THE ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY. JANUARY 30. 1920
THE ST. HELENS MIST
Issued Every Friday by
THE MIST rt'ULISltlNO .COMPANY
O. D. HEILBOFN....Vice President
nd Manager.
B. C. MORTON Editor
SUUSCUH'TION KATES
One Tear I2.00
Sir Months 100
Entered as second-das matter,
January 101b, 1912. at the PostofflRe
at St. Heleis, Oregon, under the act
of March 3rd, 1879.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEK
Mtimber National Editorial Asso
ciation and Oregoa Stato Editorial
Association.
COURT PROCEEDINGS
OltllKK
IN THE COUNTY COURT Or T 11K
STATU OK OIIEOON. VOll TilE
COUNTY OP COI-UMIUA.
IN the Matter of llie Application for
the IncorporutloL ot the lown of
Scappoose.
The ahove entitled matter having
come on to bo heard on the 1UH; lay
of January. 1920, upon the petition
of lilty-six persons for the incorpora
tion ot the Town of Seappooue, an I')
petition having theretofore been fllo;
with the County Clerk of Columbia
County on Januury 2nd, 1920, and
having originally eome on for hear
ing on Wednesday, the 7th day of
January, 1920, said day being the
first day of the regular session of
the County Court for the transaction
ot county business, nnd said hearing
having been adjourned until the ll'tli
day of Janucry, 1920, at the request
nt w II I'liiinpf Kin . reureseii'ifij:
certain parties desiring to rem.L'H
strate nguinst the allowance oty.ii
petitlou. and it appearing to 4 i
Court that the petition presented was
PATH Kit AXD SOX WEEK
National Father and Son Week,
which a year ago brought together
I.. maoliniFa nf Vlirlr.Ha ftnflH A million
boys and their fathers, promises to signed by more than forty qualified
i.om.h an nnminl institution ol ! electors of Coluinhlu County, resi-
growing importance in the family life, dents within the exterior boundaries
of the United States. February 16 of that tract described in the peti
to 22 are the dates designated fori lion now before the court, and it
its next observance and already tho : further appearing to the Court that
inquiries coming into the Boys" Work the portion of Columbia county pro
Division ot the Y. M. C. A. wliic!i posed to he incorporated into the
is promoting the movement indicates ! Town of Scappoose contains more
a much more general observance of than 150 inhabitants,
the week In 1920 than In 1919. j And the Court hcving considered
The purpose of the meetings for- iiie objections tiled und presented
mal and Informal during the week is I Dy W. II. Cooper, Esq., on behalf of
to get fathers to renew their interest
in their paternal obligations, to lead
sons to a deeper respect and uppreci
homes and to secure the co-operation
of both in the work and sup
port of tho church.
The suggested program for the
week designates Monday. February
16th, as final preparation day, when
the general committee meets iu every
community and completes its final
arrangements for the week's activ
ities. Tuesday is to be "Home Day"
and it is planned to havo fathers oil
that day spend the evening with their
sons at home. Wednesday Is to be
"Father's Day," when fathers will
meet for conferences and discussions
of the various phases of the eternal
boy problem with which they are con
fronted. Thursday Is Jo bo "Tell
Your oBy Day," when fathers will
he expected to tell tho boys things
they ought to know r.bout their social
and mental life. Friday will bo
marked by thousands of fathers and
son banquets, held In the churches.
Y. M. C. A.'s and other community
and social centers. Saturday will be
designated as "Recreation Day" when
fathers and sons In large or small
groups, will take the day off for a
picnic in the woods. Sunday, Feb
ruary 22. will mark the close of the
week, and will be known as "Fathers
and Sons Go to Church Sunday."
It may be true, as some str.te, that
tho deportation of a lot of anr.rchists
will not deport any Ideas. But It
might knock a lot of Idiotic notions
in tho heiwl. Anarchy Is no more of
a nation than bank robbing, murder,
arson, or any other form of crime.
Just get that, will you? Ex.
A good dose of the s:lts of common
certain legal voters of Columbia
county and residents within the ex
terior boundaries of the tract de
sribed In the petition, against the
proposed incorporation, ttnds that
the same aro not well taken and said
objections aro therefore overruled.
