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Newspaper Page Text8 Cnil Lrimr rf Drlrif ll.r.e Why tend work out of your Portland Prlcesf Commercial Printing 0( every class done at tlwi MIST Ol'I'ICH, from modern type fares. In a neat and workmanlike nmimer. Wo liuvo recently added several of the tateil sty let of type w our equipment, ami rrapcctliilty solicit your patronage. Years of Experience (fount In any bualnt-ae, mil we know Hit want of mir custo. turn, and will guarantee Prices anil Quality to lie right. I THE OKEGON MIST PBINTEIIY, St. IfelciiHH, Ore Si y THE BIG STORE DOWN By The Big Sawmill!- I Kccivlng New Coodn THE MUCKLE 8TORE HA3 A REPUTA- tion of Long Standing for Only tlie It In GENERAL MERCIIADISE fi Dart & 3. st. Helens, - n row km ATTORNKY-AT-LAW. j mrf If biarairt arroaaat. j ...... . -" 1 1 "' j tur l IVtul ul. Kutaat Plane, ,-, nVilr,H, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. liirn. ; t OH Mill. 1) physician & surckon; IICUNK. s : OIlKiiOM I I j jit it ii, ixirr, rilYSICIAN & SURCHONUl m iiukns. I I .T OHl.IIIlN. . a i.ui p. jll.l Vdtl A IMY, ATTORNEYS AT - LAW.! n ill .rrlr In l imrl. n.l foU-wl. ; itr nn,rv-. : : ompios. Jj'MIKT DR. D. n. STUART. Dttr III Itn lall " MllMtH. o(U.'i."S. Cuiiiuiirag A. i iaX-I MKY, ATTORNKY-AT-LAW. (..-I r.ui. iii timWr Ua.UaoM au-l Al- nr. HKI.KXM, : i tnKios. s. II liHl'UKH, ATTORNKY-AT-LAW. ..... . i .. j..m all lrl raiirt. .mm.li-1 to n,, Will piilr I'l !! ,! maw ami fulled eiie ."" .ih K. K Mulrk. I J. MACKENZIE, General Contractor llltlDUKt. MI1.1.A, ASI TII.K JHUVINO A UPKCIALTV ESTIMATES FURNISHED KT. HKf.ENB. OB. Owl Saloon 5 IIrinn Itwmiaa, FSOPKItTMS w Ontjr Ilia mi oi j $ LUuors ani Citars Kept In Stoct j I CYRUS NOBLE ABd olli.r popular hraada ol MUa f alw)iln.UK. WEINHARD'S BEER on ilranitit. "Tom Benton" Cigars, i 1 All Hit lateat newapatara ami otnerpor 0 UIMV ay iWr- fOI PORTLAND DAILY Steamer Iralda fJ. . rVtf AiVr. HttUr. RAILROAD TIMK. .taa Raliiltrlally(aeapt iinlajr)for Prt Unit, at f A. M., d.arllii Irom HI. n i'liA k. Hatuiiiliii. leavea I'orllaud al J l r M., arrlvlna al au Iltltua al 4:W, Passencers and Fast Freijlt. , P0IITL4ND LANDING, TAYLOR B1 ISTABtHniCO tr, AO fall JOHN A. BECK DIALER IN Watciies, Diamonds, Sifoerware, ....JEWELRY.... Kepairing a Specialty. fcVff.3l,!ljt, Front f. rrt. rOtlTI.AND. County wliea we will lo It (or you at ' Every day in the Week Muckle, ft f Wntrmi ill 8TK;K KOK SAI.K-6 younf milch row. 3 llli calf ami two nearly freth, nun more than fuur yrara old ; alto one (ixhI Itarliatn ImiII, 3 rear nlil ; ono flret-t-laes all-purpose horse, l'tlre reesoua lilr. Cash or m-ritialile note. MKH, il. (il.KASON, Deer Inland. NEW W.UIO.N FOR SALE A new 3'4 wagon lor sale. Addr- or apply to UKO. PKIIKY, itoullon. (ilM)l IKI1ISK FOR BALK Weight about 121X1 M)iliula; ago vl(lit year; a eool tuadati-r or all-i'UrpoMi animal. A ltMjtl bnifiui. I )' al HI. IMi-na, or ol K. hAITl.MC. PAR. M VOK SALE Twenty-one acre gum! nil; nrw house ami barn; young ...I' l...-..,l .li,.itl,,. lit l.ltttltit. the r.mntv scat. m railroad; rendy lii.ira.il at liii;ll ruc lor everywinK turn tu I rail. Apply to Miller liMthcrs, St. Ilclrna, Drrgiin. HOP MfKKKS WAMKItlnol iHi-ililtiri. von! callll'luir tfirilind. tl iiitflifl prl'-e paid r pii'kiux, gowl Iwpa. Tinin mill mwl 'oil at urn m ar- rtt rmlroail Mutton, ion ran malca u-nI wage anl linvn jili-niiaiit, licutlh lul oiitlnu. A'ldrta. W. K. JOHNSON, Vrr, Or. HAIUV "PA KM Kt)tt HAI.K-S70 arrea .-all on Wlllaiix-ltn Sliniijli : ac r.iiiiiulatiina lr 7.1 lo IIHI liead rnttlo; ilailv Uiat. Inquire on plare, MKH. t SKliENK. rare itoamt-r America, Bt. Ilili in, Orcjpin. 