THE ST. HELENS MIST VOLUME XLI CHIMAN HERE ST. HELENS. OREGON FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. 1922 W H I™ w e l T r e c e i v k i , “OLDTIMERS” AGAINST LUMBER MOVEMENT I h« concert by tlm Whitney Hoy» j THE REGULAR TEAM ACTIVE LOCALLY chorua al I he Utterly theatre wum ruuch wijoyml by tliOMi* pr^Mont. T b « choruM work wa» Mplendid and ***>l,r lialUtfh mm Majiu#«» o f “ OKI Si. Helens Center o f lirlsk Activity In HhowAd the i »» h * a of ton#» and wide »n. ■» . .» l.umlwr Hlil|>inenls — McCormick runge Of the soprano sec I Ion and the ™ l b . - l » l l Team Out to tie! w»u. ( lialruum Tooae nf Republican-, sonority o f the lower voices The Manager Hunt'« Mcalp— Interest- U n e o f Boats Hupplylng < all for Hi»«.' T ou r In Hi. Helen», »peda l features were enjoyable one i„ , ti la Ports. of the best w,.H the song by Tom <*»■■•« I*r..z.U^I. Mir!» with IViitiul Oununltle iuii I 11 rad lev lie accompanied himself on ----------- ttin ukulnln and Himu with an nuunr .. . Attends Banquet. This week St. Helens is the center anew ... , ,• ‘ ?ur" > . ......n VV bat pro ini ana .. to ... bo . a in ani-e iinn en»„ that ninny profession an<w and linn that many profeaalon- ......... . . . . thriller . baseball games Is to ho pulled o l f on of it brisk movement of coastwise ala might envy the fair grounds bull purk in Ut. Hel lumber, with a promised continuation O iih of the imitl enthusiastic re Mr Whitney, (lie founder o f all , for the next week or ten days ut iiubllcen gatherings In year» wax the Whitney Hoy choruses In the ens next Sunday. There are a lot of "old timers" of least. i„ St Helen» Tuesday n I k In State o f Oregon, was the director The steam schooners Daisy Matth this great American game around wtl,,n (Klumbla oounty republicans and George Ingram, aHsIstan lurnwl »ut to greet W aller I.. Toose, visor o f ' mu« lr*r V ; ' ***1^i,,®n* *E***'*r’ I town who are laboring under whai ews, E. II. Meyer and Wakkeena are j r ^publican state chairman, who land was the accompsnis! ¡ " m \ \ u u l * * » * . . * “ deluded delu sion" due to leave with full cargoes. The Mr W iiii.,...v . . , , . Hiut they can come back, and are Daisy will clear Saturday night for l(pr„«l his tour here o i every county ! the southern coast with eleven hun lo th« »isle e b o n .» of twenty thousand voice» f . “ I' ^ l,,1,lkh thal there. ,B dred thousand feet o f lumber, the A in eel lii k » f Hie state clialriiiun Wakkeeria going out the same night jad county central com m ittee wa» with nine hundred thousand feet of I,«Id In the court house du ring the rehearsing In prsctlcaliy'every’ to“i n ‘ W“ “ l P ' “ " ‘ o ’* i" v,nc,fb,U!" lhe di“ - , ... y *Ery town in onj next Sunday afternoon, lumber for San Francisco. Tho »ftsrnoon. at which time plan» were in in in# w* h t•• rfi part of Ortviron |>**- * u «, u * ' Ml * or H .. la m t be <>r Meyer will sail Sunday, loaded with fi,. zi 1 1 #i>><• i I .Mayor iuiuukh »a e manaK»’ manager r or adopted for a thorough organisation piling for the south coast. „( the county committee t h o u s a n d v o ic e » in ÏC rH a n d M r" í i ’" “ “ ? 1 " ? “ The steamer Steel Ranger is now In dm evening a banquet wa» held at the docks and loading lumber for tt the SI Helens hotel, which wax She sails tonight The ,e . i » r V n lu *“ * « wUh. but he will New York. »llcnded by member» o f the republl receIvin» from Annette Rolph shifted from Portland i , pul on a spectacular 1 wl1' **• throw into Jim ctn organization und oth er leading aille uoiH to produc- ,. • . a surprise , , , # Hunt .