ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY. MARCH 2. 1917
fr M1CT MICTIVfiC
New styles In ladies' dress shoes
at Austin's.
E. S. Snelling was a business vis
itor to Portland Saturday.
Faucy brick ice cream for your
Sunday dinner. Mason lias It. Phone
119.
Before buying work shoos, look
over Austin's stock, tit the Muckle
corner.
Dr. Edwin Ross will be in his of
fice at his regular afternoon office
hours, 2 to 4.
French vanilla ice cream and a
different variety every Sunday. Ma
son's, phone 119.
Mrs. Fred Trow, of Rainier, visited
her sister, Mrs. A. F. Uarnett, Sat
urday and Sunday.
Ollie Rudig, of Portland, was a
Sunday visitor at the home of Mr.
Mrs. V. B. Olllard was a Portland
visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. J. O. invons spent Wednesday
with friends in Mayger.
Miss Alice Quick and Miss Ilesste
Hattan were Portland shoppers Tues
day. We have 300 new spring hats,
and there are no two alike. Noah's
Ark.
-t:. M . Censninn and daughter Ron
nie were shopping In Portland Sat
urday. Mrs. Cooper and daughter, Grace
Adams, of Portland, are visiting Mrs
Matthews.
You don't get a hat like somebody
else, when you buy at Noah's Ark.
There are no two alike.
A. T. Kihlan Is on the sick list
this week, suffering with a severe
attack of la griope.
Miss Ruby Bosquet and mother
visited the metropolis Saturday, re
maining over Sunday.
Mrs. H. O. Strom and her sister,
Miss Esther Rapp, spent Tuesday In
and Mrs. L. G. Ross.
District Attorney Glen R. Metsker ' Portland visiting friends
was in lathlaniet, ash., Tuesday Mrs. Eugene Ulakesley returned
and Wednesday. Wednesdav. after several davs spent
W. B. Dillard returned the latter with her mother in Portland,
part of last week, after a sojourn of Mr. and Mrs. John Neff. of Port
ten days on his Seaside ranch. : land, are visiting at the home of Mrs.
August Frisk, who is employed in Nod's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Barber.
one ot the i'ortiana shipyards, was
here Sunday visiting with friends.
The dance at the city hall Satur
day night is reported to have beeu .
a most enjoyable affair and many'
attended.
J. J. Dunn suffered a painful in
jury at the shipyards Tuesday Wlien,
a large timber fell on his foot, mash
ing it quite badly.
Cooper Whitney and family arc
recent arrivals in West St. Helens.
tiaroiu koss returned from Rain- where they will make their home
ler Saturday, wnero he has just in- They formerly lived in Scappoose.
stituted a branch building and loan
association.
Mrs. J. D. Foster, who has besn the
guest of her friend. Mrs. J. E. Ram
sey, for several days, has returned
to her home in Chelialis. Wash.
J. W. Allen, N. O. Lara bee and
Washington .Muckle attended the
patriotic meeting of the lawyers'
auxiliary club at the Multnomah ho
tel Tuesday.
Ernest John has accepted a posi
Reduce the cost of high living. Eat ,
smelt. 4c per pound at Sonneland's. I
; lesli and fine Columbia river
smelt at Sonnelniid's. Only 4 cents j
; per pound. ' j
For Kent Modern 6-room house, !
ione block from postofTlce. Reason-1
able rent. Apply at Mist office,
i Circuit court will convene March ;
; 19 for the purpose of trying equity i
i cases only. No Jury ense will bo tried
before April 9.
After having spent the winter In
Los Angeles, Oil,, William Cole has
returned to West St. Helens, a towi
he likes much better than the Angel
City. ;
An appreciative p.iidience heard
Dr. Eiuil Euna's musical recital at
Guild hall Tuesday evening, the 27th
Inst. The amount realized from th"
ticket sales and admissions was di
vided among the several churches of
the city.
Frank Shepard. the popular owner
of the Portland-St: Helens auto bus
line, was in St. Melons Wednesday'
for the first time in several months.
