OREGON- MIST. MA UGH ii, J IKK). Bead the tl of Collins A Otay I anuinur cmniun. Mr. hihI Mrs. Jay Denting wore Tort' janu visitors mommy Win. Ilnnlott, of Pittsburg, wits In the county scat on i uosuny Do not full to ttttonil the school moot- lug nsxt .Monday owning, , Attorney Reuben Ornlmm wns down Jroin I'ortlHiHl IunI Mommy. K. E. Quick wki In I'ortluml atlond lug to misinnss Mommy Inst, Goorgo Msyger, of Portland, visited jmiiuur inst cmiuruay 10 attuiiu lodge There will bo an adjourned term of circuit court hem liore tomorrow, (Hut uruay,; The county republican central eoui inllU'O will meet in this city toilny at i, p. m. Mrs. W. T. Walts, of Bonppooso, vla Hd relative In thia city a day or two mis wciik. la Mia Mario Watts, of Hcannoose. visit i iik In California. Kho may remain mere aonie nine. Attorney (J. A. llrodle, aecretary of mo wrcgnn woou company, whs in tills city Tuesday. Mrs. MacLachlan and daughter, of Portland, spout Sunday in this city with Hi'v. aiaciauuian, Deputy County Clerk Harris vlsitel Ms Nvbalvm ranch the latter part of mat wui'K, returning niuiiuny niglit, For hardware, tools, leather, leather (Iodines, paints, oils, garden seeds, etc., go w nonius uray s. Mrs. Ellerson and daughter-in-law, of Portland, visited Mr. and Mrs. Juntos Hlieldon in this city, several days this woen, Hev. Mr, rhllbroak will preach neit Sunday at Uuchulor Flat at 11 a. m and In this elty in the evening at the usual nour. Mr. Thomas Henderson came up from Astoria last Haturday night to spend some time with his brother, Capt, Hen derson, of llouttoii. "Ooatly thy habit as thy purse can hoy," hut go to Collins & Gray's and buy good up-to-date suit cheap enough lor anybody's purse. Omsr Hliannahan came over from Vernon ia last Tuesday on his way to Peterson's lowing camp, back of Kain lr, where he has secured employment or the summer. Mr, Charles Mayger was in the county at last Haturday looking alter matters twrtainittg to the business of the Geo. 1 1 ayes estate, of which he has been ap pointed siiiultiistrator, Mr. Hardin Knighton, of Yankton, and Miss Hope ixwis, of Clatskanie, were nuirritid at the home of the bride's Varvnta in the latter place, on Wednes day cvuiiing of this week. Sheriff Hice has turned land agent jind is just now enpiged in working up a targe limner ucai, winch rtis deputy vtates, will be a tatter money-making BCiieme man noiuing omce. The regular March term of county court will conveno nest Wednesday. There will be cousidorablo business to transact. The settlement with the rosd smpervisora will be a part of the work. We desire to'direct your attention to the display Advertisement in this issue of the new firm of Collins A Gray. Those gentlemen are starting out well by the use of printer's ink as a trade getter. The local Knights, after finishing with the initiation of a candidate in the third rank lost Tuesday evening, indultced in a light luncheon, which was also en joyed by a number of ladies who were invited in. The party of surveyors, who are sur veying a railroad line down the Colum bia, reached Cathlainct last week, ami returned to Waterfall, where they were ti make some changes and establish a jMTioanent survey, From the engineers In charge it was learned that the line will closely follow the contour of the bank. Kvery qualified voter In this and very other school district should make it a point to attend and take part in the annual school meeting to lie held in each district in the county next Monday evening. Uood scliools mean a groat deal to any community, and good, effi cient, conscientious officials make good schools. L. Saldorn, the Grays river logger, lias just received 100 tons of steel raiis with which to extend his logging road. The i trice paid for the raiis was 48 a ton. le has also received (our new logging cars, weighing 11,000 pounds each, car rying double trucks. He expects a very liusy season this year, and is preparing to send several large rafts to Portland. Twenty-nlno thousand acres of tlmlmr laud have been bought by Joseph Du bois, of Dubois City, Penn., in the Upper """" "i vnuoy, i ins tract is estimate to contain 60,000 feet to the acre. U liultim tlmtiur will soon find a markot on i ih iominmn river and will reoul the building of a railroad thirty miles ilie dunce given here on Thursday veiling of lat week was a decided so- cittl succHs. There were flfty-fivo hum obib mm, which, uy tno way, netteil a inmimciciit sum to tleiray the ox penes ".vim uj niu oiiiooruto preparation However, opportunity may some time present