* s to St. Helens tbix morning and will i*l>ubltcau nieu and women o f the timi In Portland for ih» 1926 fair 1 ' T ,. ‘ “ iV'v « Mp V * i l l « take on 600,000 feet for San Diego county Judge Murtln White, In hi» second to none, not even the f.in ò u » * , » •Neffe and Lefty She will Hail the first of I'uuiinn n u « . luiiioufc Hchroeder, and I tan use Swep Mor- delivery. i-htr»( terIxllc good humor, actod a» i a hh i o h riay at OtwrarnriiarKuu . tit.i llllV i.f . o <if , U‘ , i . /> . h iu crini rn.il<iz.i . , the coming week The Mobile City Is ton, uny on» of which is guaranteed IMKtmaiiter Kollowlng entbu»la»tlc to g o ut lea»t one full round before due here next Monday to load lu m ttlki by vurlou» republican leader» he swoons Rutherford, " H a n k '’ ber for Philadelphia delivery. preaenI. Mr Tooze »pok e along line» TH E LIBERTY HAS The steamers Willamette, VVapama- o p t n i i r i f n n i l I ! Wist and Morton have never been of organization l - .19 1 l i y n l U L . known to let a bull push Multnomah, Daisy and Daisy Putnam P U S H them If they Mr Tooze »aid that h« had no urn had a ghost of ini opportunity ‘ o lay ure due at St. Helens the fore part of for z man who did not have time to The program at The Liberty next down on It before It got past tuClii. the week. The vessels are handling ||«» attention to our form o f govern lumber for the McCormick California tncnt. and that we should have two week Is one of unusual attractive These hoys w II pertorm behind tho ness. featuring as il does some of hut and I uni going to see that they yards and the steamer Everett fin itrong political organiz ations; that are far enough behind It so that ished a cargo o f 2,000.000 feet on the duty of a republican orgunlza America's most popular screen siarn in their latest productions The Hunt's mullciouxly inclined hatter» Puget Sound for San Pedro yester tloh It to elect and not nomin ate re day. the steamers Edna and Celilo (llbllcufi candidate« ll 1» also hi» week opens tomorrow night with will not try to bean them to win the Pete llrukke la my reserve will load on the north harbor next "O utla wed.■’ a western picture fea game. opinion that «very republican engng turing lllll Patton und t'arlyn Wag force. Pete Is a little overweight,! week, while the steamer Daisy Gads- mg In u republican primary Implied iter, and 1» followed on Sunday an I hut he Is a darn sight more active' by is to work a full cargo on Grays If pledge» himself to vote for the than he look» I have other players Harbor. szcceotful nominee, and that It Is a Monday with James Oliver I'urw ood'j famous story. "Flow er of the North," of just ax good material as th ose' »acred pledge and should be carried plcturtsed. A portion o f this latter mentioned, hut f am not giving their! BRIEF HAPPENINGS out 1 am g o film wax made In Northern Oregon, names out for publication Taken all together the meeting wan ABOUT T H E CITY and the scenery 1» said to lie espec ing In to give that bunch o f Hunt's t decided success and much g ood for tally Interesting On Tuesday and a good, first-class drubbing, and I've ike republican organization was ac < Wednesday "The Passionate Pll-1 got good salmon to bet on It.” Annual Mite Ho*.— The Wom an's (timpllthed Mr T ooze went from g rim ." a story o f mystery and dar- Manager Hunt o f tile regular team. Foreign Missionary society will o b here to Astoria where he met with Ing Is (lie bill, with liert Lytell In which Is to go up against the “ ulo serve the annual Mite Box opening ikt (Tattop county central commit "Thu Right That Failed" on Friday timers" says he has no fear of the Thursday, August 10th at 2 o'dlock and Saturday This Istler produc outcome of the struggle. "I am will In the parlor of the First M. E Each member Is urged tn tion shows Lytell In (he prize fight- ing to concede." suid Mr Hunt, " l h a ' ; church. Ing ring, und Is u comedy Hint will I some time in the dim and distant I attend and bring a guest. WEEKLY R E V IE W OF pust this aggregation that Mayor Hat please any audience LUMBER MARKK'i lugh 1» championing could play base « - - On Way Home.— A postal card re ball as It was played in ancient ceived by 81. Helens relatives states TENNIS CLUB times But they have outlived their that J S. Botliwell and Roy Gtll who One hundred and tweu ty -four mills; ELECTS OFFICERS usefulness as hall players; besides, have been touring California by auto, raporting to West Coast Lumber my hunch of bull towers has forgoi- went a little farther than the Cal am > asxoctutlon for the week end At the meeting of the St Helen» ,<M1 ,ul,re about tho game than those ifornia line. They were in Tia 1st July ll^th, m snutactured 83.