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Newspaper Page Text.... . lW '-al Ell II OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOL. XXXIV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1915. Tfl iinu omn IS TOWED TO FRISCO WAPAMA TAKEN IN TOW BY STEAMER KLAMATH BE New Boat is Larger Than Anv Other Built at St. Helens Be On Run April 1. Tuesday nllit at 9 o'clock tin H' earner Klamath took In tnw tin now wiDnmi ana started dawn ii, rlvnr on tho flrBt Ian of tlm trln t.. Fan KrunclHCO. Cantaln Jahnann nf lie Klumalll waa In chararn nf ll Wnnama and had on hoard a imni: rew. consisting of a cook and twt or mroo Baiion. i hdi in nrmm wai n commana or me k amith irnnn in dcunrturo of the blir nnw Imll from the docks at fit. Helena, ilu WlilHIK'R or Ilia mill and ntlinr hnnti gave a paning aaiuto lamina sevora 111 IIIIICS. T in IIOW Hunt will rnnnl in i rancmro auout iniinv nr in uirrow and will then bo fitted ut Willi modern ona-inna ami nthr ma hlnory ready to go on the run car rying hi. unions prooucta to South rn nniornin norta. The Wananm U one of the best hnnta evnr mil mil iv iiih ni. iii'.Rna Miiimiiiiuiinff I 'nm. til ii y nor dimensions are al htl i rn.ir tllnn anv liaalif.M I. . 1 1 1 .. J Im will have a carrying capacity of fw thousand foet more than th( oilier. Tlio vorv lnteat and mini modern nassenanr apnnmnilntlonr Will 1 rilleil li n nn hup mil It la In onilOll in niilMA tlilu r,nn nr tliA nnn mar biiHsoniror hnuta hnturnnn rn lliniiia ( vur niirta nm Han rmn Clrro durlna tint rnmlnv anmmnr Tlio machinery will be Initialled Within tllA nnxt SO rinva anil tlm Wa. p . ill ii will then be out fur bus now FORTY THOUSAND AUTOS FOR EUROPE P. D. noal, manager of the St lelnna Croosoto Company, returned llOlllO VflHturilnV tpnnt a htAja wanli.' IiIIkI lltHH trln In Mnw Vni.li IHltal. ...-. IUU1 Othltr Kimtnrn MHaa WIiIIa I,- WIIH Iliore. a nlnirln nrrinr tnr Aft Aftf niltoninhllna pnnm ffmn. a rm.ni.Ann - - m ....... m .M.isyuM.i ririll. Tim bIaaI ami as.1a nl.nU - . . I i vunn 111 II hi lirOUIHl IMtluliiirir nn Ixlna. .tn.lnrf .... - aw .1 . 1 1 PIUI IUU On Hn AXtOnulVA BtalA an.t nnmn nt tlll'lll have llAnn "linnlnir I n m. nn.ill . - - . u u . . g v u wiy.ui or annin 111 f In Hmn Ha rnumi ........ u ivuuil Inlll B llOrHhln fin 111 nm n.nn.lllnn I. v. Him IIV1IIIIIK II uiHlnoHM clrclea, but evoryono wai UOIlllllF fur nn nn.lv i..wl n kn i ' ' V. .. I I J V II V. KJ 1 1 1 u nui. MRS. CLARA inHMRHM PASSES AWAY Mph. (Mara JoltnRon. a resldont ol U. Vlnconfg HoHpltnl In Portland lllHt lllt'llt nftAr iiffnfltt .Ai1 niOIUllfl. Mr J Tnl.nann a,,,.. aa.A11 Ulinwn tn ttiln " wuii ii nun w uo nun w.a VII. t&IIU HUU nmny rrinruU hora whn u ill hn nr- to limrn nf linn .U..H t .1 .. 1. wa utiUi.U( 111a uuut it bnlllK Itmiltrll in tUim alt nA ,. ! iv VII lu VII Tf 1101 v a 11 M oral norvlrna win i. nnA i..ii.r niOIlt Will lift In T r. n V Aim nllirV tiMoat 7 t al atyitlVlllUlfl II V ItillllU'l , l tlio only relative in this county. C A HiT PTKv-a at . ..r unm .m 1 ii rvi n 1 a i 1 1 SELLING INSURANCE 4 K. Sonnnlnnfl lino ' ltAn tlm Inoal airnnrv tt tlm Tnnn ni t w a A Villi inuvuni WIIV nmirance Company and linn itarted work ulonir that line. Mr. Sonnoland ' a very capable man and will wlth it doubt make a iucceanful Insur wico nuin. He a with a flrat clnaH wnipany offorlng good contracts and wl probably be able to aocure con llrahlo hiiBliiofls for thorn In thin c'niunity. Thomaa Undue, Clork of flchool niHtrlnt No .25. Qulncv. la In Bt. Hol- y iciiiy Wth the rocor(U from hl. """let as evidence in the Poromnn (..180, MIh U. HobORCi Pnrklna nwnm P'hlnd by Mrs. Edith Muckle sront i'io day n rortlnnd shopping. itiY on r TTT-. ' iivy. FLORA I. FOREMAN VS. SCHOOL DIS. 25 Suit to Recover Salary as Teacher Being Contested. In the Circuit Court today the caso of Flora I. Foreman vs. School Dis trict No. 26, Qulncy, la on trial before Judge Eakln and a Jury. This is a mlt to collect one month's vnges, $80 by Mrs. Foreman for services ae toacher. nud which the district re fuses to pay. It