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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1916)
The St. Helens MigtWishes You a New Year of Prosperity and H VOLUME XXXVI. COUNCIL FIXES CITY TAX LEVY livjr of lU.tf MIIIh TlmuKlit to lle Norrwmtry for City KxxtnttfiN. Tho city council mot Saturday Dlflit. December 23, for the purpose of ioIiik ovor the city budget. Sev rl of the taxpayer of the city were present and offered suggostlons. After much dlHcusslon a vote wia uki'ii and It was unanimously car ried that the levy for the ensulna- CMr he llxod at 12.8 mill. The as- muted valuation of the city, accord ing to County Assessor Illakesley. Ii (137,230, and the public utilities, a Ml by the atate tax commission, la 153,125, making a total valuation of 890,355. The millage agreed on I raise about $8,900 for city ex- peoai'a, which la an Increaae of about 1(50 ovor the lnnt year. For the ukx of economy, the council re duced the aalary of the city attorney from $40 per month to $20 per month. When the voto aa to the levy ni put to the council the vote waa Allen, yea; White, yea; Muckle, yea; Ballugh, )'?. Whereupon the mayor Jeduri'd the motion carried. The council met again on Tuesday light, pursuant to a call of the nsyor. A roqueet having been made by the school board that they be al kiwcil to use the hall now occupied by tho library, the matter was taken up and discussed. It waa decided to allow the school the privilege of us ing tho room, they to pay the city ihe sum of $10 per month and also furnish their own fuel. As to the matter of a party or pari'.i turning In a false fire alarm the night of December 25, the coun r4ljyjr-.l on offering areward of $25 fur information leading to the ar rest und conviction of the guilty party or parties. Sovor.il other matters of minor lin parlance were taken ud and dla cuwed, but left ovor until next moot ing Thereupon council adjourned WOODMEN SELECT OFFICERS FOR YEAR At a recent meeting of 8t. Helens uip No. 10899, Modern Woodmen f America, the following were ae lcted as officers for the ensuing tear: Consul N. n. McCallum. Adviser H. K. Veazle. Clerk H. B. Lallare. Hunker E. A. Itoas. Kiicort J. W. Akin. Physicians Kdwln Komi and L. O. Watchman F. W. Christie. Sentry Edwin Hobs. TruMoe W. A. Levi. The Installation will be held next Wednesday night. Junuury 3. at the Odd follows hall, and the lodge ex tends a cordial Invitation to all niem- rs and visiting neighbors to be preront. The 8t. Helena lodge, though only few years old, bus a strong mem rhlp and plans are being made for , further Increase. It is probable Out ut some time In tho near future A lndgo will have a homo of their n. A UNIQUE CHRIST- MAS GREETING A party ot well known traveling "en, ull of whom are regular vIhU- r to St. Helens, Instruclod a con 'ectloiior at Astoria to send to each 'jf tho waitresses In a cortuln well ,wn hotel there a large box of nly is a Chrlstmno present. Tho ,rcetlng sent along with the cundy Is ".follows: "Here's tllnnklnir vml for tlia 'nnta' d - 'u hnvo brought ua, both good and ". una llutpnlng with patience to ur line of talk, both irnnd and hud. !"! Wlshlnff vnn jt Morrv rlirUlmn "J a Happj'Now Yoar during 1917." To signature! followed. BUDGET MEETING Tho COUntV huriiraf mnntlntr will eh 'll ho hold In the courthouse tomor row at L:30 l m nrnmlunii in ha a 'Bry Intorestlnir nvnnt Manv - Wrs from all over the county will 9 JrT nttttnlnA ..111 I,A eourt to explain why so much money ""be needed for the conduct of thi Wlllthl. .... ..... OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY TAXPAYERS' LEAGUE HAS SMALL MEETING IMrjcnteM to Htt Convention HHecU!. Are The Columbia County Taxpayers' tongue held Its meeting in the base meiit of the courthouse Wednesday On account of the bad weather there was only a small attendance. Vice President C, J. Larsen presided and Secretary W. J. Fullerton kent a rec Ord of the nroceeillnv Tho budget was gono ovor butNio definite action taken. Other mat ters of interest to the taxpayers at largo came up for discussiou but ac lion was postponed until the next meeting of the league, which will be at 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning, December 30. Ten new members were taken Into the league. Tho followl ni WArA eiociou uniegates to the state con vention