THE OREGON MIS
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VOL. XXX.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCT. 27. 1011.
NO- 49
St. Helens Mill Co. f
Lumber Manufacturers
W
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Electric Light Service
Special Attention to Local Orders
"WHEN GOING SHOPPING
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don't overlook hi for the tliiogn
you want in the Grocery line.
Here you may lie sure of the Urg
ent assortment, the la?st qualities,
the freshest consignments and the
lowet prices. We want your
tiade anil will earn it by giving
you every salifaction in goods,
price and satisfactory service.
SiiHie you try us onre to give
uaa chalice to prove our claiuia?
SC. H. JOHN & COMPANY 8
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SllilUlltiUH UlUL UQ.L Ull.l. U.liL UlUI. UiUL 1
1 President Taft i
Is on the way to Washington, but wc are still here
taking care of our increasing business
AT HOULTON, ORE.
In addition to our line of
General Merchandise
We Lave added a nobby line or Ready to Wear
ALL WOOL SUITS
for
Men and Boys
Ranging in price from
$3.50 TO $25.00
Wc have an extraordinary line of
School Shoes for Boys
and Girls
Which, with our line of Wool Socks and Stockings
makes a combination that cant be beat
and is seldom equaled.
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For the next week wc will pay
FOR IS!
per
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WHITE &
WHITE
LYCEUM COURSE A HUMMER
Exceptionally Fine Lit! of Attraction
for Fir .t Sea.on,
The lyceum comae for lower Colum
bia Co. which ia to he held in the City
Hall thia winter ia calculated to Inspire
pride in ihe heart of every progressive
cUucn. It is made up of standard at
tractions received troiu the Kedpath
Priest Lyceum Hureau o( Seattle, For
forty three years the name Kedputh hat
Flood for the bet in the enterlainn.ei,t
world. Their guarantee is behind every
number of the local course.
lint those familiar with chautauqua
or Ijceurn talent need only note the lint
of attractions offered the people of thin
community to be convinced that the
roiuinillee has spared no effort to secure
(he bent available mateiial . Many are
already giving expression to their sur
prise that soexenaive a course should
be contracted for the firal year. To such
it is only necessary to say tliat the com
milti-e has implicit faith in the loyalty
of the people. It feels certain that
given an opportunity a sufUcient nnnilr
ill pledge their patronage t' Insure the
financial success of an enterprise that
will mean so much to the moral, soiial,
educational and bn.-inees life of I his
region.
Boston Lyrics No. 28
The courre will be opened Tuesday
evening Nov. 2K, by t lie lloston Lyrics a
distinctly popular cotiiiany .
They give their programs that audi'
ences may lie entertained, and they do
it with a surprising degree of versa
tility
Three artists two ladies and a gentle
men, cmupo-c tlx tug little company.
Mr. 1'. It. lopl.i i i pianist and ac-
compai.i t. Mias l'.crtlia Weill U read
e land tr.njiboiiP't.
The entertainment consists of songs,
dramatic leailing, cartoons, pastel read
ings and song, monologues and solos oo
Cornel and trombone.
a uu que feature of (his company, are
the solos an I ebligatoe given br the
use of the "Mariuihaphone," a bell
loncd instrument designed to furnish
muni .al novelties of a delightful charac
ter. Joy Mastey Dec. 18
"Mis Ji" M.iscy, graduate of the
Noi i'v.eteiu C diversity, Cumnock
Scluu. of Oratory, 11 a reader aud in.
terperter of exceptional abilit. The
chief chat ui of her read i it g lies iu her
perfect natiiralnc-s and absolute sin
cerity, ller every word rings true.
Her repertoire tsa very exten-ire one.
She ia prepared to meet the most exa t
Ing ilemanda of the ui mt critical audi
ence and at the same tiirte ples.ee thou
whose chief aim is entertainment. In
her forthcoming visit to the city, Mi-
Master ill give a popular program, one
which his proved csiecially popular
with lyceum audiences.
Misi Massey's program will In) sup
plemented by musical members from
local talent.
Prof Edward Reno Jan
Perhaps the limit popular number
with young and old will lie the piefor
mance of PMward Keno, who furnishes
ati evening of Rapid tire Magic, bring
ing to the lyceum the results of over
tuirty years eXerience. II is program
represents the highest achievement of
ttie art of legerdemain.
