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Newspaper Page TextI .. .Cultural survey nwsf agricultural .urvey of th. lit. Jut been completed and '7 " . . .,. f,.rta are shown. erri"'" were re- mm J .. ji rrfiiii v t t P0'" ...... ..iilrd of the Li.n1 or noui ... ......iv. in some com- " , L Hie .urvey woi nearly or.it d P cent while In other, the "! not w thoroughly done. ' -. of the farmer, who did Import cannot bo mot o ea.ily 10 ul" "1"" I. m,rt show, that the farm- rfthe eounty need botweon three '(our tnn of rod clover. 60 tonn lMd 0.1", III"" - T7f votch, nnd o ton of timothy. "1 ,nf Agent llowr.rd will hold a Lunf Id every community In the I"" . ...t the, farm. aniy in an ei..v . .- ,10 pool their buuu .. ,inf in InrKe order. nve a con- .rabla on the cost. The .uppiy or . alula la about ex- BANK HTATKMENT No. Is Heport of the condition of the Columbia County Hunk nt t. Helens. Ore.. In the Htate of Oregon, at the clOM of buHlimmi Murch 4th. 1.18 KKHOUItfES l-oan. and dlHcounl. . . . f 3 1 o 75 j 30 Overdraft, .ncurod and unsecured 2,226 89 Hond. and warrant. .... 90 002 1.) Block., .ocurltlim, Jud- menu, etc 167 6!) llanklng house 17.030 00 Furniture and future. . . 2,800 00 Other real estate owned. 2, 451.3K Due from approved re- serve bank. 139,728.10 Ca.h on huud 20,380 30 ,.,d and the farmer, are urged In .. - .1.1. nnn na Willi ..1 inriUIH'r 011 Jlbl, no not wait, but hold a 'tlol find out how much ood you llrour neighbor, will need and lot county agent know. j(wy other Interesting fact, were .,hi out In the .urvoy. The crop rrfor ltS compare, with 1917 (oiiow: Winter wheat .bow. an crue of 234 per cent, ana spring Mt an Increase of 290 per cent; Ut wilt be only 70 per cent 01 iai r, n potatoes only e per com; n'for illnK .how. a .light falling j while the clover crop I. JuHt hold- ( 1U own. limy cow. nd live .took are bolng f,rd for .ale. while many other lrmn are wanting 10 out gouu 11 A Hl of all these wnnl. aim r hIm will reach every farmer tn county within the next few day. Tli annual expenditure of the ailed State, for cnndy la upproxl- ilHy 1400,000,000. T. F. ROBERTSON Watchmaker and Jeweler WKHT HT. IIK1.KVK .1 Work Uuarantoed Price. Reasonable Total 1594,937.80 LIABILITIES Capital etqrk paid ln...t 50,000.00 Burplu. fund 10,000 00 Undivided profit., la ex- pntiMi. and taxn. puld. 2,297.73 PoNtal aavlng. bank de- . P"IU 21,075.65 Individual depo.lt. suh- Joct to chock 311,031.62 Dumnnd curtlllcatp. of ' depo.lt 18,219.17 Canhler check. ouUtunil- 1.81161 erttned check. 62 so Time and Huvlng. Do- po.lt. 179,84 (9 76 Total 694,937.8 State of Oregon, County of Colum bia, ... I, A. L. Htoue, Ca.hier of the above named bank, do solemnly .wear liiut the above atatemont I. true to the be.t of my knowledge and bnllef. A. L. BTONK, CnHhlor. CORH ECT Atlcnt: 8HKK.MAN M. MILES, II. K. M l'OHMICK, Director.. Bub.crlbod and nwcn to btifor-3 uio thl. 12th duy of Murch, 1918. J. W. DAY, Notary Public. My commlHolon expire. May 24t! 1920. BERGMAN SHOE CO. STILL FILLS ORDERS- The Thou, llergmnn Shoe Mfir. Co.. ! of Portland, Ore., hu. been awarded an order by the United State. Sig nal CorpM, .pruce dlvlhlon, through Uh contractors the Warren Spruce o , urani Hinltli-F'orter Ilro.. Co. und the Airplane Bpruce mil Lumber Co., for approximately 4,000 pairs of logRtfr nnd cruluer stioe for tn government k pruce camp.. Thut department of their factory devoted lo the manufacture of log ging .hoe. hn. linen commnndeared for the filling of thl. order. Tho or de will he filled practically complete during March, and while It wIhI da lay to a certain extent the filling o.f order, for their regular commercial trade, the delay will be only fo two or three week., a. they have ln creaaed their working force consider ably to' take care of their lncreaned hiiHlneK. and In anticipation of fur ther government order.. There I. no truth In the report that hn. been rlriulated that the gov ernment ha. rommandnered their en tire factory and that for thl. reaiion they are not making any .hoe. for their regular trade. They are ar ceptlng and filling order, for their customer, a. in the paat. Naturtlttjra and Hunilii. Ftuclal trip leaving 8t. Helen. 9 p. iu Le.te Portland 11 p m. RELIABLE SERVICE T. HELENS-PORTLAND AUTO LINE HUNK HIIKP.Utl), Pn.. KCIIKIH I.K A. M. P. M. !.r. St. llfloni 7:30 1:30 Warren 7:46 1:46 SnppooH. 