St. Helens mist., April 30, 1915, Image 1

OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
LUME XXXIV.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1915.
GHWAYMEN" HAVE
,00TED THE COUNTY
UFWONIXtt'T UIVKH LUCID
XI'MSATIOM OK MKTIIOUH
(,h'MHTK WORK.
Iiptrd Through !'' IUniuwUxI
JiUtlnto Financial Obligation.
officials of Columbia county,
mil present, together with tliolr
He rooulliplc. The Mist, are
given a thorough trouncing. JubI
tho dlwrcvory wm made will
..ii .... . -1. .0.,.., 1 .1 a
i.vldtmlly lmvo boon luuoring un
Hio hallucination that the work
beon to thorouKhly 'done" tha
L could ho no discovery made of
utionii'ona liun been pooping, and
!,e (rnkTuui'8 Is kicked out of the
Uucklo. A fw daya ago aomo-
ot thn clerical force of The Mint
out a number of subatrlptlon
menu, as all woll-rogulated
ineiM Institutions do, and one re-
Lnt rootles In the following man-
The cninmunlcatlon la repro-
M verbatim:
Trenholm, Ore., Apr. 28, 1918.
hit Mlat 1'ub Co., St. Helena Or.
b. Blra: I am Inclosing the allp
itnt me, itippoaen you fill your
i and figure It over again, and
i ttup the pupor at I dou'l want It
liow.
hive no tlmo for The Mlat for It
uphold a not of oincala that have
a the rond tax from thla part of
County and uhihI It no telling
ire. I dure any mat we nave not
over 6 per cunt of the road tax
si the property laying adjacent to
road In the I ant aevon yearn, for
k baa boon auttlclnnt tax In that
la give ua a graded road and a
n aurfaca.
havo had to travel the road In
belly doop to our horeea, and
late a lot of work bealdea or you
lila't pull a copy of Thn Mlat out
with a four horae team.
lo air a paper that will aanctlon
It of ofllclala like that, who work
their own solllah tntereat, to the
hment of the good honent home
!va In the logged iff dlatrlcta
tealjf are doing aomethlng to In
e the taxable property of the
pty. and rvuly are developing the
monwealtli, u rotton.
o dlarrlnimate against thn real
"tmllderi la a crime, and any-
ff. or paper that uphold the onoa
Jty o( audi a crime are no better
p the guilty partyoa.
lolt la punishment enough to have
U The MiHt without havolng to
lor It too, ao please atoo it at
r and there hy oblige
oura MoHt Respectfully (nit.
MODE GRIFFITH
DAIRY HERD WILL
HAVE NEW HOME
targe HUHk Itiirn to ll Const ruiUxl
at l-aketddo Farm, HeuppuoHe.
MERITS OF STONE
BLOCKS ARE URGED
The dairy herd belonging to 1 A.
Frakoa of Scappooso, la to have a
now home. I'lnna havo JuhI been
completed and the material purchas
od for the construction of one of thn
tiiost modern stables In thla county,
on which conduction will begin at
once. The building will bo 04x120
foot and will roqulre approximately
70,000 foot of hi in her besides other
material In Itn construction. Tho
co lunula will bo atcel and tho (loom
will be concrete, with steel staunnh
lona. Ita floor arrangement will pro
vide for the accommodation of 4 6
cow, 30 hand of young stock, flvu
homos and two herd bulla, besides
the Blowing of great quantities of hay
Mid other feed.
Practically all the material In thla
atructure will bo of Columbia coiin
ty'a product. When completo tho
barn will coat approximately $4500.
The lumber waa purchased from tho
Bt. Helena Lumber Company, and
wilt bo anpplled a the work pro
gresses. Mr. Frnkes' place la known aa the
Itkoaldu Farm, which la the home of
105 head of pure bred Holstoln atock
known all over tho Pacific Northwest.
For aeverul years Mr. Frukos made
a practice of competing at all the
atock allows and many county fairs
In the western country, und hla herd
occuplna a moat prominent place in
the wostorn atock world. Tho PoKol
family Is represented in practically
eVery HolHteln hero in tho wont, aires
and dunia having been purchased
from the Lakcaldo Farm herd.
