t. Helens Mist
nominated by that party for
State Sutierintentlent of I'ublir
jlriBtruction. There is no cause
for alarm however, because it is
not thought probable that she
le Mist Publishing Company, will poll more than a couple of
Found! IM1
Utmmi tar FtMar k
M. v.. Mii-us, K.liiur.
,lirrl Hfowt cIm mmtrr Jaituarr 10.
M Ilia oltlra at Mahii II. Ic in Ori'iim
i,t Hi arl " Man:b sVil. In
St i urn. in mow Ratks
. a wis
r yeas - '
month - '
IvrrtMiiK rates titml known on aill-
urn. 1-KI uollcca 'tt cenU per I In
innnfv Official
w..-"v
dozen votes.
Paper
A letter from Kastern Wash
ington and addressed "Oregon
Mist" was received this week by
this paper. That there was not
another word on the envelope
goes to show that the Mist is
widely known all over Washing
ton and Oregon. Ditto St.
Helens.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION
Oregon's "Mr. Dooley" Presents His Views on
Matters and Things to Columbia County Folks
" says Judge Harris,
nun.lier of names on
'tuple whoapad" their grounds.
imt flower seeds, train ana
. , i .
Ire lor liowers in a yarn w
Jake it beautiful and homelike
to entitled to more protection
t,l consideration from the van-
kii.sm of care free and unthink-
young people, both sexes.
to hear of complaints being
Ja.lo along the Houlton road
lien people have worked hard
1 taken great pains with How
. t i p.
( r IH'OS anu alter geiiuiK nume
weri that they could admire
l enjoy, have some of the
unirstera who have no idea, of
.slice and whose sole ambition
ms to le to appear "smart
funny or daring, to come
ng. break danthe fence and
ther all the (lowers in bloom
id trample down the remaining
vines. Young men should Ik?
utfht a lesson by the officers of
law while young ladies who
such things should be sound-
spanked by their parents and
v en a lesson in responsibility,
is high time to call a halt on
iBch practices.
Judge Cleeton's decision re
garding the payment of taxis
seems to have the approval of
the entire people and has been
accepted by the officials.
The suspense will soon be over.
r
t
.Again we are forcibly remind
r that the mail service between
Helens and other Columbia
unity points is about as rotten
d inconvenient as it would be
isihle to make it. In getting
U tter to Warren, four miles
May and on a rail road where
ur or five trains pus each day.
is necessary for that letter, if
ailed after 10.30 in the niorn
jr. to go through Warren to
rtland and be handled there
(ji.l (hen come back to Warren
it evening or the next day.
! s;irne rule applies with eipial
i c to the service between St.
lens and Scnppoose. It is even
urse the other way lowaru
iKinier. Iliii.kof it. One mail
day out of St. Helens for
luinbia County points while
re are several mails each day
rtween St. Helens and Portland.
akin up by the citizens of this
ty and county with the Postal
part men t to see if mime relief
mid lie had in the matter.
TRENHOLH
J Christcnscn mailo a trip to I'ort
laiul Tuvsilay.
Mrs Geo Wilson ami ton Max, ma.le
a shopping trip to St Helens Tuesday.
Mrs Oliver Smith and daughter Hcu-
luh of Happy llolluw, spent Thursday
at the home of her niece, Mrs Myrtle
Schneider.
Mr and Mrs I) K Fowler and children
visited friends at Yankton Sunday.
Mra Marion Hutchinson ami two hoys
of Rainier visited at the home of her
mother, Mrs Nina Mclntire.
The htiusle of A M Camphcll ra'iuht
fire Tues-'ay morning and caused somj
eicitemcnt for a time at Trent. olm.
However, the blaze was 'soon extin
guished without much damage being
done to the building.
A M Campbell made a trip to St Hel
ens Wednesday.