itself when a good dance may i"un iu jmy us way. Con fusion some) lines nrlsos as to tli postolllce address of the county olllcial Home of the ollloers, of course, do not reside at the county seat, consequently timir mini itouiii iiol rut aenr. nei-n ine directory of the olllcors. as it ap' peurs at the top or the lirst column on ftjttrn t.wn if A.U ...111 ...... r"nw v. w.i.n jipi . nin gito yyiu miy uesireu information in lliat respect Frank ft. Gibson, secretary of the wan Prancisco Crematory Association who Is vlsitina l'urtlaiut in tlm i of estnlillslilnir a crematory in that city wuiuciivera lecturo on cremation, or the burial of the dead, at the Houlton M. church, rinndiiy, March 4lh, at ii a. m. j no puiuic anu all interested are cordially Invited. Admission free Very encouraeinir word comes from Nohalem regarding the progress made iiyims committee over there n so citin and securing donations of timber to the railroad subsidy. It is giveu out as positive Information that so soon as the required number ol seres ol timber have been secured by the committee, the sur veyors will bo put In the field and the hub win oe surveyed inro iim to ritt ourg, alter which the work ot securing tna rignt-oi-way can lie proceeded with The assessor has his blanks rend v. and about the 12th of this month he will go into the field in search of vulu atious from which the revenue will be derived to maintain the county govern mont for a year. Thero was a consider able increase in valuution of property in this county in lHUil and no doubt the assessment roll of 1100 will show till larger gains. It will not be many years until the assessed valuation of iroporty in this county will reach the 12,000,000 mark, last year's assessment snowing over l,4;0,000. We have saved many doctor bills since we ociran usimi u ham tier is n'S uouirn Kcmedy in our home. We keen bot tle open all the time and whenever any of my family or myself begin to catch cold we begin to use the Cough Remedy and as a result we never have to send for a doctor and incur a large doctor bill for Chamberlain's Cough Kcmedy never isiis to cure, it is cerliumv a medicine ol great merit and worth. I), ri. Mk.ah ki. k, uenerat Merchant and farmer, Mattie, ltaiord county, Pa. For sale at the St. Helens Pharmacy. Theonly Pennoyer in the United Status, one time governor of this lair state, dnr ins winch incumbency he distinguished himself" bv the violation of all the rules of etiquet, denounces Colonel William ennings Ilrvan. ex-rcsldontial candi law (because he "talked so much against it." J'eiinoyer says; "only one man has ever been (uufowed with sufficient power to overcome the enemy with a jawbone." I'ennoyer knows. He has wielded the jawbone of an ass lot these many yearn, and his enemies still live and nourish. Considerable effort has recently been pnt forth looking to the settlement of the differences between the stouinbont companies and the railroad company as regards passenger raws between Portland and Astsnia, but so far there seems to have, been nothing accom pushed along those lines. It was re- Korted a few days ago that the matter ad been compromised by the agree ment of a 40-cent deferential in favor of the railroad, but that seems to have been but a rumor, and steamboatmen are now of the opinion that the war will continue during the entire summer, There must lie no confusion of ideas in regard to payment of road taxes under the new regime. Heretofore, it has been optional whether one paid $3 cash or performed two days labor on the roads. Under the new order of things you pay 12 cash to the sheriff at the time of paying your property tax, This is mandatory, but you are not re- quired to perform any labor. The f-' is in addition to the usual poll tax of $1. Itesidos this there will 1 collected a 3-mill tax on all your property, which tax was levied for road improvement purpiMM-s. This latter tax is the same as the former tax you paid, known as property road tax. Nothing of that kind now exists. News comes from llio Sound of a new factor in the salmon market and one that will no doubt have its effect in keeping the price of fish fully as high if not higher than last year. Japan is to The tax roll for 1800 for Columbia county has been completed, the warrant of tho county clerk attached and the doc ument turned over to Wgin the collec tion of taxes. The roll contains $40 070.40 to be collected, as follows: Blatc tax, $0,1:13.77; county and general, in cluding school tax, $27,111.84; road tax, apodal, $5,6)14.72; special school tax, $ 1,224.53 