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Newspaper Page TextTHE 1 HELEN ,UME XXXIX ' ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1920. NO. 33 ST. MIST )NCIL CREATES Elf ORDINANCES U'K Vnv Unlliiiuirr l. With Tourlxt Make New llwxilulloii. Th . ordinandi authorizing tint Irchuo of tlx Kohiihco iiriirty tor .limping grimml being In effect. ' th'al wan finally closed tip ly u Hon lo accept tlu (lord mill order arrant drawn In tint mini of $900 nvor of Mr. Kosnseo. warrant w:iH onlori'il drawn In UM.il ' ii ,.iii.iiiliiiiii of tho city eouu- r, ht Tin' bulk muhIiiohs Lc,ul llllil 10 'li Willi uruiiiuiic.-. rout liupro'i :..". rslml Potter ropurieti .11111 mkliiK iroKr'HH i" " ""'""' tievcrill now walks huvo i.jil mill sumo defective ones Ili In "till having truulilu, ... tr itilwi lullltfil lift. mt Willi - lo rrpi'ir " " luuclliiiu" wiK'i'inr urfiun im.uKiii i1H nrcllltHt'H Oil I". . I'MiVf -, ' 11' II llllh.r.l Mr rr.V' .1. .imnl tlmt IiIm nrnn- ,r(J lull 1"" " .annul covered by tlm ordination j 10 KI'MIT COIIIH'CIIOH. I no ' i l......t...l ... t,.V.,tl. hwr '"" " Ill IIIIIMIT UI1U li'liuil iu uiu ,.. ......... It) question I" ""' " ' Lt,m.MitH Hindu on CaHonr.u, U, (ink anil luaiutiu Hireots un for a i r again and wont nigh tlm wuin nniouiii oi uih- h.,n 11 W I'll L l m, - fur another niiini aim was nun until neat meeting. Mr, Ulll, iirMiui'iit i'iHTt or rortiitnu pri'M'tit uml udvlHod tlin council IliCllllMlH Ol Ilia... i-.whmiii ntUlni'lory unieHMiieni oi inn kii.MUMltH. I II" Illllttor Will Lilly l Iii proper Hhnpo for flniil n tt Urn iii-u meeting. J II. riyiui presented a com- uikn lo iii council nuking Hint bo taken towurd securing a (rem Matilda Horn on somo ,riy near urn Htuiuo oi i.iuoriy n tourml rampliiK ground. ll- LuB ImJil Kill IMlt II llltl" OIlpOKl- on I In" purl of ' miiirlliiiiiii lllxou did not favor tho city going lo jrwit Mprinin on ffio proposition. illy Kt in mi-1 1 ilown Hull tlm ex- t Inrlilnnt lo tin1 oponiiiK of the m'.iwouhl In' hiiiiiII. uml tlin iniil- ii tuiipnrarlly illBpoMnl of liy rr- tiiil It lo ink Htri'ot roiiiiniiiiMi ior innl ion uml n ri'ixirl. Ii a Hi! i ii p r in i I h worn Krantnl to M IV ! to i-ri-ct u liunmiliiw oi. 5, blork 75. ntift to tlm Conurn I nl clmrrli piMM'lo to oroct B liw irch. Ilrt. A. H Spciirow wiintoil u tkluc fiiiiiitiiln pliii i'il on tlm uili licld iK'iir I ho Mi'liool Iiouhu unit ulkcd tlu (imnril out of u In u punt npfi'i h. Tlm council merited 1 flfly fifty wlili .tut witter rom too prnvlilliiK tlutl tlio rout did BWll t tratiHpln-il Hint tlio ri'xolutlon !!o fur liiiprnvcnii'litH to tut inailit Wlotrr Ktri'i-t wiih faulty, limn th ii It Old not covi-r all of tlio i Inclmleil In tint pit) It ion for tho priumpiit. KoIIowIiik u dlHtUH- of thn rmiiirr, ii luotlon wim 4thiil tlin rinoluiion lm rovokod. mthrr mot Inn to aiiii'iul tlio orlKln luoll(.n o ri'vnko tlio rettolutlon anil pwonn he (iri'pured for piitillcjitloi. Carried, Imt tin. orlKlnul unit toll out (itcil on I'orluinii tlin coun- tlllrolt) un HiIh ul tlio next 111001- CRUISE AND REGATTA WERE A SUCCESS Tlio Molorlioni Nw f t.,i 1 him tint followliiK kind wonU lo Muy of HI. MoIouh' Kourlli of July culobra- Tho crulHo of tlm I'ortlnml Motor limit ( lull to Kt. Holoim 1,. i mid thn ri'Kiitta hold tlio followlnn day. July 4th, wiih. from nvory hiikIu, , nm.TM. rrom all Indica tion!., the Clinnilior of ( omuntrco o HI. IImIoiik wun well plitoiod with the ruioH uml thn part- playod ,y u,a ( lull In iimkliiK tho cithtlirutlon 0110 to Im rouiitiiitiitntil. Tho town wiim lltorully turnml