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5 THE nn VOL. XXX. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOV. 3. 1011. NO. 60- OREGON MIS CHAS. WIEST MURDERED Body Found in Cabin With Two Bullet Holes Through His Head BLOOD HOUND Bert Green. Suspect, Arretted by Sheriff Thompson and in Jail at SL Helens Sheriff ThompHon was called ,y phone from Warren on Wed nesday morning and informed that a man had been found dead his cabin on the Slough and kinder suspicious circumstances. Mr. Thompson immediately tele phoned to Coroner Sherwood at Rainier and upon his arrival the Kheritf and Coroner proceeded to the cabin on the Peterson and Mouse Duck farm and found there the body of Charles H. West, with his clothes all on and flying" across the bed. Immediate nvestiKation was begun by the .fleers and continued up untill fThursday morning and the 'allowing facts were disclosed; m Tuesday at 1:15 o'clock I'. M. iWiest was taking to dus Sch- woch, the man living on the farm, and left for his cabin to do hi work in connection with feed- Inf the duck hikes etc.. he hav ng been a game tender for fl'eterson & House, and was to tome back in the evening to get ii milk: evening came and Wiest Jfailed to return but nothing much Kas thought of the matter until tioming when Mr. aenwocn i-ent to the cabin of Wiest and he door was open , and after ihouting, with no response, Sch Koch went inside and found rViest on the ImmI with his clothes ill on and apparently asleep; loser investigation proved that ewas dead, and Mr. Schwoch went to Warren and notified the sheriff. Sheriff Thompson im mediately took charge of the remises and kept any curious rsons away from the cabin, ired to W. K. Conyers at Clats- anie for his Wood Hounds and ntil the arrival of the dogs i very body was kept away. t In I he meantime Mr. Thompson ent to the cabin of Bert Green, mother game tender for the Day Hros. of Portland, on the ad ioining farm, and brought Green ck with him to the Wiest cabin y a circuituous route, carefully avoiding the regular trail through the woods, and ujwn arriving ut 'he cabin, borrowed Green's wket knife; with this as a clue 'he blood hound was given the 'cent and immediately Uiok up 'he trail which led by another nd different route from any flown, in fact was not by any frail at all but through the woods, 'Kht to the cabin of Green. Lyceum Committee Busy The biggest thing in St. Helens fday is the People's Lyceum '-ourse. The "pros" and "cons' pf the street railway franchise phe proposed sewer system or ontemplated Btrcet improve ments are all forgotten finding the answer to thn nuestion. 'Have you bought your lyceum '0'irse ticket?" A few who re size what such a course will Pean to St. Helens and the prrounding country have been "bit impatient with the com mittee as is evidenced by such remarks as. "Whv don't you , nng around your tickets? "w hen pu are ready put me down for a Kll.nArimn, ah nicimr.K.11, thMir puple"or "Say, that course is jn, tun. i-:n ".etnn, liii.u Speekt, Itlml I n . a a ... ,. , I .. .i..ta j"rin rive dollars to my family I This week the advance sales ! rarvass is beinjf pushed .ilh I "aw. TAKHS TRAIL Some two weeks ago there was a Bhot gun stolen from the Wiest cabin and no clue was ever fount concerning mis thelt, but it is presumed that Wiest hail some knowledge of who stole the gun since the man was last seen alive another gun is missing from the cabin, After the hound hail made its discovery Sergent Hunter of the Detective force with Lou Hart man and Dr. Cathey, the blood and finger print expert from Port land, made some experiments an took some photographs but noth ing of imKrtancc has as yet re sulted from their work. The post mortem examination revealed the fact that there were two bullet holes in the left sid of the man's head, evidently from a 32 caliber revolver, The body was brought to St Helens Thursday morning and Coroner Sherwood summoned jury and held an invest, but noth ing was brought out except the facts as above stated. Little is known of the man who was murdered, he having no realtives in this vicinity, brother living in Portland being the only known one; he was 21 years old and was a sober indus trious young man and unless the stealing of the shot guns from his cabin furnish a motive, the authorities are at a loss to dis cover one. Bert Green, the man suspici- oned by reason of, the action of the blood hounds, was brought to town and will le thoroughly ex nmined