The Oregon mist., April 14, 1911, Image 1

THE OREGON
MIST
VOL. XXX.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1011.
NO- 21
ST. HELENS WINS
ome Good Baseball Played
Despite the Bad Wea
ther. Score 7 to 4.
The old rtIIl.lt' lilt their lick last
Sunday and a result the fast Brook
lyn (irey went lurk to 1'ortUnil with
tha mill end ol I 7 l) 4 score. Ti e
Grey came hre will) a clean slale hav
ing defeated Hie Oregon City team and
cleaned op t Mop (iold. The irnme
played here how thaOhey are a classy
bunch ol youngslere ami they play ball
like gentlemen.
The session oeni d good for St. Hel
ena, the f'rst two up went by that oi l
and ofttreveled route, Mrakke to Austin.
The nest one ou a victim to the
wile ol Mr. Jasuiau, st be (ucceeNfully
fennd the air three times. In the
local half Pembroke lead off with a bit
ami atole aecond . Perry waa out on a
pop fltr to aecond. but Austin got on
with the li.dp ol the uie aecond bate
man that put lVrry out. Pembroke
scored on Nadeau's sacrifice to left field,
and Oweu'a hit brought Aiutin home
Irom aecoml. Krakke walked, but I-al-ferty
wan out, Huberts to Fox.
In the aecond an error and a pair ol
hits brought two ol Mm vl-ltors borne,
but the local broke up the tie again I"
the third when Auatin and Owen went
went around the ba-e. Iloyt, for the
visitor secured a home run in thla
inning.
Kor the only lime In the game the
viiitora were on an even looting with
the local in the seventh, wheu Nelson
led off with a hit and scored on two
more ol (hem, making the score 4 to 4.
But then it a old Blondy Auntin'a
time to distinguish hlmsclt and he lifted
the iihcre clear over the fence. A cou
ple more in the rghib ended the run
getting, while, the Portland boy Were
blanked In bo'h them chapters.
A detailed score of li e game follows:
ST. IILl.KNS
A IS U II I'D A K
I'ctuhroke, c 4 1 1 10 1 0
Perry, if 4 0 0 1 0 0
Austin, lb 4 3 16 10
Nadea i. ss 3 0 0 4 3 0
Owen.. II 3 I 2 0 0 0
Ilrakke. 3b 2 1113 2
l.airerty. cl 4 110 0 0
Laws, '.'b 4 0 0 3 1 1
Jusman, p 8 0 3 0 10
HKOOKLYN C.KKYS
Fox. Hi 3 0 0 11 0 0
Uoyt.ss 3 1 5 2 0 0
Reed, 3h 4 0 0 2 3 1
Milton, cf 4 0 110 0
Johnson. If 4 0 0 1 0 1
Lipke. rf 4 10 0 10
Nelson. Sb 3 2 2 2 3 1
Klgner.c 4 0 0 6 0 0
Hubert, p 3 0 2 0 4 0
Just Like Home.
One afternoon Johnny came home
from school and said to hie mother;"Ma
nnna there was only one pupil in the
whole school who could answer one ol
the teacher questions." "Well, my boy
Ihoieit waa you" said she. Yes, it
was," said Johnny. "I am proud ol my
boy. What was the question " "Who
broke the wiudow In the bai k ol the
school house.
Home Talent Play.
The play "Tony the Convict" a melo
drama in aveaota will be given at Watts
A Trices hall in Scappoose tonight Friday
April 14, under the anapiciS ol the Heap
ponse Ixidgn ol United Artisana. The
play isa home talent proposition and
one that the people ol Seappooae ate
Inking a lot ol Interest in. The cast is a
good one and may bring the play to St
Helens il they have complete success 1 n
their own town.
Institute Notice.
County School Superintendent J. II.
