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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
VOL. XXXII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1913
NO 41.
STRAND CASE DECIDED IN FAVOR OF THE CITY
Columbia
Highway
Being Surveyed
State Highway Engineer in Charge ol
Work With Crew of 12 Men
30ND ELECTION TO BE HELD LATER
'olicy of the County Court at Outlined
by Judge Harris Assures Good Roadt
Acting P"n tho request of the ( or more than $11)0,000 with which
,,uiuy Curt of Columbia County, to build permanent roads, mid the
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. nuhhahed in the Mist last week, '
1 ... . , expert road builder, one who is an
tui.tr lUw by. Matt- Highway mi- . . , . . . .
'"J"' '""" " ' tcxiiert unil capable of making roads,
Leer, has taken active charge of jwu,j 1k, hired j,y the court t tllkc
ha work of surveying tho road B)- rharge of a, thu Cl)riStruclion of
,.m of Colum'iia County. Mm first ! r.)Ul, jn lnp 0,)Unty. Kvery bit of
jjninUnt. Mr. L.C.riswold. ha been work ,jne woullJ of IH.rmanerit
it Columbia County several y character. o that after the road
the crew and
Who's Who In St. Helens
Many of the Leading Business Men
All Lines and What They are Doing
hit week getting
.are finished it would only require a
making final arrangement. ai- B,t tax levy to maintain them, or,
edv several men are at work on ' ail j j understood now, the slate
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the survey ami next monuay ine : Wouj take over all the permanent
tttw will be filled to 12 men. VV ork j roa,i 8I1(j niaintain them at state
f suivcying will start st the Clat- ,.x,wnst. From the expression of
ip county line, near Marshland, the Jujjje tt!) to what would happen
mJ continue to the Multnomah ( the bond issue failed to carry he
county line along the river. Then Kave it out that, unless something
the crew will start from St. Helens 1 unf,irseen happens to alter the
nd go to the Nehalem by way of j,ans the County Court would do
Treiiholm and strike the Nehalem away wjth all special tax levies and
riv. r at l'ittsburg. The next place makL. a Ktneral road levy of ten
t.i start from will be on the Heaver 1 mit ,.xt yur and then proceed to
Creek road, where it crosses irom jjtt the best road builder to be ol-
Washington County into Columbia ' tained and start woik on the same
six! proceed from there down the : roa,i as are now surveyed out by
riv.-r to Fishhawk. Corning back I the State Engineer. They would
to Mist the survey will extend fromtgtart at a given point on these main
that point to ClaUtkanie. These four rou,i8i as indicated in their resolu
roa.ls will constitute the main road j tjn passed last week, and build that
iTstcm of the county. Already Ht? ' particular road permanently so far
County Court has divided the ) us the money would go. The f ol-
county into four road districts, the UWmK y,.ar that same plan would
consolidation Win as follows: Pis- b. followed ami the work would
trirls No. 17. 1. 2. 3 ami 4 will I Bturt where it was left otT the year
one district and known as district ' previous, so that it would only re-
N.i. 1. Districts No. f. 6. 7, 8 ami (,u,re about three years to complete The Muckje Hardware Company
9 will b district No. 2; districts all the roads anyway and tney wouiu ;,. w j Muckle and
They bought
proprietors, two
and Charles, in
have been held in the various parts for the maintenance and r,''lBir 01 1 August, who established the store
of the county and enough sentiment side mad and fridges 81 ' ' ,!: Lwav back in 1875. The present
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used on the main trunk roads as de
scried. After the suivcy has been
completed by the crew now in the
c.i.i nn.J the estimates tiled as to
I the 'probable cost and practicability
The Columbia County Bank is
thoroughly identified with St. Hel
ens. Its career has been one of
striking success and every member
of the community takes "ride in it.
