OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
j XXXIV.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1915.
NO. 6
1fM
AL II
FOR SHIPYARD
HULL TO BE BUILT
OR GOVERNMENT
SNAGBOAT.
COMPLETED IN 90 DAYS
jact Was Awarded on
jfcdnesday and Work to
Commence at unce.
ov'val of activity at the Bt.
h Biiipouuuing company
Is plnuslng knowledge to I
many people. The conipun;
jpcurod a contract from the gov
jHil to build a now hull for the
Jluntlon dredge and snugboal
jlnma. Work In to bogln at
i . . . . . .
i I and dp comploieu in ninoty
J Tho contract price on thin
! vory satlnfuctory to the ran
ii'iit, In coniililuratlon of exist-
limdltloui.
'; addition to the work on the
ploma, a bargo for one of the
fry companion Is also to be pro
ztl at the local plant. We are
iikhI that othor work Is In
poet for the near futuro, but
I ls liuvu not bnon definitely ar-
d.
iERTAINED
DELIGHTFULLY
fr. ami Mrs. n. r. McrormicK
jrluliind dol'ghtJully with a din-
on Thursdnv evonlnr honorlne
f.vnd Mrs. W. II. Miukay. of Port-
r,
i
Bunted around tho flower be-
od table were the following
!ts. Ml. and Mrs, W. Q. Mu
and Mrs. W. a. Mucklo, Mi
A. K. Ilotgnr, Miss Amy Q
uckay,
Mr. and
Qoorge,
Loona rrklns mid the host
llOHtOBS.
LL CONTEST
AT CLATSKANIE
fur banket bull team will go to
ukanio to play with that high
1ml on Saturday. Wo have high
Irs for St. Hoions, for our boy
' done somo good practicing for
0 tlmo past, (Treat Inteiost has
1 takon and our regular toum
noon be nicked. Somo ol those
ItruliiluR are. Lester WelllnKton,
1 o Perry, Edward Voarlo, Chas.
I llth, Clurenco Qotn, Jamos Adams,
k L:ws, and Dowoy Smith.
P CENSUS TO BE
TAKEN THIS YEAR
fl'hore will be no census taken this
Vr by the assessor. Governor
iliy combo on Thursday, gave his
Ilclitl approval to tho Dlllard bill,
Icli repeals the luw reautrtng as-
BHors to take census every ten
nrs. The Author of tho bill claims
nt a saving of $10,000 will be ef-
tod by tho passago of his measure.
ARD SURFACING ON
ROADS IS SLOUGHING
About 700 foet of the hard sur
fing tone tn Clatsop County on the
lumbia Highway Is falling to
won, so we are tnf rmed by a gen-
pmian who has bean ovr the roads
that county during the past month.
iinn is a portion or me roaa uniBiiou
y tho Stato Highway Engineer and
lis only been finished a shoit time.
h i- . . .. ... . .-..
CIRCUIT COURT '
, NEXT MONDAY
Circuit Court will convene In St.
lolons next Monday at which time
Ihe Jury w' be called to try several
(lvtL coses leady for trial. Judge
Eakln will probably do tn Bt. Helens
or a couple of weeks.
LOCAL LUMBER PLANT
ENLARGES WHARFAGE
Tho Columbia County Lumbor
ompany, whose mill Is located near
Bt. llolona, will mane some Improve
ments and rlinmrna ftl.nnf ilin filnnt.
particularly to their dockage facll-
llltios, which will be enlarged.
Ull
ANTOMOBILE BURNS
IN PORTLAND FIRE
Miss Maclay, Local Teacher,
Loses Her Car. -
Miss Mury Macluy, of Columbia
Cty. and an efficient member of the
corps of teachers In the Bt. Helena
publia school, auHtalned a vory se
vere loss last Saturday by losing hor
ford automobile In a garage fire at
Portland. MIhi Maclay motored to
the city Saturday forenoon, whore
the Intended to have been an lu-
tereuted spectator at the automobile
how. She left her machine for
tempora'ry storage at a garage on
the oast side. Shortly afterwards
in explosion occurred In the gar
sge and the building with Its con
tents was practically destr yed.
Msls Maclay's car was one of twenty
threa to be entirely destroyed or
plly damaged. There was no In
surance on the cur. However, Miss
Maclay's car may be repaired at
K)tne considerable expense. The un
fortunate young lady returned
'tome by train tho next Cay, and
oenied to accept her mlsfortuno in
l phtlosoplilcul manner, looking
upon tho situation from the bright
est side.