Collins spent a couple of drtys in Astoria
Inst week, and while there attended a
local teacher institute, where he made
an address. An institute for Columbia
anil Clatsop County will be held in
Astoria at tome time during the cen
tennial exposition and it waa on buainesa
connected with the making ol arrange
ments for this that Mr. Collins visited
the lower river town. Having an
institute there in the summer will tie a
very handy arrangement as all ol the
teachers in this County will want to
attend the exposition and they will be
able to kill two birds with one Hone.
This week the superintendent Will put
in most ol the time visiting the schools
out in the Nwhiilmn, weiither permitting
His stay in the valley will run well into
next week.
We buy In large quantities and are
able to sell at smaller prevea than the
other fellow. James Muckle A Bon.
local nuns
Pi"' i eai is i -in. i-.O
Mr. W. If. Conycrs, of I'latHkanie,
wa a St. Helens vUltor this week.
Mr. liuyliss, ol the Clatskanie Chief
was a business visitor to this city on
Monday last.
Mr. Beit Siffert, of Deer Island, was
a business visitor to the County sent
lust Wednesday,
The fourth Unm of the Clatskanie
Brave, the school paper of Clotnkanie is
now out and is a credit to the best
school town in the county.
J. 8 Kelso, head of the Tacflc Lumber
Iiiletion Itureaii, lias been in town
this week inspecting the lumber being
tnken on by the Hnliili Steamer Inverkip.
Dr. Li n sister, of Washington County,
wa lu town lust Sunday to call on Mrs.
Allen The doctor ia well known here,
as he has been a resident ol the lie ighbor
Ing county for many year.
Kinmet Stevens, ol Scappoose, came
down in his automobile last Sunday to
attend the bane ball game, bringing a
load of his friends down with hiui.
There Is nothing Mr. Steven would
lather do than take in a good ImII gume.
LOST Last Sun. lsy, between Ilotilton
and the St Helens Mill, a ladies gold
watrh. Kinder will receive reward by
returning to T. Jaeobson.
Siii'ATiu! WakTKD Young Indy,
local resident, desires some stenographic
or bookkeeping work. Apply at the
Mist Office. 23
K. I. rtullnh and Dsn Richardson
went down to Aloria last Tuesday to
bring up the lauuch that Mr. Bxlliigh
will use this year in buying fish for the
Columbia Kivrr "ackers Association.
ltev. Van Marter will preach in the
City Hall ucxl Sunday at 11a. in. audi
7.10 p. m. Sunday school at Citv Hall!
at IMj, ;
Mrs. Frank W. Wood", of P .rtland, !
IM iit a couple of days this week as the
guest of Mr. J. II. Wellington.
Mrs. A. J. Tee I spent pari of last
week and ill s wet k in this city.
Ir. and Mrs. If. K. Cliff and family
spent last Sunday at thi home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. II. Mllard.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Tow ell and son
William visited over Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. C. II. John.
Harris & Slim' Blackville Strutters
will be at the City Hall, Filday night,
April 14. After the show there will be
dancing. t
Ijiit Sunday evening a crew of alio tit
thirty longshoremen came up from
lU'incr to go to woik on the big steamer
loading here Such business Is good
for the hotel and restaurants, and there
is no small amount of money that find
its way from the longshoremen into the
I ui tn Is of our merchants.
Miss. A. J. Ketel visited over Sunday
at her home in this city.
FOIi SALK.-2 lots. Cheap. In
quire of Harold T. Kims, St. Helen
Hooked and Happy.-
I.at Tuesday was matrimonial day at
the office of County Judge James Dart as
there were two dillcrcnt couples who
called on him to have the knot lied
that Was absolutely necessary to their
future happiness'. They were Mrs. C,
K. Walker, of Rainier, and W. II.
Madden, of Nome Alaska, and Miss Cora
Tfeil of Columbia County and II. O.
Keyser, of Walla Walla, Wash. Wednes
dsy business at the Judge's oflice was
not quite so brisk, as there was but one
couple called looking for a glory ticket.
