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ST. HELENS MIST, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1917 C i YU Tow I tell I usu i U ! : got ! l the i urn . I ' a f ' the j mil i of the boi am sat If th( I MIST MISTINGS jj Mrs. A. F. Barnett visited, friends In Portland Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. W. E. Lldyard was a Portland visitor Wednesday. Mrs. E. Lundgren was a Portland shopper Wednesday. Be sure to attend Ketel's big dance at the city hall tomorrow night. Mrs. Von A. Gray and Von Jr. are in Portland visiting relatives. We have nice chicken tamales. We serve them or sell at retail. Mason's. Mr. and Mrs.- H. P. McCormick spent Saturday and Sunday lu Port land. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Shinn visited relatives in Portland Sunday and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Conlin spent the week end with relatives and friends in Portland. Hon. Dean Blanchard, of Rainier, was In St. Helens Monday greeting old friends. Jack Wodmnn and wife went to Portland Saturday to witness a play starring Anna Held. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCnrty left Monday for St. Johns, where Mr. MeCarty is head calker. Mrs. E. I. Ballagh and daughters went to Portland Wednesday to visit friends for several days. The public schools will close Fri day aftern on and will not reopen until Wednesday, January 2. Donald McDonald left Wednesday mornig for Libby, Mont., and will spend the holidays with friends there. Miss Eugenia Deming is expected home tomorrow from Eugene, where she is a student at the state univer sity. . Mrs. E. B. Woods Invites every lit tle girl between the ages of 5 and 7 years to come to Woods' candy store at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, the 24th, and receive some Christmas candy. PARAGON FILM Inc. premnt tha WORLD Q1GGCTT MOTION PICTURE lilt WW CECIL MLEMHi'hCNRV HAMILTON k, WAURICe TOUR NED A SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23 Recial Matinee H and 1 5c KveniiiK at 0:30 and 8:1.1 10 and 20c SEE The Dashing Fox Hunt Scene. The Blood Tingling Auto Disaster. The Race between Auto and Train. The Terrible Railroad Wreck. The Winning Races at the Track. And a cast headed by Six Big Stars. MONDAY, DECEMBER 24 Jewel Production Inc., present ELAINE HAMMERSTEIN in a Italpli Ince production THE CO-RESPONDENT with Wilfred Lucas from the play by Alice Leal Pollock and Rita Wei man Matinee, 2 o'clock r, and 10c Evening . , 10 and 1.1c Our Line of Candies is the largest and best in the city. Liggett's Fruit Cordials Liggetts Chocolates Fancy Chocolates and Bon Bons All come in handsome Xmas packages. The 'prices range from 25c to $4.00 Perfumes AND TOILET ARTICLES A NICE BOX OF STATIONERY is a gift worth while. The Plaza Pharmacy Mrs. Mary Muchow, of Portlund. mother of Mrs. Von A. Gray, spent Sunday with her daughter. F. T. Lldyard, of Eugene, arrived In the city today and will spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lldyard. Nice grain fed hens and soft roast ers for Christmas. Order eraly of A. M. Williams, two blocks north of Central Grocery. Harry Wilson, U. S. Navy, Is ex pected here Sunday to spend the holi day season with his parents, Mr. nml Mrs. George Wilson. Why not a new cover or handle ' for that umbrella of yours? We do all kinds of umbrella repairing. Mod ern Shoe Shop, St. Helens. James Kennedy, or Goble, was In j St. Helens Saturday and stayed over i to attend the meeting of the Masonic j lodge, of which he Is a member. Miss Marcella Richards, of Forest ; Grove, has accepted the position o( stenographer and clerk in the office of the county school superintendent E. K. Hyskell, of Warren, one of I Columbia county's soldier boys at Camp Lewis, Wash., was down from j the army post to spend Sunday with I his parents. I We are here to serve, not to be served. Our aim is to do what you j want done and do It quick. Make us prove it. Modern Shoe Shop, St. Helens. I. G. Wlckstrom, of Scappoose, was I a business visitor In St. Helens Tucs day. He is planning to buy some timber and start in the lumber busi- ness again. John Southard Is expected to ar I rive tomorrow to spend the holidays j with his parents. He has been at tending the University of Washing ton at Seattle. j Tho steamer Wapama arrived in 'early Tuesday morning, and after taking on a million foot cargo of j lumber sailed for San Pedro late last i night. Purser Jack Pennington had a house full of passengers to look latter. Join the Red Cross today. While humanity bleeds do merciful deeds. Mrs. Elizabeth Adams returned Tuesday from Peru, Ind., where she visited Mrs. J. R. Hilars and rela tives. She was away from St. Hel ens about three months. A Blight mishap to the steam food nt the mill caused the big