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Emnu'tt Williams inaili' a business
trip to Portland Mot da>
Blr. ami Mrs. David v. Itoti ol i no
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K M Melon was among bustnesr
Dr. Wad«* spi'iit Sunday u il li Un'
M u tila li
vi- t.M in I'ortlatid trout St. ileletis family in Portland
the first of tho week.
Deputy Sheriff (¡raven was a vi
lii i K K. ('lark Informs us that itor in I’ortlaiul Iasi Sunday
Cap!. Spinner of Columbia Cily
ho has not at this time accepted a
was among the visitors at tin Odd
call to any other field.
Portland
celebration
in
Jos. Itrough, speed cop of the Fellows'
Rainier illstriet. was In this city Thursday night.
Albert Sachse of New York state
Tuesday on official tmsiness.
Louis I'luhr. prominent farmer of stopped o ff here l Ills week for a
IIY N O I gtvr the lady <>t
the Mavger section, was a business short visit with his cousin. Mrs II
visitor in the county seat Tuesday. A. Colt, on his way home from Call
the house a day of rest?
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J. \\ Vikcn entertained at i forma
Mr Sachse is an employe of
clitful dinner party Tuesday ev the (leueral Kiectn lompauy.
Why not take your sweetheart
or ;'i honor of .lie teachers of tho I The ladies of tin* American Legion
school and P rof Elder
will hold a food ale tomorrow. Sat to a good dinner?
A .1. Moiling" ort It and Lev. S unlay, at 10 a m . In the Chamber of You can't duplicate it at home
i i . . Johnson morored to lVrCa id fomtitetve r o o m t h e proceeds from
\\ ediu's.i.iy, the former to transact the sale to he donated for lhe henetil or .anywhere else.
business fo
the
A Ross of sick and disabled ex-service men
MENIT
, ■ • and tile la 'ie " ti attend
le in Portland liospilals.
church a:lairs.
IV A. Dixon left for tin* Nehalem
OLIVES
PICKLES
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A Colt. U. S Robey. S.
.1 Monday alter having .pent several
SHRIM
P
SALAD
K .ill and A J. Kelly
journeyed up
days with Ills family Me and other
lo Pori laud Thursday night to at- forest service men are engaged in
CRE AM OF CHICKEN
■ ■ , tue ceremonies of the 10 2d an- j clearing out trails through the fo:
iiivc sary of the order of Odd Kel- ests and getilnp ready to start work
ev .
They report having had a guarding the tonnes of the Nehalem ROAST CHICKEN WITH
DRESSING AND JEI.I.A
splendid meeting.
against fire
Ray larl.eil of Yankton this week
J N Hrinn, one among the Mist's
GREEN PEAS
• ;i two very fine beet cattle to one oldest continuous subscribers, lias
o. our St. Helens butchers.
They planted ten acres in strawberries and
MASHED POTATOES
.-.•craped 1250 pounds each, and he -i\ acres to loganberries, some of
cot veil the top market price for'which " i l l bear this year
Mr Hrinn
them. This goes to show that it pays lias been regularly paying for tie I E T T I’ CK SAI AD W ITH
FRENCH DRESSING
to raise pood stock.
Mr Tarhell Mist for the past thirty years and
Ciliirlii'tt O tiiurr
r.tr
ton were Suini..' guest > i>f Sii uul
Mrs. S. C. Mortoti.
After a visti ol a w • .
« i l li Fort-
latu! relatlvos Mrs K... i l i r. ni • a
to St. Helens Monday
Manager Jones o f \u-t
tile store was in Portia
on a business mission
('ashler Ed. Wist of -1.■> ri-st \ s -
tional hank at Scanpoo ■
busines- in St. Hi !,-t:s 1'
Mrs. Fannie Ro
first of the week from a visit of a
couple of weeks with friends in
Seattle.
Titos
Isldster returt
from Port le. tel where : - had been on
jury duty in the federal iM'iirt for a
week or ten days
Miss Amy Geofe.- who has been In
Portland for the past -
a visit to relatives is ex; 'ected to re-
turn home tomorrow
Mr and Mrs. S Heiitr. n. Miss Lois
Clear anil Emntetr W i'lii.ms motored
to Forest Grove S u a i i • and spent
the day with friends.
Harry Colentan was itere Monday
and Tuesday on a visit le• friends. He
speciali.es iii Shorthorns and is add- -ays that t would he hard to pet
is engineer at the Klw oil camp on
ICE CREAM A Nil C AKE
ing to his herd all the time.
along without it
the Kerry line and - 's that most of
the camps along the line are runnin-
COFFEE
MILK
full force
The stork was a welcome visitor
12 M.
M.
at the home of Mr. and Mrs Fred
Buokmeyer Monday evening. May 2.
A , ,11 are »cleom e to enjoy it ul I
for he left a bouncing boy to glad
den the hearts and lives of the couple
Mother, baby and father are all pet
ting along nicely.
