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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1914)
POIaPMBI M. C O TO" IS: T Y ,, O 15: M. (GO M MOTION: In the Northwestern pact River, with aliout 70 miles A It K A : l AIhiuI 700 fU!ire miles. TII.1.AIILK IJNI: 15,7215 acres. Thin U luml that in actually in cultivation ami cleared, exclusive of town lots. r oN-TIIJJVHI.rc LAND: 4015 7lKi acres, which inclmlcs iiiui'i lli:in llill.liliO feet mi a quarter m clinn. uls all Intf-(.'i-.l nir luml which is iini Huitulili- ! 4 r noil in no riimlition 1 . I cultivation. I .ir.r.i:.- A'miiiI Hi'Vi'ii : 1 1 1 win' liulf to eij;hl liilliuii fi rl. A ;.?i-: -si:i vai.ui' ok 'iiii:i:i:: tii.u;;.jso f A'.-JKSSKI) VAI.UK OK III.I.AI'.I.K LAND: I'M .U:. TolAI, ASSKSSKI) VAi.UAIION OK ALL I KOI KUTY: J JlH.OoO.linO. uHI.KS OK COUNTY K Mils': r0') mile. H i'iic of whirl) is in fair condition an. I s.hiu' in vciy poor condition. MILKS OK KAILKOADS: AImiuI 125 mili'H which includes the main line of the S. 1. & S. and the variotiH lopionir roads. roi'ULATloN: Census of 1'JIO Kivex Hi.flHO hut a careful estimate this year Riven it at least 1.1,0(10. CLIMATE: TeinjM-rate. Uurintr the summer the thermometer rarely reaches 100 in the ithode and in the eoldent weather of winter zero weather is almost unknown. During the winter months there is considerable rain, but not too much. Just enouv.h to insure crops. Crop failures are unknown. rUODUCTS: Kiuitsof all kir.ds, especially apples, pears, plums and lierries; Grain and grasses; garden truck of all kinds and dairying. DEFECTION OF BRITISH , ARMY IS EXPLAINED Premier Asquith Tells House It Was Only the Result of a Misundei standing. London. The defection of the army 0ffUT who refuneil to nerve lu Cl Ur In now a cloned Incident, hut Its consequences are likely to prove fur reiiehliiK. Premier Angulth and Col onel Keeley, KTet!iry of mute for war, mude explanations before an excited ami turbulent house Unit the affuir It the renull of a nilHunderutundliiK. 1 he nilHUiidei-MtandiiiK. ho Inferred, rIho, thouKb he did not directly Huy so, was duo to mlHcoiiHt ruction of the gov ernment's plans by the coiniiiHiidiiiK Kenerul. Sir Arthur 1'anet, who In formed the officials In If'luiid that they were to move on I'lnter for a ro pn r .Iyo campulKii. The government's military precau tion to preervo ordi r In I'lMter have precipitated a crinls without pnrHllul In the history of the Hrltlnh army. ItHther t tm n be placed In a ptmltlon where they might be culled on to act KK'ilnst the II later covenanters, num bers of officers have r signed their commissions. Iho present dlsturhed sltuntlon tn Northern Ireland la due to Iho avowed refumil of many Protestant residents of I'lnter to accept home rule and to their having armed theinHelves, threat ening to reulBt by force If Irish rule Is thrust on them. IlelfuRt. Ileporti received by the officials of the provisional government would seem to Indicate that at least 70 per cent of tho officers of the In fantry battallona of regulars now .quartered In Ulster would refus to 'Serve In a campaign against the pro wince. The provisional government officials rare enthusiastic over what they con '.aider a crushing defeat for the Imper ial government, but continue their ac tive preparation for war at the behest of Blr Kdward Carson, who declares that he will continue to take such ac tion until assured that the danger hat pinned. 