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VOL. XXX.
8T. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCT. 20. 1911.
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IT WILL PAY 0U
To come twenty' miles to
trade with WHITE & WHITE
at Houlton, Oregon. We can
supply all your wants in the
home or on the ranch and
farm.
You'll Have To Hurry
if you get one of our present stock of Heaters
as they are going rapidly. Our stock of Ranges
autl Cook Stoves is slightly broken but we still
have a nice selection from
$15.00 TO $45.00
New goods arriving daily. Our Underwear
and Hosiery' stocks are not excelled in the
county, either in Quality or Price.
We have our CIDER MILL left worth
1 2.50. Will close it out for $ 10.00. Money
talks and wc understand its language.
Highest price paid ior Eggs
and all Country Prodnce at
WHITE &
WHITE
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WHEN GOING SHOPPING H
don't overlook tis-fnr the thing
you want in the Grocery line.
Here you may lie sure of the forg
ot ottment. the bet qualities,
the frenhe-t coneininent eml the
lowest prices. We want your j
ttade sud will earn ;t ly giving
you every uiif ction in grxids,
price and satisfactory service.
Suppose you try us omt to give J
ua clunre to prove our claims?
H. JOHN & COMPANY
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COBLE GRANGE HOLDS FAIR.
Third Annual Exhibit by Patron of
Husbandry Wall Attendad and A
Decided Success.
The Patron ol Husbandry el Goble
held their third Annual Grange Fair at
the Fedmen's Hall in Gobi laxt fr'atur
day, and the ssma succe'S awarded their
effort an heietofore. Th exhibit were
made in the banquet room of the h ill,
and there wa collection of farm pro
duct, (lined fruit and vegetable,
fancy work, etc., that wa , credit to
I he community.
Xhe Gulile fair has alway given special
attention totlie exhibits of the children,
and it i only for thetu that there was
iilven any rab prize. The prizes were
awarded lo the following school children
in the order named : Rota Anliker,
Nina Bluke, Jcnniebelle Link and Lloyd
Seer.
Mr. Jordan won the firm prize on
onion and apples, II Waer on pota
toes, with Win. Link wo ml Mr. J.
W. Arniitrong received the first award
fr canued vegetables, snd Mr. J. M.
Lindsay had the first prize puwptinand
the cabbage that was givi-n second. Mr.
J. W. Armstrong's Hubbard squash wa
t're best and she also received the second
on c rn. P. Anlikt-r got a second on
cbhsge.and Lee Byers bad the lent car
rot at the bow. Mary Tlioma got
s-vrind on carrots and first on vegetable
marrow. Other pri- s were awarded on
vem'shle who names we could not
obtain. '
1 be follow ing awards were made for
chickens: A. 1). l-araen firnt on Buff
Oiplnttton and Stuff Leghorns; Lee
llyers, first on White Wyandotte; Gladys
Jordan, second on Whit" Oiplngto-is.
The fancy work exhibit attracted con
iderahle attention and wa well (rotten
up. First prii-s n tbis division were
won by Mrs. A. I). Lslsen, Mis Maude
Hi-Imp. (iwiui.i Fowler, Mr. 1. Link,
Mr. I. Link. Mr. J. W. Armstrong,
Mr. (.. C. rowlcr, Mr M. Link, Mr.
K. Ntr. Mrs. A. Neer, and Mr. O .1.
Lnk. while second award w. re inside
to Mi Frank ltishop, Mr. I. Link,
Mr. Ida Hunter, Mr. A. Neer, i.d
Mr. O. J. Link.
M. Link is the Ms-ter ol tie (ioble
Granite, while the committee in charge
of the lair was Mr. and Mr. A. I. La
sen and J. M. Limine. Th-ir efforts
for u good IiU le bow in 11)11 bnve met
with in q'talilied t.iixvM', ami no doubt
I'Jl'J will -m. the i. utile l'.itri ns plautiitig
on something even better.
