The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, December 23, 1910, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextROIMD TOVrt First -ctasi w.tch r purlug at Vim A. Ury'. II. D. Dnnemi ol Warron waa a caller t th. Mitt oflii ImI Wedueailar, ' Mr. Ueorjr,. W. Vogul ot Kaiuier was Sunday visitor to St. Helena. Watchmaker anil Juwler. taut fur get tliat Von A. Uray carrlfi a firat clan Tina. City Iota, including touia vhlc view . puinta. Wm. M. lion. 2-tf Mr. Clarvnca Masiin, who wai rrcnit y injured in a loirgliitf camp .ci-ltluiit, returned from tlia hospital at I'urtlaad l ut Saturday. Tlia uointwr ol icltool ihiMrrti in this district (No. 2), at iliuwn iiy Ilia recent cTinui, la 247. ttcdroom for rent at reasonable Jri. e. Inquire at thla ollice. A r.AaCAiM Fin siaroom ho.te. and one acre ot laud for ial cheap. Call ou Columbia County Abstract A. Truit Co. Slattwo lot) id i tie tract In Ht. Helena for aal dirt cheap lor a le day. Only JlO0 (or Jth. bunch. Tula la like find ing money. Inqifli. ol Ut'org. H. Milan. ' . . 2-tl Taken Ur At Kelvin drove I'arm, on Iereuiber 7th, a Cbeatir White boar, weighing about 250 pound. Owner ian have the aam by calling on A. II. lirown, foreman, paying damagra and for thlt advert!. enifiit. 4 lm Mra. J. W, Allen and son Tom my are pending tbe boliduya with Mra. Allen'a parents, Mr. and Mra. J. W. Sain, at Uaaton, Washington County. Dm Monkv We want an agnt in every town; aalary andcomniiMlon ; re-' lerence required; lor full particulars, addreae aubavription lcpt., National Hportaman, Inc., 73 Federal H., Huston, Maaa. Jewelry at Von A. Oray'a- We buy in large quantities and are able to tell at tual!r prtH-et than the other lelluw. Jamea Muckle A Bon. Thia la not Southern California, yet It worth noticing that enough ripe rasp berries lor a tingle brcaklnat could be be picked In Mr. Laws patch, and roacs are In bloom in a number ul yard. Z Mr. Wni. Ross Is in receipt of a letter Iroiu bis brother, Dr. Kdwin Ross, alio, with bis lamily, la spendina the winter at Kedlands, California. The doctor la sreallv eniovihff the mild clituale and his bealtb la Improving The beneQt ball at the city hall lait Saturday Waa a grand suoceia III every particular. A good sum was made lioin it and everyone who attended bad a fine time. Letters unclaimed at the St. Ilelent poatoflkefor the week ending ileceml'er 17th: Matt O'Connor, J. I. Tain, A. L. Heaver. Letters not called lor by De cember Slat will be scut to tbe I'eaJ letter Office. If you dont buy Devoe Taintt. you dont ret the beat. A complete line at BIG SHIP LOADING The YVhola McCormick Fleet of Four Slaam Schooners Due in the Kiver After the Firat of the Year The Ht. lliltin Mill CmiipHiiy ia run ning tl.clr mill until o o'clmk tvtry night now in order to lod tlm hi ship I'ullall aU aud still have mum lumber on band lor the bouts tlt aru due here in the near future. The I'.dulU h U a tig sqare rigger and will tuke I.WXI.Ooi) from the mill caiiipany't dork, hmatly in lurge tlmlMMa, and a'l liomid I ,r porta in South Africa,. Agood aUed i iewol long ahoremeii are eugagcl m the work of loading her, Tbe Urgo Amy Turner left the lie hoi.t hiat Wednesday, bound lor 8411 rriiueUco with a cargo ol hlioiit l,m,(Mt iwt ol ruilroiid ilea. The Turner ia a big boii, but liaH no enginei and must he towed. Very shoilly after the firiit ol the year the entire lleet ol thu McCormick Company will be in thu liver. It con sists of the steam schooner Klaimitli, 1 ShoHhoiie, Veloaatiihe and Yuaemite, 1 The Yclloasloue left hcie l.iat Wed lies- j day with a cuim of abuut (UK) turn l.