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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1907)
OREGON MIST! NON-PARTISAN ROT Entered at the rostoffice at St. Helens, Oregon, as second-class mail matter. IsstJKD Every Friday Bv B. H. FLAGO. Editor and Proprietor. No paper can serve the masses bo well !as when it U freed from fell party .Unoa. It ii then In a position to handle politi cal problems and candidates with oat glove, if tud be. The editor it not so if.ri to prejudiced in lit writings. The readere and cause generally art more liable to receive a square deal. These are the reasons why the Herald I is . an independtttt orvun. Urceliam Herald. . Nothing of any great benefit lo human kind w.n ever accomplished without or- Iganisation. It ia not necestar that a partisan should believe literally every cation. Legal notices 85 cents per fi I or that he should vote for every candl- I date upon hit party's tkke', without re gard to the tn inner in which the uomi- COMPARATIVE SUMMARY Of the Auessment Roll of Columbia County for the Years 1906 and 1907. - Subscription Rates One year Six months . ,1.50 75 December 27. LIVES AND LOQS Ttie terrible loss of life in the coal mines of the Eastern States is provok Uig an agitation for the purpose of ascer twining whether something cannot be done to reduce the annual sacrifice. It is of course true that Home occupations will always be more haiardoua than others, and coal mining in its nalure will probably always be one of these. For this reason it is pecltWly incumbent upon the mine owner to do evertliing in his power to avoid unnecessary loss. Yet it it more thau probable that the - rule among employers is to do just what . the law compels them to and to have always in view the making of large . profits rather than the saving of human lives and limbs. To those who believe the employers of labor as a rule are actuated by humanitarian motives, we commend a study of tin agitation to ' secure what is known as "Plimsol't Mark." It was custcmary among ship nation was eectir! or the tit nets of the uouiinee. True independence does not consist in everv man's having a platform of his own. Hen may disagree with certain party principles, and yet be true partisans. Parties change their views on great questions. The muss of the Republican party today believes there should be reduction ot the tariff, but they will not accept the Democratic tariff program, and,, ude's they ally themselves with one of the two great parties they lose their effect ivenes. There is such a thing as independence within party lines, but the moment R newspaper declare itself to be "indepen dent'' in the sense advocated by the Greshatn paper, it becomes a sort of political derelict, losing its influnece as an advocate of party principles and gain ing nothing that is a fair compensation for that loss. This to called "Independence" is nothing more nor less than egotism. It is an assertion of superiority over the Classification of pro pert) " Acres of tillable lands, lOOfl, 10,o37; 1907 11. RW Acres non-tillable lands, 1UU6, 3411,340; 1007, SSW,8).. Improvements on deeded or patented lands... - Towns and City lots , Improvements on town and city lota, Improvements on lands not deeded or patented Miles of railroad bed, 63 Miles ot telegraph and telephone line, 181 '. , Miles of logging road bed, 42 , , , Railroad rolling stock , , Logging railroad rolling stock,... Steamboats, Sailboats, Engines and Mfg. Mach Merchandise and stock in trade , Farming impliments, wagons, carriages & ect.. Money. , , Notes and accounts Houeehold furniture, watches. Jewelry A ect.,. Horses and mules, ltKW, loOS, 1U07, 1077 Cattle, 1006, tMSo; 1007, 447 Sheep and goats, lOOtt, 12JM; 1907. 1470 ... Swiue, IUOrj, 1005, lOOtt, 1025 Value 100(1 ,. 4I0.0IU .. 2,001,445 1OA.740 IW.750 110..VIA ,. 