The now barn will be completed
about the 20th of July, and tho event
will bo celebrated with a big barn
dunce, to which the entire country
will be Invited. This event will prob
ably take place on the 26th of July,
which will bo the 3Sth wedding anni
versary of Mr. and Mra. Frakcs. This
good couplo has resided in Columbia
county, in tho vicinity of Scappooso,
for 31 years, and have grown to a
position of aflluenco through thoir
frugality.
msiNRSH MK.V I'ltKKKNT MAT
TKIl TO Al'THORITIF.K OF
M I'LTNOMA II COINTY.
Liioouragcmcnt .Is .Held Out That
Wh Material May I to Used to
Homo F.xtcnt.
PREMATURE BLAST
INJURES WORKMAN
James Canfleld, Employed at Hoad
biiilding, Frightfully Mangled.
USELESS FATIGUE ON
FAITHFUL FIREMEN
IfoulMii Residents Might Mnko I Ut
ter I'se of l'(iiliiiienl.
falurday, Muy 8th, the annual
i meet of tho Columbia county
'la will take place on the achool
'W at 8t. Helena. The conteats
I b divided Into two dlvlalona. the
Pi tclioola contesting In one dlvla
nd the grammar schools In
'or. Ilailng, Jumping, hurdling,
"IfR, throwing of discus and Juvo-
IH constitute the Drlncloal
"U. There Is nn unusual Intorest
t manifested In thla annual car
'I of pport hy atudenta and In
iclora uliko, and It la tho aim of
Prematura to make of it an nn-
l oecurrnuco of more than ordln-
'nterfst. All of tho high achoolii
county are to be atronsly reu-
hted In tho forthcoming mooting,
pa many of the grammar achooln
county. Tho nuhlln Is nnrdl-
r invited,
IUOOL FIELD MEET
COMING SPORT EVENT
pwtlng Program of FleUl Con-
to lie Held Next Week.
PUBBERYIN PLAZA
BROKEN BY BOYS
"'lous Dmt ruction p.f OninnienUl
"UHhes Must lie Htopped.
h"re ftr some young nova In thla
t lio nood a little parental tutor-
'or 801110 time there 1ms been
""OROthor too irnnnrnl iH.nn.IHnn
1,10 Prt Of aome of the vnuniatera
, K9 100 'roe with the ornamcnt
hushes In ti, ,.. i,
P lr nilachlot has not ended at
either. Tim fntnt m.nl l.n
frown full of varioua artloloa
Cl have no business thorn, ere
hi ..
" ry n scrnrt Itolila nnnnar.
f0, R"" bushea were broken and
V ,llru, grossly mlatreated. Tho
f , 1 ConmlaBlonera have requested
' "IttKO thla inni.,,
'"'PA that tllll-Bnto ,IH ,n. (l,nl
L "0!1 Pfftotlcog cease. The pa-
kjd !.lhe nutliorltioa lina boon
r' w tho iimi
Tho necessity for more modern fire
fighting equipment for the St. Holons
department was brought forcibly to
notice Wednesday, when an alarm of
Are waa sounded from West 8t. Hel
ena, which neeoKHlti.ioU a long run
for tho volunteers. It Is truo the
boya mnko good tlmo and manful
flghta to aave property, but phyalcnl
exhaustion could bo reduced and ef
ficiency Increased by better appa
ratus. .
An obsorvlng citizen, and, by the
way, a faithful volunteer fireman
mukos some very timely suggestions
In the following communication:
St. Holens, Ore., Apr. 29, 1915.
To the Editor Among othor Inter
ested cltlzons who Journeyed one and
a half miles to West St. Holons
(Houlton) thla morning in response
to a fire alarm, I noticed that tho
equipment there of 600 foot of hoso
and a good cart, recontly purchased,
and na good, if not bettor, than that
of St. IloleiiB, was Idle, seemingly no
cause the uuoplo and property own-
era there have not attempted to have
a team take charge and learn to use
It efficiently. In tho cuse of an alarm
of this kind a chimney Are It
would be unnecessary to call the St.
linlnna volunteers for a mile and a
half run were there willing and
ready hands to care for that portion
nf nt Hnl.n. Come over to thla end
of St. Helens, young men, take a few
polntors, and go home nua arm ami
be reudy Tor action.
