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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1915)
act of the Matter is You Have to Read the Mist to Get the County News III 13 ff ? r ii t I I I 1 I I I - - , r i . OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOLUME XXXIV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1915, jjffOP- COATinMQ QTADT UMIIUIUJ umm AtWB Hill T-DOWN-CONTRACTH LKTM'H EXTI'.NHItlJI W MM-IU),I). THREE MILESTOBECONSTRUCTED linln 0MTlltii to Commence After One Mile of 1 la Cum i:triinloii to Line. Corvalll first. The department hu inomljeriililp of 180 member, di vided Into Bix companies, and eucli company I allowed $200 a year from tlio city. In addition to tliU the du pnrtmeiit hn boon donntnd $1000, to be expended In tlio annual Oregon Volunteer Firemen" tournament, to ha hnld at Oregon City tlie Ihhi of September. Dun to Ilia fuet tlmt tlio Rt. Helens department made uci a remarkable showing lait year on ,vory short no tice and aglnt team with many lime ai much equipment and prac tice, the local department pliiu to enter the tournament again thin full, and we predict the team that win the Kllver cup will have to got tiUHy now and he up and going to make a hotter hIiowIiik than Chief Allen' wrecking crew. The mod thliiKii for HI. Helena are LmliiR rlKlit along In a row. An ,iu.irv Unit in i'm im many a aouar 10 any a r"-kot of ninny a man In Rt iirtMit nml Ciitiiiuhla county la In all ewliiK, Unit of the rcnewM or Minx operallona. A contract wu lt the pant week it tlie HI. Helena Lumber company 11 the Klllott I'oiiHtructlon company A I'ortlunil, for the construction oi ihroe mllim of railroad, an exteniilon a the urownt main lino, which, when romplnti'ri. will K' the company ten nil of truck Into their large timber hoUlitiaca went of the city. Afttir the completion or aoma four bounaiiil feet of track, which will uke about thirty daya, logging oper ation! will commence Immediately sd the company at thla time will ork ilmut one-half a crew or alxty lanti Material In already assembled on the irouml, both Ilea and ralla, add y. E. Hmllli, who wilt be In charge of the ciiiiMtrui'tlon work, will atart fork Iniiiiedlatoly, using alxty labor- tt nulling the work to completion. Thla movement only mnnna belter ilnna for thla aectlon and with the of prosperity already aweeplng oter the county, thla will add liu prtua and make It many time IHatcr. OREGON CITY FIREMEN. tut Ihll (lame In Afternoon l-'orfclt. fd to Ixtrala In eleventh tuning. A lolly bunch of fellow were the Ircmen from Oregon City, who with their chief. Jack Front, visited 81. Ilelcni eniiiiiHe Sunday, making the 'rip op the Hteamer Undine, arriving Ii the morning and departing at 4 oelork In tho afternoon. While aome 100 tickets wero aold for the evcur ilon, only two hundred and fifty per on tniiilo tho triu. in the afternoon tho ball dun of lb Oreiton City department and Kd. miiueii h men, croHaed bat at the I'irk ground. It wa a rootor'a ume a well aa a fast one on the d la- Bond, rooter for both club lining up on oppoHlte ld of the diamond, "Slug their favorite to brine: home the Imcoii. The wore In the aeventh to 8 In favor of the vliltora, then they had to forfeit the game to the local on account of the boat toliK at 4 o'clock. The Oregon City Ore doDartmont I nof the fuHtOHt In the Rtato, taking niru prize at the annual tournament !t year, with Hi. Helen aecond and BOY SCOUTS ON A TOUR Nrhalrm Valley lnfetel hy l.lvent Hunch of Vounleri Known. A HOME BUILDER. Chnrle Kohlatrand, who re-' lln at Mountulu VloWi noar Warren, wuh In. Bt, , Helen WndneHduy, purchanlnR ma Inrlal for tlio completion of II now realdorco. Mr., Kohl- Irmid own twenty acrea of fond, which 1 highly Improy ed and very productive, al tliotiKh hut ten acre of the fail hnvo heretofore boon utillied by him. About twelve ywii'B nRu the owner of tit it "nail farm began the solving of tlio problem of working out a coinpetoncy and an inde pendetica. Today he tin one of the prottloKt , little homo n this part of the county, which ho ha paid lor on the annual payment plan, Itealdoi HvliiK well and roaring a fam ily.1 Mr. Kohlatrand haa made HiIh Rtnull farm pay for Itsolf. Tim now and modern houae will