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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
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I. F
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! 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-
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,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 ' ....,(.
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.-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
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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'
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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
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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
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Abstracts, Real Estate, Insurance,
Loans, Conveyancing
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