which will be held In Salem January 26: J. G. Watts. C. J. Lar sen and W. J. Fullorton. The officers of the leuKue are es pecially desirous of a full attendance at the adjourned meeting Saturday morning, aa some definite program is to be outlined relative to Just what action the league will take In regard to the county budget. POULTRY SHOW IN ST. HELENS NOW ON Many Kxhlblta of line Poultry At- trsrU Inter-rut. The first poultry show of the Col umbia County Poultry end Pet Stock Association Is now on. The exhibits are In the carpenter shop next door to the Columbia County Bank, and the main show started this morning. Judge Myers, of Portland, an expert" Judge of poultry, will make the award of prizes. Some of the poultry which was on display at tho recent poultry show in Portland Is on exhibit here, and is attracting much Interest. Al ters Ilros. of Portland kindly fur nished the food for the many chick ens on display, a courtesy much ap preciated by the local association. The show will continue today and to morrow, and will doubtless be visit ed by many people interested In the poultry business. LETTERS AWARDED TO SCHOOL ATHLETES At a specir.1 mooting of the student body recently, letters wore awarded to the basketball and bnceball men of Inst year. Six basketball players re ceived S's, but none of the six are In school hero this year. They are: Lester Wellington, Raymond Deaver, Dulo Perry, Walter Zysott, Hoy Laws. and Hay Ilrouse. Tho letter men In baseball are: Ooorgo Walkor, Caly Htanwood. Edward Malmln. Law- ronco Duvles, Dale Perry, Albert Fax on, John McVey, John Southard. Dale Perry was the only one who earned a track lcttor, and thoso who wit nessed tho county truck meet will agree that ho suroly earnod It. ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER M. Murray, a resident of Rainier. was arrested Tuesday afternoon In Rainier, and charged with a sorious Infraction of the law. He became engaged In an altorcatlon with a Greek who runs a restaurant at that place and they came to blows. When the Greek was getting a little the best of tho fistic argument Murray drew a revolver and fired at his op ponent, the bullet from the 22 cali bre revolver making a little scratch on the fast-fleolng Oreok. Murray was arrested and placed under $2,000 bonds. 1Mb case will coino up be fore the grand Jury at Its next meet ing. CROSS-COUNTRY RUN TO BE HELD BY HIGH Tii a Mtiiilentu or the various classes niA nnw nrneltelnir for the inter-ClaSS cross-country relay to be Btagoa on tho afternoon Of the 22nd. Each class will oilier iuur ruiiuounti.i., , 1 1 . , n , t irnu qdcm l runnor to cover a distance of a half milo. TV. . miiipia urlllMl will Iia two ll I- I ....... 1. ha. tin liAAtl llflfl Lttelv selected at thla time. Thla rli. - Tf1 Qvani la a new one tor di. and should prove very Interesting. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1916 MASON'S STORE IS VISITED BY ROBBER Content of Cash Till Taken Hlm-iff Working on rase. Some time during Tuesday nltlit a thief entered Mason's confectionery and mude a nice little haul. All the change left in the cash till, which amounted to about $10. was annro- prlated by the visitor, but few of the articles of merchandise was molest od. Entrance was effected by break Ing the glass In the door to the kit chen and then unlocking .the door. neputy Sheriff Drown was early on (ho scene and. i making an investlga Hon. It la understood that lm h clew which will lead to the dis covery of the guilty party. St. Helens has been very fortun ite In having so few of these occur rences, and if the guilty party Is caught In all probability a heavy penalty will be inflicted as an object lesson to others who might have such notions In their cranlums. ST. HELENS BOY MAKES MONEY RAISING WHEAT L. S. (Hed) Hattan Is at home spending the holiday season with his father, Judge Hattan. Several years ago Mr. Hattan left St. Helens and wont to eastern Washington, where for a short while he was superinten dent of a large ranch. Later he thought he would go Into business for himself, so two years ago leased the ranch, and Wilbur Muckle be came associated with him. The ranch is near Connell, Wash., which Is in Franklin county and about 150 miles from Spokane. This year the boys had very good luck. They sold their wheat crop for $16,000 and