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:.
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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.