- Juana, Mexiso. Therv expected to ill 111 feet of lum ber; sold 78.- j Tenni» club Iasi Monday day night Hi. old1 Urner» ever d*d kn ow ." So the die Is cast for a real Inter start on the homeward Journey Fri 13».026 feet, and shipped 76, , followin g officers were elected for m.100 feet the year: L R Rutherford, pres esting game of hall. The old tlmerr day, July 2 8 • • • Production for reporting mills wa ident, II F McCormick, vice pres j may "com e ba ck " in a wuy to sur 1 »«r cent above normal New bust Ident; II A Childs, treasurer, (¡or prise the regular team and give them At f.in n on Beach. — Miss Amy Anyway. It L Geo. ge und Mrs. L. J. VanOrshoven lew 6 per cent below production •loti Thompson, secretary and J W . |a run for their money Shipment» were 4 per cent below new Thompson, J E Hutchinson and H j going to lie well worth going miles to accompanied by their friend, Miss tulnp»» F McCormick were chosen as direc sen and a record crowd Is promised ll -itn Johnson of Portland left on for Sunday's game Tuesday morning for Cannon Beach Thirty-four per cent of all new tors Vuilnei» taken during the week was An Invitation has been sent to s»v j wl e e they will spend several weens E A. Rotger took the party in his for future water delivery This erul I’ort land tennis clulm lo come OREGON CITY MAN •mounted to 26,889.026 feet, ot lo Ht Helens lo give lhe local play - 1 IN DEATH DRIVE an o and Mrs. Jacob George made the trip with them. *klch 18.986.906 feet was for do ers a chance to show their skill In ; mexllc cargo delivery, and 7,902.120 real competition. It was also decided i • • • A machine driven by Roy Stretch- f*«i for over aeus shipment New lo malm uny necessary repairs on th> 1 \ccepts ( all.— Rev. Paul D. Holf- berry, a civil engineer of Oregon t>u»lne»» for delivery by rnll nmoun’ courts and repaint the lines and to ( c ity , plunged o f f the highway neur man o f Portland has accepted a call ask uII members to pay their dues ax; *d to 1,726 cars Goble Wednesday evening, resulting to Plymouth Congregational church soon ns possible An Invitation Is ex-1 Thirty-one per cent o f the week's In Injuries to Stretchberry that o f this city and will begin his pastor lumber shipments moved by water tended for alt who are Interested in { Mr. caused tils death In St Vincent's hos. ate on the first of September. Thle »mounted to 23,1 16,800 feet ! tennis to join the club. pltnl Thursday morning The cause Holfman is a graduate of the Uni °f which 16 610,213 feet m oved; o f the accident was not determined. versity of Southern California and naslwlse slid Inter conical and 7. Htretchberry left Goble in the early his wife Is a graduate o f the Univer BRUSH FIRES 6*6 5B7 f,.,.t export Kail ship sity o f Oregon, where she also took n m * » i r r u c u r t i i c c v ! I w a n in g with Miss Ruth BloomquUt arm« amounted to 1,746 cars E N D A N G E R S M O U S E S ' (>f Katn|,.r for a ,|riVe The accident a post-graduate course In music. Ser I nfilled domestic c a r g o orders to occurred a few miles east of Goble vices, with the exception of the Sun 1*1 »8,274.364 feel Unfilled ex day school, will he suspended during This morning ut 4 30 o'clock, the i shortly after 10 o'clock, according to thd month o f August. P°r' (C I.M S .T 4 4 feel I li fir« department was called oul to Dr. J F. Ditto of Rainier, who was rail trade ordorn, 6,260 cars extinguish a brush fire on the road called to the scene. Stretchberry sus- In thirty weeks production hex l e a d l n g to t h e Columbia County H im - mined several broken ribs and Inter- Oi fil ial yuli'tn«'»«— The s h e m » s 1.... I • 11S to r t; i n kw i her company's mill The fire boys nul Injuries He was rushed to offic e reports a quietness bordering J*** T 621:112.183 feet; shipments lesponded promptly and In a short Portland. Miss Bloomquest escaped on boredom In moonshine activity re 2.3*6.917,604 cently. No new hauls have been made while had the fire under control with minor scalp lacerations. Lumber shipments from Ht llel Their prompt action doubtless saved Coroner White took charge of the of Individuals with an overzealous •tu have been light for the week hut several residence ax the fire wax body and brought It to this city De desire to go Into the Illicit manu »»»twlje steamers nnd steamers spreading over a considerable area, eased s mother lives at Long It.