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LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY
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OREGON
TWICE A WEEK
VOL. XXXI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, SATURDAY, APR. 20, 1012
NO
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MIST
ELECTION
RETURNS
Roosevelt for President
Selling Defeats Bourne
Cloie
Fight Between Field
and Olcott
For Surveyor.
George I!. Conyers.
For coroner
F. II. Sherwood.
For commissioner.
K. A. Gexsell.
I.. I' luliriT.
Rep
Iw(')
Rep
D.'in.
Norblad Badly Defeated
by Tongue
Woodrow Wilson Choice
of Democrats
Vessel Coining to
St. Helens lor
Repairs
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Local Mention
THEODOIC ROOSEVELT
Primary elt?cti'n passed off
very itii'tly in St. Helens and
the result in almut certain in the
county although thirt are sever
a! precincts yet to hear from.
For President. Theodore Roose-
volt has carried the county ly a
majority, the vote in ID precincts
being. LaFollette l'.7: K'Kisevelt
IV; Tuft '-'02. For United States
States Senator, Rourne received
in the same lo precincts.
Lowell 7.1; Morton 41: Selling is;i.
Fields for Sec. of State lend
Olcott by a vote of 1:52 to .'522. F.
15. Tonoo for District Attorney j
has .ViD and Norblad .";. For:
llenresentative V. A. Ma!! has
undoubtedly Ix'on nominated nvr ofthe Gr
A. L. Clark and M. I'. Mi:!er Oo;tr,v
The Ilarkcntine Aurora now i
enroute from the Hawaiian '
Islands for the Columbia River'
on arrival will come d rcct to the
St. Helens Shipbuilding Com- j Undoned l,y Oregon Republican, for
pany's plant to undergo extcn- Piesi :e .t by Li re Vote
Bive repairs. Heretofore it has!
b-cn necessary for vessels to go 'i past year.
.-.....r io , r ranc.sco or ruget , larding the Are department
Sound for this class of work, hut, I w,,u ronmmun tit u :,.,
t j v vw.iiinii iuuw i i i vr vi Ljr
the establishment of a shipbuild.
ing plant ut St. Helens will turn
establish a paid system in the
in the manner of employing one
.oU w eous.ness i i oiumoia ! man to tako complete charge of
lu ver and will do much towards ' the fire apparatus and keep same
advertising and developing St. ! in reonir h 0Im.qc ,..o,i
! get the hose and engines to the
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elens.
H. press Oll'ice
Established
The Houlton Literacy Society
will meet Tuesday night, April
23. An interesting program is
anticipated. I
Miss Josephs of Portland is
spending the Week with Dr. and
Mrs. L. G. Rosa.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
M E church will meet with Mrs.
. Cox, on April 24th.
George's Market pays the
highest price for Veal and Pork,
Phone 48
Miss Leo Wilkins returned to
her home at St. Helens the first
of the week after a visit with rc
latives at Westport.
Mrs. N. B. Whitten was
brought home last Tuesday from
the Hospital in Portland where
she has been recovering from a
surgical operation.
Mrs. S. J. Mace has rturned
from the hospital in Portland
where she has ben having a
siege of typhoid fever.
The Best Building Material
Cement Blocks and Bricks
Rlocks, SxS.:6 inches
Bricks, per thousand .
Factory on
19 cents
J 9 dollars
vfr. li.
T. Starr. General Agent
at Northern Lxpres
was I (- v'erdav
t.-.r rrang
: an express
my I ere. Fred
c! urge of tho
For County Judge the r-lt it
uncertain between W. A. II .rris
and W. II. CopjM-r though it look:1,
like Mr. Harris will be m m n 1 e I
by a small majority. F. II. Sh t
wood seems to be the choice cor
oner for although this race is
closeand full count may give it to
T.S. White. For Surveyor Geo. IS.
Conyers has defeat I C. T. PaM-; venience to the people of St. ilel
cott. The PomocruU held a ''H w ho can have their express
primary although there wen- n sent by tie? Great Northern Ex
very few votes cast and also press fo.npuny dir ct to Si. Ib l
nominateda ticket. Fur Prosi-' ens instead of having it put (T
dent V.xirow Wilson leads with at Houlton as heretofore.
