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LOCATION:
In the Northwestern part of Oregon, on tho Columbia
Kivi-r, with uliont 70 milt's of river front.
A It K A :
About 700 wiiuro miles. 'L'l,Wj'l acre.
TII.LAIU.K LAND:
l.',72(i acres. This 1 turn! Hint is actually in cultivation
ami cleared, exclusive of town lots.
f NON -TILLAI'.LK I .AND:
4()fl 7t!i acres, which includes nil tirnlx-r where there is
more than I'Hl.lioO feet on a ii;irtiT wclinti, hIho nil log
irol tr lunil which U not Muituhle for uml in no condition
for culiivulioii.
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A. .out o'Vcn fifi'l one half to ight billion ft i t.
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j TOTAL ASSK.Kl) VALUATION OF ALL I'Kol'KltTY;
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MIl.DS OK COUNTY KOAIW:
600 miles, Home of wliieli in in lir.it clam rondition, Home in
fair condition mid h line in very poor condition.
MILKS OF RAILROADS:
About 125 miles which includes the main line of the S. I'.
& S. and the various logging roads.
POPULATION:
Census of 1U10 gives l(,.r.Si) but a careful estimate this
year givis it at least 15.000.
CLIMATK:
Temperate. During the summer the thermometer rarely
reached 100 in the shade and in the coldest weather of
I winter zero weather is almost unknown. During the
1 winter months there is considerable rain, but not too much.
Just enough to insure crops. Crop failures nre unknown.
j PRODUCTS:
! Fruits of nil kir.ds, especially ripples, pears, plums and
berries; llriiin and grasses; garden truck of all kinds and
dairying.
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Ships from all parts of the world carry Columbia County products down
the Columbia River and to the markets of the world. A through line
of Railroads traverse the county from the North to the South. River
boats carry local products to local markets at low rates.
LAND:
Thousands of acres of first class land can be purchased at reasonable
prices upon which are stumps left from the timber operations. This
land is especially suited for farming, fruit raising and dairying.
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ST. HELENS
A city on the Columbia River, 28 miles from Portland, with a population
of 2500 people. The County Seat of Columbia County. A Four year
Standard Hikh School. Methodist, Congregational, Episcopal and
Catholic Churches. All the leading fraternal orders. Gravity water
system owned by the city sufficient to supply a city of 10,000 people.
Klectric lights, graded and macadamized streets, sewers. Principal
industries are lumbering, shipbuilding, creosoting, stone quarrying,
fishing and shipping. Two large baw 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 River 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.
Proceedings
Wednesday, Febraury, 4, 1914, 4th
Judicial day.
Court came pursuant to adjournment.
Officers all present.
!ue proclamation being made, the
following proceedings were had.
Matter of petition of John Pclletier,
et nl. for a County Road.
On this 4tK day of February. 1914,
comes on for hearing the petition of
John Felletier and 27 others, freehold
ers, residing in the road district or dis
tricts of said proposed load, praying for
the establishment of a county road,
described as follows:
Beginning at a stake marked "A"
situate on the north line of the present
county road, on the section line about
700 feet west from the northwest cor
ner of section 19 in T. 7 N.. R. 4 W of
the Willamette Meridian; thence in a
a southerly direction up Roaring Creek
carnon, on the most practical ground,
to the section corner common to sec
tions 29, TP, 31, and 32 T 7 n. r 4 w
of the W M; thence continuing in a
southerly direction on the most practi
cal ground, to a stake marked"C". sit
uated 3892 feet and w 350 ft from the
northeast corner of section 31, T 7 n, r
4 w, of the WM and the terminal point
of said county road;
Vacating that part of the present
county road running parallel with the
above described road, between the point
of beginning of said described road and
a point on the section line where said
county road crosses same at the ne cor
ner of the nw qr of the nw qr of seer
tion 29, T 7 n, R 4 w, of the W M.
And it satisfactorily appearing to
the court Irom proof filed herein that
due notice of the pendency of this pro
cceding has been given as by law re
quired, that twelve of said petitioners
are legal freeholders of this county, re
siding in the road district or district!
of the proposed road, and that a goo I
and sufficient bond has been given and
filed h rein;
' Ilia therefore ordered ny the
court that the Board of County KoaJ
Viewers meet at Clatskanie on the 16th
day of February, 1914, or on their fi I!
ure to meet on said day, then within
live days theroafter, and porceed to
view, survey and locale said proposed
road.
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Matter of the petition of John Lo
be rg, et al for a county road:
On this day the report of the Board
ofCoutty Road Viewers on the John
Loberg road was read in open court the
first time.
Matter of petition of John Glmour,
et al for a county road.
On this day the report of the Board
of County Road Viewers on the John
Gilmour Road was read In open court
the first time.
Matter of bond of Le G Titus as
conuty road master.
On this day Leo G Titus county
road master, preaents to the court his
undertaking in the sum of $2000.00,
with the Fidelity and Deposit Com
pany of Maryland, as surety, and the
court being advised in the matter, it is
ordered by the court that aaid under
taking be, and the aame is hereby ap
protved. In th matter of the application of J
E Truman for right to lay water pipe
along county road in sections 15 and
22, township 6 n, r 2 w, In Columbia
county, Oregon.
