The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, March 08, 1901, Image 3

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..f initio Limn unnii
" ,m. Tlm.thlril.or Master Union'
Sniirnu wiiH uimiurieil upon ciiillihit,
Lsiilu a ceremony of ritre hwuwkhw,
lilch took place liUi lit the oy.ml.ig,
iw inn the presentation ot a gavel to tint
Sby Hoi.atorlk.o. W. rfolMd. the
,,rt iMn.ltpry of which I. bettor
r,i,llnc(l I" the well, chosen wonts of
Mr W, U. Powell, who ollercd the
,ne iiii'iilo l the onator' absence., .. JOr.
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resent to you, a Worshipful Master of
I Kilt flllllHil Ul 7 lit tri pin. a
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i, jlt'lciiK J xx IK" nu. i rtiii.iiiiii ree
i i.,.i,ihi Masons, mis iravui.
"Tlia hftnclla ol this gavel I hltiltory
ih1 obtained from a tree near Valilng
4im l. 0. i Hie bead ' of Magnolia, from
Mi' Vernon, nUl to have been planted
bv'llie hand of Uoorge Washington.
"The gavel, In the hand of the Mntcr,
It the Insignia the highest authority,
iid Uil" Kv"' ,,M t0 '"1'1 valuoa
working tool, of tht lodge, and a an
"Thii Kv"' t-'1111 to inlnil the inemory
of an t'nrly llntiii(jniiliwl Maion
Oeorire WanlilnKtoii. It la Riven bv a
vry illntliiKiiiKluxl member of thla Iwlipi,
im yon may bo nrouil to uall a bruUn r.
ami who hn ahown by thla Ravel hi
Intercata In hie Me and hla fidelity to
IiIh brotlmr Miwona."
To tin"1" remark Mr. VV, II. Dlllard,
n,ntir of Ihe ImIko, reaiontlvtl :
"Madam: That whloh you prenont
tu tli ict IihIku In the name of our do.Hu
Kiiiflii'd brother, la only a almple piei-e
ul woihI, but we are not unmindful that
nioatof the ireiimirru iiieinrnioa oi me
hmiinn race are without inlrimlc value.
Thin kvI i of uiaRiiolln. In thought
Jt ciirrira in tok to the aunny aoutli.
hittidreda of milea of Intitudo, and
lhouminda of mili of lonttltude. Inol-
dnilally, It evidence the Rruwth of the
watcal republio the world bin mr
num. It In from a tree, planted at Mt.
Vnrnon, bv the hand ot the moat di
tiiiKiiibed of all patriot. It carrie a
buck to a time when he atruiricled for
thou) prlmiplea which have made hi
.country tlie liapitv home of ever Increa
jnif million", and hi name the boHntud
livntaite of pat, prenent and future itu
erationa. It i at once ao Inatrumentol
uthority. and a reminder that wiMiom
id jimttce abould ever be exerciavtl In
il UM'.
"WtubluRton wa made a Maaon at
FrrderickiiburR, Va., In 1752. The bible
upon which he took hi obligation i
iircitcrved by that lodge. In 174, on
Uryette' return to America, VVaalc
IiikUui waa preminled by him with a
Mniwnic apron, umde of white ailk, by
ilie handi of the wife of that celebrated
Frvtit'h patriot. That apron' I now In
thu cutitody of the grand IikI of IVnn
ylvania. On tleoeiiiber lMth, 1713, a a
.Miiimn and tirat preiiident of the United
Hutttti, WuKhiiiKUin laid the corner ktoue
of tliu capital building, in the District
of Culumhia. The gavel with which
lie perfumed that ceremony I the heri
.tHiieof a UeorRwtown, Va,, lodjf. There
an (ilhcr mciiicuto of hi Muaoiiry,
trcnnri',1 dlike by our brotherhood ami
theotiuide world. Within the lt b'n
daye nearly a hundred million pecmla
Jia'vH iiniU'd in ccli-lirrtliiig the birthday
il tlmt illttKt rioim Mhsoii. Tbia almplu
mvcl now become at oihmj a aonvenlr
inMii nitr dinliiiKiiiRhed brotber, Senator
IK llriilf, mid a memento (actuating in
iu fniiU'iiijilnlion.
"1 rannut n-fruin from adtliiiR: It la
with pride that we receive thl souvenir.
Only otic pcrwm in a million American
ciiitciia enn bi'cmiie tenator. Our lodge
in i.ih- itiniiiiK tlioimttuda with better oc
JKirliinitic. It in lucnted In ft "aeqUeel
vml lulu of li'." Our hall l devoid of
evidence of wealth or Bplowlor. Our
ini'iiil.iTfliip in niiihII, but Binoni our
iiiiuiUt am circuit judire, a jnile of
our Hiipn'ini) court and n United State
fc-nainr. Tlieno fact jiiHtify our pridu
mil untild honor mi v BKcitioii.