is contended that Mrs. Foreman was discharged and was not entltlod to her wages, but tho claims to be entltlod to It bocause -ho continued to hold a school and hut sho was not legally dlschargod. The case U tho outgrowth of the troubles of that district early last oar when thoro was a neighborhood wrap ovor tho n'othods of teaching y Mrs. Foreman, which methods vore woll aired at tho tlmo, and the ho recall of school directors, arrests ml other Intnrohtliig happenings, flio cane will probably bo finished omorrow. LIFE INSURANCE MAN SUCCESSFUL A. I) Lake, of this city, has proven 'ilniKolf to bo a successful Insurance man. About four weeks ago Mr. Lake took up tho work of selling 'At Insurance for the First Nattnn '.t Lire Inuurance Company and ilnce that time has written a numbor if policies. Ills company baa com illmonlpd Mm vory highly, award ing him tho first place In tho roll of honor for tho pant two weeks. The onipuny ho reyrascuts has a vary ilboral and safe contract to offer and Mr. I.ako is able to relate the merits if his contract In a very persuasive nan nor. Ho hns entered the insur- nco business with a determination 'o make It a success and If his first work is an indication he will suroly mccoed. nNC.KK.TIOAIi NIVTKS. "A church homo for friends and .trangers." Kcgular services every Sunday. I'ublic worship nnd sermon 11:00 . m. and 7:30 p. m. Illblo school 10:00 p. m. Christian Endeavor service 6:30 V. m. As a church wo sc-k to rendor a progrosiiive, substantial sorvlco to tur community and ago. Wo liuvlte all who are not affll ltnd with other churches of the immunity to como, attond the sor icos and co-opornte wlf.i us. Thero's a welcome and a plnco for vou. "Como thou with us and we will lc thos eood." . F. J. MEYER. Tastor. WILBUR MUCKLE GOES FARMING Wlhur Muckle will leavo St. Hel ens within a few rtuys for Snake Illvor Junction, Wash., whore ho and Uyd Hattan have leased a large whoat farm. Wilbur has on hand a numbor of horses In that country and with llttlo prospect of dlBpouing of them at reasonable prices he docidod to loase a plnco where he could make iipod use of his animals. The boys will Btart as Boon as weathor por mlts to get In their crops after which Wilbur will return to St. Helens for 30 mo tlmo before harvest. PROBABLY IN A MEAT BARREL K. F. Larson, the well known War ron farmor was transacting business In 'St. Holens Tuesday. Mr. Larson recently loBt two of Ills yearling holfers and lias boon unablo to lo cate them. A thorough Investigation of the Iobb of these animals Ib being made and If his suspicions are found to bo corroct there will bo somo in torosling disclosures boforo long. SMALL SALE IS REPORTED St. Helons Improvement Company il,l mnnlc made the first salo of lnnd for somo time. Tho 40 ncro tract of loggod off land owned by w. u PranoiB noar Door Island was sold to Mr. Crost Ilosotes, who will go to work clonrlng Immodlutoly and win soon havo a truck farm In oporntlon. SENATE GETS FIGURES OF MAJ. BOWLBY Senator McBride Gives About Road COLUMBIA COUNTY IS When (he Bill Pertaining to Expert Engineering is Under Discussion These Figures are Very Pertinent. Salem, Ore.. Fob. 4. (Spoclul.) Konntor McDrldo, of Cluckamas, Co lumbia and Multnomah Counties led a sharp attack against State Highway Englnoer Ilowlby and his service In connection with the road work in Co lumbia County, when in the Senate yesterday he pointed out wherein tho engineer's specifications for road work had preved unreliable and un satisfactory to the county Senator Mcltrlde's expose of the workings of the State Highway En gineer's office met ready response from numerous corners o the Senate and tho fusllade became general be fore the debate was over. Tho question came up from the discussion of Senator Garland's bill relating to the construction' of bridges. The bill, as presented from committee, allowed competitive bid ding, but also allowed that the eounty court would have the option of rejecting all of the bids for b rid go building that had been submitted and allow the construction