St. Helens Mist! TSSTZ :":
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lh M'l r,Ii,'in Company
,1 M'i'ow! ! mallet January IU.
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H..r l,.f,V. Til in jM the lint !,;,
Ill M'littrmiii'iii.ivi'ii,( t to..,;,..
the living 'hI uml yr c. i .,f ti. .
city haw proini.scl their uUv.
in ilinti ihutiiiK the fruit to .,r
uniT with a rniniinum of c-.n.
tho luttur.
An tloetrio line from K:,!,.,
Herul Ih a j.lun iroMme, the .;m t
wwk, when tha ()r..ir,.n I. . 1
Company wan ineori.orute.l with H e
avowed intention of liuiMiriK u. h u
rml. It ix jiropoHt'il to Iiuvh tlio '.
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nne connect with l.oth the Hill ai,.l J
Harrirnan roads in the Dem-huli s ', j
Valley. j
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ror,r.to better their con- V,u , v"an f'rv,w '''"
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IODCES
County Official
Paper
Concei t by
L'and
or 8
trrr if Vthy ft any other
ti:-'e yi.tl want j lirar it.
An I you enn liear it just uicasy
in va r own In me.
Ci...,e it, !,,'.. ..! I .L.
1 ni r r it ii ier I'm ri! by J'ryor'a
..j LjiiU no oMifc-iion.
V1
An an example of the desire of j
mm s ross
Bank Dltltf. St. HaLna, Or.
nition and at the pome time to
ninkfl a little money, the Bale or
jtock in the Co-operative Supply
House of I'ortlHnd to the farmers
ii most Btrikinjr. A ouplo of
gmKith-tnrued Halehrnen came
down from Portland hint sum
mer and ,")tit up u proposition ti
the farmers that looked Rood to
them as beinjrn bu.sinetigproposi
tion; an establishment run in the
Interest of the farmers and stock
bol.lem: a place where the pro-
ducts of the tarm and garden
could he shipped nd so'J. doinir
itV th iniililli'mrtn'a nro-
- -
fit: a place where good could be
purchased by them nt reduced
prices. It was a Kod looking
nronosition on lt face, and no
doubt would have been a good
thing in some ways for the stock
holders and farmers had it been
managed and run by honest men
and men of business ability and
judgment; but alas, the farmers
who were desirous of bettering
the conditions surrounding the
tale of their good to commission
men who were In ft trust, has
proved a failure. The company
has gone broke; the farmers who
paid out theii hard earned mony
are bilked nr.d robbed. The sleek,
well fed gentlemen who took
their money nr living hiRh. It
is cue.stion:ible whether or not
the law of the state at renent
will pern. it cf prosecution of
these hold fakirs, but complaint
are being made out ur.d the whole
matter is being thoroughly in
vestigated and if there is any
possible chance to gi t at them
the fanners and their friend are
going to do if. There is certainly
need for Home most ptrt niril
'"Blue Sky" law" or some other
kind of u la w that will .make a
man who deliberately ireta t ome
thing for nothing from the hard
working men of the community,
amendable to a criminal statute.
lotfed-o-r InndH belonxing tu th fjM Uft'l
IndiaiiH, in order to bid the ui .n, ' ' V
I'rulalily the nrtst impirtunt
(fathritij tu-heduled for this month
Is a conference of all the various
agricultural interest on the subject
of how tu jfet the fullest possible
benefit from Senate Rill 72, pro
viding for the extension of the
work of the Agricultural College
throughout Oregon. This measure,
which ha.H just been piued by the
legislature, is eonsideretl one of tho
most Hignificant and far-reaching
laws ever enacted, and tho ap
prnuching conference, called to
(Cither at the I'ortland Commercial
Club ,y Dr, w. J. Kerr of the Ore
K m Agricultural College in for the
puisne of taking a Ivuntatro of the
opliortunity preitented to the fullest
extent.
Organizations represented will be
the Craw, the Farmers Union,
tin Oregon Dairyman's Amociutioii,
the I'ure lire 1 Livestock Association,
Oregon Horticultural Association,
the t'o-oporative Cheesemakers' As-S'-oiation,
tiie Wuolgrowera' As;io
ciiition. the Northwest Angola Coat
Aviation, the County Conoid -sionern'
Association, the State Rank
era' Ass ciation, tlie I'urllaml Union
Stockyards, tho Garden Contest As
'"ilation. tho Oregon lrrigntion
Congreiw. the Oregon, Central Ort
Kn and Iri County Dcvehipinetit
Li'iiKues, the farm press and rail
r'ad olllcials. It is desire.! to get
the fullest information and the
Mens cif ul on this subject and learn
h iw to launch the extension plan in
the best possible wny.
