S. P. & S. TIME TABLE
From Portland
Leaves Arrlvea
Portland. Bt. Helena
8:10 a.m. :lla. m.
...,12:26 p.m. 1:33 p.m.
.... 6:16 p. in. 6:23p.m.
.... 6:16p.m. 7:09p.m.
To Portland '
travel Arrive'
Bt. Helena Portland
. ... 7:64. m. 0:16 a.m.
,...ll:Ha.m. 12:20 p.m.
.... 3:81p.m. 4:40p.m.
.... 8:63p.m. 9:60p.m.
luave (or station about 80
Treln.
No. U .
No. 26.
No. 27.
No. 23.
Truln.
No. 26-
No. 22.'
No. 28..
No. 24. .
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minutes
In advance of above time.
FIRE ALARM BOXES
Mucklo'i Corner 22
Rutherford's 23
Huion'i 24
City Hall 82
Bchool . 33
M. C. Gray 34
Central Grocery 42
Hwodo Hotel 43
NlKKor Crook 44
lluzun's 62
Hospital 63
West St. Melons
Depot 64
I'rcscotl's Corner 66
CHURCH NOTICES
1 (Viigregutlonul ( liurili
10 a. m., Illblo icliool.
1 1 a. in., nioriilnK worship. Com
munion service.
0:30 p. in., ChrlHtlan Endeavor.
7:30 p. m., evening womlilp.
Theme: "Sulvatlou; What and
How?"
Tlin Illblo und Social Study class
will cmitliiua It meetings each Tues-
dny evening at tUo church at 7:30.
Tli subjects for Tuesday, January 9,
n ro "Co-operation In tho Family" and
"Tho larger Family, the Commun
ity." You are always walcomo.
Methodist Episcopal (IiuitIi
"Tho Friendly Church"
Albert S. Illsey, Pustor.
Huniluy school, 10 a. in.
Morning worship, 11a. ni.
Kpworth league, 6:30 p. m.
Kvcnliig service, 7:30.
Subject for the morning, "Come
und See." Reception of new mem
bers and the Holy Communion will
tin features of the morning service. If
you huve n church letter, bring It.
ir the church of your choice la not
iotutod here, unite with us 111 the
work of building the kingdom,
Subject for the evening, "The
Greatest Gift."
Did you make those New Year
n liolutlims? Surely one of them was
Unit tho church of God bIioII have a
light share of your Intercut and sup
port in the new year of 1917.
To all of the good people of St.
Helens, we extend greeting, and wish
'or them a splendid and happy year.
Inxpirod
"Children,' said the teacher to her
class in compoHltlon, "you should not
attempt any flight of fancy, but
writo what In In you."
Ah a result of tills advice, 8 year
old Itlcliard passed In the following
(-inn position:
"We shall not attempt any futon
of fancy, but rite Just what Is In u.
In mo there is my itummlck, lungs,
liver, two apples, two cakoa and my
dinner. "people's Home Journal.
The NEW YEAR RIGHT
Come to us for Pure Drugs, Toilet Articles, Perfumes
and Druggist's Sundries. f
Your Prescription will be carefully and accurately
filled at
The Plaza Pharmacy
BANK BUILDING ST. HELENS
DURING JANUARY WE
10 Per
Reduction on All
On each and every article in our big store. We have
one of the largest stock i of General Merchandise in
Columbia county, and you can save money by taking
advantage of this reduction. Visit our store and judge
for yourself.
A. T. KIBLAN
Phone 35
THAT ni'IKJKT MF.KTINU
(Contributed)
'Twr.a on the thirteenth of December
The budget meeting mot,
A noted day wo'll til romember,
And not forget, you bet!
The curtnlu rosa, tho atr.ge was set,
Tho budget then wna road;
And the wry the bunch then roared
and sweat
Wna enough to wake tho dead.
"Wtr Homo" was tliore and rls the
halt,
And mude the windows ring;
And Harvey Ilrown, from Qulncy
town,
As usual took a fling.
Mode Griffith's bruy, from Yankton
Hesounded through the hall;
A dozen times he had his say,
A most disgruntled bawl.
Then Evenson shot off his gun
Strulght at tho county court,
And almost put them on tho run;
Ho mude them puff snd snort.
Then Anderson from Clutskcnle
Ho made us laugh, he made us cry,
He mude the roud tax soar up high.
Then turned and winked the other
eye.
Then Arthur Hall straight up ho rl?
And yelled, "We want more roads.
So. our 'Tin Lis' piled high with biz
Can travel with Its loado."
lu mge Oloen, hla eyes turned green,
Yellod "Cut the tax wo must."
lie !t and raved und foamed with
spleen,
And made them bite the duBt.
Tho roads wero damned, the court
was panned,
And thou we took a vote;
We put a plaster on our land,
And mude ourselves tho goat.
The meeting then adjourned once
more
To moot agrln next yeur.
winie some of us fell awful sore.
And almost shud a tear.
Shukospeure.
According: to the Formula
A tramp knocked at a kltchon
door and said: "Please, kind lady.