8:00 2:00 kr. Portland 9:20 1:20 Li. Portland 10:00 4:00 tr. St. lUlun. It: 60 6:60 22 Million Families in the United States AF EACH FAMILY saved one cup of wheat flour It would amount to 5,500,000 pounds, or more than 28,000 barrels. If this saving wss made three times a week, it would amount to 858,000,000 pounds, or 4,377,000 barrels in a year. Vou can do your share in effecting this saving and really help to win the war by omitting white bread from one meal today and baking in its place muffins or corn bread made according to this recipe: Corn Meal Muffins i cup corn meal 1 cup. flour teupooo ult 4 teaspoon. Royal Baking Powder 2 tablMpoona .agar No egg 1 cop milk 2 tablespoon, shortening Sift dry Ingredient, together into bowl; add milk and -melted shortening and beat well. Bake in greased muffin tin. in hot oven about 20 minute., Same batter may be baked a corn bread in greased shallow pan. t Our new lied, White and Blue booklet, "Bett War Time Recipes," containing many other recipet for making delicious and wholesome wheat saving foods mailed free address ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., DEPT. R, 135 William St, New York 1 1 FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR Lynch & Muhr HAIR CUTS. SHAVE6. SHAMPOOS Evervthiiiff in the Barber Line done up in Style Our shop is Strictly Clean ami Sanitary Come in and See us r. HKI.KN9 CilAltTKH AMKNIrMKNT HCIIMIT. TKI TO TIIK VOTMtM OK TIIK iTY OK HT. IIK'I.K.NH. Notice la bernby given that at the general city election to be held on the 1st day of April, 1918, the fol lowing proposed Charter amendment will be aubmltted to the voter, ot the City of 8t. Helen.. Oregon, for their cpproval or rejection, which .aid pro posed Charter amendment I. con tnlned In a resolution duly pawied by the Common Council of .aid City en the 6th day of March, 1918, which proposed resolution t. In word, and figure, following, to-wit: HKSOLUTION. TIE IT IlKSOI.VED by the Com mon Council of the City of St. Hel ena. Columbia County, Oregon, that there be and hereby i. proposed for lubmlsHlnn to the legal voter, of the City of 8t. llolens, at the regular muntclpat election to he bold In snld city on the 1st day of April, 1918. for their adoption or rejection the following proposed amendment to the charter of the City of 8t. HolenR. to be known n. Section 81 of .aid charter, authorizing the iHsue and sale of bond, in tho sum or $3600.00 for the purposo of grndlnR and mac adamizing that certain continuation of the St. Hulnn.-Colunibla City rond recently surveyed, from the point whero said road Intersects the north erly boundary line of .aid City of St. Helen, southerly to it. intersec tion with Hemlock 8treet In said City of Rl Helen.. CHAFITKK AMENDMENT SUMMIT TED TO THE VOTERS UY THE COUNCIL. AN ACT To amend Chapter VIII, of the charter of the City of 8t. Helens, in Columbia County. Oregon, entitled An net to amend an net entitled an act to amend an net entitled an act . inrnnrnin the City of St. Helens. In f'.itmn Mn County, and State of Oregon, filed In the office of the Soc ....., ,.f Riutn February 25. 1889: and a. amended by nn act to amend nn act entitled an act to incorporate the City of St. Helen.. In Columbia f,,iv mill Rtuto of Orogon, (llod in the office ot the Secretary of State The Careful Man Knows That Poverty Is Worse Than Sick ness, So He Banks His Money He does his duty. "Sickness is bad," but poverty, and de pending upon "charity" is worse. We can't always prevent sickness, but poverty is nearly always the result of extravagance and waste. Most mencan save part of their earnings from their work or their business without really denying themselves anything. When sickness comes don't let it find you without money. Put money in the bank for self-protection. Put your money in OUR bank. ITHE OLD RELIABLE" Columbia County Bank ST. HELENS, OREGON February 26. 1889, filed In tho offli.e of tho Secretary of State February 10, 1893; and a. amended by an act entitled an act to provide a definite plan fur the conntructlon and main tenance of alilewnlk. and sewer, in the City of St. Helens, Oregon, pt cost of Intersected property owners, and providing for the subjection of property benefited to the payment thereof, filed in the office of the Sec retary of State February 11. 