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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1912)
THE OREGON MIST VOL. XXXI. 3T. HELEN8, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY. 3, 1012 NO- 38 THE FIRST GAME Lower Columbia River Lea gue Open at St. Helens ST HELENS. CATHL'MET Locals Take Opening Game. Large Crowd Present George-Harrison a mile or Kin a swiff almost as easily as a boy, and takes a lively mtoreHt in all the a'Tairs of Btate ana nation. Local Mention u ,i. I . Harrison, while juiiwiH'n unuwrn uii ouhu.j : the jrr(Km is tr At the home of the bride's jmr rnts in St. Helens on last Sunday evening Mr. Alfre.I (J,rK. an Miss ('race Harrison were united in marnntfe, Rev. A. A. ll-ist of . the M. K. church olJlmtiW. OnlJ u. t ... Ki.nuii were iininr uw.l- me oriue is tlie duujrhtcr of Mr, prices the Improvement Company are ottering: this choice property, 100 acres of which is highly improved, it is not reasonable to suppose that it will be on the market very longr, at least, Mr. Laws is of this opinion. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON 2sth ,f April the first game of the) Mr anf, A 1912 waan of the Iwcr Columbia, St . i,.i,.n- , i. i.-.i.o. . """'""i Kivcr i-i'UtfUU n iiojrru tui ura ini- ..... f . , . Helens diamond wun me si. nolens Wi'lli'iJft"" playing- the Cathlamet Lejrtfersi. A irood sized crowd was present, takinir into consideration the wetness of the day, and n fast clawyball K'ame was played. Of cour' St. Helens won the game and lead the ledirue with a jxTcentatfe of looo. The K'"e itself was a good . .. LI..L... -I one, eiiai 10 muny niiier cimm league Humes and the manner in which the crowd tiMik the plays and the way the game was played certain ly will It- a tcreiit factor in inakinir the league a success. Perry Austin wan the first man to fare l!en Cole- .1 .11.. A - ! . .-L 1 ri)n( ttie tauuamei. iuener, ami tlxut the second ball that came "all in" over the writer of the rubU-r, Perry swung at it and Imfore it slop ped ir'int had hit the top of the fenee in deep left field und Perry rested on second base. Ed I Jiws came up and laidd"MM a sacrifice bunt along the first bae line which jK-rniitted Perry to travel t third. It w as only a short time until Perry canto ro;n ping home with the f!rt run of the came. This ended the-run getting for St. Helens til. til the fifth inning when Mother run crowed the pan. In the meantime Catlilamrt In the fourth inn:nr g--i a man on second bus' wtwfv with three lialls and two trikes on Ralph Watkins, he lifted the hall wr the left field fence mak ings ttai .corv of two for cntlilamct hii4h:u all they ever got. In seventh inning with Owens on third base, Jameson came to bat and pat the ball over the same ot in the fence that Watkins had done before and Uo m. li e tallies counted for St. Helens. Me!ii;i I. .ike pitched for Si. Helen and ai !.: tor of the situation ul theU i.e. Kern olemaa for ratlila-; met '"! di I first class work. The Score Ctthlafiet - ah. Miss Vcrda Webber of Clatska nie, visited with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stone Saturday and Sunday. W. F. Slaughter of Portland was a St. Helens visitor during injf parties are natives of colom bia county, the bride huvinir been ! w,,'k i in . . . " . ... iHrn in jtouiti.n and the groom Juuge and Mrs. F. A. Moore of in M. Helens. They were the Salem spent a few days in St recipients of runny beautiful Helens this week visiting friends AnI t . a vi . ...u unnu.,,rwnn, ine young Llias. A. Nutt, editor of the couple are very well and favor- Rainier Review, was a business aoiy Known in this community ! visitor in St. Helens Wednesday, and the Mist joins the manvi . -.. . . . friends in extending congratula-' ' ,v , , or.lta'n'er inn-nn.i ....... nKrau"a aiiiongthe delegation before the Mini iivii n milt i . . . ; county court on Wednesday ; .eo. A. Hrodie, a prominent i attorney from Portland u-na Depa rtnient !transactin business in st ! Helens yesterday. Paid Fire At the council nu-eling !a.