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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1913)
LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND DOINGS W NOTES CONCERNING PEOPlTa.NO THINGS IN AND AROUND SI. HELENS PERSONAL; LOCAL; SOCIAL AND OTHERWISE Mr. Eshelman of Portland, physi cal director of the United Artisans, will speak at Odd Fellows Hall on Dec. 5th, at 8 p. m. Public cor dially invited. Mim llammarstrom spent Sunday in Portland. Mrs. Wm. Pringle visited the past week with friends in St. Helens. Albert T. Woods of Vernonia was a business visitor during the week. Mrs. A. Lindahl of Warren was in St. Helens on business Tuesday. Dr. N. E. Barbour visited her daugh ter in this city during the week. About twenty members of the local I. O. O. F. accepted an invitation to visit the Rainier last Saturday night WANTED Two more boarders. Trice reasonable. Mrs. M. B. Lewis, Columbia Tark. 2tp There will be serivces in Christ piscooal church next Sunday evening, Nov. 23, at 7:30. Death to headaches Glases fitted by Drs. Lowe and & Turner. Ask your neighbor. Mr. and Mrs. Shryock came down from Portland Saturday and visited over Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fopejoy, returning home Mon day on the Ira Ida. Lloyd l'earson, man of RidgefieW St. Helens with a here. Last Friday a young business was looking over view to locating night 'The Sophomore" was presented by the students of the St. Helens High school in the City Hall to a crowded house. The young people performed very credit ab'ytooand the entertainment was most thoroughly enjoyed by the audience. The first number of the Lyce um Course will be at the City Hall next Wednesday evening the 2Cth. The stelzl Company of musicians will be the first at traction and come highly recom mended. If you have not yet secured your ticket it is time to do so. fjfo Drs. Lowe & Turner devote their entire time, energy and effort exclusively to the eye. They have had years of hard, practical ex perience and know their business thoroughly in all branches. They give yoyr eyes a most thorough, searching and scientific examination, and when they prescribe glasses it is with posi tive and absolute assurance they are the best and only kind suited to your eyes. Glasses guaranteed to give sat isfaction whether they cost $2.00 or more. One charge covers entire cost of examination, frames and lenses Consult them at Hotel St. Helens, Mon day, Nov. 2th. Remember the day and date. Scores of St. Helens references I here has been several social functions in the city during the week and a number of personals which we are compelled to leave out in this issue, but have note of them all and they will appear in our next issue. The Pender Trial ' Continued from Tag 1 person who heard him to say that the State had not made out a case. He reviewed the evidence in a won derful manner, recounting all the various circumstances which tended to prove that render was the man who committed the crime, and then he called upon the jurors to do their full duty. After Judge Eakin had given his instructions to the jury they retired and are still de bating over the evidence. The in- " structions of Judge Eakin were so manifestly fair and covered the law of the case so thoroughly that not an exception was taken by either side. Something remarkable for a judge to instruct in such an im portant case without a number of exceptions being taken. At 10 o'clock this, Saturday, morning the jury is still out and from the noises coming from the jury room there ' teems to be little hope of an early verdict if any verdict at all. While Geo Grant and Mrs. I. e Strange were coming to St Hel ens Thursday from scappoose in Air. lirant S baggy tney met ine milk auto just at the west end of the Scappoose bridge with the result that the team became frightened and backed over the high embankment, throwing the occupants out, badly brusing Mr. Grant and braking the shoulder blade of Mr. Lastrange. The injured people were brought to st Helens where Dr. L. G. Ross attended them and they were taken back home in an auto. Dr. and Mrs. Hatfield af Scap poose are guests of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Ross this week. The M E. Church Pazaar held at the Guild Hall last Tuesday evening was a grand success. A most palatable dinner was served to a large crowd of peo ple and many beautiful and use ful articles were sold. Agricultural and industrial work is dtservedly receiving much attention in the schools of Oregon. The experi mental stage in this work has passed and educators are agreed as to the value of this practical training. In no state has the work started with more general and heurty support. County superintendents, supervisors and teach ers everywhere are cooperating in in troducing work that will train young people to be effiicent in doing the com mon duties of life. Teachers can find material for agricultural work in every garden, field or orchard. Make the school loom a labratory of interesting things. Mr. Harrington urged the teachers to Le interested first and in terest will come to the children. Study and test seeds, collect plants, learn about helpful birds and injurious in sects. Teachers can do these things and not neglect other school work. and not find in them added burdens for themselves. Be a leader in your dis trict. Help about many of the com munity problems that