"In t lie nit mo of hfl. Uulviia IidKe No.
.1:', Ancient t'reo und Accepted Manuna,
1 miTpt thi gavel, and aoaure you It
the wuruith of Rratitude to the
Iriiicruul rcmombranco and reieet in
which we iilin 1 1 ever hold the donor.
J t it be placvd In the andiivr of the
IikIku."
Alter thin ceremony the vialtor, mem
Imtii mid friemU were invitoil to the
Immr Imll of the ImildinR, where a
iiiiiipttinus luncheon wa awaiting the
arm ul ol the crowd. The banquet wa
f;i vou by Mmmra. M tickle brother, in
toiiorof their nephew, Hobert Omirge,
tin- ciiudidate on whom tho Mauler
MiiHin ili'urec iind been conferMtf by the
)if. Full JtiHtice waa done tliia fea
ture of the entertainment, which com
pleted the evening' phunuire, ao far
the guest were concerned.
IHNTUH'T SCHOOL MEETIMU.
Much Apparent Intereat In tbe I-ecal
School AfTnlra.
The it'ioxt largely atlendiid ichool meet
intc in thi dintrict for many year wa
tlmt held at the school house Monday
evening, when a director and clerk were
to lie choauti. Director lart wa the
only mtmiUjr of the board of director
present, J)r. Uoh and Cliir twiiig una
voitiiilily Hhsoiit. Clerk tuick wa pres
ent, and In the hand of tliese olllciall
the bunlne8 of the meeting wa dis
patched promptly ami carefully.
The report of the district clerk wa
read and approved, after which the
clinir dechircd tho election of a director
to m-rvo three year to lie neat In order.
The iiitmeH (f a number of Rentlcnien
were placed in nomlnntion, but the bub
lot chiwn Dr. CluT alnioat unanimou.
Mr. K. K. Quick wa ro-elected clerk for
the cinmlng year.
The projiusition for tnnking some al
terution to the chool house, which
eemed U meot with favor, wa made
and the matter was so favorably re
Rinded no to result in the appointment
of a commmittce to foel tbo pulse of the
people in regard to the sifuir, and
there may Iw some good result from the
Kitution. Unquestionably same change
jnould lie made. The facilltie are
iimdcquate and the best way to make
the alteration is to erect a new
building outright. Thi can be accom
pliHhcd it cttHily its tlirowing good dol
lar tiller bail ones in attempting to
make something out of nothing.
Evidences of AcUvJty, 9
Vory gratifying evidence of activity I
noted along the fine of the Uoble, Neha
lem A 1'aeifla railway, Tb company
now has six miles of substantially built
and well equipped rood iu active titra
tion and are pushing construction will)
a good force of wen which will be in
creased as soon as weather conditions
will permit; the ground at present
heingso thoroughly saturated with water
Unit count ruction Is both dilllcult and ox
Pensive. It is understood to be thu
future policy of the company to lot con
Htruction work by contracts. A logging
eamp ha been ostabliHhed and a largo
number of flno saw logs are being
hauled to tbe river daily. One very lino
raft of logs has already been sent to the
'"ill and auothor is "woll under way.
ThtB rood will be a most valuable addi
tion to the public enterprise of thl
county and the neighborhood will be
county and the neighborhood will no ,
tbe scene of much Sctivity a. soon a
the weather become ettled. '
JKitlute A fTuIr,
aiturney It. p. Urahain; aimoarln,,
1 "'l'"''trl, was tefr re Juiliro
, Ml llll I (III Mm., hi, .,...1 .. "
I N.U ULUtlll I.flH lltl.nl
tSj .?"'? i1.""1' wtt'nt was had
od the administratrix discharged.
Martin Uiitseustat. a subject of the
...!"irror- W1 More J'l'lgo Don
Oil MoilliHV. mill ui.i. ..I.,.lli... ,
.lit i.". ..(IIII.M l I1III
.cUljsMnhln. Hii witm... ,. i-i.
oek ami Vr4urirk 'altinst.
fitter; ol administration wero issued
to Mr. Mary M. O.tvlg, of Uat-kaiilo,
Mondiiv. tu Ufliiiliil.li.. ,,... . ... '
reoruary jatu Jul((e Itonn an
wlnll luia A. branded of 1-wtlanS,
uiuiniHiraior or the estate
01 Jollll
IT; V' """eineu, ot utoe county.
Nebraska. Tho real estate to be adinlii'
latere.! on I the sw of tho sw 1 of
ectlon 24, and the nw of tho aw ii
of auction 25, township 7 north, range 8
,, unuuuy uiihi in fietiraska
in June. IH111. ami th 11,11,,,,,... v 1.
