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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
VOL. XXXII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1913
NO 60-
SUES FOR $50,000
W. A. Fircbaugh Files
Suit Against St. Helens
Lumber Company
Suit was filed in tin; Circuit
'urt lust week by W. A. Fire
hutigh ngainat the St. ilcletis Lum
ber Co. of this city for $.'iii,000 dam
ages for injuries sustained l.y Mr.
Fircbniigh while on the dock lit the
mill lust summer. It ut ar thai
the- yard crow of the mill were
trucking iimir very laie timbers
to the rdgcof the dock and throw
ing them into the liver where they
were picked li inl towed over to
the ship yards. Mr. Kirehnugh.
who is engaged in the real estate
liUKinct.it in Portland, Maw one of
the limber go ov r the dock and
ciniif a bii: splash in t; e water, ho
he determined t wauh the next
cine. When Hit; erew of workmen
put the next big tied t r on the
truck it wan no heay that they had
Nome trouble in M'tlii:g it started
and while Mr. i'irtbaugh wns
standing there he took hold of the
rimiier to help put'h it along. One
of the deck timberH of the dock
began to rrack ami gome one railed
to look out, no all the men except
Kirebaugh let go the timber and
stepped bark. The board broke
wrmittmg the wheel of the truck
to ko through, causing the large
timber to roll off the trurk nndonto
the leg of Fin-baugh. The result
warn badiy fractured leg which had
to Ik; amputated later. Now Mr.
Kirehauith has started suit to re
over $511,000 damage for negli
gence on the part of the company
fr having aboard on the dork that
broke and caused the timber to
break his leg.
FRED MORGUS BUYS GSOO LOT
Young Business
Man Makes Good
Fred Morgus this week purchased
the corner lot of the Laws property
on Willamette and Winter streets.
This la one of the choice lots in thnt
fast growing business section of the
city ami Fred hnsmnde a good pur
chase. This same young man,
Fred Morgus. who has been raised
in St. Helena from babyhood, and
wh is known by and knows every
body in tho city. Is a good example
of what a young nmn with a little
ambition and rustle can do. Not
yet 18 yeursold Fred is a partner
in the mercantile business of II.
Morgus & Son. and has accumu
late,!, by his own work, sufficient
money with which to become the
owner of several valuable pieces of
property. He i" UV 'ho ta
highly respected and honored by
his associates in the High School
and other organizations and is a
worthy example for wm of the
other boys to emulate.
D.TRNESfSLL
Next Tuesday night 1. Ernest
Randall, tho noted chalk talk ar ,t
and cartoonist will war t ,he
City Hall to give one of his unique
and Interesting entertainments, as
the third number of the Lyceum
Course. This will- be one of he
,eding features of tho entire
course will be well worth see
ing and bearing. Remember
de. Tuesday. Dec. 16. at the t.ty
Hall.
A SMALL J5LAZE
FSTABROOK I BLFW'S SALOON
SCORCHED IN URIY MORNING FIR
J'uraday morning t 2 o'clock smoke
was seen coming from the Katabrook
& Hlew saloon in great volumes and
lire nlariri wm turned in immedi
ately. TIib firemen were quickly on
the scene and upon breaking in the
building it whs found thnt the wait
in the stuck room at the hark of the 1
building was on fire, hut a few
buckets of watrr put it out. The fire
wan juHt smouldering along and wan
nsroverci before it had gamed any ;
hi'MilwuV and vi rv liltU H HmUOA 111 LI a
'lone. It was most certainly a narrjw
eirape from a serious conflagration
hucHUKti the location of the building is
suef. that if a
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tart thcro the entire block woulil
more than likely go with it Just
chance, too, that the fire was dis
covered a that hour of the night. Some
of the hoys were in the restaurant
arcoHi tho stri'it writing out invita-
tioi.s to a ocil function and woe
Jim liiiihhmg the work when they (lis-'
coverd the smoke. Which allgoeato'
nhow that s niht mamhall i. necus
ry for the protection of property,
alter most people have retired.
