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THE OREGON rm VOL. XXX. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1911. NO- 25 MIS THE CITY COUNCIL Tho Common Council met in inilar session at the City Hall Lit Monday night and met with number of the citizens who d objections to file to various U sundry things, rrank r - - iniecki was first with a petition aring the names of forty-two bidents of St. Helens who jected to the city's allowing E. Smith to fence Washington uare. The matter was laid the table. W. Harrison appeared in Jrson and said that he had been tossed four lots in the Casenau (t assessment instead of only ee as was asked for in the lition for Biicn improvement. Saxon also apjeared and tle objections to paying his essment of Casenau Street. ith matters were laid on the Me until the next meeting. he Recorder was instructed Jthe future to insert the names the councilmen and the way . i -ii i: v voieu on an oruintuii-t-a d on. he next meeting will be at City Hall next Monday night. nt forget the date. OUR PORTLAND LETTER rtland; Ore., May 0 (Special)- Ceu Oreiion citir will nil delegate to keville Juno 30 and July 1 to form Central Oregon Ievelopment League. Piiaeville Commercial t'luh la lasu invitationa to cities of I lie Interior ke iepre-entel mere snu ins vnegon, -Utniif nt league ii aiding tlx move- ( a far at posaible. he valu of the smaller development iir." said Secretary C. C. Chapman. le Oregon !evelopuieiil League, "it each oerates In ita own Miction ever so much mora good will result i t'rn trill Oregon being organized aa l. A saparnie league will giro tliat l.ujr an entity that never would I ived by lliuilldividtial communities, aork ol the central nrganiraton will einrnt that duue by cell unit on wn lichalf ." hie in Crook, Wheeler, Grant, Har. and the north hall of Lake and mill count lea will be eligible to Llieritlilp .In the proposed league. iitml Oregon la taking an Intcreit m matter and it la expected there Ixralargc attendance at the Prine inei'ting limiinon huld a atra berry feat- for three days bcginui.ig June 1. 'Garden City" at lbanon ia known, also have a rose show and horse tock exhibition In connection at I'rinevillc meeting Wtodrow Wilton, govci nor of New v, it l entertailieil by the l'ort .Coiumeri ial Club when he visits ml Muy IS and 1U. He will be nest at a lutniiuet in hia honor at luh on the night of May 18 and he address pnblx nieting at the iiic Temple. in of the pnat wek have been 'I with delight by all sections of the Pastern Oregon haa Welcome I turners lor they were needed to ly iiiomture to the grain fields. All - sections report that the rainlall i crop proapecta particularily I. mne l'uurth of Julu ia promised for land. It ia now the intention to - a riuiHt one, without the usual ( features that are usually ao prom t In the observance of Independence People of the city for the moat I'lnn to aprnd the Fourth in the try and to enjoy picnic and out in the Heidi and Woods within reach rtlsnd. id the development of the Norlh lates, from Minneaota to the Coast, kales from the section interested met "U thf past week at Helena, Mont- and took ttrpt to form the North Itevelopment League. It Will ex the state of Oregon, Washington, , Montana, North and South Dako- I Inne sola and the territory of Alaska. ling will be held each June and tiller, to m known aa the North levelopnient League Congress. IDpcitmlier meeting will hlield In nesota, in connection with a big land Tlia Kill ........... ,ll In If. foughton AWiwgiiia, the II im former, "gaged in tawmill opera! ions in the le neighborhood, have juat oiiened a tamp at Carrolls Point, r. I'-rown, the well known Portland finary, psld a butlncss visit to St. rai litt Sunday, CIRCUIT COURT BUSY Judge Campbell Here and May Term Now in Progress Circuit J udge Campbell Wat here laat Tuesday to start the may term of court and it will probably be a couple of week before tint aeuiou ends. The following jurors were excused from duty: Alliert Larson, Jame II. Kenny, Alex Schtuier Albert SellVrt. T. L. Holetine' Henry Ward, Kdwln North, Mike Ellis, Jas Coulter. 