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Hul'LTO.N CIKCLE NO 4S, Women ol
Woodcraft, meets the second and
fourth Tuesday afternoon of eacb
month at Houlton, Ore. Anna E,
VanlNatU Unardian Neighbor,
Houlton, Ore.; Minnie A. Motley
Clerk.
Columbia i.ncampment No. 77, 1. O.
O. F. meets ia the I. O. O. F. Hall, on
the second and fourth Thursday of each
month, eofonrneying Patriarchs most
cordially invited to meet with as.
G. C. Robe J, Chief Patriarch.
C. W. Blakesley, Scribe.
MIZPAH CHaITEK, NO. 30, O. E.
Meets In Masonic Hall the seccod
and fourth Sat ar lava o eacb month
MARY GEORUE, W M.
E. A. ROTtiER. Secret aiv
Avon Lodge No 62 Knight of Pythias
meets every Tuesday Evening in cas
tle Hall, St. Helens. Visiting Knight
always welcome.
J. W. Clark. C. C.
A. J. Demtng, K. of R A ft
6T. HELENS LODUE HO. 3i
Vy A F A AM. Meets lit and 3d
X Baturdiy la each month. Visiting
brothers cordially welcomed. John Q
(Jag. Master; B. a. yutck. Secretary.
Ft. Helena Lodge Ho.
.117,1. O. O. P. meets
ia the I. O.O. F. build
Columbia
County
Bank
I
ing, on the second and fourth Saturdays
of each month, visiting members are
always given a hearty welcome.
L, B. Allen, X. O.
j. W. Allen, Sec.
SU Helen. Assembly No.
80, United Artisans, meet
t I. O. O. F Hall, drat and third Fri
Jay evenings of each moiitk. All visi
ting Artisans welcome.
Court St. Helen. No.
80. nieeta every 2ml
A 4th Thursdays iu
K. o P. Hall,
all members orged to
attend meetings.
Visiting Brothers alwajs welcome
J. G. Pringle. C R
m. I. Kord. K. S.
-CHURCHES
Houlton M.E, Church First and
third Sundays 1'rcachinjr 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.
Congegational Church
A church home tor friends and
strangers.
Services 10 a m. Bible school.
11 a. m. Preaching and worship.
7:30 p. m. Song service and ser
mon. Wednesday. 7-30 p. m. Mid
week service and Bible study.
Everybody welcome.
F. J. Meyer, Pastoi.
Houlton Free Methodist Church
Sabbath School at 10 a. m.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Prayer meeting on Thtrsday even
ing at 8 p. m.
J. N. Wood. Pastor.
All of the members of the desert
land board, except Treasurer Kay.
Joined with Governor West In demand
ing that the Des Chutea Land com
pany, of which J. E. Morson Is presi
dent, furnish the board with a finan
cial statement showing the recelpta
and expenditures of the company and
also a description of ail the lands In
the company's project which have
been disposed of by selling options.
Twenty at Pendleton Indicted.
Pendleton, Or. Twenty Indictments
were returned by the grand Jury after
passing the greater part of a week In
Investigating the alleged charges of
gambling, bootlegging and Immoral
practices under police protection.
Notice to Contractors
Oregon Stste High ay Commission,
Columbia County.
Sealed proposals, sddressed to the
County Court of Columbia County. Ore
gon, snd indorsed, "Proposal for con
structing a portion of the Columbia
highway in Columbia County, Oregon,"
will be received by the County Court
of Columbia County, at its office in the
court house at St. Helens, Oregon.until
2 o'clock p. m. of the 6th day of May,
1914, and at that time and place public
ly opened and read.
All proposals must be made on blank
form, to be obtained from the State
Highway Engineer, at bis office, Capi
tol Building, Salem, Oregon, or Room
No. 4-12, court house, Portland, Ore
gon; must stste the section or sections
bid on, bidders may bid on any single
section, or on any number of sections.
or on all the sections; must give the
prices proposed, both in writing and in
figures; and must be'aigned by the bid'
der, with his address.
Each bid is to be presented under
sealed cover and shall be accompanied
by cash, a bidder's bond made psysble
to Columbia County, or a certified
check made payable to the Count;
Judge of Colubmia County, for an
amount equal to at least five per cent.
of the amount of said bid, and no bid
shall be considered unless such csih,
bond, or check is enclosed therewith.
Such bidder's bond shsll be conditioned
thst if said bid be accepted, the party
bidding will duly enter into and exe
cute the contract. Should the success
ful bidder to whom tb contrsct is
awarded fail to execute the ssme with
in ten dsys, not including Sundsy,
from the date of notiffication of such
awsrd, such eash, bond or check shall
be forfeited to Columbia county, and
the same shsll be the property of the
county. All other cash, bonds and cer
tified checks will be' returned to the
unsuccessful bidders who submitted the
same.