In-fore being allowed to I iro. Further developments in the case go to strengthen the suspic ion against Green. Wiest's move ments have been traced during Tuesday until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. He was in Warren when the 2 o'clock train nrrived from Portland and left there im mediately afterwards for his cab in, and it would have taken him from 4."i minutes to an hour to reach there. On the stove in his cabin were potatoes and bacon burned to a crisp, indicating that he was cooking when shot. Green was seen to enter the Wiest cabin U-tween .1 and I o' clock on Tuesday. Stock and Dairy Farm for Sale (IihhI Kiitiipnirnt. One hundred and sixty acres. Horses niiil ('utile on the place. Inquire at this office. Knsl t. TitiM. We thus express our heartfelt lhai.ks nit. I gratitude to the people o( Wiiirrn for their help ami comfort which Hey tendo-ed to us in our lure bereavement. V.. A. llvdo JhokI Ilegele. F.ugenia Peming invited the Sunday School Clan ol MIm F.lsie l'hilip to nip wl'hheron Halloween ami a general good linirt was had, at the home of Mi" IVmin.'. Thin wan the second e nt at tin kind he! I hv this class and oilier, wtlllollow. Thosn present were:-Mi-fc I'liilip, Miss Fartium, Mms Weed, Harriett Kcm, Marion Cox. Lois CI'"'. nernice Marten, lairlhy Johns, Inex Katurah Pison, Olive la Tare, . 'I , '",, m,.,,,. Yoei... M...J Minnie Lcifur, T.mora v,.gr, . r..iiy. Vu-m w.-lcy, vi..i K.ihcl lire. r.ather Weigle, Kulh Welgln, Arline Polon. NEWS OF HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST IN AND AROUND ST. HELENS LOCAL ITEMS: PERSONAL MENTION: SOCIETY NEWS l'r Peel was joined this week by Mrs. l'cei and their llltlu inn and have taken up their residence in the house recently vicated by I,. It. Rutherford. Tim latest improvements on Columbia sitrcct are Urn steps hading to the M I'.. Church building, and the Ci meut sidewalk in front id A. Kctel's pro peity, Uilh of which give added attrac live iip(Nirai.ec to thi ci rut r Pcputy Sin-rill'. .Whin I.enn.itd. of I'ort littnl , ;n 1111 inieie-ied Kvi tuiDr at the tl.nl of John K i I mill 1 11. ianl week Mr. It'otiaid 11 oiiii of (fri'on'a l'-t km mo Mid met e-sf ul pc.ice ollictrn and i Ijinte pniuiilielltly lin iitioued for the olli.ee ol SUeiilf ol Mului iiuali County at in-A election. Ml. and Mrs. A. I.. Stone ieut the 1(1 enter portion of lust eek at Van couver, vimlili( Mr Stone's mother ho was scrioiisl) ill. Site ii now ini provlii(. . Alt' r having liecu conlined in the St. Vim cuts llospi'ai ut l'uriiuud, for about eiglit wivks, i h typhoi I lever, Krnnk e lliorp wiii brouiit home Ust week en tirely lecovcled. Jui.je J. I'. Ciiuipln il, of Orce in CitJ, wai a Cotnt viritoi i nd.iy. A tm.'ol 1. vh pi ked upon the stieeta of Si. IKltiii lime I'Ci n leit at this iilhce. Uurr C M have tame liy calling; ti ci c and payinu lor 1I113 ii'itu'e. Hon. (I.N, "I'al" McArtliu', foiiner Sie ik- r of the IIoiim- of keprrsiilM'ive, 1H.-I.I Monday in 11 e City ttllciduij to legiil Ijiimiic-s. l':.e dame iveu hy the St. Helens Cily llaii'l la t A.luMav niHlit wan a i-uc es. socially and (ill mci. l.v. Morn llun lifty 101. jilt' were, pn scut ini'l enpiyiu Uien..-ev.s no il the e.nv inorimif! hums. dulc .tan f. unfiled by tin: lliiicl ur.lic-.lra, con-.islii.' ol l.al nlcnt and wa highly upplei iatc l. Karui'it J nil 1 S n, of Sc:ip(i osc, w! o a as 11 mil r indictment I -r lirceiiyin a wareh ma", clunked his plc.i ol N : uiliy" t 11 pha of KUil'V of sunip'e laiceiiy" 1 ofoiv Jiiile I'.hkhi 1 1 -l .i.ilur- ly nil I s neuteiiced t 1 '. il drtjs in the foil' ly J "1 Blnl tlieu paroleii. J lit pci!ic crime with which ho was chared wan t a!n g a keg (d beer Iiom the SuipiKio-e l.unlini; w ulcnoii-c. Ttie (a t' of Audiew Kinj; Vs the City ol St. Helens .W If e l before JmUe Kakin nnda liny list Tiiilay aid te salted In a verdict for king for :L,1.,"KI. km cl.iiui-d lie hid woikcdfor the j Water L'ornmi'-sio 1 il 11 1 i lit; tlie wiu cr 1 of pill'.l anil l:lll mi l that he luid ? ! 1 . )0 cotnifli! and the Coliiiniiolifl , Iniiued thnt he hid bu n lullv Jmhi. 1'liect-e will pnifably he appealed. IVlel leli' U ri tumid to SI Helens 1...1 ast Suuril iV "tier (pine an cxirnuci nit in Cie Kat and South. Cl.as K. McCorniiik, of .