still have. ibout one thousand bushels In stor age. After paying rent, wagos and all other expenses incidental to run ning a largo ranch, they had about $6,500 to divide Mr. Hattan plans to return to his anch January 10, as he has some ilfly head ot horses to look after. During his absence his two hired men are looking after matters, but Red thinks he should be back on the ranch. v Ills many friends in St. Hel ens are porlty. glad to hear of his pros- EYE WITNESS TO PORTLAND TRAGEDY Reese Hall was In the barber shop In the Morgan building Christmas morning when McCall killed his fel low harbor, Shaner, and was an eye witness to the whole affair. Reese states that while he didn't get out of the shop as fast as did the negro porter who McCall tried to kill, that nevertheless he didn't waste any time In leaving the place, and Incidentally forgot to wait for a shave. He says he waa not at all nervous, but was afruld some of the barbers might be, so he went unshavod. NEW EXTENSION TO WATER SYSTEM Chaa. Lope, auperlntendent of the St. Helens water board, has recently completod an extension to the sys tem which will be of great benefit to many ot Its patrons. The exten sion begins on Fir street, near the S. E. Smith residence, and runs east for a distance of 600 feet and then south 500 feet to a point near the county road, flie pipe Mr. Lope laid Is a 2-Inch pipe which he had for merly taken up from another section of the city and replaced a tt-lnch pipe which was inadequate to supply the several families on the tine. The extension cost In round figures about $300. SHIP HALTED BY TORPEDO BOAT The ochooner King Cyrus, under command of Captain Rosendahl, has recently urrlved at Grays Harbor, after a passabe of 117 days from Freomantle, Australia. In the Straits of Torres the vessel was halted by an Australian torpedo boat and was uiin r.'ii tin ran i . m 11 n wuit, luuiiu among the crew and tne vessel was , It U , UNO, Both tho vessel nl lowed to nrocecd and her captain aro well known in . St. .Holens, tho King Cyrus having beon here many times during tho past fow yoaru. PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY WAR VETERAN CELE BRATES 85TH BIRTHDAY Mr. William Cox CelebrateN II Im An niventury Tuewlay. Wlill.im Cox celebrated his 85th Mr irthduy anniversary last Tuosdav. December 26. Twonty-flve of his friends gathered at his residence to ongratulate him and wish him 'mnny happy returns of the day." Mr. Cox was born In England in 1831, and when but a young man he vanie to America, settling in Wiscon sin. At the outbreak of tho civil ar he enlisted in the 20th Wisconsin regiment and served his idopted country during those trying days. Nine years ago he and his wife Anna Cox, whom ho married in 1865 at the close of the war, came to St. Iolens, where they have since re siuuu ine guests Droueht manv presents for this venerable citizen. A bountiful repast was served and all had a moHt enjoyable evening. NEW LOGGING CAMP IS IN PROSPECT H. B. & A. Comitanv Plan t lUxrin Operations Near Yankton. The Holland, Brlggs & Avery Log :lng Company will, In the near fu ture, establish a large logging camp on Milton creek, a short distance from Yankton, provided they ca"n se cure right of way from several par ties who are now In controversy with them. Should the canm be estab lished It will give employment to at least 76 men, and will operate for somo time, the concern having large timber holdings In that vicinity. It Is planned to make an extension from Looman'a crpBalng. on thq UHelens uumner company's railroad, up Mil ton creek for a distance of about four miles. The end of the road will be near the Charles Wallace olae. where the company's timber Is lo cated. It Is understood that tho nnlv obstacle In the way at the present time, is the fact that several persons owning land over which the logging company wishes to cross are holding back consent. It is hoped that a com promise settlement can be arrived at, for the employment of another -75 to 100 men in a permanent enter prise would be of benefit to the en tire community, and thoce employes of the St. Helens Lumber Company who are temporarily out of work on account of the clouing of the camn would be able to find employment Im mediately and their work be near their homes. REPRESENTATIVE OF O. A. C. IS SPEAKER Recently