-t Mon day night a uid fire department was provided for to ronwst of a Chief at a salary of $lo h r month and Mix fireman at S'.'.'i ier year with additional pay for each fire attend ed. This ensures the proper care of the fire fijjhting apparatus and that it will be in readiness when needed. The electric alarm system wan also decided upon and will lie installed right away. j Joe Kthridge w;is appointed Chief i Tite ladies of the Episcopal Guild will serve a Cafeteria dinner at the Cuild Hall, Tuesday. May 7. j from 5 to 7. Alex Sword and Ed Webster, ' prominent farmers from Vernon- ia, were St. Helens visitors dur i ing the week. LOST Gold bur pin, engraved w ith name :ionnie. Finder please return to lloulton Market and re ceive reward. Miss Ada George has resigned her .... i or the Department and has a read v 'p"Klt",rl in the IVI ist office and is entered upon the work of netting ! n"w behind the grocery counter at the engines and hose carts in proH r , the Harrison Pure Food Growry. di ape to meet any emergency. ; The new bungalow Udng built by , J. S. Allen on the hill is fast near- ing completion and is surely a beau ty. Judex j, r. Moreland, Clerk of of the Supreme court of Oregon, was attending to business and Just five years ago the Indies visiting with old friends in St. Aid Society of the M. E. church Helens yesterday. Ladies Aid Anniversary Davis s Watkins Lay lb Aiken :'li Reelice c Watkins, r cf Ditson, s i f Freilriik.v.n lilt Kricksun If Coleman p Totals SU Helens - Austin lh baws 2h Jameson c Brakkeiih Danie h s Bsllagh :f fvrry If Lake p Owens rf PO. 0 H 4 r, 2 1 I I I A. K. (i 1 I o o was organized in St. Helens and the anniversary was fittingly ob served Wednesday t tlu homo of Mrs. Wm. U'Wi ir this r i y . A large t.n t.!-. r.( tvn .'r ends if the me - tier- s er r it a I v-'d!a a full htteiidanie of ti e member ship. A program had been ar ranged and was given as follows: Instrumental Solo, . . . Miss Ger trude Weed. Heading. .Mrs. W. R Hillard Vocal S .lo. Mrs. I.. K. Rutherford Violin Solo. . Mrs. F. A. George The members of the Society " then spread a most e!a! irate l Kngineer Phelps was survey ing Winter street during the week for the Council committee, e-t iMM.ing n grade for the pro h: e i gr.oli' g ami nricada:i.izing of 'J e strvet. Charles Loughry, a resident of th Mist neighborhood, was brought to St. Helens Monday and examin ed as to his sanity After a thor ough examination by Drs. Peel and L. G. Koss Wfore Judge Dart, L'Ughry was adjudged insane and was committed to the asylum. A delegation of Rainier citizens was in St. Helens Wednesday Wednesday May. 8 Dr. Lowe the well known opticion and optometist will be at Hotel St. Helens. The use of glasses correctly fitted glasses is the only remedy for defective eye sight. If you need glasses, medicine won't help you. It would be well for you to learn which you need. Dr. Lowe can and will tell you what you need. Ilia more than 20 years experience coupled with education in the best schools makes him a safe man for you to consult Many of our best citi zens will testify. Special Sunday Ex cursion Steamer Iralda 50 cents round trip. Good for Sunday only. Leave St. Helens 7:55, a. m. Leave Portland 2:30 p. m. Arrive St. Helens 4:30 p. m. C. I. HOOGII KIRK, Master. ADVERTISED LETTERS letters unclaimed in the St. Hel en, Ore. Postoffice for the weekend ing April 27th, 1912. Mrs. Graham, 1 letter H. Hornbuckle, 1 " W. Jenkins. 