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. V sat OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOL. XXXIII. ST. HELENS. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1914 No. 28 ' ' 'A Ui H QME TEAM DEFEATED core 12 to 7 in Favor of Hub- bard Giants OLOREI) TEAM GOOD Helens 1U-i Tubs ltofcut Willi Cood i.rnv mill Kiiy "We Should Worry" novum I hundred yonrs ago some niorlniu itilvonturors ptmotrotod tlio torlur of Africa unit took Into cap- ll y miiim of tlio Hutlvon who wore rouKlit to tlio United Htates anil Uil Into Hliivory. Those slavei m of a very dark liun, In fuel pre blacks. Those adventurer m to successful In tlio bushiest ( cnpliirlng tlio nogros anil sollln; im Into Kliivcry that anon othen Intort'd tlio Mimu Una of buslnoav Torn ninny year the country wu Itlng fulrly woll populated wltli p ni'Kro, ami thin population con bulled to liicrenao rapidly unli uminilM anil thousands of tin lick people wore working tlio south a (Mils. TIioho fi'llowi who first cnpturei! n slaves nro rKKpoiiNlhle for tin (rat of tlin Ht. Unions bnso hull am at St. Helens laat Suiiduy. Nino If thoHO big black follows, deacon- Lnta of tlio Africans, camo down i.-ro ami with tholr IiIk war clubs Iroromlcd to hattor the hopes and plratloim of onn Klkmnn and one limrena hy knocking the base hall to II corners of tlio now Washington luire hall park. Then to further umlllule thu whlto hopni of till ly, onn (tn-at IiIk black follow, a lilt blacker thnn the others, dlHhetl p itii'h uncanny curve oud put no uch "stuff" on the pellet that ou Mi would walk up to the plute a nc ham three times In the air and rc Ira gracefully to the hunch, mutter ( turitos upon the dajr that slavei n Imported Into these Unltoi! Ittlra. Thla tells tlm tnlo of the 12 to: feat of tho Kt. Helena ball tosson y tlm lliiliharil (iianta, the ('hum i Colored Team of the Northweat d for all tho Bt. Unions boys care Me aumn rhampiona of the colored 'if can ko on Championing na lone Mlioy liko. TIIK I.IVKl r fo a E au n H si: Pubbsrd O.lants ulibanl, 8 2 4 ( 3 (. 3 I 3 ( 1 t i t o o o ( 5 J Urpor, 4 . I : I .1 it 0 0 f flinllli, 2 "rnun, 3 writ, 7 Nnr. 1 10 1 3 0 nker, 9 uner, 6 Pilaws, 6 ro a k An n 11 si It. Ilclima lull, 2 i l l l 12 o 2 o 7 0 .3 kcbunald, 4 t elat. II inona, 1 2 1 0 0 1 ( 2 1 Rhurilson. iman, 5 ry, 8 I or game two bourn. 0 bimo hlta McDonald. Wolst l(1ena, KlanK. Hubbard, Henry and fhree mo hits rirakke and Wllllnnii utna ruiM lvrry nnd Hurpor. '"tonlmiiu t,iT wmiiimti off frock out hy Wlllanw, 4; Elkmnn movons, r.' FJpltch0Bl Eikmnn 1. "Piroa Rvuns nnd Thuraton. HAITI N4J AVKHAdK Hlta at bat Ver. gms. Nat ronahl 8 16 5 10 1 11 8 10 10 8 7 1 7 0 0 00 22 44 IB 15 a 35 10 34 87 82 81 6 44 8 4 354 304 841 333 333 833 814 300 294 271 250 226 200 160 000 000 . 271 C 10 6 0 9 10 3 ferry Jman Ull lill 8 F'mna lea "Polanil Nfcka llclianlHon 2 10 3 2 10 am av. NEW CO ADS TO BE BUILT Bids Opened by County Court Last Saturday TWO CONTRACTS LET Work Will be HtarUsI Within A Few Win'Uk Illda for the coiwlrucllon of tlin ronda In the Nohnlmn Valloy anil tho Mlal-Clulnkitnlo roud wnro oponod hy the County Court hint Saturday Allognthor tlmre wore ton bids auh mlttod and owing to the apparent loaonnaa of tlin flKuroM of aom of tho bidders the Court adjournnd until WedneKday ao that tho ".euros rould bo chotkod ovor and tho IowomI bid ors aacortalnwl. Wodnnailay the KiiRlnenrs and tho Court had Duurod out all bids and found that the Klllo! Contracting Co. of Portlnnd was the loweat bldilor on nnarly all of tho work, although Mr. E. A. OobboII hail the loweat figures on a portion of the Upper Nelialom. Acconllnclj Mr. Consul) was awardod the con I rap' for all of nilln 14 and a portion of nillo 15, for tho sum of 13700 61 The Elliot Contracting Co. hd $20, 122.08 on tho uppor and Uiwor Nu halom roads and $19,655 on the MIri Intskanle rond, from Mint to tho summit. Those were the bids accept ed by the Court and contracts award oil accordingly. Work will be started within a tow weoks and the contracts call for tin completion of the roads hy October 1st. Thore still will ho ahoul $15,000 of road work to comulotc tho Nohnlmn Itoads which will ho contracted for w ithin a fow dnya and It la etlinalwl that about $20,000 wlllb or ohuirod to build tho bridge- on the Nelialom roads. COUNTY ROADS IMPROVED Citizens Praise County Road Builders Bcappooso," Oregon, Juno 28th. 1914 The grading of what Is probably one of the finest