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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1916)
i j Yo"1' Christmas Shopping Early, and Buy From Your Home Merchants msr. fc f I x Jh n OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOLUME XXXV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1916 MERCHANTS PREPARE FOP CHRISTMAS TKADE l-rK KliM'kn on IIiwmI l''rom Wliirli to MltMt N4UN'IIIIIIN. The ChrlHtiiinii Mplrlt la In the air ,nd ll St. Helen merchant have nut been Blow lo tnko advantage of II.' Tlio slogan "Shop early." Iiuh al ready brought nmny out of town peo ple, as well an tlio town people to the different shop whero they find hrlstmu gift on display. At Ta- twr'f Hi" show window ure tusteful ly decorated and contain a fine a lortnient of toy that will plitaHO any boy or girl. Next door, Von Gray, die Jeweler, him an elegant dbpluy of cut gins silverware and other irtlcles suitable for gift. Mason's, window h look uttractlve with a plon. did assortment of ClirUtmas candle, clurit mid confection. UoIiik on down the street we notice the Klee trlc Shop la preparing to give the prospective gift welter an opportun ity to buy fancy electric lamp, elec tric toaster and many othor beauti ful and useful electric appliance, while K. Constantlii haa on display towel rack, oap dlslio and other bathroom and household noceialtlca. The liuli'poiidi'nt Auto Co, and the City (iarago Invite you to mako your iuIo a ChrlHtmu gift of a tire, or olt'T auto acceiiiiorle. "Dirk for Duds" Iiuh a very attractive window dlnplay of wearing apparel that mon need, and Mucklu & Hon, acroa the street, ha a Blmtlnr display of good atid a window full of toy. The St. IMpik Hardware Company ha made display of air rlflua, knlve and other article which appeal to the hoy'n fancy, and Morguo ha a large line of toy and article that would he acceptable to both young or old. McDonald. Fred W'atkin and Eddie Wood have ChrlNtmaa candle and clKiir In great quantlts. Acroa the treet Jay iHMiiIng ha hi drug atore filled with ('hrlatma book, per fumes, tollt article, etc. The Itosun thai store I filled with a great a lortment of toy, doll, hand em broidery and a IhouHiwid other things Dial one wlahe for a present. The I'lazn I'harmncy haa an elegant line of stationery, toilet article and per fumeH, nml Hoe "Oh" Invite you to Inspect tlio itock, K. A. lies Iiuh on illxplay dining tahleu, chair and furniture which lie think ono should buy fur Christ ni:.. He also hn plioiuiKraph and record. The gro cery stores, HarriBon'a, Hull', Peter son's and the Central Orocary tiro all to. ked up with the ChrUtmu deli cacies one neod. and the market of Sonneland, Gcorgo and Hay Morton will lie In a portion to illl order for turkey, fowl and meat for the Christum dinner. Tho Wost St. Hel en more, Williams & Son and Klb Iuii'h, havo a great assortment of Roods Huggeating the Chrlatmas time which ure aultalilo and useful pres ents, and tho two bakeries wil have mince pieB, fruit cake and other Kood things. After looking tho wholo town over, wo are convinced that anyone wlsh 1'iK to buy Christmas preaont can fld a groat variety right in St. Hel ena, anil the home merchant must havo had tills In mind, for they have assembled a great allowing of useful well a ornamental article. Iook over the stock of tho home mer chants before going elsewhere. PARCEL POST SALE IS BIG SUCCESS The Ladles' Aid Society of the Methodist church bold a parcel poBt milo and dinner In the basement of the Mothodist church Tuesday aftor hoon. There was a large crown In altnndunce and a nice sum was real ized which will be expended for buy ing silverware and other necessary nrticlos for the church dining room. Mrs. Minnie Doleshul bad charge of lb" parcel post table, Mr. Huber llukesley presided over the toa de partment and Mrs. Flora Owen wa In charge of the fancy work table. The Mist office Is Indebted ,to the ladle of tho Aid Socloty for ome foal nice refreshments which came In vory handily while the devil and "ther office employes were up to Iholr necks In work. However, they Paused long enough to dispose of the sandwiches, co (Toe and cake which was so kindly brought them EDWARD BOULBY SERIOUSLY INJURED ..!.,. k.,.,. l ulU Over ltl..rf-lH Now in IIiihiIIhI Kdwurd Itoulhy, an employe of the St. Helens Lumber Company, had a nunow escupu from death early Krl diiy morning. When going to work In tho darkness of