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THE OREGON
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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
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O Personal o
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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
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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
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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.
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All Work Guaranteed.
J. O. DEVENS, Agent,
Houlton, Oregon.
Estimates Furnished.
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Sheet Metal Work
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