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There is no more persistent econ
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paper money, backed only hy the
Issued Every Friday by
credit of the government 1* In time
rill.; m i s t p u b l i s h i n g c o m p a n y
of depression a stimulunl to industry,
a. C. MORTON......................... Editor an expansion of prosperity, and a
safe and proper exercise of govern
mental power in behalf of the pa
S I IU 'IU IT IO N RATES
per.
France tried It in its revolution
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$1 25 and paid the penalty.
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Hryan tried it in 1896 and he had
Entered as geoend-oliiss mutter. the west witli him.
January 10th, 1912. at the Post office , Germany. Austria and Russia ure
at St. Helens. Oregon, under the ael trying it now and see what ha* hap
pened to them!
of March 3rd, 1879
America and England clung to the
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I recognized principles of sound fi
fOEXTY OFFICIAI. PAPER
nance throughout the war and there
after, and their financial stability to
Member National Edttor'al Associa day is in large part due to the sensi
tion and Oregon State Editorial ble restraint.
When Henry Ford talks as Peter
Association.
Cooper talked years ago about a cur
rency based upon nothing at all
which will make us all huppier be
EIRE PREVENTION.
cause it will put more money in our
The forest service of the govern pockets, as the printing presses of
ment lid a timely thing hy conduct Europe’ have put millions of rubles
ing at this early stage of the game in the pockets of Russian peasants,
its vearly campaign to educate the and tlie printing presses of Germans
pubiic about fire prevention in the have made the paper uta-k worth
woods.
Before many weeks have
than a cigarette coupon, Mr.
gone there will have begun the sum less
simply doesn't know.
mer exodus into the woods and ltill-^ lord
Mr Ford" says that history Is bunk.
and thousands of touring parties will
be motoring over the roads that lead There are thousands more who, while
not so candid as he. are equally ig
through forest and clearing. Nov norant
of the teachings of history
Is a good time to start these people We learn as nations, as we learn
thinking about the serious conse
quences of carelessness with fire The personally, from experience and ex
careless camper is the person whom perience with unlimited issues of
the fire prevention advocates wish paper lias been too disastrous to be
to reach. Sometimes he is careless disregarded.
because he is selfish and indifferent,
sometimes because he is ignorant
WHAT'S A FLAI'I'ER'.’
Should a fire break out In a Co
Since
the “ flapper” has become
lumbia county forest, the loss does
not fall only on an individual or a of general interest, let us consider
And since, us Socrates
a corporation, but upon all of our flappers.
people, because the forests of this taught, the first requisite of philoso
county are a considerable portion ot phical discussion is to define terms
its taxable wealth and when this let us consider definitions. What,
property is destroyed, there is no then, is a flapper? A newspaper
possibility of a replacement. And no- questionnaire has brought forth
alone this feature, as logging and these suggestions:
"Flapper is the modern term for
lumbering are our principal Indus
tries and afford employment to hun a pretty young girl.”
"A flapper is a cute, frivolous girl
dreds of men.
Destroyed timber
cannot he logged or manufactured in the latest clothes."
“ A flapper is a frivolous young
into lumber, therefore It is apparent
that a forest fire not only destroys person whose galoshes flap as she
valuable property hut deprives mei walks.”
“ 1 should think the term would be
of work
The axe of the logger is
depleting fast enough the timber sup applied not to our attractive young
ply of this and other Oregon coun girls, hut to the old ones who are
ties. We need all of our timber for trying to look young."
"A flapper is a cute young thing
useful purposes so let us by example
and advice aid the forest service in with short skirts, bobbed hair aud
their effort for forest fire preven sport oxfards."
"A flapper is a girl making her
tion. By doing so we will be help
self as attractive and cute-looking as
ing ourselves.
possible so she can catch a beau.”
And so on and on, without really
W A R ON IL L IT E R A C Y .
getting anywhere.
Socrates may have been justified
At a conference of educators in
Chicago last week It was decided in his ftenzied quest for definitions,
that every effort should be put forth because in his day there were no dic
A lexicon is always a
to wipe out illiteracy In the United tionaries
Lou king
States by 1930. This Is a most am hort-cut to knowledge
bitious purpose, but the shame of il the word up In the Century, we find
literacy can and must be removed this explicit and succinct statement:
"Flapper— a young bird when first
from our American civilization. Anv
movement with that aim in view de trying its wings; especially a wild
duck when It cannot fly.”
serves vigorous support.
What more could anyone ask?
“ It is easy to be deluded about
the comparative ease of stamping out And don't despair of the poor little
Illiteracy because of the deceptive flapper. Her feathers grow and her
nature of census figures on tho ques wings strengthen, and the poor little
tion," says the Kansas City Star. The duck does learn to fly after all. you
census figures undoubtedly are mis know; and eventually we find her a
staid mother, worrying about a new
leading
It will not do to rely upon the generation of flappers. — Astoria
showing from that source that there Budget.
are fewer than 5.000.000 persons
more than 10 years of age in the
ON GETTING MARRIED.
