The Oregon mist., December 08, 1911, Image 1

THE
VOL. XXXI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DEC. 8. 1911.
NO- 3-
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isastrous Fire
Horses, Cattle. Hay, Potatoes
aul Other TtiDis Burn
disastrous fire occurred last
ly night at the farm of Wil-
Skuzie on Bachelor Flat when
largo barn. Idled wjth potatoes,
grain, horses, cattle, farming
merits ami tool all burned.
kit midnight Mr. Skuzle wait
enoil ly a noise an of fire and
'ninir to the door found that the
whs in (lames; without taking
time to drew he hurried to the
e and opened the door of the
e ihed when a number of calves
one or two cows ran out of the
ing barn; going to the horse
he opened the door and wai
to reach the first horse and got
out but was unable to go in
n; two fine horses were left and
burned to death as were also
head of cattle, 700 sack of
toes, HO tonn f)f hay together
a large (quantity of oaU and
farm wagon, buggy and all
plows, burrows, mower and
r implements and tools in the
I here wan n insurance
any of the property. Nothing
now hs to the origin of the lire
K-veral theories are advanced;
that it waa the work of an in
iiary; another that it wan caused
ii an explosion of the potatoes,
of this probably nothing will
r be known. The total loss to
Skuzie will be several thousand
;irs and will m a aeverewt back
im.
Mclli.xli.t K pi r copal Church
l.lay Svhoul 10:00
InclmiK 11:00
orlli brague 0:30
ilmiK 1 :'M
; wet iu-rli': ThurxUy 7:00
1( .Sai.k A soiin of horses wciirh-
' about 1100 pounds each; also
ky harness and wagon. Also a
in wagon in good eodition..
A. Johnson, Warren. Ore.
lit SAI.K iilm.le I-luii.l Coikrelfc W.
It iiiianlniT, Wnrrni, Oregon
P" SALK-Spin nips. Apply, 11.
'n, lloulloti, Oregna.
I00.IMM) Fruit trees.. Write for
lices. A. Holaday ScapiMiose.
R SALE -Confectionery and
kar store, with rooming, house
Xve, all furnished. Will sell
r half value. Call at the HALF
AY HOUSE. Between St.
plensand Houlton.
REEVES PHOTO STUDIO
A I'lmto utiulio will be npeucd here
Mito tw KUi in the Dr. Montgom-
' Hiiil.linif on Willntuette Strrot. win-re
'I rlum iihiilo work nf nil k I ml mil lie
'I t rciisonaliln price. We kindly
I'lfHt the peoplo of St. l.It'luns and
"iilton to give us fi trial.
l"Vn Siiik!t, tt no a. m. to 4 :30 p. m.
C. S. Reeve.
ITwolri-iU milch cow lor uilc. Inquire-
Frank Cliit'ei-kl, Si. llelcm, Ore.
tMOVAL NOTICE
I We bave moved onr transfer busineM
onr new barn lust auroe from the
"iooI Iioiim where we will hn glad to
liive you call on us when you. -wUh a nice
li-ivuiR rig, tranWor or drayage work
re carry in stock, brick, cement, sand
fiinglx ami feed and will be alsd to fill
l"nr orders promptly. l'hcne 15 or
ve orders at Fred Vt'a tkins and your
fork will be promptly .ttended' to.
St. Helens Transfer Co a pauy .
f OIt H AM Stock iarm.ino acres, with
I'ork Hhd form Implement. Enquire
pi una ollice.
l'rt'tner wanted for dairy and etock
iiaineM with 11000 to ItlOlkl capital.
fine ODDortanitv. fur tvirt.'rulars ctl-
'' at this offlct. libernh ttrmi.
DYNAMITERS
CONFESS
James B. and John J. Mc
Namara Admit Their Guilt
GREAT TRIAL ABRUPTLY ENDS
, One Gets Life Sentence. Otbcr
15 Yers
James B. McNamara, who has
been on trial at Los Angeles,
Cal; for the past two months for
murder in connection with the
blowing up of the Times Build
ing in that city on October 1st
1910, on last Friday morning
changed his plea of "not guilty"
to "guilty" of murder in the
first degree, thu bringing to an
abrupt end the most famous cri
minal trial of the ago. On the
same day his brother, John J.
