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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1916)
I I is the Duty of EveryGood Citizen to Register-October 1 Last Day OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY . A PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOLUME XXXV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1916 iwx, ii i ii i ii ii -i i t i i rimivw j--mm-i i&i i i i i i 11 i 1 11 NO. 41 i Vict IUY OF FAIR yUl yni ..... DRAWS BIG CROWD MONEY IS NOW . READY . ... .1.. lMlttlllll.lM AuiIIiImI ('noli"-"' at Urtli Annual Kalr. Tlio (irtli annuul Colnmblu County (',ir closed Friday with a rocord breikliiK attendance for Hint liny. ,oro tlnin 2,000 pooplo paying ad- mission to enter tho grounds. Krlday . , ti.ll.l HAn ., I n u anil Mian. hool children from different pnrt ( ilio county wore In attendance. Th day' exercises wore under the .uporvUlon of J. W. AIIbu, county ichool superintendent, and tlio man ntr In which the program was car- Lied out la a cr iid It to thone who hud bt matter In chargo. After tlio exhibition of live atock, ,ib grand musical festival undor the lilrKtlun of Dr. Emll Enna wan hold o tho auilltorlum, and ao great was tlit Interest In this feuture of the Id.ijr Hint alundlng room waa at a premium and not more than one-fifth It tlio pooplo on the grounda could kiln admittance. The Rainier High !cliool llleo Cluh, undor the direction I Prof. Hunt, and the 81. Helens lllli School Orcheatra, undor the di lution of Prof. Shinier, competed for Imilral honors, and mualcal talent rem all over the county contributed o ' the program. The program klowd with "The Star Spangled Dan ker," uinf uy the foNtlval chorua of tiuodredii of volcca. One feature of the fulr which win tppredutcd hy the grown upa as well i the yoiingiitort was tlio "Manikin iow." Severs! performance were fcinrn during the afternoon and at fcr.eh performance the auditorium ku by fur too small to accommodate crowd that wished adnilltnnco. Tlie weather man waa kind enough u order perfect aunihlny daya nnd large crowds In attendunco ap preciated this fact. The fifth annual lair waa a tuirena In every way, It alurded pleasure to the thousands ho attended and the exhibits of rro products, llvo atock, grains, I'C, were up to standard and did ulumhlii county credit. Metxltownrk Best exhibit needlework First, Vn. Fred Adams, St. Holons; aec- N. Mrs. II. II.. mtil.lon. Rainier: lilril, Mrs. Eugoun Allon, Ualnler. Heat collection colorod embroidery First, Miss Ella Rosonthul, St. Ilel- ""; second, Mrs. Armstond, St. Hol- l. Kent collection whlto embroidury Klmt, Mrs. Lawson, Scappoose; Nond. Mrs. A. L. Stone, St. llelons. Best collection croos stitch First, fr. M. Rosenthal; second, Mrs. E. ' Saxton. Warren. Boat collection crochet First, Hr. Alma llollborn, St. Helens; sec- M, Mrs. f. R l.n'kir VnnUtnn: ''Ifd, Mrs. C. M. Beolor, St. Helens. "out collection Allot crochet lrt, Mrs Ask, ScappooHo; accond. M. Kugoan Allen. Rainier. "oat collodion cotton knitting '"I. Mrs. Matilda Beaver, loot colloctlon wool knitting 'Irst, Mrs. Isaacson, Warren; sec- Mrs. John LarBo:i. Rainier; Mrd, Mrs. Emma Tarbell, Yankton. lleHt collection tattlne First. Mra. brlckson. St. Helens: second. Mrs. V- R. Dlbbloe, Rainier; third. Mrs. w. Akin, St. Helens. Best collection hnrdnnger First, r'1 J- K. Dungsund, Deor Island ; nond, Mrs. C. W. DlakoBley, St. "iieno; third. Mrs. B. B. Nlelson. I'aliile?. "fist colloctlon nottlnsr First. Mrs. ' 'I. nibbloo. Ualnler. " Host collodion drawn wcrk First. P'rs. Fred Adams. 