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fi r.V S ' I III II II I 1 CUT I -rVK M w OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOL. XXXII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNES, 1913 NO 23. 15 9, ti I S. S. Merced AfiRIVrS AT ST. HELENS WVn I'. R. Mcl'ormiok :miiht Mi-r o il ails fur Portland vluy at "! ! on the maiden trip. th' I""' Wl"'1' 'n steam Hcliui n- rt will he In active fiiintni:iiin. ho ilcrivd, although a regular trail) wh'MiiuT, capable of curry- ,jj g lur'f 'arK' of northern lum' r, i provided with piiH.enger ae- uniml:ni"'l eqcui 111 mini) re bels t' best liners plying iiitvk'isa'. Tli pusiicnger quar- tn f ar excel those of nii of the nailer t p f rcgulur hlramcr j nitatrcd uni -(y in the pmtxin- fr trallle. YestiTilny visitors day on the erred. Hundred of H i.HoiiH at- rafted t the waterfront by the jli'luy went on board and inspected h riaft. The rooms have two ml tim e bei ths only and ur large ,nd wi ll equipped. J he aocial nil, sni'iking otul lounging room ire bujw ri"r to nome of the larger trainers. The dining suloon In uiuriounly lurniKhcu and tr.e tchfii is on n pur with that of the tu-r clii.vf of cafe. It is fx- jicftid that the Merced will be com pletely npi out before nailing time Unlay. The ahove wa taken from tlx San Francisco Examiner and shows hal they think of St. Helen huiit Uiats ilmvn that way. On Tueaday afUriiii'iii the Merced htcamed into St. Helen.- with a cargo of freight tnd g full list of puxscngcrK, with Ciptiiin JaliiiHun in command. High Water mm m at mm, ONE Mltl CLDotS The water at St. Helens this mnriiimf standi at about '20 f ft ilxive the low water mark and is foaiinjf up at the rate of about an inch every two hours. Today the Sheldon dock arc all under w ater ml the boats arc landing at the, mill docks which are atill about four feel above the water. The St. j Helens Lumber Co. mill, we under stand, has closed down on account W tin- water 114 liiix nlmi I lie ( ten- "linn works. Ah kinds of pre dictions by the oldest ii habitants are beini; made, but it is confidently MH rte, that there w ill be at least K-veral feet more of water. Yester day.the ship yards laid oil a por tion of th crew ami work was kiih pended on the fihips. Is the river coiitiiHi s to rise a couple of day UK' entire works will be closed down. Jtin Wiikins returned Wednes-' day from the hospital in Portland 'here he has been several weeks 'itli both arms broken, the result "fa fall from nn electric light pole, ""'h arms are st ill in the casts and "will!,,, many week yet before n' ill In; able to use them. He leave shortly for Westport, Wash., where his mother is slop ing for the summer, and will re main there until entirely recovered. Home, for Sale House and lot in Kailroad addition. House nearly n'w. Five rooms besides pnntry 'i'l bathroom. Will Ik? sold at B bargain if taken at once. Fred F.ngebrutsen. REAL ESTATE MOVING si. Co. Rcpart Several Sales Tl... Hi II .1 1.. . . ... I " "i. 11 -u ii.i improvement l o l.r.j ..I. ...... I ..... I I.... I 1 1 . ..-.a . i..n 11 ix riui laiiu neais me pail few ilayi including I he Kale ol the Olccn farm r.rar I leer Islund to Mr. (,'harli H (Iray of ()rcion City. Mr. Cray lian taken ehariu of Iht place and will make it l.ix home, Mr, du.st I.anisund of Coluiiihiu City has houhta tract in Mountain View and ha start c 1 to eli (ir it u ami iiuiiii a ln.uhe, with the inten tion of moving his family there as noon an poKhihle. Fd Heir Fas alho hotiKht a Mi i iitain View tract, haa built a ImiiM' ami has his family living there nov. Ceore Knule- hart of I'oillarid lias ImrKained for a lare furm t.cur Ieer Is-land and will complete the deal w ithin a few day. Other deals are pending ainuiiiiliiiK' to beveral thousand dd lars and the Improvement Com pany is kept luy w ith its customers. Mr. Laws, the tceneral manager, wants t. annoutice that they are selling property and that nny ier s.in havinv property to sell will c'o well to li.st it with them. The booklets recently printed by them have been circulated throughout several eastern Mates and already many inuirieH have been received. LOGGED OFF LANO SALE iwgru smuts While in St. -Helens this week Mr. John I'earson of the Chapman Timber Company, and also con nected with several other timber concern.1, stated that his company was makint? arrangements to place on th1- market all their lojed olT lands. The plans for selling this land will be that the purchaser must be a bona fide settler and he must Bjiree to improve and clear no many acres before title will pass, so that promoteis and speculators cannot jret hold of the land. The prices to be charged by the com- pany will be from 50 to To per f'.nt lower than is being charged by the 4eculators -vho now hold this class of lands in the county, so that this kind f land can be purchased by actual settlers from this company at from $10 to $'." per acre, ac cording to the location. The lands owned bv the company and which will shortly be placed on the mar ket are first class in every respect, that is,, for stump lands, and with this txiliey carried out will result in th development of the county more than in any other way. I NEW LAW CLOSES IHREE PLACES IN THIS COUNTY The law providing that liquor licenses sUall not be issued in any place but incorporated cities went into effect Tuesday and resulted in the closing up of several saloons in Columbia county; one