-i^h, facturing business Even the speed coming for o ffsh o r e cargo#'» will | Chief Gaffnev detailed several of I California, and upon advices from ers have almost quit speeding The •HmuUte shipping the hoys to watch the ...... Iderlng i there the remains were shipped to offic e force is taking a rest, ready for renewed activities fire to keep It from spreading • Long Beach Friday morning Tt r 1 -« ï â wüh'u;-: ü î ï w" " - BAPTIST ASSEMBLY CLOSES SUNDAY i« ¿ z Xt DROPPING TORPEDOES FROM U. S. N A V A L AIR P L A N E S Followlng a week o f artlvlty al olumhla • 'Iry. next Hunday will he A* cloalng day for the Oregon Bap 1,1 '» u n g l'eople's asseinbly Th.ii ttsndsnc« bas been g ood and the' wrvire» niueh enjo yed by all who at twideil frlday night Dr W rlg ht ls «e.hed- u "d tu malle an address o f welcome n,l »pprerlatlon, nnd the n egro eher ** * dl hav« a short program and idurt th« ram p flr« Servic e Thls or nln »', program will h« In th« na r" Of a rereption to Citizen» o f Mt ' af l i'nlimihln t'lty. Mo»? InternsMng Service» will he ” 1 Hunday In addllion to the ■ervjrxs and slnglng, Dr W II Hin-! will i„, t|IH «hie f Speaker o f the "*'• deiiverlng hls sermon al 3:3 0 ln ’ h» «fternoon. . **Peelal Invitation ls eitended «I» . Cl,l,w,B o f H» Helen» and Vl- V ,0 he present at all o f the»« “ rvlces rt. J» T V 1 0 O. F PO STPONE V E RN O N IA VISIT Mi A, del egat i on o f mem bers of Mr>. . i No , 1 7 ' 1 ° ° F m o » * * 1 *° OTnr *° Vernonia to - 1 In , ,r,?,W n,* ht lo «14 Vernonia lodgi *iuni "n d wor k, hut on ar- V -„ ,,f tbany o f the mem bers of fleli!>nla being out o f town m»itikLlf ,h,> 7or,>,,l fires, the lodge tin. >r r" *bo,1*lll It liest to postpone V«rnV " ' ,,nM1 * ,n,*’ r d « ' ' ' T'1" ’ onlv"nlH ’ "dK*’ though organized memi* ,,mR ha" * ***•»•* i flfnirl»hrr hlp " n<1 , h " lo dge Is In a "»«rt.hing condition. Iules» <k»ve|(>|>niint o f o ffe n s iv e w eep on x in n aval w a r fe r e . In n av al h a llle a o f the ^ f)(r u » i k on ca p ita l sh lp s. itl ,u a n l„ d u d e e a e .iiy d l) a a lla F l) Ing al a s|ieeil o f f n m 7 » m ass fo rm a tio n on th e i n. ni> h e ttle Une. T lie hu- wiu .n iv e r torpédo et lacks In ni». lev elop tn g n n rw t)|*e to r p é d o p la n e w h iM i w lll T h e l o i q - x l o .d o n c ‘ x '¡¡J ^ future, ten"'**** l»'*1 ï r«6j| L it L o f r H»'nniiurtl's j ^ i  T .......... ' Æ J L - «n*— ■ .... — ■ ■ . he the le st o f II» *■ U,e WOrW* Number 34 LINNTON LOSES T O ST. HELENS Llnnton's strong baseball team came to St Helens Sunday, hut Hunt's invincible» sent them home properly drubbed. The hoys from up river started off well by running In one score in the first frame. The locals were un- ; filiere Breaks Izxwe on Holdings of able to connect In the first round Went|H>rt Lumber (V>m|uuiy Near but from the second inning on to the Mist— Nehalem Valley Near For finish the boys almost ran them selves ragged in circling the bases est lllaze. Relten .pitched a good game and made a record o f strikeouts by fan ning 17 men Renewed forest fire activity has The tabulated result o f the gamej been manifest In Columbia county In follows: the past week. The fire which has St. Helens All R H PO A E| been sm ouldering for some weeks at McDonald, 3 . . 8 0 1 0 0 o: Belding broke its bounds and spread Parkinson, If . . . 4 1 1 1 0 o into surrounding green timber in the Paulson, 2b . . . . 5 2 1 0 2 0 1 properties of the Wheeler, Ham mond Calhoun, cf . . . . 