THE ST, UME XXXVIII. HELEN MIST ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1919 NO. 46 1 1IMTV PCTO I CLAIMS WORLD'S . -". , . J III. II 111 1.1 FLYINC prrnun O i VI n win illEBTIS I Dm IkHiKlil ljr Yankton Lrr Hm Itecord of Prodw- 10,11)1 round of Milk In (tan Vr Ollir lluy fin Cattle, Hy II. C. HOWARD i ( few month! ago Mr. John of Warren startled Ms neigh- and liluiHHlf when lie paid $ 600 kg of lb best Holsteln COWi In In jiini anoui ma aania lime rbellii of Yankton arouied Iba Lnl of their neighbor and the k th rounty in general, by par lioou fur a wonderfully fine idiii heifer. Now cornea Into lilnt a Jerey cow, a veritable Lagon and creamery combined. Mm. Kadla V., and her owner, A Murkkanen, of Yankton. Wed to pay the um of $1600 Her to bring her to Columbia Hla K. ha n record of 1 6.1 9 1 of milk and 179 pound of fut at the ace of lour years hioiitlis the world'a record for l I he lime It wai made. At ill of ki Kadla K, waa tested anil made 73 pounds of but : At (he time r. Markkanea It hir aha waa milking 70 of milk a duy. Mr. Mark Inn replaced hla entire herd lie row with purebred of hlfcli IIm waa awarded the cham- lp at Hut county fair on one two-year-old helfera. Columbia V ilioulil watch with pride Iho of Mr. Markkanen'a undertak- le In ilartlm right and hi III not only be well do but a valuable eiample and Hve to oilier ambltloua begin- fier YaukUHl Fanners Buy l recent tale, Mr. Than Drowi, throe head of very excellent fed cows, paying (660 for Elk- lleauty, a aplendld two-year- III a record of over 40 pound In day. Mr. J. Vantasiel knell a flue heavy produclni hi Initial effort to ItnoroviS Ird. MHr. Nulun and Jarvls Mded another young cow to herd. Mlaea Shirley and ItrlKKn. daughters of Mr. and red Hrlggs, each bought a fine heifer with which they hope In the boy and girl calf club William Sktule or Warren, re bought two young cow and Me while Mr. N. Sherwood f Ing with two. I Men J entry OnU'r 0. W. t'urteman end on of . ru laying- the foundation pry fine herd of Jeney. Mr n l fortunate In having lor lil hoik located on adJoln- fm, ll of whom are getting In fine cattle. Together they "uglit seven head of very ex- youiiK cow. All of these come from the very bet of producing line. Mr. William P purchased a very exceptional ffar oid cow of the Meli Ann or breeding and la contemntat- f piirrhiHe of more In the neat Mr. A. I.. Fuller, cashier of inler state bank, U alo aatm. hl love for the farm and live W I'uylng two fine young f lioldon Glow' Chief ft the month of October, tfteni ne.vt or high claaa purebred cow brought Into the county. f conscrvr.tlve value of Iheie l would bo 18.000 and sine V "rn. more than 180.000 t purebred cattle of the ""I, HoUteln and Jeraat have been brought fn. Most N animal went in to the hands ni'glnnera aa foundation Hy workia- with the county DifHU new beclnnera in nrac- Very case have mm red ilock Mlenl quality. pECTS ARE FOR A GOOD ROAD FUND count y court feel aura that fund In the acveral dUtrlct co tin i y for the year 1910 will 'r tl.iin in 1119. They ban Minimi on -the fact that road kh Imve been held in nractl- f'ty dlHtrlct in the county and Prii sentiment ha been for a Bpechil road tax. flu) llieetlttira will ha lindt In r'l diHtrlcti by resident Uxoay- r'l'K Novomber and at that P'Vy Wilt lIulH, uno. m.llt... levies and the amount of the. "K VVhlta atatea that several " nuva denlriad tn vnla tlm M'lch l io mllla, o the pros- ' '"in the road building fund County will ha .nfflolent tl peeaod ImprDvement to the f"H mid open many new one. Pr Cliunnian. wtin hm haati tint Fr of the at u.i.., irnlnn I'nce it organlxatlon, hai re- "HI DOBIIInn IT K.a nnt Ho. . - . . , ...j iiwtm m lUCllleil linnn Utm ..(.... nl.nn Hlttckhum haa nmiil Mia fment of the etore. ox'iunt. a former reaMent or lll. WD BrrAat Ma hnma "iivflr, Washington. CLAIMS WORLD'S FLYING RECORD Young Mtul ,-,,,. o iwn AvUlor and K-ul,lui,l IWurtl BteAvc;n ' '" " iHj,t. ia n ' " rOU"K hout 2 year, of , ,ioW, Um , ori for h Igi, ,y,K. H ,0u j While nndthe doctor, who were ! T! !!".'"