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Newspaper Page TextOFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOL. XXXIII. SERIOUS ACCI DENT AVERTED MRS. MUCKLE'S PRES ENCE OF MINI) SAV- LIFE Mir.. W. G. Mucklc Returns From Eugene Where Shs II.13 a Harrowing Experience Mr. V. n. Murk In l.rt lat week for Kur.etto where lir IiuhIiuikI unil (II. mi WiilkhiN lutvo noon for Homo I lino r.cllliig liorwm. Rho ri'(iinul tii Hi. Helen Thumduy. While In rhigoun Mr. Murk In mot Willi mi ar I'liliMit which, only her prM-mo of niliiil preveutod l.nliiK very ko.Iou Tin' accident occur ! nt 10 o'clock Monday it Ik It t at tlio west pud of the Kent horn I'urlllc yard In IOuRt.no. Mr. ami Mrs. Muoklo and (ilon Watkln wore driving In a luggy from the ontrunco of Kklnner' liuite I'nrk, and their horse shied at a switch engine a limy wore about In cross tlm track. Tlio animal r.l.irti'il down tlio trnck toward tlio engine, and ni tlio hugRy struct: tlio r.illit Mm. Mucklo wa thrown nut hi'iid forofoKt. At that moment the borne Imrkcd up until he wan p muc in r. directly over tlio wninun nil the Croiiud. The IiiihIihihI In the huRgy wan unable to turn him In tlio op posite direction. Mm. Mucklo' presence-of mind In lying ulixoliitoly . (iilit saved her from Injury, according to spectator. Tho hiiKKy w wrecked. EXC'TEMENT IS DUE F:.inier Finite Placer Gold in Craws of Chickens a. Kuulnor, a farmer living In the Yankton iiolghhnrhoorf, r.tnio into town hint week with a email bottle rnuliiiiihig Kovural unreels of pl:urr K''ld which Im md tukon from t ho rwn of chicken and the glaxiuVi of lurk which ho hud klllud for the tahlo. Mr. Kuulsor ha a ch'-ken yrd enclosed nhout 100 fol "piiaro anil the fowls are not per mitted to go outside the eiich sure (ho gold muHt havo boon nicked up IiihIiIo the yard. The rivoral particle of Rold In the bolil-f liud h'l ii taken from 10 fowl and when '"lKliod on tlio Jowolor o.u1ob show od a vuluo of 64 cent. Included In ho iiukkcI were two ntuull coper particle. Mr. RaulKor a HI phioe ' only aliout 100 yard from the tl of tdo hill and therefor the Kohl must ho olther in pocket or "an only travelled a Hhort distance lown the hill, lie I doll g come prospecting mid from tlio wimple. tukon It Ih nfo to si.y thai tnoro I (inito a deposit of gold In hi Im.wdl 'n vicinity. . PHYSICIANS OFFICE IS ROBBED 'iRt Saturday morning when Dr '' 0. Hohn opened his office In the Bi'k Building he dlHcoverod thai nonio ono had boon In thoro Uurli'g thn niRiit an, on jnohing around r"'nil that all hU valunblo surgical I'lHlrumnnt woie missing. Homo miscreant had stolon tlm lniitru nont with the Idea of gottlng money 0lt of thorn I the thoory advanced y tho oincor and all pawn nhop 1,1 1'ortland are being watched for Hie apponrance of tho valuable ln "'nimnntH. 1,1ut RAIiK Ono Milliard Table In Rood condition. litp Eatabroolc & Cramor 'LOCALS WIN ANOTHER GAME Fast Vancouver Bunch Taken Into Camp The fmit Vuucoiivnr tosim u-. bore on Huinlny IuhI to croKi Imtti with tho locul team and a thow) two toaiii hud pluyod a 13 liming Ho Runin on Vancouver' hint uppe inu,i:o here, everybody expected to goo a iiiHt k:uiii and thoHo who ciiino put wuro not dlHiippolntiid. ;;t. Melon Klartod out with that oil roll.iblo wur homo Vlrg Steven on tho mouiid and tlml old tinier Morton cutchl.iit and though he may not bo as fait on hi foot n Home of the yon i.:or bunch, the way ho caught Sumliiy would certainly how Koine of tnein up and ho I beyond a doubt ti e bent cutcber wo have hud till oa win. Vancouver cornd two In the (lrt on two hit and a walk, two In tho third on two hit und a walk and an error by Dill, two In tho fourth on thriio hit, a hit butter and one In the geventh on a hit and two error. The local atnrtod tho firework for tuoiiiHolvo In tho fifth ami by tho time that they got through they hud batted clour around and hud started back before tho lut mun wa put out. Hull wn tho flrnt up and got on by an error by tho flrt bueoman, Dill ucrltlced, Mcllonuld got on by en error by third, Perry by a field er' choice, Hull Hcorfng, llullagh Rot on by an error by third, McDonald Hcoring, Morton walked, Klugg got a lilt, Terry Mcnrliig, Hlchurdxon got a two bagger Rearing llullagh and Morton, Htoven got on by an orror by the left fielder, Klugg scoring, Ilallagh (truck out, Morton got a home rnn cleaning tho base, r'lagg got hi nernnil bit and Illchurdxon ended tho fun'by t ricking out. Rt. 1 It-Ion Kcored one more In the even th on hit by Klagg and Ilallngh. Klnal Boore, Rt. Helen 10, Van couver 7. lUxo Itull Note Morton made nonio pretty cntcue of Home dllllcult foul bull. . Tho ton m goes to Illdgofleld nex. Riiuday nnd it would help the boy conHldernbly to havo a good bunch of rooter go with them. Flung I loading the balling lint with an averuge of with llullagh a clone aocond with 378. Thoro wa a fulr crowtf'out last Sunday but with tho brand of bull the boy have boon putting up It Hhoiild have boon twice what It wu.