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
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