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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1912)
r THE OREGON nn TWICE A WEEK VOL. XXXI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10. 1912. NO- 8- MIS ANOTHER INDUSTRY Company Formed to Hine Colombia Co. Ore Work to Begin at Once The Columbia Iron and Steel Company, with headquarter in St. Helen hw junt completed arrange ment f"r the erection of a 60-ton Waal furnace near tho overhead crmwinjr of the Mwtffl Kad near lloultnn and work on the bijr plant will I Htarted on Feb. lt and cum-,lrt.-d n July Jut ready for or ation. GmtrarU have already Un-n made whereby the Company have urel land enough to run their plant with imn ore for over 60 yeara, from the SU Helena Tlmlr Co. and wine private parties livinjr near the Manti-n I-otfKinjf Camp. The tnachin. ry of the Comany ia al-n-ady in Portland and ready for shipment to the prowted plant In a short time, Rnd in an interview with Mr. Wehh. the manager of tho con cern, who wan in St. Helena aeveral day the pitst week, he aayathat the machinery will le ahipiMtl down here at once. In fact work on 10 kilna will tart within a few daya. or ju.it an K.n an weather conditions will -rmit. One of the condition in the con tract with the St. Helena Timber Co. in the Kale of their land to the Iron Co. in that not leas than four car loads, or loo ton of raw material shall he hhipiH-d over the logging road to the timelier every day and the furnace ahull turn out 60 tona of pi imn daily. Thin will nearly all In- shipped over the Columbia County Mill Co 'a dock ami market ed in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. The Timber Co. have also agreed to put in a Kpur track from some xiint near the Maaten Cm to the place where the main mining opcrationn will le located. The coke ami lime for the plant will be fthipiied from tome jxiint in Wash ington and w ill all be handled over the same dock, at the Columbia County Mill. The Columbia Iron& Stetd Co. have incororaU'd under the lawaof Oregon and Mr. I. L. Huff. Mr. J. C. Mctirath Bnd Mr. Webb are the director and officer. All are men of long experience in the iron buai nesa, cHpeciallv Mr. Webb who waa for aeven year connected with the Oswego Iron Co., and they have nuflicwmt capital Ixmind them to carry into full operation their plana. Mr. Webb has given out that the plant will Ik- doubled inside of a year. A to the jH-rmanency of the In dustry there can hardly le any question of doubt as tho quality and quantity of the Iron ore in the mines la already established. In the Oswego plant the ore Waa a very low grade, the higheat quality run ning only 18 per cent while the very lowest assay that haa been made on these ore runa 47 per cent. This industry mean much to St. Helena and I lout ton and ia only the beginning of bigger and better thing to follow. It will increase the pay roll of the two citiea very materially and give employment to a large numder of men. Kveryone eata groceries therefore everyone ahould aavo money by pationlzlng Wellington. TOO HAD Tax Levy for 1912 Levi Aggrieved Editor the Oregon Mist GobleOre Jen 6 112 I see you have failed to Publish the Coble News I't may be that you are under the influence of a cirtain party I did intend to take your paper at the begining of the year I also had engaged two other aub cribcra but I will not take your paper now and the others will not take it (signed) Icvi How sorry we are that Ievi has been offended; How filled with re morse we are ' to lose three good sulmcriU-rs to the Mist all on ac count of failing to publish a com munication from Coble. And, too, a communication filled with such readable and interesting itmes a thla particular one was. If you will forgive us this time Iyvi, and reconsider your boycott we will here give all the items which our space permits and in the future if you will give us your name and make arrangements to act as our corre spondent from (johlu and le good enough to allow us to say what news itmes shall be print"! in the Mist we may print the rest of it. Hen follow the most important items from the neglected corrcsondence; Coble Items Coble Ore Iee 12 1911 West McKarlond was at Coble on cruttchs last week from Kelso Wash a piece of Iron fell on his toe it mashed the Iron quite a few widows anil widorcs turned out to the thankgiven dance parents had better tell their children to k ep away from the mail boxes ami .lot bother other eople mail The Goble Whist club is getting along all right now rember if yu mist going you have a fine of 6 cents to pay last meeting 3 was not their that is members remlvcr the Coble Whist club is on the night of the dance 23 take your choice Coble Whist club or dance Mrs Jennie King gave a thunkgiving dinner last Sunday all her children were home rember the Coble Whist club 23 we have a fine time the batchlors ask no odds of the woman to get the lunch when It come their time to spread the lunch and cook it Mr Cox had, a fine lunch Satorday night at the Goble Whist club O my we had a bag full of fun as ful as bag of munkeys Coble Whist club meets at Mr Iaron 23 Hec 1HU It will be leap year next 10,12 (signed) Levi List of Tax levies for Colum bia County, Oregon, as levied for the 1911 AsseHBment Roll. County and State 0075 General lioad 003 Special School Dint No I 001 2 008 3 0015 5 007 g ooo; 7 0)-l 7 Jt ..002 8 ..0025 'J .005 II .002 12 .00 1 13 .000 11 0015 15 .001 1G 0015 17 .00!) 