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VOLUME XL.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1921
NO. 5
COUNTY
NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
IjoraJ anil IVrminala Gathered Prom
Nearby .(immunities-- Mrapuooaa
City Counlrl Transacts llulnn
Warn-n (JraiiKe ElHta Of flcrm.
SCAPPOOSE. Ore., January 13.
The 1 lolixluy fumlly were dinner
(Client! of the Washburn Sunday.
'I' ho ludy .Vacancies Installed their
new officers at their lust meeting.
Mr. und Mra. Huod of Portland
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oorlach
Hunduy.
Mr. and Mra. V. M. Lyons, Mr. L.
II. Ilullcntyne were week end guests
nl Hid homo of Mr. and Mra. Joe
Mnti-ulf.
Tne founty surveyor notified the
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u mu.itJi hit nu.iiii un rvttu; lu survey
j Ihe city for atroet grades and aide
i wulk In the near future.
1 Tint inuny friend of Mra. P. a
i Prakes will be Kind to leurn that ahe
I hu complutely recovered from the
1 Injuries ahe auntalned when ahe fell
, down the atalrway at the Prakes
1 home.
Tin) community church extended
frail to Rev. 11. Doeck, of Salem, thla
woiik. The call wan ajcnpted. Change
of time In the morning; service to 10
o'clock. There will be C. E. 6:46
hand evening service1 7:45.
k At the recent council meeting two
ordinances wre read. The flrat per
tained to meeting of council and will
be tho flrat and third Monday each
month. The aecond ordinance per
.tallied to the apeed limit.
.1 Mr. and Mra. 1. . Krakea had aa
guest at a Ne Year'a dinner Mr.
and Mra. Ilnrry Mel-aurhlun of 11111m
lioro. I). W. Dobbins of Walla Walla.
Washington, Mr. Dobbins' son, Uavla
and Mrs. Krakea' son, Warren,
t John Johnaon dlna at the home oi
his son, Victor Johnaon, January 11.
llo was a native of Finland and came
to I hla country In 1864. The fun
eral services were held Thursday af
ternoon at the cemetery and con
ducted by Hev. 8. Darlow Johnson,
pastor of the St. Helens Methodist
church.
' The ambulance from Oood Samar
itan hoapltal. In answer to a call at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Powell
Sunday afternoon, slid off the Icy
planks Into the ditch, causing a de
lay of two hours. Jumes Powell, Jr.,
Was later operated on tor appendU
eltls and last report was getting
rlong fine.
v Thu. ial UMMrt - jVvb.
.Alders of the Klrst National bank
was held Tuesday afternoon. A very
prosperous year for them. The sur
plus hua been Increased $6000, mak
ing capital and surplus $30,000.
They are now bediming to list all
real estato for sale or trade for the
accommodation of their patrons.
Wairen.
WARREN, Ore.. January 1J. S.
W. Oahlgren and family bave
moved Into their new home near the
highway.
The llelzeurlter place Is being Im
proved by Mr. and Mrs. Churchill
Who recently became owners of It.
i John Loherg, a former resident of
this section, was a caller to the coun.
ty last week. It Is understood he
Is looking for a piece of land.
1 Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Folsom and Mr.
and Mrs. A. Allen of St. Helens ant,
-Miss Florence Ingranam of Warren
schols, were Cumin guests at th
.home of Mr. and Mra. A. II. Tarboll
The appointment of P. H Lund
on the fair commission by the county
ir.tin IHH given most complete satis
faction as Mr. Lund Is an Intensive
farmer and well qualified to act In
the capacity to which he has been
appointed.
The Sunday scht.nl of the Evan
fllcul church selected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Mlssi
;l'lorence .ngruham, superintendent;
Mrs. IxmiIs Snider, kssistant superin
tendent; Hurry Lund, secretary;
Jlalph Tarboll, treasurer. The above
with tho exoentton of Ralph Tarboll
will he the officers of the Christian
Kndeavor, whose place will be filled;
. oy i an uuna aa treasurer.
: The nmrrying fever has entered
the Iloesel fumlly ,nd promises to
doplele the single members of the
family, now leaving only Hill to Join
the procession. First Carrie, Lucy,
end now I,ouIb W. The event took
place on January 8th at the homo of
jtne bride's parents. Hiss Amelia A.
;. derson of Junction City. Lou la dIqv.
ed his pnrt In the war. sorvlng ove
year in Kurope In active service.
