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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1912)
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY THE OREGON MIST TWICE A WEEK VOL. XXXI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 6, 1912 NO. 23 Big Land Deal Mas. R. Mccormick Co. Secures 640 Acres AdjoiuiDjSt. Helens A deal f considerable Importance In the city of St Helens m com iili-ted last, wk when Charles R, McCormick Co. purchased Uie C40 acres of land known m the King wmnerty from the King heirs. Thi in the old Thomas II. Smith jDona tiiin land Gaim and lies just South of and adjoining the present City limits of St Helens. The large Creosotlng plant will be on thi property as will also the large piling and tie yards; the Columbia County Mill is already located on the pre miers and the Railroad of the St Helens Timber Company has its ter mini there. The Philip stone quar ries are also on this land and will continue to operate as there are large deposits of the very highest grade of paving blocks there. With the acquisition of this large body of land the McCormick Inter- hts. represented by several different corporations, have bought over 1200 hcres of land in'and adjoining this city. They have 7 1-2 miles of water front and over 4 miles of it is deep water, deep enough to allow the largest vessels entering the Col umbia River to load and unload rnriio. Nearly all of thtir land is nn the Willamette Slough although some of it is on the Colurr.bia River. Rock Crusher Enlarged Bane Load of Machinery Arrives io SI. Helens for Colombia Contract Co- There arrived in St Helena dur ing the post week, a barge load of machinery for the Columbia Contract Company, whiJh oper ates and owna the large rock crushers in this city. This ma chinery will be installed immedi ately, under the supervision of Mr Pat Doran, the Superintend ent, and when completed will be one of the largest crushers on the O. Tongue Announces Candidacy for District Attorney. Has Fine Record E. B. Tongue, the present District Attorney for this district, has his announcement in this is- ue of the Mist for re-nomination to the office he now holds. The Wbat Sbip Yards Mean Fred Trow, wide-awake mer chant of Rainier, in writing to H. F. McCormick concerning the shipyards at this place says: f ermit me to wish you every j x. C. Watts success In your undertaking which means so much, net only for St. Helens but also for the Columbia River at large." That is very true; an industry of that kind means a great deal, rick were visitors at St Helens on Saturday. Miss Mary A. Tierny and Miss Gladys Jordan entertained the Whisl Club Saturday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs Professional Cards record made by Mr. Tongue as District Attorney is certainly an not only for St. Helens, but for enviable one. The records of Rainier, and all other cities along prosecutions for criminal offenses tne lower Columbia River. In during the three years he has act " means much for Oregon held the office show that he has i as it is the only hip building Columbia River, with a capacity Becured convictions in 95 per cent phmton the Columbia River and of 1000 yards in 10 hours. of the cases, which means thati wil1 "se Oregon and Washing- It will take about three weeks frivolous cases are not taken ud'40" timber exclusively in the time to place the new machinery and that only cases of merit are : building of boats. in position, after which work considered. It also means that 1 Work is progressing very fast at Mr. Tongue is an able prosecutor , the yards and before many weeks of criminals. The record also tne keel of the first vessel will be shows that he has won all civil ,laid. at which time it is planned cases in which the county has , to hav crowd of people from been a party, in the Court with I Portland and all along the river the exception of two. Out of about points. Mr. James Muckle, one 50 indictments returned by Grand,0' the pioneers of the county, has JJR. I. iILBKT KOSs PHYSICIAN & SURGEON St. Helens, Oregon Oftici Mockls Building; both phones ST. HtLKK DR. S.. IIKLKNS will be resumed with a full crew of men. Shipping Notes ,! Juries in Columbia County since Mr. Tongue has been in office, the record discloses only three With thi fine record the people rf this district will Yankton County Fair Iost Saturday the Yankton County Fair Association held a meeting at the office of County Superintendent J. H. Collins, at the Court House, at which time were present; Pres. G. L. Tar bell, of Yankton. Sec. Edwin laws, of St. Helens and the following Vice Presidents: J. W. Pomcroy. of Scappoose: A. H. Tarbell. and A. Freeman of Warren; Wash Muckle of St. Helens; W. H. Rose of Mist; Frank Brown of Yankton; Mr, Hazcnof Houlton; R. ixvelace of Rainier; C. C. Moycr of Itachclor Flat. It was decided to hold the fair at Yankton Grange Hall on Sept 25 and 26. 