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THE OREGON MI r; ST i 1 A l t I t VOL. XXXI. 8T. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APR. 26, 1912 NO 37 Co. Committee Following reth "ion elected a Central iVnimittomen ly tlio IU'p. the elrPllon mil r nuay. I). C. Klrby John McAriumt I. S. Hunigardner Jumea Gttltena ChnrU-8 5rham W. H. Colvln ! K. J. nippin Cjuir I.Hm-1 John Hendrlokeon Geo. Votfel II. Wwt Murtin While AlU-rt Freeman C. V. Mellinjrrr T. C. Wutu ublicnn ' Apiry Heaver Fulls Clatsktinio Hit IhIuikI Houlton Marlili'"'' Mint Oak rit. RainiiT Stfapp''-' St. II.'Iwh Warren 'ermnia Gt'i'li' Ball Season Opens Local Mention Canleloiipe Crop Tho uniforms for th St. II....n Hall Teuin are on tlmplay in the show win.lows at Wellington! store, an.l they .re Uauti.-s. Mr. Wellington 1 furnished them; unifornm free to I ttt Ketel'g Sunday. the teuin with tho provihion thut his! rmme uv uituWiel to them, which wah dune and the team now is known 1 a the St. Helm Wellington, on George's Market Wellington White Sox. The Ix-ugue season ni m-xt Sunduy with the visiting team coming from Cuthlamet and it In earnestly desired by the miirmgement of the teum as well as the boys, that a good crowd turn j out to them. Under the arrange ment of the organization of thin f t It a utiiiU I. ....... ... a . ... I II .1 I I ,"M" , ' HilM Helens victor during the week- t inline ai iiomn una earn viml- 2" I'r. Iowe May 8. Mist. Agnes and Eva Burns vusi- Mrs Kettenhofen Is visiting her iHter, Mrs. August Ketel. Lava th highest price for Veal and Pork. Minn Anne George was a Portland visitor during the week. Mrs. S. C. Morton, and Miss lleilburn were Portland Monday. visitors Th Ladies Aid Society of the U. E. church, will meet with Mrs. Wm. Kom, Wednesday Afternoon May 1st This meeting being the 6th. anniver sary of the Aid Society it is desired that all members be present. Lilla Grouse, .' Secretary. Musical Party Piano pupils of Mra. II. Van Tassel met at her home Saturday April 20th. Beethoven waa the musician talked about. Next month the class will study the life of Mozart. Each pupil is ex- BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON S. A. Miles of Portland was a St II. G. Lake, a Portland attor ney was transacting" legal busi- Thut is the winning team ir, u Ifciss has been called and over in the NehuU ............ nK .-.x some fumigating and quarantining for the first game will line up the , to prevent the spread of the Scarlet Fever, of which there are several following players; Austin, I -own, Jamison, 1 11 2 11 C a h c v ss I. F K r p p ! Injf team pays its own expenses. It is therefore up to the home towns , to uport the home games by a "ess in St. Helens yesterday. ti... ri nr rttnr Ainuiea in i i . ........ . lire iii'"- . .. -. - ' noun turn out. thelmin rial uiiey, tai. rauma-i way to have a te this seasun production at 5A,0(K).Kit melons. Approx imately r.-rtH acrea have been planted thin spring, the yield, under normal conditions tx'injf computed nt fO,0)0,0lHJ melon, about l.tMiO.MHi crates, or 2.000 carloadi. At least IK). 000 tons of I'.rakke, ice will be rc nired for the ship- j Pallugh, ping of this fruit to the market 1dlimton, of the ci'intry. The Southern I iiwens, Pacilic. which h.indl 'S practical- j Perry, ly all of tl;i i cn,'. is already l'?-1 Stevens. fflnnin' t ii'- ii-Ie IN r'-rr-ger- I ke. atTCU'S In 'hat et on v. 1 !' j! To get the melons to th.