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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1914)
ta o ju u m-'m county,, oreoom Ih'ATION: In tho Northwestern part of Oregon, n tho Columhia Kiver, with ulxut 70 miles of river front. It K A : About 700 unrc miles. 422..V.2 acre. ;iI.I.AItLK IJVNI): 15.720 uen-H. Thin is lund thut Is actually in cultivation and cleureil, exclusive of town IoIh. ON TIl.LAI'.I.K LAND: to; 700 acres, which includes all tiinl.cr whore there in more lhan 100, (M() feet nn a u:irtcr sect inn, also all lop; oir laml which in not Miiilat.li- fur ami in no coiulition fur cultivation. I Ahont seven ami one half to eijjht hillion feet. ?SK'-SKI VAI.UM OK TIMCKU: $ 1 1 ,'107,180. ;si:ssi:d vai.uk ok ni.i-Ai'.i.K i.anii: $;u i ,:r,r,. I 6iai. assi:ssi:i) valuation ok all i-hoi-liuy; llM.OllO.OIlO. : 3 1.ICS OK COUNTY KOADS': Ml) miles, some of which is in first class condition, some in f.iir comlitinri und some in very poor condition. II.KS OK ICAILKOADS: Aliout 12.r) miles which includes the main line of the S. I'. J & S. ami the various lodging- romls. 1 IriiLATioN: Census of 1'JIO jjivos ld.r.HO hut a careful estimate this year (riven it at least 15,000, JMATK: Temperate. During; the summer the thermometer rarely reaches 100 in the shade ami in the coldest weather of winter zero weather is ahnoit unknown. During the winter months there is considcrnhlc rain, but not too much. Just enough to insure crops. Crop failures are unknown. ilDUCTS: Kruits of all kir.ils, csccinlly apples, pears, plums and lurries; (!niin and irrasses; garden truck of all kinds and dairying. SHll'I'lNfi: Ships from all parts of the world carry Columbia County products down the Columbia Uiver and to the markets of the world. A throujrh line of Railroads traverse the county from the North to the South. Jiiver 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 flairyinj:. a- .... SJK.W-'rJ" "Jll 11 .1 P5T 'I r ' V I -Tit - ja-!' -' LNDUSTI'JKS: Lumbering and timber is the principal industry; there be ing about twenty-five saw milk Salmon fishing in the Columbia Uiver is also an important industry. Farming and fruit raising; Stone quarrying; Ship building and all kinds of lumber manufacturing piants. OPPORTUNITIES: There are fire 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: 12,01) vre- of I ;v land along the Columbia River which have recently Ixen dyked and are now in high state of cultivation especially adapted to growing of vegetables and small fruits. SCIiOOI.S; Four standard High Schools; locality. ' Grade schools i n each ST. HELENS A city on the Columbia River, ?8 miles from Portland, with a population of 2500 people. The County Seat of Columbia County. A Four year Standard Hi'.h School. Methodist, Congregational, Episcopal and Catholic Churches. All the leading fraternal orders. Gravity water system owned by the city suflicient to supply a city of 10,000 people. Electric lights, graded ami 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 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 sower being built. A PAY ROLL OF NEARLY $100,000 FEU MONTH. Many beautiful and attractive homes. CHURCHES: Nearly all denominations represented. THE COUNTY OFHCEIiS: Circuit Judges, J. U. Campbell and J. A. Eakin District Attorney, W. U. Dillard County Judge, W. A. Harris County Clerk, II. E. LaDare Sheriff. A. E. Thompson Assessor, C. W. DIakesley School Superintendent, J. B. Wilkerson Treasurer, R. S. Hattan Coroner, F. II. 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 Maishland Columbia City Reuben Apiary Hudson Prescott Trenholm Inglis It Wa In Hi Had. ImImc once promised Urlcui, tb trnxcr of tli Otlmin ttienter lu I'arls, 0i act druiun, "The Hprlntf of fciolii." lie win Iiuhjt wliti other fk, however. Unit not till he hud ti lonu Mini urKi'iitl; linixirtuiied did promise to reiiit his piece to the a) I 1 1 1 I lie next week. The company jbri'l iilimii lit in mi tin- day ap-feii-d. mikI he nnl liN live art play through to the end. Urlcul i iiIIi.ihI.ihiI.', run up to shake I l ulili the Kreiit writer and turn- , fix r Hie 'ui;i' or tint luanuitcrlpt, !-. mill. Mil liml pleinMii lilin niij;iil Itol u hut wiih ihUT There were f'.iir in ts. The Isnt iit:ea of the ii i' rh. t were Olniik. In surprise iiiiiinit:i'r ithkeil whnt it nil meant, j It. i.' Hiiii!eil nn. I mlinltfed that be ' I ii"t ! wrliten out the flflli act. bnsl thut he had It as clearly lit In ad nit If II iilreiidy h. Kid on l-r. 