McNamara. changed his plea of
"not guilty" to that of "guilty"
of blowing up the Llewellyn Iron
Works Building in the same city.
On the night of September :wth
James B. McNamara placed !
suit case containing 10 sticks of
HO per cent dynmaite under the
Times Building which worked
with a clock movement and was
set to explode at 1 o'clock A. M.
which it did and caused the
death of twenty-one people em
ployed in the building. Rewards
of thousands of dollars were of
fered for the arrest and convic
tion of the murder tj and Detec
tive Wm J. Burns went to work
on the matter. After several
months the McNamaras and
Ortie Me Manigal were arrested
in Indianapolis, Indiana, charged
with the crimes. McManigal
confessed shortly after his arrest
but the McNamaias held out their
innocence. Clarence Harrow,
the greatest criminal lawyer in
the United State.", was employed
to defend and he has spent the
past two months in an apparent
attempt to secure a jury. All
he labor organizations of the
county have made donations to
the fund to defend them and it
had developed into a light be
tween capital and labor. At
tempts to bribe the jury by the
defense were discovered ano then
the defendants, in order to save
their necks, confessed to their
guilt.
James B. McNamara was sent
enced to imprisonment for life at
San Quinton prison and John J.
McNamara was sentenced to l."
years in the same prison.
Epworth League Social
The first social given under the
was held at tluild Hall last Friday
evening. A line 101 u w-
people of the city were present, and
all enjoyed a good time.
The fourth department of tue
Iaa;u., Mrs. Cn.nkite chairman,
plans to hold socials regularly on
the first Friday of each month. A
business meeting of twenty to
thirty minutes will usually he held
after which King Mirth will rule
until not later than 10:00
A telephone message to James
Spence Wednesday morning
from Portland in formed him that
his son. who had been in a hos
pital in Portland for some time
was very low and was not ex
pected to live through the day.
Mr. Spenco took the train im
mediately and went to his bed
side. Up to the time of going to
press we have not learned any
thing more concerning the con
dition of the boy.
Coimrcss
Convenes
Oregon Delegation Gets Busy Early
The regular session of Con
gress convened last Monday and
President Taft submitted his
message, covering the subject of
Trust Regulation. The regu
lar business was taken up, princi
pally that of reports of investiga
ting committees. Representative
Latferty of Oregon introduced a
resolution calling for an investi
gation of the conduct of the De
partment of Justice in handling
the land grant cases in Oregon.
Senator Bourne has introduced
a bill for a new Post Office build
ing in Portland and appropriating
$1,000,000 for same. He also in
troduced a bill to establish post
roads etc.
The Oregon delegation, is get
ting busy early.
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS
Notice is hereby given that the
I County Superintendent of Columbia
County will hold the regular ex
amination for applicants for State
and county papers at St. Helens, as
follows:
FOR STATK I'.U'KRS
j Commencing Wednesday, Decem
ber 'Jo a i o'clock n. 111., and con
tinuing until Saturday. Iiecomlcr 23
at 1 o'clock p. m.
Wi:iNi:siAY FORENOON
Writing. V. S. History, Fhysi-
oloi'y.
Wi :i N ESI A Y A FT ERN X N
Physical (leography, Reading,
Composition, Methods in Reading,
Methods in Arithmetic.
THURSDAY FORENOON
Arithmetic, Civil Oovcrnmcnt,
j History of Education, Psychology,
! Methods in Ceography.
j THURSDAY AFTERNOON
1 (lianm.ar. (leography, American
i Literature, 1'hyslcs, Methods in
' Iir.iri a re, Thesis for Primary tVr-
tilic.ie.
; FRIDAY FORENOON
Theory and Practiic, Orthography
English Literature.
! I R1DAY AFTERNOON
1 Sihoo! Law. I'.otany. Algebra,
j SATURDAY FORENOON
(leometry, leology.
j SATURDAY AFTERNOON
I (Jeneral History, Rookkeeping.
i Subject for Thesis for Primary
Certificate: I Susy Yovk, Nature
Study, and Reading in primary
(Irades.
Dated at St. Helen, Oregon, this
Sth day of Dec, l'.Hl.
J. II. COLLINS
County School Superintendent.
Weed Kaufman
A pretty wedding was solemnized
at the home of Judson Weed near
I V ei noma on 1 hanksgiving morning.
when Miss Ethel Weed was united
in marriage to Riley Kaufman of
New berg, Rev. Mauer olliciating.
