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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1916)
pRestoed Republicans in Columbia County Mean 3,000 Votes for Hugo es 1 m -71 MTV dill. J1 'orkWi I tin i d In 04 i hi, -J lOLUME XXXV. IAUZAT10N BOARD MAKES REDUCTION lbltJ OUNTY VALUES LOWER LnJ Grunt Petition of lluiidrl At ill laul meeting the board of nilliutlon, etliiK on petition from indrocls of tuxpuyors in the county udea flat reduction of 25 ptir cent llm assessed valuation of Colum muuiy. Thn vuluntton In 1916 ui $15,087,1)25. mid ly tlilu re ;ctln llm taxable properly tor the n 1916 In $10,646,660. In this liter mnouiit U not Included tlir ligations of tin) pulillc service utlli Utlie vuluu of which Id fixed by the lite board, nor some $200,000 of nonal property. The figure, as suitor lllnkoslcy bus tliem, are iIIowh: rru oi uiiuiiio mnii. 113.064; value t 2,910,815 -rea non tlllalile Unit, 106,755; value 5,312.940 iproveineiits on deeded or patented lunda. . . . 428,980 530.370 U'd and city lot .... aproveineiits on Ha mo. 612.400 Minx rullrond and rolllnK Mock 240,580 Iramboats, inuchlnnry, etc 318,075 105,015 20,036 6,385 62,666 rchnndhe und stock In trade 'arming luiplenientii, wnxoiia, etc , tea and accounts ires of itock Jtrl and office furni ture 7.010 (4.240 108.346 2.080 3,680 19,306 irea, 1,797 iltle, 7,140 uti, 1,374 Ine, 1,025 utoa and motorcycles . . Total $10,645,600 In thn Item "logging railroads," It lnuld lie home In mind that several : llm county's logging railroads are firsed us common curriers and as iwi by the state, so those are not iluiled In the amount riven, neither to the railroads anil public service llllles. ImhI year these concerns reassessed on a basis of $2,120,- .'-j, and should tliolr assessment he par what It was then the total vulu- piun of the county's tuxuhlo prop er will ho In the neighborhood of Hve millions of dollars. ANNERY BUSY CANNING APPLES L. Hohasco, manager of the Col- mWa Itlver Conning & Produce '""pony, Informs us tliut during the t ton days he has canned about 'urteeii tons of apples. He has or- rs for two carloads of this fruit, Idcli Is being packed In quart cans. Wle the rout rush of the cunning on Is almost over, the cannery employs some 35 people and Ib lux the produce of the farmers as mes In. Mr. Uohuhco states that 0111 ue more apples than are lie s' delivered and will pay the top ivkot price. The cannery bus an orderfor ton 'floods of potatoes, and during the ' week has shipped several cars, lul the car shortugo Is Interfering nouKly with the shipments, as Mr. uiwsco states It Is almost Impossible 8t curs when the shipments are wdy. GOVERNMENT MAKING IMPROVEMENTS HERE Tho United States government fedge Wahkiakum Is now engaged " uepcnnK the channel at the St. Nns Jetty. i,iHt Rcrnsa the river. flie high water of June caused a con- '""ruble deposit of sand, etc., at the Mu"w and narrow places of the '""'tiol, and the dredge Is now re- pvlag this Bottlomont and pumping 1 1,1 Hie nenrhy tldolanils. Another Imorovenioiit contom- f,lalnl and on which work will sturt " tile next few 1nv U llm rteenen. "K and widening of the chnnnol "'"I the St. Helens docks to the inn 111 fliannol of the river. At the present "w atngo Qf water the rlvor boats 'Ve to to down rlvor n mnulilnrnllla pistiuice hofore making the turn to rMIB to St. Helena, and UDon the f(,"iletlon cf tho proposed Improve- E"i they can come straight across rm the lower end of Sauvlos iHlund 10 '8 St. Holens docks. OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY CLATSKANIE WINS FROM ST. HELENS GAME HARD FOUGHT wH.ni i.,r me MM l,y Official - . . . High Heliool RMr(er. iiccKer wins toss up. McKlel kicked off and Luke returned 25 yardH. (iatttkunlo Intorcoptcd for ward puns. Three llrst down made on Hun bucks and forward passes and bull Is on two-yard line. Heeler recovered fumhlo and run 98 yards for touchdown hut umpire declurcd offiilile on St. Helens and Clatskanl makes touchdown. McKlel fulled to kick goal. Decker returned McKlol's klckofi 30 yr.rds. 8t. llc;lons inukes three auccoiwlvo downs. HI. Helens loses bull ou downs. Chitskunle mukci two downs. First quarter endj with bell in middle of Hold I lal, k.inlo loses bull on downs. Ht. nolens makes touchdown by lino bucks und forward pp.us, Decker cor rylim bull lor right yards for touch down. Docker kicked off end Docker returned ball five yards. St. Helens mrkes big yardage but end of the li.