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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1905)
Tht kmxkir u!t agsluat hU owu town. Georre Parker or Plttaburg proved Up Oil timber entry lat Monday, '11. A. Johnson of Portland was at tending circuit court at Hi. Helena, Tucaday. Tli rains keep comlnir juit the tame ft though It iitvtir done any other way in Oregon, Mm. Powell of ttal Urg, who had been out villi lug Iter Km Will, ivturued to her home, aaturdav. 8. I', Ilillard of PitUhtirg mad a flying trip to the meirooti the drat of of th week m it wliueaa In land case. Nehalau applea are worth l il de livered In Portland, They must l liand picked and Utsed ao a iiol to 1 ill lu hauling. I'm I it 1 1 UK, wperhauglng, and frc cnlng June in firli-claaa style, by A . Jt. CuIIhtUmui. Katinitle kIvvii Ire of chargr. Fur particular call at laMttnfllce, HI, Helena. y Nome people do not know thai lloulion im grown beyond lu iiifeucy Mtid la m Imijcr to I kept in awad ling clothes, we are glad lo see It la (tutting on intlmpolliaii aha. Anew depot and several new cotlag" and a Hew chuich are aiiHMitf the improve Infill i lo be tnuilv I lit fall. Mr. vVel.b V. Hatr the travelling jaengcr attfiit f tne Northern I'm cllle irupNd In mi tit i few moment TuUy iiiurtilnjr. He ha an excell nl opinion ( our town and tht tiukliH im It i doing, and hy the way there U evciy n-iimni u believe that it witl ht much Ih-IUT In the future, llniu In Ihepnst. One factor lu the luiprov incut of tin N. I'. huMucaa at thin point Uiho establishing of an agency. (Senrge Fox, who la well anil favor ulily known In thin county u moun ter Junii vr, who for several year waa with U'altaA IVIcv of Hi-appooMti and later with Henry Krutx of l.'latakaolc, luia U cu (or the pimt year two railroad lux' down In Toiiopith, Nevada, and taking advantage of the special rate to vij.1i IiIm friend and take in the Iwl and Clark fair. (leorge apeiit a day or two In Ilnullon thla week, and remarked thai Columbia county la growing. It make no difference how long von have been nick, if yon are troubled with ludlgeatlou, constipation, liver ami kidney iroiiblea, lfo'litter' lhM'ky Mnuutelti Ten will make yon well. .V ceota. Ask your druggist. We are pleated to note that V. J. Fullerton of Warren has launched out in the real mute business. Utt will thortly receive a commission aa notary public and will then be prepared to take acknowledgement and do your oonvcyuncing for you. Ilenubllcan ami Ik'iuncret alil tiritlsc Foley'a Honey hiiiI Tar for ooiiuIik, cohla and all Ihrout Hnd lun dim'tixe, an no other remedy can com itate uith It. It Is safe Hint nuie. t T. Hlnter. merchant. 171 Main St. Olnuccster, Mas., wnlen: Folley'a Jloney ami Tnr cured me of ft very bud rough wlib h 1 bml for tbrev iiionih thoiiirh other icineilie fulled lo tienetlt nus I can highly reininniend It for c.iiiKlm iiiid cold." tllrly At U0U7. II. iMorim of the New York store tit Ht, Helena bun the (hunt line of dii'MM jjooiIh, laillcaVfkirta, and the larn et ami bent tiMwirlrtd atock of dry d Mida ever hIiowii tit tho county arat. He will wll you kmmI gooiU at better tluui I'oi tliiinl prlcea liuliueHtion, cotiMtliintlon, dyHpetiu, kUtney Hint liver dtHorili-m, Hint .. , Ntoimieh troublra pontively cured by iixlin: llollHtei8 Itucky Mountain Ten, ;i5 eei'i-, Tea or Twblela. Aak your unujlHt. Mr. and Mi. Skidnmre and Mr. and Mra. Otto Muhuaten uccoiiipanied K. K. Nlckermiii out over tho nimin- tal:m to l'lttHburjj, Monduy. Mra Hkldmore la a aiater of Mr. I. Hpenoer of Veitionia. They bml been up visit Inn tho fnlr at Porttuiul. OlrlH, If you want red lipH, huighlng 'VeH, awwfl breiHh and good look uae HotliMier'a Hockv Mountain Ten. The Kceateia benntyfier known. :i.r conts, Tea or Tablet. Aak your druggist. It. II. Itiiileyof