ovor lo thn ( luh, mid everything pohhIIiIo 1I0110 to Klvn tho iiiiMiiliiim tho timn of tholr llvn. Any ony fulllnK to en joy tlnilr muy In Bt. Im,.h Hhould report to Klont Hiiririton Hill Ht u.,o for H completo overhaulliiK. Tin) I111 111 tier i f Coni'iierco of 8t. lleleiiH lived up to fin reputation un mi orKiiiil.atlciti of llvo wlren, ui woll ih kooiI renown, mid the way every detnll wkn hauilled wi 11 a credit to Ihi liody. Tint main purl of thn Club float arrived nt tho Ht. IIH-im lumlxtr mill lit 3 o 'dork, where It wiim met by the city offli lalH and iiioiiiIktk of tho re repllon I'oiiiiiillleo nl:d Hot "key" to tho city wiih offlcluliy turned over lo CoMiiiii'diiro JohiiHton Tho limit n were tlion escorted to Coin 111 bin lleiudi, which Ih about a nillo from town, where cmnpliiK and IkiiiIIiiK fiu-IUHcH had been provided. AlthoiiKh tlm pot wiih Ideally locutnd and a r ranged, t had to ho aliandoued owlni? to the roiiKlincHH of tho walur, 11 H tin. wave wero conlliiii illy pound im thn IioiiIh iikiiIuhI ouch other. All Ideal Hliellernd pfuro convenient to town wiih hiiHtliy arranged for, which proved allHfuctory to all. WASTE LOGS USED BY SMALL SAWMILL Milton Creek lrfKKlnK Company Op. ontUi Own Mill and Muko O.mmI I-iiiiiImt I toiii HiiiiiII Timber Ia-H After lKKiiiK 0H-rutionn. CAIIOLIC PICNIC MUCH ENJOYED The Oithollc picnic nt Deor lHlrnd Innl Hiindny wan n very happy outline In 1111:11 y roHpeetft; the crowd wan l irRo end K"tilal. tho day ideal and :lio liimtH mid hoHteHHOH the peopln of I leer llund had left nothliiR un done to provide for r. day'H pioimurn. Ma mi win celebrated In thn grovo i:t I0::io in tho 1110 r 11 1 11 k. tho choln of Italnler mid Kt. Ileleim with Mm. Vocol at thn or nan hkiir nomo lovely liyiiiiin. Tho HUbJect of Kathor ClaiiVy'H lecture wiih 'Does It Make Any Dlffernncn What Vou llcllnvo?" In ,h i afternoon, after lunch, all repaired to tho rlvor. The children unit no in 11 adiiltM spurted In the water for two hoiirH. The rent of tho crowd reclined on tlm bunk in the ahade mid watt bed thn HWlniiiiem. Htcvn Itilocco Kftvo a concert of popular and Italian opttr.itio iuiihIc whli li everVono enjoyed. Ili'iiedictiou of thn HIcHHed Hacra tiient w.ih held Iii tho grove at 4 p. in. Tlm combined cliolm khiik unain with MIi.h Id so Kiln hi nt thn organ. About two hundred Mid fifty peo ple atendeil tho picnic. "There uln't koIhk to In. nn riiwi lis what MuniiKur lirlKKH of tho Mi'l on (reek UikkIhk company muni nuvu uiouKlit whim ho deaiKiied mid buiii a miniiaure nuw mill which lb 111 operation at the camp, and by "rliiu" ho mount thut the hiiiiiII Iokb and broken timber which Ih UHUully left In tho -woods to decay, wore KO liiK to bo UHod, for the mill Ih Huwlng thut kind of timber, or thut portion of It which Ih Hound and Ih making miirchmilublo luiubor from It, enough to Biipply tlm uoedH of tho loggliig cmnpH tho company operulu uud there Ih a cf.iiHiditrablo surplus which .8 shipped and sold locully. Tho mill h the first of Its kind that JJrlggB knows anything about. It Is built in Bt-verul sections and ouch section is on a platform on "donkey skids." When the supply of logH Ih exhausted in one section of Hie loggud over land, tlio mill Is put ou logging trucks mid in one mid a hull or two days. Is in opera ;lon at another place, and tho mill crew of H men aro turning out about 10,000 fern of lumber, stringers and lies per day of 8 hours. Manager HrlggH says that In ad ditlon to using tho limber whioi. would bo a wuster otherwise, ho is putting tlio land in heller sh.ipo fo. i ho