)'p'i votes. Champ ( lark has.r;5 and ,
ma !?.,' the j.-r.'j. .
merit f-r op in
olfi-v f f Id i l Vmp
Waikin Ail" l:ae
Co:np:.n '.s 1 1
an I the otli.v
op 'in d b'fort'
Tt.is i : a step in
. rectiop ;.nd wi'lbenf great
fire?. Also that the electric. rire
alarm system be installed if pos
sible. The sewer ouestion is I L. H. combs, the ice man will
still unsettled an J after careful j start his ice wagon about May I
consideration of tho matter I amjlst. and will deliver ice to any!
convinced that tho restricting part of Houlton or St. Helens,
of the city into smaller districts! Mr, Rfltlw,r pnA ,uvtrhter
e ni'-ch more satisf tetory 1 ui,. ,i.r- c. r
I. I ""i'l .' M-'l i'l til.'.. .Wjy ulatino. h P A '
1 1. a .. . .pi ie Rote(. jn .t H.KnJ or a fe v
be accompli -tud. ... i, .
w ' wr left',
" iH-ingdiwrw-i-n r.v. a ...:r a''
.1: e-.s at tin 1 point an i ni icn more co:uempiaieu on . , ,,, , . i :
., , ., , ,. , . t, , to St. Helens on Wednesday aftert
wi i.rob.bv be the. streets o! our city, ill of . . .
iiuo 'ii ut . . spending the winter in Du Bois
m im 01 May. i) kii)ik iu " iMd
the right di- omci rs in cnarge ana wnicnis
con- iM'r.g done at a minumen cost to
WILLAMETTE ST.: ST. HELENS
YOU ARE INVITED TO CALL AND
INSPECT THE STOCK ON HAND
LET US FIGURE YOUR BUILDINO OR BASEMENT
J. L. CHITTEM, Proprietor
Builder's Supply Compapy
Dealers In
Feed, Cement, Brick, Sand and Shingles
Doors and Windows
GENERAL BUILDING SUPPLIES
Phone 42 Warehouse on Sheldon Duck
a.l
.'U..I
They expect to make their .
home in St. Helens again. I
the property owners. I earnest-' rror. wjlkerson and hH High;
ly hope that the work already j School P.ase flail Team went to
utnrtt'd will be in. a frame ofjUainjer yesterday where they
mind to meet cv ry pmposed im met the High School nine of that
'place, ine result was rather
disastrous to our boys, 6 to 2,
Vi:k car Dry Air Cool.r, R. "4
frifrlor Covntar, and naw
rilary Equipment, w n
" our ct atamars belUrlkan
rvcr with frrah and curad mt
! Dalirary
llic Central Market
WINTER mmd WILUMtTTt irS
B. I. PLUWER. I rep. . . J
LttUliJAiUL.UiUL.UitiLUi 11141.1.1.
Judson Harmon :t; For L'nited
Sta'es Senator Dr. Harry kine
received fkl votes. (). P. Cosl ow
13 and W. M. Pierce
Reports from outside the coun
ty are that Theodore Roosevelt
hxs carried the State by several
thousand over Taft and I.FoI
lette and that Hen Selling for
l'nited State Senator will have
from oihhi to Tikm) more votes
than Jonathan Hourne.
Frank S. Fields nn.l Hen W.
Olcott fur Secretary of State are
running very close with the re
sult still in doubt. For Railroad
ADViRTISED LEITER5
Iftte.-s unMiini".! at the St.
Helen, Ore. po-UnlUc f'.r tlv! wj;k
c.idinjr April IMu VJ2.
K. J. Rro.vii 1 letter
Isai lliirtho'i'inn
R. II. Kalm s.'r
C. o. Mount
S J. Mm
J. W. l'iiticker
J. C. iti.n I
I -It ers i.ncla ini'.l by
will Ik- m nt lo the
( Uliee
M. C. Gn.y
provemr nt in a ; ; irit of progres-
siveness yet with a view to the
interests of the prcperty owner.
There arenher improvements
j which 1 have in mind but these
.' are the most important and we
! will meet the others a they
'come and give them our very
earnest consideration. To the!
j retTchg members of this body I
have to say that I appreciate the
' manner in which you have treat
: e I me in my fficia! capacity dur-
Manager Wilkina of the St.
Helens Ball team has had men
working this week on the strand
stand and everything is in readi-1
nesa for the opening game to-
morrow when the Holaday nine'
from Portland will cross bats with
the local bunch. j
The dynamo at the St Helens !
Mill Co'a light plant has been:
I AUCTION SALE 1
31 Tested Dairy Cows, first class: all voting, '
4 Heifers: i Bull, 2 years old: 1 Heavy Dralt
Horse, 6 years old: 2 Light Horses, 6 and 7
yeais old: Hogs: 2 Buggies: 1 Carriage: 1 Can
opy Top Buggy: 2 sets Light Double aad 1
set Single Harness: 1 set Heavy Harness:'
Milk Caus and other things.
eonimissioner '. 15, Aitche:on has f
carried the St;.t by several 1 JlC Jill VOI'S
thousand: For State Food and
Hairy commissioner the race
seems lo be between A. II. Lea
and J. ). Micklc with chances in
favor of Mickle.
