Lower Prices on I I
Ford Cars I I
I I.liYctive from August 1, 1M14. t August 1, I I
HI I'M 5. ii'I'l Kii.-iraiiti'cil againM nny rtl iut i .n I I
TO U KING CARS $490 I I
RUNABOUT. . . . . $140 III II
TOWN CAR $000 I III I
I f . It. lU'inilt. nil cars fully otulppod. I I
II ' I--, ,r (iiillu r prirtirnlars rcardini; tlicsc low I I
, , Sl... the INDEPENDENT AUTO CO. I 111 I
III Columbia County Agents for ihs I I
FORI) CARS
$200
Announcement
To the People of St. Helens
and All Way Towns
ST. HELENS -PORTLAND AUTO CO.
has csjablislicil I'ottlaiul Ollicc
For Parsengrr Auto nt
Meier 4 Frank's Store
" 6th and Aider Streets, l'onlaml
ra'-snier auto will reeiivc ai.d deliver passengers
at tins location ln-inninp; MAY 4th
j;i:st hoo.vs-eeee ciiece noo.u
Vl'lllJC TELE l' 1 1 (IVES
and every convenience is oflVred t yon
at
MEIER & FRANK'S
Gratonola
FREE-
Save Your Votes
WILLIAMS
& HALL CO.
GROCERS
CRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
SCAPI'OOSE
I
For Sale and Want Ada
AHi in Thpan C Jumn. Bong Results
FOR HALE Orm rngMnred Jortcy
liiill, 1 5 moiitliH old.
:. W. SAXTON.
Worron, Ore.
Toll KALE Ono l)rown wicker
lialiy buggy, lit good condition.
I'liimo A-SS. MRS. JEFFCOTT.
STOCK roll SAl.K of chotco breed -1
11 1; unit utility lilnlH of 8. Comb
Willi" mill Hull LosliornB also 8. C.
I In IT Orpin (; Con n. Prices urn low con-
ilileiing llio birds wo linvo for sale.
Mil. MUS. ALBERT D. LARSON
llox DO Goblo, Oregon
niiK! niu:! nitu! niu::
Dry weather Is roiuiiiK on boo K.
K. Quirk in St. Helens nnil Insure
your property I" tho Oregon Fire
Relief AKSii:iatlmi of McMllinvilln,
Oregon. Don't put It off.
V. L. WAKKEX, Act.
A ituoil Iiiuisb with throe ciioice
loin in i;ooi location in St. Helens
for wilt;. Inquire for prices ami
terniB nt the Mist oflice.
AM prepared to Imlo liny nt onco at
$2.00 per ton.
A. I.. LARSON
4tp Warrm, Ore.
ID'IIY GOODS
OF QUANTITY AND QUALITY Al
QUANTITY PRICES.
The-,. In nn cxlni clmrgo for llio extra satisfaction. 'OH ,K, ''
utoro. Wo Hvo yon iuullty, uiumtlly ami witliifui; l to n i ul u i . .
ot 01.0. Ami tl.ut prion la moving ii tremendous to of our !..... m.
JiimI now wo nro solium a splomll.l lino of walmblo i Ufl s o
summer wear. Tliov nr of all dostgim anil prices, from tin hmioa
Kowu In tl.o Hcrvleonhlo ovory day dross. Y ,(lW
v.i' imperially asK you 10 see inini, i" - ,,,p
no know .vou cannot rohliit tuklng mm homo with nii. mmr
1 now today for tlioy urn i:ohik ii",".,
FOR SALE Tlmotliy Huy, In shock,
mow or will deliver.
C. J. LARSON
tp Warren. Ore.
'j'ho postofflce department has re
winded the order discontinuing the
postofflci ot Dlsston, Iane county.
Leaders of the republican, demo
cratic and progressive parties in Ore
Bon have ag.ecd to leave the prohibi
tion issue out of the campaign.
Action of the postal department in
releotlim tenders for carrying malls
In rural sections is resented by the
Coqullle commercial club.
Dig meeting representatives ot all
commercial Interests in Portland and
Columbia river basin was beard at
Portland to unite In campaign for
rivers and harbors bill.
Refund will be ordered by the Ore
?. p 'railroad commission to a passen
ger who was made to pay more for
simuKif nnil mother-in-law than for
himself and wife.