Miss Cowglll. of O. A. C. spoke to the students about tho club work which tho agricultural college Is conducting in the interests of the boys and girls of the state. She dis cussed the extension courses in do mestic science, agriculture and dairy ing, which are open to the young peo ple of Oregon under the supervision of the college which she represents. Mies Cowglll strongly advised the students to form clubs and take ad vantage ot one or. more of these courses. ENGAGEMENT OF MISS PHILIP ANNOUNCED Miss Elizabeth Philip gave a party Wednesday afternoon in honor of her sister, Miss Elsie Philip, at which a number of close friends were present. After refreshments were served, the guests were informed of the engage ment ot Miss Elsie to Rev. A. A. Heist, a former St. Helens man. but now located in Portland. No definite date has been Bet for the wedding, but it will probably be In June. Both Miss Philip and Rev. Heist are well known and have many friends In St. Helens who offer congratulations. Flavlus Sten left Wodnesday for his home In Great Falls. Mont.. where he is employed by the Ana conda Copper Company. Mr. Sten states that the company employs about 3.000 men in the ennduet of ' thoir businoss there. Flavius is em- piuyeu 111 uia wuruuuustt uupuruilttlll and chocks the shipments ot ore. which come in from Butte and other mining localities. MAN KILLS WIFE THEN COMMITS SUICIDE Tragedy (Krurs at Kainler Tuewlay Afternoon. Brooding over the fact that his wife had recently instituted divorce proceedings against him, W. J. Hor ton, a logger, Tuesday afternoon at Rainier, killed his wife, Sarah J. Morton, and then turning the weannn on himself sent a -bullet through his head. Both the man and his vletlm fell unconscious, Horton dying in less than two hours and the woman lin gered for four hours. Both of them were unconscious so no direct state ments could be obtained. The shoot ing occurred in the store of W. S. Cobb & Co., which Is Just opposite the S. P. & S. depot, immediately after the arrival of the boat from iveiao, on which Horton came to Rainier. Evidently Horton had his mind made up as to what he would do and how quickly he would do it. for he walked directly to the store, where his wife was employed, and without a word shot the woman. The woman had recently filed a di vorce suit against Horton, and on the summons, which was found on the body of the man, he had written a short note which stated in effect that he could not live without his wife and. therefore had decided to kill both himself and her. Another note found on the man's body was addressed to his son, Troy Horton, and dated on Christmas day,' In structing the son to collect certain moneys due Horton and wound up by saying that he had worried over the divorce suit so much that he could stand It no longer and the son would probably not see him aeain. : .When Horton arrived from. -Kelso, L where he has a brother, Bud Horton, a wealthy shiooinK mnn. lin Rtnnri for a few minutes before the harher jhop where the manager of the Cobb store was getting shaved, apparently to make sure that the manager of the store was not in his place of business. When he recognized the mnnager, ho at once proceeded to the toie and the tragedy followed with in a few seconds. Earlier In the day Mrs. Horton told a woman friend that her hus band had, on the preceding day, be fore going to Kelro, threatened to return yesterday and kill her. Both had been previously married. Horton had one son, Troy, as the re sult of the former marrincn unit Mrs. Horton had three children, Ray, Guy and Myrtle Wlsecup, aged 22, 16 and 10 years respectively, the issue of the former union. Troy Horton was In Stella, Wash., where his father had been at work recently, since he and his wife separated last October, and Mrs. Horton's children were also away from town. Mr. and Mrs. Horton formerly con ducted a lodging house in Portland. The woman was clerk of the Women of Woodcraft. Mrs. Horton 'had held a position in the Cobb store since October and she had but recently applied for a divorce, and this is be lieved to have worked on the man's mind to such an extent that he be came temporarily deranged. The fuuerals of both victims of the tragedy were held Thursday. LIST OF TRANSFERS Real estate transfers reported by Columbia County Abstract Company. Dec. 20 Geo. Morel to Louis Mul ler; land In Sec. 15, Tp. 6 N., R 2 W., $1. H. W. Nicholas to Pearl V. Sweek; W lot 1, blk. 148, St. Helens, $50. Dec. 21 Alvln J. Blcknell et ux. to Gladys Parkhlll; land In Sec. 19, Tp. 7 N., R. 2 W., $10. Araminta Vanvolklnburg et ux. to Wilson K. Tichenor et al.; land In Sec. 8, Tp. 7 N., R. 4 W., $10. Dec. 22 E. B. Woodyard et ux. to Thomas W. Kllllnglnnd, NE of SW'4 of NWV Sec. 32, Tp. 4 N., 11. 