-i. Ilallagh Ih playing a ' dandy gate? around flrnt and It would bo a iikhI thing to sea the old man on the dlfllcult corner all of tho time. Perry Ih a good hitter and u good fielder but ho uro does run bisos a If he never hud anything lr. hie nut but Ivory. Hob Cole wa out ot tho gime with boll on. HlchnrdHon 1 picking up in hi hitting and It Ih ure a pity this boy can't hit, If he could nothing could keep Inn out of the big leaguo. Woll a tho bum sport writer ha run out of dope for this week, he will unit thin, come and go over to ntdgefleld with ou on Sunday. Hutting Average II. nt n per Klngg 10 20 385 llnlmgh U 45 378 McDonald 19 69 322 Welt 10 32 312 Morton ' 4 13 308 Hall 16 50 300 Rteven 14 47 Z8 Rlkmnn 14 47 298 Dill. 15 CO 273 rorrjr 4 17 235 Richardson z a-" Ilrokko 11 00 220 Everything Is business and buntle mong tho Boy Scouts todny. Itov. Mr. Moyor and his boys are gottlng ready to take a 10 day hike out to e Nohalem whore they will flub and camp and havo a general good tlmo. laiiy Monday morning the young scouts will start for the Dupont lace where camp will be pitched for the night, the march being resumed e next day for nttsburg. They nra all expecting to hnve tho time of tlielr young lives and Mr. Moyor will see to It that they enjoy the trip. ST. HELENS. OREGON, mm PLAN T A Million Gallons of Oil on the Way to St. Helens FIFTH CARGO DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS Treated Lumber Products are being Shipped to all Parts of the World From St. Helens llntwoon 900,000 and 1,000,000 gullons of creoBoto will bo brought from. Kmden, Coimnny, to St. Hel en, coiiHlguod to the St. Helens ' CreoBoling Company, by the British BtoaiiiHhlp HornoRon, a comparative ly now ve.Bel, whlcti ha Just been chartered. She 1 to Bail In a day or ho, und she ig scheduled to arrive about September 15. : Tho IlurnoBon will leave the Ger-' mun port with 1,250,000 gallons of creonoto, but she will cull at Eagle Hurhor, Paget Sound, where alio will discharge from 250.000 to 350.000 gullou of tho cargo before coming to the river. That which she will dicharge at the St. Helens plant will ' he the lurgoHt quantity ever brought there by a tanker since the Arm em- J burked In business here about two i yours ago. During that period four purt cartoon of creosote have boon ' brought to St. Helens from Europe. ' They arrived In the British tankers Cordelia, I.uz Blanco,, Elsenore and II. C. Henry. Their cargoes aggregated a trifle moroi than .' 000,000 gallons of creo sote, Conseiiuently the material to ' be brought to the plant by the Burn- eson is nearly halt as great as the BOY SCOUTS IN r COUNCIL ISSUES A WARNING At a meeting of the City Council hold last Monday the Recorder was Instructed to publish the section of the ordinance relating to stock be ing ut large or staking same on the Btreets. The Council also hereby notify the public that this section of the ordinance, as published bolow, will be strictly enforced, so that those people who are In the habit of staking their cows along the streets will please take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any owjier or keeper of any horse, mare gelding, mule, ass, Jen ny, foal, bull, stag, cow or steer, holfer, calf, sheep or goat, to tie or stake the same out Inany street of the City of St. Helens, Oregon, for the purpose of grazing, or tie or stake the same upon any private lot whore Biich aulmnl can reach any stroet or Bldewalk. Any person vio lating the provisions of this ordi nance shall be guilty of a misde meanor and upon conviction shall be puulsl.cl by a flr.e of not loss nun $5.00, nor more than $10.00. DOQS FOR SALE Chespoake Bay, Irish Water Spaniel, English Set ter. All