)
iy Oregon Mist
Founded 1881
" " " iJ ttUmi hi
'fls Mit Pushing Company
inas tna'lor Jm r r 10,
.t.r4 M '"
for th nirnii.atiun. lb. ;n i...: .
naUon by k(,(,lMi(;;if d s - m. r,)r ear.
gHtcd, Stolen by tu. -if, .,.,. n ' U in '"luU-nve
but he will fail , 1,y'i-'tl'-Or!rUM ith a vu-w
an.l his ,aa,r-r.i j,,,;,,.., ,, . '" t'.ut.
230 contend, an.1 t! i . :.. ' ru" K"""-
- "' II me . i i.iohjit of thi
a,,. i m iii-iv-. "rMu vuiiiiuiiivc, i .mi u rii.i.i I.',,,,, ,;u er. A
11.60
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to l)o thfi
On -iron farm.
!, .. ' V ' 1 MiliiN ' movement Ijim ijSt ,(.n
followers, v,, .l,at a'l I, it 7 -n-hv the Imparl mont
were so frivulo-js . , i ";. 'yruult.ire. the Salem Hoard
Worthy of .'..m,i,lcrati.,n Tl,..,' f?.' r.?"'1 Agri-
To the Taxpayers and Voters! Silf.iAJMAJMA.IifA HtK
of Columbia County j j
Ilavlnyr fulfilled all requirements
n. - Kry to have my name printed
upon the ballot as a candidate for
tin position of County Surveyor of
Columbia County. I demre to say
that I have been enwed continu
um yt''
i. aoutll
uffrtWmi",r,,""'1,k,,ow" "
County Official
Paper
hail Li i... i i.. .. .. '-"""go will cooperate to;usly for more than 20 years as ur.
there would have becnenuuH, f soon lie placed. The fhJ I ''" Cahfornia to
the 2TA) contest iWi.t.-J i . ' l'n'-' distributed bctv,,.,n , 'd'lr River in Alaska. Was en-
' vi'ivj in i i u ,M11.: .... ; . ,aaj
I
lavor to have Riven him the mm i.
nation; of course had this d ,',.
of affairs happened they wvuU
not have been stealing delegate.
! He will ixThiiiiH full
. Im am sna nf ; i ....
Viare now nvum vine was willing to take tin
various in tercsta mirl fam,.... Uraired with Countv 55urvfvrir In
auviwj as to the best methods. Angeles and Kan Hernardio
Orer.n v heat growers ho)i; to 1 Counties four years, principally on
taptur-. tl.o f.j.OW) traction en-j'1 construction,
ruie and nlav.'i
,viiv; ' VMUl1 a uie navinjf wen locaiea in Columbia
n iir Frit out i l ..i- .
" ' ' "v live lilisneis Of
.1
. , - - v I'll. ll'JIill li.l.i.t .. ...
..n..,hinirOut." A time wnen; nation ami run f,.,-i h.(r, .I .. Ul "own ln the American
manjinnandmuniclpalityjput,, on the ;,: ! ;;; ; year by the
Bortitachoutand irrasp every form and declaration of I,r ci. f Vr ExPslt,on
reunify n, tret business and pIe8 as Taft is runnin, , . , l2'-
Iualn improvement with the that when l... u.r. , , ' re v, ill be .sharp competition
. .:.. ..v. , .... ,u- lorlirK. i.aci. All .k
A UNio nun' iwhi- mm,., a f kf M:nv nr,.,.t , f,.,.i ;,. ' , .. . " "v
I . i ... .'. v"-v-1" '".SliO'ilfl nm their fiv t.nchl.
competitor.
"Walk-Over Shoes
M
c A new assortment of
the famous
WALK-OVER SHOES
JUST AltMVED
LATEST STYLP:S, POPULAR PRICES,
and nobbiest line in the Couuty. Come and
secure YOURS while the assortment is large:
YOURS FOR BUSINESS
WHITE & WHITE
Houlton, Ore.
r
.i.inr U n liir factor toward Ms
luccess of anj enterprise or civic
rmvfth. Ati'iiowhen the peo-
pie of a cmniiMnlty or city must
. unit and o after the
for if they don't; the
business w ill not come to them.
There U to'j much competition
imonir business firms as well as
eommunitie for one to jret all the
fwdthinir that are Koin. There
enough for us all if wo get our
ihre. but in order to jfet our
ihare we must advertise and
keep up in improvemenfrwlth the
other fellow and the other com.
nunity. Comp'tition is the life
of trade and Kxd clean competi
tion ahould be welcomed by all
Live competition puts us on our
guard and instills in a firm, be it
merchandisiiiK'. manufacturing.
or any other line of business as
well as imminpul, that fetlinjr
that ho or it r.mst bo a L-nder
and not a follower, lie knows
that he must handle up to date
goodi and do business in an up
todate manner in order to com
pete with the other fellow. A
city government knows that It
must keep abreast of the times
ith improvements and offer the
best opportunities for capital to
invest and industries to locate.