of bridges by l:iy labor. This section was bit terly opposed by a part of tho Senate and It was insisted thut the court should have tho advice of a com. potent engineer. Hero Senator McBrldo Interposed and from tho floor of the Senate pointing out objection after objec tion of the work of State Highway Engineer Ilowlby and suggested that his home county, for one, was suffi ciently experienced In using the ad vice of such expert engineers. Among othor things which were brought out by Senator McDrldo, he included a statement showing some of the discrepancies tn the specifi cations of the State Highway En- SHIPPING NOTES OF THE WEEK The steamer Klamath loft out Wednesday night with a cargo of one million foot of lumber and 48 passon gcrs, bound for Sun Pedro and San Diego. The Klamath took the now steamer Vapama in tsw, but latest accounts is that both the Klamath And her tow are still liiBido the Co lumbia Itlver Bar wr.ltiug for more favorable woathor before making the trip to San Francisco Tho Steamer Ponlsen aft r load ing a full cargo at the docks of tho Columbia County Mill left out Tues day night bound for San Francisco. The Stoamor Multnomah is due to roach St. Helens Sunday morning. She will tnko on a m Uion foet of lumber here and probably sail Tuos dny night for Southern California points. The Steamer Willavls which enjoys tho distinction of being tho only Btoamboat rcglstorod out of. St. Hol ens, Is on the ways at Tortlnnd un dergoing somo needed repairs. It is expected to have hor out and ready for the frolght and passenger busi ness the early part of tho week. The Steamor Celilo loft San Fran c'sco for St. Holens on Thursday night. Sho will probably be in the rlvor Sunday and after dischaiglng hor Tortlnnd cargo, will come to St. Holens for her lunruer load. This trip the Celilo will go to San Diego. John Avidson, who was In charge of the finishing work on tho Wa pamn, sailed on tho boat when It was towod to San FranclBCO, nnd will completo the work at that plnce. Mr. Davidson, Assistant Superin tendent of tho 9. P. & S. Ity. Co., was transacting business In St. Helons and vicinity durlne the wook. Some Interesting Facts Construction TAKEN AS AN EXAMPLE linocr with tlio actual cost of the work, this statement being in part, :is follows: "Based upon the specifications furnished for the Marsniand Section, Miles 1 to 6, Inclusive, the contract amounted to $72,477.25, the report of the State Highway Engineer shows that October 31 there had been earned by the contract company the sura of $09,877.07, the cost to complete this section as per said re port is $32,045.88 making the cost of this section $102,822.95 which Is $30,845.70 more than the contract price based upon the estimates fur nished Columbia County. "As for some of the various items, for instance the specifications called for the grubbing of 765 square rods at the contract price of $1.25, which would cost $956.25. The report shows that to Octob r 31, 1914, there had been grubbed 4083 square rods at a cost of $5103.75, and there re mains to be grubbed to complete the section 2532 square rods which will cost $3165, making the total cost of grubbing ths section $8268.75, or $7312.50 more than the specifica tions called for Other expense charges shown in the statement Included those speci fications for loose rock, hard pan soft rock and heavy clearing, in each instance the cost to the county being greatly in excess of the specifications as prepared by the State Highway Engineer. For instance the cost of loose rock was $10,015 more than tho contract price based upon the specifications of the highway en gineer, tho cost for hardpan $15,206 moro, the st for soft rock $7493 more and the cost for heavy clearing $17,693 more. WORKMAN GETS LEG BROKEN Last Tuesday afternoon SI Tucker, a workman at the mill in this city. Buffered a broken leg while at work. He was driving a truck of lumber and drove too close to the walk lendiug up to tho end of the mill so that one side of the truck ran up on the walk thereby overturning the load of lumber