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Improved Mason Fruit Jars, in pint
quart :iikI one-half gallon sizes. Dot's away
with llic old labor anil trouble of waling
(iunrniitei'd air tight. We have the famous
laundry and toilet,
Cudoma Soap
This soap is guaranteed to set colors
iu any fabric rather than make them fade.
Ti v it next wash day and you will use
nothing else thereafter. .
Central Grocery
Auto Troubles
respond quickly and inexpensively to our treaimcn:.
If your car rattles, or does not run smoothly, or jars,
or makes too much noise, IT IS TIME TO BRING
, IT TO US if you want il to last. A dollar or two
spent on that car today may save you ten tomorrow,
,ind that is an INDISPUTABLE FACT.
Gaiolina
CITY GARAGE
St. IIi-lkns.
GENTS FURNISHINGS
CLOTHING, SHOES
HATS AND CAPS
FOR SPRING WEAR
DRY GOODS, rUKMTUkli
H. MORGUS & SON
"QUALITY, QUANTITY, PRICE."
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
DRAYINC AND TRANSFER
AH Business Promptly Attended To
PHONE 15 OR 12
W'M. H. DAVIES
ST. HELENS,
All Work Guaranteed.
R. CONSTANTIN
PLUMBING, HEATING,
SHEET METAL WORK.
St. Helens-
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counts In future work. Ambition folks should consult
tlilnr i r,,,"K tlie corn" of ,,,,y RlrlH who hnve stepped to blggor
di,i .i "HH0 t,,(,y "tudlnd Penmanship, Shorthand o llonkkooplug, or
' 5'"'r Hummer school wr.rk.
Miiuiiiion for ofllcloncy to-duy In "To uao tho Summer, not to Iobo It."
Columbia County Abstract
Company
ST. HELENS, OREGON
Abstracts, Loans, Real Estate,
Insurance, Conveyancing
Marin Engina Rrpairinf.
Prop.
OREGON
Estimates Furnished.
Oregon
Li L CUNTY
At Kntorprlw, 4 00 pound of wool
sold for 28c.
I'Mlhlo frogs nro to bo rained in a
IKind liniir John Duy.
Tnlon county has up a $400,000
Koiid roadn bond Ihhuo.
North Bond Iuih ordered three
more streets Improved.
Hood itlvor strawberry shipments
KKreguted 100 ciirloadH.
At Springfield tho Wlllametto
Pacific lu ballasting a mllo a duy.
Oregon City votes aguln on July
24, on a $20,000 school bond Ihhuo.
Wauna, Clatsop county, is to bo
connected wlt, c0iull)la ,giway
Portland let paving contracts last
week to tho amount of $110,000.
i i .i... ...
i uy win recuivo bids for
street Improvements to July 15.
Wilson Iirou.' logging camp at In
dependence has reHumed operations.
Sawmills at Loonn have Increased
their capacity to 100,000 feet a day.
Tho pilot Itoek Record makes a
ph-a for thu product of homo (lour
ing mills.
muming permits in Eugene for
mo piiHt hIx months amounted to
$59,963.
Tho I'aker Mill and Grain Co. will
build a $10,000 elevator and ware-
IIOIIKO.
Illds will be received ot Grande
Hondo on 10 miles of road to the
const.
Tho mines at Cornucopia sent out
amalgam bars worth $51,000 In three
days.
Warrenton Is building a gravity
water system from tho Lewis and
Clark river.
i an i.uosn i,aso projoct, near
Lakevlew, to Irrlgato 30,000 acres,
In completed.
L. C. Heynolds of North Ilond,
ships 200,000 feet of cedar to San
I'rnnclsco.
Tho Hill system, by taking over
tho Westeni Pacific, gains entrance
to Han Francisco.
Tho AHtorla Docks commission
would open Aslor street and elimin
ate I'n km town bill.
Tho Albany Democrat has Satur
day night thoughts and some good
thoughts on other days.
The five and one-half mllo dyke
on tho K. P. McCornack ranch noar
Klamutli Kails, Is completed.
Tho Pacific Power & Light Co. of
Pendleton, reduces rates on eloctrlc-
lly for cooking 28 per cent.
Tho city council of Coqulllo lias
bought a large order of Iron pipe
from tho Coos Hay Iron Works.
Tho Areas. Construction Co. of
Salem, was tho lowest bidder on the
Tillamook county highway.
The latest enterprise of the $150,-
000 Fish and Game commission Is
introducing the bullfrog industry to
supply fashionable grills with frog
legs.
BY BASE DRUM
Jt'KT then
I heard a NOISE
It WAS a Ford
Hl'XXI.N'O on
Grapo J TICK
My FRIEND said
A 1 OKI) is
A great OAK
FOR what
I said
UK said for
Anothor NOISE
ANOTHER car
A doc Jl'MPKl)
OUT, There's seven
ot THEM
IX this town
and UOl'ttllT
A CAKE of Ice
.
To put In HIS
DIFFERENTIALS.
Yes, Indeodle.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Julv 12 tZT
y 1 ' I86-
W. J. Muckle of Ilalnlor, was In
town Saturday.
C. H. English of Doer Island, was
In town Monday.
II. F. Ciltnor came down from
Salem Saturday and spent Sunday
with relatives.
Tho steamer Keliaril Is again on
the Portland-St. Helens route, mak
ing daily trips.
Assessor White and his deputy,
G. W. Humes, arrived In St. Helens
Monday, after completing the assess
ment ot 1896.