tho firm of HullerA Hrinu of Houlton aturted luat Butur duy uiiii'ulng for the Duller where ho will remain for a time. Ho Uunllotei with uHthinu aud ulwuy obtaliu relief by going to the Dal lea. If you want to rent If you want to sell If you want to buyv - If you want to trade If you want anything If you want to loan money If you want to borrow money Advertise the fact In tho REGISTER, t v Fifty Years. The following written om limi go br K. II King of the Oregon Milt and jiublinhein a Portland daily i worthy rrprudaction: looking backward '20 year In tho life of Columbia county bring ua to the jH-riod shortly after t it lonitmction of the Northern l'a. ciflc railroad. There were about 2,.r00 people in the county at that time, nearly all t ubrUtirig on the logging and lumlerin Industrie Today there are over 1000) poodle in the county and it entire length i traversed by vtandard railroada, while a number of lodging rail roada from dill'erent point on the waterfiotil peuvtrate the dense foreats. Important indurtriet hare "prima into vxUlance and thriving manufacturing communities have taken the place of rlecpy landing and fih kiln. In the domain of agricu'tiif, Held and orchard ht'v riniliy followed the logging c-nnp Tne nwda of a great city Iiiivm ctimula ted the dairy induatry ami Sop ptioae haa ticcome fjiieiu' f-r ita line herd a of dairy cattle. Modern melhoda of horticulture luive en abled ih to exhibit fruit tint cannot bo excelled any a bet v in the world. Looking foward 20 yt'ird, ' m- he Cohmibia'a wiitrrflt-d cleired of ita valuable timber aa 1 in ii4 tcad gre4t comm-rcuil oicturd. m irkf t , gardena and dairy f.irn.n. A railroad will travcr-e the Xeha em val.ey and opmi ti KCllleiuent garden epol whoe riclnifcs C4ii no; be c'.imatod.. Ak C"lutnbi t'-niiity h incrc:n wl live fold in the pint 20 yearn, tt it in not too much to expect (hat n 20 yearH it will contain at leant 60,000 people, and especially h ibid a reasonablo expectation if in the near future our iron and coal mine are developed. Columbia in. Portland nearest neighbor. Our citizen spend annually in the metropolis over 11,000,000, and the buttiuess men of that city should take more pain than they have to see that thio contiguous territory i thoroughly developed. We will progress, became our natural resource rnuit iu time attract the attention of capital. but the business men of Portland can aid us, and by bo doing they will aid themselves. There is plenty of money in Portiand to build the Xehitlem road, and Port land buainefs men should s&e that it is built within the next year. It is KHiiewhat to be feared that the prenent move in only a "blulf." The muii who Hui! that the editor ol thla w per ought to j;et oil th earth ccrtiiluly wiahea u no evil o far hm Mine of Ita envlroninenta nre concern- (I. lb ) I Itnelf could not b a Hinuttk-r, lower j4nt than war it lepttimsl runi- ahot b.ht Kuuihiy, and l igtit here let 11a retniirU that tho aalooua of this county, all exception Heluna, give UiiiiIm to clime on Sunday, mid not to eimlt minora t enter their placea. If the hiiIimiii men would only conduct their huHiucMH In accordance with the law of thu state there would be no room for complaint. F.ven the skirts of the clergy areociog uraggeu lino uie siuiua aid bringing a reproach upou the chureh. Last Saturday evening while return ing homo from Heaver Valley grange, Hubert Lovelace'a team ran away, overturning the wagon and throwing the ocupant out. Mrs. Lovelace was quite severely Injurrd an also washer daughter Margie. One of the hoi'He slipped his bridle and it was im pas sable for the driver to control the movements of the team. At lustre por I Mr. Lnvelace waa getting along nicely, but still confined to her bed. The secretary, of each subordinate grange Is requested to notify the sec