-an Kran ... . . .1 i .11 C 'o, the ne ul ol me. r-i. neieni .ni" ., speiil several ilav in the tow 11 tins wick, lixialiiK liner miwii """"' The usil.d iiiilllbir ol llallowiei nilikM, so called, were perpetrated in St. Helens Tueumy niniu, out we n.nr heard of no very s rioiis daituitfe to any roperty. The City Council met In regular siou Monday liillt nl spent mot of lis time in diiruiH mi ol I lie proposed stieet ear frnncli a , N (IcfinitH iiction w taken. The CltT Attmlley was ill- ructid to colilmelice mceiisary leal irweeilliiKK to enforce the collection 01 linrpient Ntreet and newer ns e-'incnts ihroiiKhout the Ci'y. M Caiheiine Malarkey, mother of ..... I M .I .rV,.n Olir Mate .-cnuior 1 -ii 11 . 7. ied at Tort hind Ssiind.iv. The I.ndies Al l of thn M. h. Chinch ill inert with Mrs. H. A Crotise on Wednesday Nov. 8tu. The Annual naiaar ami Supper ol the .ad es Ai-I o the M. K Church, will he ,cM on Pec. Mil. Mrs. H.irah Heitinan.of nidi'iic.d,Vn. died ut her home on luemlay aim win or buried lit Vancouver, today. Mrs. licit man was the daughter of roIumhU I.rnv rnster, a former owner of the pren at townsite ol St. Helen-, CotintyCletk Ull.ire issued a maimi-;. liccnsi to Miss (ieral.line Miieuis 01 v,oi uuihia County and William Marhoff cl FUvel, Clatsop Coanty, during the ek. ALL KINDS j I I li. A. Koss and fan.' v hive returned from Wiai-unsin wheie thev went several weeks uo to dispose of .heir property This was a case of trying th 1 country out btfoie deciding to locabt permaueiitlj and tin; tilul was so falinfactory that the li-t trip was trade, add we now have Mr. Muss and family as permanent resi dents. Mr. A. I'. Spmgiie, with his family d ove hi aiilo dun from Portland last S itur lay. Mr. Sprague is manager of the Cros-el Tiuilarr Company with lariie holilingsin Coluinhi i County and is an enttiusia-tic g "Hl roads booster. He had not intendeed coming to St. Helens on this trip hut was informed that the roads for automobiles in this direi tii n were better th in any other leiding out of 1'ortlaud, and his trip confirmed hip in formation. J. U. Cainphtdl,' r aiding in onn of the Sni.in cottages on Ca-enau Street made complaint before J isM -e II iz -n Wednes day that his W'hj 1 pile was decreasing in hit-; faster than hin use of wood wai r. 'in n d and a warrant was i-.-urd fi r John Due an 1 s veral of bis brothers A ho were h.lled before his Hon jr np iii a charge if l.,iceny. t'.e'ore a 1 ea iue uld be had the members of this well k i.iwn family pid Mr. Campliell for I his won 1 and settled t ,e cj-ts of the I Couit mid were allowed to go. J Tin cliv!: ng, pic siig and lail irihg I c t.ihi.siiuiciit id lira st Schelker and Mrs M Iv Wilson .:,ungardiier is uow ; IncatLiI i 1 tin K ip it Hou-u next to the i 1. O. ( 1. F Kuildiug. I I 1'iiicnt 1. Taylor, 1 iel. Sicretary of j:hc l'r. hi hi lion Sui'e Ctntral Coui 111 t ie wilUpeak at the Houllou V. M. Cu'ii.-h Saturday at S p m, A In.issicn j Free. Thu VijUhg Married l.sdics Friday Wtetnno i club were 1 ut' iiainid lit the home of Mrs. JcH'colt in C"luii! in I'ark "ii Halloween night by McsdauieS 11- coit and Kversn. i'ecoratons c n sisted 01 Autumii leaves and 1'uuipkin ! iiick-o- lanterns. Painty luncheon whs erved. Those p'tsent were Pr. and Mrs I,. Ci. Koss. Mr. and Mi. W. G. Muckh-, Mr. nud Mrs. J II. Crookiie, Mr. an! Mrs. Jos. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. A. I.. Mnlie. Mr. and Mrs. Ficd Rugan, Mr. mid Mrs. F.verfou aud Dr. and Mrs. .IcITcoit. Mn. Mary J. l'ei kins, of Prnin, (Ire., owner of onj of the largest hotels ill Southern t)ieo 1, visi ed in the City t lie part w ok wilii her daughters, '.lisres Nellie mid l.eona IVrkin. A line Ik i f ipiiuccs from the orchard of J. W. Sax ton on ll.ichclor Flat, was th" lin t pres lit to the new manage ment, presented I'. ..Mis. Saxtou. I hunks. 'I he Ladies Aid of the Congregational, Chun U wid me t with Mrs. Win Muckle, Thursday Nov. '.Ml. All are in- vitcil. The Houlton IMek..h Lodge held II gh Jinx at the I. (). U. F. hall in 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 on llaloween nig.it when a genuinii snrpri-t? was given to the Oihl leliows hy the llcliekaha and their fricudi. Visitors were met at the door hy a witch with all the make np of a hein) fcni some other world, escorted 1 1 the hull where all sorts of wl rhery prevailed, with dim lights and jruicapip tUures, and entertained by charades and g.iiiivs. A fine lunch was served to (he large number present and a general ood tune prevailed until A late hour. The I, ullcs ol the (iiiild will serve tea in the (mil. I Hull from 2 to tl o'clock next Tue.