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IBM LI II II I II - J i w n ir nan r x - : OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOL. XXXIII. 8T. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1914 NO 10. j i if ii L B. Lake for Sheriff esent Deputy Announc es Candidacy Ificiency and Economy J Promised ( od Record, Friend Say He 1 Detervee Promotion The announcement of A. Ii. Line of f Helena for the Republican nomina t n for sheriff of Culumbia County ap ( fun in (hit issue. Mr. lake lutmit I f name (o (he voters of the county r id auks that a fair consideration be ( tvan to it. He ha served aa deputy f yrilT hrre for the past three yeara i il I st i II on the job. He Is thorouub ijj familiar with all tne ilutirf of the (lire and baa made good aa an ofl'.rer. a hu been very aucccaful in raptur- ( nun rhurited with crime and scl- ii has any one escaped atrist after a rrrant was, placed in his hands. While lerhnpsMr. I.akthas a nun.ber of so railed political enemies, none of them ill suy that the work of deputy sheriff lis not been carefully looked after and done In a most satisfactory man r yf Lth aa to criminal nd civil mat- t is. Ilvfure sssumlng the duties of depu ty sheriff under Sheriff Thompson, Mr. Lake was employed by the St. Helens Cn.-ry Co., and his former employers r Wnk very highly of his ability and In t tfity. I'rior to coming to Columbia ( iunty eittht yeara ago he taught ( ihi-ol and mas bookkeeper and ia thor . 1f lily competent from an educational . kixlpolnt. Ite atka a fair considera : in at the hands of the voters and ' fpmises an efficient and economical ministration of the sheriff's office if feninatej and elected. TO ADVERTISE Aisiness Men to Enter Float I at Rose Festival (S me of the busness men of this city have proposed to enter a float in the Kg pnradea at tho Portland Rose Fes tival next June and a suitable design has already boon suggested, Mr Cole, the Master Mechanic at the mill, pro poses to build the County Court House la minature, and not ao small either, '1st small enough to be able to clear e wires arrosj the streets of the city, ltd mount it on an auto truck, Tbe ilding tn have glass windows, tower, td steps, in fact a complete reproduc er of the building, Such a float would (seen by thousands of people who w nothing about St Helens and Co Bnlila t'outny and would Le nf great '. Incut in the way of advertising, The flatter will be definitely decided before 'ng so that work can be started soon hd fin is led In plenty of time. School Officers Convention I Tomorrow, Feb. 2Hth,th Second An i.Val Meeting of tha School Officers of 3lumbia Courty will be held at tha fhool house In ft. Helena at which jme there will b delegates from near I all the schools In the county. The feeling will be of interest to all school ?fio rs and othera interested in the hool and all are invited to attend. E GOBLE SOCIAL EVENTS Parent Teachers Club and Grange Are Busy Coble, Ore.. Feb. 20, 191 The par ent-teachers club of the Neer City school district, met at the borne of tbe president. Mrs. Armstrong, on the af ternoon of the 20th. There was a good attendance of the members, and a few visitors from the Coble district. Sev eral subjects of interest to tbe district were discussed, also tbe prospects of our children gaining some of tbe prem iums offered by the fairs. Several spoke In favor of the corn growing competition proposed by the Pomona Grange of this county, and lumi have already tent to Mr. Tarbell for their pound of aeed corn. A resolution waa drawn tp to be pre sented to the board ot education, ask ing for aeparate entries at fairs for the rural schools. Mrs. Cooper won the prize in tbe guessing contest, and Florence Fowler the booby prize. Nest meeting of the club will be held at the school house on the 20th of March, with Mrs. rialon aa hostess. Coble Grsnge No. 329 bad a good at tendance at their last meeting, and everyone preaent decided to try and In crease the membership. During lect ure hour, a roll call failed to call forth any remarks so a queation boa was re sorted to, and questions were discussed of local, and national importance. SCHOOL NOTES. The high school and gra de track mct will be held at Clots kanie on Sat urday, May 9th. The meets will be independent of eacn other but for sev eral reasons it wss thought best that they should be held 'he same day. The dec'amatnry contest between the county schools will be held at Rainier on Friday evening, April 24. There will be a contest from tbe high school, one from the 7th or ith grade and one from either