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THE OREGON MI VOL. XXXI. 3T. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY. 17, 1012 NO- 40 ST Keel of First Vessel Laid Mr. Jas, Muckls Drives Spike Many Prominent Men Respond to Toastmaster Gooslin Vessel to be Christened "Multnomah" Viln'lny afUTtiiM.n at '-'::!') o'clock tin htcuiiii-r Mfllukoli'fl the duck of the St. Ht-lftiM Mill Coin jiany, with a lit of wvcrul hundred imsM iiK'cm liund fr the plant of tin-St. Helen Shid)uil'liiik' t'".. on the Island jut ucnM from tint mill. It whm th occjwlon of the laying of the keel of tint flrat Kti-nm whooiier ever conntriicled on tht Columhia Kiver and out of C'olurnhiu county timlier. Many iTtns from Port land were iro-nt unlm-uily ever bmly from St. Helen. After an Home Team Wins The fast going St. Helens ball team took another game last Sun day when they met the Timms Crens from Portland who were defeated by the score of 8 to 5. Lake and Jamison were battery for St. Helens and put ud the usual good game. Next Sunday int Gardeners from Clatskanie, the real leaders of the Leasrue will be here to cross bats with St. Helens. Clatskanie has won two games and lost none while St Helens ha won only one league game with none lost, so their ; percentages are the same, al i though Clatskanie has a little the Savings deposits- 2126 35 . fr.mi leiiKth told of the irreat ,.. , t. , , .. i"1" me argument irom me Ix-ricliU of Hn enterpriMc of thin character and welcomed such induH tricH to the city and the county. Mr. Dillard'K addn tut wuh well re number of games played. How ever the game next Sunday promises to be one of the best and most intorpat inrr t ila ce.ve. and ,,,,,! jo tttnkt- the ,,. j tire gea8()n flg teams . , ' " up a hard fight to retain the .nt,.nent of the ent.re immunity j pIace at the hea( of thJ ... .... . ., i..w..u u,e ii-i'ie age column. Last Sunday data- who have brought these factories to ( kanie deft,aU?d Uainier 5 the ouruoor. Mr. ,.e,,rKe Kex. t .m i cne gide(, gcore of lfi tQ UMSn- r- KU- ,r' lo-!Ke .S0 and Clithlampr r.lavmcr K-ka. Kansas, wiu then ca 1 uH,n am4,. (:hlmpt ainnin. uiuj nui'ie sonu! very x-iunrni re- insM-ction of llio plant an.l llie marks ui-.n the nhiiluil.iinir and woik being done on the boat. Mr. timU-r in.luxtiy. Then fellowed in ! Clatskanie JamcH Muck le shouldered h hlede ri,.r w.v,.ru th,.r gentlemen who i Helens h.iimner and proceeded to drive the mud,. sln.rt MH-echen touching ujion ! (uthlanift .i . . . . .i i... .... . v uiiiiumt-i spike ini( u:e kpci, nieieoj ..m-, Vxv matter of the industries now Uainier pletirg the tirvt m:porant work or In intf built in St. Helens. Home of .shipbuilding in this community, thun being. C. C. Masten, II. F. Other ceremoiiien were had after McCormi'-k, Win. lint, Mr. Ileal which tanleH were Kpread for a and Mayor Martin White, lunch which had been prepaid by j Mr. ('has. K. MKWmick, presi the Shiphuildintr Company anil the j dent of the company from San Fran crowd repaired there. Mr. K. K. Iriroi was present and was busily STANDING OF THE CLUHS Won Lost Pctg Ciosim, a member f the firm and j i'iikium- I in showing the jn-ople an attorney from Portland, acted as around the plant and explaining the Toastmaster and in a happy vei.i , details of the business, told brielly of the w.rk of the com-! The ship now U-in built will be pnriy and what it would mean f.