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I have for sale all of the lots belonging to Mrs. Hannah Tyszkiewicz. many
of which are near the site of the high school. Now is the time to buy at
reasonable prices and on easy terms. Make your selections before the best
ones are jrone.
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.
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GEO. H. SHINN, St. Helens, Oregon
REPORT FOREST FIRES
The State Forester is contantly
getting notice through the press
and from residents of the State
of fires having gotten beyond
control after several days fight
ing, that have not been reported
to his office until after becoming
a menace to the neighborhood,
He wishes to urge upon all State
fire wardens the necessity of re
porting to him all hres a3 soon
after being discovered as possible
instead of waiting until they pe-
come dangerous to life andproper
ty. One such fire has just been
brought to his notice after having
burned three weeks, that might
have then controlled and prob
ably entirely extinguished if
reported earlier so that proper
assistance could have been given.
Every State fire warden, or
other persons, in case they are
unable to get in touch with a
State warden, should telephone
or telegraph (collect) F. A. Elliott
State Forester, Salem, Oregon,
informing him of forest fires be
fore they get beyond, control.
The above comes from the
office of the State Fire warden
and is worthy of close attention
from everybody. Mr. Elliott is
making a hard fight against the
fire demon this year and should
receive the aid and co-operation
of all, and more especially of the
residents of a county like Colum
bia, where the timber is such a
large and important factor in
the welfare and business pro
gress. With the State officials
asking only that the fires be re
ported and at their expense it
seems as though their wishes
should be complied with.
Our Portland Letter
affairs committee, that the old vice is one great compensation
battleship Oregon lead the ileet
Portland, Or., Aug. 1 (Special)
Bankers and business men gen
erally expect marked improve
ment in business conditions
throughout the Pacific North
west as the result of the bumper
crops the farms are turning out
thi3 year. It is believed the
distribution of the crop money
among the farmers will mean re
newed activity in all lines and in
none more particularly tha in the
lumber industry. A reawaken
ing of the lumber business will be
widely beneficial by reason of the
money it distributes among a
large number of people.
The grain harvest, now in full
swing, is the most satisfactory
feature of the whole situation.
The yield of the three Pacific
Northwest states is fixed at
better than GO, 000, 000 bushels
and prospects are favorable for
high prices. Fruit, hops, salmon,
and all the varied resources of
the Northwest states will. con
tribute their share to the con
tinued prosperity of this section
of the country.
Elk from Wyoming will be
shipped to the mountain districts
of Union and Wallowa counties
during the coming Winter. The
animals are hard put to it for
food during the severe Wyoming
winters and many of them
starve each year. The Govern
ment is determined to save the
of battleships from New York to
San Francisco when the Panama
canal is finished in 1915, will
meet with the hearty approval of
every Oregonian. This famous
fighting ship, that made such a
splendid record during the Span
ish war, deserves such recog
nition. The Portland Commercial Club
is fathering a new plan for the
development of the state that has
for its object the use of Oregon
products by Oregon people. This
doctrine has been preached be
fore, but there has never been
greater opportunity for building
up home industries than now. A
compaign to extend the use of
Oregon-made goods here at home
is now under way and the co
operation of commercial bodies
of the state will be enlisted.
Interest in commercial club
circles of the state i3 now cen
tered on the annual convention
of the Oregon Development
League in Astoria August 14, 15
and 16. The program, now be
ing completed, includes the lead
ers in development work in this
part. of the United States, as
well as a number of speakers of
national prominence. Coming as
it doe3 while the Astoria cen
tennial celebration is in progress,
delegates will be entertained by
the Astorians in royal fashion
Recognition of good work done,
as unusual as it was gracious,
was evidenced during the past
week at Sublimity, where women
of the Wahi Club gave a dinner
to the convicts who have been
building roads in that precinct
such appreciation is almost un
heard of, yet it is instances such
as this that do more to help the
unfortunate regain their self re
spect than anything else.
Probably the man was suffer
ing from acute indigestion caused
by poor cooking who said that,
"God sends food and the devil
sends cooks." No doubt the sec
ond hair oi that statement is a
slander upon the great majority
of American wives and house
keepers, but it is equally true
that bad cooking is responsible
for a good deal of domestic infe
licity. If the way to a man's
pocket is largely through his
stomach it is by the same route
his affection may, in many cases,
be reached and held. If domes
tic science were more generally
taught in public schools many a
home might be made happier.