A
INDtiTONI AOIO CO. PURCHASE
CHRIS JOHNSONS SONS BUSINESS
Chris Johnson & Sons have sold their
automobile business In St. Helens to
the Independent Auto Co. The trans
fer of the business was made last Mon
day and the new firm has already se
cured a new 16 passenger, six cylinder,
f.o hone power Winton car which is
now on the run between Houlton depot
and St. Helens. John and Roy Johnson
have taken their large car to Clats
kanio and it will be placed on the run
there between the depot and the city.
The new firm in St. Helens announce
that they have made arrangements to
take up all the tickets which were
issued by the Johnson firm so the
ticket will be good now the same as
iMiforc.
ST. HELENSjHEARS AGO
ITEMS TAKEN FROM THE
MIST OF DECEMBER 8, 1893
Chss. Johns snd wifo were passen
gers up the river on the Dixon yester
day morning.
Albert Wood of Vcrnonia csme over
from that plnce Monday last, and re
ports five inches of snow on Hunker
Hill.
The old saw mill st Columbia City,
that has so long been a wreck, has lately
been purcha.ed-a part of the ma-chincry-and
removed to Clatskanic.
where It wlil be used for the manufac
ture of shingles.
Some sidewalk repairing is necessary
in this plsce. just to bring everything
up to stsndard of agreesblness and
comfort. Letthosewhosedutyitl.to
look after such thing, do so. and then
we can trsvel around town with a little
more comfort.
Through the efforts of the count
commissioners the railroad
Milton station has been grealty lm
nroved. The heretofore steep Incline
Lbeen.och.nged thst It is now pos
.ihlefor.tesm.to.lrsw an onl.n-r,
,ad over the track at thst plsce Th
, u of b..a t mck and
mpiovcment is oi ,i
from the general appearance it I. put
there to rcmsin.
Sheriff Walt, hss made his p,.f..nt-
,ent of deputy in the person w.
lPosnofR.inicr..nd )t one
wnicn
I. Mr.
with universal appr"
ipoan-crved f-itfully and e
'in the office of assessor of thi
1 - .... .un. since hen
efficiently
s county
'iZilW- i- ncra. business
COUNTY COURT
Each Department and Officer is
Limited to a Certain Amount
STATE LEVY
Under the law of HU.I each office
anil department of the country
must stay within the appropriation
allowed at the time the levy of
taxes is mude and as estimated by
the County Court. All Hr propri
ations must be itemized and all
officers and departments must keep
,iu.mi uihi niipiupnauon
No offi
cer or department is pel m t ted to
expend any amount more than 10
per cent greater than the appro
priation under any circumstances.
The meeting of the County Court
last Friday was attended by quite
a number of citizens and taxpayers
who took Up the budget and dis
cussed it thoroughly, after which
the court made levies for each de
partment as follows:
I.evy Amount
State .00:t7O4 I6n,9n.r
School .OO.170.33U 30,776
Library .0U002120 38 t
School officers .(10(100554 100
County Court .00016605 3.000
Circuit Court .00049H13 9,000
Justice Court .000038 75' 700
COLOMBIA COUNTY AUTO CO.
AMES OF INCORPORATION FILED WITH
SEC. OF STATE FOR NEW ENTERPRISE
The Columbia County Automobile
Company han filed articles of incor
poration with tne Secretary of State
with a capital stock of $50,000, and
with E. R. Andreson. A. J. Grosbeck
and Howard Dennett the incorporators.
The principal office and place of
business is St. Helens, where a large
Karate and machine shop will be
operated. In addition to the sup, lies
and machine shops the company will
have the exclusive tales agCncy for
the Ford and Studebaker automobiles.
They have secured property oc Colum
bia streit and work on their new
building will be Btarled within a
month.
THIEVES ME BUSY
Returning home from her duties
at the sWe last Tuesday evening,
Mrs. C. H. John discovered both
back doors of the hou.ic unlocked
and open, which at once aroused
her suspicion, as she al ways' leaves
the doors locked when away from
the house. She commenced a
search of the house and discovered
her diamond ring was niis9:ng, but
nothing else gone. As yet she has
found no trace of the missing ring,
but every effort will be -made to
locate the ring and the person who
took it.
Notice is hereby given that the
Muckle Grocery Company has filed,
in compliance with law, supple
mentary articles of incorporation,
changing the corporate name of
said corporation to the "Williams
& Mall Co."