Kennedy, a brother of deceased, was not
aware of the fact until recently that his
. v..,,.,, owneu iniiii nere. me land in
question was sold for Vines several years
ago, and tkdumhla county now holds
the premise for quite a sum of money.
An order wa issued out of the pro
bate court Wednesday authorizing
Harry West, administrator, to sell so
much of the personal property of the
Maria West estate as would be necessary
to defray expenses of administration.
An order discharging J. A. Kemp and
releSHinu his lionilmnen Inn,. ,1...
diansbiu of Charles Kemp wa made by
the probate Judge Wednesday.
April 1 litli has licen set bv the nrolmU
court s the dale for hearing of the final
uwuiini 01 4ue U'tininiHtrstor ot the e
tste of W. C. McOee, Dan Kice, admin
istrator. torsTV school rujfns.
New Law Itcgulatlng their Distribu
tion Among District!
Bumtrintendent Ackerman ha sent
out a notice of change in the law regard
ing apportionment ol the public school
funds. His notice Is us follows:
"All school law now in force, except
mm pertaining to tne iMiiance 01 state
paper to those who graduated from
normal schools and chartered institu
tion prior to September 1, 1HUU, will
remain in force until May 22, 1U01.
''Hubdiviston S, section 11). lie (the
uperlittendent) shall make an appor
tionment of the entire school fund then
in the county treasury on the first Mon
day in April and October of each year,
and at such other time during the year
a he may deem advisable. The county
school fund, collected in pursuance
of the. school tax levied by the county
court, shall be apportioned in tbe fol
lowing manner. In October he shall
apportion foO to each district in hi
county that has reported to III in re-
quircti or law. At the same time lie
limit apportion to each district in hi
county (5 for each teacher employed by
such district during the twelve mouths
immediately preceding such apportion
ment, who ha attended for a period of
at least sixteen hour an annual county
lii'titnte or slate teachers' association
held durimr the twelve months immedi
ately breeding the lime of making such
apportionment. The county uperin
teudent shall take a evidence that such
district has employed a teticber or teach
er who have attended an institute or
association a above doscribed, a certifi
cate properly signed by the ecretary of
such institute or association, or a certi
fied copy thereof. It i hereby made
the dntv of auch tcRcher to file with
the clerk of such district a certificate or
copy thereof a hereinliefore provided.
aud lfliall be the duty ot eatu clerk
to file said certificate or copy thereof
with the school (uperlnteniiunt ot lis
county; provided, that the county
school suwtrlnUmdont sluill not credit
a district with a greater number of audi
certificate than the whole number of
riKimi In ntutration In such district at
any one time during tho year."
HCALI' BOlISTr LAW,
Legislature Crawl In It Hole rails
the Hole Iu Alter It.
The scaln bounty law passed by the
legislature two year ago prove"! to Iwi
such a roaring farce through the defying
disposition oT many of the counties,
that It w found necessary by there
cent legislature to repeal the law and
VllBCl SOniCMling rim? 111 l kv
farce wa in oixiration long enough to
create an indebtedness tor the state oi
over llooo in scalp bounty warrant,
and the last legislature found it neces
sary to appropriate out of the irenorai
fund an amount sufficient to call in all
this niiistandimr ac riot. A few counties
defied tho Inw and tl legislature and
forced another meeting 01 mat iXMiy 10
repeal an act because they did not see
fit to comply with it.
We do not question bnt what the law
hould have Isnen ropealod ; In fact, It
certainly shonld have been; it wa so
worthies that it could not be enforced,
but tho precedent established 19 not a
good one. A low counties, eigut an wm,
we believe, Pll tne required amount
Into the state treasury, Columhia
county among the other. The amount
- I . I . .. n.a.lH C 11 Ul
paid irom tins tuunir -j
Thu .ninnntji naid in will be refunded.
Thi action ia mado necessary by a bill
11 traduced anil nasseil on January zoi.n,
(ectlon 3, of wlitcll Dill reaus as 10110 wn;
"Tim secretary of etst snail oraw
warrants upon the said "bounty fund
in favor of the county treasurer of the
everal conn tic for iuih sums as they
have already paid in to me uiw trea
ury under aeetinn one of the bounty
law passed In 1880."
The scalo oouniy iaw
recent legislntnre is a far better meas
ure than tne one wniuii um oto" "17 "
tive for two years past. It provide
Hint senilis can be presented to but one
olllcer the county clerk and county
warrant are to be lssnea aireci mi m
person presenting the scalp, but two
thirds of the amount of the warrant is
refunded to the county by the secretary
of state. , .