Keno docs seemingly impossible
things. He seems to be a veritable
miracle worker. Birds, ducks, rabbits,
fish, all sorts of animals are uiade to
arise ia unexpected places in leponse
to the tiat of the magician. Many
senHUtionnl and spectacular features,
never preseuted lefore. constitute a
large portiou of the two hour program.
Governor E. W. Hoch Feb. 19
Febuary 10, 1912 should be a record
breaker for the crowds in St. Helens.
People for milel alalilt will do" well to
drive in to hear Ex Gov. Hoch in hi
platform masterpiece. "A mesie from
Kansas."
Governor Hoch is tin in in who, as
chielKxHcutive of Rausa, won a nation
al reputation by Ills program of con
structive pilitics. l'rouiinent in the
legislation for which he was responsible
wnathe "Oil Hill" that secured the estab
lishment of 1! independent refineries.
andsaved the people millions of dollars.
Governor Hoch ia a man of engaging
personality aud ss an orator, Is iinliiue
. . IC. I
among' American salesman. uaa
the rough and ready quality
of an Abraham Lincoln. Me lias a
voice of great range and symplm hts
vocabulary Is simple and yet copious ;
hisoraloly is finished and . permissive .
Iu a word, he in an orator of the first
rank. He is a man of profound convic
tions, and yet one who it claimed by all
classes, radical and conservative, stand
patter and progressive. The Red path
Bureau has mora calls (or Governor
Hoch fian for any other man on it)
list.
Willamette University Clea Club.
Final arrangements for the appear
ance of thia the best aggregation of Hah
Rail Itoys in the northwest have not
been made as yet. Definite announce
ment will be made later.
Now then "You can't afford to mi
it," Buy your tickets early. Take the
girl along," Address all inquiries to Dr.
L. G. Host, Chai'in i i People's Lyceum
Committee
A COOD POSITION
Can be had by am i loua young men
and ladies in the belli l "Wireless" or
Railway telegraphy. Since the 8-hour
law liecatne effective, and since the
Wireless companies are establishing sta
tions throughout the country there is
great shortage of telegraphers. Position
pay beginners from $70 to per month,
with good chance of advancement. The
National Telegraph Institute ol Portland,
Ore., operates under supervision of R
It. and Wireless officials and places all
graduates into positions. It will pay
you to write them for full details.
MAYGER MEN DEAD
Victor Jarvi and Raivo Meet
Death by Asphyxiation
at Bottom of 82 Foot
Well.
Bullet Meant For Doer Kill Friend
FOR BALE One team, 1500 lbs, wagon
and harness in good condition. Also oni
111) lb horse cheap. J. II . Lock miller
rOIt S ALL-Homes and vacant Iota in
all parts of St. Helens. Prices, terms
aud locations to suit the most fastidious.
J. W. Allen.
Time of Services Changed
i'-egiiining next Sunday a new sche
dule of services will he in force at the
Methodist Episcopal Church. The
Sumlav school which has been meeting
at (I.45 will open at 9:3.". Morning
worship will be at eleven o'clock as
usual.
The Kpworlh League will meet at t! :.'(')
hereafter and continue until 7 :"M
Evening worship will begin at 7:30 and
all ill lie dismissed not later than 8:30.
The niidweeks met ting will be held
from 7:00 to 8.00 each Thursday even-
A. A. Heist, Pastor.
Leo. A. Grant, the man who has been
selling good clothes to the residents of
Rainier during the past couple of mouths
was a visitor lo St. Helens this week,
nil will probably locale at this place at
some time in the near future. Just now
he can talk nothing but foot bill, and
auie up here to make sure that Squeeze
ml Itrakke, two local artists of the giid-
ron, would be on band next Sunday to
help Rainier put the McLitighlin Ath
leticClub on the small end of a big
ore. Grant if also coaching the Rainier
High Sch'Mil boys, and says that they
wlllhave some fot ball team.
The Faimer's State Rank, of Scap-
poose, is installed in their new fire proof
building, and now have as well eq
uipped bank m there is in any small
community In the State. There is also
nother new building being built at
Scappoose, to be used for mercantile-
purposes.