3 W., $10. Ross Stanwood et al. to O. R. An likor, timber on W of SW'4 of SE4 and SEVi of SW!4 Sec. 20, Tp. 6 N., R. 2 W., $10. Dee. 23 Sarah A. Schoonover et ux. to William Corwln; land In Sec. 4, Tp. 4 N., R. 1 W., $300. Dec. 26 M W TTiint At tr. Isaao D. Hunt: land in Sec 14 To 3 N., R. 2 W., $10. v3- NO. 2 EASTERN STARS AND MASONS INSTALL, HiK Attendance to Witness lnterent ing Ceremony. The Masonic and Eastern Star lodges held a Joint inotallation of . their officers Wednesday, night.; It Is the first time" in tho history of ." the lodges that such an. installation ' has been made, and more than 100 mombera of both lodges were in at-.' tendance to witness the Interesting ceremonies. ',-.(' The installation of tho offlcnra of' the Eastern Star was held first, and , Mrs. Ray Watts was tho installine : officer. The officers installed were:'- Worthy Matron Mrs, Lila Crouse. Associato Worthy Matron Mrs. Mary Christie. , ' ' -' Worthy Patron E. A. RotgerV,-;' Conductrezs Mrs; L. L. Baker'.- Associate Conductress i-Mrs. S. L ' Secretary John Philip.'- -W, Treasurer Andrew King. .1 Marshal Mrs. E. A. Jtotger. '.- ' ' . Chaplain-T-Miss Madclain Thomas. " Warddn-Mrs. 8. B. Lynch v .i ScntlneJL. R. RutherfordJ - .. After tlip Installation- of. these of-. -fleers the lodge took a recess and the Masons then took' chargo. . TJtiier, ' Clark, a former master of. the lodge, .; presided and, was, installing oflicer. , The following officers were Installed V to servo during the ensuing year.:';" '. ' W. M. E. A. Rotgcr. " S. W.A. L. Stono. ' J. W. -Ernest St. Johns. Secretary E E -Quick' " . X, ( Treasure! James. Dart. ' j ' " S. D. S. C. Morton. " V J. D. A. J. Peel. ' f S. S. Harley Turner. -After tho Installation all repaired to tho-banquet room, where a bountl ful ropnst was served. "The room was. tastefully decorated and on each table r :uero was a small- Cbristmas tree. Short addresses were made by the newly eloctod officers ot both the Ma ns and tho Eastern Stars, arid all of them pledged themselves to work . for tho interest and growth of the lodges. Mary members and visitors from a distance were prosent tind ail " unito In aaying that it was one of " the most successful lodge functions ver held in St. Holens. Tho new of ficers elected will, begin' thoir duties at the next meeting; .Z i - ENTERTAINED I ' v On Wednesday evening, Decerfiber 20, the Himalaya Club was enter- - talned at the home of Miss Jessie Stokes. The main .feature of the eve ning was a prettily decoruteo; Christ mas tree which held gift for each., guest. Miss Goldio Hattan and Miss Merna Yeomans, the new momberB'. taken Into the club. Were put through"! v. a series ot "stunts," affording much amusement to the onlookers. Those, present were Miss Jessie Stokes, Miss Alice Quick, Miss Anna Quick, Miss tieien uuns, Miss Helen Larson, Miss Gertrude Phillips, Miss Viola Lym burner, Miss Marie Paulson, Miss Madeline Allen. Miss Goldle Hattan. Miss Merna Yeomans and Mrs. E. C, Laws. . .. " , ' , ' " CHRISTMAS TRADE '"' IS LARGE HERE All of the home merchants inter viewed report a very satisfactory Christmas trade. The ' shops were compelled to keep- open until a late hour Saturday night to accommodate tho belated buyers. The slogan . "Trade early and trade at home" had ' its effect, and in consequence when x the tired merchants closed their sev eral places of business', Saturday night, they found they had done the" biggest Christmas business in the his tory of St. Helena. -V'.' ,-.. FIREMEN'S DANCE ' ; C : ' ISJilG SUCCESS The Volunteer Flro Department ' gave their Christmas dance at. the . jfl city hall Saturday nlghtv The music was furnished by Wilson's orchestra - , and there was a large crowd present. Good order was maintained and those attending report a most, enjoyable time. A noat sum was realized which, wll go Into the . firemen's benefit' fund. ' ' '... 5- : m . v