Procedure under the new law In re
gard to presenting Bcalps for bounty i
very similar to the form followed before
a scalp bounty law was enacted two
year ago. The county ciera is mo per
son to whom scalps should be presented.
It winy be necessary to remodel this
present taw ucwro wo
work altogether right.
Large Tax Collections
t.n.:iy Italian fate thBt tax collec
tion for tbe month of 'eur"ry "
year, beat all prevtou records In that
' .'n ,.n.l nvAr nhout
respect, ine "i , but
one weex earner wi
there is no comparing t ie
menU. In February last year the total
mounted to less than 400 wh le the
.imrlir made two turnovers this Febru
ary, aggregating 3,238. Everyone seem.
ry, n n .. I usually the
lui re "7 ,arn,Tvl
case, wnere-iewj-- - r..itv"
was a favor oniy, ow --
m"l the good result are already dis
cernible, , .
Farm tor Bale. -...
f nlirhtv acre, together
my ' : T j, for sale,
with e Wtf?,K' HoA ton, Or
(Jkobou W. i kbhti rtouit u 1
Three tutrhe of Smelt.
d and James I'ock, of the mouth of
Lewi river, bave been doing (airly
Rood business lately catching and tral-
"i"g 111 smeit. wuti ttmir launch
tliey have made three trip to Cowliu
nver. each time rntnmlnff with
good catche. Their last trip wa made
1 oesday, when- they ucceeded in get-
,f ,,,00t, quAiitity of the delicious
own) iiwues. A ready mrkt I. I.,H
tle fit,
at a good figure.
Protesting Against Change.
Charles H. Ulhler, division engineer
of the Nortliern I'acilc, lias notified the
county Judge that he protest against
the change is the kaiotion of tbe county
road at Warren, whore the road cioaso
the railroad between the Lynch and Jen
sen places. Till change wa petitioned
uraiiii granicu some time ago. How
ever there i nothing serious iu the pro
test, as the engineer desires only to lie
noLiiiod of any chunge that be might
bring the matter before the official of
the company.
A County Read Master.
In compliance with a law enacted by
Ihe recent legislature it becomes obliga
tory on the part of the oouuty court
to appoint a county road master, whose
duties we understand to be to oversee
and have charge and supervision of all
the road work in the county. Just who
this Individual will be is yet an unset
tled matter. We have not yet heard a
name oll'ered for tho position, but some
one vijll oe named before the session
enus, anil ironi iinu tuiicli will Do ex
pected, whether uiuch results or not.
Petition for New Koad.
In the county court is filed a petition
lor a new rond to be located in the vi
cinity of the old Hunker bill road, and
aiso a pica to nave tue tatter-mentlonea
road vacatod by tbe court. This latter
S 1-opositton will meet the fate it justly
eserve to meet. The bunker hill rood
wa the first and original thoroughfare
alfordinK an outlet from the Nehalem to
tins part of the county, end while it ia
little used now, there naturally are
property interests In that section which
not only warrant but demand mean of
reaching it by a county road. The pe
tition for the new road will be granted,
but the portion of the document pray
ing the old road to be vacated will be
refused by the court.
Tide Creek Cougar Hunt
Borne month ago a California moun
tain lion hunter moved to and resided
near Tide creek. A few days ago he
borrowed a neighbor' bunting dog so
to bave a bunt. Mot knowing that
the noted dog, Cap, wa a cougar dog.
he take his gun and dog and darted
into the Tide creek jungie. He had
not traveled far till Cap engaged in a
scrap with the vicious cougara. The
dog shortly won the fight and treed the
varmints. The hunter thinking tbe
bounty too small on cougara to run any
risk of hi own scalp, took hi hat in
one hand and gun in tbe other, and with
a full head of steam, threw his throttle
wide open and puffed for home a fait
as hi machinery would carry him. This
i not his tirst adventure with the cou
gars of Tide creek, but I think hi last.
Tom Chow.
To Improve Roads.
Supervisor Flank of tbia district is
circulating a paper soliciting funds and
labor to open the road to Nehalem tbe
entire width of the of the right of way.
lie is anxious to secure donation suf
ficient to take every tree ad atuuip
out of the sixty foot road strip so fan
towards Nehalem a hi district extend.
When wo saw the paper early in the
week over luu day labor had been sub
scribed besides quite an aggregate of
cash. The county court may reasonably
enough be expected to contribute to
this cause, ana there seem no good
reason why success should not follow!
thi effort. A ia well known, we are
a strong advocate of the theory that if
something genuinely good is desired it
ujtist bo paid for before it can be had,
and we cannot expect to have good
roads, good schools or good public
building unless we are willing to pay.
Mr. Clank's plan ia commendable and
his request for aid is meritorious.