-.lf prevents score. Hcoro 6 to 6. Walker kicked off and riutskunlc roturnej bull 15 y:rdn. Ily- lino bucks and pushes Cln'.Hkunlo mukei touchdown and kicks go:.l. Dr.ll Is bucked up and down Held with nolthor teum making yarduxe. (lame ends with ball In center of field .Score, (iatskaiiie 13, St. Helens 6 Hi. Helens will play HufritefTil Uiat city ThMrsdiiy. j BIG POLITICAL MEET- ING FOR ST. HELENS All Candidate of Karl) Party to II Heard. A political meeting such as seldom occurs will be held at the city hall Wednesdny evening, November 1, at o'clock. The presidential candi dates of each pi-.rty will be repre sented and all of the candidates for on nty offices are expected to be pres ent and Htute their reasons for ex pecting the sulTraKe of the voters. Another strange tiling about this big political meeting Is that It Is to be held under the auspices of the Guild of the Kplscopnl church, and the meeting will bo culled a "Pan Roust." Prom the program outlined, some of the candidates will be punned, ovou If they are not rousted. Vari ous well known amateur stage cel ebrities will take the part of those candidates who find it Impossible to bo present. After the "pan roust" or "punning roust" whichever one wishes to cull It, the Indies of the Guild will serve lunch at very reasonable prices. The admission to the show Is 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. If you want to hear the various politi cal Ideas of the campaign expressed Intelligently, be sure to attend. Re member the curtain goes up at 8 o'clock sharp. DAUGHTERS OF POCA HONTAS ENTERTAINED Mllllcoma Council No. 23 of Scap poose, Dnughtors of Pocahontas, were entertained at a luncheon Wednesday by Mrs. A. S. Harrison at her St, Helens residence. Covers for slxtoon were laid and the favon were papoose In pink and white canoes. The decorations wero pink und while und palm ferns. Mr. G. A. Pints, doputy great sachem of the I. O. It. M., was toastmaster. The guests wore brought from ScappooB by automobiles. All those present hud a delightful time and are think ing of organising an auxiliary coun cil In St. Helens. Mrs. Mary Roy assisted tho hostess In tho entertain ment of the guests. . ' CARD OF THANKS We hereby return our heartfelt thanks to the many friends who so kindly assisted us In the sickness, doath and burial of our loved one. Whon like affliction comes to thorn, If It is not In our power to aid, may other hands as thoughtfut minister to their wants. MRS. WM. ROSS AND FAMILY. ST, HELENS, OREGON, WARREN TAXPAYERS HOLD BIG MEETING H. A. LEWIS ENDORSED McuNures on Itullot Given Consideration. Much me warren Taxpayers' League held an Important and enthusluatU meeting lust Saturday at Erickson's ha!'. In Warren. About seventy peo (lie wero present. Chairman l.uud presided und Oscar Erlckson per lorineii tne duties of secretary. The meeting was culled for the purpose or discussing the coming election ihn Illness of candidates for office nd the several important measures joining before the people. W. J. Fullcrton spoke at some length on tho adoption of the tax limitation amendment and urged lilb lieu,ers to vote in favor of this meas ure. The single tux amendment of Oregon' famous agitator, Mr. U'Ren, came in for Its share of discussion '.nd from the trend of thought It was plainly seen that Mr. U'Ren didn't have muny sympathizers In Warren. Mr. Fullerton spoke in favor of II. A. Lewis for Joint senator and stuted thut C. E. Sponce, master of the Ore gon grauges, hud endorsed the candi dacy of Mr. Lewis. Others spoke in favor of Mr. Lewis, and the meeting gave this candidato Its endorsement. No other candidates were endorsed, though several were mentioned and their records brought to the atten tion of the meeting. Tl was the genere.l consensus of tho nwtlng that the tavs of the county were