!? V'.l - captalu : " riinx corp mid had IU4i.li ii n in.lnnn . . " U uiifortunatw y,,,,,,. ,. w ' about a hlXh a. be ntat.-d AnntlK-r Htatement Wttii to (lie Pf. feet that , ,,,, um I k. I2.0UO.OOO , R,.H, bank. Ilu wlnhed to no to SeHttk-, JU, to travel In an ordinary Pullman did not milt hla faMiidlous lame, no h.. ordered Judge White lttve a '."iM1"!. '"HU,ttd of "n.plyln with the request, t,n ,ard hearted Judge furnished Mm with transporta tion lo the state hospital at Kale.m nd he wai taken there Monday evening. Mini camu to Srappoose about ten day k and worked with the sec tion crew for a few days lie disap peared for a few days and then turned up almost furnished. He was taken cure of until Deputy Sheriff Butler brought him to St. Helen. He ha relutlve living In Hawson, " "'i num. lie rouid glvei no In formal Ion as lo his habit.! health or present occuoation Tim' doctors thought he may have been a drug fiend. PYTHIAN OFFICERS TO VISIT LOCAL LODGE On Tuesday, November lllli a parly of high offulals of Oregon Pythian will pny a fraternal uud of ficial visit to Avon Iodise. (irand Chuncellor Commander Julian Hur ley, (irand Vlco Chn.ncullor V. J Clark and Mrund heeper of Itecord and Seals Waller 0. Oleason will bo among those who will come r.nd E. I. HulluKh, K. of It. k S., of the local lodge, expect thut several oilier of ficials who live In I'ortli-nd, will ac company the grand lodge officers on the trip to 8l. Helen. There will be degreo work and a banquet will he served. It I expected Hint there will he a li:rge attendance of member of the loc;l lodge and ilso from nearby iiolKhborhoods. THEODORE ROOSEVELT In the last half century this country made greater advances in all channels of human en deavor than em were made by any country any hall century of all time. The credit is due lo die men and women who kept their shoulder to the wheels of progress. And not the least of these was Theodore Roosevelt, soldier, legislator, author, hunter, ranchman, student, president On the twenty-seventh of October k wall be j?? ytn tJu" Theodore Roosevelt came lo add his strenuous Lie to the up-building of civ. ilization, democracy and justice in America. On anniversary of hi birth the people of Rooetv veil native land will lay the foondatioa of the Roosevelt snemonal. and it will be memorial worthy of a Roosevelt, for this foundation will be laid so the heart of the men and women to whom Theodore Roosevelt was one of the greatest of American. I! Pcopk of the United States w0 long re- If II Mi booof e Roosevelt, who a year ace It II laid down the burdens of mortal life. J ROCK AVAILABLE FOR HIGHWAY WORK 14.000 Pound of Powder 1,1ft 24). OHM) Yards of Rock The big blast which was touched off laat Friday at the county quarry Just north of Railroad Addition and on the Lemont place, waa successful and H. E. Abry, county engineer es timates that at least 20,000 yards of rock were made available. Th Warren Construction company load ed the two tunnels which had beeu put in by. the county about year ago, with 14,000 pounds of powder, ?nd according to eye witnesses when the big blast went off, the big bank of rock waa lifted up and broken 'nto boulders. The company will immediately In stall a crusher. and begin to accumu late a supply of rock which will be i.sfid to rock the highway between Mcr.ilde and Scappoose so that when the paving plant la ready for opera tion there will bo no delay In laying she hot stuff. The contract calls for the completion of the paving by July 1st, 1920. The tunnels which .the company used were bought from the county court at a price In excess of tin MIST'S CONTEST ON M A RUSH Candidates are Getting Started . Mtwtt KBtliiuiaaUc lot of Younv Ladies He Ha Seen, Say the Con. teHt ManaKer. The Mist'a big subscription cam paign has started off with enthus iasm this week. C. L. Perkins, the contest manager, and hla