man who buys tho lurid with the .ilea of farming, for instead of Hie settler huviug io guther up and burn tho timber, 11 is tukeu otf for hliu and tlio ground Is levelod up to greater extent. Th RAILROAD OFFICIALS INSPECT ST. HELENS FRISCO DIES GAMELY FIGHTING; "Frisco" cum bed at la no moro Bho nuc- 6 o clock Curday after- Prominent Itullroud Official Favor- noon, thu victim of an assault bv two ,.i,i ... . I i'f eer ol'l time enemies Singly, e'le ably Improved Will, Growth anljnad lcked each of the8e adVerskrleg Importuncn of Ht Ileleim and of Its Hocp WaU-r Hlilpidna; Facilities, CENSUS F IK SHOW INCREASES LOCALS SMOTHER WOODLAND TEAM The St. ll"leiiH bnHclt.il I team do feated the Woodland, Washington, team ut tho local park Sunday after noon by r score of 29 to G. In tho flrHt frame St. Helens scored 11 and In the 2nd five runs wero chalked up. Hruiii that Hunt on, t liny scored at wilt. Spike Drown pitched for Si. Helens 1. ml Wellnder did tho re ceiving until tho 91 h when "Kid" McDonald relieved Wtdlndor behind tho bat. and tho little fellow showed 1 up like n regular Id;? litiguer. I Woodland w.'.s very much out I classed, but our boys had a wonder i fill l.i.l llni' nniotlei! which will II II t vr of the Warrer. Construction i i,,,,,, in nmcli bet tor si. ami lor theW ,mpny fur 1 4 7.20, liuluncn diioin,.i mm,,!. Mutineer I'oIhoii bun ch inged lil linn up t.ixl batting order and the n.Miilt lu oluinlv reen. TIm tea.11 Ih better balanced n'ul the m n -.re fill ing tlm positions lo which they are best suited. cofinlructlnn work Hly Itwnrder '"s of iiIihciici, of tPn ilavs. J. 11. dfr.y win net iliirliiir lilu n liuntii... TtiriM) orillnanceH lwi .f vililch flit to street Improvements, and P to tlin iHHiiancn of Improvement pnili, were inn i,n fii,i ihihuhifi. mid Pl'oil th lltlaiilliiinia viitfi ,if Ihn fundi. A party of prominent S., P. L S. and Northern I'aclflc railroad offi cials were in St. Helens Tuesday. In tho party were J3. C. Illancbard, gen eral munuger of the western division of tho Northorn Pacific K. K., A. J: iMvidHon, general manager of the S., P. a S., A. J. Wltchell, chlef en. glneer mid C. C. Votaw, division gup ei iiitenilent of the 8., P. & 8. Tho party looked over the ruins of tho depot und tlio facilities of the temporary depot, with a view, as hag been stated, of making plans and se lecting a location for Hie new depot. In the forenoon, the party were the guests of II. F. McCormlck and Charles Wheeler and were shown the terminal facilities of St. Helens. Mr. Illnnchard, who has not beeu in St. Helens for a number of years, was much Impressed with the growth of the town and its industrial enter prises und predicted a rapid growth for both. Whilo none of the officials would commit themselves, the Mist is of the opinion that their visit here was of Ignlficant importance and that plans for the future development of St. Helens and Its waterfront facilities ire now bettor known to the officials that before their inspection trip. up to a clearing of the land by the method adopted by llrlggs .uho lessens tho danger from fires which so often occur iu logged over .