The Oregon Mist
Entered at the Fostofficw at St. Helens,
Oregon, M second-class mail mailer.
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K. H. FLACO.
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ill the
CiRciTT Cot'RT OrriiKR
Thomas A. McBride...
U. l Hedges
District Judge
.. District Attorney
CorNTv Orm-iRS
R. 8. Hattan, Judge St. Helen
W. A. Harris. Clerk t. Helena
Martin White, sheriff St. Helens
Oastter Libel. Commissioner... Mist
II. Writ, Commissioner Soappoo-e
Edwin Rosa. Treasurer St. Helens
A. T. Law. Assessor St. Helen
I. H. Coueland. School Sum... HtmlUm
F. B. Preeeott. Surveyor Rainier
H. R. Cliff. Coroner...- St. Helen
THE SALOON AGAIN
The people of Columbia Comity have
decided against prohibition, an'-.
Union precinct save a majority for 1
'wets" we will con have at leut five
saloons In Hoolton and St. Helens.
especially as Scappooae has gone "dry
and the thirsty ones ol that neighborhood
will Drobablv come to St. Helens 01
Houlton when they desire to "tank up.
The saloons at Scappcosc were run on
the "wide open plan ;" gambling hss
been permitted and other practices in
dulired in until even the drinking men
revolted and swept them out of exist
ence. How will it be in St, Helens and
Houlton? Have the local authorities
enough stamina to see that the saloon'
to be established are conducted in strici
conformity with the law and to revoke
Dromptlv the license of any saloon
keeper who fails to obey its mandate
Public sentiment demands it. and the
liquor interests will do well to comply
with the sentiment and do their utm-jst
to see that their business is conduced
in a manner to avert as long as possible
the complete triumph of prohibition.
The prohibitionist are making immense
gains throughout the country, and it if
undoubtedly true that the only thin
that prevented their triumph in Colum
bia County last Monday was the question
of local taxation . The packet nerve is
extremely sensitive, and in liainler, St.
Helens, Clatskanie and Houlton it un
doubtedly controlled a sufficient number
of votes to have changed the result had
they been cast In accordance with the
belief of the voters. We have tried pro
hibition for two years yeers in St. Hel
ens and the town, has prospered, No
industry has been kept from coming
here by the abeeuce of liquor, the bus!
nees of our merchants hss been increas
ed and the town has been a better place
for people to live In and raise families
than it was three years ago, when it was
a rare thing to be able to pass along the
streets without seeing a drunken man
and bearing foul language. It is going
to be up to the saloon keepers to say
whether they will conduct their busi
ness in a manner to appease public sent
iment, and the Mist, if it remains under
the control of the present owner, will
not hesitate to make public the real state
Of affairs.
Another matter that needs the prompt
attention of our council is the license
fee. Six hundred dollars is not too
high. If we are sanctioning saloons be
cause we need the meney, it is well to
get all we can out of them. If it
prevents any one from entering the
business, so much the better.
The proposition by ibe National Coun
cil of commerce toestablish in Washing
ton an agency of the council for the dis
semination of information rettpecting
domestic and foreign commerce is one
that should meet with the hearty sup
port of all. It is estimated bv Secretary
Straus of the Department of Commerce
and Labor and by the advisory com
mittee of National Council of Commerce
fiat tie maintenance of a proper agency
in Washington, in order to fully take
advantage of important information,
would cost the merchants and manu
facturers of the country only about 20,
000 a year.
This session of congress hss broken nil
records in the number of bill intro
duced, the total being 29,125. Thirty
eight treaties have been ratified and
made public, more than had been rati
fied during the twenty years proceeding.
. , nil f I '
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w. .... e .1. . fihiitllil;l LuUtltV Is
i lie result oi mc vii-un-u ... w.... . ,
main a protest against the attempt of Portland cap it. 11
interfere for their own selfish purposes in the hi urn da
of the politics of Columbia County. Men who had a.lv o a
the equal taxation ol all property were opposed by a loiiti . i
combination of timber land owners and tax dodders
having a large number of uninterested voters in their cmplo
were able to control the primary election. 1 hey thought
that in a county so strongly Republican there would be sure
success for whoever secured the Republican nomination, ami.
therefore, they were not at all careful to conceal then
methods. Success met them at the primaries, but at once
the reaction set in. Kvcn before the voting c osed at Uatv
kanic numbers of business men had expressed their disgust
at the spectacle presented of men being voted as shwp arc
driven to the slaughter pens, with a bell wether in the lead
and a sheep dog briuguig up the rear. It became plain to
the everyday citizen that, whether or not the successful can
dicates had cutered into a contract with the tax dodders, they
Il.;r cnnnnrl nnA the nfOtllc WCR" iVarflll of UlC ICSItlt.