soon bo completed and will stand a a monument to the frugality of It ownor, and nulondld examplo of the po Ihiiitioa of Columbia county "II- InHtuncei'ot thl kind are numnroua In thla county, "t the cuho of Mr. Kohl trand is go notlcoablo that It deserve espoclal notice. , Plvo automobile loaded to the top with knapKacka, skillets, can teens and twenty-seven Itoy Scout, with their leader, Itov. John Foster, headed for the wild of the Nohnlem river country, some forty mile west, made their way out of the city early Monday morning on their annual out ing trip. They made tho trip In the auto a fur a tho road lasted, and then Conned their luggngo and pack ed aome ton mite further up In the mountain, whore nature I at her best thl time of year. Just to be a Itoy Scout, when audi a treat come off to strap the knap sack and skillet across one' back and hike It for the tullvst timber for a camp. Hut It la not all play. Itov. Foster, long experienced In. the Hoy Scout movement, I thoroughly acquainted with every detail to got the bet re sults, divided the camp itito uads, and each tuad had their partlculur dutiea to perform. When not on aquud duty, they wore drilled in the rudiment of a practical life and were taught the duties of young men and Co mo hack better boy for having spent a few day close to the heart of nature and better prepared to meet the emergencies which are sure to befall their pathway of life. Henowed Interest I manifested in the movement In St. Helens since the nrrival of Itev. Foster, and It I his ambition to make this camp one of the best In tho state, not only In quantity b In quality. And in this endeavor Itev. Foster should have the co-operation of not only each and ovory parent, but every clllxen. These hoy ore tho men of tomorrow, and thl movement Is the greatest stop ping stone of modem time between boyhood and the dutiea of tho cltl xen tomorrow. CHILD FALLS THROUGH DOCK l'rld.iy evening, while tho little son of Hen Cooley was wulklng across tho Oregon Wood company' dock, Just south of tho court house, the llt tlo follow stepped Into a holo which lind either rotted through tho plunkr or been broken, falling some thlrt.v feet below, hilling the water on Ills hack. The child wa saved from Borl mi inlury from tho fact that about two feet of walor was uudor the dock nt the tlmo, breaking his full from tho rock. rarllea who sow the accident ruahod to his aid and found the hoy standing on hi foot In tho water, badly duxod from the fall. l - 4 DOYLE AND MATH EWS ON THE LOO. PACIFIC COAST LOG ROLLING TOURNAMENT MAY BE HELD HERE During County Fair In Heptemlier- Fastest Roller on Coast Will lie Entered. Clyde Sutherland, head buyer In i prise of many when nine the log purchasing department of! stepped forward to compete. roller For the St. Helen Lumber company, has! long time the log was sent twirling under way a feature that will give to St. Helens more publicity through out the Coast states than she ha re ceived before, that of a log rolling tournament, which, If Inaugurated, will probably be held the last of Sep tember during the Columbia County fair, as one of the special features. Several years ago this sport was one of the best drawing cards in the Pacific Northwest, and received much attention, but wa allowed to wane for vurlou reasons, except In a few localities where the sport I yet a leading drawing card. With masters of the calked shoe and pike pole gamo such as Billy Mathews of local fame, Red Nolan of Oregon City, title holder of last year's tournament for Northwest championship, James Duggan of Kel so, Oliver Knowle and Norman Prlt chnrd of down river points, with promises of many other entries, the tournament already nas me appear mice of being full grown. In the contest at Kelso at the Fourth of July celebration, the Kel aoulan has the following to say of tlie sueed of the fovorlte Hilly Matn ews, who Is looked on by those who know tho game, as the champion In the next tournament: "The createst treat of the day In a sporting way waB given late In the future. I Mayor Morton wa made chairman of a committee to ascertain the cost of constructing three large archways across the three highways entering I Into the city, those from Yankton1 and Bachelor