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VOL. XXX. 8T. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1911. NO- 24 ST. HELENS WINS Defeat Lent in A Rattling Good Game. Steven In Fine Form Whan tlit boys lined op against the Montavtlla "Cub" last Sunday it waa with the remembrance of tbe bMtlog tbey gave Jr od the deUrtni. nation to evtu It np, and Ihey delivered the good, deeplle the (act that tba vla Itnrahad a .Northwest Leaguer by the nam of O'Brien la tba boi, and gave bim good aaport. Tba leaguer did not bare a tblng on Virgil Htavene when il came to making the hatter awing, and Htevent came through without an error, while It waa due to a bad throw by O'Brien that to o( the local's ran eame In. We got our first one In the second. Owns waa out, but HieMrk got single and tole eec md. Brakke walked and Bleblck scored on Perry' clout lor two bear. Brakke wa caught at the plat and there wai nothing more d.Mng until Who Wsaflullly nf Thiar the tnnrth, when, with two gone, Bal lagh hit lor two aacka, and t retched It into three when the third baacruan dropped the ball, Httveas waa bit by Ilia pitcher, and wliea caught between second and tint worked the pair of "Cut" who started after him lung enough lor Ballagh to ecore. The visit or gut their lonesome tally In the Ofta. Htevent bad aeat two tit the bench by the fan route, wheu the third niaa op knocked an eeay roller to Austin. I'erry fielded It bloely, took good aim at Mat's loug form, aw double and knocked a boeid off the fence. Tbe next batter got one of the few hit ol the game and the chancee tor a ahol-ont were gjiie. la the seventh Ballagh wa np fint and walked, Steven knocked a . . - ranhandle Wa There low one to O'Brien, and when tbe big fellow tried to catch Ballagh to aecond lie heaved the apbere clear at the fence, Ballagh going clear around and Steyena going to third, from which place he cored whea Martin dropped Auetm'a long fly, Auatlo going to third, where they managed to bold him until the in ning wae over. Ferry got the moat hit, having two of the five made to hi credit. Tbe work Of Virgil SUvene waa the feature of the game. Mot at any time did be weaken, but teemed to get better every inning, and at no lime waa he la any danger. Pembroke held him np well aud teemed to take an Intereat In helping him out. The tcore waa aa follow : 8T. HELENS a. a. it. ro a. a. Austin, 2b 4 0 0 1 X 2 Medeau. 4 0 12 2 0 Pembroke, e 4 0 0 1 1 Owen. If 4 0 0 1 0 0 Steblck, lb 4 1 1 8 0 0 Brakke. 3b 3 0 0 2 0 0 Perry.lt 3 0 2 3 0 0 Hnecht, rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 ISalUgh, cf 2 2 1 2 1 0 Eleven, p 1 1 0 0 2 0 Total 30 I 6 27 3 MONTAVILLA "CUBS" a a. a. h. ro. a. Brown, a 4 0 0 1 8 Wright, 11 4 0 1 0 0 Rota, lb 4 0 1 2 Hawortb, e 4 0 2 11 0 McDonald, 8b 4 0 1 0 0 Hondell, 2b 3 0 0 0 1 Myere.cf I 0 0 I 0 Martin, If 3 1 0 1 0 O'Brien, p 1 0 1 2 2 Total. .30 1 24 8 4 Clatakanie nest Sunday. Iu both game Stevens haa pitched be baa been entitled to a (hut out. etebick and Nadeau have been a big source of strength to the team. Two audi old timer are alway there with the gooda. The crowd laat Sunday wa not what itihould have been. With tbe Clat akanie team coining up and an excur ion Irout that place, next Sunday will e the pall park filled. Austin and Pembroke bad soma bard luck Sunday, but they are entitled to a few boot. They are aim a pair ol logger, and whan they did not regit- ter one laat Sunday they will wake up for it next lime. Next Sunday none but the player, etc., will be allowed ioaide the netting and on the benchea, a when there la a large crowd the pretence of rooters on he bate lioea seioualy Interfere with tbe playing of the game. The order at the games for the pat couple ot week haa been firat-clasa, and it is to be hoped that il will Continue so. The Motitavilla "Cuba" can play ball and are a gentlemanly buneh of fel lows. They came down on tbe Launch Rove City and brought quit a number of frienda with them. Catcher Haworth