jBpecial city tax, $23.21 J bounty on shocp, $13 73. lie a large purchaser of our salmon in tho future if suitable arrangements can be perfected. M. Goda, representing several fish importers of Yokohama, is now on the mast, and savs his mission is to secure 300,0C0 or 400,000 salmon for export to his country, Japan has been obtaining salmon from the Siberian fisheries, but since tho Bussian govern ment hss excluded tho Japanese from the fisheries of its territory, they have been forced to seek a new source of sup ply, and Puget sound seenis to have been the field chosen in which the Japs will carry out their plans. New Firml New Goods! Collins & Gray Carry the largest stock and greatest variety of general merchandise of any firm in uoiumoia couniy, wnore uio wants oi too inrnier, mo logger, mechanic, business man and laborer can be supplied. Their stock consists of GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, Furnishing goods, hardware, tinware, paints, oils, glass, crockory, cuttlery, garden Implements, and duiry supplies, etc, etc. LOGGERS' AND WOODSMEN? TOOLS. Collins & Gray (Successors to W. II. DOLMAN.) THE PEOPLES' MERCHANTS. floods Exchanged for Produce. ST. HELENS, OREGON. A. H. T)e Flin.nl-. r,t (! r..l Doylostown, Ohio, suffered for a number or years irwn rheumatism tn his righ shoulder and side. Ho snys: "My right arm ut times was entirely useless. I tried Chamberlain's 1'ain Jiului, and was snr prised to receive relief almost immedi ately. The Pain Balm lias been a con slant companion of mine ever since and n never mils." Dor sale at the Bt. Hei ens rnarmacy. The postolllce department Is perfecting a plan to issue to the public a series of postngo-stnmp hooks, twelve two-cent stamps in each book. It Is proposed to " wie iiook oi a size ntting conven loony to ono s vest pocket, place wax paper between the layers of stamps, and print on the outside of tho took postal rules and kindred information. Anion? Huvnnuigcs oi lurnisiiing stamps in tins form are that they will not stick or crumplo In the pocket, being protected by tho wax parior, and the postal regu lations are always ready for instant ref erence. It Is estimated that the one cent profit charged for the twelve stamps will net 0 for each 1000 books sold, or an annual profit to the department of The outlook for the loirdntr Imlimtrv Is exceptionally bright at nresent. It is said that tho mills at Portland this year win require iuo,uuu,ouu leetof logs more than ever before, and the caoneltv nf Minis uiroiigiioui tne entire country will be greatly Increased. The number and capacity of logging camps on tho Colum- um w iiuw greater man ever Dciore, out it in ouiii mm me uemanu lor iocs will exceed the supply throughout the sea son. Arrangements are now in nronress for the organization of five or six more camps on the-(Jo umbia. soma of them on a largo scale, and when these are in operation tho whole number will Ixiriin- aoi oi putting into uio water zo.(xx),ouo to 300,000,000 feetof logs annually, which may be enough to keeD the mills in on- vintiuil uiunv Ul VUO tlUJti, Road supervisors are to tie alerted hv ine people at mo next ironeral election in June, and every two years thereafter, the boundaries of the road districts be ing the same as the voting precinct, ex :en in two cases in tins county. In Ne lialem precinct there are two road dis trictsnumbers 12 and 13 as la also the esse in Auburn precinct, where there are two road districts, numbers 14 and 15. I-.ach precinct will elect the super visor for its own road district or districts. the political parties, then, at their pri mary elections, should nominate candi dates for that office, and not leave it for tne delegation to do at the county con vention, llio rieonle at the Drimanea constitute the proper authority to nomi nate precinct officers, and it should not be delegated to others, nor should the county convention be in any way cum' hered with it. A most serious blow interests ot the Milton was sustained last week, to the logging creek country when on Wea- Iirinn's nesday night the large dam at place "blew out." as tho loggers sneak of it. About two weeks before there was a break in the dam, but it was re' paired at nominal expense, but this recent break will require the expendi ture oi iwu or f ISA) to repair. The dam was put in in the summer of 18U0 at a cost of almtit $2000, by Mucklo Bros., who used it to great profit tor several veara. Recent vinr. however. Hia ,lnm lias been of but little value to those gentlemen, but other loggers have bad