1905; nnd also amended by that certain proposed charter amendment submit ted to the legal voter, of the City of St. Helens at a special election held therein on August 2, 1009, nnd approved by snld voter, nt said elec tion same being entitled an act to amend the charter of the City of St. IleletiB, under the provision, of Sec tion 2 of Article XI of the Constitu tion of the Btnto of Oregon, and to provide a rystem of water works for said City; to provide for the forma tion of a Hoard of Water Commls sloner. to construct, acquire and manage .aid system of water works, and to provide funds by issuing bonds and otherwise to pay tor the same, to manage and control the receipts und disbursements of money neces sary In creating and operating sold system; to delegate to said Hoard of Water Commissioner, all the powers now vested by tho charter of the City of St. Helens in the Common Council of the snld City of St. Helens, State of Orogon, necossary to give sulci Commissioner, power to fix rates for the UBe of water to cllect the ssme and to provide penalties for fullur'j to pay water rates, and for the wns'e nf wcter ly users; to ao an provme for all matters necessary for the con struction nnd operation of a complete system of water works Including tii purchase of any existing systems, the acquisition of needed land, rights of wnv. reservoir, sites, springs an.i streiims, and water rights, to provide funcU for paying for the same, sun mltted to and npproved by the leal voters of snld City at the restitlar election hold in snld City on the 4th day of April, 1910; and as also amended by that certain proposed chnrter amendment submitted to the lPirnl voters of the City of St. lie'ens at a regulnr city eioction neici '.Here in on April 7. 1913, approved ny snld voters at said election the same hnlnir entitled An Act to amen! Suction 8 of Chnnter IX of the chp.r tr of the City of St. Helens, under the provision, of Section 2 of Artl cle XI of the Constitution of the Stnte of Oregon, relating to the Wa ter Commission, provliling that said Water Commission Bhall nt all times have a President, who Bhall be select ed from their own number, and the City Recorder shall be ex-ofllclo th.? secretary of said commission, nr.o in tho absence of one or both of said officers the vacancy may be tempo rarily filled by the memncrs or tne iinnrri then Dresent; nlso that said iinnrrf shall adoDt a seal; and nlso that a majority of .aid Board shall xnimtltute a Quorum for tne trnnsnc inn nt hiislneRs. submitted to nnd npproved by the legal voter, of salt! in the provision, of this act shall be ties for failure to pay water rates, ' ment to be submitted to the voter, levied and collected the sani'3 a. and for the waste of water by users; by the Common Council of said City other taxes are levied and collected, to do and provide for all matters be filed with the Recorder of the but not oflener than once in each ; necessary for the construction and , City of St. Helens, Oregon, upon it. year, and the amount so collected operation of a complete system of, approval by the Mayor, for submis shull not exceed one per cent of all water works, including the purchase sion to the legal voters of the said the property assessed within the cor- of any existing system, the acqulsi-1 City of St. Helens, for their rejec porate limits of .aid City, submitted ; tlon of needed land, rights ot way, i tion or approval to be voted upon at to and approved by the legal voters j reservoir sites, spring, and streams, the general City election to be held of said City at tiie regular election ' and water right., to provide funds on the 1st day of April, 1918, as by for paying for the same, submitted law provided. to and approved by the legal voter, of said City at the regular election held in Raid City on the 4th day of April, 1910," and also as amended theJ by those certain charter amendment. iiv nt the regular election held pM Citv on the 7th day of April till a: and also as amended by that cortnln proposed chnrter amendment submitted to the legal voters of the City of St. Helen, nt a regular i ity election held therein on April 7, mis nnnroved by Bald voters at said election, the same being entitled An Act to amend Section u or i napter IX of the charter of tne t uy or &i Helena, under the provisions of Sec Hnn 2 of Article XI of the Constitu tion of the Stnte of Oregon, relating to the Water Commission, providing that sold Commission Bhall oopiy an inenmo from Bald system of water work, first to paying the operating expense, extensions and betterments of said system toward providing for a nlnklng fund lor paying on mo snld water bonds and the Interest thereon, and any money bo being in such sinking fund shall by direction nf snld Water Commissioners, ne in vested In Improvement warrants or bonds of the City of