8 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
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tur l IVtul ul. Kutaat Plane,
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
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OH Mill.
1)
physician & surckon;
IICUNK. s : OIlKiiOM I
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rilYSICIAN & SURCHONUl
m iiukns.
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ATTORNEYS AT - LAW.!
n ill .rrlr In l imrl. n.l foU-wl. ;
itr nn,rv-. : : ompios.
Jj'MIKT
DR. D. n. STUART.
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ATTORNKY-AT-LAW.
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ATTORNKY-AT-LAW.
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raiirt. .mm.li-1 to n,, Will piilr I'l !!
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.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
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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.