There will be no delay In getting
notion on the deed to the locks at
Oreeon CUv. according to Information
glvuu Senator Lane by Assistant Sec-
mti.rv nreckenrldee
Ray Carroll will be sentenced to life
Imprisonment for the murder of John
7iier. marshal ot Oervals, a Jury in
11, B .iMMilt court having found him
guilty of murder In the second degree
ul lita third trial.
That locanberry Juice, made from
nroL'nn louanberrv. Is going to
take a prominent place alongside of
rn.i.n iiiinn ng a beverage. Is the opin
ion of F. A. Hreck, who has organized
th.. Hrrk Krult Juice company
l lfteen thousand boxes of peaches
in the vlclnltv of Eugene and Junction
riiv u th estimate placed on this
o.,.n hv nr H. F. McCornack, field
.. for the Euitene Frutlgrowers
,.,..iiinn who has BDent a week
nuiimiLtliiff the crop.
Tii Untied States department of
aKriculture has' set apart 11.000 for
nvttknulnn work In agriculture and
home economics In Oregon during the
n. t venr. This amount may be in
creased to $15,000. This allowance is
In addition to the $10,000 appropriated
to Oregon under the Smith-Lever Din.
Aronnllne to census reports receiv
ed by 8tate Superintendent of Public
instruction Churchill the school popu
lation of Tillamook. Harney. Coos,
Yamhill. Wallowa, Baker and Clatsop
counties increased during the year
while In Hood Ulver and Wasco coun
ties it sllKhtly decreased
Nearly a score of those who were
nominated at the May primary have
fi.iioii n file their expense accounts
with Secretary of State Olcott, and
he has sent notioe to all of tbera that
tiioir names will not appear on the
fcniw until thev furnish a statement
nt ttmlr ernnnses.
Th droucht of the last six weeks
seriously affected the pear crop In the
rmi.i.0 river valley. Picking probaDiy
will begin next week. Experts who
have looked over the valley fear there
Orvll Gillette came home from
Clifton, Oie. Monday, where he has
been running a donkey eng'ne. The
exhaust pipe broko, scalding one of
his arms quit? badly.
Mrs. Lafe Brown 13 a little bet
ter. She has been very sick with
tonsllltis.
Harry Stanton made a business
trip to St. Helens Monday.
It. D. Snider and Llbbio Fowler
visited at the Rose City Saturday
Bob Hobert spent a fow days at
the Rose city this week.
Mrs. Smith. Harry Smith, Ethel
Smith and Eva Gillette went to Deer
Island Tuecday, and will go out with
a crowd from there on a camping ex
pedition for a fow days.
Mlos Hazel Watts' play was a sue
cess In every way.
Henry Newman tried his now Ov
erland automobile Saturday night
He took a crowd from here to the
dance at Deer Island.
Grant Watts and family are at the
Seaside for a couple of weeks.
Minnie Hlghmlller came home
from the hoanlt.il feeling fine Sunday
from the hospital feeling fine Sunday !
Mrs. Elliot visited the Ro3e city
Sunday.
Dewey Ioniser had blood poison
in his hand and has been to Portland
under the doctor's caro for a few
days.
Mrs. Jack Payne visited with Mrs.
Smith this week.
Mr. Morton viBlted at Astoria one
day last week.
Everybody here is fighting fire.
Mr. Lee Joyce Is home again. He
has been vorking over In Washing
ton.
Henry Baumgardner and son from
Warren visited with his sister at the
restaurant Sunday.
TKEXHOLM NEWS
Mrs. Luman, who has been visit
ing friends In Portland for some
time past, returned to Trenholm
Tuesday.
Mrs. Ceo. Hvde. Jr. and littlo
daughter of Yankton, have been vis
iting at tho home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Fowler.
O. T. Foster and Geo. Wilson made
a business trip to Portland Monday.
Forest fires have been raging a-
round Trenholm, but have kept a
respectful distance from the village
so far. The worst Are has been
near Masten's, about one-half mile
from the Ulman place, but the fire
wardens with a ere of men worked
day and night until the fire was un
der control.
Jack Lamberson and O. T. Foster
and son, Lee, were fortunate enough
to kill two deer on the outskirts of
Trenholm Sunday morning.
Vincent McAboy visited his claim
on Bunker Hill Saturday, returning
Monday.
Edgar Mclntlre met with a seri
ous accident Sunday, when he fell
off the barn, striking on his heels
In such a forceful manner as to
Injure his ankle, necessitating a few
days of enforced Idleness.
