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- 1 The st yrnr in Cotimitiin County
v""liH8 Ikhmi oni'iif niinvi-hiiUt nM-r-ity.
From niuM-ntl of tin-county to the
olhor snlwliintiul urogrvw. lifts bti'n
mmta. New loiiginn rxmila have Wen
bnilt inlo the timber mnt new mill and
factories erectwl on the water front.
fVappoow, Clal--'kani ami Uatniwr luve
Men r.i'ivtl their share of this growth,
while St. Helena nnil Itoulloti have matlf
om iro)!iesn. " The new court house
has mil at rest for many years the county
eat question, ami with lite, const ruction
of a logging road into the vast IkU of
timlier purchwd by 0. C. Masten there
is good reason to believe, that a large
pawmill will ho built al St. Helens be
fore the close of another year ami that
the town ill le connected by rail with
the Northern l'acitte,
81. Helena has ailvanUitfos that are
not possessed by any other town in the
county. It may in time be the place
where the products of the Inland Km
pire will l loaded upon the ocean car
rier". The experiment now in progress
of ratting lumlier down the Columbia
river, to bo loaded here, may prove to w
verv imtoirta.it mutter. Durins the
; pat year the lumber output of the
lwi river, niii.iiitiliiisf to aeveral mil
lion feel, lia broil loaded at this )Krl
and Ium("Uoii the means of disbursing
96nsideralilu money here. Ciivo the
town connection w ith the railroad, so
that lumber could be shipped either by
road or water, and we predict rita
rapid and permanent growth. There is
- a world of timber that at some time
muni be put into the water at or close to
this (Sty. A great deal of thin timlier is
now in the ha mis of men w hose business
it ia to turn it into an ions, and, as it is
"ripe," they will proceed to do this a-
rapidlyjui ,sihle. What Itenson ha
o Ciatskanie. and Yeon and others
to Rainier, we exieet the Mjstcns. to lie
to Helens. !y. Helens will on
the limp next year, and, ttmiiirh it has
been blow in vtailintf, we believe it will
not stop until St. Ileli lis nnd lluiilton,
under one iiiuiiit ipal g.oernuK-iit, jjium
into tuannfacturing commuiiitv of sev
eral thousand ixni'le.
Not only are the tiiiof Ihc county
pm-pemns ami procressive, but the far-
mere are enjoying their lull nhar.- of '.'.
Rood time. Farm pro-lurls tinda ready
sale at remunerative (iiii-is ant thu ef
fect of lhi prosn-rity is aliown inVMer
building, more houie citiuforls, autfr:
iletire to educate farini-i'rj hoy and iirfs
in a iiwnner that wan U-yond Iheii
reach during the hard times that pre
vailed from JMi2 to l.v.itl.
We look forward to the c iiniiij; years
with tin -reatest confidence. The world
neetls'fe' priIurt of Oregon, and es
pecially tts luuilxr. Tlie f.uei-t.-of Win-
KAINIUK
Willie Silva came dow n from Portland
lo pcud t'liriklmaa with Ilia parent, Mr.
I ami Mr. Jo cpU Silva, nl thin city.
Mrs. R. F, Huron and anna mine down
from Portland Saturday morninit to ml
the holiiUva out at tlnnr home lour mile,
from Rainier.
Mr. I,. M Ferry nuide a hiiiinesa trip
lo Portland Monday,
Mr. Kctivon Itonrne ri'tu ncd home
Saturditv niorninu froiu a
visit to Ilia old home in Kiie,l.tnd Mr.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
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Mh Hie ,,no l-l.oi, otihc mini '""'"IT! "I
J,MI(, .i. i.h.m-iiiIHi-iI -In ml Inr '"
llllllaT lHtlit In It"' Mull-""! '.iHlrnl. iMi-im
Sevadit, ail v m-M I UM ( I'm turn . aurjienil
...i ... ii n. e.ii.n., I.rtt1 hidiitM Itv mi'I nl A o
.... . jii ..l.itii.ltlii. nl .lllilnll. rulinll
n ttimiiliiiiliiii. aisle nl iimniHi, li llil'lJ
ill.. I in I . I ,,l I!,.- hi. WHIII OHll'llll'lll Nil .
(nr the iuiu'IiummiI the I"' U V'1 '',"'","!