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tlii shite ol ullairs. and. as it circulated .
about one thousand copies weekly, it can be held responsible K..M l. t. . km.-
ior me resuu. i ncrv v. v :v, -, ..iitf.... . .,, .( act.
tr.Mit.lr. kM dlg-st alt I "la, I l
..Id l.v A. J I'riiili.tf Sappta."
Mobile gave the Yon Yonsoll didi'grtlea
,im.'i'iv'Hw.iiMi...vrr llir. Hrysil
titkw. I'll" rl.liinxiil " M"l'll' ! llinl
a third Inking iy l e unsv.il.lnl.lr, but
It i. ii.. I desirable.
IvWill's l ittl" Krtrty HUl. ho fm-
.m Ullle llvrr pills srn (.old by A. J.
Iteming slid Si-.h'M Prllg ('.
A .id.'r null twenty tilll'sKs welnlit
l,t ..i... ly Among ti.P things for
w tii.-li it man ran I thaiikflil. at tho
( ri'-ri.t .uvi.l n.arlirting. Is Itial I'.'!
I.iiiK on nn.itlu'r plan.
iTWitl's Kidliry un.t Itlft uUr Tills r
,,..in'i wild lh.tnn.go ! w" s,ry
liort t.iiir1 llvlitliru lh wrakflifd
kidn.v. Sild v A. J I "ruling ami
St apl1"""" I'rng 1 1.,
liavl.l II. Hill IH l"vi In July l -r
Inn Hut vill l.i ivirope . Mr. Hill in a
li..ii.u, rl still, tiil that h 'l'l r
t.i m nut fl thn ftmiitljr tlurliig anollii"
llritan rnflti't.
otlier causes
purely personal nature, but we bdicvc we have correctly .
h. ... n'.i f-i.-tur oviTiMuie a normal nluralitv ot j
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lUvli.g a.ln.itird U.tl "i-p til Mao
VYlKt'. IftlrH (.4VB I. .Ill SUl'll Wlll4.'
I:. II t li lt I t' w 1. Plnli rr.ttluilcd it- tl
rl.rti.ni ..I Odrli. JWnalur I'lMt ought tu
ia tilnnUy,
at least six lisudred, and elected a Demociatic Jiuige ami
Assessor.
James Dart and I'thcr Clark are men in whom the people
of the county place the most implicit confidence and it is
doubtful whether any other Democrats could have been elect
ed to the offices they will hold. That Mr. Clark will make a
good assessor we have no doubt. He is perfectly conscieiu
tious and no class of property owners will lie unfairly tcatcd.
Men of great wealth and corporations will be compelled to
bear their just share of the burden of taxation, but there will
be no discrimination against them. He will make errors,
but will do no intentional wrong, and will fully justify the
confidence the people will have reposed in htm. 1
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Mr. James Dart is a business man of integrity am! ability. Jn jtl,CjlrMf i,uii,..,m kBo t..
No graft will prosper while he is judge and no personal ' , ,1,, ,
friendship will iuterfere with his discharge of the duties ofjlH.wm , Wu.h iu.isai" It u r
that office. Though not a lawyer he will make a careful and pwir.y g i i. r p.tr iw .ure u gi
precise judge of probate and negligent and recalcilant admin-; lwut a, su: t i.j a j iunt and
ministiators will be comiK-lled to conduct the business ru- s-'i'i-"" 1 in
trusted to them on business principles and in the interests thr prti'.'lr ifl i.i.rri l.aa Lot another
of the beneficiaries. The only fear expressed as to Judec , iiiutrati..u m u.rr..i M i.ii.itiir.
Dart's administration is that it will be too conservative. The i ,",h
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stilved. II Kdi,,, m (J"11'
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Thrixs yrar Hgo oui.I,.l.
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IUIiii. Wr lottJJ
ankltWM .r IhiwUnri
t sleep and l,.d tM i;tkll"j
nt m..ri.ing lislfc(4u
In .htrrl IU) t,HtM walk
had no motvtroub'swtllifttiij1
M Ha. Mr, lU-Mpina, Tret ,'
40 Cll SIM'S lot wUblW
druggial '
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irruirsr sasNti J
grow u ll.o o.ldn.l jwrUwiUtJ
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Tom Mt.t. t.f Ha,,) u,t,i J
lan.lir . antra hdsUI.J
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tlolhlng that w'Htld 1 ktt:
pllrd li.if k!rn' Armta a!i. U
halt f a tnt ( ttm k
li by affivdiig prfc em.'