United States who cannot read and
write. It must be remembered that ’ A pastor in one of the cities of the
the census figures are based upon country who is being sued by his
the mere statement of people that wife for divorce is quoted as making
they can read and write. In count the statement to his congregation
less cases these statements are whol that “ it takes a man of nerve and
ly or partly false.
a woman who is brave to face the
This is proven hy the fact that the marriage ceremony today.”
If this is true, why the "today?"
actual test of men drafted for ser
vice In the world war disclosed that What difference is there In the mar
approximately 25 per cent were un riage ceremony of today from that of
able to read a newspaper nor write yesterday?
a letter home. Moreover, Investiga
It takes more than “ nerve" and
tion by the children's bureau in eight "bravery" to enter into the marriage
states show that more than 25 per ceremony. It takes judgment aud it
.cent of the boys between 14 and 16 takes honesty and sincerity. It re
are Illiterate.
quire- tin, square deal between the
The Kansas City paper says that j
“ the probabilities are that the num- :
her of real Illiterates in the United
States is nearer 20.000,000 than 5,-
000.000." If the real evils of illit
IF Y O U L IK E A
eracy are to be removed. Illiterates
must be taught not merely to read
and write a little but to read and
write with a reasonable degree of
understanding.
Near illiteracy is a problem almost
as serious as illiteracy. Both must
be solved before the country can ad
vance in democracy.
two parties to the marring» con
tract.
It means consideration for
the other party.
No man or womau should enter
:nto the mafriage ceremony who
dees not know how to compromise ou
the non-essentials Any man or worn
an who marries with the expectation
of having it ull his or her own wax
is headed straight for the divorce
court.
And this great fact might be tuk
en under consideration by the minis
ter iu question as well as by ull oth
ers. When a marriage ends in fail
ure it is not wedlock that is at fault
but the parlies who enter into it.
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tic falliti» aliar. Ih» chinili, ani
tl„. pi tv Ile s. ".»I supporteli enti"
Iv t,v p ivati conirihiilion
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FO RESTS O F T H E F U T U R E
ci,urei, .mi rial, fon ver aparl
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Fifty years ugo New York pro
duced more lumber from lie forest- S lira ut
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than an] other S t a l e .
Now it pro
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duces less thau one-tenth of the sup s 's
er "l '.ave three
ply of the country.
childrei, and i»y liou-eliobl duncs ...
This is partly due. of course, to atleti !» and canti... spare ..... un,.
the nation's increased use of lumber, to serve ori thè jur>, makes al «•(
but tile great reason is the wanton us realtze tfiat Ihe Home is thè pitie
destruction of the forests without «bere reai Jury .luti begins aud re
replnclng them.
fresine us witl. Hi" tbonghi that thè
States that are planting trees on a resp.iiislbilities of mothorhtH.il and
big scale are preparing much wealth thè pari mot ber and homo play >n
for their future residents.
(he mattili,- of comi cttUeus le not
The more any state conserves its allogo!ber forgotteu
natural resources, and develops Its
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power, the more attractive it will be
If a wonian i» drawn for Jury dui]
in the next generation, utul tlie great site l'i's lite rivllege of serving or de
er the prosperity of its inhabitants. clit.!i.g 'o serve jttst as is moet con
ve„icni io ber
Bui in <•>»* man s
1 It R R ELA TIO N S W IT H RUSSIA. case il is different, Ite bus to serve
Ttie number of famine deaths in wiiethcr il is convenlent or noi, un
Russia to date is estimated at more lese exetisi'd frolli jury duty bv tIte
than 260.000 by Semashko, the sov Circuit Judge. About ....... for tln
iet commissioner of health. Food, men to l.egin a cutnpuign for equal
rushed by the American relief expe rlgl.ts
ditions. has saved the lives probably
Jack Dempsey finally g»t to
of millions.
The Russians who have been saved France, but . veral years after the
front death's clutches by American armistice was signed
food are bound to have a kindly feel
ing toward us that will be perpetuat MRS. CROUSK T H A N K S
ed through their descendants
T H E MIST AN D JUDGES
And in the long run that feeling
will be more important for internal
Mrs E A Cr. . 1 -.*, who won first
ional brotherhood than the official
puzzle contest,
relations between the Russian aud prize in the
writes the Mis' as follows
American governments.
To tiie Editor of The Mist and to
Elbert Bede, editor of the Cottage the Judges of ihe Puzzle Contest I
Grove Sentinel. Is candidate for r.-p wish to express my thanks for th«
II was quite t
resen'atlve from the 3rt’ district. prize awarded me
Lane cot.nty. true's platform Is surprise aud pleasure to receive It
short a.td to tho ptint: "Sava vvliat I think the dictionary anti I became
he thinks, does what he say'," a id quite well acquainteil as far as the
those who know It do will aceop' ins letter "I’" t> concerned
Sincerely,
statement without argumen’ .