wife arriv ed In town the first part of this week and within a short time he found a number of young ladles who were very enthusiastic about taking up the work. Tho peopl? ere warm ing up to the contest Uke berrs to a honey tree, and nenrly all of the con testants are sure to find frlonds, who are going to tun in subscription that will bring them to tea. That will count wonderfully well when the final wind-up comos, ?s every new subszribor obtained by a contestrjit'4 friend counts Just 's ntr.ch aa though sue ooiainea mem herself. All district surroundine fit. Hal original cost and the company also' Br represented and the way some pays the county a royalty on all roc tnken from the quarry. DANCING CLASS TO BE FORMED of the neighboring districts are going iw biiuw up in me iinai results will surprise those who are not in close touch with the contest. This will be done if the workers keep faithfully on the Job, for their friends know the paper una most of them want k any- Prnfeufinr n O Mntitho nhv.l..1 . i v ' j .-'. VIV ImhI.. a 1. XI ..It I. 1 .. v. .l waj. on i;liui VI . villi muilUUUUMI C1UU Ul j . Portland, at the solicitation of many' .K', a"y tad? who .may b fit. Helens friends, will conduct the value of the reward In course In social and aesthetio danc-! T.. ' y wwxan, me " y, go ana loon at the AP ROAD QUARRY OPERATES E TO BE REPAIRED .Miiiu County Itoud llctwcvn Kt. Hel en and rkaioose lo be 1'ut iu Conilillnu for Winter Traffic Wink Start Soon. CONTRACT LET FORPAVEMENT Council Awards Contract to Warreu Construction Company for Improv ing aud Paving Two Blocks on Col umbia Street License Prepared. THIS WINTER! It will be welcome new to the1 The most important matter acted utrrV'fruVrur.l, o7 Zf i the was the warding to the Warren Con- will operate during the entire win- "Tl Trt. rep.'"r ! r?d ' ,tTXictioa con,ra,!t t0 S0" ter. Iu addition to huvlng a uumbcrl"0'1 ,ut " lu ,tt"'ly Kod condition for snn pave Columbia street from Cow of unfilled order on hand, another !l,e winter iiiontli-. It Is plonned to B(reet The cogt of the ,mprove. contract for (0,000 yard was re cently secured. A consldiTatilo por tion of the rock is being shipped to I'ortland and from that place by rail i to point on the highway throughout Oregon. Several tunnels have roomily been uiude ut the quarry and Mr. Hawkins plans to do some shooting Saturday to furnish a supply of rock for tin 1 (.rusher. Twenty-two men are em ployed ut the plant and the monthly fuy roll amounts to a considerable SI' m. REBEKAHS INCREASE THEIR MEMBERSHIP Officers and members of the 81. Helens Itehekah lodgo are highly pleased at the growth of their lodge. One of the prominent and Interested members of tho lodge Inform the Mist, that the membership Is now clos lo 120 and r. I most every night so thut the roud will be scarified. A, ulenl De ooul " scraper will be used ulong the sldei' was accepted on a basis of $2.00 per of the roud und tho rock that has yard for filling where sand was used been thrown from the road will be and $1.61 per yard for paving, the brought buck to the roud. The roll-1 same to be 2 Inches thick. The int er will then be used lo make thd' provement will not be made until ! proper sui fuce. According to Judge sometime in ine spring wnen mo While and Engineer Abry, It la tlie cuiupuuy iiisihiis ub yurius piuui ui intention to begin work us soon as West St. Helens. They claimed they possible, und all of the road except! could do the work cheaper at that that portion of It which Is the high- time on account of having all of their wuy. will be repaired. There is little: machinery assembled, money In the road fund and as com- Several of the interested property plete a Job as Is necessr.ry cannot b-3; owners were present and Mayor Sax dono, however, it is thought that thw on gave them an opportunity to be repuirs contemplated will hold the : heard In the matter. Jacob George road together. The truffle over the! stated he was not opposed to the