-day afternoon. Nov. "th. J. W. Allen and 1'rter Fclton hnve for 111. il a partner-hip for the handling .. real estate. They have a number ol first ciass propisiiions on hand now and will devoto their entire time to tie business. An Olllce will be lilted up in the near future In a convenient part of the city where buyers and sellers will 1 e welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Jame Muckle were visitoi in the City darn g the week. Pr. II. It. Chtr down fioin roltlslid in his auto hist Sunday. Mr and Mrs. II. I). Barbour of Stti sun, California visited with Pr. nd Mrs, J. I.. Zipperer Monday. Mr. an I Mrs. O O. Kudig, of I'ort lnnd.Htid Miss llacl MeiU, of North Manchesti r, Itld. Visited Pr. and Mr. I., tl. K"ts over Sunday. POSTAL SAVINGS BANK St. Helens Post Oltice is Designated by the Government IMPORTANT FACTS CONCERNING SAME The Post Office at St. Helens baa been designated as a Postal Havings Bank and opened for this business on Oct. 25th. The object of the Postal Savings System is for the purpose of providing facilities lor depositing saving at interest with the United States dover.iiuent at security and for the information of the public we have gathered the following 'acts: Accounts may be ojiened and deposits made by any person of the age. of 10 veamorovcr in his or her own name and by a married woman in her own iiame and free from any interference or control by her husband. No person can have more than one account at any one time. No persoj may open a postal-savings account at any post office who is not a patr.n of tiiat oflice. All acounta must be opened in person by the depositor or his authorized re presentative. After opening an account a depositor may forward subsequent de posits to the post office by mail. Deposits will be accep'.e l only from individuals, and no account will lie opened in the name of any corporation, association, society, firm, or partnership, r in the names of two or more persons jointly. No account will I e opened in the name of one person in trust for or on behalf of another person or persons. The service of the Postal Savings Sys em is free,. and no chaige or fee is collected or required in connection with e opening of an account or the with draw;,! of money deposited. No pet son connected with the Post Gilice Department or the postal service is pel nutted to dis lose the name of any depo'ilor or give any information con cerning an account except to the de positor h i in -el f , unless directed to do so hy the l'o.-tluater General. Deposits are evidenced by postal- savings Certificates issued in fixed de n...ini.a'iclis of fl, 10, f.t), foO, and $100. Inteiest will allowed ou all deposits at the rate of 2 per rent per annum, intuited on each savings certrticate separately,' and payable annually. No interest will be paid on money which remains on deposit for a fraction of year only. Ini.ru.t will r.-intt ii mm In ar-nriiA nn a savings certificate as long as it remains J outsanding, certificates being valid until paid, without limitation as to time. Compound interest is not allowed on j an outsL.nding. certificate, bot a de- positorma withdraw interest payable snd include it in a new deposit, which w ih bear interest at the regular rate. 1 A depositor may at any time withdraw the whole or any part of his depot-its to ' his credit with any interest payable by . surrendering savings certiheates, pro perly indorsed, for the amount desired. When a person who has opened an ac count can not Hppear jiersoually to make an additional deposit, because of infir mity or for other good aud sufficient reason, the amount to be deposited may be sent by a representative or forwarded hy mail. New accounts can be opened hy mail. When au intending depositor ! desiring to open an account is unable to appear in person he luwy forward the money bv a representative, who will lie ; Jury Disagrees. After lieing out for 3(5 hours, over Sunday, the jury in the case of the State vs J. F. Hamlin, failed to agre and on Monday morning were discharged by fudge Kakin. Hamlin was charged wilh forgery committed in An?. 1909 on the Ptate Hank of Rainier. The evi lenee on the part of the State was that Hamlin, representing himself to 1 J. W. King, ent lo the Bank at Rainier aud made arrnngements to borrow 100 with .V. Kennedy on the note, and secured tie money. Mr. Kennedy denied Lav ing signed as surety and investigation tl the matter developed a clear case f forger?. The officers the rank, Mr. Kennedy and livery man from Rainier