Ore jon Mist
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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
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Saturday, Evening, July 29
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County Official
Paper
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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
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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
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a
57
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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.