OREGON MIST
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APRIL 5.
CIRCt IT COVRT OFFICERS :
Thomas A. McBridk. District Judge
G. L. 1IKDUKS -..District Attorney
COUNTY OFFICERS :
R. S. HaTTan, Judge, St. Helens
V. A. Harris. Clerk- St. Helens
Martin VVhitk, Sherirt St. Helens
CASPRR LlBKt,. Commissioner Mist
II. Wkst, Comm'r ,....Scappoose
Edwin Ross, Treasurer- St. Helens
A. T. Laws, Assessor. St. Helens
I. II. Copkland, School Supt....Houlton
Frank B. rRKSCOTT, Surv Rainier
II. R. Cliff, Coroner St. Helens
A PROTEST.
The rural, communities of Oregon
should protest vigorously against the
policy adopted by the police of the City
of Portland, of ordering their criminals
to leave town. The practice has become
great nuisance to Columbia and otliir
counties. Tl.ec!nsi of men contributtd
by the country to the city is of the very
best, including such men as Jihn B.
Yeon and Ilerry Colvin,wuo acquired
wealth here and are investing it in the
metropolis. In return Me receive the
scum of the North Knd. W henever the
police are holl ered by an irreclaimable
hobo the court orders him to leave town-
within a given peiiod. It is this clan
of men, driven out of Portland, that is
responsible for a great deal of the crime
tliat ii Hi ts so great an expense on Col
umtiU ami Uowliti counties, mere is
neither sense nor justice in snob a prac
tice. Of course the smaller towns are
not without blame. Kularna, for in
stance, ordered out of town, the three
actors in the recent tragedy at Wood
land. No community has a right to
send its criminals to o: her communities.
But Portland is the chief sinner. There
will always be, in large cities, Certain
quarters that are the habitat of crimi
nals. They will do less harm there than
if scattered throughout the cauntry. It
should be the duty of the city police to
keep track of this cl iss. When a mail
has become a habitual ciimiunl lie
should bi under constant police super
vision, and compelled to report to police
headquarters at certain intervals In
this way a competent police force would
be greatly aided iu the detection of
criminals, aud the rost bill of crime
would not be as great as it is under the
present system, or, rather, lack of evs-
tem.
To send criminals of the city ont into
the country and the small towns is to
make them missionaries of crime.
There is no system in the smaller com
mumties whereby they cm be controlled
and, without any knowledge as to their
identity, the country placaa are practi
cally attheir mercy. Whenever a vag
rant is arrested in any country town of
Oregon, if it can be shown that he baa
been sent out of Portland, he should be
promptly returned to the metropolis
without thanks.
RELIGION A LA MODE
The new day was crowding close upon
the heels of the old one Saturday night
when the dressmaker and the milliner
laid aside the needle, and a sidelight in
cidental to feminine pride and rejoicing
was me reien oi meee urea toilers at
the coming of Sunday, with its surcease
from the mad rush for fine raiment the
real fury of which was reserved for the
patieut servitors behind the counter and
at the sewing table. Many a little shop
gin ana puer oi i lie nee-lie ana shears
doze-J luxuriously among the pillows
until noon vesterdav. restinir tired
limbs, aching fingers and nver-strained
nerves while mi-lady, arrayed in her
Kaster creation, sat in her pew, under
the soft shimmer of stained class win
dows, breathing in the perfume of the
lillies, listening to the roll of the
antuerns.and lu-itively surveying, with
critical eye, her neighbor's gown and
hat Ssn Bjxbee, in Sunday's Oregon
ian. The tired shopgirl stayed at home.
She would have felt out of place in the
facnionable church, by the side of mi
lady, whose bonnet represented her
toil. There were probably many in
the churches last Sunday who were Im
bued with the religion of Jesus Christ,
and who try to walk in his footsteps,
but they are doing bo against many dilll-CJllie-,
including the farliionaUe church
and the fashionable preacher. Women
will not, as a rule attend churches
where they are made to feel the wide
difference between poverty and wealth.
The churcliisof the cities are tor those
who are dres;ed in "purple and fine
linen." They are the drees parades of
the smart set, wbi pay little attention
to tin pulpit, but fCin with envious or
contemptuous glances, the millinery and
drees goods display. Thi-re is no true
religion in it, aud it is even VJlgar, y,-t
there is no denying thut it is the mode,
and those who do not fall in with it,
but have their thoughts o i Kaster Day
fixed on the siiblimo story t the resur
rection seem out of place amid the
tliron of butterflies who have no
higher conception of the great Chris
tan holiday than that it is Intended as
n special occasion for the display of
vanity. Milady would just as soon go
sin hi n ing in the Nort End as to attend
a pi ci cf worsh ip such as "the little
church around the corner," where she
orglit be seated in the same paw with
her hired girl or some laboring man w ho
had conceived the idea that the carpen
ter of Galilee was bis ersonal savior,
I to the poor as to the rich. Over the
d or of each fashionable elm ch should
lw ii -.scribed "No carpent-rs admitted;
not iVcii on from Gall-lee-."