It is not to be supposed that
with the rediscovery of the sea
serpent the mermaid would keep
herself hidden. Therefore it is
not surprising to learn that she
ha3 been found stranded on a
southern sea beach. It was fitt
ing and shows commendable im
partiality of the discoverers that
while the sea serpent appeared
near a northern watering place,
the mermaid should come to
hand "down south". Hard
headed, sceptical people will, of
course, refuse to believe either
story, but even the most sceptical
must admit that the stories prove
that the summer hotel and water
ing season has arrived. If, in
spite of the torrid heat, some
still doubted that fact, the s,ea
serpent and the mermaid have
set the matter beyond all con
jecture. In the matter of vice Chicago
may not be a sinner above any
other large city. But the ex
tent to which evil in that city
does exist and flaunt itself, and
the success with which law is de
fied is anything but creditable to
the city authorities who could, if j
they were so minded, enforce law
and guard morals very much
better than they do. As in near
ly every large city every incom-
If an article falls from the
place where it was put we in
stinctively put forth our hand
to check it and replace it. In
like manner and with even great
er desire we should put forth our
hand to support a fellow being
who shows symptoms of falling
morally. And if, unfortunately,
some have fallen, then, instead
of sitting in harsh judgment on
them, we should do our utmost
to se,rthem once more upon their
feet, that having learned wisdom
by bitter experience they may
with renewed hope and greater
resolve and caution once more
tread the path of life.
The length of life is not to be meas ir
el by year, but what one puts into it.
People may live t a very oM age anil
yet between the date of birth ami that
of death their life may lie lit'le more
than a cipher. Everyone shoul I ti.n to
crowd into hi? life everything that will
make fur his own uplift and that of his
fellows. Such a life will measure large
and long in go ) 1 deeds and con'e'iKiit
blessing.
County Official
Paper
Forest Fire Bulletin
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THE MIST PRINT SHOP
ST. HELENS. OREGON
Just at ores-nt there st ems lo be a
scarcity of international weddings at
which good American gold is exchanged
for empty titles. Does it mem that
American society girls are getting more
sensible or is it that the supply of im
pecun'ous noble . is running fhort
Whatever the reason, no sensible pcrs
will regret the scarcity of such alliances,
The "man higher op," about whom
much was hard some time ago arid
whose arrest and punishment for break
ing interstate commerce and other laws
Was promised, is a must elusive being,
Anyway he lias not yet been caught in
the meshes of the law and the prospect
grows dim.
The British bouse ol lords, in male in
amendments to the veto bill, has gone to
a good deal of trouble sor nothing. The
home of commons will reject all the
amenbiuents and then the lords, sooner
than face the creation of hundreds of
new peers, will accept the inevitable.
The world is not going to bu mu le
more heaven-like by an indiscriminate
condemnation of everything that life
affords us.. Life in this world is not to
be frowned upon and despised bat to be
enjoyed ond exalted.
If people would only abstain from
throwing banana peeling, paper and
other litter into the street, fewer towns
would have that slovenly, down- at-the-
heel appearance which mars their at
tractiveness.
' ing aaminisirauon promises re-
Wyoming herds from extinction forms and law enforcement which
and the Oregon mountains offer it conveniently forgets to fulfill.
ideal range for them
The suggestion of Representa
tive Foss, of Illinois, former
Small cities and rural towns may
miss some of the advantages of
larger centers of population but
chairman of tho Housa naval Ithi comparatijfl freedom from
home people seem to b to aversi- to
cheerfulness and happiness that they
take It in homeopathic doses and always
with a wry face. It may appear contra.
oiciory out they get their mam r-aiw-
faction in being miserable.
l'ortland, July L'8-Six prompt arret
and convictions in Wanhiugton several
more in the other northwestern states,
and such decisive organized work on all
tires by the several public and private
agencies that little loss has been sus
tained, mark the opening of the 11MI
orest fire season. Advices received to
day by the Western Forestry & Con
servation Assocatiou from nearly all state'
government and private protective
agencies report that the recent hot
weather has brought dangerous con
ditions almost everywhere, and that
smali fires are already numerous, but
nearly all have extinguished or confined
to alaidiings and old burns. Tiierc has
been considerable lo.n of Hettlers' im
provements and logging equipment
carelesly left surrounded by iiflaminuble
material, but couiaratively little injury
to standing timber.