Heal development work is being
accomplished by a j?cnd l,ank which
's importing blooded livestock and
listributing it to farmers, taking
their notes In payment. Following
tho successful Introduction of the
thoroughbred hogs, which has
greatly stimulated tho hog Industry,
the bank will bring In a number of
I . m . f m
MOL'UD.N CIKCLK SO 48, Women ol j
Volcrlt, ucctt the wcond and
fourth TomIt aflcruooM of eacb :
iiien'b Mt Ho'ilton, )t. Mrs. )
Wikftn m, inr'liari eighiior. j
S'c(ii.oe, Or-.; Mum1 A. Milty,
Clerk.
Columbia Rnctmpiuent No. 77, 1. O.
F. nifwu In tb I. O. O. F. Hall, to ;
li- uronil nd fourth Thnr(Ujr ol tact' j
nonlti, iojouroeylnai Patriarvht biottt i
onlially Invited to met ltb na. !
i
C. C. ltolicy, Chief Patriarch.
C. W. IJUkealey, Hcribt.
OI.UMBU HOMP.STF.AD No.
Erotberliood of American Yeomen,
nn-eta lit- aecond aud fonrth Wed
nrwlar niirtit ol each month at Yank
(un.Orr. ViaitinK memljera welcome, i
K. S. Hinson, (onorabl Foreman
('. E Lakr, Corre-pouilrat.
row
HOKTLAMJ
DAILV
bTEAMER
l-aveafet. Helena A.
rrivea at I'oriln'i l'l: 10 A.
lvn (" rtland at '.' to P.
Arrivxa ft. HeWa at W.ISO I'.
M.
M.
M
M
tribes in ariculturul profircsri. U
iiehtlmated there ure about lO.Ono
acres i-i Oregon reservations ihat
vill be i'nproved in this way.
Kxten -ive rmul building and other '
improvements throughout ('rati r
Ijike National 1'ark are being uie l "'liilit not hnfu if the lnalle of tha
w to meet nnotiicr
tilt) aumo iieel?
In tho llrst pliice, the beat iteiiernted
by tlie ahiH'k woulil be ao itreiit that
both worlds would be trunsrornivd Into
KlKantlc balls of VflHr tunny times the
alzu of tho eurth todny. This, however.
vM.l Ai; C.'JA'TKh. NO. iO, O. K. t
Meet! In Masi nie liall the lectnd
, and (uurth Katur ! o. -acb month
MAH Y (iKOKOE. W M.
1-fCV Ult AY. Secret a. v
upon congress, and an appropri
ation of $1.10,00(1 is landing. This
uni of money judiciously expended
will make the park more m evs ,il 1
ind will result in making this en-nt
national wonder better known.
With several thousand small books
descriptive of Columbia county, a
man located in an Eastern city to
distribute them and steer peue
this way, the St. Helens Improve
ment Co. of St. Helens is going to
wage an advertising campaign dur
ing the year that will result in great
development In the county. At ti
des rre bein written on the vari
our industries of the county 1 y
men who are particularly qualified
to handle their renticctive subject;
and tho printing of a booklet iV,
eing arranged for. These book-;
will contain article. written by ti e
uen cho.n and in a Iditton will eo -
ain a write-e.p anil dc.-criplion f
ae)i piece of ptop.'ily li:.!e.l will:
tiie 't. lb u-ns :nprivt ment I . i r
s;de. It is the intention of the c: .-
;it:y to it a: In III h land iil.d pi' . -
tty li ited v. iih them wit!.;?! tl:e i
wo w ek ;.s they can :o thrtt. !;
properly will hae it place mu.e
enrili la couiMMe of aollder and colder
uiatter tlinn seleutlsta believe It to be.
Although there Is amoll chance of :
uny such nerlul collision tnkliig place,
scientists bare alrcndy t-nlcnluted tbe !
prolable renulu fulrly accurately. One
bits expressed the amount of beat tbut
would be gviicnited In this way. Jt
would bo eutllcli'iit, ho anya, to melt. '
bolt and completely vaiorlze a muss of
Ice 700 times the bulk of both tbe col- '
IMIng worlda uo Ice planet 130.000
miles In dlumcter.
K. U-iitl-itM tin ve often considered tbe i
possibility that the end of the earth ,
would come tibotit In tbla way. j
(Yrtuln It Is Unit pin nets as great aa
the tin tu huve InfU destroyed by com
Inii Into collision with other huge bod
Its. New York I'resa.
' St. Helens I.fxle No.
