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VOL. XXX.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 7. 1911.
NO. 33
THE OREGON
MIS
PS
MONDAYS ELECTION
soociul school meeting ia
called for July 10th for the pur
pose of voting on me qucsuuu ui
Loin bonds for the erection of
t new and larger school building
St. Helens, mis is an lmijurt-
ant question, at mis time, arm
i,one that ought to nave uw
serious consideration of every
resident of St. Helens. It is not
matter that interests only a
(few, but it is a matter that affects
everonedirocuyor inuirvcuy
it ought to be well considered
and properly disposed of. We
are dealing with a question (the
fjucation of the boys and girls)
ihat is not merely for to-day, but
For the future as well.
I The first question that arises in
Ik. mind of the taxpayers is,
iocs St. Helens need a new
ichool building? To be able to
inswer this question intelligently
me must know something con-
emna the school conditions and
Jhe educational needs of St. Hel-
ni. Is the school what it ought
lo be? How does our school com-
Ure with other schools of other
livens in trie Biaie uooui mc
tze of St Helens? Are the
ideational facilities provided
jr our boys and girls the best
. . 1 I 4
us district can auoru i Are we
uing the Desi we can ao iowbtu
roviding the proper means of
Bucation?If these questions can
fc answered in the affirmative.
ell and good; if not, what can
do to bring alout a tetter
bndition? Would the creation
a new building a larger build-
K on larger grounds, tend any
ward the realization of the do
tal end? Every voter ought to
Lilt at. thi mntfpr fnirlv and
uarely with an unprejudiced
ind. and vote for what he or she
lieves to be for our best inter-
t tmm on A1iiraf linnl rudnt fit
The school board have already
Imaged one teacher more than
lere are rooms in the present
ihool building; another room, at
1st, must bo provided for the
esent school year, shall an add
k be put on the old building?
Ime regular high school work
ght to be done, say two years;
re ought to be 15 or 20 young
ple in St Helens and vicinity
ho ought to enter the first year
Vhschool this year, and if the
tulation increases, as there is
tson to believe it will, a full
fir year's high school course,
mild tie established as soon as
p pupils pass up the grades.
1e high school grades would
mire more room also, after this
ir; hence if an addition were
ton the old building, it should
from two to four rooms.
fee line district is up to the point
hen more room must be pro-
fed and proierly furnished and
pted; and a better system of
Y itation arrnaged than that now
use. Would it be a wise pro
FWive, economical policy to
these necessary improve
nts to the present plant?
pneof the requirements of a
fd school plant is amplegrounds
t we do not have on the pres
Slte. Ono nf f Via strnnn-nat
Rational movements to-day.
'oughoutour country, is for
Wr and better school trroundd.
Q Jhas taken us a long time to
rj jjn that the best place to teach
U I' government and democracy
lien everv hnv nn,l cri'rl in this
Mry ought to learn, is on the
" regulated play ground, and
nest of all ia the school play
I'und.
Ample grounds have been off-
fu lor n ...liu
one upuu wiiivii w
Ct ft Flew hiiil.linrr. fViia tnnma
,"e an opportune time to put
;10 new hniMi'nrr ami onnln
rnihere that ahnll he credit
to a progressive community, and
in which we may maintain, a
school that shall take rank with
the best -the best is none too
good for the boys and girls grow
ing up in this community.
Let everyone consider this
question with a view of promoting
our best educational interests.
It is not a matter for the exploi
tation of any personal or private
interest whatever. Let us work
sincerely and earnestly for what
we truly believe will be for the
betterment of our school.
J. II. Collins.
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LOCAL 1TEHS
Dr. IC. H. ClilTsnd family spent sev
eral day Ibii week visiting friends In
St. Helens,
(iro. II. Vogle, of Italuier, wa bus-
Ints visit'ir tu the county -t Wednes
day last.
Mr. and Mm Kruest Younger visited
dtirtng the past week with Mr. Young
er' parents, Mr. and Mnt James Dart.