St. Helens, or other warrants or bonds of said City. at par; also providing mni snoum the Income from the water rate, not be sufficient to pny the Interest on n, pnlri hnn (is nnd nrovme ior u inking fund the Commissioners .hnit certify thnt fact to the Common Council and .hall nlso certify to the snld Interest una to provme ior sum .Inking fund the snta council .nan levy nnd collect a tax or cause i i,o invtAii and collected n tax on a the taxable property within the City a. assessnd by tne assessor, sumcient. to raise money for such purposes; providing that all money nrlslng from such tax .hall bo credited to and become a part of the wntor fund; providing that, taxes levied under and for the purpose of carrying out held In said City on the 7th day of April, '1913; and also as amended by that certain charter amendment submitted to the legal voters of the City of St. Helen, at a special elec tion held within said City on 23rd day of July, 1916, by inserting a Section In uid Chapter VIII, after Section 81 ',4 and before Section 82 thereof in said Charter, which shall be designated in the Charter as Sec tion 81, providing for and author izing the issue and sale of bonds In the sum of $3600.00 for the purpose of grading and macadamizing that certain continuation of the St. Hel ens-Columbia City County Hoad re cently surveyed, from the point here said road intersects the nortu- erly boundary line of .said City of St. Helens, southerly to its Intersec tion with Street in said ity of St. Helena. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ST. HELENS That Chapter VIII of the Charter of the City of St. Helens, entitled An Act entitled an act entitled an act entitled an act to incorporate the City of St. Helens, in Columbia Coun ty, and State of Oregon, filed In the office of the Secretary of State Feb ruary 25, 1889; and as amended by an act to amend an act entitled an act to Incorporate the City of St. Helens, In Columbia County, nnd State of Oregon, filed in the office of the Secretary of State, February 5, 1889, filed In the oliice of the Secretary of State Fenruary 10, avi; and as also amended by an act entitled an act to provide a defi nite plan for the construction and maintenance of sidewalks and sew er, in the City of St. Helens, Oregon, at cost of interested property owners, and providing for the subjection of property benefited to the payment thereof, filed in the office of the Sec retary of State February 11, 1905; and also amended by that certain proposed Charter amendment submit ted to the legal voters of the City of St. Helens, at a special election held therein on August 2, 1909, ap proved by said voters at said elec tion same being entitled An Aca to amend the Charter of the City of St. Helens, under the provisions of Section 2 ot Article XI of the Con stitution of the State of Oregon, nnd to provide a system of water works for Baid City; to provide for the for mation of a Board of Water Commis sioners to construct.- acquire and manage said system of water works. and to provide funds by Issuing bonds and otherwise to pay for the same, and to manage and control the receipt, and disbursements of money necessary in creating and operating arid system; to delegate to said Board of Water Commissioners all the powers now vested by the Chnr ter of the City of St. Helens, in the Common Council of said City of St. Helens, State of Oregon, necessary to give said Commissioners power to fix rates for the use of water, to col lect the same, nd to provide penal- submitted to the legal voters of the City of St. Helena at the regular City Election held In said City on April 7th, 1913, and at the ..special election held in said City on July 23, 1915, be amended by nsertlng in said Chapter VIII a new Section after Section 81 A and before Section 82, to be designated in said Charter as Section 81, which section 81 shall read as follows: CHAPTER VIII. Sec. 81. For the purpose of raising funds for the building con struction, grading and macadamizing of that certain continuation of the St. Helens-Columbia City county road recently surveyed, from the point where Bald road intersects the north erly boundary line ot said City of St. Helens, southerly to its intersection with Hemlock Street in said City of St. Helens, the Common Council of said City is hereby authorized to Is sue and dispose of bonds of the City in denomination of $200.00 each, duly signed by the mayor and coun tersigned by the Recorder under the corporate seal of the City having in