The ladies of the Con-re-atlonal
church held a
<1 food sals
t II ARI.KS III K II A| \ y, I Ds*l »*
the Chamber o f Commerce rooms Sat ,
urday last.
It was well patronized \
and the entire stock was disposed of. j *
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Sunday, Monday,
bringing a near sum which will be
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used for church ptirpo * -
May
May 8th. 9th
Mrs. A J Denting was in Portland !
Saturday as a representative o f St I
Helens to the caucus of the ladies' |
auxiliaries of the American Legion ||
for the purpose of organizing a state -
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assembly
The meeting was quite !
successful and a state organization I
effected.
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Have Dr TV
your eyes a-d f
The LIBERTY THEATRi
SATl KD\Y. MAY Tilt.
iti
LIBERTY
THEATRE
irt. Üirlrmï ttfntrl
Dittimi Simun
10th, 11th
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MOTHERS' ÛAY
S U N D A Y.
M AY
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This picture is 100 per
;ent. pure, unadulterated
Most exasperatin' cuss
ye ever seen! Nothin' to
him but a paira jazz feet
and a lotta crazy, cap
erin’ goins-on with a
girl.
Until Uncle Enoch's
ragged old jug factory
staggers night to its
grave. Then darned if
the dancin' fool don’t
develop a head.
joy.
It doesn't advance
any theories, attempt to
lower the H. C. of L., or
ileal Bolshevism a death
blow.
It’s just a jolly
moves like a runaway
airplane.
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“Blue Sunday”
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“ N e ig h b o r s ”
STORES
20th Century Stores
IS
HARD
WORK
AND
CAREFUL
AUSTINS
"Tell I t W ith Flowers"
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STREET
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FARADE •
P O NI E S
C H A R ! OTS
F L O A T S , DOGS ETC I
B IG STK’ i : H T P A R A D E A T 2 00 B M.
Box Office
Opens At
7 P M.
Mill
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So much has been said concerning the differ
ence in prices now and during the war, that we
believe the readers of the Mist will he interest
ed to know just how much goods have declined
since 191 Sand 1919, when most prices were
at their peak.
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It is our opinion— base i upon the information we glean from the mag
azines and journals we read containing articles written by men of broad
experience— that the market is now pretty well stabilized, and therefore
people need have no hesitancy in buying their normal requirements.
Some ills-
dealers » i l l tell loti th fj ........ I'ruile IttH.slers
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> "Ii|.|y <1. m o il t r illio n s o f » h a t o u r s y s t e m o r d o i n g In i-l ie -- ,M-r’.
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" |l1 » i l i ’ h m i l l e r tlie lrs , t h e y iln r e not u m l e i t a k e .
l >■ O M I N U ! E O A 1 F O O D , Delightful, quickly pre
pared breakfast food; Regular at 20c package: Special,
z packages................................................................ 15(!
JOi O W H E A T .
o cents package.
i minuin
Canned
Or rlnr
W e dare competition to match-
Peaches,
Extra nice fruit, in
Bure Fruit
I Mi
Fino
can»
koo <\
syrup,
20.
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Stock
Slim
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B a lu m i
Baclflc l*i„.
Broken Slices. Largo , ,n
Aunt Jemima Bamako
pkg ..................................
13 pounds Büro i
Guidon Rod Oil t h , j>kg ,
Olympic
Wheat
Hts.
package ............................
Guidon Gato or Golden
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pound
Full Cream choo o lb.
o , i R, ï»,., i i^ ¡b, at,.
. ' |b. S I.«Ml, ÎI lb 81.03
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tying public was «furious to get
W e do not consider that method of doing business a good policy, and
therefore do not attempt to meet this clie.i ap competition.
It is impossible to manufacture m»l sell good merchandise «as cheaply
as inferior goods, seconds and off brands, Does it pay to buy that class!
of merchandise? It certainly docs not.
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si.M maintain the high standard we have always
„ 7 ' 1 ’ 1 11 to carry a oo ! relial U- h u e
make every customer a satisfied one.
3 4 Illo.ii hml Shooting
Hi:
L ib b j\ C onn 'd lln .f \ „
Largo
T<a, i |b. 7.V,
cater \° ■' ?uIar demand»
away from high prices.
FIG U R IN G
\\ 1 an* Mi lk in g these — jm ‘< i.;|- gim il fo r Sultlrtlay.
I ip'on
o m i : k a iih
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Sort e stores have stocked up on cheap merchandise in an attempt to
S U C C E S S IS N O T A M A T T E R O F C H A N C E : IT
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W e assure our customers and friends that we have followed the down-
ol the market in every instance, just as soon as the prices
were announced by the jobbers or manufacturers.
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Saturday Afternoon
N
BAND
W e wish to say at this time that on a few ltncs prices have been ad
vanced by the jobbers within the last 30 days.