on Mr. Tucker. His log was bioken at the ankle and he received other severe bruises. He was taken to the hospital in Portland where he was resting easy at last accounta. ROBBERS ENTER MAYGER STORE Last Tuocday night the general merchandise store of L. Fluhrer at Mayger was broken into and robbed. The robbers did not try to open the safe but confined their operations to tha till and to the grocery depart ment. It Is thought that they arrived at the storo by way of the river and after prying open tho windows they socured a quantity of groceries and took about $10 which was in the case till and dopr.rted. Tlio robbory was not discovered until next morning and no cluo has been found pointing to tho Identity of the robbeis. MISS DORA SHAFFER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Dr. and Mrs. L. Q. Ross accom panied Miss Dora Shaffer to Port land last Tuosday where Miss Shaf fer entered the Qood Samaritan Hoa pltal for an operation. Miss Shatter came to St. HelenB with her father last summer to visit with her sister, Mrs. L. G. Rrss, and has been In St. Helens Bince. Some time ago she was taken quite ill and it was finally decided that an operation was nec essary. The operation was per formed last Tuesday and roports are that it was quite successful. PORTLAND PAPERS REMAIN SILENT For Some Reason They Don't Like Columbia County News. For some unknown reason the Portland papers aro extremely Bilent when it comes to any matter of pub lication involving tho construction of state highways, or any law suits resulting from the construction of such roads. During all the time that State Highway Engineer Bowlby has been under firo by Columbia County and other counties, It has heen the. policy of the Portland papers to keep out any news relating to it. And now during this week a most important case involving the reliability and reputation of the State Highway Engineer is being heard in the Federal Court in Port land, and never a word is published by the city press. Numerous articles have been sent to the Portland papers concerning the work of the State Highway En gineer In Columbia County, but none of them have appeared. A'l of the city papers have a considerable number of readers in Columbia Coun ty who feel that they are being some what overlooked in this matter, and there are many sharp words of criti- ism indulged in towards them. An abstract of the records of this county showing the figures of records here made by the State Highway Engineer In connection with his work in Co umbia County, and then a compan ion of the same figures as furnished by the same officer in his report to he State Highway Commission, is being prepared, and will be sent to the daily papers of Portland. These 'lgures do not represent any particu lar faction of the county, but are ictual records, and it Is to be hoped hat the Portland papers, in Justice '.o the people of the State of Oregon, will see fit to give them publicity. In any event they will be printed in pamphlet form and given the widest listrlbutlcn, whether the Portland newspapers publish them or not. NEW BUSINESS FIRM TO OPEN Next Monday will occur the open ing for business of the latest enter prise in St. Helens. The doors of ho Columbia River Canning and Produce Company will swing open on that date for the transaction of business with the public, and the new firm will have on hand ready for distribution all kinds of seeds, fruit ipray, land plaster and fertilizer. About March 1st the company will be ready to contract for produce and 'iiote prices on everything that can be handled by them. They have had phone installed in their new build ing and one of the firm is now there and will remnln continuously so if iny Information is desired call up phono 832, St. HelenB. WILL LECTURE AT YANKTON A talk on "Parasites of Domestic Animals and Man," will be given in the Grange Hall in Yankton, Satur day afternoon, February 6, by Dr. J.' E. Gutberlet, professor of Zoology, University of Oregon. The lecture will be given at 2:00 o'clock under the auspices of the Yankton