1912, at which time a premium list will be offered for agricultural and horticultural ex hibits as well as a few premiums for fancy work, domestic science and manual training of school students. An effort will be made to secure some good speakers for the occasion, and the following names of prominent men were suggested; Mr. A. A. Goodrich of Yamhill: Mr. Hogue of Salem; Prof. Dryden ofO. A. C. and Dr. James Withycombe.' Premium lists and other an nouncements will be printed later. To our friends and Customers: We want to call your attention to the opening of our down town office just across the street from Muckle's store. We haven't quite gotten it fixed up to suit us yet, but will be glad to have you call and make yourself at home just the same. While we are still a little unsettled, we have several choice buys in inside realty and some good Iota close in that will just a little later on le worth twice the price we are now asking for them. We have added a rental department and will be I? a position to ether rent your house or rent one for you. St. Helens Improvement Co. A. T. Laws, Manager. The Schooner Kona which will ol cargo here for New Caledonia, now in Portland discharRing a fMrtrri rf imrilu'ruwl liter wriiVi aka brought from Suva. It is expected fclulttals that uliM u.aitl lu rstBlu ti nmmfA ' loading here about the 10th. inst I 'r L ., I Z " ; the office, especially when there To the Ascuncion of the Standard ' is no reason for it except that an- Oil fleet probably belongs the distinc- other man wants the job. tion of beinK the first steamer of her , size to navigate Willamette SRiujfh, accepted the honor of presiding at the ceremonies. Dates will be announced later. County Grange Meets Every Grange in Columbia County except the one at Vernon she having been in Monday for the purpose of discharging 5.000 bbls of oil at the St Helens Timber Com pany's tank. the Meamer llr.Mllr., api.'. , , . . nrdprs for thir nrnriuct v, , ... ... , . ,ia was rer resented at the county oraer"Ior ineir ProaucL NiU-n, left out Monday night with !, . .. Uf . . ' K50.0C0 ft of lumber and 40 pussen- J 0 j . , c- ...,.. ..... .! Saturday. Kits, uouihi lur can I iuru uiiu ottii Mr. C. F. Overbaugh, Assistant Supertendent of the Water Lines of i the O W R & N Co. was a St Helens' visitor Tresday. The American Safety Powd-T Ci. j whose works are located on Sauvie's j Island above St Helens, made its first shipment of powder last week. They are manufacturing a first class grade of safety powder and from present indications will be kept busy filling Christ Mathieson received three blooded cows from Kalama. Mon day for his dairy herd on the Albert Meier farm. He now has fifty cows. Ex State Supt. J. H. Acker- man, President of the State Nor mal School at Monmouth Ore. delivered a most inspiring and helpful lecture at the school house in School District No. 20 Saturday afternoon under the auspices of the Parents Club. Those who were obliged to miss this lecture certainly missed a treat. The next Club meeting will be held March 20th when the school girls will cook and serve the lunch. Everyone is welcome. ''a,:k Building, to these meetings. 1 Other teachers present Satur day to heaV the lecture were Mre. D. E. Norcross of Red Town school and Mrs. C. Hawarth of! the Shilo Basin School. PHYSICIAN & SURGFON OKCQC R. L. Jeffcott DENTIST OREGON L. S. WHITE FUNERAL DIRECTOR LICENSED EMBALM I K HOULTON. OREGON Dr. Alfred J. Peel PHYSICAN AND SURGEON St. Helens. Or D R. II. a. CLIFF, Physician and Surgeon 1113 to 1117 Selling Building T I 1 S I ruriu"na, uregon. Phone Main 433: A-1233: Ket. E.' 457 rn oat mir i . in in .r i i n m isar . t jw .. a, i'""" '"'tua iwn air. jen revs, a young aiiorney This meeting was 0f Astoria, was in St Helens yester- Diego. The Shoshone was another getaway with 700,000 ft of lumler for Sun Francisco delivery. The Ilark LORD TEMPLETOWN finished loading Monday morning and left out during the night in tow of the Steamer Monarch. The TEMPLETOWN has been in jwrt since Feby. 1st. and Cpt. Davisin, her master made many friends here. He was well plea.ted with our little City and hopes to lesent here again on his return from Australia. The vessel distributed about $1800 in longshore wages while here and in addition to what the crew f pent and supplies for the vessel would bring the totul up to a very neat sum, all of which helps to make St Helens the busiest small City on the River. Monday was red letter day in the shipping history of St Helens. The Ascunsion arrived with part cargo of oil, the Yosemitc cleared w ith a full cargo of lumber fir San Pedro, the Shoshone for San Francisco and the Lord