2-6-tf I IONKKIt KMI'I.OYMKNT CO., 215 Morr'aon Kl., 1'ortlaiul, On-ifon.ia one of tlm Im-iiI known and llioat reliable Cmn panira on tbe t'iat. furnllic all klnda llrlp on iliort.il notice r'roe to Eui ployrra, )) krn lu Portlaud tie to Tlie Empire llnataurant, 102 Tl'inl Str'l. Iliw doom South of Haker Tlie tre. Meala from 15 cenla up. Opu Hay and night. Oyatera In any atyle. Win. Ilolilandrr, Prop., formerly of the Royal. Ii ami Madieon. Miwfrv Tit lilAN ON REAL ES TATE Ka t ol intern! low, but w-cu- rltr inuat I pnrfec-l. Apply to or addreaa WM. KKS1MIC8, ll.mltx'n.Or. SIX KHKHII COW KOK BALK I offor for tale, at a liargain. aix freali ..aavaa fill A nr wiiii, wnw w . verv reaaoiiaiHw piii?. vi. .. - 8l. 'Helena, Or. tiood Opportanlly. Two-ye.ir-old Durham licifrr for anlc. Will lie frcah tliia month. Gentle. Inquire ol P. M. THORP, St. Helena. AMeaaor'i Police or Meetlnr. ol Board pf Eijaallratlon. VOTK'K WIIKRKBV OIVKN Til AT 'I' PON 4 lit lH aiuiiuaiy in ." j Vint Wlh. h of EhuHUod will . tlfllU va (H - 0liiiiilla Couutr, Orefoa. and publicly es- . . . . - ..a u.m.1 all aa tin nmm ni in v.oiinw viva ' amine ine aaanaaiurni run-, " ,rrora III valuailoiii, deacrlplloua, or quallllea ol land, Iota or othar proiajriy. Uatl at my offlct thla Mh day of Aiiit, ,4.4, A. i. i.."-, AUf . Ml COUUiy Ava. HOTICt OF INTENTION TO APPlf FOR LIQUOR UCfHSI. In the County Court of ibaSlale of Oreton for Zl mall IWiinra. and Hani elder. ia mian Tlitua klUi one aallou.lu Oak lolnl Pruolnct. , ... ..... to mo nun. vHiiiH) v.. :t . ,k. OraRiin. Inr Hie Comiiyoi "'"""" . "VVIiC S l.l. l' - UlTir-Vwoiilil .!. fully pU. m Vu.ir lioiuiral.l. t.ly at Ihu nnulai " ' ial'icl.inil V lUiurl. eommvm-u :o ediir. tliooouiily rourt noun;, in " -"."!. , ba ,....l..?am.W."tv..Md.t.1. 'Ty'n- i,V.ae tal-i.r la aald iua J ... B?r7ffl.: ir aU oi wUh your pUf Rio una, I. Jarvy, II. H?rnio. A. tarri'ii, vn. n w. Ia .. ii uiti-iiiit. nriiL-R. - - Krlukauii, II. nauuorao . K 'i01ii, o K-ra, J. Maliualroui, K. lialley, . J0''8."' V N. iVavldaon, J. (. Knii.ierac.ii. J. J. "',,Cli; S vii.li r li II Kli.it. A. Hlonkoiibcni, Mo- Mnl Proaili. Kj Moll raw. 'I'JJfT. E J U..a, T. J. Cartiin. A. V Wnlraw, I , v. LO0AL AND GENERAL. CnrrlwncM In PCTTINGOUT KIR EH my COST LIVES and PROPERTY. One of the beat UiImk. that could Imp. pen to 81. IK-li-nt would be to have tore here that would handle country produce. Vou can not tell to fiinnert unli-at you are willing and able to buy irom them. Marriage liccnaca have been iaaued durluu the ,mat wcclc to C, R. Chapman and IJora Burnett; nlao to Clarence H. Core and Terete Llndbom. Any of our muak-ully Inclined yonng people deairiMg to cultivate their olce are Invited to be at Houlton, Sunday evening, Auguat 22, In the M. E. church, when an effort will 1 maile to orironize a clan coadtictxd by Prof. W. C. Alya- worth, If you want to be ture of tke amount of tuxea you will pay nexj year, you can nml out what you have been aaaeeted thla year by County Acaor Lnwa. He la now making out the ta rolla, which will be turned over to the Board of EqualiAtlon, Monday, Augunt 2lHh, and If you deem youraclf wrongfully or er rimeomly aueaaed, the aaacuur would deem It a favor to have you call on hira prior to that time, when any error will be cheerfully corrected, A Set ol Diahea Pree I am giving away dlihea to my caah cuatomert. You get a coupon with each caah purcluae of ten centa and over, and you can exchange theac coupnni for all yarietiea of tbe beat claaa of China ware. Gooda on exhibition at my atore. Great inducement! tha( It will pay you well to inveatlgate. H.MORGUS. St. Helena. Tell you children NOT to SET OUT FIRES anywhere. The A. & C. R. R. will tell round Lrjp evcunion tlcketa from polnta on lu line to Aatoria and retain, Auguat 24 and 23, at one and one-third tare for the round trip, account of the Aatoria Regatta. Thia rate in no caae to exceed 2.Q0, or be leaa than f 1.00. Ticket limited good to return until Auguat 28th. The ataeaament rolla