1 " Olaf Oleen, 1 " Miss Elsie Reynolds, 1 " Ira Saurer, 1 " Letters unclaimed by May 11th will be sent to the Dead-Letter office. M. C- Gray, P. M. Father and Son Named. Albany. A pecular coincidence de veloped In the recent primary electloa In I. Inn county In that a father and ton were both nominated for Justice of the pence and that neither u a candidate on the bullot, but both were nominated by both the republican and democratic parties. O d Mill Still Runs. SjiriimlU hi. Among the historic structures of Oregon there are few still lu us , which date their origin back as far as does the old grist mill at Springfhild. now used in the manu facture of floor for export trade. The mill was built In 1354. :o V 11 II ,! I forty ladies, al a very enjoyable attending the county Court in re ?uf n. v..t. trarJ toa road matter before that HI If i H""ll . i AH II PO A i: 4 I N o t) 2 0 2 I 7 I A 1 i :t 4 I 2 I :t I I 0 2 2 I I O 4 0 YANKTON Totals 2J i 21 1 6 Score by Innings. Ctthlnmet 0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-2 "1U I--I-.0-2-0-1 2-0-0-7 lu Hns 1-0-0-0-1-0-2-0- 4 HlU 10-1-0-1-2-1 7 Summary Home runs, lialph Watkins 1, jwnMun I. Two base hks, Austin. Jwericiojou. Sacrifice hits. Heebe. J. D u.hle play, p,.rry to Austin. Ji"ton nalls-olf Coleman 4. o!T Jjl. Struck out ly Coleman 5, by Ult0 5, Fust base on triors, Cathla . St. 1M,.M 2. IWt on bases wthlamet 7. St. Helens 7, Karned J1" Cathla.net 2. St. Helens 2. iimeorKamo no houri r0 minute(li JWres. Thompson and Hoylan. lea; Tt, H...I M..r.'j ,l-.r, t'.jtiipl.iv ! llir lit II .lit II f i.iiv. . o evening was well attended itnd n o I very enjoyal ii- evening is report- -ied. Music especially fine, o! , . . , lij Khin I'tly I r s nioed bis ram- 0 ily to Mastin's Cair.p v here tbey 1 ! will spend tl.e suminer. Isidy. Among the visitors were, F. H. Sherwood. H. II. Dibblee, Geo. W. Vogel, R. N. Lovelace and 0. K. Wonderly. Kev. W. C. Kantnor, of Port land, w ill preach in the Congre gationalchurch, in this city, Fri d ay evening, May 3d at 7:30. T!,t r will also be se. vices in this c'l.inh S.uulay evening, at that hour. A cordial invitation is ex tended to all to attend. You and your children are safe if you wear Dr. Lowe's superior CORPSES OF VICTIMS OF TITANIC ARRIVE Halifax, N. 8. Ono hundred and eighty-nine corpses of victims ot the Titanic disaster arrived here aboard the coffin ship Mackay Bennett Mon day. Only the relatives ot the victims were allowed on the dock when the Mackay Bennett berthed. A. revised list of the Identified dead omplled from wireless messages ylaoes the total number of the Identi fied on the Mackay Bennett at 184 and those on the Mlnla at eight. In all ten were reported as recovered by the Mlnla, but two unidentified bodies were burled at sea. Among the eiht bodies Identified on the Minla none are of prominent persons except ing thut of President Hays, of the llrand Trunk. r games were played In the 'uean l the standing of .), clubs fullo-As: Won I 0 0 0 0 Sunday St Helen, St Hel9l, Rainier Klm .claukatls GKhlarnet IIHt 0 0 0 0 I Pctg 1000 ,000 Work has begun clearing the right of way for changes in the c mnty road near the school house. Have Vincent has charge of the 1 gg fye safeanj prices safe. job. : They cost no more than the m- Mrs. G. C. Pnrger has been a forior kinds usually sold and you severe sulTerer lately with facial have the teneflt of his skill and neuralgia. i more than 20 years experience. Sherman Hro. mi i closed ! He d. not go frorr i house to dow n for aw hile and quiet pre- house. Consu l h.m W ednesday vails in these quarters. We shall! May 8 at St. Helens Hotel, sadly miss the familiar whistle p.wnere ,n these columns will be and the bustle business. funii ;in interesting initial announce- iUrin lleie-iq has been very ill' ment of St Helens Improvement buestm, fi.OS; red Russian. $1.01. e ... i :iK ...wuimonin ir- ,nv in riirnrd to their M0UN-, Oats No. 1 lor a lew nays wiui ; om, .nlnrlainPi a TAIN VIKW lKAti. mr .. I ,11 inn v" - Democrats May Alter Two-thirds Rut Baltimore. Probably the most Im portant discussion at the democratio national committee meeting her re lated to the two-thirds rule of nomin ating the presidential candidate. Strong efforts will be mad to hav th ceaventlon adopt a rule for a majority vote In the nomination Instead of th two-thirds rule beginning with th 1(11 convention. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat Track price! Club, 91.03; Grandpa mpany o spent socially and in singing company of alut thirty relatives Manager of the Improvement com and friends on his eighty-third puny state, that he regards h, com Sh lay. The evening was puny us most fortunate to hav m- i iii iimiiM ,vir iiiii n tt hi-'i"" white, $40 per ton. Hay Timothy, valley, $14; alfalfa, $13. Butter Creamery, 26c. Kgg. ranch, 22c. Hops 1911 crop, $9c; tic .i . ..... iLu.nin wool f-asiern uregou, . i..r ni-.mm w:ih no in- nun mi.---i- n.. 1 nrt i.ii lime soiik. iT . . i jiuiviiv lonrj, s ne Mr Ta.bell cn-no to' the Stevens family for many years. Mohlllr36c. s,ni1, . i. !.! n nrii.innl ilonation land claim Yankton twenty years nifomut.,. , health, but under our.irominu v.o-. ...... w. ( took a new j interested pnrties who are ioomk .o. contracts, 17c; Wll- broken in ,000 j genial climate roon ,(X Seattle. Wheat Bluestem. $1.07; $1.01. Club, . ... - 1102: red Russian. $1. A .flife. and has been very ; small farms capable orsupIHnng; OH(s,;,9 ,,er ton. A,w i ,ii,i-inir hia arer yturs, o,v .inn. x l ie i uiiiia - play sat recently visited MOUN little burir. II can now v.aia. ;a.ie.. our Butter Creamery, 2Gc Fgs 23c. Uay Timothy, $14 per too. uovernor Oswald West Has a new title. II I admiral of th good road squadron. Th lilt spring-summer salmon sea son opened alone th Columbia river and It tributaries Wednesday. A lightship for Orford reef on th Oregon coast Is provided for by an amendment to th omnibus lighthouse bill, appropriating $150,000 for its con traction. A fight against skyscrapers has been started by th Oregon chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Th chapter I opposed to buildings more thaa 160 feet high. Conrtct at th state prison hav been selected as subjects for experi mental dental work at the spring ex amination of applicants for state den tal licenses, June I. Supplementary articles of Incorpor ation Increasing Its capital stock from $30,000 to $00,000 hav been filed with the secretary of slat at Salem by the State bank of Albany. Senator Chamberlain's bill asking that an additional $10,000 be added to th appropriation of $65,000 heretofore granted for th construction of a fed eral building at Albany, has passed the senate. That Oregon farm lands are attrac tive to eastern Investors and settlers Is shown by the activity throughout the state the past week. Several tracts ranging In price from $5000 to $20,000 were purchased by newcomers. William E. Borah. United States sen ator from Idaho, has been indorsed as th republican candidate for vice-president to be complimented by the vote of the Oregon delegation at Chicago, according to the beta figures obtain able. Baldwin Fairchlld. a member of the Slletx Indian tribe, vss givca a sen tence of IS months In the federal pen itentiary nt McNeil's Island by Judso Wolverton in federal court at Port land, for Introducing liquor onto the reservation. While at Washington, D. C, recent ly. Major Jay J. Morrow, Corps of Engineers. V. S. A., let a contract tot the Seattle Construction & Drydock company for the building of the dredge Colonel P. S. Machie, which will be operated at Coos Bay. Because they asserted they were re ceiving bad beefsteak, stale potatoes, bad baccn and worse gravy for their food, 230 track layers on the Oreuon Electric extension south of Salem walked out and refused to return to work until better food