terest coupon, attached thereto, bear ing the fac simile engraved signa tures ot said officials, whereby the City shall be held in substance and effect to undertake and promise In consideration of the premises, to pay the bearer of each of said bonds at maturity thereof the sum named therein, in Gold Coin of the United State, of America, with interest thereon in like Gold Coin at such rate as may be determined by the Common Council, but in no event exceeding seven per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually; provided that the aggregate amount of said bonds issued by the Common Council under the provision of this Section shall not exceed the sum of $3600.00 par value. Said bonds shall be dated at a convenient period; shall be due in twenty years from date thereof, op tional on and after ten years from said date of issue; principal and in terest thereof shall be payable at the office of the City Treasurer, St. Helens, Oregon, or at the fiscal agency of the State of Oregon In the City and State of New York, at the option of the purchaser and shall be sold by the Common Council at not less than par value. The Common Council shall each year at the time of making the annual tax levy for City purposes, include in such levy a sum sufficient to pay Interest duo on the outstanding bonds of this Is sue and at the beginning of the tenth year from the date of the bonds shall "annually Include in each tax levy a sum sufficient to pay one-tenth of the total amount of the par value of bond, issued hereunder. Resolved further, that this resolu tlon for a proposed Charter amend- Resolved further, that the said Recorder be, and he hereby is, in structed and required to publish this resolution together with the ballot title provided by the City Attorney, at least once in the official newspaper of the City of St. Helens, within ten days immediately preceding Bald elec tion. Passed by the Common Council this 6th day ot March, 1918. Yeas, 3; Nays, none. Submitted to the Mayor the 6th day of March, 1918. Approved by the Mayor the 6th day of March, 1918. E. I. BALLAGH, Mayor. Filed March 6th, 1918. E. E. QUICK, Recorder. The ballot title and Number of said proposed amendment will be as followB, to-wit: An Act to amend Chapter VIII of the Charter of the City of St. Hel ens, Oregon, by inserting therein Section 81 authorizing a bond 1b Bue ot $3600.00, for the purpose ot grading and macadamizing the south erly continuation of the- St. Helens Columbia City county road from the point where said road intersects the northerly boundary line of said City of St. Helens to its intersection with Hemlock Street in said City. Shall proposed Amendment be adopted? 102 Yes. 103 No. Str. IMLDA Rate, between 8C Helen, and Fortiand, 50 cents one way, 75 cents for the round trip. ( Tickets good until used. l5ont 1-aves St. Helen 7:55a. m. Krluiuii'if leave. Portland 2:30 p. ni. Arrive nt St' Helens 4 -45 p. m. C. 1. HOOGHK1RK ST. HELENS ROUTE via Willamette Slough THE PEOPLES BOAT STR. AMERICA Leaves Portland daily - -2:3t p. m (Sunday 1:31 p. .) Arrival St. Helen. - - : p. . ..(Sunday 3:30 p. m.) Leave. St. Helens - - - (:1S a. m. Arrives Portland - - - 1I:1B a. m. H. HOLMAN, Atnt . Makes all way landings. Wharf foot Aider street. Phones: Main S323, A-4204. FRANK WILKIXS. St Helen. Age.t. a MM II mJ mkm a 1 1 , . . . i.:rrt Muni him nW rtmdt f & jal Cranfe. Send Him a pouch of Real GRAVELY Chewing Plug Real Gravelv Chewins Plus there's the hi, soldier's tobacco, that he can use anywhere. E ' : it i t r i i aujMiiic. huh a small cocw n iveai vraveiy ? i if f.t -i i'm- is enougn an gooa tooacco, ricn, sappy tear ffi'made the Gravely way, not loaded up with Civ any man a chew of Real Gravely Plug, and be will tell you fAat' the kind to lend. Send th. beat! Ordinary plug it fall economy. It coL leu per week to chew Real Gravely, became a .mall chew of it UsU a long while. If you smoke a pipe, dice Gravely with your knife ami add little t3 your smoking tobacco. It will give flavor improve your amoke. SEND YOUR FRIEND IN THE V. S. SEX VI OK A POUCH OF GRAVELY Snltri all around tier ewry 11 In lOe. poach m. A 3a. etune will put it into hie hands la anr Train ins Camp or Seaport of the U. S. A. E'en "owar there" a 3c rtamp will take it to him. Your dealer will eupplr eaveleae and fire you official direction haw to aiirlreei it. I. GRAVELY TOBACCO CO., Danville, Va. ! Point fWk kept k Fmh mi Clean mi Cooi -ft ii aet feel Crewy mitkout Ms PnUctioa Seal Established 1831 A.