-.reus. Tlin mill is built right out In the .pen mid only shelter bolng thut aliovo tho boiler. Tho mill crew don't seem to mind Hie fresh uir or tlm suuslilno, for Cul Howard who Is tho sawyer, was cutting up the logs .it a rapid rate and the crew were taking awuy the lumber and ties. Mr. ItrlggB stated thai ho hadn't operated the mill long enough to as certain if It is going to bea grout .luaucial success, but he hud con cluded that It was going to be a mighty hundy rig lo have around the place and ho believed it would bo u iliimiciul success. NEHALEM VALLEY FARMER IN TOWN AVING WORK - BEING RUSHED William K. AriwiM jliv!ulin aiifwir. ftenileiii of tho Warren puoplo In- ; uiu .11 ist (hut thn pavement bo- lWll llllllltlili !!,., 1 .,.l.,..,l.l.. (! r.Md briilKo is now ronuilnle und nil 1 ,i,1K "'" 'ni"l"iK week his crew '"I bra 11 m. 1 1... ,rt.i. "immcn iieiwieill liiu FMko am M, iiH,iv 11.. ....... l"1';1 wl" Inkn about two weeks to Wets Ibis Job. ft ilen II, iu ...... ... . . , . v., . " el' 1 1 01 1 no worn is none, fat Crow mill 1 1 . tnrll "Kiii nv ii, union 111111 ,1.1,,.. ., i""i"imi, mat in ire noui hi.1 ' 1 ll,n 'Tew will bo ftomrZ 1 l"!"Plo uro anxious to Kf' le lhlH ""rl""' ot tho work 11s double, hI.i r 1 . ! "y i,u,lln" 0,1 n i shlfi t tlio two "hot stuff '""tl. t lev ll,i.,b .....i.i ..... , lupin progress wn OFF ON THEIR ANNUAL OUTING doubled lit double shift. K. K. Quick and Jay Doming wlh depart Suiulay for tho Dig Kddy in Nehiileiii valley, whom Ihey will pitch camp for n ten iIiivh' mil Uir. Homo "f their fanner friends bnvo been trying to persuade them lo fore go tho trip unl 11 the crops nro har vested. . Quick and Homing nvt made this trip annually since the memory of the oldest Inhabltntit runneth not to tho contrary and tho Columbia river Was 11 trickling brook, and Jiitit as regularly ns they made the IrUi old J up bus turned loone his sprinkler and deluged tho country with rain. Heiico tho persuasion to glvn up thn trip. Hut ruin or no rain thoy are going nnd they plan on having a real pleas ant I In.o In fishing and forgetting business cures for 11 limo.- . , REBEKAH LODGE INSTALLS OFFICERS '" Hade. was not poHltlvo ns to Arnold ".oPTutlon of M, . 7..- . " .1 i W lumii"' 1,1,1 H"lllMl ,lml ,f ll,,,or 'upplli,,, eolll, ,,u ol(( , nU W(" operate as men c,d, the liientlonod RANGE MEETS SATURDAY, AUG. 7TH A. H, rrmige rni...ii ... . . tnn. I " "uasier 01 ronionn I,..?! " Klven not Inn Hint Pomona C W. Louden, one of Nohuleni valley's prngresa'.iri cltizeiH, was liansiiclii.g buslncws with th-i coun ty court Tuesday mid lncldeiit.iliy Kunled numerous K Helens friends Mr Doimen has Just finished putting up a rood crop of liny and was m his w,.y 10 Portland for u fey days' vis t. lie Is dim of the oi'Mnal "1 uiu for 1 1. ram" run of Columbia county am'. 1 he big veto Mist .rtrclnct piled up lot thn California)! fs evidence that the Johnson forces made no misluke .11 their selection of Mr. Louden us a booster.. I lo Is republican, however, and while Johnson wus his choico, he Is Inking off IiIb coat to do tno sutne yeoman service for Harding lu No vember. Hut bo Is not n so-called hide bound republlciin. Ho doesn't always stand hitched or follow tho leader unless tlm trail looks good to him. Ho Is a native of Oregon and nil his lifo lie says ho has been 1111 admire! of Geo. Chamberlain, and ho Is Just independent enough politically that hn doesn't care who knows It. Ho llgures that tlio senator is u better repiililcan than ho is a democrat nny- Aiiy, and in any case nis enoris navi always been directed toward Oregon's .nterests regardless of political af filiations und for that reason alono iio lias in tlio past supported him. ' JUDGE HAZEN HAS DOG TROUBLES At a recent meeting of St. I lol. m Hebekah lodge officers d'"1 ,ho ensuing tern, worn Iv.sta II -d. M it. Dennett. D. D. P.. '." ,"h,""lV, 1... ...1 1, tr ,,11'H. u, . officer, lis: Thn following -irn tlio oti!.l I.llllo Crousn. N. U I N""1" v n.n ilennetl. socretnry .1 nii