positively identified Hamlin as the man. hut the defence brought I roul I'ortlanil sotim six or seven will. esses who were ju-t as po-tlive that Hamlin was In Portland on the day he was suppoo'ed to have been in Rainier; hence all th jurv were not convinced beyond a reasonable, doubt" ol his puilt and a lisiigreenient resulted. Don't Forgf.t BALL TEAM DANCE November 11. provided with an application form, which must be properly filled out by the intending depositor and returned with the duplicate certificates. When under limilar circumstance a depositor can not appear in person to make a withdrawal, a blank order will be furnished for his nee upon request by bis representative. When sacn order has been properly tilled in and signed by the depositor, with hit signature wit nessed by a disinterested person, and baa been returned to the postmaster, to gether with each certificate to be paid properly indorsed, payment will be made to the depositor's representative. In case of the death of depositor the amount standing to his credit will bs paid to the executor or administrator of his estate npon compliance with the necessary requirements. In case no formal administration is desired by bis relatives, the postmaster may, if it is deemed proper, be authorized to pay the amount of the deposit, on application ia proper form, to the persons entitled to reo ive it, without the appointment of an administrator. A woman who opens an account and afterwards marries most present her s ivings certificates at her office in order that the certificates may be indorsed as payahle to her in her new name. The postmaster will receive no further de posits from a depositor failing to comply with this requirement, nor will be made any partial or interest payment to her. A depositor desiring to convert his savings deposits into bonds on Jan uary I and July 1 of any year mast make application a least 15 days before either of the dates named to the postmaster ia triplicate on a lorm which will be sup ' plied him fcr that purpose. At the time j of making application he must indorse I and surrender savings certificates cover -! ing the amount of the bonds desired, for which the postmaster will give him a receipt. Interest will continue to accrue j on certificates surrendered until the 1 date on which the bonds are issued, j When the bonds applied for are received j by the postmaster, the depositor will be ; notified an I the bonds will be delivered by the postmaster ou presentation of ! the receipt for the certificates sur j rendered. At the same time all interest ' due on the certificates surrendered will P' Savings deposits converted into bonds re not counted as a part of the ma- mm of 300 allowed one depoaitor, and there is no limitation upon the amount of vailable postal-savings bonda which ""V finally be acquired by a depositor, Postal-savings bonds are exempt from all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under States, municipal, or local authority. Postal-savings bonds can only be procured by the converse ti of postal ravings deposits, and will not be Issued to persons who are not depositors, but whether in registered or coupon form they may, unou receipt by the deposi tor, be sold and assigned at any time to any person desired. The Post Master has pamphlets in several different languages giving full information which be is ready to band out to any one applying for same. Methodists Banquet Last Thursday Dr. J. W. McDongaU'a llrst quartet ly visit to St. Helens was made the occasion of a "Membership Dinner" by the local Methodists. Seventy live members and their famlie sat down to well loaded tablet in the Guild Hall. After dinner Dr. Mc Dongall, Drs. Edwin ami L. O. Roes, Miss Philip and the pastor presented various phases of the work ol the church. So enjoyable was the evening to all pre sent that it is likely to become aa annual event. v Boys Sunday Observed Next Sunday is to be Boy's Sunday a' the Methodist Church. The boys aud young men are rhooaing the ser nuu theme, picking out the hymns and doing the boosting for both servicea. In all probability one of the boys will pieside. Tit subject of the morning sermon will be "Going Fishing or What a boy Can Do," "Branded" will be the the subject of the evening sermon. Boys snd young men are especially invited to these services. Girls msy find the sernon equally applicable to them. Special music by the choir, Hear it! Take the girl with you to the lyceum course.