1 lie following grand jury wat drawn and began their nor a on the (Hh: Con rad Schneider, Foreman : Kuuene Hlakesley, I'. W. Boeel, Tilden Gra ham, Christ llanaon, ('has. John, Ar thur Kerns. Cases came thick and faat on the first iy. and alter encu.inir the trial jurors until Tueaday, May 1''., the following matter were take up. Crane Company vt Kllis. Judgment on mandate. Columbia River Door Company vi Nutt and Tboiuaa. Ummiawd. J. I. Oage v F.ltii. Diamiaaed. Powell vs Miller. I)imied. Muckle vs Farrit. IMamlawd. Oaent va National Construction Co. Dutnime I. St. Helena Mill Company vs Dall. Settled. White v Dall. Settled. Duviea vt Davies. Order for Publica tion of tiimmona. Todd Vt Todd . Derree of divorce. IiH-gU vs Flaifg. Demurrer over ruled. Seven day allowed to annmer in . K Kdwards va Krick Jokela, Admr. Order made aiih.tituting Columbia Ag riculluial Company aa defendnnt. Id M Harris Ilnrrla v Krwin ReOi-rt. Default, Judgment for plainlitr. J II K Hour ne vs Wilson Case I.uralier Cjr Judgment on mandate. Mela K Thayer vs A Ivor J Thayer. De cree of divorce. A McCauti-y va II Mnrgua. I)ismited. PlaintilT to pay coats. Jas Muckle A Son va A Pierce. Judg ment for plaintiff. On Wednesday the Grand Jury returned true bills in the cases of the State of Oregon vs Eggles ton, Apinatis and Bacon. Eg gleston, better known as Frank Reynolds, was at once arraigned and plead guilty to the theft of $20 from a restaurant in Ilainier. He was sentenced to the county jail for a term of one year and was paroled on condition that he engage in some honorable em ployment, not indulge . in intoxi cating liquor and report to the Sheriff of Columbia County on or before the tenth of each month. Apinatis was also arraigned and plead guilty, but up to the time of going to press had not been sentenced. He was charged with the theft of some shoes from the Mayger warehouse. There are a number of impor tant cases set ahead at present. The State of Oregon vs Bieloh will Ik? tried on Tuesday next. This case was appealed from the Justice Court, and the defendant is charged with trying to disguise the sex of a deer which he killed in the Nehalem last Fall. He is a resident of Portland and was arrested by Game Warden Flootcr. We are informed by District Attorney E. U. Tongue that the case of the State of Oregon vs J. Kendall Blakesley has been set for the 23rd of this month. Recorders Court. During the past week Marshal Frank Wilklns haa arrested two people charged with beiirg drunk and disorderly. Ihe firat one waa R. H. Wain, picked np on Ihe streets Tuesday night end Hned frt.00 Wednesday morning by Recorded Uage. Theottence waa comparatively a small one, and ao the nearest to the minimum llne.was impied. On Wednesday night Marshal Wilklns srreatad John Nelson, though he had some trouble in doln2 ao. When trying to put him in a cell at the jail, Nehtnn broke away and hit at the umrshal, but Mr. Wilkin had him by the arm and hit him a clip along the side of the head with hi billy that made biiu change his mind about leaving, at once. He was brought before the re corder on Thursday morning and got off with a 6ne of 7.00 Two housekeeping rooms lor rent, and some house-hold goods to sell cheap. O, D. Cilrca, REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY In the circuit court of the state of Oregon, for Columbia Connty. Report of Grand Jury: To the Honor able J. U. Carapboll Judge of the above entitled Court: Vt e your Grand Jury for the May 1911 term would resectf ully report aa fol low: That we have examined into all maltera brought to our attention and have returned four true bill and one not a true bill. That we have examined the record and ofllce of the various County officers ami have found the books well and neatly kept and the varioua ofllces In good condition. We would call attention to tne condi tion of the City Cells kept in the baac-tm-nt and recommend that the same be put Into a sanitary condition. Having completed our labors for the present would ask that we be temporarily excused. For Sale . New 8 room house, 0 choice lota for garden, bearing fruit trees, fenced, im proved with electric light and sidewalk, three block from Columbia River, one block City park. St. Helens. Price S2.1O0.00, a fine home, John Kubens Dr. K. C. Wsde, of Drain, spent Sun lay with II. F. McCormick. Mr Omar 0. Bpencer. of Portland, attended court at the County scat this week . W. II Powell, ol Portland, transacted business In Hi. Helens on Wednesday . Wilber Muckle nude a business trip to Rainier on WedneaUy. Mra. L. R. Farris ami daughter, of Ilainier, are visiting Mrs. Farris' niotner, Mra. W. J. Muckle. Attorney J. P.. Crosa, of Portland, at- end I court on iVednesday. Mr. and Mr. JelTcott visited in Port land over Sunday. The uiemliers of the KpiscopU Church organized Sunday School last Sunday afternoon Kev. Breck coming down from Portland to assist. Mrs. W. J. Muckle and Mrs. A. II. George visited in K tinier 8.iturdy and Sunday. Mr, Mike JO 11 is of Rainier paid a visit to this city last Tuesday. Mr. I.. It Rutliv.ford made a business trip to Poi l.md last Tuesday. Mrs Iiverson expect to leave for California Thursday, having icceivcd new of her father illness, sw of her father illness. I , , , , , j Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sutherland