St Helens County Skat. Population 1600 Water and Sewer S stem Klcitric I.in's Improved Streets High School Churches Industries 7? if 2 A Saw Mills Shipbuilding Creosoting Plant Poles and Piling Stone Quarries Fisheries OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY Farming Fruit VOL. XXXII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1913 NO. 13 S0- IKUfl 07v,l . l' L tin . r MERCED IS LAUNCHED KG BOAT GLIDES GRACEFULLY INTO TI WATER LAST SATURDAY WOKK STARTED ON ANOTHER BOAT Last Saturday afternoon the I ready l receive tin- finishing Merced wan successfully launched at j touches before Wing towed to San the yard f the St. Helen Ship-' Francisco, where the machinery buildinir Company ini the presence of a larito crowd of people. Tin' iteamer Modoc and veal launches were kept busy from about 1 o'clock until 3 taking the people across the slough and before the time had ar rived for the big boat to alide there were several hundred local people will bo installed. The launching wum a kucivm in every pariiculur und whs very interesting. Already work has been started on another boat of like site and character which will be ready for launching during the early fall. Thia makes two big L -., ' ( . ' ; . . ' , - 4. . ' ; ' . . . l at!. 4-.,r -nr., there as well as a large number ol Tisitors rrom otner parts oi me , wuDiy and state, rrompuy aioj o'clock Miss Eernlce Masten, i dsuchter of C. C. Maalvn. the weil known timUrnian of this city, mounted upon the platform armed with a bottle of champagne In-auti- fully decorated with (lowers ami ribbon, und at 3:40 o'clock the big j boat, loaded with about ilOO jwople: Ix-Kiin to slide down the ways. Miss Bernioo broke the bottle acrosx. the bow of the bout and uttered the words "I christen thee Merced.'' In mother minute the waters of the lough were parted and the waves were dashing against the banks to a height of several feet, the result of 5U0 tons of boat striking the w ater. .... . i ... '3 i.'.w ; MT,2; Mr V'-J MISS BERN1CE MASTF.N - -V.W. r.. jtv'Vt' 1 ' I, v .J t ... For nearly a quarter of a mile the schooners turned ou'. i.'.tidc of a bi'K hull shot out into the water, yem at the.w yards and proves I bat midst the awful noises of whistles. ('..In',; i: county It r in good ma yelling and cheering. Inside of an tcrial b.r the building rf t-hi s and hour the boat was hauled into the that J. II. l'rice, Supt of the St. the docks alongside the .-hipards Helens yards is a master at the ntt nd securely moored to the ways. 1 of b.iil ling them. INSPECTS PANAMA CAKAL URATLD SAW IfSOfl INAUG . MM WO mu RETURN M. fRESH REIURNS m USIUM w am mi much impressed w b with mm . . . ,' from a trip to Baltimore. Washing Friday, after having ; ,rom " 11 " , . - . . . . 'ton and other points east. U of the aouthern aUtes "m' , " tr n CiUr . m..lu ... .e.' visited at the home of G. V. I.iIhoi Chas. Mucklo returned to St. Helens last mado a tour lnl I'anama. Mr. Muckle wa ac mpanied by Jas. Muckle ami fondly and Misa Amy George, and they nil report a most enjoyable ti(ne. The Panama ( anal is a great Pioce of work, according to Chas. Muckle, and when completed will never be duplicated by engineering foal. Ho says the Imagination tif ma is hardly lartfe enough to Krasp the magnitude of the under ling and to apprcciute it ono must hee it. He also anticipates that i here will be a great deal of trouble ith the canal befo- It get" to Mike Frah return (I last week SCAPPOOSU Mrs. Mary A. Wattson died Friday afternoon, March 21, at the home of her daughtt r, Mr. Scott. Her death came s a re sult of an injury received two weeks ago. While rising, from a chair she fell and broke her leg. This happened just 7 years ago to the day after the death of her hiiisband. Granville L Wattson, who died here. Mrs Wattson was born in I'hib.d. lj hia, April 'G. I(s21, and lived in Sabrn, Ohio, a number of years, coming to Scappoose in 1830. Mrs. Watt son wan the mother of five child ren, two of whom survive