100.41.1 0.UOO0 87,040 45.SW t,;5 SM.02S 2U2.M10 74,850 1.!H MO 40,lCtO 07,123 02,2:10 100,475 2,777 DAIRY DOTS. A bull Is about s dangerous A pet grUsly hear, and thn tiisii alio iHiiuiHM one without a stick H risking his lit every time be dors it. r... it r.rnmr eminut afford a nil re- Value 100" ', . . . ,, ..lire. a rtiW KtUH orcu nvm vi vnm -... - - - 10,a4tt,tHfc Peru Dim, aim wim, .17,3.t seleotion he can have gooii neru. STd.'sM To ue brine for salting butter Is not 701.74A (e.mbltirxi-eiit alien very llitht salting 8,120,000 1. .., I It lakes the salt itself to wt,700 H. marketable butter. JS' ", How can Xpert an nnderfed cow m.m W produce taW supply of milk Might 100,240 as well expect to put 100 bushel or two 82.t ihroiwh .teller ami expert 110 bushels 'r lite sprout, to say nothing ot Hie cour 17,006 408,710 05,440 127.0X2 1SM.20I 4,W3 4854 Groat value of all property $5,017,080 There are but few farmer who Cn not keep ten cows on their farms. Tli time spent lu raring for them and nrodut't contra In the e venlngand morn' ilo,,so,tK ingwheu the (aimer cannot work the field. BISHOP SCADDING'S LETTER He Deli rer Solar Plexus the New York Tribune to Milking Machine The Right Reverend Charles 8cad' ding, Bishop of Oregon, is doing mar velous work throughout the Fast in presenting the resources of the Bea ver Slate. Reports of his illustrated lectures come from various sections and the newspapers everywhere have given Oregon an Immense amount of greatest patriots this country has ever complimentary proraiuence as a resolt produced. The egotist of democratic " Bishop's work. His best effort proclvilties affirms bis superiority to M letr J08 printed in the New York Jefferson. Jackson. Tilden. Cleveland Tribune and reads at follows " r" ..'J Z , :L;,": Z , " J Bryan, while hi, Republican proto- "Sir: Having just Seen a copy of their vessles just as deep as the accomo dating local port authorities would per mit, and hundreds of sailors lost their Uvea as a result of this method on the part of avaricious capitalists to increase their gains. Flimsolt waa a member of . the English Farliment who conceived the idea that even British sailors were entitled to a fair show for their lives and he introduced a bill providing that a safety limit should be established for . loading British vessles and that limit Should be marked upon each ship, pen alties being provided for loading below the mark. The big capitalists fought the bill by every means in their power . and denounced Filmsoll as an enemy of England's greatness, and many of the sailors, who were led to believe the measure would red ace their wages, join ed with (heir masters in denouncing the truest and most unselfish friend any class of working men ever bad. But PUnisoll Anally triumphed and no civil ized nation to-day permits owners to load deeper that the PI im soli mark Some men have monuments to their greatness or goodness errected over their graves, bat Plimsoll's monument Is type scoffs at the strong partisanship 7ar I" of Sunday, December 8th, of Lincoln, Blaine, and all the tine of Republican statesman, inclaJing Roosevelt. How mach good would such papers as the Toledo Blade and the New York Tribnne have accomplished in the strug gle for human liberty had they adopted this new fad of non-partisanship 7 How much good wou'd the Oregooian have accomplished in its fight for honest money had it refused to support the nominees of the Republican party? There's a great difference between non-psrtisanship and independence. In fact they may be, and generally are. very far apart. If you think any other party would give this couutry any better government than it is now having it is your duty to do everything in your power to secore that party's success. IsitnotT containing an article on 'A Bishop With No Fixed Abode,' I desire to oorrect a false impression some paragraphs may convey. "You present a very spectacular pic ture of Mr. Paddock, the new Bishop of Eastern Oregon, but it if Imaginary and based on ignorance of the conditions of which the new Bishop is to become a part. Eastern Oregon is not like the wildest wilds ot Wyoming. It Is neither populated by foreign immigrants, who form the 'tenement problem' of our great cities, nor by cow boys who carry i aiis net of machines to ni Ik cows appears to have passed the purely ex perinwniai stage. Kansas gave aur- snce a lew months ago that it was mote economical than the hand method of milking. A Southwestern Washington aairynian bought A cement milk tank is the lateat lo which cement has been put. It cso be built In one corner ot the cellar or milk houe. The water will remain cool much longer lu it than in the old fashion ed wood tank and it will, be Impossible for germs to hide in the farm. The good milch cows are not the ones milking mashlnes earrvimr a laron amount of flesh. Thev eany laai summer, and at the mwtlng ranuot produce milk and flesh at II oune uregoo IJairj men's Association tame lime. Hut tl.ey need good feed i.ie outer uay in rortiand a paper was just the same. A cow Is a factory where read on "Milking by Machine." It . mat-rial in il,, .1,.