The dedication of the new St. Vin
cents hospital will take place at Port
land next Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Muckle and
children went to Skamokawa last
Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Price
Tho main of tho now water works
Is now within the city limits and In
a few days more "Hull Run" water
from Perry creek will be flowing
Into town.
Sheriff Doan and his deputy, Chas.
Illakeuley, went to Mooresville Tues
day to sell the personal property be
longing to the Columbia Rlvor Lum
ber & Fuel Co.
Dr. Ross, accompanied by his
friend, Mr. French of Pt rtland, spent
tho Fourth In this place.
Deputy Sheriff lllakesley Is still
Buffering from a sprained ankle, re
sulting from the separation of two
combatants on the Fourth.
J. K. Blakesley, who left for the
Raker City mining district some time
ago, returned home Tuesday.
Wild blackberries are now In sea
son and the Indians are reaping a
harvest. Every day "dusky maids of
the forest" may be seen on our
streets going from house to house
with berries for sale.
Fred Caples of Columbia City, who
has Just completed a course at the
O. A. C, at Corvallls, returned home
Monday.
G. Wingnto of the Asiorla right-of-way
committee, stated to a Mist rep
resentative last Sunday, that It was
expected to begin actual construction
of tho road in about ten days. .
Mrs. T. C. Watts of Reuben, was
In town Saturday night In attendance
at tho Eastern Star chapter.
Rev. Charles Phllbrook of Kansas, I
a brother of Mrs. Sarah Lamont, Is
visiting with his sister this week. Mr.
Phllbrook was here thirty years ago
and bns since been engaged In the
ministry for the Congregational de
nomination in California and Kansas.
The sealed bids for the construc
tion of tho new school house at Houl
ton were opened lust Saturday. Baker
llros. were awarded the contract for
$028.
Albany people have started a fight
hoforo the Railroad commission to
compel physical connection between
the Hill and Harriman lines In that
city. The two railroad systems have
spent large sums on sidings and ter
minals In that city. There Is compe
tition for business In getting cars
llilo track service and routing, as
well as In freight rates. If the two
companies are compelled to use each
others' tracks to serve Albany, they
will Install a Joint switching service,
probably hnve a Joint freight serv
ice, and it wilt bo the end of compe
tition. FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
Seo E. E. Quick, St. Helens, and
Insure your property in the Oregon
Fire Relief Association of McMinn
vllle, Oregon. Don't put It off.
MchGtf W. L. WARREN, Agent.
BANK STATEMENT.
Report of the condition of No. 73,
The Farmers State Bank, at ' Scap
pooso, in the State of Oregon, at the
close of business June 23, 1915.
Resources.
Loans and discounts ....$24,371.55
Overdrafts, secured and
unsecured 8.38
Bonds and warrants .... 23,481.55
Stocks and other securi
ties 355.90
Banking house 6,250.00
Furniture and fixtures . . . 2,642.60
Other real estate owned. . 3,290.00
Due from approved re
serve banks 2,359.68
Cusli on hand 1,780.30
Expenses .'. 1,787.66
Other resources 689.84
Total $66,817.36
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid In . . . .$12,600.00
Undivided profits 1,744.22
Individual deposits sub
ject to check 30,223.92
Demand certificates of
deposit 1,177.61
Time and savings depos
its 13,171.71
Other liabilities 8.000.00
Total $66,817.36
State of Oregon, County of Colum
bia, ss. I, O. M. Washburn, cashier
ot the above-nnmed bank, do solemn-'
ly swear that the above statement is
true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. i
O. M. WASHBURN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 7th day of July, 1916. I
J. O. WATTS, Notary Public.
Correct Attest: J. Q. Watts, D.
W. Price, Directors.
All Ruses Call at Hotel
ORCADIA HOTEL
THOS. ISB1STEU, Prop.
Chicken Dinner
Sunday 35c
I)emings Granular Effervescent
Sodium Phosphate
AN EXCELLENT RELIEF
FROM BILIOUSNESS, CON
STIPATION, HEARTBURN,
JAUNDICE, HEADACHE
DUE TO CONSTIPATION,
GOUT AND RHEUMATISM
OR ANY CONDITIONS
CAUSED BY TORPOR OF
SECRETIONS.
DEMING'S
K. of
If You Wait for a Show
PURE FOOD BAKERY
O-SO-GOOD BREAD
Ford economy is
but in the low cost to
tain. For an average
mile, they serve and
pleasure and bring
Over "00,000 Owners
dependable, economi
ate.
We are distributors
for
DODGE BROS.
Automobile. It's equipment consists of
everything to make it tip-to - the - minute
car. Let us demonst rate to you.
Independent Auto Garage
ST. HELENS, OREGON
St. Helens MiUCo.
Electric Lighting
(Saves Your Eyes)
Steam
(Prolongs
Lath
Wood
Courteous Treatment
STOP AT
RATES Sl.OO PER DAY AND UP.
Special Rates to Regular Boarders.
DRUG STORE
P. BUILDING
of better pastry than ours
you'll wait a good long time.
There may possibly be some
better in the dim, distant fu
ture, but there are none bet
ter on earth tday than those
n our bakeries right how.
Have a look at them and you
will make the discovery that
high-class as the goods are,
the prices are no more than
you, usually pay for ordinary
qualities. .
not alone in low price
operate and main
cost ,of two cents a
save; add luxury to
profit to business,
have found the Ford
cal and easy to oper-
for the long-looked
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Lumber