The Court further finds that the
petition praying that there shell be
submitted to the legal voters of the
State of Oregon, County of Columbia,
residing within that portion qf Col
umbia County, State of Oregon, de-
scribod therein and herein after de
scribed, at a special elect km to be
called by this Court the question
whether or not that portion of Col
umbia County shall be Incorporated
as v. municipal corporation, to Ik
Known us the Town of Scappoose, I
Just, and that said question of
whether bucIi proposed . portion ol
Columbia County, Oregon, should
be incorporated as the Town of Scap
poose, should be submitted to the in
habitants of the said territory In ac
cordance with the provisions of that
certain act of the legislative assem
bly of the State of Oregon, passed at
its regular session held in 1913, ana
entitled, "An Act to Provide for the
Organization and Incorporation of
Cities and Towns and to Legalize
such Corporations as heretofore have
Attempted to be Incorporated under
Chapter I of Title XXVI, of Lord's
Oregon Laws, and are now exercls
ing the functions ot incorporated
cities and towns under such attemp
ted incorporations," and i.s amended.
' It is therefore this lOUi day oi
January, 1920, OHDEHK1) thyt said
petition praying for Incorporation ol
that portion of Columbia County,
Oregon, described in said petition a
follows, tc-wit:
Commencing at the point of inter-
died and Eighty (7 SO) feet oust
from t he Easterly line of the right
of wuy of the Northern l'aclllc Rail
way company, as said right of way
Is now located over and across said
Section Thirteen (13); thence Nor
therly and parallel with tho Easter
ly lino of the right of way of said
Railway Company a distance of
Twenty -seven Hundred Fifty I 2,760)
feet more or less to a point In the
center of County Road now known
as tho St. Helens Hoad; thence East,
erly und tracing the center lino of
said County Road Four Hundred
Ninety 1490) feet, more or less to
nil angle lit said Road: thence North
easterly and tracing tho center lino
of said County Houd to the point of
intersection thereof with the Norther
ly line ot tho rlht or w iv of tho
1'ortlniid and Southwestern Railroad
Company; tlieuce Northwesterly an I
along the Northerly lino of the right
of way f said Portland uml South
western Railroad Company to a point
of intersection tlieiet with the cen
ter line of tho South Fork of Scap
poose Creek; t hence, trucing I lie cen
ter line of th South Fork of Scap
poose Creek up said stream and In
a general southerly direction, and
lollowmg tlio meanderlngs of said
Creek to tho point of first internee
of the center line of said creek with
tho said Southerly line of said Wil
liam Watts Donation Lund Claim, or
with a prolongation westerly of said
southerly line of said Walts Dona
tion Land Claim as the caso may he;
ihenco Easterly along said Souther
ly lino ot' said Watts Donation Laud
Claim, or a prolongation thereof, in
the caso may be, to the. place of he-
poratlon to be known a. the Tim
of Scappoose In accordance with e
provisions of that certain act of tit.
Legislative Asmlly of the Wale 'of
Oregon passed at its regu ar e
akin held in 1913. entitled. Ail A
lo Pr-ivldo for tho PigutiHathm ami
Incorporation of el'tes mil towns,
nm to legalize i'llth corporations as
heretofore have atten pled to he In
rorporalud under Chapter I or
Title XXVI of Urds Oregon Laws,
and are now exercising the function
of Incorporated cities al'd towns mi
ller such attempted iiieorpoistlnim.
mid as amended;" nnd It is further
ordered (hat
Tho ui.lruirttivo upon the official
ballot ho numbered Three lluiidied
(3001. und the negative bo number
ed Throe Hundred Duo (3011, both
in numerals, n:ul
It Is itirilier ore-red that J. O.
Watts, and W. II. Cooper he. and
they are hereby appointed Judges,
hi' id J (i. Watts to net as fiiairiiiuu i
and O. II. Mllloy. K. E. Wist, ami
Laura McKay be, .Mid tliey ate here-;
by appointed Clerks of such special
election; and
ll Is further ordered that the of
llclal ballot and notice of said spe-i
rial election ho prepared by the
County Clerk of Columbia County In,
accordance with tills order, and with;
Hut provisions ol tint now existing
l:'w relative to elections, and thut the.
polls bo kept open during said special !
election between Hut hours pnnlil-J
ed for in cases of general elections, i
to-wit, between tint hours of eight;
o'clock In Hie morning until eight o'
clock In the afternoon of said 2 7 1 ll
dav ol February, 1920, and that
Reduced Prices on We have
Children's Coats JfinruJ
Women's and Children's Winter
Coats which we offer at reduced
Prices. You can make a saving.