A Seede Change Made.
A most excellent change has been
made in the messenger mail service be
tween St. Helen and Iloulton. Until
recently the messenger has been leaving
Uoultou with the afternoon mail before
the Nehalem mail had arrived, to which
custom was attributable the act that
often tbo Nehalem mail intended for
t. Helens did not reach it destination
until 9:80 tbe following day. This
oftimes gave rise to great inconvenience
aud delay is dispatching important mat
ter. The messenger, Mr. Mills, was in
nowise responsible lor this inconven
ience, often waiting at Houlton after
bis directed time for the arrival ot the
interior mail, which, as a matter ol fact,
cannot always be depended upon, espec
ially during the winter time, when snow,
mud and other detaining conditions
combine to delav the carrier. Mr. Mills
haa been instructed to remain half an
hour lateral Houlton, and we may now
expect a better service.
Nehalem Railroad Survey. .
Tbe Northern Pacific railroad survey
ors have again moved their camp, this
time from Pittsburg to about one mile
east of Bunker hill, for the purpose of
surveying a strip of country four or five
milea in length which they lelt unat
tended to while in that vicinity. There
wa a meeting of the engineer and sur
veyors at Scappoose Tuesday, to which
Mr. Jamison, field engineor, was called,
and who came out from Pittsburg Mon
day night. Thi is considered to have
been a very important meeting. After
the urvey reached Pittsburg a prelimi
nary line was extended across Nehalem
river and down the bottom to near the
Powell place, where the river wa again
crossed. A preliminary line wa also
extended up Nehalem on the east side
tor a short distance. It i said that a
good grade ha been found from tbe
summit to Pittsburg, a distance of nine
miles. It is also reported that the
grade stakes from Pittsburg to tbe sum
mit will be set while the engineer are
on the ground. -
Inducement for the Boys.
John Dollar, located on the corner of
First and Yamhill streets. Portland, has
a diriplnv of twenty-five ditlerent style
and gcitdes of Hoys' suits, which are
ottered as a special inducement from 60
ni tn ai.M) leas than anv other store
in tbe city. John Dollar knows that the
hovs are hard unshoes; that's why he
carries 110110 but good, solid ones, and
sells them from 2) cents to 60 cents less
than Hiiv other store in the city. A big
v,i, ieiv if hova' cans, reeolnr 25 and 60-
cent values, are oll'ered for 15c, 25c and
&)C A large assortment of boy' waiBtsat
L'5;: and 4c, regular 60c and 75o values.
The latest stvleof sweaters, 50c, 75o, tl
and 1.B0. The boys Can be very neatly
dressed for a very little sum of money by
buying of John i'ellar, corner First and
Yamhill streets, Portland, Oregon.
SHORT ITEMS.
Personal Mentloa aud Brief
Happening Noted.
JNew good at Collin & Gray's.
Local
Mr. Fj. G. J one, ot Qoble, wa In
town juonuay.
Mr. W. D. Connell wa up from Deer
xsianu Wednesday,
Mis Gertrude Finley visited Portland
caiurtisy aiternoon.
Harry West wa down from Scappoose
weauesuay lorenoon.
Tho steamer Athlon I again on tbe
fiainier-rortiana route.
Mr. John Dolan wa down from
Warren Wednesday afternoon.
The Houlton Artisan expect to n
lertaln tbeiruiember Friday evening.
S. C. Henry, of St. HeleM, I agent
(or the latest improved gasoline lamp.
James Muckle and wife and son, of
Portland, spent last Saturday in thiscity.
Rev. Mr. Pbilbrook will preach in
juts city next rjunuay evening at 7:30,
Thomas Meserve wa up Irom Delena
attending to business matter Wednes
day.
tl 1 1 . Cl I J WIU T. 1 1 1.j mi I VI u.uu,
peat Saturday and Sunday last In thi
T n .l l Af vA.il.nJ
city.
Tbe fact that county court wa in ses
iou this week brought many people to
town.
city a few day tin week visiting Sheriff
Ilattan.
Dr. Cawood. dentist, can be found
each Wednesday at tbe residence ol
K. vox.
P. J. Switzer was looking after busi
ness Interest in Portland a day or two
thl weox.
Mr. H. Tyscxkiewicz, of Portland,
wa in this city Monday looking after
tier property interest.
Mr. Jacob George and daughter,
Florence and Annie, of Portland, were
in tins city last Saturday.
Mr. Pbilbrook. of Houlton, ha a floe
train ol Plymouth Rocks. He cell the
egg at 60 cent per setting.
Mr. Nathan Tingle, of Quincy, spent
Wednesday in this city, tbo guest of.
Air. and Mrs. Martin wniie.
