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E OREGON
Vol. XXV
St Helens, Oregon, January 17, 1908.
No. 6.
MIST
LOCAL "
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Talk to Ross. Columbia County 11 ik,
Mr. Am Holladay, of Scappoo.e, cap
tured Ant prise lor bit four-tier diaplay
of Northern Spy spple at the session i
111 Oregon Stat Horticultural Society
held In Portland thi week. That I
nothing new, however, he elwey
win. The regrc'table'fact U tbt there
were not mora Columbia Count applet
on exhibit. It it our great source of
future wealth, for no conuty in America
can grow belter ile than Columbia
County, Oregon.
The whittle of the Wettern Cooperate
Company's factory at Houllon made
pleasant tnusic in the ear of iha whom
it awakened to the eatlof labor latt Wed
netday niorning. The enforced Idlrne
has been anything but pleasant, especial
lr to tho whine financial coeiRllon
mule them dependent upon credit. It i
hoped that the quarries wilt soon be run
Rlii If, and with the advent of spring
weather all trace of hard time will have
disappeared. Men who hare been able
to secure atcady work at high wage for
several yean ahould not bar destitute
wiien title !r a lew weeks, flrut unfortu
uately they generally are.
Are ym Interested In good light?
Would yon like to hive a llM candle
power Incandescent gat light in your
home wiihmilexpense of plumbing or gat
fitting? Tbitianow poaaiole In every home
or in I act wherever kerotcne oil eta be
imukI. In the city, village or on the Itrnt
liny an "tnden" nuroer. which will fit
any lamp and which will pay for iUxlf
in a lew month. in m turned up or
down; no ttnell ; no smoke; t no wick to
trim ; chiuiey need be cleaned only once
in wth, and will not break from heat
or water. The cheapen! and beat light
' on the market. For particular write to
A R Ituinlach, Mcappooae Ore , exclu
aive agent fur thi territory.
Sheriff Martin White, who ha been
ick lnc New Year' Utf it Hot a wi!
a hi friend bopd he would In by lhl
lime. Tbe trouble appear to be neural
gia of the bead and bat effected hi hear
!ugtiia' "n WUelay he went to
Portland for treatment by tpnuallat
The tas levy for all purOM thi yeir.
onttide of weial roail, cltv and ecli ol
' laxe ha been fined at teven iiti'la, tw i
mill being for road purpntce. In ad
dition to tilt the rataident ol St. Helen
will tw calle I upon to par five milt (or
ape:lal road, school, and city taxe to
tal of twelve mill. The aatel valua
tion of the county h JtH.Tsit.r.Yi. and a
aevvn mill la raises fllT.IVHl.an iicr-e
over laat ycarof about Tbe tax
uioncy i apportioned a follow: Stale.
l2 2Wi School, iJiMTi); Library, f M;
Sol lirra and Sailor. IW7; County, fJ,
7.H; Road, fM.o'.l, Tilers a wtrrant
iudchledncaaof fi'.W, caused in great
part by cruising Hie timber. There are a
number of appeal against the nsaiMinent
of timber laud, and il the county loses
ol rotirae il revenue will be reduced,
One hit it I red candle powir Incandet
cent light on a kcroaene oil lamp. Great
it Invention ol the pre win tune lor a
bright portable light. Burner fit a"
kerosene oil lamp. For particular wiite
to A. R. Inimlarh, Sctppoo.e, Ore., ex
cluaive eiit for thi territory
I.akmidk 9rCK l-'anvi Cn luuor J
II. Dobbin, hi wife and two little
ilutightera, were vNtlng Mr Hnhhlna'
mother and family nt Lakeai le laat wceK
Wore t irtlng on their long t'iur through
the South. Th"V are glng vi.i Sin
l'rnnciaco and IiaAugelea am) will a'op
at nil eitic of Inlcreftt on the Souttirru
I'adfic route, going throuH to Ne Or
lean. Tltey will travel by A es-clu-tively,
In order to enov the acenery
There we e 110 birth, 3)1 deitlia, an 1
(U marrliKr in ColHinbin Cctinty during
the year 11)07. The population of Ihe
county i about 10,(K) t, and, when it i
coiiaidrrnd that quite a number of tlicae
dt-ui ht were acnldeiu il, It aiieu'it wi I for
Ueiiltblulneaa of our county, and it la
verv donhttul whether there i lower
percentage of tlritth from n iturnl cniiae
in any other part of the world.