They were K.iiaheth Ijitiibert, of this
coiintv, and Iten A. Neuman.of Multno
mah. (iimhI luck to the whole bunch and
may they live long and prosper. ' Put
why ia it that as soon as a couple look
ing for a marriage license appears on
the street everybody know just what
they are looking for? Do they look fool
ish or what is It? It is a fsct that tin y
are spitted immediately and their errand
told.
On Sunday.
Sunday trade is heavy here. L. E.
Clark, or ltaldy's Talsce has the largest
trade ol its kind in Halnier on Sunday.
He has good proof as last Sunday morn
ing early three of his heavy weight
customers were standing on the walk
b ick ol his building admiring the Col
umbia River and its refreshing breeze,
when suddenly the walk broke down and
his customers (ell In the river 20 Icet
below, in mud and broken bottles. One
hail a large cut over the right eye and
two ribs broken while the other two
were badly bruised and had to be re
vived with cold water batiis. Chirk Is
n ,w btiildiii a new walk and guaran
tee his customer that such bad luck
will never happen again. Signed, C. A.
11 (inter.
THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE
Tell Of Improvement Made and Others That Are
Needed at the
CITY'S FINANCES IN
Present Indebtedness Shown and the Building of a Comprehensive Sewer I
Recommended. Fire Company Needed.
Ukntlimin:
This i the last meeting of the City
Council as at present constituted and
before we separate it become my duty,
under the charter, to call the attention
of yourselves to the work tliat ha been
accomplished by you and to make such
suggestions and recommendations to the
incoming council ss may aid them to
perform their duties.
I desire, in the first place, to compli
ment the old council for the faithful
and efficient services performed by them.
On every public question Mist has been
before this council you have met it de
liberately and fairly and there seem to
be very little left unfinitihed that could
luve been accomplished by you. I do
not ray there i no- jet left some very
grave and iinMirttut act to be done by
your successors, but that what haa been
undeitakeu by you has been very suc
cessfully terminated and thai every
thing that could have been consistently
done has been taken up and finished.
The people of the city are and have
liven our critics; we have been carrying
on the husinesa of the people and for
the people and they are juatly entitled
to critieirc our actions, yet in looking
over the records ol the past year and
the gieat things accomplished by yon
I have no fi-cling of regret for yon or
myself in any of our official actions and
I coi.fi 'ently uelieve that the great ma
jority of the people are reasonably well
satisfied with the work we have accom
plished. I also wish to call your atteution to
the other part of thecity administration,
the Water Comuiiripion, and to them 1
also add that they have csrefullv and in
a business like manner performed their
duties and that the people are also rea
sonably well satisfied with the results
attained by them.
It is a trait of human nature to "kick"
and we have seen come of this trait dis
played by sonie of our good citizens,
about t' e work of the Council and the
Water Commission; they have a right to
"kick;" their "kicks' have been re
ceived by all of us with the knowledge
of such right, and in many instances
have been the cause of tome change or
improvement not thought of before; let
them continue to "kick" and we who
ar e retiring from our public ofllce will
now join the ranks of the "kickers" and
"kick" whenev, r we please and you who
bold over and are just coming in will
have to stand it.
We have a water system that we are
all proud of; we would not go back to
the old system of a year ago if our taxes
were doubled or trebled and for the
work ol the commission in furnishing
this grand water supply to the people I
say "all honor" and that they are de.
serving of the highest praise and Com
mendations. a
We have a City Hall which would be
a credit to a town many times the size
of St. Helen; not only is it a credit to
the town in the way of a building, but it
is more than that; it is a paying invest
ment ; it is a large asset and the debt
Contracted for its construction will soon
lie wiped out and then it will be a
source of steady revenue to the City un
til the building is all used lor City pur
pose. There have been ma le considerable
street improvements, which add very
materially to the welfare of the City as
well aa to the convenience of the public.
