is Oregon Mist
th.i policy t.y
towards then,.
A tvc it.il (i ' tin-
I piii.'i i uliid, (.
i - r
Mitt ruW'"' v-'i"r opinion have u.ssiMi
ii'tivu cam-'
J-0 M r 'u
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.,(,' m.ilrr J rjr I'l
, m,, h tv. !:
ituit.
j;,.,, mi-no UaTks
fl U
.;r
1 Tin forest
It ho V'st-n
M)S.sillll)
I Jl'lvncjuy
"M MM Bt,.w the tM of dia-
!. JI M why continue?
Wh:i(.,, ht-llrnobylhp lum-
i ! I r ili'. I - . . .. ..
n;r iHil.h ". " '" n'i,ay f n 1 "on-
l to carry f, , ",,,,;,n" tli s..,,,.rt of
Hi,.. I.ruve country nHWrmai.r
M who with often a hatful of
t '.; help fijht the I .ittlfU? fin
ie same way they came. Thos j UiiUhjAtukJtuM
eople who were here were -A I
the
people
treated the best we knew how
to treat them tut the other fel
low treated ua shamefully and
we want them to know it.
lire It'KiMution of
.tate
v.as mad
lordly throuKl, their , - ,l B,,: Advertise and
.ftho-a..M. t,r('lvTLse .rally. See that
Without the (.-li,T;ili,,tl (Jf it,,. 'V''.ry ",an Ja, k "l the mill
Hin ntr . buscnues lor the paper,
: v"; : : i vk M,im(.n : ry"ri"l,w"r v
tin "
au aftV i
tn rnji'"" ,."uiiiijt newt.iiaper t ic
I'l " III, Ir I . . ... I
!nirn nuHtau.H the lo-nl Wite ' 1 wn"-'ver possi-
i fi,i',.u (,,. , . .I'll. If the local neu.'tr,:m,.p ..IT.
County Official, ii..r and , mi,n.u;nttiw ''" . the
J . . i ...... I, ..t .1 . .. ... .. WOIK. I'l them Imm o lU
mid 'Conservation a I T,!0 printer in the citv will
, would not he posyihle. : ,,,iy a t'0"'"'" Hion and in time, ns
t of nun i-ntfatf-' i ,. , ' , ...the co:i,i::unity develorm. ihe
iV.pcr
There is i."
I llH,!ll1,.,,.r,!.. ...I I... ' JilMV
. . . " ...... -M,.- Ul llll' hi 'M l I ...
1 in any Ime of el ort u 0,.ktn(.fl'M -....,' Mnt wUI he prepared to do
whofc'ives more and receiven less now in cMTect in the Slate f ' t,"'MV"1 k; lnl,-ve him a chance
l the way of compensation than ; Washington, th,. ' . ' i ,lrst-
,),. alitor of I he avernite country it,.reste,l nrlvn,.,., ., ..r ,i " We are
newspaper. IK' M 'Xlecie.i in
b the inoutlipiei-o und in-rsonal
oriran of m. ry cause in which crioU9 J)lVci of ,,llmane h is,a , newspaper. This is doubtless
his community is interested. It tion through a none to,, u inin fruf'-lt the manufacturer of
i... . . ,'umlier owes more. He
the very creation of just laws
Which help him to do business
rarely ever happens when a local
onjanuntion for rnutal beneiit oi
the town in which he lives is to
be formed hy a few live proRres
live, Imt often very uiriuy cm
fli.-it the cost of til? tieces
a-icv ant 1 absolutely essentia
nublicity i paid to the loca
editor. Ib' i suppos-d to li.) a
,iw;fnh!.' meiratihonc-and tH
often he is for anybody or any
thinir that happens ulonk'.
. . i . . . i .
The Iik'hI mercnani oi iens ie.i
that the small monthly pittance
doled out in exchange for a Ren
mn a.lvertisinir snace. is like
monev duniitfd to any chnrita
ble institution- orphan usylnm
or 6 home fur the feeble-minded.
It rarely occurs to the Wal tn( r
chant, irrepi'ctive of whether he
isa dry r-oihi merchant, trn-fer
or local Mall I imb-. r dealer, or
simply an mdi idual who h.H de
cided that mcreharidisihjr con
sists in bus it1;,' a few ih!h und
markink' up price without re
gard to quality or previous con
dition of MTvittnle. And this is
often-too if!..r,--th! typ t'f
merchant he bus to deal with.