.Mr. Shepard has been suffering with
a severo attack of Inflammatory
rheumatism, but states that he is ull
O. K. now. 1
N. O. Larabee his received a let
ter from his son. First Lieut. Alfred
E. larabee. In which he states that'
he has been ordered from his present
assignment, Fort Hamilton. N. v., to
Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He has bee,n
assigned to instructing the radio
corps, a most Important duty. In a
few months he will proceed to Pana
ma to take charge of tliu signal sta
tion and service there. Lieut. I-ira-bee
tried to get a furlough of five
weeks before reporting to his new
assignment but the war department
refused his request.
SHIPPING NOTES
The steamer Willamette arrived In1
Tuos.iay night ai d irocecded to the
docks of the Columbia County Lum
ber Company, where she laaded a full
cargo for San l'cdro. leavlrg out
Thursday night. Tiie Willr.metto will
tow the lath laden schooner Angel
to San Ej-anelsco. where that vessel
will have her engines Installed. The
Ansel took ns cargo 700.000 Ir.tll.
The ste.imer Klamath got away
l:iie Thursday night with 1.02S.U0O
feet of lumber and a fair pasaenger;
lift. Her destination Is San Pedro,
vl.i S. n Francisco. The vessel look ,
on Iut largo enrito In a little more
h ".i two days time.
The Cilllo will today !:iko In tow
Hie hull of the steamer Krnesl II
Meyers und take It to Sun Francisco,
where engines Kill be Installed and
other work done. It Is expected to
have the vessel In the coastwise ser
vice within the coining 90 days.
Two luunchlugs are planned for,
this month. The City of St. Helens
will probably leave the ways about
March 24, and n few days later the
Fr;ink D. Stout, which Is the vessel
being built for the Brookings Lum
ber Company, w ill take her Initial !
dip Work Is progressing rapidly on
both veasels.
CIIU RCflES MAKE BIG
GAIN IN MEMBERSHIP
liiil-eiiMC for llllfl ill I'. H. N 7I7.0OO,
(mln of JOI.IHMI titer I II 15.
The revival meetings being held at tlon with the Standnrd Oil Company
.a IT....). r . . i .,. . i , .
the Houlton Free Methodist church
are attracting much interest. Rev.
W. T. Klotzbach, a revivalist of note,
Is In charge of the meetings.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Masten, former
residents of St. Helens, motored down
from Portland Monday, taking Miss
Bernice Masten, who has been visit- tion h
ing mends in St. Helens, back to
their Portland home.
Paul Maris. leader of the extension
agricultural department of the Ore
gon Agricultural College, at Corval
lis, was In St. Helens Saturday to at
tend the meetaing of the Columbia
County Agricultural conference.
in the oil delivery department. He
and family will make their home at
Willbridge.
T. C. Watts was In attendance at
the Oregon Ket.-.ll Grocers' Associa
tion meeting in Portland last week.
He was reelected treasurer, a posi-
has held for some tlfe.
Mrs. Catherine Conlin, who has
be.-n visiting her son Leo J. Conlin,
f'r the past few days, returned to her
home in Portland Wednesday. Mrs.
Leo Conlin accompanied her.
The St. Helens ladles who attend-
, ed the shower given to Miss Watts.
MEETING OF THE
WOMANS CLUB
Instead of hi.vn, . ... ,.....! ' c.-.ppoose. last Saturday were Mrs.
shoes, bring the old ones to the Mod-: LVOV'S V !" m "
ern Shoe Shop, and If they are worth ' t'ul,' , r'""1' Mr3- A J cni'nK- Mrs.
repairing they will be fixe 1 up ! I' "m ' " M",ard-
good shape. My work Invariablv : " -ft1'" ""' nay Mort0"'
gives satisfaction because I urn am MHikcsiej.
expert workman aS-niy trade. N Tlie Hebekah lodge tendered a sur
Brueck, the Modern Shoe Shop. urise Part.v to Mr. and Mrs. Jack
N. O. Larabee is In receipt of a let- i,cK'L' a' Ue lodge rooms Thursday
ter from his son Earl Larrabce, In eveninK- the 22nd inst., celebrating
which he states he has been ordered tne twet'-thlrd anniversary of their
from Fort Hamilton, N. Y., to the weJling- Kefresliments 'ere served.