5 3 3 (J 0 o ; and Oregon Loggin g & Tim ber c o m Fifty fresh fire fighters Howe, c . . . ____ 6 S 2 16 1 0 panies. McKie, l b . . . . . 5 3 4 8 0 1 ! were summoned to the scene o f the Pll, ss .......... ____ 5 0 1 1 2 0 ■ fire. Hicks, rf . . . 4 1 0 1 0 0 - C. C. Scott, of the patrol associa Kelten, p . . ____4 2 1 0 1 0 I tion was o f the opinion that the old fire was fanned by new winds and would give a little trouble, but he Totals . . 43 16 14 27 6 was In no fear of its getting be Linton AH R H PO A yond control Mere men than were Dlmmick, If . . . . Ö 1 0 0 1 requested by those at the fire would Munson, 2b . . . . 3 1 1 1 2 be needed if the fire had grown to Bradley, cf . . . . . 4 1 0 2 i any mammoth proportions. There Wilson, 3b ____5 0 0 1 i l.us been low humidity In the c o u n 2 4 8 0 Wist, c ____ ____5 try for a day or two. thus making Krause, p . ____6 0 4 0 2 conditions favorable to the sp read Warnick, ss 4 0 0 6 2 ing o f the fire. Young, rf . . . . . 3 0 0 1 Ö Accordin g to the last word from Jenson, l b . ____4 0 0 6 0 Fire Chief Dixon, a fire o f quite la r g e proportions has broken out at Totals . . ,. . .38 5 9 24 9 the site o f the Westport logging St. Helens 0 1 3 2 1 0 2 6 X— camp and is traveling in a southeast Llnnton . . 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0— erly direction toward Vernonia. This fire, as well as others in the near Summary— Home runs. C'a! ho McKie. Three-base hits, Calhoun, Mi- vicinity, hag been under control for Hie, Munson, Wist. Two-base hits, the past tw o weeks, but due to the Calhoun, McKie, Krause. Base on high wind, together with the pro balls, o f f Krause, 3; o f f Reiten, 1. longed dry spell, It has been almost Hit by pitched ball, Munson 2, by impossible to keep the fire on the Relten, and Parkinson by Krause. ground. Men com in g In from the front Struck out, by Relten 17. by Krause 7. Tim e of game, 2 hours. Umpires, have reported the fire still under control, but feared that it would B iilag h and Conners. he impossible to make much h ead way against the flame If the wind FAM ILY Q U A R R E L continued from the present dir ec ENDS IN DOG SCRAP tion. The fire traveled about tw o miles an hour on the ground but was A family scrap was brou ght be entirely surrounded by trails and More men are in fore Judge Philip Monday, and the well patrolled. Judge adjudicated the matter by readiness if the situation grows handing out a stiff reprimand to the ious. Fear has been felt for the safe participants and advising them to ty o f the town ow in g to the complete live in peace and harmony in future. lack o f fire protection and the fact Accordin g to reports the Fritz and that the timber extends to the city Thomas families o f the Yankton limits at nearly all points. The United States forest service neighborhood have not been living together in that brotherly love we of- ig on the watch fa» lightning storms, teu hear and read about. It re which are well known starters o f A perilous condition exists a; mained, however, for a dog fight to fire. bring the row to a climax. Whether present, with the forest lookout be by the the dogs shared in the enmity m e ing greatly handicapped families had for each oth er is not of smokiness o f the atmosphere. Ordi record, hut the fact remains that the dog» narily they are able to spot fires for carried on no words o f war hut ac distances o f nearly 20 miles, but tually entered into mortal combat. their range o f visage under present Each family attributed to the o th conditions is in places hardly a mite. The service has asked the co-op er rough handling of the oth er fel low's dog in the attempts to separ eration o f all who frequent the f o r ate them Result: Ray Fr'tz and ests In watching for fires and report Instances are Allard Thom as took up tlie matter ing them promptly. where the dogs left off, with the frequent where fires may not be dis further result that Fritz was haled covered until they have spread to un before the court on complaint