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Mist Publishing Company
George H. Flagg
Editor and Manager
S;'u.s.K:rT!ON RvTts
One year
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cation. Lcxal notices cent! per line.
County Official
Paper
ANNOUNCEMENT
E. H. Flayer has disposed of
his interests in the Mist and
with this week's issue George H.
Flagg takes charge of the paper.
We hope that the change will
hardly be noticeable. The politics
and general policy of the paper
will remain the same and as ever
the Mist will at all times stand
for the best interests of St
Helens and Columbia County.
This is a particularly well favored
section of Oregon and is bound
to make wonderful advancement
in the next few years and every
effort will be made by the MlST
to keep pace with the times.
We ask the aid of the Mist's
friends throughout the county in
securing local news of their
localities for publication. The
Mist is in every sense a county
paper and will be a paper for the
whole of the county and of inter- j
est to every resident and more)
particularly to the taxpayers,
Without the eood will and assis
tance of our readers it will be
hard to make the paper all that
it should be, so we ask your
hearty co-operation and aid.
realization of the inipotoney of
a tine as a pivventathe of the re
petition of certain forms of crime.
7 A judge in Su.n Francis.) m;-.;-
jenced Johnson, the pugilir.t to
j twenty-five days in the u::r.ty
jail for exceeding the s;eM law.
and a Portland judge pre.-vrilvd
the same medicine fur a speed
maniac in that city. Moreover,
these judges have announced that
this is to be their jo!icy for tlu
future. Johnson's case is r. t :
bad as that of many others. The
negro is simply an ignorant brute
who is swelled up with a si -use
of his own importance. Hut the
rich men who vihitt the la v Ni
so deliberately, and are wihi:;g to
take the chance of being arrested
pleading guilty and paying a fine.
Fifty dollars to them is nothing
while to the poor who break the
law it is often a heavy punish
ment. But the rich man is shock
ed when an upright judge places
him where he belongs and refuses
to permit him to buy immun
ity. In most instances fines are
bribes paid to the State. It is one
of the good signs of the times
when jndges realize this fact and
insist that wealth shail not be
permitted to protect wilful and
impudent violators of the law.
THE HOULTON SCHOOL, Picluret of Which Ara
Houltan Commercial Club
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IT MEANS A LOT
PALM BEACH COUNTYI
FLORIDA
3 $250 In Monthly Payments of $10 Buys A Hornet
And Indepnndence.
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FOPwGET IT.
Were you a little warm over
the city election? Forget it; or if
you cannot do that, do not let it
interfere with that spirit of unity
which is so essential to commun
ity success and prosperity. We
will always differ on many points.
Live men cannot be expected to
see all things alike, for the reason
that they have not the same view
point. It is just possible that
you may be wrong and the other
fellow right, and it is very prob
able that his motives were just
as pure and unselfish as yours.
But be that as it may, if you had
a grouch against him, forget it. j
There are some results all good j
citizens desire. We want to seej
St. Helens grow and its citizens!
prosper. During the recent mu-1
nicipal campaign the editor was
accused of standing in with a,
certain corporation. He pleaded
guilty and trusts that the Mist,
will always be found "standing
in" with every corporation in St. j
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Under the heading "Does It
Mean Nothing?" last Tuesday's
Oregonian contains the following:
"Is it worth while to warn the
irrepressible and unextinguisha
ble agitators for new and strange
legislation through the initiative
and for no legislation through!
the referendum, that the temper 2-
of the people is to resent their
i activity, and to defeat every
manner and species of bill about
which they have doubt or for
which there is no active or rec
ognizable public demand? Can
not these busy fellows take a
hint? Are they utterly unable to
read the signs of the times? Don't M
they understand that the public 'II
has had about enough of agitation
experimentation and innovation?
In the Oregon state elections of
1902, 1904, 190G and l'JOS a total
of 32 measures was submitted to
the people through the initiative j
and referendum. For some of j
those measures, like the direct j
primary, the corrupt practices act j
and the like, there was a wide-1
spread public demand, and thej
public attitude was favorable, j
Of the 32. therefore, 21 were 2
passed, and only eight rejected. ;g
In the list of defeated measu res ' M
female suffrage appears twice, j "
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When you want the
best in Job Printing the
proper place to go is
THE MIST PRINT SHOP
ST. HELENS. OREGON
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A TOWN LOT ABSOLUTELY FREE; WITH FARM
No frost No snow. Three crops a year. Annual
Profits $1000 per acre. For particulars inquire of!
