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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1911)
FwiM IMI Batenai at Om Foatatca at SU Helen, Orafaa, m aaea4-claat mail matter. ' In! Ear PiUaa by 3MiJNiWUlf Company SnmRioi Rim Om fat thl .75 " Atrwrtidn rata mad known on appll- aatiaa. Laga! aotlcaa S6 eanta pet Una. County Official Paper aamaaaaHmBaaauBU Tk Timber Industry What tae tinbr Industry means to Columbia County can best be es timated from a few figures which we have learned from a reliable source and which show something that few people realize. The amount of money paid In wages through the timber and mill business in this county amounts in round numbers to oyer $2,000,000 per year. The St Helens Mill Company paid dur- offense is one of every wide and varied opinions; Governor West be lieves that life imprisonment is the better method; other people, no doubt many of whom have made just as thorough a study of the question as the Governor, are of the opinion that capital punishment for capital offenses is the proper thing, being taught by the moral and scrip tural law. But the Governor is in a position, in this instance as in few others, of being bigger than the law and with one stroke of the pen can set aside the will of all the law making bodies, people and legisla ture, and say to them 'I am bigger than thou." This paper doubts the wisdom of the method pursued by the Governor in this instance, with out discussing the question of the abolition of capital punishment. The Bonding Method The people of Jackson County voted $1,500,000 bonds for the pur pose of making roads in their county and the Circuit Court upheld the issue. If the Supreme sustains the i Circuit Court the question of good roads is pretty well settled. All the in the year endia October 21st ulk of B highway commissioner and lill for wages alone to the men m I road experts with "advisory con sL 1 1 ? - M 11 - I . . me umoer. exclusive oi mm opera- trol" and drawing salaries ranging Uonj. 115,000;The Penisnsula Co, in .m(lun,, from 2i0O to $5000 is if bbit tf same capacity per year and with nothing to do dou&t paid as much, also the I Dut rive advice seems to be useless. f1 1 VTfWt a B 1 4 aI - I war rfiison vo.. oi aooui me hhic if pountv ran vnt honrlx in anv . - - w capacity paid practically the same gum necessary to build roads and meunt; The Chapman Timber um- buiW them all at once wjthout hav- pany is considerably larger and an mgr to t,uid a miie one vear and . i . : j I I .... . . rwuroaie ki uie amoum paiu u i another mi e the next vear. and in thenVfor wagea is $200,000 for the iuch manner as will make the roads same time;' The Benson Company permanent, what is the use of all at a low estimate paid $150,000 thls gowned good road legislation? while the O. K. Company paid at There are two sides to every question and the Single Tax is no exception. This question is coming up in some form for the voters of the State to pass upon and before it is done we urge upon every voter the necessity for a complete understanding of the merits and demerits of the system. No greater calamity could overtake the farmer and land owner than the adoption ot this system, -fet there are argu ments for it which, unexplained, may lead a great many men to vote for in the belief that it will better their condition as to taxes and make the speculator pay as much as the homebuilder. The object of this article is to induce the voters to take the pains and trouble to inform them selves. As to the system we will have more to sav later. Hon. W. C. Hawley, Congressmen for this District, came to town Saturday afternoon, but only stop ped a few hours. Mr. Hawley is now serving his third term as con gressman and is up for renominatton and election next year. He has many friend and admirers in the district, and we find quite a number of such in this neighborhood. Of course he has the advantage over his competitirs by reason of his ex perience and committee assign memts and aside from this advan tage, he is a good man anyway, and will therefore be a rather ! hard man to defeat. jlilriiHilW?llilltiHiJtl L DIGNIFYING THE INDUSTRIES" i-di Ma. vaua ,n ... ka ar IM row M SC00ISO. Prop a poatal la Ua mall TOUAf aail r wtU aa Mat rasa. Tb aim l lb Collasa U to alieiry aaa aopularua lha inauatrtaa. an to Mrn ALL tb paapla. I aSara counat la Ajrlcullura. CIU taf laaarlaa. Ila Wlcai Euf lDMMnf . Machanlcal Intnaarin. Bttalaa Eacla. rlD. reraauy. Doaiaailu. lolaaoa tad Art. Com luarca. rnarmacy aaa Mutlo. Tb OalWf aptat SaiiUmbar (. Oatajagfiaa, AdJr.: asoisraAa. oaioo aokicoltsbai OOLLiaa, OarvaUla, Oratoa, t Holy Names Academy Aatortaw Orafaas 16tk mm rramklta fMa. u Uraaa m Uoy mud UBia tmi la Ml- Iii3 kar (Mrta l?. Uprtaait ai fuaio tmd Vtaala. Mi "a rAla Wa kara araoaxdailaoa tm H KaMaat ikalar AVAlaa Mlda.r I-.mUx (. all iaill& Far Aauoaacaaat at4 Tarata. AdJr 1 1 U I II lUflKKIK Holy Names Academy Aaterta. Ortaraai least $100,000. Then the Jennings- McRae Company and about a dozen other Companies operating in this eaunty pIt another $150,000 and the Portlaad Lumber Co. must have paid in the neighborhood of $113, M0. Takiar theae amounts, which are coasldered very conservative too, the amount paid for wages in the St. Helens is very much alive. Everything indicates it. Our streets are being improved; New imh;.rt manv miiea ! buildings are being erected; Mills of good roads, perhaps as good as running over time; business men any in the State, yet there could be are doing lots of business, and