-r christened "Multnomah" and will Ik St. Il. lens. Columbia, county and ' completed during the present sca the State of Oregon, M r. Jau.es son and placed on the run between Mi.ckle, one of the pioneers in the ; this t and California ports, lumltcr business of the county, was On the return trip tothiacity tin then cilled tl'x.n I"1 recounted .VK-Uiiko took the crowd up t the some of his exiK-rience in the bnsi-' t're s.t.ni p!ant and then p-st the Kelso 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1000 1000 333 000 000 Friends Take Possession The home of Mr. and Mrs. Or val Willis near Oasis Park in St. Helens, was the scene of a merry birthday party last Saturday evening, the occasion being the birthday of Mrs. Willis. About thirty of the friends of the fam ily met and went to the Willis horr.c while Mrs. Willis was at Houlton and upon her return was met at the door bv the crowd of friends who were in complete iscss. W. It. lillard. was then call-' Columbia county Mill which is being i possession of the home, ed up.m and in an ele.ue:.t address i rebuilt Mr.Jas. iMuekle Who laid the keel on the fuel lat t. U- built on the Columbia Itiver. at St. Helens She was equal to the occasion, how- 'ever, and entertained the party St, Helens, AlHiut four years ago ' in grand style. After a most en the McCorinick Lumber Company ' joyable evenings entertainment acquired the present mill site prop-: the host served a most bountiful erty from Muckle Pros,, and since luncheon after which the party that time Mr. Muckle has devoted , broke up, all wishing her many nio.'.t of his time at Portland, a hile many happy returns. his brother Chai ! s Muckle still re-: M,esinSt.l!el.,.sa,,lisneof the j Q)Urt C()I1VCI1CS , bet Inn. siers for the city, his boost-! . i . i i i . . . . i ing having Decn i.iiCM'.i up i.v inei t r.'cti m of brick blocks and tine resi- j deuces. These are the Kind of men who arc th" I.k ,i bone of the coin Total 45070 2D STATE OF OREGON, County of Columbia as. I, 0. M. Washburn, Cashier of the above named bank, do solem ly swear that the ahove state ment is true to the best of my knowledge and belief, 0. M. Washburn, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of April, 1912 J. G. Watts, Notary Public. Correct-Attest: J. G. Watts, Asa I). Holaday, Director BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON Local Mention inui.ity and M. Helens h;;s Uen for- in havi.ig bolh Janu s Muck't . . ,, ., . number of criminal cases await an 1 l haries ,v. uckieus rcsincM" Mrs. Clarence Masten of the Mas- tent camp, was a visitor in St. Hel ens Tuesday. Mias Agnes Muckle, of Portland, visited with friends and relatives in St. Helens during the week. S. A. Miles, of Portland, was at tending to business matters in St. Helens this week. Services on Sunday the 19th at the Congregational church at 11:00 m. and 7:00 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Morton, were Portland visitors last Satur day. Misses Ann and Susie Ketel visited last Sunday with friends at Hillsboro, Oregon; C. W. Mellinger, a prominent farmer from Vernonia. was a St. Helens visitor on Monday. Mrs. J. W. Saxton and Mrs. Earl Saxton, of Bachelor Flat, were in St. Helens Monday. Dorn; On Monday May 13th to Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Dupont of loulton, a girl. Mrs. C. H. John and Miss Dor othy spent a few days in Port- and during the week. A. J. Deming and his sons Os wald and John, were Portland visitors last Saturday. Mrs. R. P. Burns of Gladstone, Oregon, visited at the home of Mr. And Mrs. A. Ketel, during the week. Mrs. Bennet and little child have been visiting at the Paulsen home in St. Helens for several days. Mrs. J. S. Masten, of Houlton, visited with her son, C. C. Masten, and his family, in St. Helens, during the week. Mrs. Oren Able left last Tuesday for a visit to Los Angeles and other Circuit