'And." euiilinmsl the HH-t iner- "I hae In ti e Hiune head two jc mili'MiiicM of the plot In case the I I JiiHt read doeffl 't pleuno J'OU. Only a Plkar. .i I'lKHlnirKti men were peated In li i : 1 1 nir (lie other ilny, and while t w.ilii. I for their linn-limn t be il i.ne of III. in mild: I i r I'.i.iuii Ii.ih tHiiicht a place up joiiri." 'H.-' I lie nlher Mimwerrd. hut kind of M nlnee Is It?" )h. pretir fair. Alx.tit 8,txX arreS." .:s he la-en innkliiK UlUih money h r ji t that I know of.M J"w i nn he nfT.ird to hare a place fi.H kind? Is he kec'lill It up In kind of tdnipe?" tei. it liMika pretty well. 1 don't to how lie dix-a It." iniH'h do you Kiipposo Prown'a ii.r hasn't much. Mayhe about i i. (letting nlong on hla nerve. largely, I gueaa."C'hlcaeo BeC- leruld. 8t Pataraburg and the Neva. When the river Neva rises St. IV tcrshurg In always In dancer of In undation. The city was luillt uhui n awnmp, and (he hind hna bts'ii lulairi oiuily reclaimed ami la liable to over flow by the Neva. That river dlvlilea and forma a delta, und this delta Is embraced within the city limits. Al though the mniii Hrtlon of St. Peters till ru la Hl.untirl on the iiinlnland (n teiiliiKiiIti wuhIuiI on the cant by the Neva and on the north went by tho Great Neva), pnrt of the city stand on Inlands f.irtni-d by the arms of the river. Tho Island, with their Knrdeus and villas, are a pretty feature of the capital. The various parts of the city are connected by 'v'r lo bridges, the lohiicNt being the Troltsky brldce. about a third of a mile lu length. Westminster (Jaietto. Ruaaia'a Famoua Choir. Tho nieinliera of the choir of tho cathedral of Alexander Ncvtkl lu St. lYtemlMirtf are all monk. They are thirty la numticr and are chosen from (he bent singcra In all the Itusslan monasterlea. When (he ixwsesjtor of a flue voice appvnra among the uovltlntea be la sent to tho monastery of Alexan der Novak I, w hich iidjolna (he cuthe dml, where he la trained carefully na an opera alnger and remains there, doing little beyond assisting nt the music at niaaa In the inornlnc and vib pcra In the afternoon, until ho Iwctnnca aued. when ho retlra on a Hnlm. Mony of the voices are of marvelous power and sweetness. The monks are all rrgctur'ana. The rulea of the or thodox church forbid them to shave and their hair la worn like a woman'a. Birda That Fight Caglaa. Kou la, one of the Hbctland U- . the natlvea make bualneaa of g skau guilt in order to rid tha I f tho eaglea that congregate and commit manw ilAnrMlatlona. i miiKuiiiceiit red aandatnne cliff I skirt the northwestern coaat be-' a favorite haunt of (he eaglea, In (hi Inaccessible apnt they In-' i-u ao iiipldly that they liecame r to the fiirmera and fishermen . dwell on this Isolated apnt. Thai irnllii km ilui tfinintf mnA tlerp ' the Inveterate f.xn of the eagle. I "illo Hi,. KniM nri. nearly alwaya pilous. ntHl ao the Inhatiltanta of1 In hit upon the novel plan of feed- J mid enrtng for the akau gulls,' h. though formldatile to their Jiered enemies, are very peaceful docile when brought In contact iu in. Double Barrelad. MarKHivt and Van were break fns'ng together late one moraine Van was hungry and Margaret frnetloua. Van. how can you eat o much?" de manded Margaret Irritably. "Oh. I'm a Van. you know." returned he good humoredly. "I can carry a good deal." "Yea." retorted Margaret; "you're a regular carry van." Indianapolis Newa. Waary'a Wiadom. Trump-Would yon give a poro atarr ln' man something to eat. mum? Ijidy of House-1 might: hut you are not starving. Tramp I know dat. lady; hut an ounce of prevention la worth a pound of cure, yon know.-Boston Transcript Wiataria and Wistaria. Frnct II. Wilson, the distinguished naturalist, has a good Iniigli on the botanical stickler. Imlili'iilally he ha put In the n roiig no end of writer In hook, newspapers and cI'I.h1ciiIh. not ( iiieiulon the creator of one of the ii( fashionable colors of recent jeais for women's apparel. It Is all en account of one of the most gorgeous of flowers which Japan and China have ever sent to this country Ihe vvh tcrla. I'-cfore 1 inn snapped up on my spelling of a word we are in the habit of pronouncing that way. but spelling wistaria, 1 will say that right here Is w here Mr. Wilson has caught the botanists und the rest of the wo.Kl unpplng. Although the inagnlllceiit vine whose long purple or white race ines are one of the glories of spring time In the nortlieustci n part of the t'nitcd Stali-s was named after lr. Wistar of the old rhll.iilclplila family, (here was ii slip up in the spelling, t'hrlstcned wisteria when it was Intro duced it must so stand for ever accord ing to lnvl .In Lie holaiil. al law. The same Is true of the atewni t'.a-lt should he properly stiiartla.