retary of the Pomona grange as early as p issible about the number from their grange who expect to attend the the next session of the Pomona, in order that necessary arrangement may be tnude for their entertainment, pull for the development of Colum- bla couuty, I number the gnngt meeting next Wed uetday night. A good attendance la dralrtd to make tht tieonwery ar rangement for lb Pomona grange which will be held oil tbt 4 lb day ot Kovrmher. Mr. Kfva C. Gray of HI, Helen atarted ye ler lay morning for Taooiua and Itel ling bam, wlu r ahe will vUll for a few Week. Mra. John Lakt died iwiterday mor.iing Jual n we wen going to preen. Win. J. (Jerri!, of Portland waaln Houlton yelerduy. CIUtTITirtll'UT. The regular term f circuit CMiit eon vnied In Hi. Helena, Tuesday, Oct. 10, with Judte T.A. Mcltride presid ing, court officer all present. The docket wa read and the following rtid'Mmltlon of caaea made: C. Hall ue v. C. Herchardt, default. C. O. Anderaon v L. I). Clark, de murrer overrulled and five day to file 0 ver. Joseph E. poherty v, Cloe K. Doherty, illmr lted. Annu Wright v. Chaa. Wright, ih'fiuilf. KtPie Dtiiiian va. (!eo. C. Duncan, default. M.O. Gray v. Allen Itohluson, de limit. K. W. Waynlc v-. J. K. Hall lemuiTv'r overrulled, ten day to anwer. The following jurors were excused fr the term: John A. Birr, Henry Yioc, Gabriel Dugan, Gimtave Lamr, Jlm P. Nels..n, Lloyd Detrlck, Ge. V. Kale, T. G. Divine, Alf. HarrlHoo, I W. Nowht, Henry Morrel, Georue Arei Ibidd. J-oi 1 Aiidnrwin va. Arthur Ander aon, dx-iee of divorce. Wm. Mi-I)i nald va, Anna SlcDonal I, decree of divorce. M Na'ioua v. Albert Atkins, order ' mm II mm! lint Muckle vs. Hwitxer, older to make deed. Hi ate va. Dun Isom, Information Kled, Kiveu until OcL 12 to p'ead. Htnte v-4 Fred Lalte two infornm- liona fllel, given tt till 11 Monday to plead. Elizabeth Nclnn v. IVtei J. Nelm decree of divorce. Aunt; M. MIIU vs. John K. Mill de fault und decree. K"OR TKIAU ' Larson va, Larson, Monday Octto ber 18. Hnln v. Ilurkhardt, Tuesday Oct. 17. Sarah K. Fisk vs. Dun Klce Wednes-davOct.18. Myrick vs. Durt Thursday Oct. 19. grange In order that It may be help Wllaon va. Columbia Co. Friday, Ott ful. If It can, to the school . 20. Jury e'.cuMsd unMI . Monday a. m. THE CHANGE Coatwctwl 17 X W. DARR0W. Chalhua, N. Y- PrtM CorrwpnmfrMt JTew Tor Stat - OrnnQt INFLUENCE OF THE GRANGE Vlnt tl,e "lrend of the8e msccts ,u the . 1 state of New York and to ask the state It Brprnriti the Farming Fopnia- legislature to enact laws to prevent tloa with J'nlpneiK. , this danger to the fruit and forest trees Docs the grange 11s an 'organization ; of the state. wield the Influence It ought, In public matters? In answer to this question Th Wooda Are roil of Them. I would sav that th recommendations Oranges nre pretty thick lu New ftf the New York Mate grange are lu- Hampshire. One of every flffxn peo terestlng themes for discussion, and pie lu the state belongs to the grange, there are n verv large number of per- two of every nineteen In the tawus sons throughout the state and purtlc- "N'1 village are meialsers. Hie town ulnrt.v In tho cities who will take ex- t Haverhill has five active suWordl ailly the opposite view froni that nate granges, and ono inhabitant In ev whlch the grunge ha.s adopt.nl with re- y Plst I a Patron of- Uusbandry. gard to some of these questions. Net- In Litchfield one person In four is a crthcless It is to be said that the opin- niemher of the grange. In the town of Ion of the grange In all matters affect- Atkinson threu out of every eight ln Ing or affected by legislation ls entitled habitants are rntrous. to wrlons consideration from every-! body who wauts to know the snuti-l "Should rural school be consolldat mcnt of the agriculturists. ' ed?" Is the question In many states, The grange