Court convened Tues- rnfornia points, where shegoes for day with Judge J. U. Campbell I i'e benefit of her health. of Oregon City, presiding. The! Mrs. L. R. Rutherford enter tained at dinner last Saturday, in honor of Mrs. Jeffcott who , Grand Jury was drawn and went immediately to work on the large Liltle Man Here is no Ilia i helt.ir known along tli(. lower Columbia River, es pecially among the pioneers, than is James Mfickle. He located in St. Ih'l. us during the year ISTJ. with his brother Charles, arid together they engaged in the mill and timber business. Ever since that date the ing them and at the present time i their w ork is still uncompleted, I Tki ttiol tn ft' ti-na ovrMCA4 until . i IIU il lai JUI J n (t3 LVWUkVV4 Willi! Starts HlaZCj next Monday at which time the I trial of civil cases will be taken Mm d iy evening at (::') o'd ck ! up. The Grand Jury is composed tfu Iho be!! h th" city hall j of the following men: Thos. B. souii ied th- al n tn f lire and j Mills, foreman, W. F. Rickert, uiihinn fe.v minutes u g.o ily j Wm. McCollum, Jos. Burtchett, ' portion of the population of the j S. L. Flanigan, Peter Olson, John city h:i 1 congregated in front of the beautiful residence of Dr. Edwin Ross where smoke was coining from every window and door of the buildirg. The little son of Dr. Koss had dropped a lighted match down the wood lift where it bad caught the chips in the liottom and within n fcwmin- W. Nowtls. Report of th Condition of No. 73 The Farmers State Bank, at Scappoose in the State of Oregon, at the close of business April 18th 1912. RESOURCES. Dollars Cts 11.. i.rothers have Ik-co among llte3 the entire inside of the cle-1 3 and discounts 16028 37 leading timber men ,f the toun- vatr waa in flames. Prompt Overdrafts, secured try. I hey secured large holdings nclion on tnc ,art 0f tno people; and unscured 8 47 Of timber ill ('nliunliin r.mtv na . .. . j .1 . U. ; r).,.lj nnrl u-nrranta (V) ' n well ns across tho river in Washing with the fire company soon ex Banking house 6250 00 t'-n. a few years ago they disj.os- tinrUi9hPj the flames and before j Furniture and Fixtures. ..2453 82 1 of their timber Interests in this eriolw ,,amaRO wn, done. I Due from banks (not cmn.y, but still retain large hold- t,7.. blackened bv the ,eserVe ba,lks): 1094 41 "(Man the Coweeman Piunty, Wash rhf wa a were i)iai-M'iii:u uv tnc,... m in rowlitz -la nn, ,hp WOOll lift was so ! Vw3 TI?., r. Ro piiiwiw ------- rp.srrvt? ua &a uwu w o ft ; .""L w 1 badlyhirnedthatitw.llrcqu.re.; chocU3and ether cash items 56 75 o ( inesidencein St. Helens and aml t,lftt WM tl.e ex.j on hand 2212 18 .,llia county, both the Muckle unt uf tho ,,amaK0. It w a," . 50 nu-! i 'mVl,.lHvn am"nf t'10 willt! , narrow escape from a serious fire. I " ' ""Total 43070 &) Notice of Meeting Fverv man n th? city ts LIABIUTIES Dollars CU HiiK and progressive business men . th" ounty and have d.no. much In i.niLi;.- i t .i i ' .. p community. very man in tn? cuy s re-, , . . , . ioraa m A,"'t 12 years ago Mr. James nut ted to attend a meetirg at ( Capital stock paid in.-.-loOO 00 Muckle moved with his family to the City Ihll. Tuesday evening (Undivided profits 15o7 W nince. i. ot hm .,i.,,'..i ,...n . . i. . i i Jperty interests in St. Helens and very part of tho -.'ity rcpre.ient- ll ht lirAr,l ,1.. . e ' 1 I I.a l dim: ,1 tlim -I.