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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1906)
The Columbia Register. Entf rwl wvutilwrUn nttlrt April i lH. ftt Ih hi oftior at Houlton. Orr(m.WBUr tht Act ot lnKi ol Mire S l7. fCBUMlKP CVKKY FtlDAT K. H. MITl'MKLL. Kdltr. Subscription price ft.W per yrr In sdranr Advertising rtr raonbl. T& OFFICIAL COUNTY TAJIK James Dart wouKl make an excellent Candidate fnvouuty treasure ou democrat ticket. Iowa is to have a beer Inspect or, If we were a republican we would go th;r at ooce and apply for the job. We hear the uaiue of W. D. Due of Rainier m a pomible candidate ou the detnocratio ticket for the office of Rep reeeutive. Arrangements are being made for the coal strike iu Pennsylvania. An artued squai of Rough Riders have been ordered out by the governor. If you have uot regeetered do eo now, attend to the matter at ouce, and It may save you a vote in the primary and help to nomiuate a rood man to office. The consolidation of Houlton and St. Helens school districts should rot be lost sight of in the coming political campaign. A good high school locat ed at the county-seat would be the means of bringing many settlers to this part of the country. In making preliminary arrangments for construction of a mile of good road, Senator Fulton has been urged by Judge John II. Scott, of Salem, president of the Oregon Good Roads association, to strive at all times to keep the average cost of work down to the lowest figure. Judge Scott holds that owing to the scarse settlement in Oregon, such a demonstration will brve value iu proportion to its perm a u euce and initial cost. The Senator Las takeu this point up with the gov ernnieut official who will have charge, and hopes that the experimental work will be a lesson in ecouomy, as well in the uew science of road construction. Am Eldorado Whenever an opportunity presents itself, for a Mitchell republican to take a pot shot at Francis J. Heney, that opportunity does cot go unimproved, and all because Ueney has knocked the eternal ichor out of the Mitchell ring that has so long plundered and de bauched the fair State of Oregon. In last week's issue of the Mist appears a half column effusion from the splenetic pen of the editor of that hebdomadal misfit, under the caption of "Another Idol Smashed," satirizing the appoint meut of V. C. Bristol s U. 6. District attorney and lampooning Heney, with the iconoclastic fury suggested by the title, for such appointment. The Mit chell gang dies bard. Its feeling against good government honest gov ernment remains the same as in days gone by. Every move of Heney's is watched, and when nothing is forth coming the gang hatches something, charges it to Heney and then bowls a lung loose. There is absolutely no evidence, nor cause to think, that Heuey ever endorsed Bristol 01 any other republican, crooked or other vise, for the position of District attor ney or dog pe'.ter; true some of the Portland papers at the time of the ap pointment may have said, probably did, th&t Heney recommen le Bristol for the place; at best it was a gue-a and not ut all a shrewd guest at that. The Regis ter does not know, nor does it care a Tap about Bristol's integrity, if he is troubled with that cmimolity, he is an exception to the rule among republi can office holders in Oregon, but one thing is cocksure: Hene's investigation Into every matter here in Orogon, to which his attention aas been culled, have been so careful and painstaking mat lie nas not made one mistake nor failed in a single prosecution. Flagg can rest assured that Heney never en dorsed or recommended any one with Whom he was unacquainted, or with whom he hud not summered and Wiutered. It would be something of a atupend- Qou iak even to auggm in detail. what In the way of material develop. lueiit ia about to take place Iu Col umbia county. The building of tbe llilkbtiro-Xehaleni, Bcappooae-Xehal- etn, and Clatukanle Nahalem rail roads ar of tLemaelvea iitrprrea af ureal magnitude, and ouoe completed through to the com will be the means of opening up a great ''Eldorado" Iu daryiug and luiuberlug there haa been nude a beginning which la por tentious ol results little short of the marvelous when we consider how the Uiiargln ol opportunity baa ten touched, and how producliou baa been haiuperd ty Inadequate transportation lo market. Rut dairying and tamper ing are two Industries