I'm a sick man. The doctor gimme
this medicine, but I need something
to tako It with."
The ludy wus reudy to help.
"Poor fellow!" she said, "do you
want a spoon and a glass of water?".
Tho trump answered: "No, mum,
I wouldn't trouble you. Hul this
medicine hauler ho took before meals.
Have you got a meal handy?"
Christian Herald.
"Itemeiuher," says the booking
agent, "tho Op'ry houso at Plunk
vllle can book only a certain num
ber of plays."
"What's their specialty some
thing educational?"
"Not that. Hut tho Op'ry house
Ix over a livery stablo and any show
liable to scare horses can't be
booked." Kansas City Journal.
OFFER A
Cent
Cash Purchases
Houlton (West St. Helens)
ST. HELENS MIST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1917
PLACER MINING
IN THE DESERT
(idfl lMMita by Ancient Streams
Now elilug Mined,
To one unacquainted with local
conditions a semlarld region, entire
ly lacking flowing streams, would
not seem to be a promising field for
placer mining, yet the gold produced
from the placer mines of the Man
hattan district. In central Novada,
lias nearly equaled In valuo the gold
taken from Its lode mines.
Munhattan Gulch, which during
the last decade has produced nearly
81,000,000 In placer gold, is a dry,
gravel-filled valley extondlng west
ward from the center of the Toyabe
range to Dig Smoke valley. The
bedrock on which the pay gravel
rests lies from 40 to more than 100
feet below the surface, and water is
scarce, so the gold must be recovered
by underground mining. An under
ground stream flowing slong the bot
tom of this gravel-filled gulch sup
plies sufficient water for sluicing the
old-bearing gravel. In places this
gravel Is extremely rich. Muterlal
carrying au much as $50 a cubuc
yard has been mined from the best
round, and throughout the product
ive portion of the gulch the pay
gravel has generally yielded over 22
lo tho cubla yard.
Many unusual and Interesting fea
tures are presented in these deposits,
which are described In detail In Bul
letin C40-J of the United States eco
logical survey, department of the In
terior, by H. G. Ferguson. Eleohanta.
deer and native wild horses were
once Inhabitants of this part of Ne
vada, and when tho gold was first
deposited In an old stream bed, a
large lake occupied the dusty desert
which gives 8moky Valley its name.
Tho later hlBtory of the roglon, with
its succcsBlve chunges of climate, has
beou traced by Interpreting the rec
ord left by the different types of
gravel beds that huve so deeply
burled the rich gravel.
A peculiarity of the gold of the
placer gravels Is that downstream
from Its sourco the gold Itself shows
i marked Increase In purity. At the
upper end of the gulch the bullion
contains 700 parts gold per 1,000,
but at tho westernmost mine, two
miles downstream, its fineness has
Increased to 740 parts per 1,000.
A copy of bulletin 640-J may be
obtained from the director of the
geological survey, Washington, D. C.
FOREST NOTES
Tests at the forest products labor
atory at Madison, Wis., Indicate that
by the use of four additional nails
In each eud an Increase of 300 per
cent in the strenglu of canned-food
boxes Is secured.
Approximately 10,390 acres of de
nuded landa within the national for
ests were reforested In the fiscal yoal
1916. The total number of trees
ph-nted was 6,146,637, while 8,280
pounds of tree seed wero sown.
There were 133,442 more cattle
and horses, end 005,338 more sheep
and goats using tho national forests
in 1916 than in 1915. This Increase
was In sptto of large eliminations of
grazing lands from the forests. It
Is accounted .for by improved meth
ods of handling the Block and by
more intimate knowledge of the for
age on the ranges and their carrying
capacity.
The number of fires suppressed on
national forest alnds during the cal
endar year 1916 was 6,324, as against
7,018 in 1916, and an average annual
number of 4,759 during the past five
years, says Henry S. Graves, chief
of the forest service, in his annual re
port Just published. While more than
the average number of fires occurred
the 'imbored area burned over was
but 155,416 acres, or 30 per cent
loss than tho average per year for
the period 1911-1915 Inclusive. The
average loss per flro was $60.41.
Forty-four per cant of the fires were
confined to areas of less than ono-
quarter of an aero.
It is estimated that there are more
than 30,000 sawmills in the country
E.ich of those mills In operation will
be asked by the forest service to
make a detailed report of Us De
duction. Information is sought as
to the total quantity of each kind of
wood sawed, the number of laths and
shingles manufactured, and the aver
age mill value for each species.
Representatives and senators to con
gress from Massachusetts have re
ceived the following telegram from
one of the largest shoo manufactur
ers of Lynn, though a former oreal-
ient of the Massachusetts Retail,
Shoo Morchanta and Manufacturers
Association: "The condition in the
leather market Is extremoly serious
and prices are advancing dally. If
present conditions exist for a much
longer time the manufacturers will
be unable to securo stock enough to
make shoos for the American people
Will you old In starting a govern
mental Investigation through the
proper channel to protoct the manu
facturer, rotaller r.nd public?"