I A large number of the farmers
I hero attended tho stockholders' meet-
Ing of the St. Helens crqamery on
A Saturday and P. II. Lund was re
's elected liresldont for
The year Just passed has boon the
most successful since the establish
ment of the nntorprlso and sreneral
satisfaction was expressed over the
condition of affairs under last year's
administration.
Warren grange elected the follow-
ft'
nt officers for tho ensuing year
. ii. l. und. master; Albert Freeman,
overseer; o. A. Krlckson. steward:
Mrs. B. A. Harms, lecturer, ano
""ni-mnn or house committee; Mrs
Edith Ilacon, chaplain; Mrs. Pearl
Brlckson, secretary; A. B. Lund,
treasurer. The retiring secretary
r m livsVoii, and rotlrlnn treasurer.
, '. H T.nml rannrln1 Ida vfnnoA In
f fine financial condition. For two
5 years Mr. Hyskoll has kept the soc
? retnry's hooks In fine shape and his
I rettrlng caused expressions of much
f rrnrrnt. Inntnllntlnn of nfflcara will
be given on Saturday evening. Janu
ary 22, ncrompanled by a social pro
gram and dance by grange members,
Aotlon was taken deferring the meot-
Ing of Pomona grange here until
such time as the members wished to
become hosts. The secretary was
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
INSTALL OFFICERS
Perhaps as large an attendance as
the local lodge has ever had assem
bled In the hall Tuesday night t
witness the Installation of officers c
Avon Lodge, Knlghla of Pythias, and
listen to a splendid address by Leslie
C. Crouch of Portland, oast srann
(chancellor of the Oregon domain.
I he orricera of the lodge were In
stalled by Mr. Crouch, assisted uy
local members acting In grand lodes
capscltloa. Following the Installa
tion ceremonies the past nrand chan
cellor Nllllkn Hi Hfiina lun -lh nn L. ..
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irlnclples of the ordor, and the vo-
cirorous applause he received at iu
tervals was evidence of the enthur
Ittstlc reception of his remarks. H
paid a glowing tribute to the energy
manifested by the Members of the
lo.'Bl lodr;o, and expressed the bollef
(.hat no lodge In tho state had n ade
so rapid a growth In the past year.
l). c. Ilorrln, of Portlund, wa.
tlso -present and spoke briefly, as
did all of the newly elected offlceri;.
Avon Lodge bus made a gain of 78
In membership within the past six
months, and tho books of K. of It. &
S. Ilallugh show the lodge to be II
excellent financial condition.
The following are . the newly el
ected officers: Orln Shepard. M. ..
W.; F. T. Phillip, C. C; J. F. Hcoi.
V. C; J. W VanKtta, relate; W A
llrown, M at A.; E. I. Ilallugh, K. o
It. A 8.; J. 11. Godfrey, M. of K.: T.
3. White. 1. O.; C. t:. Walker, O. O.
Following the lodge cerenonles,
the members enjoyed an hour of soc-
ability and an excellent lunch.
NEWSY NOTES OF
COUNTY SCHOOLS
Ily Supt. Wllkerson
Mr. Carl J. Hollrngworth has be
come a member of the high school
faculty of the St. Helens high school.
Mr. Hollingworth holds an A. Ii. de
gree from Willamette-University.
Mrs. Johnson, who recently came
to Oregon from Chicago, has accep,
ud a position in the Clatskanle high
school. Clatakanle has the largest
enrollment In the high school since
t was organized.
A Weatern Kluctrlo lighting plant
uas been Installed in the school
building at Scappooue. ScapDoose is
always at the front when it comes
o school progress.
Eighth grade examinations will be
held In a number of the school dis
tricts in the county on Thursday and
-riuay or this week. There will not
tne examinations at this time, the
larger per ceut of promotion belna
tnudo rroiu this grade at the end of
i he school year. '
Tho county spelling contest Is ou
In earnest. There will probably be
1200 pupils In the contest by the last
of this week. The two best spellers
.'rum each school will meet at Hain
ler April 18th to determine who are
the two best spellers In the schools
jf the county. Teachers are expect
ed to encourage the parents of their
pupils to study spelling for the next
three months.
Local institutes for teachers have
lieeti scheduled as follows: flats
kaulo on February 12; Scappoose on
March 12; Mist on March 26; Ver
nonlu on March 26. Tho patrons of
Ihe schools where these Institutes are
,ield are Invited to attend and take
an active part in the discuaaion of the
topics on the program.
