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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1910)
For the New of the Whole County Read TheMUt $1 year SilST Patronize Home Mer chants. It helps the Town Along Always VOL. XXX. HWS PARAGRAPHS FROM OTHER CITIES IN OREGON fVdvrnl tugluear at Portland bave jtcidtHl t report against the bmpo ,1110a to aerv'ejr the U"PH' rlvwr. ,lw"U Suuttsbttrg and lloseburg, to tttrmlnw aether the etreatu could b, made navigable. Arrauacmenui have bran completed (of tba annual convention of tlio Ore- KiIhII Merchant Association lu fclrni, eud tbe dalee (lied a Juuu- , Uf 85. 26 and 27. si e. ..ta farmer' school, to be conducted D purvit Grove uudur the auspice 4 the Horticultural Society, the I Guilty Vltf, Aeaoclalloo and tlalos j OnngD Mill pa uaia i 7. Oregon U to have country Ufu niBilh'lon of on- if the niova pent nurtad by the I'matlHa county Btnibr of tbe Keriuar' Educational tii Cooperative Union of America Ceu with ucce. OiwaJd Wast, governor-elect and tiUroud commissioner, will resign bla lutltlou a railroad commissioner (tout 1m ember 1, and take a abort vacatlmi In Callf.wula before annum tt( bu duties a govornor of Oregon Jaeuary The rk of raseedlng tba burned e?r ari-ii In the Crater national for Ht ba beou eueckd temporarily by ibeavy fall of anow wltbln thti foreit. If a true, should occur wlihlii the icit few daya tba work will have to 9 oti'r until neat fall. H. 0. McAllister, manager for tba Buma Ruin Association, haa filed statement of espenao Inuum-d by (bat arganlaatlun In the luta cam paign Total eipendlturea equaled II.7S; 72 and tba total contribution are $(0,m.2S. Twdve yeara In tha penitentiary tt bard labor wee tbe eenlence pro-luunci-il upon Herbert Lambert for killing hla wife, Margaret Grace Lambert, In a tent at Portland. July I Lambert, after ahootlng hla wife, bat hluisulf, but recovered from the wounds Tba verdict of the Jury waa ggaaslatightar. ' Killing elk In Oregon wan expeu air for K K. Slerol. of Graham, for a November 13 ba waa found guilty such an offense and fined $:100 by iud Campbull at Oregon City. Tha effena waa committed la at January, tut owing to varloua postponements 'tte trial waa not Bold until recentfy." An luimnnna body of timber land aiona: the Ulualaw river. In l-ne coun ty, hn been purcbaaod by Hun Kran Cluco caiiltallata. Tba tract la aald ,lo conuin 1,000,000,000 feet of aaw timber, wblch waa aoM at the rata of $1 a thousand feet. Tbla would In rolra a conaldaratlon of $I.0iMj,0i0, tha latgeit that baa baen wade In Ortfun for aaveral yeara. A inuvtliiK of repreaentatlve Aato Ma bualnva man waa hold to arrnnKn for bo!illn( a auUubls celebration aaxt funnuer of tba 100th anniversary of tbe foundlnf of tha first wblte set tlaiuvnt on tha Taclflc Coaat. A com Ittee of flva wag named to aelect a caatennlul commlaalon of 17 member vblcb will bave tntlr charge of tbe arraogemeut. Tbe Kelt fund coiumlailon dl Wnd In Oregon dnrln tha lata aampulKn through Ha treasurer, H W. 8t..ne. of Portland. $t3.4S4.73. Tbla amount waa expendod In publication f pamphleta and other literature dla tfHiutnl among tba voter In babalt f tax amendment to tha contltu tlon tbat were voted on by tba people aad oilier uiuaaurew proposed by the Paople'a i'owor League. Pni)itvd by Insane jealotmy, Wil liam llaaaluK, an electrical worker, drd two bullet Into hla wifo'a brain Bd, turning tba weapon upon hlui alf, aent two mora Into his own a moment after they mat on the street t Portland. Tba woman died 30 lnutt later at St. Vincent' Hospi tal, where both wara taken by tba Police after tba shooting. Homing aa a chance to recover. Pees amounting to mora than tha legtHlatlve appropriation covering tbe penas of tba entire board of con trol, were turned over to the board by M. Saxton, uperlntendcnt of Dlvl Ion No. J, represent Ing money col lected In connection with water right adjudication tor tha past lx month. There u still a aura amounting to ( l!,2:u on band for that division, not j Pya!le owing to contests and certl- I 8cate. for