the curly morn, he missed the right trail and took the ono lnudlng to tho Columbia Con tract Company' quarry. The trail ends abruptly at the edge of a high bluff, anil over this bluff Itoulhy plunged. Fortunately In tils descent ho hit a ledge which broko hi full, otherwise hn probably would have been Instantly killed. Men going to work In the quurry heard Ills crl unil lit) was Immedi ately taken to a doctor and later In the morning sent to a Portland hos pital, where he will probably be for several months. Ill left arm was dislocated, his face and head cut and bruised and he also sustained a bro ken pelvis. At last reports from tho hoHpitui ho was said to ho getting along a well a could he expected under the circumstance. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES All student of the S. H. H. S. gladly returned to their audio after the Welcome Thanksgiving holiday. The football gamo which was played November 30 between the S. II. II. 8. and the K. E. D. boy of Or-Jgon City resulted, of course, in a victory for St. Helen, the score be ing 28 to 12. Mr. Heeler, formerly of the S. II. II. S. and a star football player, ho gone buck to Wurren. Ho will be mt.ised greatly by the students. Mis Adelaide Adams has beeu en douvorlug to start a girl' basketball team, but without apparent success. Gt busy, girls, we want 8'.. Helens to keep up with the other schools o( Columbia county. Tho pianist for this week Is Miss Helen White. """The members of the Girl' Literary Society enjoyed a very pleasant eve- n In k In the aasembly hull Wednesday, November 29. Kuch member came dressed lo represent one of "ye olden , tymo" New Kuglunders. Many ap-1 proprlale games were played and re - freshments consisting of cider and pumpkin pie were served. This enter prising society bus many plum tor the school year, and Its members mean to carry them out. The hoys who attended .the Hoys' Conference at Corvallls have returned to school. They will give their re ports Krlduy morning. Mason Dlllurd, the firBt to return from the conference, came directly to the schoolhoiise. We certulnly were n't aware that school possessed such charms for him. It might possibly be that the charm doesn't lie in the school, but in one of the Btudonts. Somewhere between Corvallls and St. Helens, Mr. limy uoaii, ine brnwny as well as brainy Boph, was lout on his wuy from the conference. It wns feared that some kindly per son hud kidnapped him for a watch churin. However, nil our fears were dispelled when Mr. Dodd nppoared on the scene Wednesday morning. His ever-smlllng countenance show he was not mistreated In any way. CITIZENS NOMINATE ANOTHER TICKET Primary Cholco for Mayor Meets With Disfavor hi Astoria. It BeomB that the selection of F. C. Hurley at the recent primary In Astoria Is not to the liking of many of Astoria's cltizons, for they hold a mass meeting several days ago and nomlnnted Geo. Hyland to oppose the regular nominee. The supporters of Hylaud claim that while there are 4,000 registered voter In Astoria, loss tbun 50 per cent of them went to the polls, therefore they claim thov are Justified In nominating an other candidate. Mr. Hyland has been a resident of ABtorla for some time und Is a highly respected cltl sien. The election will be held dur ing the coming week and a hot fight Is oxpected, with the chance that Hylund will be elected. CREAMERY ASSN. HAS ALL DAY SESSION S.,Hkl..,ld,1( Families Knto.iai,, anil Have (Jet-Together Meeting. The llrst annual meeting of the ;tock holder of the St. Holen Co operative Creamery Association was held Saturday. It was an all day ii.'islon which was participated in by the stockholders, their families and guests. After routine affairs hud been disposed of, a bountiful dinner was served in Guild hall. After din ner rpeeches were heard, the mayor making a short address of welcome aid congratulation and Hon. M. E. Miller responding for the associa--lon. J. I). Micklo gave a humorous reading, and the morning program ;Ioscd with a few remark by Presi dent Tarboll. The afternoon session was held In he city hall. The Warren Boy' Or chestra gave sevcrul excellent selec .Ioiib, and speeches were made by State Dairy Commissioner Mickle, Prof. Kltts of the Oregon Agricultu ral College and G. E. Freebort, man ager of the Dairymen's Exchange in Portland. The officers and stockholder were well pleased with the day' enter tainment, and each left with the