ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY. AUGUST 17. 1917
The Undisputed Sensation of
the Day. Most Wonderful
Story Ever Filmed.
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New Original Edition in Twelve Reels
A Tale of the GREAT NORTHWEST
Tingling With Action and Excitement
Monday and Tuesday at
The STRAND Theatre
Reduced Admiss'o i
Matinee Tuesday 5 and 15
At Night 10 and 20
Chris Johnson and wlfo. of flats-I
ki'nio, epent Saturday and Sunday
with their on, J. F. Jolinuon.
A son was born to Mrs. Guy Tnr
lioll Friday morning. Mother, boh
: and father are all doing woll.
i Mrs. S. Holland and Mrs. (Mum
Williams and daughter Marjorio, of
Portland, aro tho guests of Mrs. L.
Paulson.
! Dr. Lowe, tho cyo specialist,
ffc will lo In Halnter Saturday.
"Scpteinber 1. Will not ho In
St. Helens till October. 5-2
I Fred Morgus and Tom Klhlun left
! Tuesday morning for u trip to Seut
; tie and other Sound cities. They will
bo aluient several days.
Miss Minnie Doleshal informs uu
th'it the homo talent pU;y which was
' to bo given by tho Ladles' Aid Society
on tho 24th list., has been Indefinitely
postponed.
A. W. Muehow, a brother of Mrs.
Von (Jrey, left Montay afternoon for
Portlund. Ho hna accepted a position
in tho boys' suit department at I.lp-mun-Wolf's
and will bo pleased to
bo of service to his St. Holers friends.
Don't look for tho news on only
the front and last pages of tho Mist.
You will find good reading matter on
every page.
Hon. H. P. Cornelius, representa
tive from Washington county to the
last legislature, and Walter Quick,
also of Washington county, were hero
Monday on a short visit to K. K.
Quick.
Sunday Mrs. S. I". Morton enter
tained a number of her friends with
u picnic dinner at Milton creek dam.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter McWatlers and
son wore the only out of town people
present.
Mrs. J. M. Hodgers and son Carl
will arrive In St. Helens tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pay wore Port
land visitors Wednesday.
J. T. Tuber Is In Portland visiting
tha several wholesalers.
0. L. Wheeler, of the St. Helens
Lumber Co. land department, was In
St. Helens Thursday.
Mrs. Glen Metsker and daughter
spent tho week end In Hlllshoro with
Mrs. Metsker'B mother.
J. I,. Hope and Mrs. Hope were
visitors at tho home of L. J. Conlln
several days this week. Mr. Hope Is
a prominent attorney of Astoria, and
Mrs. llopo is a sister of Mr. Conlln.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Harnett, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Trow, of Halnler, Mrs.
Adella Perry, of Sioux City, Iowa,
and H. S. Mason were a pnrty that en
Joyed a motor trip up tho Columbia
Highway.
District Attorney Glon H. Metsker
and Hnrley Turner returned Tuesday
evening from an extended auto trip
through southern Oregon. They
visited Crater lake and other points
of Interest and report an enjoyable
vacation.
W. H. Dlllard returned from his
Seaside cntlnge Wednesday to attend
to legal mutters pending hero. He
returned Thursday evening. Mrs.
Dlllard Is at tho beach homo and has
as her guests Miss Kdrio l.eltare and
Miss Marie Walker. Walden Dlllard
recently received orders to report at
Fort Stevens with his company of the
Coast Artillery Guard, and Is now
regularly in I'ncle Sam's iiervlco.
On Wednesday (Veiling, August S,
a reception wus given In the Hed
men's hall of Goblo in honor of Ar
thur J. llurbee, who is on a few days
furlough from tho V. S. S. lluffalo.
Mr. llurbeo has been ncrossboth
oceans, having been to both HusHla
and Japan. Tho lluffalo conveyed
They have been spending a. few weeks Sonulor nlM,t, dlploniatil sonimlsslon
at their Seaside cottage, and before )mI Major Scott to Russia. Arthur
proceeding to their homo In St. Uuls KctB, ,()ok a orovv,i l0 Ooblo Wednes-
will visit at the homo or Mrs. s. i . .i..v fiVenliiir to attend the reception.
I MIST MISTINGS J!
Miss Carrie Allen, of California, .
visiting Mrs. L. K. Kutherford.
.Norman Merrill, of I la'.sk.inie, was
transacting business in St. Helens
Monday.
Mrs. I. E. Dodd was In Portland
. Morton.
Typewriter ribbons and carbon pa- John McCann, of Astoria, who was
per cull be obtained at the Mist office.
Mrs. J. C. Gore, of Nelson, II. C,
Is here visiting her son. Attorney
Georgo A. Gore.
Tuttl Fruttl Ice cream In brick;
in St. Helens Monday on his way
from Portland to Astoria, Elated that
the lower highway was not so rough
as some of the Portland papers had
stated. He made tho trip without
French Custard in bulk, at Mason's trouble and in very good time.
Saturday and Sunday. U. S DeSpuIn lias accepted u posl-
Mr. and Mrs. E. lilukesley and son , tion as foreman of construction with
Ronald left Wednesday morning for Contractor Herold, who was awarded
Sunday and registered at the Port-! Seaside, where they will spend a few
land hotel.
The members of the l.udies' Aid
days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brown and fam-
tlie Job of putting In the concrete
bridges on the highway in Heaver
Canyon. Mr. DeSpain plans on lenv-
Society of the Methodist church gave lly and Miss Minnie Dolesh:l left by ' Ing Monday to get lliu rock crusher
a lawn tea at the residence of Mrs. I auto Wednesday for a trip to Mount
F'annle Ross Thursday afetnioon. ' Hood. They will bo absent some days.
set up and do the necessary iiuurry
! work.