come up in al most every country district. Do things" and advanced salaries are sure to come. Have a school fair in your district this year. Begin now! Plan and work and get work from the boys and girls. Study agriculture from nature and not from a book. Encour age manual work of various kinds. Make useful thirgs. Let the girls wear aprons they can wear at home, helping their mothers with work, and teachers, above all things, remember that the schools of Oregon are for the boys and girls and not for the teachers. Let us all be progressive in this new educational movement that has come to Oregon. The country school can and will be a success if there is hearty co operation between parents and teachers. Do your part. ST. HELENS 20 YEARS AGO ITEMS TAKEN FROM THE MISTJPNOVEMBER 17, 1893 Paramount to everything else is the revival of the lumber industry in Col umbia county. A few years ago there were twenty transfers of timber land in this county to one at present and it is not hard to discern the difference in money matters, considering no more important part than the money placed in circulation by intending settlers. A return to those conditions is the prime factor in the revival of monetary affairs in this county. B. F. Giltner of Salem was in town during the week. Dorr Keasey of Keasey postofTice, this county, was in St. Helens the early part of this week. Charles Mcserve and wife of Oregon City were visiting at this place and at ' Milton last Saturday and Sunday. The saws were stopped in Mucfcle Bros, mill Saturday. The planer has since been kept busy preparing dressed lumber. The county court is working hard on the books of the delinquent county officials, and are making satisfactory progress. Lindley Meeker left Saturday for De lano, Cal., where hi will visit his sisters at that place. Mr. Meeker will be absent about two months. Sheriff Masse Dave Davis of the Miit and Dr. Cliff have received invita tions to be present at the execution of Hansen and Keiter, theCUtaop county murderers on December 1st. Summons IN THK CIRCUIT COURT OF TUB STATU OH ORKGON. FOR rL- I rrvftlffc rn?TV J. F. Timoney, Plaintiff, vs. I-evi S. Thomas and Frances Johnstone Tliotiias, his wife, Ova. W. Vogtl and Kxel Voirel. hia wll I)lin Itlam-liar.l i Associated Creditor. Adjustment Com Iny, corporation, J, S. Crane, John Hack us. Merchants National I'.ank of Portland, a corporation, l'arksr Stcn nick, M. F. Loring, Chas. I. IH0, O. W. llolUnteck and I- K. Rutherford, as administrator of the ealat- of vlorsi c K. Thomas, decenaed wife of Ievl S. Thomas, also all other persons or par ties uakoown, claiming any right, title, eUt, lieu or interest in the real estate described in the complaint herein, de fendants. To I-ti S. Thomas, Frances Johns lone Thoiun. and John Rackus, also all other persons or parties unknown claim ing any right, title, estate, linn or in terest in the real estate dem-rihed in tliejiompluint hertin, defendants. In the name of the State of Oregon, you ami each of you are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint tiled against you in the above entitled suit, oil or before tlie last day of the lime prescribed in the order for the publication of this summons, the said period of time being si weeks from the day of Ihe first publication of this summons, and said last iltr of pub lication being the 2nd day of Jan uary, l'.IU. am) if you fail to so apprar anil answer said complaint tho pUintifl will cause your dofault to I) entered and apply to the court above named fur the relief demanded in said compUint, to-wit: For a judgment against Levi S. Thomas and Geo. W. Vogel for f 4000, with Interest thereon at the rate of 6 per rent per annum frim Di cember 3rX, 1'jOS, to date of de cree, for f.'iOO attorney's fees and for coot s of suit; For a decree ordering the foreclosure and aale oftlie following de acrihed rtnl property inCuIumbia county, oreg'.n, to-wit: aIi that portion of the ! nation I .and Claim of Thomas K. (ial lowuy and Sarah A. Galloway, his wife, being n ti (lotion No. 8011. and Claim no. 41, and being parts of sections Zi and 2ii, in township 7 north of range 2 we.t of the W illamette m. rnlun, con. lainii g 311 61 acres more or li s, and lot No. 4 of section 2tl, township 7 north of range 2 west of Willamette meridian, and lot No lot section .15 in said town ship, and lots Hand 0 in tection 26, township 7 north of range 2 west of Willamette meridian which are covered with water during the e trine high flood and during any flood, a No all por tions of said land hereintiefoie described lying and Iwing between the right of way of the Aetoria and Columbia River kail r ond Company and the Channel of the Columbia river; also all the tide fiats lying east of ami fronting and abutting cn said lot I, of Section ,'!5 and said I t 4 of section 26 and the said 1H nation Land Claim of T. H. Galloway in township 7 north of range 2 west of (be Willamette meridian and the southeast quarter of section 22, in township 7 north range 2 west of Wilamette mer idian, and all the tide lands opon and adjoining said property and all thereof, except that portion of same which was conveyed to E. J. Haight by deed of warranty dated June 7, MOfl, aod re corded June 11, HrtrH, and that portion of the same which was also denied to the Heaver Lumber Company, and fur ther excepting all that po-tinn of said premises which lies south of an