A eorporste surety bond will be re
quired for the faithful performance of
U. A.
the contract in a sumVjusI to one half
of the total amount of the bid.
All bid are to be compared on the
basis of the State Highway Engineer's
eatimat of the qaunlities of work to
be done as follows:
Clearing, light 97.8 acres.
Clearing, heavy Sf.4 acres.
Grubbing 8749 0 square rods.
Earth 284,290.0 cubic yards.
Hard pan 86.500.0 cubic yards.
Loose rock 37.100.0 cubic yar1.
Soft rock 9,900.0 cubic yards.
Hard rocs 76,600.0 cubic yards.
Borrow 151,200.0 cubic yards.
Overhaul 279,600. 0
Pipe. 12 in d;amcter 1.906 0 lineal
feet.
Pipe. 24 in diameter S, 146.0 lineal
feet
Pipe, 36 in diameter 758.0 lineal
feet.
Box culverts, 4 a 4 610.0 lineal feet.
Bos culverts. 4x6 100.0 lineal feet
Box culverts. 6x8 280.0 lineal feet.
Box culverts 4x8 150.0 lineal feet
Dry walls 23.48C.0 square ysrds.
The foregoing quantities are approx
imate only, being given as a basis for
the comparison of bids, and the County
Court of Columbia County does not ex
pressly or by implication agree that
the actual amount of work will corre
spond therewith, but reserves the r'ght
to increase or decrease the amount of
any class or portion of the work that
may be deemed necessary or epscdient
by the State Highway Engineer of
Oregon.
Plans may be seen and forms of
specification and contrsct may b J ou
tlined at the State Highway Engi
neer's office, Capitol Building. Salem,
or Room 442, Courthouse, Portland,
Oregon.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all proposals or to accept the pro
posal or proposals deemed best for Co
lumbia County.
County Court of Columbia County.
W A Harris, County Judge.
John Farr, County Commissioner.
Louis Fluhrer.County Commissioner.
H L Bowlby.State Highway Engl.
H E LaBare, Caunty Clerk of Colum
bia County. 2t
St. Helens, Oregon, April 21. 1914
Summons
In the Circuit Couit of the State
of
Oregon, for Columbia County.
Clara A Hover, PalintifT.
vs
A W Hover, Defendant.
To A W Hover, the above named
defendant:
In the name of the State of Oregon:
You are hereby required to appear
and answer the complaint filed agsinst
you in the above entitlled suit within
tho time hereinafter set for you to do
so. or the above named plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief de
manded in said complaint, which isjn
substance thst the plaintiff be given a
decree for the dissolution of the mar
riage contract now. existing between
plaintiff and defendant, for the right
to resume plaintiff's maiden name I f
Clara Alvina Timm; fur plaintiff's
costs and disbursements of this suit
and for such other and further relief as
to this bonorsble court may seem just
snd proper.
This summons is published in the
St Helens Mistjinee a week for a period
of six weeks, pursuant to an order for
the same made by thi Honorable W A
Harris, the county judge of Columbia
county, Oregon, dated April 30 A D,
1914 and you are required to appear
and answer ssid complaint on or before
the last dsy of ssid period of six)weeks
from said date of the first publication
of this summons, nsmely on or before
the 6th Jay of J jne, A D, 1914, or
plaintiff will apply to the above en
titled court for the relief hereinbefore
mentioned.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is May 1 A D. 1914.
Howard M Brownell,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Summons
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for the County of Columbia,
Josephine M Burnett, Plaintiff,
vs
Joseph II Burnett. Defendant.
To Joseph II Burnett, the above
named defendant:
In the name of the State of Oregon,
yon are ber by required to appear and
answer the complaint filed against yon
in the above entitled court and cause',
on or before the expiration of aix suc
cessive weeks from the first publication
of the summons, to wit, on or before
the 6th dsy of June. 1914, the firat
publication of this summons being on
the 24th day of April. 1414; and If you
fail to appear and answer, for want
thereof, plaintiff will apply to this
court for the relief prayed fur in the
complaint filed herein, to wit. For a
decree dissolving the bonds cf mstri-
mony hertofurs and now esiallng be
tween the plaintiff and dcfciwant and
,,. i.h ithr relief at to the court
; may seem jut snd equitable.
Thi. lummoni I. nrvrd upon you ty
publication pursuant to an cr.U-r duly
made and entered in the ahoc entitled
court, by Honorable J A Eahin on the
22nd day of April, 1914.