at Scappoose an.l two at (Joble. The citizens of Coble will vote next Monday on the question of incorporation am if the city is incorporated the local I city government will handle the situation, but if they fail to incor porate that will be the end of the liquor business there. At Scap poose no effort was made to incor porate so the saloon man there closed up and has moved away. To Discover St. Helens Portia nd Press Club Coming Souda? in Force Sunday, June Hth, the Portland Pies Club will take St. Helens. Starting from Portland at 9:110 in the morninir the club members will head this way and about II o'clock will reach here, where arrange ments are beintf made to entertain them at Godfrey Park with a luncheon. Just how many will come is not yet definitely known, but that there will be a larjre crowd is certain. The Press Club is one of the live-wire organizations of the city and is making this pilgrimage to discover St. Helens and Columbia County. It will give us a lot of good advertising and enable our people to become acquainted with some of l ortland s best business men. Our citizens should use every endeavor to entertain the visitors in such a manner as will he re membered by them. McKiel Wins WHITE MACHINE CO. FAILS TO RECOVER ON CONTRACT Judge Fakin and a jury tried out the differences between the White Sewing Machine Company and H. McKiel of Clatskanie at this place hut Monday ami Tuesday. This was the case where the agent of the White Sewing Machine Co. ap pointed Mr. McKiel, a merchant of Clatskanie, as Columbia County agent for the sale of their ma chines and shipied him 25 machines. Mr. McKiel claims that he did not get the agency for the county as was agreed upon: that there were several other agents in the . ounty, and that the agent had fraudulently represented things to him concern ing the agreement and refused to accept the machines or to pay for them. The Company claimed that Mr. McKiel bought that number of machines outright at wholesale prices and sued him for tho amount. (After the evidence was all iu the jury retired and within 15 minutes brought in a verdict in favor of Mr. McKiel. It is considered prob able thai the Company will appeal as on the outcome of this case hinges several others of a like character in this county. diaries Britton and Nita Annistead were married last Saturday at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Armistead in St. Helens. Ilev. Edward T. Luther officiat ing. Mr. Hritton is a native of London, England, and has been in St. Helens for some time mak ing his home with his uncle. Jacob George, the bride also being a native of Ramsgate. England, coming here with her parents about 18 months ago. Friends of the families were present and many beautiful and useful presents were reecived by lithe young couple. They will make their home in St. Helens having taken up residence in the house of Mrs. Arthur Adams, a sister of the bride. . Wanted -Girls for training as nurses. Apply to Pacific Coast Hospital, Houlton, Oregon. BALL TEAM FOR ST. HELENS Effort Eeing Made to Organize Good Team Lista are being circulated around the city by some ef the enthusiastic fans in an endeavor to secure funds with which to organize and main tain a base ball team for St. Helens for the year 1913. The business men are giving quite liberally, in fact, sufficient funds have been al ready pledged to guarantee a team The condition of the grounds is such that it will require consider able money to put them in shape for playing and it will also be necessary to secure suits. A good base ball team properly handled means considerable to the city in the way of advertising and keeping up an interest in clean sports by the young men and boys. It is to be hoped that a first class base ball team will be organized and kept up in St. Helens this year and all of us should give the matter every en couragement. Teacher's Examinations Notice is hereby given that the County Superintendent of Col umbia County will hold the regu lar examination for applicants for state papers at St Helens. Oregon, as follows: Commencing Wednesday, June 18, 1913, at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing until Saturday, June 21, 1913. at 4 p. m. Wednesday forenoon, Writing, U. S. History, Physiology. Wednesday afternoon, Physi cal Geography, Reading, Com position, Methods in Reading, Methods in Arithmetic. Thursday forenoon, Arithme tic, History of Education, Psy chology, Methods in Geography. Thursday afternoon, Grammar, Geography, American Literature, Physics, Methods in Language, Thesis for Primary Arithmetic. Friday forenoou, Theory and Practice, Orthography, English Literature, Chemistry. Friday afternoon, School Law, Botany, Algebra, Civil Govern ment. Saturday forenoon, Geometry, Geology. Saturday afternoon, General History, Bookkeeping. Very truly, J. B. Wilkerson, County School Supt. ATTORNEY GENERALS OPINION 10 Honrs a Bay is Limit for Men to Work The new 10-hour law, fixing the maximum time that persons may be employed in any mill, factory or manufacturing establishment, which goes into effect June 3, prohibits an employer from permitting his em ployes to work more than ten hours a day, even though the employees desire to work longer hours, ac cording to an interpretation of the law made a short time ago by As sistant Attorney General DeLong. MARRIAGE LICENSES Martha Ellen Hoyt and William J. Skinner, St. Helens. Jaunita