N.I. -.M. in -i nlili N". N"Hli, ll'i' J
ttei, n ii. I Bill i l'niii i' """ii o'"1
umullMl m.tlV Villiml'h' Ir ll linns -r
ihmi Inr mtileitiliirnl inni'. inl in eninWUH
tilsi'lHlm nisMhl iHihi m'lt
tun m,,iilli 1 Kmvuet l CurlUml. '
A wholesome cream of tartar
baking powder. Makes the finest,
lightest, best flavored biscuit, hot
breads, cake and pastry.
Alum and alum-phosphate
powders are injurious. Do not
use them. Examine the labcL
OVAl ftAKINa POWDl CO., NtW YORK.
tii lite ItrulkliT mi" I
iMl. OH W isllll'WIlO .
Hi.. Jslh .lilt ill N, n,', III. .'I InW. Me I"!""'-
... i. i lirNi Vsn III, I. ill I -milaikl. ne
... . i . UI...I..II....... ... in..t. II,,. unit kliu.'l
lloiirue found many clmncrs in his home L.n Ihiiit m Aiiii.ni. iirvunii, liirnlinKl
Itnier. nl .inilnii. iin'iitni.
I place, and returned to hi home here
much improved in health.
Mr, Arthur iLirnett, of Skainnkawn,
Wash,, came up Saturday to apend the
Ihilidava with friends in this city.
.'Several of the yonn pi-oplc look in
(the dance at Oohlc Saturday ni);ht.
John Shccirn, who Inn been in the
liood Samaritan hospital in Fortlaml the
t ast two iiiontht with a broken leg, n
turneil to hit home iu thin city Saturday
ni -lit.
Dolph H.aiKhkirk and Kar' Silv.i, who - J..U iw. i;l.n m .in. "'" "'- '"'
I are attendinif the t A.t., at t orvains, i n,irt. f,,r h In-i ti-v In iiirumi. itirnu
lioine msi rruiay eii-nniK -i-- , ,Ulli,mii- ilnn i- ull..n i..r i-n,l nl l
Ant iiii.I .ill is'isim i liillnliK mlierwlv llii-
lMiiinl. i-rils-,l liili-lme rv.iicnleil In llli llmll
rl inn- til Mil. -.lin e nil nr Is line sillil ."lil Hill
nl NnlfiiiU-l, lll
At i.KltSnN H. PIIKHSIKK.
Ui-iti-li-r,
NO IKK OF I VmTIO TO Al'l'l.l
F0I1 I I'M Olt I K KSK.
Iu nil tH'ini'Mn innivrni'1, mill the v vnrr
Unw t ulilii'it ht tiohUi iiirrllii'l, I'iiiiihIM4 I
Cnuiitv. M.tiii tliiiftiti. Ill tutrlio lUr V
MM1 ciiih (if H Hilt Ink' HHIiv lll I.
o, , M uilir Mill mii thn.lHi (hi in-t ly I I
tthoir vmt'ion.
luiin Hn lll'l I'lltt'll I lllitll lU III tlH WII'lH' f M.'lMt', III Mm! I It lirv
THE ROAI 11 Kill.
The people of Marion County have
been experimenting with what ia known
as a ro.nl drag, and claim to have ac
complished a great deal of good work
w ith a very nimiile and inexpensive de-
lice, easily within the reach of every
iicik-liliorhood. Jnilje John Scott, who
has lioeome authority itsin Mad work.
spaks very highly of it, ami to his kind
ness, we are indebteil for the following
description and illustration:
lescriilinii of Orair.
"Take the two halves of a aidit loj ten
or twelve indie thick and eight or nine
feet long. Set h:b,v(aa) II it aides, to
front, fasU'ii thirty inches apart with
strong stakes (lib) the en. is of w bich are
wedged ill two inch anger holes tmred
through the slab. The hitch is made of
strong w ire or chain, the long end fast
rulvert a over any other portiun of the
road.
M hen to t se The Dratr.
At find yon will have to drag when
part of the road Is too wet but after
awhile it will dry evenlr, and the Ural
few times you diag it will la U-tler foi
yon to merely drive down one wheel
track ami back the oilier, moving the
dirt towards the center of the wagon
hack, (ira.lunlly widen as you get a
chance. Tins will give a (olid founda
tion. If the wagon track ia at one side
of llio highway, liegin right there any
how. 1 be rest will follow in time, lain 'I
le in a hurry. First make a drag; sec
ond, use it every lime you ran improve
the road bv dragging.