-..V.II, U1(I M'nior I.IUmiHT OI I P(l UIllI tvniwm ni'""'" le rnerrantiln f. out especially the young men n. the lurtr. d..,,armU. .inn;l Jeo LlhiidtfC, Chief. deposit 1345 17 Time certificates of tlosit 4000 00 leaves this week on an extended visit for England. , Other people from St. Helens visiting Portland last Saturday were Mrs. W. G. Muckle, Mrs. E. A. Rotgerand Mrs. J. L. Zip perer. Charles R. Mccormick, of San Francisco, has leen looking after business matters around the Mill, Ship yards and Creosoting plant in St. Helens during the week. . . ... VI. Dr. Andrew L. femitn, Julius Meier, Geo. W. Joseph and Mr. Bo- len all prominent business and pro fessional men from Portland, were business visitors in St. Helens last Tuesday. Mr. A. C. Gray has purchased all the cows and appliances at the dairy ranch of the late Ei nest G. Specht on Sauvie's Island and will commence withina few days to deliver fresh milk to every one who wants from a Gov. eminent inspected dairy herd. Mrs. T. C Watts, of Reuben, has a hen which is a wonder. Begin ning on Tuesday she laid an egg each day for five days and the small est egg measured 6 1-2 by 8 inches and the largest one 7 by 9. The eggs were sent by Mrs. Watts to the Mist office and they can be seen here for a few days yet, until the editor has them for breakfast. Fred Ketel who has spent sev. eral months in St, Helens, re turned to his homestead near Trout Lake Washington and will resume his business of Mountain Tho annual eonrontlon of tho Sal am district Epworth louo was kola Ik Salem May 1ft, 11 and II. M. J. Kloner ot Portland bat boon r-appolntod by Oorornor Wnt aa nombor of tho Stat Board of Oamo and Flak Commlaalonora. RoquialUou papora woro taauod bj tho goTornor for Ooorfo Troy or, who la wantod la Portland on a charga of paaalnf a forged bank check. Tho Portland Railway, Light Power company baa lncroaaod Ita cap ital stook from $25,000,000 to 135.000,, 000. The filing fee at Salem waa $750. La Orando la to bar a live storr office building, which, when complet ed, will be not only the talleet bat the eoetlleet structure In that aection ot Oregon. The flrat commencement ezerclae If the law department of the Unlrer- lty of Oregon will be held at Port land May 21. There are 44 membera In the aenlor clas. Henry Orten, of Marlon county, Hy ing two mllea weat of Turner, commit ted aulclde by drinking carbolic acid. Mr. Green waa 65 yeara old and had Ured In the vicinity 30 yeara. Oawald Wett, governor of Oregon, will deliver the addreaa to the gradu ating claaa of Albany college th la year. Commencement day at the col lege thla year will be June 12. Jaaper Weatfall, city marahal. waa murdered at Weatfall by Aa Carey, who while Intoxicated waa obootlng np the town and ahot the marahal, who ahot at Carey but mtased him. Arrangnmenta are being made to place before the next meeting of the atate board of agriculture a plan to establish children's playgrounds at the atate fair for use during fair week. Governor West has ancounced the personnel of the commiitslon which will Investiftnte the advisability of consolidation of the Oregon Agricul tural college and the University of Oregon. With alt preliminary arrangements practically completed, the fourth an nual strawberry and rose carnival, which opens In Roseburg Thursday, promiaea to surpass all former eventa of the kind held In that section of the atate. Twenty thousand dollars will be pent In La Grande during the next few weeka in the construction of a combination fair grounds, athletic park and race track. The capital for thla enterprise waa subscribed by local people. llomeaeekera' farea to the Pacific northwest will henceforth apply to all points. Including Portland and points on the Oregon Electric. Heretofore the rates have applied only as far west aa Pallbrldge station on the North Bank road. Seven thousand five hundred dollars la the fee the atate of Oregon will pay to Attorneys