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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1914)
3 O 3u PHBII, Q Q UNT Y O m M O ON IATION: In tho Northwestern pnrt of Oregon, n the ('..luml.ia liiviT, with almut 70 miles of river front. kKA: Alnut 701) square milea. 4 22. fjt2 acre. UHI.K l-AND: lj.72i acres. This I land thnt is actually in rulilvat i..n ami cleared, exclusive of town lot. LAND: .tmi "I'iti ucre. which Include all tirnlter where there In more than lltO.(K0 fi-et on a quarter section, also all lug jr,., ulT land which in not suitable for ami In no condition for cultivation. fclllHil: About seven antl one half to eight lcllion feet. Sir-SKI) VALUK OK TIMIIKU: SII.467.1NU. SKSSKD VALUK OK TILLAIll.K LAND: f'JII.H.Vi. I'AI. ASSKSSKI) VALUATION OK ALL I'KOI'KKTV: $ S,(X lO.IKK). i.i:s OK COUNTY KOADS: u(K) miles, aorne of which in in first cIiih condition, Home in fuir condition and sumo in very poor condition. I.KS OK KA1LKOADS: About 12.r miles which incluilea the main line of the S. I. St S. ami the various logging rmi. blTLAlloN: ('emu of 11)10 gives l(,r0 hut a careful estimate thin year gives it at least 15.001), I. MATH: Temperate. Paring the iiuminer the thermometer rarely reaches 101) in the simile and in the rolileHt weather of winter zero weather in almost unknown. During the winter month there In i-'Wiideralile rain, hut not too much. Jut enough to insure crop. Crop failure are unknown. konuers: FiuiUof all kir.tla, eaiiecially appleH. eara, plum ami herrie-i; (Jruin ami grasaes; gunlen irurk of all kind and dairying. IlITlNtJ: Ship froiti all parts of tho world carry Columbia County product down the Columbia River and to the market of the world. A through line of Railroads traverse the county from the North to the South. River boat carry locul product to local market at low rate. A N D : Thousand of acres of firt clan land can Ik? purchased at reawin.-iblv price upon which are stump left from Hie timber operation. This land I expcciully suited for farming, fruit raising and dairying. III llll IT Ti . ssM I yja'saiw Xi ST. HElNS A city on the Columbia River, 28 mile 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 taw mills with a capacity of 250,000 feet ter 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 sewer being built. A PAY ROLL OF NEARLY JIOO.OOO PER MONTH. Many beautiful and attractive homes. 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 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: 12,000 acre of low lands along the Columbia River which have recently been dyked and are now in high state of cultivation especially adapted to growing of vegetables and small fruits. SCHOOLS: Four standard High Schools; Grade schools i n each 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. Convers 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 Marshland Columbia" City Reuben Apiary Hudson Prescott Trenholm Inglis CITY OFFICERS OF ST. HELENS Mayor A. W. Mueller Councilmen N. 0. Larabee, Chas. Grahan, M. Saxor, H. Morgus City Attorney J. W. Day Recorder E. E. Quick Marshals J. L. Chittem, L. L. Decker Treasurer H. P. Watkins Water Commission L. E. Allen, J. W. Aiken, Robert Dixon, E. A. Crouse, John Pringle Water Superintendent Chas. Lope Fire Chief L. E. Allen Ordinance No. 172 An Ordinance providing for the erec. n of a Muteripal Wharf at In Seat- )' termination of til llrlena street, ir HYIrnt, OrKun; provl itig for the t'pliun uf plana therefor; provl inn the aiivcrtialng for bid therefor I the entering into a contract with fr urri'uiful bidder for auch construe- in. Korean, the City of St. Helen. trgon, and ita ciliien are without y ahtrf or dock and there it no ado- It or proper place for the landing embarkation of paaacngcrs or the pping or receiving of freight; and Whtrt-aa, laid city it urgently ir H of turn a wharf in order to pre- t and foater ita river ttatllc; and Whereat, mid cjy ja owner of all k eater front lying eaatcrly and ad pent to Buid fity ,j i front ,f and theraiterly terinallonof Ita street, WtpeclaUy at the eaatcrly termii.a- n of St Helen atreet in Raid city Now Therefore, aaid city doe ordain followi : Swtion 1. That aaid clt throuirh Common Council, In purauance of charter, it hereby empowered to U Municipal Wharf, at the eaal- f'y t-rmnatiion of St Helen street. Mid city of St Helena. Oregou. to Ml not to exceed IfiOOO.OO and that deity lnme warrant on It general "d In payment thereof; Section 2 That the common council id city, immediately upon the pa- U of this ordinance, employ a com- lnt engineer to ivepKre plan and liflaction. for auch wharf; Section 3 That immediately unon ubmlaainn of proper and atiafac 'y plain for iurn Municipal wharf. ummon Councilahall tauae lh 1 ""order of aaid city to advrriUt "iperiK)of two wetkt in some Pper of ncneral circulation in " f"r lid for the furniihlng '" mri i,,d the eonalructloii of Jhrf, rnorvirg the right tore- "d all bid ahould thee be ,n1d UMatihf,,.,,,. Bnrt ln thr Lu'r,""1 bi,U ,houM be rejected. "eor.ler I h. red aulhoriied anil Uti4 to iinmedinttdy re advertise ln length of ""A fr further bid for auch con- non; Seclion 4 Th,t u ,. ,,..