the 4th, 6th or 6th, making three contests from each school. Almost all the pupils who were afllct- d with the mumps or measles are again in school. Among the visitors this week were Mrs. L. R. Rutherford. Msrgaret Ruth erford, Williams, Luther, Podd, Miss Alice Quick and Edna Harris, and Mr. I.uther. The school would like to see msny more such interested visitors ami will expect you to be present, at least to make a call, next visitor day. Wed nesday of each week. The Junior claas of the High School are putting out an annual, and wiah to announce that they are expecting the support of the business houses by ad vertisements, This book will be placed in every home In St Helens and will be made up of stories, articles and jokes. It will also contain photographs and Jrawings illustrating their school life, Tbe Domestic Science glrla are pre paring to give a dinner at the Guild Hall Saturday evening. Mar, 7, Spec ial music under the direction of the Harmony Three, will be furnished dur liariuviij nt., ... . Ing the meal hour, from 6 -30 to 7:30, The price of the dinner will be 25c and It ia hoped that the people of St Helens will patronise the girls in their work, . I Ml i.. ...... J f ... I k Am. Tne proceooa win u unu fraying of expenses or ma equipment of the department. Card of Thanks. Jasa eawaaaaaeaaaasiB We wish to extend our thanks to those who so kindly assisted us In the illness and death of our little babe. , Also to the M. E. Aid for their beauti ful floral offering. Mr. and Mrs. A. Merrill., , Mra. LaBare. I WANTED WORK: -House work or cooking preferredjno objection to leav ing town; leave word at Morgua'a Store, St Helens, Up STREETS WILL BE HARD SURFACED Property Owners Hold Meeting and Favor Improvement of Streets WILL INVESTIGATE AND PETITION COUNCIL A number of the property owners in terested in the proposed district met st the ofTice of II. F. McCormick Imt Monday night to discuss the advisabil ity of petitioning the council for hard surface ia the district . Aft-r consid ersble discussion a motion waa made that the streets commencing on Colum bia street at the intersection of St. Helens street and nn tbo north side thereof running south on Columbia street to Tualatin street, esst on Mc Cormick street' to the Strand, thence north on the atrand to the foot of Si. Helena alreet and west on St. Helens street to Columbia street, together with Cow liti street between tbe atrand and Columbia atreeta also around the Plaza on all sides, be known as Pave ment District No. 1 of the city, and that the property owners preaent favor the barJ surfscing of such streets. It CAPTAIN RORVIK ENTERTAINS Shows Visitors Over New Celilo Latest in Boats Captian Charles Rorvik of the new ateamer Celilo entertained a few friends at dinner on board the elegant new boat at St. Helena last Sunday afternoon. Tbe Celilo ia without doubt the latest In elegance and convenience in the way of passenger carrying schooners. The state rooms are all that could be desired, large and well furn ished. The social hal1 is fitted up with a piano player.rocking chaira, cushion ed seats, new carpets and rugs, in fact a delightful room. From this room a winding atairway leads into the well arranged and ventilated dining room where evertbying ia neat and clean and handily arranged. Tbe Celilo is the only vessel of its kind that is equipped with an ice and cold storage plant. Ice is manufactured on tha boat and refrig erator rooms fixed up, making this an ideal carrier for fruits and perishable goods. Tbe officers of this palatial boat are. Captain Rorvik, Firat Officer Charlea Olaen, George Adams, Steward and Purser, Martin Jahnaen Chief En gineer. The guests present last Sun dsy were Mr. and Mrs. Mann, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Miller, Mrs. Van Tassel, Miss Nellie Perkins.H. F. McCormick. J. II. Price, J. II. Wellington and E. B. Woods. Byron's Troubadours The last number of the Lecture Course will will be tbe appearance of this troupe of musieiane. The company ex naists of seven native Hawaiiana, who appear in costume with a veritable array of tbe music and song that charms and allures. The company includea Troubadour's Grand Orchestra, Saxaphone Quartet and Quintet, Trio violin, cello and harp, Tbe Byrondolin, 4 persons playing ono instrument, Piano soloist, tenor soloist, violin soloist, cornet soloist saxaphone duettists. They use these instruments: Clarinet, trombone, trap drums, orchestra bells, bsrp, mandolin, mandola. guitar, ukalela, Hawaiian in strument, cello, contra ban, tenor, alto and soprano