Templetown for Mi lboui ne, Australia. This makes a total ton nage of nearly 6,000 tons. Some shipping for one day. held for the purpose of electing delegates to the State Grange which meets at Roseburg in May. R. N. Lovelace of Rainier, J. W. Armstrong of Goble and G. L. Tarbell of Yankton were chosen to represent Columbia County. The question of good roads will be one of the principal topics dis cussed at the State meeting andj the bills prepared by the Execu tive Committee will be acted on, then placed before the people for ratification or rejection. The Grange is certainly a competent body of men to pass upon the matter and their suggestions and recommendations will carry a great deal of weight with the voters. day opening the campaign for A W. Norblad of Astoria for District Attorney. Frank D. Beal, Engineer and Chemist'of the St Helens Creosoting Co. is in St Helens to day, accom panied "by other officers of the com pany. The .engineers are busv this week laying off the grounds pre paratory to putting in the plant at once. Registration Books for City Elec tion are open at the Mist Office. Voters of the City of St Helens are required to register for the City election, in addition to registering i J with the County Clerk for Lounty and State elections. J. W. VAN NATTA WARREN, ORE. India Runncb. Rowena an Pckin Ducks Barrkd Plymouth Rocks and Sinsli-Comb Black Mimokcas Toolousc Gccsc I Fast Trains East )" Tickets sold and baggage checked through to Spokane, Montana points. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chi- !cago, Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and all points east. No change of stations in Portland Trains from Astoria, and those for the East use the North Bank Station. SBBBSBB. Fares will quoted, schedules furnished and other details given on request. V. E. COMAN. - j. o. DEVENS, Agent. Gen. Freight and Passenger Agt Houlton, Oregon. Local Mention Sealed bids will be received by the County Court of Columbia Coun ty up to 12 o'clock noon Friday March 8th. 1912, for road improve- You and your children are safe if you wear fr. Lowe's Superior glass es eye safe and price safe. They cost no more than the inferior kinds usually sold and you have the benefit of his skill and more than 20 years experience. He does not go from house to house, no honest opticion does. Consult him next Wednesday March 13th at St Helens Hotel. Three boys, members of prominent families of Houlton, were up before Judjre Dart, acting as Juvenile men t work to be done under special Court last Saturday and when levy in Road District No. 5' in ac- questioned concerning several offen- c trdance with plauscs anil spend-. ses which have been committed in Sheriff Thompson left last Satur day for Marion, Indiana, where he goes armed with a requisition from JfJovernor West to' bring back one Jos R. Landgrave for defrauding the Rainier Bank out of $500. Dr. Lowe, the eye specialist says your eyes plus your brains equals you, and Dr. Lowe is right. By the way, he will be in St Helens next Wednesday. Charles R. McCormick, who has been spending a few weeks in St Helens and Portland, lPft Monday for his home at San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hoi man, of Portland, were visiting in St Helens last Friday and Saturday. cations on tile in tne oinee oi me C ninty Clerk. Bids must be accom panied by deposit or certified check for 10 percent of amount bid. The County Court reserves the right to reject anv and all bids for cause. v Sig. James Dart, County Judge. You don't even take a chance, you have a sure thing when you buy xm WELLINGTONS. that neighborhood lately, owrfed up to the whole thing. It truly was a sad spectacle to see three small boys from good families, in such a pre dicament. Judge Dart sentenced them to the Statj Training School and then paroled them to the care of the parents, w ho w ill keep a close watch over them. The Onlv Teople Who Are Not dealing with WELLINGTON are those that have not tried him. LOOK AT OUR GROCERY DISPLAY REUBEN NOTES JsJ We learn as we go along. Come and see the result of our latest efforts to supply you with the best groceries at loss than the best prices. For 10 cents you prt-t 1 pk Jelly Powder and one indivi dual jelly trlass free or one silver plated tea spoon with every package of pudding powder Try one or both and you w ill be pleased They come in 6 flavors. I AT PUR FOOD GROCERY The School in Dist. No. 20 has installed a drinking fountain in the school room. ; Mrs. M. C. Hoven entertained Prof. Ackerman and Mrs. J. II, 1 Collins at dinner on Saturday. The Columbia Timber Co. re ceived a new logging donkey for their camp, on Monday. J. M. Lindsay and J. W. Pat- FRED W ATKINS THE LEADING CONFECTIONERY No Use Looking Elsewhere for Candies and Cigars