-Spur. ' Thirty days ha Sei.tciul,r" and oth i r Jingles of the kind. No definition "f IHietry will help. The only true knowl iilge of the matter comes by Instinct. London Chronicle. Playing Cricket by Sound. Pupils of ii school for the blind In Knglaud play cricket by sound. With a wicker Will, lu which Is con tained a bell, the bowler prepares to attack the wicket. When a reporter visited the chool the boys were prac ticing their game. "Play!" shouted the howler, and In reply came the huts man's "Right ho." On hearing this the bowler knew In which directum to send (he ball. Ilia fast underhand went straight for (lie ulckcl. and the bats man, judging by the tinkling bell, knew when to hit. "I know exactly how far to run." he said afterward, "hi-cnusc there Is a mitt at the bowler's cud w hich I 'feel with my bat." "Tho fielders." said the head master of the achool, "have the most dltllcult pnrt to play. Hut If the ball touches their chests the batsman may as well consider himself out. for Immediately a fielder feels the touch of (he ball his anna fold nmnn.l It nlth niiia.lng rapidity"- I-ondon Cor. New York Times. Cattle Under the Sea. Among et.taln of the Japanese there is a beilef that somcu here under the ten there Is a wonderful castle in Ahh h the ls?niltlful ipieeii of the fishes icsi.lcs. Sometime tliey think this castle rises to the surface and is vis ible to mortal eyes a belief that prob ably had Its origin In the pb.-uouienon of the mirage. When the castle ap pears, the superstitious (s.-lleve. repre sentatives of nil the finny tribes hasten to it to pry homage to their ruler. Some time ago. In honor of the "fishy" ipieen and her subjects, the fishermen of I'utanil made n number of gigantic lish of canvas and tuimhoo. painted in gorgeous colors, which were towed In procession through the water, eno--inoiis crow .Is watching the curioL . stwtaclo from the shore. Wide World Ma gazine. The Goose. The goose, which for some unknown reason has luvutne an emblem of Id iocy, but which Is really a wise bird of ihmI habit and one of the most profit able for the fancier, was probably te tlrst fowl to be domesticated by man Homer. I.'.ihi years before the Chrl dun era, s eaks of his geese. In which he was greatly interested, nnd t'e hieroglyph! -a of Kgypt prove that nt his time they had been tamed for cen turles. Ona of Its Merita. "You prefer a typewriter to pen and Ink?" "Yes," rctlhd the round shouldered man. "It saves argument. Whenever the boss co- les around he can hear the typewriter and be sure you're work ings'Washington Star. What the Earth la Made Of. Nearly half the earth la oxygen: a little more than a quarter of the earth la silicon: nearly 8 per cent of It la aluminium and nearly RH per cent la Iron. lie that buys whot be doea not want will aisin r ant what he cannot bay. Simmons. Veree Mietaken For Poetry. It Is curious how persistent the ls lief la that rime constitutes poetry. J. A. Rteuart ipiotea a stanza from a i battle hymn by Hums and liupili .n . whether It Is mediocre and how much of It deHnds on dialect. It does not de- s-nd on dialect, ami it Is not mediocre, J but It Is not iHHlry; It ts rhetorical verse. The lines A n for thoao by lnw protected; Liberty's a kIoiI.ui" f.'iist; Court f..r rowiiril ere erected. , Church. bill!! to please the priest, ' have not (he faintest suggestion of poetry; they merely make a terse state- ' nteut In rime. To most people everything that ; "oi..ro of pooJiT ." cyn i'i j Hitting the Nail. Mrs. Itreiy twlth hantmeri There. I've hit the nail on the head at last. Mr. Hivzy-Why do you put your fin ger In yotu mouth? Mr. Hrery That was the nail I hit. New York Sun. Opera and Football. She Yon seemed distraught nt the oerii last night. Me 1 couldn't keep football on! of my mind never saw so many halfbacks and fullbacks in my life. -Town Topics. 