-. ..Ih.. author was Mrs. 8. Yokum, of Mst.h rtul,i ....i . i. . ... uwu, uu uie approval ot the new method was hearty. If the milkmaid does not cease to be, she will become a person of different qualifications from me old type. Instead of cultivating patience and foreuearance for the switching of a cow's tail and attainlnir manual strength and skill to make the nutritious white streams flow Into a ...to gaiiuu oucsei, sne win possess a. snowieuge ormachinerv. Mrs. Yokum was led Into the use ol musing maciuoet by the tcan-lty ot labor. 8 he bad thousht nf inn. t,. and grain is takeo in and eoa verted Into milk. Fanners should see that there Is plenty of raw material to keep the factory runuiitg. Iown on a Southern plantation the dairy boys were accustomed to d ) the milking initialling down in a primitive -lilon until the owner Introduced milk ing stools will) other Improvements. The boy who tlrst Milled forth with the stool returned bruited and battered anJ lilt an empty p.ili. "I done my beat ha," he esclulmed. "Dat stool looked sll right to me, but U e blame cow site cowt because of failure to obtain help. won'1 when the idea occured to her that ah ml..) 1 . mu,niugge HIT UUSineSS bV Uninif machines. "My daughter soon learned to handle the machines," the said in her paper, "and can operate them fully as well at anyone. I have w h.n.n.. " l Lumber Outlook There hat been no appreciable change in the lumber market daring the last thirty days. Millt are taking on practical! v no new business, and painted upon the side of every vessel those that are running are cleaning np Z;',Z Zu. ZlZ Y T i " ,,, u ,. , , S TWn clothes and most immaculate that plows the deep. In the matter of the protection of human life England is far ahead ot the United States. There are Jet murders and less accidents there than here, and crime and criminal negligence are more sevrely punished in Great Britain than in the United States. Nor do we have to gj East of the Rocky Mountains to B .d a virgin field for endeavor in the matter of life-saving. The record in Oregon, and right here In Colombia County, is a d if grace to civilization. Prior to the creation of the office of labor commissioner there waa no protection whatever for the lives of those working In mills, factories mines, fisheries, or logging camps, and at the present time there Is but very little. The number of lives and limbs sacri ficed unnecessarily every yeir in the lagging industry is omething frightful, and part of it at least is absolutely an neceseary. The hospitals in Portland are filled each summer with the victims of logging camp accic?nts snd the work ers are taxed to pay the expense. Very often it is the result ot the employe's earleesne?s in the desire to make a good rucord, but this carelessness is condoned arid encouraged by the employer, who is perfectly willing the man should take the chance in order to increase the out put. The old answer, "Am I my bro me s aeeper- comes in as easy now as when Cain gave it in the Garden, th many instances, However, last year s accidents in Columbia County cou!d have been avoided by ordinary foresight We wonder if the coining season will show any improvement, The cmips are idle and now is the time to put them in such condition as to reduce accidents t the minimum. If )o other argument is effective, let us suggest that it will pay to have the equipment in the best order posslhleand that industrious, ambitious, men are too valuable to Le unnecessarily maimed. Lives are worth more than logs, and the employer who does not recognize this fact is an extremely "undesirably citizen." old orders consisting largely of railroad material. Since the clearing of the political hori zon in San Francisco, the California