To succeed, the average coun
try newspaper man has to b as
wise as a serpent and" harmless
wa dove. The pica of many of
the nierchai'.ts avail. st tmpport
inc t! r, 'intry in-wspaj -r is
ra-vi! iip-.n !!.. the.,i v !(::it e.i hi r
everyoi.e in tie lururrtiniiy
knows the ti re is in ( -ii-tarKe.
oeacy of thecountrv . ",arm,f a ?roat deal
press was the real dominant :, ny8 f what the rctail
power which forced this ,,.ri. i ,uni'"'r l-lr owes to the local
-5
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BE WISEj
WHITE & WHITE
Dealers in
General gWerchandise
Dry Goods, Groceries, IJoots aud Shoes, Hardware, Farm implements, Mill- .
bum Wagons, Milwaukee Mowers and Rakes, Wire and Nails of all kinds, ,
Good Fir Wood, Shingles, $1.90 per thousand, delivered in St. Helens or
Houlton. Feed Wheat, Rolled Oats, Shorts and Bran.
WHITE & WHITE Houlton, Ore.
r
If
tion through a none
legislature. Hacked by ambu-hnce-chasini;
lawyer, tho casu
tdty insuranee companv. which i
lattens at the i xpensi) of the in
jured workmen on one hand, and
the imperative neccessities of
the other.
The passage of similar laws in
the various states can only be
made possible through the co
operation of the
papers.
This means more than any thin?
else to a manufacturer. Timber-man.
Somebody has a roast coming
to them. It is not the people of
St Helens either. Karlv last
country news- week the officers of the Portland
Kegatta Club, or Motor I3oatj
and do your
Advertising in
the Official
County Paper
Professional Cards
DR. L. GILBERT ROSS
PHYSICIAN SURGEON
OWf Hank BMg. CJ,. TTe1pn;
tor the reasonable and just Club, of that city sent down
taxation laws alfecting every word that they would visit St
elms of property. Helens on Saturdav in a body
In National affairs tho country and that there would be proba-
newspapcrs of the Stales of My 1.7) people and 2o or 30 motor
Montana, Idaho. Washington, , boats make the trip. They said
Oregon and California did their they would stay all night Satur
full share in the passage of the day and return the following
amendment to the Interstate . day. The Commerial Club of
Co mm-iiv Act. which g.iaran- this City took the ma'ter un and
s to every ship;) r a ri.'ht to j decided to hold a reception to!
bi( hear I b.-for his r.Je cm be the visit. ts and made arrange-i
uvanced. A stable freight ! ate 1 merits act dingly. but before
1 as c-.ser.tial to the nianu-i maki-'r final completion of them,
facturer as a stable currency. i to 11.. ike sure, telephoned to
In the pa.--.sage of the I So rah j Portland at noon on Saturday
irrigation bcul bil . i-ro nlmgi and were tola that the Portland
for the i.ss. iar.ee of ?J(l,(!(;o,o)ii of ; Club would be here strong.
Kinds to complete the National i Along about 5 o'clock four or
irrigation projects in the West, J five lioats and about 20 people
Senator I'.orah will bear testimo-1 arrived, among them being May-
ny to the invaluable service ofior Uushlight of Portland. Al
the country press. Irrigation I most the entire population of our
means more to the lumher busi-: little city was lined up along the
ness of the We.-t than any other dock ', I street to welcome the
THE
OREGON
MIST
DR EDWIN ROSS
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
St. Helens
Oregon
DR. R. L. JEFFCOTT
DENTIST
St. Helens
Oregon
E. A. CROUSE
w
E. W. KETEL
CROUSE & KETEL
Hve Opened Shop in rfie Morjui Building on Columbia S . next to ihe
Sl Helem Howl, and arc prepared to do anything in the building line.
o
I
I
(obbirg at Reasonable Prices
E. A. CROUSE
OD
Plans and Estimates Fumisned
E. W. KETEL
o
t
1
Mr
A SPECIAL INVITATION.
St Helens, Ore, 1912.
Wage earner ;
You are cordially invited to call at
our storn and. Inspect our large stock of general
merchandise. Then make known your Wants and we
will quote you prices, quality considered, that
cannot te duplicated in the city. Give us a trial.
Yours For Business.
K. MORGUS c3c SON
Doirt Forget
or the b
S;"'k;it:'
Salt I.:,!
hr.'l. Sa
lis, ci,;,
arc ('c ;
hence
pnli:t!.; .
th;n a s
The
pirc net
ami or;:,
niutu;
ad
; r
i ,
11 was the Measure
boll ,C3 Of
at rails, lolling.