and bent constructed roads In Western Oregon Is nenrlng completion In South Bcappooso Can von: near tho Artisan Hall. A por tion of this road follows the old one which has boon leveled nnd widened to uniform width of twenty foot; however a considerable stretch of the old road has beon abandoned alto gether In order to eliminate some stoeD hills and what was formerly the worst road In Oregon has beon transformed Into a fine boulevard from Jeff's Mills. Concrete culverts have beon pluced at all wator cours es Insuring thorough drainage. Thore aro no abrupt curves on the route. As soon as the grado Is flniHhed the steam roller will bo phiced on to pack the dirt aftor which it will receive a heavy coat of gravel. This has boon a very hoavy piece of road to construct as much of tho bank on Dm miner side had to be cut to n depth of nearly forty foot, necessi tating tho removal of a largo quantl n..a of dirt. Heretofore the canyon road was almost Impassible bIx months of the year and settlors living In that vicinity wore n habitual ex nrniuilon of dlscouragomont and des nnlr. hut now however each one has a hopeful Jubulent look and the "For Bale" s'gns have disappeared whllo ll have become good roads boosters They also feel very thankful to our county court for the Interest mnni fast All Owing to the excellent character nf thin wark the taxpuylng citizens are strongly In favor of the County n,i ins all the roads so far as possi i,in on It has the tools, nlso the talent and could thus save contractors pro- eta In performing this enterprise local men and teams have been employed . ..i- tivinor wnires which baa boen of conBlderablo financial bonoflt to tlit a AtMlnn. This work was all done by the County under the supervision of our efficient rond master Jack Dspnln ..ui. n namsoy foreman. These gontlomen have served for 01 PENDER WL Supreme Court Upholds Decision ot Columbia Co. EXECUTIVE ONLY Pender Case One of . Tried in SALEM, Or., Juno 30. I'ronounc- in g the nvliloncn sulhciont for sub- iiIhhIoii to tho Jury and overruling II questions of law rained by tho lofense, the Supreme Court today, i in an opinion written hy Justice Itnmsey, alllrmod the Circuit Court of Columbia County in the caso of tho Btate vs. John Aithur Penilor. convicted of murder In the first de gree for killing Mrs. DalHy Wohrmun near Bcuppooan, on September 4, 1911. The murder was one of tho most atrocious over committed in the stnto Hi evidence tending to show that V Fender killed the woman because she refused to be dishonored, and it is nresumed that he killed her son he- cause be might disclose bis identity. The Jury disagreed at the first trial, hut at the second it returned a ver dict of murder In the flrst degree, and executive clemency alone can now save Ponder from tho gallows. The principal contention advanced CONGREGATIONAL MINISTER POPULAR Anniversary Services to oe Held Sunday Morning r s I Mover of the Congrogft- tlonal Church has boen In St. Helens JUBt one year and on next Sunday morning will hold bis Anlversary ser vices at which time a large class will bo taken Into his churcn. uev. Meyers has made many frends here Idurng his residence and has built hi memborshlD very materially. He Is a popular man In tho communi ty and his work Is npprecated greatly by his congregation, and by tne puu- llc generally. At tho services nexi Sunday there will be special mujic an the public Is cordially invited to nnrtnir the morning ser- vice the Communion will bo administ ered. ANOTHER BAND CONtliKi The program for Friday avenl-ig follows: ... March, Crystal 8prlngs Turk .viiilt M.h To tho Front vanaurn o.v Seloction, In Camp Di'.ney March, Lion Heart Overture, Lnntana Mrch. In Close Array innings Pottee Sharp Walts, American Jloauty King .hottlsche, Dance of tho Imps King Sc. years In this and other counties as road builder, nna nro morouKi"j familiar with all the details of road mnklno. Its location, even grade and the ni.nnco of curves Is a compliment to the Bklll of our county engineers whose aid haBm ode this good work nnflflr'..JO. He who builds a road on which two tons could be hauled before la certainly on a par with the man who makes two blndoB of grass grow. A Settlor. ' J E Circuit Court CAN SAVE PENDER tke mot NntA Ever Oregon by Tender's attorneys was that the ovidonce was not sufficient to go to tho Jury and that the'presldlng Judge er.ed In refusing to direct the jury to return a verdict of not gulty. Acordlng to