There is lire apparatus sufficient to
handle any fire that may start, and while
it seems to lie almost so impossibility tn
maintain a well organized and drilled
fire company, the apparatus is there aad
Can be handled by most any ordinary
set of men without any special drilling.
However, 1 would recommend to the
Incoming administration that you nse
every effort to maintain an efficient and
well drilled fire company to handle the
apparatus (or lire lighting, There is no
question but that a well drilled organisa
tion can do more effective work in case
of in emergency than crowd of men
Present Time
PROSPEROUS SHAPE
without any training and without
leader.
In this connection I would suggest a
the most feasible way to keep the appa
ratus in shape to be ol service in case of
necessity, that the City Marshal be giv
en charge of the fire department and let
him call to hi assistance the memhers
of the fire company, who should work
nnder bis direction ; this may not b the
mean of maintainiug a well drilled set
of firemen, but will, at least, make some
one person responsible for the condition
of the apparatus and ensure its being in
proper shape when needed, I only of
fer this suggestion after having tried for
the past two yesrs to make the fire de
partment efficient without any success.
Before msk ng any recommendations
a to needed public improvement call-
iug for the expenditure of considerable
sums of money, I will call your atteution
to the present financial condition of the
city, so that you may be governed there
by to some extent:
On April 12, 1910, there wa a total
outstanding indebtedness of (3,703.74;
i nee that date there have been issued
City warrants to the amount of (15,175.
06. The total receipts for the year were
l,532.7. The total amount of warrants
id lor the year was, principal, 4,9o7.
I, amtfnterest 181.54, a total paid out
of $,-),U(105. This leaves on this date,
April 5th, 1911, a total outstanding debt
of (13,893 29. There is on this date
cash in the hands of the Treasurer,
92tS 65; there is about (150.00 due the
city from projierty owners along Case-
nati street for improvements; there is
due the city for unpaid licenses, rentals
and royalties in the neighborhood of
(SoO.OO; out of a total tax levy of about
(4,000, there has been only 948 col
lected to date, leaving over (3,000 yet
to be collected ; so taking these figures
into consideration as a resource, which
they are, this leaves a total debt of ap
proximately (9,000, and this is, as near
as I can ascertain, the basis of indebted
ness on which to figure future improve
ment. Again reverting to the water system,
and without any special recommends
tions, it may be well to put in this doc
ument the statement of the income of
the sle of water. During the past year
the water receipts have been (3,60t, with
(2.901 collected in St. Helens and (705
in Houlton. No doubt this amount will
be Increased during the coming year
and, if so, no taxes will have to be lev
ied on account oi the interest on the
water bond for the iuco ne will be auffi
cient to pay the interest and running
expense of the system nntil such time
as It shad became necessary to start the
sinking fund. By that time it is ex
pected, and to an almost certain degree,
that the income will have increased to
such an extent as to make the system
pay for itself. However, under the pros
ent showing, it is demonstrated that the
water system, like the City Hall, is an
asset and a paying investment.
It may not be amiss, and I think
quite proper In call your atteution to
the property now owned by the city,
and for which the apparently large
amount of money was expended by the
present council. The City Hall, togeth
er with the stage scenery, piano, chairs,
safe and other fixtures, cost approxi
mately (3,000, and as the property is
bringing an average income of (700 per
year, in addition to having a place for
the fire apparatus, the work room of the
Water Commission and meeting place
for the City Council, together with a safe
place for keeping the records of the
city, and for which rent has always been
paid, makes the City Hall a paying in
vestment, with an income of 10 per cent
on the money invested.
A modern city park of 20 lots, for
which wa paid 2,000, ia owned by the
city and i Well worth double that
amount. These, in connection with
other property on hand, seems to me to
.leave the city on a sound financial ba-
Concluded on Fifth Page
Daatli ot Mrs. Allen
Mrs. Lulu E. Allen, the wife of Pro
fessor J. W. Allen, died at her home in
thi city Tuesday, April 11th, sged 3!
years and seven days. She is survived
by her husband and one son five years
old, her mother and father, Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Main, ol Gaston, three sister
Mrs. Leitie Hankios, of Gaston, and
Mrs. Lottie Parker and Miss Wanda
Sain, of Forest Grove, and ber brother
Dexter Sain, of Portland.