tha first si month fee j 'or tbla division amounted to 12,999 78 j 'ntiribV discontinuing ! atlons at that placa, ) company wanted him to i them In their big tniH According to firsl clwi ! woman of Washington ara no' rota and are allgibla for Jury 4 ona aide of tba Columbia they by an overwhelming majority ' people aero tha river decida want It. Doea It not em itri MrJ.B.Beg1e,olKetchlka; pant Thanksgiving day with and friend in Bt. Helena, U the evening train for Portl which place be went to Seattle the itetmef for bU home. 22 GIRLS DEAD IN NEW JERSEY FIRE Inadequate Means of Escape and Panic Leads to Large Death Roll. New York Taenty two nirig known to bu deml, burned, autfoiut.d 01 crushed. Nome killed liiHtuntly and othera mortally Itiju'ed; elRlit (lying at bonpituls; 10 mUxIng, tlii-lr bodier suppohed to be lylnK under tmiH ot smoking d.'brlH; ;!8 more Herinuly In jured Is the triple toll of a fire In an antliiuuted lour story brlek fac tory at 2H,i2H HiKh street, Newark, N J. Winn the Mro irnVf out it trapped 00 girl euipUiyed on one of the upper floors. A panic ensued. Many of the girls leaped from the windows. There Is an enulnn house net door to the factory, but before the firemen could give nny HKtiMiinc.. nt Icu.t 20 of the girlx hud Jumped. The building lu which the fire oc curred U u four-story structure, It Is believed the bluzw started on the second floor. In the rer, among a lot of rubbish. Within a minute or two after it was noticed It bad mude Its way Into a lot of 'waste paper, from which It connected with the up per floors. In all, about 2" p;Tons were employed In the building. MAY CURTAIL POWER OF ENGLISH LORDS Loudun. With the dissolution of Parliament, nil formalities preliminary to the election of a now Purllument were completed. Tbe proclamation of dlaaolulton auinmoned the new Parlia ment to assemble on January 31, 1911. Among tbe first of tt member to be elected unopposed will ba Arthur J. Ilalfour, the opposition leador, tha Liberals having decided not to con teat hi aeat fur I-ondon. On the Stock Exthauge, where reg ular dealings h ive been Instituted In bet on the elections, tba feeling learn ed to anticipate a reduction in the Liberal majority. Ulatar Threaten War. In Ireland the struggle Is growing bitter. A meeting of delegates rep rcaeutlng every l'Uter constituency wa held In rteirast. at which a reso lution was -adopted cn motion of a Fresbyterlun minister to draw tip a solemn declaration refusing to pay ratea or taxes Imposed by a Dublin Parliament or obey Its decrees, while 150,000 was subscribed on the spot to organize the I'lster men into regi ments and purchase arms. The dissolution of Parliament brings to a crisis the supreme strug gle now In progress to limit the leg islative powers of the House of Lords and thereby permit the elective branch of Parliament, the House of Commons, to exert larger power in affecting legislation, more particular ly measures relating to Irish home rule and tbe financial budget. Governor Banaon to Return South. Salem, Ore. Oovcrnor and Secre tary of State Henson will return to California to remain until warmer weather conies In Oregon. It is gen erally considered that Mr. Hanson's prospective return to California sig nifies that his condition of health bas changed for the worse; that the Improvement reported upon hi re cent return from the south has not proved permanent. That the Gov ernor will be able to fulfil tho duties of the office of Secretary of State through the new term to which he as been elected Is considered doubt ful by many of his frlend3. STATES SHARE PROFITS Nlnteen State Will Partlolpate In Farest Returne Division. Washington. Nineteen tate will participate in the 35 per cant division of national forest revenue for the fis cal year ended June 80, 1910, accord ing to a bulletin Issued by the forest service. Tbe tate' portion, which I for road and ohool purpose, amount to 1506,194. an increase of 167,492. or allghtly more than 10 per cent over the amount distributed lat year. The amount whlci will go to tne far weetern tate are: Idaho, $66. 