market has steadied and imptoved some what. Stocks are now low and broken. and yardmen are only buying to fill oat. l tan nas oeen overstocked owing to the shutting down of a considerable num- bowie kclvet in their teeth and tix-) '""'ng her In charge of the dairy for weeat at a time," Milking machines do not work any faster than hands, but the gam net In the fact that one person can min,.. f..H a- l: . i . vui ui live niacnines and can milK 30 to 40 cows an honr. As to clean linAM Mm V.L I ... ... " "um oueervea mat It wss a great deal easier to keep the machines tiean -tnan it wss to keep clean the man that did the hand milking." That wnainiy an advantage. The Industry of Washington la eaten sive and will be more so. Ji.e demand fur inillr n,l h. ...... i . . . .. is hi run 17 mi mil and Alaska is ready to take all te butter we can spare. If the milking machine it at successful as it Is described, It will shooters in their hip pockets. It rapidly settling with sturdy, ttal American citixens, whohave the courage to leave the East and Middle West and oome to a State which bat the greatest undeveloped resources in the Union. "The rollikcing, drinking, shoot-on sight cowboy exists only la Bowery melodrsms. Hit place hat been taken very largely by the collegegraduate, wbo now works a ranch on scientific prlncl pies. "The new Bishop will not be required to dress like a cowboy, but will need his linen io his wardrobe, for be will find the men as welt dressed and the women well gowned at most of the men and women with whom be is accustomed to associate. The Bishop will find a far lower average of vice and sin snd crime in his new diocese Ihsn in New York Oregon stands third among the stales for the small number of Illiterate per- !jer of copper mines, consequently trade sons in proportion to the population. nas teen rattier slow for some time past, while New York ranks forty-third ,ut seems to be gradually resuming. I ''Twenty thousand honieseekers came t least this is shown by the reinstate- into Oregon during the past few months. ment ol orders held np by mining com- for the most part a fine class of young parties in this snd adjacent territory, people attracted by the equable and December is naturally a dull month, w'obriout climate, and fertile soil and but the situation is aggravated br the I fact t,iat ttie Profit this year on uncertainty caused by the recent ad- Oregon apples wat JM00 an sere, on cher vance in rail freight rates. As soon as I rie 50 acT" nl " prunes $200 fn reliablii information It obtained to the cre' ana nr my similar facts. effect that the old rates will be reinstat ed, orders will likely be more plentiful. In the meantime Eastern buyers are turning to the yellow pine country to fill in broken stocks. A fair volume of trade for export is being filled an I booked, and there seems to be gd pronpec-lt for crgo mills to continue running fairly steady during the remaining Winter months. Coat door msrket has been reason ably steady for the past sixty days, with bout the usual demand at the present tune. Coast box businest is good, with what appears to be au increase in demand from California. Practically all the shluvle mills of the Uiast aro closed "The problem for the bishops and clergy of Oregon today is not tbat which is supposed to belong to a 'wild and woolly west' bnt the problem of trying to make the Christian religion and good citizenship keep pace with the remark able commercial developments. I be lieve Oregeon is today the strategic field for the Chuieh snd that now is the psychological moment to advance." Badly Mixed Vp Abraham Brown, of Winterton, N. V., had a very remarkable experience : he says: "Doctors got bidly mixed np over me; one saia neart disease; two called it kidney trouble; the fourth blood poison . ...4 I. - 1.1. . ,. ' luc una (uiiitu;n ana nver trouble' but none of them helped me; so my wife "Jin victim; niiiers, wnlcn are America's Greatest Weeklj Toledo Blade TOLEDO, OHIO I he Beet Known Newsoaoer In tl, United States. CIRCULATION 180.000. POPULAR IN EVEKY 8TATK. is many retnects the Totr.ln H1..U t. me most remarkable weekly newspaper published in the United .4i.tr. ii i. me ouiy newspaper especially edited for National circulation. It has bad the largest circulation lor m..rt tars than any newspaper in America. I'urther more, n is ttie clieanest nr.iitw u it,. not I many years Until the tarir..r ,l,t- w?rWv" ' eapteincd to any person will do away with hand ...liw.n . "h w",.'