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PAGE FOUR THE ST. HELENS MIST \V \It l*K C U \ R K II ON M \ 11 T R A I N Il W I H T S . POO M U C H needed for agricult m e . lowed to lie idle, but ID L E T IM B E R L A N D wank an PiuitniaHier General Hays decluros "In 1920 Washington led all ell Friiluy by a purpose to protect the United or sl it t>N in lumber CUI wllll {>1 egou "T h e United States produces more »»■com!. t I d ' hd I u o malea pliiiduciltg T H K MIST P U B L IS H IN G IX IM P A N Y States mails " t o the last postal card, regardless o f cost and sacrifice." Mr than half o f the entire lumber cut over oIK IH a u ti a liait billeDll fe« * S. C. M O R T O N ..........................Editor 1 Vieilu ir tile measure. board North We*l is li» ma 111 tulli Ila lead ui Inni lie produci ion t( Illusi h < •ep OUI B IB H U IU ITIO N KATES Uro und put ila idi t» lores! 1 ¡ huís to One Y e a r .....................................>8.00 In the 12 months ended last April 1 w or U g rowing tiiui“ *r. Sis Month* ................................ >1 86 according to Mr Hays, u total of conference at Mather Field Califor A meric* ms need more Al bere $•; 300.000 was stolen front the nia. , torciti . titules * ’Ol. Ureeloy, I h very " T h e exhaustion o f our timber sup lurgoi) on t itene >11,000.DUO limber mails But In the six months fo l Entered a* Becou^^lae* matter. lowing the announcement that postal ply is coming about, not because w • e mude January 10th, 1912 at the 1’oatoffU-e employees would be armed, the total have used our forest freely, but be denude d aeren whic il could b produ< uve w II li propri allenitoli an-l at St. Helen*. Oregon, under the act fell to >318.000 ¡cause we have failed to use our tint Proteomu a ni -t Un «"in " o o f March 3rd. 1879 Mr. Hays is right. The criminal her growing lend. The problem ip a thè chlef rea »ou» wUy thè.e toiesi * elemest respects only a vigorous en-jnutshell is the enormous area o f for- i are ne Uni ui'e as tollows forcemeut O f th* taw If thoro were **st land which lias I... it so long.- ! C O U N TY O F F U L V L P A P E R •jOur uiauufucturmg center» an lax enforcement all along the line, and burned that it is producing lift I •» idrawiug ui un enormous raie up»i groups of bandits like t he dozen " r nothing We have more than SO our iiuiber supply noni iwo t,> lou Member National Editorial Associa men who held up an Illinois train 000,000 acres, uti rrea greater than t lilies .1.S fatti per capita as tbe t'Olili tion and Oregon State Edltorlul tbe other day and fought a pitched all the forests of France, Relg'um. try m largo. battle with the courageous employees Holland. Denmark, Germany, Switz Association. “ Our . at Iron k I h re*| u ire llib.' would spring up in all parts of the erland. Spain and 1'ortugi'l. which 000 w -«idoli i-r oHHties unnuuUy United States. have been denuded to the point of multi tu io Gioir roadbeds m fu con A M E R I C A \\ W I N Pi: \t I So accustomed have we grown to absolute Idleness so fur as tbe pro dltion oltd tako care of uew coiu im e In the last i.-sue of Tlie M.st w. > taking our law and order as we take duction o f any timber of commer lion. our water supply— as an unfailiug d a l value is concerned published the opinions of thirty-two "l>ur itvorug o American uws 12 " W e have other enormous areas representative men o f the commun matter of course— that we may over- pom J of papo i a vear Iliade Uirge look the fact that potential crime, j®* cut-over land now growing but ly iroiti w ood and thè xrowing eli ity relative to the proposition of St retary o f State Hughes as to a lim unless curbed b> a vigorous enforce- a fraction o f the amount o f timber cuín 1 1 *' i of our new spapers unii mag ment of the law. would soon wreck which they might produce And we itation of armament, were in line azíiics is Inert*. sing t ha i v ery geli civilization. This country, like all are adding to these an-, s o f Idle or with the propos.tion of Mr Hushes, erous per capii a allowance others, is full o f embryonic Villas, largely idle land from 10.000.000 to •*Our a verugt * well-oktp tarma II: who spoke for the \meriean govern eager, if opportunity permitted, to 1S.000.000 acres every year, as do- ment. The expressions of these ing the Upper Mississippi \ .» 1 lt- > •' organize the criminal, desperate and 1 structlve logging and still more d- men. we believe, might tie taken is an inst.inice, ret lUire 2.000 board íce adventurous elements and le a d , structlve burning progress In wesi- indicative of the sentiment of Un Of lilt! 1»er aim nuli) Ioi rep. ira un* people of the Uni.ed States, and th..