THE OREGON MIS
nn
VOL.
xxxi.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1912
NO- 61
LARS PAULSEN
lira rul-n utSkamoka
Wash.. WVancmlav after an
i ef-' 7. Iho cause
Lgocuto Htnmai-h trouble.
Mr M" M lKrn
yonth" 11 So,.temU;r
1H0Oa..dlivr.l there uunnK ...
,.m-iM-a farm man
-r..,tin of u Norwegian
chantship fr a number of yearn
. .i. i.imincKA to come to
Anu-rica about X yn
A ur a inu. w mi
und was
HUT-
('. C. Miinh-n lniH hi.I.I r,.,si.
deneo properly In St. Helen t. Dr.
A. J. Pel i,t tl.iM city. Mr. Mas
ten and hia family will move out t
the camp for the Ulunce of the
aummer and In the Full will move
Into Portland. Ir. IVel u,l ,
family will move into the M.imI.h
reaideruv curly next week.
Thni; people from this n-iKil,r.
IhmhI Were taken to .St. Vine-lit
1 1 .
iioKpuui in rortlaml during the
piuit few days ami were o iat
UH.n. Mrs. K. . Mill,.,- iin, jrH
a m . .
Mike MeveiiK, Loth of Colurtihia
City und the little krj, ,,f Mr. am
Mrs. T. Cornelia of St. Helen. Jir
L (I. ICos hal the raws.
ti -. .
n.-w mcioner Uncllc.l lh
Jl lihout complete ami will he pl.tci
Ill's "n thir Slouch nin hei'.ve 'i I'oi t'an.
... 1 :..
idT H 111 1 . . .
7 ... ..... ,..vi,!..,l in ClatH..p " M- ""!" .t.xt w.vk. Th.
11 1 1 1, lumU-nnir an.l HM nour Mn" "l ''"i:i"'x!;.tioiis
! .lurintr his r.i- f"r ulj"ut 100 1"i---mk.-i-h. On Sun-
Lcf hens working in tho mill AuK.wt lltl.it i planned t
during the winter and fiahin in v a eXeu,Mio to the St. Il-lenn
I imcr. Durinff thn past " u-w mmou,,,,-
Ster he wa employee! t tho "'-"t 'f whieh will U-ma.le in our
St Helens Mill in chaw? of the "'xt iu"'-
local yanl and was highly re- A young man was picked up hy
tpected by huu-iiipMen and the Marshal Wilkins in St. Helens laM
people generally. At the time of Sunday f.-r stealing a lodge pin ami
v in chnriro m i"J k ...s.o- n. 1 i.on m-
the receiving station of the AN
tnona r::i ki.K' '. ot Marokn
. Wash. II.' leaves a family
nsHtiroi th widow aru iwv
Whtors al riMileiuii of &r
Hrtc-ns
ofWauna. (inKn.
brother)., one in Astoria and two
in Nir ay.
The funeral will lx held in A-
tnna tomorrow. Saiunlay. uev.
A. A. Ilei.'.t of St. Helena in
vestiKatii'K the boy he wa. found t
U- t'he.tter N'els .ii, f .1 in-: !y of Col
umbia City, ami out on p.-.iole from
the Stud- Truiiiinir S' . ho... The
otlii-eiH of that instituti-.ii were tioti-
. . , i I. I fiil nini S)i..r!ir Tt ,,t, t.-...i .1 .. ;..
exc pi Mr, r reu iwk" ' " '
(in-iron. Also three t ru.-t.il to return the !.., to th.-
school. The sin rilT took him up t
Salem on Tueivlay.
The city Hanil iave a concert at
the foot of Cowlitz, htr.-et last riiht
which wio. highly appreciated by a
charge. I'.iinal will take place llaik'c crowd of citizens. The boys
n Greenwood eenu-tery
tira.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAUNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
EMPEROR MUTSUHITO
Railroad Cemmlailon la Buty.
