The Oregon Mist
Entered at the Postofr at St. Helen,
Oregon, a aeconl-cl mail natter.
Issuxn Evkt FtnAY Bv
K. H. FLAGG.
Borrom and Frofkiktor.
SuRscBrrnoK Rates
One year
Sl roonthi - - ."5
Advertising rateade known on appli
cation. Legal notices 26 cents per line.
County Official
Paper
a county: fair.
Do tye people of Columbia Coun
ty want i county fair? If they
do they can have it notwithstand
ingr the Govenor vetoed Mr.
Miller's bill providing for State
aid to the amount of $1500. In
vetoing this and all the other bills
providing for fair appropriations
the Govenor said: "This legisla
ture has passed two bills which, in
my mind, provide a solution of
this puzzle. One of these is House
Bill No. 172, providing that the
county court of each county may
in its discretion appropriate $2000
out of the general fund in the
county treasury for the support
of its county fair. The other bill
House Bill No. 337, provides that
each county fair association may
draw $500 from the general fund
' of its respective county for the
benefit of poultry or livestock
exhibits. These two bills wil
yield to each county a total of
$2500 for the aid of its county
fair. These two measures, it
seems to me, are eminently fair.
since they allow the required aid
for these fairs to come out of the
pockets of the people most inter
ested and without additional bur
den upon the already burdened
taxpayers of the state at large."
The Mist is in receipt of the
report of the Single Tax Confer
ence held in New York under the
auspices of the Joseph Fels Fund
Commission. The single tax is to
be a live issue in the next cam
paign in Oregon and it is certainly
an extremely important one. The
editor is not at all sure that he ful
ly understands. If it means that
all taxes shall be levied upon land
we fail to see the justice of the
proposition. It has long been con
tended by many that money, notes
and accounts should be exempt
because of the elusive nature of
this class of p roperty, but how
can it be made to appear right
to place the entire burden up
on the landowner and exempt the
manufacturer and merchant? The
people of Oregon passed the coun
ty tax amendment, but we believe
they were misled into doing so,
and that when the question is fair
ly before them they will reject the
single tax by an immense major
ity. A new bank at Scappoose, and we
predict that it will be a success
and a great convenience to the
prosperous farmers of that fa
vored neighborhood.
Among the good bills that es
caped the Govenor '3 veto the Pa
cific Homestead classes Repre
sentative Miller's bill regulating
the settlement of damage for live
stock killed by railroads. Another
good one by Miller wa3 the bill
which prevents the starting of
Of course it is the duty of the
United States to police the bor
der, but it is not our duty to in
terfere in Mexico's family row,
Though nominally a republic the
government of Mexico is in fact
a despotism, where slavery exists
under the name of peonage, the
condition of the average peon be
ing worse than was that of the
slaves in the south.
The Engineering News calls
the rental paid by the Post-Office
Department for postal cars gross
ly excessive. Such a car run
300 miles a day can earn $12,000
a year for the railway company,
The News thinks it would be fairer
to Dav for transporting mails
by the space actually used than
by the weight in a given month,
which is capable of manipulation
With the failure of the project
for taxing magazines to cover
postal deficiency, the department
and Congress will have another
chance to try better bnsiness
management
Do not forget that the subscrip
tion price of the Mist is $1.50 per
year. This rate took effect the
first day of March and all back
dues will be settled up to that
date on the dollar a year basis.
CHANGE IN SCHOOL LAWS.
Office or Cointy School Si pkrix-te.ndknt.
St. Helens, Ore., Mar. 1, 1911.
To the Teachers:
Pursuant to changes made in our
school law, the next teachers' examina
tion will be held on June 21, 22. 23 and
21. There will be no examination in
August; hence, all teachers tthosd cer
titicates expire in August, or persons
who wish to take the teachers' examina
tion to teach next year, should write at
the June examination. The new law
dees away with our county certificates,
but county certificates will be issued on
State grades until May 20.
All persons now writing for a State
paper, under the present law, may com
plete their examination under the same
law, but m jst appear at the June exami
nation.
For a one-, ear State certificate, is re
quired an average of 75 per cent, and
not falling below 60 per cent in arith
metic, civil government, geography,
grammar, history, orthography, physi
cal geography, reading, school law,
theory and practice of teaching and
writing.
For a five-year Stale certificate, appli
cant must make an average of 83 per
cent and not fall below 70 per cent in
riting, orthography, arithmetic, physi
ology, grammar, geogrsp'iy, theory and
practice of teaching, reading, history,
civil government, school law, psychology,
American literature, algebra, physical
geography and composition. Twelve
months teaching experience is required
for this paper.
For a Life State certificate, the appli
cant must make an average of 8 per
cent and not fall lelow 70 per cent in
methods in reading, methods in arith
luetic, methods in language, methods
geography, theory and practice of teach
ing, writing, orthography, physiology
psychology, and in addition thereto
shall write a thesis on an educational
subject selected from a prepared lis
jweive monttis teaching experience i
required for this paper. The holder of
this paper can teach only in the firt
second and third grades.
No examination in the Fnglinh class
ics win lie required in trie June exami
nation on account of lack of time for
announcents and preparation.
(Questions will be based on the State
text books.
Very Truly Yours,
J II. COLLINS,
County Superintendent of Schools.
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proper place to go is
THE MIST PRINT SHOP
ST. HELENS. OREGON
FINE STATIONERY
For PARTICULAR People
We Are Confident of Our
Ability to Please You.
A NEW LINE OF FOUNTAIN
From Ont Dollar to Fiv.