8t. Holons: Bec- Fnd. Mrs. Isaacson, Warren; third, fr. R. M. Carrie. St. Holons. Ht colloctlon battenburg First, p. t r r. .... r-- n. uinuioo, ualnler; seconn, rr- J. J. Wollborn. Warren. Bot ploco colored embroidery '''rot, Miss Ella Rosenthal. St. Hel- second, Mrs. F. R. Davis, Rain "'r; third Mr. nu. i .,n.in ai f'oions. Boat piece Prnneli ivhlln nmhrol fry FlrBt, Mra. C. Miller, Warron; (Continued on Pago 6) SEVEN MORE LIGHTS SAYS CITY COUNCIL Hlrn-t Cuimnlllee IUrtH New WalkM Unlit niiiI Moio Onlered. Council met In regular session Monday evening with ull members prennnt. Tlio street committee reported on si reel lights nnd recommended that about seven new lights bo placed nnd threo lights transferred ; that there should bo a clualer of two lights at the schoolhoiiHo, one near the Paul ion residence, two on the hill near Logo's residence and one near the Zelglnr residence. Report was re ferred back to street committee In conjunction with the rest of the com mit tea. The mayor reported that tlio sldo wnlk In front of the scIiooIIiouho had been completed. Councilman While reported that some of the walks In West St. Helens hud been completed and also thai some of the buildings hnd hS-n raised to street grade, hut the owners of the Hansen property had inad'3 no effort to comply with notice served to build sidewalk in front of their property, und that In all probability tho walk would have to be built by the city. A report was rocelvcd from tho fire chief and was laid over until some future time. A statement was received from M Fresh giving cost of lulior on side walk on I ta II road street in front of block 59, and asked council to guar antee payment. No action taken. Permission was grunted to Muckle estate to alter and repair dwelling on lot 8, block 1 1. The marshal's attention was culled to parties on river front making re pairs without permit and to notify them to nutku application. Councilman Allen reported that a sidewalk wus very badly needed on Oak street, abutting tho A. T. Laws properly. Marshal was Instructed to notify owner to build wullt within 30 lays from date of notice. An ordinance to prevent the ex ploding of powder, dynamite and other explosives within the corpor ate limits, was read first time. Councilman Ilulliigl) reported that private sewer owned by Mrs. Urlnn ould bo repaired, as she had agreed to connect up with the main sewer. Councilman Allen, In behalf of the fulr association, extended the thanks of tho association to the city council for the kindness nnd courtesy extend ed them. YOUNG MAN IS SERIOUSLY INJURED llenco D'Enco, a young man about 18 years of ago, wus seriously In jured at tho mill of tho St. Helens Lumber Company at about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon. D'Enco, who works at the rip saw, noticed some thing wrong with the bolting, ana. getting on tho "tnblo." he tried to fix It. In some way his arm got caught In tho shafting nnd In an instant his arm was smashed agaliiRt tho rapidly revolving pulley. His loft arm was broken above tho el bow and also in two plncos bolow the elbow, nnd tho bones protrudod from tho mangled flesh. Drs. Wade and L. O. Robs gave the Injured man temporary ' relief and ho was sent to a Portland hospital on the steamer Goorglann, Dr. Wtido accompanying him. The doctors tear ho will lose his arm. This is tlie first Occident of any conseouonce that has hap pened at the mill in some tlmo. QUARRY INSTALLS NEW MACH1NH.K i The St. Helens Quarry has In stalled a now conveyor for the lond lug of screenings. This convoyor does away with the slow method for merly used of loading tho barges by hand work. The convoyor takes the screenings to tho barge and with a constant stream of tho rock pourod on tho bnrgo by tho convoyor it makes tho loading of tho barge much more rapid than under the system formerly used. Supt. Avory Is res ponsible for tho Insinuation of this dovlce nnd statos It Is giving ported satlsfactlon and facilitates the work ,0rs prenont nnd also those who de to a groat extont. Lire to join the Alliance. "tAi-rrW. ii fflwiM iiimir- -- -t ' l il O. L. TA It I) ELL, President of the Fair Hoard STR. AGNES SOLD AND NEW BOAT BUILDING Cnpt. Milton Smith of Rainier, has I old the steamer Agnes, which he has ie; n Ur-.lng on the river in connection