Salem. Tho tut rollroiu commt
oh Is pull Inn In u busy 10 daya with
"ii IoIIuwIiik hcurliins, HliirftiifC with
Mon.luy: juy 2a lteHrij. at Tlx
In.II.-H aa to ausnt-imlon of tho fori.p :
law on () o. W. It. ft N uOI,K t,e 1
aand dim)- of thn Columbia. Ttiea-
diiy. W.-liiHliiy uihl TlmriiiJiiy, thre.. 1
tiHiirliiK at liak.;r-.Suniptpr Valley
IokkIiiu rat. s. broiiKht by th Iliiker
Commnrclal rlub; Sumptur Valloy val
uation h.-nrliij mid ull rntea oa tbo
Sun.pi. r Valley tirounht on th com
mlasion a own motion: Aiwuat 2 Two
bmrlnga at Vulw C. H. Builth agttliibt
the Orrtcnn Hhort J.lne, aiet A. B. Cox
KuliiHt th oron Short Un; Au- '
Ifust 6, at Kaiio-lii It.-nrliix aa to load-
tni fiullltha on th o.-W. It. sY n.;
AuKUst 7, hearliiK at La Gruntls C. A. 1
Ilurret and oihi-ra as to fenctnit along '
tlio lino of Hie Northern Puclllc. i
Mutsuhito, the 121tt emperor of
Japan, who died Monday, after reign
ing 45 yeara.
JAPANESE EMPEROR DIES
Local Mention
Born; On Ji.Iy :Wth TJ12 t' Mr.
bid Mr. Chde Sutherland of St.
I'lfiw. a daughter.
Mr. M. V.. Miller i visitinjr with
bw mother at ll.i ks, Orciron. th s
twit.
Bud Ander.n, the puilist nf
Vancouver, Wit-h., vinitinir witli
friwwls in St. Helena this week.
Mr. (ieoie I'erkinrt of Drain.
at A-are plaimmir on a lnr tune tomor
row niifht at the dance in the City
Hall. The music will Im- furnished
by the entire band and the dance
will mart promptly nt a a! will
ntop proniilly at 12 o'clock. Tick
eta an- 7.1 cents and u nre i... ' ed
to attend. If you don't want to at
tend yu are invited to buy a tick
et anyway.
SPECIAL ABSTRACT PRICES
McCutker Announcea Candidacy.
rortlund. ltHpomlliiK tp the re-
qiets of frU-nda In both tho republi
can and dvmocr.'itlc purtles, InrludlnK
Iji FolIettH, KooKpvelt and Tafl tp
publli uiiH. Thoinaa MrCusk.-r haa for
mally announced bis candidacy aa an
Independent rppubllcnn for represen
tative lu coiiKreaa from the third dl-
Uict
Roaeburg Men Indicted. '
Hosiliiiri!. t'b.'irx-d with vlolitlng
tho 1 ..I option luw. llyniufi Wollen- !
berK. Uoseburn'a wealthiest resident; !
K. O. Mlculll, ft-clty aitorney; Claud
Cannon aud W. II. Sykea. capitalists, j yeara old w hen lio became emperor.
w.-r Jointly Indicted, wltu tbo Ro.ie- in February, 1867.
burn llrowliiK . Ice cmpary. Tho
Indicted men compose the offlcera and Chineae Junk to Com. to America
board or director of the brew liiK com- I
pany. i
Mutsuhito Paaaea Away In Hia Palace
In Tokio.
Tokio. Mutsuhito, emperor of Jap
wn. li"d at 12:43 A. M. Monday. Acute
tt.'pnrillH was given aa the cause of
death.
The crown prince, Yo Sbihito, has
ucceed.-d to the throne.
The dead ruler liad a history un
paralleled among tho rulers of the
world. He was about the most blue
blooded monarch on earth. The first
of his family on the Nippon throne,
imj Japanese history says, reigned
about 2500 years ago. He was born
November 3, 1852, and was but 15
COLNTY COURT IS TARGET
fl thin v k.