Mrs F Srhnc'der entertained the
ladies of the "Silver Tea" Thursday
afternoon, and it also being her fifth
wedding anniversary Mr anil Mrs
Schneider were presented with a line
oak rocker by the following ladies:
Mra C llein. Griffith, Wilson. McA'lis
ter, Wittnebel, Nina Mclntire, K1
Kelley, ('hhurchill, Christenscn, Kctel,
I.ois Foster and Glapha Drown. An
excellent luncheon was served by the
hostess axaistcd by Nina Mclntire.
Columbia City
Unclaimed Letters
The registration books nt the
urt house show that of all the
rennets in Columbia C ounty
here are fewer voters registered
the three St. Helens precincts
proiio-tion than in any other
fie. Just why this is so is rot
H'parent, UiU-sj it is too handy
3r voters to go into the Clerk's
jnioe and register so they put it
air from day to day. There is
dually leBs than 40 per cent of
le legal voters of this city who
re registered. It was the same
fay in the City election, not
Cjjtio half the voters who voted
4ere registered and not more
3ian one half the voters voted.
hen a state-of affairs is to be , , . m -f..,
grettcd. It shows that peo, le!Kea V&im HuUMtJlb
not take the interest in thel
ilfairH of government of theeily,'
Uinty and state that they should, i J lom 1 '
is the duty of every legal voter r
register and vote. Do your; M H McSweeney u H and i Ny-
"ty. i"" ""' TV:
I J and ( McNnugnlon 10 aucr ii-
" I ton trn,.( 17 sm 19, McNanlty a.'d.
A new aign on the City Hall; ,uiier ,ilind Co to t. and M Me
lds much to the appearance of 0i( ,lini, ,n 17 7 2.
W 1 1 1 i :t tn Saurvein oldcHt son of Chris
topher Saurvein hits tioulit the old
home place ircently owned by Mrs.
Kmma Vivian, dcceastd. He is putting
(he place in a first i luss cumliti n and
making the oil place look brand new.
Mr. Saarvcin is of ligal age and ur-
ninrried. Thit- ought to 'onk cnrouniK-
ing to some girl who is lonkirg for a
good home.
Quite a lot of building and repairing
is in progress in our villiige. ("apt.
Spinner was busily engaged in con
structing a building on his propeilty
which we took to be at first sight, a
green house, but later Mr. Spinner said
it was only a chicken hourc.
Since the spring time has clothed St.
Helens in her summer hurry, it is
growing attractive to Columbia City
residents. Mr and Mrs l!arry Cuples.
Herbert Wharton, Mr McCoy. Mr Mc
Vey, motored up Tuosdr.y.
"Well. Caaey
"did ye see the
me pitiehuneT"
"1 did," says CsHey, "and while
thcy's well up into Ihe th ukbiiUs wan
thunsand would have had the same iflict
on Kin Allcutup whin it comes to his
ollicial count, J it," he says, "fer the
moral illic-t on the public ye did well."
"Still, "says Cac.cy."l'd sooner have
the votes run into tie Ihounatda at the
priinarera than tne iii'ines on the pi.
tichunes before the prim'trees. I'oli
lics is wain. in' op. lie .l is Legin
i.in' to boil, o is M.n.e ( f Ihe cai.di-
ilhtvs. 'Tis safe to say that all tl e
govners is bi.rn that will be burn tbis
year ixcipt (I injependint ranliili. tt'K,
whu're usu'lly born after th primar
ees. "The joodtices of the aoopreme oort
has all got their g'twns orilereil, soob
jicl of courne to roiifiniiin hune after '
May Ifi.
"The attooney gin'rils Ih all ( Inning
up their local oflireK, ready to move to
Salem cm nhort notice.
"Hal Patent and Frank Mill.-r is
each rnuntin' lies, and both is sure of
illiehiine to the high ollice of railroad
comn ichuner.
Bin Sellin' is back in the game, and
this time he's goin' tn the lower house.
