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THE ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1920.
THE ST. HELENS MIST
Imued Eerjr Friday by
THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPANY
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Preiidnnt
S. C. MOKTO"
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of March Srd, 1879.
COUNTT OFFICIAL PAPER
Member National Editorial Assj
ciatin and Oregon Stato Editorial
Association.
HAYS THE MIST MISTAKEN
The Mist has received the follow,
ins letter from Don. H. Upjohn, sec
retary to the governor of the State
ot Oregon:
State of Oregon, Executive Depart,
ment. Salem. Sept. 28, 1920.
Editor Mist,
St. Helens, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
My atention has been directed tc
two editorial references In your is
sue of September 17th to the pardon
of John A. Pender, in which I con
sider you do the Governor an injust
ice.
You have quoted the Governor at
length In language which he never
used, but which was taken from the
report of the State Parole Board on
the Pender case. Copy of such re
port is being attached and a notation
is made showing the language lit
question, which was used by the
:r.srd and not by the Governor. You
Msc state that the Governor quote
Judge Eakin, which is Incorrect, as
he made no reference whatsoever to
Judge Eakin in his statement. I am
writing this on my own initiative
and nu-rely to correct an error. At
no time to my knowledge has the
Go.enu:r ever made any statement
from which it could be inferred that
Pender was railroaded to the Pern
tertiary
Tho statement of the Parole Board,
which is signed by myself and others,
and which you fasten upon the Gov
ernor, was made by the Board inde
pendently, in t at the Governor's dic
tation and net with his knowledge at
th- time it was prepared. As a mem
l..r of the Enard I wish to say that
w have no springy (or the same.
ery tiuly yours,
DON H. UPJOHN.
Secretary to the Governor.
The report of the Parole Board of
which Mr. Upjohn was a member was
attached to the letter from Mr. Up
john. A portion of one paragraph
said: "John Pender was arrested at
a time when public sentiment In Co
lunhia county was at white heat."
This statement was credited to the
gi-vemor. It should have been cred
ited or dis-credited to the Pardoi.
Iir.nrd.
Our readers will note that Mr. T!p
. Jnlin states, as a member of the Par
don Board "we have no apoogy to
mane." So far as we can learn, no
apology has been asked and it seemt,
strange that "apology" Is uppermost
in the mind of Mr. Upjohn.
In view of the report he, as a mem
ber of the Pardon Board, made it
would appear that twenty-four men
who comprised the two juries which
jassed on the Pender case, should
maku an apology and the peoplo of
Columbia county who were at "white
lie.it" should also make an apology.
The Mist yet contends that state
ments emanating from the governor
or his secretary relative to the Pen
".er case were misleading and that
the people of Columbia county were
misrepresented.
importance.
The Washington papers are the
most valuable. They include docu
ments written and received by tin
first President, the reports from the
secret service agents during the Hev
olflllon, letters from Kocliauibeaus
and state papers.
The John Paul Jones papers fill
eight volumes of the special kind of
letter file in which the national col
lection is arranged. There are thirty
five volumes containing the proceed
ings of the commission formed for
inquiring into the losses, services
..nd claims of American loyalists. An
other interesting Colonial relic Is of
much earlier date, the record of. the
Virginia Company covering the years
ot 1619 to 1624.
N'ew England Is well "represented.
Mayor Peter Force of Washington
sold his great collection to the Gov,
ernment. The West Is represented
by the literary remains of School
craft, secrfjary to Gen. Lewis Cass,
and some pipers and lottem of Cass
himself.
Uncle Sam has also the letter books
ot President Monroe kept while he
was our ni'nit tci at London, the pa
pers of Gen John Sullivan, the letter
liuoks of Oen. Nathaniel Greeue and
the pa port of Col Ephraim Baine.
.
Senator Harding, observation leads
us to believe, has created a strong j
Impression of earnestness, sincerity
and a high sense of duty. His utter-
nnces are marked by a studied mod-'
eration; he exhibits no arrogance of.
opinion, and has made no extra vu ,
gant promises ot a mlllenlum to be ,
created by proclamation; he sks
rather to express the national spirit
h-.n to Impose, a doctrine of poll'.lca: ,
infallibility. And there is as unmis-l
takably a growing view that Gover-'
nor Cox is a shifty opportunist,
superficial in thought, reckless In
appeal nnd irresponsible in state
ments. Philadelphia North American.