The
MRS E A CROUSE
excellent chance of being elected. He
wil be a (earless and sensible legis
Miss Velma Felton railed at the
lator.
' Mist o f f l c and received her $5 prize
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An exchange says that Senator as did Mrs Mode Griffith of Tren
Borah probally wouldn’t vote for v holm Both of them expressed the
same sentiment as did Mrs «'roiive
treatv that he wrote himself
IN ice Hot Lunches... ♦
S A IS
HIHT AIN MUST F A Y
U NITED STATES.
TH E
we will be glad to serve you
Great Britain's war borrowing-,
Prompt service, reasonable
from the United States totaled the
stupendous sum of $4.277,000,000,
prices.
and unpaid interest Increases the
debt to approximately $5,000.000.-
000. The United States government You will be pleased with our
borrowed these billions from its own
burdened citizens. If we cancelled Soda Fountain service. Soft
the allied war debts, the transaction
drinks in bottles or at the
would simply amount to the taxpay
ers of the United States making a
fountain 5c.
gift ot $5,000,000,000 to Great Brit
ain
ft Is amazing that so quixotlsh a
proposition has been seriously p ro -!
posed and supported by a number ,
of American citizens. The frank,
manly, high national spirit voiced by j
the London Spactator should put au
end to this agitation, regarding
which, as the Spectator says, there j W e have brick ice cream on
has been too much discussion al- i
ready The Spectator would have the
Saturdays and Sundays.
United States treated as an oblig-j
ing friend and says that payment 1 Fresh
Chocolates
received
should be settled primarily to suit I
every week.
America's convenience.
It is not alone the $5 000.000,000 '
which Great Britain owes us that is
involved in this question. If we can
celed the British debt we should hav; i
to.cancel all the allied war debts-
a stupendous total of about $ 11 ,-
«* 00 , 000 , 000 , Including unpaid inter
Rutherford Building
est This is equivalent to more than [
$100 for every man, woman and Columbia St.
St. Helens
child In the United States. It is
more than $500 for the average fam- i
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Here is
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complete. Give us a portion of your patronage. We
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St. Helens. Oregon
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guani- lie taken Into considerati«,». but their method*
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tegrity. and their landing in the eoiumunlly nhould *l»o
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rommunit) and w. nave no better reference than any
one of tlie hundred» ot people- who hav* ».count« with 14 «.
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and operating under tin* Ee.leral Reserve System. and
öfter tlie now depoatlor a banking connection that i* nut
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lota, fruit, $1800 term»
10 room hoti-e and i lot» Iu Houlton. good location. I11M
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room houM*. turn, fruit, fine neighborhood, plenty of
garden planted, only $ I BOO
lo. arr« H houm*. hum, I arreh Hear, fruit, creek, go<»d ruad,
rhiM* to school, gravity water, team find row, $500
Whero ran you heal n fur a good 10 arre*0
20 arr» s i s a« r»*s clear, bottom land, clou»» In, 7-n>oni houw.
burn, orchard, Mprlng, trout t»troania all choice land.
$1475 terms
Dandy 25 acre farm
« lear, nect»M»ary building*, good or-
chard, good road do*« to town and achool and a bargiiD
at $2500.
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barge l>> simpl.i wrillng Ilio Homo
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THE U N I V E R S A L C A R
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Dropped!
You thought and we thought that rock bottom prices
had been reached, but it takes Ford to surprise us ah
with another drop in his already law priced high qual
ity car.
T H E N E W PRICES A RE :
Chassis, demountable rims, self starter .
Roadster,, demountable rims, self starter .
Touring Car, demountable rims, self starter
Sedan, demountable rims, self starter . . . . .
Coupe, demountable rims, self starter
Truck, demountable rims, self starter ..
Truck, regular ............................................. $533
$482 1 t
$525 8
$555.54
$765 62
$r/>8 >2
$605 01
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$492.85
Above Prices for St. Helens Delivery
Fieldhouse Motor Co.
AU T H O R IZE D FORD AND FORDSON DEALERS
ST. HELENS,
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Finance lomorrow
By laying aside a certain surplus every month, the
individual not only strengthens his resources, bu.
places himself in a strong position to take advan
tage of business opportunities of tomorrow.
The man who deposits a portion of tlie cash He r*
reives from time to time of the T O D A Y 'S , will b*
able on the TOMORROW to take advantage ofth*
opportunity, he it business, situation, home, trav
el or pleasure.
W e pay 4 per cent on Savings Deposits, ,ntel^
payable twice a year— January 1st ami July **t. *
will be pleased to start you on the successful trai
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Safety Deposit Box Rentals are Moderate
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