Ilieliitcli is next in importance In
the tune at which the dragging ia done.
The right time is just after the road
I'KltrtON
to net lmck and say, "There's no place ! hi.;.ih-.iii..ii nni i- .u..iii-,i u.i u.ii mi u
hi.- l o "" """
I1KC I1UU1C.
Mian I.. lliimn left Moiidiiv iiioriiiug
...i. f. ..-,.!,,,. wiili lii-r . 111 ' iirnn. mr
U iCil mu wvm - Hit-I I'tltll)' nl rnlilMtl.la.
......... .. 1..., I....... .1 SL-.imtii.ise I" Hit' lll.illmnl lilt' I. l I..I1 til 1 1 K. Illin
juniiia at mi n .... l.-r inl Il.i-lli.i- In ., i,rlliill, Vilnius ami
Mra, lieo Kockcv antt Aln. i-.o una hiii nii.r nn.i 1,-r.nrtitr.i . i.i,-r in It-, iinami
tiaik the A. a C. train go ng to I tirtlan.l ; ,.hllll,,- , ,M,U , ,;,,.,.
l.....l.... i,..,riitttt tn lit,- lliittniHl.lt- I tnlllll I ti.tlt nt rnltlllltiU
. .p. I minlt tin i,-it
Mrs, I.. S. Tliomaa was a lorilautl: .)..-.....i. r-'e..,-,i. .,.iii.ri.in , ii,,j.,,Ht
it. i,. prt 4-n.t i
I
JOB PRIMTIMq
18 OUR DU81NE88 j
WK hitvt tlw iH'Hf, iiml most
full v MiiiMl .loli IViitt- '
Inj; (Hlli'O in (Viltiiiib.ti Comilj'
Jut I itv it iv firrHtt'til lo
tlotill It in tls of I rii, tinti
on .short not in ami
most rt'ftsoiitihta prices
A TRIAL Will CONVINCE
OREGON MIST
i -
visitor Moud.iy.
iihintl.lA I
ii. i.. .! ii. ...i:.... ... ,iii,.l. ,,l l, ! an.l lisit-si'lnsll
h, n.. , ,li,il Inr m 1 1. mi llnnv
Rainier Iron Works, tell tor vaneiion.
Va having rci'civs news ol the illnesa
ol Ilia father, an old physician ol thai
city.
Judge Taylor returned Saturday morn
ing from San I'nincisi-o, where tie has
la:eil the past tell days.
Mrs. Win. Charters and family. "I
Portland, ate visiting her pireuts, Mr
and Mra. 1'. Williams, ol thisc ty.
nl lln- li t .1 t.il.-ts ,.l
I i.lliitt . -I4U- I I lli-.;iiit Hit.lwhn Mitw r-l.l.
I.l.sl lit t,l l.i.l.lv -,r
Inl littiiii-ilii.- i
t i-cet-tiittu lit.-il tu nl alttnliitt. Illluir alt.t
ni-ltt.lli..i nl lltU 1-,-lllli.tt. Ii. rrl'V r,--.-t!nllt
ts-llll.-ll lltt ll.ilniritlili. I nit r I In ijlstll In 11, t:
llllltlnr A l.li-,-ti.t-In tl .IMInil., Illti.114 Ami
iiiaII ll,.liir Ami li-rin-itli. i i-li r ht Ins iHtt
lillt-M lliMtl ttiti- itstlnit. at tiitl.lt. Ill li.il.U- I'rt-
t-uti-i. i i.hottiiiAt mitilt.sute nl Orvtfi.it. Inr
IM-Ilmt i. . tltnilltj
r..iiiiii 111..1 i. i n Hi'ruriAti.i vt I. I halt
III. II. k, Vl. Inr Iiim-1, llrs.lli't, T. n
Inl.lAil. mill ISH-iti.ls. Irw t. Ml. sll I' ;
I.mi.II,-. t.i-.i It 1,,-ti. s r il, t,4it,lrr Kranl
It ra.tr. K n . I lt. llitin, r K tulik-r, H
I. Ki-iiiil. II M. K,ili-r, l l tlu, I liu K
!' . s . Mull.. C 1 Cnvtlt-r. I. .-.inn, I'llwn
U r, r, l.i.ii. 1 . 11,4, h. r, w II UAa-iii-r, lrn-.
.-iiKi.1 ill w, . r.. iiitnti-r. rmi Jn'lt.