firm conviction that the co-operative creamery I all of the succoss which thoy expected. While not officially advlstd, the Mist learns from an authoritative source that the firBt year's earning will permit the dis tribution of an 8 per cent dividend to the stockholders. For the first year's operation, this Is a remarkably good record, and with "St. Helens Ilest" continually gaining popularity on account of its excellence, the rec ord for the coming year will un doubtedly show .a, gain over the flrBt year's business. BEAVER TRAPPERS ARE ARRESTED Deputy (lame Warden Brown Itringn lw Violator to Time. Acting upon a tip received from parties at West port, Deputy Game Warden llrown and Sheriff Stanwood nmde a visit to Kerry station Wednes- day. where they arrested Edward Gay mj Did Harris and charged them wln trapping and having skins of fur-bearing animals In their posses- hIoii. ' When Deputy Hrown wished to search tho house, the men pro tested that there was nothing for which to search, but Brown persisted and discovered 41 lino beaver hides hidden in a dry goods box in the bedroom of the house. He Immedi ately placed the men under arrest and he and the sheriff brought them tc St. Helens Wednesday night and placed thorn iu jail. Mr. Hrown counted the skins before several peo ple, packed them and then shipped them to the office of the state game warden In Portland. The value of the skins Is In the neighborhood of MOO, as several of them were very line. The preliminary trial will prob ably bo held today before Justice of the Peace Phillip. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY Saturday night, about 12 o'clock, Mrs. Stono, who lives In Columbia Park addition, was awakenod by a noise at the window of her bedroom She wntchod for a few moments and saw a man trying to break tho fust enlngs.'so she screamed for help, and from all reports screamed loudly, for neighbors were awakened and saw the man leaving post haste across the low lund just back of her house. The case is being investigated but as yet no clue ha been found. SCHOOL CHILDREN TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT The school children of the grades will give an entertainment at the city hall Friday evening, December 15. Each grade will give some little nlaylet and entertaining numbers, The High School Glee Club and the quartet will uIbo assist In the pro gram. The funds raised by tne enier tulnment will be used to purchase additional books for the school li brary. The admission 1 10 and zb 'cents. PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL Itoutlno Matters Tufeen I'p and Monthly Kxpemte Hills Allowed In their first meeting of the month the city council was engaged with the following mutters as per minutes of Recorder Quick. All members present except E. I. Uullugh. Minutes of the luBt regular meet ing were read and approved. The mayor reported that the roof of the city hall had been repaired. John Philip, who had been noti fied about the Btone blocks in the city rock quarry, reported that he had sold about 17,000 blocks and would pay the city the royalty for them dur ing the present month, which was agreed to by the council. Councilman Allen reported that the sidewalks in front of the A. T. Laws property and the Sunset Club property had not been completed yet. It was decided that the same be at tended to as soon as possible. In the matter of the proposed poultry show to be held in the city hall, after discussion of tho matter it was decided that the hall be not used for that purpose. The city marshal was instructed to keep the streets and crossings as clean as possible under preent condi tions of the weather; also to look after defective cidewalks; also to have charge of the renting .of the city hall and cleaning of the same; also to 'post notices of warning in the city rock quarry. Councilman White reported that parties living beyond the Milton creek bridge, in West St. Helens, had spoken to him about having the line of the street or road established so that they could, build some side' walk, it appearing that there was no street laid out and that It was a county road. Councilman White was Instructed to refer them to the coun 'y court for an adjustment of the mutter. The question of improving the Ureet or road west of the railway depot was taken up and discussed and it was decided that nothing bo lone nt the present time, until the county court had made