saxaphone, The numbera range from "Carmen" to Barby'a "Sweet and Low." Such renditiona aa Sixtet from "Lucia." the "Toreador Song," etc, are on their program. This company will appear at City Hall Saturday evening, March 14, Ad misioii 60i ts was decided to meet with the City Council and request that all aewer and water pipes along and across these streets be extended to the curb btfore , any work was commenced on the pav I ing ao that the streets would not have ! to be torn up to inatall tbeae pipes. . Several of the property owners inter jested went to Portland later in tbe I week to look over tbe work being done J by the Warren Conrtroctinn Co. with their patent surface, Wsrrenite. At the meeting Monday night there was a representative of tbe Wairen Construc tion Co. present who waa making an estimate on the coat of the work and figures will be submitted soon. Tbe people present all favored tbe proposition and they being the parties most directly interested it is pretty safe to ssy that during the summer several of these principal streets will be bard surfaced. CONSIDERS NIGHT SERVICE Dr. Zipperer Willing if Busi ' ness Warrants At the Council meeting Monday night the question of Installing a night service at the office of tbe St. Helens Telephone Co., was discussed with Dr. Zipperer who told the Council that if the Railroad Commission would exam ine bis books and decide that there was sufficient business to warrant the service he would be glad to put it on. This ststement teemed to satisfy those who were agisting a night aervice plan and the matter will no doubt be adjust ed toon. WEST VIRGINIA MAN IN TOWN Visits Friends Here and is Favorably Impressed A. Talkington of Folaom, West Vir ginia, waa viaiting at the home of L. E. Allen in St. Helena the prst week or two. Mr. Talkington is making his first visit to tbe Pacific Coast and waa very favorably impressed with the gen ersl appearance of tbe country and tbe climate in particular. He left last Mondsy for Monmouth where be will visit a brother who he baa not aeen for 45 years. GUS WOSER IN ST. HELENS Candidate for Governor Talks With Boys Gus Moser of Portland, whose bat ia in tha rirg for the nomination fof Gov ernor on the Repablican ticket, spent last Saturday In St. Helens talking it over with the boys. Gus says he is In the raoe to win and ia going to do it too. He has a number of friends here who will be glad to help him in hit fight. THERE ARE 36 Correction o I Registration Figures Shows Bull Moose Not Dead In the Mist last week waa published a statement of the number of register ed voters in Columbia County and there waa a mistake in the figures. ' The ta ble failed to show any Progressiva vot ers and only 36 Socialists. The mis take was made in copying the figures from the records and should have shown 36 Progressives and 123 Socialists. ill MAKE VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN E. C. Stanwood, Candidate lor Sheriff Out to Win E C Stanwood, candidate for the Re publican nomination for sheriff, was in town yesterday at.d in tall ing over the political situation let it be known that be was after the nomination in earn est. He intends to make an active campaign and to become acquainted with all tbe people with whox he is ; not already acquainted, Mr Stanwood ia well known to all the older residents of the county, having lived here for a great many yeara, and baa been en gaged in the timber and saw mill busi ness all the time. At to bis ability to handle the affairs of tbe office there is no question of d' ubt and he promis es, if elected, sn economical and bus iness administration, A SMALL DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS Suspicious Gathering bySome of the Faithful That was a very suspicious gather ing on the front steps of tbe Court House last Tuesday morning when three prominent Democrats of tbe coun ty were seriously talking in quiet tones for quite a long time. It looked like something political and on .being ap proached aa to tbe whys and wherefores of said gathering the information waa given out that it waa a Democratic caucus and that everything political waa being arranged to that tbe offices would not all be taken by tbe Republi can party. The caucua waa harmonious in the extreme and only one thing was lacking, the political oratory and ad vice of the old war horse, Billy Fuller ton. Otherwise it was a grand affair. Those present were, U. W. Clark, Jim McKay and Gut Lang. Grace Culbertson A sad drowning accident occurred late Tuesdsy evening at which time Grace, wife of Elmer Cublertson, met death