Mr. and Mr. Edwin Merrill, of Deer
Inland, were present at the Masonic
festivities last Saturday evening.
Mr. E. Halzer and child, ol Portland,
are visiting for some time with their
cousin, Mr. Rudolph Kapplcr, ot Yank
ton.
Rev. R. M. Jones will hold service at
the Congregational church mt Scappoose
at 11 :30 a. tu.. and 7 :39 p. m.. nest
Kunday.
The Kelso Journal has been sold to Mr.
P. C. Kibby, of Elma, Wasb.. who
assumed business and editorial control
of the paper last week.
Don't forget when yon wish to buy
anything, that Collins & Gray have a
large stock of general merchandise.
(Jive them a trial, they will treat you
well.
Letter for the following person re
mained uncalled for at the St. Helens
postoffice on March let : Charles Ad
kin 1, George Anderson 1, T. A. Wolk
bein 1.
Mr. C. F. Fowler, of Columbia City,
left on Wednesday for the mountains in
the vicinity of the headwaters of Lewis
river, where be expect to remain all
summer.
At the annual school meeting held
last Monday at Columbia City Mr. C.
G. Copies was elected director tor three
years, and Mr. Frank Meeker re-elected
district elerk for one year.
County court convened in regular
seeeion Wednesday morning witn a
pretty good sized docket, which will
require the attention of the court tbe
remainder of the week.
It troubled by a weak digestion, loss of
BDDetUe. or constipation, try a few doses
of Chamberlain' Stomach and Liver
Tablet. Every box warranted, cor
aale at the St. Helen Pharmacy
Tlie fees of the county clerk' office
for the month of February amounted to
the neat sura of 570.80. Of thi amount
1246.06 was for land redemptions, $223.26
for recording lees, and 60 for probate
and circuit court feea.
Mr. A. J. Quigley, of Deer Island,
waa in town Wednesday on business.
Mr. Quigley has leased his Deer Island
farm to Mr. Marshal Shearer, of Clats
kanie, for a term of four year. The
former gentlemaa will move at once to
Mayger, where he expects employment
with tbe railroad company.
At the annual school meeting held at
Houlton Monday afternoon Edward
Potter was ro-elected director and Rev.
Mr. Philbrook re-elected clerk. Tbe
board is now composed of N. A. Perry,
Ed Potter, Jas. Spence, directors, and
C. E. Philbrook, clerk. Arrangements
re soon to be made to begin school In
that district.
At the annual school meeting held at
Warren Monday Mr. Max Berg was
elected director for three year and Mr.
Vm. Holt re-elected clerk for one year.
Tho Warren district ia among the
wealthiest in the county, and much
interest in school matters is manifested
bv the people, with the result that a
good school is had there most of the year.
Some timo ago we stated that Super
visor Plank hart 10,000 puncheons ready
to lay on the Nehalem road. Mr. Plank
informs us this week that he now has
18,000 puncheoua ready to put down,
and is deferring tho matter pending
the adjustment of some matters with
the county court. No doubt Flauk will
keep on pnnchin' around till he gets a
good road to Nehalem.
Isaac Bumgardner, Jr., was In town
Thursday morning, en route to Muckle's
logging camp, on Coweman. Ike had
just returned from Salem, whither he
went tbe latter part of January, and
where he was attacked with pneumonia
shortly after his arrival, which confined
l,iin in hiii hml for nsarlv a month.
His young son waa in the hospital
tillering irom tne same disease tue
urn. ti.HA in tntit t.hA ln,t la nt.ill in the
hospital, butt rapidly recovering his
ueaiin.
At the oity council meeting hold
Monday arrangement for thecity election
to be held the first Monday iu April
were made. Messrs. J. K. Biaxesiey,
R. Cox and John McKie were appointed
judger, and J. B. Godfrey- and G. A.
llafi, clerks. The financial statues of
the city is in a healthier condition than
it lias "been for several years, in fact,
there is practically no indebtedness.
There is a small outstanding debt, to be
sure, but resources reasonably sure to
come within the next six week will
more than cover the debt.
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Bssrs th. j9 Ite Kind Vm Hum Hhwys BocjH
Ihe Kind Yew Haw Always
fUgxatu
of
RAINIER ODDFELLOWS.
Lodgo of tthirty Members' Insulated
there Maturday Night.
' Lust Saturday night there was a big
time at ualnier among tne una Jf eiiow
froterity, A lodge of thirty member
wa instituted mere, and over zuu mem
ber of tbe order witnessed the proceed
ings. Members from Portland, Astoria,
Castle Rock, Kalama and St. Helens
were present. The work wo put on by
teams from fort Ian it, and is pronounced
to have been of a high order. Twenty
six initiate and ix by card constitutes
the membershiD. The new lodire is
numbered 151, and bear the name of
uie towji tn wlncli it found Its birth.