I.ttle. T:.ro:i.:i, Pol l
'M.cisco. Minr.eapo-
; N'.'W Yt-ri;. or Pari",
tii.g the b:i iness. and
:. .i erlising would le
. if little more value
- rena b at a funer.d.
lit. !-s of the Inland Km
f at ."-'i ol.ai e 4 -it June L'J,
iiii.-.i-l an a.-: .lOcii.tio!) for
helpfulness, ut uhieh
of The Tim-
hennan editor to be present.
The re-,olution which hits the
na.l s purely on the head when
lot of maudlin sympathy is
ht'in: extended to the mossback
iTMvhai.t, i to the point. Here
it is.
"We further b lieve the mer
chant of the small cities and
towns are in a measure responsi
ble f-r the inroads f the mail
orler li cises upon their trade. 1
11 . . - . 1
ii.iMng the advantage of im
mediate and personal contact
with their customers, they
should, bv adontinur modern mer-
- . - - - - - I
cliarnlL ing methods and through i
intelligent and persistent adver-,
rising, be able to compete buc-!
cessfully with Raid mail order
houses."
The resolution also depreciated
the sending of the money nwavj
the various large cities whtnj
K'xuls can often bo purchased at ;
home for lew money, believing
that uicli a course is inimical to(
the ih velopement and upbuildin?'
f the community. Sounds'
reaimiabl,. and logical 1 ii.e; .
hut only country newspaper men
who have bled, suffered und died
r ':'l e the poignancy of grief
a,l-i sl.e.himg of crocoili.e tu.rs
y 1 In; average nurcbant v'oO
f that his best in teres 1 3 lro
"li'ii s.-rve l by s'Midiiv.r away
,,,r lu- j.-b
u'- 1.',. 11 t
''mpiing i,,
'"r.i lit of
i:.n any
sing.e i!i;.ii: try.
In thii cu-sory re.ie.v of s-ose
of the i.nasuir i whieh ti,.' coun
try press ha-? aided, the writer
upeakrt with aut'eTity as it came
to hi ( ban 1 to he!; create I lie
Le'i ir.iide
,: of m-uch
...Ars; the St Helens Brass
wje! there to make the
i',-ti :-:e ioid the Streets were light
ed up os never Ik; fore in the his-,
tory of the town. In short we
wi iv dissapointcd. because those ' O II C I II
ioS:-i!.i.'
of tiiis
fo-Tor live boat.-1, and th 2) peo-j
pie was ail that arrived and up-'
ion investigation we find that the
coine j people who paid they were com-
our facilities for
doing all kinds
of job printing
are second to
none in the
county
T. S. WHITE
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
l.K'KN-KD EM BALM Kit
Houlton
Oregon
J
All Work Guaranteed.
Estimates Furnished.
R. CONSTANTIN
DR. ALFRED J. PEEL
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Bank
Building
St. Helens
Plumbing and
Sheet Metal
Heating
Work
St Helens
Oregon
sentiment
the mud:
legislation.
When labor troubles
and tVy com unbidden like n j lnK did not show up at all, and,
plague of locusts the I. W. W.l those who were here knew noth-j q q
horde swepMdl b. foiv them fori ahout the ether fellows hav- j rTOmpt OeiTVICe
a time. The country pass. , mg maue me arrangement 10
ways conservative." counselled I Pome. Considerable expense
the men to remain and work, i was gone to by the people, cs
ar.d discouraged the movement ! pocially the Klectric Light Co..
in everyway possible. j to give these visitors a proper
In linanciid crises in manv ! reception and then they failed to
a community the j ersonal cqua.'show up. The next time they
lion of the ...lii f ihe loeal i want to come to St Helens they
newspaper if ten
known ami little apprec
... 1 1 1 . .1
scar c e 1 y I VVIil pronaoiy come unnerauno
iated. aml unannounceu ana go away
Right Prices
DR. 'H. R. CLIFF
PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON
l'hone Main 4.U; A 2Xt: Kea. E. 4v7
Portland, Or.
llllllo 1117 Selling
building
GEORGE H. SHINN
A TTORNEY-A T-LA Wi
St. Helens
Oregon
M. E. MILLER
A TTORNEY-A T LA W
St. Helens
Oregon
The Oregon Mist
ST. HEL12NS ORE.