GONE AFTER
THE REAL MEAT
Senator Chamborlaln has at last
Tone after the roal meat In the
ocoanut In regard to the Improve
ment of the mouth of the Colum
bia Hlver by federal aid. On
Thursday be Introduced an amend
ment to the rivers and harbors bill
o place the appropriations on a con
tinuing contract 'jasls, and asked
that $4,100,000 bo appropriated for
iuch uue, in addition to the $1,250,
000 as carried tn the House bill ap
propriation for Improvement work
U the mouth of the river. Other
treat waterways of the nation are
lded by the government on the
-continuing basls, but the Columbia
Improvement has oeen carried for
rvard on a plocomeal basis, greatly
to the disadvantage of commerce
ind trado and the development of
lie shipping Indur.try on the Pacific.
VISITED ABOUT
HALF OF SCHOOLS
County School Suporlutondont
T. W. Allen states thot he has vls
!tod about one-half of the schools
n this county, this applying, of
ourso, to his annual vUlts as re
ulred by luw. He vlsltod one or
wo Bchoola In tho vicinity of Ituln
!or on Thursday of this week.
rAX COLLECTIONS
ARE BEING MADE
County Treasurer Hattan has
completed the work of sending out
notices to the individual taxpayers
In tho county and Is receiving many
requests for statements, which are
being prepared and mulled at the
rate of about twenty pages of the
roll per day. The heavier taxpayers
are receiving their statements, and
collodions bo far have bom very sat
isfactory. Mr. Hattan expects to
havo all statements In readiness by
tho middle of March.
NIGHTS MADE HID
EOUS BY BLASTING
Sloop cometh not to the average
resident of this town, which nestles
securely on the shores of the grand
Columbia at least, not the sleep of
the Just and Godly,. Industry thriv
en to that extent that, to keep pace
with the' demand" workmen boroth
Hie earth, and after the boring
ihence the thundering vibrations of
'ho- exploding powder. The air
Oirloka, the windows rattle, the
earth vibrates, the cockerell crow
eth tn celebration of the event. All
this taketh part away into the tired
hours of the night, when the right
eous are attempting to restore tho
energies wasted the day before by
abasing the almighty dollar. Verily,
man Is a conundrum He howeleth
If industry does ntf.t thrive, and he
walls Mid gnashes nis teeth when
his slumbers are disturbed by the
wheels of industry, liut, please If
you have to shoot the oa.th, touch
the trigger more gently.
ASSESSMENT ROM 1914 COMPLETE
County Treasurer Has the Tax Roll and Collectons
Are Being Made.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE
The Various Segregations Consist oi School, General Road
Special Road, City, State and County.
County AssoHsor Blukesloy com
pleted tho work of computing tho tax
levies on the 19 U assessment roll,
and turned tho tax roll over to Treas
urer Hattan on Junuary 26th. Tlio
totul amount to be collected on the
1914 roll Is $398,809 43. The total
assessed valuation of all property In
tho county Is $17,049,800. This is
a doorcase from the 1913 roll of $1,
647.67. The segregations on tho 1914 roll
to be collected aro as follows:
County $84,857.65
State 48,248.45
School 30,496.00
Library 381.20
Indigent soldiers and
sailors 1G0.00
General tax 104,143.20
General rood 133,255.63
Spoclul school 77,300.96
Spoclal road 13,360.52
Speclul city 10,743.90
Total $398,809.43
Fire Patrol Tax.
In addition to this there is a tax
of 6 cunts per acre on timber land
Tor fire patrol purposes. . This tax Is
lovied against 11,657 acres, which
will total $582.85.
8H'lnl City Tax
Four ctllos within the county
levlod a special tax, the amount to he
collected for each of tbeso being: -
Clatskanlo $ 1,955.36
Rainier 4.070.0S
St. Helens 4,671.60
Vernonla '. 152.02
Total .....$ 10,748.90
KMt'litl Iload Tax
Thore was one road district which
levlod a special tax, being district
No. 7, where a 0-mlll lovy was madu,
which will raise $13,360.62.
General Komi Tux.
The gonoral road tax will raise for
tho seven Individual districts the fol
lowing amounts:
DUtrlct No. 1 $ 18.G9fl.52
District No. 2 27.679.32
District No. 3 18,876.3;
District No. 4 22,918 64
District No. 6 17,031.70
5AFEBLOWERS WORK
AT INGLIS OFFICE
An unsuccessful attempt to blow
iho safe tn the postofflce at Inglls
was made last Monday night. How
iver, the culptlts mado way with
ibout $2. The waits of the building
had been carefully padded to deaden
the sound of the explosion, and the
safe loaded with nltro-glycerlne, but
the results of the explosion were un
availing so far as gaining entrance
to the safe. Tramps are susplcloned
ns being tho culprits.
