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tend the Columbia County Fair at St. Helens On September 17. 18. Id - OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY We xxxviii. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST- 22, 1010 NO. 36 HSL ; . FOOTFRINIS OF CONTRACT IS IET G7 X STRIKE IS ON AT KM1T0FS rj PIONEER DAYS FOR STREET WORK ff -Tl - " LOGGHG CHMPS V H"V',l"Jf a,Ml Hrll" Hplrlt ulatt Hrrllim from Eawtrrn ,'lldtlle IVpiIhii Hlan k riir)' ir Kojal'y KnlrHnliiotl. lust tiK'k'i Issue of the Mlsi U you, something M to tho tr',;i Editorial association to Crater tn mother rolntun of tho m will rind a description of i i.i... mtA aluk antiln liitMPMal.. I (firniMilon aa lu Med ford and id. The editorial party arrival irtland Wednesday inornlng, tnidlatrly lfl tor Taroma. tori and their party vlaltecl ; Rainier Thursday and then r-Utla lunch took foil charge party. IvilnnM tfrwlon oil Friday ibe roomi of tho Seattle Press he business eail n waa opened r morning at 9:30 o'clock. Tho tpcr me ii of tho (our dallies In combined to make the ed' md the entire pr.rty comfort Governor Hurt. Henry Bin of the University of Wah I me lon Btmhrn T. Mather, dlrec- tho National r.iark aenrlce and tile Hanson were the nrlncl- lakira of the day. All of the ore Instructive and enjoye-l l irrlbsa. idmy enlng tho entire party ntertalnsd at a banquet in the )n'c Tample with platea laid for John Kendrlrk Hani, dls ihhd author, traveler and lee delivered the bin address of the :ng. Mr. lianas reocnlly re i from Franco and (lermnnv it made an a: peal for the awah ; of America to the necessity of r suffering France. Ho mH lllunt effort and hla word pic nf tie rondltloni In Europe, cs if France and Itelglum, aroused illlai to their full duty In thlJ The KrilUir In Ijiunclird lurdar waa dovoted to viowlr.g arbor of Seattle and tho launch- nf the "Kdllor," a 10,000 to:i hip it the yarda of 8k Inner t ' Another name . I.ad boon in for Ihl vessel, but upon tho nt of W. J. Potraln of the Sent 'P. I." nnd othr membera of hulls Press club the IT. 8. ah' board consented to name tho il "Kdltor" In honor of tho pajier fraternity, Mra, Ouy y, wife of tho .president of th t . A., was sponsor for th lor," and alio received a hand diamond brooch front the r of tho vowel for Iter part successful launching. Harbor I Viewed ler the launching, aevoral hun of the edltora and tholr wlvos taken for a trip around the I harbor and on ljke Wash i. Others rhoae to r.o on the tit Spirit," a 8800 ton veaaut by the J, S. Dnthlo company for 8. government. The trinl trip for nix houra and the editor Mlit waa one of 4he fortuuntu took the trip. Tho "Bnattle " la the 26th vcaael built by uthlo company and la under and of CaMuIn A. P. BpxuldlnK ry mamlier of h crew la a born Himttlo man. The veaael d U knot on the trial trip. mot Dior than I ho avnrnniei'.t ! for. '""lay nlh.t tho ladlea of the enturtalned at a banquet Waiblntton hotel and the men lucats of the Seattle Pren t llnr ioclal at the club The party went to Hromei uKiay to Inanec.t the U fl. navy f and on Sunday night lft for rr Wflere tho cloning- bualnoM f a hold. Oreirim Mnii tlnnikrisl Vlftorla tho annua election Wd. K. A. Albrlrht of Ten- F r elcctod prealdeiit, Wtt- "'iko or Mlnnnaota, vice proa llt K. K. UrodlA of Orciton City fr, mcnibnr of the executive WAHIIIXUTON Ml't'KI.K NO WATER PIER THIS WEEK SO THE MISTOMES OUT IATE Newa Mutter Vtu Taken to IUInlcr and Ret on the lUnirw'a Morlilue For the flrat time In aeveral ycara the Mint U late In renchlng Ita aub- arr:iera..The reuon for the delay U that aomethlng went wrong with th(. clly'k water main and there waa tpt BUlflik'iit pressure to make the water motor pull the linotype' and the preia. Superintendent I'hnrlea l.'P haa been working night and day to locate the trouble and Sur veyor VanOrshoven Is giving hla ua- alHtatice, ao It la lured tho trouble will be rvmudicd. This Uuue of the Mist Is hastily thrown togotl-.er and la not up t ) our usual standard, but it la ti.e best w could do under lha ilri uuisiances. Mr. A. C. Nutt of the Ha.n.cr Ho-vH-w came .to our assbtaiue and l l.iwid ua to use hla linotype mui hlne. co all of ''lie news copy and 20U p mi n (is of uiPtal were t:.ken to Haiti-u-r Friday nlKht and by working all tilghl, our foreman, Mr, ('. 