with tho Nestor. The fine new tow io at which Is in building for Captain '.rnlth and tho Columbia & Cowlitz rri.nsporUMon Co. will bo ready for iervlco within a few months, nnd "uptaln Smith took advantage of an opportunity of selling the Agnes. The new towboat, which will be a stern wheoler, will bo 110 feet In length, with a ben m of 26 feet. It will be of light draft so that It can operate on the Columbia and tributary treams nnd will have ample power. U.J ry." 7 STOCK PARADE ON CLOSING DAY OF COUNTY FAIR PORTLAND I. O. O. F. PAYS FRATERNAL VISIT A delegation of fifty members of Samaritan lodge No. 2, I. O. O. F., camo down from Portland Saturday night oil a specially chartered steam er to pay tho St. Helens Odd Fellows a. fraternal visit. Tho visiting bro thers brought along their degree team and put on tho work when some tirotner was lniuiucu mm mo order. After tho regular lodge ses sion was over, tho guests repnlrcd :o tlio bamiuot room, whore Bill Ful lerton nnd nil nble corps of assist ants served the famous clam chow dsr a la Fulterton, sancwiches, cof fee, etc. Speeches of welcome and response.! woro made and mem bers long In the order made short addresses touching on Odd Fellow ship. Samaritan lodge la the second old est In tho stato and is regarded as the strongest lodge on the coast. Its membership numbers over COO and tho lodge Is very wealthy. Orogon City lodge will go to Port land to visit Samaritan lodge Octo ber 4 and many of the St. Helens lodge members plan on visiting their Portland brothers at that timo. HUGHES CLUB TO , HOLD MEETING In another column of this paper will be found a notice from M. Saxon, chairman of the rocontly formed Hughes Alliance, calling a meeting of tho Alllnnce for Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock. Tho meeting will be held In the city hall, and permanent officers -will be elected. It Is also planned to select a delegato to the stale conference of the Alllante clubs which will bo held In Portland, Sat urday. October 7. Chairman Saxon Is anxious to h. vo ;11 charter mem- F. D. BEAL ORGANIZES CREOSOTING COMPANY F. I). Ileal, who for a number of years was managor of the St. Helens Croosoting Company, has organized nnd is at tho head of a new com pany, the General Wood Preserving Company of San Francisco. A tract of fifty acrc3 has been secured at Hay Point on tho upper nrm of San ! t'ranclsco bey, where tho plant will 1 bo erected. The new company will ' inalio a cpeclalty of rallroid ma lerlal. Mr. Ileal Is well known In : ft. Helens and IiIb friends wish hlr.i , success In his new venture. GUN CLUB SCORES I Tho following scores were made Sunday, September 24: Targets i Kolly 60 ) George 60 i liallagh 60 Van Orshoven 60 Broke 36 ; 46 44 36 For the next few weeks the club will do much better shooting as the pheasant season opens on October 1st and these gun enthusiasts will be in tho Held. ADJUDGED INSANE Mrs. Sarah Weatheiiy, a former resident of Columbia City but recent ly residing in St. Helens, was ad judged Insane by Drs. Edwin Ross and A. J. Peel Tuesday. An attend ant from the state Insano asylum at Salem came down and took the un fortunate woman to Salem Wednes day morning. REBEKAHS CELEBRATE 56TH ANNIVERSARY Tho St. Helena Rebekah lodgo No 117 celebrated Us fifty-sixth anniver sary last Thursday night with a spe cial musical program and luncheon Queen Esther lodge of West St. Hel ens, as well as tho Odd Fellows of West St. Helens nnd St. Helens were invited guests. After the regular session of the lodge a very interest lug program was rendered, consist Ing of solos, musical selections and readings. A nice lunch was served in the banquet room of tho lodge building. ANOTHER DISTRICT ATTORNEY CANDIDATE Petitions have been circulated In Columbia county during the past week and freely signed, asking the secretary of state to place on the of- flclal ballot the name of J. W. Day as Independent