o f as controllable proportions. sault by Thomas. The judge deemed the matter of M ILL FOREM AN trifling Importance and dismissed the RECEIVES INJURIES whole proceedings with the ad m on i tion to the interested parlies to go Struck by timbers from the rolls, and sin no more, and that any furth er sinning along the same line would B. J Holm, night foreman at the cost som ebody real money next time- St Helens lumber mill, sustained lu juries Sunday evening which will lay him up for some time. BRIEF NEWS NOTES W hile long on experience as a mill OF HOM E PEOPLE man. Mr. Holm was a new man on the forem anship jo b at the mill. II. F Mct’ormick and Clyde Suth Sunday evening was the starting o f erland motored over to Vernonia to his first shift, though he had been day via the St. Helens-Plttshurg about the mill for a few evenings with the old foreman Hls Injuries road. were a broken arm and some frac After spending a week In the Ne tured ribs. halem Valley near Jewell, Mr. and He was im mediately rushed to a Mrs Harry Laltare and daughter r e Portland hospital where he 1s said turned to St Helens Saturday ev e to be getting along very nicely. R e ning. ports have been in circulation on Raym ond DeVin and " B i l l " Ben the streets that he had died from nett joined the Whitney Boys chorus the effects o f injuries received, but for a tour of the down river towns. these rum ots are untrue. They will take part In the chorus at Rainier, Astoria and Seaside. STEAM SHIP LINE Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Ross and son GETS N E W RATES John returned to St. Helens M on day evening, after having spent a In keeping with their progressive pleasant ten days' outing at Cannon policy, the McCormick Steamship Beach. line has entered into shipping ar Mr and Mrs. F. R. Eller of Port rangements with the various railroad land btp in St. Helens I his week lines entering Portland whereby the lo okin g after Von Gray's je w elr y e s steamship line will get the benefit tablishment while the Gray family o f through rates between California are sojournin g at Seaside. Mrs. El and all points on the respective rail ler and Mrs. Gray are sisters roads Joe Strlstmaller and H. Hudde- Tariffs coverin g have been made man were In the city Thursday look effectiv e June 5th which puts the Ing up business The former is gen steamship line In position to give an eral frieght agent and the latter unequalled service through the Port freight ig em o f the Mct’ ormick land gateway. steamship line with offices at Port-, land. F L O W E R OF N O R T H ” Perhaps a little late In mentioning P L A Y W IT H ACTION it, but Harry Lyons kept It rathei quiet that he has quit frying hls own There is a wealth o f action tn flapjacks Recently Harry sneaked o f f and took unto himself a wife "Flow er o f the N orth ." the James The lady who changed her name was Oliver Curwond production which will be shown at The Liberty on Miss Joyce LaVale o f Portland. Sunday and Monday, with tw o shows Mr and Mrs. Sydney Mclhuish Sunday afternoon Indian ftghta, were here Sunday for a short visit to night charges o f the enraged r ed Mrs. Melhulsh's parents. Mr and skins. a helpless girl whirling Into Mrs H. E. Laltare. They are now the rapids as her canoe rushes on. making their home ln Portland. Mr paddleless; physical fights and m or Melhuish having accepted a position al struggles. with the Price Shipbuilding c o m - 1 --------------------------- * — — — — — pany ! A R L Y MORNING Dr. W. G. Parent was in the lower FIRE ALARM end o f the county and at Astoria Tuesday on professional business About 4 o'clock Friday morning The dortor is specializing in sterility in cows and has been quite busy r e the siren call o f fire went out from cently In making calls to various the mill whistle. Many citizens arosn parts o f the county attending to live I rather earlier than usual to find it stock diseases and particularly the! to be a brush fire on the Portland work In which he specializes. | road. FIRES SPREADING