WORK EOR NENEf.
When lleney Clues to town, will h
invrstlgiit tin Milwaukle Club and
the garbling dens 111 Astoria? It would
lie of interwt to the voters of the lltth
judicial district to know why lliesa in
stitutions have been permitted to run in
open violation of the law. U is the
duty of the district attorney to see that
the hw 1 enforced, and all that is
n?crs?ary is for him to notify the gam
blers that they must shut npshop.
Whv have they been permitted to run?
Their existence Is open and notorious.
The district attorney and the peace
officers ol CLttsop and Clackamas coun
ties are neglecting their duties.
Whether the new uistriet attorney, who
is a resident of Clackamas county, will
be any better in this respect than the
old on-', who was a resident of Clatsop
comity, temains to be seen. Thero niav
lie no g ait in it, but if not, why not?
It is a big concern, financially, a-ul, if
authorities permit its existence they
must be fools not to exact tribute trotu
them. This is by no means saying they
are fools.
c. Ussciikr,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
KAlXIKH
ORKUON
NOTICE Or' ( IIAMJK OKSAMK
Notice in herebv given that hy order ami de
cree ol (ho County Court of the State of Ore
sou lor the County of Columbia, made and
cutend on Ihe -'ml day of March. IIWI, the
Hume of uttat II. Au.tervoii was changed to thai
ol liUst It. Sandberg.
Wiiues the Hon. K. S. tlnlun, Judge ol said
t'uurt, this '.'ml day of March, A. II. Jinn.
Attest: . A. Harris, Clerk of said Court.
SOMETHING TO ARBITRATE
It is worthy of note that the railroad
companies of the CniteJ States ate ask
ing the Government to arbitrate the
difference entirely between them and
their employes. Heretofore the em
ployes have cought the privilege of arbi
tration, and have generally been met
with the response, "We have nothing to
arbitrate. We propose to run our owti
business to suit ourselves and if you
don't like it we can find plenty to take
your place." It appears, however, that
just at present the railroad kinjs are in
an humble mood. Aroused public
Opinion has made it hard to buy up tlu
legislatures, ami a number ol states
have passed laws intended to convince
the corporations that a carrier that bus
beeu given special privilege is not al
together a private concern, and that the
public has something to say as lo how
such business must be conducted. Theu
the President has been i entering. He
has been busy enforcing the doctrine of
equality before the law, something
absolutely repulsive to the corpoiation
idea. Then, again, men are eciice and
business brisk. A tieap just at present
would be a powerful object lesson in
favor of Government control of public
eervicj corporations. So. consideritg
everything, the corporations h.ive de
cided that this titnj there is leally
"something to arbitrate," and it is
hoped, for the sake of all parties (espec
ially the general public) that arbitration
mav be sueces-dul.
SUMMONS
111 the circuit Court of the Stale of Oregon, for
the County of Columbia
eorge '. wo; gan.lt. Plaintiff
va
Henrietta Weyg-andt, Defendant
To Itcurielta We.nan.lt, Dvfendent above
named .-
In the name of the Stale of Oregon von are
hereby required to ania'ar am) answer lh com
plaint hlrd against on lu the above entitled
I court ami mill, by the ,lnv of April 1UC.7. the
,nn- wnm ,ur u-e feraenne,! in ine outer for
publication of thli summons ma.le lu court on
March , PAC, or the Hon. T. A. McHrldc:
Judge; and II you fail n appear and answer
said complaint and summons therein for nam
thereof plaintiff herein ill applv to the above
entitled court for the relief demanded therelu,
It) said com plaint.
The relief demanded In said complaint la for
an order and decree of the above entitled court
to dissolve the mairlage coutracl now e-tsllug
between ni,t plaintiff and defendant herein;
for the care, custody and control of the minor
ohlldreu named therein, and lor aueh other
and further relief an the i-oiirt may deem meet
with e,Uity and Juki ee.
1 hn nummoii, is published bv order of Ihe
Hon. T. A. McHride, Judge of the above ra
ti. led conn made an entered Iherelu upon the
am.lavli Med by plalnil It herein ou this 5 dai ol
March 1SU7.