- tli.-iu in armed assaults on the law- ,irn Oregon and Washington alone it impr- >\ * mentí is estimated that there are 1.600 Only the strong frolli ih* America is back of the admiaistr..- abiding citizens. “ The fruit shiptnents 000 acres of denuded land which but Wetia'i-liee Yukiiuu and III »1 K im tlon. a fact that will tremendously arm of law keeps down robbery, for fire would be producing timber strengthen the hands of the presi plunder, loot and rapine. W h i for "This situation." the Forester dent. The delegations at the Wash 26.00a.OHO boxes of lioaitl ft* points out, "can not long continue ington conference C3iinol fall to be DISARM THU KID. without grave consequences. If we each, every year deeply impressed by the unanimity The Oregon Humane Society be- “ re to remain a nation of wood useri o f America's support of the program A muti is rich in proportion to ito lieves it would be a good plan to dts- we must become a nation of wood and it is unbelieveable 'o sugge- arm the children by extending hu- growers. liy some means or other we number of tilings which lie cun ul that no good will come from the ford to let ali ne > Timi ■ mi mane education. conference. Every month we read of some In calling the conference America took a step ahead of any other na child responsible for shooting a play tion and in the short but to the point mate or being killed or Injured with I proposition that Mr. Hughes sub w eapons. ♦ How often we see children play mitted be laid down a principle an 1 ♦ ing with toy guns and pointing them udvocated a policy, the justness of ♦ which could not be doubted nor the at other children saying, " I ' l l shoot ♦ sincerity of this government ques you," in play. What else can be expected than! tioned. The conference is far front ♦ accidents if we give children toy Fancy Water Sets, a set ___ $3.25 being agreed upon a definite policy ♦ except that the nations o f tlm wori l guns, pistols, or swords to play with as soon as they can walk? ♦ want peace. The Far East question Fancy Flower Vases, each 25c to 50i Are not parents who do this care-1 ♦ is to be settled. It will take tint • but the indications are that it will lessly guilty of an offense ugalnst ♦ Fancy Cups and Saucers. be settled in a far better way than their own child and making it a ♦ menace to others? the attempt of the I.eague of Na ♦ Persons of either sex can learn t j tions to parcel out the spoils to the Buy now— Christmas is near— your friends will ap use a gun when they arrive at ati ( ♦ victors. preciate a nice water set. ♦ It may be weeks or months before age at which they will use mature; judgment with it. the conference is ended but when it ♦ They can lie taught to use a gun Is ended we are optimistic enough to ♦ believe that American diplomacy as 1 in its proper place and In that place, only, and we should stop the rnanu • 4 America's policy o f a fair deal and tacture of toy weapons ♦ to make such a deal without waste For this holiday season, in the H OULTON. OREGON of time, will ultimately lead the con ♦ ference to a just disposition of the Christian spirit that is demanding ♦ world disarmament, let us begin to problems before them. disarm our children. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The destruction o f bird life Is g o - 1 in f on fast enough without teaching T H E 1W23 F A I R . l'ttle ones to pull a trigger with our That Portland people want the Christmas trees.— Exchange. 1925 fair and are willing to tux them selves for it is indicated by the large V E H I C L E « N E E D L IG H T S majority given tho proposition at a special election in Portland. Satur A great deal has been said, and day. The vote was about four to one a great deal has teen done, abi ut o f H o u lto n In favor of taxing themselves $2.000. the regulation of mo’ or vehicles up 000 to assist in financing the fair on the public highways. O F F E R T H E F O L M t U I N « . I t A I U. t I NS In addition to this sum. citizens an 1 A great deal has been said, and teliHM K)— Modern 5-room house, (lose in lot , 0 x . " » fn. corporations o f the metropilis must little has been done, about the regu ed inside with beuver board; terms contribute $1.000,000. I f the state lation of other vehicles when travel- votes the other $3.000.000 property it g upon the pubHe highways. —6-room house, lot 50x100, good garden ground owners in Portland will pay approx The law- require? all vehicles to $600 down, balance to suit purchaser imately one-third