ii,.iiunrer: r,. iiuw.m. .,..lMrr clmpl.iln; Haol .,...' ii,..ii.ll warden; W ."""v. it S. N. U. ivn i"""" Keith, Mary diiii Devi. toy, I.. 3. N. 8. V. U.; .in ... . i"" . . n-1,1,1 it imuii wit 11 iionver Homes ;w. . l.orn . " . . Mar 7. A,,Z.. Uo,,, on 8,l,ur- (irll,, ,(0" , i' t U- llnyinond frL. .",m 7,h- Heaver Homes garet Southai'l. I. " " In,, t1B ,., , f ,,.. :...,,. o. C: Kll' Smith, i it Inren nilllioer u. . .,..,, of nV. . " rP'"nnon 1 h (,.,. uesi nniortnlnlng srnngos tliem ..11 :"iiiny, onu Judgo Iliwen figures that ho Is hav ng a dog-gone lot of trouble just ,iow and be is Inclined to place the allium on tlauio Warden Drown for atnrting it. d iho other hand. L. V. Petorson of Mist takes tho view that Hie judgo ind Drown can't kick his noiinu oog arounil and get aw.iy with It peaco i.llv und without finiiticiiil loss. It will 00 remembered that a case was befure Judge Hazn last week wherein an individual mimed Courter was convicted of dour hunting out of season. Courter was lined $U5. ana 1 gun and dog lie had In his posses sion nt the time of his arrest by IJamo Warden Urowr wus also confiscaten n nnd dog HlUB llOCOtlllng the . t nf Ihn nliltn. I V Peterson now comes forwnrd and "claims ownership of the dog, nnd ' f,.rcn his claim lias Instituted sail against Judgo Haze.i to recover said dog. whoso name. ... Is Trailor, or the sum of 1250 coin if tlio rout in, as uaiiu.6 . 1 1... ..mi Tho case will bo tried ftt the next rrm of the circuit court. - nillard Koote appear ns attorneys , for U e nlalntlff and me uisin . in., defense. w 11 uppeui A 1 hast Sunday Prty of ""'J friends visited the farm of Ul 11 1 rull- rrto'ton. or" pounds of blK Hpe cherrbts from tl.eo herry orcl.r.rd 1 ?l Jn or Mill or Colonel Una. All of Judgo or uiu " . ,, and lhr...n".wr.theboBt hcstnnd Said III" J"n- ....,,,, I a large no doubt r.ttond.'uce at preinniriuow..- I. O. O. F. GRAND MASTER VISITS LOCAL LODGE Ambros II. Jolinson, grand mastei if the I. O. O. K. lodges in Oregon, was on unexpected visitor with St Helens Dodge No. 117, I. O. O. F. at ;holr meeting Saturday night. He came unheralded and unannounced hut was given a cordial welcome by tho lodge members. Thn grand muster of I. O. O. F. is strong for lodge publicity and in the course of his address said "when any. lilng of Importance Is going on lb (he lodges, let it be known to the :utside world through the local presb and fratornnl publications. There is a movement on foot for tho Odd Fellows lodges of Oregon to raise an endowment fund of $100,- 000 for the Odd Fellows Home and wine of tho lodges have already rais ed the quota assigned to them. Rain ier lodge was among the first to raise their quota nnd St. Helens lodge has just started their share of the fund, and members say that within a short time each member of the lodge will have subscribed his 16 towards the fund, realizing that it is a laudable md worthy cause nnd ono In which each Odd Fellow will be proud to do his shure. 'The local lodge will have a special meeting on Saturday evening, July 31st, for the purpose of adopting a new set of by-laws and a large at tendance is expected at the meeting. on more than one occasion, and prob ably Jlggs and Gyp knew that if they were to conquer Frisco, they should join In the attack. The attack oc curred In tho alleyway between the old Gem theatre building and the Club Cigar storo and possibly Frisco wag caught unawares, for wheu Jimmy Kemp drove away the at tackers, Frisco was all In and died shortly afterwards.