Frank Klairir. formerly of
'a but lately of Klifin. Ore.,
itUirnedV. St. Helens and i
Pi'iyid in the St. Helena Mill.
Duiinz the month of August.
The Columbia County Abstract
it' Trust Cnmtianv will make a
Orcirnn, i visitm with his sisters L, ,;. I , rn,n nMrnot nf
Ne'l.e ami I-cona. in St. Ikl- t irl cr Helens outside of the
business district and in the East
thia half of the Knighton 1). L. C.
ha At regular rates abstracts of
m- these ota wuii i cost from S-Mi to
?('!), but during August the com-
The Battle Abbi-y, a larire nailing pany will make them for $!" a
'fwtfl, has arrived at the St. Helena lot. If two or more lot 3 are stt-
Ubfx k and is taking en l.(KM),(KX uated together and the title to ull
"t of luuls-r f .r ship ,nent t Aua- is the same, the price for all will
flia. onlvbeJlfi. but if title to each
Jana-s Mdionald of Clat.skanie is is different, there will be a sliuht
mllng the wivk in St. Helens in additional charge over the ?1;.
he interest of the ForeHtor of We nuike our living in St- Ht-1-
America Lsle, which he is trying M"'- nn" arc willing to kivo spec
ial rates to our own people our
injr tho dull season, when we
have time in which to do work
at RjH'cial prices.
The Columbia County Abstract
& Trust Co.
(2-t)
Waaco Reaidenta File Petition for Re
call Election.
Tho Dulles. Angered at the action
oi members ef the county coisV In pro
ceeding with the.erwtkm of the new
$150000 courthouse after they bad
fulled to enjoin officials from going
a lit ad with tho work, the courthouse
opponents filed petition with County
Clerk Anglo demanding that a upeciul
election be called, when tho voters of
Wasco county wilt have a chance to
say whether County Judge Lake, of
this city, and Commissioners Stough
ton, of Iufur, and Hooper, of Ante
lope, ahull be recalled from office.
County court members have decided
to oppose any attempt to call the pro
posed recall election. Tbey will file
an Injunction restraining Clerk AtiKle
from ordering the election on the
ground that tho recall law Is not op
erative la Oregon, a point which has
been raised by District Attorney Cam
eron, of Portland, and which Is now-
pending a decision In tho Oregon bij
premu court.
Shanghai. A Cklnese Junk, the
Ningpo, left the Yangtstepoo dock on
a 7000 mile voyage to Los Angeles,
Cat. It Ib the first Chineae Junk In
nearly 700 years to leave for any for
eign port. It Is built entirely of wood,
with wooden masts and wooden anchors.
re-orttanize.
P. M. Thorp will start next Wed-
May on a trip to FittJiburjr. I'er.n..
wre he will visit with relative for
month or more. This will be hia
M trip to his old home in 2 1 years.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Mile of Port-
accomi.iinied bv Mr. Miles, a
'futher from Missouri iui.ro via! .
nt in St. Helens rnrlv in th.. week
W. E. Stevens of Scaonoo e has
Purchased a block of stock In the St.
den Improvement Co., and will
httnie nn a'-tive booster for the uo-
''lin f St. Helens and vicinity.
D'- S. H. Wilson of llitlslxiro.
HM olT a day in St. Helena this
r to visit with If..u A A II..:-
halKin slndinir several weeks
)t the seashore.
Mr. I'hilander Hazen f aliilln
pnn Co.. Oreiron, has been viaitinir
Handsomely maiked "Scotch Col
lie l'uppics" for sale or trade, cheap.
Mrs. Jack Applet.m.
Deer Island, (re,
For Sale-Two Rood lots for
$225. The best bartrain in St
Helens. Apply at MistOllice.