ONE OF THE RUNNERS.
RnAD SUPERVISOR IN
TANGLE WITH LAW
Arrested and Fined for Permitting
Men to Work Over lagm nours. (
Rood Supervisor J. W. Aiken of
thla rond district, became the uuwll
llng and unwarranted prey of a dep
uty labor commissioner last Monday
when he waa arrested and lined B0
for allowing hla road crew to work
longer than eight houra on the roads.
However, thla fine was remitted with
an admonition to bo more observant
it, a law's cnmmandH in the future.
Thore seems to be a good deal of In
consistency in such a law. Teoplo
employed oh publlo works are given
an undue ndvantngo of their fellows
who are otherwise empioyeu, w
r FAntn an unwarranted un
rest. Mr. Aiken, acting upon an Im
pulse to accomplish the greatest guui
to the public at the least expense, had
The business Interests of St. Helens
are making a very strong effort to In
duce tho authorities of Portland and
Multnomah county to take cognizance
of the fuct that at their very door
yard Is an unlimited supply of tho
greatest and best paving material to
he found anywhere. Representative
business men here are acting united
ly and individually iu this mutter and
there is some prospect for the use of
stone blocks In the great quantity of
paving to be done In Multnomah
county this yar. Through the me
dium of tho merchants' association
good work is boing done In this connection.
Last Monday a delegation of busi
ness men of St. Holens, composed of
Mayor Morton, Wm. Ross of the Co
lumbia County Rank, A. 8. Harrison
of A. S. Harrison & Co., D. W. Wil
liams of Williams & Hull Co., L. R.
Rutherford of tho Columbia County
Abstract Co., J. T. Tabor of Noah's
Ark Department Store, John Philip
und David Davis made a special trip
to Portlund, where varioua influential
business men were interviewed In re
gard to the use of stone block pav
ing material.
Other Influences are working to
that end also, which should be pro
ductlve of results. Among these Is a
very Btrong presentation of tho case
mudo In a personal letter written to
Hon. J. li. Yeon, road master of Mult
nomah county, by John Philip of this
city. Following Is Mr. Philip's letter:
St. Helens, Ore., April 23, 1915.
J. .. Yeon.. Portland, Oregon My
Dear Sir: Having noticed that bids
for brick for paving the Canyon road
are to be called for, I wish to enquire
if you can not consider a bid for atone
blocks for that purpose.
Stone blocks are a home product
of far superior quality, and can be
Installed at practically the same cost.
Those blocks can be delivered F. O.
11. Portland at 11,60 per yard. The
labor cost of paving, spreading cush
ion and grouting, 15 cents per yard
All cost abovo this would be tor pre
paring the foundation and transpor
tation.
The last bids opened In Portland
for stone block paving on a six-Inch
concrete foundation was 13.00 per
yard.
A four-Inch foundation on the pres
ent roads would support any weight,
and could be Inld within a radius of
three miles for $2.80 per yard. Where
the foundation Is good, liy using an
Inch cushion of cement on the pres
ent Macadam aud grouted with ce
ment would cost about $2.60 per
yard.
Stone paving on a proper founda
tion has not been in use In the Unit
ed States long enough to demonstrate
how long it will laBt. There are
streets in Liverpool paved with stone
blocks which have been laid for forty
years, and are still as good as ever.
Stone blocks Is the only paving ma
terial entitled to the name "perma
nent." I want to cite tne L,innton
rond and the heavy traffic it has to
carry. There Is no patent paving In
une that would not cost more In ten
years than stone blocks. No other
material will support the heavy
trnfflc.
Rinne bocks Is the only paving ma
terial that does not entail an outlay
fnr cost of raw material. Its entire
cost goes for labor and transporta
tion, and it Is entirely a local product
I will be glad to take this matter
,m with vou further at any time, and
give more detailed Information if re-
oulred. xours very imwinin
q JOHN THILIP.