FINE STATIONERY
For PARTICULAR People
We Are Confident of Our
Ability to Please You.
A NEW LINE OF FOUNTAIN
From One Dollar to Ki
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An Up-to-Date Spring Line of
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In 191032 measures were again
before the public for action.
Nine were adopted ;23 were beaten
Does this remarkable change in '
the attitude toward the initiative'
anu ititicnuuiii, ji . Xttlllcl. LO
ward the legislative nronosals
under the initiative and referen-j
dum, mean anythingor nothing?" j
It is hardly to be expected that
any real good arguments in favor I
IN NECKWEAR
We have certainly started some
thing and if you want a necktie
that is the real thing and at the
same time a real value for the
money you pay then this is the place
you are looking for. Hundreds of
new and beautiful ties ami there is
no two in the whole bunch that are
alike. Ties for all, no matter what
kind you prefer. 15right colors or
otherwise, four in hands, lxws or
readv tied, at
25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00
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ROOH i, Worcester IJId. Portland, OreKon
Will use this space
ploitin a tract f
bia County land
fur ex
Col ii m-
Helens or in Columbia County
whenever the corporation is in i of tne initiative would ever come
the right, and not otherwise, j from the Oregonian, but the
Members of corporations have the i above is one of the best we have
same rights as other individuals, j heard. The fact that 2t of the
neither more nor less, and the : first 32 measures proposed w ere
editor ha3 not hesitated to oppose 'passed is accounted for by the
the corporations whenever it be-1 fact that tne measures really
MEN'S HATS
That are the latest
in style, shape and
color and real leaders in quality. That's our spec-ialty-givingyou
quality and at the same time the
latest styles.
lieved them to be in the wrong.
For years the Mist hammered
away on the question of the
assessment of timber lands and
railroads, and finally a reform
was effected. It has also insisted
that the logging companies should
be compelled to better safeguard
the lives and limbs of their em
ployes, and that the coroner
should strictly in vestigate all acci
dents. Yet it has no sympathy
with the "get em, then cinch em"
policy. The success of our cor-
needed by the people of the state i
were the first to be considered. !
Then came the measures which :
the Oregonian rightly describes j
a.s the measures of the agitators. ;
But the fact that they received i
the scant consideration which ;
they were entitled to shows that!
the initiative way is the right;
way to make laws. Only the'
measures that are meritorious '
have gone through and in this the :
people's way seems to be far;
ahead of the Legislature's. i
porations is essential to our city's -
growth, and that is what we all Number 1 Volume 1 of the Tur
desire. Therefore we repeat, if .lock Tribune, printed atTurlock, !
you felt a little sore at your neigh- Stanislaus County, California, i
bor prior to the election, forget
it. Give him the glad hand and
help him boost the old burg along.
THE PROPER SYSTEM.
The Mist notes with pleasure
that judges in different parts of
the country are awakening to the
has reached the Mist office and
it is an issue to be proud of.
Eight pages, well printed, con
taining a number of local views
and lots of local advertising
wouia make a paper to boast of
anywhere.
Matting of all kin.! t :,Ii, kl.-'i.
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THOSE SHIRTS
Are certainly making a hit. If
you live in St. Helens you have
seen several of them for they are
worn by half the people in town
and the other half should wear
them for when it comes to the
real thing in getting your money's
worth this line is a world beater.
Dozens of patterns, all sizes and
prices. Get in the wagon by get
ting into one of Muckle's shirts.
We thought we had lots of them
but if they keep going at the pre
sent rate we will soon be out so buy
one now.
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Jas. Muckle & Son
DrHtrtnunl SI ore. St. Helens, Ore.
Colonist Fares
From the Middle and Eastern .portions of the United
States and Canada to
Oregon, Washington and all the Northwest
WILL I liKVAII. DAILY
March 10th to April 10th
over the
Oregon-Washington Railroad &
Navigation Company.
and connections, the
Oregon Short Lino. Union Pacific
and Chicago & North -Western
f rom
$2T.00
25.00
Chicago - . $33.00 Oma!ia -St.
Louis - - 32.00 Kansas city .
&t. l'aul - . 00
and from other cities correspondingly low.
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WM. McMURRAY, General Pi,MenBer Agent,
Portland, Oregon
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