M. RICEN OPEN EVEMNQs
TiT"" . ". . . :),." a .T;.,..!' petion of the North line of Section
times might also work a considerable i ?cn. 'KL' VT."si, p JL'I.ce . .'?,'
cure, and we are likely to have to :T " ' "', 'm'?, ,V ., ,
take that medicine if we won't take L ' . nn 7 v,,"'
the other I y William Watts Dona
tion Land Claim as located over and
I across said Section for a place qf be-
There can be no profiteering if I ginning, and running thence Easter-
there nre no willing victims; neither! ly, tracing the nortli line of said
will there be the least abatement of Section Thirteen (13), to a point
nroflloertn? an Innir n thfr in an nr.. tn said Vnrth llnp of u:,l,l 4anHi, i '. J ... '.
portunl.y to put high price, across. Thirteen (13, distant Seven Hun-1 'it ortCaioTand
MHBBnMMaBMWBaMMi I Suthiwrrn Railroad Company
I thence Northwesterly anil along tho
Northerly lino ol tint right of way
of said Portlund a.-d Southwestern
Railroad Company to tho point of
intersection thereof with tho center
linti of the Soutli Fork of Scappoose
Creek; thence tracing tint center line
ginning us ine iowu oi scappoose., , ,,. ,.i, ..i.n,,., i.
und the samo la hereby granted, and i(t).( vvitlllt ,lt, lx,ror l.oundarie j
It la further ORDERED that n f ,,Hl portion of Columbia County j
special election be held at Walts' and 'proposed to be Incorporated as thu
Price's Hall, said place being with- Town ot Srappooso aim Hereinbefore:
in tho proposed boundaries of salu described, in Ilka manner as Is. pro-!
Town of Scappoose on Friday, the Vcled for in cases of general elec-
27th day of February. 1920, and that Hons, und j
at such election there bo submitted (I tur,lpr ordered that no one!
to the legal voters residing in that m ulll lorize, to vole within such!
portion of Columbia County em- portion of Columbia County herein,
braced within the exterior boundaries nesorihe.l t H general election held
of that tract described In said pett- t.r,.,, .. , authorized to vole
Hon. and herein above described, tho , Sllhl B,,1,0ll ,.ection. and In addl-1
question whether said portion of j (l,,n lo ml0, qualifications, a voter;
said Columbia County shall be Ui-;mum , resident of said portion I
corporaled as a municipal corpora-l(,f M1,, t'i lumlitK County a period of I
nun iu u Kiiuttd u9 inn neiii u; three months, and
Scappoose In accordance with tlioi , ls frther ordered Unit shoiilit
provisions ol the law In such cusca nv r ttl regular Judges or clerks
mado and provided, and , herelnheforo named ami appointed
It is further ORDERED thut tho, fall to ntteud such special election,
ballot title to bo used at such speciu: that their places be tilled In the man
election shall read as follows: "Shall ( tier provided by l''w iu rases o( gen
that portion of Columbia County de-ii-ral elections, and
scribed as: j It Is furl her ordered that the Juil-
"Commenclng at tho point of tn-1 Kk and clerks of said elect lin shall
tersoc.tion of the Nortli line of Sec-1 r,',u canvass of the vote, to
Hon Thirteen (13), Township Tcree I get her with tho ballots cast, to the
(3) North. Range Two (2) West, i County Clerk of Columbia County
Wllllamette Meridian, with the; wi,ll days after said election.
Southerly line ot the William Watts j
Donation Lund Claim as located over; In the Mutter of the petition of
and across said section for a place of j -lo11" A. Wattson et al. for a county
beginning, and running thence tnxt-1 """ roan.
erly, trucing the North line of nam 1 Now " "'I" 9th day c,' ..inuury,
section Thirteen (13) to a point in i "20. rome.j on for consideration ir
said north lino of said sect'on Thlr-i "len ourt the report of th Hoard
teen (13). distant Seven Hundred ' ' ' ounty Road lewers In tho cbove .
Eighty I7S0) feet East from tlib ' e'Htled matter, said report bavin
Easterly lino of the right of of 1 1,,OI publicly read on two different
the Northern Paciiln Railway Coin-1 days of tills term of Court, and no
rany as said right of wuy Is now lo-; remonstrance or petition having been
cated oyer and aqrqs sild taction "''d jn said mutter, except a Cjlatiu
Just Arrived
New line of H'.tggies, Go-carts, and
Sulkies.
A fine Reed BugRy at $28.50.
Go-carts from $10.50 up.
Sulkies from $2.65 uo.
Wheel re-tired while you wait
E. A. ROSS
THE HOUSKFURNISHER
Masonic Bldtf. St. Helens, Ore.