Thero are portions of the paving to
be done In Multnomah county, which
If the ordinary patent paving material
la used, will result In absolute fall
ure so far as service or value is con
corned. Mr. Philip Is particularly in
terestcd In a portion of the work,
diatance of about five
miles, which, if paved with stone
would require the use of approx
Imntoly two and one-half million
blocks. Were it possible to got such
o onntract the block Industry here
would thrive for several months, with
activity in all lines of
local commercialism.
Last Friday afternoon James Can
field of this city, was frightfully
Injured by the premature discharge of
a blast of powder. Mr. Canfleld had
been employed for some time with the
roadbulldlng crew, which that day
was working on the St. Heiens-Scap-
poose road, Just south of town. He
was loading and tamping a hole for a
light shot in order to pot It for a
hoavlor blast, which, no doubt, ac
counts for his not being blown to
atoms.
As a result, his left eye was blown
out, the flesh torn from both his fore
arms and his face perforated with
fragments of stone. His right hand
was bo seriously injured that it was
necessary to amputate the two small
fingers. Dr. C. E. Wsde took the in
jured man to St. Vincent's hospital,
Portland, where more than 100 bits
of stone were removed from his face.
Reports from there this forenoon are
to tho effect that Mr. Canfleld la get
ting along as well as could be ex
pected, under the circumstances.
Mr. Canfleld Is well known about
this place, having resided here for
soveral years, .being a stone block cut
ter by trade. He has no relatives
here.
ROAD TROUBLES ARE
ON AGAIN AT SALEM
COMMISSION SAY'S COUNTIES AND
CONTRACTORS MUST ADJUST
THEIR DIFFICULTIES.
Consolidated Contract Company
Objecting to Elimination of Cer
tain Section of Work.
Is
LEGISLATIVE WORK
SUBJECT OF TALK
Yankton Grange Entertains Repre
sentative J. H. Collins.
Hon. J. H. Collins of Rainier, Co
lumbia county's representative in the
legislature, gave a very Interesting
talk to the Yankton Grange last Sat
urday night on the subject of "Legis
lative work." one candidate was
Initiated, and lunch served. Vernon
Smith and Guy Crosby furnished the
music. .
BUILDING FUND IS
GROWING RAPIDLY
Nearly $300 Has So Far Been Turned
Over as Result, of Tag Sales.
LOCAL BALL PLAYERS
TAKE ANOTHER GAME
Adversaries at Woodland Are
Out In a Real Spicy Game.
Shut
School Superintendent J. W. Allen
has been receiving some very good
reports and substantial returns from
the various parts of the county re
garding the result of the sale of tags
for the fund to Install a building at
the county fair grouuds. Up to the
time of going to press returns so far
bear out the statement last week
tnat approximately 3000 tags were
sold, over $260 being turned in to
date. The following list gives the
number of the district, name of
teacher, location of school and am
ount received up to date, including
funds received from other sources:
District. Teacher. Amount.
1. J. R. Purcell, Scappooso .$19.60
2. L. L. Baker, St. Helens . . 76.70
2. J. D. Brehaut, Houlton . . 15.70
3. Helen M. Buckley, Deer
Island 10.50
5. Jessie McCord, Clatskanie 7.60
6. Helen M. Galbralth, Clats-
7. C. E. Lako,' Warren' 6.10
7. W. L. Dunton, Warren... 22.40
7. May Novak, Warren 6.00
1.60
Renewed attempts were made last
Friday at Salem by the several par
ties Involved In the highway troubles
existing In different counties In the
state to Induce the state highway
commission to take some hand In the
situation, but the commission in
formed all that the difficulties were
matters for the counties and con
tractors to adjust between them
selves. The commission however, ex
pressed its willingness to give their
moral support to efforts toward
reaching a settlement.
L. L. Levlngs of Portland, repre
senting the Consolidated ' Contract
Company, which has the contract for
doing thirty-eight miles of the Co
lumbia highway in this county,
once more appeared before the state
highway commission and protested
against the action of the Columbia
county court in ordering a resump
tion of tVje road work and at the same
time demanding that two sections of
the road be included in the contract
be not worked upon.