- Harry Lyons gathered up the mutllatod remains nnd Frisco was given a decent burial. Frisco arrived in St. Helens about seven years ago, coming north on one of the McCormick boats. She was only a few months old and even though having been born in San Francisco, was unused to the crowded streets of St. Helens or the numerous lumber piles in the mill corapany'g yard and after leaving the boat be came lost. J. H. Thatcher saw Frisco wandering along tho street and took her in and she has made her home at the cigar store during all of these years. During her residence in St. Helens, Frisco gave birth to not less than 35 little Frlscos, the where abouts of none of them being known except one little Frisco about two months old which lives at tho Club Cigar store and joins with Thatcher and many customers of the store in mourning for the loss of Frisco. Frisco had many traits that many of the human beings would be for tunate to possess. FirEt of all she was faithful, knew her home and her place and stayed in it. Next she attended strictly to her own businese and bothered no one unless such one was the aggressor, , Hundreds of people have asked Thatcher as to Frisco, the details of Jier last Btruggle and expressed sym pathy. Frisco was only a yellow striped cat, but there was nothing yellow about Frisco's nature and that Is the reason so many people are sorry that Jiggs and Gyyp cowardly attacked her and killed her. No cat in St. Helens was better known or moro respected than Frisco. EVERETT MAKES SUCCESSFUL TRIP st, Helens and Clutskanio Show Bub staiitial Increases Rainier Showg Decrease of 72 In Tea 1' ears County Increase 8380. LAST MINUTE PERSONAL PICK-UPS Mrs. Hurry Heaver Is at Seaside for a fey days' enjoyment of tht oconn breezes. Lawrence llolmun and family of Portlund were In St. Helens for a few hours Wednesday. Mrs. Hull departed this week for Portlund whero she will visit with friends for a coupdo of weeks.. Hurry Dennett has received .-. letter from Mrs. Dennett telling of the safe irirvul of herself and children at their old homo in Illinois. . Odel Dennett who is taking a ourso in the barber college In Port land came down to spend Sunday with his father, returning to Port land Monday morning. Mrs. A. F. Harnett Is enjoying a visit this week from her mother, Mrs. Vlctorht Perry of Rainier, and her aunt, Mrs. Delle Perry of Portland, and Mrs. Driscoll of Astoria. Mr. nnd Mrs. J. A. Large left this morning to spend several days with friends In Portland and while there "Jako" will see every baseball game lint is plnyed.at the Vaughan street grounds. C. R. McCormlck Steamship com pany have been advised of the arriv al at Honolulu of their new lumbe. carrier, the steamer Everett. Tho vessel is the largest and fastest lum ber steamer on the Pacific coast. She took 1.600.000 feet of lumber to Honolulu and will load pineapples and sugar for Seattle. The Everett, completed at the Mc Cormlck yard at St Helens, last May, Is .250 feet long, has 45 foot bean, and 20 foot depth of hold. She is equipped with two 700 horsepower triple expansion engines, has three large hatches and three big electric winches. Besides her big lumber capacity she carries 2.000 barrels of fuel oil for a 20 days' steaming radius. The frame of the vessel is steel trussed and her engines are midships. Owing to the keen demand for passenger transportation, the com bination lumber and passenger ships of the Charles R. McCormick nnd other lines are unable to accommo date all comers, Sol Davis, general passenger agent at San Francisco, for the small steamers, announced today. Davis said that the vessels are being booked