registered stock. E. LUNDQREN St. Helens, Oro. FRIDAY JULY 17, 1914. IS " VERY BUSY totul consignments handled by the quurtot of steamships preceding her to the river. The British tanker Lompoc, or a substitute vessel, will load creosote at Amsterdam for St. Helen In September or October. The Lom poc Is under construction in English yards, and if she should be complet ed in time she will be the next vessel to follow the Uarnecon to the Colura bia river. It had been the Intention for her to bring the cargo which will arrive In the Burneson, but it Is announced the programme had to be changer because she was not completed as soon as had been ex pected. If she should not be ready to launch soon another tanker will be substituted for her. The cargo of ties leaving for Karatsu, India, the other day aboard the British steamship Lord Sefton underwent creosote treatment at the St. Helens plant. Within the last few weeks two other steamships have loaded creosote ties at the same plant for India. In August the British steamship Queen Maud will arrive at St. Helens to take on a oargo of creosoted ties for the t ame destination. .J THE PARADE COUNCIL MEETING IS INTERESTING The Council meeting last Monday night resolved Itself into a very inter esting, and personal affair. A num ber of the property owners in Sewer District No. 3 appeared and protest ed agaiust the payment of the price tor the sewer as constructed in that district on the grounds that is wan not constructed according to con tract and was very unsatisfactory. Also there was much discussion as to the assessments against the prop erty to pay for the sewer. After much wrangling and repartee, the Council decided to hold an open meeting next Monday night at which time all aggrieved persons are In vited to be present and make them selves heard. - " . The City Garage has installed a new lathe, much larger and better than the old one, and the boys are now prepared to do any and all kinds of gas engine repairing. Mr. Levy, the proprietor of this garage, opened business a few months ago as an experiment In this city and so succes sful has been the experiment that he has been compelled to employ addi tional help in the repair department. Mr. Levy and Henry McCoy are busy all the time repairing marine and auto engines and automobiles and their work Is giving excellent satis STANDING OF 1 CONTESTANTS! Miss Mabel Cole 3645 Miss Barba DeVory 34,630 Mrs. George Peterson 2010 Miss Nora Adams 3056 Mr. Christ Mathelson.. . . 15,180 Miss Mary McKle 4045 Miss Margaret Hoffman ... ...35T0 Mr. J. E. Quinn 2090 Miss Ethel Sten 3585 Mrs. H. Veazle ......3520 Miss Edna Harls .15.825 Mr. T. E. Stan field 2000 Johns Panoe 2015 J. Alonso .2025 Mr. C. D. Golden .2000 Miss Winnie Mellinger 2000 Mr. A. Saxon 2U30 Mrs. Thayer. Col. City 000 Miss Hilda Muhr, Warren . . . .2125 Miss Mary Adams, Scap z055 Miss Fannie Cooper Warren. 200 Miss Edith Clark, Houl 2000 Mrs. Van Prilchard, Rain 2000 John Cocal, Deer Isl ...030 Mr. A. Sutterwall . . . .2335 Miss Lucille Keats 200f Mr. E. Gardner 2015 Miss Edrle LaBare 93,975 Miss Beatrice Lake 3770 Miss Maud Harrison 3685 Mrs. A. M. Ecker ........ ... .3675 Miss Minnie Antone 2060 Miss Nora Walters 22,206 Mr. Oswald Doming 2040 Mr. Lester Wellington 2025 Miss Nellie Dunn ...3610 Miss Hazel Lope 33,430 Miss Ethel Drew .39,270 Mrs. C. E. Wlnchel 8470 Mrs. Broupht 3865 Mis Ida Popejoy .3625 Mrs. E. Root 2216 Mr. Russell Sttrland ..14,015 Miss Martha McCauley 26,565 Miss Mona Adam ..23,945 Miss .Lilian .Marks.. .......28.840 Miss Alfa Doucette .17,145 Viss Alice Hall ... ....5630 Miss Ines Barber ,....2000 Miss Margaret Prlngle. . 205 Miss Fay Lunch .'2090 Mrs. Bert Tlmmons 2090 WOODS VAN TASSEL , At the Methodist parsonage In this city on last Saturday was sole mlnlzed the wedding of a very pop ular and well known St. Helens couple, Mr. Edward Bruce Woods, being joined in the holy bonds of matrimony to Mrs. Bertha Van Tas sel. Mr. Clyde Sutherland, an as sociate of Mr. Woods in the lumber business was best man . while Mrs. Sutherland attended the bride. Immediately after the wedding, the happy couple left on the eleven train for Portland, where after spending a few days they will visit some of the pleasure resorts on the upper Columbia. Mr. Woods is well and favorably known to St. Helens people having held a responsible position