bill should pass only tho bank
would be nffected. 8uch Is not the
case. However. If this freak bill
passes. It will have a tendency to
bankrupt the state and throw thous-
anas or worklngmen out of employ.
ment. A business calamity wnnM
follow which would hit all ot us and
eh t j us would suffer.
A man high up in Portland flnan.
clal circles stated to the Mist that
approximately seventy per cent of the
money which is loaned In Oregon
comes from outside the state and If
this freak law passes. It would be
withdrawn. We believe him and li
sianas to reason that no sane man
is going to send his money to Oregon
for investment or to be loaned out
wnen no can get better returns from
other states..
Columbia county Is juaj starting
on an era of develooment. It wnniH
indeed, be unfortunate for our peo
ple to vote for or to help carry a
measure which would retard the de
velopment or the county and the Mist
does not believe the sensible voters
of the county will be misled into
supporting the freak interest rate
Dill.
WHAT LEADERSHIP IS
When a real important thing has
been accomplished by an Individual
w I. oiwjn near some other Indi
vidual remark. "He Isn't on r.i.
anybody could have done it If he had
the same chance."
It may be true that some other
Individual could have done as well
but do not lose sight of the fact that
you must take advantage of the op-
'"''u"j wiiwu u is presented.
it some rriend or acquaintance
made good in snitn nf th rat ,
he was blessed with only the ordin
ary amount of Intelligence which
never manifested any great promise
mi ma i mure, men simply put it
down in your category of events that
o ia u unserving individual.
"Leadership is something which
Biuom comes Dy invitation." It is
entirely up to you to invite yourself
When you have learned "to do a
iiuiiB wren u ougnt to be done with
out being told to do it" then you
too, are a leader Interstate Traffic
School,
SOUND ADVICE
Speaking of Industrial unrest,
Roger Babaon, the business statisti
cian, says:
"Appeals to patriotism have lost
their force. The only means of
reaching the wage-workers Is to let
them learn by experience. Let them
try In a small way some of the things
which they wish to try. If they fall,
they will have learned for themselves
more than anybody can tell them.
If their experiments are successful,
we all want them," i
paint of fine sounding phrases and
easy reading. The platform Is a work
of art from a political standpoint. It
condemns our general industrial sys
tern and favors government owner
ship of railroads and nil other "big
business." it appeals to tho radical
elements by demanding "Immediate
restoration of free speech, free press
peaceable assembly and all civil
rights" which we already have.
It then demands economy in gov
ernment expenditures which natural
ly everybody favors but which seem
Impossible of accomplishment under
government ownershfp and operatio.
of Industry which the league seeks
to establish. Greatly increased taxes
in North Dakota under league dic
tation clearly prove that its program
doss not lighten the tax burden.
Taken as a whole, however, tho
league platform contains enough
harmless phrases and sound state
ments to camouflago the socialistic
scheme of government which is its
ultimate aim. Herein lies the great
est strength of tho organization. It
stands a chance of dividing votes
and thus putting its program into
effect.
Minimizing and ridiculing the
strength of tho leugue and the far
reaching appeal of Its platform is
a mistaken policy and ro;.y leud to
regrets such ns the man had who
failed to lock his door until the liorsa
was stolen.
THE LEGIOX'8 FIRM FOUNDATION
A situation unique In the annals of
public organization has arisen m con
nection with the American Legion,
which last summer borrowed $257,
000 from approximately 400 of Its
members for preliminary organiza
tion work. The indebtedness has
been wiped out, according to an an
nouncement by Robert H. Tyndall,
national treasurer. The unique fea
ture is that the legion has found It
self In tho position of practically
forcing the acceptance of principal
and Interest upon many of the note
holders. Several returned legion'
checks, saying they wero glad to fore
go interest, at least. In MI cases, i
these returned checks have been sent i
out again and friendly controversies j
have arisen with both parties rcfus-j
Ing to accept the money. I
The legion is to be congratulated !
upon its self-reliant, self-supporting
attitude. It is the attitude that !
would naturally be expected of any i
organization of national defenders, I
it is true, but none the less it is ,
worthy of appreciative comment. '
The legion's only debt at the pres-'
ent time, according to Mr. Tyndall, i
is current Indebtedness Incurred dur-'
ing the first few months of this venr. !
before It was possible to place th
American Legion weekly on a self
sustaining basis. The official maga
zine Is now not only self-supporting
but is beginning to show a profit.
uenver i imes.
you mobbed me! un
thinkingly I'm sure. Perhaps th
tmpetuousity and eloquence of your
Southern temperament momentarily
d'sarranged your usually so re no dis
cernment. And now tho world, or
at least that Important part of It
which reads your paper, :'a dlsap
proving world, I hope" Is uwuro
that you aro capable of naughty
phrases.
The passage In your editorial to
which I specially refor Is this: "his
artlclo Is full of misstatements of
facts, and his ignorance of condi
tions which incite mob rule etc."
As for my copious misstatement
of facts: perhaps you refer to my
"almost daily" rending of lynchlngs.
That statement, Indeed, might be a
little modified. Perhaps, too, In my
declaration about the "onrush of
Southern mobs," tho word "onrush"
is inappropriate because It bespeaks
a burst of speed and feverish activ
ity alien to the clime of somnolent
palmettos und reclining ease. Again, '
I may have been misinformed about
the words that Sheriff Taylor's bro
ther q.nld to tho citizens of Pendleton;
but, If as you yourself declare, he did
not threaten them with violence, my
contention is so much the stronger.