the benefit of it as a means of driving their logs to tide water. There was about a million feet of logs in the creek, ready to be driven down, and that feat was expected to have been accomplished the next day after the accident, which accounts for the immense head of water which wrought tho mischief. Persons owning logs tn the creek will undoubt edly repair the damage forthwith. The tale of another terrible crime comes from Nehalem. The parties par ticularly interested are Manlev Lane, a man of nearly thirty years of age, and Emma B. Bittner, a girl of nearly thir teen years of age. Lane was arrested a few days ago charged with rape, ar raigned before Justice Case, of Pitts burg, and waived examination. The justice placed him under $2,500 bonds, and Constable Sam Ballard arrived at tho county seat with Lane on Wednes- ihv evening, hmmi Hittnor is soon to become a mother, and there seems little reason to question but what Manlev Lane is the author of tho little girl's shame and disgrace. Lane is a married man. and the Bittner girl had pre viously made her home in the Lane family, but for some time past has been staying with another family. Lsno is not an over-intelligent Individual and is own demeanor and conversation would seem to fuston the crime upon im. The concensus of opinion in Neb loin valley is said to be that Lane is guilty of tho crime. He may be able to urnisn oonus. With the approach of soring our peo ple should begin talking good roads with an earnestness that will insure the con' struction of several miles of good roads the coming summer. At the June elec tion there will be a supervisor elected in each precinct in the countv, and the people Biiouid look to it and see that none but good men are elected to those responsible and important positions, and ter thotr election the people should do all in their power to assist in making good, substantial roads throughout the ntire county, lietween now and July 1st the work will bo under the supervis ion of the supervisors appointed nt the January term of county court, and they too should receive the hearty co-operation of every citizen in repairing the ronds lust as soon rs the weather will permit the work being done on them. provement purposes will undoubtedly be an important factor in road improve ment and road building throughout the county. The time Is certainly propit ious for much good work in this line. Last Saturday night was the occasion of a glorious time in the castle hail of Rainier Knights of Pythias, that lodge having arranged to celebrate the SOth anniversary of the founding of that order. It is characteristic of the Rain ier Knights to always share their good time with the members of the order from other places, so, in harmony with such a ciiBtom, the members from Ka- lama, St. Helena and Astoria were invited to assist them in the celebration. About a dozen members from this city and an equal number from ICalaina responded to the request, as did twenty six Knights from A a tor, Ho, 8, who ar rived on the evening train in time to participate in the festivities. A most entertaining literary programme was rendered at tho castle hail, winch occu pied the time until 10:30, when it was announced that preparations at the banqnet hall had been completed and the visitors were invited to join the Rainier bovs in disposing of a very olaborate lunch. No effort or expense was spared to make that feature of the occasion a success, and the prevailing sentiment of tho visitors seemed to be directed particularly to outward and inward demonstrations ot evident ap preciation. The affair from start to nish was one continuous round ol pleasure, and the fact that Rainier nights can both entertain and cele brate in fitting style was established beyond question. To say the very least, the affair was a grand success, which everyone present seemed to enjoy. THE ROAD FUNDS. How and In What Manner tt Shall be Apportioned. Since the new road supervisor law came into effect there appears to be some impression that the road tax col lected in each road district can only be expended upon road work in that dis trict and in no other. This is not the case however, nor Is it in accord with tho ideas of those who have elven lecal opinion, for in construing the actual meaning ol the act thev state the law : allows the county court plenty of latl tilde how the road funds shall be armor tinned. Perhaps, by reading the law. someone win coincide witn tnis vlow. while others may nut a different con struction upon it, so we think it best to pumisn tne act, wnicn is as louows : in mamng such estimate and assess' merit, tiie supervisor shall proceed as ioiiows : 1. He shall apportion the labor to be performed in his road district to the valuation ol taxable property owned therein, the ratio of one dav's work for each and every one thousand dollars assessed for state and county purposes the last preceding year; provided, that any person may, in lieu of each day's worx to be perlormed according to this chapter, pay into the hands of the super visor tno sum of one nouar and fifty cents, to oe expenoeo lor laoor or ma terial on tne public roads in the district where the said property so taxed is located. 