The plan for exempting all eighth
grade pupils from the final examina
tions who meet certain conditions is
proving quite an Incentive for better
work upon the part of the pupils.
The county school superintendent
may exempt all eighth grade pupils
from the final examinations who have
attended school 4 60 days during the
throe years immediately preceding
the date of an eighth grade examina
tion. In the subjects In which the pu
pils have earned 90 per cont or more
during the last year, provided the
teachor will recommend the exemp
tions. Hoys' and girls' club work Is a
phase of education that Is receiving
considerable attention In the schools
of the county this year. Tho children
who take up this work receive In
structions in agriculture, Btock rais
ing, poultry, domestic science, etc.
Where a good club loador can be
round, thore is little difficulty In the
mntter of the members completing
their projects. About fifteen clubs
have been organized to date.
CHAMBER FAVORS
IMPROVEMENT DIST'S.
The following resolution was
ndoptod by the Oregon Chamber of
Commerce at its annual meeting,
held in Portland December 28th,
which Is of Interest to Columbia
county citizens:
"Whoreas, the State of Oregon
now has nearly a million acres (and
a large growing area) of cut over
land suitable for agriculture, and
"Whereas, this land can be more
efficiently reclaimed under co-open
atlve organization, and
"Whereas, said land when reclaim
ed will become a creditable asset to
the State of Oregon rather than a lia
bility, as at present, and
"Whereas, the State of Oregon han
enacted legislation which has been
successfully used In the reclaiming
of arid and swamp land,
"Now, therefore, the Oregon State
Chamber of Commerce favors and re
spectfully requests the passage of
legislation permitting the organiza
tion of Improvement districts In cut
over and burnod over land areas, sim
ilar to, and like favorable opportun
ities now afforded arid and iwamp
land."
IT'S ACTION
COMMtrJ.CE
BARNETT CHOSEN
COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Vote Is Tie anil Mayor IImIIiikIi Casts!
IKTlding Itallot Oulrk Tenders
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AppoinUxL
At their first regulur meeting Mon
day night, the recently elected city
officials transacted quite a grist ol
business. After calling the roll and
reading the minutes. Recorder Quick
presented his resignation und ati.
some discussion, It was accepted.
Mayor Ballagh nominated J. B. God
frey for the position, tho nomination ,
tiding seconded by J. W. McDonald '
and favorably acted upon. Mr. Quick
administered the oath of office to I
Godfrey who lmtnbdiately assumed
A. V. HAKNKTT
Chosen President of St. Helens City
Council
the duties of the office.
Mayor Uullugh stated it was time
to elect a president of the council.
Councilman ltrower nominated A. F.
Harnett and Councilman O'Connor
nominated J. W. McDonald. The re
sult of the ballot was that Harnett
and McDonald each received two1
votes, so It was up to the mayor to
cast tho docldlng baot and he votea
for Uarnott.
The matter of appointment of
other city officials was loft over until
another mooting. The condition of
several Btreets and sidewalks wni
discussed but no definite action tak
en. The bid of Clark-Kendall & Co.
for Improvement bonds was rejected
and the recorder Instructed to re
advertlse for bids. Several claims
against the city were ordered paid
and other mutters of routlno busi
ness disposed of before the council
adjourned.
CANTATA WILL
BE REPEATED
The sacred Christmas cantata
which was giveu at tho Methodist
church Just before Christmas und
which was so much enjoyed by the
mony present, Is to be repeated
Sunday night, January 16th. There
were many who were unable to be
present at the time the cantata was
given and Choir Director Hailing
worth had so many requests that the
cantata be repeated that ho and his
choir consented to again delight and
entertain the people of St. Helens
and surrounding territory.
TIMBERWORKERS TO
MEET MONDAY NIGHT
According to Information given the
Mist by W. P. Howell, district organ.
Izer of the TlmborwurRers, there will
be a muss mooting at the city hall,
Monday night. C. O. Young who has
worked as general organizer for the
American Federation of Labor will
be the principal speaker and he will
ho assisted by Ray It. Canterbury,
vice president of the International
Union of Timborworkers. Mr. Howoll
hopes that there will be a large at
tendance at the meeting.
Bunks $12,750 00 worth stork
sul scribed for new craamf.ry to bo
fullt at once.
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SHE WANTS
PERTINENT NEWS OF
ST. HELENS PEOPLE
Various Activities of the Community
Told In llrlcf Paragraphs Per
sonal anil Ux'nl Mention of People
You Know.