I:. I:. QUICK
Thi; Coujmiha County
A. M. IIOLTON
,) aujiiavi AIM; IKLOI CQ,
Ahstracts Maui
TlTI.KS KXAMINKIJ
NtN-Ki:sii)KNT Taxk.h- Paih
enel to stake over lop of the front slab, j dries a little after a rain, or when it is
V
v
Miss Christina Wilson came home vm.! sii.i.iin. I. iiV-iic ivu-'r ii..i,' " Kr i.."
l-'nn-si Cnwe l'ri.liiv cveniiitf. where she'!; ,rr.: ' .llnnn. .. s-...ii..u,;,l.
- -- ------- - - - . - n r . t an-i I i.iii . .. . ...... . . .
is altemliug racinc t iiiverMiv, to siciiii 1 iti.tfr..it. n n.r.i, m i. wiihmw, n r.
the holidays with her parents. Mr. and !.,. Ku' ''n, K K nXn.
The pleasure was I " " ii..ii..Kt..n, ...... 11 .. ....
M . Mtirnlit. IL-tir. m.- I.- I II i...... i-
marreil tiy tlie sail news w nuu airs, n ie ri. .1, n ''. ii.-nry ui. t
Rkau Kstatk
i-onsin,' Michigan, .-in l what was f..r.m-r-! tU" ("'M "Uh ir""' a" "!
I cl I 1
1 i i
Krsliki-. A,
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s'linvcitnt .-i.ii.i7 v,, - n. p. i-imi ri. j r. Ilrtf, r. Itulmp J M
death at I-'uerne im-nav r ., , u jniimmt, ..,,, iAr, l,,m H c
OLain si Lucent-. f t ar.. n. It IUi,iilt,, I . 11.. i...... 1
Miss Olive Jones, stenographer for the ' J. aehirviri. 11. nn sr,. )M Khitiimrr. r. w J
Rainier Mill .V I.uuiU-r Co , was a Tort
land pisscnger Saturday visiting friends
in the city.
Mrs. J. I,. I'-ell. whose hu-thauil pur
chasrtl the Illancliartl business recently,
arrived Monday, They will reside in
Rainier.
Mr. J. C
SUMMONS
In lite ( limit l-nttrl t, thr m ,r , llrrom, (,
..nut .. , ,,,ui,i.m.
Wtlltns II ititi J c-jr.
, ruiiiiin.
W, A linti.l-,
H-l,-t,.Uit
I Tt. WillniA lltinil,,, p. ,rt,lti lu ,,r als,tr
1 tt . . ' rltllll.'.l .-i.i
iviniy nnil tutu jm K rm it, ; in ll. tuti,,,. ,,f o,,. si.,t,- nl
Tlie short end shniiltl I. pnt through a
hole m ideri center of the slab t-i nre-
ent M- tti-k sa), tilling furiAitril
IliiShVat Rj and Man. 1 at C mi s plank
laid oltjiec.( l,ars fur onlinary work;
or hitch aFstftiyid stand at K for diicli
cleaning or UUnke the drag move more
IM., Face nlotil one half or two Utir.lsif.
f the right hand of the lower edge of
ly known as the Nurtbwe-t have la-en
destroyed, and Oregon ami Washington
timlier must supply the greater part of
the demand f..r years to come. Colum
bia County will continue to have its
share of the business ami more mills w ill
U-const riieleil here in l'.'7 than in ai.y
u't year.
There a-e sections w here limU-r is the
only resource and when it is cut the
laud will hardly l worth the holding;
but this does not apply to any great part
"of Columbia County. Ifciirying, borti
, culture, and diversified fanning w ill fol
low the logging camp, ami, a the de
maud compel it, the attention of capi
tal will be draw n to the wealth ot coal
and iron in our hills. This means not
only present but future prosperity, for
no county in Oregon ossese as 111 my
sources of wealth 11s does Columbia,
w-it1 its seventy five miles of river
fronta;e, ten billion feet of standing
timlier, foal, iron, mid other mineral.
Its) dairy herd.", nml its thousands of
ere of land suitable for tlie glow ing of
the best apples on earth.
t'KNTIM MZATIO.V.
