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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1912
NO. C3
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ICK-COMMERCIAL .CUIB .
rtliONBOKGErftCTIOJll
BUHD J10.0CO HOME IN ST.HOENS
SwuhBV.- already been tikeri
ikiac toward . the organisation of
.Commercial Club for M. Il-hm
......Iumml-I to forni an organua
L Ihich will I f kmcfit
.".k, eilV. Member Will SO
.-..J fn.m among tho citizens of
-Kfity Md MThai from th sur
ending cuntry. A desirable
buiiiH lt purchal and a
lero business building erected
vitb store r.M.ini on the ground
joor and club rooms above. Enough
jpjo, will l' avuiUbli for renters
,hit the Iiicuiiie will pay interest on
th( investment ix-sides the Increase
a the value of tho projierty. I -j
.u hn have the mean are iu mc
Lad of the alTuir ami things are al
nady titkini; active shape. Money
t,.. hwn uI.s.tiImh! ana every cm
KM In the community will bo a!
lowed to lubfcrilie such amount to
the capital Kt-ck an ho may want.
H DESERTER (MKT
FREE STOCK SHEDS
in isij crass fiu:
suds urn c!?j i
V:v:
Ml.
ii0
..I Liiil.l.t. O
M.
The manager i -f tho Vankt-m-Grunge
County Fair which will 1,
held on the L'iUIi and 27th (.f fcp.
tender have gone t w.rk in i ii -next
to make thii what iu name im
plies, a county fair. Uiyo ni.ici.
G2f.H0 OPEMiNG
MTif!3 MOT ViLL
0IE1 TOR 3lTOIcW
Drimty Sheriff l.ake went to Van'
couver, Wash., loxt Monday having
in charge one John llerron, who
wm picked up by Marshal Wilkin
md held as a deserter from Uie U,
i Armv. II wtu a member of
iBattery K. Second Field Artillery
md was delivered to the oflieera of
the pt at Vancouver.
JAPS JUMP OVERBOARD
Lat work two Jap.ineie boys
jumped ovrrb.,nrd from a Japanese
tetwl coming up the river, totween
(Joble anl loonier. Yesterday Slier-
riif ThiMiifii picked tip a young
jap in St Helms who was very nick
i.'41mnMi:.!i ly placed him in jail
and notified the U. S, Immigration
ofikvri at Portland. Mr, Charles
Aldky, In pector of that depart
ment runic to St. 1 lelcna yesterday
afternoon but after questioning the
young lick fellow and sizing him
conclude! he was not the man want
ed.
FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Toncy Luchin, a tailoring man of
tail vicinity, hired a horse and bug-
ty from the livery stable taut Mon
day evening to go to Houlton, and
heo be returned with the animal
it was in a deplorable condition,
saving been jerked until its n.outh
a binding and badly swollen, its
' tliou'cd the marks of a whip
W it wan o lame it could hardly
!. Mr. Stout, manager of the
'tables, niade a quiet Investigation
ind found out that the man went to
Houlton atid proceeded to get drunk
M then to abuse the horse. A
wmpluint was made before Justice
Jlawn nnd Toney was haulel Into
purt and fined $20 and costs for
frlty to animals.
ADVERTISED LETTERS
Inters unclaimed In the St. Hel-
K Ore. Port olHce for the week end-
V Aug. 21. 1012:
Jennie Baker, 1 letter
Miss Jessie Jones, 1 letter .
Edward Turkhurst. Foreign t let-
?r.
LetU-rs unclaimed by Sentember 6
fill be sent to the Dead-Letter office.
M. C. Gray, T. M.
M. K. CHURCH HOULTON
Dr. McDoucall of Portland Dis-
I'nctbupt., will preach Sunday
fining September 1, at 7:S0
fewek. This U Dr. McDoujralls
j'mi visit this conference year and
SVAVIrU.l.. I .
l"-wuuuy iscoraiany mvucu to
f tend this service. Friends
"ease note the change In the
"vuroiBorv po
C L. Dark, Pastor.
OST Hook en!le,l "MolW MaVe
J1"." between Houlton and St.
jwn or in St. Helena. Reward.