The wedding march was. played
by (leltrudo Weed, sister of the
bride. After the impressive ring
ceremony a dainty wedding break
fast was served, immediately after
which the young couple left for Is
Angeles where they will make their
home.
The bride has been for the ' past
three years a teacher in -Columbia
County.
The groom is a graduate of
Pacific College and for the past two
years has been connected with one
of the leading business houses of
Newberg.
Business House For Rent:
The store building known as the
Half Way House near the Wire
less Station ; also have some beds,
rugs, commode?, a show case
and few other articles for sale
cheap. Inquire of M. F. Hazen.
La Follcttc
Men Busy
LaFollette Headquarters have
been opened in Portland with
Thomas McCusker as manager.
Offices have been secured in the
Lumberman's Building and
activity for the Wisconsin candi
date for President will commence
and continue up to the time of
the time of the primaries in April.
Senator Jonathan Bourne is di
recting the movement and it is
hoped by him, and other pro
gressives, to elect LaFollette
delegates to the National Conven
tion. Mrs. N.A.
Perry 111
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Perry of
Houlton left on Tuesday evening
for Kansas City. Missouri where
vlr3. Perry goe3 to undergo a
very serious operation. She has
been under the care of different
physicians in Portland for over
a year and after a consultation
by a number of the most prom
inent ef them it wa3 decided to
be necessary to .take her to a
sp3cialist, so they have gone to
Kansas City, where one of the
most eminent men of th medical
profession reside The large
number of frienda of Mrs. Perry
earnestly hope that she will
stand the operation successfully
and return fully recovered.
Newell Day
On December 5, 1911, Mr. Newell
Day, of Shelton, Wash., died after
an illness extending over a period
of five years. About three years
ago Mr. Day -as operated upon
but never fully recovered and since
then has been has been an invalid
most of the time. Mr. Day was 63
years old and leaves a wife and
seven children. Mr. J. W. Day of St.
Helens, a brother of the deceased,
was called to his bedside early last
week anil spent several days with
the sick man before his death.
Eastman vs.
Eastman
Judge Eakin held an adjourned
term of Circuit Court in St. Helens
this week when the divorce case of
Eastman vs. Eastman was tried be
fore the Court. This case has been
pending for about two years and
after disposing of motions, demur
rers and other dilatory pleas for that
length of time and a change of at
torneys for both sides about three
or four different times, the issue
was finally made up and tried at
this time. About thirty witnesses
were examined on both sides and
took up the time of the Court for
three days. No decision was made
at this time, the matter having been
taken under advisement by the
Judge. Claude M. Johns was at
torney for Plaintiff and Jas. P.
Stapleton of Vancouver, Wash.,
fo,- the defendant.
Social ist Defeated
The fight between Job Harri
man, the socialist candidate and
George Alexander the Good Gov
ernment candidate, for Mayor at
Los Angeles last Tuesday re
sulted in a landslide for the
Good Government Ticket. Harri
man was defeated by over 35,000
votes and every other socialist
candidate was defeated by about
the same majority. The wets
were victorious by a large majority.
Trenholm School
The third", month of school at
Trenholm closed Wednesday; and
Thursday, about fifty people includ
ing pupils, parents, neighbors and
friends met at the Cooperage Camp
where they partook of an excellent
Thanksgiving dinner, after which
they tepaired to the new school
building across the street, where a
fine program was rendered by the
pupils of the school; the school house
having been previously decorated
with all kinds of Thanksgiving
decorations. The pupils are worthy
of the highest praise for the man
ner in which each rendered their
part, the music and singing being
exceptionally good. After arrang
ing for a Christmas tree, and enter
tainment to be held at the school
house on Christmas Eve, all repaired
to their homes wishing (with the
little girl in the poem) that Thanks
giving day come at least twice each
year.
Effie Willson, Teacher.
Ladies Aid
Bazaar
The Congregational ist Ladies Aid
will hold a sale of Colonial rag rugs,
Irish crochet. Neckwear, Pillow
slips, Aprons and other handmade
articles, candy, jellies etc, at the
Guild Hall on Thursday 4th of Dec.
beginning at 2:30 P. M.and continu
ing until 9:00 P. I.I. Assorted sand
wiches; cakes and coffee will be
served cafeteria style. Sandwiches
5c cake 5c and coffee 5c. Come and
have a social time and select your
Christmas gifts.