the evidence, Pender roMdcd three-quarters of a mllo from tho cabin where Frank Wehrman. and his wife and 4-year-old son lived, near Bcappooso. The two famlllos were acquainted, and Pen der had visited the Wehrman cabin several times when the husband, who was employed In Portland ar n baker, was at home. The hur.lmnl was absent from home on tho ui of the murder, and tho bodies of the wl.'e and child were not found untrl a day afterwards. An examination of them discovered that the murder er had fired throe shots into ill body of Mrs. Wehrman and three In to the body of her son. In addition he had fractured the woman's skull, prosuably with a hatchet which wai found In the cabin and which war blood stained. The first trial of this case was hold In June 1912 and lasted for two weeks, the Jury being out for pearl; 4 8 hours and falling to agree wac discharged. Again in October 1913 tho case came on for trial and for three weeks the testimony was given to the Jury, a chain o fclrcumstantlal evidence boing unravelled which proved without a queston that Ten der was guilty. This , jury after deliberating for about 20 hourt brought in a verdict of guilty of mur der In tho first degree. The Pendei care was one of the most noted cases ever tried in Oregon, and now unless the Governor interferes and commutes the sentence, Pnder will hang for his dastardly crime. ASTORIA REGATTA IS BIG EVENT Friday to be Big Bay of Land Sports CITY VERY CROWDED Special to the Mist Queen Alii Mrs. Dr. Forstrom and her maids of honor, Including Queen Tholma Ilol llngsworth, of tho Rose Festival Portland arrived on Admiral Met- chnns special train at six forty five tonight preceded by Hngas band. A long line of nutos gaily decorated followed that of tho queen. She was received with ovutions along the line ot march and was driven directly to her home on the heights where she will entertain her maids. Every hotel and rooming house in Astoria Is crowded with guests. Private houses have opened their doors to the strangers of the city. Anothei special train will arrive tonight. Special train will run from here to station and Flavel during the Regnt ta that will take the overflow to those cities where they can be hous ed. Queen A 111 will be crowned to morrow morning on board the four masted Norwegian bark Alcides, moored at the O. W. R. & N. Co's dock on which the grand stand has been erected. Friday will be the big day of the land sports and Saturday the Fourth will close in a blnr.e ot glory and flroworks. ASK THE BOY SCOUTS During the day of this Fourth, the Boy Scouts will be In uniform and will be walkng encyclopedias of In formation for strangers. The. boys will be the ofllciul guides for the day and any strangers who want to find out anything concerning the cele bration or the city will ask the boys In the soldier uniforms. They will gladly answer any and all questions, PROBABLY HE KNOCKER RESORTS TO PRESS A RESIDENT REPLIES Article Itoccntly Published In Mist Causes Much Comment in County Scappoose, Ore. 6-30-1914 St. Helens Mist, St. Helens, Oregon. The article published In the Mist some time ago, regarding schools has caused so much disturbance through-out the county, that we feel called upon to say that we are thoro ughly convinced the article was meant as a slur to the Scappoose School as the article sounds so much like our public knocker. The only reason It was not answered, was be cause is was not considered worthy of notice. The knocker very wisely with held names -other wise there would probably have been a damage case started before now, as the peo ple o our neighborhood were very much disgusted when the article appeared in print as we had an ex cellent school last year, and as ex cellent corp of teachers and the peo ple in general were well pleased. The people make the laws and the people elect the School Board, but he knocker is a self appointed nui sance, which science can not account for, as a nile they can do no harm In their own neighborhood, but when they resort to the press, then it falls into the hands of people that do not understand our conditions, that Is the reason and the onl rea son that we make and reply to this article. , By a Resident. MATCH GAMES AWAKEN INTEREST St. Helens Tennis Club Play Kenton Club A return match between St. Helens Tennis Club and the Kenton Tennis 'lub of Portland was played last week on the Kenton grounds. . St Helens won the larger number of matches although the play was