April 1st, 1912
PRICE LIST
Subject to chares without notice
COLUMBIA RIVER POWDER COMPANY
Rainier, Oregon
Agents for
DuPont Powder and Dynamite, Caps, Fuse
1. ). P. any
-oint on the Columbia River in our territory carried by the
LAUNCH DU rONT
50 Tound Cases net Weight
llKi: t l.l--:t'Mri'i
3 10
10 10 19
20 10 H
41 l' or 1
2 ( ,. .53 ftt V
M5 " "
5 4if -
., 5 20 - "
kki ruoss
1 xir 40 ptr crnl
2 0m. f 6 60 per ('
) 10 9 " i 55 " "
10 to 19 " 50 " "
20 10 39 " 6 45 " "
40 t'. or ever " 6 30 " '
IIEKCri.KS N. O.
40 prr cent
2.Cm. J7.25 per Ct.
J to 6 " 7. 20 ' "
10 io 19 " 7. 15 " "
20 to 39 " 7. 00 " "
40 Ci or over " 4. 90 " "
Points on the River WiM of Maygers or Stella add 5 cents per case.
1U.ACK W.ASTINO
id kej; lots or over
illust
t
rk, iii dir. ci ce.n
the j o'.iey ' e i.i :.!
carrv out for the 1
the tov. n .;rul a;itly ,
t
. Lo:s td
l;"i' g the "did'erei ce twixt
w'"'lleibiin j,,,, t woedledce.
the
Doubt'
q-, cells i'CV
PO'A DICR - - 53.io per keg
51.90 per keg
P, LAS T I N (i CAPS
cd ' 95 cc"t5 Pcr ImnJreJ
" in o or ovc-, ikduct io ccuts per liundrcd
! V S 1C
I riple. 1 ape
Co cents per hundred feet
IiK'O (.Hit lots (,r OVCr, UCaitCt IO CCIUS mum.ui ivu
tXAVE VOUR OUDERS WITH
Ti'e
h.i.ulivd led
R. E. PHELPS
CIVIL ENGIN EER
SURVEYOR
Houlton
Oregon
100,000 Fruit trees., Write for
prices. A. Holaday Scappoose.
Pale Faces
Pale-faced, weak, and
Shaky women who suffer
every day with womanly
weakness need the" help
of a gentle tonic, with
a building action on the
womanly system. Ifyouare
weak you need Cardul,
the woman's tonic, because
Cardul will act directly on
the cause of your trouble.
Cardui has a record of
more than 50 years of
success. It must be good.
Patronize the Mist Advertisers
Er Watches Clocks
VON A. GRAY
ri Watchmaker and Jeweler. All 3
tT Work Guaranteed. 3
Optical Goods St. Helens Or.
2L? PETER G. PAPPAS gj
1
1
TABLE DE HOTE DINNERS
On The Strand
1 x f
11 1
a
B 60
iii
r
The Woman's Tonic
Mrs. Effle Graham, o!
Willard, Ky., says: "I
was so weak I could
hardly go. I suffered,
nearly every month, for 3
years. When 1 began to
take Cardui, my back hurt
awfully. 1 only weighed
99 pounds. Not long after.
I weighed 115. Now, I
do all my work, and am
in good health." Begin
taking Cardui, today.
T
i
Builder's Supply Company
Dealers In
Feed, Cement, Brick, Sand and Shingles I
Doors and Windows
GENERAL BUILDING SUPPLIES
Phone 42 Warehouse on Sheldon Dock .
Subscribe for the Mist. $1.50
Very Serious
It is a very serious matter to ask
(or one medicine snd have the
wrong one given you. For this
reason wo urge you in buying to
b careful to get the genuine
BUck-drau&HT
Liver Medicine
The reputation of this olJ, relia
ble medicine, for constipation, in
digestion and liver trouble, is firm
ly established. It does not imi.ate
other medicines. It is better than
others, or it would not be the fa
vorite liver powder, with a larger
sale than aU others combined.
Str. IRALDA
Summer Rates between
St. Helcus and Portland
50 cents one way
75 cents round trip
Tickets good any time after
April 4U1
t'.ont lavpt St. lU'lenn 7rM. ni.
Urtutninf; leme TYrtlaml 2:.T0 p. ra.
Arrive atSt. I lelrns 4 -4" n. m.
C- I. HOOCMK1RK
r
r
r
' his in, v brings us up to
!'r,lx 'I, is s.riiilt.: ,at
the 1
UILDF.irS SUPPLY CO.
St. Helens
SOLO IN TOWN FT
!r,,(
' 1 'r m.iouiactnrinir inu rests 1
0VNe the country ncwopu.u rs and