1), Alor gun. set up euough to till tho paper, and the type waa brought hack to Pt. Helens Saturday morning and the pk.'r run. The Mart la usually on time, but In this ensuy the tiitencss could not be hr-led and every one ou the Mist lone did the bent that could bo donn miner the clrrumstnniea. ST. HELENS SOLDIER IS GIVEN CITATION Mr and Mrs. J. II McKlo have In tliclr paawsslon a bit of .larihment which they highly prlie. It Is a clta tior. given Muster Signal Englnoor Ktewart McKle and Is signed by (icnural Forahing. The citation ar- rlven from Washington a lew inn nn and Stewart sent It to his par ents for aafe koep. The citation reads as follows: M. 8. E. William 8. MiKle, ISt'i Aro Bqnadron. for exceptionally ti-crltorloua and conspiclous aervlces, Headnuartcra 13th Aero Suadro-i, France, An-ericun bii-"( vi.rrna. In .testimony thereof, and as an expression of W reclatton ot these services, i " Awnrded on lth April, 1919. JOHN J. 1'EUSHINO, Commandor In Chief. lino for tho .;.rosldom-y or vice pres lc:t,r.cy of tho association at tho next ietlnr. whKh will bo held In ltas on. Masaachuset... H!a friends wil orcsent hla na.no for one of these CTn Oregon and W-MnKton rovully entertained the cdlora anil It 'la certain that tho great norts west will rocaive millions of lines of front ago newspaper publicity and !. .... i.ii nt ihn enstcrn scribe! w UI of g eaVbonem to the coun try that thoy knew .o littlo about and wMch thoy found to bo the great m I .J I laiart Plce of country that Undo Sam ownn. Wimhlngton Mui kle Telia of Day of i I74 When Ho Came t Hi. Helens .No Itoada and Few Hiiumw Ver Here Then. In tha spring of 1874 Washington Mix kle landed in St. Helen. HU brflthera, James and Charles had pteieeded him by several yeara ant .heir accounts of the great and grow ng northwest Influenced Mr. Muckle to leave his homo In Ontario, Canada, ind come to St. Helena. "Wash" as he hi familarly known In Columbia iounty, persuaded his brothers to hvng on to the mill ihey had bought u St. Helens Instead of selling it U i roflt, consequently the Mucklu nil! was operated for a number of jears and was the big Industry In ?t Helens. Some twenty-five men wert employed, Mr. Muckle said, and er of 4hem lived In St. Helena. The nhers were transients and sent down fiom Portland, which at that time .'a i a city or S.000 people. Few IIiuiiIm So I (ridge The good roads which the pecrle if Columbia county now travel, ere unknown In those early days There was no road to Portland, but la trail along tho bank cf Wlllumntts ilougb was passable in 4he summer time. In the wintertime It was lin auablo. There was a road lead In? to Warren and 8capvO0se. Mr. Muckle said, but no one traveled the road r trail. They were forced to ford Milton, McNulty and Senppoose creeks. Few tanners were located Oil the road, to be exact, there wens Just seven farm houses between St. Helens and 8cappooe. And the road to Yankton; there wasn't any road, so Mr. Muckle said. It tr.ak a whole day to get a light kad of freight to the Horn Howard (iluco. The timber waa thick from the present site of the railroad depot all the way to tha Howard place, and the longing cam.i of the Muckle Ilrothers ran to capacity at Milton Cieck and their dally output waa al most 30,000 feot. To Lake the logs to the mill, a vplash dam was built, and hundreds of thousands of fee.', of fine timber wero driven down Milton treek to the slough. Few People In Hts Helens' There were only a few families living In St. Helens when Mr. Muckle tRiue to the city. The Darts, Meak-p.