-.. nyAid for the ronatrucllUii and Hplcllon of ,ut.h Muicp,, Wh,rf, the Common Council ahull require the uccetaful bidder to enter ir.lo con tract w ith aaid city for the faithful cointruction and complct on of auch wharf in a thoroughly workmanlike manner, providing for the holding of 25 per cent of the contract price for the period of thirty daya from and af ter thi completion of uch wharf; and requiring from the aucccinful bidJer a good and sufficient bond accp table to aid Council, in the aum of 14(410.00 conditioned fur the faithful perform ance of uch contract and the payment of any and all labor or material men's lien, or other claima filed or levied on aaid wharf. Head the lit time April 13, 1914. Read the 2nd time by title April IS, 1914. Head the third lime in full and pa ed. April 1914. Approved April 21. 1914. A. W. MUELLLR, Mayor. Atteal: K. E. QUICK. Rec rder. Notice (o Contractors Oregon Stale Highway Commission, Columbia County. S.'alcd proKiaala. addreaaed to the County Court of Columbia County.Ore- gon, and indorsed, "I'ropoaal for con structing a portion of the Columbia hihwey in Columbia County.Oregon," will be received by the County Court of Columbia County, at it office in the court houae at St. Helen, Oregon.until 2 o'clock p. m. of the 6th day of May. Ml, and at that time ml place public ly opened and read. All proposal must be made on blank form, to be obtained from the State Highway Engineer, at hi office, Capi tol Building, Salem. Oregon, or Room No. 442, court houie, Portland, Ore gon; muMt tate the sectior or iection bid on. bidder may bid on any ingle aection, or on any number of sections, or on all the section; rnunt givs the --i I ui.i I ! if and In price propoaen, uuw m . - --- j figure; and mutt be igned by the bid- ( der, with hi addrcas. Karh bid is to be prccntcd under caled cover ami shall be accompanied by cah, a bidder' bond made payable, l, Columbia County or ccruoeu check male payable to the County Judge of ColubmU County, for in amount equal to at I a.t five per cent, of the amount of said bid. and no bid ,.ll h. ronaidercd unless "' h cash, I bond, or check is enclosed therewith. Such bidder's bond shall be conditioned that if said bid be accepted, the party bidding will duly enter into and exe cute the contisct. Should ths success ful bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to execute the same with in ten day, not including Sunday, from the date of notification of such award, auch caah, bond or check ahall be forfeited to Columbia county, and the same hall be the property of the county. All other cash, bond and cer tified check will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders who submitted the same. A corporate surety bond will be re quire I fur the faithful performance of the contract in a aum equal to one half of the total amount of the bid. All bida are to be compared on the baxii of the State Highway Engineer' estimate of the qauntit!e of work to be done as follow: Clearing, light 97.8 acres. Clearing, heavy 32.4 acres. Grubbing 8749 0 square roda. Earth 284,290.0 cubic yard. Hard pan 8b',S00.0 cubic yards. Loose rock 37.100.0 cubic yards. Soft rock 9,900.0 cubic ysrds. Hard rocs 76,600.0 cubic yards. Morrow 151.200.0 cubie yards. Overhaul 279.600.0 Pipe, 12 in d'ameter 1,906 0 lineal foot. Pipe, 24 io diameter 3,146.0 lineal feet. ripe. 36 In diumeter 758.0 lineal feet. llox culverts. 4 i 4 610 0 lineal feet. Box culverts, 4x6 100. 0 lineal feet Bos culverts, 6 x 8 280.0 lineal feet. Box culverts 4x8 150.0 linesl feet. Dry walls 23.48C.0 square ysrds. Tho foregoing quantities are approx imate only, being given as a basis for the comparison of bids, and the County Court of Columbia County does not ex preisly or by implication agree that the actual amount of work will corre spond therewith, but reserves the r'ght to incresse or decrease the amount of any class or portion of the work thst may be deemed necesnry or epxedient by the Stale Highway Engineer of Oregon. I'lan my be seen snd forms of speeificstlon snd contrsct may b ob t lined at the State Highway Engi neer's office, Capitol Building. Salem, or Room 442, Courthouse, Portland, Oregon. The right is reserved to reject any or all proposal! or to accept tho pro- pt sil or proposals deemed best for Co lumbia County. Couaty Court of Columbia County, W A Harris. County Judge. John Farr, County Commissioner. Louis Fluhrer.County Commissioner. H L Bowlby.State Highway Engi. 11 E LaBare, C aunty Clerk of Colum bia County. 2t St. Helens, Oregon, April 21. 