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A luw wan passed in 1911 mak'
inir it misdemeanor for a per
sun to enter a car or tram in an
intoxicate J condition, or to drink
tintinrtt (hereon. Kor the first
time since the passage of the
i. lU'iiutv SheritT Lake last
Saturday niorninir arrested a man
by the name of Burns at Houl
tun and broiitclit him to St
Helens to answer the eharice.
He was placed in jail ahere lie
took a do'inhtful sleep for the
greater part of the day and was
then taken before Justice of the
Peace Watkins where he entered
aoleaof jruilty and received
(Ine. This law is U-injr violated
nearly every day in nearly every
county in the state and should be
more strictly enforced, mere
it n.) more disRustintr siuht to be
imagined than that of a drunken
man or crowd of men in a crowded
ear where people must see them
dnnkinif and hear them using
rile lanjrunKe. Railroad com
panies should instruct their con
ductors to see that the law is en
forced so that resectable people
may ride on their trains without
being insulted and having to as
lociate with drunken rowdies.
Next Monday evening there
will assemble at the school house
a crowd of people. A crowd con-
in the school district. A nomin
ation will be made for director,
perhaps two or possibly three
nominations; a ballot will be
taken and Bomebody will be
elected as director for the" coming
three years. Then a nomination
will be make for clerk, not very
apt to bo more than one nomin
ation, although it is possible that
two persons will te nominated,
a ballot w ill be taken and a clerk
will be elected. A motion will be
made that the meeting adjourn,
which motion will promptly carry
ami the annual school meeting is
over. With the annual meeting
over, a great majority of those
people who attended and voted
will go home with a clear con
science, nappy in thought that a
full duty has been performed.
That is a fair example of a school
meeting in a majority of the dis
tricts, especially in this one at
St. Helens. Year after year the
same routine is carried out. with
the possible exception of a con
tested election more for politic! 1
effect than for any other pur
pose, and very few people really
ow anything about the school
affairs of the district. Let us
offer a suggestion to the school
hoard for a programme next
Monday: Open the school house
at 8 o'clock in the morning and
let some member of the board,
or clerk or other person acting
for them be at the building all
day; have all the rooms open for
inspection, all day; have the
hooks of the clerk with a com
plete report in charge of the per
son there so that electors may
see the exact condition of affairs;
show the people through the
huilding, let them see the library;
explain to them the value of the
modern sanitary heating and
ventilating system; make it a
point to let the people) see what
is being done in school matter?.
Then it is up to every person, or
at least a representative from
every family, to go there and
rnake an inspection so that when
the meeting is called to order in
the evening intelligent sugges
tions can bo made. The people f
lain over with the directors the
needs and improvements that
could or should be made. Ity
doing this a much more satis
factory meeting citn be had. The
officers and people will have a
better understanding with each
other. There will not be so many
kicks Without foundation ;
is a well known fact that a large
majority of the kickers do not
kick from any knowledge, but
from a fancied grievance. There
would be s(j much more marmony
in school matters and abetter
school would reHult. Let us make'
tho meeting next Monday a get-!
together-meeting and see if we
can't have more harmony in mat
ters pertaining to the school.
IOOGES
IIOUI.TON CmcLRN0 4S.WomeB of
WoixIcrMtt, meets the rc,m. an!
fcmriU TuraUr afternoon of each
niomh at Monitor), (he. Mrs. KNa
Wikflri.ui, Ooariilsn Nlihlior
HcafNMi, r.; Miuiiit A. Morley,
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CHURCHES
'oliiiiil.U RncHtiipincnt No. 77, 1. O.
O. V. meets in the I. O. O. V. UI. on
llie Mtroud ami f.itmb lliurwlay of each
month, oouroe inn Patriarchs most
conliaily Invito) to meet with an.
O.C. Kobrj, ChM I'utriarch.
U. W. ItUhealey, Kcril.
That flag on the St. Helens
school house might easily pass
for a relic of the Hattle of Bull
Run.
- St. Helens is a progressive
town. The population has in
creased at a rapid rate during
the past few years. There is a
pay roll far above the average
pay rolls in towns of this size.
There are industries here employ
ing many hundreds of men. New
buildings are going up; streets
are being improved; sewers are
being constructed, and there is
an air of prosperity and prog
ress in all lines in the city. It is
just the natural advantages of
location and transportation that
makes us grow. The city is
doing no advertisingand is doing
nothing to induce other indus
tries to locate here. There is ab
solutely nothing like a commer
cial organization. The business
men of the city Beem to have
adopted as their slogan "Hoot
Hog or Die" and a spirit of
selfishness seems to predomi
nate. There are opportunities
for gettirg other factories to lo
cate here; to increase the already
large pay roll; to stimulate the
building of more and better
homes. We have everything to
offer, but nobody to offer it to.
We are just drifting along allow
ing all these opportunities 10
pass w hile other towns are using
every eltort to grow, umer
places are spending money, real
money, to jret in touch with pros
pective settlers and manufac
turers. The Mist has harped on
the necessity for the organization
of a good club for several years
without result. Nobody has the
time nor the inclination to join a
club, offer suggestions, pay 50
cents or do anything elso toward
boosting the city. Everything
seems to be all right; everybody
i making a living; we don't need
anything else here. Let well
enough alone. IasI Sunday the
Portland Tress Club, a club con
sisting of newspaper men, ar
rived in St. Helens on a trip oi
nspection, and when they go?
lere there w us no official meet
ing by an organization, but just
a few private citizens in a private
capacity took it upon themselves
to see that the Press Club was
shown over the city and properly
entertained. When any proposi
tion comes up foradvertising th
city, attending meetings of de
velopment clubs, etc., St. Helen
is never there. Nothing is evei
attempted in the way of putting
St. Helens on the map.