-ir var-j ixis di'stinatinr.s in gx- conditi-j IOtlcr-(lC)r on nwesita'es consiife rable nkill in nii'kim? th'M-r.tted cintaloures i . . M le the cars. In addition to i I-'tl' P-es,n,e of th, am.I.eslurday mght, April ! oi i contracting names cases in that neighborhood. Mrs. J. M. Lockwood, and grand daughter, Margaret Moss, have been visaing friends in St. Helens dur ing the past week. i Kev S. G. Roper w ill preach his farewell sermon in Houlton at the F ree Methodist C hurch Sunday ,niornin at eleven o'chn-k a!l friends are Cor. I.JIy invited. i ioi. il.Kjuet luSkUni pruiess r of horticulture in the State Agricul tural ColleKe, will address the peo- pected to take part to help make the meetings profitable and in teresting. Following ia the pro- gran given. Part 1 Sweet Thoughts duet Martaine Miss Fay and Ethel Lynch. . Waltz Song German. Home to our mountains. Verdi. Maud Harrison. Jack in the pulpit, duet Landon. Faustina Grauman, Mrs. Van Tassel. March Engleman. Olive LaBare. Happy moments duet Grace Harrison. Mrs. Van Tassel. Last Night Vocal Solo Kathrine Moriarity Part 2. Kobins Lullaby. Wells. Esther LaMont. BYom end Blossom Hoist. Faustina Grauman. Evening Glow. Benson, Nora Maclay rth seeking an attractive appearance; in the arrangement of the fruit tiT, which appeal to the car l t! buyer when he insjM'ct it at ils destination, the shipper must we to it thiit the er.Ves are securely fastentd to prevent them from ihifting and to see that they are loaded an 1 p.ieke I ns to allow fre ventilation an 1 refrigeration. Mrs. Younger, who has been visi- 1 l4t Mnni.'iv nl 1 .111 fV!iM-t Mr .. i uiik ner iiurenis, juuge anu Airs, rlorence,, v ... ... . . . i I'ari. returneci io tier Home in 1 ort- ... ... , ,r : ""ia Monday. Air. luunKer came j .1 . an 1... a,. a I. U-. . . ... i Jud'' Part accompanied them to tents, .Mr. ami Mrs. Jacob dior ; K. A. Kotger and Miss George were united inony, Kev W, plu of Gobi., and vicinity, next ?!:-! Tit For Tat, Vocal tolo Potent. Miss Elenor Savage. Asleep in the deep. t!uet Petrie. Olive LaBare and Louis LaBare. Happy Day Schmidt. Mrs. Lansing. Cavalry March duet Hompech. Miss Nora Maclay, Mrs. van Tassel. Farm Cut Up in St. Helens nnd after the cere- Mrs. II. H. ClilT and Miss Hilda, niopy Mr. nnd Mrs. I!otg r left nre visiting at the home of Mr. and in the A lto for Portland and , Mrs. C. H. Johns this week. Mr. from there to Sensi'le for a few ami Mrs. Smith, a sister of Mrs. ila8trip. The Critic is ( n of Cliil from Australia, are with them. the most iMtpular young ladies noil acres, I of Columbia County having lived 'in St. INler s nerrly all her life. of the Helen,. urd War. ''' "m Parker Stennick, formerly a prominent business man of Rain ; icr but now a resident of Port land, was in St. Helens Thurs day on business. K. E. Coovert. a prominent at- I,. . I .1 i..Ml ....ft In lif. n I.r I t.it ton,) ii'na afitin ttiHI liiey ituv hi mv .iiinifj iiuuuviiiaiivj v o nnwr very favorable auepi'vs. The ding to business in St. Helens successful young business in:n Tti Sieveiit neidi o loeatnl U Uvi n Si m has lui'n Mvuretl bv the St rulii1i,r,.v.tn.r,tComi,.ivh.,hnv4.lof his city. Ma ly useful jnes uMivitl.-d u u-.to tracts of fr..m in 1 onts wt re given the yo'.mg couple- to 15 acres. TI. i; is one of the let famn in (.'ulLi iilii.i Cmintv nenrlv 1(M) arrtu f it I t.ing highly Improv-' Mist jins the bui dretls of friends , Thursday Ki. The linprowmeiit Company will n 'xten ling b '.it wishes unJ kivemads htnlt and other improve- J cor.gr atul.itioi s. tii-nts made, and Mr. A. T. I jiws. ! Card Partj ! W. K. Hewett of San Francis ico. one of the men connected members of the ."oil t'Uih ii Jiiftam t.r tin- eompany states that ! !lof the tr:if! urn! ul.lv If a. .11 i itliin the ntAt ninety days, ninee I re hre twenty eight tracts, nd wverai ,, . r. thsliunUa, J . ; i t f'Mipririy ii i ,t',".-r : n r this I i'mI at ! win the final M.eetin; of the W H'Tv :i ,1 ...I ..: i.. . ' a,.! ..v..i v i...M.!iei w:s D cse it . i,...i in a i4 ui,;ii w.-. . . . .r - "fy fiuui ;,!,:,. t, i,. . ,.,! Mr i.lw usuu num r of h.imls v. ere playe.l.a"1 a''ls In .,c.u(. .s, v. ral li.n.ili. h who alt 'i' whicli a most delightful l.inch ill rnKny.