In all rre ploitical ixpirincGe," says
Cascv, "I reverb aw a belter plaj than
that. Kin shows his frinds and his in
einies tliat he'll work anny where, dou-j
ble or single, and Ktsnd without hitch-1
in' so lung as be can hilp old Orgun. I
Jut keep yer eye nn iiin in the nixt.
ruHhed in with first aid to the injured.
'TIh an intristin' lint of catastropliees
ye'll find ftr brii kfast each Sunday
morn in'. I jsten while I read ye a few :
"I'eter Mullen, machinist, lost I. if
timpcr flit n' a saw.
"Maude Ilrown, waitress, loot her
chewln' gom dittributi.i' beans in a
reatrant.
"Jack ("all (hun's ro struini ii iter
mi Ik (.oir.' o irti f r.
j "Put Murphy, lggi r, hiir cut :ind
Fhave fifty c'rls.
i
I "Alois Haufbrau, baker, knen wr ek
ed, sint fer new one to Africa w'ere
the negros.
' Sarah Silvetfttein, scamntreKS, Ihu
knee wricked, sint fer new wan to Je
roosalem where the the kneea gro .
"Ralph Mot.res, fly swal.rr, caught
in fly wheel.
Tim Kelly, lumberman, hurt po
litically logrollin' at Sulcm.
"Jawn Shanuhan, puIeeTeman, shot
in th; fracRi.
"Michel Hennessy.stevedore, rhked
unloadin' a schooner.
"I.arry Finn, laborer, los a toe dur
in' operucbune fer torr.ane poiscnin'.
' Charley Pomreoy, chicken inslpict
or, eye sprained durin' inspichune.
"Kate Malloy, domiKtic.feelins hurt,
notice given.
"Sam Mendelbaum, tiavtlin' sales
man, short changed at Albany.
"Bessie Swansen, bailey dancer, ligs
cundimed by meat inspKtor."
"And so it goes don the line for a
column or moar Ve'd think thtt the
NOTICE
In the County I'ourt of the State of
Oregon, fi.r Columbia County.
In the matter of the estate of Oscai
J Clark, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that A L
Stone, the administrate of the estate
of Ownr J Clark, deceased, has ren
dered and presented for settlement,
and filed in said court, his final account
of his administration of said estate,
and that Saturday the 9th day of May,
191 1, at the hour of one o'clock p .m.
of said day at the court room of said
court at the. court house in the city of
St Helens in Columbia county, State
of Oregon, has been appointed by said
court for the settlement of said final
accunt, at which time and place any
person interested in xaid estate may
api e ir and file exceptions in writing to
the faid account, and contest the tame.
A. L STONE.
Administrator of the cxtate of Oscar
J Clark, deceased.
Dated April 10. lc14.
Mission of the legislachure. l ater ye prisint incumber was the busiest nrin
c-in keep yer rye on the rolumes of the Ion earth patchin' up these bruised and
Columbia
County
Bank
3
NOW IS THE
TIME
TO SEND IN YOUR
ORDER FOR
Job
Printing
papers, ler um win yit he Pack in
Washington riprisintin' Orgun in the
sir.it.
