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Founded 1811
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The Mist Publishing Company
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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-
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. 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
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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
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CONTRACTS TAKEN POK ANY KIND OF BL'ILDINQ
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T iT. H 13 LliN5. OREGON
or Avii.i.
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