A GOOD POSITION
Cm 1 had bv ambitious young men
and Indira iu the Held of "Wireless" or
Railway teb wrnpiiv. ' Mure the 8 hour
law lN-rame effective, and since the
Wireless companies are establishing sta
tions throughout the country there ie a
great shortage of telecraphers. Fosition
pay beginners from $70 to $!0 per month,
with good I'hmctt of advancement. Tlie
National Tvh irroph Instltuteol I'oitlund,
Ore., operates under supervision of It
B. and Wireless oflli'ials and place all
graduate into position. It will pay
you to write them for full details.
FOR SALE One team, 15001b. wagon
and ha net in good condition. Also on -1100
lb borie cheap. J. II. Lockmiller
FOR SALF.-Home and vacant lota in
all parts of St. Helens. Trices, terms
and locations to suit the most fastidious,
J, W. Allen.
Registered Airdale terriers (or Hale.
n.irry D. I'.urrows,
R. F. 1). N. 4, Vaueouve, Wash.
Cba. Muckla is tiding everything
possible ti beautify his line home in
this city. The house n completed and
has Iwen occupied for some time, and by
next summer he will have one of the
prettiest yard in the country. Hund
reds of loads of dirt bare been put In,
and during the past week a cement walk
hna been put around the yard,
Hcnrv Walters came into town last
Saturday with a fine five point buck in
his buggy. He was diiving along the
road near the logging camp at Columbia
(liLv when be saw the deer Coming down
the road toward liitu. The lesult wa
some line venison.
Mr. and Mm. W. U. Mnckle wire
Portland vi-dtors on Sunday last.
Letters unclaimed at the 8t. Helen,
Oregon pnstofliee for the week ending
October U, lflll. Harry Hughes, one
U tter; W. O. Husted one letter; O. It.
Mill', one tetter. letters uncalled for
by October 24 will be tent to the dead
letter otllce
M. C. Gray, P. M.
Two (irpek tangled np on the side
walk near the tnill ofllce at about noon
Mondny, and were gathered In by
Marshal Frank Wilkin. City Recorder
J, Q Unge held court in the council
room on Monday evening and fined each
of the iiflendefS the wm of I7.C0.
ROCK THE ROADS.
Some Fine Road Work Dona at Goble
Crashed Rock Turnad Out Cheap
- By the County Plant.
The rock cru-her i back on L'nion
Square in this city ami will be set up
ami housed in this week, ready for the
crushing lor the roads'and to sell to
private parlies tbts wiu'er. The . ru-lier
was taken from Houlton to (Job.'e on
'the20t!i of August, "I was in use
down the river for 25 d .y. ti.erajing 91
yards a day, for the e . i- 'un. Mr.
Anliker, the 8upervi" U,i the Goble
diftiict. No. o, bui t ro i - ' mile of
macadauirUed roud, the liikl it that dis
trict, and from the way the eople talk
tliey will not stop at that, us two miles
will call fur more.
Th cost of moving the crusher to
Gobi and bringing it back was fftC, the
cost to the Goble district being f 18. If
they bad bought their rock at Kt. Hel
en and shipped it down it would bave
cost thcin $1.00 per vard, and another
25 cents to take it oH the cars, making
a total coat of 1.25 loaded on wagons.
By taking the crasher down from here
rock ct st the Goble district 40 rent per
vaid in tbelius shd about $1.00 rolled
down on the road.
Mr. Anliker has a rough district to
build roads in, but the taxpayer seem
determined to bnve good rodg. as they
Voted a nire mill special tax this year,
and Mr. Auliktr is cutting doan the
hill and making go al grade in a way
that will give the district road in a very
short time that the people Cau point
out witli pride.
