For Sale and Want Ads
Ads la Thaw Column Bring Rt u'ts
vr
HAY & OATS FOR SALE.
C 0. Oahijrren.
6-31 Warren. Ore.
STRAYED to my place about a
month apo, 5 yearling calves, hole
punched in ear. Pelievd to have
ome from GoMe or vicinity. V.
S. Hutchinson Ranch. Rainier.
For Sl
Fix acre farm, a!! improved, pood
house, barn and outbuildings. One
mile from St. Helens. Terms and
prices see Geo. Terry, Houlton, Ore.
fSTOP LOOK READ ! !
The opportuuitcs offered you to buy a lot or acreage iu Rainier, the most sub.'-tautial aiul
prosperous little City on the roast, at prices that will astonish you. We will sell you prop
erty on a io per cer t c.r.sh paj m.'ct, balance easy terms, that will double in value before you
get it paid for. We have never sold a piece of property that the purchaser could not Kl't Jre
than they paid for it. We have so:ue snaps to offer now. Full sie lots, 50x100 $200 auJ up.
WHY PAY RENT
Buy a lot. Puild a home. $ 10
down f 10 n month, then you have
It. Fee Ft. ITeVns Improvement
Co. A. T. Laws. Mcrr.-
LOST Gold bar pin with pearl
In the center and a turquois in each
side. Return to Mrs. C. H. John,
St Helens. (2-0
WANTED A man to clear five
acres of land. Apply to C. W,
Hasten, Houlton, Ore.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
150 colonies of bees. V. Stevens,
Houlton, Ore. 4-t
LOST Book called "Molly Make
Belief," between Hou'ton and St.
Helens or in St. Helens. Reward.
Finder please return to Miss Ethel
Dujran, 703 1-2 Hoyt street, Portland.
FOR RENT Rooms in the
Building-.
Bank
DRY FIR WOOD FOR SALE
D. H. Fope.
Fhone through St. Helens or ad
dress, Warren, Ore. 9-13-t
Buy Business Property
We own the choicest sites on the principal streets of
the City that offer a speculative profit of 50 bcr cent
within a year. Watch Commercial Street, the com
ing business thoroughfare of the City.
Buy a Fruit or Dairy Farm
Choice acreage that will raise anything and a local
market to consume it. The Rainier Creamery can
use 100 per cent more daily products, the Grocers
will take all your farm products at top priess.
WHY RAINIER?
Because it has six miles of the best fresh water harbor on the Pacific Coast, accomodating the
largest seagoing vessels from all parts of the world, with a railroad tunning along the s'.iore
providing shipping facilities for manufacturers to load direct to ship or rail. It is a tributary
to an almost inexhaustable supply of the best timber in the world and the richest agricultural
ground. It has extensive deposits of clay for the highest known grade of brick and tiling, and
immente deposits of iron ore aud cement rock. It has cheap fuel and cheap electric power
and it has a beautiful, elevated, healthy townsite with all modern improvements, a pop
ulation of 2,000 and a pay roll of $50,000 per month
RAINIER LAND COM PAN Y
T
RAINIER
OREGON
Capital. $100,000
,' Dr. A. P. McLaren
cfcf
Assets, $400,000
" a.
r1
E. H. Joseph
F. R. Daia
DIRECTORS!
Geo. F. Moack, Jr.
Geo. W. V igel
A L ClarU
L S. Thomas
Oregon Agricultural
College
This great institution opens its (ioor
for the fail semester on September L0th.
Courses of instruction include : General
Agriculture, Agronomy, Animal Hus
bandry, lairy Husbandry. Bacteriology,
Botany and Plant 1'athoiogy, Poultry
Husbandry, Horticulture, Kntomoloirr,
Veterinary Science, Civil Engineering.
Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Kn
gineering. Mining Engineering. High
way Engineering, Domestic Science,
Domestic Art, Commerce, Forestry,
Pharmacy, Zoo'ogv. Chunistry, Physics.
Mathematics, Knglih I.arjznag and
Literature, Public Speaki.ig, Modern
Language, History, Arl, Art-hire r-ture.
Industrial Pedagogy, Physical Educa
tion, Military bciunce aud Tactics, and
Music.
Catalogue and illustrated literature
mailed l'rte on application. Addre-s:
Registrar, Oregon Agricultural College,
Corvallis, Oregon.
School Year Open. Sept 20th
LIVE NEWS FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS
arced the oratorical feats of into ::oo l)ul'!s i.f upl-s. The
their predecessors of tiventy-four I 'are amount of nitrogen and con
years ago by miles. The Record ! im-nt hijjh market value of plant
when completed will contain
about 26,000.000 words, and the
T
I
HOULTON
deserve. The weather Is not
orable to out dxr services.
fav-
Dangerous Eleeoisgs
boBWinm, r..i, w Titic.s Vsias
Our Worea-to-Fit
Silk Elastic Hosiery
relieT at ones ,frcn cits.