I The etliUir of the Oregonian lia-.de-
dared himself in favor of Secretary
Root's theory of centralization, that the
' States have no rignts the federal gov
f erniuent is Iwuud to icpei't anil that
I the general governuient, meaning there-
by the President, should control iu all
;.' matters. The Suites of tin; Union aie
"- described as oligarchies, and all tlie ills
Dinler which we are suffering are laid nt
tln4r door. The Constitution of the
United States is liberally denounced,
therefore it may lie n-a iim-.l that this
centralization nioveinenl is in opios.
tion to tlie ilia: cut the 1'rcsideiit has
sworn to defend. "Uv whom," says the
-editor, "are the antiquated, denational
i.ing; sections of the Constitution in
voked? Is that instrument ever ipioled '
: for the H-ople. Jl. es it permit the pro-
' leelion of children from killing toil? Of
women from the horrors of night work,
' etc?" Well, we don't know. It takes a
pretty (rotal eoiiHtilutional 1 iwyer to give
orT-hand opinions 011 so many quest ioim.
' But when it is asserted that the Slates
are responsible for the special privileges
tliat prevail iu this country Mr. Kt-ott
mast be aware that he is talking nun-
sense. The protective tariff, which he I
has denounced as the greatest of all !
grafts, is national, and the States have
tire, worn share of road griitl.-r or unv
piece of flat steel will .lo if you have it.
If you have none of these the wood will
What a Kiiiiil Drag lines.
The lirst notiee.-ilile elltet is the
smoothing of tli-; road surface and this
allows the rain lo flow oil' and em-oiiragi-s
the tli-pisitinii of travel over the road
from si.le to side. Teams usually ( ,,
the beaten trail. Ilragging destroys the
old trail ami the new- trail broadened
and less defined than Is fore is mailt! up
on a dillerent xtrtion of the highway,
liy dragging while the road is yet moist
the road becomes a serin of ptaetii allv
water pns.f layers of pndillcd earth ; each
one of which is rolled and poiimlitl by
the w heels ami hoof of tr.-nel. Almost
imperceptibly thii center if tlie road is
leveled until you ilisrover you have
made a smooth grade which is not easily
affected by bad weather, dragging docs
away with the. bumps in each side of
bridges ami culverts; as the wheel tracks
are witet out, the water dis s not run to
the bridge after every shower as it 11-ed
to do, so ywi can drive 11 h swiflly over
thawed 011 top during the winter and
spring. A siihk th surface for travel is
1 liiis produced, but a more valuable re
suit is that the road will shed the next
ruin instead of ab.--.rl. ing it. This is the
iea-011 why the mad should be dragged
every time so that it w ill alwavs be readv
nr the next rain. If I do not sav anv
thing else that is remem la-red, ami if
the rc.i..-r.!..es not get any other thought
I 1 : . . . . .1 - 1 " . . .
nam nun lit gel win 1.11 mm R lt
to make a good dirt mail is to kwp it
that the next rain will not go iu it.
I would like t.i make the following
suggestion:
Don't di ive Itsi fust.
Ioii't walk ; gt t on ti e drag ami ride,
lion't wait for j r neigbUirs to lake
tliee may Imi wailing (or von.
hold ;
I loll t oe puriii-iihir iiUint material.
An ax ami a twivitieh linger and almost
anv log can lie mnde into a drag.
i .on i irv in ii rag with one iite.-e: use
j two. With one piece you wou'd scoop
mii me iionows in inn mail ami ileeien
. them. When two are used the one
keeiis the other tin: and in a short lima.
tlie hollow will have filh-tl and become
level and bard like the balance of tlie
road, tin Rt once, bmthi r, and make a
drag, nml use it whenever your road ruts
up, and you will have nothing but
prni-e for it, ami remeiiilM-r that every
ivbere the rallying-ery of this move
ment is: "l-roiiiyour own front gate
lo your neighlsir's front gate toward
town." Thus, tlie thing nlwnys starts
with the farmer's own self-interest, but
leans nun uireeiiy lieyoml hi own line
fen, e to I he plnee" where he irnd himself
winking for the general good of the com
munity. .lulls' ii. scorr.