a proper fill In the road near the railroad cross In t;. In the matter of the city budget the same was discussed but no action aken tlieroon. The recorder was instructed to fur nlsli tho marshal with a list of pool hall Itcanses and picturo show li censes now due the city. A statement was received from A W. Mueller, claiming that the clt had used his barn at West St. Helens fo,' eleven, months, and asked the council to pay him what they thought was right for the use of the same. A motion was made und carried that he be allowed 25 per cent of the re cetpts for pound fees, collected at West St. Helens, amounting to the sum of $2, and that the use of the barn be discontinued. Claim- against the city to the iniouut of $81. 20 were allowed. No further business appearing the council adjourned. ASPIRANTS FOR JOB OF ROAD SUPERVISOR The job of road supervisor for this district is wanted by several parties. Petitions are being circulated asking the county court to appoint. U. S. DeSpain, formerly road supervisor, und the friends of Elon Felton, the present Incumbent, aro busy with petitions In his behalf. The Mist understands that several others are applicants for this job and while no petitions nre being circulated In their behalf the court will probably have their petitions before time of making tho appointment, which is set for the first meeting the court has in January, 1917. A piece of timber measuring 24x ii iniinn nnH ill feet inn was sent out of tho mill Thursday. The board measure of this big stick is more noon of November 22 at tho shlp thnn 5.000 feet. It Is for a ship ynrd, died at a Portland hospital irttunn unit will he slilDocd to Sail Francisco for use In the building of a Bteam schooner. It Is stated thntjles. Mlkkonen was about 24 years this Is the largest piece of timber j of age and leaves a wife, who lives ever turned out by the mill. 1n St. Helens. PRESIDENT TARBELL TENDERS RESIGNATION Will .No Ijonxer Be Head of Columbia County Fuir Association. A. II. Tarboll, who lias so success fully conducted the affairs of the Columbia County Fair Association as its president, this week tendered his resignation to the county court., For tho past seven years Mr. Tarboll has been at the head of the fair and has seen it grow from a small grange fair to a county fair, one which ranks with the best in Oregon. Other busi ness matters coming up made it necessary for Mr. Tarbell to give up the active management of the fair, as he did not think he could do jus tice to bis private business and at the same time look after the many details incident to the conduct of the fair. As yet the county court has ap pointed no one to succeed Mr. Tar bell, although the appointment will bemade In the near future. ROLLER SKATING AT SUNSET GYM Tho Sunset Athletic Club Tuesday night inaugurated an amusement which no doubt will be appreciated and patronized by the public. From now on, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights, from 7:30 to 10 o'clock, their hall will be open for roller skating. The club plans, as soon as they get matters fairly under way, to offer prizes for the best skat ers and make some one night of the three a feature night. At present only, a piano is used to furnish the music, but it the patronage permits, every night or so, an orchestra will be engaged. The boys of the club hope to make their hall very attract ive and comfortable and assure the public of good floor management. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE AT CLATSKANIE The following is the program which has been arranged for the teachers' institute which wil be held in Clatskanie tomorrow: 1. Invocation ... Rov. H. F. Gelvin 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Demonstration In Spelling... Miss Nan Snow Demonstration In Reading. . Mm. George Conyers Club Work. .Miss Helen OowglU Biblical Recitation Kathlyn Murphy Number Work 3rd Grade. . Miss Bertha Lewison High School Double Quartette Subject Selected . . . .Mrs. Murphy (A Parent) Picture Study Mrs. Minute Trafser "What the Teacher Owes the Community" Miss Mary McGregor Subject Selected MrD. W.. Wight A History Assignment , Mrs. Elizabeth Irwin Development of L C. M. 5th Grade. .Miss Jennie Hays Manual Training Mr. Clarence Phillips "The Ideal Rural School".. Mr. James B. Dodson J. W. ALLEN', County Supt. of Schools, STEAMER UNDINE HAS A MISHAP The steamer Undine, while oppo site Warrior Rock lighthouse