77 . ...cnmn myftTtflll ' .- )l Tnai mmmmmTmmmm?TrT. TTT TTT!?... , ," ., '- ' ZTTZTT '! '.'..J!?T " ' udge Huturdajf Ermtvdi Tho sluto'l convention of the llklj -i u.miiiiii Hat rtiimnwy ",UJ " llltl' W IHllI ..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. I'""!" VV M.. 11.1.1. I .... resent to you, a Worshipful Master of I Kilt flllllHil Ul 7 lit tri pin. a E 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. a -A. T T Xt. X A 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 - - - OBEOON