Armistead and Charles Britton, St. Helens. Floy L. Wilson and James E. Kilby, Rainier. TENNIS COURTS Aery Fine Court Provided by St. Helens Tennis Crib The St. Helens Tennis Club has recently purchased two lots near the school grounds and built two fine board courts so that the mem' bers may play at any time except during the rainy season. The club how hat about 32 members and will increase the membership to about 40. The courts are probably as good as any town of the size in the state, which speaks well for the enterprise of the club. The two courts are in the shade after 4:30 or 5'clock in the evening, and it is planned to have a big opening some time very soon for all the mem bers. Rainier also has a club and arrangements are being made for a contest at this place during this month with their teams. Bachelor Flat The eighth grade exercises were held at the school house on Satur day night. May 31st. The school room was tastefully decorated with the national colors, red. white and and blue; hemlock, fir and cedar boughs, Oregon grape, wild peas, ferns and many wild flowers. At least 160 persons were present. The writer wishes to Bay, and that will only express the thoughts of many, others that the program was one of the best that could be had in a rural school. Each pupil did his part well. It showed that they had been very carefully and well drilled for the occasion. The eighth grade finished with a class of three: Hilma Morten, Estella Pope and Earl Bennett. The school prophecy of the class was received with much applause. Prof. J. W. Allen gave the class a very able address and Supt. J. B. Wilkerson very ably presented the diplomas. The two comedies, entitled "Dr. Cure-All" and "Millions In It," given by the pupils of the school, caused one continuons roar of laughter. This closes one of the most successful schools ever taught in this district. Mr. C. E. Lake, the teacher, has done very efficient and satisfactory work and his servi ces have been highly appreciated by every pupil and patron of this school. The writer only wishes that we may have many more as pleasant and successful school ears as this has been at Bachelor Flat. W. H. Bumgardner. Train Time Changed The time schedule for trains on the S. P. & S. running through this county has been changed so that the train that left Portland at 8 a. m. now leaves 20 minutes earlier; trains leaving Portland at 1 p. m. and 5:45 p. m. now leave 10 minute9 earlier; train leaving Rainier at 3:15 p. m. leaves now 15 minutes earlier and the early train from Rainier is also 15 minutes earlier. All trains running through here are from 10 to 20 minutes earlier than before last Sunday. Methodist Notices Sunday School, 10 a. m. Subject Joseph Forgives His Brethren. Morning service 11 a. m. Subject, Obedience. Epworth League, 7:15. Subject: The Complete Man. Evening sermon, 8 p. m. Subject: Christ's Blessing. E. T. Luther, Pastor. SHIPPING NOTES The Steamer Merced which arrived Tuesday noon on her maiden trip, will leave tonight for Portland, where she will finish her cargo. The accommo dations of the Merced are all sold out, so when she leaves Portland she will have a full pas senger list The Steamer Klamath, the flag ship of the McCormick fleet, Capt. Asplund commanding, ar rived Thursday night and is load ing a full cargo of lumber and ties for delivery at San Pedro. She will probably sail Saturday night. The Steamer Tahoe arrived Thursday night and is taking on a partial cargo for San Francisco. The Schooner Beulah left down Tuesday on the tow lines of the P. P. C. tug Wallula and sailed from Astoria Wednesday laden with a full cargo of ties for San Pedro. As one instance of the great amount of lumber required for even so small a vessel as the Columbia Contract Co.'s tug which is now nearing completion at the shipyard, it might be mentioned that if the lumber used for the deck alone was put end to end, it would reach from the St. Helens Court House to the middle of the railroad track at Houlton. there being 7920 lineal feet of decking. The Steamer Multnomah sailed from San Francisco Thursday night and is expected at St. Helens Monday night She will take a full cargo here. Masonic Building LARGE NEW STRUCTURE READY FOR OCCUPANCY The finishing touches are jurt being made on the new Masonic Temple in this city and it will b ready for occupancy some time next week. The building is a mod ern two-story concrete structure with lodge rooms, reception and banquet halls up stairs and store rooms on the ground floor. C. H. John & Co. will occupy one of th store rooms with their grocery. Several parties are anxious to get the other room, but as yet it has not been let. STOCK MAY RUN AT LARGE NO CHANGE IN PRESENT. LAW UNTIL VOTED ON BY PEOPLE It has been the general impres sion that a law was passed by th legislature prohibiting the running at large of stock in this county, but now that the laws are published it is found that the law does not apply unless it is first voted upon by the people of the county. So that the law in regard to the run- ing at large of stock is just the same now as it was before, except that if a majority of the people of the county want to vote on the question an election can be called for that purpose. Have your pictures taken now at th photo tent west of court house. We will remain here till June 12. Have the farm residence photo graphed. We go into the country. Photographer Welch, I f J. i