1914 MEXICAN PORTS Principal Ports on east ceaat of Maxlco, Including Tamplce, where ar rest of American sailors brought on a crlala. MEXICAN DEFENSE IS MADE Sanor Rojas Denies American Flag Was Insulted at Tamplco. Mexico City. Ths Mazlcaa foreign minister, Senor Portllle f Bajaa. an nounced It would be ttaposstble to agree to the demand of the United States that the flag be saluted uncon ditionally, because that flag was not Insulted, as It was not flying from the launch, and because the Marines were set free even before an Investigation and the officer responsible for the ar rest was himself arrested and held for trial. Th foreign minister here announced that the Mexican government would agree that both flags be saluted, the American flag first and then the Mex ican flag, this arrangement to be made by a protocol algned by American , Charge d'Affalrea Nelson O'Shough-, aessy and the Mexican foreign minis ter. The United States government. Senor Cprtlllo f saerted, has refused j permission to Charge O'Shoughnessy to sign such a protocol and demanded an unconditional salute by Mexico, which Mexico felt was Incompatible with her dignity. ATTEMPTS TO KILL NEW YORK'S MAYOR New York. In an attempt to take the life of Mayor John Purroy Mitchel Michael P. llahoney, an apparently ir responsible, elderly man, who later said he was a blacksmith out of work, fired Into a group of three men seated ln the mayor's automobile, which stood at the east side of City Hall park. The bullet from his revolver entered the jaw of the corporation counsel, Frank L. Polk, who was sitting next to the mayor In the tonneau of the automobile. Mr. Polk was taken to the New York hospital, where It waa said the would would not prove fatal. Mahoney shot at the mayor, he as serted In the course of a disjointed statement extracted from him, be cause he felt aggrieved at the city ex ecutive's "extravagant expenditures" and because be was incensed at being turned back from the door of the may or's room In the city hall on two oc casions when he went to apply for a municipal Job. Beverldg Named on "Dry" Platform. Indianapolis. The platform of the progressive party, unanimously adopt-' ed at the state convention, pledges the party to work for the elimination of all breweries and saloons in the state and Indorses the Hobson resolu-1 tion now before congress. I Albert J. Beverldge, ex United States senator, waa Indorsed unanl- ( tnoualy for United States senator. He accepted the nomination. Butch Heirs Won't Pay Inheritance Los Angeles. Refusing to abide by the $37,900 inheritance tax fixed on the IU84.767.78 California estate of Adolphus Itusch, his heirs, including the widow, Mrs. Lilly Busch and her six children, filed a contest before Judge Rives In probate court. C. W. Fairbanks Injured. Frankfort. Ind. Charlea W. Fair banks, of Indianapolis, ex-Vice Presi dent, waa slightly Injured when the speakers' stand on the courthouse collapsed at the Arbor day exercises here. Representative Hawley introduced a bill to amend the act to authorize the sale of certain lands belonging to In dians on the Slletx reservation, mak ing the net proceeds of the land salea payable to members of the tribe. Oregon timber, the felling of trees, and their handling ln the logging camps will be shown ln moving pic tures at the Panama-Pacific exposi tion. Arrangements for this were made at a meeting of the Oregon ex position commission. The Apple Growers' association of Hood River has wired Representative Sinnott that they were Informed that the express companies had issued new rates for carloads of western berries, advancing the estimated weights on 24 pint crates from 17 to 25 pounda, when the actual weight la 19 pounds. Amid a storm of argument and dis approval on the part of the men of the Oregon Agricultural college who are In favor of retaining the "swallowtail" coat for use ln formal affairs, the stu dent body voted the adoption of reso lutions declaring against the wearing of the full dress. At the next meeting of the state land board it Is expected that 80 sec tions, or 51,200 acres of newly survey ed school lands will be offered for sale. The board will advertise for the bids, probably fixing a minimum price of $7.50 an acre. Most of the lands are in Malheur and Harney counties. Oregon's oldest woman, Mrs. Mary DeLore, 117 years of age, died at Port land. She waa born and reared near the old Hudson's Bay company trad ing post at Vancouver, Wash., her father being a trapper and her mother an Indian. She raised a large family, but outlived them all. To reassure commercial and fruit interests around Med ford the agricul tural department positively assured Representative Hawley that it would maintain a permanent weather station at Medford, giving efficient service for the especial benefit of fruit grow ers. THE MARKETS Portland. Wheat Club. 92c; bluestem, 99c; red Russian, 90c. Hay Timothy, $16; alfalfa, $13. Butter Creamery, 25c. Eggs Ranch, 19c. Seattle. Wheat Bluestem. 98c; club, 92c; red Russian, 90c. Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfa, $14 per ton. Eggs 22c, ( Butter Creamery, 28c.