Stocking!, Kpm Caps, Anklats
N!f-m.,ir-r-fit l.!r 9 rrleat:t,a
WOODAHD. CLARKE CO.
l'f tiuuJ. Or'ia
CHURCHES-
Methodist hptoop:il Ci.urrn
The Houlton schools began Tues-( Our meat market was about to
change hands last week, but up to
i date the deal has not been consum
ated. .
i S. Fake and family of Tillamook
day September 3, with E. S. Faxon ;
as principal, Miss Conolog-ue, Inter
mediate and Miss Murphy Primary.
Elder McDougal held the regular
quarterly meeting at the M. E.
are somewhat frayed, in fact
they haven't any nerves left.
foods in alfalfa anil vetch is cITsd
by the storage of atmospheric ni
trogen in the soil bv these- nlanN.
nerves of the official reporters so ,., thn rml nimn ,i,,.fr
not come on the soil. The mineral
foods which these legutninoiis crops
cany, however, are large and repre
sent real losses when they are sold
as hay from the farm. The values
for kale are extreme und represent
the real demands on an acre of soil
by an average kale crop, which, by
i
ST. HELENS
1 Harness i Shoe Shop
T3 MONTr.oMiKT
ST. HELENS, ORE.
I J J.M.UTYA
9 1 1 u I 1 . 1 llll.
I
au-b U W - jrw . M m
AUTOLOADING
RIFLE
Tki. lail t.Jk in Uo Its
Sfl d IWl M M lUa.
I
All the advantages of
tha big game arm with
non of it discom.
fort or annoyances
The recoil Jik-s the work of rcloadinil and
instead of rtoundintl your shoulder. Five hois- just
pull and release the triWer. Your action stays open
and warns you when it'i time to above in a fresh clip.
You cun never jct in a tight placcthc gun never
clogs. KikIi shot strikes a one ton blow.
Simple action timplo ule-down.
SfnJ lor motion pictur hookUt apUlalnf tb
Ktmmgton-UMC AutiAonltnt Hifla's hif points.
Remington-UMC Metallic Cartridgea combine th
IukIipiI velucrty with the grratcst shouting accuracy.
Mudo m all caWrres loc every standard hrorm.
en Remington-UMC cartndrt are ud,
the arm ii guaranteed Id the lull extent oi (J
nunu(.u.turrr's guatanle.
Naming! of VMC Ik pr1ri skoolia cmakiaalMa
Reniiii jloa Aratvl'otoa Metallic Cartridiic Co.
L""! rWs-or a ft,. Qi,
0 mil -4fT- MM
ST. HELENS DAIRY:
Church in Houlton last Saturday. have locatel in Houlton, in one
i
of
Mr. Kelley's houses.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. I). Masten,
a daughter, Mrs. fasten and baby
are getting along nicely and Iel
mare is wearing the smile that
Sunday School 10 M
PreachinK HO'
Epwortb Iasfue 0
Treadling " ?M
Mid-week fprvire Thur?''ar 7:00
ft o s u c c r s r, ml
M uiliofs of Homes
Our
The Milkmaid's Convention, a
four act comedy drama given under
the auspices of the "V!n One" club,
ojx'ned the theater season in Houl
ton. It was an all-star aggregation
in which it is hard to select one as!wonj come on
being more brilliant than the rest. !
T, ,i . i Mrs. Mathews ami daughter hthel
The address of welcome given by ;
the Houlton delegate was thorough-' have returned from the coast,
ly appreciated and contained swne Miss Ethelyn Tierce of Kadfield,
very wholesome criticism of our city Kansas, sjent the week end with
and its ways of doing. If it is tak- her old time friend and school mate,
en in earnest instead of jest it will , Mrs. C. L. Dark. Miss Fierce, who
do us all a great deal of good , js a teacher has sjrent her vacation
Mr. A. J. Kelly and wife are at-; in traveling and sight seeing, taking
tending the State Fair this week. (notes on all the interesting things
The wet weather is interfering , he saw so as to be able to tell them
with Jack Despains road work. The ! entertainingly to her pupils.
i -t i i..if I -
ooys are geuing in arx.ui nan ume. The "Win One ' club will reieat
H. O. Howard's tent meetings the "Milkmaid's Convention" at
are not getting the attendance th,ey) Yankton in the near future.