ir roud Is very heavy and Inasmuch as' provement of the street, but-thought the paved highway will not bo open ! pavement unnecessary. If the street until June or July, It was apparent! was graded, rocked and rolled, ho thut some work had to be done on1 thought It would be sufficient. ing In St. Helens, at the city ball be ginning tomorrow afternoon. Professor Mauthe is a member of show window at Gray's Jewelry Store wuere mey are on display. We feel the National Association of Dancing! ""'f hat. ou 'u f80 they r aU Masters and recently returned from!ati" cla,m.?1 for ihem. Talk with New York where he took a special : Vjy- "e Hd to give course In the latest dances. The! a" tornatlon regarding the Winged M Bulletin, the official paper 5 T ' bf?re hM BUch ' ltot of the Multnomah dub in a recent t .. b8en g,Ten awftJr thls iD., i.. u,..l "hort time. IBDH.) IU DlIKIUB Ul . I U1C3DUI Mauthe said "Professor Mauthe is showing himself a capable organizer snd executive by developing a nice corps of assistants and the interest ing part of his work Is the close per ronal attention he gives to all classes. He seems to have an infinte ability 'or multiplying himself." The prospects are that he will have a large class here. FISHERMEN MAKE GOOD CATCHES ' Manager E. I. Ballagh of the Col umbia River Packers association, In' forms the Mist that the run of Bllver sides and chums Is very good and Hustler Will Win In the outset of the campaign ws would like to say to the contestants that the one who wins tho greatest reward will be the one who keeps most persistently at the tr.sk. Some, In time past, who have engaged in a move of this kind, have made the mistake of casing off in their final effort after making a fine start, thinking that It would ba easy to' Jump in near the close and repeat their successful beginnings, only to find that some slower but more par slstent worker Jiad Invaded the field and picked up all the worth-whila votes they thought would surely bo meirs. u you want to win one of the that many of the fishermen have De8t P"ze. you must keep at the been makfnt excellnnt mtehfta Jnlin ' work in your spare time. You have Dethman is the high man, having cnly fourteen days to gather In sub averaged almost 300 pounds of fish "criptions. the nights he fished. Some of the Two of the most practical prizes other fishermen have been averaging! among those being offered are the better than 200 pounds per night, i two scholarships In the Link Bust The price of salmon is 10 cents periness College of Portland. This school pound and chums bring 5 cents, so is known far and wide and its stand- a several Hundred pound catch brings ing is among the highest of the to the fisherman a tidy sum. I lie road if It was to be used. With the building and opening of the highway, the present road will be relieved of most of the heavy traf fic, but the furmers living along It K. A. Kotger enquired as to the sewerage and gutters. City Engineer VanOrshoven stated that he had planned to have an open gutter run along the west side of the street to nnllKuilnna urn received from prOR pnetive members. At the last meet- will always use It and it will have to take acre of the water from the hill lug three applications were passed be inaintuined. and that a catch basin near the upon and there are several for the! (Vmplnlnt on ltlrliway Work Kolava rooming house would con next meeting. During the period j coniplainls have been made! ,l0c' wlth ' thfre from January 1st to the present time I . M orr(ce relttllve ,0 tlie Others made enquiries as to the our Informant stated, ubou i new COIUitn that exists at! cost ana general plans ana upon the Krlckson place near Sly creek. j motion maue oy councilman nee.er The contractors graded the center of j d -ecouded by Coalman Dixon the road and left a narrow roadway '' ntracl wna awarded as stated cn the west side of the road. Very,UDOye- little rock was put on the temporary road and It Is slippery and auto drivers huve