It must carry on its business just
ttamcrchandisinjr firm or any
other bu.sincM. It must adver
tise. If a business can not, stand
competition there is something
ronir with the management.' If
business nu n already installed in
an established business in a com
munity refuse to lend their aid in
the further development of the
community in which they reside,
they must le afraid of honest
competition, when men get to
a place where they are doing
well and want every kind of
business to come to the p!ace
Vlfh (Kn av unid i.r if IrtA tin rl if It. :
tin i av i i' i lint vi wav put v.
liar kind in w hich they are en-
.Raged, it is unite evident they are
'raid of competition. This
hould not bo the case with this
l nt ,.,.. Tk., l M l.a
blic spirited enough lo afsist
m every way they can to build
P the city und give every en-
rage me nt to others 'to come
L ... ... . .
Cre 10 live and do business, ll
iness does come in the same
Jines, already represented In the
ity and the amount of people
l&nd business will not warrant
jtoore of that kind In the com
munity, it will simply be, as it
hould he, a case of the survival
f the fittest and if the estab-
nhed business cannot hold its
n against a new business it is
ot the fault of the new manor
rirm but rests absolutely with the
I old business firm.
This little lecture Is written for
the benefit of the organization of
the Commercial Club In this city,
,M we have heard rumors that
jthere is some knocking going on
iforthe reason that the city al
Jready has enough business houses
-and that if a building ij erected as
nanneu dv the Clnh. thcra wi
e more business houses open up
na that business will be divided.
This sentiment, if it does exist,
deplorable and no doubt when
I L ... I .f .
il to ilu. en,,.,. p.. .i "ra,n r NVl11 A- Campbtdl. Mm
. ....... rii.j:j any mail,
I
1 i .
ie eiecteci i n that plallonn. Il
will till n jrol many thin, hut
wo aro gomir to listen to him and
when wo come back fr.nn tin
great meeting to he held in I'orl.
I.nd this afternoon, we will
what he hai to Fay l.y May of ex
planation of a few things ard
tell you all about it.
.Well the big speech has len
spoken jind we are at a loss as to
what to say. The speech did not
givo any explanations as to why
linosevelt should be tdccte.l pv.
cept that lMth the old t arfis had
some Dosses connertc 1 with them. I
SUeh as IJarncrt. Hoot. I't r.n . ;
and Arch bald on one side audi
Uyan, LVInu.nf. Tntrgart niid.
Murphy on the other. Ho failed i
to mention such men Pi l'erkirs'
and Mellarg and a few rthers:
which were boosting the Tl.i.-di
party. 'I he princiji:.! ;v; .so i ;; , ;
signed 1'nr hs elect ii n uas that!
he wanted theoilio.' and that TaMi
nan r.oi loiu.-WMt nut r,n ijoiicy in
theappointnu-r.t of .!!ici.r.
Colonel and his heech were truly i 3
a disappointrnetit to the people. 3
His reasons for thenew party v.c re
not given except that a new ;nrty j
was coming Homo time and that!
when he was defeated for the He-)
(juiekly decided that this wasthej A
accepted time. The enthusiasm ! "fl
displayed at the meeting was sim-1 3
iIhi In I lu ii 1 1 hnaifwri-i nt 'in v twill. :
tical meeting, the great majority . "tj
of the peoplo nttendin;; being al-j "f
ready dyed in the wool Mooters I
and of course gave applause to his
remarks. I!ut honestly nothingjH
new was discussed and no light!
was shed on the political situation -5
by the Colonel. j t
n 1
neapolis, in time to reach him by
November 1.
county since December, 1911,1 have!
desire to remain at least two years
longer and if successful in securing
the majority of votes in Novpmtr 3
w,ll endeavor to so conduct work of. WMlUMTMUnM.VWrifMFIWHMWHUfSitUf
the Countv in mirvcvintr nn! all
other undertaking pertaining to Professional Crdz ; L ittTII ""1777 1
s;iid otfioe to the satisfaction of the
taxpayers within said County.
H. C. Miller,
St. Helens, Ore.
FAVORITE RESTAURANT
1
-ZIP STUDEBAKEn, Propri.tor-
77 .v licstdiiruut operate under new
nuuK'ieteifOpen day a, n d n i$ht
Every day dinner 25c Chicken dinner every Sunday 35c
Short orders on European Plan
DR. L. GILBERT ROSS
PHYSICIAN ft SURGEON
Both i-nonoi i iieieni
!