wore the end of bia finger off pointing it at Umpire Laws, but it did not buy him anything. The deciaion of the umpewere tbe beat we have had this year. CITY COUNCIL The City Council held the regular weekly meeting at the city ball laat Monday night at which the following buainea wat taken up. Frank Cliueilakl appeared before the council and mad a verbal objection to the city Itasing Orrgon square to 8. K. Smith. A petition of Lena B. Demlng and forty eight other objecting to the city allowing J. II. Uriffli erecting a build ing In St. Helen Street waa considered and placed on file. An oider waa made by the council to the (fleet that the school district be given a lease for tbe term of 'twenty five year on Washington Square. The marahal waa appointed a the cuttodiaa of tbe City Hall. The recorder waa Instructed to notify delinquent on Caaenau Street to settle their assessments, and alto that Intereat would be charged from the time of giv ing the first notice. The usual grist of bill, amounting in all to 4211.28 waa ordered paid. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank the many friend who were so kind to us at the death of our dear Son and Brother. Ma. and Mas. I. Bumoaednkb and Special Car for the PreabyterUa Cea. oral Asseaably. A special car for the accommodation of delegate and their famlllee who de ire to attend the Oeneral Assembly of the Presbyterian church at Atlantic City. New Jersey, will be attached to Train 18 of tbe O.-W. R. A N. Co., leaving Portland at 10:00 a. m . May 12, 1011. Delegate to the Convention should call on our local agent for reser vation. R. N. Lovelace ot Rainier wa a busi ne visitor to tbe county teal last Wednesday. Steblck Slid Like He Wa Greeted BUMGARDNER DEAD Fall From Wagon While In toxicated and Passes Away Within Twelve Hours. While retjrnlng to Yankton In wagon ia company with Jo Sobteski lait Saturday evening, at about six tnirty, Uharle JJumgardner, a young man well known in this lection, fell Irom the teat In a fit and never wholly regeined consciousness. At the time of the accident he wa near Sobieekl's ham, and with the assistance of R. A Dupont, Sobieski carried bim to its shelter. Every care wat taken of him all night. After being In the barn a short time he partially regained com-iousness, but at no time did he become entirely rational, and at about 7:30 Sunday morning he died. Ju.fi Ice of the Peace Frank II. Usher summoned a Jury and acted as coroner. Tbe Investigation was short and easily made, the jury returning the following verdict : "We, tbe coroner'a jury. In the mat ter of tbe death of Charles Bumgardner, do find a follows: That the deceased came to hit death by prolonxedjalcobol- Ism. "Frank Brown, Foreman. "L. D. James. '. L. Tarbell. "N. E. Walker. "Charles L. Lovell. "G. R. Hyde." Bumgardner had long been euhject to epileptic fits, and it ia very probable that they were in a tnenaure responsible for bit death, but to tbey were brought on by intoxication. He had hewn drunk for over a week and it was mre than hla constitution could stand. Is it possible that liquor wa told to this man while he was in an intoxicated conditio of The fuoeral took place at Kinder' cemetery near Di-er ,' Island on Tueeday last, Rev. De Bord conducting the ser vice. Bumgardner wa a single man. but had a number of relative io this section. Death of Mr. CfcMtnut Mr. Chestnut died at hit home near Yankton l. st Sunday morning ayed 96 years, the cause of lit death being inter, linal troubles, and waa buried in tbe Yankton cemetery on Monday. He hat been a resident o( the Yankton neighbor hood about one year coming here from Kansas. He it survived by a wife aud one ton. Boats Due Her, During the coming week there will be a number of boat load at the docks here. Among them are three boat tnat have never been here before, the ttesm schooners Dispatch, San Pedro and Fair Oak. The Sboahone and Yellowstone, of the McCormick Line will also take cargo at this place, while the four mast ed