entirety too high and that a reduction should be demand- ;d. . . Tho Warren Taxpayers' League was organized some time ago for the purpose of discussing measures and conditions which might benefit the community and county, and it has been very active in this direction. The league Is composed of Warren's most substantial citizens, and they work together for anything which is of community benoflt. Several short talks were made dur ing the evening by Messrs. Lund, Carlson, Erlckson, Lnrscn and others and the meeting adjourned about 11 o'clock. COUNCIL HOLDS BRIEF SESSION Fire Chief Submit KeMrt Relative to I'se of Apparatus. The city council, met In regular session Monday night, E. I. Uallagh, president of the council, presiding. Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. D. D. Mowrey made application for a building permit to alter the interior of the Harris building on tho Strand. Fire Chief Watkino submitted a written report relative to the use of fire apparatus and services at the recent barn lire near Scappoose. The council adopted the report and or dered the recorder to send a bill to Frank L. Smith In the sum of $119.34 for use of apparatus and damage thereto. Complaint having been made that the large boats tie up at the munici pal dock at night, thus keeping the smaller boats from landing, the mar shal was instructed to have signs placed, warning such boats not to tie up over night. Councilman White brought up the mattor of a tower for drying and carelng for fire hose. On motion the mutter was referred to Mr. White with power to act. ' The council agreed that the regu lar meetings should, from now on, bo held at 7:30 p. m. Tho council then adjourned. .The state game commission has agreed to send two crates, containing 100 young Chinese pheasants to Col umbia county. They will be shipped to tho St. Helens Rod and Gun Club, and that club will see that they are distributed in several places near St. Holons. Some of them will be turned Iooko on the Muckle ranch, Washing ton Muckle having kindly volunteered to feed them during the winter. The birds will be shipped from the state's farm at Corvallls. PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1916 COLUMBIA COUNTY ROAD MATTERS REPORT OF WORK DONE ;;i-ulliit, MurudaniJ.liiK and Itrhlge Work. From the information and figures lubmltted below, the taxpayers In the ounty can see that considerable work n thn county's highways has been lono this year. The information ilvcn Is practically up to the present .late and embraces all of the road Jlstrlcts in the county. The Mist .o M llko to give all the details but .pace this week is lacking. In Road '.ilatrict No. 1, 23,000 lineul feet of ;ruding, 12,600 foct of macadam, -nd 3,027 feet of hard surfacing have ueen done. Most of the grading har. been done on the Frlnk road and five woodon bridges have been construct ed on this road. A summary is, hard -surfacing, .65 miles; grading, 4.35 miles, and macadam, 2.39 miles. In District No. 2, 21,900 lineal feet of grading und 20,300 of mac adam have boon done. There has been 19,000 feet of macadam placed on the Trsnholm road and most of the balance on the Portlund-St. Hel ens road. Tho summary is, grad ing, 4.15 miles, and macadam, 4.98 miles. In District No. 3 tho bu miliar y shows 25,160 lineal feet of grading and 24,600 lineal feet of macadam. Reduced to miles, it is, grading, 4.76 miles, and macadam, 4.65 miles. The heaviest part of the woik was on 'Jlovcr Hill Farm to Tide creek road, whero 9,000 lineal feet of both mac- adum and grading has been done. District No. 4 has 17,200 feet of grading; 13,100 feet of macadam, and 8,800 feet of clearing and grub bing. The A. L. West and Jos. Hack- cnberg roads come in for the greater portion of the work. The summary miles grading, 3.26; macadam, 2.48. There is a reinforced concrete culvert at Rainier and concrete abut ments at Delena. Much work haa been done in Dis trict No. 6. On the Marshland road alono 15,000 lineal feet of macadam has been placed. Tho Clatukanio Heights and LlndUorg roads liavf also had much work. The figures are lineal feet grading, 14,200; lin eal feet macadam, 