The crowd was not unreasonable. Ii
do not acknowledge "ignorance" of
the causes of lynching in the South;
this sentence from my artlclo seunik j
clear enough to Indicute that I had !
at least a suspicion of the cause;
"perhaps murder may not lie us
strong un lncwntlve as rape." And
I do not think I did an injustice to
he present day South In "passing
lightly over the administration of luw
whon the West was 'wild and wooly"
because. In those days there was no
organized law In the West, and the
citizens, to keep order, hud to form
bodies of Vigilante.
Rape, especially when committed
by a black. Is unquestionably a more
powerful Incentive to vengeanco than
Plain murder. Hut the crime of rape
does not Justify mob murder
However (and this saves 'mo tho
labor cf writ ing further at 2 o'clock i
You cun always find us with a
good stock ot
BUILDING MATERIAL
1.1 MK, CEMENT. PLASTER,
SIIIStil.KS M Itltlt'K.
Also
Hay, Grain and Eced
Stock Tonics Fly-Spray
FRANK WILKINS
Sl Helens Oregon
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 soft, soothing
finish that cannot be
excelled. And the
prices are right.
ST. HELENS STEAM
LAUNDRY
Apropos of Uie prohibition nnrtv
making presidential nominations, an i
exenange remarKa that it Is now up
to the anti-slavery party to put a
ticket in the field. At that, it would
bo no less nonsensical. Tl in nrnhilil.
Hon party accomplished its mission
wnen tne nrewery and tho distillery
were legislated out of business by
constitutional amendment, and in
sofar as party alignment end presi
dential nominees are concerned in nn
more un issue than anti-slavery. Hope
ui ura!B8 iur ine prom candidal
Is one of the remotest of remote pos
sibilities. Tlrey got their relief from
John Barleycorn's actlvitios througii
the old parties, so why keep up the
agitation through party alliance?
Even their wet frlenda
dethrone John B. muy got tired nf
their pernicious activity in time.
Though it looks exactlv IIWa rnttpn
cordwood and would be
valueless by a casual nhsorvor
class of timber that Iiub been mov
ing out oi eastern Oregon in car
load lots brings a high price for a
peculiar purpose. The timber in ques
tion is seasoned too well
it appears Juniper, on its way to
Japan to be made into pencils. The
rottener the core of th inir i. n,
softer is the surrounding wood,' ana-
mo umior pencil SIOCK It niilkog, so
the Japanese manufacturers like It
that way. Though the 11HA nf WUfl
thered Juniper for pencil stock is
still In its experimental Biases, large
quantities of this wood have been
moving out of here for un
the flowery kingdom on steamships
running to the Orient.
The laboring men of Vnnoo i,
repudiated their political nnnt,.,
according to a news dispatch, and
have returned to work. . Th
world must beginning
lees to our professional agitators.
Just Arrived
ANOTHER LOT OF GRASS RUGS
9 x 12 size .$8.75 and $10.50
8 x 10 size $6.50 and $7.75
6 x 9 slze $4.35 and $5-25
ier:" ;raZL,",r,, r
rugs t prices . . ... ..T. """"it f h.U
n i,F iiU)1 jjt
Masonic Bldg.
E. A. ROSS
St. Helens' Ore.
Five Reasons for Trading
at the City Meat Market
Prt-rt which it cun bo soldylu:,dvK!tui"a .1
v I "Iff" WiU get "ptaSdo mL " ??: " a
,i j,ou CHme
yourself.
Ilnraiion
th-ng yo7e cl -Z K Pl-t. Hne of every,
meats, lunch meats, fl and other ZUl V T" M l" wffi
meats, salt moats, pickled da n?lo. " c 0ttHon' "mokwl
Because you always find plei tv nf' i.i .
service and because that sen! n alway?, f lve " Prompt
Because you always find us readv , J . co ,rteo.
error and to make right anything ? d ttnxl"'" to correct anv
about which you may WlHm!L,,,,ee,to a Purclm"0
MORTON & WILSON
i wu MARKETS
Central Market Phone 60
EVERYTHING FOR
BABY HERE...
It's not only a question of what you vet for a, i,
Hut l.rf you get It Is also un Important i.mtt.r
The manner in which goods are kept has a I
to do with tho condition In which ti,..y rl(cl, ' "
We employ extraordinarily careful method, In i J
Ing nil goods for babies- uses And w "
. Ilkelv to need, such buby fo hI , '!:," V
(tipple-, pacifiers -talcum
dard Internal remedies
powders-
olum..nu in,! .1,71
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A. J. DEHING
DRUGGIST
ST. HELENS. OREGON
5 mmsmm
The Services You Get
At The Bank.....
SOMETIMES one doesn't stop to think to
much his bank means in the conduct of his fund1
atfairs, whether they be of the home or busino I
Vox instance the Columbia County Baniaofanlj
safeguards your money. It safeguides your tnvest-j
nents, assists in your transactions, adviccj with m'
in your purchases, gives you information md '
gestions. And it is all part of our good servken'
SHEKMAN M. MILES J. II. HUTCHMS
President Cashier
G8ulumbi
ST Hm.h'N
IN COUJMfc
onnto
FOR HOT DAYS
POTATO CHIPS
SANDWICH MEATS
SANDWICH CHEESE
FRESH TILLAMOOK CHEESE
PEANUT BUTTER
APPLE BUTTER
PORK AND BEANS
KIDNEY BEANS
JELLO JIFFY JELL
CANNED SPAGHETTI
CRAB LOBSTERS
SALMON SARDINES
COOKIES FRESH FRUITS
RIPE AND GREEN OLIVES
PICKLES
Consumers' Cooperative
Store
Successor to St Helens Union Store
Telephone 80
Strand Market Vu,t 41
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