Comity Judge of M trion Comity.
l'ortlaml Christinas to sa.-nd Ihc day al
me nciisitie 01 ins sou mm, in tin- i.tt , t-itiiin.i .,i iiMr,. .,. ,,,
Sauiarilau hmpit.il. He look with him ; i.?!.o,f v.'.'r "15?
a Christmas dinner of home cin.kiug to ; ."'L" !'e-n wx ....I .i.i
. "- .iii ri-.pl. tn,, .IdilillR
cum me voung man up. t urn enprei i .-iiniiii inn ..u i, .t,,!,,!.
to come home in attotit two weeks, but i.u
will not he able to be nlsmt for a long
It I.iii l. al, hljlntirt
- -r.in. i ' I 'll I'tl.'Ml led it,
l.-r mail.- I,. Il. II,, r
nine yci. lie will ncvei recover the lull ' '"-mi t nin ..i iim sUir .,i iit,.,. i, ,r
, , . i, in . i. luit.rit .Is'tsl tsaiiU.r SI, l-AB,
lit it ..I..1III .hall l m a ll.e h .ta, ..I
1"V. .-, at..l O...I ii... I.... . .
A logger called tins started what . ! ii..- lo ,i, ,-i ih,--ii i ... '
-I r.-M r H. 1H . r IHIIKI.I..
Atl.iritrt. Inr I'lainiiri-
lxg ".a in u saloon last Nilur.lav night.
use of his leg, which will Is-
inches short of its normal length.
A logger called tins sturtci
might have been a serious row in the
Loans, lit
v
SECURE FUTURE INDEPENDENCE
By Investing in GOOd'rKAL KSTATK .
St. Johns Realty is th; Hest
T ...
invest now Wic yow i Ml KCt , on tj,c Krotnuj j
I ..morrow may ik? to late. Coi rcsjioiKlemc solicited 1
,,lose mtmiik iiivcstturtit ami promptly titiswcrcd. !
n. HhNDERSON
' ' ' Jscy ft. St. Jolms, Oregon
4W &9
rZ.nV r:.".;rT P 11 " r" " iminmmnmimiitmnin
. ii.t.i,-j,i, i f ;
... ... .yjiiiri-,, t t.ltim tl) al-r-tf i
lit ttl
lit litre I
P
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X0T1CK KOK Tl HI.U tTHlX.
He hail been inviting trouble and finally
his invitation was accepted by a long
shoreman named McAphec, whereupon
the logger struck him with s pair of '
brass knuckles. Tlie crowd wool
given him a serious beating had
been for the proprietor of the place, who ."lV'Ii!,','l'',',N1'' ,'!'' i""'1 ""'""t''"' term.,,,.
promptly rushed him out of tlm Uu-k ""! . nit if.'-' i..t.i. "iV,'i.."f.!
. , - -i mii,!, in Kni. ....... . ..
, . .. ''"rtmriil th, ti,,rf
lit. nmn. mi e.... i... ... .
tl it.,1 . i- i s. .ooi An Ti ",
it not ...i. ..I H -, i, , . ,7, ,7 ' ''
lexir.
We understand tli.l listn ln. ...l . . '.' l"o.nm.h
I"-"-'- ..... i,.ir iniNi t OiU
nt llrr
ItU .Hunt
in the ralahotM over night ami allowed VlT'u'mSa'i '",1 "" ' "."' ""' '"'
to depart in the morning, lie should ""'' I n.r'sn" si""'''-!' i!. '"hi'
nave been hroiigl
ami heavily fined.
have been broiighl lielore Indue n.in ' ,. J.J ' ". '.'."".'.""" "
- - inr k.-i en
in the rin ntt CiMirt .f ihp Ht.tr Om'kom, for
inn i-iMinyfir i'mIhiiiIiIm
K.rrt t). lUzt-n, I'luliilIlT, v Mnry Hfucii
ItofeiiitatiL.
To Mnry a. II nun, lUc atMr nnincl tK'tvnd
in ine nunc ni in tau ol (iriHron vnn
hfn-l.y riiiiir-.( i tiN'ar ami an-wer l tit nwn
ItUiiit It In afraltut you tn lUv aiu.i uihUIimJ
Miiimtur i-t'iiiri' in cuplraUoli til It wtt-k
fnun Mini after the fir-1 miMlc (art of tUtn mm
niona, until: 41, tln) of Janitarv, l-i7, ami if
viii mi w mi anixinr atm hiiowit within aa .
llinr, fur wnnt thc-mif the j.l-iliitilT will tt.il
mwr nmn nir int rriu-f l .ti.I . hi tin
''mi'lnliit. Ut wit -for a ,tt r,. ,.i ...ui
lurt-viT iloiVinir Ilif rson iii 1,1 rnu c ifioiitf in.ssi
ami HHM'loiori' CIlwlliiK fst tvs, (.UlutllT Nli'l
M'irutiNiii, ami iitr Mticii iiiher litrilu r ami illtti
fin rfiui iu Kh- (,urt m.y imvm incet a ml
nit MttinmoiHi I pnhlUhH hjc orlr of Hip
.iii.