The officer ot the new lodge are,- L. E.
Ulark.W. li.;B. V. Kich, V.U.JU. U.
Adams, secretary; J. J. Schmidt, treas
urer : W. J. Doitz. I. .: R. R. Patch.
O. U. The lodgo start it career under
most tavorable circumstance and is ex
pected to become one of the strong lodge
of the state. A banquet was served by
the ladies at the Palace restaurant,
where 260 people had their appetites
appeased.
Reuben News Note.
Dr. E. Rosa and S. C. Davis, of St
Helens, were in town Sunday.
C. J. Cannon, vrcsident of tbe new
railroad, was in town Thursday.
Mrs. Fred Comfort and Mr. John
Lindsay visited Portland Thursday.
Emil Wasser. James Chester and Mar
tin Hoven attended the I. O. O. F. lodge
at Rainier .Saturday evening.
Tbe G. N. A P. R Co. sent their first
raft of loss away Thursday moraine.
They went to the Knappton mill.
Jack DeSpain moved his family and
household (rood uo from NeerCityto
camp No 2, on the U. N. & r. road.
Miss Lizzie Wetle ha been elected to
teach tbe public school in Dist. No. 20.
School will commence on April 8th.
Win Sefiert is busy rafting hi logs at
the mouth of Tide creek this week.
He has sold them to Inuian. Poulson &
Co., of Port laud.
James McNoughton and wife. H. M.
Fowler, J. Severson and T. C. Watt at
tended the A. F. St A. M. lodge at St.
Helen Saturday evening.
At the annual school election held in
Dist. No. 20 00. the 4th day of March
the following officers were elected: II.
M. Fowler, director for three years, and
T. C. Watts clerk for one year.
There wHI bo a meeting of the voter
of school district No. 20 held at the
Reuben school house Monday, March
11th, at 1 o'clock p. m., to discuss tho
subject of buying ground and building
a school bouse in tbe district. Come all.
Keasey News Items.
mm aim. A.iivmp. b nu urnia
attend tbe funeral ot tier sister, will re
turn to her studies at 1 ortland some
time tbi week. She will graduate in
June.
New school officers and new school
law are the order of the day. A care
ful reading ' of tbe amended school
law would be a good occupation for
rainy day or evenings.
A very young and small farmer arrived
at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. E. R
Throop Tuesday morning, February 10th.
He secured a kindly welcome, but his
name we do not know.
Mrs. Hacker, widow of the late Brice
Hacker, accompanied by her daughter.
Mrs. Magill, went out to St. Helens the
27th to file on a claim. Everbody is
anxious to owa a bit of "terra firms."
Notwithstanding the abundant hay
crop of last year, that commodity is in
demand. Several tons have been sold
to parties along Rock creek, besides
numbers of head of stock have been
driven away tor keeping.
The Best Blwwsl Purifier.
The blood is constantly being purified
by the lungs, liver and kidneys. Keep
these organs in a healthy condition and
the bowels regular and you will have no
need ol a blood purifier. For this pur
pose there is nothing equal to (Jhauiber
Iain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, one
dose of them will do you more good than
a dollar bottle ot the oeet Dtooa purner.
Price, 26 cent. Sample free at the St.
Helen Pharmacy.
After Darin Scalp.
Attorney General Blackburn haa com
pleted his arrangements for a thorough
investigation and prosecution of the
State School Land Board frauds. He
will extend the researches for defalcations
and illegal transactions over Geo. W.
Davis defalcations and back over Napol
eon Davis's administration. "No poli
tic" will enter into the conduct ol the
inquiry. Judge Blackburn has notified
E. C. Hackett of Oregon Citv, chief
clerk of the joint committee of the legis
lature, and W. A. Jonea of Salem and
J. C. Hodaon of Newberg, tho clerk who
unearthed tbe fdU.UOO shortage and
proved It existence from the records, to
report for duty Monday, March 4, at
$5 per day. Judge Blackburn said:
"While Geo. W. Davi was a Linn
county man and a personal friend of
mine, that shall not influence me one
iota in probing this matter to the bottom,
let the responsibility fall where it may.
The people have a right to know the
truth and I shall know neither friend
nor foe in this matter. The clerks will
report to me their findings each day."
Night Was Her Terror.
"I would cough nearly all night long,"
writes Mrs. Clias. Applegate, ot Alex
andria, Ind.. "and could hardly get any
sleep. I had consumption so bad that
if I walked a block I would cough
frightfully and epit blood, but when all
other medicines failed, three $1.00 bot
tles of Dr. King's New Discovery wholly
cured me and I gained 68 pounds." It's
absolutely guaranteed to cure coughs,
colds, la grippe, bronchitis and all throat
and lung troubles. Price 50c and $1.00.