- in fruit raihin an I fon was nerved by the ladi.s. All Kanlt mi,. t vtnil, ,t, o j the prizes cmtriln te I by the liem tadvan.a'e i,, t ola oi:i C.iun-' bei s of the "lu! v.er,' ft.seml.le. on St. I It-if r,. f ii,. ' ta!).t!m.l the ill 'i.w.iig t -k liiee, with the St Helens Shipbuilding Co. has been looking over the plant ami attending to other business in St Helens, during the OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the Stato During the Past Week. J. I). McKay. Democratic car.' I no IU'1 memecr oi me ' ....,(. . . .1 ' I. . 1 .).. ,.l . nlirtl'l .-Hiet. Tor Ix-ture oilliTiaimn inc;r iummiihi v , .i i . .ft ., i. i.i ,.i il I', .i .1 M.ill Tlii.s u ine iimrtei. I lie - , ... , l,l.M f The Sca;ose, was in town yesterday 1 gave out the information that he was going to make a ore KtV'T farms were divhl. l infn kt.oil. Ir tract i wl :,l ,ut, it:... ("cuteil tlit i ... ... ul. , I.I i f,. i- Oiversn,,.,! f. i -i .i , " """it un i inns up- the rum inimity in which thev ,re located as we'l m tK.. n. them. ADVERriSED LKITEUS kt'm !,;:.,;, I la t... st It, I. April yciti,, i:i12. ;r(7 lllaekly J'"H rin'y Evcrinan llvenion ",c"n Aliiaterday ',,n Mitchell ? C. Miller J-W. l ifU.:., .. ii HIT lers uiiehii,.,... i i.. ...... .... illk "j ."ay ii in "en inciter ollice. hard race for the ollice. Peter fVlton is tho latest St. Helens man to perchase an auto. He returned from Portland early in the week the proud possessor of a Flanders car and now is in a position to take his real estate "r Sundino 1 letter 1 " 1 " 1 " 1 " 1 " 1 " 1 " :i " so that each menber rmivetl a beautiful present. Vr. W. (!. Misck le carried "tf lirst h .nors w't'i the hiehest sc'ie for tae k.-hsoU w ith ! elieiits all over the Country Mrs. laielie T.laLe ley '0ond. C. II. Join canie o I" the piiz.' t"r the evening. Th s emls the club mee'.inRS lor f.iis y.nr and i' h; s hem a very micivs.ful s-chd sms-.n for them ami will 10 douht h; .tar' ed arnin this fall. Th, M. C. Cray, P. M. t. H,.U.ns re will Hau:Urc,n xtSu" ly April w- A. M. Urt;k. County irai.;c The nexi meetii.g d' the Ooluni bin County I'omoi a vlianne will be held, Saturday. May -lih. at Arm strong tiiimRe near .SeapK.Me. Convevantes will Ij waiting i t Scap- poose u the anival of the 11: -10 train to transport the trrany ers to Wednesday, some of the mem bers of the Ladies Aid of the Congr-gational Church chartered the big auto bus of the St Helens Transfer Co. and rode out to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Way on the Yankton road and there spent the da) very pleasantly. Lunch wa.i taken by the visitors and served at the home of M s. Way. Tno following ladies were in the party; Atesdames Flagg, Richard son, Muck lo, Hazen, Grant Le mont, W. Hlakesley and Waters. That St. Helens is fast becom ing a city is evidenced by the fi.ct that on Wednesday after noon a man was run over by an New Camp Lures Miner Lakevlew. laired by tha newa of told strikes in the High Grade district U Now I'lne Creek, on the state line 15 miles south of Lakevlew, an army of proHpectors, miners and leasers are pouriiiK Into that town with tents. bedrolls, and miners' pans as artillery. While surface showings In the High Grade district have for the past two years aroused much Interest here, a few recent strikes In the Sunshine claim assaying up Into the thousands. I tress and get the laws enforced. The prune crop around Sheridan will be the best In years. Blossom season will be celebrated at both Hood Rlrer and The Dalles with appropriate fesUrltles. The Linn County Oil company has filed articles of incorporation at Sa lem. It 1 capitalised at f 1,000,000, Charles P. Fortmlller, a well known bualness man of Albany, died at St Mary's hospital In that city, aged ti ears. Senator Chamberlain has secured the passage of his bill permitting the construction of a bridge across the Willamette at Newberg. Stricken suddenly with paralysis, W. r. Boothby, one of Salem's best known building contractors, died In that city. Mr. Boothby was 72 years old. The gasoline schooner Osprey has been eared after hiring been beached at the mouth of the Rogue River. It Buffered no material