of the state tax carry lights after dark. The number The endorsement given the propo of vehicles outside of motor vehicles «11,000.00 sition by those who will bear the w-hich do is infinitesimal, but th? law bam 50x58, fruit, fine water system; terms heaviest part of the tax burden will should be enforced— not so much for StM-N» » i i s » — . irave a far-reaching influence thru- tne convenience of rapidly moving out the state and The Mist predicts motor vehicles as for the safe*/ of Irrigated, 15 acres in alfalfa, good buildings, lerm- that the state will follow Portland's the slower moving vehicles 1 rude— Tw o lots in Cortland for 5-passenger automobile example and endorse the fair Cer That more horse drawn vehicles tainly, Columbia county should for are not demolished by collisions witu being almost adjacent to the pro motor vehicles Is a miracit Hid posed site of the fair, it will reap the drivers of other vehicles know the HOULTON, OREGON benefits o f the fair and the thou many narrow escapes they have from sands who w ill come to Portland to being struck and being sued for dam attend the fair will visit or p a s thru ages to the vehicles which strike this county. I f the fair will benefit them, it is likely that more of them Portland likewise will it benefit this would carry lights without waiting county. tor police officials to act. Only tho.-e who have driven motor vehicles upon the highways know the G E R M A N Y SAYS SHF. C A N N O T ♦ chances the unlighted vehicle takes PAY. — f'ottage Grove Sentinel ♦ The statements of the Sentinel are Coincident with the decline in the ♦ Without going into do- value of the German mark to the irrefutable. ♦ edge of the vanishing point conn- tails. it can he truthfully said that ♦ the announcement from Berlin to the conditions said to exist in Cottage the Allies that Germany cannot pay Grove, exist in St, Helens. ♦ the installment o f reparations due ♦ January 15. 1922, and amounting to \ H IR S U T E A lt«,! MK.NT. ♦ 500.000,000 gold marks. There w?« President Harding is said to be a like installment due November 15 last oh which Germany asked for sponsor for this story: An Irishmen and a Jew were dis and was granted an extension of 15 ♦ days. It is uncertain whether she cussing the relative merits of the! ♦ great men their respective races had can meet this On the day this Is ♦ produced and, naturally, got into a written, paper mark« are worth 4.3 ♦ mills, as compared with a normal heated argument. Finally, the Irish-! value at par o f exchange of $0.2382: man said: ♦ " I tell ye, Isaac— for Ivery great i thus it would require 27.700.000,000 ♦ Jew ye ran name ye can pull out wan ' of paper mark to meet tbe payment ♦ av me whiskers and fer ivery gr»*at of 500,000.000 gold marks Tran ♦ lattng this as expressed in paper son of Erin I'll pull out van av yours. ♦ marks into dollars at par of ex Are you on?” Reg. Price Sale Price Isaac agreed. Pat reached over-, change. it would look to us like a 22-inch Palace Wood Heater got hold of a whisker, and said trifle of $1 1.000,000.000 If i~ easy $25.50 Emmett,” and pulled to understand that there is awn“ "R obert ground for the statement o f the Ger Moses," «aid Isaac, and pulled one 20-inch Palace Wood Ileater ....... $31.50 $24.00 "Han O’Connell," said Pa*., man government that it can’t be of Pat’s "A b ra h a m ," Is- done I f the reparation • were pay and took another. 22-inch Forrest Wood Heater ....... $30.00 ic retaliated, with a vicious yank $23.00 able in paper marks all that would be necessary would be to speed up “ Patrick Henry; rest hi« s o u l '" crieu 20-inch Forrest Wood Heater "T h e twelve apostle*!” yelled ....... $27.00 the printing presses, a device that is Pat $20.00 sapiently urged by some of our own I.-ii ic. pulling a whole handful of 18-inch Crown Coal Heater whlsk'-rs from Pat’s chin. home-grown political economist $21.00 Pat let out a yell o f rage and pnln who would make money plentiful for everybody In the United 8'ates with lie -eized the Jew's full beard with 20-inch Oakwood Heater $23.00 out the pain o f working To what both hands and roared. " T h e Ancient extent the German government Is Order of Hibernians'" conniving at the depreciation o f It Even though there was no foun currency in order to make repara tions payments i.-iq'.