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County Officia
Paper
ON TRIAL
The legal questions involved in
the suit of Friendly vs Oleott
strike at the very heart of some
of the popular ''Oregon Sys
tem" laws. This is thesuit wherein
Mr. Friendly, one of the Regents
of the University of Oregon, is
trying to restrain the Secretary
of State from placing on the bal
lot the referendum of the U. of
O. appropriations as passed by
the last Legislature, on the
grounds that hundreds and per
haps thousands of names on the
referendum petitions are fraudu
lent That there are several
thousand fraudulent names on the
petitions is admitted by all and
it is the contention of the friends
of the Uuiversity who are fight
ing this case, that faudulent
names on a petition invalidates
the whole petition, while the
contention of the Secretary of
State is that those names not
faudulent should count, and if
there are sufficient bona fide
signatures the petition shoula
stand.
Suppoose the contention of the
plaintiff is sustained by the
Courts, what will become of the
Initiative. Refereudum, and
Direct Primary laws? If a fra
dulent name on a petition in
validates the entire petition it
would be almost impossible to
secure any initiative laws, to re
fer any law to the people or to
get a persons name on the ballot
at the primaries. It is almost
impossible to obtain the signa
tures on a large petition without
having some that are not legal,
not always with fraudulent in
tent, but by mistake or inadver
tence as well. The outcome of
this case will be watched with
interest by thousands of friends j
of the popular laws in Oregon.
THE FRANCHISE
The proposition of granting a
franchise to II. F. McCormick
for a Street Car line in the City
is taking all the time and atten
tion of the City Council these
days. The franchise as proposed
covers electric, gasoline and
steam power car systems, or
either of them, confining, how
ever, the steam part to one
single line and to transconti
nental business, the main part
intended to be an electric street
car system. It also provides that
actual construction work shall
commence within two years from
the date of its passage and con
tinue until at least two miles of
trackage is completed and
cars running, and shall continue
for a period of fifty years. Seve
ral objections have been offered,
this enterprise should bo given
every eneouragomont from the
citizens of this community, and
no doubt will bo. before it is
finally adjusted; but in doing so
the council are proceeding with !
caution, looking to the best wel
fare of the city in the future as
well as at present. While we
are a small community and can
afford to give in quite consider
ably to obtain an enterprise
which would be so greatly bene
ficial to the city, there "should
be certain restrictions along the
lines of regulation of fares,
rates, street improvements and
time. It might be well to call a
meeting of the property owners
tne j of the City at a date not far dis
tant and get the views of all
those interested, so that an
understanding may be reached
and a franchise granted that will
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DIGNIFYING
THE
INDUSTRIES"
This Is tbs UUs t a twauurul -pas boo, whlca
will show any boy or firl Cow M IUCCUB. Prop a
ponal la ins niall TODAY aud l will bo aoal rEI.
Tho aim ol lbs Coll.ss is to dlnlfy ana popularise
lb Iniluilrl.a. aad to srs AU. las pooplo. It o.rs
eouri.s Id Arlcutturo. ClTll Ens Ibs.Mds. Els.trlcal
Eaila.srlur cbaalcal Inflnoorlaf. BUnlai Casta.
rlnf. ror.stry, Doni.tlo. scl.aca ao4 Art, Cos
m.rcs. rbarmacy anil alusla, Tbs ColWf apoas
spumbor Catajos. frsa.
A4.lr.ss: KEOISTRAE, OBIQOM AOKICOLTUBAl
COLLIOB, CorvaUla. Ortf oa.
the tirinrin.il nnpa Kwinir th:if
fifty years is too long a time to &? a11 th? Protection necessary
grant any franchise and that the
The land in the vicinity of
Goble now being exploited by
the F. B. Holbrook Co. is the
first real advertising that Col
umbia County has ever had. In
this connection, one of the pro
minent and successful real estate
firms in the City of Portland
says: We have handled pro-1
perty in nearly every section of .
Oregon: have placed thriving,
towns where lefore was barren
lands and made gardens out of j
deserts, but we have never
touched Columbia County: We j
are going to do some advertising i
on our own responsibility and ex-;
pect to see that County advance ;
as no other county in the State
has." i
Just another instance of the
assured bright future of Colum
bia County.
While the real estate firms are
making money for themselves
they are bringing to the atten
tion of the people the wonderful
possibilities of our county and we
will all be benefit thereby.
streets over which the proposed
line shall run are not designated
and steam power. The question
lias been thoroughly discussed
in the council and it seems that
the parties interested are unable
to agree and the matter is now
hanging fire over these questions.
with apparently little chance of
agreement.
There are several things to be
taken into consideration before
deciding this important matter.
for it is surely important to the
future of the city, and we call at
tention to some of the more im
portant. In the first place. St.
Helens is a very small city to be
at this time thinking of putting
in such conveniences as a street
car system; with a population of
only about 1100 people it seems
that a street car system, local
only, would hardly be a paying
investment and an undertaking
that capital would not care to
take hold of; this is indication of
bigger things, for while the car
line would not pay as a local only,
it is quite evident that it will be
extended to the outlying districts
and eventually to the Nehalem.
Such being the case, the council
should consider very carefully be
fore denying a franchise to bring
to this city the trade of the sur
rounding country to which it is
entitled and which it does not
now get. Then again a car
system is one of the very best
methods of building up more en
terprises in a small community,
for with the railroads a consider-
I auie distance irom the city, as in
our case, business and manufact
uring establishments will not lo
Icate, and a car line put3 them
in ciose proximity to the main
line of Railroads. There are
more and important reasons why
to tne promoters or the nusiness
as well as safeguard the interests
of the city.