Cochran and Cochran of La Grande for the services extending over a period of three yeara or more In connection with the now famous Morrison escheat case. Carrying out his threat of a few daya ago. J. E. Moraon. president of tho Deschutes Land company, haa shut down work on all steam machin ery at the compaay'a plant near La Pine and in the next two or three weeka will cloaa down the grading outfit The Oregon A California Railroad company la preparing to build a branch line from tebanon on the Woedburn-Sprinsfield branch, along the south fork of the Santiam river to a point about two and a half miles east ot Foster, a diatance of about 26 miles. Porter Bros., the prominent railroad contractors who have built the Oregon Trunk and other lines for the Hill system, have become interested by purchase In the properties of the Oro gou t Western Colonisation company, and In which L. W. Hill la extensively Interested. A aiilt agalust tho Deschutes Land company. In whleh an Injunction la asked restraining the aalo of landa, waa atarted In the circuit court by the desert land board of Orogon. Viola tion of the agreement with th state board la the principal charge upon which the suit la baaed. The government la again taking vp the light agalnat th small beetles that have been ravaging the forests at eastern Oregon. Thla year, bow aver, the official In charge of the work txpecta to have a much eaaier task than laat season, when more than $15,000 waa expended In the war on the little insects. The exhibits for prlies In Linn coun ty's flrat Industrial school fair will be ihown both at Albany and at Solo. The school fair will be hold flrat at Albany oa August 21 and 14 and then the entire exhibit will be taken to 9clo and mad a part of th Linn tounty fair, which will b held this fear on Auguat 28 to SO Inclusive. It has been discovered that a Linn souaty man, Rlngo Butler, ot Haleey, waa among those lost In th wreck ot ft Titanic. Butler bad written from England to friends la Halsey that ho xpected to return on th Titanic, but ihrough som oversight his nam did sot appear In moat of th Hats of nos- Guide for travelers, during the . longer which wer pubiiahed after summer. ditr. 1 St. Helens IVMl Co. 'Electric Lighting- (Saves Your Eyes) Lath Steam j Heating (Prolongs j Yourj Lives) Wood Lumber All jot joj mm en, Felton & Quick REAL ESTATE DEALERS INVESTMENTS. RENTALS. INSURANCE. COLLECTIONS, LCANS, LAND TITLES, APPRAISEMENTS. ADMINISTRATOR. GUARDIAN. FISCAL AGENT. CONVEYANCE. EXECUTOR INFORMATION AND EMPLOYMENT ST. HELENS ' . . . OREOON Builder's SuddIv Comnanv -rrii r J ! Dealers In Feed, Cement, Brick, Sand and Shingles ; Doors and Windows GENERAL BUILDING SUPPLIES Phone 42 Warehouse on Sheldon Dock ANCONAS ARE PROVING TO BE .THE BEST LAYERS OF LARGE WHITE EGGS. WE HAVE A FEW EXTRA FINE ONES Eggs $2.50 per 15 B.P. ROCKS EGGS FOR HATCHING FROM GOOD UTILITY BIRDS THAT PRODUCE LARGE BROWN EGGS AND LOTS OK THEM $1.50 pei 15. $7.00 per 100 INTERVALE POULTRY FAR RAY" TARBELL YANKTON, C v if-X rrrcrrrvTrrrvYtrTrn rTo-ro--8 5T rvrrmrrmrrs " a m . A Large stock of Collates Toilet Specialties Jut Received Direct from the . Manufacturers, Including Perfumes, Toilet Water, Creams, Soaps, Etc. Etc. 'c "bout OTorytluiif ib tho i Met Goods Lin Also a Stock of Palmer (N ew ,r 5 York) Toilet Goods S POST CARDS FROM It to 25c ) l DEMING'S DRUG STORE pLU ktMXASJJUXt 118 91 JLJH tXXXXXJLMJUitX tllllt ,,, . FRED W ATKINS i THE LEADING CONFECTIONERY No Use Looking Elsewhere tor Candies and Cigars Y Columbia County Abstract And Trust Co.. lOOOO Abstracts, Real Estate, Insurance, Loans, Conveyancing St. Helens, Oregon"