UB.IM g.iarnt. hf lUHlJ
rvpKM anl Ikrrt !ta4arui
' K'lln.-dy'a l.atali.o liitigli Sl l lit
.iiu that t liiM.eit l.k ar!l Ui late a f
it (al iK'ariy a g t a maple nr
ll at'U g.'t.t!y 'l lr-ljr U l!e lnnrS
llirrrby II ditti-a t .r fold out f the
).; ii. .Ni'.d lr A J iVuni.g and heap
k...n tiig Co.
t OU IHJUrt Attn, h.a.l
iowrtANo Dai
STEAMER
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people want good roads and bridges, and are willing to bearj
the nccessarycxpeu.se. Wekuowjudge Dart will' U- hom-st ' ' ,,;rl'" uk'
. -.'i ii i ii, il l""ii.'t!v I r tl.o tl
and economical and sec that the taxpayers get a duh.tr s ,,,,,,,, lh,v , ,
worth for a dollar expended, but we hope th.it he will also lie
progressive and see that the great uceds of the county are
properly cared for.
TAKE THE MEDICINE
This month four years ago tiie United
States took hold of the I'ansma Canal
Zone, and began the solution of a prob
lem mainly to be solved by bard and
Governor Chamberlain, a Democrat,
has received a majority of the volrnca-t
at the reent election for the olll.'t ol
United Slates Senator, and a majority
of Statement So. 1 candiiliili'i have been
elected to the State LrgHature Here
is a plain expression of the people that
they desire Chamberlain io leprewnt
Oregon in the United States Senate.
The State is normally thirty thousand
liepublii-an, but the land frauds and
the contentions of factions have brought
the party to such a disornanizi-d con-
lition that Kepiiblicnns refine to vote
the ticket even for national oflicrs. It
is said the Fulton men knifed Cuke, and
bether they did .r not the reioilt will
lie the same, and Mr. 1'u Iton, should he
again anpirtt lor the ponition, will lie
knifed by the friends of Mr. Cake. There
is but one way to avert this, and that in
for the Republican party to "take ti
medicine" and i unfit upon the election
of Mr. Chamberlain when the Legis
lature meets in Junuury next. It limy
potsibly be that a six year term ot a
Democratic United States Senator will
cure the Republican voters of their folly
arid enable tbem to unite on some can
didate who will poll the full strength of
the party. There will be no rhnnce for
Chamberlain to work the non nrtlftil
racket in UiJ United Status Hcnate. The
leaders of the Democratic party will tell
ieorge what to do, and tie will do it.
Such men as John Slmrp Williams nnd
tiunjamin Tillman will see to it that the
Democratic Senator from Oregon elands
up to be counted on every partisan
measure and lends his aid to every at
tempt to obstruct the enactment of Re
publican law. Ho Is an able man and
he has reached the summit of I.Ih am
bition and will promptly kick into the
ditch the nonpartisan ladder on which
he mounted. Rournt), tlie populist, and
Chamberlain the Democrat, Isn't t'.Ht
a (great team to represent Republican
Oregon ?
It is estimated that forty years hence
this country will have a population 0f
200,000,000 and several cities of from
two millions to ten millions each. As
8t. Louis has already reached the fourth
place tbe Million Club will have to step
livalv to ksun ud Willi th proosaslon.
The government maintains, at an ri -pen-e
of over l.L"l,i'0 a year, a .iiplo- ,
malic and rui.a'ilar service in all prt
ol the world for the purpose, am. !
other thing, ( aiding the ci irr. e o! I
the country by gathrring information of j
value to American huuira mtrrctts !