Mia Ann Kctell rctuaned Wednes
day from a viiit witn her brother Fred
on hia homestead near White Salmon.
Miaa Bessie Hattan p nt the Fourth
Willi her brotei-i Searle and Virgil in
Aberdeen,
W. II. D.llard li the latest St. Helen
man lo become an automobile enthusi-
t. H'.s car i a bin dark green Marion,
id Mr. Dillard will gt a lot ol enjoy
ment from it on the vod roadi in tlila
cction.
Mr. Vtank Wilklot wu a I'.rtluiid
viaitor Thuraday.
Mr. and Mrr. . Mm Vie and daiiKhlr
Agnea vi I'ortland r-jient the 4th in bt
llcloni. 1
Wilbur Muckle left thiicntyon Thura-
day itiorniug, in hi auto (or a trip along
the Cowfiuen river. He waaaccoinpauieU
by hii father.
Lloyd Hattan li-avea for Kaitern Ore
gon next.and Jim Muckle Jr. leaves fur
Al.erJ.Hi Wah. where he eiecla to go
to work.
Mir Florence George 1 nmdinff a few
day with her iwreot in thi city.
Mr. Cliai. Murdla moved into the
new hurtle juat completed which i one
of the mot han Junn retidencr on the
Cntumbia.
Mr. Turn r and son of Tortland
vi.iled with Mi. Wilbui Muckle lust
week.
Kegiitcred llolstine Hull calf for tale
cheap. l!randon of famiu Dregon
Lunde Ii Kol, write or call on J. W.
1'uiin-roy, Scppoue, Ore.
j'e Wednely night everal Wal
men were eating in the mtaurant at Uio
loot of Cowlita Street when they heard
crie for help coming from the dock.
On going to their source they found
that they rame from a sailor from one ol
the udwoiiera now in port. He had
taken on a good sued and mixed carg,
ami when he tril to t.-p a m dtef ot
couple of fret from the dock to hi (hip
h found that it wai a lot tn-icr to full
into the river than to reach his des
tination. He managed lo catch one ofth
piling. fuueee Kthridge went down
rope and got him onto the duck.
WHY Buy infetior flour when you
..ntth famous White Kiver Flour
at Harriaou'S Pure Food Grocery T
The re-infnreed Kalnlar ball tam will
be hare Sunday and make an attempt to
..k. tUm l.w ila into cum. Kainler will
play the same nine as at ClaUkanie on
the Fourth with the exception of Wind r
botham, a they will pitch Joe Haguin,
The St. Helen battery will be Stevens
Ilrakde and Herr. The lower river boys
have chartered the ttr. Irald ami are
i.. n a f,iv hundred strong. Ray
tviiiiii -r."- -
jttlit will umpire the game ana tne
that he will be on the Job makes It
a cerUlnty that every thing will go oil
,. onn.1 ahane. lH)nt nius tuti W'c
biggest game of the year.
Illocks 14 A 15 on North side of Nig
m Creek will be placed on the market
i. f. H. Oodfrer. bulhiing renciiou
will be nlnceil at iwo. ami i m
from the strtet line. For Iota In these
I. n Codfrev or Geo. II
Shinn.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE
June 23 101
Hiruts A. Former cedar Company
fc.. thi ilav dissolved Partnership
agreement, all collections will I made
and all debts paid by H. K. Fortney
II, K. F0i.TR 8 V
THE CEL EBRATION
Th celebration at th' place wa fully
np to expectntion and t lie re wat a good
time for all. It ntnrted with the arrival
of the excuraion from Portland on the
ntesmer Kellogg on Hun luy morn ng,
and there wa somthi'ig doing in the
old town from that time until thi lat
dance waa played at the City Hall on
the morning of the lUlh.
