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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1914)
X 0 U MBJl COUNTY, OREGON lATION: SIIIITING: In the Northwestern part of River, with altout 70 mile of About 700 square milt-H. 422..7j2 acre. LAHLK LAND 1 3,726 acrt'H. Thin is land that in aetunlly in cultivation and cleared, exclusive of town lota. t TILLABLE LAND: 40(1 7(i; acres, which incluiloa all timber where there in more than 100.000 feet on a iiurter taction. uIko all Injr iced olT land which in not miiulile for and in no condition for cultivation. A J.I.IV. Aliout iteven and one half to oifli t billion feet. 3'SKI) VALUE OK Tl.VII'.KU: $1 ,MU.M. t kssill) VALUK OK TILLAISLR LAND: I'.UI.U.V.. i AL ASSKSSKD VALUATION OK ALL PUOI'RKTY: I $l.0o(),0(t0. J!S OK COUNTY KOADS: f0i) milea. Home of which i in First cIumm condition, mime in fair condition and Home in very poor condition. Hl'J'.S OK KAlLItOADS: Ahout 125 miles which includcn the main line of the S. 1. & S. and the various loyirinjr roadn. JULATION: (VnmiH of 1910 (fives 10,.rS0 year Rives it at least 15,000. JrtATK: Temjtt'ratc. During the summer the thermometer rarely reaches 100 in the Hhade and in the coldeHt weather of winter zero weather is almost unknown. During the winter months there is considerable rain, but not too much. JuHt enouKh to insure crops. Crop failures are unknown. 1DUCTS: KiuiUof all kir.ds, especially apples. tears, plums and berries; drain and passes; garden truck of all kinds and dairying. PRIMITIVE CURRENCY. " jk Eggs, Tobacco and CodfUh at j Madiuma of Cmohanga. A ; urUiiis medium of rxcbuiiKO In 'Jii ikI not iiiuny yvurx nuo wu Jiiiinle iiiiIIh. TIiIm U imlvU by B. rliind. wticrv vtsitn are villi cur J win Kukv would Im mthcr rlitky ii to ilfNMli In the Uuik for aer ij ri-uiuiiii. but imt ao wheat aud i 111. li huve lvu uhiiI fur m II pur of miiIo ami punliaiMt Id Norway I'-luivv evi-u bttn Imiii Weil. Til tin 41 corn crop of Mexico la uiiiIxa iil very loiiu ni;o forincd lliaclilel ky of iimi rcpuiiiu-. the time of our anciwtora to I tt'ua umtl aliiHMtt tficliiMlvely In jliilii liinicml of k'old und nllver. lu foiniilliiiiil di liil iimIiWIi wii at tune a limit medium of exchunt;. "aid Hit uilvHiitiiK of kceplnit In-lli-lv. ami it In an Id Hint the No til In nd mlHer (jot hh uiiich plfUMuru 9 lilt odor of hi NHtmwHloO ai KVli II were rruiu A ruby KMivittte liiiid-. llicy uel mor curt (IIiIiium Hit liioney Halt circulated 4,,'u,lidii: etiliea of Imnsill went i iiKiImm in Sumatra, cube of lea nmtl In i'urtiiry: lu wiine of the liu'll.fe HmcHMlotiH the colli eon of Btrnw iiintH. lu the InIiiiiiIm ol ' I'milli- they depend lini fenthent. w III ,M iilnis.im iir the unllvea evunt If wealth In Iron mIiovcIm CIiIhh ili.nl varliil rorniH of euiTeiicy. not Icii-i ciirloiiM Ih'Iiiu I lie ltd mm made 4i). while J it in li uicd the llKlitl) V eM-imlre aiilmlaui-tt realu New Sun VELOCITY OF LIGHT. mra Earlv Caleulatiana Have 1 Stood the Taat of Time, e II rut iiHtronoiner to demonatrate fintorlly the mihI of llk'ht waa (ItiH-iiier. a 8cHtidlmivliin wlentlaL I read Ida lunuortal iior on tbla Ht before the Academy at Prl (22. Itl7. Itoemer't alculatloua eoucliiNlona hare atod the teat (line and subsequent Inreatliratlona II Imports ut point, tiiowledue as to the Telocity of M waa of treniendoua Importance to lonnmlcal aclence, since It enabled finomer to eatlmat accurately the , t'lnoua dUtancea wltb wblcb tbelr pice deala. Tloemer found that light I'led at the rut of 180,000 tnllea In e ond. The aun. being dlatant from (earth 03.0110.000 miles. Onahea light ii" In eight uilnutee, and fourteen buda. , Vt the tun la a near neighbor com Vd with the ao called fixed tara. h h In nallty mora with Inconcelf- TeliK-lty. although the moat pow- hi lelicoma will not show thnf city na anything but rent Beyond outaklrta .if our Inalgnlflcant eolsr in are other ayatema, and beyond I" still tit hem, o fur M the alcht of I Oregon, on the Columbia river front. ST. hut a careful estimate this man. aided by Inatrumenta. mny brldirr the ajliiiHtlr ctiimm of the Infinite. Dlatnncea tiealile which the tmmcnit line atretchlna from earth to aim la an Inrlalble point are now measured by nieana of ltoemera apeclal discovery at to the Telocity of llRht-Exchange. GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE t Mrak. - -; r-. v. i ' . . - ' Gtorge Weitlnghouae, a foremoat figure In the engineering world and Invtntor of the air brake, who died recently In New York. ELEANOR WILSON