KNer picas... return to Mi Ethel
a'an. 703 1.2 iwt.
Tlx? Ita'iin Importinir Coir
P'my, im-nrporatod, of St. Hel
ens l.as received a Iar;re stock of
the utxxh to he handled by them
nii'l ft ;:rar:i1 opeiiii'K w ill bo had
at th.'ir buildir.K on the Houlton
road f i-kr.wf..i .'... t v
..! h.w l l...n ...... ...i i . . ' ! "' w Kuumy
he farmers br,, t stock IV,, u,. k)uwn , f g ,
or exhibit,.,, w,!l l.o th,. toanajfer ()f the wm.
ttiiitutil un.l r...T in. 1 ... t . ..I
, " - , ' '"' i'HTn ha. been here for several
the stock on fxlulMUm w ,i be fur- yviin anJ wd, ac,JIlaintefl with
nlHhed ree. Largn ex ii..n coops IM!firly ev,ry ma &rd
for poultry have aU, !.,, built and jclli,J witi.ir, a radius of tm miles
m oe u.mHne.tir.,0 1. ,, of of St. Hel.M. having had busi
fowl whu bring exhibit. Dr. Uos, n,.ss ,uainif, wuu nf t,n
and l. L. Tarbell have l,e quite The lrt vi-r.um i. veti h.. h,
active lately in getting the fair U ho will m.v nni-rV,ir,r i.
pro,rly advertised and have made TOnci.rninff him. as a business
trip through the Wam-n and: man and a citizen. He and his
tH-apHx.e neighborhoods. iMervii-w- j estimable wife are looked upon
ing the farmers about the fair and j by th, people ni worthy of the
met with much encouragement. It. confidence and esteem of every
is confidently e.xpec.ed that thw fair hdy. The business to te open
will bo the best ever held in the J (.,n v this company is assured
county, and should receive the si:p-;0f hjccits with Mr. Kosasco at
its head.
Tomorrow night at 8 .o'clock
port of the entire K.oplc.
BURiED TREASURE
raHMAI SF. HELENS f3
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. (ieorge are
;)encling the week at Seaside.
Norman Merrill of Clatskanie
was a St. Helens vlnitor Thursday.
Born; on the 23th of August to
Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Gage, a son
Mr. Van, Civil Engineer, went to
l'ortland Saturday on Lu.dm.si.
Mrs. Rebecca Craig returned
Sunday from a weeks visit at Mulino.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones spent Wed
nesday of this week in Portland.
Born; To Mr. and Mrs. O; D.
Kyle, on August 28th, a daughter
Dr. Zipperer and Sheriff Thomp
son made a business trip to Coble
on Wednesday.
Mr. Rose, tallyman on the mill
yard made a trip to Portland the
last of the Week.
Born; on the 18th of August to
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Harrison, a
son.
The Schooners Klamath and Sho-
dhone loaded at the St Helens Mill
dock this week for San Pedro.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kelley are
moving their household effects into
Portland where they will reside.
Mr. J. W. Allen is spending a
week or so at Forest Grove, his old
home town.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Foster have
moved into their new home in the
the doors of the hi? building will
bo throw-n open to the public and
t!.o:;e people who want to dance
rt'ill be L'iven the ennortunitv in '
ri.in niMK ... nnrr.n. nrni-.l-f. "I
riflU bULU LI m I UFA Ul KiltX i the rire office room of the hotel; Ziegler addition.
;a Li.ch will be served free to Harry West of Scappoose was at-
One mile South of St. Helens, ai j K' " -"'P ! tending to business in St. Helens
win open us doors asking ior a ; Tuesday.
share of the public patronage on I Born; To and Mh g l
aclassof Koodsi.ev.rLefowcar.jCunninffhanii AuRU8t 25th a 13
ned in this part of the country, j ounii Kjri,
Of co. irsc a portion of the stock; ".