I havn money to loan on approved
realeatate tecuritv, '
' W. H. roWKLL,
St. Uaiani, Oiegon
father Scrvala, of I'oitUud, held mat
in tbe K, P. hall in thi city latt Tuea
day morning, and waa greatly aurpriucd
at IDe iIm of hi congregation. There
art a number of Catholic reiidlng hi
tin vicinity anil It it probable that tt
ular aervlce of that church will tw held
here at alated interval in the near
future.
Llcena waa granted on Satuntay lait
for the marriage of Margaret A. Callahan
with Orville D. Carriton.
Kugene 8c mole, well known to the
older realdent of Columbia County, I
reported to be o dangeroiuly III that hi
life la deapahed of. lie la an iumate of
.be Minor floapital, at Seattle. Mr.
Semplq waa prominent In Democratic
politic in llil State, and, upon hi re
moval to WaahltntWn wtt ai.ooinle.1
rerritorlat (iovernor by I'reaident Cleve
land He wilt be remembered a a man
ol a very genial and grneroudiapoltion,
w.i had many friend wherever he wa
known.
The Rainier Commercial Club kept
open liouae laat Friday night, and tbe
v I.I tor from the lioulton-Mt. Helen
Cummexial organization who acceptel
their invitation were received with the
inoat uuatinted goot fellowahip and en
tertained in a manner that made tbcm
(eel it waa altogether good to b there.
ICIibt member ol our local organisation
(urticipated, and we believe ercry one ol
them felt amply repaid for thetip and
came home fully Convinced that there ia
nothing in the world tbe matter with the
Rainier Commercial Club, or with the
ladle Aid fWlely of the Method!:
Church who had charge of the Important
luty of supplying the waula of the Inner
man. It wa good fun. inlerapcrie I with
good aohd buatneta talk, and we prelict
that it wa the beginning of an eia of
belter feeling between the different coin
munitie of Columbia County. Tb:
theme ol the ereining wa good rua,H
and civic improvement, an 1 it taa em-
pbatiaed that along tbeae line the beat
remit eould be accomplUiie I lor Col
nmbia county. The mutic l pin of i lie
programme waa given by an i-r.-luri
comfHwed ol Mcvtr. Null. Miiclitl. I kill.
Kvuand Youui, with Mr. W. J Fr."
a pianiat. Tite male quartet. cnitiii
of Meaaer Vogle, Fry, Houroe an I Null,
rendered acverat enjoyable n rnVerj, and
Hro, Fry, of the lievicw, l iruivic 1 t'te
comedy clement In hia utuil enj yabte
manner. It waagod from atari 10 iiniah,
and the Cniah did not come uu il t v
o'cloca Saturday mttrniug. A rx lintioii
wa adoptrd favoring Hie apoinlinent by
ha court ol a competent engin"er a roi I
matter. Tho.e attending Irom ine Houl-ton-St.
Helen C mimerclal Club were:
If. Copcland, V. II. lwell. M. C
Gr) ,J. B. Uodlrey, Edwin Rot. Wm.
Ro, and K. II. Flagg.
For Sile Cheap One U.iytou comput-
ug acale with turntable, one grocer
coffee mid, one chreae box and kni'c,
one aiaty gallon oil lank and pump, one
doren tiiare cuudy Jiir Imitire of I..
Saictt, Rainier. Ore.
Syrup of ft'hite riueaiut Tar, the ol.l
reliable cough remedy. For Ve by A.'.
f)eiu:ng, tltuggt.
i'komi-T I'avMRVTl're-ton W'anh-
burn, ton of Mr. and Mr. Pretton Wa' -burn,
of Rainier, who wa butieil at Hus
ton, Octolier-' nh wa a member ol Col-
mbu IVnt No, 4H, Knight of fie M:c
Ciih e. ItiCHteil at Mtiyuer, mi l lilt pi
eut. are now in receipt of the amount lor
which he aa I i -tired, which kIiow cit
ieiicy and proiuptner ou the pari id
both the local and hc.i'l ollicei of tbia
orthy beniticiary org-iniialion.