18 .003 ID .0025 20 .0035 22 0015 21 .Mo5 . ... .ool .0015 . .008 Special 1 .... Diat No 28 .... 2!) 30 31 33 . 31 . 3G . 37 . 38 . 3!) 40 .. 42 . 13 . 41 . 45 . 47 . 48 . 4'J . Co . 51 . 2G 27 Diat. No, 54 . 50 . Iioad 2 . 3 . 5 . G . 8 . 9 . 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 002 005 002 003 003 ....0045 007 002 ....0015 .ooo:j 010 . .0003 ....0005 004 00-1 003 003 005 ....0001 (Mil oo2 ool ool ooo2 oo2 002 ool ....Ooi'5 oo45 olo ... .olo olo olo 010 olo (M8 .00.") .oo5 O I nra 1 P O Personal o .. Judge Lionel It. Webster, of Port land, the foremost good roads booster of the State, was attending Court In St. Helens this week. Wilbur Mucklewas a pretty busy man a couple of days this week try ing to take all the ladies for a sleigh ride In his Cutter. He was fairly successful too and always found plenty of applicants o to trip. J. F. Lyd and Ne Deer Island were t' ness matters in " urday. Geo. H. Shi from a busint Don't fori, other follow, Cities Houlton u 8 Rainier olo St. Helens . .. ...ooS Vernon ia . . ,0o5 Judge rliikin and Jtetortor Knut sen come up from Astoria Sunday night and o-nel Court Monday morning with a jury. The case of Woods vs Wikstrom was culled and a jury secured and sworn to t y the case, w hich is a suit for $10,000 for personal injuries sustained I y Mr. Wood while in the employ of Mr. Wikstrom, during li10. The jury now have the matter in their hands. Judge Webster of Portland is representing the plaintiff and Joseph & Haney the the deftnlant. A Silver Thaw at Portland dur ing the past four days has a caused damage to property of over a quar ter million dollars. In St. Helens we are having a thaw, but not a silver one; just a plain old fashioned thaw with the snow going on"" grad ually and a very comfortable tem perature. The sleighing and skat ing in St. Helens has been very fine for a few days but is apparently all over now. Mrs. T, C. Watts of Reuben sent to the Mist otlice this week a hen egg measuring six and three-fourth inches around the small way ami eight and one-half inches the long way. Mrs. Watts did'nt sa this was the ordinary from her hens but "- County Court IDE Proceedings c. o i t- c n s o at. Helens lransrer Co. o He It Remembered, that a regu lar term of the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Columbia was begun and held at the Court House in the City of St. Helens, in said County and State on Wednesday the 3rd day of January 1012, the same being the first re gular term of said Court, when were present: Hon. James Dart, County Judge. Hon. John Farr, Commissioner. Hon. W. K. Tichenor, Commis sioner. A. K. Thompson, Sheriff . H. K. Laliare, Clerk. Due proclamation being made the following proceedings were had. Matter of claims against the county, on this day tSe claims as docketed in General Fund claim and warrant register were examined and allowed in various sums as car ried out by the court, Wing as follows: Rills allowed Jan. 5th 1912. General County Fund Peter Vlayers Juror li Go M Freeburg " 12 2o C J Jasper " 13 Co F M George " 13 00 J F Rice " 13 oo H F Kilby " I.". c,o Ceo W Ramsey " 13 Co K Garrison " 13 40 Axel Chellburg " " 13 20 Amos Krickson " 20 2u Ole Frickson " 21 oo A L Clark " 15 CO Albert Freeman " 13 40 Frank Gliniecki " 12 20 Harry Reynolds " 14 oo K F .arson Witness In jure grand jury 3 W A Harris Pep Dis't Att'y state vs Lane 3 '.i." T C Watt Drawing jury list 3 CS Snyder Ass't Drawing jury list 2 Albert Larson Ass't Draw ing jury list 2 Jacob George meals to jurors 3 C H Schneitzer witness in Pender case 7 10 M F Hazen J of P state vs Greene 7 15 C Rudlaub witness state vs Greene 7 10 JasSulltvan witness state Vs Greene 2 30 F Sherwood witness stele vs Greene 5 10 GustaveSchwach witness state vs Greene 3 10 W E Conyers w itness state vs Greene 7 "0 M F Hazen J of V state vs McDonald 2 J L Campbell constable 10 25 G I) Sutherland dep constable 7 20 C Johnson & Son team to Campbell 2 50 A E Thompson sheriff's exp 107 15 A H IJke dep Sher exp If E M Fowler den S- -St. Helens Co t J ' ' Phone 15 General Transfer and Drayage Dealer ia O Brick, Cement, Feed, Sand and q Shingles Agents for CTIinUM A IfTD Wagons and uiuLUiumiin Vehicles o Barn Opposite School Mouse 302 O Fast Trains East Tickets soM and baggage checked through to Spokane, M. ut m.i points. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chi cago, I)cvcr, O.uaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and all points c.tt. Xo change of stations in Portland Trains from Astoria, and those for .he Mast use the North Bank Station. Fares ui'.l hi? quoted, schedules furnished and other details giver, on request. V. I: COM AN. ien. l-'rcight an J Passenger Agt All Work Guaranteed. J. O. DEVENS, Agent, Houlton, Oregon. Estimates Furnished. R. CONSTANTIN Plumbing and Heating Sheet Metal Work I St. Helens Oregon Columbia County Abstract And Trust Co Abstracts, Real Estate, Insurance, Loans, Conveyancing St. Helens, Oregon St. Helens Mill Co. -a Electric Lighting (Saves Your Eyes) Steam He (Prolongs Yoi.