I ' 117,1. O. O. F. meet
- in the I. O.O. F.bnild
i K.oii I. e Mrrond and fourth Ssiurcays
Ifdi liiunili, v i i 1 1 tcT members are
.N.i.advro a hartv welcome.
Ct.a-. II tl.T,N. U
J. W. A len, Site.
White WyaniJotts
EGGS EGGS EGGS
$1.00 $2.00 $3.00
From Rest Laying and Exhibition
Rirds. Cockrels $2.00 to $5.00
Yankton - - Okkgon
Sec'y of County Fair Ass'n
i 1 I
i I I
a-m sssMBi aawaaaM vataaM aM HiMM waMaBaBMi
! WHAT IS IT?
paaMaaaaasaaaBMbaTsaMvaaa-tntira. at .nr tma'mmmmmMtmjmmmmmmmmmmmm
Professional Cards
DR. L. GILBERT ROSS
PHYSICIAN a SURGEON
Otic B.nk lll'lif.
Bulb Fnonea
St. Helens
A. BILL
Avon L vle No Wi Kou'hM ot I'ythia.
inri ta ivery Tnrilsy Evening in Cat
tle Hall, Si. Il-!rm. Voitii g K- igbt
l welcome.
M. E. Millrr. C. C.
lUn.l.t Roaa. K.ol R&S
Colonial Firaplaesa.
The early American flreplaca was
merely a cheap provincial copy of Eng
Hah model of tha earn period. The
application of the word "colonial" to
pre Revolution architecture and deco
ration baa crend t it vague Impression
tlmt tle- existed at that time ao
MT IIKI.KNS I.O'HiK No.
A F A A M. Meets 1st and
Satuflay In esch month. Vlsitiim
brothera corilisllv aelcomed. U V
t'lark. Msster; K. E. Quti-k. SecreUrv.
IHtlllli
WAGE-EARNING
PEOPLE
DR EDWIN ROSS
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
St. Helens
Oregon
Patronize the Mist Advertisers
E. C. ROBERTSON C
CENTRAL MARKET
Dealers IX
F resit, ti nd Cured Meats
3 Fish at id Foul try, Produce
j Your Orders Solicited Gaod Prices Full Weight
j Phone 60 St. Helena, Ore.
7". S. WHITE
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Houllon
Oregon
5: Watches Clocks 3
American architectural style Aa a! WllCII (trail'HI 1Oltl'
milln, nf fi.pt ...i I rt I a 1 a rt, hi f ..ilrai '
Is simply a modest copy cf Ueormsn ",', if 'J'lU ll'l'sll ttHtl'oid "
tnoueis. anil colonial mnnieipiwea j ., 11 J ' j
were either Imported from Kuglund by yP"Utllil (til, KtlJ (ISKIC
thoc who ron Id afford it or were re , . ,,.,,,,;,
ii' i ds; thru britt'J t It r
DR. ALFRED J. PEEL
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
5t. Helens
!!. .lii
ST Optical Goods
VON A. GRAY
Watchmaker and Jeweler. All
Work Guaranteed.
St Helens Or. :
.iwUiUiaiuiniaiUiUiiuaituuiUaiuuiUiUsUiUiuiUiai
plH."
k. Thetie hooks w iii hi.
in I he leading hotels, ihpots tind e
the trains throiiK'hout the eat.'
hat people coming west wiii
hold of Ihem. Any pcif-m h.a.H
property to r-eil and wanting it t.
veitliedin thia m:.n."er "iii hi
le opportunity of doin bo hy I :.-'
ig the property with the S t. ii
is Improvement Co at oinc 'j i
St. Helens Improvement, i-ompar
is composed of a numl er of
produced In wmsl from current lam
ll-.lt ileMlim. Viiin;.n mantels were In
i1iol twit 1111L miwti In l-tifrnfii1 irhnri.
the uw of a woolen architrave led hun t- to this hank and
to the prnrtire of facing the flreplsee' r -i Ravines
wlt!j Hun I. tiles, but wood wns u-'d 11 111 " savings
In I ju-hiii.l mill Anierlcn only from A.CCOUnt. IJV' jtfl 1J FO U Jt'
motives of clienpiiess, n ml the an-hl
trace wm -t buck from tbe opening "( ' f'Clli llttCrCST OH SUCH
on! 'Hviiu It was ui.Mife to put an (t4'C()tl lit S tt 11(1 ((CC(l)t (1111
lull. . ; fikiIiIo material so near the tire. ! 17
i:x. imuKo. sitni jrotit one dollar up.
DR. H. R. CLIFF
PHYSICIAN & SURGt.CN
Allen, Felton & Quick
fi,..no Jli.l:! I--
11 Ill" llliii
I'ortlami. Oi
Dreams.