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IF. B. Holbrook Col
ROOH i, Worcester BIdg. Portland, Oregon E
Will use this space for ex
ploiting a tract of Colum
bia County land : : :
fust about as easily as you can raise pardon truck
off of a great many of the "milding lots for sale
around here. You know this to be a Fact
But do you know that the lots in
the "New Grouse Subdivision,
Houlton, Ore.," ARE
Lots With Soil on Them
THE VERY BEST SOIL
ARK LOTS WITH THIC MiST LOCATION IN
THIS COUNTY
ARE LOTS THAT YOU, MR. LABORING MAN,
CAN BUY ON EASY TERMS.
Quit paying rent. Own your own home almost before
you realize it. Our choice lots.
$100 TO $200
Are slling. Sold eight the last week without trying.
Don't know hew many we'd have sold if we'd tried.
We are TRYING now. TRYING to get you IN
TERESTED. Drop in and see us at our office. Office
on the tract, between Houlton & t. Helens.
The Grouse Realty Co.
H.C.WIKOFF, Selling Agt.
1BL O U 'JLi rIT O ?
List your property with us.
We have Houses, Lots and Acre
age for sale.
It's of the right sort, too, else we
would not handle it.
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Summons.
what are known as gallon houses , .lV CW
In the f'lrruit Court of the Htate of Oregon for
Wlulfrcrt iihrxm. plaintiff, v. EwaM II. How
To KrJwunJ If. Hownul (jlbbon, defendant
i'iovh nit men.
In Wit ritime Ol the NIhN of firovnn Vr.it
hf-rffhy rcMMire! to apf-nr nnl kh-w r the mm
Iitalnt Hied fti'nint vuii in the hImivh -iitltlrf
nut on i.r heior MoihIhv. the :Jnl tiny of April
I V.tll. LrfjiiiK not let ihun MX wt-fki from the
i mirnmiii)
in dry precints. Still another!?, .,v.er,.,t'ti':, r.'mrt wUh,n. whl,h lh0
- i "vim-mm, rixn MpifHr hihi an-twer trie mi1
was me county attorney bill i-Sri .VeViffVhV i-".,:.r.wr.,ip:r.rI;I"S
which the Govenor vetoed without ; ili.IiiMnrLrn"'.... Z
coon reason, in iact Mr mi Her ? " :r """'"v"" "" ",i"'" r matrimony
, , , ilUItr hr.-t.,l,,rfe.xilli,Kf-(-.ii the FLIiititT irnl
made Columbia County a good i'V.V'i'.lr.i'.V y"'".' r"ief ,,,e l;ourt
and effective representative lh" l,,f!,"l"t ,w'" notice timt thin
I Oii n cif iii pummiH e of m iirili-r of ihc Jn.J
Every citizen of St. Helens .i.:;;S.:r''
should be an active member of the ! 'iZZi X'X
Commercial Club. Your aid is i WiZVi VlT 'XLrZtti
needed in the development of a 1 "tir1
bigger and better St. Helens.
The admission fee is only $1
and the dues .W cents per month.
Columbia County will spend
$127,000 to secure good roads this
H. I the dull' of the Unit i,r,hllctlon ,.l il.i.
notice.
FRANK KPITTI.K,
A Homey for plaintiff.
Eatat. of Rufui R King.
Notlre I. herel.y riven tint the timlfnlnit
Riolmlhl.trtri of the e.t!e nl Knfii. II
Kinir. ! i-mi.e.1, hitu Illeil her final annum In
year. That ought to help some. I I'Xl!;. MS'ZJJWX
Incidentally it may be mentioned , foil Z'XZft, XSZli
that it would pay six per cent on ' ZLXf. Z't'LJ: Wtiriti,
one million dollars and leave a fflS r'',''
sinking fund of $G7.000. j Wt ;imiMx
Colonist Fares
From the Middle and Eastern portions of the United
States and Canada to
Oregon, Wahington and all the Northwest
WILL PREVAIL DAILY
March 10th to April 10th
over the
Oregon-Washington Railroad &
Navigation Company.
and connections, the
Oregon Short Line, Union Pacific
and Chicago & North -Western
from
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Chicago - - $33.00 Omaha -St.
Louis - - 32.00 Kansas City - .
St. Paul - - $25.00
and from other cities correspondingly low
YOU CAN PREPAY FARES
The Colonist faret are Westbound only, but If you have relat
or friends or employees in the Ea-t whom vou desire In hrln
stale, you can deposit the value of the fare with your local railroad
Kent, and an order for a ticket will lie telegraphed to any addresi
LET THE WORLD KNOW
Of our vast resources and iplendid opportunitie for home build
injf. Call on the undersigned for Kood instru. tlve printed matter
to send Ka-t, or Kive him the addre.M of those to whom you would
like to have such matter sent.
$25.00
25.00
til pa
this
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WM. McMURRAY, General Pa.ienger Agent,
Portland, Oregon
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3 Great Land Opening -49,000 Ares
1PALM BEACH COUNTY
FLORIDA
$250 In Monthly Payments of $10 Buyg A
And Indepnndence.
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A TOWN LOT ABSOLUTELY FREE WITH FARM
M No frott No snow. Three crooi a" vr. Annual
Profits $1000 per acre. For particulars inquire of
OL. rJT. Ore well
Warren, Oregon
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WELCH a CHAMBERS
Fresh and Salt Meats
The newest and best Fresh
Meats, Hams, Macon and
Lard. Highest prices paid
for butcher's stock
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White
Clothes
for
Clean
People
ST. HELENS
LAUNDRY!
Under new management p
Watch for the Wagon Monday C
G. F. ROJiERTSON
HOULTON, - . OREGON
ZT. Watches r-i i . 3
Clocks
Von A. Cray
Watchmaker and JcweW. All
worn ouaranteed.
t Optical Goods
St. Helens Or.
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