jhcie'a a lot of intrif t cintered these
days," says Cajey, "about the office of
labor cornmichuncr. The) 's fcer luds
out fer he job. l);wn in Multnomee
thcy's a huky bye be the name of
Mudhen, a longshoreman be prefect)
tine, who is after the place. Old Ho(T-
aiidiiolT, the piisint incumber, is out ' where Nick Hess of
bleed in toilers, but 'tis not so He's
much busier patchin' up hU poTlitical
finccs, but 'tis of no use. The public
is up in arms this ilichune and many a
poor old prisint incumber is goin' to be
turned out after long years of workin'
for the state ,and new wans will take
their places. These is strenyus days
at the state house, Mr. Harris," says
Casey. "I seen be the Sunday paper
the sicrrtarv of
again so that he can make it foor state's office has just got six tons of
terms straight. Ha must be a UryanUe ' supplies out'n hia system, all sint to
wokrin' fer sixtano to wan, yit he the 3-1 county clerks for the oncomin'
rigiUrcd as a raypuWican. Another ' primarees. is tons of (.-applies to hilp
man w ho is out fer the oil ice is a man ililct a guvntr whin
OLDEST
IN THE
COUNTY
Does
General
Banking
Depository
for
U. S Postal
Savings
be the name of Miller frc m St Hclei a,
and the foorth is frcm Salem be the
name of Hynon. Mudhen and Miller
and Hynon is each sure of the labor
office, and 'tis a safe bet that two if
iliim will have to labor after May nixt,
at which time the gooses of two of
thiin will be cooked. HolTkndhofT is a
great campaner. lie's will up on moi-
crn mitliods of pooblicity. He's stiong
no Icttin' the pooblic kno what he's
doin. ispicially jut before ilichune
time. Ye pick up a Sunday paper and
ye read frc m a colonic to a colonic and
a half of huiart imlerin' accidints
where the labour cowmichuner has
they's twinty of
the bys volnnteered their services of
their own free will! Still," sajs Cas
ey, "the people want to spind their
money which they have contributed in
the way of taxes and it seems as if
there was no way of etoppin' thim."
"What would )ou do, Mr Casey"
says the jj Ige, "How woulJ you sti p
this wasteful extravagance?"
"What would I do?" says Casey
"well, 'twould be cheaper to lit the
candidates fur the sivral offices all sit
into a game of poker, wan game for
each ollice, and at the ind of the game
lit the man who has the most chips be
declared the people's choice."
Letters unclaimed at the St. Helens,
Oregon post ollice foi tlm week ending
April 4th:
Mrs EE Clark
Jamea Sienctr
J T VanPol.sh
letter i unclaimed by April 18th will
bo sent to the dead letter ollice.
IVA K. DOM). P. M.
he huilding.
As a reward for valaint servic-
Kainier Land Co to T U Dnvcs, liact
4S and 4 '.I. Itoulesad acres.
C A ami C Anderson to A and M E
fs performed in spreading the Sandalin, lot. an 1 1, i m ..-
Gospel of Socialism. Mis. Flora I j
foreman, the Socialist School A and M E S.mdlin to It and S Sar-
:dlliU-.lll,Ak.tiilA-lls
it it i n nt tt a i T"
Are ion m rea ot suiiAit i
While it lasts you cau buy at Har
rison's i Sack of Host Fruit Sugar
for $435 per Sack. This is the
cheapest that sugar has ever been
sold iu Columbia County. I hae
bought a car load direct from San
I'raucisco. The more you buy the
cheaper I cau sell. This is cheaper
than it can be bought in Portland. I
save jobbers profit and freight and
you get the benefit.
A. S. HARRISON St. Helens
I Special Sale for Short Time
Note Prices on the . Following:
CAL'CO Regular 8 and 10c va'u i at fc yard
GINGHAMS - Regular 12 1 2 and 1 5c values at 10c a yard
CII AMBRYS- Regular 12 1 2c v.-vlu-t at 10c a yard
FIN : DRESS LAWNS-IS and 23c v.lurs at 15c a yard
FINE D.1E5S L "NS-15 and 17c values at 10c a yarj
PONGEE SILK 75c a!u. at 49c a yard
TABIC LINEN-All oluri, regular 65c values at 49c a yard
IN THE GROCERY LINE WE HAVE A NEW AND FRESH STOCK.
AT LOW PRICES
FLOUR Drifted Snow, per ak $1.35 Per Barrel $4.75
SUGAR -20 lbs 1.00
TOMATOES - 3 cans 25
COFFEE- 33c lb..
COAL OIL- Pur Pearl Oil - per gal
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Publishing
Company
DIRECTORS
Edwin Rot
U R. Rutherford
A L. Stone
J. S. Allen
Wm. M. Ross
Patronize the Mist Advertisers
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CORN -3 cans .25
3 lbs. 1.00
..17c 5 gal 80
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