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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1915)
flENS AHRACTIONS ill.; Fruit CanninF If lU&Prv rf080 ? P"in t. Two Stone Ouarries. Water Plant, Columbia llijfww rJSTSP1!?8 Creamery. Fishin Industry, Municipal Electric LiRh River on the I'air.Mild Climate, The Best rL;?.T Tr1 Ciufe ImProvnt Co., Columbia County . ne uest boil, Choice Fruit Land, Prettiest Scenery, Four City Parks. OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915 NO. 51 MONTHLY PAY ROLL $60,000.00 I Mil . Ji TT '3 PmNFT.R PAPFR flF rniltMDlA r-rkiTM-rv 4 j "'.'i1 r " " MjME XXXIV. IS:: cm It. Ill' 111! Ill d 111; r,! nit !' !v BUILDING AT THE ! HELENS SHIPYARDS lKWmlrk Co. Herelves Order '(or Ituiltllnic Hwnl Hlilp. Lialpbulldlng plant of thU city r(ll a hurry-up order lor h ililp, which will be almost tilt&M of thu ship now on tin nod hns already boen broken mew wuys and Ilia company Ua Inatrurtod to make all pos- hBle lu Kitting this vessel lor communion. It la genor- Laitrstood that the veaaol under action will bo named City of Ud, mid lias undor conaldnr- :be name of City of Astoria for f veanol. i im lis boon ordered from bder. U new motor amp win do oi i coimtrur'lon, almoat 300 it, 48 feet Imam and will draw loaded 23 foot. Her estimated ni capacity will be 1,000,000 W lunilier. it it to be a five-masted veaael, ncr rlic, but with an auxiliary k of the Seml-Dolsel engines of ulli, each unit having 110 tjovor, capable of propelling tml when loaded at a rat of Ilea an hour without the nee iitsa. tiipho enginea are manu uri In Sweden, and the order ea placed mid delivery prom- tiers will ho no delay In plao iite fnucl In commlaalon whon stomplotcd. Tlio veaael will be irtit iIiirIo dock wooden ililp II md prohabty the largoat mo- Ttfnl yot built In the United H ew big motor veaael now In ha of coimt ruction at the yarda lor the came ownera, hai al- 1? ton chartorod for almoat a itrvlco from the time ahe goea eonmlulon, and . thla fact, to- w with the demanda of many M Hut they bo given an Interer W, demands that could not b H led tho McCormtck oopl rmd tlmlr acope and to build a Mlp to tho City of Portland, "ildorahln amount of Portland total capital will be Inveated In ibip. . . . . i lilihiillillnR company will l Hi force of workmen, and P til poRKlblo hnato to got both Hi out na aoon aa poaatblo, for iflt rntoa are vory high now tonnage very scarce, and those Alps aro In demand. JLLED BY ACCIDENT. Nil Klllnl Willi IjimAlmt Dip HU-iimcr WlllamctUt. J. AlliHider, a sailor on the per Willamette, was killed by "Ml Tuesday forenoon, while eu ro In loading. He was knocked board whon he trlnd to land H load of lumber from the dock, ! a diHtance of about twenty landing on his head on a log NEGRO MINSTRELS CAPTURE AUDIENCE Great Huorewi of Home Talent aa Iturnt trk ArtUta. The Negro mlnatrel ahow given In tho city hall Friday evening for the benefit of the Firemen and Muta, was patronised by a large and ap preciative audlonce. It was an en tortalnmont worth while, not only from a point of excellence but the worthy object for which It waa gotten up. Tho receipts exceeded $100, while perhaps nearly aa much more was secured by Mut membership foes. The "Nigger" characters were compoaed of prominent bualnnsa and professional men, who otherwise could not be induced to appear "In publlo upon the sUgo" tor any other objoct than charity. Mayor 8. C. Morton presided as Interlocutor, flanked on each aide by as dandy 'a lot of coons as you ever saw. The mualo was furnished by I Hare's orcheatra. As the curtain rose, "Old Kentucky Home" was Hung with true Negro melody. The end men were "Sambo on the Spot." McCoy made a hit with his solo. Also Eddie Wood In his bone kolo and Williams In his buck and wing dance. The Jokes made good local hits. The solo, "When I Was a Dream er," by Mayor Morton, waa especially good and splendidly rendered. The audience required an encore. His little daughter, Mlas Marlon, acted as droam vision and In a very sweet and attractive manner. Miss Leona Per kins led the chorus. Parson Miller elucidated to the satlafactlon