For goodness sake let us wake
up so that w e mav be in a posi
tion to take advantage of the op
portunities' that come anyway,
whether we go out for them or
not. Let us have a live com
mercial organization in the city.
A meeting of the business in
terests once in a w hile. A place
fitted up where visitors can be
properly taken care of. Start b
Booster Club consisting of every
property owner and business man
in the city and then boast all the
time and you will see that it v 1 1
be the bost paying investment
you have made in the city.
Have your pictures taken now at
tli photo tent west of court house.
Wo will remain here till June 12
Have the farm residence hrto-
g-raphed. We go Into the countrj .
Photographer Welch.
COI.tJMIiW HO.VmSTKAO No. 24.W
fcrolberhcxxl ol American Yeomen,
tm-eta the second ami" fourth Wed
nesday night of each month at Yank
ton, Ore. Visiting until here welcome.
K. S. IIinson, Honorable Foreman
0. B Lack, Correrpondent.
MIZPAn CIt.t'TKiv. NO. 30,0. E. 8
Meets In Masonic hall the secind
and fourth Hattir Inrso, -ac h month
MAHY GKOKUH, W M.
1-lCY eiRAY. Seerata.v
r.fiTfc , ft. Helena Lodi
VPint.,H.eO.F.
Helena Lode No.
inert
build
up, on ll e second and fourth Saturdays
of each month, viiititiK nieinliers arc
alwavs given harty welcome.
Ctias. IS.elrr, N. (j-
J. V. Ailc-n, See.
Iloulton, first and third Sundays,
l'reaehing by the pastor, lit v. W.
T. Fairchild at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
II. O. Oliver, Supt,
Yankton, second and fourth Sun
days. Preaching at 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Union Sunday school at
11 a. m.
warren i reaching at J p. m.
on first and third Sundays of each
month.
Other joints, week nights.
W. T. Fairchild. Pastor.
All kinds of job work done at the
Mist office at reasonable prices.
H1HHH
Av IkI NoOJ Kniuht o!
ni-et evrry TneulMy Evening tn aa
le Hall, St. Helen.. Vitii.K Ki.ifc-hts
always welcome.
M.K. Miller.C.e:.
lU-o'd ltR, K.of R A 8
ST. HELENS KorxiE SO.
A K A A M. Meets 1st and 3d
Saturday in each month. Vlai 1 1 lift
brothers cordially welcomed, fj W
Clark, Ma-trr; H. R. tjui k. Secretar.
l'id'e.1 ArlUHnr, Aaaembly No, SO,
meets first and third Saturdays of each
moi.th alK. of I. Halt, St. He'ens.
officers: M. A., John I'rinyle ; Sup'iit, j
Mr Lizzie liolfinon ; Sec, Mrs. Mabel
i, T , ,..!. All
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vUitinu Artisans are cordially Invited. (
Columbia County Bank
OLDEST IN THE COUNTY
ST. HELENS, OREGON
Capital . . . $50,000
Surplus . . . 10,000
Stockholders Additional Liability 50,000
Total . . $110,000
This is your protection
whin you d o business
irilh the Columbia Co.
JJu n It . Four per ecu t in -t
crest pftid on Savings
Jccounls. Any amount
will start an account.
BOARD OE DIRECTORS
Wan. M. Rots, President
L. R. Rutherford, Vica-Pres.
A t Stone, Cashier
J. S. Allen, Asst. Cashier
L. C. Ross
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The Soap of a Thousand Uses
COME ALL YOU PALXTERS,
VniXTEUS and MECHAX1CS
and 'AT A BAR OF
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C. H.JOHN 6c CO.
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY-
buy a Studebaker, then
it's a safe investment"
Of course it ist SluJehakcr wagons are
built on honor, 'with sixty years of wagon
building experience and with every wagon
goes a Studebaker guarantee.
You can't afford to have a dealer sell you tome
other wagon represented to be "just aa good."
If you want a wagon that will last, run easily and
tand up to it work, there is only one wagon to buy
and that's a Studebaker.
Don'l trade ten extra years of service for few
dollars difference in price.
SluJtbak.tr wagons are made to tit every require
ment of business or pleasure, in city, town or
country.
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ST. HELENS
Harness I Shoe Shop
MONTGOMERY
BUILDING
ST. HELENS, ORE.
...EASTMAN KODAK GOODSl
A NEW STOCK
JUST RECEIVED
G A ME RiS Ffi0M ui; up
THIS IS THE TP'E OF YEAR TO TAKE A GOOD BLOOD
REVEDY. YOU CAN T BEAT 3
Xyals Hot Springs Blood Remedy 3
WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF THIS FIRM'S REMEDIES 3
A. (J. DEMING. Druggist. ST ' HELENS 3
iniimmmMtmimiiiiiiiiiiitiillJ
Come in and see the latest pattern in
a $25 Victrola. Just out. It has a 12
inch turntable, which is anew feature in
the machine. JVealso have other styles,
and cm furnish you any machine or
record made by the Victor Comvany.
Remember these goods are sold like post
age stamps, the same price everywhere.
Come in and hear some of the music,
whether you buy a machine or not.
SIXERWOOO s5fc ROS8
UNDERTAKERS HOUSEFURNISHERS EMBALMERS
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CENTRAL GROCERY
I. W. W. BROWS, Proprirtor
FOR GROCERIES BUTTER and EGGS
Fresh Vegetables Daily
Chris Johnson St Sons
Succeasors to St. Helens Auto Co.
kdftk? every train
Autos for hire. Calls
answered day or night
Phone connection
Look for the" cars with the
Red Cards
St. Helens Oregon
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