AUCTION HA1.K
On Wednesday, October 20, 1920,
I will offer at public sale nt my farm
wo miles west of Itecr Island, His
following t.Miiod personal property:
I work team, weight about SiSOO;
t grau milch rows, all ot freshen
o..n, 2 yearling heifers; 1 Millhurn
.'arm wagon: 1 mewing machine; 1
u.y rake; I 2-seatetl hack; 1 Anchor
ilt ere:', in separator, 500-11 capacity ;
' Hercules stump puller, with lines,
blocks, etc.; 1 disc harrow; 1 2-sec-io:i
drag harrow; 2 single cultivat
es; 1 1 -sect Ion spring tooth harrow;
I Cahooii seeder; 1 Planet Jr. garden
drill; 1 12-Inch and one 8-Inch walk
'ng plows; 1 cider mill; 1 Diamond
feed mill; 1 spray pump, mounted
n barrel; 1 slip scraper and other
miscellaneous articles.
'Terms Under t20 cish. Over
this amount six months time on ap
proved notes. Lunch r.t noon. Sale,
rain or shine.
FRED GILL, Owner.
NOTICE OF ' HXAI. IIKAItING
III Tit C.ninty Court of the 8tte ot
Oregon for Columbia County
In the. nu tter of the estate of Frank
W. Johnson, deceased.
Notice Is hereby1 given that Minnie
Johnson, executor of the above en
it led estate, bus tiled her report and
iln.il account, nnd petition for dis
charge as executor, in the above en
titled court; that suld court has Bet
Monday the 8th day of November, at
tho hour of one o'clock In the after
noon r.s the tlihe, and the County
'f.iirt room at the c;urt house In St.
Helens. ColumhMl County, Oregon, aa
the pluce for hearing upou suld re
port nnd nnal account. All persons
desiring to object to said final ac
count will lilo object lous, or appear
lu person or by uttoruey at said time
and place.
Dated ut St. Helena. Oregon, Oc
tober 7th. 1920.
Minnie Johnson, Executrix of the
Inst will and testament of Frunk W,
Johnson, deceased.
LOYAL M. GIIAHAM. Attorney.
43.5 Forest Urove, Oregon.
AIRPLANES AND DUCKS
Evidently Edison I. H:illagli. for
mer, member of the legislature and
nominee for the mayorship of St.
Helens gave the "I'omo and Go" man
of the Oregonlan :i nlco pair of Mul
lard ducks when in Portland Monday,
for the ltregoni.ni hr.d this to say;
"Airplanes will ruin the duck bunt.
lng, predicts Kelson I. Hallugh of St. I
Helens. Wherever thero are good
duck grounds mid airplanes have ap-
per.red the dinks have taken alarm)
and abandoned tho neighborhood,,
mys he. Mr. Hnllngh forecusts tht,
Mine when the lakes along the Colum
bia river will he ns destitute of ducks
is they are of wnpatos, because the
.owl will be K.ared away by the air
tx:i?s Moanwhllo lu feels somewhat
optimistic bemuse the lrkes Just now
are filled with ducks and everyone
who could hi'lf way handle a sun has
been bacging the limit since the sea
son opened. It will litDresl Mr. Iliil
'"ith's former rolloaKues In the legis
lature to ler.rn that bo has not smoked
since l;;sl June. He got such u bad
ns.o In bin incut h t ying to operate
his power boat with coi-.I oil during
ho gasoline shortage thr.t cigars lost
llielr flavor, so 'ho u lit nmoktng "
THEFOUNTAINqb
YOUTH
Is hIm. Hie FOUNTAIN OV tu
UltOWN.U'H In 0,1. 'iy
"MfcKT MM AT HI VKIWIny
I m Hirutn of
the town,
M'H CltKAMH
ri'llll FUKNII FlUiTH
In Our PnHor
r nt Vour ,M
Phone Utt
A Portland boy choked himself to
death whilo blowing up a toy balloon.
Now the social welfare experts and
reformers in general should see Oiat
a crusade is started rgainst the man-'
ufacture and sale of the dangerous
toy balloon, and that a commission
is established to insure enforcement
of tho prohibitory statue. That is
the way we are doing things now.