-et and will Mum a soon aa thu diacliarges in California. Soino of the lioatsjwill nut be .Me to loud at thia place on their re turn aa the mill cannot supply them all, but will he londe l at tome of the mills 011 the lower river. FIVE MILLS CITY TAX Common Council Dec ides that at Least That Much Will be Necessary (or the Coining Year The City Council held their firit meeting in the new hull lust Monday night, aud despite the fact that the stove pipe (ell down and the quiirlers were any thing but comfortable they trans acted considerable husiiiese. Several hills were allowed and neural did not inert ith the njiprovnl of the finance roiimiilU'C and weie luid on the table. M. Saxon applied to thu council for pi rmiH-i'in to tuke a hundred feet of the rubber fire bou to a Jtoiul on Caaeoau street, Hour Ktvorul residences, which permission was granted. The attesm: I valuation of the property in the City of St. Helena for the year l!l I is tiM, und the Council decided tlmt a levy t.f five mills would be ncce. sary to meit all expenses and at the ame lime make a substantial pay inenton city's indebtedness. The ityn and revenue fruiii other sourcea will bring iu a total sum of over MKK), COLO coImfort JUVENILE DEUNQUENT5 Organue a Young Toughs Society and Rob a Store Merle Lane, Heraphlueas De Kk, ieorgu Turner, Kmeat Ijiiib and l'ercy Melis were broujjht before Judge Dart on Fiiduy lant, charged with burglarizing the store of McCauley & Sibet at Miat, and taking thcrelroiu sums of money aud articles of value. Tbe boys had robbed the store aeveral times and bad bunded themselves together in a society kuwn aa the Young Toughs Society, pledged to secrecy In regaid to its acts, the oldest of the boys is 14 and tbe yoiiMgeat 11. The testimony showed that LH Kock was the first one to bur glarize the atore, Merle Lune standing gmird lor him. The Turner boy and Lane and le Hock robbed the ttore on several other occasions. Tbe other two oya weie not implicated in the rob beries. Merle I-ane. Keraphineaa Da Uock were sentenced to the Reform School, but were permitted to g ) home 11 parole, their parents proiuititig to keep strict control of them and report Iheir comluct monthly to the County judge. Krneat Lane whs released with licensure, w hile l'ercy Metis, whose con duct teems the least blauieable, and w ho It only 12 yeara old, wat permitted to go without any action other than fatherly advice from the Judge. John A. Libel, a partner in the atore, made the complaint, which comet uuler thu Delinquency Act, cnating the Ju venile Department ol the County Couri, und ia the first exnence of Judge Dart in such matters. HAPPY COUPLES Furnished Public at the Traveling Rainier Depot If you want a cool reception step into the la'songer depot of thu A. & C. at Rainier one ( these December mornings and wait until the agent gets ready to oen the window ai d take y. tir money. He wont he in any hurry aUiul it, as bo knowt its a cinch that he will gd it. If you were in a atore of any kind they would try to make you as comfortable as Gerdcs, Oasis Tsrk. pomiMe, and thit is the case in moat ' Thrift la a simple thing bnt it means railroad depots. B it at Rainier its dif much to old sge If you practice it now' ferent. The shivering putron of the road Ask the Columbia County Hank. 4 per .can l.a.k through the windows and see cent earned on time cerifllcates of de-j the employes of the ofllce sitting in a posit. I warm room, but there is no warmth for E. A. Rotger took a vacation tw,. ; m prpc " ur.. pr . -. week and left lor bis home in California to stay with bis folks until after the holidays, when he will be back in St. electrical work In at Helens to take up bis where be left oft. Wben you are down town look Von A. Uray's window display. For pure, sweet cider drop a line to Chas. K. Uuhl. bos 103, St. Helens, Oregon. 4-2tpd Takb.h Uf At my premlset, Octobrr 14th, one red steer, weight about 400. Owner can have same by psylug ex penses and advertising. Gus Skuzic, Warren, Oregon. 