Mr, F. D. Hobert, for twenty three
years iu the general merchandise busi
ness at 1-a Center, has pnrchnsed the
stuck and business of the Milloy Mer
cantile Co., at Scappoose, and is now
conducting sn up to date store at that
place. Mr. Hobert is well known to a
large number of the old times at this
place as In the old days before the-e was
as many places to go as there is now,
the people of La Center and St. Helens
fraternized to a large extent.
Last Friday was "Tie Day" at school
and one of the prize winners in the pie
contest was presented to the editor. It
was a great big creation of custard with
out any roo' on it with the exception of
the beaten whites of eggs, and say was
it good ? Well, yes. It was made by
Roy Laws, but when the editor thiuks
of his own experiences in the pie mak
ing line there is no doubt in Our mind
but that Mrs. Laws was iu the vicinity
at the time. Hut the pie the editor
baked had a noble mission in life after
all and is now being nseJ by Virgil
Powell In the Nchalera to take the place
of a broken disc in his disc harrow.
Stock and Dairy Farm for Sale
Good Equipment. One hundred and
sixty acres. Horses and Cattle on the
place. Inquire at this office. Easy Terms.
Mr. Frank Bishop of Goble, was a
business visitor to St. Helens on Mon
day, going from here on the afternoon
train to Portland.
May gar Girl Marriea
Miss Hazel B. Gaunt, of Mayger, and
Joyce C. Iloskins, of Kelso, were before
tho county clerk last Monday asking fur
a glory ticket and weut from there to the
botiiv of Rev. Heist to hav the double
harnesa put 'on. Miss Gaunt has lived
at Mayger for years and has many
friends in this county while Mr. Hoe
kins is highly esteemed iu bis home
town.
One of the most deplorable
accidents that has taken place in
this county for years occurred at
Mayger last Tuesday morning; at
eight o'clock. Victor Jarvi, age
22, and Jack Raivio, ae 31. were
engaged in the work of digging
a well on Jarvi's place, and had
gone down about 82 feet. On
Tuesday morning Jarvi went
down into the well first, and
succumbed to the effects of the
gas that had collected during the
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mgnt, ana itaivio immediately "ecr uau oten
went to his assistance and lost
his life in attempting the rescue
of his friend.
Other people were soon on the
scene of the accident and Gus
Ilmari, a countryman of the de
ceased, went into the well and
brought out the body of Raivio,
while Jarvi's' body was brought
to the surface by his brother.
The scene of the accident is
about one and a half miles from
Mayger and both of the men who
lost their lives are well known at
that place. Jarvi was but re
cently married, and had a nice
little place, the scene of the
accident.
Coroner Frank Sherwood was
summoned from Rainier, but the
case was so plainly one in which
there wa s no body responsible
for the deaths that no inquest
was held. The funeral took
place at the cemetery in Quincy
on Thursday.
The City Council put in a part
of the time at their meeting last
Monday night in talking to the
saloon keepers in regard to sell
ing liquor to people in an intoxi
cated condition, and the time will
undoubtedly prove to have been
well spent This is, it is said,
the only violation of the law that
the local saloons have been guilty
of of late, and it is one that
should be stopped. Even in this,
there was but one or two violators.
One of the largest employers
of block makers here told us that
up to the 20th of the month he
already shipped 325,000 paving
blocks to Portland, and that he
has about 60 men at work mak
ing them. Part of the month his
pay roll was in the neighborhood
of $300 per day.
MUCH iiTRWTlON
IN SUCH A SHORT TIME
In the belief that he was firing at a
deer's tail, Herman Claussenios, Jr.,
shot and killed his friend, John Bon
ser, while the two were hunting oo the
Mullen ranch, eiirht mile, me
Rocky Point, near Scappoose, Claussen
ius says that lioni-er had told bim that
be was going to circle the hill on which
th tragedy occurred in a different di
rection from that in which he actually
traveled.
A deer had crashe 1 through the brush
a moment before the fatal shot was fired,
Clansenius says, and it was while he
was scanning the woods forasight of the
animal that he caught a glimpse of
Hopser's head and mistaking it for the
fugitive trame, , leveled bis gun and
Cr-. The two men had hunted together
almost every season for ten years.