L I!. Tongue has badly defeat
ed A. W. Norblad for Distr ct
Attorney on the Republican side
and Gilbert Hedges has received
the Democratic nomina ion for
the Fame ollice.
The Columbia county Ticket
this fall will lx alniut as follows;
For countvJndire.
work with the same spirit that
the old members have worked
ami I feel sure that we will all
work in harmonv and will ac.
!S CSScl fC complish something for. the gen.
j eral good of the city during the
coming year.
Respectfully Submitted.
Martin White Mayor.
I WEDNESDAY, MAY 1st
taken out and a new one installed
in the past year and I thank all wjth double capacity of the old !
I tlv n:embers of the council forj old. This was necessary to ac
April j;th; the courtesies shown me. To the comodate the call for light ser-K-a.l
Letter ; new members I extend greetings ! vice. It is contemplated before
,and ak that you enter into the. long to put on a day service.
P. M
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BROWNING & LOUSICNOXT, Owxkrs
T. A. Cloxixoer, Auctioneer
lliii4LAAlUia.t4tUkJAiUlL.lf.liiltiLiiiUlLlUka
W. A. Harris.
J. 1). McKay.
For Representative
W. A. Hall
For i ounty clerk.
H. K. Lai tare,
For Sheriff.
M- II. Kinney,
A. F. Thompson.
For Treasurer.
A- T. Uvvs,
li. S. Hatten,
For As lessor.
'-W. ISIakoHloy, "
Silvo Grahm,
Rep
Dem
Rep
Rep
liep .
IV111
Rep
I 'em
Rep
Dem
Friday evening at about 7
o'clock one of the small dwelling
house on the Masten Hill, occu
pied by several Greeks, caught'
tire and was totally destroyed to-
gether with all the furniture con-1 JSJ
tained in it. Several other JJ
houses stand near this one but I 1
the fire was confined to the onej?
building.
Today there are a number
The Steamer Klamath finished "f" ..... ""ifxs
n q v 1 n (7 1
flany Groceries are Carried
Shipping Notes
To the Hon. Members of the
Common Cou cil of the City of
St. Helens, Oregon.
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the pro
visions "of the City ('barter of
our City I herewith s'lbmit to
you my statement of the condi
tion of the city, together with
. : .i .1;.; t M.ri-'Uih
inci nanei.il kihiii.".i ' ..
C.ty is about as follows;
One year ago the vvarrent in
i.obtedness was $13.9S.").8.i
.. ,1... :.i..i in r I to timidity on ttie part 01 some on Vnn was killed at Clatskanie
tho tity U fit).!;!:?...--' in which a-! account of ,ho rocont i,lanic dl9- yesterday the result of an acci-
inMii. le.l $!.ii!)S of i dent, me a ton rouer was oe-
llio Schooner Km
13
otm
here regularly' which
you cannot find else
where in town.
If you want some
thing exceptionally
choice and not in
common use you can
find it here.
You v. ill find on in
quiry oo that thct-e
8k
CO
r i jrht
especially high class grocctics c'o not mean high
class prices
TIT IMRRIOA' PURE FOOD GROCERY $
2?
no 1 I II 11 11 1 I I I V III .TL. I 1 If 1 1 I I
loading her cargo ot one million , , , , . A i.V;
feet of lumber and sailed last
4.tM A wv am .a trinm f lad
for San Francisco and . , i
, California points. She ten?L ?er "V'c. '
. . nCnn nf Cnht Ann W. P. Rle- .
learned only passengers mis , ' ji 1 iuiiuviqiui e ruivu 1 uuu tiRUCLli i jt
trip , very small passenger list , ve wpoo. oeners. , S005S31g
for her which might be attributed Th vpar ni,i fon 0f Frank I
Cyrua is ng used in rolling the ball
load.ng a full carg' of ties nt tho jrpound when the boy undertook
loom. She will be loa - the to climb onto the roller w hile in 1
mount h
street improvements which will
be repaiil the city, leaving a
tnt.il ontstnn iirnr vvarrents in-
debtnessof $;).M0.;)l for which ; early art .f next week and sail motion. His foot slipped tome
the City is owing approximately fr San Pedro. way and he fell in front of the
$! of interest. It will there- The Steamer osemite was in roller vhich pas led over his body,
fore be seen jhat the vvarrent in-, Thursday discharging a p.irt car- He was taken to the home of his
debtee" no-s of tho city has de- go of cement for tin Cieo-ioting parents but die! h abort an
crjaoJ apiroiiuuU4y4XkdurjWo a,o, .hour
FRED WATKINS
THE LEADING CONFECTIONERY
No Use Looking Elsewhere
tor Candies anil Cigars;
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