J. A. STROWCKtWig
Anorney for I'laiuUlT.
Dale of first publication March 8 ISO,
Last publication April 19 l-.s)r.
TO KNOW OREGON BETTER
Every citizen of Oregon should get busy
and advise their friends nn 1 acquaint
ances in other s'ales that tin re are only
four weeks left in whic't to get the ad
vantage of the colonists rates to Oregon
points. These tickets will hi sold up to
and including April 30th; there is lots
of time to get in good work. All the
commercial bodies of the state should
get busy with all the schools, for while
the bomemakers are pouring into the
state their numbers can be materially in
creased by proper effort.
To know Oregon better and particu
larly the community in which you live
has become epidemic all over the State.
Chief GriUmacher, of the Portland
police, has opened a school of informa
tion for all bis officers, and they are
familiarizing themselves not oniy with
every detail of the city hut with im
portant matters relative to the State.
Manager Ed Lyons of the Northern
Pacific Terminal Company, in charge of
all the employes of the Cnion IX-pot,
has opened a similar school of iuforina
toin and will test his men every two
weeks as to their efficiency.
Mr. John H. Whyte, of New Orleans,
Louisiana, one of America's very beat
publicity men, has come to make his
home in Oregon, having accepted a
position with the Astoria Chamber of
Commerce at a salary of $2,500 per year.
Governor Mead of Washington attend
ed the opening of the Columbia Club,
Vancouver's new commercial bodv.
There were present on this occasion
1 rga delegations from the Prt'nnd Com- j
ni) c:al tl ib and the Tarawa Chamber
of Comm?rc4 and S -crelary Prut of the
latter orjaiizition, acco.npuiied Gover
nor Mead to I'oriland where they weie
guests at the Portland Commercial Club.
The Sal -m Board of Trad takes the
place of the Salem Commeicial Citib
and represents Salem's combined and
determined effort to make bersll he.rd
among the cities ol the Northwest. The
organization now h is in contempU'iori a
special excursion party similar to trioe
made by ths Portland Business Men.
The capitol city is determined to have
better streets and oilier improvement of
a metropolitan character. No bran
of the Oregon Development Lengiie is
doing more ffectivs work than the fruit
grower' organization at Irrigon. They
recently sent out fivi thousan I pieces of !
matter in one delivery of the mail.
The Oreg m Development Lea-iiij is
nearer op with its correspondence than
at any time within four month". During
last week, however, the rnni -s of mo e
than 600 inquirers about Oregon, were
forwarded to the 61 organization t mak
ing op the stato body. Two thoumud 1
Germans who havs inquired ab ill. Ore
gon received a special immigration num
ber of the DEUTSCH ZKtTUNG during
last week. Tin r ) is n c asi of people
more welcome in this State than the
Germans.
It it j st possibli that the I'ostoffice
might debar the Iree seed division of
the agricultural Department from the
use of the mails on the ground of it be-
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Vil I K is hereby given that the undersign
ed has been appointed administrator of the
iT""'' J"'!" ." ,Vn'i Iwwed. bv the
Honorable li. S llaltan. Judge ol thel'ountv
1 oun of the State of Oregon, for the uountv o'l
oliliiibl Any ami all oervuis having elalms
again" said estate lire hereto- rciutrcd lo pre
sent the snn.e lo my attorn'ev. W. II. Powell,
at hla Law OftVe at St. Helens. Oregon, dulv
verified according to law. within six months
Ia,edreb.8P.W. CUSXISOIUM
SI'MMO.NS.
lu the Circuit Tourt of the Stale of Oregon,
fiirt'olunihfa County
-ay w. uutnrle Plaintiff
Frank T. Guthrie Ilefemlaul.
To Frank T. Uiithrie, the above named de
fendant: In the name of the State of Or.-gon. you are
hereby nolilled ami re.iuire.1 to appear herein
ou or Iwh-r the i'n.l daroi April P.W7. and an
swer the complaint tiled against vou In Una
court and rau. It you do not appear and an
swer herein br that dale the plaintiff will
apply to the curt fori divorce from you and
for general relief.
This summousis published by order of Hon,
K . Ilattan. Judge of the County Court ol Or
egon lor Columbia Comity, mode at chambers
on llieSlh dav of March loJ, directing the
publication of this summons In the oiegon
Mist tor si consecutive weeks beginning.
.he Mil day of March laiT. The time ercrll, d
In the onler directing this publkallon Is hi
weeks, and Ihe lUy by a hi. h you must appear
hereiu is two days after ihe expiration .,f su
hereof m "0 ""'"callon
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