L, I. Williams,
I). Walter Willtams.
Roes R. II all,
Directors.
pursuits and has proved a successful
business in every sense. With T. C.
Watts, master of ceremonies and
Charley as his able asisstAnt, the office
nf sheriff in this countv is filled with
two thoroughly efficient men.
MAWFQ TAY I PVY
rlxlIVlvO i tA. JU1V V 1
IS 3.7 MILLS
Sheriir .00019372 3.500
Clerk .01)01660!; 3.000
Treasurer .0001107 2,000
Coroner .00001661 300
School Supf. .0000911 1,700
Health Officer .noool33 241
Fruit Ins. .oootllo7 2oo
Assessor .0001882 3,4oo
Tax rebate .oooo277 5oo
Current expense .ooo27674 5,ooo
Court House .oool3837 2,5oo
Jail .00006642 1,2oo
fool .ooo26525 4,792
S. and S. .0000I66I 3oo
Insane ,ooooo554 loo
Election .oool3837 2,5oo
Roads ,ooo27674 5, 000
Forest Fire .oooo4985 9oo
County Fair ,nooo5535 1,000
Weights ami M. .oooo3875 7oo
Scalp .ooooll7o 2?o
Total .Oi83oooo 149.957
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
Bridge repairs.
mach'y. etc .00,341,182 $61,644
Permanent
RoadBldg .00,608.818 110,000
Total
.009,500
$171,644
$321,601
Total levy .0178
SHIPPING NOTES
j their native country, with thecere-
The Steam e Willamette sailed mony wedding vividly repro
from here Saturday night with a j duccd by them, it was certainly in-
. a teresting. The O. P. R. A. which
vaiKU ui vuuji iccb ui iuiiiuci emu
50 passengers. She goes to San
Francisco.
The Steamer Klamath left down
Saturday afternoon for Astoria and
! went to sea early Sunday morning
with the Celilo on her hawsers
Wireless reports from Capt. Jahn
sen reports the Klamath making
good time with her tow and he ex
pected to arrive in San Francisco
tonight. Among the 60 passengers
on the Klamath was Mrs. L. G.
Ross, who goes for a sojourn in
California.
The Steamer Yosemite arrived in
Sunday and after taking on 500M
feet of lumber to complete her
cargo and receiving her full com
plement of passengers, left down
Tuesday night, bound for San
Pedro and SanDiego, Capt. Chas.
Marro, formerly of the Steamer
Multnomah, now has charge of the
Yosemite.
The Merchants Exchange reports
the safe arrival of the Schooner
Irene at Lauceston, Tasmania. The
Iiene, Capt. Mitchell, sailed from
St. Helens Sept. 16th, carrying a
cargo of one million feet of lumber
loaded .at St. Helens. The many
friends of the Captain will be glad
to learn of his safe arrival.
The Steamer J"han Poulson of
the Loop Company's fleet loaded a
partial cargo here and left down
river Thursday noon.
The Steamer Yellowstone, after
loading a partial cargo of wheat in
Portland dropped down to St. Hel
ens Thursday night. She is taking
on a deck loud of lumber here for
delivery in SanFrancisco.
The Steamer Multnomah arrived
in Thursday and is loading for San
Pedro. She will probably sail
Monday night with a million feet
of lumber and 60 passengers.
ANOTHER BIG SOCIAL SOCCESS
ladies of congregational church
fwfutiiiist hfifkpumf
With every available chair and
bench occupied and more than one
hundred people standing in the
aisles and in the rear of the room,
the large auditorium beautifully
and lavishly decorated, boys and
girls dressed in the costume of the
Flowery Kingdom, and with every
body in the best of humor, the
ladies of the Congregational church
staged their annual Christmas sale
and entertainment last night.
Without going into detail of the
merits of the individual performers
let it be said that each number on
the program was the best, but
better than all was the little five
and six year old boys and girls in
their innocent and interesting
songs and actions. The little tots
were surely fine and if nothing else
had been on the program each and
every person would have received
full value for their admission fee.
But that was not all. There were
songs by Miss Stennick of Rainier,
E. W. Root and A. A. Galichio of
St. Helens which were each so well
rendeied that an encore brought
them back for the second time.