her. They are Mrs. Rekecca Scott and John A. Wattson. both living here. The funeral was heH from the house Sundiy at 10 a. m. ll"V. W. II. .vyers conducted the n rvicts su.d ii.termont .. nude at Fiiirvlew eemeteiy. Kaster exercises wen- In hi at at the Congrcgs.tioi t ! church Sunday forenoon. Special Ea-ter songs were sung by the pupil of the Sunday school and others. A number of Easter exercises were given. Rev. Meyers gave an in teresting address on the Sigrdfi cance f Easter. In the evening the choir sang a number of Eas ier songs and an anthem. The declamatory contest for the 6th, 7th and 8th grades wbs held at Watts & Prices hall last Friday evening. The large audi ence was an evidence of the in terest shown by the people in this contest. The judges were J. W. Allen, Mr. Lake and Miss Elsie Phillips, all from St. Helens. i 7 " e prizes awarded were: $2.50 ipiue, Miss Eva West, 8th grade; !$1 prize. Marjnrie Kolada;. . 7th grade; $1 prize. Dix Ibdaday, t'th grade. The high sch ol orches tra and the high school double quartette furnished excellent music for the occasion. Miss Eva West will represei t the school in the eountv contest, which v. ill held at .St. Helens. Saturday evening the Girls of the Hlue Iiuttons and th Knights of the Iiue Buttons mot at the church for a social ev ning. Miss Elide Phillip of St. !I lens who is Co. Supt. of the orj'arized Sun day School work addressed the i-.vino- nemilo. Liirht refresb- menis were serveu. mi enj- j a pleasant and profitable evening. W. W. Hobbs has purchased an eight-acre tract of lard fror Mr Hobday. The land is located west of town and Mr. HobtH has commerced building orerntiens. A baby daughter arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lew Grant at the Wickstrom camp last week. J. W. Richardson, steam shovel engineer on the I'. & S. W. Ry., fell from the water tank which is being built at the new camp, Wednesday, sustaining severe in jury. He was taken to the hos pital in Portland on the ll:d() train. Mr. Richardson has made this his home for a number of years. His many friends will be glad to hear of his speedy re covery. EXTENSIVE ADVQtJISING ST. HELENS IMPROVEMENT CO. MGETTIKG OUT BOOKS i The St. Helens Improvement Co. has placed an order with the Mist job department for several thousand booklets which will contain a de scription of Columbia, county. It will also contain a w rite-up of St. Helens and have a number of cuts. The prorty listed with the com pany will have special mention and the books will be distributed in various sections of the United States. The books will be ready for distribution In about a week and it is the wish of the company that the people who have property to list should do so at once so that the book will tell about all the places for sa'e which are handled by the company. Of course this book is prim irily an advertisement for the St. Helens Improvement Co., but it will contain matter about the county in general, so that it will be a very valuable medium for letting the world know that there is such a place as Columbia ounty and that St. Helens is located in that county, on the Columbia river and is a fast growing and prosperous community. WARREN Miss May Kesterson and Mr. Parks Combs were guests of Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Enckson last Saturday. The funeral of. Mrs. Gust Josephson was held at the Swedish Lutheran church Mon day afternoon. Rev. Montg- mery preached the sermon. Her death was caused by quick consnmp- tion. She leaves a nusoanu aim two children to mourn, her loss. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Carlson died very suddenly Monday, heart trouble being the cause. The funeral was held at the Swedish Lutheran church Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Jace Baker returned home Wednesdny. Miss Mary Thomas of Coble started to teach a three-months term of school in the new school house at Spitzenbergon Monday, March 24. Mr. and Mrs. P. Jacobson en tertained the pupils of Bachelor Flat school with a party given in his new house. A very pleasant evening was spent playing games and with various other amuse ments. CHARLES OSCAR BOYNTON OREGON PIONEER PASSES AWAY AT WOODBCRN: KNOWN IN ST. HELENS Woodburn. Ore., March 19, 1913. Charles Oscar Boynton, one of the early pioneers, died Wednesday at the age of 90 years, 9 months and 9 days. Mr. Uoynton was born in Troy, n! Y. in 1822. Was married to Mary A Bonny, daughter of Dr. C. T. Bonny of Cuba. III. Together they crossed the plains to Oregon, settling on a 640 acre farm near the present town of Needy. He built the first M, E. church in the valley, after giving five acres for that purpose. He was elected to the first republican convention in Oreuron and held the office of county commissioner and assessor for years. For 22 years he held the office of justice of the peace and was notary public up to the age of SC. In 1891 he removed to this city, where he lived a retired life except one year spent in the grocery business. Be sides a widow aged 89 years, he leaves four children: E. L., a wealthy farmer of Cresvvell; C. T., who built and is manager of the first hospital in Vale, the county seat of Malheur county, Mrs. Bessie Popejoy of St. Helens and Miss Lida of this city. Mr. Boynton was buried by Woodburn Lodge A. F. & A. M., of which he was a charter member, and many and beautiful were the floral offerings given by that orJer and the Eastern Star, of w hich he was also a member. EASTERN OFFICERS HERE SHERIFF FROM INDIANA AND KENTUCKY COME TO GET School Notes Attorney W. B. Dillard, who is one of the citizens of the state se lected b the state superintendent to give local lectures in schools, has consented to speak at the St. Helens school assembly Friday evening, April 4. This will be one of the many informal gatherings of patrons of the school and other citizens to get acquainted and to hear some interesting themes discussed. Ai' are invited to attend. There are no admission fees charged to these lectures, but it is the plan to bring the very best to the people without money consideration. Mr. Dillard will speale on the nebular theory of the creation of the universe. Owing to recent discoveries from the as tronomical observations weich are said to be of importance enough to change or at least alter the scien tific view of the earth's history. Thi3 lecture is very iirly and will be of great value to those interested in the story of the beginnings of the earth and the planets Ten sneakers will contend for honors at the high echoed assembly this evening (Friday ) at 7:45, the occasion being the declamation try out for selecting speakers to repre sent the school May 16 in the all county contest. Four speakers will appear from the high school and six from the grades. The grade contest will be pulled off in the first part of the evening and the high school contest the latter part. An admission of ten cents will be charged at the door to defray the expenses of judges. Frof Rawlston and Miss Blanche Miller cf Scap poore, and Miss Conlngue of IIoul- ton will judze the contest. Two Fpeakers will be chosen from the high school nnd two from grades, and to thcw E. H. Flagg, formerly of this city but recently of Elgin, Ore., has sold the Elgin Recorder and hat purchased the Camas Post at Camas, Wash., and with his family will establish a home in that city. The many St. Helens friends are glad to see the Flaggs getting back nearer home and wish them well in their new home. Mr. W. R. Hewitt of San Fran cisco, one of the officers of the Mc Cormick Co.," and interested in the building of boats at St. Helens, was a visitor at the launching Saturday, and after spending several days in the city returned to San Francisco on Thursday. SHIPPING NOTES e son for a week or two nnd reports this well known family as being well satisfied and happy. On the 4th of March Mike journeyed to Wash ington, 1). C., and there saw Wood row Wilson inaugurated as