schooner Alvena is on her way here lor a lumtr cargo. At some time dur ing the next month the big English tramp Elsie will load here. New School District. The District Boundary Board for this county, consisting of the County Court and So.t. of Schools J. II. Collins, met in the office of the School 8iipeaintend rnt laat Wednesday and formed a new School District, taking five sections from each of Districts 30 and 43, the Yankton, and tbe district where the bolt ramp waa formerly located, imsaisi rict hat been needed for tome time and it waa due to the wotk of A. A. Smith and Chaa. Wallit that the people of that neighborhood are to have it. At the present time there about fifteen children there and at the rate that section it tiling up the number it increasing rapidly. Under the present condition of affairs it wat practically Impossible for the tmaller children to get to s school, aa the nearest one from the Wallit or Smith homes was cloae to three miles. Fishing Without License, A. T. Whitman, of Portland, wat caught on Scappooae laat Thursday in the act of fishing without a license, and waa brought b fore Justice M. F. Hazen by Fred Floeter and fined 125 and cost. It dont pay to be without thlt little piece of paper with so many wardens in the wooda. Tbe eighth grade examination! in all ot the larger school! in the countv will take peace on Thursday and Friday of next week, the eleventh and twelfth of Mar. Thitexaminrtion is probably the bardeat that the school children have. JS0.00 per month straight salary and expense, to men with rig. to introduce onr Poultry Retnedie. Jon't answer unless you mean business. Eureka Poul try Food Mfg. Co. Incorporated. East St. Louis, 111. THE CIRCUIT COURT County Court Now in Session and Judge Eakin to Be Here Next Week Circuit Judge Eakin will start the May term of court at the court house in this city, on Tues day next, and there arj a long list of all varieties of cases to take up his time. It is hard to tell how many of them will be disposed of, with the exception of the criminal cases, which are as follows: State of Oregon vs. Walter Bacon. Bound over to await the action of the grand jury, charged drawing a pistol on 0. A. Erick- son. State of Oregon vs. W. C. Fry, under bail to await the action of the grand jury on a charge of embezzlement from the Rainier Pythian Building Association. State of Oregon vs. Frank Reynolds. Now in jail in Port- and, under the charge of rob bing a cash register of a restau rant in Rainier of the sum of twenty dollars. State of Oregon vs. Ernest Johnson. Indicted at the last session of the grand jury, charged with the robbing of a warehouse at Scappoose. State of Oregon vs. Ernest Lockmiller. Awaiting the ac tion of the grand jury on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon on the person of A. R. Sutton of Rainier. State of Oregon vs. Anthony Apinatis. Charged with the theft of eighteen pairs of loggers shoes from the ware house of Lou Fluhrer at Mayger, which shoes were the property of the Oregon Lumber Co. State of Oregon vs. John Pop ham and Clifford Bryant, charged with riotous conduct and fight ing and using profane and im proper language on the public highway. Each of the defend ants is now under $100 bail. State of Oregon vs. John De Maranville. Now on bail await ing the action of the grand jury. Charged with a statutory offense. There are innumerable civil and divorce suits, a few of which are given below. Owing to lack of time and space we cannot print all that are pending, but from time to time as the court takes action on the different matters The Mist will publish it Associated Creditor's Adjust ment Co., representing the Chap man Advertising Co. vs. L. S. Thomas; suit to recover balance of $319 on a note for $419. F. A. Adams vs. Astoria & Co lumbia River Railroad Co. Ap peal from the justice court. where the plaintiff obtained dam ages for $80 or) account of stock killed by train. Avdance Thresher Co. vs. J.H. Griffiths; suit to