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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1913)
GOIiOMBl COUNTY, OREGON LOCATION: In tin Nrt!iwrKrn part of Oregon, on Kiver, with iilxnil 70 miles of river front -MlI'llN't;: Ships from ull parts of the worhl carry Columbia County products down the Columbia Liver ami to the market of the world. A through line of Kudnmds traverse the county from the North to the South. Uiver boats carry local products to local market at low rates. Cuiiiiiiiiia LAND A K !: A : About 7lH) mpian miles 22,W.v urns TII.I.AIIU: LAND: 15.7'Jti ucrcs. 'I hi is lan.i that is ru-tually in cultivation Hiiti cli'iircil, cxrl.mve of town lot. SON TTLLAItLK LAN : 0i 7iti tier. vl,i.(, in,-lui!i-M all t;n,,i r where tl:ne is more linn it'll. )) h'ct n it imn ler si'diun, nh all lug ged oil hmd Atii li ii. not i;iiu!i!c fr imi! in p,, comlit ion I'm cultivation. VIM! I '.a: Alio'lt . ti liivl nil' lulf l i i ; -1,1 ! . i 1 1 1. ji i f,vt as-i.,'.i:: va'."I-: . iimi:i:i:: ,"n. ..".-.- vS!vS.-5;-:i V.M.l'i: ..' IILl.UU.i; ,.'l. fui :::.-. total av.s.;ki v.vi.i.yii n o;. a:.i. h:i kimy: j Is.iiimi.imii. M.I.I S )!' C'll'NTV I; ,1N: r. t rileM, smiie !' whirli U iii tip. I ela.,." ci nilition, r:on r in fair e,iiiiht"ni u el ;,.iinc in vim y poor condition. MILKS )!' KAII.lCOAt'S: About if, ib- v. hieli include the ii. am line of tin-S. 1'. A: S. nml the va: n.s Inging roads. I'dlTI.ATION': ("ensu of I '.M o .iM'M lO.fiMl luit a careful ctinuite this year gi.'e it at I u t 1", 00. aiM.vn:. Ti'iiilH fiit''. I 'u inc the summer the thcrmoin-'tcr rnrcly t .: dies 100 in the ..i:iilc and in the coldest wisithcr of u inter zi'iu wrath-r is uimoHt unknow n. During the winter months then- is considerable ruin, but nut too much. Just enough to insure crops Crop failures are unknown. I'KulHTTS: KiuiH of nil ku.ils, especially apples, lwars, plums ami berries, til im af.d gr:i"; garden truck of all kinds and dairying. Thousands of Here of first class land can be purchased at reasonable prices upon which are .stump left from the timber operations. This land is especially suited for forming, fruit raising "rid dairying. r''; -V? V?;-V,!; ; ... . - .:- f -4 -r" rjinrrw.PLi til 1 ' r l:' '.ft. ' ST. I! KLKNS A city on the Columbia River, ?N miles from Portland, with a population i, f lsitO people. The County Seat of Columbia County. A Four year Standard llih School. Methodist, Congregational, Episcopal and Catholic Churches. All the leading fraternal orders. Gravity water s stem owned by the city suilicient to supply a city of 10,000 people. Klectric lights, graded and macadamized streets, sewers. Principal industries are lumbering, shipbuilding, creosoting, stone quarrying, fining and shipping. Two large saw mills with a capacity of 250,000 feet per day; more than 5' million feet of lumber shipped each month; several large ocean going vessels built each year; timber treated with creosote and shipped all along the coast. Two big stone quarries and rock crushing plants in continuous operation. An average of 300 tons of Columbia Kiver Salmon caught and marketed. A farming country back of it that cannot be excelled in the world. Several new business blocks now under construction. Five miles of sewer being built. A PAY ROLL OF NEARLY $100,000 PER MONTH. Many beautiful and attractive homes. INDUSTRIES: Lumbering and timber is the principal induitry; there be inn about twenty-five saw mills. Salmon flirting; in the Columbia Kiver is also an important industry. Farming and fruit raising; Stone quarrying; Ship buildin and all kinds of lumber manufacturing plants. OPPORTUNITIES: There are fine opportunities for the small farmer, dairy man, fruit grower and truck gardener. Also a number of choice deep water sites for manufacturing plaats. TilK DELTA GARDENS: 12,000 acres of ! w lands along the Columbia River which have recently been dyked and are now in high state of cultivation especially adapted to growing of vegetables and small fruits. SCHOOLS: Four standard High Schools; locality. Grade schools i n each CHURCHES: Nearly all denominations represented. THE COUNTY OFFICERS: Circuit Judges, J. U. Campbell and J. A. Eakin District Attorney, W. B. Dillard County Judge, W. A. Harris County Clerk, H. E. LaBarc Sheriff. A. E. Thompson Assessor, C. W. Blakesley School Superintendent, J. B. Wilkerson Treasurer, R. S. Hattan Coroner, F. H. Sherwood Surveyor, Geo. Conyers Commissioners, John Farr, Louis Fluhrer. CITIES, TOWN, AND POST OFFICES: St. Helens Rainier Clatskanie Houlton Scappoose Warren Deer Island Goble Yankton Vernonia Mist Quincy Mayger Marshland Columbia City Reuben Apiary Hudson Prescott Trenholm Inglis Patronize the Mist Advertisers j i a t- in ri Areycu icttini r.oic ry Vou did last year? Are yon reasonably sure of j;cttinst r-till more next year? If not, this is your time NOW to mail the coupon below onJ let the International Correspondence Schools explain how they can qualify you to enter a more important line of work in your present occupation or in a different one where you e.m command a higher salary at the start, with no limit to your earning power. In making this offer, all your cir cumstances have been taken into con sideration, and it only remains for you to fill out and nail the coupon. How W;can succeed with the aid of I.C.S. training by mail, as thousands like you have succeeded, will be fully ex plained at no coat whatever, to you. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS ; ricase etplain, without further , AMirion on mv Mrt-how I can ' nfialifyrfora larger ilaria the . faTToTbefore which I have ; . l'f ' t Irr. I.lli"" i4,.ll" Mn-liM. .l flr Vmr " rlM yrnr llt WhiwT lin," ,1,11 .,,! Allrl ' .. dir.rl.r.l f TIpMrlUM Hlnlnit NflHr Hum Hill a4 S f an Fvu. ixFOKM.nwx uvannnRmxa H. V. REED, Manager 505 m tm PORTLAND, OREGON IRENHOLH 0 I). Kvlc visited St. Helens M.itiday ami Tuesday of last wetk. Mrs. Myrtle Schneider left Sun ihiv for a short visit with her aunt, ;Mis. Klla Smith, at Happy Hollow. Jair.es Lowe of Houlton was seen on our streets Sunday. The Library and Literary Associ ation tfave a fine program at the school house Saturday niht to a Ihtk-, appreciative audience. The new sectional bonk case is installed in the school room, the books have arrived and the Trenholmites look forward to a tfreat amount of pleasure in the persual of these volumes during the Ion?, rainy, winter evenings. Miss Gladys Lamberson arrived l in Trnhiilm last week and will 'mi.'nd the winter here at the home of her parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. Jack Lkinherson. Mrs. Chas. Hein made a trip to Houlton and St. Helens last Saturday. Mrs. George Wilson visited Houl ton and St. Helens on Wednesday last. V. K Eversaul is busy repairing roads, and they certainly need re pairing, as thev were becoming al most inipussible. 0. T. Foster and son Lee re turned from rortiaritl Saturday where they went to sell their team.. P. B. Brockway was a visitor at Houlton and St. Helens Tuesday. A party of girls gathered at the home of A. M. Campbell Saturday afternoon to help Melissa Cjllen celebrate her 10th birthday anni versary. A pleasant time is re- mi rt imI. The telephone project is .pro gressing nicely and Trenholm will soon bo able t talk with the out side world again, as we expect to have one of the best telephone lines in the state. George Cropp visited Portland Inst week ' and hud a splinter of steel removed from his eyeball. 0. T. Foster has bil.s out for an auction sale at Houlton ,on Satur day, the 22nd of Nov., when he will sell his team, cows and Other per sonal property. Join the Boosters If you like the old town beat. Tell 'em so! If you'd have her lead the rest. Help her grow! When there's anything to do Let the fellows count on you; You'll feel bully when it's through. Don't you know? If you want to make a hit. Get a name! If the othor fellow's it. Who's to blame? Spend your money in the town Where you pull the sheckles down; Give the mail concerns a frown That's the game. When a stranger from afar Comes along. Tell him who and what we are Make it strong. Needn't flatter, never bluff; Tell the truth, that's enough; Join the boosters they're the stuff, You belong? If you'er used to giving knocks, Change your style! Throw bouquets imtead of rocks For a while. Let the other fellow roast; Shun him as you would a ghost; Meet his hammer with s boost And a smile. Author Unknown. will call at my office in St. Helens and make settlement within the next two weeks and save costs. Oct. 24th, 1913. M. E. Miller, $100 REWARD. persons who shut down one of the water gates on the main line recently, or of any person or persons damaging or in terfering with any wster pipes on the line. By order of the Commission. E. K. QUICK, See. For Rent Rooms in the Bank building. Steam heat, electric The Water Commisi ion of the Uty or . St. Helon. will nav 1100 reward for the I'Bht, hot and Cold water arrest and conviction of the person or Columbia Co. Bank. UiaLtytrtiti.LAaUL ,itlars,.itl.ibrUt Methodist Notices Tho Mpthndist services will be held in the school house. Sunday School, 10 a. m. Morning service 11 a. m. Epworth League, 6:45. Evening Bermon, 7:30 p. m. A cordial welcome is extended to all. E. T. Luther. Pastor. NOTICE 1 H. Larsen, formerly in the mer cantile business at Warren, has placed his accounts in my hands for collection. All persons knowing themselves indebted to Mr. Larsen GREAT C031BINATION OFFER The Mist management has made arrange ments with Portland Evening Telegram whereby we can give subscribers the advan tage of a gigantic combination offer for a limited period. You can get a Metropolitan evening paper with all the latest news from all over the world and all the news of St. Helens and vicinity in the Mist at a remark ably low price. The Evening Telegram is the best pap er in the state, market reports unexcelled, Saturday edition contains a magazine and comic section in colors. The Evening Telegram St. Helens Mist . - - Total Both Papers Through this office if paid in advance for i year, on or before Decem ber 31st, 1913 - . $5.00 per year $1.50 per year $6.50 per year $4.75 r IP I?