damage from the iperlenoe. The interior department has notified Representative Hawley that local of flclala agree to give the water users en the Klamath Irrigation project wa ter by May 1. Th San Francisco Breweries com pany, limited, which recently filed artloJes of incorporation at Salem with th secretary of state. Is shown to be capitalized at $831,600. Wlllamina Is the home of an Indian baseball team known as the Chinook Indians. A. Miller Is the organizer of the team and he Is planning to take th redskins on a tour of the east. Senator Bourne has secured from the senate subcommittee on commerce I the adoption of his amendment to the : river and harbor bill increasing the appropriation for the Cc!.!j ccnal from ! $6M.ooo to jsoo.con. Requisition papers were IrruoJ ty Governor We3t for Marlon W. Dear dorff. who is wanted in Umatilla coun ty on a charge of atsitult witii a dan Ctrous weapon. He Ii under arrest at PaBco, Washington. Hawlcy'a bill for the relief of Sher- j man county settlers who vcre com- pelled to abandon valuable Improve j menta on account of lands heint in. eluded In a military road grant, has LI'I V 'Iff 'I'TTT'ITTT1 1 oeen reported favorably by the house committee. The body of Stuart J. Hardy, the young man employed on the O.-W. R. ft N. company's whHrf at Astoria, who fell from there April 5, was found by the steamer Myrtle, floating In the Columbia river near the railroad drawbridge. Sheriff Burns has received a tele gram from Che chief of police at San Francisco, raying that P. J. Smith, who is warded at Astoria to answer: charges of passing bogus checks at Clifton amounting to $120, has been i arrested there. ! i J. N. Teal of Portland was appolntel ; to repreaent the Portland. Seattle and Tacoma chambers of commerce at the ' i meeting In Washington April 22 to discuss plans for a national board of trade. The meeting was called by President Taft Calling attention to many boiler ex plosions In wrecks on the Ilarriman railroads. Walter Christie, secretary of the Shops Federation of the Harri man system, hss appealed to Governor West to take up the subject with con- The Best Building Material 8 Cement Blocks and Bricks Blocks, 8x8x16 inches . 19 cents Bricks, per thousand . 19 dollars r . ", Factory on WILLAMETTE ST.: St. Helen's 3 YOU ARE INVITED TO CALL AND . INSPECT THE STOCK. ON HAND. . LET US FIGURE YOUR BUILDING OR BASEMENT J. L. CHITTEM, Proprietor Company In Builder's Supply Dealers Feed, Cement, Brick, Sand and Shingles Doors and Windows GENERAL BUILDING SUPPLIES Phone 42 Warehouse on Sheldon Dock' t With our Dry Air Cooler, Re frigerator Counter, and new Sanitary Equipment, wo can serve our customers better than ever with fresh and cared meet Fre Delivery The Central Market WINTER and WILLIMFTTF ST. B. I PLUMMER, I rop. .,,, St. Htltnt. Ortgon tfrlAstokAAlllLliitiAAliU AUCTION SALE I 31 Tested Dairy Cows, first class: all young, 4 Heifers: 1 Bull, 2 years old: 1 Heavy Draft -Horse, 6 years old: 2 Light Horses, 6 and 7 years old: Hogs: 2 Buggies; 1 Carriage: 1 Can opy Top Buggy: 2 sets Light Double and 1 ' set Single Harness: t set Heavy Harness: Milk Cans and other thi-jgs. I WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 st 4 BROWNING & LOUSIGNONT, Owners -T. A. Ci.oninger, Auctioneer DliiiAkliiULiiiULlitULliiULliii.iLUit.Ll r has excited prospectors from Alaska to Mexico. It is predicted by promin ent mining men, that New I'lne Creek will excel Cripple Crettk and Coldfleld If present values hold out. Salmon Packers Confer Astoria. Columbia river salmon packers, cannon and cold-storaf e men held a meeting here to tlx prices to be puld for raw salmon when the season opunx. May 1. No agreement was reached, however, and the only prices thus fur fixed are those set by the Fishermen's union of 64 cents a pouud for fish weighing less than 25 j Fifteen of the most important geo graphical societies in tho world are to send representatives to