I'nited States fort at Leaveuworth, ' congratulatory speeches made and a
Kan. Lieut. Larabee, during the , P'easalt social evening spent.
.Mexican troubles, was stationed on' At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
the Mexican border. j George, Miss Clara Ketel and Miss
Sheriff Stanwood went to Deer Is- Merna Yeomans entertained the girls
land Sunday afternoon and arrested ' of the Himalaya club at a SO0 party
five men who were charged with be- on Thursday evening of last week.
Ing in a drunken condition and dis- Patriotic colors were emphasized in
turning the peace of that usuullv the tastefully decorated rooms. The .
quiet little town. They were tried card honors were won bv Miss Madge
before Judge Philip Mondav morning Mien.
southard. The guests IihiuIUxI !,. uii.iom. ,.t ,ii.... .
The Woman's Club held its an
nual social meeting Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank
George. A short business session
was held, at which time It was de
cided to hold a Silver Tea on-March
17. for the benefit of the library.
That date is Just one year since the
other tea was held for a similar pur
pose. After the business session Mrs
Crouse rend a very Interesting .paper
on "Stirling, a Favorite Royal Cas
tle." Mrs. Ellison followed, present
ing a pleasing description of "Perth."
The rest of the afternoon was given
over to the committee for the day,
who hnd prepared several Karnes.
Mrs. Sutherford proved herself quite
an adept in the art of guessu.g the
same. After the games a very d limy
lunch was served.
Through the efforts of the hostess
and the committee all spent a veiy
enjoyable afternoon.
The n'-t Increase In 1916 in church
members In the I'nited States was
7 4T.C 0t. a gain or 204.01)0 over tho
Increasu for 1915, according to fig
ures made public by Dr. Henry K.
Carroll, one of the secretaries of the
federal council of the churches of
Christ in America. The Roman Cath
olic. Protestant and Eastern orthodox
bodies in 1916 had an aggregate of
Koto thru 40,000,000 Oomniunleunlx
or numbers.
church Notices
Congregational hur. li
10:00 a. m.. Church School.
11:00, Morning Worship. Theme,
"The Parables of the Dranet, the
Le:iven"and the Pearl."
6:30, Christian Endeavor. Tonic
"Service."
7:30, ICvenlng Service. "Know
Yourself." Tho theme for Sunday
night la the first of a series of five
based on the words, "You shall know
the truth, and the truth shall make
you free."
Everyone is welcome to the Bible
class Sunday morning and to the
Social and Bible nudy class Tuesday
evenings at 7 : 3 0 .
Mrs. H. J.
?epinne Pear.e. Ml, Pmii.o
l . . .. ' u,",c
.-ae, .urs. isaneiie Reece Windte
Mr. Robert Bradley and Mr Wm h"
Keen, ell of Portland.
that Oregon is a greater state than
Washington." The debate was verv
near equal in points but the Oregon
side won out.
BACHELOR FLAT
The Young People's Christian En
deavor society, which was recently
organized here, is being well attend
ed and much Interest Is being taken
in tho work of the society.
After a severe attack of rhaunia
tism, Mies Esther Bor.net Is now able
to n'.tend school.
V. S. Ik-Spain is making many Im
provements on his farm in the Flat
It is reported the DeSpaln family wlli
soon move to thef arm. They will
be welcome.
Our big spring millinery opening
Monday, Man h In. Every lady
gets a carnation. Noah's Ark.
Wr.tch for our WMVKXSAUY
sale April 1. Somo good specials
offered. Noah's Ark.