074 53; Oregon, 139,685.87; Washing ton, 823.671.8J. Columbia First In Rlvr Budg.t Washington. If the river and bar bor committee of the Home appro priate all amounta recommended by the Chief of Army Engineer for river and harbor work In the raciflo North west, the forthoomlng bill will carry a total of 82,268,800 for that otloa. the bulk of the mon.y going to the Columbia River, the main waterway at the Nortbweat. and under the aew policy of the Admlafctratlea. eaUtJe. ST. HELENS, LEROY T. STEWARD n - A t-;: Chicago Chief of Police who haa put ban on suggeatlva aongs. WASHINGTON, D. C, NOTES The railroad securities commission. Of which President Hitdley of Yalo is chairman, held Its first meeting Mon- A fi v Tim tj . tt. . t ,i i , ....... to Investigate questions pertaining to ,he wh Sone rorwaru, the Issuance of stocks and bonds by j t0 'eimorce him before pursuing tbe railroads Insurrectionist. In the meantime, the That tha increase of a few mills in : ,atter took a postlion on aDon,Pr hl11' the freight on a pair of shoes was I "hort ",8tance away 8nd V followed by an advance in price to ! to re"Ut an attack tha retailer of 10 or 15 cent and of wlthln half an hour G1 Xavar- 40 cents to the consumer, was rte- 1 elated by Henry C. Harlow, of Chi cago, before tbe Interstate Commerce Commission, tiecret of corporations and the In timate details of their business are to j bo guarded by the government under j iua mws puHHi'u. uy iu tasi session oi congress, providing f-r tbe filing of returns with the treasury department for the purpi a of assessing federal taxes. Secretary of tha Treasury MacVengh Issued a ruling which pre vents perusal of the reports by the curious or by those who might bene fit unfairly by them. The members of the Hoard of Army Engineers, who rxnniln. J all tha gov ernment irrigation pnjeitg during tba past summer, will rr -iort to Presl- dent Taft the first of th'j week, and j within a few days tberea: er It Is ax-1 pected that the "resident vlll appor tion the 20k too made available at the lu . session of congrc-g for the completion of these projocts. NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS Tha ruiif.irniii rimrt nt anneals has I affirmed the Judgment of the superior court whereby Abraham Reuf, for-1 mer political boss, was convicted ot ' bribery and sentenced to serve 14 years' imprisonment. Colonel Moses E Wetmore, chair man of the finance committee of the national Democratic committee, who was one of the first men of means to support V. J. Aryan' presidential ambitions, Is dend a the result of Injuries received when he was run dnn on the street in St. Louis. Harry Orchard, convicted of the j murder of ex-Governor Frank Stun-1 enberg, of Iduho. Is declared to have recently admitted thnt ho declined an offer of parole from the Idaho state penitentiary. Orchard Is said to have told bis friends and the prison board that ho considered the prison walls the best protection available for him, as he feared violence, even death, If released. BRIEF NEWS OF THE WEEK A sweeping Investigation Into the rates charged by the Pullman Com pany for sleeping car berth and par lor car eats Is to bo Instituted by the Interstate commerce commission at a hearing to begin Wednesday In Chicago. The Tennessee supreme court held a constitutions the act of the Ten nessee legislature of 1909 prohibiting the manufacture of whisky in Tcnnee tee. A meeting of Democratic leader In Baltimore with Democratic National Chairman Mack and Champ Clark resulted In the decision to hold a gen eral conferenco of Democrat from all tates In Baltlmere on January 17. With aoclety woman In diamond and laces, working glrle in their bast bib and tucker, club men In "wallow fall" coat and worklngmen In their "store clothes" mixed In a laughing, happy confusion, Mllwaukee'a Social lit city government conducted the "first municipal dance ever aeen In America." V 1910 1 DECEMBER jWQ $mn. ftoa. Taa. Wxl. Twa. PtU TT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8,9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 