The crueher i able, if it U kept busy,
t-i crush all the rock that 14 needed for
the S-. Helen", Uoble and Hariier dis
tricts, mid Jack Dpain, rue load boss
oi tlii district, say that il a ride track
wai put in to the county quairy i II the
Lemont place, it could criiKU rock and
load ears for the Scappo-e-e eiid Warren
distiicts. I: rapacity I, we fud, if
kept In good order, about lot) yards per
rbiv of tiybt l.ojrs, and Mr. Ifc-ptiu siys
that ho think I lie following program
would 1 of benefii to the county: Set
the plant up at the ljemoul quarry in
he (all Vml crush for Warren and cap
l k! ibronnh the wiuter and spring,
ay 'i xu the first of October to th" firit
of May.' Move to the Yankton quarry
the liret of May, for a tnotitli, and on the
lirst of June take it lo Goble ai.d Haiti
ier aud in the four summ-l' monthi all
lite ioi k that the will need ran be
criivhed. It can le taken lon and
moved to t iolile or Kainier in four days
ami at a cost of about $100. The ot of
the n.oving can be saved in the first two
days run, as compared with what the
rk would ordinarily cost if shipped in
from a private plant. Mr. IHpsin ays
that it i a waste to have the crusher
lying idle and is s'rm'gfor rotne arrange
nirnt that will keep it in operation.
W. n. Tonyers, of Claskanie, wa a
business viidtor to the connty S"at laftt
week. ,
Clnnde M. Johis, of Clatskanic, was.
attending court In the Interests of a
client last Friday, Mr. Johns but re
cently located at bis new home and is
more thin pleased with Columbia
County.
Work on the new s-dtool bouse is pro
gressing rapidly tlnring the fine weather
that his been prevailing, and it seems
certain that it will be ready by the first
of the year it not lfore.
L. It. Rutherford and family are mov
ing into their new house on the hill this
week . Mr. Rutherford's new Borne is
one of the many fine residences erected
here recently, and has one of the most
sightly locations iu the city.
Mr j. KettenholTen, of Matoitowac,
Wis., a sister of Mrs. A. Ketcl, ii visit
ing relatives in this city,
The Lad ie J Aid of the M. E. Church
aid mi ct at the home of Mr. Wm.
M. l!os next Wednesday afternoon.
M". and Mrs. Dolman, of 1'ortland
were St. Helens visitors this week, com
ing down for the purpose of attending
the service at the Episcipal Church on
Wednesday evening.
The cats of Tarter vs. Duly was tried
in the Circuit Court Tuesday and re
sulti d in a decision tor the defendant.
This suit was over forty acres cf land on
the Nehalem between l'i'teburg and
Vernonia. Th!s land was taken up by
Daly over twenty years ago and he has
a patent for it from the United States,
but at about the time of the issuing oi
the patent he left the land and Parker
has been living on It and paying the
taxes for years. A tax deed was issued
to him just a little over ten years before
the time of the ti lng of the suit and so
Mi title to the property wsa clear. At
the time of Pat ker's moving onto Ihe
plnen it was worth no mure than when
it wa taken up by Duly, and Tarker
ha improved it and built a good house.
It seem that he has Uie best title from
a stand p- in! of fairness as well as In ti t
law.
LYCEUM COURSE LAUNCHED
St., HeUna is Placed in Front Ranka of
Progressive Cities by Superior -Entertainment
Course.
Next week will mark the beginning of
augressive work 'or the s t'-cess of the
first annual People's Lyceum Course.
The committee ha been busy for some
mouths engaging talent, .f curing sdver
lining mutter, nd making other pre
liminary arrangement. It i now pre
pared to offer to this community one of
th best courses of entertainment ever
presented in a town the size of H.
Helens.
Am the individual members of the
committee solicit the patronage of our
citizens they will carry the conviction
that they are pushing an enterprise of
inestimable value to Ihe moral, intellect
tual, social and butiness interest of this
locality. A Lyceum course i admittedly
one of the strongest evidvn.es of the
progress! veness of any City. Its cordial
support stamp the intellectual and
moral grade ot its citizens.