1000 ANARCHISTS IN" PARADE Nolty Crowd Joatltt Fashionable Woman From Sidewalk. New York. Under a silken black banner bearing In blood red letters the Inscription "Demolition," 1000 ( mva ana women miareniem, um of Oregon, on the C'olumliia of river front.. , 422.W2 acres. nil timlr whete there in first class condition, name in employed and members of the Indus trial Workers of the World inarched up Fifth Avenue for miles without waiting to ask of the city authorities the permit required by ordinance. It waa not a symmetrical line of for mat ion, but a boisterous, noisy crowd that jostled fatihlotiubly clad women and men from the sidewalks. There was no enforcing traffic rulet. Auto mobiles and trolley can that tried to puss through the ranks were held up VILLA CLEARS WAY FOR DIRECT ATTACK DermeJIllo, Purango, Mexico. Hav ing cleared the way for a direct attack on Torreon by bit success In establlKh Ing a base here and driving In the fed oral advance guards from Muplinl, Ta huulllo, Sacramento, Noo, Ilrlttlnghum Junction and smuller points In the en vlrons of tho Tuerta stronghold. Gen eral Francisco Villa, the rebel chief, left here for the aouth. The xlg sag front of khakl-clud reb els. Including the almost nuked In dians who offered their services and those of their bows and arrows at Chi huahua a month ago, but who have been equipped with modern unlformv and arms, waa nearest the enemy at Rrlttlngham Junction, only seven miles north of Torreon. Move To Abolish Oregon State Senate. Salem, Or. IVclurutions for the In itiation of constitutional nmendents abolishing the state senate and pr tiding for proportlonnl representation tn the legislative assembly, champion ed by officers of the State Federation of Ijibor, Farmers' Union, Farmers' Society of F.qulty. Proportional Hep reseutatlon Ilureau, People's Power League and the Oregon State Orange, were filed with Secretary of State Ol cott. Hill After Rogue Valley Line. Medford, Or. Judge Thomas llurke of Seattle, counsel for the Hill lines In Washington, pussed a day In Med ford and, according to Attorney W. J. Canton, took the Initial steps for the purchase of the llogue Klver Valley railroad, owned by the Hamulus, of Jacksonville. Wool Loses By Grading. Washington. American wool grow on could add S cents a pound to the value of their product If they were to tend It to market graded and put up as attractively as are Australian wools according to estimates of expertt of the department of agrictltura. SHIPPING: 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 rate. LAND: Thousands of acres of first class land can lie purchased at reasonable prices upon which are stumps left from the timber operations. This land is especially suited for farming, fruit raising and dairying. ' ' 1 ST. HELENS A city on the Columbia River, miles from Portland, with a population of 2500 people. The County Seat of Columbia County. A Four year Standard Hih 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. Electric lights, graded and macadamized streets, sewers. Principal industries are lumbering, shipbuilding, creosoting, stone quarrying, fishing and shipping. Two large saw 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 stdne 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. ORIGIN OF A NOTED PHRASE. "I'd Never Allow the Constitution to Come Between Friends." In one session of the letf.sluture the New York cl'.y iMiux-nitle representa tives were "I'llt Into two ntnm. mid there were two rivals for leadership. One of tlicHe una a thoroughly pod henrted. Iiiiiv l-i Im ky ei-son who was afterward fur several years In eonKress. Me hud U-en a loeiil magis trate and wss called jiulce. He was always willing to vote for any other memlier's bill himself, and he regard ed it as narrow mlndiil for any one to oiaHeone of his bills. se'lHll.v if the iHmition was iihii the ground thnt It was um-oiiMinitloniil. On one oeruxloii he hud a bill tn Ap propriate money with obvious Impro priety for the relief of some miscreant whom he styled "one of the honest yeomanry of the xtnte." When I ex plained to him thnt It was i-leiirly tin eoiiNtltiltloiuil he ntiNWered. "Me friend, the conxtltutlon don't touch little thltmx like Hint." and then added, with an liiKnitliitlng smile. "Anyhow, I'd never allow- the conxtltutlon to come between friends" At the time I was looking ovel the proofx of Mr Urycc's "American Com .nonwculth." and I told him the