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m j i pi i iii u s ii.- r i j i iiiiii ii ii ii i i OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOL. XXXIII. 3T. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5 1914 NO 24. SPECIAL AUTO SERVICE FOR US Al)d & Sheppard Will Both Dig Cars Kun TWO TRIPS EACH DAY li.r Convenience of IVople- Who Will VInM Itoae Miow KUrtliiK j Tillies CllMll(d Anticipating good travel next -i-k between Ml. Helens ami Port land. A lift ti Sheppard uf tlio Ht Helens Portland Auto Co., uiinounce i h;il they will run their two lurge curs durliu Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, making two round trip dully. Starling from ft Helen "t 7:40, live minutes rl h-r t hail uhiiuI, tlny will sr.lvo at !'o'lu.- ! bU'UI :! and I ir rnrllniid again ut I c clock lil ar rivi In iU. Ilen abti.t i Mm In k rff Helens kI lu li u even Iiik tliey wnl arrive In 1'orilii.ni In Hinil limn for p-iiph to mm nil 'In l..r.i'l' . und ol'-.r ullii.it i-nt nu I will l-viv fir Die tal rrlur.i trip foi Si I lei ir at it o'cli:cl.. V. Mart ini; pill ii I I i'trtlmxl M III lie I'm M liurles 1,1 d Mild cull will lit- inadi at MelerA Franks Sliih stu-el i iruni-o. bIko t'i Imperial I'ottl Tim twi lorn cars will uvuiiim iluie onl a limited nuuiber of pus KiiKr, ii.i'.i u crow J lovever. but ii order i liifiifo nn -ttt 'iMl to innure accommo tutioiis to All th. people imimIIiI, 'U-kcts f'r ilii I lift ulll be placed o.t !. at Krvl V.'kt k tti m Store Mondu) whorr tiio inu) In- secured for iny irlo il trim tlii wi-nk. Any person ciilTi.latlr. taking tlii trip will w'l to rail at Kri-d Walkin'a and rotun a ticket. An u I a renting foaturi .if t'lls a-iimiiic-rini'iit comes In tlia wty of an uiiiiiiiint-fiiiont liy tlio rail r ed com paiiy tliat they will run a signal lati truln one night next week out ol I'urtluiid, JuhI what night I nut known, which la In contrast with the service last yiar when several put! linns wore filed with tho railroad roinpnny asking for a lata train but whlrli petitions wero Ignored. There wus no con. petition laat year but it Ih iulln evident lilli tl.a nutn curt arc considered of enough Import mi in a competition to warrant the r.iilrou.l In trying to meet them thlt yiur. of ro u ran the train ioIuhIuIi la not of aulliciunt Importance to the tooplti of Hi. Helena for tho railroad J,,, iple to make public announce IIUMil aunt i tlirouxh the proaa mil ii you 1 go to the trouble and ei tolng to the depot at lloul- pi'liso of tn you cui. uul- llowPYor t" Au, Une M,,w,M'n h.-ro and I'ort ,nl " ,n Up Ul' mod., of con t) "' UI,J b,,k runninL. it ar f. ' ccommoda- ll.n and the poop V receguUe tl.U ami are clvlnv thnin liberal pot- roiinirn. HARVEST HANDS HADLY V'ANTia o v Oklahoma Send Ot:' O. 3 Sign I Mrs Dodd, our poal mist .., ha celved a circular letter from the Tost otTlre department at Washington cal ling attention to letter rcontly re flved from the State Labor Com nilxHloner of Oklahoma, wherein call Is made for 20,000 men to holp In harvesting the cropa of Oklahoma. Wai-.H are promised of $2 to J Pt day with boanl. Any Informs. Hon will be given at the poet oJtVe, ' V A It It ICS ' n tlie 2nd Mrs. N. Lofetrand "t.'rta,ncd a few friends from the Itt:lirlor Flat neighborhood. Those r-reKnnt were Mr, FrfM ATBOn Mrs. tlR?1e, Mrs. R. Morton, Mrs. Toter- Mrs. Aim roth. Miss Forsgren of ''"rthind. Mrs. Oodtnan. r,r" strawberries with delicious cre,i, WM gPrv, nA ,atBf g,, niidwitrhea, rolls and a variety of of akes and a delightful afternoon s spent .all forgetting the lateness f the hour unt the sun was well "own In the weal. NEW HOTEL fOS SI HELENS II. Morgus Starts Work on Three Story Structure READY DY SEPT. THE 1ST MiMlivn If ! will 0m-ii for lliiNlncMH TIiIh I'all. (JinmI. Central IxM-atlon .lila wiM-k a crew of men was put tu work by II. Motru on the cun lru llou of a tliretvMtory hotel build ing. The building will be located on the eaxt aide of Columbia atreet mid way between Cowltu and McCormlck lreei. It will be modern In every reapect and will be occupied aa a flrnt clana hotel. The first floor will have the hotel o til re and Rome atore rooms while both the upper floor will lie rooms for the hotel. Work will be pushed along at a rapid rate and the building will lie ready for occupancy by September 1st. TWO MORE VICTORIES 3t. Helens Ball P'acrj Trove Superiority VANCOUVER ON SUNDAY Last Saturday, Decoration Day, the St. Helena ball team again demon strated their superiority over the Woodland team by a score of 13 to t and on Sunday Hidgefleld sent a