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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1911)
The r uregon mist Founded 1861 Entered at th Postofficc at St. Helena, hcgon, a aecond-clasa mail matter. Evary Friaaj by T ! Miat Publiahing Company SoisciiniON Rates O ic year Six month . .ll.M A iTertuinjf rate made known on ap Cation. Legal notlcea 25 cent per li pli- lne. County Officia Paper No Sympathy A broken auto, or an auto stuck in the mud on a country road, ex cites less human sympathy from passers-by than almost any other misfortune that could happen to a person. Why this is so, is not apparent, but true, neverthe less. An instance of this kind came under the observation of the writer a few days ago while riding in a loaded passenger car on one of the electric lines lead ing out from Portland; Some persons with their auto had pro gressed over the muddy roads for several miles when a mud-hole of more than ordinary depth was encountered, and the auto failed to get through: a near by farmers team of horses were pressed into service and were just hitching to the machine as the loaded passen ger car came by laughter, jokes and jeers met the troubled driver of the auto by nearly every per son in the car. If that misfor tune had happened to a farmer driving a team of horses to a farm wagon, instead of jeers and jokes there would have been ex pressions of sympathy and will ingness to aid him in getting out. With an auto it is different; there there i3 a different feeling to ward him. This is a trait of human nature that can hardly be explained. Gipsy Smith There is only one Gipsy Smith, Evangelist and Exhorter. There can be no question of the great amount of good he does in a com munity where he holds hi3 meet ings. His converts run into the hundreds and thousands, some of them holding their religion long enough for the excitement and emotion to die down after the Gipsy's departure, others truly and permanently converted to his religious beliefs. The Sal- Tation Army is found in every city and town in the civilized world, doing good among a dif ferent class of people from the Gipsy converts. Yet because the Salvation Army has adopted a uniform dress and wear it on all occasions they are ridiculed and rebuffed by the Great and Only Gipsy. Perhaps if the great evangelist would permit other people to worship the same God that he does in the manner they see fit and attend to his own method of worship, the amount of good he could do would be greater far than at present. Statements have often been made that the prices of land in Columbia County are too high; that so long as the unimproved lands of this county are held at the prices now asked the county will remain undeveloped. Yet a comparison of the prices ask ed for the logged off lands in this county with the same class of lands in other parts of the state shows that our prices are from 50 to 200 per cent lower than those. Of course there is no other part of the state that has the favorable location we have, yet the prices in less fav ored locations are much higher than ours. It is not the prices J of our !and3 that is holding back I our development, on wnai we need ib a thorough awakening to the fact of our first class lo cation and a campaign of adver- The pecp e of Portland are clamoring 1 an all-night car service and the Council have taken the matter uj. It is quite probable that the service will be put on shortly. This reminds us that a train service out of Port land toward this country at some late hour would be a great con venience to our people. As it is now the last train out or Portland in the evening leaves the North Bank depot at 5:42; just a little too early for a person to transact his business and get his dinner in Portland and just a little too late for him to wait until about 7:15 for dinner at St Helens. Then too there are a great many times that people in this vicinity would like to spend the evenings in Portland and come home on a late train, but under existing schedules this is impossible. Every voter in the State will have the chance to vote for one delegate to the National Conven tion of his party to nominate candidates for President and Vice President under the new law. It does not seem hardly right for a voter to be limited to voting for only one delegate when when there are some ten to be elected, and we fail to see any good reason for such a law. However it is just one more than the voter was ever permit ted to vote for before and per haps the law may be changed some day so that we can all vote for as many as there are to be elected. STATE NEWS That the completion of the Panama Canal will mean millions of dollars annually to the fruit growers of the Pacific North west was the statement of J. N. Teal in an address to the State Horticultural Society at its annual meeting. He believes the fruit grower will profit more by the opening of the canal than the man engaged in any other indus try, with the possible exception of the lumberman, although pro ducers generally will be much benefited. Mr. Tot ho" 1 of the reducod freight rate! t ) the markets of the world t a will follow when the canal :3 o "ened, while at the same time better rates will lower the cost of almost everything the horticulturist uses. Markets for fruit will be widened greatly be cause of cheaiening of transpor tation and Mr. Teal estimates a saving of aproximately $20,000, 000 in freight charges to growers of the Northwest each year. Oregon will have a creditable exhibit on board the Governors' Special train that leaves St Paul Nov. 27 for a three weeks tour of the East. Various communities have contributed products and the exhibit has been sent for ward. It is believed such a show ing will have a good effect in attracting settlers to this state. The first cargo of lumber to be used in the construction of the Panama-Pacific Exposition build ings went from an Astoria mill. The Pacific Northwest will pro bably supply many cargoes for this purpose during the pre-expo-sition period. Legislation that will give the buyer of clothing the same pro tection as the pure food law gives the purchaser of provisions is to be sought as the result of the recent convention of Oregon wool erowers. "Pure Wool" may be demanded and those making and selling goods of poor er quality must label their pro- iduct showing how much wool j and how much shoddy the gtds contain, if the proposed measure is made a law. To get due recognition for the Columbia and Snake rivers in ap propriations by the Government, the whole Northwest is interest ed in sending a strong delega tion to the Rivers and Harbors Congress which will be held at Washington, D. C, December 6 to 8. Oregon, Washington and Idaho commercial bodies are naming delegates and it appears there will de a good representation. Dr. Lowe's glasses to headaches. are death BUY A COURSE TICKET FOR TWO DOLLARS AND Save Money Single Admissions Will Cost From 50 Cents to $1.00. Seats Reserved at Gray's Jewelry Store on and after Mon day, November 13. People's Lyceum Course f Saturday November 25 j WE WILL tShoot Shoot Shoot i TOR TURKEYS. CEE&E. 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