23 29 30 31 i.ilirrl'.lt'l''lif OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1910. MEXICAN TROOPS PUT REBEL'S TO ROUT . Revolutionists Lose 15 Killed I and Many Wounded in i Engagement. - Chihuahua, Mex. In Hn eng iSiment i ' Rear this city boo Kvdeial woo .. rout- I ed a force of 400 .Malrolti, driving ', thuui repeatedly from a glroi", ponl- j ; tlon and compelling tbem to take to the mountains. Tne revuluticnlHtH lost 15 killed and ! many wounded. Tbere were no fatiU- j Itita on tHo Federal side, but several, j ! Including three officers, were wolindcd. General Navarro waa In command of the Federal troops. He left Chi- i 1 htiabua at the head of four compa I nles of the second buiulion and two ! squads of cavalry from the 13th regl j ment. i Near FreKno, 12 miles out, tne of j the squads of cavalry fell behind to J gnard the road. They were ainbusaed i by tbe rebels, who opened fire from j bills. en both sides of the highway. Captain FloreuHno Oavlcawlth SO troopers drove tbe enemy from their positions. He waited for a portion of " reacueu uie scene try and opened fire. Again tlijs rebels retreated, only to seek a new posi tion, from which they were again dis lodged. PORTLAND-SEATTLE CENSUS Wasbington. The population of Portland is 207,214, compared with 80,426 In 1900, and 46,385 In 1S90. the Increase from 1900 to 1910 therefore la 116,788, or 129.2 per cent. . The population of Seattle is 237 194, an Increase of 156,523, or 194 par cent over 80,671 In 2900. The population In 1890 waa 37,834. ' Census Director Durand scd that until tbe complete returns for Oregon are nubnsbed. showing tne popula tlon of Portland's ,suburbs, a Just comparison of the population ot me two cities could not be made. Seat tle baa annexed its suburbs; a very considerable population, similarly contiguous to Portland, Is outside its corporate limits. The revision of the Portland figures resulted in the elimination of 15,745 Humes. The number taken from Se- attle's count was 1 1,1 83. population of U. S. 100.000,000. Washington. That the population of the United etates- and Us posses Bion now exceeds 100,000,009 Is the estimate made from the census fig ures thu far announced. The popu lation of the United States, Alaska and Hawaii Is 93,471.648. Neither of these Include Gua-in and Samoa. New York, Chicago and Philadel phia are now three of the ten largest cities in the world. The population of eight American cities exceeds the balf million mark. HILL INVASION EXTENSIVE Salem. Ore. Theodore B. Wilcox, president of the Oregon Development League, electrified the opening Beg at Salem, Monday, with the state ment "Last June James 3. Hill, the Empire builder of the Northwest, gave me hi word that he would not only Invade the territory of the Har rlman system, known a the State ot Oregon, but gave me permission to quote him. Tbe exa'ct words used by Mr. Hill were: "'More mile of railroad will be built in the State of Oregon during the next five year than in any state in the Union except Montana. I would bave done It before If I could bave gotten tbe money together'." Mr. L. Sehenk Pleada Innocence. Wheeling, W. Va. "Not guilty" waa the plea of Mr. Laura Sehenk, when arraigned In the criminal court on the charge of administering poison In food, drink and medicine to her huaband, John O. Sehenk, the million aire pork packer. The case waa set down for trial December 14. Will Meet t San Franlace. Chicago. The next convention of the National Educational association will be held in San Francisco. Thia ii decided on by the executive com- mttf.A of the association. Tbe meet ing will be held July S to 14. Apple 8how In Chicago. Chicago The National Apple Show onsned Monday morning with Z.000, ooo specimens on exhibition. Dis trict display are exhibited from or chard in Wahlngton, Oregon, Ida do, Montana and the protlnce of BrlUeh Celumttla. p. h. McCarthy J. Mayor of San Francisco wlia wants hi official acta investigated. McCarthy WanU Probe. San Franclfco. In a letter to the grand Jury