The Sunday School has received
their new song books entitled Sun
day School Voices No. 2 and are very
much pleased with the selection.
REVBEN NOTES.
METHODIST NOTES
FOR SALE Two good box ball al
loys, 40 foot long, with halls and
lxturos compieto, loni inciuu. .
If taken at once can he had nt a wilt not be more than CO per cent of
. ... ....... .i i at ii..ion the 1913 nsrvesi. n
. F. S. WALTON
St. Helens
tin
M. MORGUS .V FOM
"QUALITY, QUANTITY, PRICE."
DOGS FOR BALE Cliespcake Bay.
Irish Wnlor Spanlol. English Set
tor. All registered stock.
E. LUNDGREN
St. Helens, Ore.
FOR SALE 12 Grndo Holstoln
Heifers. Also 37 thoroughbred
Shropshire Sheep.
H. J. DUNCAN,
Vernonla, Oro.
FOR SALE.
Five head of work horses: wolght ,
from 1.2B0 to l.r.r.O lbs.; prlco from '
$r up; can bo seen nt Geo. W. Grant
1, Ivory liarn, Scnppooso, Oro. 2-A7 .
St Helens Mill Co.
3 Lath
3
Electric Lighting -
(Saves Your Eyes)
Steam Heating
(Prolongs Your Lives)
Wood Lumber
NOTICE TO UKANi'iKHS
Pomona Grange will meet nb.
Cellar Grove on the 2nd Satur
day in August, being the 8th
day of August. A good attend
ance la dos'red as thoro will be
spoakors present. Change of
date by order of Executive
Committee.
U,. N. LOVELACE
Mastor of Pomona
FOR SALE Ono billiard
r,..l condition.
cilp Estahrook & Crnmor.
c
REWARD.
For tho return of a Ttrooch lost
Saturday evening, July 24, between
tl.o outskirts of St. Helons and Col.
City Valued ns a keep-sake of the
owner's dead mother. Return to the
Mist otlloo.
the 1913 harvest.
muted at 400 cars
That Willamette valley products
O.UI h well represented at the. Pana
ma-Pacific exposition was assured at
meetlne of tho Willamette Valley
Exposition nssoclutlon at Salem. Mem
bers reported that much headway naa
in their sections toward
obtaining exhibits and that the people
wore deeply interested in making the
best showing possible.
Auto streetcars, the first to be tn
i stalled In the west, are to be In oper
ntlnn In Pendleton before the opening
of the Roundup. Two 25-pasBenger
cars already have been ordered and
are now being built In Portland. When
received they will run on regular
schedule about the city and to the
eastern Oregon hospital for the In
streetcar rates will be charged.
Kirn Meeker, of Puyallup, Wash.,
pioneer of 1852, who has twice crossed
tho plains by ox team, recently re
' tracing the "Oregon trail." shipped
his ox and prairie schooner from
Springfield to San Francisco. Mr.
Meeker also departed to take a posi
tion under the Washington state com
mission at the Panama exposition. He
io tn exhibit his outfit throughout the
fair nnd assist in the publicity work.
Drepared by Corporation
Commissioner Watson for Uls aunual
report and Just made public Bhow that
1 his department Is the greatest revenue
I ,iiioine arm of the state govern-
Table in ment The department was started
! t.... i ion nnd from that time until
Mnv Sl. 1914. the receipts totaled
f)"i 149 6C. From June 1 to June SO,
IncluBlve, tho receipts were $89,463 3.
making a grand total of receipts for
tho fiscal year ending June 80, $310,
C19 OQ
Forest rangers on the Umatilla for
, nrn oncaued In erecting a 65-foot
I "fire tower" on the top of Lookout
I mountain, one ot the highest peaks
in the forest. Owing to the ract mat
only the raw material to be found In
J. M. Llndsey and wife and Mrs.
Ira Wlthrow were Portland visitors
last week.
Mrs. M. Newton ot Sea Side is
visiting this week with her mother,
Mrs. Jane Zenar, and her sister, Mrs.
S. T. Alexander.
Julian WaBser was a Portland vis.
itor on Friday.
G. W. Jordan went to Portland
Tuesday and purchased a 30-horse
Dower Studebaker auto which, he
brought home with him that even
ing.
H. M. Miller and Attorney Gore
of Kalama were in town Saturday.
Mrs. T. C. Watts Is visiting with
friends in Portland this week.
Miss Soshla Rambalskl ot Port
land visited with her brother, C. P.
Ramba'skl, last week.