to capacity (days before the sailing datb. . INCREASED INTEREST IN GRANGE WORK According to figures Just received from ti.e census bureau for Colum bia county so mo very substantial gains in population are shown in the citJes'of St. Helens and Clatskanie. Tlio population of Columbia county is given as 13.960 against 10,580 in 191U or an increase of 3380. The 1910 ctnsus gave St. Helens a popu lation of '.42, while the 1920 census gives tho city a population of 2120 or a gain of 147s. In 1910 Clats karie lied a population of 747 and in the ten years intervening made a gain of 637, giving that thriving little city now a population of 184. Unfortunately our sister city of Ruinier has slipped backward from some unknown cause. The 1910 cen sus gave that place a population of 1359, wiillo the census of 1420 de creases that number ?2 showing Ha population tor this year a 1287. Vernonia has increased from 69 in 1910 to 142 in 1920. Tho bulk of the increase In popu lation in the county has been in .St. Helens and Clatskanie, these two towns showing a total gain In the ten years of 2115. Tn balance of the increase is scattered over the county, though perhaps a material part of it could be attributed to Scap t,oose. No figures are at hand of the population of Scappoose in 1910 and uone are shown for 1920. The pre cinct figures are given at 963 for 1920, being the third largest precinct in the county. Of the country pre cincts Mist holds first place in this respect. Undoubtedly Scappoose holds fourth place in point of town population, as this little municipality lias made substantial progress and growth. The figures given out by the census bureau for the county by precincts are us follows: Apiary 307 Beaver Falls '. 442 Clatskanie No. 1 830 Clatskanie No. 2 . 89b Deer Island 469 Goble 849 Marshland 294 Mist 1002 Oak Point 992 Prescott r. 212 Rainier, Nos. 1 and 2 1384 Rainier, No. 3 201 St. Helens No. 1 1845 St. Helens No. 2 892 fit. Helens No. 3 41S Scappoose 963 Spitenber? ' 29V Vernonia 658 Warren - 6i5 Yankton 458 The figures above shown in the cases of St Helens, Rainier and Clatb kunio include the city and country population in the boundaries cm braced in tho precinct lines. WE THANK YOC . Last week we asked that those who wanted to help to make the Mist a real nswsy county paper, phone the news items to the Mist office. The response was gratifying. Look at pages 1, 3 uud 10 and you'll agree with us. Then turn to pr.ge 8 und you'll see that twelve Co- lumbia county districts are rep- resented in the news cvolumn: Deor Island, Rainier. Vernonia, 1. 11 'i' , , l , Tt U Interesting to note that an ?cavB.r. """ "Vt" , .,,, u, in r oen,-uowning, uiaisKanie, run- wo'rtas? ywi p0OsnCnkdSeenr ' grange was organied at Pelena under j P80 v naya the direction of A. H. Tarbell, dep-1 l,,8'lutl1i;hav1! TZt .. Columbia ;" """" ,y". .1 . news unu our uluuus ouiu iu ol. uty grange master for WILL VISIT OLD EASTERN HOME Mr. nnd Mrs. John Sten are mak ing plans to leave within the next 10 days or two weeks for an extended visit at their old home in Mr.rlnette, Wisconsin. Mr. Sten who is assist ant .uiniinger of the St. Helens Lum ber company came to St. Helens al most eight years r.go nnd soon after wards was joined by Mrs. Sten nnd family. Neither of thorn have visited the old Wisconsin home since they came to Oregon, and since all the re pairs to the mill are completed and working nicely,. Mr. Sten thought it an opportune time to take a well earned vacation. They insist that the Mist should follow them oven though they might be absent only