8nakea Faar Thia Bird. Snakes in South Africa fear the sec retary bird and will even crawl away from Its shadow. This bird devours 'Hikes and can easily kill a reptile l ' b e Its size. lie I iinforttn.ate and on the road to i:ii: ho will not do w hat he can, hut s mnbitli'its ( do what he ennnot- 1-tiie. Hancock and Gwinnett. Probably John Hancock is the beet known signer of the Declaration of In dependence. That Is because that pa trl t was not ignorant of the value of Hdrertising. One has to stand some distance from a framed copy of the Declaration to be unable to read that name, which has passed into our lan gtii'M' as a yuonyiu for "signature." There nre many signatories of the Dec laration who are remembered, many who are forgotten, but Button Gwin nett lingers in our memory. It is not altogether easy to Imagine u man nam J ituttou by his parents as a patriot and a man of lnfiuence. His name was enough to single him out In that sober company. Hut bis fame rests secure on something else. History takes account of meu for various rea sons, but liuttou Is Important because he was apparently cautious about signing his name. His autographs are more valuable today than Hancock's liecaiifo so few of them are In exist ence. Perhaps It was hard work for ISutton to sign his name. American Uoy. How Tolstoy Made Hia Will. How Tolstoy made his will la told In the nnunnl of the Tolstoy society by AlexeJ Sorgcjcno, who was one of the witnesses. On July 22, 1910, he was summoned by a lawyer, who aald that Tolstoy wanted to make his will with out an hour's delay. They rode away nt once to the meeting ptnee, a xulie from Tolstoy's home. He met them nnd lit! the way Into a dense forest "In the thickest pnrt of all." the nar rative cont' 'ties, "we stopped at a big stump of a tree. Tolstoy sat down on the stump, took a fountain pen from his pocket mil asked for a sheet of paper. Wit feet crossed he begnn to make the rough sketch of his will." It was completed, signed and witnessed then and there, and then "he rose, and going to bis horse said to me, "How ghastly nil this legal business Is.1 With nn activity remarkable In a man of eighty -two. he awung himself Into the saddle and vanished quickly In the dark greenery of the undergrowth." shuddering rhe bmrt ood (he pn ert A accords of the profouudest etnoilju Therefore, one cannot be astonished about it, that the Rhine has always given Inspirations to many poets to their most celebrated works. The Cinqua Porta. The lord wardenship of the clnqoe ports goes back to tbe Saxon period, when the five ports, Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney and Hastings, consti tuted an essential part of England's defense against France. The warden was a highly important personage, who exorcised civil, military and naval Ju risdiction, being at once sheriff, enstos rotuiorum, lord lieutenant and admiral. Winchester and Rye in later days wera added to tbe five towns, but the name remained cinque ports, as of old. In the days of tbe first Edward these ports were bound to furnish fifty-seven ships fully equipped and manned at their own cost for fifteen days, In cc i siderntlon for which they were freed from certain taxes and granted special privileges. London Standard. How the End Will Coma. Tbe professor of natural phenomena bad acquired a gnsollne car. "The day Is coming," be said to his class a few weeks later, "when the tire will sag and punctures pierce tbe In ner tube and the casing blister and then this old earth of ours will bare a blowout that may shake tbe Dog star from Its kernel and hurl the Dipper kingdom come!" Cleveland Data Dealer. Consenting Silence. "Do you believe that silence gives consent Dubbley?" asked Gosling. "Why, yea. Tbe old saying says ao. Why?" said Dubbley. "Then you may congratulate me on my engagement to Misa Moneybags. I wrote to ber asking her to marry ' six montha ago, and t haven't beard word from her since." Judge. "The Wide and Winding Rhine." From a guidebook published In Fraukfort-on tho-Mnin tbe following la ta'..cir. Tlie Kill no. a lnn mlary stone of the Ceruian history. I only and solely of Its kind. On his banks one meets the vestiges of past civilization, we find there tract's of Its regeneration and of the modern civilization of which chil dren we are. Various Impressions make arNc In us so many different (.filiations. o tli.it n profound enthusl aai'4 gets place In us. On tbe one hand the works of the hand of art. and on the other the Imposing curiosi ties of nature combine themselves on the banks of tho Khlne. crowned by vlifteyards. to an admirable symphony. lu fj-e limhld all flccU.V I Hia Diaguiaa. Miranda Couldn't you think of brighter idea. Reggie, than turning op In your orumary clothea? Reginald Here, I say, hold on! I've come as a bally waiter. I.oudou Bystander. Noith American Fieh. The fishes of America north of tba Isthmus of Panama embrace three classes, thirty orders, 223 families, 1,113 genera. 3.T3 subgenera, 3.203 spe cies and 133 subspecies. Sea Horses. In the Tactile ocean sea horses attain a length of from ten to twelve Inches, but seven Inches is about the limit of those found in Atlantic waters. The pity which Is not born of ex perience is always cold It cannot help being so; It does not understand.