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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1919)
ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY. AUGUST 29, 1919 C MIST MISTINGS J Mrs. Hay Morton was In Portland shopping on Wednesday. Mrs. David WIcklund visited with friends in Warren Tuesday. Dr. Wade went to Portland Tues day morning on business. Miss Alice Arm strong of Portland, was a week end guest of Miss M.-.dge Morrell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Phillips and son spent Sunday with friends in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Lake were In Portland , Tuesday on pleasure and business. E. A. Ross was In Portland Wed nesday purchasing furniture for his St. Helens store. W. A. Russell has accepted a posi tion In the office of the St. Helens Croosotlng plant. Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Russell re turned Monday from a business trip to Benton county. Mr. and Mrs. Gust Isaacson of Warren were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Goin. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Adams of Deer Island were here Wednesday In their new Overland car. H. P. Peterson and Mickey Mc Donald, "the boys." made a pleasure trip to Vernonla Tuesday. R. Dibblee, a prominent resident of the Rainier district transacted busi ness in St. Helens Monday. Mrs. W. T. Marsh of Portland, was here this week on a visit to her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hobbs. Fred Morgus, Tom Kiblan and Misses Rose and Lovlna Kiblan spent several days at Seaside this week. . Emery 1 E. Cox has purchased a Maxwell car and seems to be getting a great deal of pleasure out of it. Miss Grace Hambling of Corvallis is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Moss. A. E. Austin and fr.mily, who have been In St. H?leas since last Friday. motored back to Woodburn on Sunday. Miss Audrey Cooley, who has been spending the past few months in Portland, Is here on a visit to her father, Ben Cooley end family. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Fredericksen and Miss Addle Adams left this week for Eureka, California, where they ex pect to reside. Mrs. W. A. Russell and daughter, MIbs Helen Dodd and Miss Babe Hat tan, spent several days In Portland this week visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Colt, and chil dren motored to Portland Sunday and spent the day with Mr. Colt's cousin, N. E. Dawson and f'.mlly. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. McCormlck, ac companied by W. R. Hewitt, motored to Astoria Sunday, returning Mon day night. Jake Large, J. T. Taber and W. E. Ltdyard were among the baseball fans to witness the Portland-Vernon games In Portland Sunday. Miss Gladys Jordan is taking a two weeks vacation and spending it with her family, who are camping near Cannon Beach. - Miss Alice Armstrong, who taught in the St. Helens schools last year, is viBiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stone. Mrs. Isbister and Miss Annabelle IsbUter returned Wednesday from Aberdeen, Washington, where they visited with relatives for several days. The Loyal Legion, made up of the crew of the St. Helens Lumber com pany, had their picture taken Wed nesday. Practically all the crew are members of the organization. Mrs. S. L. Butler came up from Deer Island for a short visit Wed nesday. As soon rs the Stanwood house is vacant, the Butler's wilt move to St. Helens. - Mrs. F. W. Christy left Wednesday morning for Astoria and will make her home there, her husband being employed In the big mill of the Hammond Lumber company. Homer Conklin and Miss Grace Pratt of Salem, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Smith and Mrs. Will Dwyer of Rain ier were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Freeland. Miss Gladys Hobbs and sister, Mrs. Willard Marsh, left Tuesday for u hiking trip to Seaside, Cannon Beach and Necanicum Mountain. They will be absent several days. Miss Elanor Kreisal of Wisconsin, was here this week visiting the family of John Johnson. Miss Kreisal is enroute to California to spend the winter. Jake Hammer of Deer Island, was here Monday calling on the local merchants. Mr. Hammer Is one of the real big potato growers In Col umbia county. Little Miss Jean Lacy, who has been visiting at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wheeler for the past week returned to her home in Port land Monday. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. LaBare and children, Louis and Harriet, .eft on Saturday for Salem. They motored up and will vlstt for two weeks with 'relatives In Salem and Silverton. i Mrs. Fannb Rcss r.nd soc Cecil, returned from Seattle test Friday evening. Cecil is much improved in health but will not return to school until next month. Rev. J. A. Hopper, district elder of Portland, will conduct quarterly meeting services at the Free Method ist church Friday and Saturday even ing and Sunday morning and evening. Clarence Goin went to Portland .Tuesday and came back minus his tonsils. Except for having a very sore throat. Clarence is lust as snrv las ever. i James Hunt, county clerk, went to Portland Wednesday afternoon to meet Mrs. Hunt, who had Just re turned from California, where she visited relatives for some time. Professor J. B. Wilkerson was a business visitor in Portland Tuesday. Until school opens he will be con nected with the Mist and will help In gathering the news of the city and county. Mrs. Von A. Gray and Mrs. Hud son gave a crawfish party at Colum bia Beach Wednesday evening for Mr. and Mrs. Harry News, who are visitors at the home of Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Ross. Mrs. Ed Cooper and son of Gray ling, Michigan, are in St. Helens on a visit to Mrs. Cooper's sisters, Mrs. Roy A. Stewart, Mrs. Leo Bellville and Mrs. Add Tracy and her father, Jerry Hunt. The Epworth" League of the M. E. church went to the St. Helens Beach for a party Tuesday evening. Quite a number were In attendance and the occasion proved a very enjoyable lone. Salem, September 22-27--Silendld agricultural, livestock, and indus trial exhibits, best of amusements, an excellent r;.tlng card, bigger and bet ter than ever. A. H: Lea, Secretary. Salem, Oregon. 36-49-51 Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Quam motored to Portland Saturday afternoon, spent the night with friends and then made a trip over the famous Colum bia highway. They returned to St. Helens Sunday evening delighted with the trip. Mrs. C. W. Illakes'ey. her brMhor.! WATER SITUATION Richard and grandchildren. Jim and JS IMPROVING Aileen Cronkrite, are spending a few I . ilr.ys at Seaside. fhe supply of water from tho city Miss Edrle LaBare is spending her I reservoirs Is' not up to standard, but vacation at S.-aslde. She wrote to (.hows a big Improvement over the the Mist to be sure to send her paper pst week. Superintendent lpe has to Seaside as she wanted to knowiiwn working on the 1 miles or what was going on In St. Helens. water main most all the week and Dan Faxon and Dan Paulsen, who has found a number of air I saw service in France, were recently This trouble has been rei edl ' . hut discharged from the army and are Inasmuch a the water not un in normal. Mr. Lope is Iook- 1 row ai meir i.u.uco. - - .,.i i,u Inr fur some other cause, and )n- 1?""! ileve. .ha?:,.,.,, a few day. he will IIUIIID IU Ol, m-ivtin a u,y having received his discharge from the navy very recently. Emmett made tliU la the trouble. Klre protection for the city hns been provided by connecting up the city water main with the. mill com pany's big fire pump. Should a fire occur, the mill water supply will he turned Into the city mains and there will be ample pressure. In fact more pressure than ordinarily is had from the gravity system. LONGSHOREMEN GET A WAGE INCREASE fifteen trips across the Aliunde dur ing the time he was in the service. Miss Louise George who has been spending her vacation at the home of her parents, Mr. :.nd Mrs. A. H. ueorge, win :ur.ve mr imii.t.iu .mm- day to resume her work or torching in one of the Portland nubile sihools. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Morley and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wll'lams motored to Portland Tuesday evening to meet Emmett Williams, who was return- Representatives of the longshore ling nome irom .ew mm, wuero nu , men anil the snipping lllieresm hum was mustered out of the navy. Q( Seattle Saturday Inst and agreed I Charged with a statutory crime, ; upon a new wage scule. A general lagalnst his step dau liter. Frank Mc- Increase was granted. Tho recently Vey was before Judge llaien lor a ; adopted scale effects many long prellmlnary hearing Thursday and Skhoremen who live In St. Helens and was bound over to tho grand Jury, j cn the Columbia river. The new rale McVay lived on a small ranch near jglvea them 95 cent per hour straight Chapman. (time and $1.40 per hour for overtime E. H. Flugg. editor and publisher "J"'" working on lumber or piling of the Warrenton News, w?s here on Tho '''" for worklr.g on crcosoie.l Monday, greeting friends. He was In lumber and piling and also lumhei the Nehalem on a business trip and r'ls. "'. '" ""binerge, came over the St. Helena-Pittsburg j""1'" ls l 05 '"" "tmiselit time and road to see how matters were prog-!' ,er ,"uur ,ur ""'""" resslng in his old home town. What your c us need i:i glasses can be determined to Oilier Increases in tho several classifications of longshore, work were agreed upon, but the above (,uote are the ones which affect the UZ'S t...