2. He shall assess two days' work to 1. . 1 - - L 1 . ue penorrneu oy eacn maie oetween twenty-one and fifty years of age. ex cept persons who are a public charge or ate too infirm to perforin labor. Eery such male actually in said district shall oe siiDiect to sucn tax at any time from tne first any ot February of each year to the first day of the following Febru ary, and the surervisor may at any time assess such tax and collect the same; and the presumption shall be conclusive that said road tax has not been worked or paid unless such person so assessed show a receipt for road tax or rood work lor ine same vi sr. eitner in the same or another district or state; and if an ac tion be brought against anyone for said personal road tax, and he should, after the bringing of said action, produce a receipt for the same, having failed to Croduce a receipt before said action was rought. the costs of such action shall be taxed to bim and enforced as a judg ment for a tine in a criminal action. 3. He shall call out and have per formed two-thirds of the total road work in his district as may be assessed in the manner provided in this section, upon the public roads in his district before the first day of April following, unless the county court shall extend the time for performing said labor. 4. Providing that in any countv of this state the county court of such county at the time of levying taxes for county purposes may, if iu the judg ment oi tne county court it is for the best interest of the counry, levy a tax upon all the taxable property in the county, not to exceed live mills on the dollar, and in addition thereto a poll tax of two dollars be assessed upon every person who shall be liable to pay state poll tax. which taxes shall be collected with and in the same manner as county taxes shall be collected, and shall be paid into the county treasury, and shall be kept as a separate fund to be known as the road fund, and shall be used for the nuroose of lsvimrout. open ing, making, and repairing county roads ana nuiiaing ana repairing Dridges; and no other tax or taxes for the purpose in this section mentioned shall be levied or collected except that the county court may order bridges built or repaired out of the general fund. Such county court shall apportion tne taxes so collected among the several road districts in the county, having due regard to the amount of taxes collected in the several road istricts, to the condition of the roads. the necessity for repairs, and to the amount of travel thereon. The county cleric snail thereupon notily the road supervisor in each of the road districts in his county of the amount of the road fund set apart lor the use of his road district for opening, making and repair ing county roads and building bridges in his road district : and such supervisor shall direct and supervise the expendi ture of such amount of the road fund so set apRrt for the purpose herein named. and certify his accounts for labor per formed or material turnished to the county court; and if the county court approves the same, it shall order war rants on the county treasurer in favor of the person performing such labor or furnishing such material payable out of the fund to the credit of such road dis trict and until such fund is exhausted: provided, that in counties having a road master, the money shall be expended under his direction. 