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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
VOL. XXXII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST I, 1913
NO 31.
II WAS A BAIL GAME
MKIIIOMBJHSTMID
RSCFJES! LOCUS CO 10 MM
What resembled ball frame of
Ih.uld variety was played in St.
Sl-lt-ns lat Sunday when the local
a" .
oyi nu t defeat at the hands of the
iM Columbia Club of Portland, to
Untune of 11 to 10. The gam
Lsi inteii-sting for tho battinjr of
,ume run, throwing the ball over
he fence and running around the
ithi. The local buttery wan Eik-
,.., pitcher, and Frank Flag.
atcher. We failed to mention the
Inline thut was played the week be
fore and have aotne hesitancy in
ioinir o now, but the boys from
Wixxllarul came across the river to
uke the calps of the local, but
cnthnck home after having the
hunor of taking the abort end of a
19 to 2 score. The lea aaid the
itter. Next Sunday there will be
mother k" iome u'arn
;h way the local boy are playing
giioJ K'e will be aeen.
SriHS KKOM I.A.NT SlJNPAY
Fikman had pitched the first five
inning and while a trille wild he
had plenty of amoke. With better
control he i a comer.
Brakke finished the gnme in the
b.z and showed hia old cunning at
the ai t.
Frank Flagg caught a good game
but was kept fairly busy pulling up
ii Ht'irkings.
Kichardsun and Dill played the
usual steady gan.e.
rtullagh had a good day at first,
pearing several hard ones.
Steven and Morton were taking
the breezes off the ocean at Sea-
iiJe, but next Sunday will again be
in uniform.
liidgefield will play here next
Sunday and the boys deserve a
better attendance than they are
gi tting, as they are all home boys
and ure doing their best to boost
for St. Helena by keeping up a
good U-am with no expense.
MCCORMICK LEO BUSY
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATIONS
ARE CROWDED 10 LIMIT
On a conservative estimate the
Mcv'ormick fleet of steam achooners
is handling over 11.000,000 feet of
lumber from the Columbia to Cali
fornia ports monthly and this in the
face of news from San Francisco
that 18 vessels of that type are
being laid up owing to alack busi
nexs. Charles U. McCormick. head
of the company bearing hia name,
i here for a week'a visit, and aays
Umt 75 per cent of the lumber
taken down the coast by the Mc
Cormick steamers finda lU way into
Southern California, the remainder
being discharged at San F.ancisco.
With more than 130,000,000 feet
annually being moved by the one
line it would indicate that Los
Angeles and San Diego territories
re advancing. Mr. McCormick
ayi that the biggest aursriae of the
year has been t he gains in pas-
1'ngcr travel, aa hundreds are
turned away at San Francisco in a
eek from northbound steamers.
NOTICE
Notion la hnrolitf trlvxn that I
have tuken up at my place near
Houltnn one dark red bnll with
"mm white. No marks or brands.
About 18 months old. Owner can
have same by calling and paying
charges. '
Earthquake Shock
MI. RAINIER SENDS THRILLS
THROUGH PEOPLE OF TACOMA
Tacoma, July 29.-Two severe
earthquake shocks, covering an
area of more than 100 square miles,
shook Mount Rainier about 11:15
this morning, rocked the gate
houses of the immense concrete
structure of Tacoma's $2,000,000
power plant at LaGraode, 30 miles
fcouth of Tacoma, and created alarm
in hundreds of homes. The dis
turbance, lasting about half a
minute, was most strongly felt at
National I'ark Inn, at Ashford and
LaGrande.
The telephone operator, Mrs.
Scurry, at Ashford, was sitting at
the switchboard and was thrown
violently forward, the chair lurch
ing toward the desk. Officials at
the city's Nisqually power plant,
after a speedy examination, re
ported they had found no cracks.
Hundreds from Tacoma and else
where are on the mountain tramp
ing over glaciers and following
dangerous trails, but no reports of
injuries have ben received. F.than
Allen, superintendent of the Na
tional I'ark district, said there could
bo no doubt they were seismic dis
turbances. The shocks were ap
parent at Kibe and Eatonville, in
Fierce county, and at Lewis, in
Lewis county, where the shock ap
peared to be the strongest.
ROAD EXPERT COMING
South Yarmouth, Mssi., July 24.
Kditor The Mist, St. Helens, Ore.,
Dear Sir: Mr. A. L. Westward,
Vice-President of the National
Highways Association, will shortly
puss through your city on his 17,000
mile trip by motor-car, which he is
taking under the auspices of this
association, in the interest of good
toads everywhere. In his ride
through Utah he was accompanied
part of the way by Governor Spry,
and w hile in Nevada was joined by
Governor OdJie. This trip he is
taking Is creating wide interest
everywhere, as every city, town and
hamlet is anxious to share in the
good work that the National Ilinh
wnvs Association is planning to do.