eaxt and wei-t imaginrry line along anil at tne sou'h end of treetle No. 1 ol the Astoria and Columbia alver Railroad Company, intending hereby to convey that por tion of the said premises hereinbefore deaciilx d which lie. north of said im aginary line and between the bottom or base of ti e blulls ami the channel of the Columbia river, excepting the right of way of the Antoria & Glumbia itiver Railroad Cn, together with improve ments and appurtenances thereto be longing; end for decree foreclosing all tbedelencants of and ffora all jrighti AIT GylLLERY-cjT. and equity of redemption in raid prem ises. This summons is punished by older of the Honorable J. A. Kakln, Judge of the Circuit Counrt of the stale of Ore gon, tor the county of Columbia, made and dated Novmnlier 2IHh, HU.'l, which order prescribes that aervice of summons in this suit lie made upon ou by publication once a week for six con secutive wet ks in the St. Helen. Mist, which time will liegln to run from the day oftlie first publication hereof; anil the tim wllbiii which you are required toanawersaid complaint is on or before the last day of the time prescribed in aid order for publication to-wit: Janu ary 2nd, HH4. The date of the II rat publication of Ibis summons is November lllst, 1011, John I'. Ilartman and Ibllard A Par. Alt rneys for PlnioUd, GOOD ROAD PLAN Continued from Paga I four or more and the counties five. Under my plan the United States would be authorities! to sell up to a billion dollars of 3 per cent fifty-year bond, and lot the states have the money on the security of their 4 per cent 50-yenr bonds, the difference In in terest being placed in a sinking fund and allowed to accumulate, interest t 3 per cent, at which rate the sinking fund would equal the principle In a litttle less than HO years. Thus tho states would psy the regular rate of 4 per cent and never be called upon to pay the principal. "The second fact to bo borne in mind is that experience in this and foreign countries has demonstrated that the road maiutennce is ss important as road constiuction. A number of eastern states have made the mistake of build ing roads but making no provision for their maintenance. In France, which has the best system of roads in tho world, maintenance i. provided for. In this respect my plan is carefully drawn. It provides that after any state hit. secured funds from the government fr mad construction, the United Stntcs will annually thereafter pay to the state a sum equal to two per cent of the construction, fund, provided the state contributes an equal amount for the same purpose. This would give a maintenance fund equal to t pel cent of construction cost which engineers esti mate would be adequate. "A third fact to be borne in mind is that one of the serious errors of the past has been lack of trained super vision. One of the most eminent rail road buliders in America has been quoted as saying that there are not tun men in the United State, qualified to take eharfc of an extensive highway building enterprise. To supply the need for skilled supervision my plan has propose, the establishment of a national academy cf highway and bridge engineering at Washington D. C, to which institution one student would be admitted form each congres sional district, the individual to be se lected by competitive examination. An allowance woulld be made each student sufficient to cover actual necessary traveling and living expenses so that poor boy. as well a. boys of wealthy parentage could compete for admission to the course of instruction. "With a two or three years' courso this instituation would turn out lliO to 300 graduates a year. Some of these men would go into private con struction employment or private busi ness, but most of them would find em ployment in the 2800 counties of the United States. Maintenance of skilled supervision is one of the secrets of the success of the French system. We must provide trained men in this coun try and I am satisfied that it can be done only through a national institu tion, for the state instituiton. can not find a sufficient number of competent instructor, nor provide the necessary equipment for complete highway and HCUC( LAWYERS ant mr mm r. fey bridgo instruction and practical train ing. My idea of the national academy i that part of the instruction would be of a techniacl nature In the school and the rest practical work In tthe field. "A fourth fact to be kept in mind is that road construction and maintenance i. prlmarillv a local problem and tho control of the same should be kept in local hand., for the people who use the road, are the beat judge, of the loca tion of road, to be Improved and the character of road improvement. There fore, my plan provide, that state high way commmlsslon. .hall have general control of the expenditure of highway funds secured from the government. 