6. Provided further, that in counties having a county road master, no road shall hereafter be located until a report as to the advisability or practicability of such proposed road is first made and filed by such road master. CLATSKANIE ITEMH. Samuel Graham, sr., of Marshland, is spending a few days in town. Miss Jennie Badger is the guest of ber friend, Miss KIsie Hughes this week. .A number of our people have been to Portland this week arranging for spring operations. Mrs. W. H. Conyers is occupying the office in town during the absence of the senior partner at the county seat. W. II, Fouts is now a citizen in town again, having moved his family into the wnogren property on jnam street. j George Millor and family have moved i to ruptten s, on tne mil, where ueorge expects to worn tne coming season. A Mr. Culbertson. of Missouri, has moved nts family of six children Into our community and located on the farm of N. Merrill, about three miles out of town. The J. G. T. club whatever that may stands for announces an entertainment at Merrill's hall for next Saturday even ing to which the publio is invited for a consideration of 10 cents. A nnrober of changes in location of residences is contemplated in the near future for the summer season, as auite extensive milling and logging operations are contemplated for the coming season. With all due respect to the county seat and its its aspirations, we would suggest that the Clatskanie river affords the best route for a railroad to the Ne halem valley, as may be demonstrated in the near future. Next Monday afternoon, at Merrill's hall, the annual school meeting is an' nounced to be held for the election of school director and clerk. These meet ings generally bring out a considerable attendance, showing that the citizens here take an interest in school matters. 3. D. Lewis is moving out of the Clatskanie bote! this week to retire to private life, with his family. They are occupying the rooms over C. L. Conyers' store and express office. The hotel building will be arranged for a store room, in part, and the upper rooms will undecided yet who will take charge. A public entertainment was given at the Barr school house last Saturday evening which was attended by quite a number from here. The attendance was much larger than the seating capacity of the building would accommodate and the exercises by the scholars were quite attractive, showing a good deal of prep aration and work, as well as tact, on the part of Mrs. Nettie King, who insti gated the affair. An admittance fee of 10 cents was charged for the benefit of the district. VEHNONIA ITEMS. WARREN ITEMS. Ed McFarland spent a few days in Portland last week. A. II. Sheffield went to St. Helens on business last Friday. Floyd Puzey left last week for New berg, Ore,, where he will visit with relatives. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Slavens has been quite ill for the past week. Will Milligan and Harlnnd Long, of Scappoose, were visiting with Warren friends last Sunday. Olive and Musette Grewell left last week for down-river points, where they will visit with friends. Miss Olive Ellis, who has been visit ing with relatives in Portland for the past threo weeks, returned home last Tuesday evening. Quite a number of Warrenites at tended the dance at St. Helens last Thursday evening. An excellent time is reported by all. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sheffield. Mrs. Mollie Sundby, Marion Cooper and George Decker were passengers on the steamer Young America' for Portland last Thursday. Mr. J. S. Bacon, our genial store keeper and postmaster, boarded the A. & 0. raildroad last Saturday morning on his way to Fort Stevens, where he went to visit with his son, James. Mrs. Placke was visiting in Vernonia Friday. George Rice went to Hillsboro last Friday after a load of flour. E. J. Mills, of Tacouia, is visiting rel atives in this neighborhood. E. G. Shannahan has been quite sick this week but is better at present. Chas. and Lew McCauley and George and Green Adams came over from Houl ton Wednesday to celebrate the 22nd. Mr. Harvey Redman and Miss Allie Sitts, both formerly of this neighbor hood, were married a short time ago and are living in Portland. Albert Baker is getting to be a sure thing when there is a shooting match on hand. He walked off with all the prizes except one last Saturday. There is to be another match Saturday, March 3rd. Albert Wood and Otto Malmsten went to Houlton Saturday where they met Otto's sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. O. Lindstrom, of Minn. They ar rived in vernonia Monday and will spend a few weeks visiting relatives. SCAPPOOSE ITEMS. The roads are in bad condition now. Mrs. Kenegar is still on the sick list, Joe Mayers left for Rainier last week Mr. Peter Movers is still haulinz milk every day. Mr. Robinaky and bovs are making corawood py me wholesale. The canyon sawmill will start up next wecx anu run steady tor some time. DEER ISLAND NOTES. Mr. Giia Johnson hauled hav to Co lumbia City last Sunday. Mr. Palen Clark will