with the St. Helens Lumber Company for the past Are years, he Is also thi main stay of the rooters club toi he Base Ball Club. He has been a resident of St. Helens for .the past five years and Is regarded as one ot the city's foremost and promi nent citizens. His bride is noted for her musical accomplishment and during her several years residence here has made many friends who Join the Mist In extending congrat ulations and bBt wishes. Mr. and Mrs. Woods are expect ed to return to St, Helens about the middle of the month. . Mr. and Mrs. Virgil J. Oliva of San Francisco arrived in St. Helens last Saturday on the Multnomah and spent several days here looking around the city and visiting the vari ous industries located here. Mr. Oliva is connected with C. J. Hendry Co., the largest Ship Chandlery Arm on the Paelfle Coast and being in constant business connection with sea captalnB and shippers from vari ous parts of the world thinks that the present depression of business will soon be over and that normal conditions will soon again prevail. Both Mr. and Mrs. Oliva were very favorably Impressed with the outlook for St. Helens and predict a great future for our little city. Mr. Oliva Is a stockholder in the St. Helens Creosotlng Company and while here looked over the Shipbuilding plant No. 30 LUMBER SHIP MENTS WEEK SEVERAL CARGOES OF I LUMBER GO FROM ST. HELENS JUST AN ORDINARY WEEK McCormick ' Mills Are Busy . Turning Out Products M for World The Steamer Multnomah after tak ing a million feet of lumber and 40 passengers sailed Thursday night tor San Pedro and Los Angeles. Robt. Cole was among her passengers he being bound for San Diego In the search of health and recreation. The Steamer Celllo, Capt. Rorvlk. after taking on a full load of ties, sailed Thursday night for San Pedro. Her passenger list numbered about 60 people. The Steamer Willamette is expect ed at the mill dock tonight. She will load a full cargo for San Fran cisco and probably sail Monday night. - The British Steamer Queen En genia which sailed trom St. Helens May 21st with 2 million feet of creosoted ties is reported to have arrived safely at Karachi. India. The British Steamer Lord Sefton wlb here during last week and sailed for the same Indian port. These tlea are being used in the railroad which the English Government is con structing In India and it is a consid erable compliment to the import- -ance of St. Helens as a lumber pro ducing and shinning point that the order was placed among its ieveral lumbering concerns. The Steamer Tosemite was here during the first of the week, sailln.j for San Francisco with a full cargo of ties and creosoted pilinf and a full completement of passe.iger. The Steamer Francis H. Lcggett of the Hicks Hauptman fleet was here during the week and loaded a full cargo of ties for San Pedro deli very. The Leggett Is now under command ot Chas. Marro, formerly Master of the Multnomah and bis many friends here will note with pleasure that he is doing remarkably well with his present command. Court Decision Holds City Charter Invalid Judge Eakln rendered a decision this week in the sewer case which virtually stops sewer work in this city until the charter can be amend, ed. The question came up on wheth er or not the City could enter the premises of a private party and bulldthe sewer without first secur ing a right of way or paying .the damages. The Judge held that It could not do so and that the pro vision of the charter which allow ed them to do so was invalid In as much as It provides that no appeal can be taken from a board of arbit rators to the courts and that the city has no right to take private prop erty without due process. The James Kennedy Construction Co., who has had the contracts for the sewer work, has taken oft its crew and work on sewers will be held up until new charter Is adopted. NO FIRES ALLOWED Fire Chief Allen desires to warn the people of this city that fires will not be permitted on the streets under and consideration at this time. He says that while coming down the street a few days ago he discovered several piles ot rubbish being burn ed in very close proximity to dry grass and as this is dangerous pro ceeding at this time of tu year he Immediately caused the fires to be extlngulshd. He warns all people that any violation of these rules will result In prosecution and floe.