Good roads all over the country
mean development all along the
lino. We shall appreciate any pub
licity you may give this matter be
fore Mr. Westgard passes through
your part of the country.
Yours very truly.
Charles II. Davis. '
President
WARREM
J. S. Bacon is having hia house
reshingled and painted.
P. A. Carlson is giving hia house
a coat of paint.
A picnic was held in C. J. Lar
son'i orchard by the Swedish church
tw-onle last Sunday. They had ser
vices in the orchard and refresh
ments were served at C. Hendrick
son's. Mr. John Kappler who recently
moved away from Bachelor Flat,
has written hia friends here of the
arrival of a twelve pound baby girl
at his home.
Warted-Position as housekeeper
by refined woman of 29. Will go
anyplace. Enquire at Mist office,
St. Helens, Ore.
PRIZE VOTING COW ABSORBING
THEM
E OF
Special Oiler of Extra Votes to Help
Late Entrants, Starting 3londa3r
Governor Wet Subscribes in Favor
of Miss Dottie Pringle of Mist
DISTRICT
Miss Kttther Weigle, St. Helens
Miss Grace Poejoy, St. Helens
Miss Alice Kichardson, St. Helens
DISTRICT
Mrs. Jennie Olsen, Rainier
M ks Daisy Hutchi .son. Rainier
Visa Sarah Mathews, Rainier
DISTRICT
Miss Beth Terry, Houlton
Mrs. Rudolph C. Karth, Yankton
Miss Kate Raker, Warren
Miss Fannie Cooper, Warren
Miss Ada Adams, Scappoose .
Miss Fay Lynch, Scappoose
DISTRICT
Miss Dorothy Fowler, Goble
Miss Mamie MeClay, Columbia City
Mrs. Ira Withrow. Goble
DISTRICT
Miss Wilma Pulliam, Clatskanie
Miss Page, Clatskanie
Miss Leverne Reddick, Clatskanie,
DISTRICT
Miss Mabel Mills, Vernonia
Miss Inez Smith. Vernonia
Miss Dottie Pringle. Mist
Miss LaVeta Thrapp, Vernonia..
PHOTO BY WHX'H
MISS FANNIE COOPER
Leader District No. 3
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MISS DOTTIE PRINGLE
Leader Diitrict No. 6
The Prize Voting Contest for the
free trips to the Round-Up promises
to surpiiM in interest any venture
of like nature ever conducted in the
state of Oregon. Candidates are
becoming alert with feverish ex
citement and subscriptions are pour
ing in from all parts of the county
and state.
A special olTer of extra votes on
each "club of five" new subscrip
tions is now in force and gives
those candidates who entered late
an opportunity to over take the
leaders and at the same time affords
' A .
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CITY
AND
MY
NO. 1
48,357
.... 23,130
.... 11,505
No. 2
5,000
10,470
12,300
NO. 3
7.5C5
23,840
, 32,310
30.924
17,760
'. 12,385
NO. 4
12,210
18,300
. 40,870
NO. 5
25,830
7,510
7,360
NO. 6
-- 16,535
-- 19,730
- - 32,415
5.000
MISS KATE BAKER
Second in District No. 3
PHOTO IIV WKIXM
B : . . ' . i ' ..a
MISS ESTHER WEIGLE
Leader District No, 1
a chance for those who are now
ahead to build up a reserve force
of votes to cast later on. Hereto
fore one thousand votes were al
lowed on each yearly subscription,
but during this special offer new
subscriptions will count three times
as muny, making fifteen thousand
votes for each five subscriptions
turned in between now and August
9th. This will positively be the
best offer of extra votes during the
contest, and the candidates who do
their best now are the ones who
will win. None are so far ahead
but that they can be easily over
taken, and now that the special offer
is in force it behooves each and
every one of you to make every
moment count, for while you are
idling you can just bet there are
"others "on the job." You may
have a few thousand votes in re
serve, but how about your com
petitors? Two new candidates were nomi
nated this week and judging from
the information received by the
contest department they will give a
good account of themselves and it
will not be surprising if their names
are included with the winners the
closing night of the contest, August
30th.
Just at this t;me Miss Esther
Weigle is leading in district No. 1,
with Miss Grace Popejoy second.
Miss Matthews is ahead in district
No. 2. Miss Fannie Cooper and
Miss Kate Baker of Warren are
having a race all their own in dis
trict No. 3. Miss Pulliam retains
the lead in district No. 4, and Mrs.
