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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1914)
1 s 1 r c r r i St. Helens Mist Founded 1881 The I 4 Cry FrUm hr Mitt Publishing Company M. K Mum, K.l. mr. Kutttrril M'l'niul mmicr laioury lu. IH'A Hi th mI oni' i MmIiii lli'li'iii, Oriitiii uixli-r Hi ' Manih !'.. SiiHMoirrioH Katkh One yea - l.f' Cii muiiilit - .7ft Advi-rtUing rates made kmmo cm as j 1 1 cnHou l,cgil nollcee 'th crnls h-i line County Official Paper were the expressions of approval and disapproval ho thut a tho rough airing of the proposition has been made through the pa pers and otherwise. Now con.es the Commissioners with the in formation that the Mi'te has not been definitely settled upon, eo the council has now the benefit of the public expression of the i people in the choice of a location and will no douht selrct one which suits the most people of the city. There is a general tendency and desire on the part of all offi cers and tax payers to reduce taxes. The levies are bo high that it is really a burden on a gnat many people, in fact all of them, to pay the taxes. There must be some way to effect a re duction, but just how is a queH ion thit 'n &i yet unsolved. That a material reuuction couiu ie made in several instances is quite apparent. Ah an instance of leakage in Columbia County there is the game law enforcement which is a source of expense to the county with no chance of getting even, lhe laws are so framed that the county pays the expenses and gi ts rone of the in come from these violations. If a man is arrested lor came vio lations and brought be lore a f.tift fr rrinl fififl id rnn vlnlct flthe fines collected go to the f State game fund, and U used prin cipally to pay the s.ilaries of I several high priced e. , .i An eastern editor froze to death, according to news reports. What an awful feeling those de linquent subscribers must have for not paying up their subscrip tions, so the poor editor might have secured some wood or coal. King Geo-ge says hard work is good for a man. What does a King know about work? wardens, hatchery superintendents, bio- AioKni ui mil 1 1 17 uLitvi if;i.aiiiijriii ? ...... jcal Mlice. political debts tie, while if the man is acquitted, which is the rcbult in a great I fmajority of cases, the county is Ih'ft to foot the bill of Justice fees. I Nonstable fees, witness fees, jur i". brs fees, and all costs, f I The inequality of the Rhne jaws and the peculiar manner in Vvhich the county is placed. makes 1 1 he necessary cxi enditure of a 1 jprnod many dollars during the f-i-ear for Columbia County and, J hile this enc little item does i ot amount to such as would tause a very decided decrease in the taxes, it is tne of several Diatters that would help material ly along this line and should by til means be remedied TRENHOLH H.irn-:To Mr. ami Mr. Chas. Wal- luce of 1 1 a p y Hollow, a duughtcr. ' Mr. anil Mr. Ackley came down, front I'ortlunc) Sunday to visit their 1 ranch at Trenhulm. I uM In I frf Tr "i . , rS&rZ JFfc Bill M "V x k l 1111'' if, s L I . ion: WHITE ENAMELED WARE FOR SAME PRICE AS CHEAPER WARE C. H.dOHN&CO. THE HOUSE OF QUALITY- 31 10131 All Work Guaranteed. Estimates Furnished. We and The plans of our enemies are blown sky high, are more firmly established than tver. A new large stock of Spring Dry Goods will be in soon. WE WANT YOUR TRADE OLIVER & OLIVER Mr. J. Chriatenni-n who Iihi lieen 1 veiling her parent i:i I'urliaml, re turned hnmt Suturday. Mm. Ilattie McNubu lift Monday fur I'roiiacr, Wash., where elie id in liait'd in tho niilncry bunincia. C. K. Ilt'in hai jiurchaaed the reai Jenre formerly ontd and oreupied by Colon Crouae, and moved hia fam ily therein, while Mr. Luman ha moved into the I lei n reaidvpre. M'li. Fred F loater and ion who have been visiting In Portland pnfisJ through town Saturday on their way to their home on Hunker Hill. Mr. D. II. Fowler and Mr. and Mm. Arthur Fowler spent the week end viaiting at Yankton. Mr. Mary Mi-A boy returned home Monday after a viait with frienda at Houlton and Yankton. The atave mill h:i jecn cloned down for aeveral wceka, and now the bolt cutting hat stopped for several months which neretuarily throws a great many men out of employment, making it especially bad for thoe who have been to the expense of bul ding houites. However the mill will start of the Yankton rhur-h, ij viiting rel atives in Ctiii-Htfo. The pulpit will he fill (I by others during his absence. George liarney.a small boy, fractur ed his shoulder playing in the school yawl. The Red Men will give a dance on Saturday. February. Feb. 21, 1914. Revival services are being held in the Yankton church this week. in charge of brother Nation of the Baptist de nomination. A man was hurt in the St. Helens logging camp on last Saturday after noon. , Methodist .Notes the first of March and that will help some. i tint or Ureal Men and i Notices of Firrt Methodist Episcopal Church: I'reajhing services will be held me nours oi 1 1 ;tiu a. m. ana 7 :3d p. m The subject of the morning sermon. Uur Country, and nr the evening sermon, "Man the Animal." Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Class es are arranged for all, from the little children to the adulta. Epworth League at 6:45 p. m. Miss Weed will handle the subject of'GoJ'a How He Devcl- -CHURCHES ! Houlton M.E. Church First and third Sundays Preaching at 11a. m., and 7:30 every Sunday evening except fifth Sunday of the month. Sunday school every Sunday at 10 a. m. H. O. Oliver, Supt. Ep worth League. Wm. H. Smith, president, meets every Sunday even ing at 7:30. Yankton Preaching on second and fourth Sundays at 11 a. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Warren Preaching at 11a. m. and 7:30 p. m. every fifth Sunday. D. T. Summerville, Fastor. ; i iir n R. CONSTANTIN Plumbing and Sheet Metal Heating Work SL Helens Oregon fail li it W u."' L' wt-et At the annual meeting of the Libra- tvP Them. ry and Literary Association Inst Satur- f Kvery few days there is seen i Bn the streets of St. Helens some I furummer" soliciting printing lusiness from the local business I tion. county and city officers for i iome big Portland printing house. 1 fcvery time we Bee one of these : felloes it makes us mad and we , take this means of letting the bus . faict.s men of St. Helens, as well an the ollicers of the county and !aty, know that there is a printing oilice in St. Helena that can turn out any kind of work from a bus in ess card to the largcbt luok. If there ii a job of printing that ire cannot do here, we can at ilast do part of it and have the balance done on some of the big presses of Portland and still rtake a few cents on the job and . deliver it to the customer cheaper itnd of equal quality to the Port land houses. The next time one I of those fellows comes to your place of business just tell him Tiiat you belive in patronizing home industry and that there is itiome plant that will -do your vrk just as cheap, and ninety ; coses out of every hundred, a tlUtle chenjei, and that there will' 1 1 . , . . . .. i ; lb noininguuing lor lum. day night the following ollicers were elected: President, Mrs. Sam Church ill; vice president, C. A. Hr-mble; sec retary and treasurer, K. R. Tappcn; finance committee, O. T. Foster, Mrs. C. .Ursnible and Arthur Fowler. En- tertainment commtilec:; Mrs. Ir.fTi io ( Wilson, chairman; Mrs. Jack Lamber son, Mra. Nina Mclntire and Earl R. ' Tappen. A Wsshington-Longfellow j program will be tho order of the even ing, Saturday, Feb. 28, and two weeks from that evening the principal fea tures will be refreshments and a de-. bate. Let ua all be sociable at leant once in two weeks. ! YANKTON NEWS Unclaimed Letters Letters unclaimed at the St. Helens, Oregon post office ror week ending Feb ruary 7th, 1914: Mr. Earl Hard Mr. Fred Briggs Mr. ratiy B'ackwe'l Mr. Art Chriatensen Mrs. R. C. Russell Leslie Stewart J. T.B ennett Mr. John Doran Misa Mary Smith Letters unclaimed by February 21, 1914, will be sent to the dead letter office. IVA E. DOni). P. M. A GOOD puiee to do buiae: Columbia County Bank THIS ALL STEEL, COIL SPKINO. guaranteed 10 years, regular price in Portland $8.50 My Price $7.00. I have other Springs as low as $1.75 and others all prices between these two. MATTRESSES from $2.75 up. METAL BEDS $2.50 and ap. Call and see me if in need of anything in this line. E. it. ROSS Successor to Sherwood & Ross UNDERTAKING HOUSEFURNISHING EMBALMING ST. HELENS, ORE. !ET $2.7 0 000 The school children will give a Was hington birthday program in the school house Friday afternoon, Feb. 20. Mr. Summerville, Pastor In charge A good house with three choice lots in good location in St. Helens for side. Inquire for prices and terms at the Mist office. -BOARD OE DIRECTORS Wm. M. Ross, President U R. Rutherford, Vice-Prea. A L. tone, Cashier J. S. Allen, Asst. Cashier Dr. Edwin Ross iWTiTi A COMPLETE LINE OF MDIC Atib SUIT& CHILDREN CLOTHIrtG DRY GOODS B00T Atib SHOES Call and look over our stock ir-i. IvIOFG-LJS c5c SON J sAn the selection of a site for the 'Auditorium, the commissioners tl Portland played a pretty nifty rime of politics. For the in formation of the people it was .riven out that the East Side lo iCfction had been chosen and this hformation was printed in the ,t $ily papers with big heads on to front page. Of course a km ft) You can live well and not run against the "High Cost of Living" if you buy your Groceries from OLIVER & OLIVER EUROPEAN PLAN AMERICAN PLAN EVERYTHING MODERN AT THE ST. HELENS HOTEL J. CEORCE, Proprietor ALL BUSSES CALL AT HOTEL RATES $1.00 AND UP SPECIAL RATES TO REGULAR B0ARDER5 WINES LIQUORS CIGARS Yon Always Get the Best at DUKE'S PLACE Blakksley Bldg. ST. HELENS. ORE. Columbia County Abstract Company Abstracts, Real Estate, Insurance. Loans, Conveyancing St. Helens. nd . It tot : of drug ier ol iBt the way ' move I a o I a a I .jiwbi was seni in and many