carried will be Italian K00JS Mr. and Mrs. Peter Felton visited
v. ;,i, h will appeal especially to wilh frind3 at Albany- 0reon'
tl'at r.alionality. but a large por-jlast wet'k'
i lion of their kooJs willl forsale Mr. and Mrs. E. rnske bave
' other nationalities. One! i"1 completed a bungalow on Walla
piiii.-t i' i. :i vii(ili.:i e ; tvaua Mreei anu nave movea mio
j u iin hm:; ? w here will b' carried
ithe following well known wines;
the bolUtin of Willamette Slouj.;h
lies a hidden treasure consisting of
twenty dollar gold pieces. The
treaiure was placed there some time
during the ast U years by some
river pirates and -nly one man w
alive today who knows the exact
location and that was h-ciired from
tho dying statement of one of the
pirates some moron rgo. r.;iri
this wsk a diver ai lived ;'iou
Portlan'l on the St. aou r AMeiica
Angelica. Mierry. Muscatel, lies
iing. Port, iiinfandel. Claret and
California wines. These will be
and landed at the Columbia Count)
LumU-r Company's dock to hunt for
the gold, but after waiting for t .vo
... .i i .. j- i it., i. ...i I
or u.ree ,. a.a,,,..-u. ... jS(,M at wholesale, quantitiesmore
I if L. . . .... 1... ii.,nwi 1 1 f , n in
irn loin uie ony
Portland and together they were
going to Income suddenly wealthy.
A representative of the Mist made
an Investigation of the story and
has become convinced that some
body has either played n practical
joke on a diver or else there has
been an overdose of doj e used by
some one and the details of this
great treasure m its location n;e
the result of the pipe dieam.
ERA Of Slf llffi
Wrshingt-w. D. C. August pec
iaD An era of shipbuilding and in
creased tonnnge of forern in
in American bottoms may be look-
ed for now that the Panam
than one pallon.
The grocery department will
have a stock of cheese including
Imported Swiss. I'ocquefort. Ro
man, as well as Oregon cheese.
All kinds of groceries will be frr
sale, also fresh vegetables right
form the fine gardens of Mr. Iio
sasco. Orders will be taken by
telephone ard free delivery made
to any part of St. Helens or Houl
tor. The Hotel feature is another
and important branch of this
Company. They have one of the
finest hotel buildings in Columbia
Co.mtv thoroughly modern in
t j I. 1 'iL
ht ' every respect ami iurmsncu wnn
o l gr.i !o of new lurnitnre.
a Canal Single Moms, suites for house-
bill ho. been signed by the 1'reri- keepma r ami . parlors on i every
lliH.r. ilie RllClieil win uvieaiu-
edover by an experienced cook
dent and the machinery for operat
ing tho "Great Ditch" created by
Congress at last on the statue looks.
It means tho re-habi. nations ot
the American merchant marine , is
. . e
a favorite expression of scores oi
leg.slators, while thos who have
been making the h,;ht of their lives
for a return to the old order or
things before the Civil War, as it
relates to our own shipping, see in
the Panama Canal bill a consumma
tion much to be desired. President
Taft in his special message to Con
gress on the Panama Canal MM
while in favor of free tolls for
American vessels engaged in the
eoast-wiso trade very diplomatical
ly calls up on Congress to pass
and first class service is promised
in tho dining room.
This is an enterprise which
should receive encouragement
from our people and will no doubt
prove a success for the promo
ters. At any event go out tomor
row n'ght and have Louie show
yoj around their fine quarters and
sample a lunch gotten up
country stylo.
old
Dr. J. W. McDotigal Supt. of
Portland district, will occupy the
St. Helens pulpit at their regular
service next Sunday morning.
Immediately after the sermon
. . ... - I.,.:..,, ..in- lor-i t V.t 1.01M S rUL'l.ei win iv "
!1T1!1". .hTruVh to try out thei istered. All arc most cordially
nf iliscrimination in favor invited to aUena
iUvnn' '
of ourselves before the Supreme
Court. ' In this way it is thought,
will the alleged violation of the
TV McDougal will arrive in St.
Helens. Saturday evening to hold
fourth ouartcrly ' conference at
...i u .nn.i- over tne legisiHuoo wm i.c .... -----
enacted, be greatly allayed.