of all, even If he did have difficulty In removing hla long handled glove. The drum chorue without drums was a good number Mr. Laughman, an Insurance agent who happened to be In the city, fav ored the audience with aplendld ven trlloaual exhibitions, which was a very attractive number. The quartette by Meeers. McCoy. Ostrander, Cassatt and Drown, waa voclforoualy greeted and Yosponded to an encore. The banjo solo by Mr. Wellborn. accompanied by Mr. McCoy, waa ft true Negro number. The High 8chool gloe club favored the audience with a song and re sponded to an encore. The last act waa a cotillion, and It was certainly a "scream," especially hn Charlie Brown and Eddie Woods, "the long and short of it," swung around the corner. Mrs. Woods, who presided at the piano and who attended every re hearsal, and was one of the princi pal factors in the success of the en tertainment, waa presented with a token of appreciation by Mayor Mor ton, on behalf of the aggregation of coons. ' TAXPAYERS' LEAGUE MEETING OF THE TAXPAYERS' LEAGUE REGISTRATION TO START JANUARY 3 Only Change of Residence Thereafter Will Necessitate Enrollment. iUwume of IlualneHs Transacted Haturday'a Meeting. at Registration of voters for the 1916 elections, under the new permanent system of registration adopted by tlio last legislature, will begin Janu ary S In all .r. . n tin. fn l The meeting of the Taxpayers' I Thrnn.h h .. , , I - o . , I - - - o yi-Dmb V- VUQ HBW 1W ""u" "uy was very largely lit will not h h,..r.. r. attended and at times there waa not TOters to register more than once accommodatlona for all those who unie, uo changes his residence or desired to hear the proceedings. It fBU to vote at least once within the wie mionuon or the league to so- biennial period, ending November 30, euro larger quarters if possible at after the regular biennial general the meeting to be held on budget day. election The proceedings were harmonious! Residents of the different county and it seemed to be the desire of all I soats are required to register In per- lo reduce tho forthcoming tax levy I son with the County Clerks, but elec- to the lowest possible limit. This Is tors living In other parts of their re al so the wish of every taxpayer, but spoctive counties may register wlth on the other band a curtain amount out charge before any official regls- wlll be necessary for the proper I trar. The County Clerk are author maintenance of the county. I Isod to appoint registrars throughout The proceedings wore aa followa: I ln6 countlea for thla purpose. These The Columbia CnuM. T.,n...' registrars will receive 10 cents tor Uaguo met In cpeclal session at the ach olector 7 to court house at 10 a. m.. Saturday, be paid by the different county courts with J. O. Watts of Scappoose, In the ,rom countjr rund8- The new Uw l8 CREAMERY STARTS 'ST. HELENS BEST," THE NAME ADOPTED The Article of Butter Produced In Our Creamery. and read I provleds that voters absent from their respective countlea may regls- . . - . i. . i Smith of the Tax lBr u",ur" "ol"' ",u" or county (jiera, ana tnetr amaavits will be sent to tho county where they resldtt. Persons who fail to register until eloctlon day in any county except Multnomah may vote only after they have obtained affidavits as to their eligibility from two freeholders re siding In the county. In Multnomah chair. A lotter was received from Robert E Liberator, regretting that he could not bo present. A communication from 8herlff Stanwood In regard to tho expenses of his office, waa received and a vote of thanks exprossod. Mr. Rose told the meeting that his people were In favor of a nine mill about 2S.00 For Street and Bewer im provements 60.00 For Incidentals, per month. . 