-K Miles, Moores, Mucklqa and Icckers and two families who lived In the bouses now occupied by Jack McKle and A. J. Doming constituted the majority of the city's population. The Ma.'onlc building, now occupied hr J. K, Kamsey was the prominent 1 1 tiding ou Columbia street and the courthouse at the west end of the Plnza block gave further life to the thoroughfare. Where the St. Helens hotel now stands there was a black smith shop and on the Muckle corner there wa a small lodging house Ciltner and Moore conducted the poMMflce and a general atore where now is located the Morses building. According to Mr. Muckle,' there were no bu (Mines on the east side of the Sirand. but the mill company had a dock and warehouse 'and a steamer wl ich made trl-woeltly trlpa from Portland, called at this dock. Stiand street and Columbia atreet weie the .main thoroughfares and the streets were paved with slabwood. If a teamster got off -tho 10-foot slab -od .pavement, he wa In bad luck, Mr. Muckle said. Church and school fucllltlos were not as they are at the present time. On t;.e hill near tho L. h Kuthorford residence, waa a (community church, which, when not utec" lor religious purposes, ai a si hooi house and many of the old limo resldenta of St. Helens received a portion of their education In that building. The logging business was not as It is at tho proBont time, Mr. Muckle stated. Timber could be bought for a few cents per thousand foot and top vages was $50 per month and "found." Logs brought 83.50 to 84 delivered at the mill. The outfput of the mill, which was about 25.000 feet per day,' was ann:ipea to van Council Award Contract to Tobey Price la $1MK)0 Work to Start la the Near Future Other Important; IMittlness Transacted by Council At their session Monday night, the city council awarded a contract to O W. Tobey for the improvement of p.irtlona of Cowlitx, Caseuau, Oak and Tualatin tsrects. The engineers em mate on the job was 89080 and Mr. Tobey 'a bid waa slightly In ex cels of 8900. It Is expected that work will begin Immediately and he itished to comple.lon. There were no bids submitted for paving Strand, McCormlck and Columbia streets. A representative of the Warren Construction company was present and sta.tcd that If hla company submitted a bid, the price woulo be based on the haul from their paving plant at Deer Island. Tbt company, be stated, expected t get paving contracts on the highway and would move their plant nearer to St. Helens. In this event the paving woik for the city could be dono much cheaper. The &:ate Highway commission will let contracts for the paving work early in September and CONQKE88MAN M. CLYDE KELLY of Pensylvanla, to whom credit la cue for the timely passage of the par cel post emergency surplus food bill. CAPTAIN REINER IS BACK FROM UJJAVAl SERVICE Returned to St. Helena this Week aa "Skipper" of the Klamath Certain Charles Reiner, recentlv Lleutenant Commander In the U 8 navy, having received his honorable discharge, is acraln nllnttn nn r If the Warren Construction company I McCcrmlck steamers up and down are the successful biddrs. they could . . .Paclf,c coast. He is now master dj both the paving for the state and , "r no, eaner Klamath, relleveing the city or St. Helena at the samo time. The council thought the idea a good one and wlll,readvertise for bids. There was a general discussion of rtreot and sewer work and the street committee will report on the various pi ejects at the next meeting of tho council. Many matters of Importance were transacted before the council adjourned. CHARLES C. MASTEN ANSWERS LAST CALL Charles C, Masten, a former resi dent of St. - Helens and a pioneer lumberman of Oregon, aged 56, died at one o'clock Wednesday after a lingering Illness. The funeral was hold Thursday afternoon from the Holman chapel and the .body wai taken to tho Portland Trematortum. Mr. Masten was born in 1865 in Washington county and entered tha lumber business 35 years ago. He retired a few years ago when he sold hla holdings In the Yankton district to the St. Helens Lumber company, lie was associated with Everfln & Turret In the project at the time of tho tale and for a number of years r n alned as manager of the logging enterprise. Deceased la survived by hla widow, Mrs. Mollle Masten, his parents, Mr. a no Mra. John M ait en of Houlton, h'.a son Harold W., of Portland and a daughter, Mrs. J. H. Boaver of this city and a sister, Mrs. Bon Jam in Per kins of Kerry, Oregon. Four brothers. John of LaPine, Oregon ;R;lv.d and Clarence ot Houlton and Dolmer of Sl.aniakawa, survive the deceased. Charlie Masten, aa he was fami ilitrily known In St. Helens, was well and favorably known here and his death caused much sadness among hia numerous friends. He waa a member of the local Maeoic lodge and a number of the members of the order went to Portland Thursday to .ray tholr last respects. vupiaiu juiiiiBciu, wno is taking a vacation. Captain Reiner left the service of the McCormlck company to Join the forces of Uncle Sam'a men and was given command of the steamer Point Labos, a 8000-ton steamer built in Portland. For some mjontha,' the vessel was on the 8an Francisco Honolulu run. Later she waa sent to New York with a general cargo and then loaded with ammunition and high exploalvo shells for delivery at a r roncn port. The armistice was signed before tne vessel cleared from New York, but the cargo wg sent :ver anvhjw and Captain Reiner cleared the ves sel November 11th and left Sandv (Hook the same day. Fourteen days later ne arrived in Brest. The Point1 Lobog brought back a return cargo of unused war supplies and arrived in isew York January 3rd H. W. Lewis, district supervisor of the U. S. shipping board at Phil adelphia, in recommending Captain Reiner for a discharge slid "After a thorough inspection of your ship ana personnel, upon your arrival In port, it affords me great pleasure to suy that my report on same waa more than favorable. For your own in- formation, I wish to state that your ship was above the average In every v.ay." ., Captain Reiner prices the high recommendation given after months of faithful service In the U. 8. navy ant gave a portion of the credit to his officers, who, as hes ays, . did oqually meritorious service. f'.irnla, small sailing vessels coming to take it. The local trade did not aioount ta very much, thorefore, tho M'..cklo Brothers relied upon the California market Looking backward 45 years, many chi nges are noted by Mr. Muckle and he thinks the present generation have all tho comforts of life as com puree! to what was obtainable in the ilaye of '74. Wasington Muckle has done his part In the development of the county and though ha .has lived In the county for many years, has never lost faith in the wonderful resources of the county. Ho proudly sthtes that he has been a taxpayer since 1877 and considers his invest ments here as some ot the beat ho has made. PIONEER ANSWERS FINAL SUMMONS loggers at Milton Creek Company and Columbia Timber Company go Out to Enforce Demands May. be Settled In the Near Future. Approximately 300 men, employes at the logging camps of the Milton Creek Longing company and the Col umbia Timber company, are out on a strike, both camps are tied up. At the former tho cause of tho strike was brought about, so it la stated, by the superintendent ot tho camp, Mr. Sam Weist, engaging in an alterca tion with one of the workmen One of the employes of the camp told thn Mist reporter that a domand for the scale of wages as prepared by tat Timber Workers union was to have been (presented the next day, but after the row, the men went out. Of ficials of the company say they aro willing' to meet the demand of tha men, end one official