I-3 E.A.CROUSE m(
DR EDWIN ROSS
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
St. Helens
Oregon
o
E.W. KETEL
CROUSE & KETEL
Hv Opened Shop in & Morgln Building on Columbia S.. not to
5t Helens Hotel, tnd are prepared to do anything in trie building tine.
Jobbing at Reasonable Prices
E. A. CROL'SE .
DD,
Plant and Estimate Fumisned
E W.UIUi
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31
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The M
St. Helens
M
ill Co.
Electric Lighting-
(Saves Your Eyes)
Steam Heating1
(Prolongs Your Lives)
DR. R. L. JEFFCOTT
DENTIST
St. Helens
Oregon
Mr
A SPECIAL INVITATION.
St Helens, Ore, 1912.
Wage earner ;
You are cordially invited to call at
our Btoro and Inspect our large stock of general
merchandise. Then make known .your Wants, and we
will quote you prices, quality considered, that
cannot be duplicated in the city. Give us a trial.
Yours For Business.
M. MORGUS c5c SON
r. S. WHITE
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
I ll.tN-iKri KMHA1.MKU
Houlton
Oregon
Lath
Wood
Lumber
DR. ALFRED J. PEEL
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Kin, St Helens
11
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n a 11 in 11 1 11 1 1 n 11 1 1 in 11 iwi 11 asj m m r u m
Q All Work Guaranteed. Estimates Furnished. A
x R. CONSTANTIN 1
a n
i I u m .. t aa
t . numDing and n eating y
J Sheet Metal Work X
g St. Helens . Oregon U
' i
paper men. t ;
Cnmnfr nn d Abert lakes in
he men who favor it will look at Contra Oregon ar 0 to J no
Portland. Ore., .Set. 10 (Spec- !
al) Assurances of co-operation j
are being receive 1 hy the man-j
agemt nt of the Pueitic Northwest :
Ijrd Products fchow irom ail.
sections of the north coast coun
try. A letter has just come from
Idaho promising that each coun
ty in that state will have an ex-
libit.
Twentv-two dilferent districts
in the Northwest states aro ready
to nn contracts and r ake a
solendid showing and there is
every indication that the land
show in late Novemk r will he a
remarkaide exposition of soil pro
ducts. Coupled with it. and held
at the game time in Portland,
will be the biggest dairy fchow
ever held in the U est.
q nfvitf rviit errs tzarta ii t a a a sTawnnra rsmm
St. Helena School Opens Monday, September 16th 3
I1EMEMBER WC ARC HEADQUARTERS FO 1
School Books and School Supplies
WC HAVE ALSO SECURED THE AGENCY FOR
Eastman's Photographic Goods
we CARRY
ON HAND
f,T
A LA.TGE STOCK OF THE
DR. H. R. CLIFF
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Phone Kiln 13; A. 1133: Kv. K. 4G.7
Portland, Or.
1113 1 1117 Selline
llUlllllllg
GEORGE H. SHINN
ATTORN EY-ATLAW
St. Helens - Oregon
M. E. MILLER
ATTORN EYAT4. AW
St. Helens - Oregou
SCHOOL BOOKS ARE SOLD STRICTLY FOR CASH
g EC10i:,LJ
rowDEit
PY SAMITE
COLUABiyl RIVER POWDER COAPylAY
C A. J. DEM1NC, DRUGGIST, ST. HELFNS
tu, vK;i,i:.ma nro hnnnd to ' rrwmrrrXVtf&PnrKiV-L UtTVWinill'WniUTUtllll'I'J I
bo of permanent benefit to the . j
whole state and to neighboring
states w hich, like Oregon, lind
their greatest asset in the soil
and its varied wealth. The show
will do much to encourage agri
cultural development.
. Penton County came to the
State Pair with flying colors, cap
turing the first prize for the best
county exhibit in co.rpetkion
with all sections of Oregon. This
is the fifth timo Uenton ha3
scored such a triumph, and spiaks
well for the resources of that
parf of the state. The county
exhibits at the fair were particu
larly good this vear.
Editors of the state will visit
no Pendleton Hound-Up m a
b)dy. A special excursion is be-;
ing organized by the State Kdi-;
torial Association that is calcu-i
lated to bring together a very
representative assembly of pub
lishers. Special entertainment,
will bo provided for the news-!
R. E. PHELPS
CIVIL ENGINEER
& SURVEYOR
Houlton
Oregon
100,000 Fruit trees.. Write
prices. A. lloladay Scappoose.
DEAI.ItRS IN
DU PONT EXPLOSIVES
ALL EXPLOSIVES DELIVERED IN M TON LOTS OR MORE
TO ANY POINT I.N COLUMBIA COUNTY ON THE RIVER
RAINIER, OREGON
FRED WATKINS
THE LEADING CONFECTIONERY
No Use Looking Elsewhere
' for Candies and Cigars
r
Oregon
Patronize the Mist Adverticers
Watches Clocks zz
VON A. GRAY
?fc Watchmaker and Jeweler. All
Work Guaranteed.