John K Oownes,
Attorrej for 1'l.iintilf.
Date of first publication, April 21,
1914.
Date of last publication, June f.
1914.
Notice to Contractors
Notice is herbey given that scaled
bids will be received by tho county
court of Columbia county. Oregon, at
the court house at St. Helens. Oregon,
until lo:oo o'clock A. M., on Saturday
the 9th day of May, 1914, and theu
opened, for the improvement by clear- j
ing, grubbing, grading, draining and
surfacing of three sections of roads,
being as follows:
Dutch Csnyon rosd. 463o feet.
Parcher road, 23oo feet.
Rainier-Apiary road. 5743.3 feet.
Plans and specifications are on file
snd may be examined in the ollice of
the county clerk.
Each bidder sbsll deposit with his
bid. a certified check for five per cent
of the amount of his bid, which shsll
be forfeited to the county in esse
award is tnsde to such bidder and In
shall fail, neglect or refuse for a per
iod of five dsys after such award is
msde, to enter into a contrsct and file
the required bond.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
2t II. E. LsBsre, County Clerk.
Published Summons
in the Circuit Court of tho State of
Oregon For Columbia County.
Columbia and Nehalem River Railroad,
a corporation. Plaintiff,
vs.
W J Ross, as administrator of the
estate of Margaret Ross, deceased,
Mary Chisholm, James Chisholm, her
busbsnd, W J Ross. Etta L Kss, hta
wife, Katherine Almy, Ella McLellan
and D C McLellan, her burband, Annie
F Scheidnagel and Frank J Schcidnagel,
ber husband, Daniel Hepburn and Jane
Doe Hepburn, his wife, John Hepburn
snd Jane Due Hepburn, his wife, Wil
Ism Hepburn srd Jane Doe Hepburn,
his wife, John McLean snd Maggie Mo
Isn, his wife, Dsnlcl McLean, John
Ross, Randolf Rons, Floyd lioas, JaiiC
Doe McEwen, Annie Forbes, Margaret
Barstow and John Doe Barstow, her
husband Nancy M Welch and Daniel
Welch, Defendants.
To the said defendants Mary Chis
holm, James Chisholm, Dsuiel Hepburn
and Jane Doe Hepburn, his wife Wil
liam Hepburn and Jane Doe Hepburn,
bis wife Randolph Ross, Floyd Rons,
Jsne Doe McEwen, Annie Forben, Mar
garet Barstow and John Doe Barstow,
her husband, and to each of you:
In the nsrne of the Sute of Oregon:
You and eacb of you are hereby re
quired to appear and answer the com
plaint filed against you In the sbove
entitled court and cauie, on or before
the expiration of aix wecka from the
first uublication of this summons, to
wit, on or btf re the ICth dsy of Msy,
1914, snd if you fail so to answer the
complaint the plaintiff will apply o
the said court for the relief demanded
in the complaint. The relief demanded
in the complaint is the condemnation
and appropriation under the law of em-
incnt domain of a railroad right of way
sixty feet in width over and across the
southwest quarter of the northwest
quarter and lots four, 4, and five, 6, of
section five, fi, in township' seven. 7,
north, range, five, 6, west of the Will
amelte Veridian, in Columbia county.
Oregon, such right of way to extend
along the southerly bsnk of West port
Slough from the western boundary of
the ssid premises to the southern
boundsry of the ssid premises, and to
be bounded on the northerly side Jy lo
wster mark of Westport Slough and on
the southerly side by a line parallel
with said line and sixty feet distant
therefrom; also the condemnation and
appropriation of the right to go upon
the southerly bank of Westport Slough
along and throughout the northerly line
of said premises and build, maintaio
and use rollwaya, piling, booms and
such other structures or appliances as
msy be necessary for, and to use'the
said bank for all purposes in or about,
the dumping of logs from the cars on
the plaintiff's railroad into the waters
of Westport Slnugh.and rafting, boom-
ng and handling such logs.
Tbil summons is publixhed once each
week for six successive weeks by order
of Hon. W A Harris, County Judge of
Columbia County, Oregon, made and
entered the 1st day of April. 1914. and
the ume or mi ur pnun.
is April 3. 1914.
Veatie. M' Court snd Veasie,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Summons.
In the Circuit Court of the Stats of
Oregon, In and for Columbia County
ScapiHKwe Acres Company, a corimra
tion. Plaintiff.
vs.