Tupper Phillips spent several days
in Portlund this week.
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Shlnn were
in Portlund Thursday.
Did you see the Elite Variety Store
ad in this Issue? Look it over.
The Rutherford Realty company
report activities very satisfactory in
their line.
D. H. Pope, a Bachelor Flat farm
er, was transacting business in St.
Helens Wednesday.
O. W. Perry aud F. H. Taylor went
down to Rainier Tuesday to attend
the farmers' meeting.
Sherman Miles, representative to
t'.ie legislature from Columbia coun
ty, left Sunday morning for Salem.
Mrs. E. A. Crouse returned Wed
nesday evening from Seattle and vi-
tlJratj'Vflaifc'V ',po,u-tl9 holidays
There are many extra special
prices being offered by the Elite
Variety Store now. Better call and
look them over.
Archdeacon Chambers will conduct
services at Christ Episcopal churci.
next Sunday at 11 a. m.. Instead of
at 7:30 p. m. All will be welcome;
Tho new transfer table at the St.
Helens Creosotlng company's plant
was completed Monday and operation
at the plunt resumed Tuesday morn
ing. Robert Dixon, Mrs. Dixon and two
small children expect to leave the
lutter part of next week for their fu-.
ture home near Sacramento, Califor
nia. Dr. L. G. Ross has resumed his
office practice but until he feels that
ho has more fully recovered from
his injuries, he will not undertake
any outside calls.
Mrs. P. A. Dixon left Wednesday
for Boise, Idaho, where she will
spend a month with her mothei
Before returning to St. Helens she
will pay a short visit to relatives in
Baldwell, Idaho.
The stork stopped at a Portland
hospital last Friday norning and
nresented to Mrs. Amy Ross Stone a
healthy son who has been named
William Ross Stone. Mother and son
are progressing nicely.
Tho St. Helens high school basket
ball team won from the Scappoose
chili Friday night and continued
their good work by winning from the
Portland Nob Hill team Saturday
night. The locals will play Clats
kniiie Saturday evening.
A. B. Lake came down from Port
land to spend the week end with his
family. He is now employed In the
tux department of the sheriff's office
of Multnomah county. Mr. Lake's
past experience In this work makes
bin. a valuable acquisition to Sheriff
llnilburt's force.
Stanley Cartor, who formerly Uvea
In St. Helens and has many friends
here, was united in marriuge to Miss
Maud Porter at Live Oak, California,
December 19, 1920. The couple will
make their home in San Francisco
where Mr. Carter is employed in a
shipyard.
The Telephone company have
mailed or delivered to tnalr C lum
bla county subscribers, n H9W tele
phone directory. Tho directory gives
a greater number of numes thuu the
one published last June which Is
Imllcative of the growth of tho city
and county. The directory was
printed In the Mist's Job nhop.
Tho Central Real Estate Co. has
sold so much In the last few weeks
that their list Is gettlnrt pretty short.
It you have any property to sell at
Its real value we can sell It. There
has been no property sold In St.
Helens In the last year but could be
resold today at a profit. Let your
dollars work for you. Come in and
let us tell you about It. 6
About 25 members of the Progres
sive Woman's Club of St. Helens met
nt the home of Mrs. J. W. Allen on
Tuesday afternoon lor business and
Bocial work. Two very good papers
on Americanization were read by
Mrs. 8. B. Hosklns and Mrs. O. R.
Motsker Rev. K. K. Clark delivered
a neat address on the subject, "The
Home," giving It first Importance In
the social structure.
LITTLE GIRL KILLED
BY AUTOMOBILE
Juanlta Goo, the six-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Goe of Clatskanle, was struck by an
auto driven by Dr. H. L. Henderson
of Astoria Wednesday afternoon ant
Instantly killed. The accident oc
curred almost in front of the Goe
residence which is approximately
mlddlewav hetwcAn tha Renown D T,
depot and the S. P. & 8. depot. The
:ini Kin was returning rrom school
and turned from the sidewalk which
is on the west side of the paved high
way, to cross the hkhwiT tn. k
home. It Is said that a truck or
wagon was coming toward the auto
and tho girl stepped out from behind
he wagon and before the doctot
?ould stop his car, the girl was
struck. There were no eye witnesses
to the sad accident. Dr. Henderson
.ook tho little one into her home and
after explaining to the mother how
the accident occurred, proceeded tt
Rainier and reported the accident to
the authorities. Sheriff Wellington
and District Attorney Foote went to
Clatskanle Thursday to make an In
vestigation of the matter and the
Mist understands that Dr. Henderson
will appear here Saturday for a fur
ther Investigation.