delegation over hero but they too went back home on the short end of 7 to 6 score. Next Sunday, June 7, the Vancouver team will cross bats with the locals at the new bnll park on Washington Sijunro. Clinic w'l! be called promptly at 2:30 so the visitors can catch tho local for Tort land. Republican Com mittee Meets Several Portions of the County are Represented at Meeting C. A. NUTT, IS CHAIRMAN tliaa. (iraliam. Hoc., .T. C .Wat la. Mate Committee and Norman Merrill ConrreiMonal Committeeman The Republican County Central Commute met at the Court House Wednesday afternoon and organized by electing C. A. Null, of Kalnler, Chairman, Charles Graham of Houl- ton. Secretary. T. C. Watts of Reuben aa State Committeeman and Norman Merrill as Congressional Committee man. An executive committee con nWIng of L. E. Allen, James Gattens an4 Casper Mbel were appointed to I work In conjunction with the odlcera. meeting was atended by dele 1" from several portions of the r,ai'' -nd after diHCUHsIng the poll county u ,ojj tQ toma ,pnt w tlcal sltuat at ie C8 of the adjourned to i. Chairman. GOING OUT OF BUSINESS Millsap Bros, of Wst St. Hel ens Retiring In this Issue will M fotmrf the ad of Millsap Hros of HoUo wJ.o an nownce their retirement front he mercantile business In Theee gentlemen recently pnrcha.e. the stock of Ollrsr and OUt" anJ have been remarkably surWul In disposing ot a large portion of the stock. Thity report that they are un able to se,!re a l- on a building and are t.serefore impelled to c lot out. Hea.I their bargain list In tUa paper. g x - 1 GRAND PIANO CONTEST STARTS J. W. McDonald to Give Awav Valuable Prizes MIST WILL ALSO HELP $7541 IMano for Firat Trlxe and Many Others of Value to be (lven Away Starting this week J. W. McDon ald, proprietor of a confectionery. tobacco and cigar store in St. Helens will conduct a contest for increasing his business. He has made arrange uients with the Krants I'lano House to give away absolutely free one grand piano and six other pianos, with various other prizes consisting of silverware principally. Mr. Mc Donald will give out a ticket with each purchase at his store counting one vote for each one cent of pur chase and he has also made a d with the Mist whereby any of the candidates may take subscriptions to this paper at the regular rata of tl.CO per year and that subscription will entitle the candidate to 2000 votes. The contest will last several weeks, the full details will be given In our next Issue, but the contest is now on and on the laat page of thla paper will be found nominating poo pon good for 2000 votes for auy can didate to be nominated on. Ti.e list cf prizes to be given away In this contest is a large one and moat of them can be seen at the McDonald store now. Remember that every purchase of any kind at the McDon ald store will count vote for some candidate and every subscription ob tained by any of the candidates will count votes for her or him. Watch the Mlat next week for full details and In the meantime go down to Mc Donald. 's and look at the elegant $750 piano and the other pr'zea. FULLERTON AND WHITE ENTERTAIN With Warren Strawberies and Cream Bovs Prove Success A grand strawberry festival was featured at the meeting of the Knights of Pythlaa lodbe last Tues day evening. Rank work election of officers and routine business took up some time after which Bil ly Fullerton and Martin White prov ed to the lodge brethern that they were first class entertainers, with Warren strawberries, pure cream and delicious cake. SHIPPING NOTES OF THE WEEK Several Cargoes of Lumber are Taken from St. Helens The well known schooner ALVE NA, Capt. Abrahamson, Is In port taking on a full cargo of lumber for delivery at San Pedro. The Alvena has not been to St. Helens for al most a year, her last trip having been from Puget Sound to South America. Capt. Abrahamson re ports an uneventful trip on his fore ign voyage. The Steamer Willamette, Capt. Chaa. Reiner, left out Wednesday night bound for San Diego with 60 M feet of lumber and a fair passen ger list. The Steamer Johan Toulsen after taking on a deck load of lumber at the Columbia County Lumber Com pany left down today bound for San Francisco. The Steamer Davenport was In port Thursday and today finishing a cargo of lumber whicn sne win aeu ver at San Tedro. The Steamer Multnomah arrived In port Wednesday and is taking on a cargo of ties and piling for de livery at San Francisco. Sha will sail tonight. She takes a cargo of glmoet ona million feet ot lumber and also her iual complement of passengers. ST HELENS BAND