On this day this matter coming on
for eonsideration and the court being
advised in the matter, it is ordered
that said petition be allowed on the
condition and agreement that neither
the construction, maintenance or op
eration of said pipe line shall in any
way or manner interfere with the
use of aaid county road as a high
way; that in case of said road being
improved, it should become necessary
to change the grade or location there
of, and said pipe line should then in
any manner interfere with said pro
posed improvement, the said grantee
shall at his own expense, without de
lay, lower or otherwise remove said
pipe line and make way foisaidim-'
provement; I
It is further made a condition of I his
order, that in case of breakage or oth
er leakage of said pipe, such as would
in any manner damage or soften said
road, said grantee shall immediately
repair such leakage, and shall be liable
for any damage occaaioned thereby, or
for any other damage occasioned by the
construction, operation or mainenance
of said pipe line.
Matter of scalp bounty claims:
On this day the clerk presents to the
court his statement of the number and
amount of warrants issued and the
names of the persons to whom issued
INDUSTRIES:
Lumbering and timber is the principal industry; there be
ing about twenty-five saw mills. Salmon fishing in the
Columbia River is alto an important industry. Farming
and fruit raisirg; Stone quarrying; Ship building 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 plants.
THE DELTA GARDENS:
12,000 acres of low land 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
locality.
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. LaBare
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 (Juincy
Mayger Marshland
Columbia City Reuben
Apiary Hudson
Prescott Trenholm
Inglis
and the date and number of each war
rant in payment of bounties for killing
certain animals within Columbia coun
ty during the month of January, 1914,
being as follows:
Date No Issued to Amt.
Jan 23 6720 Clyde Johnson $10 00
Jan 24 6721 George Adams 1 50
Jan 30 6722 Fred Floeter IS 00
And the court being advised in the
matter, it is ordered by the court that
said report be, and the same is hereby
approved.
Matter of report of Henry Perry as
commander of Post No 25, GAR.
On this day this matter coming on
forturther eonsderstion by the court,
and vouchers in support of detailed
statement of relief furnished during
the preceding year now accompanying
such report, it is ordered by the court
that said report be, and the same is
hereby approved.
Matter of petiion of E M Watts fir
remission of penalty and interest
On thia day it appearing to the court
from the p. tition of E M Watts, by J
G Watts, her agent, that on the day
of March, 1913, petitioner herein paid
as be supposed and as claimed by tbe
tax collector, all the taxes upon all the
lands of said E M Watts; that in mak
ing such computation an omission was
made of the tax charged against the s
hf of se qr of See 11, T 3n, R 2 w, that
said tax theraatfer became delinquent
and penalty and interest was charged
aeainst said original tax, it is there
fore ordered by the court that upon
payment of said original tax, in the
sum of $53 20, said penalty and inter
est be remitted.
In tbe matter of the petition of J W
Thurston, et al, for a county road:
On this 4th day of February 1914,
this matter coming on regularly for
bearing upon the petition and appeal
of Dean B Stehroan, from the report of
the Board of County RoadViewers fail
ing to asesss damages in favor of said
D B Stehman on account of the loca
tion of said road as heretofore alloweo
by the court, and asking that the sum
of $497 50, be now allowed by the
court as such damages Petitioner
herein appearing in person, as well as
by Glen R Metsker, bis attorney, who
now files his motion for a Jury trial,
and tbe court after listening to the ar
gument of said attorney In favor of
aaid motion, and being fully advised in
the matter, it is ordered by the court
Schools;
Grade schools i n each
that said motion be, and the same ia
hereby denied.
And the court after listening to
the sworn tesimony of witnesses pro
duced in behalf of said petitioner, the
testimony of L J VanOrshoven, of the
Board of County Road Viewers ind
the argument of attorneys for peti
tioner, and being now fully advised
in tbe premises, it is ordered by the
court that damages be allowed said
D B Stehman in tbe sum of $385.50,
and that aaid petition of J W Thurs
ton et al for said county road be al
lowed on the condition that said orig
inal petitioners for said road, shall
witbin 60 days from this date pay to
the said D B Stehman the sum of
$125.50 of tbe said damages so allow
ed, and that on said petitioners filing
with the court the receipt of said D
B Stehman, showing the payment of
such sum, tbe court will order the
payment of tbe balance of such dam
ages so allowed, and from thence
forth said road shall be a publie
highway.
It is further ordered by tbe court
that in tbe event of the failure of
the said original petitioners herein
to make the said payment within
the period of time so specified, that
said petition be denied. Whereupon
court adjourned until Thursday, Feb
ruary 5. 1914.
Tbusday, Feb. 6th, 1914, 6th judicial
day.
Court came pursuant to Adjourn
ment Officers all present
Due proclamation being made, the
following proceedings were had.
Matter of deed from St Helens
Lodge No. 117 I O O F.
On this day there is presented to the
court a duly executed deed from St
Helens !.odge No. 117. I O O F, con
veying to Columbia county a certain
tract of land for burial purposes, and
the court being advised in tbe matter,
it is ordered by the eourt that said
deed be, and the same is nereby ap
proved. It is f urber ordered by tbe court that
the clerk issue warrant in payment in
the sura of $100.00, as heretofore or
dered by the court
Matter of bond of A E Tbompoan as
tax collector.
On thia 6th day of February, A D,
1914. it appearing to the eourt that on
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