In these days of tensely strung
nerves and over wrought imagin
ations, it is as much as any man's
reputation is worth to lift his voice
against the mad clamor for "re
form, or to deny to the reformer, ; experience, is known to be 'hard
regardless of what his particular ; on the land.' 'The small nniount
cult may be, an exclusive monopoly ! of fertility entering into dairy pro
on honor, integrity and divine in-j ducts and live stock explain (In
spiration. We have, somehow ( well known fact that these indus
a notion that the agitator against tries do not deplete the soil."
existing conditions is necessarily a i
holy man. God-inspired, incapable ADVERTISED LETTERS
of doin or thinking wrong; and
that all other men are fools and !
knaves without honor and unworthy!
of trust ami resect
f'f ,': MILK .1X1) me.lv
J'ruiu Hi altli ij Colts
Delivered to Your Door Kvery Day
AND
letters uncIaiiiK'd in the St. Hel
en, Ore. I'ostollice for the week i nd
ini A in' :il . lur.'r
As nearly as ., v ,,n,irt. ,
our knowledge serves us, this hall u-i ,. , t ',, ' ,
. . ... . M eneer Jones. I oreign. 1 eit.-rv
af s t n 1 f I f
cnvui.ai venmcaies
rREALHopeyM
Mr. Ed;tor:-
There is one question begin
ning to be discussed that is of
more vital consequence for Ore
gon than anything else at the
present time and that is cheap
'money for the improvement of
the land. During the last twenty
Bankers at 2 1-2 per cent. By
no stretch of imagination can
they be called an infant industry
nor deserving objects of Nation
al charity. Let every voter de
mand from his Congressional
Candidate a pledge of his support
to some manner of government
are
(years most of European countries, aid for now is the time their
cinaUon moves in circles over the
world, returning, like the ancient
pack peddler, periodically. The
world has lieen full of evils needing
correction from time immemorial.
According to history, we have made
spasmodic attempts to correct them.
These periods of frantic Correction
our historians record as periods of
'social unrest." They last, usual
ly, for a few years; then, according
to the chronicler, the people return 1
once more to their daily pursuits,,
leaving the evils to take care of I
themselves, and prosperity, happi
ness, in a degree, and contended
minds once more possess us. The
Westener.
letters unclaimed by Sept.-mbrr i:i
will lie sent to the Oead-Ielti-r o!Hce.
M. C. Cray. P. M.
ODCEs
THE DAIRY THAT HAS SERVED YOU WITH THE BEST
c'teanest i'koduct for three years will
continue io accommodate you
r.K ;r.i- Ki'Vd'KA - - Proprietor
I Low Round Trips East
I On (ha cUln 1,-iv.n hclow, Round Trip Ttckl will b solj Io the points
the Eait thown l.rlow, ami many others al greatly reduced fares quotsd:
Fast Trains Fast
IN CONNECTION WITH
Northern Pacific and
Great Northern Ry.
Send for Booklet
04 6 Cw itt BfyPwtWI 0(
have, in some manner, provided ears are open. At least let every
. A 1 1 . .1 J . . 1 iL .
icrif-aD monev lor tne iarmer. aiwui nu Biuuy me
While this country has been do
ing the very reverse policy by
i
'jucauiuii an it iiany aiievis nit?
weifare of the whole country.
Str. IRALDA
Summer Rates between
St. Helens and Portland
50 cents one way
75 cents round trip
Tickets good anytime after
April 4th
Boatl'avps St. Helens 7:"a. m.
Returning leaves Portland 2:30 p. In.
Arrive at St. Helens 4 T, p. tn.
C I. HOOCHKIRK
j taxing the farmer for the bene
fit of the Industrial communities
until, by robbing the soil, ils pro
ductiveness ha3 been seriously
impaired. The transportation
and sfilc of his products have
been eo managed that even the
preset: t high cost of living U of
small benefit to the farmer. The
mobt Ferious problem in the cheap
money question' is where the
money is to come from. I wish
to draw the attention of your
readers to the fact that the gov
ernmrnt has already a fund start
ed that could be drawn on.
I refer to the Post Office Sav-
J. P.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis, Ore., Aug. 31 "It is a mat
ter of considerable interest and im
portance to know the demands
which particular crops are making
upon the soil, especially when plans
are being made as they are in mod
ern methods of farming to meet
these demands by appropriate fer
tilization," says Prof. C. E. Drad
ley of the Oregon Agricultural Col
M. lil.I.E.SN n.Mr, ;,u ufw,
W. OK A. .Meits first and tldrd
Wednesday.
J. . Cl.irkr, Om-.nl.
it. K. I.a!!. I: K, Cli-rk.
FIOl'UON CIRCLE M) s,s, Women "Jl
Woodcraft, meets the second ami
fourth Tu. sd.iy aflernoon of en. !,
muaih at Houlton, Ore. Mrs. I
Wiktrotn, tiuardian NeijliU)r.