On Sunday afternoon'tim bill teira
a, el the All Ktar from l'uil'and and the
Itidgcfield nine, who claim to be the
(-hninpiriM of the river. The 6rst game
was with the Portland team, and in the
Dve inning played with them there
were only ilxteen men faced Steven, so
it 1 esty to ee how much chance they
had. Their battery was good, being
made up of Harvey, a former Columbna
Club pitcher, and Shea, one of the beat
young catcher in thii vicinity, but there
a no plaving behind them, and their
tram unite had partaken to freely of
the Ituff that will mn-t plentiful on
their excursion. Toe linul rco.-e wa 5
to 4.
Stevens again vfiit In the Ridgefield
game, while Moreland, an amateur
Irom Portland. w on the mound for
the vlhiior. Their aspirations for the
i-hampioimhip of the river n-ceived a
revere check, for they did not have s
look in and the boys ran around the
baea about as often as they wanted and
altogether too often lo mke it a really
interesting game When the last of the
ninth had arrived the score boaid .bow
ed a score of 11 lo 4 in favor of St.
Helen.
The festivities on Mondsy morning
started with the band concert on the
corner "f Cowlitz Street and the Strand,
n.l from there the crowd went to the
iMirt to Iw had in front of the City
Hull. 1 he band p ayed here and ther-
were ra-e I h11 kinds, that were im
file 11 4t lv vnioved. The pony ai'd horse
race was g od, and the b vs, Indie and
men footraces were good. A usual
the three legged and rack race aroused
a lot of fun, but the feature was the tug
f war between uatioo. On thi day
the Greeks and Americans pulled and
the Scutch and Swede, the Americans
and Swedes being the winner.
The ball game on Monday wa voted
by many to be the best game played
ere this season. It was with tlie
Wabash team of I'ortland, and right np
to the ' st hail of the ninth inning was
anylxxis gme. In the first inning
the visitors made five runs, which score
was tied by the looaU in the fimt and
tecoud. The pitcher brought here from
Portland waa then pulled out of the lx
nd Pete Brakke went In, and the re
maining innings of tho game were well
worth seeing, and the only one hit Vas
made from (Stub) Brakke's delivery,
In the fiist of the eighth the visitors
were given a run. wh -n the umpire failed
to call a man out for cutting second by
en feet, despite the fact that he saw it
and let it pass on advice ot the local
mansger. Till run won meg une, ne
caue the local nine were unahld to score
agaiu and at the end the score stood 6
to 6. While St. Helens 1ms always treat"
ed vi iting team well, the gift of a run
like this when the man making it was
clearly out seem to ua lo be a little too
generous.
The morning of the fonrth wa clear
and warm, and started with the shoot-
ng of the anvil on Nigger creek. The
band commenced playing down town In
the morning, and marched from there to
tiodfiey Park, where the Patriotic! exer
cises were held . After the usual pro
gram, Including the O'atin, reading of
the Ieclartlon ol Independence, sing
ing ami music by the band, tbe leruain
derofthethe sports were held in the
prove, commencing with a ladies wood
m .
sawing contest, then the pie eating con
test, and the final In the tug of war,
between tne team of the Americans and
Sed . Tlii was woa by the Swell,
and was the cause ot considerable
money changing hand.
Th oration wa delivered by Mr .Cuas.
Then. Haas, ad attorney from the city
of Portland.
After the tug came dinner, and the
hungry cr wd ma l away with about 500
pounds of beet snd lue same numocr oi
loaves of bread.
The band gave a concert in the grove.
and then everyliody went out to the ball
game at Oasis Park. The first gtime was
rche luled to take place between the City
and Cotmiv officials, and the busiuess
mn of St. Helens, and the way the
business men went after the hunch in
the striped suits wa a good object lesson
to the members of the first team. The
game was full of fuu and enjoyed to the
full extent by all except the me mbers of
the olllclal team, andthe final score waa
7 to 2 In favor of the business men.
The Piedmont Star were due to play
in the main event of the afternoon with
the St. Helens nine but at the last mo-
me nt word wa received that they would
not be here, and so couple of teams
were made up from the 25 or 30 men out
in snits, and an exhibition game played
the batteries being Stevens snd Serr and
Brakke and Morton, Brakke's team win
ning out 0 to 5. The gams was very
punk and full of errors and misplays, the
boys seeming to lack life enough to keep
moving.