very close all the way through. A great deal of Interest is now be ing taken on the account of the match games. "Just a Round Robin Tournament is in progress amount; the club members in which each ir.an plays 16 games with other male members who enter and the percent ages are kept of games won and lost. The lady members will play oft for tho Championship In a similar man ner. A letter has been received from the Multnomah Athletic Club askng for entries in the Oregon State Champ ionship Tournament starting July 13 and to be played on the Multnomah Club Grounds. T. S. MORRELL VISITS IN ST. HELENS Well Pleased With Columbia County Land Settles Near Deer Island After Pour Years Rearch for Locution Mr. T. S. Morrell of Deer Island was a vlRitor in St. Helens Tuesday and while here Btopped in the office long enough to order the Mtst sent to his address for a year. Mr. Mor rell has been In Orogon for about four years looking for a location that would be suitable to him and lies ays he has now found it. He went back of Deer Island about four miles and secured 80 acres of the logged off land from. the Peninsula Company and has begun clearing it. He now has about two acres cleared and has already raised two crops on this land and he Bays he will seed It a'l to strawberries this fall. He Is quite enthusiastic over the good qualities ot the land and thee llmato and has settled down to make his home iu Columbia County. STANDING Of THE CONTESTANTS Miss Edrie LaBare Wins Two Successive Weeks GOOD WORK DONE Silver Condement Bet Is to be the Beautiful Prize for Next Week For two successive weeks now Miss Edrie LaBare has been the winner of the weekly prizes given away by J. Wd. McDonald and the Mist. This week when the votes were counted Miss Edrie was found to have re tained the lead she had last week and according won the beautiful electric lamp. Several of the contestants have declared that she will have to work some this week if she is to re tain her lead and win the prizes next week. Several other young ladles have gone to work In earnest and from the way subscriptions are com ing to the Mist office and the work that Is being done among the friends of some ot the girls, there will be a merry chase for the big Krantr piano, the grand prize. Next Wed nesday morning at 11 o'clock the vot es will again be counted and the candidate. having the highest number at that time will recleve a beautiful silver condement set. Just walk down to McDonald's store and look over those prizes. They are worth going after and the elegant piano is there too and will be won by some hard working young lady who will stick to it. Below is the standing ot the con testants at 11 o'clock Wednesday . morning. Miss Edrie LaBare 28,660 Miss Beatrice Lake 3696 Miss Maud Harrison 3576 Mrs. A. M. Ecker 2800 Miss Maud Richardson 3545 ' Miss Minnie Antone 2069 Miss Nora Walters 8045 Mr. Oswald Demlng 2040 Mr. Lester Wellington 2026 Miss Nellie Dunn 3606 Miss Hazel Lope 12,880 Miss Ethel Drew 6195 Mrs. C. E. Wlnchell 8470 Mrs. Brought 3770 Miss Ida Popejoy 3630 Mrs. E. Rott 2110 Mr. Russell Stirland 2000 Miss Martha McCauley 8455 Miss Mona Adams 3870, Miss Lillian Marks 8290 Miss Alma Doucette 3435 Miss Alice Hall 4900 Mr. Roscoe Kellogg 2000 Miss Inez Barber 2000 Miss Margaret Pringle 2055 Miss Fay Lynch 2090 Mrs. BertTlmmons 2000 Miss Mabel Cole 3145 Mr. Berlin Yeomans 2030 Mr. Fred Morgus 2000 Miss Barbs Devroy .13,436 Mr. Everett Harrison 2060 Mr. George Peterson 2010 Miss Nora Adams 3610 Mr. Christ Mathelson 15.180 Miss Mary McKie 3545 Miss Margaret Hoffman ...... 3035 Mr. Ed Veazle 2050 Mr. J. E. Qulnn 2075 Miss Ethel Sten 3585 Mrs. H. Veazle 3020 Miss Edna Harris 3010 Mr. T. E. Stanfleld 2000 John Panoe 2015 J. Alonso 2010 C. D. Golden 2000 Miss Winnie Mellinger ....... 2000 A. Saxon 2030 Mrs. Thayer (Col City) 2000 Miss Hilda Muhr (Warren) . . .2C9E Miss Mary Adams (Scap.) .... 2055 Miss Fannie Copper (Warren) .2090 Miss Edith Clark (Houl.) 200i) Miss Beth Perry (Houl.) 20.10 Mrs. Van Prltchard (Rainier) . .2000 John Cocal (Deer Island) .,..2020 NOTICE OF .DISSOLUTION OP PARTNERSHIP This is to certify that the butcher firm of Plummer & Ellerson of St. Helens, Oregon have disolved part nership, and' after July 12, 1914. B. I. Plummer will own and conduct said business, and all accounts ac crued after saldd ate will be payable to him and all bills contracted for the Central Market will be paid by him. a I. PLUMMER 8t . D .W. ELLERSON