CREAMERY OFFICIALS
ARE ELECTED
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the St. Helens Co-operat-'ve
Creamery association was held at
the city hall Saturday last, and the
'ollowlng officers chosen: president,
5. H. Lund; directors, J. Archibald,
't Goble. Fred Brlggs of Yankton,
Joorge Mills of Deer Island and Wil
liam Skuzle of Bachelor Flat. The
;ontest for president was very close,
.lijnd winning over Mills by one vote.
The annual report showed that tht
roamery had done a good volume of
cosiness and that the business had
)oen conducted In a manner satis
'uctory to the stockholders. Much
;redlt is given H. A. Colt, the butter
'uaker, for the success of the cream
iry as during his four years of serv
ice with the company he has always
rurned out an excellent product and
vorked faithfully for the company.
County Surveyor L. I. VanOr-
shoven was in Portland Wednesday
and Thursday attending a meeting of
association or surveyors and engi
neers. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Sauer. former
residents of St. He.jns but now re
siding at Amity, Oregon, were week
.lazen. "c
U. S. Mason expects to leave to
morrow for his old home lu Des
Moines, Iowa, and will spend several
weeks with his aged mother and
ither relatives.
The many friends f H. W. Christie
vlll be pleased to learn that after his
recent serious illness, he is now con
aloBcent.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Christie of As
'orla came up from the seaport city
Tuesday morning to spend the day au
no nome or Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Christie. The Astorlans were former
residents of St. Helens and have
many frieads here.
Mrs. Zella Payson KoesM of Port-.
land has rormed a vocal class In St.
Helens and Is at the residence of
!rs. S. B. Hosklns Tuesdays and Sat
urdays. Mrs. Koegel has tho reputa-
ion of being an excellent teacher of
ocal music and a number of persons
!iave already Joined her c'asaes here.
Grant Lynch, whose fa.-m Is near
Scappoose, wished some of the city
conveniences In his home so he had
V. E. Harvey Install an electric Ught-
ng system and also a pressure water
Tump which furnishes running water
hroughout his home.- Mr. liarvey,
who is In partnership with L. S. Hat
'an In the sale of farming Imple
ments, states that he ani Hattan
have recently Installed several Hec-
ric light plants in farm homes.
The city officials met with a num
ber of business men at the councht
-oom Wednesday evening for the
mrpose of discussing a plan of hav
'ng a day marshal and a night watch
nan. It was suggested that the city
mve a regular dya man who will
ittend to the street work and other
ncldental work and that a night
.vatchman who would be deputized
is a marshal, be employed by thfc
nisiness men and that they make uj,
uifftclent funds to pay him. No
Infinite conclusion was reached.
The Portland Telegram of Tuesday
'ad a picture of a number of legts
'ators just about to enter the state
uiouse, In fact they were climbing
'he stairs at the time the photograph
er shot them. In the lead of tho
party was a rather large man, well
dressed and wearing a black derby
hat. Though he was looking straight
it the door. It could easily be recog
nized as Sherman Miles, representa
tive of this county. The fact that
Sherman was in the lead of the party
indicates, as his friends here say.
that he had already established a
leadership and will hold it.
P. A. Dixon, fire warden for Col-
umble County district for Columbia
County FU Patrol Association, re
turned from the Nehalem Friday
night. He was In the Nehalem to
attend the meeting of the Nehtlem
Telephone Company. Mr. Dixon
said that the heavy rains of late De
cember and early January had made
of the Nehalem a real river and In
the Vernonla district It was from
fourteen to eighteen feet deep
Rock Creek, which flows through
Vernonla, and which during the sum
mer Is from two to four feet deep,
had also felt the effects 'of the raiu
fall and was from eight to twelve feet
deep at Vernonla. Mr. Dixon wlh
again look after the patrol work in
the Nehalem this year.
COUNTY
COURT
Y
T. B. Mills Is now RoadmNtr, Suc
ceeding T. 8. Wilkes Road Patrol
men are Chosen Charles Koutek
Appointed Fruit . unpector.