to use greut care to members huve been added to mo lodge's membership foil. PAY FINE FOR HAVING LIQUOR Deputy Sheriff Ilutler was at Clats kanie Saturday night and arrested Axel Olson and Carl Sundstroui, who were at a dance and tholr appearance showed they had been Imbibing too freely. He found some liquor on tholr persons so brlught them to He' ens and before Judge Iluzen, who Im posed a fine of $60 and costs on euch of them. License Ordinance Vp The next important matter occupy ing the attention of the city dads was nrevent going over the bank. The the framing of an ordinance tor the crossing over the concrete bridge at: licensing of certain lines of business. Sly creek is also dangerous and sev- .About every line of business is taxed, enil accidents huve narrowly been: Pool tables, billiard tables, circus averted. Mr. Abry has called the mat- performances, public dances, ped ter to tho attention of the highway dlers, hawkers, second hand dealers, engineers and thinks that they will shooting galleries, theatres, transient lake Immediate steps to put tlie road i morchants, araymon, expressmen COLUMBIA COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES By J. W. ALLEN Tuesday, November 11 is a legal school holiday. Most ot our schools observed Francis Willard Day, October 24. St. Helens hns a real football team ence more, under tutorage of Profes sor Khlnesmlth. The county superintendent has Vlnttail nonflv all I h A itiinl anlinnl. In the county end reports conditions1 Eleanor Iarsen Northwest for thorough and efficient methods in fitting students for posi tions in the business world a young lady can have no better fortune be fall her than to have the advantages of this school. , Read the contest page this week for particulars on the first Bpeclal of fer and the extra special offer. List of contestants In the outer districts, who are taking part in our subscription contest, when we went to press. The manager his not re ported the names of the town con testants. Warren 'n general very satisfactory. Miss Agnes Brown, one of the Qulns' teachers, has returned : to work after several weeks illness in a Portland hospital. Mrs. Bird B. Clark, one of the nirkenfeld teachers, is temporarily nut of school, owing to the serious Illness of her husband at Vernonla. District No. 27 tn charge of Miss Elizabeth Murray, will close an eight months' summer school on November 7th. , n'strlct No. 22, Natal, In charge of Mtb. Ethel Ray, has newly painted their room end varnished the seats. School progressing nicely, Gladys Garrison Scappoose Mr. S. W. Nagls Bachelor Flat Ora Hyde Yankton Ivalo Tracy Columbia City Erna Gill Deer Island Lillian Brown Gobi Dene Nelson Cbapmai Mrs. Ernest Koble . ...Shlloh Basin Hazel Malmsten Verooula The list ot the town contestants will appear In next week's issu with tho test ot th.i contestants. 'n better condition. CALL FOR GENERAL FUND WARRANTS county exchequer is in gooa suape. In fuel there Is enough money to call n nil outstanding warrants endorsed up to und Including this dale and she proposes to make a call next week. The road district funds and the gen ciul road fund are not in such good condition. Mr. and Mrs. 1-iank Shelor of this city attended the fiftieth wedding an ni..rv nf tbolr nn rents, Mr. and Mr. A. C. Sheler, at Albany. Oregon,: ,., v Treasurer Bessie Huttun October 21st. A number of children, gn(H tlllt the general fund of the grandchildren and intimate n gathered at the family home to ex tend congratulations lo the couple who for 60 years have traveled life s path together. Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Dillnrd motor ed to Portland Saturday and were met by their sous, who came down from Eugene. Mrs. Wltard remained the metropolis until Thursday. The Epworth League, Christian Endeavor and menmers of the senior and Junior classes or the high school had n enjoyable Hallowe'en party lust night In the Methodist church parlors. , Mrs. Sherman Miles went tf . Eugene Saturday to spend a few days with lier husband, who is then, on a busi ness mission. The Third Annual ito. t nolo delivery, etc.. all have to contri bute a license fee to the city. The Ordinance will come up nt the next meeting and probably for final pas-, suge. , . 