Then the scene depicting the
Japanese wedding was beautiful
with all the girls and boys dressed
in Japanese costume and going
1 through their various parts with
; the little jiggety-jig trot used by
I the Japanese in real earnest in
resembled amateur night at a
vaudeville was a screamer for a
finis to the entertainment and some
of the performers in that farce
would make some of the profes
sionals look ashamed of themselves.
After the performance the people
visited the various booths and
bought pretty things to wear and
good things to eat until a late
hour. Altogether it was a grand
success and netted the ladies of the
church a tidy sum for their work
Hoclton Store Robbed
Window Broken and
Dry Goods Stolen
Thievis broke into Perry &
Graham's store at Houlton last
Wednesday night and carried away
some goods valued at about $25,
among w hich was about $8.00 worth
of ribbon, 4 boxes of gloves, one
$5 sweater, some auto veils and
other articles. The thieves gained
entrance by breaking open the front
window. Juat a year ago, before
Christmas, the same window was
brok-n open and articles of a simi
lar nature taken.
Circle Elects Officers
Houlton Circle No. 478, Women
of Woodcraft elected the following
officers last Tuesday afternoon:
Past Guardian Neighbor, Elsa
UYikstron; Guardian Neighbor,
Anna VanNatta; Advisor, Agnes
Dixon; Clerk, Minnie MorUy; Ban
ker, Mamie Felton; Magician,
Julia Anderson; Captain of Guards.
Anna Richardion. Inner Sentinel,
Maude Chittim; Outer Sentinel,
Mary Hazen: Attendant, Ada
Rrouse; Managers, Etta Cole,
Maud Chittim, Elsa Wikstrom.
Ml BUILD TWO BARGES
Shipbuilding Co. Gets
Large Contract
A contract for the building of two
large barges waa awarded to the St.
Helens Shipbuilding Co., this week.
The barges will be of 1200 tons ca
pacty, each and wilt be used for trans
porting stone from Fishers, Washing
ton, to the jettty at the mouth of the
Columbia River. They will be owned
by the Columbia Contract Co. and to
gether they will coat about $25,000
The work on these barges will be
completed April IsC and will keep the
crow busy until that time when work
on another large uteam schooner to
take the place of the wrecked Merced
will commence. Work at the yards
has been contiunous since the spring of
1912, during which time three large
ocean going set-am era nave been
launched and several smaller boots
have been built. The building of ships
has become one of our big industries
and is one of the things which go to
make St. Helena the pay roll town of
Oregon.
High School Notes
St. Helens broke the jinx Satur
day by winning its first game. The
boys found out how to win now
and are going to keep on the
winning side after this. Kellogg
starred at center for the local
bunch. Score, St. Helena 19,
Rainier 10.
Kellogg C. Clark
McDonald L. F. Fowler
Roberson R. F Furer
Perry L. G. Atkins
Richardson R. G. Johnson
Subs. Smith for Perry; Silva for
Fuier; Furer for Clark.
Field goals Kellogg 5, McDon
ald 4, Fowler 4, Furer 1.
Fouls McDonald 1.
The game with Clatskanie next
Saturday was postponed until
future date.
The girls of the High School have
organized a "Choral Club," with
Miss Hammar8trom aa director.
They make their first appearance
Thursday evening in "A Night in
Japan," at the City Hall.
Harold Ransom returned to
school Monday after a two weeks
vacation at his home in Aumsville,
Ore.
The Lyceum Course is not re
ceiving the patronage it should.
Laurence Davis and Russell
Sterling have registered as Fresh
man this month.
THANK yOU
The members and friends of the
Congregational Ladies Aid wish to
thank all those who so generously
contributed to the success of their
entertainment and bazaar, by do
notions, patronage or assistance in
the entertainment, especially Mrs.
E. Ross, who planned the decor
ations, Miss Perry who took charge
of the entertainment. W. W.
Blakesley, who planned and built
the various booths, the Galichio
Orchestra, Mrs. Brough, Miss Sten
nick, and E. W. Root who donated
their services, and each and every
one who aided in any way.
Arcade Theatre
Special Sunday matinees 4:30 to
6:00 p. m. Complete change of picture.
for. Sunday night shows. 5 and 10
cents.