A. II. Scott and Jane D Scott, hus
band and wife, Defendant
To A. H. Scott and Jane Dw Scott,
his wife, above named defendants;
In the name of the State cf Oregon
yon are hereby required to appear and
answer the compaint filed against you
in the above entitled suit on or before
the 16th day of May, 191 4, and if you
fail no to appear, and answer, plaintiff
will apply to the cojrt for the relief
praed for in said complaint, to-wit:
A decree that said defendants shall
on or before a day certain, to be fixed
by ssiJ court pay in cah to thia de
fondant the following sums, to-wit:
Four hundred and aeventy five dollars,
1475.00, the balance due on account of
the purchase price under one ccrtsin
contrsct of ssle of Tract No. fifty, 50,
Scappooae Acre Tratts, dated October
19th, 1912. with interest thereon at the
rate of 6 per centum per annum from
the 20th day ot December, 1912. and
the further aum of four and 16-100
dollars the same being the amount of
the taxes paid by plaintiff on behalf of
defendants under the terms of said con
tract, that the plaintiff on the receipt
of said money so to be paid aforesaid
to execute and deliver to defendants a
good and sufficient deed of bsrgain and
sale, conveying said Tract No. CO,
Sc.ppoose Acres to the said A. II.
Scott In accordsnce with the terms of
laid contract above mentioned.
And a further decree that if said
defendants fail to pay to plaintiff said
urns of money within the tims speci
fied and stated sforessid that it b de
creed that ssid defendants be bsrred
and for ever foreclosed of all right,
title and interest in and to said proper
ty, Tract No. 50, Scappoune Acre
Tracts, and each and every part there
of, and that said defendant be further
declared to have forfeited all their
right in and to said sums of money
heretofore paid to plaintiff on said con
tract, and for plaintiff 'a coats and dis
bursements herein, and for such other
and further relief as to the court msy
teem just and proper.
Service of this summons Is made up
on yea by publication in pursuance to
an order of thcll on. County Judge for
Columbia County, made on the 27th
day of March. 1914. directinj such
publication in the St. Helena Miat once
a week for six consecutive weeks, the
first publication bcin msde April 3,
1914.
I'lrich and Ccncste,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
924 Chamber cf Commerce, Portland,
Oregon.
Last publication, May 8, 191$.
NOTICE
I" County t'ourt of the Slate of
Oregon, for Columbia (Vjnty.
In the matter of the eHtnte of Oacat
J Clark, deceased.
Notice is hereby given thst A L
Stone, the administrate uf the estate
or uscar J Dark, deceased, hs 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,'
1914, at the hour of one o'clock p .m.
of said day at the rourt 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
acoeui.t, at which time and place any
rutvaitn I .. ... i J i . .
"aiuejesisie may
appear and file exceptions in writing to
tne aaidaecount. and contest the same,
A. L STONE.
Administratlor of the estate of Oscar
J Clark, deceased.
Dated April 10, 114,
Notice ofFinafSettlTrnwU
.Notice is hereby given by the under.
signed thst he has filed his final account
and his final report and petition for
distribution as the adminl-trator of the
estate of Joseph Vanblarieom. dereas
a.i i.t. ...
-iiu inMnne county court of the
stale of Oregon for Columbia county,
n wnico tne administration of aald es
tate Is being had. has set Monday, the
win uay or May, 1914. at 10 o'clock In
the rorenoon thereof, as the time, and
the court room of said court at St ilrl
ens.Oregon, as the place of hearing and
passing upon the same; at which time
and place any person Interested in said
estate may make and file objections In
wriiirg to any part of said account, or
report and petition.
II D VANBLARICOM.Admini.trator
HERBERT W WHITE,
Attorney for Administrator.
Str. IRALDA
Summer Rates between
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75 cents round trip
Tickets good any time after
April 4 tli
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Arrive at 81 Helens 4 '43 p. m.
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Arrives St. Helena at 6 JO P. at
Professional Cards
Glen R. Metsker
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Bank BwUwg
ST. HCLENS . OREGON
Business Phona )) Rendmt It ?1
E. A. ROSS
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
LICENSED EMBALMEK
DR, C. E. WADE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
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DR. L. GILBERT ROSS
PHYSICIAN SURGEON
"VXJX- St. Helens
DR EDWIN ROSS
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
orru a is bank at ildimi
M. Helens Oregon
T. S. WHITE
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Mi.'.Nii KMBU.nra
Hotiltou
Oregon
DR. ALFRED J. PEEL
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
Rant
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St. Helens
DR. H. R. CLIFF
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
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DR. R. L. JEFFCOTT
DENTIST
Office in Bank Building
St. Helens. . Oregon
GEORGE H. SHINN
ATTORN EY-A T-LAW
St. Helens . Oregon
M. E. MILLER
ATTORN EY-A T-LA W
St. Helens . Oregon
HERBERT W. WHITE
ATTORNCY-AT-LAW
St. Helena Oregon