candidato for district attorney of Columbia county. The petitions, the Mist understands, have been forwarded to the secretary of stato and Mr. Day'B name will appear on the official ballot. Mr. Day's op ponent Is Glen R. Mctsker, the regu lar republican nominee. WINS MIST PRIZE FOR PRETTIEST BABY In addition to the prizes offered by tho fair board at the baby show, the Mist offered a prize for the pret tiest baby not ovor nine months of ago. The Judges of the bIiow award ed this prize to Thompson Ellis White, the six months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Chns. White of Vest St. Helens. The Mist Is perfectly willing to abido by the decision of the judges. Tom White Is claiming some of the honor because his nephew was named after htm, but wo can find no ono willing to concede that this hud anything to do with it. TENNIS CLUB BEATS CHAMPIONS Interesting Tennis Match I'layed Sun day Ht. Helens Shows Supcriority This week the St. Helens tennis team met the classiest sat of players that ever visited the city, and won ev-iry match played except three. Eugene Steimetz, Lnurelhurst singles ind doubles champion, MIes Sinclair with Mr. Stclmetz, Laurclhurst mixed doubles champion, Miss Irene Camp boll, twice Oregon state champion ind winner of Murraymoad tourna ment, and Mr. Roinhold, another clever player, came down from Port land by auto, arriving about noon. The rest of tho day was spent on the courts In the most interesting series .if matches held this season. Miss Adams nnd Miss Slotboom won a most exciting match from Miss Campbell and Miss Sinclair In straight nets, 6-4, 7-5. Rutherford and Turner won from Stolnmctz and Roinhold in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. Miss Addle Adams then played Mies Campbell, and, to the surprise of everybody, won two sots straight, 6-4, 6-1. While Mtcs Campbell was not playing up to her usual form, yet It was a very Interesting match ind wus enjoyed by the large gallery. Rutherford end Miss Slotboom won from Stelmetz and Miss Sinclair, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Turner and Mias Adams beat Reln ,iold end Miss Campbell two sets. Stelmetz and Relnhold won from Sten and Bjorkman in straight sets. Reinhold beat Turner in an inter esting three set match of singles. Reinhold beat Bjorkman in a two ;et match. Rutherford won one set from Stel metz when darkness stopped the play. As the result of the several matches played this soason the St. lelens club is getting a good repu- ation for consistent playing and is iow considered one of the best In ho state outside of Portland. Tho high school students are get- In g interested and some fine players ,ro being developed. A cup has been offered but no other high school In bo county will compete for it with 5t. Helens high. WINS FIRST PRIZE IN STATE CONTEST Miss Goldie Hattan, a graduate of the St. Helens high school In 1916 was recently notified that she had been awarded the state prize in the hygienic essay contest, conducted by tlio state W. C. T. U: In the schools of Oregon. Last April nearly all the high schools of the state sent essays, dls ussing some aspect of the prohibi tion question, to the Portland office of Mrs. G. L. Buland, superintendent cf temperance instruction. The honor conferred upon Miss Hattan is no small one, since Mrs. Bulnnd states in her congratulatory tottor that the essays in 1916 were of a higher order of excellonce, both In scientific research and compost lion, than those in former years. Tho first prize of $25 and a loving cup will be presented to Miss Hattan at the state convention of the W. C, T. U. GOES ON VACATION TO BRITISH COLUMBIA Judge John Philip left Sunday morning for a two weeks visit with his son Alex, at Alta Lake, British Columbia, which Is about 80 mile from Vancouver and is one of the highest points on the famous old "Caribou" trail. Wild game Is plenti ful in this region, and the judgo stated