was furnished. A direct tax on franchise and land holdings assri;?ed for $10,000 or more, i graduated on an Increasing scale as j the valuation increases, la proposed In an Initiative petition soon to re cir culate:) w ith a view to Its sut r.ii: p:'o i to the i(o;:lc t the !Vembr emo tion. ; The boJy of James Mitchell. tLe young man who fell overboard from th gasoline schooner Gerald C, while ' th vessel was lying nt the Elmore ! dock at Astoria last November, was! found floating in the river opposite the Tallant & Grant cannery by 4wo , Finnish fishermen. . Official completes registration re-j turns as compiled by the secretary of state's office were given out showing a total of 131.800 Oregon voters reg-jifi lstered before the primaries. Of these 'JeJ 3,070 wero republicans, 28,417 demo-1 3 crats, 4C8 socialist?. 16"5 prohibition-! Yf I.I. K nnnnMicn.. ! i v4 Theodore Rccievelt carried Oregon ijjj In the vote f . r presiiieit at the prl niary election by a plurality of C605 ' votes over Willlatn II. Tnft. These ffi ar th figures rs compiled from ofTi-; clal returns from every county In the , A tate. The vote was, Roosevelt, 28,878, ' La Follette, 22.276. and Taft 20,504. Kalb V Larkin, who operate a log- ? glng camp on Nagcl river, hare no quired all th timber holdings in Out- Vv sop county belonging to the Whitney cxS company, limited. The deal comprises ' W 11,000 acres of high class yellow fir, ! as well as th company' logging rail-! road and camp, among the finest equip-, pd In th northwest Senator Bourn of Oregon has pre-, sented a memorial In th senate, sign-' 4 by C. U Leavlngood and Frank Terrace praying for the passage of a bill which provides for th disposition ot any land la Oregon which may be declared forfeited by a decre In th suit ot th United States against th Oregon V California Railroad com pany. C, II. Lan ot the department of the Interior at Washington ha been dele gated to mak a trip through Oregon ' In th Interest of th Industrial move-; ment among children, which la being fostered by th department ot publlo Instruction In Oregon. Mr. Lane will arrive at Pendleton May I, and from ther will mak IS visits to different portion of Oregon, Nearly 60 per cent of all wheat ex ported In March from . the United State was shipped from Portland, ac cording to the monthly statistic ot th department ot commerce and la bor. In th nln months ending with March Portland exported (.237.(41 bushel of wheat Portland also show a steady gala In the export of flour, Its total for th past nine months btnt (4.$8S barrels, as against 416.. $86 bsrrsls tn thraam tlp last ar. ' St. Helens Mill Co. I Electric Lighting (Savei.Your Eyes) Steam Heating Lath (Prolon g j YourJ Lives) Wood Lumber Allen &Felton .A.H8et REAL ESTATE DEALERS LIST YOUR PllORERTY . mm os CITY AND HARM PROPEPvTY SMALL ACREAGE ORCHARD AND TIMBER LAND ALL KINDS OF REALTY TRADES is I. HELENS ORE. I Builder's Supply Company Dealers In Feed, Cement, Brick, Sand and Shingles I Doors and Windows GENERAL BUILDING SUPPLIES Warehouse on Sheldon Dock Phone 42 B. I. PLUMMER. 1 rop. With our Dry Air Cooler, R. frigerator Counter, and new Sanitary Equipment, wm can serve our customers better thaa ever with fresh and cured meat Free Delivery The Central Market WINTER and WILLAMETTE STS. St. Hetnt, OrtgoH 4"V " d at 4" a f 9 Tlany Groceries are Carried here regularly which ybu cannot find else where in town. If you want some- thing exceptionally choice and not in common use you can" find it here. You will find on in quiry too that these especially high class groceries do not mean high class prices AT RIRRISOrt PURE FOOD GROCERY FRED WATKINS THE LEADING CONFECTIONERY No Use Looking Elsewhere lor Candies and Cigars Columbia County Abstract And Trust Co Abstracts, Real Estate, Insurance, Loans, Conveyancing St. Helens, Oregon