Withrow of Reuben continues to
hold first place in district No. 5,
with Miss McClay second. Miss
Dottie Pringle at Mist is deserving
of special mention for her excellent
work. She has a system of getting
subscribers which is hard to beat.
A number of subscriptions have
been received from out of town with
request that vote? be cast in favor
of Miss Pringle, among them this
week was one from Governor West.
This goes to prove the statement
made by the Contest Manager in a
former issue that "all the world
loves an ambitious yonng lady" and
everyone is willing to help those
who are willing to do their part.
SEWER BIDS OPENED
When the City Council 'opened
the bids for the construction of the
sewers in Districts No. 3, 5, 6 and
7 with the trunk line last Monday
nijrht it was found that the lowest
bid was $54,778.35 and the highest
bid was o ver $66,000. As these
bids were considerably more than
w as estimated and figured on, the
matter was laid over for action at a
special meeting of the Council to be
held the next Wednesday evening.
On Wednesday evening the Council
met and after deliberating the bid
of the Jas. Kennedy Construction
Co. of Portland was accepted for
the following districts and amounts:
The main trunk line 112,429; Sewei
District No. 3, $8929.45; Sewer
district No. 6. $8951.20; Sewer dis
trict No. 7, $5508.10, making a
total of $35,817.75. The bid for
Sewer district No. 5 was rejected
and there will be no work done on
this district.
At the time the Council passed
the ordinances declaring its inten
tion of ordering the sewers in the
various districts a number of the
property owners in the different
districts appeared and remonstrated
with the Council against the sewer
construction. But the council re
garded it as necessary for the
sewers to be constructed, so passed
ordinances ordering same. Then
those people who were interested
had prepared some referendum pe
titions against the ordinances, ex
cept as to Sewer District No. 3, and
filed them with the Recorder, but
the Council took the stand that be
cause there were some women who
had signed the referendum peti
tions that they were invalid and
therefore proceeded to advertise for
anil receive bids lor same, inose
parties who were instrumental in
getting up the referendum peti-
FROM PORTLAND TO ST. HELENS
IN ONE HOUR AND TEN
MINUTES
Imagine, me in the front seat of
C. J. Johnson & Sons big National
speeding down from Portland try-,
ing to get here in time for this
issue of th Mist. Wasn't much
use of coming as news is scarce and
everything quiet around the old
town.
Talk about good roads, nothing
out of Portland that will compare
with the St. Helens road, and people
are beginning to realize it too.
Oil wagons are thick down as far as
the Columbia county line, and they
stop there, for what reason I do not
know; might as well come all the
way down, oil is cheap. It is cer
tainly worth your while to take the
ride. Has the same effect as a
week's vacation.
Let me see, it was just two
weeks ago today since I was here.
You know. St. Helens has a fascin
ation for me. What it is, is a
problem, but being a woman it
must be the line of gossip thrust
upon me. Mrs. Frog said that Mrs.
Cat rode out in the bus with Mr.
Snake to Houlton. Now, isn't that
terrible. Unfortunately they hap
pened to get in the same bus; ane
should have walked over by all
means. Walking is splendid exer
cise. By the way, St. Helens has a
newly appointed postmaster; several
people have told me about it. Sorry
to see Mr. Gray's familiar face dis
appear from Uncle Sam's office, but
Wilson did the proper thing when
he appointed Mrs. Dodd. I believe
this one act will gain him many
friends. Someone told me that Mr.
Gray would devote the remaining
years of his life to playing tennis.
Every time I go to the post office
there seems to be a magnet that
draws me toward Von Gray's win
dow. Sometimes 1 wonder whether
it is Von, himself. But he cer
tainly has a well filled show window,
with all kinds of pretty rings, pins
and everything imaginable. It's
perfectly wonderful. The glitter of
gold always impressed me, and Von
is so pleasant with a smile that
helps so much.
Met Dr. L. G. in talkinr to Von,
Ha ia a mighty pleasant fellow. He
is certainly good to the book agents.
They all speak highly of him.
wanted me to sign upon the lecture
course, but nothing doing. The hall
is too large.
Of course, being near, I have '
to call on Fred and try one of his
famous sodas. Fred was so pleased
with his new eight day clock that he
nearly forgot my presence. He in
formed me sodas will be served on
time now, and that it is very quiet
in town on account f all the Bon
tons having gone to the beach.
The very next time I come down
1 am going to have a two-hour
personal interview with some of
your leading merchants and citizens,
and in the meantime just remember
this is a great country we took
from the Indians.
Lottie Moore.
For sale in Yankton 40 acres of
improved land on county road.
Good buildings. R. C. Karth,
Yankton, Ore.
tiona now say that they are having
papers made to enjoin the council
from proceeding with the work or
letting the contracts until the
validity of the referendum petitions
ia decided by the court.