WILL HOLD THEIR -ANNUAL
ROLL CALL
Avon Lodge No. 62, Knights of
Pythias will hold their annual roll
call tn St. Helens on Tuesday evon
ing, Fobruary 16. Tho lodgo mem
bers ou planning on making this
the big fraternal event of the year
r.nd aro planning on a large atten
dance. COOKED FOOD SALE
FOR FEBRUARY 6
The regular Satuidny Cooked
l.'ood Show of tho CongroRatlonal
Ladlos' Aid 'will be held at the
Muclile Implement store tn the Mas
onic Building on Saturday afternoon
February 6.
Phone your orders to 107-6, Lone
Fir Dairy, for pure milk and croam.
COLLECTED IS $398,809.43
District No. 6 11,241.23
District No. 7 16,812.07
Total $133, 266. 99
School Tux.
The several school districts will re
ceive the following amounts accord
ing to tho roll.
District No. 1 $ 9,518.10
District No. 2 10,885.32
District No. 3 1,062 11
District No. 4 ; 208.02
Dhitrict No. 5 6,031 62
District No. 0 608.28
District No. 7 2,197.'.i5
District No. 7 Jt 227. 7G
District No. 8 746.78
District No. 9 1,022.06
District No. 10 262. S9
District No. 11 689.31
DlBtrlct No. 12 415.52
DUtrlct No. 13 11,804 95
District No. 14 1,643.73
District No. 15 824.83
District No. 17 408.79
District No. 18 387.37
District No. 20 1,168.05
District No. 22 547.27
District No. 23 1.336.29
DlBtrlct No. 24 .630.07
District No. 26 794.77
District No. 27 384.54
District No. 28 838.89
District No. 29 1,590.15
DlBtrlct No. 30 1.363.30
District No. 31 607.74
District No. 32 436.42
District No. 33 .' ... 344.72
District No. 34 2.731.95
District No. 36 350.55
District No. 37 514.05
District No. 40 343.60
District No. 4 2 209.89
District No. 43 2.679.11
Dlstrrlct No. 4 4 183.44
District No. 45 511.57
District No. 47 5.735.80
District No. 48 694.98
District No. 4 9 301.32
District No. 60 287.21
District No. 51 173.61
District No. C3 3,365.46
District No. 54 213.16
District No. 55 628.56
Total $ 77,300.96
SHIPPING IS LIGHT
FROM LOCAL HARBOR
Steamer Multnomah sailed from
St. Ilolens last Monday for San Fran
cisco with ono million feet of lum
bor and a full complement of passen
gers. The steamer Klamath is due
In the harbor noxt Sunday. On
hor next outward trip she mill clear
for San Graucisco with the hull of
tho new schooner Wapama In tow.
The Klamath will sail from St. Hel
ens on the succeeding trip for Ouay
mas, Mexico, with a lumber cargo.
MERCHANT TO BUILD
MODERN RESIDENCE
A. S. Harrison, of St. Helens,-has
purchased a lot from W. B. Dlllard,
near tho court house, and will erect
a modern residence to be occupied
by himself and family as a perman
ent home. The site is already being
mado available for the structure.
ENTERTAIN
COMPLIMENTARY
Miss Amy Oeorgo entertained
Wednesday evening at the residence
of her uncle Mr. Chad. Mucklo,, with
a beautifully appointed dinner,
complimentary to the birthday of
hor sister, Mrs. W. B. Mackay, and
Miss Leo n a Perkins. Covers wero
laid for twelve. Tho tablo decora
tions were "sprlncy," daffodils and
tulips. .
MARKET SITUATION
IS TWO-ANGLED
Feed for Stock and Poultry
Soars, Products Decline.
An interesting situation exists
Just at this time In the general trade
conditions of the country. This is
of particular Intercut to tho rural
as well as the city resident. Some
of the products of the soil are soar
ing In price, while others are de
clining. Last Wednesday wheat waB
quoted at $55 per ton, middlings
and oats at $40 per ton, shorts $32
per ton. Theso quotations are of
particular interest to the dairyman,
since prices for his product are de
clining. Many people are dispos
ing of their poultry rather than
pay $2.75 per hundred for wheat
for food for the flock. Eggs are de
clining In price in the face of this
condition. Pork slumped 10 cents
per hundred at the Portland stock
yards Thursday, $6.70 being the
ruling price. In Portland Thurs
day, ranch eggs were selling at 30
to 31. cents, case count, with re
ceipts heavy and demand normal.
Butter at 32 cents per pound for
creamery prints was no change from
tho day before.
Sugar Is quoted today at $5.85
for the fruit and berry grade. Hops
are showing an advance, one lot be
ing sold at Springfield Thursday at
13V4 cents. Oregon potatoes are
quoted at $1 to $1.25. Veal Is firm
at 12 to 12 cents, while pork,
block, is 8V4 cents.
THE LATEST .
BUSINESS FIRM
The Columbia River Canning &
Produce Company Is the name of the
newest business firm in St. Helens.
