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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1911)
Ore jon Mist Four.. d 18S1 j Entered at the Postotlice at St. Helens, i Oregon, as ecntid-clnui mull mutter, j iMUaa Evry Friday by I Lots Near High School Grounds NO USE TALKING I have for sale all of the lots belonjrinr to Mrs. Hannah f yszkiew! many of which are near the site of the hitfh school. Now is the time to buy at reasonable prices and on easy terms. Make your selections before the best ones are crone. I am also agent for the view lots belonging; to Mr. J. B. Godfrey. Now is the time to buy as prices will advance after the new school house is built. FOR PRICES AND TERMS SEE The Mist Publishing Company ; j Georgs H. Hang Editor and Manager Sl'IMCBIPTlUN K.lTKS I When you want the best in Job Printing the proper place to go is One vear fl.liO Si month ." Advertising rates made known on appli cation. Leiral notices 25 cents per liue. Out of GEO. H. SHINN, St. Helens, Oregon V I vj i ) A ( I r WRESTLING City Hall, St. Helens Saturday, Evening, July 29 JOHN BERG Champion Lirht Heavyweight of the World PETER BUZUKOS World's Champion in thesLightweight Class $1000 PURSE Berg to Throw Buzukos Three Times in One Hour Winner Take All County Official Paper 1. 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 One Dollar to Fiva PENS Admission 75c. Ringside $1.00 Announcement About September 15th this store will put in a complete and up-to-date stock of the latest and best in Millinery. A new line of men's hats will be here in a few days. JAS. MUCKLE AND SON Department Store. St. Helens, Ore. Through the columns of the Mist your correspondent wishes to give utterance to a thought that has come into the mind of a former resident of Columbia County, who has returned after n absence of some 15 years. In the result of the recent election, when bonds in the sum of $'0,tHN) wore voted for the construction of school house, your corresondent sees this com munity taking a step in what ho believes to be the right direction. Now the floating of bonds for the development of the resources supplied by nature, for the de velopment of commerce, fur the; Improvement and entnbllshmcnt of public utilities, or establishing! of educational institution, is not j an experiment by any means. We have seen the great finan-1 ciers of this country develop and utilize the water power, build , 1 l , A 1 i great railroads and steamship OlUITlbia COUntV Abstract lines, spenu millions oi uouars in building the necessary and docks, not with an ey to present needs but with the thought always in mind of the future, the demands of which, in a country which is growing and developing even at a rate to astound the most optimistic en thusiast, make the flotation of of bonds an absolute necessity for many reasons. First, the American people have no time to await the provision of transpor tation after it is needed, it must le ready when required. Second ly, these men are in the business for profit therefore they mort gage the future earning capacity of their enterprises and build in excess of present demands real izing that this method is more economical in the long run. There also enters the element of com petition. The man who would cater successfully to the require ments of the public must keep his facilities therefore, abreast of or a little ahead of his competi tor. ! ent of Cl,st Cart, jj Deming's Drug Store st. Helens, or. tAAjuu.jL9 iuaiaiA4iaiajuJi4aaAajU44A,a ajuia.jtjuju. terminal.' TrUSt Co eye alone Absracts, Real Estate, Insurance, Loans, Conveyancing St. Helens, Oregon WM. l KO--1 I'ep.iM jiT o M. .sinu us vi, k l'n, m.i.n r J H TSK. I ..una AI.IKN, Aol.TiNT Ciinlll Columbia County BANK OLDEST IX rin: COUXTY r Does a General Banking Business j Sr. IIki.kns, ()ri;,;on Hut what has all this to do with building school houses? In stitutions of learning are recog nized today as one of the chief assets of society whether regard ed merely as a necessity or as a dividend payer. Of course a dividend of this kind does not. come in the form of a check; but it comes just as surely in the way of a higher earning i capacity of our posterity, in the; lessening of crime and the satis-. faction of knowing that we are keeping pace with the worlds progress. Here also enters the! element of competition. We must i keen abreast of our neighbors ! else we will not reap the benefits i to be derived from a hiurh class I of emicrants! onp nf th fieof !. ! mands of the desirable emigrant is good educational facilities. We have here a community. one of oldest settlements in the state, with many natural advan tages, where, until within the last few years we have been con tent to stand still and watch our neighbors grow, we have seen great cities grow and prosper on this great Pacific Coast whose, natural advantages were no better than ours. Why should we not at least take advantage of the of our neighbors and develop the wonderful resources with which nature has so irenerouslv emlnu.'. ed us? Why should we not build muncipal docks not altogether for present needs but with an eye to the future; The future will take care of itself in so far as using them is concerned. Many years ago the founders of San Francisco realized that cheim dockage rates would help im. mensly in the buildingof a city; today we see her with the finest systems of docks on the Pacific ('oast and one of the finest in the ,i . oiio, muncipauy owned lnd with a dockage rate of five cents per ton. At a recent election the city of Seattle and King county voted more than one mill- l ion dollars for harbor improve , ments and municipal docks V, when Seattle, in the shape of an mqian cmel was roamimr i i hills of Puget Sound, there was .quite a settlement on the ibiaUiver some 2tf miles below , wnat is now the citv of Portl.,! Again. Mr. IMitor, let me say mai i uunk i see a step taken in J the direction of progress. To ; what other stops will this one, small though it seems, lead? This remains largely in the hands of the progressive element, of which I believe this community is well supplied. A PKOIUGAI, For Sals. One tram of R,K.1 ,nil lmr.ei., w,.ji;,t - !....., ntw ID years SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT W Iirw !V4 inch i iitrnrna new. All for fti'iO, to m a 57 I SS Tlir (.iMowititf are om of the itnu 1 1 "iimiiini in tl,t.anniia! rejM.rt of Coimlf ' Supermini, ,.t Collina iiin.le to the I Suite SiiM-riiitinilitit for the chool y tr cn.ltiiK. June lit, ItUt : j N'imlirr til iliil.lreil between four ni twenty rffl NiiiiiIht ri-.'i,(i'ir.l .. 23 J W.'ia imv UeiirUice 172) .MiiiiIht c.f c iulitli Kr.ln diploma iit'tied Average niinil.rr days of nclnxil lun'lit NiimlK-rcif orKiinied dintrlcU In llic county....... . . Nmiilwr oIw ImkiI lioiirs... NiimUr of new school houses Imiit NmiilM-r r.f school riHims in 'txT.ilion. . . . Niimlier of teiich.-M employed. . . . Nimilwr f llhrnry Ik,1h on hsml, Amount pni.l nut for sulsriei, luiiMiiiK, supplies, grounils. -tc, f7R,81fl Ksliiimted vidno or school proper ty 1 10,000 Average tnonl sslaries ol teiirheri, men, "2$ women 5BJW Average nunilwr of mills tnx levied 3,77 The kcImw,!, throiiirlKiiil Ilia eoiintf sre nixkiiiK prorew: in soma locality KfH.it pr.,K-e,s hss teen tns.le ilurlnn ths I '.'1st. ri :.r T)... t. . ...l,ni- j '- imii; m m Kiuwiiiff w" in Cnliimliia (N)niitr ti rsisa the nUnil 'd ol rlficiene in H. lirK.I- Th online Vf.llr iVM i.rnininr of b" '"K iH'Her thmi the psat. We are iiiilrl.i.,1 .. Kf. if ' Wikoff inn week f r numWr of local ilew 'rom lloulton, for which we sre da'T tlisnklul. The Mint would like to b items from every locslltf in Columbia County.
