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MATTERS OF INTER
EST TO TIMBERMEN
Tiie ou'"J valuation of tlmlinr
. m eiuekainas county, OroKon,
b0en reduced $30,000 this year
of lHt winter atorma,
fhlcli f,ll('u (,y"T1 '
hoard of equalisation o( the
,Uteof Idnlio announced the follow-
lPj reduction"" in assosuinoma on um
... in,ul: Kootenai district de-
croiincd 6 PT ennt; BliOHlione 6 per
cent; Clearwater zo Pr com; ai
more 6 pr citnt ; Nm I'orco, 16 per
ewj- . ...
f:,n comity or uraya narnor,
Wuli., I"18 Krnntod a . reduction of
.(i ur cent on all tlio assessable
p'ropriy In tlio county. Tlio prop
erty vwnirii of Columlild county, Oro
net It Ion Inn tlio county court to
!rnt t reduction of 2G per emit on
the ansossalilo tlinlmr vaiuoa. wun
tbt condition surrounding the lum
ber industry tlio requeat should be
granted. Tlio time for retrenchment
m nuhllc expenses la long overdue If
the country la to become prosperous..
Nearly two and a half million feet
hoard measure ol DoukIos fir U
mtdfl up Into furniture In Oregon
cry year. Other woociu usea ror
lihli purpose and grown In tlio atate
'ire maples, ar.h, cottonwood, aider, j
ai, western red cedar, and myrtle.
NATIONAL FOREST
ROADS FUNDS
Socrotury llouaton baa J lint an
nounced the plan to be purauod In
pending the ten million dollara ap
propriated by the federal aid road
ut fur tho ronatructlon and mainten
ance of muds and tralla within or
partly within national foreata, and
ku tentatively allotted among tho
Ytrloua national foreat atatea the
million dollara which la expendable
this flxral year. Tho tentative allot
ments In the principal national for-
'riti ilatea are as follow: Alaska,
H8,!K0; Arlxona, 159.950; Arkan-
hi. 111,294; California, 1140,763;
olorado, 162,336; Idaho, f 108.010;
Montana, 180,901; Nevada, 119,196;
New Mexico, 142,622; Oregon, 1127,-
;U; South Dakota, $8,116; Utah,
40.982; Washington, 191,739;
Wyoming, $40,666.
Tlio method followed In apportlon-
la tho iiiouuy was explained by Sec
retary llouaton as follows: Ten por
cent of the amount available each
jyear will he withheld as a contin
gent fund. One-half of the remain
der will be allotted to the atatea In
mounts which will be baaed on the
bras of national forest lands In each
Uts. Tho other half will be ap
portioned on a baala of estimated
j'llue of timber and forage resources
which the forest contains. Amounts
(apportioned but unexpended within
three years, and any balance of the
contingent fund which remain Tin-,
apportioned at tlio end of each year,
will ho reapportioned on the aame
baala aa the original allotments.
Lane county la preparing dried
prunes for the mnrket at tho rate
( 160.000 pounds a day. Twenty
run prune dryers are In operation,
i w'.dl us many small ones.
Sheep aro bringing the highest
market price In years In Curry coun
ty. Klvo dollara a head la considered
n attractive prlve and many ranch
ers am aelling freely. The sheep are
'hipped by rail to tho Portland mar
kot. THE AUTOMOBILE
AS A FARM AID
Varied as the farm and dairy pro
ducts of California nre the uaes to
nlch the rancher of that state puts
'he automobile. Tbev extend from
l he most common usnae of nrovldlng
Pleasure for the ranclier'a family and
imullng crona to market, to towing
oilier farm vehicles, operating farm
machinery and actually furnishing
llio motive power for tho aolf-oporat-'ng
milking machines. During each
:ucccc(llng season some now and In
Konlous uses are mado of the motor
fir some calling for aheor strength
of tho car's matorlnls; others sim
ply for a clew application of the
"iiKliie'n power.
John II. . Lelnnd. a nrosnerous
'anchor of the Santa Crui mountains,
'urnhhos a striking examplo of the
uaos to which the ranchor puts his
motor car. Durlnir the nt bnvlng
"w-son Lelnnd hauled nil of bla hay
'rem tho fields to the stacks, a dls
tnnc3 of noarly cne mile, with the
''d of his Maxwoll toui'lag car. Le-
io:.ded the cut hay on an ordi
nary hay wagon, then towed the
'tor from the field with his Max-
Wo". Lelond has many other uses
,(" bis car and states that ho would
" absolutely at a losa without his
nach:i8 whllo n wnrW nn Dm ranch.
""Exchange.