only; these, will be multiplied by a score when the const region la once fairly opened up by rail road communication, and la brought In close touch with and made a part of the Industrial life of the state. The oil Is fruitful for diveraful farming. horticulture and atockraislng. and there Is power and material for manu facturing that Is bound to follow the agricultural development of the coun try. Then we are to remember that with developing industry and developing agriculture will come community bulMiug the village, the town, the city with their schools, churches, lib- raries, theatres, street railways, water works, electric light and gas plants, and added tens yes hundreds of thousands of population that will aid the State of Oregon to become greater, and wealthier, more initgninVent than any other commonwealth on the Pacific Slope. There Is nothing of ex aggerated prophecy in all this. The strip of couutr lying iniiuediatly along the seacoatt of Oregon is immensely rich In natural rciuit. This is true of uearly the entire coast, from where the Rogue River tlnds the Pacific to the mouth of the Columbia. It is no more to le Isolated in permanent un productive idleness, or to fail Iu its des tiny by remaiulng in partial develop ment for lack of railroads, than any stretch of the Atlautlc seaboard. Its thorough awakening is only a question of time time that the progress of events is beginning to bring to our realization' COUXTYU RANGE. The county grange convention for Columbia Co. will be held at Houlton on Saturday March 3rd at two o,clock p.m. for the purpose of elocting three delegates to the State Grange. The subordinate granges of tbe coun ty should elect their delegates andal ternates duriug this month and be careful to elect those who will attend, as no proxy is allowed in the conven tion. W. A. Young I Jennie Lovelace Deputies J. W. Armstrong) GREAT STOCK-TAKING SALE Now for Values and Bargains In all Departments. SOME EXTRA GOOD VALUES A Hot Time In The Old Town. Fd. Columbia Register :-The Rain ler Review, after tuakiug a stagger at correcting some of its misrepreseuta tlons, concludes its feeble plaint In the following language; "The Review gives the above information simply to refute the talk that is made by a few Rainier citizsus that kuock every move made by the city authorities and the city attorj ney. This continual knocking at every move made by the city is a damage to the town, and as there will be a new set of councilmen elected, it Is hoped the knocker will give the town a rest for a few weeks." One can 'hardly avoid the inference that this carpet-bag-editor was feeing double when he relieved himself of thia diatribe. When gazing upon the lux urious furnishings of the various health otlices" around town lie imagined him self In a "ciiy", when he undertook to pilot himself around among the active business men and team lie was surely iu "tow n", but if lie .would only take a stroll up Water street and observe the condition of t ie sidewalk and gutter be could tasly imagine himself in Wash ugtju and feel very much ''at home". This however is merely incidental the main desire being to hush mutters up, to keep them in the durk until after e ection. Concealment has always been, and still is the bulwork of defence for the municipal grufter, Publicity is the reformers weapon which has pro duced results in Philudelhiu, St. Louis, Minneapolis and many other places of lesser note, and I have confidence enough in the integrity of the Amerl can people to believe that when an abuse is properly set fourth and honest ly made known to the voters they will rise iu their might and "turn the ras calu out". Had Wendall Philips and his coterie of so called abolishionlsts shrank from the advocacy of a great principle for fear of being called "knockers", four millions of people would still be iu bondage, working in shackles under tbe crack of the slavedrivers whip. Nor Is that all The Review, In publishing a tabulated statement of expenditures for the towu of Rainier was fully cognlzent of exist ing conditions. It is a well known principle in law that when a crime has been committed, outside parties know ing the facta though bavlug nothing to do directly with the commlslon of said crime will be beld accessories if they fail to inform tbe proper officials 4766 Yards of Assorted Dress Goods Of French, Herman, KnOllsh and American manu facture, in plain weavey, novelty mixtures, checks, plaids and stripes. Might as well attempt to "paint the rose" as describe them. HALF PRICE Will take any of them. Assorted Silk Remnants 13S5 yards of Silk Uenitauts, aborted colors, odds and ends; values ROe, (Be, 75c, U5c ami $1.'