2,000 Pounds of
to be sold on
X SPECIAL SALE
The dunce given by ''Doc" Kuo at
tho city hull Saturday night wns well
attended anil the splendid music fur
nished by tho Portland orchestra,
which ho imported, added to the
pleasure of tho evening. "Doc" has
chartered tho lunnch Huth and will
tuko a purty down to the big dime"
at Kulama Saturday night, the 1Mb.
Tho round trip fare for gentlemen Is
50 cents, but no churge will he made
for ladies who wish to go on this
excursion.
John Southard Is nursing a sore
head. At noon hour Saturday John,
wl'.h some other employes of the
shipbuilding company, decided to
take a swim, but John wt.b not satis
fied with swimming, he wanted to
dive and seo what tho bottom of Wll-
i li'.metto slough looked like, but he
! n'jver got to Dee the bottom, fur his
; bead hit a sunken log. The doctor
; took r.cvcrul stitches on his cranium
and after laying off several d-.-.ya John
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j CANNERY
Is usi'ln at work.
Ilrs. Edwin and L. G. Itnsa and
Harold P. ItoKS motored to Portland
Wednesday and hi. v. Oakland defeat
the Heavers. They report tho road
very rough and dusty from Itocky
Point to Hurlington. Pavement has
been laid from Kooky Point towards
the Columbia county line for a dis
tance of a niilo and good progress Is
being made.
Sale Starts August 20, Ends Sept. 20 1
STARTS
SEASON'S
RUN
This is the Bargain
40 Sheets, large size 8x10 Ink Tablet, regular 10c
value. Special price
98c Dozen
You save 22 cents.
St. Helens 'Series
30 Sheet Spelling Tablet, 5c value. Special 4 C
30 Sheet Note Book, Sc value. Special. . 4c
50 Sheet Note Book, 5c value. Special. . 4c
20 Sheet Composition Book, marginal lines;
5c value. Special 4C
These prices are far under the Mail Order Houses.
You save money and postage.
- BUY FROM TABER
The Scribbler
Big 100-Sheet Scratch
Tablet, ruled or plain,
worth 10c each;
Special
5c Each
Better buy a su'pply.
The Columbia River Canning K
Produce Company started Its canning
plant Tuesday morning for tho sea-
son's run. During the dry 5,075'
ti pounds of beans wero handled, which
'went into 261 cases. On Wednesday
only 1,388 pounds were delivered,
which mado 64 cases. At noon on
Thursday 1,211 pounds had been do
'llvered and tho pack will ho about
j tho same as Wednesday. t Mr. Rosuco
: expects to have a sufficient quantity
of beans delivorcd during tho coming
j week to Insure the operutlon of the
cannery every day In tho week. If
more beans uro received, more oper
atives will bit engaged.
Drawing Pads
20 Sheets 9x12,
10c value, only. ....8c
20 Sheets 6x9,
5c value, only.
4c
If you can't come to the store, send your order by mail.
TABER'S
Variety Store
CHURCH NOTICES
I Methodist F.plftcopal Church
; "Tho Friendly Church," Albert 8.
! Hisey, pustor.
I Sunday school, 10 a. in.
Morning worship, 11a. in.
; Evening service, 8 o'clock.
Epworth League, 7 p. m.
j "The subject of the morning scr
j mon will bn "The First Kvory-Mom-ber
Church." In tho evening the
topic will be "Tho Hroud vs. the Nar
row Way."
I A cordial Invitation Is extended to
jtlio public to worship In tlieso ser
; vlcB1; "Remember the Sabbath day,
io Keop u noiy."
School Day Cloth
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For Boys' Waists
For Girls' Dresses
Will outwear anything
you can get. Fast col
ors. 32 inches ct
wide. Yard diuzC
ST. HELENS
Buster Brown
School Stockings
While they last
21c a Pair
Better get all you need.
ADVERTISED LETTERS
Letters unclaimed for the week
ending August 11, 1917, at tho Ht.
Helens, Oregon, postofNco.
Orvllle Cox, Kugene Farrell, U. 8.
Johnson, J. K. Kleiner, Allen Larson,
Mrs. L. A. Morrison. !(.. ('. M,.riu
J. D. McKee, F. Thyholt (3), CJ. Well
Iborn, Miss Ithoda West. Albert
White.
Letters unclaimed by August 20
will be sent to tho division of dead
letters. IVA E. 1)01)0,
COTTON BATTS
An It Is approaching the Unm of year when It , ncc(fc
wiry to replenish the mipply of bcthllng, we would rill
attention to our stock of HKill JIIAIK HATTH
NOKT" 7 ., "IMVNY" H o., "CHOWN JKWK.I," j
., "Kl'KKKA" 'J lb., "IIKI HTAIt" 2!f ,,
liny your llnttn hero Mill you gvt the bent m mmu,,!.
nbl price. '
lllniikrt.t. Comfort, Pillons, HhelM In n kmhI hmhiiI.
inent, nt Hipulr prhm.
Specials
for
Saturday
I.ADIKH' SIIU:S
lllmk Vlcl with Ivory or
White Tiim, It Inch, rfKiiUr
price $!UM;
Hat unlay price 97.1.1
Ijullen' MuhIIii I'ettiiNiulM,
regular price $l.:Lf to $1.7.1;
Hatimluy price MM
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HOOVER
X Enjoins Every One to Economize.
LET NOTHING SPOIL
01
This means
Economy and Comfort
We also have Poultry and Fish,
and our fine Spring Chickens are
I great eating.
S. R. SONNELAND
PHONE 42 or B72
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"Doc" RAE'S
CITY HALL, ST. HELENS
Saturday, August 25
With a New Orchestra from
Portland
BEST OF FLOOR MANAGEMENT
Admission $1.00
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