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THE OREGON MIST OL. XXXI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DEC. I. 1911. NO. 2. Imc for Action ,uty Sheriff J. L. Cumpbell of Uniemade his regular weekly L the county seat thin week. time hf brought Mra. Wm t fa tmm Oil nCV WHO WRa I- f n l. insane. The facts Cht out at the examination Id thut her husband had He- I rier some wwn . i time Hhc ha been at the i of the neighborhood and was riled t live on charity. She nimall children and they muHt lomc way to live. Of courae rouble were enough to drive ideiperation and it was alleged ihc had threatened to kill her nd her children; this waa the t of insanity. Dra. Peel and made an examination of her j s Judge Dart on Wednesday ley decided that ahe waa not but sadly in need of assis , She has made application to :unty court for aid. n would deem to lie a cane the husband should be com- to iupxirt hiit family inHtcad lerting them and would l a place for the law compelling ho refuse t nupport their p to work on the county roads he pay for such work turned ihe helplena families, to be cn- k Held to Grand Jury Bert Green, the man accused of the murder of Charles II. Wiest. Will Be a Candidate 0unty Clerk Fields of Multno mah County who has held his pre- was brought In-fore Justice Hazvn j sent position for a number of terms, has announced that he will be a can didate to succeed Hen W. Olcott as Secretary of State, the Republican primaries next April. Of courae Mr. Olcott will be a candidate for re-election, and with the prospects of two or three more candidates this promises to be a particularly inter esting scrap. I .... a l a I i i . . iumi Duiuruuy and nail his prelimi nary examination. Deputy Dis trict Attorney Harris represented the State and Attorney Stroud of St. John represented Green. After the testimony of the State was all in the defendant refused to put in any evidence and Justice Huzcn held Green to the Grand Jury without bail. SOME POTATO MclhixliH Episcopal Church Monday evening II. 0. Howard, cf Yankton, came into the Mist office lugging a suit ca.se as though it were heavy. He im parted the information that the suit case contained one potato and that it had been grown on his place at Yankton and without the aid of any fertilizer. The tuber was certainly some potato weighing seven and a half pounds and with 10 different prongs on it. This was the entire output of the hill, the whole thing hav ing grown together. Yankton claims the championship for large potatoes with this one. District No 45. b&bool lib lycague htk wrvire Thuraday 10:00 11:00 7:30 7:00 ition wanted by middle aged with daughter 2 year old, no Rums to country. I rotcstant tred. Address, C. Campbell, Houlton Oro. KALI! One H X 10 trot, good at r IViO Apply at tbia oflUe. ISALK-A few K.""d IcU oil the 1.1 rlw in and a fine virw of tbc J . Allen. i KU.F-Rhode Mind Cockrela. W. iOKr.I ikt. Warren, Oregon. MI.K-Hpita Tupa. Appl;, H. , Houlton, Oregon. . Fruit trees.. Write A. Holaday Scappoose. for SALE-Confectionery and tore, with rooming house F, all furnished. Will sell alf value. Call at the HALF HOUSE. Between St. Nand Houlton. School District No. l.' fi ln jnt)y ! proud of its artistic building on the 1 bank of Milton Creek and its teacher is emially proud of the work that is leing done by its ready workers. For n month they have labored as siduously to make up for their lost iitii iind everv name deserves its place upon the Koll of Honor. The little first graders, Lillie Wallis, M.imie Colwell. and Fred Wallis astonished our lady visitors yester day by reading correctly the twen tieth lesson at sight. The fourth grade passed a severe examination in geography with a record each of 1IMI er cent. They are Opal Smith Nettie Colwell and Ixuis Wallis. The seventh and eighth-graders, liculah and Mamie Smith have pas sed examinations in Geography. Physiology. Men. Arith., Selling and History w ith a loss of only five credits all told. We hope to do equally well in the future. Anna Handle, teacher. Octolwr Hth in the Dr. Monisom "iMiiiK on Willamette. Htreet, where photo work of all kinds can be ft rrnHonable price. We kindly t the people o( St. Helena and n to nire ui a trial. f Sundayi 0 30 a. in . to 4 :,10 p. in. C. 8. Reevee. f fresh milch cowl lor sale. Inquire 'ik ".Hnieckl, St. Helen, Ore. School Entertainment Miss Hazcn and Miss Farnum - - f pH.nis numlHTed one and two of REEVES PHOTO STUDIO j the St. Helens School combined I'otii itthlin will be opened here fm.H and gave an entertainment last Wednesday afternoon which was fine. The pupils in these two rooms hail a program consisting of recitations and songs appropriate for Thanksgiving time, that would have done credit to pupils of much more cxiH-ricnee than they have had. The gongs and recitations were well ren dered, showing the careful train ing of the teachers. A large num ber of the parents and friends were present. F. U. of A. REMOVAL NOTICE Ikvc moved our t runnier tuainc F new Urn )ut acroia from the noun where we will bo glad to you call on ua when too wlah a nice f K rig. traanftif or drayage work f rry in ntock. brick, renient. hand nd feed and will l glad to fill or.Iera promptly, llione 15 or ""ler at Fred Watkln and your 1 promptly attended to. "t. Helena Transfer Com pan) . NM.H-Ntock farm, 1(10 acrea, with "l Iiirm Implements. K mini re office. ptXT wanted for dairy and itork ? ith 11000 to J.MXM capital. IPrl.ii,itTl for particulars en MtUia office, liberal terms. 