E: Optical Goods St Helens Or. z!
Allen, Felton & Quick
REAL ESTATE DEALERS .
INVESTMENTS. CENTALS. INSURANCE. COLLECTIONS. LOANS,
LAND TITLES. AfTrVAISEMENTS. ADMINISTRATOR, GUARDIAN.
FISCAL AGENT. CONVEYANCE. EXECUTO INFORMATION
AND EMPLOYMENT
ST. HELENS . . OREGON
3E3E
VISITORS
are atwayi welcome (o come and
aee my Hock of Single Comb Buff
Lkghorna and Sinsle Comb Euff
Orpingtons. Sleek for aale at all
time. Egg fw Hatching after
February 1st, 1913.
Albert D. Larson
D. Xo I.
C0BL On.
- men wno lavor M will Iook at -,j 'jh a!lh of M,s in
' in a different light after giving Vr waters. A Ixs Angeles
t a little study
Toddy RooMvlr tV.n T'Sir Ttull
M(X)S0. ia nt Prtrtton,! rn.lftv.
Wednesday, and the editor is go-
in to hear him speak on the
Wnys and wherefores of tho cam-
Pa'gn. Ted.1v Mutll rt rtmiKt tell
ft Plle why he should be dec
,tel to the oilice of President cn
independent ticket after he
Ufated In th convention
company with very large capital j
has securetl a long lease u ch,,-
000 ncr..'S about inesc kincm wu
is building a lelinmg piani ior
evapcratinu the water. It
timatod that not less than 100.
000 tons of products will bj se
cured annually.
plani nre well along to plant a
Inrge Polish colony in rgon.
The Polish Society of I hilade.
phia is seeking from D.OjHJ to 10,
000 ncrea of good land in a body
suited tor the purpose and hopes
THE ilRSIIY OF Offl CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL.
ollVrs FREE wiih i e erpiion cf cost of postage on rrrt and cost of ih Uniwrsity Ex'
Bull, n, lo CITIZENS OF OREGON. foy UNIVERSITY COUKSES by MAIL
Ability to profit by h ces te!.trd is the or.ly rfquirrrr.ent (ct eiuollmnt in die Ccrre
S(HinJe:icc D-P"wnt. Courts are ofT-cd in th d,-par.mnts of Botany. CVbaring. Eco
nomkr, Education, Elcciricty. English Littfahire. Eng! :h Composition. Hmcry. Mathem.
Jt, Mcchamcal Dravsitig. FKsicl EJuatk n. PrysKi. Pl.ysiology. Psycliology. Sociology,
and Swvy;ns. Write to i Secretary ot'ihe CorwpcnoVnce School, University of Ore
gon. Engine, for information and catalogue. .
COURSES IN RESIDENCE al lie Univmity prpare for the Professions of
ENGINEERING, JOUP.NALISM. LAW. MEDICINE, and TEACHING. Fall seme
tr err ns Tursday. Spt. 1 7. AdJres ll e Registrar for eatalogtt oWriptive of the Ctllt S
of Engineering. College of Liberal Arts, the Schools of Education, Commerce. Law.
Md.ine. and Mm e.
FOR PORTLAND DAILt
6TEAMER
leaves 81. IleWns 6;W A.
Arrlretat rnrtlHml 10:) A.
Loaves Portland at 2:30 P.
Arrive St. Helens at 6:30 I.
M.
M.
M
M
Special Sunday Ex-
e
cursion.
Steamer Iralda 50 cents round
trip. Good for Sunday only.
Tftvs St. Helens T:5o. a. m.
Leave Portland 2:30 p. m. -Arrive
St. Helens 4:30 p. m.
C. I. IIOOG11 K1HK.
Master.
cm m i nr r n
ot. neiens iransrer co. o
Phosie IS
General Transfer and Drayage .
Dealer in
oncK, Leraenr, reea, oana ana q
Shingles
Agents for
STUDEBAKER
Wagons and
Vehicles
Barn Opposite School H
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Surrounded by Good Groceries
eery honiewif ought to be eon
tot t d. If rhei'eals with us wt
are sure olbrr aatiefaction, bnlh
with (be qualities and the prices.
Wc goar ntee b parity ot every
thing e buy, Iherciort of Tery
tliinj wc sell. That thi i s money
caving bone is well known lo ell
our tegnlsr ruttomers. The noa
r yi-n Join tie 'n j-nlr" itt
I'ett r tor your eie of mind sod
Ji Mr pixkel-b ck. "
2C. H. JOHN & COMPANY f
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