.u "" The New, oi ins norm so arrantwil i ,.i !... rple can more easily comprehend, than reading cnuilwrwime columns of lames, au current tonics nu nl.U I '" "": y special ci itorul m.tirr wriucn ironi incention down i .l.i. The ouly jMjier published especially for wuu w onio noi read daily news- pspers snd yet thirst for plain facts. That this kind of a newspanrr is nnnul.r is proven by the tm:l thai lbs Weekly Itlade now has over IH0.0OO yearly tub scribers, and Is circulate.l In all parts of the United States. In addition to the news, the Itlade publishes short and serial stories, and many departments of matter suited to every member of the family. Only one dollar a yesr. Write for free siiecinien conv Address THK I1UDR, Toledo, Ohio. me made and Mist for a short time, this great offer. TAXPAYERS APPEAL. A number of the heavv tilllltAr nwnasa of Columbia County, feeling themselves SKuevci oy tnS va'uallon placed upon their niviru,.t.. ., . im ur Kile rotinrv .u., .u . I..... . . ' ".'' -ppeaiea io the circuit conn. Tuere are eighr of these anpellai.t. and ith one exception, had it not h. i ., the bank holidays, tbey would have been required to armear bf,ir ii, ty board of equalization to show cause why their valuation StlOUlll tint laa instead of lowered. Tliis mutter will now be stteoded to by the circuit st the May t..rm, as It will be the duty of the coort. noon il .!,:.. . - 'H i lieu msde by loth parties, ir. fl ti. cash value of the property. If the court noma mat the valuation has been put too high Columbia Countv will h.v . refund the excess. If. on the other hand, the court finds the I rue mis I, v.tnn to he more than ars-ssed then the rm. wty of the anpellenU will be responsible for the Increased taxation. It may be the county will be greatly I ha .n., i ... .u,, B iu snowing u made of the facts. JOB PRINTING is our Duoinscs WK hare the bent and mot fully equipped Job Print ing Oftlco in Columbia Comity Jnd we are prepared to do all k inds of Printing on short notice, and at most reasonable prices A TRIAL Will CONVINCE OREGON MIST C T. rilKftCOTT E. E. QCICIC r.D.rRE8C0II The Columbia County ABSTRACT AND TRUST CO. Titles Examined & Abstracts Mam Ii? Non-Resident Taxes Paid itf Real Estate vi? Loans, etc 23 3iE3:33tn33333K:l 8 I DART &' MUCKLE Carry a Complete Stock of the Dcst in Ccticral Merchandise t Lowest Prices Consistent with Quality. Country produce Bought aud Sold. When in Need of Groceries, Dry Gooda, Hardware, Hoots or Shoes We Solicit Your Patronage and At sure YouCourtcous Treatment I ST. HELENS, OR BOON s HI MHOS rred 1. PusmuII i.l.lutIK TS Bells PiiimiiIi d,enrt iuere is no inqnirv to restorinsr me to Dei feet health n. k,.. M . . . . - " I J; , " . . ' Wfc' "Vbhk oi, ana very lew dry thinglet on .,c u,a m' mo" K"O0 than all the 6v baud. aociort pertcnbeil," Guaranteed . for ti i , . , u' poison, weaaness and all stomach The log mirket on the Coast seems to liver and kidnev comolaints. h h.i.a remain stationary, owinsr t. the fct Ueer Island, Warren and ScannoM tiat a large percentage of the mills and ' camps are closed. There are some log It It claimed on the hlirhut Helling below the regal ir market price, thoritv that no effort will h. m..i u. I - "... uw ,Jf c V, irt ui interior I urn Dreseni uonirreu in rir,t i....t.i- ,.ii... ...i .. . . .. " " 'f ,,, creinesB tates tiava oc- tion to remedy the present financial l ' 'o a consiuuran a exrpnt leond Mm, l as the result of necessity. Timberuian, 1907 rings down the curtain during a rapidly disappearing uneasiness, with the peoplu in a hesitnlitxf mood rcgird ing immediate investments, but at the s.iine time it lias been the most wonder ful year -the Pacific Northwest has ever enjoyrd. In no other twelve months wss there so much money brought into the country ftotn the wheat crop: fruit scored the biest success; lumber add-1 ed many more millions of dollars th in ever before; the same is true of the products of the dairy, while the grower of poultry lias