RE-ORGANIZED By Securing Bandmaster the Boys are Ready for Business MUCH INTEREST TAKEN During Hammer Months Weekly Ktreet CoaM-erU Will be Given The St. Helens Brass Band has been re-Juvenated and given new life by the terms of an agreement reach ed with Mr. Kirkpatrlck who comes from La Center, Wash. Mr. Kirk Patrick will take active charge of the band and give Instructions to the boys one night each week at which time a general practice meeting will be held. It is also planned to give a atreet concert one night each week. There are now 18 pieces regularly playing and it is thought t few more will be added shortly. The boys have secured the contract for furni shing music at the celebration in St. ens on the Fourth of July and from now on will be in rediness to fur nlsh music for any and all occasions. The people of the city should support and lend every encouragement to the band so that It will keep going. It U a credit to the city. WILL GRADUATE FROM WEST POINT Earl Larabee Will Receive Commission as Army Officer COMING TO ST. HELENS After Vlait Here the Young Man Will Be Assigned to Active Army Duty Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Larabee of West St. Helena received an Invita tion this week to attend the Gradua tion exerclaea at West Point which will be held on June 12th and at which time Karl Larabee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larabee, will be one of the graduates and will receive bis commission aa an officer In the Unit ed States Army. After the gradua tion exercises Earl will visit his old home In Michigan for a few weeks after which he will come to St. Hel ens and spend the rest of his vaca tion with- his parents. When he reports for duty in the fall re will be assigned to active srIee In the army COLUMBIA CITY Hugh Caples who baa been under treatment for a carbuncle on his calf (lower extremity) Is slowly Im proving, able to sit out doors these nice days and amuse the kiddles and furnish hot air for the ladles. Mr. E. B. Johnson one of Port lands best known Industrial promo ters spent Monday at this place the gueat of Mrs. Thayer. Miss Monica Kanary of West St. Helens and Bro. George made this place a visit Thursday. Miss Mamie McClay cIomkI aclipol here Friday, May 30th and celebrat ed by giving a picnic and auto ride Ice cream and cake were served to the delight of the kid lea. Those of the scholars present were: Madellna Pasero, Ethel Caples, Minerva Caples ti. Bumgatdner Four, Font Saurve n, John McVey and Hugh Shelebarger. Mrs. O. L. Graham motored to Portland May 10th spent Decoration Day at the graves of her departed ones. This has been Mrs. Grahams eustom for year never to miss this one day of all others for the recall of those loved ones that have passed on to the Great Unknown. Dead but not forgotten. Mr. Fone Saurveln has accepted a position oat of town as auto truck chauffer. The genteel need of what constitutes the root of all evil is rather annoying especially when life began to look brightest. Tears will be profusely shed on Post Cards and will follow later. HUH 8AMESANN0UNCE SALE Have Disposed of Lease and Fixtures and Will f.ctire NEW OWNER JULY 1st Mr. Peterson of Minnesota Will ()en a General MerchandiHe Htore Welch & Ames have an ad In this lsue announcing their retirement from business in St. Helens. They have; disposed of their lease and fix tures to a Mr. Peterson of Minneap olis, Minn., who will take charge on July 1st and who will put In a gen eral merchandise stock. Welch & Ames will start next week with a great slaughter sale of their goods as they say everything must be sold. ROAD WORK ENJOINED Washington-Oregon Corpora tion Allege Damages POLES ARE INJURED Work on Columbia Diver Highway is TeniMrarily Held Up Pending Hult Alleging that the contractors who are constructing the new Columbia Highway between Prescott and Rainier are destroying and damagr ing their property, the Washington Oregon Corporation has obtained an Injunction against them which re strains the work on the roads until such time as it can be done without damaging the property ot the corpor ation. The Washington-Oregon Cor poration has a righ tof way along the river bank between Prescott and Rainier where its poles and wires are located with which lights and power are furnished Rainier. They claim that the blasting being done by the road contractors Is destroying their poles and wires and they are great ly hampered in their business of transmitting power and light. It is thought an amicable adjustment of the matter will be secured so that the road work