Mayor P. II. JlaCartby j has called upon that body to begin i forthwith nn investigation of his oln clal acts, with a view to determining whether any foundation exists for ru mors which he says bave been per sistently ciiculated by political ene mies of the present union labor ad ministration, and that be recently ac cepted two bribes of 110,000 and $00,000, respectively. Hankers for Balllrger's Job. Washington. Representative En glebright of tbe First California dis trict, who was defeated for re-election wants Secretary Balllnger's job in the cabinet, according to a well de fined rumor. Englebright Is reported to have written to several senators and congressmen concerning tbe mat ter, giving his opinion that Ballinger will soon resign. When told of the Californian'a re ported prediction, Ballinger mado his usual denial regarding hla possible resignation. WOMAN SUFFRAGE UPHELD BY LABOR r ' if ; i : 4 it I St. T .Mi.i-w-Tlty .SicrU".-FcOraraw tlon of Labor closed tbe 30th annual convention by choosing Atlanta, Ga., as Its meeting place for next year. The entire list ot officers, including President Gompers, Secretary Morri son and Treasurer Lennon, were re elected. Tba Western Federation of Miners' application for charter was referred to the executive council with author ity to act. The convention by unanimous vote Indorsed woman suffrage and later placed itself on record as favoring the organization of all classes of la bor lu this country, including negro. Some of tho Pacific Coast delegates objected to the proposition to Include the Asiatic races and It was suggest ed that the remedy wa the exclusion of Orientals. Battling Nelson Knocked Out. San Francisco. For the first time In bis fighting career Battling nel son, a shell of the once great pugi- lirt who proved such a terror to men In hi class, was knocked out beyond all dispute. Owen Moran knocked Nelson 6ut In the 11th round of a scheduled 20-round event, his victory being clean and leaving no room for argument as to his complete mastery over the one-time champion. Income Is Three Billion. Washington. The net income of the 262,490 corporation of the United States which are subject to tax un der the corporation tax law wa 3,- 125,470,000 for the year which ended on June 30. According to returns made to the Internal Kevenue Bureau, the capital of tbe corporation wa $52,371,626,572 and their bonded and other indebtedness waa 831.133,9o2,696. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat Track prices: Club, 82o; bluestem, 83c; red Russian, 78c. Barley Feed and brewing, 21. Oats No. 1 White, $28 per ton. Hay Timothy, Wilianvtte Valley, 820iS22 per ton; Eastern Oregon, 123?24: alfalfa, $13316. Butter Creamery, 87c; ranch, 24o. Eggs Ranch, candled, 42c. Hod 1910 crop, lie 13c; 1909, Cc: olds, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon 1317o lb.; Valley. 17lo lb. Mohair Choice, 3233c. Seattle. Wheat Bluettem, 78c; Club, 76c; red Ruasfan, 74c. Barley $20 perlon. Oata $27 per ton. Hay Timothy, $26. per ton; alfalfa. $19 per ton. Butter Wasblnston creamery, Slo; rone, 22c . EtTt leleofkd focal, B2o. ! one of ONES who do their Christmas Shopping early. -vaarycsB .Ceom tills section have always been inclined to go to Portland wlien the Holidays came around, for the reason that up to the past year or two they could not get much of a variety of goods from the local stores, but that day is past. No matter what you want we have it. Before going elsewhere at least look otst the fine assortment of Christmas Goods which we have now on hand a line of seasonable merchandise such as was never before placed on dis play in a Columbia County store From the Toys, etc., for the little ones to appropriate articles for gifts to the older folks not an item has been left out. Don't fail to drop in and see what we have. a A COMPLETE STOCK OF Groceries, Furniture, Shoes, Men Women An up-to-date and Gents' Furnishings J. H. Wellington St. Helens, Oregon NO- 2 the WISE Dry Goods, Stoves and Ranges -FOR- and Children serviceable line of ta grit eMlieerauwB.