A. J. Kelley Is president, L. Rosasco,
vice president and manager and
("bus. D. White is socretary and
treasurer. The work of installing
the machinery in the plant is now
going on and everything will be In
readiness for operation with the
opening of the fruit and vegetable
season The plant is located just
west of the Italian Importing Com
pany's store.
WHEELER PLANT
IS INACTIVE
Cole H. Wheeler, of Portland, ac
companied by his wife, were visiting
and attending to business matters
In St. Helens Thursday. Mr. and
Mrs. Wheeler are former residents
of this county, having resided at
ClaUkanie for many years. Mr.
Wheeler Is manager of the Wheeler
Lumber Company, at Wheeler, on
Nehalem Bay, but like many other
lumbering institutions of the west,
the plunt Is Inactive at present, and
has bcon for many months.
SUIT AGAINST THE
COUNTY POSTPONED
. The damage case of the S. P. & S.
Ry. Co., against Consolidated Con
tract Company and Columbia County
which was set for trial in tho Federal
Court nt Portland for yestorday has
boen continued until next Tuesday
SANDWICH ISLANDS
THEIR DESTINATION
Mr. Chas. Muckle and his ncice,
Miss Amy Georgo will leave Portland
on the third of February for San
Francisco, where they will Immed
iately sail on the Pacific Steam
Ship Company boat, Siberia, for
Honolulu. Other members of the
party will be Mr. and Mrs. James
Mucklo, of Portland. They will visit
the San Diego and San Francisco
fairs before returning to St. Helens.
MUSICAL PROGRAM
AT HIGH SCHOOL
There will be a Musical Entertain
ment at the High School building
next Monday afte.n on at 3:30
o'clock. All the Btudents will take
pnrt assisted by Dr. Tucker, voice
Mr.'Harlev Turner, violin, and Miss
Helen White will play a piano solo.
All parents and Interested people
aro Invited to attend.
OF
T
CONTRACT IS LET AND
WORK WILL SOON BE
s IN HAND.
LOCAL QUARRIES WILL FILL ORDER
Eighty Thousand Blocks Will
be Turned Out for Port
land Use.
The firm of Jeffrey Sc. Bufton re
ceived the contract for paving with
Belgian Blocks a portion of Front
street in Portland. The bid was
iwardci last Wednesday end im
mediately one of the members of the
firm came to St Helens to make ar
rangements for the blocks. These
irrangements were not hard to make
for when tho contractor found Mr.
fohn Phil!?, he found that his order
'or 80,000 blocks could be filed at
)nce, as Mr. Philip had more than
iouble that amount on hand all
eady for shipmant. Accordingly
Mr. Philip was given the order to
'urnish 80,000 blocks at Portland
ind delivery of same will be made
within two or three weeks. This is
he first order for blocks that has
een received here for many months
ind Mr. Philip thinks it will be fol
lowed by other orders so that work
'n the quarries may be quite brisk
during the spring and summer.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
AFTER MEMBERS
The membership contest which
'ias been carried on by the Christian
Endeavor Society of the Congrega
ional Church, came to a close last
Tuesday, at which time the losing
ide banqueted the winners. The
Tulld Hp 11 was socured for the oc
mssion and at 6:30 the banquet
tablos wore spread for the entire
membership. Sidney Malhewish was
-he leader on the losing side and he
was master of ceremonies. ' A most
enjoyable evening was pent by the
young people.
iOVERNMENT TIMBER
CASE IS HEARD
The case of the United States
against tin Southern Oregon Com
pany for tho forfeiture of 97,000
acres of Southern Oregon timber
lands valuod at approximately $2,-
500,000 was argued yesterday before
Judge Wolverton In the United
States District Court. The case was
started in December, 1910
CANNOT PUBLISH
COMMUNICATIONS
Several communications, more or
loss of a personal nature, have been
received by the Mist this T7eek, not
signed by the autnors. Under no
circumstances can such communica
tions be printed unless the writer's
names are signed, and then only
where the communications are not
too personal.
ANOTHER ICE RUN
IN THE COLUMBIA
Great quantities of tee are again
floating in the Columbia. Naviga
tors regard this htnderance to navi
gation as the moct serious of any
they encounter. The present flow
of Ice Is the . econd one this winter,
however, tt is not serious as on the
previous occasion.
FORMER RESIDENT
GOES TO MICHIGAN
J. A. Bill has sold his property tn
St. Helens and has purchased a farm
near Alpena, Michigan. Mr. and
Mrs. Bill will leave St. Helens about
the middle of March for their farm
tn Michigan and will make that their
home. A notice of Bale of their
household furniture appears In this
Issue of the Mslt.
Bees for Sale: Enquire at the
Hankey ranch west of Houlton. Mrs.
John Dolan, Houlton. 3t
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INDUSTRY IN SIGH