Is u fair representative and in this matter the grange should be of n large part of the farming popula- Interested. , tlon, and the sentiments of the fnrm-t lug population In New York stato nre more likely to be echoed In the enact nicnt of laws and In the defeat of pro posed law than the sentiments of any trade, business or profession. The caso may bo put more strongly. New York and Buffalo alone contain more thau half the pcv&hitlou of tho state, but nevertheless It remains tnie that an Idea strongly nnd generally held by the farming population of tho stato find expression lu legislation much more readily than an idea hold with the same degree of vigor and unanlm- Ity, If that were possible, in all the large cities of the state. That I why I the opinions "pressed by the grange n I era Mmanl snAAelniia 4nMaaMl m44ah . UU..U,,. wn-wuii. unuuuu MW tlon from the public. The grange I not the entire farming element of the state, but by examining what the grange think about public affairs the nubile nj ,to Kher of that great and powerful body of VmerkaDA the fannert ftae.Emptra Stat. The grangt 1 the only organt aatfon that ever did the farmer any good and hi firstly any rood, and wt owe It to ooraelret a well a the vast nnmber who art being benefited to fire our beat effort to promote tbt welfare of. the order, that It will go on Inrreanlng In meratxruhlp, knowledge and power. Be ronaerratlTt la our de mands, exert onr energlet not for aelf lh mot I re, bnt for the npllftlng of mankind, aud In so doing we will bring credit and honor to our occupation and at the same time wield a jrreatcr In flucne In legislative nail. Mr. E. D. Frank. A WORTHY COMPLIMENT. What KSUmr Tfclaka f tat Uraar aa4 Ita Week. Faya n. W. Colllngwood, editor of the ltural New Yorker: "We would like to tcke a company of the city men who dread the future of thla republic to such a meeting aa wa held at Ogdcmdiurg (New York tato grange). If they were nble to recognize hope nt nil they would ace It In this gathering of strong, earnest, well dretxed men and women of tho farm. It was one of throw meeting In which one conld start singing 'Amer ica' without word or note and find DO per cent of the audience capable of luglng every line. We nlwny come way from amh meeting convinced that, while true to Ita fundamental principle, the grange la capable of do ing lietter work for America' clvlllxa tlou than any other fraternal organiza tion In the land. This 1 not because of Ita political or bunlucs piwer. though these arc -ouslderable, but be cause of It qnlct uplifting work In tho home or hi tlic rural community. The grange may elect governors or sen ator or presidents, yet we can see that a political victory of this sort intent lie won lu such a way that It would be a moral defeat for the Order. The grange will make a vital mistake If It Itcrmlts n few shrewd politicians to use It ns a mouthpiece for their personal rtpslres. Its strongest power U moral " i1 woll ls a3ae 1ulcl" V in tne rann uomc. wuere every uirui- her trlea t live up to the principles of the order.' The Craaae and tbe Common School. The granges throughout the Vu'.tcd State should take u deeper Interest lu the common schools thau they do lu most sections, not only lu relation to matter within the school building, but without 1. e., lu making the grounds Inviting and attractive, keeping the building In good condition, setting out shade trees aud doing many such thing as will make the school a pleas ant aud attractive place for children. Every subordinate grange lu a rural community should have a committee to visit the school In Its district and keep iu touch with the work of the school. This committee should make reports occasionally to the subordinate Iaavet Peata. The state of Massachusetts Is greatly stirred up by the ravage being