2t St. Helens Lodge Fraternal Union of America will hold their meeting at the K. of T. Hall Saturday night at Ho'clock nt which time the or ganization will 1 erfectcd and a big time had. The drill team from one of the Portland Lodges will be here and the work of the order ex excmplified. Lunch will be served. The order is stargng out with a membership of over forty and pro misestobeoneofthe leading 1-dgcs of the City. Mill Co. Dance The big social event of the season for St. Helens was the Second Annual Rail given by the St. Helens'Mill Co. Thanksgiving Eve at the City Hall. Ham Mc Cormick was the Host and had as his guests everybody in the neighborhood who attend dances as well as a large number of friends from other points in the county and state. The large dance room in the City Hall was taxed to its fullest capacity and the music was grand. Decorations consisted of evergreens and flags from the ships in Tort and the lights were white and green electric bulbs with a moonlight electric light affair in charge of Chief Electrician Cole. Dancing was indulged in until 1:30 o'clock and the affair has been pro nounced as the biggest social success of the season. A LIBERAL DONATION The students of the St. Helens School made up several boxes of good things to eat and warm things to wear and shipped them to the Hoys and Girl' Aid Society of Portland, this week. The con tents of the boxes consisted of canned fruits, vegetables, jellies, clothing, books and toys. Charlie Smith, who raised his own gar den, came to school Tuesday morning with a wheel barrow full of potatoes which he do nated. Nearly every boy and girl in the school brought some thing and if evary other school gives as much as ours did. the little waifs at the home will surely have a delightful Thanks giving. Political Pot Boiling The political pot is beginning to boil in this county and we hear of quite a number of pro spective candidates for the re spective offices to be filled. The primaries will be held on April 19 next year and the election will not be held until November so that the campaign will be a lengthy one. The nominees for the different offices will have a task to keep their names before the people during a campaign of that length and no doubt interest will lag. Besides it will be an expensive luxury to be a candi date. We are gathering some data on the names of tho pro spectives and before lonp will give a list of them- PUBLIC AUCTION-Sale of household furniture, consisting of rugs, mattresses, beds, dress ers, kitchen outfit; also store fix tures, confectionery, cigars and tobacco. Tuesday Dec. 5, at 11 o'clock A. M. At the Half Way House, between' Houlton and St. Helens. Olcott's Prison Policy Secretary of State and Acting Governor Ben W. Olcott is acting the part of Governor in the full est sense, lie has recalled a pardoned prisoner, who was given a conditional pardon by uovenor West, and has given a statement wherein he sets out his views on capital punishment as being opposed to its abolish ment J. W. Norris, a convict from Klamath Connty who was pardoned by Governor West some time ago, has been recalled by Mr. Olcott and is again in prison. No reasons are given by Mr. Olcott for this action. An appli cation for a pardon by a young man from Tillamook County who had been convicted of some felony was heard by Gov, Olcott and turned down by him. It appears that the prison policy for which our Govenor has become famous does not meet with the fullest approval of our acting Governor. The McNamara Case The methods used by the differ ent sides of the McNamara case no v being held at Los Angeles are just coming to light. A few days ago Bert Franklin, ex deputy U. S. Marshal, was arrested for jury bribing on the part of the defense and from re ports received from Los Angeles the evidence is quite conclusive that he was engaged in that par ticular line of business. Now comes the news that the District Atto. .ley's have had a dictophone ittached to one of the rooms in the jail where some of the con ference have been held by the defendant, his witnesses and his attorneys. Each side is trying to gain every advantage possible, either fairor unfair, and from the looks of things some very inter esting events will happen before the great trial is finished. Sues tor $100,000 James Davis, the powder man who was blow n up at the St. Helens quarry last June has started a suit in the Circuit Court at Portland for $100,000 damages. He alleges that the foreman of the quarry Wm. Aiken ordered him to tamp the powder with a steel rod and that he was following instructions when the explosion occurred. It was a new kind of powder and the makers of it represented that it would not explode by tamping, or something of the sort and, while Davis was an experienced powder man, he received the full force of the explosion and lost both eyes, one arm and other permanent injuries. Jay Bower man and W. H. Abel are his attorneys. Chicken Pie Supper The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church St. Helens will hold a sale and chicken pie supper in the Guild Hall, Friday Dec. 8th. Many uwful and fancy articles will be of fered for sale and it will be found a good place to purchase Christmas presents. Sale (wimmences at 2 p. m. Supper from 5 to 8 p. m. 1'rice of supper 25 cents. LOCAL ITEflS Born; To Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Leiferman o f Yankton, on Thanksgiving day, a son. Perry Austin came down from Portland Wednesday