MOTOR TRUCKS
on Eay Payments
Our aales plan enabl.s your truck
to pay for itself.
Kcmcmber you buy direct from
No commissions
Union High School Wanted.
Ktii?ne. A Petition has been filed
with the county school superintendent
asking that a special election be call
d to determine the question of estab
lishing a union high school district.
with the union high school to be erect
4 at I.owell. Nino school districts
r to be Included in the high school
district. This will make the ninth
union high school for Lane county.
fk. Mr
(j I IV M.v a
m ""'l tog-ether they went to War- oaition, just practical. i?hmI bus
''n t .on Home time visitinjr with perception on our part, which
P'w hia brother Jii.l.ri. M V !!. ik
nt St. Helens during th. rmsl lor bonuses to pay.
Hazen accomnnnieil Tv,..r.. nr.. no hikers in this prop-
UISIIICSS
nn nor nnrt. which n-
joother brother. Mr. R. O. Hazen. Ln.odates a Ion felt need am.ms
Mr- M. Sallan. -who 1 mned mnnv nresent and would-be truck
P a torp in ti. i...n.i:.. .
I ,'ni'' h,ls R,,nu to Seattle this A simple note of inquiry, which
f "Hero hp I ii. ...III l.n tmnliul A strictly condition-
m - HUH llil.M1I (1 I Will a J V "I" "-- - "
IT "t"'k (,f l?""ds at a bankrupt tial, will receive prompt reap iniw
Uaold
a bankrupt tial,
' entire stwk will Ie Adore
wisale in St. iri anti nn.l I h. h . r.Kltl.INt'.EU. Sales !i!naer.
gardloaa of price. i 68d Waah. St.
Tortland, 0r.
Albany Demanda Arc Light.
Albnny. All railroads running
through this city will be required to
place an arc light at the corner of
every street over which their linos
pass within the city limits, according
to an ordinance, which has teen pass
ed by the council.
A larjre number of the mothers
of tho cradle roll babies of the
Methodist Sunday school pathor-
ed for a-ncquaintcd party and
oicnie dinner at the primary
room last Wednesday afternoon.
All report a pleasant afternoon.
The cradle roll now contains .4
names.
A Rood sized audience greeted
Mr. J. S. Hamilton of Portland
.f .k Methodist church last
n l i.iv- -
Friday eveninjr. Mr. Hamilton
11 a civil war veteran with an in
teresting Btory. He relates his
varied experiences in an enter
taining manner. No one could
fail to Ket a keener appreciation
of the woikof a private in the
ranks. Whoever missed hearing
Hamilton missed a good thing.
IIOC.S FOli SALK-4 hr.ssl sows.
12 pitfs; 1 thoroughbred lh-rkshire
Hoar; fi shouts. 1. H- Roberts.
. On Yankton road two nulos from
Houlton.
Arrested Aldermen for Reelection.
Detroit. Mich. All of the nine al
dermen under arrest on charges of
accepting money In return for their
votes in the matter of erecting the
Wabash railroad freight house, will go
before their constituents for reelec
tion. Not one of the men withdrew
his namo from the primary list
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
OREGON BATTALION
MUTINIES IN FIELD
Gate, Wash. Mutiny broke out Sun
day in the Third Oregon Infantry
when the Second Battalion of four
companies, commanded by Major Ry
lund Scott, refused to obey orders.
Directed to make a march of four
miles from this point b;yk to Oak
ville, whence they b.id Just come, the
battalion officers held a conference
and decided not to obey. The order
which was spurned was Issued by Col
onel John M. I'oorniau, commanding
the OrcMon regiment, at the instance
of Prigadier-Ueneral Marlon P. Maus.
I'nited States army.
As the outcome of the refusal to
obey, four Oregon officers were placed
under arrest at the direction of Gen
eral Maus. The four are: Major Scott,
Captain Harry T. Williams, Captain
Waller L. Tooze, Jr., First Lieutenant
Richard IVIeh.