Jurkson's Flag
A graceful act of courtesy to a
chivalrous foe is that of tho Illinois
legislature in returning to New Or
leans the historic flag of General
Andrew Jackson. It Is a faded relic
more than 100 years old, which has
"smelled powder" on the battle fields
of three wars. Carried by Jackson's
mon when they wen their victory
over the Hrltlsh at New Orlor.ns, later
'.he emblem of a Louisiana regiment
in the Mexican war, when the trying
days of 1861 cumo the venerable
piece of bunting, a little tattered
from Its honorable service, was still
Intact and carried Into many a fight.
Since the war It has reposed In the
Illinois memorial hull In the state
house at Sprlnfield.
Three generations huvo come upon
the sceno since Its capture, and now
the grandsons of tho men who bore '
It back beyond the Ohio will return
It to the great-great-grnndiions of
those who fought beneath Its folds.
It Is significant that he bill provid
ing for Us return to New Orleans
was Introduced in the Illinois legis
lature by a veteran who lost a leg
at Vlcksburg and took part in the
very battle In which the flag fell.
True soldiers are ever tho first to
forgive their enemies.
We Serve Only the Best
Our place has gained a reputation for serving the
best Meals and Lunches. Then, too, we handle Cigars,
Candies and Soft Drinks. Some morning try our Waf
fles; many people tell us they are very good.
MASON'S
A nice lunch at anv time: nrices reasonable
j '
WE FORGET
easily the PRICE of an article, but the QUALITY is
, remembered.' This proves that quality is the FIRST
consideration in buying. Our PAINTS and OILS are
of the best grade obtainable, and we guarantee them
to be PURE.
St. Helens Hardware Co
Teach your dollars to have more cents.
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FOR GOOD PLUMBING
COME TO ME
PLUMBING, STEAM HEATING
and SHEET METAL WORKS
I also carry a full line of Stationary Wash Tubs and
Bath Room supplies.
One of my specialties is Steam Heating and Fitting.
R. CONSTANTIN
St. Helens,
soi
o The Best Place to Buy g
We have
SUITCASES. UMBRELLAS,
NECKWEAR, DRESS SHIRTS,
MACKINAWS
SILK PETTICOATS, GLOVES
QUILTS," EMBROIDERY
o h nnDniTQ cr.iv
1301 3 1
WHY EXPERIMENT?
11IFTID
n competition with ALL OTIIEIl FLOCKS received the blithest possible
ward, Hie GUAM) PKIZK ut Pannm a-Paciflc International Exposition
Use the best and you are always satisfied
MASON, EHRMAN & CO., pSAoNND
His Utile Ones
A forlorn little fox terrier limped
up the driveway to the General .hos
pital, holding one paw from the
ground. Unobserved he followed the
orderlies as they carried an injured
man Into the receiving ward.
It was not until Dr. J. C. Lynch
had finished treating his patient that
he heard a whining and a whimper
ing sound at his feet.
Tho little dog, holding up a badly
crushed fore paw, was looking ap
poulingly up at the doctor. Pathetic
brown eyes seemed trying to explain
something.
Dr. Lynch took charge of the ca
nine patient, anointing the injured
foot, and bundaging It with care. And
ifter a grateful lick at the doctor's1
shoes the fox terrier limped away.
MiKht jatm Hall, Too
Two English soldiers caused some
amuKcment at a golf course the other
day. The first man teed up and made
a mighty swipe, hut failed to shift
the ball. The miss was repeated no
fewer than three times. "For hea
ven's sake, Bill," tho other broke
out, "hit the thing! You know we
have only four days' leave." Phila
delphia Ledger.
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Be On Ti
The New Year is a good
time to start to be on time.
If the old watch needs re
pairs bring it to me; or if
you haven't a watch come
and look over our line.
Remember we carry the
celebrated Hamilton watch.
Von A. Gray
The Jeweler
Golden West Coffee
is "just Rignr
RAMSEY'S BREAD
IS GOOD
If you don't use it now, give
it a trial and judge for your
self how excellent it is.
We also make several varie
ties of French pastry.
We have a well equipped
bakery. Won't you call and
inspect it?
It will be our pleasure to
entertain you.
And, by the way, we want
to thank you for your liberal
patronage during the year,
and we hope to merit your
patronage during the coming
year.
St. Helens
Bakery
J. E. RAMSEY, Proprietor
PERRY GRANITE CO.
Earl Perry, Mgr.
301 4th St. Portland, Ore.
Designers and Manufac
turers of Monuments.
Deal with us direct and
thus save agent's commis
sion. For Good Work, always
v the cheapest.
H. M. TERRY
THE MOTOR TROUBLE
MAN
Expert Machinist. Bring your
auto troubles to me. Marine work
a specialty. Shop at St. Helens
enrage.
riione 57
THICKS ALWAYS REASONABLE
All Buses Cull at Hotel
Courteous Treatment
STOP AT
ORCADIA
HOTEL
TIIOS. 1SBISTEK, Prop.
Chicken Dinner Sunday, 35c
KATES $1.00 PEK DAY AND VP
Special lUtes to Kegultir Boarders
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