nothing to complain of. We are rich and prosperous, in spite of lha Jact that there appears to be a strin gency, more a mutter of mind than reality. Let us quit bemoaning imagin ary troublss, inspire confidence and get ready to ex-lipss la 1008 our our past Pottland is particularly pro-id of Ihe ict that she wns the first smon the one hundred leadirg cities of the United Rates to pay every demand made upon in in turn, nnu irom ti, e nrst moment since the "lid was lifted" Monday, Dec. 10th, the amount of gold in each of the binks hai steadily increased and is now pouring in at the rate of ,100,000 a day, Beware or Freqaent Colds A succession of colds nr a nmtr.r.i.A cold is almost certain to end in chronic catarrh,, from which few persons ever wnolly recover. Uive every cold the at tention it deserves and you may avoid this disagreeable disease. How ran vmi cure a cold? Why not try Chamberlain's CotiKh remedy? It is hiirhl ed. Mrs. M. White, of Butler r... says: "Several years ago I was bothered with my throat and lungs. Someone told me of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I began using it and it relieved me at once. Now mv throat and limn ... opportunity will be given to men high in the financial world to app.r- before the Committee on Currency and Banking to nresen their views on nny messure that my be proposed ana It the hope of the mem nert oi me committee that the finances or tne country will so have adjusted vnemseivet Dy tuat time that tilers will be no necessity for legltlation looking to tne correction of present conditions. Undoubtedly the present disturbed c is- ditiont may be expected to remedy I suit win, in a resonble time, but it ft for Congress to legislate away the liklihood or the pjstlliillty of such recurrences in the future. Here's Mood Advice O. B. Wolver, one of Ihe best known tneichantsof LeRaysville, N, Y., says: "If yoa are ever troubled with piles, ap ply Bucklin's Arnica Salve. It cured me oi tdem tor good ifO years no." Guaran mmA t,tr , . . , sound and well Vnr..t. i.- n wbu, ourns or aorastons "? d well. ..yoaJeJrD Malleolar Pains t'ared , ""r'nK .th summer of 1903 I was .... ,,. muscular pains in the instep of my foot," says Mr. 8. Pedlar tL Ji,nt0' .l)!,L , "Al ,imM !t so fTi",' "'yum anaiy walk. Chamber .u. ram twim was recommended to -'I meQ 11 ,na WM competely cured by one small bottle. I h.' recommended it to several of my friends, lab. hL A T hi5b,'r 0 " sate oy A. 1, Demiiig, druvtrist. Pics, For Sai,b-I b,Ve "twentv a,r. weeks old pigs for tale at tl u) .m. N. Sherwood, Bachelor's Flat. lmt office, Warren, Ore. "'ehlsstaw.ksalu-rliMi. iwrf sre tftlitl fitni KoU. I. vm. in iiui. ..,... . . - . i.ilr,. .mi ii 'I, , ' ' " !'Wkii,,n , , ! UieUmds ., inalrlrnon. boJ'"::.'.' !!"- nnrt f..ru h otti.r snd n ,,hL. ? ? .''"'""'Ism, Hmi' IrsWo "u"' 1, WI.K4 l or,t, , j 1W, " W, IT V . OIIKY First )u ai Alltfrlicr. I... imLi., ..il.1l,..tl .. ..nil,,,,,. porosis Oho WvN.,? You will find Style, Wearing Qualities, Size, and the Comfort You Want Sorosis Fall Shoes Have All Arrived.' Everything, from the Heavy, Flexible Shoes to the Dainyy Syrup of White Pine and Tar. th.nl,l reliable cough remedy. Portals by A.I. uruggist. t I have money to loan on real estate security. w. II. POWELL, St Helens, Oregon approved KILL the COUCH io CURE Thi LIWJC8 VITH Dr. King' Nor Discovery for cm MO SLL THROAT M9 tUHfl TBOIIBI Ft Mm snmg Slippers. Sorosis Hi OSieiy Every Occasioa KNIGHT SHOE CO., THIRD AND WASHINaTOM sssssies un sssw , , . w., , wr,-. Ana ODFfinw SlIOHTLlNE Union Pacific KUi.,.,,. i.. - . !! A r rl vnt i -r " iJ. I'llHTI.lKh it., it . ..1. .. ' Sl'K(:lAL fr it,. K.ir ' .r,- ! ' V, U : sia nuniinaton. I '- "I "Mif. for Kasisrn w..!,;,,.', " '.".r; ,( A. u" bsllr. Iailr, :,ln,n,!',",rt' for ll,e last via HunUhV.. " h- Lower Columbia Rivkr. tor A.U,rl ZS r js, 10 ."J ot. Johnsl! St. Johns!! V QIIT EDGED INVE3TMENTI 1 onSfllul!iCibctwcen the, "vers, with deep water frontage nentil fi ?' Surr?un nd crossed by five trs.nsconU; a snipping center of Portland. .: .8.. i Invest MONTHLY PAYROLL BO.OOQI J . HOW, VOU Will rlnnVU....- 1 arS. 'WW. jfuur uiuucy iu iww j- H. HENDERSON Philadelphia St St. Tohn.6itgon A. L. CRa"(5L T y 'ty ht nun sas4