K-.ii.(,ose, Ore; Minnie A. M .rl.y
CUrk.
Col'.uiihu Kiicnrniiiirnt No. 77, I. ()
O. K. niKetslu the I. O. O. K. lEill.
the second and fourth Thnrsdny r,f ench
month, tojourueyilii I'atriarrh most
cordially Invlied to meet nilli us.
Chas, Spinner, Chief Patriarch.
C. W. Illakesley, Noril.
t;oi.UMI!IA IIOMKSTKAIJ .No.
Brotherhood of Amerieau Veon en,
mwli the second and fourth Wed
nesday ninrit of each month at Ynnk
ton.Ore. Visiting nu-mliers welcome.
K. S, Hinsov, llonorahln Foreman
. K Lakh, Correspondent.
MlZI'til U.iIiItKk Nor:;o, oK.
Meets In Mntonic Hall the sec, tid
und fourth Sutnr I iv o. ncli tnonth
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lull , lm, ., ., , (iirul.lm) oil rr.r.
W. I;. CO At AN.
(it-n. freight and l'a.cngi-r At
O. DI.VI.NS. Aitcnt.
Houlton, Orrgun.
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l'r arc
W. A. Mflnil.e. X. 1,
C. W. .Ukt!cv. S !.
lee chemistry department, in a
The session of Congress just I new bulletin on "The Soils of Ore-
closed has been the "talkiest" in ikom" (No. 112.)
the history of the government. "The los.s-s of mineral foods and
The comr leted Congressional nitrogen bv leachim? an.l the loas of
Ironl nf the rnn will nnn.1,,,,.... I. ,1; . ., "" " """'"' nd '"'ir' I
..... ,m,",ui 1jr Ulltl.1 UAIUUllllll Ol V, HI I ,,( I. ,
1 i 1 1 j 1 ,01 en 11 ri.ont! . 1 ; t n lt .,,..
Iqii, aiiniirinlAtu ir 1 1 lll ri'irrna -.1.1:.: 1 i I L f I I "MH l.i II
,j,,vAiini.Kij m, hk.-.,, i-iiur.te, niioiiiorifii (lemunnn wnicn j nl n s ki veil hsrtr v.elroir
it .H m-i lor pesi jwicora oi mem come to the cultivated noil." he con
all. Ita nearest competitor wasjiinu.-s. He then Rives a table of
tht..t of the firf t session of the fertility of wheat, vetch lay, alfalfa
session of the Fifteenth Con-' hay, timothy, potatoes, apples, fat
Kress, vlun-e members delivered ! cattle, milk, butter ard fresh kale,
tnemselves of words suflicient to fihowir.jr the composition and mark-
lill 9.61G pages. That session, et value.
however, lasted from December' "The value of the j.lant food
until tne roiio'Ainir Uctober 20. ' one ttcre of uh..nt w.nniatii An
in 2 Dank which this cenprnna i Thin nna ni'imirxa in A ,, .,..,1 i r. e T.. ii
" i " ' - - J JUI lin III a III MM V H T II. I', m I' V If, Iba ...nn
.... x- 1L - . .. . , . . .. I .....no iimn- hrotllef. enr.tl..11- .
wuauy pmwiiii m me poorjyei veruoie Btaternen have distner 24.25 worth cf plant food, gojeurk, iiJu,- K. 7. QuioVs:',eta,
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Everybody Treated Right I
F- J. BASEEL
"ry (,ooIs, Mens $23.00 suits for $20.00, Ladie
onus, ocst quality, Hats, Caps, Hoots and Shoes,
Ladies' Capes, Coats, Shirt Waists, Furniture of all
Kinds, Stoves and Ranges, Hardware. Tinware.
SI'KCIAI,: I'.kst St OAR, 5.90 per sack
(liiarautccd flour $1.40 per sack Wc have a fine
Line of Fruit Jars and wc sell them cheap.
Gunpowder Tea 45c lb. 40c CofXcc 35c lb.
-Wc Sell Everything Cheap-
COMIC AND SAVH YOUR CASH
HOULTON . . OREGON
PHONE 52
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in Kr iiki.k.n Haw: v,4.vi-- 4
A V A AM. Met. st ,, :M!j ' l' ' V - '
fstui.iaylurnrl.m.no,. Vkl,i,,kll ' v ; .'L
Houlton Market
POWtLL & HARRIS, Preps.
1'K.U.KItS i
I'Vosh and Cured Meats
Poultry, Kggs and Iiutter
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED
CORRECT WEIGHTJ
V.'. p,y ich.t Cash Prlc. for B-f.
fork ! Vaal