MetlitHlist FplM'oml CbunU
"The Friendly Church"
Albert S. Hlsey, Pastor.
Sunday morning the pastor's theme
will ho "The Get People In Town."
Don't miss this sermon. In the eve
nTiig the theino will be "What Is
WorhllinesB?" A rousing bong ser
vice at the beginning of the evening
service will liven you up.
Sunday school and Epworth League
at the usual hours.
The friendly hand will bo held out
to you at all of the services.
lr- Turner, formerly of
Af Lowe & Turner. Dm -.,n.
v.i' known eye sneelnllKt ,.f
Monday and Tuesday
Star day
land, "will be in St H.i..nu
Wednesday. March 7. at St. Helens
Hotel. Headaches relieved, cross eyes
straightened; satisfaction guaran
teed. Consult him. Don't forget the
dale ,
nriARY
ILES
INTER
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The .Nation's Sweetheart. I a wonderful (I ,.rt drama of the little
gul with no home.
"FAITH"
No advance in admission for this wonderful play
5 an l 10 cents
Saturday and Sunday
The Great
LARUE SHOW
w
WEDNESDAY .
MATINEE and EVENING
Robert Mantell
The Great Dramatic Actor of the state
ill
i The Green-eyed Monster
A Fox Production
60
Laughs
a
minute
The
King
of
Funmakers
THE
NEW STORE
AT THE MUCKLE CORNKR
Dry Goods
Wc are adJ:n to our piece goods stock every
day. Wc have Nev Nainsooks, Long Cloth,
Flaxor, American Suiting;, School Day Cloth,
Galatea, Gingham, F.ilkoline, Challie, and
sjme New Sport Stripes in Wash Goods that
;;re ri-jht up to the ir.inute lot style.
Shoes
Everybody wears Shoes, but we don't claim
to have Shccs ior everybody. But we have
r gocd assortment and you stand a good
chance of getting fitted if you try here.
Work Clothes for Men
Ycu j'-st a: well have the best Overalls on
the rrarkei when it costs you no more than
an imerict make. We guarantee satisfaction
with every paii ol "HEADLIGHTS."
PAN I S. SHIRTS. SUSPENDERS.
SOCKS. GLOVES. UNDERWEAK
Lock h:re and you will Hnd what you want.
AL. E. AUSTIN
WE ALWAYS
HAVE
i
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
ORANGES SPECIAL at 10c the dozen
Selected Potatoes in neat packages. . .2 for 5c
A. S. HARRISON SON
WE BUY AND-SELL FOR LESS
SCIENTIFIC SENSATIONAL
and FUNNY
In addition to the superior photoplays
THE VAMPIRES on Saturday
and the World Feature, THE CUB on Sunday.
Admission
Saturday Matinee 5 and 10 cent-.
Saturday and Sunday Nigfits. .10 and 15 cent-.
Just another liiatanrp, hI,oi,k t,
Hiiperlor service of Tlie Strand The!
aire is the Inauguration of Metro
Wonderplays. with nuch stars Is
r rnncis X. Uushman. Ileverly I)aye
lga I'etrova. Edmund Ilree. mZI
Harrymore. Ethel Iinrryniore and
I.OJ.U of others. Watch Opening
u,Ir.nly 11,6 ,,lK V1 '"! the big
stars you see at The Strand
tl. it. MTKOM, Mgr '
I GROCERIES
,'
WC RJVLe the same carcful attention to the select
, n. and ftuV,ni of our stocks htat you give to the
buying of your household needs. That's why the
I TWtl Wh, lradcs ,,crc ncv fr for quality
when the order come, from our store.
it iMT,hC uScrvice we rent, i another reason for the
'ca1d"shl, w maintain in the grocery business.
!1 tlel ? , ?rderS arc f,llcd with0t annoying mi
J takes, and the goods are delivered at your door on '.
I THE HALL COMPANY
t GROCERS I
t "' XUV "VT T''B WITH I'H U K IIOTH I.OHK JU.SKV 1
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