There is no more progressive insti
tution here and it reflects shining
credit on St. Helens: A general
banking business is transacted and
it satisfactorily and amply meets
the needs of the city in the bank
ing and financial I ne. A .arge ma
jority look upon banks simply as s
place for, the safe keeping of money
and they have no adequate concep
tion of the fact that they play a
leading part in the success of most
legitimate enterprises. The man
agement of the Columbia County
Bank could scarcely be improved on
and while looking carefully after its
own interests, as is its bounden
duty, it is slways ready to do what
it properly can to advance the in
terests of St. Helens and vicinity,
it was established as a private bank
in r.06. organized as a state institu
tion The Columbia County Bank
in June. 1908. It is capitalized at
$50,000, with a surplus of $10,000,
and is the oldest bank in the county.
It is supplied with the latest modern
appliances for the protection of iu
funds and securities. The officials
are men ff high standing in the
community and elsewhere. Wm.
Moss is president. L. R. Ruther
ford is vice-president; A. L. Stone
is cashier, and J. S. Allen is assist
a .t cashier. There are over fifty
stockholders, all men of high stand
ing, comprising the principal busi
ness men and farmers of the com
munity. In this record of who's
who we take pleasure in referring
cordially to this substantial and pro
gressive bank.
9 will be district No. 2; districts a! the roads anyway and tney wouiu ; cnnJuctej b. y. .
No. 10, 11, 12 and 13 will be district , be paid for without any debts . Washin(tton Muckle.
No. A, and districts No. 14, 15 and j having been contracted, Out out the former pi
Hi will bo district No. 4. Meetings' these levies enough will be reserved , , rc)thers,t jame9 ar
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hit leed aroused to predict that the
issuance of bonds will carry when it
is put up to the voters to decide.
Under the 'aw authorizing the issu
ance f bonds, after they have been
authorized by an election, the
County Court may either issue the
bonds or issue warrants for the
mount voted, and in shaking
with Judge Harris of the County
Court, he expressed hi opinion as
being convinced that the Issuance of
warrants would be the better plan
for several reasons. The bonds if
sold would have to run for a defi
nite length of time and draw in
terest until paid, and they would
have to Ik all sold at once, so that
great amount of interest would
oe paid on bonds before any use
was made of tho money, while with
warrants they would not be issued
until needed and the Interest would
only run from that time. By Issu
ing warrants instead of bonds it is
figured that several thousand dol
lars would be saved in interest
lne. The total amount of war
rants or bonds issued under the
pns.nt valuation of the county
would I, approximately $340,000
whi.-h with a general levy of 10
mills would make another $170,000
.,.. HilWnt roads, an eleeti n i
members of the iluckle firm like
wise have resided in the country
the same length of time. Washing
ton Muckle followed the-logging
and W. J. Muckle was
prominent merchant for
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SiniTon Z ! bonds. From present year, They carry shelf and builder,
appearances the bond issue will . hardware, harness, paints, oils, sash
carry and next spring will lhe an,j doors, et cetra. In referring
dirt flying on the Columbia County , leading businessmen
mu r.,i..mhia Highway a.vl 10 ,
Mill ill II". .'-
the other roads conr
of thecoun'y.
neSaiipru'aed what they are doing we take
pleasure in chronicling a or.
f th careers of this firm.
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If inv douLt xsiU In the minus oi ( Tnt, .MUCKie
. .1.. CI f I 1 f 1 (hut the hunting'
v inure
.esson not openrd.lhst was certain-, .j, ancl development of bt. Uel-,city s
t Sur.lay hi n tne 1 eng than any other forces, ana 11,1s no
a delivery wagon and gasoline
launch are used in making the de
liveries. The trade extends for
quite a radius surrounding St. Hel
ens. This house also deals in hard
ware, crockery and in stoves and
ranges. Mr. Harrison came here
first in 1887. He has been here off
and on ever since. Nearly twenty
years ago he clerked four years in
the town, and has followed milling
and lumbering a great deal of the
time. He was foreman of the saw
mill at Rainier for some time and
officiated in a similar capacity at
Kalama. He is -an excellent busi
ness man, full of energy and push,
and makes friends easily of the peo
pie he meets. In this article on
Who's Who in St. Helens he merits
very honorable mention.