evening and he and his wife attended the Thanksgiving festivities here. Ed Laws was among the Port land visitors who spent Thanks giving with the old folks at home. Make money: grow apples: save money: buy trees of A. Holaday, Scappoose. George W. Vogel of Rainier was transacting business in this city last Saturday. The ladies of the Guild will hold their regular tea on next Tuesday afternoon at the Guild Hall. At the business meeting of the Ladies of the Guild held Tuesday it was decided to be necessary to raise the price of the rent on the Guild Hall during the winter. Fuel and lights during the winter months make thi3 course neces sary. Mrs. J. L. Zipperer who has been under the weather with a case .of quinzy has recovered and is again at her post in the tele phone office. Mrs. A. W. Mueller and her mother Mrs. Pendergast, spent Thanksgiving with friends in Portland. Mrs. W. A. Harris was a Port land visitor last Wednesday, J. N. Rice of Clatskanie was attending to business in the County seat on Tuesday Eugene Miles, formerly of this place but now living in Portland, was visiting friends in St. Helens during the week. Mrs. D. J. Switzer has so far recovered from, her recent severe illness as to be able to ride around the city, and her friends, which includes everybody with whom she is acquainted, are very much pleased to again see her getting along so nicely. In this issue will be found the advertisement of Mrs. Owen's Gift Store. This, is the latest business addition to our city and people who go there for their Christmas gifts will find a full stock of nice things to select from. Dr. and Mrs. McLaren of Rainier attended the Thanksgiving Ball at this place Wednesday night, and visited with friends on Thursday. Harold Ross, who is attending Washington High School at Port land, is sjiendin? the Thanksgiving holidays with his parents in this City. The family of a Mr. Hill moved into the Flagg residence on St. Helens Street. Houses don't stand vacant in St. Helens very long as there are always people waiting to get into the first house available. The case of the Sta te of Wash ington vs. Hugh C. Phillips has leen tried at Kalama during the week. Phillips was president of the defunct Vancouver Bank and was charged with receiving deposits after the bank was insolvent. The jury went out Wednesday night and deliberated all night that night and all day Thursday, all night Thurs day and from reports have failed to agree. The Schooner Alvena is loading lumber at the St. Helens Mill Dock for San Francisco. Fred Floter of Trenholm is in the city to day. Fred is one of the squatters en the rail road land in the Nehalem country and is very much interested in the' suits now Houlton Items Mr. Harris is having his land cleared which he bought of C. E. Chipman. Coley Crouse and bride were given a regular old fashioned chivari Monday night From the noise that was made there must have been quite a crowd out. Thanksgivig services were held at the M. E. Church at 9:30 Thursday a. m. by Rev. Dark. Our hustling real estate agent Mr. D. T. Gerdes, has made several good deals in dirt recent ly We will certainly extend the glad hand of fellowship to M r. Bennett if he comes to our town to live. Mrs. Hendricks has had the two acre tract cleared of stumps which she bought last summer of Mrs. Wheeler. The Houlton M erchants seem to be having their Bhare of Thanksgiving trade. Our high school students Miss Masten andMr. Floyd White who are attending the Jefferson and Washington H. . S. of Portland came home to eat turkey Thanksgiving. Mrs. Wheeler sold her 5 acre homestead in Houlton to M r. Bennett, the barber of St. Helens and then bought Mr. O. A. Willis place. Mr. Willis will buy again if he finds something that suits him. Mr. Coley Crouse, one of our popular young business men was married at the home of his sister Mrs. W. W. Blakesly of St Helen Saturday evening Nov. 25th at 3 p. m. Rev. Roper of Houlton performed the ceremony. The bride was Mrs. May Welch for merly of Lincoln Nebraska. A host of friends join us in wishing this deserving young couple a long and happy life. The Houlton well is progress ing very nicely but the boys ara still working in hard rock. Those attending the dance in St. Helens given by McCormick report having a good time. Mr McCormack is doing his share to ward getting the people better acquainted. Houlton Circle Women of Woodcraft held their regular e lection Nov 28 with the following result: Minnie Kelley, G N; Elsa Wik strom, Advisor; Minnie Morley clerk; Anna Van Natta, captian of 3uard; Julia Anderson, Mag ician; Etta Cole, attendant; Nellie Dunn, inner sentinal; Mat tie Frantz, outer - sentinal; Ber dill Williams, Manager; Agnes Dixon, Manager; Ethel Clark, musician. pending in the U. S. Circuit Court wherein this land is involved. Lawrence Holman. formerly pur ser on the America, attended the dance at the City Hall on Wednes day eve. J, J. Havlick, a prominent far mer of the Scapioose neighborhood was doing business in town today. Howard M. Brownell.of Astoria, was attending to legal business in St. Helens on Tuesday. The St. Helens High school will commence the publication of a school pajx-r early this month. It will be an eight-page booklet and will be called the "Echo." E. Kroner, the Architect on the School House job was in town Monday insicting the work. He was well pleased with the progress being made on the building and the character of the work being done by Mr. K. A. (.'rouse, the contractor.