Flat, Portland and Deer Island. On the outside of the archway will be placed the words, "Welcome to St. Helens," or "St. Helen Welcome You," or ome- uiiiiK simitar, uu tne inside, some phrase like "Come Again," "Glad to Have You Come." Thl I a worthy m- vement and should receive the approval of every citizen In the city. Many thousands are to pas on these highway the coming year and this I a modern way of letting the people know that the city 1 alive. Tho question of the old dock of the Oregon Wood company was taken up and discussed. The rotten places in the plank and holes were ordered repaired temporarily and the Record er ordered to take the matter up wun me owners ot tne dock, aa follower Eugene Mile and N. P. Slaughter. Portland, Oregon: Gentlemen Com plaint haa been made to the Mavor and council regarding the falling and rotten dock: abutting the Strand. Re cently a small child went upon the earn oock, ten through a rotten plank and was nearly drowned. The citizens, are incensed at the condition of said dock, and to guard against a recur rence and a possible suit for dam ages, resolutions have been entered upon the minutes of the council, call ing for an abatement of same as a nuisance, and I am Instructed by the council to notify you to abate and tear down said dock, and I trust you win comply with this resolution without delay. Your respectfully, E. E. QUICK, Recorder. Applications by Keever & Hanson and A. J. Kelley, for licenses to sell liquor until January 1, 1916, at Houlton, were filed. LOOKS LIKE A WISE MOVE COUNTY MAY MAKE A CHANGE SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS EXPENDED ON NEEDY. GOES OUTSIDE THE COUNTY Never to Return Court Haa Under Consideration Plana to Improve County Farm. through the water without any vis ible effect upon the roller, who were I CIRCUIT COURT masters oi tne pine poie game, f or more than twenty minutes young Pritchard and Mathews, the St. Hel ens star, battled for victory, and the Judges were finally forced to call thla contest a draw. After a brief rest the contest was renewed aqd three were placed on the log and after some twenty minutes again in a vain endeavor to send one another splashing into the water, the Judges CLOSES ITS DOORS Will Convene In September Jury Finds for Bennett Against Con ftolidated Contract Company. The continuation of the May term of the circuit court, commencing last week, closed after a few minor hear ings Tuesday. A string of witnesses were forced to call the event a triple appeared before the grand Jury, who tie between Knowles, Pritchard and made their report to the court late Mathewsr Old time rollers, who have witnessed matches for years, say that never In their lives have they seen a wonderful a display of the sport as that ot last Saturday even ing." In the latter event Billy Mathews was placed on the log between the team mates and both could not put the little fellow in the water without the use of his pole. Mr. Sutherland ha already re ceived much encouragement from different points on the coast to pro ceed with arrangement for the tour nament. He Is now endeavoring to get in touch with several fast roller in Washington and former coast Thursday evening ot last week, find ing four true bills, after which they were dismissed Christina Keck vs. James W. Keck, complaint filed for divorce. On Fri day Daniel Kern, plaintiff, vs. City of Rainier, defendant, complaint filed asking Judgment tor various sums aggregating in all $12,095, with legal Interest. This action is based on un paid warrants Issued to Charles Mars- ters and assigned to plaintiff. Amelia Duncan vs. Dela B. Howard, order confirming sale. S. Plymale vs. City of Rainier, non suit. T. W. Thomp son vs. George W. Corll, complaint filed on promissory note. Saturday, C. & N. R. R. vs. A. Kan- tala, judgment found for plaintiff, State of Oregon vs. John Ashburn The county court now has under consideration a plan to reduce the expense of the county by Improving the county poor farm. The past month, we are under ob ligations to Judge Clark for the fol lowing figures, $170.80 was paid by the county to different hospitals and homes for the aged in the city ot Portland for the keep of Columbia county's needy, most of them