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r nt l',iftli..l n, ....
riir .tMy of J.HH.rv I ' '
IMItH9 (vo ta lti ..... 4-. ..i i . .
lanr,;:',' "-' ...,:,L,r:;
Al.i,rK.MiN X. liKKSKKK. It.-KUtrr
8UMM0RS.
In ilin riii-n.i ;
Hi.-1
ii. V. Krlu. t'loimiir. i . ,.,
n ... ti,. hisic n' llrt-ij,,,,, ,
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am. nnn
ken-kv t ." ;'"" mi, ,
i.l.i.ii a., t ' ' . . " """ """"nr Ilia
' "aniii-i trinr ir, ii,, i H
congress to pass an income tax, but the
I State of Oregon can nans such an actor
an inheritance tax. I'ure food laws and
eijjht hour laws can be and me charted
kyii!," 'ates. The trouble with Mr.
iScottarti) other Uepiihlii-ans is that they
tiave decided the J'resnlent to be infal
lihle. fhey are his Uosworths and
nothing ho can do will escape their ad
ulation. Ilavinir lieeoiiiccoiivineed II. .t(
be will not accept a re election to the
I'residency they probably think he
might be tempted by a dictatorship or a
crown. Fortunately for the Republican
party it has plenty of lenders fmlsiile of
the mushrooms that have sprung up in
the past two years. They will take no
st-s-k iu this raining of a dead issue, ami
either II tinilt'mi.iii nor teir.ii-n.iiii....
extremes will prevail. The Nation will
lose none of its dignity or wiwer nor
will the hiatus be reduced to inert) lerri
toi ies.
met and $2,0)0 paid on the principal,
leaving an indebtcdiif of only 11,000
In addition to this there has peen ex
pended in betterments tl imfl,H00,
making i:;,WK) in all that has lawn paid
out. The city now ha a dunl. In line of
pipe lo the dam, a dislauee of nlront two
mid one half mile-, a pumping station
in the city (ro that in cnc of need for
fire or any other reason water can lie
pumped from tho rivei) and two large
tanks. Hid monthly receipts exceed
the expenditures, ami iu two years from
now the liidebtedneas will ls wilted out.
It is a record of w hieh a larger couimiiii
itV might well lie proud.
WEsourrioNs or co violence
PIUNK MOTTKK.
Allium-) Inr liiiliilllT.
KHTAHr IHIIKO
1S7
OLK HATKlt HVHTKM.
The citizens of St. Helens have reason
to I proud of the fact that they own
their own water system and that each
year sees a reduction of the debt and an
improvement of the plant. The svs-
..u i iiniivuni, .'"-I .no n.xiro nuvt) ,,,, ... . . .. . , A
. i. . was purchased October Olh l'HV
no power to prevent it. It was the na- ,i., , , 1,, ' '
lional a.lminiHtratioi, that gave the pub-1 II , , , i ' " r""r
,- i . ., -, , ,.-'" rtt' the inonev warrants were Is.,
be ibuimiii lo (It.- ru l-'t itl.. un I tlie n t ,, . , ,, "nm wnn. i-
i ....... .u if i.-r ,c,.il Hit in. I im
li.,mil hK'-laiiiie w.ll pio'-iri'rty ji.,a. the () W:,rrlll,
I was dm-Mi-d i ,
e V-blv i
I... Ik I - I .. '"
, , ii,-,- v mini no 1 J I e . 11 r
iaiiir to the (eJeiitl iun.-liiu'i,jM , , "o uj
-V - j "r . fouryejia tlie i,iti r.vH..i . h.-t
ship iil'i idy in-t
r.ti
-Ml,.. I
'ffi
Wliercas the Almighty Mas'er has
called our brother. M. K. Ominous, to a
higher grange, and
Wlicrea. our brother, M. R. Kmtnons,
has lalsired for thirty vears iu the bar-
veslfiehl of the Orange and his sudden
call casts a deep shadow ol mourning
...v.. win F,n,ii-iy; lie. 11,
Kcsolvcd, that in his death our Grange
i...... ni-i H Illlinill ailll SteWt V llletnl-.r
the family a loving husliumb t,.il,er
grandfather ; and I it further
Resolved, that our charter be draped
in moiiriiiiiif for sixtv ilnv. ilin. u.
lutions oe spread on the minutes of il.
frange, a copy Ik: sent to the bereaved
family and published in the county pa
I .
i . sif'if.:rT,
lil'lll'.f, I'M f M Jf(H,
A. A. IIOSi'OltM.
I'ommitle
fJt'l.S S1K il-Ur, Secretary.