FOREST NOTES
Orazlng exnnrtn of the forest ser-
vlc estimate that the cost of pro
ducng Iambi In the northwestern
Wes Is $1.82 per head.
Lo Angeleg was the first city on
the weHt count to establish a vaca
tion camp on the national forests
The stand f tm)(,r tl0 t'wo
Kroat nntlonal forests Alaska is
estimated by the for.', aervlce ax
over 70 billion board feet, while the
annuul growth will, it ,M pro.
u.; puip wooil alono enoiiKh for
the manufacture of 3,000 tons ol
wood pulp a day.
Tho atate of Waahlngton consumes
225 cubic feet of wood per cnplla an
nually, which Ik more than twice
tho average conaumption for the
United Htatea and six and a nunrler
tlmea tho average for (ioriimny.
Over 08 per cent of the tree plant
ed by the forest
at llebo, Tillamook county, Oregon,
on the Hluxliiw nntloni.I forest, are
sun living. I li la 1ms been the iiiokI
BUCCOHKflll PllinllllK On-Tllln.. In l...
forests of the northweMt.
METHOD OF PRUNE
LEAF SPOT CONTROL
Three applications of llordeaux
mixture 4-4-60, or atomic aulphur, 8
lbs. to 100 gallons, were found effect
ive In controlling leaf spot dlHenao of
prunes In experiments recently con
ducted by tho plant pathology do-!
partmont of the O. A. t experiment'
Rtntion. The dates of the spraying
thla year wero May 1, Just as tho last
blossoms wore dropping; Juno 2 und
Juno 28. Tho use of a sticker with
the llordeaux mixture was found to
udd greatly to the spreading power of
the apray. The leaf spot dlHcasoJ
saya l'rof. Jlarss, head of tho depart- ;
moot, la canned by a fungus nnd Is
responsible for the serious, wide-,
sprond yellowing and dropping of the
follago In Willamette valley prune or-1
chnrda this yenr nnd lust. It reduces
the vitality of tho tree, probably re-!
suiting In greater damago than has;
been suspected heretofore. '
COST OF LIVING I
TO BE HIGHER
According to tho comparative
table of prices compiled by manu-j
fucturors and merchants with head
quarters In Chicago, tho man who
foots tho bills will have little hope!
for a docror.se In tho present high
prices of the necessaries of life. The
report, in part, states:
Tho cost or living this winter will
reach an unprecedented scale and
will affect evory person, no matter
whnt object may bo purchased. Mer
chants and producers aro virtually
unanimous In a forecast of further
increases In prices which already
have advanced alarmingly within the
last year.
Food prices, It is said, vary ac
cording to quality and quantity, but
it Is the small purchaser at retail
who miu.t pay most. Wholesalers
say canneries throughout the coun
try havo Informed them that fall
and winter deliveries will bo only
one-third normal, while tho last
vegetable crop Is said to bo only
half tho quantity expected.
Canned fruits will bo 30 per cent
higher and canned vegetables are
expected by wholesalers to Increase
20 per cent in price.
Cotton goods have advanced ho
twoon 26 and 35 per cent. Woolens
have kept pace with cottods.
Tho best lines of women's shoes !
for fall and winter will cost twice
as much as the sumo article lastj
yenr, dealers say. j
Evon collars, that two-for-a-quar-ter
staplo which men havo known j
for generations, will bo a thing of!
tho past. Collars now havo been ad
vanced to 15 cents ench.
Clgr.r Jobbers raised their prices j
this week between $4 nnd $5 a thou- j
nand to tho dealer.
MUCH BUILDING AT
MOUNTAIN VIEW
Tho Mountain View farm tracts,
which were put on tho market sov-
eral years ago by tho St. Helens Im
provement Compnny, have all been
sold and that section, which Is a
mllo bolow Warren, is bolng rapidly
settled nnd Improved. Carlton Lewis,
tho Kalnler banker, purchased one
of those tracts and IiIb $5,000 resi
dence Is rapidly nearlng completion
It Is a two-story f-.amo house with
full basement, eleoplng porches, wa
ter system, etc., and all the conveni
ences of the modorn city homo. Mrs.
Butterworth has also built a modern
two-story dwelling on her tract, and
W. C. Flshor, Eric Bticklund nnd T.
Ellis are making Improvements on
tholr places. Mountain View looks
Hko a real little vlllago right now
nnd moro Improvements nro under
way.