Presi dent. He tells of some interesting happenings there. Mr. Fresh thinks well of the eastern country, but is real glad to be bnck in Oregon ntrnio nnd will continue to make this his home. Th. ladle- of th KpUeornl -,..1 .rv. t. in th. tiuiid -' REUBEN John m. Lindsay was a Port land visitor Saturday. Mary A. Tierney visited over Easter with her ' other in Port land. Gertrude B. Liggett visited on Easter in Kelso. Wash. Wesley Hill and family and C W. Jensen and family have moved to Alma, Cal. W. H. Milne has sold his farm to J. V. Allen. lat f Nibrnska. This week has been a very busy one in the shipping history of St. Helens, many vessels having been in port and much money distributed for wages, as the following will show: The Schooner Alvena, laden with 9."0 M. feet of ties, left down Tues day morning and sailed Wednesday for SanFrancisco. The Schooner W. F. Jewett was also another get away Tuesday. She had on board 625 M. feet of ties and sailed Wednesday for San Pedro. The Schooner W. F. Garms, abig carrier of 1300 M. capacity is load ing a cargo of piling for delivery to Pearl Harbor. This is the govern ment's big fort near Honolulu, and when completed will be one of the finest forts in the world. The Garms will be here for a couple (of weeks yet as she has just begun loading. She came to this port direct from' Mexico. The Steamer Saginaw arrived Friday morning and will complete her cargo here. She will have on the ! boa ni close to 800 M. feet of lum- speakers i bor which is destined for San Pedro. During the eatly part of the week there were nearly enough sheriffs in the city to hold a convention. In addition to our own etficiont officer there were Sheriff S. E. Vandiver from Franklin, od, and Sheriff Arthur Gee from Grayson, Kentucky. Both of these officials from the far east w ere here to re ceive men whom Sheriff Thompson them being charged with forgery take place Indny eCr.p The, we fl, jtSOd .i .u ' ,.u ottrv (successful declaimers were Xisses as she will be token i: prizes of books will be awarded,! The Steamer is loading a cargo of Supt. J. B. Wilkerson and Dr. Edwin ! tie and piling for delivery at San Ross giving books for the high 1'iego . ne w. a ss.ii aaiuraajr even v i n i P,fu, ing and in addition to her cargo will school winners, and L. K. Luther- j h .e a fu ,oad of passenKers who ford and C. C. Thomason giving j .vil, . down on tne fralda. The books to the prade winners. A very happy vent tori; place in Miss Nei'.l's room Wednesday when a number of the eighth j-K'de girl contested for places in the contest and the other with a statutory offense. Both sheriffs left here Monday morning for their respective homes, Mr. Vandiver having in charge one C. Shaw, charged with forgery, and Sheriff Gee taking with him Mr. Chas. Buck, charged with a statutory offense. Mr. Gee visited fcr a day or two with old friends in Rainier who had come before he returned t a rpppnt meetine of the ,v " . , .,. members of the Cannery Associ- ' ation it was decided that they would build a cannery here and the erection of a building will be commenced soon. It is to be hoped that the farmers will realize what a help this will be to the community and will do all they can to help it along. Mrs. Winton returned to her home in Astoria, Sunday. Mr. Bert Terry visited at the Baker home again last week. What means these frequent visits? The members of the Free Masonic Ci der of St. Helens and the Beavers of Houlton are invited to attend the M. E. church at Hou ton on Sunday, March 30, at 11a. m. A i i. i. '.if - sermon on individual i airionsm will be given by the pastor, W. T. Fairchild. It is earnestly desired that the members of these orders lead the singing and attend in numbers. Cordially yours, W. T. Fairchild, Pastor Multnomah has passenger accommo dations equal to any of the liners running out of Portland and usually pU of her passenger accommoda tions are taken. Ft. Helens people will say fare- s to the Merced in tow by the