of the union, said the men wore willing to go back to work provided they could go oacK as they came out. Few men rre at work at the camp. Columbia Timber Men Out From the 'best information ob tainable there are 150 men out at the Columbia Timber company's camp It seems that the Tlmberworkers' Union appointed a committee to pro- sent the new wage scale and that two of the committee were promptly discharged by the foreman of the camp, v, hereupon tho whole crew walked out. At Goble it wag learned that the company was willing to pay tho wage scale, but as yet the of ficials of the company and official of the union -had not been able to effect a satisfactory arrangement as to the reinstatement of the dis charged men. It is thought, how ever, that matters will .be adjusted to the satisfaction of all concerned and that work will be resumed at tha camp. ...... Mrs. James L. Maxwell, a ij ioneer rexident of Columbia county, died at her residence in Columbia City on Wednesday, August 80th. Deceased was 84 years of age and was born !n Ohio in 1835. With her r a rents she crossed the plains in 1844 and In 1848 settled at Columbia City and resided there the greater part of her life. She Is survivod by two sons. Lawrence V. and C. B. Maxwell. The funeral services were held Thursday afternoon and the interment was in the Masonic cemetery on Liberty hsll. The U, S. Shipping Board steamer Umatilla finished taking on a cargo of 1,300,000 feet of railroad ties last night and is scheduled to sail early this, morning.' The destination ot the steamer is England and the ties are for railroad work In that country. The steamer E. H. Meyer sailed on Si-turd ay night, laden: with a mixed cat go of lumber and piling which is to be delivered at San Pedro. OREGON EDITORS ARE GENEROUS In their Issue of Saturday, August 16th, the Seattle Post Intelligencer had the following news item: "United we'll ride in high-priced cars, divided 'we will have to ride In flivvers. There is nothing penurious about Oregon, we would have paid it had the amount been twice what it Is, yes, even three times.'" "So declared the members of the executive committee of the Oregon State Editorial association, as thev drew a bank draft to satisfy the 6 cent verdict obtained by Henry Ford to the Chicago Tribune yesterday. " 'We realize the dangers of news paper publication as well aa any one In the world can,' said C, E. Ingallls. president of the editorial association. 'With the necessity of producing reading matter for people who think that the war for ' independence was fought In 1812 and think that the history we write is bunk, we have' enough on our minds without expect ing some of these Intellectuals to fall on us for anything from 6 cents up to a million dollars. " 'We may be up here in Seattle for a good time, as our wives sug- . gested when we left the protection of our Oregon homes, but nothing will make ap forget the duties we owe our fellow 'publishers.' ' "Other Oreconians who helped raise the 'ipot' for the Tribune wera Lloyd Riches, secretary of the Ore eon state editorial association; S. C. Morton, president of the Oregon Newspaper conference and John E. Gratke and E. E. Brodlo, members of the conference executive com cittee." , The "P. I." also had a photograph of the draft and other comments on the generosity ot the Oregon editors, The steamer Klamath, Captain Reiner, departed Tuesday night for San Pedro, via San Francisco. Th vessel carried 60 passengers and 1,- 011,000 feet of lumber. ""we. Mr Brotlie Is now In Undo sum o"' Panoramic View of Seattle's Wonderful Waterfront and Magnificent Skyline--Courtesy "Pacific Shipping Illustrated" gaaSSjBSSBJBBJJJJjS 4 1 . ..... ,. .. vm-v .v yvs"wy:;yssv 'Br , . ...... fXiST ' 1 I warn 1 $;J.f Rg9?sSi'r"' ; 5;ssSSSl .......in.,,,.. . . r ::MWK 1?m'm'''P , r:V; IT" ':::':' v v.t- -.-.t- .. 1 Wt, latttlsMfrNayVaV 4:-.Mt. ffM.v 11..,r