inaugurated a system, if the money i ine ftIlsl 13 IUU OI Aas- M.iiu.k.nH uk.r.hv thA en. I mere are some ousiness nouses AA VA AAA AAA ai'W. 1V t Skaai aam I St. Helens Rink '.a. S A w?car wentwor CARPENTER Bun Z House Built on tha Z "Ullmeat aj Z First Class Work ( Z RonbUp. S ST. HELENS, OREcJ KOW JUTLAND STEAMER Rl. lllfin 6 00 i at I'onUiiJ iojo l'rllnl at ! f M. llrh-mat p Iavra Hi Arrive at I I4ave I Arrlvfa If31 During December the Rink will be Open Uvery Saturday' Niht Floor Manager : : JACK SKINNER ran ft I bo fmiioua WbiU n at llanlaoa'a Ure Kimj Crucwj THE OI 213E Z WHEN GOING SHOPPING tire county could be connected with road that would be in good con dition at all times of the year for heavy teaming. In round numbers this county spent in 1910 for roads timber for tnt past year in eolum- bridges the sum of S100.000 bia County will easily reach $1,125, and considerably more in 1111. Of 000. I Tiiiraj U'A havA anmp firwt flan, rond.4 Then the mills have paid some ueu starters for some more, . .1. c tTi :i ! l I . vw. a- cicii3 iiimi iim i ajH) a few first clas steel and con- paid $100,000 for wages and the crete bridges, but the roads are toiumoia ixmnty mm nas paid disconnected, by reason of one dis- about $35,000; the Prescott mill has trict voting a special tax and the paid not less than $100,000; the adjoining one failing to do so, while Rainier Lumber and Shingle Co. if the monry coul(1 aII be on hand have paid about $75,000 and theLnd under one head to be used for Tim ft. t 1 -- -1 ... a-A I . . vwnwii buiuuci ui. auuui. jv, I maVinc normanpnt roartn in pvprv not represented in our ad columns but we are going to show them that good advertising pays and before many more issues expect to have to increase the size of our paper with new ads. 000; the Columbia River Door Co about $75,000 and other smaller mills scattered over the county $125, 000, making a total of wages paid in the mills of not less than $550, 000. Add to this the amount paid out for piling, poles, posts, and wood will bring the total amount of wages paid for the lumber and mill busi ness for the past year of over $2. 000.000. This amount of money paid to laboring men for one indu1 try in a county where the popula tion is only about $11,000 makes a county that can not help but be prosperous. Congressman LafTerty of I'ortlan d is already conducting one of his famous publicity campaigns for re nomination and election from the new third district, which is com posed of Multnomah County. We are not in his district any more and do not have to pass judgment on his love affairs and statesmanship, but will watch with interest the outcome of his campaign. district, and every district paying iui iiruiwrimimie nare ui me iwnu; Boys may ne had and some and interest, what grand roads we times girls. The older ones at could have and at a cost that would ordinary wages and others to be Then not exceed the present cost we who are living now get some benefit of these conditions and not leave it for future tions. schooled and cared for in return ,, . .V10JK,.ft i , ,.SJ tl.ll 1.1 1 tu. could also! , , . , l r or particulars aaaress w. i. , Gardner. Supt. Boys' and Girls' genera-j Aid Society of Oregon, Portland, Oregon. nn nr. m r m (73 O ifon't oii lH.k n . r lln Hi, ii. Von want in ihr C.i.niTv lini. Ili-rr vm nmv l sure of tl.e lain ft hx itinriil. tin U'"t iH'ilii a, llir frrslir-t onik'iin,ciil iiml lli liwr,t 1'Hi'i'i Wr Mint yuiif li.nlr ainl will r.irn t ly Hiving Vim ivt'iy ;tli'jitlin in kN, rii c imt mli.l.n tiiry ,1'iviif. Supi-c ) on try un oiirc li) Rr Wi ll clunrr to pinveiMir cliiilna? SC. H. JOHN & COMPANY 2 WHIT ' J. Ch E. BLACK WIGWAM BAR a mirr jaittis. II i ncs i n t ( i :,i r m m ?,n, , , , , , , ,M, , ,a IAKL A flAtE Thanksgiving Dinner BUT EGood Fresh Heats Make Good Dinners All the Time The Goreraor'a Policy The policy adopted by Governor West, of abolishing capital punish ment, by commutation of sentences, during his term aa Governor, seems to be a usurpation of power by the executive of the legislative branch of government. In his message to the Legislature last winter the gov ernor recommended that capital punishment be abolished and there were not less than five or six bills introduced into both bouses for this purpose. The legislature by large ma jo rites defeated every bill thus introduced, the principal reason for which was that under the present method and law for granting par dons, the abolishment of the capital punishment would be a great in centive to the commission of capital offenses. There were many members of the Legislature who, peisonally werj (not in favor of capital punishment, ' but voted against the bills until such time as the law governing the pardon system could be changed and that could only be done by a virwitnt innal ampndmnt. Thp I miAaiinn of Ova heat method ctW dUrringth. comal-Ion cf capital PitlhHJhSiflfi 4 The Houlton House Now Open Meals and Rooms Near the Depot Houlton, Ore. jll you want a Mi Krlta.J ! chine wbn-h l a 1 World's Standard of Mi bur Ihn W III I K. Tli nuchint k -uriaMci f.ir iuiilici!y. dunbtti llir rlmra.-l.T of III it nl i ma.le la two trli t. ihc ViUrta tie ami Om Improve. I KulvyStel Hie latter uiarhina wt rilbmlu a chain stitch. Thrre rf Biaar style to cliixave Irmn and tbt m is the bamlminieit poaibk. I.iH'AI. PKALKR J. Muckle & So Str. I raid; C. . HoogHir.. Hut. RAII.KO.tl TIME. Iara Rallilrr 'tally (.1. r. HuailKllnlM laii-i. at 1 A. M . ilrH,rlln lr..m M. 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