for Columbia County wilt be completed and ready for the board of equalization in a few day. They will allow an increaac of about one third in tlie aaamcd valuation of the county. The valuation of timber land hat been rained from two dollar and fif ty rent to three and five. Thia bear heavy upon the nim-reaident land owner, but it not nearly a high a in Clataop county, and 1 far laelow tlie actual caah value of tl e property. The aaaetamcut of the Benaon Company amount to l.'S.OOO, and the caah value 1 certainly three timet that amount. J. Dupont & Son, of the Valley thingle mill, will deliver abinglei to cuatomer .it St. Helena, Houlton, Columbia City, Warren and neighborhood. They monu f.u'ture the very finest grade of ced.ir Uinglct and guarantee their price to be o low at thinglct of the auuie grade can lie procured elsewhere. If The St. Helena people who have been ramping on Milton Creek, have all re turned to their home, well mtisfied with their outing. Next year, however, it should tc more thoroughly planned. A atewnrd aliould t appointed, a good mule cook hired, and a well tunk. Then the people w ho can not alTord to go to the Seaame and leave their buaiuea could have a truly restful and enjoyable time at no extra expense. The Royal Chinook aalmon i tht bctt fi-.li that awima, and Chinook hoe are the beat aboea on the market. They are made of the very best material and are ure to give satisfaction. Bailey Brinn, Houlton't reliable dealer in general mer chandise, keep them for tale at from 1.50 tof5. Ringling Brother' Circu Rate $1.15 from Houlton. Date of tale Auguat 29 and 30. Return limit Auguat 31st. Per Northern Pacific Railway Co. Astoria Regatta Rate $2.00 from Houl tou. Pate of tale August 24 and 23. Return limit August 28. N. A. PERRY, Agent. Wastiw Stave bolt; yellow fir tint ber, 38 Inche long. For information write Western Cooperage Co., Houlton, Ore. Magnolia, Canadian Club, Old Govern ment Whiakie and Gordon' Dry Gin at the Owl Saloon. Old Crow Whiakey bottled in bond. Alto Old Quaker-made Rye Whiskev. Declaring that they were overworked, the deckhand on the iteamer I.urllne, of the Vancouver Transportation Com pany' river fleet, walked off the veael at Portland last Tuesday morning and refused to return until a promise had been exacted from the management that they would not be required to paas wood to the firemen. A temporary aettiemeni wo effected by an assistant fireman be ing engaged. The deck hand claim thnt they are forced to put in unusually long hour at the variou landing hand ling freight and when they are required to keep the firemeu aupphed with wooq in connection with their other dutlc thevare of the opinion that they am being weighted down with too many burdens. You have no riffAt fo burn your $laih- ing until all iangtr of destroying tur- rounding timbtr ii past. Mr. G. C. Bareer, of Yankton, wa in town Wednesday on hi way to Mulino, to visit his aon-in-luw and daughter, Mr. nrl Mr. Maniiinir. Mr. Manning Is afllictud with dropsy, and a few month ago was not expected to live, nut at laiesi accounts wb improving. A mirtv of LaCcnter people, consisting of Mrs. Reed, ister of Mr. Laws, Mr. Hobb, niece, Jame Reed, nephew, ana Mi. U. A. Bennett and family, chartered a mianllne launch last Sunday and put out lor St. Helens, arriving shortly after (he iioou hour. After seeing the sight and a pleasant visit with Mr. Laws and fiuailv the homeward trip was maae. CARELESSNESS in putting out FW&S j)y c fiw frvper. Million of dollar worth of PROPER-! TY are in DANGER lu Columbia County at till tenant! of the year. The outlook of the canaerymen along the Columbia for profit from this et toii't butines I rather gloomy. In con tracting for Chinese to clean and pack their catch for the aeatou they are obliged to agree to pay for a certain number of case whether