recover $152 al leged to be due. Winifred Gibbon vs. Howard H. Gibbon. Suit for divorce; IdaM. Harris vs. E. Seffert Suit to recover the sum of $700 loaned on notes to the defendant G. W. Hollenbeck vs. Dean Blanchard and L. S. and F. E. Thomas. Suit to recover a bal ance of $500 alleged to be due on note. State of Oregon vs. W. B. Beebe, as administrator of the estate of Anton Doering. Es cheat proceedings. J. A. Wamsley vs. L. B. Warns ley. Petition for a division of real estate owned by parties to the action. A. J. Wright & Co. vs. Dean Blanchard et al., for title to land near Rainier. Lizzie 0. Wall vs. John Wall. Suit for divorce. J. T. Whitten vs. Aleane Whit- ten. Suit for divorce. Wm. O. Wilson vs. Ralph Rog ,-1-I,. J. H. Wellington vs. Frank J. Roland. I The County CourtTis also In rcasion mm weex ana uiis term Will De one Of Considerable lm- ... . ..--.I ponance. ine business to be considered consists chiefly of road matters and up to Wednesday evening the following had been taken up. ' The petitions of both H. R, Dibblee and T. A. Lovelace for He road were denied'on'account of the remonstrance filed. The court returned the sum of $400 paid by W. Potts for a liquor icense as the license was denied. M. Fresh resigned as road vis, .nJ P TitA v: uia.c liiopitttc. Peter Bergerson was appointed as inspector for all special work to be done by contract in Road TWnVt 14 IK on Ifi TV v.- ;;o "l cwmiio ior new roaas to De considered I.e. 1 and also the Viewers reports and field notes on five roads, all of which renorts are favorable, m a ,i i ney are as iouows: Deep Creek Road. Extends from Deep Creek to Libel's a onr- The present building u aim distance of five miles. The view- Uetber-ndqnatefor ourpreeent needs era report also favors extending "- ""fe" ine xxenaiem ai Mist. HesaRoari. In the nnrwr M. . , r laicm ... leaver we. iianney xiuaas. begins near the Van Dolah place and extends to Rice's. Will tap a large SCODe of trood roimtrv. inohirW th i i . n irK jV wuwureOD Wood Company. Howard Road. Extending due north rm tho aoptinn Una f rrm the steel bridge across Milton tureen near ine nowara place ana connecting witntnetianKey road, Quincy Road. A cut off on Stewart Creek, that will chantre an 18 per cent grade to a 3 per cent About a quarter of a mile long. It is very probable that all of the above roads will be built in the near future as they are all good improvements to the county. The road from St. Helens to Pitts burg will be next perhaps. The Ladies Aid of the M. E. Church celebrated their fourth anniversary at the residence of Mrs. Wm M. Roe last Monday. The I.idiet of tbe Episcopal Guild ser ved tea and dinner at the Guild Hall last Tuesday. Fred Wejtby is putting np a nice home on hi lot on Oak Street. Fred Watkins haa pnt in a lot of new fixtures at hit confectionery in this place. Between the new soda fountain and a bunch of bull pups Fred is happy all the time. J. B. K. Bourne, of Rainier, waa at tending to business in St. Heleds last Wtdnesdav. Tnere waa a show in the City Mall laat night and also Tuesday and Wed nesday nights. We are informed that (hey gave the people a very good enter- talnment. 1 he young people will meet (or service at the M. E. Church Sunday evening at 6:30. All are coadially inaited to at tend. The SU Helena Timber Company is installing oil burners In their locomotives. This company recently purchased a new 12x13 Willamette donkey which makes the third one that they are using in their logging operations near town. The big Willamette donkey engine be longing to tbe Western Cooperage Com. pany has deen removed from the prop erty back ot St. Helens and taken to tbe scene of their operations in Clatsop Connty, It waa taken to tbe logging road of the St. Helens Timber Company and loaded on their train, and thua taken to tbe landing on the slough, where the tug Melyll'e loaded it. A Mr. McDonald, of Portland, has purchased the farm ot John Ulmen near Yankton. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Mnxten retnrned from a visit to Portland on the evening train Saturday. WILL CELEBRATE - c u i ir . - w . Ist- Helen Wants to Enter- tain the United States on the 4th of July Yes. Kt tt.i.. -ni i.t. want the whole world to comet and help ' vvtviiatf bujii uwjf mem out. n win be the bimrest thine ol 0,6 kind Palll off in this section ami from tunrise on the fourth of TuIt until some indefinite time during the) next morning there will be plenty for the entertainment of all. The Commercial Club got together io the City Hall Wed nesday night and made the above decis ion and there it no question bot that they will deliyer the goods, A. T. Laws wat appointed at Chairman Oi the Executive Committee .n1 Ml choose his lieutenants durine the Dresent wee wdicd. aeiectiona will be approved oy ine CIUD,t ,ne,r meeting. I uooirey rnrx will be pot in 11 rat clai I ' " '" wmcn wiu be a permanent affair for th. t. . play in all summer, and every eflort put ,0,th to entertain the throng which will r1 ,ne invitation of the club to par- lnelr nopiUi,ty. . . t 7"ur P'" now ior the bit national holiri.. an .v.. i w tare of the Fourth that go to make it a bi( day and a thoroughly enioyalile one wiU 'eJ fter, and if yon do not cora ws c,n onI" V pathlie with yon. i taunts over toe oik a I 1 haa Kink StL.J school matter .nd ,h- jB. .i.i i, will be voted on, and will moat certainly "fhb'ghoold ta I of ior considerably more than it eoaU NswRrsDnisrtmsat- A routinggood meeting was held this week or parpoee of retUnf together on the matter of organizing a new Are department, nd the perfecting of och n orSn'tion wUI be taken np at the P1 HaU Wednesday night la connect- ion with the Commercial Club meeting, Ever, botinea. man in the city. honld be there, aa well as those who will be- active members LrsT He.tn ball game last Sunday, a good portion of the crowd at the games eame from "round the country out of St. Helena. Emmett stevenebrooght a load of Scap- pooee people down in his automobile. Fanner were not tbe only one to he benefited by tbe rain this week. While tbey were in teriona need of it, it was also a boon to Jack Dapain and hi crew of good road artiste, furnishing, as it did an excellent chance to roll down the rock on Columbia and St. Helena streets. There baa also been a gang at work on the Strand, clearing away the rock that haa been an eyesore ever since tbe water ditch was put in. Game Warden Floeter manages to p lnl a nelen every lew days to see bow the people are getting along. He assured the editor that if he woald come out into hi neighborhood Sabine without a license he would sec that he would tee that he got back to his borne town in safety. We will take hi word for it. Mr. and Mrs. David Davis of Port land visited over Sunday with Mrs. Davis' patenta, Mr. and Mrs, B. Cox. Mr. Davia ia etill with the Tlmberman, but each month as soon as the issue of tbe paper ia in the mail Davia likes to have a visit with the old folks and his friends in St. Helens. U. A. to Entertain. Honlton Assembly No. 80 ot the United Artisans will entertain the public at the Acme Hall on Friday evening. May 19tb, instead of May 6th. There will lie a short program and home talent play. Dr. J. B. Ol instead, Snpreme Medical Examiner will give a short lecture and if yon have never heard the Dr. come and let him entertaiu you In his jovial manner. Refreshments will be served after the entertainment. Report at School District No. 2a No. days taught.................. 20 No. days absent.... ....... ...... 43 No. of day' attendance......... 689 No. of time tardy............... 4 MOLL Of BOKOK. Jenniebelle Link, Lars and jack Alex ander, Harry Bishop, Nicholas Welter, Hillie McKiddr. Genevieve, Dorothy, Florence and Christie Fowler, Glenn Lamm, Adolph Johnson, Mary Nuas baumer, Lottie and Russell Makineter, May and Ernest Archibold, Gladys Jor dan and William Snyder. Mas. L. M. McLarrKETY, Thomas Huhtbx, Prlnipal. Assistant. Goble, Urefjoh, May 3, 1011.