After he bad fired, Claussenius rush
ed down to the spot where ha uninwd
In the meantime
he says be heard it crashing away
thror.gh the brush. Bonser had been
following close on its trail. Claussen
ius found two buckshots bad entered his
friend s head, and setting him op a
gainst a tree, he jumocd in an automobile
and went to Wilcox mill for help. He
returned within 20 minutes, but the
party conll not find Bonser, who by
ti.U time pro'iiibly was dead. The
b dy was found Monday afternoon, but
CUnseeiiius did not know of it until so
informed by deputy Sheriff Bulger.
The accident occurred just Inside the
Washington County line, and the in
q tiet aas held by the officials of Wash
ington County. Ttie Bonsers are old
resident of this county, and well known
to many people at this place.
The Clatskanie High School went to
A-tr a last Saturday to play footbal'
with the school at that place, and the
Columbia County lads were the victims
of an awful slaughter. The final score
was 100 to 0. Though the result was
not expected to be that bad, still it
could not be expected that the Clata
kairie boys would win, as they were op
egainst one of the best school teams in
the State, while the boys from this
county were taking part in their first
game. It is to be hoped that they will
not be discouraged by the result.
Miss cladys Ashley is visiting this
week w th Mra. Yeomans.
A deed was filed during the past week
tratisfering the ownership of some 375
lots in this city from Mrs. Hannah
Tyskiewicz to Geo H. Sliinn. Other
business men in St. Helens besides Mr.
hhin are interested in the transfer,
which involves somewhat less than $10,
O K). There lots will be Dut on the mar
ket at once and their sale will advance
the best interests of the town consid
erably. The City of I Ion! ton has commenced
lliewoikof digging a well to furnish
th"ir water supply and are confident that
before they have gone down very far
tliev will strike water in sufficient quan
tities to supply their needs and at pre
sent are figuring on a depth of but fifty
feet. Taomen are now engaged in active
wi.rs, and if the water.supply will be as
the city council figures they will certain
ly obliiu cheap water. It seems too bad
th.it tiie terms of the water commission
of this place are not satssfactory as they
seem to be very reasonable, and the
service given by the water sys era now
iu use could not be beat, as the water
is good and there is always a good pre
ssure. The rate of 10c per 1000 gallon!
Is low as compared with what is charged
in other plrces, and if there was no leak
iu the pipe or no water wasted the City
of Houlton conld well afford to pay it.
Mr. K. K. Quick, well known and
highly esteemed in this city and for
years prominent in the business and
political affairs of Columbia County,
has sold his interest in the
Abstract and Trust Co. to George H.
SUinn of thit city, and may leave this
country alnjut the first of the year as be
lias his eye on a small farm near Eu
gene, lie w ill remain in the office, of
the abstract company until January
first, wheu Mr. Sliinn will take up the
work.
Warren man Expresses Sur
prise at Amount of Instruction
in Short Course. Oregon Agri
cultural College, Corvallis, Ore.
21 I was greatly surprised" at
the great amount of instruction
given in so short a time, and also
at the very interesting way it
was given," says Arthur L.
Lindahl of Warren, Ore., writ
ing Dean A. B. Cordley of tho
Oregon Aricultural College re
garding the farmer's short course
which he attended last winter.
This year the course will be
but four weeks instead of six,
Ikii sV wJ 1 1 Ys o 1nin ai f knf r n -k
uuw ... o ""v t utt,.r!l ,inciaimed .t the Paint Helen,
man can get more of the one sub-Oregon pon office for the week ending
ject he is most interested in, as October 21 stunt. Aiel Anderson, on
prunes, potatoes, or small fruits
than in the longer course given
heretofore.
League Studios Saloons ' '
Next Sunday evening's F.port!i
I-eaglie period ti:;i0-7::0 will be devoted
to a study of the liquor problem a it
relates to 8t. Helena. C. C. Caseett ia
leader and is preparing some iliterei-tii tf
statistics (or the consideration of cur
young people. The Kpworlh League is
growing in Interst and inspiration. Alt
young people are invited.
letter. Mies Margarin Turney one letter.
T-etten not claimed by November 4th.
i n l will be tent to the Dead Letter
Office .
There will be service in the Episcopal
Church next Sunday evening at 7:30.
A I mi a celebratiou of the Holy Coul
tutinioii Monday morning at !:30.
Mrs. 1). J. witer will be home from
Portland in a few days, having suffici
eutly r covered from her illness to be
moved from the Good Samaritan Hospital.