Mr. Jame Burr, of t litakank-, w. a
iaitor to the cou ty et laat Weilnes
ay, on bia way home from t'ortlund, for
the pnrp.we of ftitning out wh re be
lived, in order Iha he may register a a
'oter. Mr. lUrr it one of our pionners
and berctolore ha lieen able to locate
himwlf, hut he recently filea upon a
piec ol the Southern Pacific grant, near
Srappoouc, and waa mi I u lor mod a to
which voting pica not he wa locatedin.
Afaar Law i nttmling the aaacaa
or' conventtiMi at Portland thia weeki
ltepuly Aaacaaor Humphrey, of I'fcio i
County," vlaiud witn the brethren cf
St. Helena LoilKe, Knight ol Pylhia
Inat Tuead.iy even ng. lie taw the ran
of Knight conferred upon twoCRUilidatc
und eujoved th hospitality hoivu him,
Mr Cora Lancraft, of Porttund, 1
viaitlng her brother, Mr, J. B, Godfrey
of Ihttcllv.
The county clerk' oflice It preparing
Iha Irantcript for tbe appeal to tbe Su
preme Court In tbt cat of Itlchard Mar
tin, Jr., v Martin Whit and other.
Martin brought tuit to remove a cloud on
the title of land owned by him, which
had bnca told at the lIKIl Junk Ui tale,
and pun bated by Manin White, Kdwin
Koaa, J 0. WatU and R. II. Mitchell,
who are the other partle defendant to
the appeal. They paid 250 for tbe land,
and have paid the laie tince. The cir
cuit conrt deckled In favor of Co, and
gave bun title witbont in any manner
reimbursing the couuty or the purchaser.
The case of Jone v Short anj other ia
alto on appeal.
Mia Froat, whoteache the accond and
third grade in tbe ClaUkanie public
:lool ha lieen compelled to reaign on
account of aicknrn. The vacancy re
main unfilled.
Mr. and Mr M. P. Hazen, of Warren,
are traveling for tbe benefit of Mr. Ha-
ten' health. Their first (top will be at
Howl River, after which they may go to
California.
Hon. P.. Council, of Deer Island, wa at
tbe county teat yetU-rday for the purpose
of tiling hi petition fur renomlnation to
the oflice of Representative on tbe Re
publican ticket.
Voter Registered
In tbe different on-rluct of Columbia
C m ty .ijiin dale, with their political
altliliatloii:
I R D 8 t,
Apiary....
Auburn ..........
Iloavpr Fall.-...
t'lalakaiiie.......
Ik-r Island
.1
.- ...1
I ....
ioltlw. ,
Marshland - ....
,-lin!isn .... ...
Oak lH.lnr
Uaiiiii-r - 2
Krappioae... .... ....
I'nlon .... .Sil
It arren ,.....,.... .... .... ...4
..5 ...2
l'r.cimt'oi.la 1 31
Road Supervisor.
No.
1 -IV. R. Steven
2W. Cooper
:l J 8. !epaiu
4 tl C. Wood
6 Clm Kr4tke
II- II. II. t'ltislip
7 C. A. Girt
K Ir.i I'jri-hcr
y John St'Kkeuberg
10 . i. A. Kclty
1 1 Thoina iloyle
1.' John Ut'ler
l l-C.y, Midlinger
IS A. R. Kmmont
liU-Peter llerKemon
ST. HELENS SQiOOL NOTES
The enn-lhitcnt for the year i still
grow ng Among the new arrivals arc
Mary. Carl, und Jvlilh Hamilton, pay
Jone, Scott Lyu;:b and Herman Allen.
The roll of honor for the third month
i follows: Leslie Wattera, Harry
Richorilvm, Willi Kelly, Carrie Co'ob,
Anna iiie!, AH'-e Quick, I.oyd Italian,
Scarl Hiittan, Manly Coland, Hilda
Cliff, Nathan VanOrdcil. Helen Richard
son, Teddy Prcacott, Until IVcker, Char,
Lsiwa, Kenneth Cliff, Axel OUen, Iis
Clear, Kern ice Van Orden. Murgnrett
Mom, Ktla Ilittan. Maud Richardson,
l.thcl Lynch, Olive LatUrc. Katie Lynch,
Lester Laku, Frank Weigle, and Roy
Law.
We hav five tuition pupil in the
upp.-r gr.ulc.