However it is a triumph
three moro Sundays in this con
ference year. The present ras
tor will preach his farewell ser-
for
& nr. I I lOV
America and nicne.u - . 1-
mU. At ... ,vm.ct wonderful! monScptcmbei U.
nave u nn v"
.l! : nv of increased com
mcrco when thJ Panan.r. Canal is
open to tho ships of the worm.
Fs Dr. Lowe Wednesday Sep
O tember U.
L. II. Combs, the ice mim, has
leased tho ice house on the Sheldon
Dock in St. Helun. and hereafter
will serve his customers from this
point instead of from Houlton.
't-
i Fred Morgus is visiting with re
latives and friends in South Bend,
Wash.
Merle Wilson who has been sum
mering in the harvest fields of East
ern Oregon and Washington, return
ed to his home here this week.
Mr. Burke, manager of Ben Sell
ing's campaign for United "States
Senator, was a St. Helens visitor
last Saturday.
Mrs. Peter Felton and Miss Bes
sie Halstead made a trip to Rainier
Wednesday, where Miss Halstead
will teach school the coming term.
Jacob George and Miss Amy
George left yesterday for a trip on
the Coweman River where they will
fish and hunt for some time.
Miss Lulu George left today for
Pendleton, Ore., where she is em
ployed as Principal ef one of the
schools.
Mrs. II. E. Veazie and son Zd
have returned from a visit with
friends and relatives in Tacoma.
Wash.
R. II. Craig and L. O. Klapp,
Evangelists will begin a series of
gosel meetings Aug. 30 at Mr. O.
H. Howard's place. All are cordi
ally Invited.
Mr. Earnest John and Miss Jessie
Drew, with a party of friends took
a trip to the City water works big
Dam qn Milton creek last Sunday,
returning via the flume.
G. W. Johnson of the Lottville
neighborhood has commenced oper
ations on a new house In the Zieg
ler tract where he will move in the
Charles Popejoy will begin handle
ing the Journal both daily and Sun
day the 1st of September and hopes
ti double his subscription list with
in a short time.
L. R. Rutherford and family re
turned last Friday night from a
week's camping out trip over on the
Nehaiem. They returned through
Washington County. The entire
trip was made in the Automobile.
The officers of the Ladies' Aid
Society of the M. E. Church St.
Helens will entertain the members
of the Aid at the home of Mrs.
Deming Wednesday September 4th.
All members are requested to be
present.
J. E. Ramsey, who purchased the
old Masonic Hall on Columbia
Street has converted the ground
floor into a machine shop where all
kinds of repairs to gasoline engines
and autos will be made. Mr. Mc
Coy, a skilled mechanic will be in
charge.
Rev. Frank L. Bums will preach
at the Houlton Free Methodist
church next Sunday at 11 o'clock,
at the Bachelor Flats schoolhouse at
3 oelock, at Yankton in, the even
ing. Rev. Burns is a strong preach
er and all will be benefited who
hear him.
The Schooner Bartjett will arrive
in St. Helens about the 20th of Sep
tember to load a cargo for the West
Coast. Also the big steamer Ikalis
will arrive during September to
load a full cargo, about 2,000,000
feet for Australia.
C. C. Wilson, formerly a saw mil
man of Rainier, now a resident of
Calgary, Canada, was a business visl
itor in St. Helens yesterday. He
has taken up a homestead in the
Northern country and is well pleas- j
ed with the outlook. j
Max Lueddeman, a prominent
real estate man from Portland, was
looking after business matters, in
St. Helens, Wednesday. The firm
nf which Mr. Lueddeman is a inem
lx;r has secured a large tract of
land near Scappoose and are selling
it out in small tracts on eaty terms.
Next Monday is Labor Day and
plans are being made for a big
benefit ball game between the mar
ried men and the single men of St.
Helens. It is a foregone conclus
ion that the Benedicts will win the
game but the single boys will play
anyway and a good game will be the
result. Posters will announce the
game later.
A telephone call from Portland
this morning from Dr. R. L. Jeffcott
announces that he will be in St. Hol
ers next week to resume his work in
his dental offices. Dr. iir.d Mrs.