20,100. Reduced to miles: Grading, 2.70; macadam, 3.81. Concrete abutments and wood en bridge at Hazel Grove. Also clear ing away slides at estimated cost of $6,000. In the Nelialcm country. District No. 6, the Lower Nehalem und Upper Nehalem roads have both been Improved. Miles of grading, 3.03; miles or macadam, 3.03. In District No. 7 the Rock Creek road has come in for a good share of the work. There has been 10,700 feet of this road graded. Much work has also been done on the Upper Ne halem road. Tho figures are: Lineal feet of grading, 25,850; macadam, 6,000. All of the latter was done on the upper road. A new steel bridge has been built at Vernonia, and a wooden bridge at Trageser place. Summarizing the whole work we find these totals: Total miles graded 27.16 Total miles macadamized .... 22.28 Total miles hard surface 65 Much work is being done on the Trenholm road and reports from a resident of that locality yesterday aro to tho effect that Supervisor Felton Is making rapid progress rocking and rolling on the hill leadtng doWn to Trenholm, und with a few more days of good weather the road to that point will be about completed. In a subsequent issue of the Mist figures showing the cost of each of those roads will be given, which in formation will he of interest to the taxpayers of the county. M. O. Evans, Jr., assistant state leader of the cxtonsion service in the department of agriculture at, the O. A. C, Corvallls, was a visitor in St. Helens Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Evans, in the Interest of the state Institution, is trying to make ar rangements where a farming expert can be located In Columbia county and co-operate with the farmers In the raising and disposition of the farm products. ANNUAL INSTITUTE HELD IN RAINIER TODAY IS LAST DAY Many Teacher in Attendance (ilvo Good Program. Bll'l The Columbia County Annual Teachers' Institute was opened at Rainier and is attended by teachers from all parts of the county as well ib many visitors. Quite a few from ht. Helens are In attendance. The institute opened with an invocation ny Hev. A. S. Mulligan. Music, ad dresses and topics of interest were the features of the first two day3, and a reception to the teachers at the gymnasium Wednesday night was well attended and much enjoyed. The program for today is as follows: I'riduy Morninx 9:00 General Assembly Invoca tion Rev. A. S. Mulligan 9:10 General Assembly Cornet Solo Loyd W. Schisler 9:20 Subject Selected J. A. Churchill 10; 00 Recess. 10:20 Departments General Assembly "Black boards and Books". . . .Miss Fox Room 8 "Winds. Ocean Cur rents and Eclipses" A. D. Carpenter Room 10 Debating D. W. Wright 1 1 :00 Recess. 11:1 0 Departments General Assembly "Hearing or Reading a Story" Miss Fox Room 8 Subject Selected , M. S. Pittman Friday Afternoon School Officers' Meeting. 1:00 General Assembly ....Music 1:15 "Make tho Schol Serve the Whole Community" ' Earl Kilpatrick 2:00 Subject Selected J. A. Churchill 2:40 "Duties of a Director" M. S. Pittman 3:20 School Officers' Round Table Questions of vital importance af fecting every phase of school ac tivities will be discussed J. W. Allen 4:00 Dismissal. WILLIAM M. ROSS LAID TO REST SorrouinK Friends Puy Ijtst Tribute to Itexperted Citizen. In tho presence of hundreds of sor rowing friends, all that was mortal of tho lute William M. Ross was laid it rest Friday afternoon in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Warren. The fu neral services were held at the Meth odist church in this city. Rev. Mc F'ougal officiating, assisted by Rev. Hisey, Rev. Sandifur and Rev. Heist. Tho church was filled to overflowing and many wishing to pay a last trib uto to deceased were unable to gain admittance. The Masonic and Odd Fellow orders, of which Mr. Ross was a member, attended the services in a body, and tho services at the gravo were conducted by the Masons. The floral offerings were beautiful and numerous, and expressed the sympathy of his numerous friends. HON. W. C. HAWLEY WILL SPEAK HERE i City Hull Thursday Nlj?lit, Novem ber 2. Hon. W. C. Hawley, congressman from this district, will reach St. Hel ena