30.00 Maintenance City Hall, Wood, etc. 10.00 Printing .". , 20.00 lav firnvlflAH IliA mnnnv vol anAflt on 'the roads that they would de uthof ho have not registered Ignato, otherwise tboy were not in favor of It Motion made and carried that a petition for referendum to the peo- plo limiting the levy for goneral road purposes not to exceed Ave mills and for tho election of road overseers. Motion made and carried that a resolution be prepared by the com mittee and presented at the budget mooting asking that the court re- district the county Into more road dlatrlcls In 11 J. Motion made and carried that the Columbia County Taxpayers' League are not in favor of a general road tax lovy to exceed throe mills at the until election day must secure affl davits of six freeholders before they can vote. The card index system which will be used under the new law or regis tration, Is expected to simplify mat ters greatly. The elector will be re quired to sign his name but once In stead of several times, as under the old system. In the future County Clerks must arrange the cards for each election precinct In alphabetical order, ac cording to the surname of the re spective voters. Lists of the regis tered voters must bo furnished to the different election boards. Following the eloctlon next No- outslde influence, contracts were sub scribed to tor each patron to supply the entire product of his hord, less amount used for home consumption for a period of five years. Thirty cans of croam were deliver ed the first day and the number is increasing every day. Tho delivery of cream has been so arranged that It can be conven- interest on debt, per month. lentiy nanaiea, as ioiiows: two days for Yankton and Bachelor Flat, two days for Warren, two days tor Deer Island. The first butter was not placed on sale ln grocery stores until Tuesday on account of the non-arrival of wrappers and other supplies. TO BUILD STEEL SHIPS coumy ouuKUl --- rember tnd biennially thereafter, mont was offered by Mr Olsen that ' Couniy CJork. wH the secretary notify he Uxpayers or ed pollbooks of roaa supervisor. ...... w , u feneral an(, prlmary elections, as a special meeting for the voting of a rt-cMoM wnlcn mJ xneciai roaa tax tor wmir w"ori districts. Motion mado ana carried that the league ask the court to furnish to the budget meeting an Itemized ac count for the amounts naked for each Item. The following special commlttoos woro appointed: Budget mooting, J Laraon. G. Lang and Henry P waa picked up In an uncon- condition and takon to the P of Dr. Wado. who cavo what l could. The ' unfortunate alod sorno four houra after the "lent. , i . Minder 'waa from Ran Frnnnlann had been employed on the steam- M about two months. Little Is p of him by the other members crew. Ho was a Flnlnndor. aged about 80.' " . . f doner's tnquost was hold but ; THE COUNTY BUDGET The county court late Tuesday afternoon completed the preparation of the county budget and set the tlmo for the taxpayers' meeting on Wednosday, December 19. According to law, as verified by the county attorney, the county bud ret could not be preparod until after December 1. The law fixes this date for the final reports of the ta levy ing powers of school, municipal and nthar levies. Th miunty court exorcised their best endeavors ln the preparation of this budaet. .Whether it meeis approval of the public or not. It was the Intention to appropriate such funds, and such amounts as the court In their Judgment thought best for the maintenance of the county and for such Improvements as are neces The honestly believe with all the facts before them and with an In- llmato knowledge gained irora expr lonce, that the amounts apportioned -.a noi,narv for the coming year. While taxes are high and constantly amwinr. it Is only fair mat should study the budget with care .... . . 1 - ...nt..' IllWlffAI nnd detail, u is me vv ------ and if some item is found that can be omitted, tell the court aoouv u. a hnne.t criticism of the budget, Th atenmor Celilr. swunir into tho baaed on good grounds, will not Wodnesduy with a good list bring a rebuff. ,A . . -Mim and 1,000,000 feet of Tho budget df,fl ,or " H&er. nendlture of fl74.748.20, which Is la s learned aside from tho I"" facta. SHIPPING. p ateamor Multnomah sailed H7 for California porta with J.dnn ... . . . ... . 'o foot of lurabor and a small f Passengers. ateamor Wlllnmotta loft out my for Run Pnilrn with flflO.000 (l lumber, held throughout the county, with the rogtster of electors. When It appears that anyone Is on tho register who Is shown by the pollbooks not to have voted at least once during the pre ceding two years, such persons will bo eliminated from the register. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. ni.an Roads ana nriagos, rroi Adams. W. H . Rose and K. F. Lar rmintv officers. Mrs. M. J. Watts. Bert West and W. J. Fuller- ton On motion, loaguo adjournea to Chas. Laws, a prominent . senior, has quit school. . Along singing lines the glee club Is making a "howling" success. In order to give the publlo the moet on budget day when fixed by I worth of their money, the minstrel tho court. TEACHERS' MEETING performers are practicing very dill gently. At the regular monthly meeting of ttta at Milan t hmlv. Inttnra were award On December 4, tne upper nu-i . . fo,lowin-. Basketball. D inm Teachers' association held its , . ., vie. Perrv. C socond meeting. Mr. Claybaugh led 8mUn j xdamg. The only one re in tho discussion oi me copru g Uack ,eMer WM perry whlon BUOUIU oaini r i . - .. .u. i t lit pta of the oommun nd hehool. as set Urogram was rendered: vocal solo, tional ReBource. ox v, Hgrry wngon. ..Boun tmmuniues. . . r" f iTnl atat. In 1S2S." L. Davies . .kiA uariA a inn ni. v.vv Dl-OVea HP I im r,l-I ! Tfav.-l. rlof CUBSIon was euju, annth.M and Ostrander. i iha aflnmoon. Mr. Winn aem- onstrated the preparation to the on uec i tne oasaema.. warn o. ,,,, cattle. Mrs. Claybaugh the Sunset Athletic Club defeated the - " . ... i O-V. i a A 1 a Nik. llmAtl-a . nhnnntln leBSOn IB tne UrBllIllgU PUUUUI, ov w r. 411H HHiii Th a results were excellent, s. A. v mcuonam, i - own, Thnmas aave a short talk on Prlngle, 10; McKlej Petersou (o) IVS IBO ... . . WV l m N.MJaaa ... nrk in the nrlmary grades. ' suosuimes, w wt xoi. u"-' - - - . , . , , Tw 0knl V Tk. m,i meetlns Will 00 neiu uv orowoo ivx "" wvu., . , i ... ... ... Wellington, ioi r. uw"" Perry J O. Zysett (e) . Laws. cember 18. THE ST. HELENS CITY BUDGET December 6th, 1916. To tho Honorable City Council, St. Helens: Gentlemen We should make our City tax levy tonigst, and ln order that you can better determine what the levy should be, I will itemize what approximately our present ex penses are. Of course we may be able to prune to some extent this ex pense during the coming year, and I hope so, but should the City prosper and Improve, it will be a hard matter to get along on a less amount. Present Monthly Expenses Salaries The creamery made its first "batch" of butter Friday and It has been pronounced the equal of any butter. Tho brand selected is "St. Helens Best." This should prove a I popular brtfnd and In buying butter! that brand should have the prefer-1 on co. The creamery is Incorporated un-lTwo marshals 8120.00 der the state laws with a capital of Recorder 37.50 83000, and the following officers Treasurer , 8.00 were elected: A. H. Tarbell, presi- City Attorney 40.00 dent; H. C. Jacobsen, vice president; T. Brown, secretary-treasurer. P. C.I Total Salaries 8205.60 Jacobsen, a butter maker of special Lights, Streets, City Hall, inerlti was secured as butter maker. I etc., about 170.00 The product of nearly 600 cows Insurance on City Hall .... 10.00 has been contracted for, and to pre-Flre Dept., wages 16.67 vent interference with patrons from I p0r Fire Equipment, per mo. Total monthly expense 8647.17 70.00 Total 3417.17 This will make a yearly expense of about 37400.00. A nine mill tax levy on an approx imate valuation of 3940,000.00, will bring to the City about 38400.00. This will leave us a surplus of 31000, provided our estimate of expense runs no higher than they do now. PTawAVAr. If milat ha Iwnia In mlnit n at ir.l.i.i Bhlnhnlia. I ' r that at least 10 per cent of the ing Plant Proposed. taxes are ltai,je to be dellnouent. so the City might not have more than A hla- BhlDbulldlna olant that will 87600. We will of course derive be capable of turning out steel as aome little revenue from licenses, well vm wooden vessels, may be built I peddlers, fines and rent of City hall. in St. Helens soon after the first of which will go towards making up the tho year. delinquency. In 1913 the City had This matter has been