being entirely helpless and will be so the balance of their lives. $37.60 was paid to parties at Rainier for the same purpose. About $100 waB paid to different parties over the county to buy food for hungry mouths: On very conservative average it now costs the county $300 each and every month to take care of these people under the present conditions, and about seventy-five per cent ot thla amount goes to Portland, which Is a long time in getting back into local channels, if it ever does. The county has a 57 acre ranch near Warren, one of the best tracts of land in the valley. On this land la. a good barn and a very good farm houeo, but not at all suitable for a building which would be required by the county. What the court haa under consideration is whether they can afford to Bpend $3000 or $4000 at this time and erect suitable build ings and place those dependent on the county on the farm under the care ot a supervisor and matron. After considerable thought, It would seem a wise move. In the first place, if there is no other saving than to keep the money In local chan nels from month to month, It would pay. Secondly, there are a great number of these persons, who are aged, crippled more or less, but not entirely helpless, who on this farm could more than earn their keep and be glad to do so. The farm, having some twenty acres In a good state ot cultivation, can support a goodly number of persons, a great many more than are now looking to the county for support. MORE' CLASS ROOMS SHIPPING. The sleamor Cellllo left out yes tordny evening for Sun Francisco and B wl,h 950,000-f00t of lumber and forty passeiiaura. Tli a at An mm Multnomah, with 050 000 foot of lumber nd piling. I i,0 raised about left' the local dock today for Call- foet and a new fl fornla Dolnts. Partitions IIIDH ARE CALLED FOR WOKK CHOWDE1) CONDITION NECES SITATES CHANGES. Two Cliw Rooms In Basement of llullillnK Addition Needed to Accommodate Scholars. stars of the game and will make def- afternoon, when the log rolling con- in He arrangements In the very nearltmd Alfred DeLellan, complaint filed, tost was called, imagine tne sur- ruture. I ueienaanis cnargea wun larceny in a uweiung, pieaa noi guuiy luesaay; hoM fnr RnnlAmhRF farm. Thnv-nrn COUNCIL'S BUSY NIGHT accused of robbing the residence of 23rd. Case filed. State of Oregon vs. Geo. Volllns, charged with selling liquor without a license. Volllns gave bond to appear at tall term. The principal case heard during the session was Columbia County for O. B. Bennett vs. Consolidated Con tract company, et al., the case going to the jury Friday noon, and after being out two hours, returned with a verdict in favor of the plaintiff tor the full amount, $1280.96 and costs, W. H. Powell represented the plain tiff, Jesse Stearns and John H. Hall, the defendants Tuesday, F. Earl Leavens va. Car rie A. Leavens, complaint filed for divorce, BUSINESS MEN'S BANQUET Creamery Proposition Thoroughly Discussed Farmers Met With Commercial Club. IMPORTANT MATTERS BROUGHT BEFORE BODY FIRE DE PARTMENT RECEIVES 200. Elsewhere In this Itisuo will be found a call for bids to make need ed Improvements and changes In the Dubllc school ouiiiung in im the cost of which will be sevoral hundred dollars. ti,o flnnr nf the Evmnaslum Is to t two anu one-iiuii floor then put down. are to be duiii on mm Old Dock Must Be Repaired or Torn Away City to Have Welcome Archways Constructed. . . v 1. nii..m Mi.rnhv loft lower floor to make two more rooms, i ne """- " ' Pn,iro - ,iiwav will be necessary and sev- ?!! Z IT, h 800.053 "foot of, Srai window, are to be put in lunibnr, The steamer Klamath Is expected In today to take a full cargo of piling and lumber to Honolulu, her aecond trip. . ' Tho Btoamor Johan Paulsan. with a partial cargo of lumber from the CoSa County mill, loft for Sun Francisco. THANK YOU. Sun FranclscoTcal.. July 12. 