The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, March 22, 1895, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextOREGON MIST. ISSUED EVEBI rBIBAV moiii.g -Br- BKEGLE A DAVIS. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. akaerlptletni Usuem. On oopy om year la advance.. ..$180 - 76 uni copy si inouiaa.,, Single oopy. Advertising rate mad known upon application COLOMBIA COUNTY DIRECTORY, Canaly Olfleare. Jndn... .........Dean Blanphard, Rainier Clerk Judson Weed, Vernonla Sheriff Chaa. F. loan, Rainier Treaaurer E. M. Wharton. Columbia City Bunt, of Schools.... i. O. Watta, Soappoose Assessor..... 7 Martin White, Quincy Surveyor W. N. Mesenre, Delena - I P. A. Frakes, Soappoose Commissioners J g Q Bt-aoonover, Vernouia laeielf Natlcea. Maaowio, St Relent Lodge, No. SS-Racnlar Communications flrat and third Saturday In each month at 7:80 r. M. at Hasottle hall, visit ing membere In (ood standing invited to at- :.. If isomc.-Ralnler Lodge, No. t Stated Ueetlnn Saturday on or before each full moon a 7:80 r. . at Maaonie hall, over Blenchard'a tore. Visiting mambara In good Mandiuf in vited to attend. Odo Fellows St. Helena tods No. 117 Meets every Saturday night at 7:0. Transient brethren la good standing cordially invited to attend. Kmiorti or Pythias. Avon lodge No. S3, meets every Tueaday evening at 7:80 o'clock, in Odd Fellows hall, St. Helena, Oregon. Tran sient brethren invited to attend. In their hall, over Delta' atora. Transient breth ren oonuauy invited to auena. Invinl ntnn TTwmtn AanfUR MlCHAlf- tos. Coram Ma Council No. 10. Meets in Odd Fellows' hall, St. Helena, every Thursday even ing at 7:80 o'clock. Visiting brethren in good standing, umtea to auena. . Okdh or KirrsRK Bran. Mlipah Chapter meets every second and fourth Saturday at r. at., in Masonic nail, m. iieicna, uregvu. n woioome giaen to visiting memoera. ST. BELEKR, OHESOH, HABCH St, Tax democrats of the state are in a "peck of trouble," because Cleveland's appointee hare seen fit to retain in office one or two republicans because of their eminent fitness for the place they hold, and have been holding in dtgnation meetings in Portland to dis cuss ways by which said objectionable employes may be dispensed with. If the people interested in the Scap poose bay channel movement can but succeed in securing action by the gov ernment they will bare accomplished something which will prove a great benefit to the entire southern portion of Columbia county. The valuable lands along the bay will be greatly in creased in worth should the undertak ing be successfully carried oat. Whatbvkb else may be said either for or against the late legislature, the fact remains that it reduced the ap propriations a half million dollars as compared with those made by the pre vious legislature. This is no small item in favor of the late legislature. Indeed, since retrenchment was urged so strangly by the people, and prom ised by the candidates, on that partic ular point, if no other, they redeemed their pledge. One-half million dollars saved to the state at this time will be appreciated by the tax payers. Ore gon could stand another cut of this kind in its biennial appropriations and yet have all the burdens to bear con sistent with our present prosperity. Thb Deer Island correspondent to The Mist this week advances some ideas in regard to a rounty poor farm, and among other things urges the ne cessity of such an institution. It is true the county is at a very great ex pense in supporting the helpless, and perhaps it would prove a great saving if there could be a place provided for these people where tbey could produce a part of what they consume, at least We are unable to state the exact amount which has been drawn from the general fund of the county during the last year for this purpose, but it,! no doubt, would be a surprising sum should it be enumerated, item by item, and would go a long ways towards maintaining a poor farm. Is the Clatskanie Chief of last week appeared a report of the United States engineers in regard to the improve ment of the Clatskanie river. While we were aware of the fact that there Was a great