To the charge of refusal to obey
orders may be added a second charge
of Insubordination.
Hawley'a Fortune Is Cut
New York. I Wallace 8. Frazer, dep
uty state controller, has filed a report
In tho transfer office of tho surrogate
court that the gross estate of the Inte
F.dward Hawlejr aggregated only 9.
292,917.88. It was estlmnted at the
time of Hawley's death, February 1,
last, that his estate would reach IM,-
000,000.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Track prices, new! Club,
78c; bluesteni, 82c; red Russian, 7c.
Oats No. 1 White, $32 per ton.
liny Timothy. $15; alfulfa, $13.
Hatter Creamery, 30c.
Kggs Ranch, 23c.
Hops 1911 crop, 22c; contracts,
20c.
Wool Eastern Oregon. 19CJ " Wil
lamette valley, 83c.
Molmlr 32c.
8eattl.
Wheat, new Bluesteta, $3c olub.
gOc; red Russian, 78c.
Oats $36 per ton.
nutter Creamery, tlo.
Eaga 24c
Hay TlnMttlV tUattt BaV
Astoria will hold the annual regatta
on August 27, 28 and 29.
Nehalem will bold a big dahlia show
the latter part of August.
President Taft has nominated Chas.
E. Culbertson aa postmaster of Clats
kanla. Tho annual session of tho Coos
County Training school will be held
In Randon, August 6-16, inclusive.
Albany's new filter plant, which
civil engineers say Is a very fine one,
was officially opened Monday, July 29.
Albany's city charter Is to be com
pletely revised and an entiro new
charter submitted to the voters of the
city for adoption.
By a ote of 146 to 82, the people of
Lakevlew defeated tho $73,000 sewer
bond Issue to Install a sanitary meth
od of handling the town's sewf rage.
Congressman Hawley has l.een ad
vised that the claim for $.3500 in .favor
of E. II. Henry of Klamath Fulls has
been allowed by the Indian bureau.
Congressman Hawley has been ad-
rlsed that Daniel Harris of Sheridan
has been granted a pension of $30 a
month on account of service In the
Mexican war.
The campaign in behalf of Presi
dent Taft and the republican presi-.
dential electors in Oregon will not be j
started until late In August or early ;
In September. !
A restraining order, to prevent fur
ther work on the new Klamath county j
courthouse until the matter can bo j
tried in the supreme court, was asked !
tor this week. I
Petitions are being circulated at j
Grants Pass for the recall of Mayor
R. G. Smith. The petition alleges that
be employed Incompetent officers and
paid excessive salaries.
James E. Sawhill of Bend, secretary
of the Central Oregon development
league, has prepared a tentative pro
gram for the convention of the league
In Lakevlew, August 20-23.
H. K. Donnelly and Ray Luper, two
employes in the state engineer's of
fice, are in eastern Oregon to com
plete the maps and gather more water
supply data In water adJudicatioE
cases.
Water bas been turned Into the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
company's new reservoir on Bull Run
which, when completed, will make
available 30,000 horse power addition
al energy.
The Roseburg water and lighting
systems and the real property owned
In conjunction therewith have been
purchased by A. Welch and hia asso
ciates. A trust deed to secure a bond
Issue of $600,000 has been filed.
In an effort to secure manufactories
for Medford, an official offer of free
water, free sites, free lights and pow
er bas been made by local business
men. The sites will be donated out
right and tax exemption is promised
for a term of years.
The supreme court of Oregon has
reversed the Marlon county circuit
court in the University of Oregon ref
erendum case and dismissed the suits.
This means that the refere idums
gainst the appropriations of over
$600,000 will go on the ballot.
Miss Molly V. Gaither has be?n ap
pointed principal of the Indian school
at Chemawa. For several years Miss
Gaither has been an instructor at Car
lisle. Prior to that phe was for nine
years superintendent of the Indian
school on the Umatilla reservation.