Jeffcott have made an extended trip
to Kurope, visiting England. France
and other countries. They have
been gone about thrive months.
Mr. George B. Baxter, President
of the First National Bank of Berk
ley, Calif., was a St. Helens visit
or early in the week. He was ac
companied here by Mrs. Geo. W.
McBride, of Portland, a large prop
erty holder in Columbia County.
The engagement of Mr. Baxter and
Mrs. McBride has been announced
in the Portland papers.
There has been a question among
fishermen as to whether it required a
license to fish for Croppies and the
Game department has Issued in
structions to all wardens that a
Croppy is a species of Bass and that
it will require a license hereafter to
fish for them. Fishermen will please
take notice.
The dance at tho Skating RJnk
last Saturday night, Riven by Bert
near future.
A party of Mrs. L. R. Ruther- i Timmons, was another big success,
ford's Sunday School Class has; Between 75 and 100 couples attend
been camping up Milton Creek
this week. The girls report a
wet but none the less jolly time.
It takes more than rain to clam
pen the spirits of a dozen Y. O.
U. girls. Misses Philip and Ke
tel acted as chaperons. Miss
Laura Heist of Salem also spent
the week in camp. .
ing. The music was furnished- by
the St. Helens Orchestra, new ly or?
ganized by Mr. A. A. Galichio and
good, popular music was rendered
and a good time had by all. The
midnight supper was given by Mrs.
Brinn at the Brir.n Hotel and was
one of the features of the evening.
During the past week there has
h Security of Home
and HappuieM
will be the portioo o f Ibe young
: couplq who levin saving from the
: iat. Tie
: COLUMBIA COUNTY BANK
i puis Joint accounts lor hnabands aod
iv under (htrmtof which either
; can withdraw money ia Seas ol n
: cuity. Yon should certainly opea
one. Then you'll both ba interested
in acting it grow.
Columbia County Bank
OLDEST IN THE COUNTY
4 Par Cant Paid on Savings Account mad Tieaa Cartificataa
United Statee Depoeitery far PeataJ Faaab
WaLM.ROSS.Pr.mUat. L. R. RO I HERFORO, Viae PraaUaaS '
A. USTONE.Cbr. J. S. ALLEN. A Mlilaat Calar
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St. Helens MO! Co.
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Electric Lighting
(Saves Your Eyes)
Lath
Steam Heating
(Prolongs Your Lives)
Wood Lumber
Columbia County Abstract
And Trust Co.....
Abstracts, Real Estate, Insurance,
Loans, Conveyancing
St. Helens.
Oregon
V-
We are after your linen
and want yon to pat ran ix. oar
La nn dry for your ova fake wet
sioors. Don't ran away with
the no' ion that yon eaa gtt better
mork done tlpewsrc for leas money.
Yon can't. Farther, your money
spent with us, is, by ttt tpa-at with
onr liome business men.
St. Helens LaccjryU"
A FULL LINE OF
NTAL'S
F.UflLY MEDICINES
The Most Reliable Remedies
on the Market
DEALING'S DRUG STORE
LIS tiimnmmiiOHtitiitniiiiii
a
FIFTY-FIRST
ORISON STATE FAIR.
It is with regrets that we find it ' been a number of men from Port
necessary to cancel the dates for the .land and other points', ia St. Helens
Columbia County Sunday School j looking over tho plans nnd specifi
Conventior for September Sid and ' cations of the rewtr to le construct
4 th. We now hope the Convention ! ed in St. Helens. From the num
may be held in October. . I bcr of prospective bidders the work
O. M. Washburn Co. S, S. S. Fre3. jthould le done tt a vuy reasonable
Mrs. A. L. Clark, Sec'y. & Treas.co't.
-Salem,-"
Sept. 2-7, 1012
$18,000.00 Offered in Premiums on Livestock, Poultry,
Agricultural and Other Products
Raccsr Dog Show, Shooting Tourement, Band Concerts,
Fireworks and Free Attractions.
Send for Premium List and Entry Blanks. Reduced rates
on rII Railroads. For particulars address
FR. IXK MEREDITH, Secretary
SALEM :: OREGON
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