()0, Your choice, while they last, for 25c 147 Pure White Embroidered Waists Up-to-date goods; 2.'J5 and 12.50 valuM; all slit. While they last, 98c each Remnants! Remnants! Remnants! Table Li nnens, Crasliea, Towels, Napkins, Lace Cur tains Draperies, (lliitfliain, Flannels ami Win.li Ooedfl, of all descriptions. LadicV liiwlury, I'lubr wear, (J loves, Ribbon and Urea, Comet and Mimlin Underwear. Kvcrylhln to please everybody. They are marked (or quick selling. BARGAINS FOR ALL. M ALLEN MCDONNELL CORNER of THIRD and MORRISON STREETS. PORTLAND, OREGON promptly. So In th'scace. Through the advice of a gruftlng so-called attor ney, the council has frittered away a considerable sum of the eoplcs money in an Ignominious suit at law, accom plishing practically nothing, and the news paper of the town is evidently trying to shield the iniquity and hush matters up until after election. We have laud marks left to show what was accomplished with less mon ey a few years ago. The town hall and Jail, the Nice Creek bridge, grad ing and planking all the streets from said bridgo to Cupt. Smith's in upiwr X - , .1 , . I . I I. ... I ........ iowii, rnucn oi inu .siuvwain. ujm;ein. to lilancuard's proporty, those two big fills near Ed Clarks residence, approach es to Fox Creek bridge, etc. In those days the recorder did the work of his office for one dollar for session of coun cil, the marshall received the same fees as the coiistuble, and business was done without a craft. What have we now to show for the money used in 1903? A measley law suit for a legacy Witli the road district and county keeping up the street to Fowlers black smith shop. W. M. I'KRRT W. J. Dit lor county commissioner? Not this time Rill. . The sprinfr niinn nrc with usugaln. wile flowers in blcom on Valentine day. The teachers examination is now in progress at Kt. Helen. Orange meeting next Wednesday night, a good attendance is desired. Dora and Maud would do well at colaboratlng in a kitchen providing no crank was around, Bert Schooner came out from Nehal- em valley Wednesday and is the guest of his sister Mrs. 33. J- Mitchell. James F. Rice and Lena Alice Hor ton were married last Saturday in St. Helens, Squire Watkins officiating. The Register wishes them a pleasant journey through life. Several of the young people of Houl ton and Warren attended the Valen tine ball at Scappoose, given for tbe benefit of IIM. Englert Tbe HouUon OrcheBtrrmrnifiliedtbe muelc. Rewerved for GIRTY 61 ROBEY, HOULTON, OREGON. -TEACH EHS EXAM I NATION. Applicants for teachers certificates at the February examination held ut St. Helens, Feb. 14-17, 1IKXJ. For County Papers Study the Initiated laws and amendments, Marshland. ti " Mist IngllH, Milwaukee. Portland. Coble. Westport. Scappoose. Warreo. .) Rainier, it Mary A. Ewing, Henrietta LaPaul, C. Hope Rodger, Johanna II. Magnuscn, Grace Powers, Ida L. Albee, Mable L Johnson, Irene II. Johnson, R. 0. Crawford, Lizzie Aibee, Verna V. Tompkins, Sadie M. Raker, Eva M. Burns, Christine 13. Wilson Esther Mitchell, , " James Springer, " Mamie O.Maclay, Columbia City. Juliette 33. F. Parramore, Clatiskaule Mary E. Elliot, " For State papers, James B. Dodson, I. H. Oopeland, W. H. Powell, Mrs. ti. S. Way. By special permission a number of applicants for County papers are writ ing in other counties. Their manu script will be forwarded, to Columbia St Helens. Board of Trustees. 1 The trouble with some liars is, they are not even cheerful. At time of going to press the County commissioners were still in session, ex amining plans fof the uuw courthouse. Most of the plans submitted call for an ex tend I lure of about$25,000. Of courso a building can bo erected for 115,000 but il would only be a short time until it would have to be added to, and pos sibly another vote takeu on the county seat duestlon, but if a (25,000 house 1 erected the question of county seat is settled for all time. DoUitt's ffiifl 8a!vo For PMess Curat, Sorest W Etirly IHscra I Tho famous little pint ' Clodol Dyspepsia Curo Dlgottt what, you eat : Dt!K Ecrly Risers Tho farooui Kttta pSSi DalVltt'o B Oaks .for rtt Curctt Cere county for grading.