under con- ttn 8 ml11 tax and also about 36600 ln federation for some time past. A saioon licenses, in placing a mill representative of " the Willamette this year, we are. raising only Iron ft Steel Co. vlBited thla city last more than that council, and at October and inspected the plant. the same time losing the 3 6600 11- Officers of the St. Helens 8hip- cenBB money. Wo will probably be building Company have been asked censured for levying so high a tax, to consider plans for enlargement of Dut under tho circumstances, I do not their plant that will enable them to l how wo can avoid it, for we will lay down steel hulls with a maxl- have to gradually aajust ourselves to mum lenath of about 350 feet the new state of affairs. - M we have The question of financing the en- M"1 surplus, It will be an easy mat- terprtse alone stands ln the way of ter to make tho lev a mill lower the an affirmative decision, It Is reported. next year. However, this Is a mat- Tho Portland Chamber of Com merce has intervened ln the proceed ings ln the hopo of bringing the ne gotiations to a successful conclusion. Officers of the company were in conference last week with several prominent Portland people interested in the proposed enterprise who re alise that It would be a substantial aid in Industrial advancement, ter for yon gentlemen to decide. Respectfully submitted, S. C. MORTON, Mayor. LIST OF TRANSFERS. Reported by Columbia County Ab stract Company, December 1 N. O. Larrabee et ux to Mary Myrtle Mason; lot 1, Blk. If la iindAratnod that officers of the St- Helen. 10- I Phaa t IfAriA.l.k ... ... A T.a. UMllnmArtA Twin A RfoAl Pnmnnnv v,o. . uiwiw cl ua iu .as- .... .... I ner Mnann of nv lnt 1A mir a On are following tne negotiations! - closely, with the knowledge that i.uu they will be In a position to supply the vessels constructed at the pro posed plant with boilers and other machinery. The plant is equipped to build wooden vessels only, but it Is be lieved that the changes necessary to enable It to handle steel hulls can be made, with comparatively small ex penditure. With the present heavy demand for ocean-going : carriers and the steady destruction of existing ves sels, both steel and wooden vessels J. W. Ranes et ux to Beaver Homes Grange; tract 79, Beaver Homes, 365.00. Dec. 4 Chas. J. Cook et al to E. C, Johnson; land ln Sees. 29, 82 and S3, T. 4 N., R. 1 W., 81726.00. Dec. 7 St. Helens Improvement Co. to H. W. Mlllev et ux; lots 7 and 8, Blk. 9, Railroad addn. to St. Hel ens, 810.00. St Helens Improvement Co. to Wm. Blackmore et ux; lot 8, Blk. 6, Railroad addn. to St. Helens, 310.00. 8cappoose Acres Co. to P. Edw. Almquist; tract 23, Scappoose Acre CITY LEGISLATURE. l-.raaaa nTfif last 18 AT Of 88 ;., . rim amount set forth in- The residence of Mrs. John Scott eludes 810 000 for the poor farm In the Yankton neighborhood, was and 36000 'for general election ex- dontroyed by fire on Frlrtay qf last !" . o,i fnr roirlstrara. week. TU family wore absent trow. This year state, county npd laliool homo at the tlmo and tU entire con .i.Mui iki noo. Last year H tents, warq deatrayed. A subscrip ts 8U8.000, but was reduced to lion was taken up here tor their ben- in fi on nn hudaot day. ism. f arn In rrAnt riAmanft. It la understood that orders forP1"101' - Ave or six ships can be had as soon I aa arrangements are made to build I them. Tentative pians provioe ror At the regular meeting of the city fabrication of the steel at Detroit or couneu Monday evening, the matter some other Eastern manufacturing oI .x,ng the Ux i6Tjr tor the ensuing center and Ita shipment across the yealPi WM digcngaed. Mayor Morton continent or through, tne Panama iUbmitted the budget of probable caqal to 8t Helena. . expenses (published elsewhere in U ll believed that . the industry this i8gue) and on motion a levy of oould be placed on a permanent basis I a mllIg wag ad0pted. and that the plant could be operated This is one more mill than that for steadily even after the present ab- 1915, but the coming year the city normal demand tor steel bottoms dis- Wlll be deprived of 36600 saloon U- appeara, I cense.