any fish are caught ot not The flahlng season closed and these con tract with help expired Monday, and not one packer ha had a many aalmon canned a he contracted to pay for. A combination of canner who agreed to pay for packing 34,000 case have only caught enough Cab to make tome 12,000 cases and are out and Injured on this Item alone $20,000 to $25,000. It U esti mated by men in the business that there will be 70,000 paid tlie Chinese cannery hand on tlie Columbia thia season for work they have not done. It I Just barely possible that a big run of fish may come into the river within the next few days, and under existing circumstances the cannerymen are certain that they will be allowed to fish a few day, say four or five day, into the close season, but if there should be no such good luck for them they will have to pay the Chi nese for all work done after August 15, probably pay roundly, too, in order to bold them. The life of a canneryman i not all joy these day. St. Helens. GRAY, M. C. Portland in you cost wilt thing tame tbe than money lest for clothe of suit a you sell will I Plenty of underwear, work ing shirt, dresa thirts, hats and shoes. M. C. GRAY. St. Helen. Now is the time to paint and I am prepared to save yoa niouey on the goods M. C. GRAY, St. Helen. Lewi and Clark Flour it one of the best grades on the mar ket, and a very popular brand try it. M.C.GRAY, St. Helens. Adjustable screens to fit any window, 24 inche wide, 35c. M. C. GRAY. St. Helen. Golden Gate Baking Powder, Spice and Extracts, are the best. M. C. GRAY. St. Helens. Tbe body of an unknown man was found just above the breakwater opposite St. Helens by the men at work on the Lewis River boom Wednesday evening. He was examined by the cororjjr of Cow liU county and burled on the beach. He was apparently a man of about S3 year of age, sandy mustache, brown hair. He had on a brown suit of clothes, white shirt with gold cuff buttons, and wore a seventeen collar. Partie here believe bim to be Maurice Cheal, who disap peared from Portland some month ago. He bad in his pockets a meerschaum cigar holder, pair of gtaate, and a cigar e. No paper were found on the body, which had evidently been a long time in the water. Hit body was buried without being inclosed in even a rough box. Bailey & Brinn's store i headquarter for general merchandise, Houlton, Ore- . . : -1. r 1 : ... gon. uooa gooas a spwwiiy. v:u,"',jr quantity and price guaranteed. Professor Collin, of Clatsksnie, has been a St. Helen visitor during the past week. St. Helens 1 to have a team at the county baseball tournament at Clatska- nie. It will be under the management ol Dr. II. R. Cliff, and it will make a good hard fight for the championship of Col umbia County. Clatskanie expects to have great time and we will all be there to enjoy the sport. . There are no shoe made that are better than the Stilton line, carried by Perry & Graham. The Porcelain Bath at Houlton are all ready tor customer. If you want a re- frcshine bath or a firstclas have or hair cut patronise the Houlton barber hop. Satisfaction guaranteed. . There will be a social dance at the hall in St. Helen tomorrow (Saturday) nignt, Georce Kelley will be floor manager and the nipper will be given by Robt. Walk er. Ice cream, lemonade, and soda water will be served in the halt. Tickets, in cludinir upper. $1.25. Turn out and have good time. The fruit canning season is approach ing and the price of sugar i sure to go up. Prudent housekeeper should order a upply from Bailey & Brinn, Houlton' reliable grocer. A large rtock of novel just received at the St. Helen Pharmacy. Attorney Powell returned Monday from a trip to Veraonia, where he went for the purpose of inquiring into a com plaint made by Albert Wood, charging I. E. Dow with assault with a knife. After invettigating the matter