1 W. A. Ketel of West St. Helens ap peared before tho council and en tered an objection to the newsboys unwrapping their papers at the depot and allowing the waste papor to fly all over the streets. The mayor in structed the marshrl to look after the nuisance and see that It was stopped. The council disposed of several minor matters befcro an adjournment Mr. and Mrs. Jacob George re- was taken. turned Friday night from Ilwacol . . where they had been spending several weeks und visiting J. E. Carver on his cranberry ranch. Owing to an early spring, tho cranberry yield In that section was not as gooa as ususi GOBLINS ABOUT Tonight Is Hallowe'en, the night for the goblins to make their round and no doubt they have made ample i. unit Mrs. George Nsnjoyoa tneir preparation anu pians io ioiiow ,.n'niinn vei-v much and Mr. Georgal "the usual custom." In celebration ki... :. r .. oirtcerg found a small . . ."""": ,7:,' 1Hmbers be-1 iMuaniity of fermenting mash rollmmit cloBes No- he rerl Quart. rf .M.k. 1 sin November 2ud, aim Residence of Bosquet. ' vember Hth. caught many fish which, as he sny. covered every vnrieiy mni me ryu fic ocean contains. Mrs C. M. Roberts or roruunu, m of the night there will be several social affairs and the kids well, they will have their good times on i the street unless the city marshal ere on a lluck. visit to her sister, Mrs. H.i and his deputy are too much In evidence, MEMORIAL QUOTA ALMOST RAISED - George A. Gore, president of the (Columbia Post Amnrlnflti I.ptirtnn In. Fifty per cent of our teachers areifnrm tlm mi.i thai mnn.v fnh. members of the OSTA. Mr. E. D. ; Roosevelt Memorial has been com Sessler, secretary-treasurer of the: ing m ln nlca Blzod amounts and that -isoctatlon Is very desirous of mak-ithe quou for St. Helens has practl i g Columbia 100 per cent. caiiy been raised. He has not received Cards defining the requirements; uu reports from other sections ot for a standard school have been sent Mkn ennntv. hm .i,.th.i ,th to every school in the county re cently. Every district should have a standard school and maintain its standard. Legion' members are getting along with tho work. . ; The school children of St. Helen District No. 14. Pleasant Hill. Mto! r-J e.?,a,Il e merits Coiner, teacher, is giving a Hallow-, ' "J;Z1 iVL . e'en party and are making extensive ,f d,hl! L . sufi.nt reparations for the same. Tni9l cemmlttoe to see that the St. Helen hu'ldlng has also received a tKlJ9 coat of paint on .the Inside and ,v Memorial essocliitlon. other acre has been added to the' Advices received at state head school grounds. ( quarter Indtcato thr.t the state will Tronholm school, under the effi- 'so the quota assigned though thero eient management of Guy Larkins,! Il9 bepn rae lagging in the work, wo the first school in the county to I Mr. Storlr. r.t the Chamber of make a donation to the Roosevelt : Commerce rooms, still has a supply Memorial fund. Many other achools'.of receipts end those who have not are planning to honor this great 'taaen a memoersnip in mo associar American by eonrtibuting to this fund. School census should be taken this week by all district clerks and sent to the county superintendent not Inter than November 1st. The coun ty and state school funds are dis tributed pro rata according to the census which should be sent tn at tlon and wish to Ao so, mr.y call on Mr. Storla and he will attend to the rest. Father Clancy returned front Port land Thursday evening, after a two day's visit there. He waa accom panied by his brother, John Clancy, who after two years service with the once tn order to be properly taken A. E. F. ln France, has Just returned care of in the county budget. ' homo. ,