Grange and will be free to the public. Dr. Gutberlet made parasites the subject of two years of research work in the University of Illinois and is the author of a thesis on "Chicken Par asites." His lecture Saturday will be Illustrated with a collection of para sites he will bring with him. SOME TAXES BEING COLLECTED On January 18 the tax rolls were turned over to Treasurer Hattan. On January 23 the first tax tor the year was paid and up to noon today. Friday, $6,487.42 has been collected. Most of the payments thus far are from the small taxpayers, the largest Irdlvldual payment being about $1100 while most of the payments aro und r $100. Mrs. E. B. Woods entertained hor musical class at her home in St. Hel ens last Saturday afternoon. The members all appeared in hard times costuraos and musical program was rendered. A jolly good tlmo is re ported. Mrs. Woods served delicious refreshments. E IS RAILROAD COMPANY IS ASKING FOI$ DAMAGES Case Involving Several Thous and Dollars Damages on Trial in Federal Court. The case of the S. P. & S. Ry. Co. vs. the Consolidated Contract Com pany and Columbia County was be gun in the Federal Court at Port land last Monday, and is still In pro jress. District Attorney Dillard is representing the county in the case, while Judge C H. Carey represents the Railroad Company. This is the case resulting from the work done by the Contract Company on the Columbia Hiehway below Clatskanie last summer a portion of which slid down the hill on to the railroad track and right-of-way and caused me damage. The company is also rying to secure an order requiring the county to tear down the retain ing walls along that portion of the .oad as a means of safety, to prevent iny more slides on to their property. V large sum is asked by the railroad ompany for the damages already lone and it is on this question that .he county is particu'arly interested. The outcome of the case is awaited vitli consideiable interest. 3LAMED FOR DEATH OF LONGSHOREMAN A coronor'g jury last night held Captain Charles Green, master of the steamer Klamatn responsible for the death of Jens Sorenson, long shoreman, who was killed yesterday ifternoon when a pile of lumber xiilapsed on him at the foot of East Pine street. The verdict declared that the master was negligent when he allowed a guy wire to extend from the cross arms of the vessel to the ihore while he moved the vessel which was loading lumber. The guy wire caught on a pile of lumber on the dock and upset it on Sorenson, who was crushed. Sorenson is sur vived by a widow and two children. Telegram. AN ENJOYABLE SURPRISE PARTY After attending in a body the bas ket ball game at the Fireman's Hall Saturday night, the members of the 3. M. Club gave Mrs. L. G. Ross a surprise party at her residence on Willamette street. Miss Dode Shafer a sister of the hostess, assisted In receiving. The game of the even ing was Five Hundred, Mr. Rutherford wlni.ing first prize and Mrs. Lena Doming the consolation. The guests present were: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Allen, Mr. Laud R. Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dent ing, Miss Demlng, Mrs. C. D. Suther land, Miss Hellborn, Mrs. S. C. Morton and Miss Morton. ADDITIONAL LOCALS John Jolma, a merchant of Qulncy, is attending Court in St. Helons this week as a witness in the cbbo of Flora I. Foreman vs. School District No. 25. Several of the local fishermen have been reaping a harvest the past few days, having been able to secure large quantities of smelt which has found ready salo to the people of the community. L. C. Halstoad returned this week from Hood River whore he has been working in a harbor shop for some time. Miss Hanna, who nas been teach ing school at Astoria this winter, stopped over in St. Helens yesterday to visit Miss Jones. Miss Hanna is on her way to her home in Oklahoma. A baby daughter arrived at the homo of Mayor and Mrs. A. W. Mueller Thursday, February 4. The llttlo Miss was a most welcome visitor and will be christened Ann Mary. IMPORTANT CAS BEING TRIED