1915. The St. Helens Mist: pinnse change my ad- dres. from the Macbeth apartmont. . .1.0 Piiernr anartmonta, 1618 I OIK . street, apartment C, Sun Francisco. I i am pleased to see the good work you are doing. St. Helens needs a tC more good boosters like your- ' solve Sincerely yours, ( solves. oi m MQTT ALLEN. un,. .n tills tearing up of the manual training department and re modeling Into two class rooms? Be cause there is Insufficient room in the other six class rooms to accommodate .Via aMinlnm. What doubtless should be done would be to construct an addition of two more class rooms on mo w i Bide of the present building. PlanB r.nd specifications have already been drawn for these rooms, and the cost One ot the busiest, sessions ot the city council for some time was held MciK uy night at the council chain bers. several Important mattera being broapht before the body and dis posed ot, After a report ot the fire and water committee on the matter of organ! Ing a volunteer fire department, and several Interesting talks made on the subject, the council, heartily ap ROAD WORK ON THE HIGHWAY 'Ro'ad work on the Columbia Highway ta progressing very satis- proved by ' the Mayor, unanimously factorily," stated Mr. Cantine, after voted to donate to the city fire de- being out on the work Saturday. "It partment $200 for services the ensu- looks like the highway will be ready 1ns vear. one-half of the amount to I for through traffic by the 16th ot be paid them now and the balance August," Btated Mr. Titus, Wednes- the first ot the year. This met with day morning, after spending Monday Chief Allen's approval, who assured and Tuesday with Mr. Kelley, dls- the council that ho would perform trlct supervisor, at Rainier, checking hi dutiea aa faithfully in the future ud some details of the work. as In the past. Mr. Titus further stated that the E. A. Rotaer being unable to whole line is well covered with men serve as judge of the coming elec-lunder competent foremen, that work tion, wa excused, and John Philip at Prescott Point is being rushed annotated to fill the vacancy. I raoldly. and that there la enough John Philip was present at tne i tunas to proceea to rocK an uin seo- .... n a a nn, n., .itnArrilnir tn ZolaM would be the same site as meeting as a representative of the tlon. making good roads for the win ! ?' a.enr class room, with en-! Commercial Club, to see what steps ter. Three hundred men and thirty trances into present building, and could be taken tor tne placing or facing St. Helens street with an out- signs on the varloua cross roads tead- iKciiiR oi. m he bo Inn out of the city, designating on en fnected to the old building that these signs the name of the road COIinecieu iu V" .... n-i. tl rilatnnH n the various nnlntu llinv would not, sum uui uhj nam --- whatever The toilets would be re- to be reached The body was In- WllUlnl- ..A tl.At Dniit niinarvlnnv AlVnn moved to the room on the (Contlnuod on page 8). teams are being used at the differ ent points and more men being put on every day. Comparatively all local labor Is being used this year. The section between Clatskanie and the county line will doubtless be finished before the section out this already had Buch signs made, which ! way. Two crews are now at work are to be placed in the very near on Qoble Bluff. The business men of this city held their. first banquet of the season at MaBon'a Wednesday evening, at which they took up th6 proposition of a creamery and cheese factory for St. Helens. The matter was viewed from all angles and several interesting talks made on the subject, it was votea by the body to lay the matter aside, however, until Thursday night at the regular meeting ot the Commercial Club, when several prominent county dairymen -would be present to co operate with the club in solving the means whereby a creamery, cneeso factory. or condenser can be estab lished and successfully maintained. As the Mist has continuously main tained, this is one of the coming In dustries ot Columbia county, a money maker for every person, and la a movement worthy of much con sideration and should be gone after and secured. THE SIGN BRINGS CUSTOMERS. When the retailer lete the public know he carries ar ticles being advertised In this newspaper His Sign Brings Customers. Reader of this newspaper believe in advertising. A merchant's announcement attracts their attention and creates the desire to see the goods. Readers will go to the store that shows them. When the storekeeper puts the newspaper advertised goods tn his window, he Is ar ranging ." sign that Will bring customers."