Change of Editors
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St, Hltm, Oregon.
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trail fur one liore ,
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STEAMER
It is with a feeling of sincere
regret that I take up a pen to
send a message to the readers of
the Mist for the last time. Af
ter nearly eight years in the Mist
office as devil, printer and
managing editor it is but natu
ral that one should feel sorrow j
in leaving the old stand, where ;
most of the recollections are very I
pleasant.
Perhaps this would be a good
place to say something of the
the changes that have taken j
place here in the time I have :
been on the Mist payroll. This (
town eight years ago had a ,
population of about 'U)0, and sec-1
tionsof the city where there arei
now nice homes in plenty were;
covered with the tall and uncut, j
In Lottville there were three j
houses and in the neighborhood j
of Oasis Park there were 'none, j
while closer in the number of I
new houses built has been in j
proportion. The Courthouse was;
a weather beaten frame struc-;
ture standing where the plaza1
now is, and there was no city
hall. On the site of the big 3
mill was a small plant that only
operated a part of the time, and
there was no rock crushing
plants here at all. It will be a
pleasure to come back to St.
Helens' some time in the future,
and see that progress has made
even greater strides than in the
past.
M. E. Miller will take charge
of the editorial work in the Mist
and Mrs. ' iiiier wi'l be manager.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller are well
known in this county, and un
doubtedly the Mi.t will continue
to receive the liberal patronage
that it has in the past.
Ceo. II. Flagg.
THE ST. HELENS RINK
Under New Management. Skating Tuesday, Thursday (
and Saturdays. Ladies and Children Saturday After-
1
noons 10c. j
A Good Time Assured Everybody
J.R.SMITH - - Proprietor!
I.PHveaSl. Helens 6 (Ml 4
Arrives at IVirtlaml 10:'W Jr
1. riives Cortland at 2.W p a'
Arrives M. Hclmis at r,;jQ p,
WHY Iluy inferior llur abnJ
cn iri-t tlio famous Whit, Ri,nrJ
t Harrison's l'ur Fowl Grocsrt I
THE WHITE
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t.uL.UH.QLllo.L.L Hint, llLULl II.HU ItiuL:
Announcement !
We are K'llJ out of business. Our
stock is bciug closed out regardless
of cost.
Store for Rent
Fixtures for Sale
Applicants call on Premises. All
persons indebted to us are requested
to call and settle their accounts.
HEET HE AT
I The Meat Shop I
of
WELCH & CHAMBERS i
Kainicr, - Ores
The Houiton House I
j If you want a high
i chine winch is a
K'S ! SfWtD(
F World's Standard of Eicdli:
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"7 i i tun mitvaioc a a-i
I ftiir4.wl for imilictty, durabUity u
: the i h.im.icr uf tha work It ttiQ da. 1
i m.1i' in twci nlvli's, the Vihrttsr Sh
tie uii l the Improve. 1 R.iUry Htoci
The latlcr machine sews ei ihw s loci i
a rliaiu stitch. Tliere are a dbbsss
t styles to choow (roin sikI tbs tnJ
, woik is the hanlmtiiet poMihle.
I.OCAI. PKAI.IiR
iOuckle&So
Now Open
Meals and Rooms
Near the Depot
Houlton, Ore.
I
Str. I raid;
C. I. Hooghkirk, Jfaillf.
RAII.KO.Vt TIME.
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li.l. .1 A. M .. .,.prllii( Irnm M. HeinH
nrl.Hk K.lu rlilna . I'ortludMl'
M., arritlus at ei. Il.lrut at 4 &.
Passcncers and Fas! Frcitit
FOR PORTLAND DAILY
ItmTI.ANn LANIXNti. ALDEI t.
Week's Granite Ca
MONUMENTS
Lowest Prices in Portland
Designs by Mail
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Shoes lor Men, Women & Children ifARES EASTj
H WHERE EVERYTHING I( THE LINE OV
rREfSlI ylAD LAT& IS ALWAYS i
r 1 1 fff 4 tr r Ann nntin i r- mm a "lj .
ZZUt I iyik. UUK fKICLe) JiL Ad liUW -3 A New Line of the Best in Fishing Tackle Just Recei
5MS eyiREruL buying tiid shall ex-
PE(SE ZAtK MKE THEA. (O PUR-J
TOO tALL TO RECEIVE OUR 3
ived
CIMSE
The transfer of all the pro-
perty in St. Helens owned by J CIREFUL ylTTENTION.
Mrs. Hannah Tyszkiewicz to
Geo H. Shinn marks the ijassinK fe
of the last holdings of the oritf
nial owners of the present town
site. This is the property for
merly owned by Columbia Lan
caster and obtained by him from
the Knighton heirs, and is some
of the very best property in the
City, both for residence and fac
tory sites. Mr. Shinn and his
associates will soon improve, !
with sidewalks, water and light
facilities, this property and place e
tame on the market.
A complete and up-to-date stoc k of General Mecrhan
dise, Groceries, Hay, Grain, Flour and Feed, Etc.
H. 8V30RGUS
& SON
We Pay the Highest Market Prices For Your "3
Eggs and Poultry
ITlie People's Meat Market
sm
Houlton, Oregon
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INDIA RUNNER
H3RAKES
Fully matured at $l.f0 Kadi
W. C. MORLEY
Eox 97' "oulton, Oregon
19 11
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l'r more i:oiiiilite iiifuiiiHtitt, or
WM. McMURRAY ,
uaosral fassanfar Agsai, r" "