Owing to the extreme dry weather
the Columbia Timber Co. are haul
ing water from the Columbia river
for to supply their logging engine at
the camp.
Smith Wagner ot Montrose. Colo
rado, who has been visiting his fath
er and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Wagner for the past two weeks,
started on his return trip Monday.
The Lengacher Bros, have shut
down their mill for the summer.
They finished hauling their lumber
out to the river last week.
Notices for Sunday, August 9, 1914.
Preaching services at 11 a. m. and
8 p. m. Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Epworth League at 7 p. m.
Wednesday, Aug. 12th, there will
be a meeting of all members of the
church, twenty-one years of age and
older, at the church at 8 p. m. This
will be for the purpose of defining
next years'- policy.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening.
Quarterly Conference will be held
Saturday, August ISth.
Edward T. Luther, Pastor.
Unclaimed Letters
Lettres unclaimed at the St. Hel
ens post office for the week ending
August 1st, 1914.
Agnes May Berry.
Mrs. Pearl Benell.
Mr. John Curtis.
Jastp Flatlch.
Mr. Fred Kellogg.
Mrs. L. K. Mercer.
Jimmy O'Brien.
Mr. C. C. Qulne.
Mr. Jack Ramon.
t Paul St. Claire.
j Letters unclaimed by August 15th,
I 1914, will be sent to the Dead-Letter
Office.
IVA E. DODD, P. M.
I
COLUMBIA CITY
FOR SALE Two lota nnd new four
. ...III. nloxtrlo llehtS
room nouiiD i... . ------ umj . .. . v lui
and basoment, nenr business part , tha forest was available for building
of town Two good chicken nous- the tower, its construction u.i
os fruit trees and small fruit. I ticult task. It Is nearlng completion,
For prlco and terms enquire of however, and will be equipped with a
vrcnnY BERG. I ,rfnl elans and "fire tinder." A
- F " w
1 nw
St. Helens ,n will be on duty constantly ana
with the aid of the equipment at his
rnn SALE Rogloterod Colllo pup- command will be able to locate every
FOU BAb .i,i,i fl rnrtlua of 75 miles, at
Mr. and Mrs. E. McVey and son
John, spent Monday in Portland,
Capt. Chas. Spinner went to Port
land Tuesday.
Miss Norah McClay Is spending her
vacation with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. McClay. Miss Noran naa
been attending school in Portland
one term and is making rapid
progress with her studies.
Mr. and Mrs. James McCoy came
down from the Peninsula's camp for
a few days. The forest fires came i
noar burning them "out. Mrs. Mc
Coy was lamenting the loss ot her
pet Banty chickens, as all were
burned.
Mrs. Woods ot Portland Is vIbU
Ing at the home of Mrs. C. C.
Cuples.
nnr village was treated to a-
nntfeor hnlr-nulltnc contest last week
when two of the neighbor women
settled their difficulty with fists
full nf hair. This is getttlng to be
a popular amusement down In these
parts.
Mrs. Mary Kanary ot West St.
Helens and Miss Katherlne Dawson,
who is forelady In one ot the largest
Millinery stores in Yakama, spent
riv heVe enjoying the bathing
advantages and taking pictures of jZ
the beautiful spots this place Is fa-1 J
V0NA.GRAY
Watches
Clocks
Jewelry
CUT GLASS
and NOVELTIES
Watch Repairing
a Specialty
LOCATED IN RUTHERFORD BLDG.
ST. HELENS OREGON
ST. HELENS ROUT
tU Willmn Stoma
THE PEOPLES BOAT
STR. AtMLRldA
Leaves Portland daily - 2:30 n. m.
(Sun. 1:30 p. m.)
Arrive St. Helens - - - 6:00 p. m.
(Sun. 3:30 p. m.)
Leaves St. Helens - , - - 6: IS a. m.
I Arrives Portland - - - - 10-15 - m
I H. HOLM AN, Agent
' Makes all way landings. Wharf foot Alder
street. Phonesi Mam 8323, A-un.
Frank Wilkins, St. Helens Agent
LYNCH
GIBBS
BARBERS
A SANITARY AND MODERN SHOP
FIRST CLASS WOWC
ALL THE TIME
Baths ,
GIVE U, S A CALL
Su Helens, Oregon
-f sv
' nlOS BITS. ilt iuvj -.
Doer Island, Ore. moat n ou as lt la started
. .... . ) - ' '
mous for.