Mrs. Allen's death was a shock to her
family and friends here as her last ill
ners wa but Of a few day doration.
She wa an active worker in the Sunday
School and the Women of W.xdcraft
and much loved by all who knew her.
The funeral service were held at the M.
E. Church Wednesday, and were con'
ducted by Reverend Stivers, of Forest
Grove, A large company of relatives
and friend attended. The burial will
be at the cemetery in Forest Grove
Dearest sister, thou hath left us,
Here thy loss we deeply feel.
But 'tis God that hath bereft us;
He can all our sorrows heal.
That New Clock at Last.
The work of installing the clock,
ordered some time ago, in the tower on
the top af the court house is being done
this week and the next time people
from out of town come here the build
ing will be much improved in looks.
The clock is one from the Seth Thomas
Cloak Co., and is quite a large and com
plicated piece of machinery. The dial
for it are four feet across and will be
illuminated at night. There is an attach
ment on the clock that will turn the
lights on or off at any hour desired.
The clock strikes every hour and has to
be wound but once a week. It is run by
a system of heavy weights.
House Catches Fir.
The house of John TJlmen, near Yank
ton, narrowly escaped destruction by fire
last Friday. Mr. Clmen waa away at
the time and a friend was in the bouse.
He built a roaring fire and when Clmen
returned the house was blazing, havinn
caught from the chimney. Fast work
saved the building from destruction, but
considerable damage was done before
the flames could be extinguished.
Craxy Man Brought Up.
J. L. Campbell came up last Tuesday
jrom Clatskanie with a man who was
supposed to be a candidate lor the bug
house, and at the present time he is in
the county jail. Very little is known of
him, and it has not been decided yet
w hat will be done in his casa.
Union High Schools.
A number ol persons in St. Helens,
Houlton, and contiguous school districts I
who are interested in providing good
high schod facilities within reach of the
young people of this part of the county,
wish to know the method of procedure
to establish a Union High School; the
question can be answered best, perhaps,
by quoting a part of the law bearing on
subject; "Whenever it is desired to
unite two or more contiguous school
districts in this state for high school
purposes only, a petition from each
district shall be presented to the district
boundary board setting forth specifically
the districts it is proposed to con soli Jate
and, also, the site lor the location of
the union high school building. If the
petition is from a district of the first
class, it shall contain the names of not
less thsn one hundred legal voters: if
from a district of the second class, not
less than twentv five legal votersr; if
from a district of the third class, not
ler-s than one-third of the leiral voters."
A vote on this questson must be by
ballot at the time of the annual school
meeting, the third Monday in June, after
twenty days notice has been given in
the respective districts petitioning to
unite. For this year, it would be neces
sary (or the petitions to be in the hands
of the district boundary board by May
3rd. 1911.
It will be observed that under this
law, two or more school districts may
unite for high school purposes only
without in any way affecting the elemen
tary public school; that is, the public
school up to, and including, the eighth
grade would remain distinct and separate
schools.
A good high school ought to be main
tained In this part of the county, and,
as do one district here has pupils enough
for a good high school, the anion hi)h
school plan seems to be most feasible-at
this time.
J. II. COLLINS.
BUY NOW,
There are only 16 days left in
which you can buy lota in Rail
road addition at the present
price, as on May 1st the price of
all unsold lots will be advanced
ten per cent. BUY NOW. Call
on A. T. Laws. Sales Ap;ent of
the St. Helens Improvement Co.,
TODAY.
COUNCIL MEETS
New City Fathers Sworn In.