Inci dent He put It Into the flrxt edition of the "Commoinveiilth." Whether If Is In the Inxt edition or not I ennnot sny. -From "Theodore Itoosevelt-An Au totilogra phy." FATHER OF PSYCHOLOGY. Theory of Dr. David Hartley, the Fa mous English Philosopher. The first attempt to explain psycho logical phenomenon on physiological principles was miiile by IT. Ihirld Hartley, the Kngllxh philosopher, who was born In the year 1703. In bis great work. "Obxerviitlons on Man-Ills Frame. Ills Imty and His Kxpecta tlnns." published In 1740 after patient Investigation i-overlng sixteen years, be elaborated his epochal theory. Il.v the development of his law of asso ciation and chiefly by the law of trans ference he accounted for all the phe nomena of the mental -onstitutlon. According to him, the white medullary substance of the brain, spinal marrow and the nerves proceeding from them. Is the liiimedliite Instrument of sensa tion and motion When a sensation bus Nvn frequently excrlciiccd It ac quires a tendency to repeat Itself sain ts ncoiisly Idens are but these rets-tltioiiH or rel ics of xeiixntloii mid In their turn re call other Ideiis Thus the sluht of an apple recalls an Idea of Its tuxte. and tills r.N lilts other iissim luted lilcllx. In this mil lliirtlcy u. -vomits for all hu man emotions -Milwaukee Sentinel Goldsmith's Actor. Lord Niitenl was one evciiiiirf ten oliH'Mi t'l lo ;..li'"i;'ltli In r.il c ol M . . - a bud i.iii '-!iit. my lord." s:i:d (iohlsiiiiih. "j mi must allow he treud llie state very III he waddles." "WaddleO" said Lord .Nugent. ' Vex. lie waddles like a goose. Why. you knou we cull til n (loose M. Well. ;i ml then, you know, when he endear jrs to exiress strong passion he bel lows " "IMIowsif" suld lord Nugent "To lie sure he docs-bellows like a bull Why ; ,. i-ii . jiLui.liull M. Well, tlieii " -oiitliiiii"l Coldsuiltb. pursuits his trluinpli. "Ids voice breaks, and be croaks" "Croaks?" said Lord Nugent "Why. the fellow croaks like a frog. We cull Mm Frog M " "Itut M. Is a good actor." "Why. yes," suld tioldsmlth, "bar rlnu the t'xise snd the tuill and the frog and a few other things I con Id mention, and. not wishing to speak HI t my neitilKrs. 1 will allow M. la a irotid actor."-"Memoirs of the Earl of Nugent " SIR EDWARD CARSON 8ir Edward Carton, leader of the Unionists party In Ulster oppoted to Home Rule for Ireland. ROOSEVELT PARTY IS SAFE Colonel Not With Section of Party When Equipment Lott. New York. Theodore Roosevelt was not with the section of his explor ing party headed by Anthony Fiala when the camp equipment waa lost In a river rapid in Itraxil, nccording to a dispatch received from Finla by the New York Times. Fiala reportet thnt the Roosevelt fi- y'si.' - i-vV' -J INDUSTRIES: Lumbering and timber is the principal industry; there be ing about twenty-five saw mills. Salmon fishing in the Columbia River is also an important industry. Farming and fruit raising; Stone quarrying; Ship building and all kinds of lumber manufacturing plants. OPPORTUNITIES: There are fine opportunities fo- the small farmer, dairy, man, fruit grower and truck gardener. Also a number of choice deep water sites for manufacturing plants. THE DELTA GARDENS: 12.0) rrc .if I w land. along tho Columbia River which have recently Ixen dyked and are now in high slate of cultivation especially adapted to growing of vegetables and small fruits. Sn.OoLS: Four standard Iliyh 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. VV. Blakesley School Superintendent, J. B. Wilkerson Treasurer, R. S. Hattan Coroner, F. H. Sherwood Surveyor, Geo. Conyera Commissioners, John Farr, Louis Fluhrer. CITIES, TOWN. AND POST OFFICES: St. Helens Rainier Clatskanie Houlton Scappoose Warren Deer Island Goble Yankton Vernonia Mist Quincy Mayger Maishland Columbia City Reuben ' Apiary Hudson Prescott Trenholm Inglis party, In good health, was exploring the Dulvata River (the river of doubt) and was