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