made , , . . . visit to Portland last Tuesday. I a visit to l ortland last lueahay Gust. Lindahl.of Warien, called at the Miat olllce on Tuesday. CENTENNIAL NOTES Astoria. Ore. Charles Ngle, Secre tary of the lepartment of Commerce and Labor has issued an order governing the control of the Columbia River for the Astoiia Centennial Celebration, August 10 toSevtember "J and the regatta and marine parades. The order in full follows: "A vessel of any description noli not be permit ted to pass up and down the course during the pjogreas ol a race in such a manner a to endanger oarsmen or passengers o.i excursion steamers, yachts or other craft, whether observer or participants in ilia regatta, , This prohibition to pass np or down shall not apply to th otlkial boats or the racing ciaft. "I'poii special permission from fhe United States Ollicer in charge, vessel may pass over tne course imuieuiatiy before or after a race at a speed not to exceed five miles an hour, "A succession of atiaro. short whistles from a United State vessel pa-rolling , ihe course shsll serve as a signal for I', I,, i nl .l. .),. ii i ston when directed to do so bv the United State Ollicer in charee to ensure ' the safety of passengers as mentioned in i guje j Under th. law granting authority to j I,- Bo.,l.r nl th. Il.n.,lm.nl f 1 Commerce and Labor to regulate such matters, violation of his regulations are punished by lines of from li'K) to .r00j and imprisonment, The above regulations will be en forced subject to the discretion of the United States officer in chargs so as not to obstruct unueceisarily the navigation of merchant marine." The order issued by Secretary Nagle now clears the way for proper policing of the Columbia Klver during the Cen tennial Celebration which is veiy essen tial notwithstanding the fact that the river in front of Astoria is at least six miles wide and gradually widens to tell miles where it enters into the ocean a few miles below. There will be thou sands of boats steamers and water craft on the river during the Centennial and the Government has deemed the above a nectnnry precaution for their safety. COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING The Nt. Helen Commercial Club held it's regular weekly meeting at the Council room in the City Hall last Wed nesday night, and the atten lance wa only a small part of what it should jiave been, but those who we e there at tended to all of the matters that came np. The hit(h school question snd a Dumber of other important things that are pending were considered, including the furthcoming Fourth of July cele bratlon. "At tne meeting a week ng Mr. Law was sppointed as chairmn uf the ex ecntive committee, with th- power to choose four aaaiatants. su ie-t to ap proval of the club. He aune inced tha cho'ce of his assistant, to be as follows; H. K. La Bare, M. F. Hazen, S. C. Morton and Haves Kstabrook. Needless to say the selection was approved by the clubaa all of these chosen will make their part of the work and entire success The club is at present having some small folders 1-sued and they will be ready in a short time for distribution in the Fast. M. M. Franklin, of Clatakanie, was in attendance at court laat Tuesday, having lieeu summoned on jnry duty. The Houlton Ladies Aid Society will give a basket social In the Odd Fellows Hall on Friday evening May 12th at 7.30 Ice cream cake and coffee wHl also be served AH come and have a good time, Mr. A. B. I-arsen, of Warren, dropped in at the Mint office laat Wednesday to tell us that he had not gotten his paper for two weeks and could not get along ithout it. Quarterly Conference Kev. Koper informed us the Quarterly Conference of the Free Medodist Church will be htdd Friday, Saturday snd Sun dy at church in Houlton. Rev. W. N Coffey, the presiding Elder for this Di-trirt a ill be in charge, aiui.aH matters pending pertaining to the church bnsi ness will te taken np. Rev. Roperthe lo cal paster, informs us that on Monday morning there will be an old fasbioned love feast at the church, to which every one is invited. Mrs. V. A. Harris spent a couple of dai s in Portland at the home of her sister. Mrs. Minar, Ibis we-k. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Collins are st Corvallis this week, attending the State Gr.mjje t.eorge Conyers was smong the t lats- kanie peoole who came up t St. Helens . ... , , , ., . ... last Sunday, and like the rest of thsin . . . George Conyers was among the Clats- who had not been here for some lime was surprised and delighted at the pro gress this citr has made in the past few years. Mr. II . O. Howard, waa a count; seat visitor Tuesday. It ia surprising how often the price of different things in Portland will be in excess of the sum charged for the same article by the local merchants. Examples of it can be seen every day. During the past wi-k a St. Helena man bought some strawberries in Portland bee huso they looked good and he did not think that they could lie obtained here. Upon his arrival at this place he saw better berries in the store and five cents box cheaper. Ihe I'ortlaud merchants in many instances charge all the Uallie wjj bear while the local men are satis- fied with their reasonable percentage of prolij. Look around at home before you spend your money with outa'der.. Mr. and Mrs. James Muckle of Port laud were visiting here Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Prank ,Dishop were visitors to Portland this week. new uuicn canyon noaa. The Uoard of Comity Rood Viewers, Prescott consisting ol surveyors, i. n'1 Vrnk Glihiskie and Jim McKie were " fcappoose last luesnay viewing locating about loOO feet of ro.id up Dutch Canyon, this road is a cut on "T "" ' 'J """- Viewers will make a favorable report to the court on it. Good Team for Sale Weight about 2200, sge 7 and 8. Perfectly gentle and true to pull For sale cheap. Inquire of Geo. W Grant, Scappoose. Also one large four year old work horse 25-20 Card of Thanks. We wish to express our sincere thanks to those who so kindly assisted during the illness and death of our beloved mother, also lor the beautiful floral offerings-Mas. C. K..Ouvsa. Gko. W. Kamskv. a Ol.tVHR P. K.iMSkV. Mr. Frits Anderson, was a business visitor to the county seat last Monday. Mr. Anderson recently mired from Mstjtt to Rainier. LOCALS BEATBRAVES Down the ClaUkanie Tribe in Fast Game By Score of 6 to 3 They sre good boys and we like them and hope that they do well bat when it come to tne national game the Bt. Hel ens buncb ha it on them a wee trifle, though we had the luck on our 'side last Sunday. The first inning was pasied safely by ;b .th sides, but Kit Conyer opened the second for the visitors wiih a home run over the left field fence. St. Helens came back at them in the third. With one down Stevens walked, Austin was out on a fly ball, snd Brakke hit for two bases sdvancing Stevens to third. Then Nadeau came along with a single that enabled tbem both to score. Yes, there was a little noise at this stage of the game. It stood two to one until the fifth, when Stavens again atarted the fireworks. He lead off with a hit, Austin knocked a long iiy to deep centre and got on when the left and centre Belders tangled up trying to get it, but owing to a mis take he ford Stevens and he was caught beta eon second and third, Austin going to second. Brakke aifain got a bit and Austin Merit to third, Pete imioedially stealing second. Nadeau was np text and he did not look good tn Bryant with two on bases, so he gave him a pass to firs'. Pembroke was rsther insulted that anyone should be given a walk when he w is next, and with the bases full he pold one so far over the fence that it never was found. And that end ed the s oring for St. Helens. The visitors got another in the fifth, L'ksila knocking the ball out of the lot. Their lait tally came in the eighth, two hits, a B'.clen base a'.d a bad throw put ting Raymond Bryant across. Aud that same bal throw was the only error made by the St. Helens team. The detailed score follows ST. HELENS AB, R. a. TO. A. K. Austin.lb 5 1 I 18 0 0 Brakke.Ob 4 2 2 1 1 0 Nadeau,s S 1 .1 1 10 Pembroke, c 4 1 2 10 0 1 Pallagh.cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 Specht.cf 10 0 1 0 0 Owens.ll 3 0 0 1 0 0 Perry. f 4 0 1 10 0 Law,2l 4 0 0 2 1 0 Stevens, p .....2 110 10 Total 33 6 8 27 7 1 CLATSKA.SIE AB. R. It. fM. A. E. Blackforl.If 4 0 0 4 0 1 R. Bryant, p 4 I 1 0 1 0 Cksella.ss 3 11 13 1 KHiot.c 4 0 1 3 0 0 Conyers, rf 4 110 1 0 Van, lb .4 0 1 11 0 0 Campbell.lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 J. Bryant,3b 4 0 2 1 1 1 PatltTrOa,2h 4 0 1 2 4 1 Totiil 31 3 8 24 9 4 Another good one Sunday. Three home runs in one game isgoing some, to say tothing of the five balls knocked over the fence jmt outside of the flag. The day was a little cold and disagree able for the pitchers to work their best snd the honors were nearly even, Stevens having a little the best of it. as he struck out nine to Bryants fiur and walked bnt one while Bryant walked four. Pembroke was a hero and no mistake. A home run with the bases full is going some io any game. It was one of those long low drives that do not look as though they are going very far, but it cleared the fence by a good margin. Austin filled Steibic's place at first. and took a number of chances without an error. Slats is playing in the Wash ington Stale League, and while we will