plant to. remain idle Wednesday. During the past few years there have been very few Idle days caused by breakdowns. The somi-anuual teacherB examin ations are being held at the court house and are conducted by County School Superintendent J. W. Allen. Eighteen teachers are in attendance F. W. Sobrnn and family motored to Portland Tuesday. Mr. Sebrnn was transacting business for tho In ternational Shipbuilding Co., of Col umbia City, whore he is master me chanic. Misses Louiso and Rutli Danforth entertulned 18 of tholr young lady friends nt a birthday party Sulurday afternoon at the Dun forth residence. Interesting games were played and refreshments served. Harold P. Ross "will leave Monday for Seattle and spend Christmas with relatives In that city. Ills mother, Mrs. Fannie Ross Is now In the Sound city and will not return to St. Helens until New Year. An item in a Portland paper stntes : thr.t a son was born to Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Cliff December 16. Keti - neth Is woll known In St. Helens, where he formerly lived, and ho Is a son of Dr. nnd Mrs. H. R. Cliff. Get wise, have your shoes repaired while you wait. Best half soles sewed on In 15 minutes. You are next. eGt busy. Modern Shoe Shop, dlors and sailors, wo who are obliged St. Helens. to play our parts at home must feel Knute Bjorkman was in Portland that any hardships nnd sacrifices en Saturday and enlisted in the spruce j durod by us are negligible in the regiment which is now being formed. J uKht of the supremo labors per Knute thinks he will be assigned to formed by the stalwart sons of the inspection duty at the now spruce : land. The more we give the sooner mill which the government will this terrible war will end and the build at Vancouver. He left Monday : sooner an enduring pence will blazon for duty. Its course across the now dull liorl- The steamer Klamnth was report- zon. ed near the Columbia river bar last night, en route from San Francisco ! for St. Helens. The vessel Is sched-' uled to arrive some time today, and will probably sail for California Mon day night. Merle Wilson and Mrs. Wilson came down from Vancouver Saturday and spent Sunday with Mrs. Wilson 'parents. Merle joined his company Sunday night and Monday left fur . some eastern point. For the pres-1 !ens Mrs. Wilson will remain In W'set ' St. Helens. Miss Pauline Pauls. n. who leaches In the public schools of South Bend, Wash., and her sister, Miss Leonora Paulson, who also Caches school In Washington, are expected to arrive In St. Helens tomorrow to spend the holiday season with their mother, Mrs. L. Paulson. ; At the recent Shorthorn sule hold , In Portland, two excellent registered ! Shorthorn calves were purchased by ! A. H. Tarbell, of Warren, and a yearling heifer at $1050 by G. W. ; Tarbell, of Yankton. Three regis tered boars have been purchased by ! the farmers of the county. ! Laden with a cargo of 2,000,000 , feet of lumber and piling, tho motor rossel S. I. Allard left out Sunday 'morning for San Francisco. After discharging her cargo she will he turned over to the United Stntes gov ernment and will be operated on the San Francisco-Honolulu run i Elton Kelly, an employe of the shipyard, was Injured late Thursday afternoon. In some manner he full ' from the scaffold on which he was working to the ground, a distance of about four feet. No one knows how the accident occurred, but evldent'y the man was severely Injured and was taken to a Portland hospital for further treatment and examination A coroner's Jury was empanelled j by Coroner White to Inquire Into the accidental death of William MacKln- i ster nnd son, who were killed at Goble by a S. P. & S. freight train Wednesday, the 19th. The Jury visited the scene of the accident and , convened In St. Helens Monday after noon to hear the evidence. They brought in a verdict of negligence and carelessness for both the parties The Jury consisted of W. W. Blakes- ley, Fred Morgus, W. J. Fullerton, Virgil Stevens, John McKle and Percy j Harrison. A number of witnesses Including the train crew, testified as to the accident. . Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Sebran enter talned 26 children in honor of their daughter Ruth's eighth blr'.hdr.y an niversary Saturday, December 15. The front room and dining rocm was artlntlcally decorated with ferns and holly. Miss Hall, teacher of the sec ond grade, assisted In entertaining the children in various games. Re freshments were served. Those pres. ept were Dorotha Snelllng, Lellha Stevens, Jack Baker, Marguerite and Marie McGorty, Louise Black, Vlr ginia and Hull Reld, Helen Hoffman, Mildred Adams, Rose Cram, Helen Illscy, Beatrice and Edith Lake, Edith and Hllbert Nelson, Llora and Marguerite Thomas, Clifford Som- marstrom, Carl Fanno, Raymond and Hazel Woodman, Mable Darle, Ana bel Isblster, Geralda and Ruth Sebran. RED CROSS PROCLAMA TION BY GOVERNOR The governor of Oregon is the first governor In tho United States to Is sue a Red Cross proclamation. Others are expected to follow In rapid suc cession. Following is llio proclama tion: "Executive Department, Salem, Pec. 16, 1917. "At this holiday season of tho year when, following time-honored custom, the spirit of giving prevails In every home of tho land, It is en tirely fitting and proper that each truo American should feel disposed to give such support as he can af ford to that great humanitarian arm of the federal government known as the Ameriacn Red Cross. "This is our first Christinas in the world war. It la our first opportun-i ity to minglo with the usual holiday ntmosphero a responsiveness to tho most merciful and eloquent appeal for definite service that has over boon made to human hearts. The larger part of the so-called civilized world Is In distress. Thero are pain ful wounds to heal, torn bodies and bouIs that need ministry. There Is I no better, surer, quicker avenue of relief than through the undenomina tional agency of the American Red ," 1""'0 "'" ".'es have un dertaken to mobilize tho heart and soul and wealth of America 'toward building up the wounds of a bleed ing world.' ' "No mattor how much wo may give for the tender care of our sol- "Now, therefore, I, James W'lthy comhe, governor of the state of Oro gon, by virtue of the authority In mo vested, do most earnestly commend the Christmas membership drive of the Red Cross to the cheerful sup port of tho people of Oregon and .... .1 t,nl. lmmrYn t. . v .. . a I. I .1 tne n,poratve necessity of making this truly a Red Cross Christmas by giving a Christinas present to hu manity. Let every Oregon home be represented In tho great union of the Red Cross. I "In testimony whereof, I have hereunto sot my band and caused Wzjhamit A Some of the Following Will Help Finish Off That Fancy Prunes APPles Oranges Lemons Walnuts Brazils Chestnuts Filberts Pecans Sultana Raisins Bleached Sultanas Cranberries Cluster Raisins After Dinner Clusters Calarab Figs Dromedary Dates Fard Dates Fancy Black Figs Popcorn ......... , pkg- Figs Celery Lettuce, large head Cauliflower St. Helens Mercantile Co. the great seal of tho stuto ot Oregon to bo affixed this 14th day of Decem ber, 1817. "JAMES W1TIIYCOM1IE, (Signed) "Governor." HARVEY M. FOWLER Harvey M. Fowler wns boru In St. Helena April 25, 1 S56. mid died nt his homo In (ioblo, Oregon, Decem ber 1, 1917. Docoused leuves to mourn his loss a wlfu and two sons, Edgar of Seattle, Wash., and Ciih talus of Goble. lie Is survived by flvo brothers, Marion and James of Rain ier, Edwntd of Oregon City, Samuel of Seattle and George of (Ioblo. Do censed was a member of St. Helens lodge, A. F. & A. M., nnd bis funeral wns conducted by members of that lodgo. Ills remains were laid to rest in the Neer City cemetery December 3. A largo concourse of friend gathered to pay their respects to the deceased, who was well known mid respected throughout the community. Mrs. Erniit John, of Llunton, visited her mother, Mrs. Wm. Drew this week. Strayed 3 Ilolsteln spring belf era; ed horned, unmarked. M. II. Mc- Whlnnny, Perry llouso No. 1, Houl ton. Ore. 1-tf TWO BIG DA NCES ST. HELENS CITY HALL SA T. DEC. 22 AND CHRISTMAS NIGHT du -flour Past . Ckom, AmkWhkYou- r VERY MERRYX AND MOST HAPPY .CHRISTMAS VNEW YEAR 172c $1.40 per box 30, 40, 50, 60c ; 3JC 25 and 30c 3oc 35c 30c 3oc ; . . . . 15c 17 'ic ( . 1 7 Jc 20c lb. 25c 3oc lb. 20c pkg. 35c lb. ...20c lb. 12c 5 and 10c 10c i5c For UouU-lgcnt laxui Ulwn Warren and St. Helens, nr X rl. houHo alone, Address n, w , . S,um v tPo rt la FINAL AtXXH'NT AN I Vutm IUTION. STItI. IN Tlllfl COUNTY COURT OV tiiv STATU OF, OREUON FOli (V. UMLIIA COUNTY. U In the Matter of tho Estate of j(llln W. lloyd, Deceased. n Notice In hereby given: That (lu. A Hoyd, administrator of th 1 ol of John W. lloyd. decersed' har r .hired and presented for flnul ,, liiunt. and ti ed In .,i.i .7 final account of his administration of said estate, together with hi. port nnd petition for final dHlirC lion, and that Saturday, the it I . , "" r " i iwo o'clock In the afternoon nf miii ,i. .. .. court-room of said court at ti'l0 CoU luillufl In unl,t ...... i 'ui nnd appointed ns the time and 1,1, for settlement of said account and "ho hearing of said report nnd dm tlon, at which time nnd place mv person interested in said estuto niav rppear nnd Ilia his exceptions In writing, to the said account, nnd con. test the snmo. Dated this 20th day of December, 1 9 1 7. Unto of first publication Decern, her 21, 1917. GUY A. HOYD, Administrator of the Estate of John W. Hoyd, Docnsd. 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