D' I Monte Solid Back Tomatue No 1 cans Ilio, No 2
I. 2 for
U.V, No. 2 % c a n s , ...................
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IVaherrj Curfcc: Right fri h out of our roastor«, 2 M< pound L*
¡ooiriii Ö.V-. 5 p o u n d s ............
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Preferred
Turner’s
5 PEOPLE
By comparison you will note that reductions are 35 to 50 per cent
Priscilla Dean in “Reputation
l’ roctor <k Gamble Whlti
W «* w ill have 27* do/, n
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t have submitted just a few prices taken from our big stock, and
wish to say that it is a lair comparison of prices on most of the lines we
carry. In a few instances, however, the decline is not so great, and in
other instances it is more.
1 he greatest
comedy
ever made. Now play
ing at the Liberty The
atre m Portland.
BUSTER KEATON
6 bar»
fr«»m %irv.
Lrccnhousc
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comedy love story that
l«r, :: for . .
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Some Valuable
Information
“ The Life of the Party”
‘THE DANCING FOOL”
Coming:
P R O D U C T IO N
ROSCOE FATTY ARBUCKLE
WALLACE REID■
BEBE
expensive visits to file ci»v His work !
is absolutely guaranteed and ha looks
after the small details, which m ay,
arise later, without extra expense or
trouble to you.
Consult him about I
yottr eyes next visit
Wedn
May 18. Orradia Hotel, all day.
State eighth grade examinations
will he held throughout the Colum
bia county schools on May 12th and
13th
Superintendent Wiikerson es
timates that 225 pupils will take
the eichth grade examination, while
probably 100 from the seventh grade
will take the examination in geog
raphy and 125 from the sixth will
write on physiology.
J. B. Wiikerson. county chairman
o f the China Near-East relief, report-,
that contributions from St. Helens
total $605.05, and of this amount
$40.S6 was turned in by pupils from
the various school grades in the citv
The total amount turned in by Mr
AA ilkerson
to headquarters
from
county donations is $1000.4’ No re
ports are in from Rainier. Clat-katilc
and Scappoose. These will probably
be turned in direct to headquarters
The A. J Kelly building in AA’est
St. Helens has been completed and
the lower floor is now occupied. Mr
K elly has neat quartet s for his con - 1 •ma
fectionery and pool room ind Morley | j j
has established his barber shop in ■
the same building. In the near fu
ture S Heuman will open a bakery-
store In the same building. The K e l
ly building Is a tivo-story frame j
building and of substntial construc
tion and adds much to the appear-'
ance of the w.-st portion of the city ■
J. D. Brown was in Portland Mon-j
day on bttzini
diking project on Sauvies Island
11 j
says that the survey work will he fin
ished this month and an estimate!
furnished of the
r
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ested in the project will then >.:<•.»* i
and decide whether to go
the project or not. Mr. I Jrown hope -
that the cost of the pro
will be low enough so th
erty owners will decide to do < i .
w-ork.
He states that i
the bigg« t pi
r.on«
the county and
ill n . i
of acres of fertile land v
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present time |s good fo
turage at only certain se;
year
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Golden Rod Pancake Flour,
•■urge p a c k a g e ...............
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So:, Shore Chinook Salmon,
Tall runs ............................ 2« n '
A n n a . Mod. Red Alaska Salm-
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• oyli,,, a India Tea, lh . . i h .
Crown. While Mountain. Olym
pic Flour. 49 h , MU. IN; No if)
ark- Ba try Flour, l.V, i rown
or Sperry's.
laly of »he Valley »'atsiip. full
pint. lit»«-. Supn-me quality.
Alaska Herring, Tall catia MW-
4 Bn. "S a g o " or laplor.-t 2.V
Fancy Spider Iz-g T e , ||, ih ,
Kngli»h Breakfast, Best Grade
po'iml ............................
i h ,.
If it is good to eat and to be had. it is at our stores and
priced to give your dollar the limit of buying power.
o i It STOItH IS « O W F M I V n . V M X \TI D IN T I I F « 1 1 I INC
TON I H T L D I V i , ST. H KLKNS, OKFX.ON.
Uopo MiiHlIn llloarhod
■’•6 in Hli-arliml ( ’ hoi.
.loth ..
Devon hire Cloth
27-in. Dross Gingham'
32-ln lirons Gingham.
36 In Corcalo. |,g|,i and
dark
I-»d ie H .Silk
la d le s Lisp
Black
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Children - lilk i ,t ip,s
Chlliln-ii H Him , ;,|| ,„
or« ........
f'hildreri’n Clay Suits’ .
64x76 C o ll. , ï, Itla n k e lâ
Ladle I ni,,,, Suits . .
L i d i ' s llri
Shu. ,
Ladii-t Dr..,« oxfords!
I on
of
M erch a n d ise,
and
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