Xmas Dance
The St. Helens Orchestra, com
posed of Merle Wilson. Fred Mor
gus, Oswald Deming and Iva Wil
son, have advertised a big Christ
mas dance in the City Hall for Sat
urday Dec. 23, 1911. If there is
any one independent organization
in the city that is deserving of the
support of the people it is this or
chestra. Every member of the or
chestra is a student in the St. Helen
High School and they have made
wonderful progress in their music
during the past year. In fact the
class of music which they furnish is
equal to most any dance orchestra
that has ever played in the city.
Don't forget them when their dance
date comes.
j LOCAL ITEHS J
Somebody left two rugs in the
Mist office during the past week,
presumably lost or found. How
ever the owner can have same by
calling and paying charges.
Mrs. Briggs. of Yankton. sient
several days in town during the
week, the guest of Mrs. J. W. Day.
On Tuesday she was one of the
hostesses at the Guild Tea.
Wm. M, Ross made a business
trip to Salem, during the week,
The Bazaar and Chicken Pie
Supper given by the Ladies Aid
of the Methodist Church is in
full swing as we go to press and
from the looks of the crowd
there wont be mu:h chicken pie
left in a short time.
Jack Black was stricken early
in the week with heart and
stomach troubles and has been a
very sick man ever since. At pre
sent he seems to be some better
but still quite sick.
B. L. Kneiriem and wife of
Latourelle Falls, are visiting
with friends in the Warren neighborhood.
Seriously Injured
Mr. II. Van Tassel, the superin
tendent of the St. Helens Mill, met
with a painful accident early in the
week. He was walking over the
dock and fell, striking his knee on
a bolt, causing a bad bruise. He
went on with his work for a couple
of days without suffering much and
thought it would not amount to any
thing, but swelling started in and
before long blood poisoning develop
ed and he i3 now confined to his bed.
Arrangements were made to take
him to the Hospital in Portland on
Wednesday, but after a consultation
between Drs. Ross and Sabin, it was
found to be unnecessary and he is
now being treated at home. Last
reports are that his condition is
much better.
Later; This, Friday, morning it
was found necessary to remove Mr.
Van Tassel to the hospital at Port
land and he was taken up on the
early train.
Houlton Items
Wm. Mellinger is building an
addition to his dwelling hous e.
L. H. Combs has raised his
house one story.
Frank Kelly 13 erecting a nice
little six room bungalow.
Another old sailor has answer
ed the last call. Mr. Peter C.
Steward died at the home of his
son E. O. Steward Friday Dec
1st at the age of 82 years 10 mo.
and 17 days. Mr. Steward had
suffered for quite a while with a
tumor or growth on his side bat
bore the pain uncomplainingly.
The entertainment given
Friday night Dec. 1st by the
Houlton school was a decided
success in every respect. Spences
Hall was filled, even the standing
room being filled, Hcultc n is proud
of her teachers and the patrons
are anxious to co-operate with
them in every way they -can to
make this the best school we've
ever had.
Wm. Skuzies barn and all its
contents burned last Friday
night. After he returned from
the school entertainment at Houl
ton. This is a hard blow to Mr.
Skuziea3he had nearly every
thing he owned in the barn and
carried no insurance.
Mrs. Belford i3 visiting in
Aberdeen, Washington this week.
The Editor of "The Mist"
called attention to the lack of
light at the Houlton depot, in a
fecent issue, which must have
met with the hearty approval
of all who patronize the road.
We not only need better light but
should have a new depot The
public toilet room is an abomina
tion and should be a discarded
public nuisance.
The residents of Trenholm and
vicinity met at the old bolt camp
of the . Western Cooperage Co.
and had a public Thanksgiving
dinner, after which they all
attended the exercises of the
Trenholm school. Mrs. Wilson is
giving splendid satisfaction as
teacher.
James Edward Bayolen of
Oregon City, brother in law of
Joe Sobeski, is visiting his rel
atives in this vicinity.
From the looks of the store
windows in Houlton, Santa Claus
and Christmas are not very far
away.
The Yankton Lodge of Red
Men had their regular Thanks
giving services Sunday after
noon. Rev. Dark, of Houlton
preached a sermon for them.