WILL WED Brlde-to-Be Youngeit of Family and Father's Pet. WanhlnRton Formal announcement of tho engnKcment of Mine Kleanor Itanuoipn imun, inw ;uuu-.v j duugliter of the preaidont and Mra. Wilson, to WIlllHm O. McAdoo, eecre-j tary of the treasury, was mude at the white house. Mr. McAdoo la 60 yenrs old and for many yeara haa been an Intimate friend of the Wilson family. He has six children, two of whom are mar ried. Miss Wilson Is 24 yeara old. The marriage will probably take place at the white house In June. I The youngest of the family, Mlsa Eleanor, Is said to be her father'a pet, and there la strong persona! friend ship between the president and the man who la to murry his daughter. 1 -1 r 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 ar stumps left from the timber operations. This land is especially suited for farming, fruit raisin and dairying. a: .2 2, ! r.is t l rrf ? "r . " 1 mm'' . r -.. J- HELENS A city on the Columbia River, ?8 miles from Portland, with a population of 2500 people. The County Scat 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 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 bo 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. HERBERT H. ASQUITH Herbert H. Atquith, EngMah prem ier, who facea a difficult aituatlon aa a result of hia determination to paaa the Irish Home Rule bill. PIG'S EYE AJDS BABE TO SEE Infant, Blind Since Three Weeks Old, Distlngulnhea Objecta. Ilaltimorc. Sluht has been given to the left eye of Davis Kane, 9 month s old sou of Mr. a:id Mrs. Herman Kane, of Gettysburg, I'a., throiiKh the graft ing of the orneu of a pig's eye to the child's eyeball, according to a state ment of physicians at a hospital. Tests, they assert, have brought out this fact without a doubt. When the bandage waa removed. It was said that the child followed the cjurse of a lighted candle which was moved In front of him. Another test that brlng9 out the fact more clearly Is that the child now winks his eyelid If a finger cr a small object is waved close to the eye. The disease from which ho has been a sufferer since he was three weeks old Is known aa staphyloma of the cornea. Trade at Home. There will always In- a town her, because then- wIM nlwaya lie some w-hn si-e the folly of attending; our money tnullni; somewhere eNe: but how much better and tiltrtrcr a town It would be f nil of ns would trade at home. I 5 - - ' - - - - - r , l'",,vf mmt- ,i rr4Eir-"i .. ; t . JUAREZ WELCOMES GENERALCAf!RANZA Juarex, Mex. General Venustiano Carranza, first chief of the revolution, was welcomed to Juarei Sunday. In the last two weeks the general has ridden horseback for 600 miles and In the last two months he has traveled i'UUO miles In the same way. Telegrams from General Villa admit a rebel loss In the last six days of fighting around Torreon of 900 killed and wounded, and places the federal loss at 2000. As there nre already at Chihuahua 600 wounded, the report of rebel losses Is thouKht to have been minimized. Among the rebel wound ed Is General Tomas Urblna. It Is said that private soldiers taken prisoners are being taken Into the rebels' ranks, but their officers are executed unless they take the oath of tillcginnca to the constitutionalist cause. All Irregular troops In the fed trul garrison Ere executed on capture. Women Make War on Quid. Pasadena, Cal. Women of Pasa dena have appealed to city officials for the passage of an ordinance pro hibiting tho chewing of tobacco In streetcars. Jesse Grant Can Not Get Divorce. Goldfield. Nev. Jesse Hoot Grant, the late Ulysses 3. Grunt youngest son, waa refused a divorce from Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman Grant, whom he accused of desertion. Danish Senate Rejects Peace Treaty. Copenhagen. Denmark. The Danish senate failed to rntlfy the new obliga tory arbitration trenty with tho United States. Car Robbers Kill Engineer. Teorln, III. Two men were killed and two deputy sheriffs and a woman wounded ns the result of an attempted holdup of a Chicago & Northwestern freight train at Manllus, III., 45 miles north of here. Arthur Fisher, of IVkln, III., engineer of the freight train, was shot dead by one of the robbers and an unidentified robjr was killed in a battle with the sheriu posse. SJVeft fouiif.tA have availed there reives of the bill passed at the Inst teislon of the legislature providing 'or tifirlculturol nnd horticultural ex linslen wor. Th: ;;.! Bailor the prov'. 'ons of the mersure, gives an t.moutit equal to that appropriated by inch county for the work. 