' lireniis me exi ursloiis Into tbe lliiilm
of lliiiui. 11 M'tnldeli vera nc from bu
rn. 111 oris hi Tlie uuin who dreams Is
' tint - locnle of various plieiuuoelia of :
1 wlii. li lie Is the ss'ctotor 111 spite of'
l.iiu .i if. Me s passive nod Impersonal; : i"
' I . i' I he piaythlni; of unknown vlbra- 1 S
. Ii.im-. mid invisible sirites.
j Tin- 1:1:111 who shimld never Inane .
i i..i;:i (lie staire of dremu would have
M'vw nttained bumanlty. properly ao
,.:li"l. but Hid man who bad never
; Columbia County Bank!
j OLDEST IN THE COUNTY
,ST. HELENS, OREGON
GEORGE H. SHINN
ATTORN E Y-A T-LA W
Ft. Helen ; - Oregon
REAL ESTATE DEALERS
INVESTNXNTS. CENTALS. INSURANCE. COLLECTIONS. LCANS,
LAND TITLES. APPIVA1SE.MENTS. ADMINISTRATOR, GUARDIAN.
F:SCAL AGENT CONVEYANCE. EXECUTCP. INFORMATION
AND EMPLOYMENT
ST.'hLLZNS . . OREGON
E
ijJlilll
M. E. MILLER
ATTORN E Y-A T-LA IV
j A WHLL FILLED BASKET
St. Helens
hc'tn 1
.titniwi w.inl.1 .mlv Iriutu' tho litlml III
' ' It j i-..n Mi. tost nr liititiilfili'f UI-imI II till ft
ness men, proiesaionai men ,i..o 1 ft,m,i t k utile to iiuderstamt
urmcis i"hrougliout the eotii.ty m d
is fist leooming one of tlie ha lit k
reul estate and developn.ent l.ri-.is
on the lower Columbia river. It is
reliable and trustworthy fin -
havink gnined the reputation of fair
dealing w ith all its patrons, and is
anxious to get a long list of proK r-
ies for sale to advertise ia the
booklet, A. T. Uws is Hceretary
and manager of the company, t
whom nil communications should he
addressed. I
GIFTS OF THE VIKING.
. 1
How Noraa Sa Kino Enriohad Our
Nautical Vocabulary.
When we say a ship Is bound tor n ,
certain port or homeward bound, wo 1
Hiu u-Iiik, not the piiNt imrtlclple. as
we mlKht tblnk. r tlie i:.mlNh v. rt. to
bind, but of 8 S nn.r.:iii'l.o word
uicanlin: to pre 'i'e. to cl n i y a
word wblch In tbe form of "bonu" stih
Uvea on In iioi tlienl Ulahi la.
'T.lllow'' Is prolmlily n Seainlin'ivliui
word which aurvlved In one ot Hie
uortlieni or eastern dialects, w hi 1 stli;
preserve so limli.v Dunlsli wor.l II ,
liinde lis way Into soutln rn r.n,,l.l. In ,
(he Mlttrtiiith cenliiry and n-1 c"1',
a lllerarv slainlliU by Us use !) S'ii
ser and Slinkespenre.
"WiiKe" for llu' track of 11 '.n
aiinthci- Kiiindiiiiivlaii word
la illuUxt. Its orlKlnnl nicanm::. ns
proreNsor Wicnt tells us. wns tlml of
mm opctilmr la tlie be t'Ncl '''. 1 ,
pnsai.ii cut for a hIiIji In 11 fr""e- 1.1'-
or sen. nun men, 1 ' ' ' '
to tho smooth watery track left '' i; "
nf'.cr Us pihw Ihroili H e i'C
It camo to bo ed when there v
l, e nt nil. This useful Won! Is '
tlm niiutlcnl lerms wblcli the I "
have borrowed from Hie Ki.e'ii.h m
thoimh It Is not easy to recocnie It l
(lrst In Hs freiieh form of oiialche. in I
It Is Ht ill used on fie NorfolU brends
with Its orlirlunl nieanlntf of an t t'"n
place In tlie Ice.-KiiKllHh llovlew
WHIRL OF THE WORLD.
What Would Happan l Wo Oro.h.d
Into Anothor WorW.
' .hrouilh "P'ee "t ,
are "" .,,.,., ml n.o.
tnun m
t':e teneU of personality. lie would
be ill.e 11 crystal Incapiible of piesslnx
v. h:it crjjitiilliT.Jitloa means New Or-it-ii:is
Slates.
Not Amiable.
-We bad to let that aerrant go."