amount of shipping done on the Clatskanie, we did not know its commerce was of such magnitude. The report recommends the improve mant of the river by the general gov ernment, and states that less than a quarter of a mile of new channel is necessary to be made. . The total amount of commerce of that stream for the year 1893 is considered as be ing estimated very low at a half mill ion dollars.. Where such an amount of commerce can be carried on under existing circumstances, it is no more than justice that there be some im provement made in order to aid the enormous traffic of that stream. Thb Iowa State Register, the lead ing republican paper ot that state, contains the following: "Senator Mo Bride, of Oregon, who succeeds Senator D.Jph, is spoken of by Iowa men as a man very much like Senator Allison of this state. He is spoken of as a scholar, a gentleman and a man -of literary as well as political tastes. ' He is kind and affable and full of good fellowship ; a warm friend and inclined to draw near to the people. He is a republican' of unstained record and untainted faith. On the money ques tion he is a bimetallist iu the republl can sense, aud not the radical man some have tried to make him out to be. Senator Dulph is a man ot great abilities and his record has been in many respects consistent and courage ous, but he seems never to have been very popular with the masses, as he is naturally proud, distant and austere- qualities that are not prised in the long run. Seuator McBride has many warm friends in Iowa and other of the great middle western states, as wall as in the east, and will stand well in the Uuited States senate." CLOSES COL 17 VA TWlf. The question of large land holdings ik again attracting considerable atten tion throughout the country, and more especially through the middle west. The newspapers and magazines are discussing the question and devoting a great deal of spare to correspond ents who desire to handle the subjeot. In almost every instance the drift of sentiment is in favor of smaller hold' ings and closer cultivation, if it would be made profitable. : Oregon is today afflicted with the same condition of af fairs. Farmers undertake to handle too much land and iu consequence the soil is not properly tilled nor the crop sufficiently cultivated. This is espec ially true in the large wheat'growing sections of the Willamette yalley and Eastern Oregon. In those sections the farms are too large to handle prof itably under present conditions. Near ly all the leading aud most successful agriculturalists recommend that the large tracts ot agricultural land be di vided into smaller holdings; that one man Bhould not attempt to cultivate a grealei number of acres than is in his power to cultivate well. There are very few farms, says an eminent writer, but what could be made pro duce more than they do, with close cultivation. This close cultivation cau only be accomplished by dividing the large farms into small tract with a tenant for each, or better still, by sell ing small tracts to men who will oper ate them for themselves. Through the universal plan of large lana holding too much valuable and otherwise prof itable soil is allowed to grow up in weeds every year. A forty-acre farm properly cultivated will produce a mar gin for any ordinary family in Oregon. POINTED AND PKKTIXENT. Great Britain is always willing to ar bilrate disputes with nations strong enongh to fight, but very seldom with weaker ones. Coxey did not find Philadelphia con genial, so he has. gone back to Ubio. He is sore about being left out in all the new party deals. It was unfair in those continental European nations to take advantage ol (he United Stales by beginning a tariff war while Cleveland and Gresham are in office. France and San Domingo have made up, but there are no indications that the (ormer has forgiven secretary Gresham for putting his mouth io the quarrel. If more politicians would become private citizens without being com pelled to, their stories of the woes of public life would be more sympathet ically received. It is not surprising that Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle have been sick. but it is surprising, after they have so clearly demonstrated their incapacity, that they should still be in omce. Since that European bond syndicate "held up" the administration men have been held np in the streets of Wash ington and robbed of their money and jewelry. So much for the force of ex ample. The democratic congress is dead and buried, but the country will have to stand almost two years more of Gresbamania, unless some unexpected occurrence shall give us a new secre tary pi state. When society demands a satisfactory answer to "where did you get it?" be fore recognizing the newly rich, would be social splurgers a long step will have been taken towards the sup pression of stealing. Representative Henderson voiced the opinions of the best Americans when be said : "The question is not so much, what is the amount of the ap propriations? as it is, are those appro priations needed?" That Howard Gould was "done" out of a large sum of money in a game of poker with one of the foreign "noble men" who attended hit sister's wed ding, may or may not be true, but it is certain that the family was thor oughly "done" by the wedding. No higher tribute to the value of the American market, which a democratic congress and president has divided with Europe, was ever paid than is con tained in the following extract from the last annuat report of the Belfast, Ireland, Board of Trade: "Since the passage of the new tariff law in the United States business has improved and the demand is not equal to what it was at any time in the past five years. It is not generally known that Eng land'scommerce with 65,000,000 people under the stars and stripes amounts to quile ss much as her trade with the 368,000,000 under the British flag. America is, therfore, the best friend of English commerce.". What pleasant reading that makes for Americans whose occupations have been lost for the benefit of British manufacturers. Proof was made before the county judge Wednesday by Frank String field on homestead entry flo. sauo, for the southwest of the- southwest J, sec 11, and the 'southeast i of the southeast , sec 10, and the northeast of the northeast sec 15, and the northwest of the northwest i, sec 14, township 5 north, range 3 west. His witnesses were Michael reals and is. O. Varucy. A 8EKIOU8 ASPECT. International Affairs Becoming Very Complicated. Washinotop, Maroh 2a England's ulti matum demanding indemnity from Nicar agua for the expulsion of Ouuauiar Anunt Hntcb, at Blnettelds, with the report of a British worship on the way to enforce the demand, caused a hasty meeting ot the cabinet this afternoon. To possibility of European concert against the United States is considered. It is a taut Mint the United States has Com plications with every maritime power In Europe, Russia and Scandinavia excepted. With England it Is the unsettled Cana dian sealing oluliu. With Germany, France, Holland and Belgium the meat and cattle question. With Italy the killing of the Italian citizens in Colorado. With Spain the Alliance incident, following the friction over the tariff ouatoms duties, and under neath all the feeling that every gun and every cartridge in the hands of the Cuban Insurrectionists wet smuggled Into Cuba from the United States. Both France and Germany as well as Groat Britain have determined to force matters against Veneauela on account of unsettled claims, and there is dust a foot deep ou the Monroe doctrine. The trouble with the Hawaiian minister does not, of course, help matters in the least. The naval officers feel the situation more keenly than any one else, and tliey know bitter would be the humiliation Iu a com' bat with a great naval power. They point out that Europe Is more quiescent now than at any time in twenty years. There is accord and concert on the Asiatio situa tion with England, Franca and Russia to demand that the Corean independence shall be guarranteed. We are stlU away down the list as a naval power, and in case of trouble the neutrality laws would limit our coaling ports to our owu stations, which are few and unpro tected. We have surrendered to interna tional law the right of privateeilng, which would be simply invaluable in case of war with England. We haven't enough of a fleet to guard our own coast, let alons adopt an aggressive campaign. In this connection the coast defense plans have been matured for over a year to protect New York harbor and every princi pal coast eity in case of war. BOAPPOOSB. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Watts, of Reuben, were io town Sunday. Joseph Bush, past grand roaster of the I. O. K. D's. suddenly disappeared one day last week. Mrs St Helens, of Portland, arrived in town8unday. Mrs. St. Helena will take charge of the school at this place. A pleasant surprise was tendered Mr, ana Mrs. Swager Tuesday evening of last week. Dancirig and merry-making was the order of the evening. Samuel Wilson, king of tramps, who left England the tlth day of last August, with his friend Mr. York, intending to walk around the world in eighteen months with out spending a cent of money, was a guest at the section bouse Friday night of last week. . An amusing incident happened one day last week in which Mr. Leonard played the part of a bold man with a gun. He became enraged at a poor tramp because be would not cut any wood after getting something to eat. The tramp started to run down the railroad track and Leonard gave chase with his pistol, shooting at every jump. The tramp, thinking he was bit. fell to the ground. Scene II. A badly scared man running for home like mad, and never once looking back to see the tramp walking leis urely away. DIED. FRENCH -At St. Vincent hospital, Port- 1...4 Am, U..h IO t a A'lrw.lr - m., Levi French, aged' 70 years and 7 months, ot oropsy. -Deceased was a resident of Houlton for nearly rive years prior to his death. He was a pioneer of 1845. He suffered several years from the disease which finally caused his death. He was taken to Portland Mon- nay evening and at 9 o'clock the next morn ing be came to the river which marked the unknown boundary. There are no relatives of which there is any knowledge. What of this world's blessings he possessed, were put in the possession of Lindley Meeker, of Houlton, consisting of his little home at Houlton and a certificate of deposit from a Vancouver bank for (1350. His remains were laid to rest in Oddfellow cemetery Wednesday. POPULISM IS SOCIALISM. 'A correspondent writes the New York Advertiser to know whether populism leads to socialism, and re ceives the following reply: "Populism not only 'tends to social ism but is socialism. Socialism, broad ly speaking, looks to the collective ownership and management of all branches of production and exchange, and all methods af transportation and communication. The application of this principle, however, takes various forms. Some socialists insist upon Ihe total abolition of private property and individual rights, while others less revolutionary are not ready for such an extreme. "An idea of the character of popu lism is afforded by the platform adopted last year by tbe Wisconsin populists. That platform embodies the following demands: 'Municipal ownership of street-cars and gas and electric plants ; the nationalization of telegraphs, tele phones, railroads and mines; the col lective ownership by the people of all means of production and distribution known as corporations and trusts; the exemption of improvements on land from taxation ; and the furnish ing of employment by the public at 'reasonxble wages' to all who need it.' These demands in some Western states are supplemented by others equally fantastic, such, for example, ss tbe is suing of paper money by the govern ment on tbe deposit ot agricultural products. Tbe correspondent can judge for himself to what grade of so cialism such mad proposals belong. "Populism, it is not smisB to point out, is radically at war with American principles. It assumes and declares virtually that poverty and misfortune are due to the government, and there fore that the government owes every man a living. It looks upon the po- session of wealth as a crime, and by confiscation and taxation would punish men who, by sobriety, skill and fru gality have succeeded in rising above their