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- ,
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Kivcr i-i'UtfUU n iiojrru tui ura ini-
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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
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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
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A. K.
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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
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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
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0
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Sunday St Helen,
St Hel9l,
Rainier
Klm
.claukatls
GKhlarnet
IIHt
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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