expected to reach Manaos early In April. Flala's dlHpatch was dated from Santarem, Brazil, and relieved the ! anxiety of the Roosevelt family and ! others here, as no definite word had , been received previously regarding Colonel Roosevelt and other members of the expedition. Law For Women Upheld. Washington. The 10-hour woman' labor law of Massachusetts was up held at constitutional by the supreme court. In 1909 Massachusetts pasted a law limiting the hours of minors and wo men In manufacturing and mechanical establishments to 66 hours a week, and 10 hours a day, with certain qual ifications. Will Test "Blue Sky" Law. Portland, Ore. An attack upon the "Blue Sky" law of Oregon which It ' designed to wipe it off the statute books will be commenced this week, when a complaint and petition for an Injunction is filed tn the federal dis trict court by the National Mercantile company of Vancouver, B. C. j NORTHWEST WHEAT CROP WJLLJE LARGE Portland. The states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho will produce a bumper crop of wheat this year, and unless all slgnc fail, the yield will be a record-breaker. Experienced grain men predict an out-turn of at least 70,000,000 bushels of this cereal In the Pacific Northwest. These views are based on the re markably fine condition of the winter wheat crop in the three states. From the date of planting to the present time, all conditions of climate, toll and moisture have been Ideal. From every point In the Northwest comes an uni form report of perfect growing weath er and fine stand. The Increase In acreage has been more exteusive than expected, averag ing perhaps close to 10 per cent throughout the entire territory. The northwest last year turned off a wheat crop of about 56,000.000 bush els. The record yield heretofore hat been 66,000,000 bushels. Idaho Railroad Rumors Revive. Lewiston, Idaho Surveyors thought to be In the employ of the Chicago- j Milwaukee $ St. Paul railroad. are r ! Schools; Grade schools i n ea.c)-' . - - - J ported looking for a route from the head of the Potlatch river Into the Lewiston country. Seattle Ex-Mayor Seeks Toga. Seattle. George F. Cotterlll, who retired last week at mayor of Seattle, has announced his candidacy for the democratic nomination for United States senator. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat Club, 91c; bluestem, $1.00; red Russian, 90c. Hay Timothy, $17; alfalfa, (14. Butter Creamery, 28c. Eggs Ranch, 19c. Seattle. Wheat Blucstem, 98c; club, 88o; red Russian 87c Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfaltfc, $14 per ton Eggs 21c. Butter Creamery, 29c. HOME RULE ISSUE FOR IRELAND IN DEADLOCK London. A settlement of the Irish home rule difficulty apparently hat been little advanced by the British government's great concessloni to the Ulsterites and, taking the assertions of both political parties at their face value, the deadlock remains at Im movable at before Premier Asqulth'a conciliatory offer was made In the house of commons on March 2. The signers of the Ulster covenant declare strongly that nothing lest than the permanent exclusion- of the Protestant counties of Ulster from the Irish government at Dublin, Instead oi me prupuneu tift-jrwr uy uuu, win be considered by them. The more radical covenanter de mand not only the exclusion of the four counties Antrim, Armagh, Lon donderry and Down In which the Protestanta are In the majority, but they want the tatlre province of Ul ster excluded. On the other tide, the government representatives assert that Premier Asqulth'a scheme Is the . .L 1 . I 111 absolute limit of concessions and Is not a basis for further negotiations. Captain Held For Alleged Shortage. Seattle. Wash. Captain J. H. Grlf runs, u. a. A., connected wun tne quartermaster's depot In Seattle, was! summarily suspended from duty and! ordered confined to hit quarters fori an alleged shortage of $8000 In hlJ accounts at disbursing officer.