- .....I. ...I ........ ,u auHU,ul" " I St. Helens men employed In loading L.ltriiiHlii a i uit-no iiiiun i i COAL! COAL! COAL! We have 100 tons coming, two car loads. Only 15 tons are unsold in the first carload which will arrive Tuesday. Only 20 tons are unsold in the second carload. Order Your Coal Now So as to be sure to get your order filled out of the first two shipments. It is the famous MENDOTA COAL and will be delivered at your residence for Only $7.50 a ton At this price it is cheaper than wood. Phone us now and we will book your order. Frank Wilkins Dock Phone, 86-W Store Phone, 86-J iThomiaon's method of scientific eye I examination. Consult him ubotit your ees next visit. Wednesday, Seplem bcr 3. Orcadia Hotel, all day. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Saurer have sola I their home In St. Helens to Tom I ilartsock. Mrs. Saurer and daugh ter. Helen Elizabeth, left for Salem jSaturday. where they will nu ke their j home. Mr. Saurer has c position 1 there. - By working from 10 p. m. until 4 a. m. every night this week In order to take advantage of the hours when there was sufficient water pressure to operate our water motor, the Mist is able to be out almost in tim. We hope to have electric motors Install ed the early part of the coming week and that our power troubles will then be over. T. T. Tatro of the Trenholin set tlement, was here Monday and a pleasant caller at the Mist office. 11.': said that the pear and peach crop In j that section would be very light this season. He was at a loss to under stand why the crop should have been a failure, unless it was on account ol a light frost which occurred when the lrw were budding. The hay and grain crops were good, Mr. Tatro rtuted. Mayor Saxon has received a letter from bis nephew, Huntington Saxon, stating that he had received his honorable discharge from the t'. 8. navy, but had decided to stay wilh the government work, and had therefore accepted a position In the Mare Island navy yard as ship wright, first class. Young Saxon has many friends in St. Helens who will be pleased to learn of his merited promotion. The First National Hank of St. Helens will occupy a space 22x50 In the building which E. G. Ditto will erect on Columbia street. Vice I'rcsl- 1 dent Sherman Miles was in Portland I Tuesday and bought some handsome fixtures for the bank and also equip ment for a large safe deposit vault. : The officers of the bank Intend to have a banking house second to none ' In this section or any town the size of St. Helens. 11 ml discharging ships, and will make a big difference In their pay checks MUCH SHIPPING FOR THIS WEEK NEW OUARTERS FOR TELEPHONE COMPANY The Pacific Telephone & Tele graph company have secured a 10 year lease on the store room In the ! bank building formerly occupied by the Plaza Pharmacy and will move j Into the new quarters Just as soon as ! the necessary alterations can be i made. Manager Scott, for some time, I has been trying to secure a ground 1 floor location, and he is pleased that i he was able to secure tho quarters mentioned. It Is understood that Im I provements will be made in the (switching system and better service given patrons of the company. I FAIR PREMIUM LISTS I READY FOR DELIVERY j The premium list of the Columbia I County Fair ls now ready for dc ' livery. Secretary J. W. Allen will supply tho bookimpon application or mail them to parties wishing them President W. J. Fullerton at Warren rlso has a supply of the books ana will be glad to send them out upon request. For the convenience of those who do not see or call at the offices of either Mr. Allen or Mr. Fullorton, arrangements were mado so that a supply of the books were left at the Mist office and If you hr.ven't re ceived one of tho premium lists un,' want one, you can call at the Mist office and get It. Hundreds of doli.