Wiin t was the matter? Wouldn't
i-lio workf
'-oh. abe did tbe work all right, bat
Mic couldn't get along with tha chil
dren." "Tbnt aoT'
Yea. Hbc'd lse her temper Tery
time one of them kicked her 00 tba
ulilns " -I'etrolt five I'ich
It matter more whleti way one'afnea
U yet tleiu !w f'isl one proceeds. Ar
ttiur t' r.enoii.
Houlton
Restaurant
-
t
i
m;m.s at ail t.ouns
rr.ov:jr service
01 U.VI-!?i'.S3 Our Motto
rrv.M ;
i St. Helens Mill Co.
3 Lath
Electric Lighting
(Save Your Eyes)
1
S team Heating
(Prolongs Your Lives)
Xoocl Lumber
cf fine Groceries it a nice gift lo a
poor family frtt nipping winter
da-. But even for your own family
you cannot fill ihe basin better than
w ith some of our fresh choice Cro
crrin We believe in the pure food
lawn, end imist that every article we
buy 10 sell again shall be of aie pur
est and ben We solicit a trial of
ocr excellent New Season Teas and
Coffers, wKkh have a repution
second t 0 none among t h e bes'
jv.-'S-s cf quAl.ty.
SC. H. JOHN & COMPANY 8
lis
Estimates Furnished.
All W01 Guarantee. .
R. CONSTANTIN
Plumblnj: anJ
Sheet Metal
Hcalinz
Work
SL Helens
Oregon
t it c,-itnr"i.. fs. Pn 11
" '-j j y
fiuti-c to crditot.
;cir ranrji trrrtt iiaaiif -MBM-4Li2?--cs-A:
ft
LOW COLONIST FARES
I Daily, March ltHh to April ttHh
7 1 1 r t ot's rv
, 1
n
or
ii '
t I
1 1 .
A
n
t.a v. ; V
tbe rate of more
a minute ,
U-nnt woulil'U-
fot"i:T o;' nil'
: n : v o1 i ni.i: r.
in r I i i i l! e v!ii'e t A
L'.ii ' t
i I ifr' v : 1 V II Hoi Vl U!1:I : '.
. by -,i d 1 our IfH" - nly i.e.: ,
.1 i itiiilor i f ll r lA "le o' t 1
l. ..i, iti ,r il, nr.d as '!! !
r.id ,ts (null. All V reo:i8 Isxini; f
il im s(ilit aiH ela'e ne laTibyp
i oiii.. I mil tiiiiitd to pe-tnt tUts j 5
(line, dn'y ve'llkd, t sid adudi.iitHa , j
tor at i he llVice of lii'.lard A lny, in W. j
Il t na, i' H" County of Columbia,
M ile ol tlKK'in, wiihln sis month f.-otu j
tlui dote, cf this notice. l
Vti- at ft. Helena. Oroa. and first j
.ml. rl.b. r. I I- J
' f hl'lll H I.
A ,n 1-lr.u.rol !.'" '"" '
Duuli liti!-
TO
.All roin!s en tlis SpjUn:, ?j:l'aiJ ft
i;:;dm
V
bi. H'j i if A 'I I si. I'.'ii' J 0 0.1
p. ,, i , : ; c i Moo mi eii ; o.i i
si I. .ni o t i " 'i zo.vi
MlWtlik.e I'.li 0 kif'SsCi'T
l.lti'.e Keck I'm .h i '-'C-
M. in. 111. 4.'.'.) S-.Jo-epli :Vi'0
X.J. tbl :ie 0" l.in.i.lil :'-e-Ol
Kcepinrc Up With the Times
St. jleU-s jias Crc-.vn to b? f'.a a City. 0jr Store Has
Gicv.'u in Pi eperticr.
WE ll.WF. OVED IN10 OH! NEW QUARTERS AND
IIAVK A LAUG Sl'OJK OV
DRY GOODS CLOTiHN 1 BOOTS & SHOES
L.DIi:!3 and L'L'liNLSHINdS
c;uld?j:ns t'LOTiiixa ok all kinds
AS TO PRICE-, WE INVITE COMPARISON
T I. v'T O GU'S c3c SON
FROM OTHER EASTE&4 POINTS li PROrCRTIOM
Tell your frianda in tha East of tbij opportunity of uiosna West en
low faraa Diraet train a.rica via Purlinglon Heuto, Nor bcrn Tacfic.
Craat Nortkva mm SpekatM. rarllafi aeaiua n...
V at Mi rlk h
v. r.r ' i
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9
GEO. W. CHAMBERS
v:u:sn and cured meats
Fish and roftTRY
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enr ori nr fii UAiry wm