in tbe cold waters of the slough directly back of her home. It ia sup posed tbst in the darkness she went farther along the path than aba waa aware and coming to tne end of the wire fencing stepped off into tbe water, Mr Culbertson waa in the house at the time and did not miss her, thinking her on her porch. Hearing a atrange noise he caught up a lantern and ran out of the houne and heard a splashing in the water He called for help, st vera! re sponding, but before tbe unfortunate woman could be reached from the other side of the slough a ith a boat, life was extinct. Grsce, as she wat familiarly known, had lived all her life in Clatskanie, Her mother, Mrt A Plaver, and teveral brothert and sisters survive. Among her sisters, Mrs Geo Tichenor, Mrs Max Burkhead and Mrs Albert Merrill, of Portland, and Mra H E La Bare of St Helen, attended the funeral. She was married to Elmer Culbertson abcut eigbt yeara ago, who with two young qhildren are left. Funeral aervicea were held in tbe Methodist chruch Thursday afternoon, Rev Dt McPherson officitaing. Inter ment in Maplewood cemetery, Clats kanie Chief, Columbia Theatre Saturday and Monday nighta at thit popular play house Gadeska and Com pany will entertain with Magie and Mystic, The beautiful Mystograph, something new. Other Vaudeville and interesting acta. Mr. and Mra. Floyd Allen of Port land visited at the home of Mr. and Mra. L. E. Allen in St. Helena last Sundsy. FARM FOR RENT Cloat in. En- quire at Mist Office. Plenty of Candidates Coming Campaign Brings Out Prominent Men Governor's Office Sought Place Most All Parta of the State Repre sented by Various Parties Already there are some dozen active candidates in the field for Governor. For tbe Republican nomination G ant B. Dimick of Oregon City, George C. Brownell of the same place, Robert Stevens, Gus Moser, W. A. Carter and T. T. Geer of Portland, James Withy combe of Corvallis and A. M.Crawford of Rotebeurg, are already in tbe race and others likely to enter at any time. Among the Democrata seeking tha nomination are Dr.C J. Smith of Port land, Judge A. S. Bennett of the Dal les, John Msnning and Robert A. Miller of Portland. For the Progressive nom ination Mr. F. M. Gill of Clackamas baa the field to himself ao far. For other offices to be filled there are also plenty of candidates amonc both the leading partiea. For State Treasurer, T. B. Kay ia conceded to be the leading Republican candidate and will perhaps have no opposition in his party and aa yet no Democrat baa announced him self. For Attorney General, Frank S. Grant of Portland and George Brown of Roseburg are the Republican eandi datea ao far while Will M. Peterson of Pendleton ia seeking the Democratic nomination. For Justicea of the Su preme Court, Judge McBride, Judge Bean and Judga McNary, present mem bers of the body, together with Judge H. L. Benson of Klamath, Julge L. T. Harris of Eugene and Judge T. J.CIee- ton of Portland are after the nomina tion on the Republican ticket, wbile Judge Ramsey of McMinnville baa an nounced bis desire to be nominated by the democrats, and possibilities for Democratic nomination are Judge Brad- shaw of The Dallea and Judge Hamil ton of Roseburg. Tbere are four to be elected. For State Engineer John M. Lewis, present incumbent ia the only avowed candidate ao far, and tbe same is true of O P. Hoff for Labor Com missioner. In Colmubia County politics the only announcements ao far made are those of E. C. Stanwood and A. B. Lake for sheriff and T. S. WhiU for Coroner, althongh within the next week tnera will no doubt be a number of othtr as piring gentlemen who will make tnero selvet known. EPWORTH LEAGUE ENTERTAINS Washington Party Enjoyed by Members and Friends The members of the Epwortb League entertained at a Washington party on Monday evening, February 23rd at the M.JE. Church. Tbe leading feature of tbe evening waa a Washington game which wat heartily enjoyed by all. Other gamca were played and a musical program waa rendered. Later a moat delightful lunch was terved and tha evening wat voted to be a moat enjoy able affair. About 60 members ar.d frienda were present. NOTICE: Report baa been circu la ted that the Pacific Coast Hospital would be removed into tha Italian Im porting Co building and we wish to aa sure the people that the report la not true Our building ia not now and will not be used aa a hospital under any circumstances so long aa it is under our control Italian Importing Co, FOR SALE OR TRADE: A "Mil ton Piano in good condition; enquire at Mist office or address Box 319 St Hel ens Ore 2tp