To-day IheM is no medium anVletitty 1
Colil.r. ill.ive pr..perW t.takeadvaiit.,-n
of this liifjriiiation ir tlir iiili wow, n :
can be disiwininateil so that ll will rear), !
th'we tuerchsnts and manufacturer ;
iIKt-lally intere.ted, but with thee.tab
lishmeiitof an Inforinatioii agency, with i
a perinnnenl bureau In Wellington in
telligeiife of a C iiiiui.-rriai value rould ,
I conveyed to all inert hai ti an I rni, j
llfui'turers concerned therein thrtniglin.ii
the country. i
All agiUtion has tareo started by the'
IiiUarnatioiiul Hrotherh ( ,!,,!,.
hinder", lioe lieadiprtrters arc now in j
Sew York city, iignmst the sending of:
books by Ameiicaii flrins ti llur .peiin '
citie tu be hound as works of art nnd :
shipped hat:k to thl oiuntry, nnd th.-y !
expect to lake up tint matter at their;
annual convention in June nnd an '
amendment t,, t, turlff law Willi. '
asked by which an dvnlrem tlulv1
would be levh-d on such lix,k. nhn,'
shipped back i.ere
we heartily concur j (t, ,,,,1,,,,,
recently expressed by a Sew York cm
temporary thai, 'Tliemss 0, phut n
thnSe-.Htit la a more revolting speeta. ..
than the bookmaker nt the nu e traik."
Accurate figures are not yet nbtiiim,,t
hut careful estimate put the t,,lal appro
printlons ol this Heasloii of Cnngri,, llt
I,WMXX),IJIS), This is flW,K ,.
than bus been exiii'tidc'd hv anv H..
Congress,
In acurru t lmiga.lmHpe,,kr Csnnon
has mi article on, "How a bill becomes
a law." The general public would he
much more Interested In an article (JM
Why bills do nut become laws. Speaker
Cannon could furnish mtv Information
on this subject iwrhaps, than any ,nl.r
one innn.
e , .iiiethttig take i
lu-i. lull lake
iow is rpiatl& '
.iiit 'hing Siae K'-lo! for l-pt and '
In l K""1!- n K.rl4 is p omu! It take,
II ll rnliahU and Is giar4i'.vd to gut i
: tr llrf. It is ...I I j A J. I in i us; and
, S.aj pne lirug t '.i
I
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All of li e far, i it. alio ha old Cum i
o i hand are rl g-.hl tiis,ii.Krship in i
ll.n St l.u.a niihii, Cult.,
Think It Kaird Ml Life
'r. Maine,
Lester M Srls.,,,, ,,(
mvs ill a reriii Irtirr "I hair f)sl Dr.
King' New Ii..-.,vrry many yrars. ft:
foughs and cl Is, anil think it saved
my life hv l.,in,d it a reliable rem
edy for ihraat and lung .-..inplalnt. ai.d
.till no iiH,r u niihiuii l,tu than
1 wont.) I Kitho.K f 'H " -"tf iiealry
forty year Near Di.,ti.ry l.a sluol at
tiie head ir.,t and long reiunlsin
As a preventive ,.l pneumonia, and
h- a er of aeak lung it luu t,.i e.ua.
S .Id nnd, r g..iaiitri at lluullon,
Man I, Warreu and K-app-aaw ileniers,
Vic and II H) Irmt b.ttiefree.
K.eryU.iy .lion:,! U-ur iii nniid thai
tt.c fea.rtlje titmiUr of the oiioinpl.tyetl,
th" h. tirr the livn ()r ,i ,,arlty talk
I l.rand family Mrtllrlne
' It give, nm ,!.-asnn In apeak a g.l
w .rd for l.lewric I'.ittrrs," writes Mr,
Frank Conlau of N tut Houston nUi
New York. "llH a grand family nie.ll
ci lie for dyprpaia and Iner rompllia
tions; hlie f..r l.u.e Uck ami weak
kidneys it cannot he tin highly recom-
' " ' ''''tnc bliler-ngulatethc
digestive fu.,,1,,,,,,, ,,mifv ,,, hlMMl
and impart relumed Vigor and Vitality
to the weak and debllittited of ,l,
eea. Nl, ii,r giiaU,lt,,n ),y JU,
ton, Warren, cp. and iHm Island
dealers ,'ie
at .
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STATE BANK
KAINIER, ORE.
CAI'ITAL f Jl.sss
for p r eiil Iih a
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March I and Ssptmtst .
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Collections MsJc.j.praniss:
Columbia (
Does General B-alcj
rrinclil CorrsspawJ"
I'lrsl Nalkmal Hank, Po tlrti
Hanover National lUak,
Wm, M. Ross, Propria
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More men work for the Unite I Kln,
Hfutcs HUel Company than for the
Btates Government. No wonder the
sel trust Is so ban) to fcglllatfi,
Syrup .,( While Piiiean.l Tar, the old ( -
"""""rough remedy. I'or talc by A.J
Drilling, druggist.
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