southern Ore- CC gon this summer to view Crater Lake. x The occasion is the celebration of the . cixtleth anniversary of the American, Geographical Society of New York. J Mrt H. C. Campbell, of Portland, tor a number of years one of the moat X enthusiastic workers In the Interest of foreign missions In the northwest, was 5?: elected president of the Women's JJ North Pacific Presbyterian Board of 1 Missions at a meeting of the delegates . In Spokane. j pq Labor Commissioner Hoff. who has e5 Jet OCX V pounds and 7H cents a pound for the been Investigating reports that men large or cold storage fish. i have been unlawfully Imported from .. . .1!. ....... I '.w,r ll!.a Mieltall. Mini iiiti'uuK , ... -l rri.i street ,o!iti. n of, b" "K"" " , of the city. A paninru i'mmik tl- Imnk IniikHrir toward lilaco just before the com the Slate LSranrfe, neverul qifi tiuns of iiiii'oi tmce will l' lnwnte I and diseuswd uxin which reenmm 'ndn tion will bo male to the Stato Gi-anK th.-oUKh tl e county d lega tea, J. II. Collins, Secretary. the Cotirt House was t jo slow in getting out of the way of Wel lington 'a delivery bus nnd and as a result, received a badly bruised foot and leg. MANY VISIT LINN EXHIBIT j Manufacturers' Shew at Albany 8ur prlses all by Its Excellence j Albany. The Manufacturers' Ex position at the armory In this city, af ter a three days session, during which It is conservatively estimated, 1J.000 people, many of whom were from Port land and other valley cities, visited the show and gaxed upon the attrac tive dlHplay of goods manufactured In Albany, Ilrownsvllle and Scla , The exposition Idea originated In the Albany commercial club and was held to educate the people of Albany and other Linn county towns, to buy goods made In Albany, and tha state of Oregon. The display of goods was pro nounced by visitors to be credit to the enterprise of Albany merchants I and manufacturers, and, aa a result . Chicago to assist In breaking a strike in the railroad machine shops at Port land, has decided that the company has compiled with the law, and that no act'on can be taken. The 39th annual session of the Ore gon State Grange will be held In Rose burg May 14 17. Inclusive, and the con ference of the Lectorers' Association will be hold at the same place May It. Flection of offtcen for the year make this meeting of the state grange of more than ordinary Importance. Giving a warning to all timber own era as to the burning of slashings. State Foreater Elliott has issued the first circular of the season as to lire protective work by the atate board of forestry. In the circular he calls at tention to the necesalty of burning Slashings at favorable times as being a question of the greatest Importance. Improvements and additions recent ly completed make Oregon's Central flany Groceries are Carried here regularly which you cannot find else where in town. . If you want some- 1 thing exceptionally v& choice and not in g common use you can find it here. . " P$ You will find on in quiry too that these ! especially high class groceries do not mean high j ; class prices . " I AT H71RRI&0A PURE FOOD GROCERY gj FRED W ATKINS THE LEADING CONFECTIONERY . " ' '.' No Use Looking Elsewhere tor Candies and Cigars of the exposition, which was an "eye-: ""cnery at Bonneville the larg. ooener." even to Albany resldenta. It1 ,! world. A total of 15.000,000 Is believed that the people of this com' mnnlty will follow the slogan "Patron ise home Industry" more than ever before, and that efforts will be made to secure more manufacturing plant Cor the "Hub City." salmon and trout eggs were taken car of H (Tie hatchery In 1911. Twenty mlllleia egga will be hatched and reared during 1912, and the final total capacity of the plant, when nursery ponds now projected are eTjmjfletefl. VU1 U 41,000.000, Columbia County Abstract And Trust Co Abstracts, Real Estate, Insurance, Loans, Conveyancing St. Helens, Ore (Ff 111 mm t ( . ;