The county court finished
ous session this week. There was so
much business that the court did not
adjourn until Tuesf . afternoon. Ia
addition to drawing ie jury list ana
attending to the regular business,
thf-y made many appointments. T,
B. Mills, who has been road super
visor of district No. 9 for tho na.f
several years, was appointed county
roaumasier ana nis salary rixed at
$2,000 per year. Former sheriff H.
E. LaBare was appointed clerk of
the road master and the rlprimi imri
of the office was undertaken bj
County Clerk J. W. Hunt and Mr.
LaBare can be found In the clorV.
office. In addition to attending to
ne clerical work of the roadmaster's
'fflce, ke will also assist in the work
of the clerk's office which is increas
ing rapidly.
A. L. Morris, former fruit Inspec
tor having been appointed deputy
assessor. Charles Koi.telc nf Snn.
poose wsb appoints to succeed Mr.
Morris. P. W. Harrison was re-ap-(
pointed Janitor of the court house
and his salary fixed at 11 sr n
month. Dr. L. G. Ross was reap
pointed county Health officer and th
salary, as hertofore, is $20 per
month. A. L. Clark was annnlntot
Justice of the peace t District No. &
maimer), to rill the vacancy caused
by the death of Judge Doan.
Koad Patrolmen Appointed
The court annolnterl tho fnllnmlno
rod patrolmen: George W. Grant,
Scappoose, for districts 1, 10 and 17;
(the latter Is the Scappoose city dis
trict) John Kallberg, Warren, dis
trict io. z; u. w. Clark was reap
pointed for districts 3 and 12, the
latter belna- the St. Helena eitv dis
trict. This district having no money
to Its credit, the wurk within the in
corporate limits wfll be very little.
Otto Brock haus of Deer Island was
appointed for district 4 and Frlta
vnuxer, woo has served so well for
the past five years, was re-appointed
in districts 5 and 13! T J triinnin
was re-appointed for districts 6 and
i, me coun ana tne Kalnler district
people being satisfied wttn lur. Flip
pin's work: P. E.
cy was appointed for districts 7 and
trict 8: A. D. Hall of Vernonla wac
appointed for districts 9 and 18 ann.
ceeded T. B. Mills wno is now road-
master, and J. D. Brown was re-appointed
for district 11 which Is the
Sauvtes Island district.
There will be ahmit i?Kn nnn.
available for road work this year
and the court, roadmaster and patrol
men are hoping for the best possible
results.
FIRST NATIONAL
ELECTS OFFICERS
The annual mooting' nf tha iinxk.
holders of tha First National Rm.
of St. Helens was held Tuesday. The
stockholders elected the following di
rectors: j. w. uay, H. F. McCormick,
H. O. Howard. Sherman Milen an1
Charles Graham. At the meeting oi
me airectors. tne -following officers
we.-e elected: Charlu Granam, presi
dent. Sherman Miles vice nrooMant
and H. A. Childs, cashier. The
growth of thq bank under the man
agement of Messrs. Graham and
Childs has been remarkable and the
stockholders expressed their appreci
ation of the services of these officers.
BIG STEAMER HERE;
ANOTHER COMING
The stOAmer Vo-rtoan In ..
taking on 1,000.000 feet of ties for
delivery at some Atlantic coast port.
one win complete ner cargo at other
mills on the river. Next week thv
Japanese steamer Inyo Maru Is due
here. Thn ataamnr la nnn nf tha
large cargo boats and Is the largest
vessel mat nas Deen in this por.
Her lumber carrying capacity being
more than 5,000,000 feet.
COUNTY BUYS
ROAD MACHINERY
At this session of the court ad
ditional road building machinery was
purchased. A five ton Case tractor
and a large scarifier were purchased1.
Several tractors and scarifiers were
tried out but the ones uprchased
seem to suit the court. A Case trao
tor for the Nehalem country road
districts was recently purchased from
Harvey and Hattan who are count
agents for the machine.
PRESCOTT MILL
STARTS TUESDAY
E. J. Sivler, superintendent of the
Beaver Lumber company's saw mill
at Prescott, was In St. Helens Thurs
day. He states that the mill which
has been shut down since December
24th will resume operation Tuesday
the 18th. The mill furnishes em
ployment for 120 men and the dally
output of lumber Is about 126,000
feet.
Circuit court. Judge Eaktn pre
siding, will convene Monday morning
January 17th. Tne Jury cases are
set for the 17th to 24th, and after
that date there are several eqult)
cases to be tried. So far there are
no criminal cases on the docket for
thla term of court.
APPOINTS
MAN