SOCIALIST CANDIDATE
SPEAKS IN PORTLAND
Allan LouIb llonson, socialist can
didate for president of the United
Statos will Bpoak In Portland nt the
Ico Paliico, October 10. Mr. Benson
Is a staff corrospondont of tho social
ist papor Appoal to Itoason. Tho Mist
acknowledges, with thanks, an In
vitation to be prosont at this politi
cal mooting. .
ST. HELENS MIST, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1916
BROTHER FLAGG
GIVES A BOOST
j io the Kdltor of tho Mint:
I'ermlt an old realdent of St. llel-
jenn to congratulate yem heartily on
".ii Kiem ihhuo of hmt week. I
have been twice proprietor of the
Mint, and euch tlmo did my boot to
advance tho community IntercBts. In
tho long-ago, about thirty years, I
published and printed at my cwn ex
I'oiiko tlio first pamphlet setting forth
tho resources of Columbia county.
Of course, the natural resources have
not changed, except that tlio forest
has given way to tho cultivated field.
Hut there has been an Immense
change In tho matter of productive
Industries, nnd development along
Industrial lines has only Just begun
and no one with foresight can doubt
thut In tho future It wHi ho much
more rapid than In tho pant. The
course of emplro Is still westward,
nnd no place on earth oilers greater
t lipurtunlties for profitable Invest
ment of capital than tin lower Col
umbla river. The grunting of the
parity rate will build up a great port
at the mouth of tho Columbia, and
nil tlio Immediate territory, tu lact
all Oregon, will receive Its share of
tho benefit. Old Columbia county
will havo Its full sharo of tho con
COURT PROCEEDINGS
Saturday, September 23rd.
On this day It appearing to the
rants, moro than sever, years old
vertlsed as provided by law, and that
still on hend nnd have not been pre
(eneral
(3rd. Series "A") (Unto)
No. 7373 July 2, 1908
No. 7399 July 2, 1908
No. 7404 July 2, 1908
No. 7408 July 2 190?
No. 7427 July 2, 1908
No. 7430 July 2, 1908
No. 7695 Oct. 7, 1908
No. 7696 Oct. 7, 1908
No. 7697 Oct. 7, 1908
No. 7698 Oct. 7, 1908
No. 7817 Nov. 6, 1908
No. 7924. Nov. 6, 1908
No. 7988 Nov. 6, 1908
No. 8355 May 7, 1909
No. 8361 May 7, 1909
Total
General
(2nd. Series)
No. 6560 July
No. 6720 July
(3rd. Series)
No. 306 March
2, 1908
2, 1908
5, 1909
No. 381
No. 771
March 10, 1909
June 8, 1909
Total
Kpeviol
(Old) Dlst. No. 3
No. 776 Jan. 2, 1908
No. 1387 April 6, 1909
No. 1390 .April 6, 1909
No. 1393 April 6, 1909
(Old) Hist. No. 15.
No. 1420 April 6, 1909
No. 1422 April 6, 1909
Total
And the Court being advised in tho
that said warrants, amounting in all
same hereby are cancelled.
On this day It Is ordered by the
by is authorized and Instructed to Issue a General Fund Warrant In
the sum of $1,000.00, In favor of Columbia County Fair Association, be-1
ing the amount heretofore estimated by the Court for such purpose.
On this 23rd. dsy of September, 1916, It appearing to the Court that i
no bids have been submitted to tho Court for the Improvement of the
Stony Point "S" Lino Hoad and Stony Point "T" Lino Road. 1916 Spe
cial, In Itoad District No. 7, aa heretofore advertised for, it is ordered
by the Court that said Improvement bo performed by tho Road Super
visor of said District No. 7, under the direction of the County Court.
Whoroupon, Court adjourned until Wednesday, October 4th, 1916.
301
H. HORGUS & SON
St. Helens' Pioneer Merchants
NICE LINE OF GINGHAMS JUST RECEIVED
Large Assortment Men's Summer Straw Hats and Caps
Dress Goods, Hosiery and Gloves
BERGMAN'S CELEBRATED SHOES
In Children's, Dress and Logging Shoes.
Ten Styles to Select From.
Our Frices -Always Right
Central
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EUROPEAN PLAN AMERICAN PLAN
EVERYTHING MODERN AT THE
ST. HELENS HOTEL
J. GEORGE, Proprietor . ALL BUSSES CALL AT HOTEL
RATES $1.00 AND UP
SPECIAL RATES TO REGULAR BOARDERS
sequent advantages,' and the Mist is
certainly doing Its share In making
those advantages known.
E. II. 1'LAGC,
Kdltor Warrenton News.
GOVERNMENT CROP
REPORT FOR OREGON
A summary of tins September crop
report for tlio state of Oregon as
compiled by the bureau of crop esti
mates of tho department of agricul
ture is us follows:
Winter Wheat 1'relimlnary esti
mate, 12,489,000 bushels.