Triul bottles free at the St. Holens Phar
macy. ; - " -
For Rent or Bale.
AlOO-acre farm. For particular write
to or call on Edwin Merrill, Deer Island
Oregon.
Some of Oregon's Assets.
In the biennial report of State Treas
urer Moore to the legislature, a copy of
which tbia office haa just received, is
the following statement of taxes and
interest thereou duo the atata from the
various counties. .
Clatsop . ....
..,. 7,017 87
62 64
.". 2,075 34
418 87
. . 7,17 80
.... , 635 40
.... 977 13
. . . , , 10 23
. .. . 1,884 63
. . .. 4,790 04
. . 19,327 66
.U-.:.. 058 63
,-,-v- 8,138 48
11,410 08
,..-.. 2,608 29
I .' , ,851 .49
Crook.
Douglas
Gilliam ,
Jackson ,
Lake
Lane. ........
Lincoln........
Linn.
Marion.
Multnomah. ....
Polk..
Tillamook
Union...
i Washington...
I Yamhill.......
I Total..
. , 63,143 63
..Pure.
DRUGS
Regular 25 cent
Paper Back Novels
...Only 10 cents.-
St. Helens
DENTISTRY.
KEGISTERED DENTIbT Long experience. All kinds of fine dent
al work, .'.o matter what your work may be, yon can have it done here,
and further, it will be done in a first-class, durable manner. Your work
is not limited to last only a certain number of year. Much of it will laat
the rest of your life; some of it may not. Yon will be told tbe truth con
cerning its permanency when you come in. Everything depends on tbo
quality ot your teeth. Teeth examined free and an estimate given, you
thus know just what your work will cost before yon begin, and no change
will be made except at your own solicitation.
Gold Crowns, $6.00; White Crowns, $5.00; Bridge Work, $5.00; Gold Fill
ings, 1.00 up; Amalgam Fillings, 75 cents np ; Cement Filling, 60 c.
BOLD, CELLULOID MO ALLUMIMUM PLATES.
Teeth extracted free (painlessly) when teeth are made. Warm, pleas
ant rooms. Lady attendant. Appointments made by mail.
DE.THOMSOK,
Room 50 and 61, Washington Building, Southeast Corner 4th and Wash
ington Street, 5th Floor, Portland. Take elevator.
Quality and Variety
Are two very important features to take into consideration when one goe
to procure articles for everyday use and consumption. To
oar host of patron we are pleased to say we haye
QUALITY, VARIETY AND QUANTITY.
Our large and select stock affords the intending par
chaser splendid opportunity to get the best
bargain ottered
GROCERIES, DRY
Furnishing goods, hardware, tinware,
DlanaeM, on cunning, leea, nonr, garaen seeae, orcoara grass,
garden implements, and dairy supplies, etc. etc.
COLLINS & GRAY,
THE PEOPLES' MERCHANTS.
? t.-
Goods Exchanged for Frodnoe.
Seasonable Goods
At our store mean that we keep constantly for sale a variety and quality
of merchandise which at all times is suitable to the demand
of all well-living people. We cater to all classes .
LOGGER, FARMER, MERCHANT.
General Merchandising:
Is our especial business, and we have lielfl the fort
by offering a high qualtty of goods at low
; quality prices. We handle : '
Household Necessities
Supplies for everybody and to meet all demands. We invite examination
of our goods and guarantee satisfaction as to price and
quality, fiof is the time to call on
POPULAR DEALERS.
ST. HELENS, - - OREGON.
tnuaianu a, niiorproffrrj none r ' ' W
a... ws SS W W mm w awsWWBB kill '
o Manufacturers ot sod Dealers In 0
...All Kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber..
Flooring... Itaasle ...CeltiMg
V; ,.. : - -a.- ....
0 ......Dttueiialosi Lsmssr..,
5-
80APPOOBP).
School Supplies.
Paints, Oils, Glass.
Stationery.
Shelf Paper.
School Books.
California Perfumes.
Notions.
Toilet Articles, Etc.
Orders taken for
Wall Paper
From Sample Books
Ponlaml Prices
Books of all kinds.
1
Pharmacy.
PAINLESS
EXTRACTING
in tins vicinity.
GOODS, CLOTHING,
paints, oils, glass, crockery, cuttlerj ,
ST. HELENS, OREGON.
GOOD ROAD TO THE MIL.
Mtll on sonth fork of Scappofwe creek.fonr
fniles from SctDoe station.
Lumber delivered st Hcsppoose station- or T
Johnson's UmniiK at si.uu er , extra. A 1
narreu station, 11. aj. v s
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