Thirteen (13); thence Northerly and
parallel with tho Easterly lino of t lie
light of way of said Itallivuy Com
pany a distance of Tneuiy-seven
Hundred Fifty feet (2.7.)0) more ei
less to a point in tint center ot tho
County Hoad. now known us the St
presented In writing fty Mrs. Pauline
Saxton asking $100.00 for the re
building of a certain fence, which
claim the Court hereby ordered re
Jected; and the Court at this tlmo
having considered tho report of lli
Hoard of itond Viewers and said re-
Helens Hoad; thenco Easterly una I I""'' being favorable thereto, and r
trii'Mig the cii.tt.-r line or said Coun-j porting no damages, as the hnelt
ty Hoad Four l undretl Ninety ; 4 '.Ml 1 "f the road will cover value of any
feet Piore oi I ss to an am;! In mi id j hinds so taken;
loud: thence Northwesterly aii'll And the Court being lit this time
rac'i.r Hie ce iter line ot said ('mm-1 fully rutlslled that said County Line
ty Hour, to th.t point of hit! section
SILVERWARE
We have a large assortment in both Rogers and Commun
ity. Sets and single pieces. Silverware has advanced 20
per cent. We will sell at the old price as long as our stock
last. If you are thinking of buying silverware, we would
advise you to supply your wants now.
VON A. GRAY
Reliable Watchmaker and Jeweler
Hoad will he nf public utility, ll Is
i nererore ordered, by the Court Hint
said report, survey, profile nnd plat
be recorded In suitable books used
for t lis: t purpose, r.nd from this date
said rond shall be and the Bamo Is
hereby declared to bo a public high
way. And It appearing to the Court tlm.
by the terms ir said report of I he
Hoard of County Hoad Viewers that
;ot tne houtli hork of Scappoose '"'it portion of said road designated
! Creek up said stream anil In a gen- to lit opened nnd maintained by Col-
erai houineriy direction and rollow- ''""Uia, county is described as follows:
lug the nieundorings of said Creek to W'o rerommend thut Multnomah '
i the point of first Interseetloiv of the t county build and maintain said road'
jcenter lino of said Creek with the! from lite Initial point to station 21-i
i said Southerly line of said William 70. aril Hint Columb'.u rountv bull. 1
i Watts donation land clulm, or villi "nd malnteir. the balance of said
a prolongation westerly or said"""', which is to he forty feel In'
nouineriy line ot said Walts donat on wiiitn.
MAXWELL
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.Will you be one of the LUCKY ONES who will owni
1920 Greater Maxwell?
Sure You Will!
But are you going to get it at the OLD PRICE1
If you are, you will have to hurrv as there are onlyi
few left and we will fill the orders as they art
ceived. We advise prompt action.
Flynn Auto Company
One Block East of S. P. & S. Depot
Telephone 138-J St. Helens. Oregoa
Did You Ever See
a Shoe LikeTbis
o
I TS insole was cut from paper very likely
the counters are paper, and also several lifts of the
heel are paper. Such shoes, when wet. won't hold the
stitching their putaoles come off, the counters
break down, heels become spongy, and the whole shoe
Jll-8haped.
TW-thinzs are used as substitutes for leather in the malting
of some shoe, used because they are cheaper, and tliey are nearly
always hidden where the buyer cannot see or detect them.
Uon t be persuaded to buy poor shoe in order to save money.
I oor shoes are the most expensive in the long run.
You may be assured of getting honest, leather-built foot
vear by demanding
The Friedman-Shelby All-Leather Shoe
( .u r'ejneVee.Mh"ned.to ,how yu tha construction
of the Friedman-Shelby ALL-LEATHER shoe. ""'"euon
insist upon having shoe branded with this trade-mark.
J. L. Williams & Sons
Phone 34W West St. Helenr, Ore.
Subscribe for The Mist Tod
land claim as tlie case may l,e; thence
EaHterly along said Southerly line
of said Walts donation land claim
or a prolongation thereof, as tho cast
may bo, to the. place of bcRliuiing;
bo Incorporated us u municipal cor-
It Is further ordered by I he Court
that the County Clerk prepare and
transmit to thn Ccunlv Conn nf
Mtiltnoman county a certified copy!
(Continued on puna five)
The only difference between
a shabby careless,' dressed
man and a gentleman is a
haircut and a shave and a
NEW SUIT of CLOTHES
O'Malley
The Tailor You Ought to Know
Spring Styles for inspection
Columbia Street St. Helens, Ore.
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BUSINESS ON OUR
BOOKS .
H P108 ' counts on the books of the
f.rL- Countr BanR represent business and
farming .merest in this section of the state.
As wC See their growth progrt we can uke,
pardonable pride in the knowledge that our facility
and services have been contributing factors and in
fluences in their success.
inwhvf YOll are laborinK with a financial problem
n Wh,ch we sho'J be gbd to lend a helping hand.
G&lumln
ToitnttHBan!,