fellows in material advantages. Populism, in brief, is the gospel of class rapacity and discontent, and every good citizen will treat it as the foe of justice, freedom and prosperity." FKOM RAINIER. Mrs. Delt has been speudlng ths past week in Kelso. Our school will begin on ths 35th ot ths present month, A. Brant has returned from an extended visit la Lane county. The beautiful weather has greatly facili tated farm work hers. Several of cur business men have been In Portland the present week. A social hop at ths school home last Sat urday evening was a pleasant aftair, Ourstreet "kids" are all singing ths re vised version of "Ta ra ra boom ds ay." Charles Meservs, of the Oregon City En terprise made a short call at this place on his way from Clatskanie, Joseph Rich and wife are rloh-er by the addition ot a daughter to their family which they hold to ba worth a million. Frank Reed and family, who have been spending the winter with Marion Rigga. have returned to their home ou Lewis river. The present officers of ths Ladies Aid Society are Mrs. A. L. .Richardson, presi dent; Mrs. V. A. Perry, vies president; Mrs. N. Bearce, secretary; Mrs. 8. Dibbles, treasurer. Our cattle and other livestock are still able to run at large without their lives be ing endangered by the railroad, and ws are not awakened to any great extent in ths morning by steam whistles of mills, etc. Sick-Headache Makes life miserable. All other all meuts are as nothing in comparison Women, especially know Us suffering, and few escape its torture, The Belief and Cure Is Many people take pills, which gripe and purge, weakening tne body, more take Simmous Liver Regulator, liquid or powder, because more pleasant to take, does not gripe, and is a mild lax ative, that also tones up the system. The relief is quirk. It is nature's owu remedy, purely vegetable. "I never fonnd anything to do ma any good nntil I used Sliumoua Liver Regulator, n am been three year since I first used It and I bave not had sick headache since. 1 seat my sister (who bad from one to two attacks of sick head ache every week) one half of a package, and she has not had It since." C. 8. Hoaaia, Browns ville, West Virginia. . M-EVEKI PACKAGE.? Una mmr Z Stamp In re an wrap per. J. 11. ZttllilMt A Co., Philadelphia. When Baby was sick, we gave her Caatoria. Whon she woe a Child, she cried for Castorla, When she became Mlsa, she dang to Caatoria. When she had Children, abe gave them Caotorta, LEONARD HUFF & CO., Commission Merchants SWAGER'S OLD STAND, A general asortment of feed kept on hand, and sold at the loweat prices FOR CASH. Undertaking Goods FUBNIBHED ON SHORT NOTICE. St. Helens, ; ; ; Oregon. St. Helens Livery Stables THOS. COOPER, Proprietor. Handy location, and you can feel sure that your horses will receive ' as good attention as though you were caring for them yourself. HANDY TURNOUTS W w s """ taawsiaiw I.M Mt,aj for Infants and Children. THlwrr years' oprratlon of Castorla with tha patronage) of snilUoxm of pwaona, permit via to apeak of It wtthont gat lug;. It fa nnqnesttonaply tho teat remedy tor Infanta and Chlldr tfco world has errsrr know. It fa hannl a. Children Ukm It. It gtrea thorn health. It wlH aT their Urea. In It Mother, nsvro aomothing; which fa ahaolntoly estfe and practically norfoot aU child', nwdlclne. Caatoria deotroys Worms. Caatoria allatya rororlahnosm, V Caatoria praron ta Tomltlng; gpnr Curd. ' ' . Caatoria enrea Plarrhnaa and Wind Collo. ' ",' Caatoria roUeros Teething Trochlea. Caatoria onros Conatjpatlon and Flatulency. Caatoria nentrallso. the affect, of enrhonlo acid g;aa or polsonona air. Caatoria dope not oontain morphine, oplnm, or othar narcotic proparty. . Caatoria aaafanMatoa tho food, regulates tho stomach and howeler taring healthy and natural sloop. Caatoria fa pnt tip to ono-afao nottloa only. It la not sold in pnlfc. Pont allow any one to aall yon anything: olao on tho plea or promlao that it fa " Jnat as good - and " wttl answer orory pnrpoao." goo that yon got C - A - g - T - O Tho fao-slmllo siaTnatnro of Children Cry for PEOPLE Desirous Buying JEWELRY, Watches, Clocks, Etc, Would d well to order from