Parent should see that their children
are in achoot every day, a occasional
alenoe cannot be excused except for
Certified illneat. .
The itenduiice thii far ha beeu good 1
and we hope and exit to maintain the
present average.
The eatablishment of poatnl savings
Iwnk we heartily indorse, for we believe
in tin long run it will 1 highly bene
ficial to our bank aud the people In gen
eral. Money placed iu the various post
office will in turn b deposited in the
bank aud will soon return lo the regu
lar channel. The present ''money strin
gency" would be unknown with a
thorough syattm of postal ssvingt bank.
KIST
ueq. noil it uttering irom a evera
attack of lagrlppe.
a. Li. coie, tna Drakeman who waa
killed near Rowburg a abort time ago.
waa a brother of Mr. Anna North of thia
place,
Henry Kibby, a former resident of thia
p'ace watvititing friend here laat week.
Mr. Kibby hat become very hard of
hearing.
Kelt Rodger made a trip to Barton
latt week. It ia reported (hat on of hi
horses went down in a tnudhole and came
up on tbe other tide ol tbe wagon tongue.
Tom, the barn cat on tbe Dallas farm,
died January 5th. He wa brought I am
Yankton in tie (pring of 18111, therefore
would have lieen seventeen year old next
May.
The Kiat Vernooia Telephone Company
held It annual meeting January 13tb and
elected tbe following officer: Pretident.
Hrry Wilton; Secretary, J. p.; DalJa.
Treasurer, (iut Hult.
Mr A C. Bergerson I vititing rela
tion and friendt in Washington county.
Will the editor of the Miat tell ut what
Silica aaiid i and what it i nted for,
ome of ut might have a slumbering bo
nanza on our place and not know it.
Silica wild is cotniowd mainly of sili
cic acid. It i n ally color lean. There
I plenty of it in Columbia County, but
not ninety-eight per cent pnre, as wa
required by Hie Portland parties. Rock
ciyatal. flint, and othe varieties of qnarU
aie nearly pure siUcicnrid.
According to the Oregonian, Sute
Senator Sleiaer, Indicted for conspiracy
to ilefriind the Uovemment and for
fwiclng in governnimt lands, has been
olTervd an ''immunity lath" provided
he will give evidence to convict the other
defendant. Senator Siuiwer at a
lueiuber of what wa known a the
Mhc o II fiic'ion of the &-publ:eun party
in Oregon, and thia denuinatratea that
no f.ivoriti.m i ling shown, but tbat
tlie pnrp.it. f Mr lleney is to ttethat
j istice it il, ne without r pard to faction. I
If we are in error aluit S nator S;ri-
afliliations we are willine to be
coin-ctwl.
REUUEX
Mine May ttnskirk.of Wiiolland,Wah.,
vi.iU-l iihMi! Hi and Irene liutklk
last aeek.
Mra. Annie Morrison, of Portland, in
the guest o! Mr. und Mr. G. M'. Jord. :i
'til. wtvk.
K. W. Wlnans, of Hool River, is vis
iting with his' con, Mr. A. Winans, thi
wwk.
Mra. i. W. Jordan ami children v-s-
ited a ith Mrs. Jordnn'a father and moth
er, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.Schulti of Beaver
Valley, over Sunday. ,
S. L, Miili-olin delivered to the butch
er at Guide a ho Mint dressed Over 4-1
potiiHii,fr which h receivisl 23.13.
Mt. At.tone Wise rctnrncil home lat
ShIiikIhy frooi a v.e k' x it.it with her
.hnwhtir, Mrs. T. 11. Cluk, of Aber
deen, Wuali.
A U ak at the side of the dam at the
Goble Milling Company's plant retul' d
in l .wtriug tho water almut four feet,
i'i.e wiitti. cut hole about one and one
h all toot in diameter, but it will le eas
ily rt'puirvd. Nothing was ulaplacd
ii. -out the mill and tho lumber whs un
i. uchf. .
lliitht At Gobie, on January 8th, to
thi' wifn of Mr.rtln Hoven, a son. At
Munnville, January Ut, to the wife ot
K I. White, a daughter.
Avoiding Wastes.