On Tuesday evening and also Monday
evening thera was a grand ball at the
city ball, given under the auspices of
the celebration committee, and loth
evening were passed by a large number
in this way. The h ill rag decorated
with evergreens and lm ii n rand a num
ber of different kinds of i! igs from one
of the ships in port, i.ii'l looked very
nice. The dance broke up at about three
o'clock, and it is rate to say that most
of the residents of St. Helens were glad
that the fourth comes only once a year,
and not sorry that it does come that
often.
FOR SALE Household furniture,
Inquire of Mrs. H. C. WikolT Honlton
Ore.
FOR SALE
About f-rty sacks of Burbank potatoes
old, in good condition, part large and
part seed size. Also a few tons of old
timothy hay, a little mixed with clover.
Also cherries. C. J. LARS EN,
Warren, Oregon.
Spanish Woman Drowned
Mr. Leonora Teres, until wunin me
past week a resident of San Francisco,
was drowned in the Willamette Slough
at Lake Farm laat Saturday afternoon.
With her husband and several othtr
countrymen, the recently came to this
section, the men having obtained a con
tract to clear land With her little son
she was sitting on the bank of the
Slongh. and the little fellow threw a
decoy duck into the water. While reach
ing out to recover the duck, she los her
footing, and as there was no one near to
give assistance, she was drowned. The
body has not yet been recovered.
La t Wcncs lay's OregouUn contained
the news that the veteran ball player
Phil N'adeau ws dyi-gjn a hospital at
Chehalis as the result of being hit in
the head by a pitched ball. Jadeau
plapwl here most of this reason and it
was terrible new to bis many friends at
Ibis place.
Later he recovered acd will probably
play ball here next Sinday.
Knights go to Ridgefield
The member ol Avon Lodge No. i3
and a number of their friends went to
SidneSed last Thursday night la re
sponse t'j invention frnm tbe Lake River
Lodge, the occasion being the annual
treat to strawberries that the lodge ac
ross the river bos been giving the local
boys for mux time. The trip was made
au tbe Triton, and It goes wiluout bt
in it that everyone had a good time. On
arriving in Ridgefield we were welcomed
at the dock by a committee that. showed
tbe way to the hail, and there a treat in
the way oo a programme was ready, the
feature being the mosie by the newly
organized Uidgetield band, of some six-
teen or seventeen pieces. This band is
a crvuit lo the community and ruiuisueu
fine music. Then there was the feed 01
straw berries and cream and icecream,
and there is no doubt but the crop this
year is fully up to the average, though
alter the inroad made lust Thursday the
aupply may run a little short. A num
ber of lhe members of each lodge was
called upon short talks, and it was not
until after midnight that the return
trip was commenced.
Gets Judgement Against Railroad
Fred Adams has had another of hs
cattle killed, and was again in Justice
Haven's court last week, This time the
victim of the traim wa a fine two year
jld Purhani heifer, and the decision of
court was In favor of the plaintiff,
awarding him damages in the sum of
ft'iO. The attorney for the A & C, gave
notice of the intention of the defendants
to appeal the case to the circuit court.
The experimental garden put in on
the diked tide lands near Clat-kanie is
now in a flurislilng condition, and dc
monstrates beyond a doubt the fact that
alt kinds of products adapted to this
climate will do well on the new lands,
This garden Is planted on land being
cultivated for the first time and that
has been drained very recently, and so
of cciitte will not do as well this year as
it will next year or two years from now,
A Mr. Graves who is interested in a
firm that raises immense amounts of
iiotatoes on the tule lands in Califor
nia, was In Clatskanie this week looking
over the diked lands and was very
favorably impressed.
Time loans on
Dillard and Day.
real estate. Apply to
Ws buy in large quantities and are
j able to sell at smaller preces than the
i other fellow. J a met Muckle 8on,
ST. HELENS TO THE NEHALEM
If there are any who do not
believe that the present road
from St. Helens to Pittsburg is
roughest in the State of 9ren
and that is Comer Some then
we can only advise them to try it
once. We speak from experience,
for On Thursday last Mr. O. J.