The Lyceum and ChauUuqua platform
is toay recognized by our great politic
ian and statesmen ,lMjtb progretsitesand
conservatives, as one of the two grat
factors in the wave of insurgency and
reform wh'ch has swept over this coun
try in the lat lew years. The o'her
factor is the newspaper, und these tao
institutions have, to no small extent,
been traveling band in hind. The news
paper, huw ever, can not take the place
of the Lyceum, nor the Lyceum of the
newspaper, and the town which has not
beard the views of otirvrc.it public men
from their own lips, and in iheir various
effective stvlcs of ornt ,ry, has miseed
that close touch and keen intertst In the
affair- of Ihe day of which the Lyceum
town boa-la.
and then in every community there
are young people both in and out ol
hith tchool, w ho simply aaait the word
riifht'y spoken, the inspiration rightly
imparted, to spur them on through hard
ships to a goal worth while. Not only
their pireut but the community owe
these young peop'e the advantages
which come from listening to good tal
ent. Thousands of people throughout
America today owt their inspiration and
present success and happiness in life to
the m ssages which came to them from
the Lyceum platform at just the right
lime mceages not ouly to the head hut
to the heart.
Again, there is the great general
cause of popular education to which the
Lyceum and Chautauqua are the lafg
et i-O lUihutori. Comparatively fuw of
Anii riu.i'a millions of i; habitants g i to
College. If they are to be educated they
must receive through other means and
other institutions what is r ghtly styled
"popular education."
Ol equal Importance is the maintain
ing of a high. standard of entertainments
in a country where everyone must in
one way or another be entertained. The
two gi cat sources of popular entertain
ment today are the theatre and the Ly
ceum course. The theatre is a very mer
cenary institution, in fact is rnn wholly
for money. Few Lyceum courts are
run for profit and when there is a pioflt
it goes into the building np of public
libraries, other forms of popular educa
tion, or to increase the size and quality
of the entertainment course of the subse
qneut year.
One of the late-t advantages which
baa been pointed out for a Lyceum
Course is its benefit to te town' com
mercial needs. The wesf is first to take
definite note of these advantages.
Chamber of ennin.erce in some of the
towns on the Paeifie coat are lending
tl eir heartiest support to the bridging
into their midst in the regular Lyceum
course such men as Gov. Folk, Gov.
I loch, Jude lien Lindsey, Champ Clark,
congressmen and senators. They ay it
is an advertisement for the town and
still better congressmen, and senators
who have never visited the west, on their
Lyceum tours are bediming familiar
with the needs of that lmpoitant part of
our country.
Watch the Mist for full details as to
the progress of the canvass for ticket.
Mrs. Lydia Fry of Salem Ore, arrived
iu St. Helens Tuesday. She contem
plates making Iter home with her nep
hew the Kcv. A. A. Heist for the winter, i
They will occupy the Martin White rt
sidence while Mr. and Mrs. White are.
on their trip east and south.
W. C. Lee, a business man from
Kaiuier, wa a visitor to the county seat
last Widnctday.
The Ladies Aid, of Houlton will erve
(upper tonight at the Oddfellows Hall
In Houlton, from I to 8. The public is
invited.'
A friend from Warren notifies the
Mist that we made a mistake In the an
IMuncctnent of the marrnge of Lillian
llrrckc and George II. Haen. They were
married on Tuesday afternoon, October
10: h, by Reverend Hollinghhead. in
Portland.
J. A. PENDER INDICTED.
Grand Jury Return Trwe Bill Aga
M.a Accused el Wekr
mmm Murder.
Last Friday the Grand Jury began t be
work of investigating th murder of
Daisy Wehrman, committed on th 4th
of September, and after working on th
matter Friday, Saturday, Monday and
Tuesd i'y, a true bill was returned at fly
o'clock Tuesday evening, Indicting
James Arthur Pender, charging mnrder
in the first degree.