miss him, still the team was as strong Sunday as it has been this year. Brakke's arm is nearly out of commis ion this year and Pete cant get them across the diamond the way he used to. But then he hit 600 Sunday and made two tallies, so we will have to forgive him his poor wing and the punk game he umpired two weeks ago. Only four of the locals struck out, and three of those to the credit of one man. The boy are certainly billing the ball and the way they are playing should re ceive battel snpport. Lat Sunday's crowd was better than the average and would have been good if it had not been for the chilly weather. Do not forget the game next Sunday, and the ball team's dance at Ihe City Hall Saturday night. The boys are considerably be hind and need Ihe money. COLLEGE CADETS. The earnestness of the O.A.C. student cadet in their work, their careful train ing, and pai tii ularly their attention to small details which often escape tb attention of the ordinary observer, were matters upon which Capt. II. L. Labach of the L. S. General AimyStaff .compli mented Maj. MacAlexandtr.'the'college commandant, at the annual inspection day tournament Friday. According to the Morrell Act of1862 setting.aside land.' for sgricultursi; and mechanical. science X hol,s, military science and tacticsmust be includedjjin the curriculum . The War Departmtt.t'iias "'an'Tedu- cational committee, of four officers of which Chinese the college Inspection board, and during April" and ..May of each year they must visit each of the 110 colleges giving military training. They report to the War Department, and the ten having standings above the others are designrted as distinguished college'. The president of each of these is privileged to nam one graduate who will be giv en the rank of Lieutenant in L S. Army without examination. Last year,Japt. Laubach says the re port fjoin O. A. C. to the War Depart - ment wa very flattering and this year me students gave "a very gratifying ex hibition all around," heeaid, "It shows an earnestness on the part of the student body in the work that is worthy of remark. They hi e had careful train ing, and 1 have noticed particularly their attention to small detai.s which often times escap the notice of ordinary observers." II meutioned with appreciation the fact that the erection of the band stand snd flag pols on the campus showed a general appreciation of military train ing by the student body as a whole and the almmni. Capt, Laubach has the inspection of the m litary work in colleges of the Western Division, including Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado Wyoming Montana, and all states west of these. the largest area of any of the inspection districts, containing 21 institutes of mili tery training. Monday May 8, he In spected the caddis at Seattle. The fall ing off of 30 per cent of the attendance In thene institutions the past year ia not he says, an indication of decline in the scnoolg, but a reflex of economic con- dition. A new law in regard to road petitions to the county court goes into effect on the twentieth of this month. Formerly when a remonstrance to a petition was circulated, and some of the names on the petition and remonstrance were the same, the name count ed on the remonstrance and not on the petition. Under the new law this is just reversed, the name counting on the petition and not on the remonstrance, which is as it should be. It takes twelve signatures to get a peti tion before the county court and under the old law if a man only got the required twelve, and there was some person who de sired to circulate a remonstrance it would only be necessary for him to get one of the signers of the petition to sign the remonst rance in order to knock it out. In the cousre of a very few years this section of Columbia County will have some of the fin est roads in the State of Oregon. In fact there are some here that answer that description now, but they are all short pieces. With the rock handy as it is there is no other section so favored for the construction of first class highways. And the reason that they are being built is because every year the taxpayers vote a good sized tax on themselves for that purpose. If they had pur sued that course in Rainier for the past ten or fifteen years there would be a different looking lot of roads near that otherwise prog ressive place. The last issue of the Tillamook Headlight is of ten pages, mostly descriptive of Tillamook County, and will do that fine section of Oregon a lot of good when circu lated in the east. Dont forget that St. Helens will celebrate the Fourth, and do a little to help the good time alonjr. It is to be the best ever, and so tut ift A (joud wdfd for it.