Evenson, accompanied by his Son
W. T. Evenson. came into St.
IMona in thpir new Overland
u A r-1ofl,on;a onrl
tai, Wu..u .
tOOK tne editor along wim mem,
From here to the IOOt Of the
hill beyond the Smith place it
was all smooth sroing. and the
o,l f tha u,nrt until the
1 1 tf . r . ntaA
old Valley post office was passed,
DUt irom mere on it is up iu
body that goes through that way
in an auto to build their own road. 1
Ruts. StumDS. logs, and every
thing that hinders a machine on
country roads were found in a
plenty, to say nothing of mud in
several daces. ' Ittook from
eleven in the morning until four
o'clock in tne afternoon to cover
the distance between here and
the river, and Drosrress was a
matter of hard labor all the way.
A low' power machine or one
without a good clearance would
never get through at all, but that
Overland machine, four cylinders
and forty horse power, would
climb anything, and at the end
nf t rie trin it was unscathed.
p,f f Wo- rWn the river
A 1UU1 & WW W. A - .
to Mist and across the mountain
to Clatskanie was a trip that
there was real pleasure in. The
road along the bank of the pretty
. a v
su cam ia in uw 0.uf,
I - ..... ... . . .
is very lime oi we woy luak vo"
not be covered at gOOQ Speed.
rru- nn mes from Pittsburg was
covered in an hour and One half,
No effort was made to break any
records at that.
But take the advice of the
Mist and do not travel the pres -
nA tnPitrehtiro- if vnn want
n cm through the Nehalem Val-
, ,
ley. The new survey, if a road
is ever built over it, will make
this route'one of tne finest and
moat traveled routes in the State,
hut nnril it ia hnilt all autos
J Jk S wuns I
should either go down the front
or over some other route. Ana
if YOU must go this way take an
av on1 a crnur hnr nnrl a few
, ,. . , . , ,
mount. Jhonny Moor, one of the horses
ing a pic nu auuvci. nu";
i 3 niacmne HKe tnat line vveriaiiu
r Evenson tseniOVinfT runninjr.
Rainier Wins.
Kainier journeyed to Clatskanie the 4tb
and took the "Indian" into camp by a
3 to 1 score. Winterbotham scalped
braves as fast as tbey came to bat and
held them to six scattered bits. Joe
ThnniDson brought in two runs in tbe
eighth with a two bagger to left and
scored on Cook's clean single to renter,
Clatskanie got their run in tbe first on
Kaoell's error and Uksela's two base
bit to left.
( -
The score.
RAINIER
AB R H PO A E
Colvin e 4 0 1 4 3 0
Clav sa 5 0 0 2 3 0
Grannigan 3b 4 0 0 0 4 0
Archer 2b ,3 1114 0
Hoover rf 110 10 1
Thompson If 4 1 3 3 0 0
Cook lb 4 0 2 11 0 0
Kapell Cf 4 0 0 2 1 1
Winterbotham o 4 0 0 2 2 1
Total 3.1 3
CLATSKANIE
7 27 17 3
Patterson 2b 3 0
Blackford cf 3 1
Ukselass 4 0
R. Bryant p 4 0
Haggia3b 3 0
Elliott c 4
Conyers If 3
I. Bryant lb 3
Van rf...
.... 4
Total 21. 1
BY IN SINUS
6 27 10 2
Rainier . . 00000003 03
Hits 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1-7
Clatskanie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1
Hits - 2 1 1 0 00 1 0 10
Two base hits Thompson and CkseU.
Htruck ont by Winterbotham 4, Bryant ft.
Basel oa balls Winterbotham 2 Bryant 8.