Thursday afternoon and will speak at the city hall that night. Chairman Miller of the republican central committee is making pre parations to give the congressman a royal welcome. Hawley Is a forcible .nd logical speaker and his long ex perience In congress Is an assurance that he will give his hearers Im portant facts as to the government legislation of the past four years. A. Jensen, who for sometime has had a studio here, expects to locate at Fifth and Washington streets In Portland. He will leave St. Helens Novombor 1. His photo studio will he open until the night of October 31, und Mr. Jensen states that all doalting photographic work done should call before that time. Mr. Jonsen did most of the photographic work for the Industrial Edition of the Mist and his work received many ! (ompllmentB. The Mist regrets to seo him leave. NO. 45 COUNTY GRAND JURY MAKES THEIR REPORT SUBMIT THEIR VIEWS Advocate Abolishment of Koadmus ter's Office. To the Honorable Circuit Court of Columbia County, State of Oregon: We, your grand jury, beg leave to report as follows: That we have examined the sev eral cases of persons having been bound over by the justice courts in tho several districts of the county. Wo have also examined charges against other persons and individu als for the commission of misdemean ors to which our attention has been called, and have fully examined those several cases where we had cause to believe that a crime had actually been committed, and where we be lieved the good of tho community demanded an examination, all of which the several bills and indict ments, we have reported to your court. We have also examined into the case of one Velma Young, who la a person of feeble mind, who resides alono with her father, and wo find from the testimony, that we have had, that she is a person who should not bo allowed to remain alone, and act In company with some other fe male person, and we earnestly re commend that the county court of Columbia county will take immedi ate steps to have said Volma Young placed" in the Institution for feeble minded at Salem, Oregon. We have examined the various of fices occupied by the various officers of the cohnty, and we find they are all kept neat and orderly, and the bbilding appears to be in good condi tion. We also called at the office of the roadmaster, and we believe that this office is unnecessary, and therefore recommend that the office of road master be discontinued and the work now done by the roadmaster be trans ferred to the office of the county sur veyor. Wo also recommend that repairs be mado upon tho vault on the north side of tho basement of the court house, that ventilation may be se cured therein. We recommend, too, that a good and substantial table be placed in the grand jury room in tho basement of the courthouse. We, have also examined the poor farm nnd its surroundings. We have, however, no recommen dation to make. We having now completed the business before us we ask that we be discharged from further service at this time. . Dated at St. Helens, Oregon, this 17th day of October, 1916. OMER NICKERSON, Foreman. REPUBLICANS HEAR JUDGE CLEETON Judgo Thos. Cleeton, for many years a resident of Columbia county and now county judge of Multnomah county, addressed a larye audience at Watts & Price hall in Scappoose last nivht. The judge scored the democratic administration, showing where their policies were far from efficient and also that in the admin istration of the government affairs tho party had been most extrava gant. He asked the people to sup port the nominee of the republican party, Charles E. Hughes, who would carry out the policies of the grand old party. Judge Cleeton will speak tonight nt Warren, in Erickson's hall, and many from St. Helens are planning to go and hear his speech. SICK BOY'S CONDITION IS REPORTED BETTER Little Richard Tucker has been seriously 111 for the past ten days with pneumonia. His condition to day, however, is much improved and the attending physician holds out hopes for his recovery. The Blck boy la the son of Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Tucker. t ' ir 5 .' ' I 8' . k; ' .