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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1912)
BEFORE r Oregon iviist Founded 1811 l'nlrrr-1 at the Pudtoflirc t M. llr!iti. uicKon, i urcoii'l clit. i 1 1 tim'.ti r lttt T.wmtt Wdnlar mmA SalwnUr ir The Mist Publishing Company SuHMc'sirriiiN Katk. Oiirim. l .V -i iKotitin lvrrtiiii( rntr nm.lc known i ti it -fit -' iiliin. Ir(iil notice 'J' it-lit r line. County Official Paper . A Step Forward During tho past three or four years St. Helens has mnde rapid s,'J'l'i? btward becoming city. T1ic-population has increased from atxmt KXl to 1 10 t or 1.7 . The payroll for laboring men lias increase.! from $1 0,0 )i per month to$7.".,(KH) per month. S 'ver.tl streets have been gr.i 1 I an. I macadamized wh -re a fe w years go were stumps and rocks. Sub stantial business blocks and modern resiliences hive taken tho place of old time wooden structures and cottage?. A magnificient stone (V.irt II nso has replaced the old tumbled own shack used for so m my years by the county. A modern irravitv water system furnishing enough pure mountain water to Hupplv a city of 10, 000 people U in per fect operation. A sewer system drains a iortion of the city at present and steps are now being taken to extend the system to cover the entire city. An up-to-date telephone Borvice and elec tric light system are furnishing the inhabitants with these mo dern necessities. Shipment of (K, 000,000 feet of lumber from St. nnn rCT errs 16 lbs. l'ruit Suar '. 17 lbs. DryGianulatcil Suar Tare Lard. 5 lbs. I'urc Lard, 10 lbs. Sugar Cured Ilrcakfast Itacon Sugar Cured Hams. Dry Salt Pork Smoked Salmon 4 lbs. Head Rice Don't Forget That Goods, Boots and ylFTER TRylDIMG AT VELUMCTOAS i Helens during l'.M 1 makes it one 'of the im!Mrtant shipping ports ! of the great tVhmbia River. A beautiful and thoroughly up-to-date school building has just I.eiTi cc mulcted sullieiont to ac commodate several handred stu- dents and tho di Uriel maintains a first rlass hili school. Other and valuable improvements have' lieen ma le arM many orners are no v tout miplatcd. On every hand progress and j.rosjierity are apparent. In order to be abreast of the times ii this b ntling little city the Mist has this w eek taken an advanced step and from now on will be issued in two sections. Wednesday and Saturday morn ings. We believe that by doing tl.! . ...... It. ...... ntlillliiif itf Kill) I -iii , i ,inii KiTi H-rs wi he better servetl and be able to get the news before it gets stale. The subscription price will remain the same, $1.01) per year and you get the paper twice a week instead of once. Our advertisers will thereby be given .1 I ..... I .. . I .....f I i i t nuii 1 i 1 1 tit I lit VCI V iii.tI mi ll ll.i'i. iiiv. ...... ' .i . . ,u .. ,f reaehin r th gne itet number ot people a. id douli'e th J number of times of any other paper pub lished in the county. We are getting a nk'o line of eorrespon d -nee from ditl'erent portions of the county which will be kept up i ....I ..j fjt w I'iin " " , ' 1 o done. In taking this new step we realize main isuu.io an '..anj jf no other v taking in ncity of no greater bl,a ,K,mam.nt population than St. Helens, yet trati,m authon the importance of the city as the j )(. county seat of a populous count" demands that best news ser possible bo given and v going to give it to you. A Remedy Needer1 r The news colu land papers cc till ..$1.00 i.co .75 1 .45 lb. . iK lb. .17 lb. .15 lb. .15 .25 6 lbs. Broken Kice .25 3 cans Carnation or Sun Rise Milk .25 3 cans Tomatoes .25 3 cans Com .25 3 cans Heaus. . .25 4 pkgs. A it II Soda... .25 3 pkgs. Lilly Gloss, Corn or ' ' Celluloid Starch .25 4 pkys. Saratoga Chips 25 3 pkgs. Raisins... 25 We Carry a Full Line of Hardware, Cutlery, Dry Shoes, Hats and Caps, Men's Furnishings, Etc. Etc. Everything You Need ONE last week stating that a woman in Portland had caused the arrest nf her husband on charge of non- support. The evidence brought o.it revealed the fact that the man had been an employe f the car shops of the Harriman roads jn lVrtlan I nd that lie was a ,)r)Vi,j,M. atu the ,cad of a happy family of a several children. Some time last Fall a strike was ordered and all the men walked o.U. since. which ti ne the m ri had failed to work a single day. and as a result the family were reduced to destitute circumstances. The man told the Court tli.it he could not vio late the union rules so that un less he could get work at unkni prices an- under union regulations 1 ..... he won! ) 'ot work at all. No doubt there are many more men in the sam ? condition and some- i body is to blame. That laboring men are entitled to band together for the common good, and to go on strike if they think they are . . . . being treated unfaT, is acknow- , , ,, ... ,. .... lodged by everybody. That em ployiM sho d I hive some say as to the conduct of their busine-s isalM) admitted to be just and fair. So ir sens t tint both parties aie within th ir ucW- I.. I I t !..l,t j .in,! tlint H-UL.l'1 I 1 1 111.. .ii. .1 .- of innocent women and is the result. Tiiisstit should by nil mean- ir1 - CT70 . Wellington Phone 17 - - - PRICE IIstkay N'oth r Taken up at I!:y place near I leer Island, one red yearling steer. Jack App!et.n MALARIA headache, biliousness, in digestion, rheumatism, pimples, blotches, yellow complexion, etc., are all sitfns of poisons in your blood. These poisons should be driven out, or serious illness may result To get rid of them, use BP Thcdford's Black-Draught the old, reliable purely vegetable, liver medicine. Mrs. J. H. Easier, of Spartanburg, S. C, says: " 1 had sick headache, for years. I l"" -had most the tiir ford'r 110" y ay i 2 pkgs. Force 3 cans Sifting Top Lye 6 bars Sunny Monday Soap 2 loc Bottles Bluing 1 large Bottle Catsup 2 pkgs. Malta Vita All 5c pkgs. Tobacco, 6 All ioc pkgs. Tobacco, 3 Coffee, 25, 30, 35 Try a can of Fairmont Coffee at Call Us Up QUICK SERVICE Mortar Blocks and Cement Bricks The Cheapest Material lor Building Mortur r.'.x.-k, si. KxSxlH inilu-9, 22 cents cack Cr n en I I'.rii k, J30 per thoutand Come out to Walters barn to inspect our work ESTIMATES PL'RMSHED. CONTRACTS TAKEN POK ANY KIND OF BL'ILDINQ ABBOTT & CH1TTEH T iT. H 13 LliN5. OREGON or Avii.i. '"6 25 25 .25 .15 15 .15 for .25 for .25 and 45c 45c 1 tin' ft1