remove his fam ily to Keasey about the 10th of March. Deor Island, no doubt, has the latest received a rag baby. Mr. J. M. Payne has decided not to move his family to Portland for some time, owing to the purchase of a new buggy. Among the articles found in the vicinity of the railroad station was an old razor which has changed the appear ance of more than one young man. A correspondent asks this Question: "Would you be kind enough to tell me whether a citizen of any portion of the county can register before the county clerk or must he register before the jus tice of the peace in hia own precinct?" It is optional with the person who wishes to register. In registering before the county clerk each person's name is en- tcrcu iu ma respective vutiug precinct register as well as in the general regis ter, and tbftt completes the registration, while those registering before justices of the peace or notaries publio when the returns are sent in have to be copied in to the poll books by the county clerk. necessitating the clipping out of the sig nature and pasting it in the general reg ister, which is a great deal of extra work. But the importance -of labor saving is not to be compared to the importance of registering, hence an early compliance with the registration law is a matter to be considered above everything else. It is very hard to stand idly by and see our dear ones suffer while awaiting the arrival of the doctor. An Albany (N. Y.) dairyman called at a drug store there for a doctor to come and see his child, then very sick with o-oup. Not finding the doctor in, he left word for him to come at once on his return. He also bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy, which he hoped would give some relief until the doctor should arrive. In a few hours he returned, saying the doc tor need not come, as the child was much better. Tho druggist, Mr. Otto Scolts, savs the family has since recom mended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to their neighbors and freinds until he has a constant demand for it from that f art of the country. For sale at the St. Ielens pharmacy. CITY TREASURER'S NOTICE. Orrica or City Trkabobkr, 8t. Helens, Oregon, Jan. 26, 1900. THK CITY TREA8UKKR OF ST. HKLEN8, Oregon hereby gives notice that nil war rants 6f this city which have been presented and endorsed "Not i'aid for Want ol Fiiiidn." prior to March '20! li, 1899, und warrants Nos. 422 and 4117 endorsed ou that date, will be paid upon presentation to me. Interest will not be al lowed after this date. DAVID DAVIS, Oity Treasurer, ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that I, the un dersigned, have been appointed admin istrator, with the Inst will annexed, of the estate of George Hayes, deceased, by order of the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Columbia county ; that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to pre sent the same, with proper vouchers, to me, at Mayger, Columbia county, Ore gon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated March 2nd, 1900. CHARLES MAYGER, Administrator of the estate of George Hayes, deceased. ni2mK) If You will Give Them a Trial They will Convince You that what is Said -in this Advertisement is ' THE TRUTH Our Large Stock of DRY GOODSjEGROCERIES Consists of the Highest Standard of Quality, which we aim to sell at very reasonable prices. RUBBER GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ....BOOTS AND SHOES.... DART & MUCKLE, POPULAR DEALERS. ST. HELENS, - - OREGON. .JOHNSON & BURCDORFER BROS.. o Manufacturers of and Dealers In o ...All Kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber... Flasrinf... Bustle ...Celling AKD ...Dimension Canker... SCAPPOOSE. . OOOO ROAD TO THE MILL. Mill on south fork of ScappooM ereek.four ( miles from Scappoose station. , Lumber delivered st Scappoose sUtion or Johnson's landing at fl.00 per If, extra. At ( Warren station, 1.50. ( - - - OREGON i St, Helens Meat Market J. H. DART, Proprietor. MUTTON, DCCC BOLOGNA, PORK, PORK, VEAL LjLlJt lm SUMMER SAUSAGE Breakfast Bacon, Cottage, Picnic and Westphalia Hams. Pure Lard. Highest Cash Price Paid for Stock.. J. H. DART, St. Hklxws, Obiqox. St. Helens Pharmacy DR. EDWIN ROSS, Proprietor. Drugs, Chemicals AND ....PATENT MEDICINES.. Perfumery, Toilet Articles, School BookSjSchool Sup plies, Stationery, Etc .... Prescriptions carefully and accnratelv enmnonnried at. tnv tinnr nt tVio day or night. Orders by mall for medicine will receive prompt attention. 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