--¡hie is not ye* dation for the rumor that the Epis established The Alii«- have deter copal Guild wanted to oust the li A REAL BUY if YOU NEED A HEATER mined that If Germany cat ot pay in f i r r y from their present quarters l the property o f the Episcopal gold, she shall pay In good - church 1 It did some good, for the C O M E IN A N D L O O K T H E M O V E R people began to realize the im por The Erie, Pa . Timi r'trhtlv too-*, tance of the library and expressed ♦ that it is hardly nere - try to say »ha> their desire for Its c«»ntlnunnce It j ♦ the thrift movement a it is no v wa in isolated case where a false | taught has no relation to tn »rllr.«-- rumor did «ome go«»d. ♦ or to the mere hoarding of t• ..■ ,■ y ♦ Those who save In tir* rii t tint It 1« a good idea that the 8f. Ifel- ♦ are the one« who alway-. have nio* ■ '•ii- «'it. toiler o f « ommerce has rela ♦ to go out and buy what they * , . ,| tive to getting nut a booklet giving t h e tv stö r « They are the ones who ar» <-i<*oiii«*d ♦ it her, tic information as to «'oiumbla I_________________________ ___ • t by the merchants and the "Minty. Such a booklet, conveying ♦ ers. because they know what thev as if will, reliable information Is want and have the money to pay bound to belli in th e further develop for it. ment of the roun.y. 1 » n u i '<1 Kv«‘ry Christmas Goods MRS. A. F. BASEEL, N u il) i 1*1 i » N \ I. I court room of H*ni lo im . # appointed ........... Mattet .o Ih. I ............ John Unici ton ' '•'* * •* ■• ‘l MITICI- e lien ■> given limi I l f ui iderslgio-tl as a d m l l l l s l r u l e r o f I»y Mai,! ,,,,.,» I,«***n > i(urt i .. \ i In* Gis 11m. ' - ..... thereof ' ... . Haled and first uii I i II hi ... ■ t, |(„ f ^ { ‘ ‘ " " “'isti the . filile of Jehu \iulerson. decease !. I.i's Mieti III final accounl In Ml»- , O lili tv Court Ol the Ulule ol tiro * , w ul« »lay • * f I »eceiiiher “ e ( ,A y A|, . I Nee o ,. .. "H IT R , ' ''“ "hlutrst,,, 5(Mi % ' Uuuiry. V I» 1 * 1 il H im hour Ilf I I o rio K T I im town newspaper Loth. 1.1 day I ............ ..»..I ...... '• IIIX- m tip- I'oien.mu ol salt! a-td II... Hie ..eu lirv and olii- of .... the . famllv ¡'"»»III#, Use Sanitary Fixtures T t| K li.tvc many new sanitary fixtures in X U sunk for your bath room. Look over out stmk of plumbing and heating good:,. You will be convinced. k. C O N S T A N T IN Tbe Plumber III w 11 III IM. Ill I I NS MOTOR OILi_ WEST SI DE OARAGE L GREASE iK. i. (Nm < <***.,.r to llnr.liii) Hobbs & Waldron, Props. EXPERT REPAIRING Of all makes of cars; courteous and prompt service; gasoline, oils and complete garage service; all work guaranteed. B A T T E R Y C H A R G IN G A N D R E B U ILD IN G HOBBS B A T T E R Y S T A T IO N USED C AR S FO R SALE Houlton, Ore. Phone 90 Weekly Offerings of Rutherford Realty Co. See Us if You Want to Rent, i»uy. Trade or Sell Business is Good The H. H. Bunting Real Estate Co. H. H. Bunting Real Estate Co. » m i l NT. l„ II,.. < omit) o» " " *«‘il.» O» Itnil ()Uc<, t ' t r Ih( ! «• m k < ». i » < • IwMbte < »u nit t im i, thereto Houses VI H mmmi — <* ihh | || mum hmpi' ;in«l Kaninn lot on good Improved paid up Street, suitable for two famliiei Mr.NHMH»---< » 0 0 ( 1 \ room holl«, and two good lot*, toll* pa »I up s«*w»*r. do#«* in, a snap at thin price Ä’JtAa.fMi— N p ' p modern *i room bungalow on pavement, clo** In, full liMW»ni«Qt, everything In modern conveniences Farms ( holre urreug»* tracts of flu** gard»*n t*»»ll. v»*ry riot*«* in and (!•■- Mlrubl»* location, $ 1 f>0 tu $260 p»*r urn* m . o hmh i — 60 acr» - 12 in r»**- clear, 1 milt* from Warren, th* very best of »oil. el»,!,,, location, might con- tier city proper’ y In trade up to $3000 00 Tills Is uti exception al good buy. JMI.KMMMS— •; " " '■"> farm, all cleur choir«* garden -oil no rock, _‘ oo f e e t from pavement, creek, large 10 room hou«*. other buildings, good orchard, 1-2 hour's rid»1 fro’U Portland l ain, for i* iit. choice unimproved lund $ 1 0 p»*r acre ,u,d up t 'birken ranch for rent, «ul«. or trade RUTH ERFO RD REALTY CO. P H O N E S — Office. 123; Residence 3H-J and 74-W A BIG REDUCTION ------- - O N ------- — Universal Heaters Prices are Reduced io the Very Bottom ir -k it St. Helens Hardware Co. Phone 97 ÍM CHESTER Our C o u n try’s Power I be N.iti tn s mijjht is influenced by its every citizen* Latriotism is for all. And «tne of its practical forms is intelligent, imlividual effort that develops collective financial strength--*0 important a factor in national supremacy. Conscrvati«)!! upon tbe part of the imlividual the building ot a surplus— is essential to both national ami personal protection. Are you one—or are ymi still seeking* Somewherc aloni; the way there is a T U R N . Consult with our O F F I C E R S . S H E R M A N M M ILE S President "C o J. E. HUTCHINSON Cashier