The Italian Importing Company,
Incorporated, located on the main
thoroughfare between St Helens
and Houlton, operates a large gen
eral merchandise store and whole
sale wine and liquor warehouse.
Connected with this enterprise i
the fine Central Hotel, with steam
heating appliances in about thirty
rooms, all nicely furnished. It
might be stated here that the com
pany will rent the hotel reasonable
to responsible parties and give them
a good layout. The president of
the company, L. Rosasco, came here
eight years ago and started in a
small way growing and selling veg
etables. He first had one horse to
make his deliveiies, then two, later
three, and four were pressed into
daily service. Next a company was
formed to have a home or colony
for his people unable to speak Eng
lish, and the Italian Importing Com
pany, Inc., was organized with L.
Rosasco at the head, or president;
G. Romiti and V. Romiti, vice pres
ident and second vice president, re
spectively; P. V'alpiani, treasurer,
and A. Canjparola, secretary. The
magnificent structure represents an
investment of about $15,000. In
who's who they merit distinction.
James Muckle & Son operate St.
Helens department store. This en
terprise was established some
thirty-five years ago by James
Muckle. father and founder of the
town. The store is headquarters
for everything to eat and wear,
which includes groceries, dry goods,
clothing, furnishings, accessories et
cetra. Wilbur Muckle, the junior
member of the firm, hav been man
ager of the store for the past four
Judge Eakin Holds That
Strand Belongs to Public
Tide Land Question Not Decided
Judge W. A. Harris Will Appeal
Case to the Supreme Court
"The Strand is just as much a
public square and belongs to the
public just as much as does Jeffer
son or Washington Square," were
the words of Judge Eakin in decid
ing the case of W. A. Harris vs.
the City of St. Helens last Monday
in the Circuit Court. The question
decided was whether or not the
Strand, being that portion of the
city lying east of the buildings fac
ing the river and in front of blocks
10 and 11, belonged to the city or
to private individuals. Mr. Harris
had a deed to the property on which
his buildings are located from Mrs,
T., who had received a quit claim
from other and former owners of
the property, and it was through
these deeds that title was claimed.
There was a contention on the part
of Judge Harris and others that
there was never a dedication of the
Strand, but the Court h?ld that
there was a legal dedication and
that the Strand was legally dedi
cated to the use of the public. The
Ccyjrt also held that the Strand was
not the same as a street, but was in
the nature of a public square, and
could only be used by the public.
His decision was favorable to the
contention of the city and means,
unless reversed, that all those build
ings now occupying the Strand will
have to be removed. As to the tide
land feature of the case the Court
held that he was without jurisdic
tion to decide under the pleadings
and issues in this suit, and that a
decision could not be given on that
question without a special suit
brought for that purpose. Judge
Harris has stated that he will appeal
to the Supreme Court from the de
cision of this court and the city
officials have also decided to bring
another suit to set aside the tide
land deeds which were issued by the
state to private individuals in front
of publie property.
ly diellid last
to do with the substantial! years, and he is also one of our
popular city fathers who
officiating on his second year.
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from this city returned ner ic 1 e renijer to (.aesar ine mings iuti ne uoiu iu 01. iitieu. m
h.intins:earh one with the limit hanging cmt' they merit generous there is little to tell about him that
hi. hHci. On party consisting of ; .. .r,:cie 0n Who's' is not already well known. How-
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I ever as we are noting wno wno in
St. Helens he comes in for historic
Harrison, dealer in , mention, and a high place here as
E. Luncgren. Hsyes E.Ubrook. Charlie j '
Cooper. H. K. McCormU-k. and Cly,!. W ho.
t..thrl.nd came tack loaded vnlh t -.7
rhulr ducks, the result of Alfred
.hooting at their lake(ne.r n. . . f.ncy ana - , annals of St,
,i....L..llvli Island, other parti r. , an j country produce, operates
..Hand the Portland hunte:S;q Helens
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i- ikis Lu-aliiv were etiuany t tt . . :n tu; line
: : fortunate, or .Hentinc for up . mammoth bu8,;Price. moreover are right It
1 ..1., ,i,,n with ducks. , B" ... , . . . , . .,.. should be added that Mrs. Muckle
they too weie .1.. n ss His ireigni
TJ..fn is starting off good for the n . ... .. h a bi plessahtly presides over thelad.es
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we call the roll of those who have
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leading grocery Store, j e,cns n.avury. urm urnn
three years magnincenisiocs, 01 gooasana meir
ine ac. -
huntera ao from now on until Jan
the shooting ea-
iound like s Mexic
V.iwim'xS.