JOHN A. BIXK
DKAI.Klt IN
Watches, Diamonds, Silyerware,
....JEWELRY....
Repairing a K'M'cial.y.
Al.lnr Hlnxjl, Bo Front A ft ml. I'Oli'n.ANI)
'I ll-,iiilMr
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, - 1 ,11,
nil. ItliMt. A. Mellrlile. J.l.lm. i.l II. n fin-nil , "" 1 "'' "' ! litre lite :n,
nnri Ol f.l llt rtlttlnnl llrwmi l..r I -r.t.in, I.l .. i wiiit-n tii n mi,
' nnllK . mtela aint elili-riil ihi hi HI I, ,lnv (if
Ifeeirilxr, I'sui, siul whli h mil. I nr.hr .Unci.
Dial ).nt sia-ar ami i.ii..rr it. i-iini.laliil
wllltlli li wi-t-k. Imin lltn rirttl iill.llr,illiin nl
lltl. .Hiiiiiniii.. 'I lie iluU- nl lln- nml ..il.l.i nil..n
nl tlilat Mitioimiai I. lln; i llli tin. Hi't-Diiila-r,
I issi.
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nl IIII..III.H1.1 1 i. .. '. ". I"'"llr!m
:'L;!;:;n;;v:.e;;;:;;:r,;fr'-;:vi,:'r'-
' 1 'I'- w'tli- will ....I c. ,.,.: ', nln,'i
' rt-snit. In iu- u, , A '
lii rl nn II esil, , . . f nn""." I"'"1
...I''".' !'!!" I-1." fte.ll" hi . n"
'Inlo nl lite la.i .ii.'., : "'"1 "e
0l 'l.ix.,1 lice., in. "'""' '-'"
. l-ONII A HWKKg,
iiinriiet. inr IM,.li.iiir
Shoes for Women
and Children J
SOLACK TO TENDKU- FKCTl
Hosiery that js KttiM fr 1c( amcn ami
tiiiUlrcii. Sm.i.s has no equal fur the
money.
KNIGHT SHOE CO.
...i ... i to .
..-. ...... asi.mgum l'orllatt.1, Oregon 3
Walkover and Sorosis Store
The largest sH.iialty store iu the Northwest
nrfffiffifriffifrmnrtirnnff mtrfnrnftTfnfttfnr
THE BIG STORE
D0WV BY THE BIG SAWMILL
;Kcceivii)(r New Goods HveryDayl
In I he Week.
f 'tlrtrtilnir of I
nm me !, tinn.l. or.
ite itsiigfi-t 1907 !
Wc owe our success iu business to the people of Co
1 lumbia County who have favored us with their patron
fi age dunnt,' the past year. We lt.-ivr. tr-,',.,1 1...
I their friendship and during 1907 will put forth Kreater
County when you can do as well, and in manv MJ!
rj better, right at home.
Bailey & Brinn
Houlton -:- -:- Ornn
M ft""
i t
. 1
rrHK MCCKLK 8TOKK!
Ucpuutlon of Long Sn,ng r)r 0nly , ,u,,, ,
General Merchandise!
Deirt & Muckle.
V II..I
j".. .M ir,n, - Oll'-'OII.
JUiUiUiUiUiUiUiUiUiiliUiUiU iUiUiUiUiUUliUiUiUiU
a TITlfi nrnr.iT rnvm M...iffTf
8PENCE & POPE, PROPS.
Handle only fresh, home killed meats
Ku SrrK;C ,1neatS uscd' Wc 'avc added to our
SJS b?ndla b"ch of Sauvics Island cattle, the
ocst in the land. Wnii li ..i....: e r.,r
ri.: 1 .... nm oiiuw.iiiz ui iiit.i: m
Chn.stn.as hgKs and nroduce taken in trade.
linni nilZ ,a :cn f,r Kpcse diickcni.
HOUUON ; . , o.lKOON J
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