Mr. Pow ell became convinced thnt there was not a sufficient cause for action, and therefore asked for a dismissal of the case. Buv that home and "DO SOMETHING. Cheap. At Quick & Holton's. We buy our Uoe direct front the man. ufacturer and can save you the middle man profit. pERRy & GRAHAM, DNMORS Tvi'EWRITKR FpR SALK- Nearly new aud in every rol i good a new.' Can be'' purchased for $75. In quire at the MiST, Office, Sf, Helen.or of Lew Davie, Wmea, Ore, Millions of dollars worth of PROPER TY are in DANGER in Columbia County . . it. .. ' ' - ; tail ayaswn v 54V ,Ts-? Mr. Frank Brown, of Yankton, lias recently built a fine commodlon barn aud made a number of other marked Improvements about hi farm. . . Tell your children HOT TO SET OUT FIRES anywkiri. Doc Bccghley, of Vernonia, took a load of freight from Houlton to the Nebaletn Valley Tuesday. A fearful fire 1 raging north of Milton Creek not far from where the cord wood' owned by the Oregon Wood Company i put into the flume. The Oxegon Wood Company have had beetween 200 and 300 cords of wood in that vicinity, asd it i thought that much of thi wood wa des troyed Wednesday night. To do well think and work together. How? Ask Quick & Hoi too. The following teacher who took the examination last week were successful in obtaining certificates: W. A. Young, Phyllis M. Blackfdrd, and Ida M. Black ford, Clatskanie; Leota Lowe, Houlton; Virgil Prichard, Eather Sylva, Rainier; Mr. Caroline Schneider, Mayger; Meda S. Arnold, A. L. Arnold, Ingles; Irene H. Johnson, Portland. The papers of the Misse Lulu George and Daiaey Watkint, and those of Mr. Edwin North, were sent to tbe State Board of Exami ner to be graded, and it is hoped to be favorably passed upon, a the youag people have been very earnest in their effort to attain a standing, which (hail, eventually, be foremost in the ranks of educators. Good delivered without charge, willingly and cheerfully. Order freely. M. C. CRAY Bt. Helen Or. All the local aud war news in the Mist and Oregonian. Only $2 a year. Mia Charlotte Hall, recently of St. Helens, but now residing in Dayton, Ore., came down to take the Teachers Exam ination, but the second day became too ill to complete the work, and on Thursday was obliged to return to her home. Ed Hozen, of Houlton. is camping out at the Wolf cabin, in tbe Nebalem valley. Miss Hardwicke, of the Oregonian local stall, is visiting with her mother in this city. Weinbard' beer on tap at the Owl saloon. James Dart and family, Dr. H. R. Cliff and family, Mrs. J. G. Watt and child ren, Miss Marie Watts, Maude Watts, Mis Grace DeGraff, Mr. Asa Holliday and family, Mrs. Elizabeth Perry, and numerous other Columbia County people are sojourning at Seaside. Mr. Perry is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Cliff. You have no right to burn yur ilathing until all dangir of destroying surround ing timber it past. The summer apportionment of state school funds has been made and is on a basis of $1.61 to each child of school age in the state. Mr. N. A. Perry, of Houlton, is attend ing the great Fair at St. Louis. Dr. Cliff is at home in St. Helens on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays The doctor' health has not been of the best recently, and his recreation ot the Coast is on absolute necessity. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bailey and ton, of Houlton, and Mr. T. B. E. Bourne, of Rainier, were Iralda passengers for Port land on Thursday. Mr. Isaac Bumgardner, of Salem, ii visiting relative and friends in Colum bia County. CARELESSNESS in putting out Ft RES may tost lives and properly. Our suit, from $3.50 up to $12.50, are better volue than you can get in Portland. PERRY & GRAHAM SCAPP00SE. Threshing is well under way. Grain yield is light. F. Payne is operating his paint mill, filling roruana oraers. Mrs. M. Collins and Mrs. J. R. Watts made a flying trip to Seaside Saturday morning, returning Sunday. Rev. D. B. Gray preaches every alter nate Sunday in the Congregational church. The remain of Mrs. E. McNamee, an old resident of Scappoose, who died at He ton, Wash., were brought here for in terment last Friday. Lester Duncan occupies the new resi dence erected here by Mrs. Phebe Whit ney. Cooper Whitney and family are visit ing at Elma, Wash. The Artisan Lodge gave a social and dance Friday night. The usual good time is reported. D. Cooper came home from Clatskanie Monday quite aick. A. D. Holaday and family are at the Seaside for two weeks. It is triminal tartltssnest to RISK your NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY by FIRING SLASHINGS at thit time. S. R. Cogan is building a house on the land bought from the Tompkins estate. Wild hay making has just begun. The crop is light but fairly good in quality. H . West burned a 40-acre tract of slash- ins? last week but kept the fire under zood control. Several teams are engaged in hauling lnmhM- from the Nelson & Reed mill near Dixie for rail shipment to Portland Joseph Moses burned a small brush heap and his cabin at the same time lost Sunday. Mr. John Mackenzie, for many years a resident here, made a short visit to friends during the week. Mr. J. F. Daeyerfield is bnslly engaged in layiug the foundation for a new resi dence on his place. SCHOOL REPORT, PIST. NO. 8. Number dim taught, 20i number days attendance, 413; number days absence, 03; average daily attendance, 20; number enrolled, 26. The name of those neither absent nor tardy during the month are: Blythe Goittens, Mvrtle Seffert, Ruel Gaittens, Harold English. . - Oro R. Ovaauoixaa, Teacher. - Dissolution of Partnership. Notice is hereby given that the part nership heretofore existing between Rob erson & Lope in the butcher business has been dissolved. All claims against the firm will be paid by me, and all sums due the firm are payable to me. I , I K.. a. roBnasu-i. St. Helens. Or., Aug. W, 190V .mrri vf A A11TA i.AnirnM f "bus is mm sum READ CAREFULLY. We listed a farm Monday and found buyer Wednesday. Let us help you sell yours. We arc in close touch with Eastern Immigration arid want desirable property to ofter them. A card will fetch an applica- $ tion blank. You is for business. QUICK & HOLTON, AgeaU for Columbia County Abtract and Trust Co., atjrP- S. We insure homes against accidental fire. ST. HELENS. - THE NEW YORK STORE General Merchandise, Clothing, Dry Goods, Groceries, Fruits, , ' Provisions, Furniture, Stoves, Etc -:Lowest - Prices.:- Cooper Building, THE fJREAT C0WEEMA5 DAM. Ten year ago, when tbe oz team far- niched the motive power of moving log and the ubiquitous bull driver wa tb. chief pilot of the logging path of many a camp, a few thousand dollars auffieed to ttart quite a large camp. But with the introdnction of the logging engine a change has come and logging on a large teal, now demand the expenditure of great fortune in equipment before a ingle log l put into tne water, mi Coweeman Driving & Rafting com pany, of which Mr. Holli Alger is Dresident and inanairer, is building an enormous dam on the Coweeman river, over in Cowlitz county, to take cot the vast amount of timber' tributary to that stream. This dam will be over oUU leet long and 50 feet high. It was necessary to go down eight feet to bed rock lor a foundation, and massive timbers, from 100 to 210 feet long, sawed at a mill erected on the spot, are used in its con struction. Tbe dam will be equipped with seven gates. Two 12x20 foot gates will be used for the logsto pass throngh and five 10-foot gates will be used to free tbe dam of surplus water during heavy freshets in tbe river. Work wa commenced on this dam in April and from fortv to fiflv men and four donkey eno-inea have