-.rs in cash ure offered as premiums and those In tending to have exhibits at the Fair should call for a premium list. This week has been a husy one in Si. Ilelen9 shipping circles, s.-verul vessels have taken on cargoes and oil ri are loading. 1 Tho steamer Wahkeeia. Cap'uln . H'tlleson Is taking 011 a cargo of I.- OtMI.OOO feet for delivery at San Pedro. She will sail Saturday night. The steamer Daisy Matthews, which dumped part of her deck load Saturday, finished picking It out of the water and got away for Ran Francisco Monday evening. The steamer Multnomah passed 8t. Helens Wednesday noon enroute to Portland with a generr.l cargo. For the return trip she will load lumber r.t one of the local mills. The I'. S. Shipping Hoard steamer Durdanln, Is taking on a cr.rgo m 1.400.(101) feet of ties for Atlantic coast delivery. It Is expectod the ves sel will rlcnr tonight. Tho steamer Daisy arrived yester day nnd is loading a cargo of 7 .10, 000 feet of lumber for California delivery. CITY'S TRASH PILE CLEANED UP BY FIRE At C:.10 o'clock Wednesday even ing a fire alarm came In from llox 31 and the fire department were soon on the Job. The fire was out near the K. E. Cram place on the Kt Helens-Warren road and It was a pile of refuse that had been dumped there, for the past several months. Little Miss Hose Cram, without thinking of the danger that might follow, set fire to the trash pile and the flames spread rapidly. No damage was don and there are many who think that the little girl unwlttedly, did a good for they believe there Is no excuse for the dumping of garbage, refuse and a general collection of rubbish at the place it Is dumped. The dumping ground Is not strictly speaking, a city affair, but any and all who had trsh to dispose of have been dumping It nt this plant md there was a great pile of It No one could be blamed for burning it and the general expression Is that the city officials should take steps to s.-e that no more piles of refuse are made at that certain place. Mayor Saxon Informs the Mist that ho Is en deavoring to secure a "city dumping ground, ' but as yet lias not been able to secure a proper place. BRAVE SOLDIER IS HONORED 30.Mli Infantry, was tt Columbia ;o.m.jr boy. and he WH , , JU American army which saved rlvlllra Hon. salmi fell while In the l h battle and In a cemetery , ranee a little while cross marks lb" r '" I''" of the soldier who Kay 1, s life f0r country', sake S'lml of Kerry. Columbia rountv Oregon and they recently reS'a' ""mortal certificate which was Higned by General lw a" as follou,-- " "" friends and r,,m, ' "f of his bonciraiile service wllMfp preserved In the archives ,. f t HOME SWEET HOME by Jack Wilson fHW'J ToNAlaVi BJWLE - I'll PfClAR. 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AUGUST 29- A rare treat for lovers of beautiful music such as unit produced only by the native Hawaiians. The famoa Alohikea and Kulolia's Original Native Hawaiians will be at the Liberty Friday one show only-co mencing at 8 o'clock. Doors open at 7:30. Admissioir Children. 20c; Adults. 35c. SATURDAY, AUGUST 30- ... V',1""1 ""'"" P'k thit IJborly to the) Imlt. Tlx lotori .......... ..,.e, lemng of bla reformation to a law-ablilm dtaa M Jennings in"BEATING.IT BACK" In six parts. This is the tory Hint had such a treinnadoM ru k tun .Saturday Kvenlng I'osi. will b ahown at our regulir frtm SUNDAY, AUGUST 31- Wallace Reid in "LESS THAN Ktf J., lntrMtltiK atory of romance and my.lary. AIM t ' reel .Muck Hoimett fomndy that la guaranteed to eurelbHMl MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 1- Baby Marie Osborne in "THE LITTLE DIPLOIC Also lined I'omedy. On account of Monday being a HolhUj " give a NiHi-lal Matlnr at 2:00 o'clock TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2- Madge Evans in "THE ADYENTURES OF and tho Lntoat "Klnograma" WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 An All-8tr Caat In "Better Times" Tbla la a comedy-drama and U guaranteed to drive away lb M" AlH two-real western comedy THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4- Billy Rhodes in "SEARCHING FOR ARCADA Comedy and Sconlo LIBERTY THEATRE CORE ALVA SMITH. Manager Iook n down "fEifERJAY rtuAi Din.A f r xwng man J n LWerV, you TAKE IT HACK W TCt- MR BRftWNF TH T Tilwir.ur IT vAS Yow BicYcie Aw Twtj Forgot 1 TcoK tooRS TO Trte m.R,&TA5rtoP -' AfeU uo 10 TOhW I ' ill t w II i mmr r.i -a ". i i t r ' ,te. i j tifc.M II ttx. v 'n im.