that ho expected to bag sev Tiral bear and deer, and If the cus tom authorities would permit It, would remember his St. Helen friends. Judge Philip's son Is charge of a hotel there, so it Is quite probable that he will have "all the comforts of home" while rusticating In the mountains of British Col urn bla. Tho county court has had the loose racks removed from tho road at the DeSpain hill. It Is an Improvement which Is much appreciated by the traveling public. i . ROAD EXPENDITURES FOR MONTH OF AUGUST N FIGURES $38,217.19 Statement of tlie Outlay of Funds and on What Account. According to the published report the county court's proceedings. hlch were given In last week's MiBt, Coll umbia county opent a considerable amount of money during the month August. The road funds, of course. came In for the heaviest draft on the public funds, as the following will show. The amount given included both labor and supplies, but does not include the cost of surveying, super visor's salaries and many other Items which are paid by the general fund. According to the amount expended, Columbia county must be making good progress In road building. Road DIst. No. 1 1 4.311.39 Road Dist. No. 2 6,650.46 Road Dist. No. 3 4,184.44 Road Dist. No. 4 K nio oi Road Dist. No. 5 5!oi3!8 Road Dist. No. 6 3,639.33 Road Dist. No. 7 4.011.10 Total $32,828.91 Figuring 26 working days oer month, we can see that we are spend ing at the rate of $1,200 per day on the roads. In addition to the above amount, $703.75 was paid from the , general fund and $370.31 was spent out of the special fund of District No. 7, which brings the total road expenditure for August to $34,000, round figures. The amount charged gainst the general fund aggregated 4,300. Of this amount $1,674.15 cherged to roads and highways and .Included-surveying,' road super--" visors' salaries, etc. It cost the coun ty $890.09 to look after the care of the poor. The amount shown as expended in the general fund does not Inctude the salaries of the coun ty officials, which, exclusive of the county judge, tho commissioners and the school superintendent, amounted to $1,128.99. The salary of a county commissioner is $5 per day and his expenses. Commissioner Weed drew from the county coffers the tidy sum of $71, and Harvey not to be out done by his colleague, took $111.44 of the county's "kale." The amount paid the road supervisors is as fol lows: D. McKay, Dist. 1 S 98.00 Elon Felton, Dist. 2 108.60 B. J. Keelan, Dist. 3 84.00 R. N. Lovelace, Dist. 4 91.00 F. A. Burnham, Dist. 5 89.25 E. T. Wallace, Dist. 6 43.76 B. Mills, Dist. 7 94.50 Total salaries ....$601.00 A few more interesting items can be gleaned by a careful perusal of tlie" county's statement. For instance, under surveying, we find we have spent $288.67, which bills are ap proved by the county survoyor, and in Mr. Farnsworth's department the expense runs up to $371.15. The total surveying expenso for August, therefore, totals $659.72. Another interesting Item is the auto hlro and supplies, and by total ing tho various amounts allowed by the court, we see that the "Joy wa gons" cost tho county $147.28 dur ing the month. Totaling the entire expense, it will look about like the following: Spent on roads $32,828.91 General fund exponses... . 4,259.29 salaries, etc. 1,128.99 Expensos for August . .$38,217.19 And to this If we wore to add the depreciation on tools, crushers, etc., tho expenso for the month will come very close to the $40,000 mark. Later on tho Mist will make a com parative statement for the past five years, and see how much more we are spending each month. OPEN SEASON . FOR PHEASANTS The open season for Chinese pheasants begins Sunday, and the woods and Holds will be full of hunt ers before sunup. Tho bag limit for one day Is five, and as deputy war dens will be quite numerous it will be well for hunters to observe the law. Birds loft at this office will be duly acknowledged.