61 '( Lots of new patterns In linoleum at Mucklu'a. Wood Saw iso Anyone wanting wood sawed pleae leave orders at thu Orcadi Hotel and they will be promptly attend ed to at rearon aide rales 3-1,11 pd llaaav Hagan. Mr and Mrs. Ch 11 If H. Uuhl of lo gical le Kuriii were in P rLt. id for a few days visiting their son and hit wif , Mr. and Mia. Iwia J. Kuhl. It. V. C 1I0, the silerinten len. of the electric com pa iy, I ft for San I'm ci c i on the Yosemltolat Wednesday luticnd tbe holidays nt home. Save thu coupons and vote (hem hI lb Mist office for the imnt p .pular yo tmr lady In Columbia Cm"') I i" One lot in Hiilroiid Add ti 11 f r 111 young lady. W. T. livers n w.s 1 g-t o 'l' ttenm schooner Yohemi-e I a Wd day, b 'und for SncMine to t wn I ilie ChrlatiiiA h II lny. wi ll Mrs l rv. . who I- iiliug her 1 11 rents t I'm p'.ic "Don't io'i.cl the dance in ihi dty h-ll tob- g vrn by Avon Lnlge, No. 2, K of r. T..N is the third anniltl bid given hy the local Knig:.l, .11 1 ull w n were forlil into I IHHI4I1 I tt- l I the two former ones will c -Mainly be at t tit otiu A. B. Thompson, hhel ff elect, v . will g- lut 1 office t'i lint of the je.ir, bat moved I It hoin-cliol I itixid, t l.i place and one of li e liouret of .Mr. Oilion is being llxed np for his oc cupancy. Mrs. Thompson was here the first of the aeek, and is very much pleased with the spperance ol St. Helens.. Avon Lodge, No. 02, Knights of ryth las, entertained their friends at an In formal Five Hundred party last Tuesday night. The first prUe was won by Ada George, while Frank George carried off the booby, which was a life-sized picture of a government mule. After the card playing light refreshments were served. The evening wss thoroughly enjoyed by all present, and reflects great credit on the committee of arrangements, which was made np ol E. I. Rallagh and W. J. iTheie ia a good stove in the waiting- room, and probably thu road furnishes fuel. If it duet not, then this little talk goes for the higher-ups instead of the sgent. Whoevcv Is to blame, it is out rageous that there should be no firo in tlir vaiting room of the lUitiier depot as cold as it was last Sunday morning. ' - You ought to save money. You owe it t jyjuri-clf to protect yourself Against a poor old ngu. Save today what you can. The Columbia County Bank will abow you how, Pays 4 per cent on time certificate of deposit Several Couples Decide That They Want to Pass Christmas Together As usual there weie a number of young hopefuls who applied at tbe County CIcrk'aoHUe to gat the permits luxes iiry to become man and wife at Christmas time. Up to toon U'ednes day they numbered three couples and llic prosjiects are very good for several more. Frances Caldwell of this county and K. Ciurtner Bond of Multnomah lookout a glory ticket on the 17th. Frances Anna Uohcen ol Columbia County and James It. iiilham of Mult nomah are also ou their way. Kva B. Drury amid Wm. R. Buffon were granted a licenre on the liHli. Butcher's Outfit for Sal Cheap Dayton computing scale, grinders, knives, saws, cleavers, ete. A bargain for cash, or will trsde for anything of value. Inquire at this office. j Opportunity fob Ikvestors The Noon estste, one of the fini-st pieces of farm property in Oregon, is now en ti e ' market; and will te Sold in tracts toui. purchasers. It is located at Warren, aud the aelling agent is Mr. II. J. South ard. Thia proierty ia bound to increase rapidly in value, and of course those who come first sre bound to secure the most dcsiialite tracts. A hun 'red settlers can be placed on small farms and tbe smaller the subdivisions the belli, r for the pros perity ot this rontnunity. 3-tf We 1 e sorry to learn o'. the aicknest of Mr. N. A. Perry, forme. ly of Houl ton. Mr. Perry is President of tbe Ore gon Retail Grocers' Aesoci ition, and has been doings great deal of hard work recently in the interest of that organiza tion. The best way to Insure a tafe and eteady Income for your old age is to save now. Ask The Columbia County Hank. 4 per cent earned on time cer tlllcates of deposit. Wood and Hay roa Sals Fir cord wood at t3."0 per cord in Houlton or 3.75in St Helena, apply to or write Wm. Skuza, Warren. Bachelor Flat telephone.. 