Eugene Guard.
Some eastern profossor is looking
for somebody to mako a trip to the
moon In a skyrocket. Might consult
Cox the morning after November 2
on that-skyrocket feeling, nnd there
by obviate the necessity of shooting
ome poor cuss through space to get
the thrills.
Cox says that his Interest In tht
cause of education "will never lag."
It shouldn't. A better education
would have helped him a lot.
The check that Bryan has given
to the Cox campaign is much moro
effectlvo than Wilson's.
PUBLIC FORUM
HAVE PATIENCE
A party came into our office Sun
day and complained as to the detour
from Honeyman around through
Houlton. It "was so much longer"
he said. We have heard other com
plaints on the lower highway as to
detours.
A few years ago we remember that
when going through West's Lane near
scappoose, it seemed to us like ford
ing the Columbia river, and we can
also remember that two years ago it
was practically impossible to go via
auto or team to Astoria.
Several years ago, we couldn't
reach Itainier except by train or boat.
Between Portland and Astoria there
is not to. exceed 10 miles of detom
and the detour reads are much better
than the main roads of several years
ago. It takes time to build hard
surfaced roads and if the autoist wilt
stop to consider that each time an
auto is allowed to pass over new con
struction while such construction Is
unaer way, mere
WHO MAKES THE LAWS
Editor of the Mist.
I noticed an article In the Itr.lnlor
Review and the Clntsk.-.nie Chief of
last week as to "Too Much Leelsla-I
I'lon" and I aree with the pr.pers r.a
iu mis. i
During the past six years two of
the three Representatives from this
county to the Legislature have been
lawyers. If "Fewer and better laws"
are needed It seems to mo that It
would be wise to send a business man
or a farmer to the Legislature In
stead of sending more lawyers to
make moro laws.
Many Oregon counties like Colum
bia county have been represented b 1
lawyers, and possibly thr.t Is ore of i
the reasons why we have so many
laws. It has been said that tho law
yers need the laws more than do tho
-f-'ilo.
Being a candidate for the 4glslc
ture myself. I feci thr-t I owe to the
voters of this county a statement wltn j
-eferenco to my desire to represent
them. 1
The State of Oregon for a prei
many years through Its Hoard of
Control has been assisting in the Is
suing of bonds for the development
of nearly every section of the State
of Oregon with the exception of tlif
loggd off land districts, which Is of
most vital Importance to us. It was
'or the purpose of securing state aid
for the cut over and logged off land
that prompted mo to become a cana. i
date for the Legislature.
In closing I beg to state that I have
no interests to serve other than those
Mm uro oi interest to the county i
r.-ui wnicn i derive my livelihood
Very respectfully yours,
SHERMAN M. MILES.
way, there is a loss of time,
io tne paving crews and consequently WILL LIVE IN BUKGUNlit
oeiay in tne completion of the hard I Editor of tho Mist:
hav,, It iVr6.. leV '"L YUr e(morlal ln " of Sept.
have a little more patience and aldj'Mth is like nearly all yorr edl o.-luls
he road builder In the completion of I Highly' praiseworthy nd sound '
he road Instead of kicking about Years r..So the practice of becloud-
P tCld,UP rn f6W hours' BBt" inB "'"In Issue w-. he usui, I
ter wait a few hours now than to wait :-ractlco. Pa-.-ty organs utterly fTlWd i
""The' , n,t h 1?' .n . . 0 y ' yr le ,1-!
The truth of the matter is that we ns of the opposing pr.rtles
hnve been spoiled by having 90 miles As your discrin. natlng editorial!
of hard surfaced road end 1(1 mlin. 'mni-na m. iuu ... ' ... . '
of macadam road, and we don't wan! I the return of an a e bus! "admin
to-wait for the completion of the re- 'titration. As to C,!x' "reputed l
mnlnlng 10 miles and we have for-! dellction for "wet" Teglslation U Is
roMen that only a few vears , nl.ilnlv t i, .... ., " Z . :.".'...., 18
l w.ia inn mit m-i "V ;: " . V""-.l"B prumimion
that is, if tho roads then could be
called roads.
Let's have a little more patience
nnd such patience will soon be re
garded by having a completed road.