A mans of circumstantial evidence wa
presented to the jury. L. L. Levings,
the detective who ha been on th ease
from the start, wa the first man called,
and his testimony was probably as strong
and has as much to do wltb th indict
ment a that of any person who went
before tlw jury. A. N. Creadick, th
Portland expert who examined th
Ixxlv, was also called to testify at to hit
tiindings. ,
Chas. E. Lindloff told of going past
the house on the evening of th crime
and seeing no one there despite lb fact
that Pender claimed to have been tbet
and bad a light burning in his tent at
this lime. He also corroborated th
testimony of the mail clerk iu regard to
the mail to a certaio extent. Elizebetb
Siercka testified as to the finding of the -bodie
of Mrs. Webrman and bar son.
F. U. McNaughton and V. H. Poter,
rerier for the Oregon ian and Tele-
gram, told of the scratches that Were on
Pender's face on the morning that tb
crime was discovered, and also of bit
actions at the cabin where it was com
mitted. Mr. R. E. Bate told of pot
tin a package of stenciled muslin that
wa afterwards found on tht cabin floor
in the community mail bos, whil W.
S. Chambers and J. M. Frye were also
w injects helping to make the chain of
evidence in regard to the mail taken
from the poatoSic and found in th
cabin, complete.
Guy Whitney, who works in Wntt &
Price's store and gave th mail to Pen
der on this day. identified th paper
found in the cabiu a the on that was
given to Pender.
Sheriff Thompson and Deputy Sheriff
Grant were among the witnesses, having
a complete knowledge of the case.
John II. Riley and Joe Hissoo. the
two Port land men wbo have a sback in
tbo vicinity of the Wehrman cabin, told -
of tlie revolver that was in their cabin.
and w bicb is believed to have been tb
una that killed Mrs. Wehrman. At
about this time th trunk containing
the gun was broken into, and then at
tempt made to conceal tb fact. They
also testified that Peuder bad borrowed
this revolver and knew of it's existence.
Frank' Wehrman, ot Portland, and
Mike Hansen, who lives near th teen
of the crime, were called, and also Cor
oner Frank Sherwood, whotpent several
days and nights working on the case
while it was in his charge and to who
car and foresight is largely doe th fact
tn.it the officers bave anything at all to
work n. The last witness was F. L.
Perkins, a reporter for the Telegram.
The prosecution have completed their
ce and clai-n that they have the nec
essary evidence to secure a conviction,
but it is not brobable that the ease will
come to trial before the May term of
court, as there will be time necessary for
the defense to prepare their case.
HOULTON MAN PASSES AWAY.
. Abraham Crouse, for twenty years a
resident of Houlton, died athla home
in that city on Sstnrday last, after an
illness that confined him to his bed for
the past sis years. The funeral was held
on Monday at the M. E. Church, toe
iu ermtnt being at the Oddfellow cem
etery in Warren.
Mr. Crouse was born in Keswick, New
Brunswick, on the tenth of November,
1S.U. At the age of eighteen be moved
to Aroostook County, Maine, and was
oneoftte pioneer lumber menof that
settion, engaging in the lumber busi
ness until hecametoColumbia County in
18:H. He located In this vicinity, and
engaged in logging until a little) over
six years ago when h retired from ac
tive work to buy the Meeker place in
Houlton, where he wa living at tbo
ti ne of his death. Very shortly after
giving nplogglng he was troubled with
rheumatism and this was followed by
piralsis, which caused his death.
The ib ceased leaves a wife and twelve
cluldre ., ten of whom were present at
the funeral.
Card of TkAwk
We wish to express oor thanks to
friends in Houlton and vicinity, for
their kindness and sympathy is our
bereavement, and for the beautiful floral
tributes.
Mrs. Abraham Crouse ami family.
Famished room for rent, Inquire at
this office. . . .