Spring Wheat September 1 fore
cast, 4,500,000 bushels.
Oats Soptcmlior 1 forecast, 15,
000,000 bushels.
Hurley September 1 forecast, 4,
CfiO.OOO busnels.
Potatoes September 1 forocast,
7,030,000 bushels.
Hay Preliminary cutimato, 1,
970,000 tons.
Apples September 1 forecast, 1,
250,000 barrels.
. Tho average prices for this Sep
tember, as compared with last Sep
tember, shows an increase in evory
article, viz: Wheat, SI. 12 nnd 80c
per hu.; oats, 43 and 37 c; potatoes,
80 and 49c; hay, $9.80 and $8.40
per ton; eggs, 28 and 23c por doz.
Court that the list of County War-
prior to July 1, 1916, have been ad-
the following named warrants are
sented for payment:
Fund
(Name) (Amount)
J. It. Nell $ 3.60
John Beaver . . 1.20
M. D. Green '. . . . 1.20
Mrs. Simeons 1.20
II. McYonagle 1.25
Mescher 1.00
Ed. Hucklns 1.60
J. E. Mor.ahan 1.50
Jns. McNaughton . . . 1.60
Chas. C. Troxel 1.60
R. B. Hayhurst 5.50
E. E. Slrucker 3.00
C. Bradbury 25.00
Alonzo Emmons ,. . 1.70
John Baker '. . 1.00
$51.65
Itoad Fund:
C. I. Hazen 5.62
It. B. Johnson 50
C. Carlston 1.12
John Pugh 1.00
A. U. Bronson 1.00
$ 9.24
Itoad Fund:
E. Pine 12.00
W. C. Henderson 1.25
W. C. Henderson 1.25
W. C. Henderson 2.60
A. Emmons 2.25
L. Seigert 2.25
$21.60
matter. It Is ordered by the Court
to the sum of $82.39, be, and the
Court that the Clerk be, and he here
Goods the Best
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Market
Phone 00
B. I. PLUMMER, Prop.
The market of Purity and Quality of
Meats both Krctdi nnd Cured.
Greatest assortment of Lunch Meats
In town. .
Highest cash price paid for bogs and
veal.
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ASK YOUR GROCER FOR
ST. HELENS BRAND
A HOME PRODUCT .
CANNED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
WE BUY CHERRIES, PRUNES, PLUMS, BLACK
BERRIES, RHUBARB, BARTLETT PEARS AND
CABBAGE TO BE CANNED HERE IN THE CAN
NERY. THOSE WHO HAVE ANY OF THE
ABOVE NAMED WE WOULD BE GLAD TO
HAVE THEM COME TO THE CANNERY AND
GET A CONTRACT FOR THE SAME.
WE ALSO BUY POTATOES IN QUANTITIES.
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FOR A NICE
Come to MASON'S
Short Orders, Waffles, Sandwiches
The cleanliness and service will appeal to you
CANDIES, ICE CREAM, CIGARS, ETC.
Get the Habit
COME TO MASON'S
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
DRAYING AND TRANSFER
All Business Promptly Attended To
PHONE IS OR 12
WM. H. DAVIES
' ST. HELENS, OREGON
A Nice Present for Your Wife
One of the celebrated
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Enamel Ware makes the kitchen work easier. We have
a large and complete stock.
A large line of
HARDWARE AND BUILDING MATERIALS,
CUTLERY AND CARPENTER TOOLS
Let us figure on your wants and save you money
St. Helens Hardware Co.
Phone 97 Free and Prompt Delivery
J. L. WILLIAMS & SONS
Successors to Perry & Graham
A Full and Complete line of General Merchandise
The Dependable Kind
Dry Goods, Shoes and Groceries
Free Delivery
Give us a trial and you will be satisfied
Phone 34 WEST ST. HELENS, ORE.
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ftition aadicarntd tSt tS oould rctlly Ail
AX volvcr practice ttli be stopped hootinf bi
A greet revival ol the eport it eweepintf eeroee the country
men Jfe tmltne? ti from the erck note-end the sele or
Remington UMG Ammunition (or ell etenderd mekee of pistole
and revolver ie topping ell previous high merks.
Get your arms end ammunition from the reliable dealer""
look (or the RJ BH Mark f Rtmington VM-U Sign of
Sportsmen' Headquarters in every town, , .
Sold by your home dnalor and 679 othnr landing
marchanta in Orator
C7i ani 01 your gun wt'tk REM OIL, tAe emma
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