In addition to the 300,000,000 feet of
timber already owned, the Wendling
Johnson Lumber company has just
filed deeds at Eugene for 3700 acres
of timber lauds on the Siuslaw river,
bearing timber estimated at 150,000,
000 feet. The price paid was $150,000.
Keen rivalry over the passage or
failure of initiative and referendum
measures is shown by the great num
ber of affirmative and negative argu
ments which have been submitted to
be printed In the voters' pamphlet,
which will be issued prior to tho No
vember election. There are 15 affirm
ative arguments aud 20 negative ar
guments. The Jones-Wheeler compnuy of Tort
land has deeded all its timber hold
ings in Clatsop county to the Central
Trust company of Illinois and Wil
liam T. Abbott, to be held in trust as
security for $300,000 In 6 per cent
bonds, the money to be used to liqui
date the company'a outstanding obll-
' gatlons, and to purchase additional
property.
That the delegates to the Bull
Moose third party convention in C'.i!
cngo, attending from Oregon, will not
be entitled to receive payment of ex
penses .from the state unless that par
ty files a politic;, containing the
names of at least 5 per ceut cf all
the electors at the last preceding elec
tion is tnken by Secretary Olcott to
be the interpretotion of the law.
From the elopement of Robert I
Mooney, ex convict, nn.l IS year old
Ethel Metcalf, from Oakland to Astor
ia last month, has resulted nn indict
ment by tho grand jury, charging
Mooney with obtaining money under
false pretenses. The charge Is baaed
on Mooney's action in mulcting the
girl's employer, Mrs. Carrie Settle, out
I Allen, Felton & Quick
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1$ ST. HELENS . . OREGON
Subscribe for The Mist, $1.50
made in oregon!
The initial cost of installing a culvert
is about the same regardless of the
material used, hence the material that
will last the longest is the most eco
nomical in the long run.
Reinforced Concrete Cnlyerts Will Last Always H
" --"sassssssssssssssssssssasSBssssssssssssssssssssstsaaaa
Do You See the ldvuntage?
T . r -i . .1 ,i ...
iou i ian to can tne attention ot ot your supervisor
to the superiority of -J
RKlXFOIiCED COXCRETE CULVERTS H
Made by the
Reinforced Concrete Culvert Works 1
t PH":44o M.I.63U 267 Oak St., Portland, Ore. 3
PHIL EASTCDAR, Manager
r.litttiLiiMvLlULlALliLlAitt.klUtUULUl.,-1
St. Helens 1VKI1 Co.
Lath
Electric Lightings
(Saves Your Eyes)
St earn Heatings
(Prolongs Your Lives)
Wood
Lumber &
pra t a 6 1 tfvrowffirinn) sb a a a a a mryti a '6" iimiinui tq
A FULL LINE OF
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AL'S
'. JZ I JIEDICIXES
The Jfost Reliable Remedies
on the Market
DEMING'S DRUG STORE
(Diniick Stock Farm PoKr
Swine
Foundation Stock, from Ecst Herds . in Washington. Iowa and
Illinois.
BANNER HERD
of Registered Poland-China Swine. Young Stock for Sale.
E. J. LANKINS, Manager
Hubbard, Oregon
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and including 4x5 and post card
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Post cards from your own nega
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R. F. D. No. 2
-CHURCHES
Methodist KplcosI Churco
Sunday School 10:00
Preaching 11:00
Kpworth League 6:30
Preaching 7 JO
Mid week service Thursday 7:00
For Sale -Good
Houlton M. E. Church.
Sunday School at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Preaching in the evening at 7;30.
This will he a special service for the
young people of Houlton and vicini-
rinvfl. mrl ty. A cordial invitation ia extended
er, Mrs. Carrie Settle, out Ti ., h h c j i .rcon. to all to attend these aervicea. Come
of $54 the day before he decamp w Q ,nd b . friend
from Oakland with Miss Metcalf. I