Wilkin is Marshal and
Hazen City Recorder
The last meeting of the 1910 City
Council was held at the Council room
in the City Hall last night and a number
of matters taken up by the old members
to close up the affairs of the past year,
before the new officers were sworn in.
The usual grist of bills that come op on
first meeting night in the month were
considered and all that had been filed
were ordered paid.
The report of the City Treasurer was
read, 'approved and ordered placed on
file. A copy of it, together with Uie re
port of the recorder will be published in
the next issue of the Mist.
Mayor Martin White, Councllmen
Morton and Philip, Water Commission
er A. L. Stone and City Treasurer W.
A. Harris were sworn in as officers of
the City of St. Helens and a short meet
ing of the new council was held. No
appointment for the office of marshal
and city recorder were made by the
Mavor, as there were no petitions in and
he had not as yet decided on who would
fill these offices.
On Wednesday Mayor White informed
us that the next Marshal of the city
would be Frank Wilkins and that the
office of City Recorder would be filled
byM.F. Hazt-n. Both selections will
undoubtedly meet with the approval of
the majority of the residents of this
place, and will receive the endorsement
of the City Council.
Big Steamer Loading Here
The British steamer Inverkip arrived
here Sunday evening and commenced
loading cargo Monday morning. The
Inverkip is under charter to J. J. Moore
& Co., the San Francisco lumber export
ers, and will deliver her cargo of lumber
at Fieeoiantle, Australia. About half of
her cargo will be furnished by the St.
Helens Mill Co. and the balance by the
Hammond Lumber Co. at Astoria. The
Inverkip is a comparatively new vessel,
having been built at Glasgow only three
years ago. Siie isa vessel of 2800 net
tonnage and is capable of canying four
million feet of lumber. The vessel left
Antwerp on January 11th, with general
cargo for Sao Pedro and San Francisco
and experienced fine weather nntil off
the River Platte, when she ran into a
severe gale which lasted for three davs.
Big teas constantly rolled on board, but
only minor damage was done to the ves
sel and none to the cargo. Fine weather
was encountered from thw Straits of Ma
gellan until San Pedro was reached,
the vessel making the run from Antwerp
to the latter port in 60 days and main
taining an average speed of 10 knots.
The Inverkip carries a crew of 38 people,
28 being Chinese, and the 10 officers and
engineers are Europeans.
Van Meetings Here
The best attended series of revival
meetings ever held in this county closed
at the City Hall here last Sunday night.
They were held nnder the auspices of
the Methodist Church and were in
charge of C. M. Van Marter, more
familarily and generally known as
"Van." He was assisted in the work by
C. M. Hadley, one of the finest singers
that ever came to these parts. Mr. Had
ley had a well drilled choir of local
people and the singing waa a big attrac
tion, but good as it was it was not the
main feature. The talks of Van were
the best that were ever heard in St. Hel
ens and the large number that were
convinced of their truth and went to
the front to become members of the
church is the best proof of his eloquence.
Tbe good that can I e done by snch a
man in a small community is hard to
overestimate. While we may not agree
with him in all things, still there is no
question as to the value of hi services
heie, and only good can result from his
visit to this city. He will hold services
at the City Hall again next Sunday
morning and evening and his many
friends will all turn out to hear him.
West's Jersey.
H West, the owner of Sunnybank
Stock Farm, of Scappoose, where a
number of very choice Jersey cattle will
be sold at suction on the 4th of next
month, expects to take a trip to the
I-laud of Jersey in a few weeks there
after for tbe purpose of making another
purchase of cattle of the breed for which
the island is noted. -Pacific Homestead.
On April 1st a number of the members
Oregon Jersey Cattle Club visited the
West (aim near Scappoose and alter in
specting Mr. West's herd were loud in
their prni-e of thi fine bunch of Jerseys.
The general dispersion of such herds as
this Will do the country at large a vast
deal of g ied and will be the foundation
of m mv a fine herd ol cattle.