Levlngs said that his company was
willing and anxious to start work at
once, as the order discontinuing the
work made some months ago, he said
had resulted In an enormous loss to
the company. However, he registered
serious objection against the company
not being permitted to do the work
as the contract called for. He de
clared that the two sections of the
highway which the court wanted
eliminated were the most profitable
in the entire work, and asserted it
was not fair to the company to cut
this out. He informed Highway En
gineer Cantine that the company
probably would .refuse to start any
work unless it could build these two
sections.
-rne oniy otner possibility," con
tinued Levlngs, "would be for the
county to pay the company 10 per
cent above what the work on these
two sections would have cost."
During the session Cantine and
Levlngs indulged in a verbal spar
ring contest over the questions in
volved. Kay cut the controversy
short with the observation that
neither seemed to be arriving at any
agreement. First evidences that Can
tine and the contractors will shortly
be involved in disputes appeared dur
ing the tilt between Levlngs and the
state highway engineer. Kay insist
ed that the commission did not Intend
that the new engineer should dtp into
any of the old highway troubles, and
advised Levlngs to tell the Consoli
dated people to settle their difficulties
with Columbia county court and not
come to the commission, who had
nothing to do with the matter.
With some of the old stars of for
mer years back in harness St. Helens
presented a most formidable aggre
gation of ball tossers at the game
played at Woodland last Sunday,
which resulted In a shutout for the
Washington- players. Among the
ancient ones was Brakke, who played
at his old station, third base, and
Virgil Stevens, guarding the keystone
sack.
"Red" Lund again showed that he
is a real pitcher and was the star of
the game, letting Woodland down
with three hits and getting 17 strike
outs. For Woodland Donaldson
pitched a good game but couldn't
depend on bis team mates for sup
port in the pinches, and St. Helens
romped home with a 4 to 0 victory,
making two wins In as many starts.
Next Sunday the local team will play"
Ridgefield at RIdgefield.
The official score of last Sunday's
game is as follows:
St. Helens.
AB H
Wellington, r . . 2
Perry, cf 4
Stevens, 2b
Jamison, c . .
Hill, rf ....
Brakke, 3b . .
McDonald, ss
Ballagh, lb . .
Lund, p
4
6
6
4
4
3
4
McKle, rf 3
Total . .
R PO
0 0
0
2
19
0
0
1
6
0
0
...38 11
Woodland.
AB H
P. Schuman, p. . 4 2
H. George, rf . . 3
Stockdale, lb .. 4
Specht, cf 2
4 27 6 3
Grisen, 2b
Griffith, ss
Englert, If . . . ,
Kirch, 3b
Donaldson, p . .
A. Schuman, cf.
R PO
0 10
0 2
E
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
Total 30 3 0 27 13 4
St Helens 00102001 0 4
Hits 11122111 111
Woodland .00000000 0 0
Hit 1 0010001 0 3
Summary.
Runs, Perry, Stevens, Hill, Bal
lagh. Three-base hit, Jamison.
Struck out by Lund -17, by Donald
son 10. Base on balls off Lund 4;
off Donaldson 3. Stolen bases, Perry,
H. George, Grisen, Griffith. Double
plays, Donaldson to Grisen to Stock
dale, and McDonald to Jamison to
Stevens. Left on bases, St. Helens
10, Woodland 8. Official umpire.
Hon. Frederick Watkins.
9. F. W. Roberts, Redtown .
12. Kate Ronde, Stehman . . .
13. J. B. Wilkerson, Rainier. .
14. Madge Thomas, Vernonia.
19. Kate Moore, Hockenberg .
20. Anna J. Ketel, Goble ....
22. Lora M. Cook, Natal ....
25. Bird B. Carke, Quincy...
26. William Kelty, Clatskanie
30. A. B. Owen, Yankton ....
31. Madeline Thomas, Mist ..
32. Stella F. Ingraham.Mayger
34. Helen Hamlll, Deer Island
36. Irene Phalon, Goble 4.00
48. Grace Graham, Prescott.. 1.00
51. Belle Crawford Nelson,
Vernonia 2.60
52. Emma H. Morrison, Mist. 6.00
64. L. E. Gulker, Warren ... 1.60
Louis Fluhrer, subscription. . . 6.00
COURT ORDERS CON-
TRACTORS TO WORK
S.UOj Mtiy gth lg Given Latest Date in
4 0 WMd to Resume Operations.