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 buildincr 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: 12,000 acre' of I w landj along the Columbia River which have recently been dyked and are now in hiRh 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 Quincy Mayger Marshland Columbia City Reuben Apiary Hudson Prescott Trenholm Inglis 7 BANDITS HOLD UP ELHAJMSH, BANK Set Fire to School Gymnasium to Divert Attention From Their Operations. Elma. Wash. Setting fire to the school gymnasium at Elma, Wash., to divert attention from their operations, seven bandits at 8 o'clock Saturday, held up the bank at Elma, and, taking $3500 In currency, escaped into the woods. The bank of Elma remains open Saturday nights from 7 to 8 o'clock. The attack was just before closing time and the only ones In the bank were Cashier Earl France, his book keeper, A. II. Fleming, and three de positors, Walter Myer, Ed Bosley and George Avery, and Ben Young. Four of the highwaymen entered the bank, covered the occupants, forcing Cashier France Into the vault, where he was held prisoner. Three of the gang on the outside hurriedly forced two passersby Into the bank, where they were "covered." One of the men on the inside made the haul during the dramatic "covering" of the cltt sens, taking only the money In the vault, leaving (2000 on the counter untouched. The holdup waa completed within five minutes. On account of resist ance made by Cashier France, who at tempted to reach his revolver on the cage counter, one of the robbers fired twice at him, but neither shot took ef fect. The loot had been obtained al most before the town realized that one of the boldest bank robberies in the history of southwestern Washing ton waa being staged. RUN DOWN COUNTERFEITERS Spurious $3 and $10 Gold Pieces Cir culated In Many Cities. Portland, Or. United Btatee secret service officers detailed to run down a gang of counterfeiters who have placed a large number of bogus $5 and $10 goldpleces In circulation In the Pacific northwest have arrested W. C. Vaughn, alleged to be the leader of the gang. In Jortland; Harry S. Stone in Spokane and Charles Dutcher In Seattle. The headquarters and mint of the rang are alleged to have been In a little cottage on Dearborn street, Seat-' tie. The counterfeit coin la well made, but a trifle thick. Stone and Schools; Grade schools i n each Vaughn are alleged to nave passed the coins In Bellingham, Anacortes, Ever ett, Tacoma, Auburn, Olympia, Port land and Seattle. More than 100 of the coins have recently been rejected by banks. ROBBER KILLS ONE AND SHOOTS SECOND Mount Vernon, Wash. A man be lieved to be Charles Hopkins, known as the "tattooed robber," because of the words "true love" tattooed across his hands, killed Tony Gerb and shot nd probably fatally wounded John Freeman, loggers, two tnllea north of McMurray, 15 miles southeast ot here. Freeman and- Gerb were walking along the tracks, when the highway man halted them and demanded their money. Neither had any and the rob ber obtained razor carried by Gerb. Incensed because of failure to obtain loot, the robber drove the two men into a slough 300 yards from the track. "Guess I'll get rid of you right now." said the robber, and then hit Gerb on the head with his pistol, kill ing him. The blow broke the pistol, but the robber produced another and shot Freeman through the neck, leav ing him for dead. Freeman, when shown a picture of Hopkins, who Is wanted at Seattle for the murder of Charles Hodges In a rooming-house last January, said the photograph resembled his assailant. Tax Penalty Forbidden. Eugene, Or. A temporary restrain ing order, asked for by the First na final bank of Eugene, waa granted against County Treasurer Taylor by Judge Coke forbidding the collection of penalties on taxes on which one half la paid before April 1. Over 1500,000 In unpaid taxes are Involved. The eult waa filed by the bank on a complaint parallel to that filed In Portland, in which Judge Clee ton ruled the penalttea are unconsti tutional. Science Can Regulate Human Growth. Berkeley. Cal. Professor S. S. Max well of the university of California announced that by treatment of a certain cerebral gland a growing an imal, brute or human, can, within some limits, be kept as small or made as large aa desired. Loggers' Association Oppoaed to Telia, Portland, Or. The Paclflo Coast Loggers' association went on record here In favor of free Panama canal tolls for Amerioan ressels In ta coMt ! trade,