will go on unhampered. SCAPPOOSE J. M. Payne died at his home on the Island across from Scappoose, after suffering since last August. Wiling hearts and willing hands did everything that could be done to re lelve his suffering but he passed away Wednesday. May the 20th. Mr. Payne has lived in Columbia County most ot his life, most every body knew him and they always got n hearty hand shake and a welcome to his home at alltimes and a helping hand to all. He was laid to rest in the Lone Fir Cenetery beside his three chil dren, Nellie, Ada and Elnora. He leaves a wife, one son George, one daughter Gladys and many other relatives and friends who will never cease to miss him till they hear the summons, "Enter In Thy Rest". Mr. and Mrs. Niblok and sen are having an outing at the sea side this week. Mr. and Mrs. Lopman visited at the Rose City Monday. Dr. Blanchford made a business trip to Portland on Monday. The auto bus was so crowded Sun day nght that eight pasengers here got left and they waited for number two to come along, but it failed to oome. Mr. and Mrs. Goodnough of Port land visited with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bushman on Sunday. Mrs. Bakter and Son came down Decoration Day to decorate her hus band and mothers graves. Mrs. Joe Adams had the mis fortune to step on a piece of glass cuttng he foot, but she reports it getting along nicely. Ben Copeland has been having quit a time with his eyes but since an ocul'st at Portland has been treat ing him, they are soma better. The seventh grade and the Juniors gave a picnic for the eighth grade and high school graduates, Friday May It. They left for picnic grounds at noon, ate a fine lunch and the afternoon was spent playing games. Coatiawed m Page S A WATCHFU LWA1TI NG POUCY State Highway Engineer Promises to Come, But COUNTY COURT WAITI G No IMuna or Profiles of Surveys Fur ninlied Altlio Promised On Feb. 1st County Court met Wednesday of this we k and went through the rou tine matters for a couple of dtys. such as allowing bills, passing on road petitions, reports of road lujier vlsors, listening to petitions for county aid and numerous other mat ters demanding their attention. From a letter received by the Court last week it was informed that the State Highway Engineer, or his dep uty, would be in St. Helens thit week to confer over the highway survey troubles, and until this, Saturday noon, the state officials bad not shown up.. This Is one instance ot the delay of the State officers which is Illustrative of the method pursu ed by them during the entire time ot their work in this county. The surveys, plats and profiles of the roads as made by the State Engine ers have been promised the County Court every week since the first of February and they have not been de livered yet, except those from Clat sop County to Tide Creek. Until such time as the Court can get th.se plans etc. there -is very little if anything, for the Court to do, except to wait. It Is currently reported that lndignltlon meetings have been held and are being held in soon portions of the county at the appar ent delay on the part of the County Court, but under the circumstances it would seem that the indignation should be directed toward the parties responsible for the delay and that the people who are taking part and urging such meetings should know what they are doing before they go too far. Local Firm Lowest Bidders St. Helens Company Secures . Contract for Repair of Hogan SUP'T PRICE IN CHARGE Six Bids Submitted Ranging from ,-MMM) to Nearly Three Times That Amount The St. Helens Shipbuilding Co.. were the lowest bidders at Portland last week for the repair ot the scho oner Hogan and Superintendent Price has already placed a crew of men at work on the boat. Mr. Price Is personally superintending the work at Portland this week. There were six bids on this work and the wide range of figures shows that there must have o-en a desire an the part of some ot the biders to get tained was about j003, while some tained was about $5000, while sima of the bids were nearly three times that amount. Real Estate Transfers State Bank af Rainier to E. F. Perkins, et. al land. Jennie Bachman to G. B. McLeod, land in 4-6-2 E. B. and G. B. McLeod to Ham mond Lumber Co., land In 4-8-2. Mt. Hood Wood ft Coal Co. to W. B. Shlvely, land in S6-4-2. Columbia County Timber Co. to Col ombia County Investment Co., land C. L. and M. J. Jackson to D. T. Cagle, lot in 20-Block 1 Columbia Park. A. E. and F. Thompson to J. II. Lew is, land In Clatskanle. C. J. SUva to Wm. 8ilva, land in Rainier.