2 tpd ii ISS tatSSSI V I- MBMBHHHBBHHM fM Shoppers 1 Will do well to call at fjh And dont forget that we It this store before making vj 1 are now in our new store g any selections of presents. H and better equipped than Without doubt we have a ever to handle your busi- line that wil please you. ness. Drop in today. WHITE r-v I g) V5 HOULTON ORE. J 0f if inw :.;.Y - ; The MistV Contest Railroad Addition the Best Buj We do not claim that St. Helens will be as large as Portland, but what we do claim is this : St. Helens will have 5000 people in three years. St. Helens will have a new manufacturing plant on the north within iS months. St. Helens will have something else shortly. It now has a payroll of $2500 per day. There is no town of 1200 people in the State with half ! as large a pay roll. j Building improvements for the last year were $100,000, not couuting our $50,000 water system. j We do not hesitate to say the year 191 1 will double the ! present year for improvements. j Non-residents are buying St. Helens property. Why ? j Because they appreciate good investments. i 1 An abstract will be furnished with each lot sold. I For further information apply to ! St. Helen Improvement Company, A. T. LAWS, Treasurer and Agent MAMIE HASLAM , In the Great Lauprhing: Success, "David Ilarum" at the New Theatre, Wednesday eveninpr, December 28th. , BIG SHOW COMING ' One of the finest attractions to appear in the local opera house is Mamie Has lam snd a strong supporting company in "David Hnrnni." There are very few Indeed who are not lamiliar with the famous ttory of David llaruui. Miss Haslum Is supported by sn escellentcompnny.lncludinKtlie etui nnnt slmracter actor, Mr. O. Reynolds. Ills nnaint conception cf the worldly wise Dsvld Ilarutu hat won btm s most enviable place among the younger char acter actors of the present generation. Mitfa Ilnslam posseeses s most chartn- ... . . . ,, 1 ing personality ana ner weu-nown name is certain to attract theatregoers. A beautiful scenic production will be given "David Harum,"and twelve clever players will present this grsnd old gem of the stage. Seats will be on sale t Watkins' candy store. Special prices have been sr raogedlat 60, 3d snd 25 cents. A $100 LOT GIVEN AWAY ! BY THE OREGON MIST J Lot 4, block 6, 50x100, in Railroad Addition to St. Helens, will be given away to the Most Popular Young Lady in Columbia VVUIIVJ) V ftv UVVIUVW S J HIIV B1UIII VVt WaV TUbVO Vm71 jl svs, w iUitl V ti 1, 1911. Each coupon clipped from the Mist counts 3 votes. Each new yearly subscription counts 150 votes if sent in before January 1, 1911. Each six months subscription counts 75 votes. The sub scription price is $1 per year, After January 1, 1911, it will be $1.50 per year, and the number of votes will be reduced one-third. Pick out your contestants and SUBSCRIBE NOW. When you subscribe be sure to give plainly the name of the young lady for whom you wish to ' - t Coupon ia Soot fo Thrm Vote fof vote. If you prefer another lot you have your choice at the same price, or you can apply the pur chase price of this lot on any other lot in Railroad Addition, M. B. GREWELL Scappoose. Oregon AND MAKING REPAIRING or ail The Violin a Specialty A.11 "Work Guaranteed !3 stiiUiUiUiUiUiUiiiiu iiiiisiUiUiUsUiiiiu iUiuiuiUiiiuiiUiaR THE CHSCAGO STORE F. J. BASEEL, Proprietor. HANDLES ONLY THE BEST IN Dry Goods. Clothing. Hats, Caps, Shoes and Boots, Men s Suits, Shirts, Etc. A First Cass Line of Ladies' Suits, Skirts, Etc If you want to save money, eret the best grooda and always be satisfied with your purchases. patronize THE CHICAGO STORE HOULTON. OREGON IS. LiOiis Son. General Contractors First-Class Concrete Work A Specialty Bridges, Sidewalks, Septic Tanks, Etc. Houlton ESTIMATES FURNISHED Oregon Columbia County Abstract and Trust Company 8T. HELENS, OREGON MAKE Your Abstracts DO Your Notarial Work INSURE Your Buildings SELL Your Buildings RENT You a Safety Deposit Box FURNI2H Your BocCi . LET PS Fullerton