made by the gypsy moth and brown tall moth upon Its forest and fruit tree. The state grange of that state has taken action to prevent such depreda tions, nud the New York state grange also voted to request the United States department of agriculture to take such steps as would seem justifiable to pre- "Do Rotarthlng" Is a good motto for my trongu. A Stronar Orflraalaatlon. The Jefferson County (N. Y.) Pa trons' Fire Relief association had $11, 143,000 of Insurance in force last year. There are forty-nine directors In as nmuy different granges throughout the couuty, who curefully examine pro posed risks and report on the same to Thu8 on, the r,8ks nre tnkeu. One of the most Important featurM ln-8elecUng rlak8 l8 to be thnf Bvepv nnB ,nanroA Bh, 8t ,eagt 0Qe.mTi of rl8k 8a r Secretary Vary. ga,em (Pa a ha, t total mem. of m tnd none to arfearB fAr(,nM .n. m.mr-r. rM,n-iw,a. to m . , v . , '' !n i .,' , ; B1I5IEE CEPABTIEir. II. M. (lark, aHlng agent for tht A. k C. at lUloler aklpped tho town Suu day night, leaving a shortage of $75 la company' iimhi y. Deputy HherifT H. Fowler CMpiured him ai Uble. He waa returned to lUloler and upon fail ure to give bonds waa sent lo jail t awalttlieactl.nl of t!.e circuit court, t'la rU arrived in lUloler Thuralay to relieve F. It l)ixio, regular agent who bus gone to Callfornht on a yacalioii. J. W. Foster waa aent to take charge of the station until Mr. Dixon's return. Thestenm Mchooner Wasp flushed loading .ToO.000 feet of liimlier, at the Italnier Mill Lumber C. dock, and left for down the river Thursday afier noon. The me eve:ilng the barken linetleo. O. Perkins tied up at the dock to Laid 600,000 feet. This makes four cargo In the hud thirty days, most of which waa shipped by this company. , A large number of person have ben visiting Hie Fair and K. of P. Cmvention. Among other we men tout Mra. Win. Hohjapple, Mrs. N'.D. Johnson, Mr. W. J.Deitz, Mrs, AtU IiCa aud on, lie v. H. O. Kemp and family. Judge Clauchard, and H. Hyveraon. Mr Chas Duunot has sold out his confectionery business and will locate at Stevenson Washington, t take ad uantage of the railmad boom. An accidental breaking of a casting caused one of the large circular saws to be broken, at the Kaiuler Milt Lumber Co. Monday. Mr. Williams and family, who left for Indian Territory about two years ago have returned, to make IUlnier thrir future home. Mr. Clark and w'.fe have returned to Rainier. Mr. Clark will again work; for the Rainier Mill & Luirtlier Co.. The new sawmili will be under way In less tliihi teti days. SCHOOL ITrMS. The enrollment up to date la about 170, and the 200 mark will 110 doubt be reached by the holidays. Many new (aces are seen in the lower grade, ami many familar ones are missing, which goes to prove that our people, to a great extent are transient. Miss Ecther Mitchell ia in charge of the l bird and fourth grade room. She is doinir excellent work. The ninth grade is perhaps the ban ner class of the county. It numbers 14, and one or two. others Will enter later on. Mmma Brough was absent Monday on account of weik eyes. Visitors are always welcome. 'Lilly Crosley wa elected reporter, and David Prichard assistance for the Uth. grade. . Steamer Sarah Dixon. LttTet Portland Tuesday and Tbanday at S.m.. forClaUktnieand way landings. Sun ay for Oak Point. Returning, 1iti CUta ktnle Wednesday and Friday at 4 p. m., tide permttlng. Lerres Oak Point Monday at t S m. Sharer Transportatloa Co. W. C. FISCHER & CO Rainier, Ore. fainting, Paperhanging ; Frescoing A. B. CULB:R.TSONr Estimates Given Free of Charge', For Particulars Call at Posaoffice St Helens.. ' THE HOULTON FYflHJNfiR jvj xaaiMUj KELLY BROS., Proprietor Best of Wines, Cigars mi Liquors, Kept in Stock. Opposite the post office. HOULTON, ORE 1 RAINIER 1 meal Estate! I AGENCY. I