Eleanor Savage ar.d Fav l.vneh, the Steamer Klamath Saturday evening t.r ;,,.n ,Wir,,t eeli:nr ar.d leave for San Francisco, where l vi in. c- i from Oliver Twist ar.d the latter a her machinery, which is ready for i,.,,- ;'; lw insra od and tinistung feature pen poem, " The Last Song." j t v .,e, made. She should be back Mrs. L. R. Rutherford, A. W. ' u St. Helens sometime inMay fully Mueller and the principal acted as ; equipped and ready to fill the re- ... t vor crrfvcrr iudires. Before the tryout the r.u-.reme.i i ei - eighth graders sang several songs j in their usual fine style. .. . t I'..luniu I.. M 1 anrl t.'- Mr. Mima no roo ,...- - Waal). . ' J J. I The Montgomery building has been newly fitted up w ith m-e i oom, with or without board, unfun.ished 3 and o room housekeeping apart ments; also a delicatessen of home cooking, It is now ready for busi ness and the public is cordially in vited to come and see for them selves. x this vicinity Friday nnd Saturday. mm. Henry Wasser and mm. T. S. Linton were Rainier visitors on Wednesday. The Columbia Tirrbcr Co. hr.s a I ci-cw or ton mn ! business of her owners. The Steamer Klamath will leave S'lturdav evening for San Francisco The Rev. Mr. Luther gave a very ! wi;h a full cargo of ties nnd lum inte.esting address to the English ber. She will carry her usual heavy , , nnsmrer list. Capt. Jahnsen who H,sl .ry class Tuesday aiternoon. or ; P Vintemling the Merced Wesley and the origin oi the A.eth-j .,, ke t.harKe 0f the Klamath on odist movement in England, i he f t(l;s trjp and the former Captain of class is just covering that period of : the Klamath will take charge of the history, making Mr. Luther's ad-! Merced while she is in tow. dress very timely and very much ; - . IN TIIK ClHtlul ljULlil vr lUIr STATE Of ORK.GON, FOR COLl'MBI COUNTY, s.iu.'i"! V. Stevenon, Plaintiff. appreciated. D. W. Freeman. 1). McKay and XT I.T T L o . all fmiinunt rnr- 11. 11. JU lOJ r " J'. v.i.r ...v i. v . v t. ty j poose farmers, were attending to i i.:u m.1v suver.s'n, lH-lmdant business matters in St. Helens dur-j T I.'t'u M.y sttvemon. nA defendant I,, ih- niun "f the State of Oregon, For the benefit of the children , h l)v r,,,uired to appear tad urveytnet their Eggs for setting $1 per 15 e.gs. Pjre bred White Leghorns, u w. Lind, Warren, Ore. 4t Lots $T0 and up, on easy terms. J. B. Godfrey, 1218 E. Glisan St. Portland, will be in St. Helen,, on Saturday and Sunday each week. Horses For Sale All kinds of horses for sale or will trade I orses for cattle. Come and see what wo have at the ScauooFe livery barn. Geo. W. Grant. Two doen White L n : 1 do-e-i Ei on l.efrroio 1 thoroinrhbred .voi i -- ' ' who do not attend the Arcade pic-1 nsr the complaint 61d against yoa r. cknur nn Knnrliiv KVPniiiFri Mrs , in the b v entitled court within ai VanTassel will play on the piano on Saturday evenings as well. Four reels of pictures are shown in ad dition to the music furnished by Mrs. VanTassel. Mr. J. S. Allen of Spokane,' father of Mrs. L. U. Rutherford, Joe Allen and Mildred Ai'.en, is ivak-: ing an extended visit at the Kuther-; ford and Allen homes in this city, i .. .., . , .. ... ' Mr. Ai.en h grcai.y h"'." , . ,, .... ,,calloll ul ,h. M In th. (tie substr.nt.al improvements thct ' . mm tor is tntxto 'have been made sir.ee his last visit; nY irt nnd predicts trre-it ; wet ks Iroul me ua'e ui i i'u" tu.u of ih a n. lire, to-mit: Tb 2tb day of .larch, V'l:;, and it tou to fail to appear and answer, iu plaintiff will t.ly to tlie contt for the relief de m..tid.d in tl f'1'1 complaint. to-U: A (',f. re.f "f this court dissolving the lioi '1 of iiinirimonv heretofore and now r x'stu S 1 etv.e.'ii pihintiir and defend n t lieieiu, and for mb other and lor tlici r-iuf as to tlie court may leetu l i ui! lc and j'li-t. S- rvi e ol iva iiKr.'...'jni iijuju yua rt aa ort ; '' hero in liJ I . till". - ' .otiS, hi. licit na. Oik forking iuat right, on TueJT afternoon,. II ! ! alldlng cartb, V.