.60
6.10
Total amt. reed, to Apr. 27, $261.80
SOME RECENT SALES
OF FORD AUTOMOBILES
During Last Few Days Several Rest
dents Have Made Purchases.
Ford cars continue to find not only
The county court, instead of com-
2.00 plying with the request of the Con
18.00, solidated Contract Company, as pray-
ed for in a petition filed several days
2.00 a80, asking, principally for arbitra-
2.50) tion of the differences between it and
i.uu, the county, Issued an order to the
state highway engineer to direct the
contractors to resume construction
work on the highway not later than
May 8th. The order specifically di
rects that the contractors shall per
form such work as is Indicated by the
highway engineer. The contracting
firm wants a blanket order, which
would permit them to single out the
section on construction where the
profits would be greatest. The court
wants the incomplete sections of the
road put in Shane for travel, which
would mean only the finishing touch
es, and in which, the contractors
i contend, there is no profit. The con-
YANNIGANS WIN.
Play Fast Game, Resulting in Victory
for Deer Island Team.
Deer Island, April 27. (Special)
The Deer Island Yannigans won a
victory over the Goble Juniors at
Goble last Sunday. It waa a hard
fought game until the fifth inning.
The final score was 18 to 9. The
Goble Juniors had two players of the
first team in the game. The batteries
of Deer Island were Hammer and
Merrill, and for Goble were Dodson
and King.
MIDGETS WIN AGAIN.
Last Sunday the team of Noah's
Ark Midgets won another victory,
this time over the Junior team from
Houlton. The game was played on
the St. Helens school ball grounds.
The score was 18 to 8. Next Sunday
the Midgets will play at the same
place against a team from Warren.
DEPUTY SHERIFF GETS
QUICK ARREST ACTION
Brings Two Men From Mist Charged
With Jumping Board Bills.
MAY DAY FESTIVAL.
Tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon
the St. Helens schopl will conduct ap
propriate May Day festivities, which
will include an Interesting program
of genuinely entertaining features
Tii a nniillo is moBt cordially invited,
111 hnorln at S o'clock.
and will consist of May pole drill, I
folk dances and other features.
admirers but buyers. Tne local tractors have, so far, made no move.
aaiea agency, tne luuepeiiuoub auiu
Company of this city, have sold Ford
cars to J. W. Foster of Mist, the
efficient road supervisor of that dis
trict, and one to A. M. Berg, also of
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
County Clerk Barnett has been
very liberal with the giving out of
v. t v m t i a. i
Mint Miss Marv McClav of Cohim-' . " u"";'u' "ut nu necessary
MlB8. wary MClaT 01 w documentary permission to wed. On
ma city, wno, some time since, iosi the 23rd he Issued a license to James
a Ford car by fire In Portland, has Qullleash and Elizabeth Klssack
purchased a new Ford, which re-es- Rnd on tne 27th licenses were given
tnlillnliea her faith In that vehicle w Iraer Hutton and Bessie I. Ma
tablisiies ner rutin in tnat ventcie klnster and Walter A wliUamg Jr.
of convenience and pleasure. I Wu Mae B. Lang.
Deputy Sheriff Charley Brown Is
establishing a reputation for quick
action in the Bervice of legal papers
and the hasty obedience to official
commands. Last Friday morning he
received legal papers from the au
thorities in Washington county re
questing the arrest of Claud and
James Lane, supposed to be at Mist,
and wanted for failure to make set
tlement with their boardlnghouse
keeper at Hillsboro. In less than 24
hours, the efficient deputy sheriff had
the young men in the county jail at
St. Helens, from where they were
taken to Hillsboro by a constable
from Washington county.
PROBATE MATTERS.
The will of the late Dr. A. P. Mc
Laren was filed with the county clerk
today. Edward H. Joseph and J. F.
Roth are named as executors. The
estate, as shown by the will, is valued
at $60,000. Harrison Allen of Port
land, is attorney for the estate.
I:
been working tne men iu
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