,h Sunday m.n.." fri nj
c.n bomtardmert the gallop w
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Dart-Cassatt
A pretty home wedding was
solemnized at the home of Judge
and XIrs. Dart on Wednesday, Oct.
6th, when their daughter. Bertha
Lillian, was united in marriage to
Mr. C. C. Cassatt of this city.
Promptly at 12 o'clock Rev. E. T.
Iuther of the M. E. church read
the ceremony. The bride was
beautiful in white Charmeuse and
carried a shower bouquet of Bride's
Roses and Lillies of the Valley. The
groom wore the conventional black.
The rooms in the beautiful home of
Judge and Mrs. Dart were pro
fusely decorated; the drawing room
with white chrysanthemums and
Oregon Grape, the dining room with
pink rose buds and the reception
hall with pink ai.d white rose buds.
Immediately after the ceremony a
wedding dinner was served to the
immediate members of the bride's
family, after which the newly mar
ried young people went to the M.
C. Gray residence on Columbia
street, where they will reside.
Mr. Cassatt is in charge of the
local sales department of the St.
Helens Lumber Co., and is one of
the trusted employes of that firm.
He has been a resident of St. Helens
for a number of years and is one
of the popular young men of the
town. The bride is a native daugh
ter of the city and an accomplished
young lady. She has lived with
her parents in this city all her life
and is one of the fairest daughters
of the county. Among the out of
town guests who attended the wed
ding were Mrs. H. C Fen ton. Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Younger, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Perry of Portland, and
Mrs. Dart of Rainier.
Jail is Foil
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Marie E. Watts and Robert L.
Eskridge. Scappoose.
Bertha L. Dart and C. C. Cassett.
St. Helens.
The newest thing in ladies, aliases
and children hats. Prices in reach of
all. at Hanson' Millinery. St Helens.
8 MEN AWAITING TRIAL HERE
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY Wl
At the present time there are
eight men confined in the county
jail in St. Helens, some awaiting
trial and some awaiting action by
the Grand Jury. Next Tuesday is
the regular term of Court at which
time the Pender murder trial will
be called and the other criminal
cases wili follow. The Grand Jury
will be drawn and excused until
after the trial of the criminal
cases, which will probably be two
or three weeks. The men in jail
awaiting trial are John A. Pender,
charged with murder; J. E. Camp
bell, charged with larceny; J. But
ler. Frank Ellison and Lafe Wilson,
charged with statutory crimes;
Green Adams, charged with mur
der; Silvers Wilson, charged with
robbery, and Sam Shelby with as
sault with a dangerous weapon.
There are several other men who
will be tried, but who are out on
bail.
LATER The Pender case has
been postponed two weeks and the
Grand Jury will be called next Tues
day.
A BOY ROBBER
Last Sunday while Dick Timmon
was away from bi boose on the Port
land road in thi city, a 12-year old
boy wbo was camped with a peddler
near tber brok into bouse and stole
$30 and a ring which Mr. Timrnoo bad
left there. Deputy Sheriff Lake was
notified and made a qoick trip to the
loealiiy, bat the boy was missing. In
vestigation of tb boys movtment and
tb circumstances surrounding the
affair left no doubt in tb minds of the
officer and other oartie bat that the
boy was the guilty party. The peddler
claimed to know nothing of tb where
about of tbe youngster, but there was
a suspicion that be was tying to mis
lead tb officers. However be was fol
lowed to bi borne in Port Ian J and tbe
boy failed to show up there so tb ebaae
was abandoned. Close watch will be
kept on tbe premise In Porta I nd and if
tbe boy shows op there be will promptly
be arrested.
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