'The road builders and contractor!
are anxious to finish the job; Just
as anxious ns we p.ro to have it fin
ished,' but the trouble is 'that we are
not co-operating with them.
UNCLE SAM'S AUTOGRAPH
COLLECTION
pendulum Is BWlnelnir hark.
K is the part of good cl'.Ienuhlp to
keep it swinging In some reasonable
arc in future.
This coast country is destined to
be e win, country. We'll all bo: liv
ing In Burgundy byo nnd-bye.
STEVE 8TEBBINS. I
VTS A BUTTER KNIFE
Editor of the Mist:
Might I be permitted to make a lit
tle suggestion that often occurs" to
me while traveling about ia this west
ern country?
Wouldn't It be a lot nicer if at
hotels r.nd restaurants caro were al
ways taken to provide spe3liM sugnr
Uncle Sam Is not especially Inter
ested in autographs, but In his big
library aUWasliington he has a eood
m"nv ntters end papers signed bv '. spoon r.nd butter Unirr,
some o his most distinguished neoh. I The quantity and quality of the
nwi. All thfcso manuscripts, which food in your locnl restaurants are so
were not well cared for until a few pleasing and the breeze from tho
years' agp. are now intelligently cla- noble Columbia jgivos one such an
s'fl"d end preserved. There are appotlte.
twenty-five thousand documents of j
PIUSCILLA..
WELL-BAKED BREAD
.Is a wholesome, nutritious
food. At our bakery ytu
will find only well baked,
clean, bread, full of the nutri
ment of life. Our xperience
enables us to give you REAL
BREAD.
WEST ST. HELENS
BAKERY
S. F. HERMANN, Prop.
Itoutton, Phoue 114-6
Fall Yarns
We have just received a new shipme.it of Fall Yarns.
All of the newest and latest shades and at prices that
will move them fast. Come in and make your choice
while the stock is complete.
M. RICEN OPF.N EVEMNOS
MADE IN OREGON!
All cast, cast lined heat
er, medium size, 21 inch
$31.75
Extra large 24 inch
$33.50
Other heaters, up from
. $14.75
I get these stoves direct
tram the factory at Port
land and they are thor
ougnly guaranteed. I
have handled them for
me past-five years and
they have given perfect
satisfaction.
E. A. ROSS
Masonic Bid?.
St. Helens Ore.
Fresh Every Day
vzzxz -
HTEAKS, HOAHTH, IKHMvo MKATH,
HALT MKATH AND OVHTEHH IN HEAHON
Shop here for upitetlzlng meats
POULTUY
MORTON & WILSON
TWO MARKETS
Ct",rM M'rto ,,,""le Strand Mark., 1 le 4,
"The Love Nest?
LATEST RECORD
BY
ART HICKMAN'S ORCHESTRA
NOW ON SALE
-AT TIIK-
DRUG STORE
itaa hi
The Personal in Banking
"THE operation of a hank is not alone a matter of
legislative enactment, lut one in which the per
sonal element plays an important part as well.
You will find every person connected with tht
Columbia County Bank keenly alive to the responii
bilities assumed in acting as custodians of public mon
ey and as co-operative in the affairs of the people.
Tacilic International Livestock Exposition, fort
land, November 13-20.
SHERMAN M. MILES
President
OftbUimbi
CI liril'iin
6T 1 1 fit HNS
' ' ' '
J. II. HUTCHINSON
Cashier
-derefr -i
iww(,LS J
qCintv
'iW)N(iL
IN COUfMblA
Grocprps
A Few Suggestions
prepared Pancake Flour, Cane and Maple Syrup,
uiarshmallow and Karo Syrups. Makes you think of
a good breakfast.'don't it?
i.liX BRAND Corn Beef, Roast Beef and B;ef Steak
and Oni .ns. Full pound can for 50c. 'liy a
iou'll certainly like U. .
Canned Tuna Fish, 30c per can. Deviled Halibut
Loaf, 15c the can.
Ju:.t In New pack Hawaiian Pineapple. Two sizes,
40c and 50c per can.
A fresh lot of nice grape fruit and other Jruits and
vegetables.
Consumers' Cooperative
Store
Successor to St. Helens Union Store
Telephone 80
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