FROM RAINIER
,nier Py
B'l
both.., ffoat -... the first ran was
made in the first inning, bat that waa
the lone score of the Inland town. Tbersj
WM noth.iD doina; on ,lthf ,ida nn'u
Rainier came in
. , ,
Big fat Sam waa
determined to win the nine at all coat.
tor he had previously made arrangements
with Clatskanie .fora 00-40 game, and
wlien Clatskanie phoned up Friday aay-
'"K'Sam could have expenses if he cam
down on the 4tb the manager of ditnen
lioni mtlie a big protet: bat tbe matter
was patched op Sunday evening and the
boys came home with the big end of tbe
ste
Kainier was on iU good behavior Tues-
Nay nd epent a laoe 4tb, many Raia
.J wJoihm
went various paru of the County to
enjoy the hospitality of their friends.
cbas. L. Clark wa sworn in as the
new city marshal Monday evening at
the regular me ting of the City CounciL
in re James Jesse deposed. Both mar
shals say they will bold down their Jobs
and tbe good citizens are still wondering
bat tbey are going to do with two
marshals, it is the intention of the city
Council to bring the matter before tbe
Grand Jury.
PORTLAND CAPITALIST KILLED
Rose well B. Lam son, Portland attor
ney, capitalist, prominent memrjer or
the Portland Riding Club, Vice Presi
dent of tbe Ubi venal Paving Co. and ex-
member of the Portland Water Board
died at the hotel in this place at foor
o'clock on the morning ol July 4tn iron.
iwciuae or me sauu susiaineu wb
i , In , , .
the Houlton road.
In company with his wife and her
cousin. S. S. Montague' and vt. ana
Mrs. R. J. chipman, Mr. Lamson had
I gone to air. aioaiazuc iuui aw at
i .
I ao
ridins- horses with them. Monday morn-
i01t lhey rolja (,, tne lodge into town,
the celebration was In progress and
moung otber things there were horse
rac-s. Mr. Lamson was on a nanasome
mount and those in charge asked him to
participate. He was fond of this sport '
and agreed to enter the race.
1 Iu the regular race under the auspicee
I of the committee Mr. Lamson was de-
'eated- bM M ,oou8" ntt nor
I was faster than the winner, and an.
wM 3greed npoa nd u WM
ln thi, that accident occurred. Be-
fore the tace was started Mre. Lamson
and Mr. Montague left for the Montague
hon,e 10 PPre dinner.
The horses were taden ont on tbe
fT.M,1,An vnarl nap tti hall nark, and
ali ltarted wen. it wa when about
I half the course bad been covered that he
met with the accident that caused his
death. While going at top speed, hia
,be portjand Riding Academy,
1 suddenly collapsed, on account ol a
broken blood vessel. Mr. Lamson was
hurled violently over the horses head,
struck a rock, and his skull wa frac
tured.
W. B. Dillard saw the accident and
hurrying to tne scene picked Mr. Lam
on up, whom be found to be uncon
scious. He was removed to the hotel
and attended by his friends. Dr. Chip-
man, and the local physician. He did
not revive, however, but remained alive
until four o'clocd on Tuesday morning.
Mr. Lamson had long been prominent
in Portlrnd, to which city be came with
bis parauts from Vermont, where he was
boru in 1868. Mr. Lamson was a grad
uate of the Portland High School and of
the University of Oregon Law School,
was far years associated with the late
U. G. Gammans In the practice of law
and later associated, with Richard W.
Montague, which association continued
nntil the time of his death.
ln 18D7 he was marred to Miss June
Moutague, sister of R. W. Montague.
The Lamson home home is a 349 Thirty
second street North. His widow sur
vives him. Mrs. Ralph Renaud of San
Francisco Is a sister. Funeial services
were held at tbe Unitarian Church, at
Seventh and Yamhill Streets, at S
o'clock Tnursday afternoon. The re
mains were cremated.
To Business Men.
The business men of St. Helens think
that tbey have the best ball team of the
kind In Columbia County and would
like very much to get a chance to show
their brethren of Kainier and Clatskanie
some of the floe point in the great
National pastime. All men engaged In
some business in the towns mentioned
are eligible to play on (be teams, pro
vided that lhey sre not regular player
on the first teams.