Q. HE1TKEHPER The Portland Jeweler, Corner of Third and Morrison; You will save at least US per cent, and get apod roods. Plaiuouds, watolies, ellvrwi.re, optical Suods, etc. Your eorrondeuoe is solicited. Ilo E, MoNEILL, Keoeiver. TO THE 1 OIVKS THB CHOICI OF Two Transcontinental Routes GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY BY WAY OF" Spokane, Minneapolis & St. Paul UNION PACIFIC RY BY WAY OF CENTER, OMAHA. & KANSAS CITT LOW RATK8 TO ALL EASTERN CITIES OCKAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 6 DAYS For San Francisco. For Vull Details Call on or Address W. H. HURLBURT, General Freight and Pass. Agt., Portland CgllSSCEH lUlSiaa PAYS If yon aae the Pttalaata lacakatac BtMdin. Make money while others are wasting time by old processes. Catalogtells all about It and dettcribea ever article ndt lor poultry business. The "ERIE" mechanically the beat wheel, frett lest model. We an Pad 6a Coast Aiieula, Dicvcle cata- log-ue,mallrd free.gives full dearrtirtlon . prices, etc., aobnts wajmro. PltTALUMA IltCUBATOS CO.,retalama,CaL Ba&Hca lloosa, sji B Main tst., loe Anirelea. Caveats, aad Trade-M arks obtained, and all Pat ent buuoras conducted lot Mooiasra rue. rs,,m nm., AhmiTI 1J P ATE NT OfflCt tand "a can secure patent ia lees time wan taaas MMatMi. Waahinvinn. ' , bead mood, drawing or photo., srlth descrip tion. We advise, U patentable or not, tree ol charge. Ouf lea not due till patent la secured, a p.stsmrr, "How to Obtain Patents," wlta coat ol same In the V. A and foraifo commies f sent tree. Aoorese, C.A.SNOW&CO. AM ATfMT Orrici. W.ttMIHaTOM. D. O. ON SHORT NOTICE. - R - I - a. s orory wrannor. Pitcher's Castorla. S)JLa as2AV Patronize Home Industry SEASON Our Second Sale since Store, S. W.Cor. Third and uaK streets. ME$9.95 All-Wool Suits. nwVfl ntiil Rinp-io and Double-Brcastod Sacks, 20 and 22-ounce goods; eighteen patterns, including Blue and Black Cheviots. Every suit warranted made of oelobrated Albany Woolen Mills Csssl mere, and manufactured on our own premises. We employ H7 hands and moos uaid for labor remains hore at home. J. M. flOYER & CO., Wholesale and Retail Clothier Nos. 81 and 83 Third Street, S. W. Cor. Oak, Portland, Oregon CHOICE BRANDS OIP Wines, Liquors, and Cigars C AN AT ALL TIMES BE FOUND AT THE MODEL SALOON, J. a CLONINOEB, PROPRIETOR, i i i : ST. HELENS, OREClOJf Famous Fire Laddie Cigars Kept Constantly on Hand. ONLY PLACE IN THE CITY WITH POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES Weinhard's Beer 5 Cents. The Banquet SALOON Has re-opened undar the management ot GEO. A. BRINN, Coiner Strand and Cowlitz Sts. A CHOICE SELECTION Of Pure Wines and Brandies FAMOUS FIRS LADDIB OIOAR. Pool and Billiard Tables At THE BANQUET, For 8ale- ENGLISH SHROPSHIRE RAMS. Address W. W. WR8T, 8CAPP008R, ' OREGON ST, HELENS STRAND Mr. Thomas Cooper lias Just opened tip his new and elegant. barroom In 8t. Helens, where can constantly be found ths (amoua Also best Brands Domestic and Key West Cigars. MR. COOPER IS ALWAYS GLAD TO WELCOME HIS OLD FRIENDS TO HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS. ST. HELENS EXCHANGE, St. Helens, - Orecron THE JOSEPH KELLOGG A . n t iiir-triaaasninir ' I Yf-f . I art. STR JOSEPH KBLLOQQ -FOR PORTLAND- Leaves ICelan Mnmlava, Wmlnnul.M Portland Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at tt o'clock a. m. THE PORTLAND AND G M. Sharer, Master. T.aavaa Pnrll.n,) I k I W..I.I , '.i,.t. m- j fir ' "ijnniMBian wnwr, for Astoria. HnnriaT mornins, ai t o clock; Monday, Wednesday, nnd Fri.iny evening 7:30 oVI k-V, K'nln. "saves ' " 1 a uunuuy, imirsriay and (Saturday evmintfs am,. Removing to Our Nemr a. w coui. B. 8. QUICK, Casasslaslaaec si , Notary PaMM Dmoi tar WasalneW Cole & Quick, St. Helens, Oregon PROPRIBTORt Of "Thorn's Numerical System Title Abstracts" -POR- Columbia County, - Oregon Titles Ksamlned and atatraote furnished, Wilt attend to matters befurs ba Board ol Idiuallsatloii! payment of tains, Me. Kal Kstata, t'onvoraricliig , and insurance, and loans negotiated. EXCHANGE STREET. COMPANY'S RIVER STEAMER r1' i"iirrriii ...I i t ' - ' - CLATSKANIE ROUTE . . ... . ... sV?K .S.Wii