last Thursday morning, had the ml3 'ortune to blow out a cylinder head The cylinder itself wns also muc! damaged. Fortunntcly no one wos njured, and with the aid of a pass ing tow boat the steamer was brought to her berth at the Sheldon dock Temporary repairs were mado and 3I10 proceeded on her way to Astoria "on one engine." Purser Blanchard stated that word had been sant to the head office in Portland and the Lurline would be on tho regular run today and continue until repairs were mr.do to the Undine. DEATH RESULTS FROM INJURIES John Mlkkonen. the young man 1 who was so badly injured the after Monday. December 4. His back was j broken and he recelvod other injur COURT SUBMITS EXPENSE BUDGET Much Money Ite,uired to Run Coun ty 10 Mill Komi Ivy rroiHised. Elsewhere in this Issue of the Mist is published the Columbia coun ty budget for the ensuing year. As set forth in the published notice, the court has Bel December 30, at 1 p. m.. as the date and hour for a public hearing, which will be In the circuit court room, and many taXDavers from all over the county will be present. By glancing at tho general fund for roads and highways It will be noticed that $45,425 is set aside for this purpose. However, $30,000 of the amount is for sinking fund and interest on highway bonds and 9,000 Is estimated as surveying ex penses. As compared with the amount of road work, to be done, viz., $127,791, of which 25 per cent, or $31,947.73, goes Into tho general road fund for bridges, maintenance, etc., this amount seems a little ex cessive. Another item of Interest Is $5,000 for road supervisors, which, however, is only half of what is esti mated as necessary for the care of the poor, that amount being $9,800. After deducting for the bridge fund, it will be noticed that $98,843.27 Is left to be distributed among the vari ous road districts. Road District No. 10 has the smallest amount, viz., $2,587.05, while District No. 6 gets $16,882.80. As we understand the budget, it may be summarized as follows: For general fund ex penses $165,430.00 For road fund 127,791.00 Total to be raised $293,221.00 The court also estimates that about $8,000 will ho raised from clerk's fees, sheriff's fees, interest on bank deposits, etc., so that the total amount available, should the budget be ndcpted, will be in excess of $300, 000. Of this amount the county will have id tend to the state coffers about $40,000. These are only a few items of the budget. Read the whole article carefully co you will be well informed when ou come to the bud get meeting. For the convenience of those wanting , extra copies of tha proposed budget expenses, the Mist will run a few extra copies. Call at the office if you desire any of them. SHIPPING NEWS The vessels now In port are being" loaded by union longshoremen. The Columbia River Stevedoring Com pany has charge of the loading and the vessels are taking only union men to handle and store cargo. Mr. Scott, formerly of Portland, is hand ling the business at St. Helens for tho stevedoring company. The steamer J. B. Stetson arrived in Wednesday morning and Is taking on a cargo of 800,000 feet of mining timber for delivery at San Pedro. Captain Helleson reports a very rough passage up the coast. From the time he left San Francioco heavy weather was encountered and a high cross sea running. The vessel was heavily laden with cargo and her decks were awash a great part of the time. Some of the cargo was damaged, so the captain filed a pro test at the Portland custom house. The vessel will clear Saturday night. The steamer Klamath arrived in Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and proce3ded to the docks of the Columbia County Lumber Co. She dropped down to the lumber com pany's docks today and will finish her cargo of 1,000,000 feet of lumber here and Ball tonight for San Pedro and San Diego. Capt. Cullen reports a vory rough trip coming up the coast. Tho steamer Iaqua, with a cargo of 650,000 feet of lumber, left down river late Saturday night. Her des tination is San Pedro. The steamer Nehalem arrived In Monday morning, and after taking on 760,000 feet of lumber left for San Pedro Wednesday night. Shipping all along the coast was delayed by the storm of Saturday, Sunday and Monday. At Astoria there were five vessels barbound and about the same number at Grays Harbor. Several lives were lost at sea and damage done along the en tire northwest coast.