sovernl weeks. CREAMERY DIRECTORS HAVE A MEETING slbly the juugo ..... . loft. Hotter phone him. Pos, few cherries Saturday afternoon thore was a meeting of the officers and some of the directors of the St. Helons Co operative Creamery association. From a reliable source the Mist learns that the Dairymen's League has made a proposition to take over the local ' ... ... . ... k.l. . w.n plnnt nna mat me onr is umuB wu oi.inrort No definite action was tak en, but it was agreed that the stock holders and directors in eacn umuici l nindo conversant with the plan nnd the matter will be taken up at a later date. couniy. 1 ne loiiowing umcers wuio , , A. . A elected: R. E. Stratum" muster; War- and throughort ren Young, overseer; Mrs. Leona V l" "w Young, lecturer; Otto H. Langfeldt.4 . . ... vnn . assistant w " J " steward: J. M. Thompson steward; M. P. Young, chaplain; R. N Nelson, treasurer; Mrs. R. B. Stratton, secretary, Acle Trotter, gate keeper; Mrs. Emma Jensen, Ceres; Mrs. R. N. Nelson, Pomona; Mrs. J. W. Thompson, Flor; and Mrs. Cora Zellman, lady assistant steward. A good crowd was in attendance, a fine dinner was served, and a num ber of visitors present from various parts of the county. Many construc tive measures were discussed, such ns additional improvements on coun ty roads, and logged-off land prob lems. Mr. Tarbell gave a very inter esting talk on what had been accom plished by the Warren co-operative Warehouse association. CONCERT AT SCAPPOOSE NEXT SATURDAY The musically inclined folk of Scappoose are staging a concert for their town Saturday evening which will be of real merit and appeal to musla lovers. Miss Leah Cohen, whose stage name is Leah Leaska and is known as "Oregon's Queen of Song," has consented to appear in concert at Scappoose. It was largely through the influence of Miss DeGraft, who was Miss Cohen's childhood teacher, that the singer was persuaded to ap pear in so small a place. LaBt week she closed an engagement at the Aud itorium in Portland, in which she was heralded as bne of a remarkably small number of dramatic sopranos. Her voice is favorably compared with that of many world famous artists. The- program in Scappoose will be the same at that given in Portland. Call 20." The reporter is thoi with his pencil and paper. You can help us to make a better paper and each one of you want the "County Paper" to be the best weekly in Oregon, don't yon? You wouldn't be satisfied with much less, would you? TIMBER OWNERS LOOK OVER PROPERTY . Henry Turrish who is the principal owner of the Fir Tree Lumber com pany, accompanied by Judge Marsh, his legal advisor, was in St. Helens Saturday. Mr. Turrish and his asso ciates are the owners of the largest body of standing timber in Columbia county and is much Interested in the' development work which is now going on in the county. He was es pecially gratified that the 1600 foot tunnel which goes through the moun tain range back of Scappoose and af fords the Portland & Southwestern railroad an opening to the vast tim ber body of the Nehalem valloy, had been completed and that in the near future tho big logs of that section would come out over the railroad and be dumped into the Willametto slough. Mr. Turrish did not state the ex act object of his visit to the' West at this time but the fact that the head officials of the Long Bell Tim ber company were in Portland at tho same time, giveB rise to the opinion that something big will bo doing in or around hero in the near future. ' ' Have you noticed the rapid growth, of the Mist Want-ad columns? 11, - on """otlug.