been emploved on the work, which ia not expected to be com- nlaited hrfora November. The Weyer- hanser Timber company, which is in terested in this irreat undertaking. estimate that they have two billion feet of standing timber tributary to this stream, while other parties have over 300-million feet. Suicide Prevented . The startline announcement that a preventive of suicide had been discovered will interest many. A run down system, or despondency, invariably precede sui cide, and something has been found that will prevent that condition which makes suicide likely. At tbe first thought of self destruction, take Electric Bitters. It being a great tonic and nervine will strengthen the nerves and build up thf system. It's also a irreat stomach, liver and kidnev regulator. Only 50 cents. Satisfaction guaranteed by the St Helens Pharmacy. The Mist and Oregonian $2 per year, The Mist is the oldest and best paper pub lished in the county. FEDERAL IRRICATIOX. Work Wklch Has Bee. me r Ureal Importance to tke Ceaatry. The work of the geological survey in carrying out the provisions of the na tional irrigation act has brought it to the fore as one of the great executive departments of the government. With a government irrigation fund which will be by the end of the present fiscal year in the neighborhood of $25,000,000, this work must be recognized as one of the very large internal improvements of the country. Although irrigation opera tions are confined largely to tbe sixteen arid and semi-arid Western stales, the eastern part of the country ' must be more or leu interested lor several rea sons. Men are constantly moving west ward looking for new homes where they can earn a livelihood or become land owners, while business men are inter ested in seeing a development of the West which will afford them wider home markets for their manufactured pro ducts. The changing of the Western deserts into tens of thousand of new end productive small farms vill not nnlv relieve some of the overcrowded sections of the East, but will stimulate business of all descriptions, just ss the opening of the great Mississippi valley provided a market for tho Araericau manufacturers such as Secretary W ilson says, as can be found in no oOur part of tha world. ' Alreadv the geological survey has designated tome fifteen large irrigation projects throughout the West, where huire impounding dams snd ditches which will be as large as rivers are to bo ructed. Work is already com menced on some of these, aud the next two or three years will eo tho national irrigation policy in full operation. Tbe t2j.000.000 now practically avlail- ahla for irrieation construction is by no means the limit of this work, ei nee the fund is constantly growing, through the sales of first irrigation work is comple ted, the coat of its construction will be gin to coins back into the fund for use on some other project. It is not Intended that the government shall give aw iy the irrigation wo -Is. What govtn- inent laud is placed under Irng no t will be given the homesteader free, mnditionul onlv uixiu his residence .tnd cultivation; but the coat of putting the water ou the land the ronsii notion of the dam and tho mam ditches win D: bprtiq bv tus setter, .t is - OREGON MIOMGltJSa, Main Street, - St Helens, OregwL. nets-like feature of the irrigation art which has found for it such support among tba business men of tbe country. PROSPERITY. Paelrle Monthly. Prosperity I What a hearty, happy ring the magic word has I What a picture it presents of teeming fields, and granaries tilled to tbe bursting; of deep mines, where every blow of tbe pick brings forth cop per or iron or silver; oi uie lumuvr wood, and the stately monarch of tba forest crashing to earth under tbe blows tf the woodman's axe; of laboring loco motives, and white winged snip, bear