1 do not bellieve any bureau at Wash ington should bo vested with power to control road improvement in any state. The state highway commlnsalon, re sponsive and responsible to the iieoplo of tho state, wculd confer with local au thorities before acting., In my opinion, my plan of bonding, if adopted, would be extended by the states to the coun ties so that they could entirely control their road work. "Briefly .ummarixod, my plan, if adopted, would produce the following results: "Increase tho value of the property of the country one hnudrcd billion.. "Save a billilon a year by permitt ing the substitution of m tor power for hoise and mule power on roads and farma. "Save hundreds of thou sands in the enst of hauling farm pro duce to market. "Mak rural life more pleasant, increase the kttundaiice of children at rural school and im prove social conditions in tho country districts," PRGF.JV1LKERS0N Continhrd from Pa 1 ancr of knowing the truth con cerning citizenship and social and sexual hygiene. So she is to be tried for hctcro oxy to establish tiuinciuns ideas and custonu. She is a socialist, which is a crime in (Juincy and Russia. She lelieve in the religion of human brotherhood; in equality of the sexes, freedom of thought and action, where these pe rtain tophyaical, mental and moral well being. Hut some of the citizens of (Juincy do not helievo in these things. They virtually declare that to think is a crime; to teach the child the functions of sex and the dangers of abuse of those functions is a heinous, foul offense agairst man and God. Therefore, these citizens of tjuincy object to the prenfr.ee of Hora I. Fowler as a teacher in the (Juincy public school. So these Puritanical persons have brought charges against her, with the hope that they ma; ac complish her dismissal from the school. To tht3 end also, they are being assisted by J. It. Wilker son, Superintendent of schools of Columbia County. I have in my possession as I write two from J. U. Wilkerson to Mrs. Foreman. One of these letters he intimated that he endorses the oction of those citizenB who have brought charges against her. I give notice here and now that Justice is on the heels of those Thirteenth Century citi zens and close upon the trail of the County Superintendent. Fair play is to be the order of pro ceedings. Depend on that. Here is the issue: shall the thulh be taught in public schools? Or. shall the same old lies that have passed as history for the past centuries in order to cover up me inramy of kings, rulers and the masters of society, continue to bo the program by which the minds of children are poisoned and perverted? We shall see. Hut depend upon it, Mr. Wilker son of Columbia County there !s to be a fight. Prepare for it. Yyu who loves the lies of old in preference tothetruth of today for you arc to get the facta as they are. They may stagger you, but they will do good. They nay strike you a w ilting Bwat in the midriff, but they will let a little inteligence into the organ you'er supposed to think with. There shall be a fight. We'll all be in it at the start. Hut onlyafewof we who believe in the Gospel of Truth -will be in the finish. The Congregational Ladies' Aid will give their annual Christinas bssaur on Thursday, Dec. II. They will hav. their usual supply of fine needlework apron., te. NOTICE To The Hon. Mayor ami Common Council of the City of St. He. una, Oregon: We, the undersigned properey owner of real state In tha vast sidu of block 4(i ami tho west aide of block 45, In said City of St. Helens hereby petition your Mon. body to Improve or cause to l improved all that portion of Summer street in aaid city lying hetwecn Wyeth street and West a reel tube im. proved by grading th Hiune through the canter thereof, 21 feet in width, and covering the grnYhyi for a width of 111 fuet with r.,ul....i ' - - .... . , rock, eight inches In depth In the center ar.l gradually reduced to 4 inches at the edges. And your etitioner will ever pray.- T. H. Lott. Iota 12, IM, t go, 21. 22. block 4fi. J. Situ .a, lots 14, in, Hock Id. I,. Duaont, lota 2. It, 4. f, fi, Mock 4.V John Rubens, Iota H, .), in, u, .block 45. Pete Feltn. Iota 17. IK, l'.i, block 4'. G. F. Kobertaon, lot 1, block I.V For Sale and Want Ad Ada in Thea C ilurnni Bring Raaullt Freeh Skaiunkawa Creamery but ter, M) cents tho mil. Muckb Gro cery Co. r'or Sale -IS head of gioxl dairy rows. J A. Nelson, Warren, ,'ltp For Side A store in n town with a bright future, 4 large lots includ ing all buildings and stock with furnished rooma, horno and vtngon, for $12,000. Parties retiring from business. Inquire Mist ollico or llox 7:1. St. Helens. lino ti er cent loans on farms, or chard lands, city resilient or busi ness properly, to buy, build im prove, extend or refund mortgage or other securities: term, reason able; special privileges; corres pondence invited. Iept. I,, LIS Commonwealth Hldg. , lenver. Col., or Dept. I. 74'J Henry Hldg.. Se attle, Wash. .Strayed-One Jeraey heifer H months old, light color, hole In right ear. 1 red Jersey heifer H months old, whito star in forehead. Strayed from my place at llnchelor Flat. Any infor mation h to these will be rewiirdul. 1'. C. JjciiIikoii. Notice Anyone wanting a nice fat. corn fnl gcKse for Thanksgiving dinner tell Dick Kolierson about it. Get your orders in early. Have only got about 2.r to let go. Matket price. For Sale House and two lots on Winter street from owner at reasonable price. K. C. Karth. Yankton. Ore. 1 mo 12-1 ii Furnished rooms' for rent -f run- sient or housekeeping. Flagg place, opposite the school house Eor What Do You Wi.h? It ii w Mi bone time an 1 people arc l In have llitir aprcial li.n;iiig. AIiim"! everybody hort lo iinl llirir money I" advance-In get the 'rl valnc Mi:.ible for ihrir lurd earned rali, ami here i where thry grl the opportunity. I i;ivr yi"i lioncut Vrflvri, prrfci I wrvi e, and .ili-.f li"n w ith evrry pun .st VOA A. G R yl Y 'ej