Reversing hint year's experience, fires
serious enough to be alarming lv gan fu st
in Oregon, where in Linn and Clack
amas counties about (70,000 worth ol
''KH'ug equipment and the property ol
several settlers have been destroyed by!
slashing fires which were, however,
soon brought under control by a large
force employed by the Forest Service
and by private companies. .Many oih r
fires throughout the elate which caused
exaggerated report also proved to I
Chiefly oil open lands. Organization of
the state's patrol system under the new
law is practically complete, there lieing
stute fire wardens in 'i'l counties. Tim
ber owners connected with the Oregon
Forest Fire Association have about 1!"iO
patrolmen. In response to petitions
from property owners, some of the
counties are hiring patroltueu, Thu
state has applied to tho Secretary ,
Agriculture fur $10,000 under the Weeks
la, which amhoriirs the expenditure
of this sum by the Government in co
operation with any state which will add
a like amount.
In Washington green timber is hard
ly dry enough to carry tire rapidly with-
t strong wind, therefore the state and
asocntiou authorities are devot
most ol iueir etlort to reducing
Dumber of fundi fires and a clashing
fires may otherwise break out eomi to an
extent overtaxing their facilities for
fighting them. Swift examples are be
ing made of violators. In four cases
builders of County mails leaving inll ini
mable debris have beeu fined; several
convictions have been had for burning
slash ngs without permits; and one or
two lodging companies have been i-hiit
down for careless oioratioQ. The only
really serious lire in green ttiuber so fur
is on Green River near Hot Springs, al
though (dashing fires near I'e KU and
Doty have run into thu woods a short
distance and slow burning fires on the
Toutlu and Lewis rivers are requiring
close attention.
There has lieeti little trouble so far In
Idaho and Montana. The timber oaii
ers' associations are heavily manned
and with the I'orest .Service have in ide
energetic preparation by cleaning up
hazardous places, building trail ai d tele
phone lines and storing supplies, so that
although lightning fires have leen
frequently they have been prouiply con
trolled. The railroa Is bane been especi
ally active in cooperating against rii-k,
the Great Northern and Milwaukee
lilies having spent lai gr minis: in clear
ing fire lanes along their rights of way.
Hummarued, the reports show that
the recent hot weather has brought
hazardous conditions more suddenly
than is generally realized and that from
now on no fire is too insigniftcent to 1
dangerous. .Settlers, callipers ami log
gers are urged by the Association to
take everyiossible precaution and to
ose no time in notifying the proper
authorities of any lires they are unable;
to extinguinh quickly without aid. '
Timber owners are advised to perTect
their systems of patrol and report-o as to
permit getting labor and supplies to lires '
Without delay. I
It is far better to ally oneself with the
I can's" than Willi the "1 can'ts " j
With the one there is progress an I with
the other stagnation.
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Does a General Banking Business
It would be wrong to judge ourelve
or others by some sporadic thought or
action. Our real self is rather to be
learned by noting the direction oar
thoughts and feeling most readily take.
St. Hklkns, Orkcon
Skating Rink
St. Helens
Opens Zl,,cr Ji'eio iCanayement
Skating Tuesday Thursday ami Saturday Nights and Snnday
Niht if Ih'sired
Good Husic Courteous Treatment Oood Order
W. J. SKINNER
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painting, paper hanging
finishing
small jobs of
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from railroad bridge on
Furniture Ilepairinpr Noatly Done, also
carp,ntorwork. Call and Hoon e Trio,
thSird,,wnMiitoncwkfromi'1
I C. S. Dillingham, Houlton, Ore.
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I will not be renponsible for any debts
n traded by the Columbia 1'acking Co.
1 Horace Allen.
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Hay Ron Sac Out and vetch mixed
n the field, of reasonable prices, envalrt
Quit Sknzle, Bachelor Fiat.
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