The first great lesson to be learned is
to avoid waste. Waste has been the curse
nf airricuiture- ' Whv rtav Isym nn land
not ,Mrme(,? why only haH cnW.
vale the field and so waste land and
labor? hy waste time aud capital iu
raising interior animals? Why waste
money in buying what should be raised
on the farm? Why waste energy in try
ing to do more than any one man can do
right? On many farms there is waste in
a thousand ways, and no wonder that to
tome "farmiug does not pay." The
small details must be looked after, and
no farm should be larger than can he
properly attended tot
RAINIER
Bids Were opened tor the city water
works last Monday. Five bids wera
made, as follows; Gleblsb Joplin,
iO,33.J7; Jas. O'KeJI, $23 "(MM;
Jaoobaon V Btvle, $S,i58.00; Robert
Wakefleld, $27,724.08; B, D. Gould. 28,.
82B.78 After careful eiamioatlon by
the Water G)uimlion, It was found
that the bid of Giebltli A Joplin met
with all the requirement, and, baiog
the lowest bidders, tha contract waa
awarded to them. A certified check for
two thoucand dollar Is now In the
band of the wnter commission. Tbe
contract wa signed today, and bond
for sis tuouaaiid dollars must be given
within ten days and the work to begin
at that time.
Mr. George Motck bag Juit received
a letter from ner husband, who ia at
preeent in New York, In which be says
lie will sail for Kurope on the 8teauier
Arabic, Feb. Oth. Mr. Moeck will visit
Spain, Italy, France and the various
place of interest on the Mediterranean,
and will undoubtedly eo to tbe Hole
Land, from whence be will go to his old
home in Germany, arriving in Mew York
some time ia October.
Rev. W. C. Fry's subject, "Leap
Year," brought out a large crowd of
young people. He took for his text the
1st verse, 4ih chapter of Isuiah. "And
in that day shall seven women take bold
of one man saying, 'We will eat our own
food and wear our own apprael, only let .
ot be called by thy name, to take away
our rcptoaih.' " After service there
a t least one bashful bachelor who
wasesco.ted to his home by a younf
Udv.
Cheap Fertilizing
Some of tbe best farm in the Eaa
have been brought to tbe highest degree
of fertility by the of clover, lime anil
manure. The fanners who have accotu
plisherVsuch results have aimed to save
every pound of manure, and alto to pre
serve it in the beat manner. Lime is
used extensively by those who know that
lime is an essential ingredient of plants,
and also because it is excellent for in
creasing the clover crop. Clover enriches
the land by promoting tlfc supply of
nitrogen in the soil, hence lime and
clover make an excellent combination.
A t.iiiva-f of ilie stu lents of the Uni
versity of OiegOii, just made, shows that
betwcefl sixty and seveuty per cent of
toe men in the U-ivesty this year are
either wholly or pattially making their
own way through college. The greater
part of the earning i done, of course,
dnrnj the summer. Tbe canvass shows
that, sim e the vacation is comparatively
short, the men get employment in the
harveitt fields, mines, and labor of va
i iotta kinds paying good wages. It shows
also that the engineering Undents find
no trouble iu getting work ill their line.
The engineering dt-ar.ment of the Uni
versity of Oregon ha a large number ot
graduates In the'employ of the Soothe, n
IVcific. O. P. A S., Northern Pacific, and
in the Government reclaimtion service,
and the majorit." of the eniueeiing stu
deiita a e engaged beiora the session
clc-es in Ju.ie. A number of students
arc partly earn iim their oun way during
the session. The university uiaiutaiua
nn employment bureau nmterthe direc
tion of the Registrar, but it was not able
the past fall to supply all the calls made
on It for students to work.
Clover and Fodder
Clover snd corn furnish a fodder ration
that cannot easily be improved upon
for dairy cows. Two factor should be
taken into account when determining
the amount of grain to feed. One is the
extent to which cloter or alfalfa is fed,
aud the second is the production of the
cow. 1 ne rule witn some i-t to leeu i
pound of grain for everv three pounds
of milk produced When clover or al
falfa form a large part of the ration it
would seem reasonable to suppose that a
less quantity of grain would suffice than
tbe amount named.
Congress will s e t ai m more cur
rency famines occur, a d at the same
ti.V.e will take care that tha utonjy in
circulation is all kept as good as gold
and free from auythtng iu me nature ot
wild Inflation.
Jand.Cal7
- norax Co., Oak-
-praway