ing to tbe marts ol commerce the pro ducts of field and forest and mine; of expanding towns and cities, alivs with human activity in snops ana lactory office and counting house 1 Work for everyone ana tne maximum return lor toil, that is what brings pros perity. Peace, contentment, thejoy.of liviug ; these are a few of its results. The Pacific Coast is enjoying such pros perity as can be found in no other lo cality in the United States, fior is it the result of any abnormal circumstan ces, but the rational outgrowth of natu ral conditions. Nowhere can be found such natural resources toch fertile soil, such mineral deposits, such gigantic forests, inch fisheries, such waterway, such a climate. These things are the materials of prosperity. All that is needed is men and women to avail themselves of these unapproachable advantages. And they are coming. In tens and hundreds and thousands they are following tbe course of the empire to dwell in this land oi plenty, 't here is room for all, and for millions more, for the productivity of this marvelous land has been hardly guested. Here is the promised land prosperi ty's headquarters. Gird yourself, ri and come to enjoy its blessings. Bargsias oa Cl.tklnc: and Shoes. Men's suits at $4.75, f6. 7.50 and 1 10; worth dauble. Boys' suits. 1.25. 1.95, $2.50 and $3; worth double. Ladies', men's, misses' and boys' shoes; 95e, $1.45, $1.05 and $2.45; wo.ih double. We are cutting prices to clear out a I the odds and ends, to make room for Fall Goods. John Dellar, corner First and Yamhill. THRESHI56 OUTFIT FOR SALE. A J. I. Case, tweaty -four inch cylinder, eight horsa-power. Cash sale, or lumber apd shingles taken. GUS HEGELE, Houlton. In the County Court of tht agate ol OrcfOB, lor Columbia County, la tha matter of tbe Estate of Louis AUlebet). lo Arnolds' Alaleben Grafrander, Maria Alale ben KocamaD. Adoipa Aiaieoen na 10 other heirs ol tat above Basse Unim AUrie ben. unknown and non-reaW.nl. TN THE NAM Of THE 8T ATK-OIT ORFCOO V I Vnu ....I ah nt rt.u ar. h.rebv namm.lKl - ed to be aud appear before the H.na R- S. U.t- tan. Juare ot tne iuoiy man m aww Oregon for Columbia County, In the court rooat of iba ouurt house in tbe CUT ol HI. Helen. Oreeon. al ten o'clock la the foreooou on the Srd day ol October, A. D. 1904, and shew esua. II anr exist, why an order of saleahonM not " made bv said Court authorising, ordering and directinc Frana Alalaben, aa Administrator ol th. sain estate, to aell at pnbllo auction ot pri vate sale, in the manner provided by law, the following (-escribed reel property belonnui said estate, to-ril: . Lots I and 4 in Section 10, and lot 1 in section thirty-one. (31) all in Township lour (4) North ol Kauire four 4) West ol the Willamette Mer idian, co' tainlng 13t and 6S-NO acre, of land, acoordin to the United Statea aumy. all lu Columbia County. Oreson. ,. Said Jrd day of October, A. D. tatlaV being the Oral dav of the October Teres of aelil Court, ead beint u'ot leaa than tea (10) di afler tba ear, vice of thla citation. ...-. WiiNSaa my hand tad the seat nl aald Cow iaiiAL.I Clerk of tbe County Court. , I ' He W. A. Hjtaata. Deputy. '. CHAD. J. HCHNAB1SU Ally, lor Administrator. Stealer JOSEPH KELLOGG Leavea Portland on Taesdar. Thursday sad Set nrday at 7 a. sa. lot St. Helens. Kalamt. Carrolft Pmnt. Rtiniai and Ktltt. ArriTlns; at Portland Monday, Wed nesday auu c rtaey ea a p. es. Steamer NORTHWEST Leave Portland Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights at at 10 p. m., tot the same s-iil it t sa inanliAntvl asltaftWam Oh aatjl lks ledo, reaching the latter place at 10 a. m. on the following day.' . Returning, the boat leaves Toledo at noon, tad Castle Rock at 5:30 In tha aftercooaa Tuesdays, Thursday sndrfinadtys, leaving Portlaud earlv in the morning. W nail foot ot Salmon t, HOLM AH, Aira.