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REMEMBER THE GRANGE-COUNTY FAIR AT YANKTON SEPT. 25-26. SEE AD ON PAGE 5 THE OREGON VOL. XXXI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1012 NO- 63 MIST WATER WAGON ORATORS froi:ib:iion utididatis forsuutor and congressman inks vonis! It. Ii Paget. Prohibition Candi date fr United States Senator, and 0. A. Still man, Candidate for Congress from thin dis. trict visited St. Helens Monday afternoon on the automobile tour they are making of le state. Mr. 1'iiRot In the course of hided declared that the idea that the Prohibition party 1h a mere tem.erance society Is entirely er roneous; that on the contrary, it in a vigorous, progressive political or ganization with a platform Covering all of the great Issues. "While the . .1 I! -T, Ij ll,.. dominant issue in our party. ' said Mr. Paget." It is not by any means' the only important one. Mr. Stillman who also -poke mu.le a plea for a higher standard of citizenship and declared that the nm.ea of the people are demand ing a higher Intelligence nd con science from the men who seek office. Mr. Paget U one of the lending business men ' of Portland. For 10 y.at he waa secretary of the Port land Trust Company. He baa had a prominent part in all of the movements that have had ftr their object the betterment of conditions in the city and state. For the past X year he has been treasurer of the Peoples Power Lutffuc, the organi zation which has inaugurated the various measures now contracted in what is known as the "Oregon Sys tem." Mr. Stillman is a well known church man of tl.e Willamette Val t.y. Hehaa teen ldentil'ed with various reform movement! in Ku Itene, ami more recently scrve-i on pastor of the Congregational church of Salem. HOT So enjoyable was lr.l year's re ception ta the teachers of our pub lic s-huot that tho Kpvorth Le'axue i planning n similar event for Friday September 20 at the City Hall. Kvery patron and friend of our schools is urge! t- l present. Aside from the opportunity thus afforded of meeting the teachers, new and old, the occasion ought to grow into a general gct-ncuainted-time for the whole town. F.very one is invited and is expected to corno ready to boost St. Helens schools. The league is planning a short entertainment. Prof. Thoma son and members of the school board are slated for sh akers. Come promptly at 8:00. DR. JAS. WITHYCOMBE TO SPEAK Valuable Mormaiioa ta 1)3 Gir.ii at Fair on tnc 25ts The address of Dr. James Withy combe to be given by him at tho Yankton Fair next week will be worth the time, expense and trouble of a trip from any portion of the county to hear. Dr. Withycombe is tho recognized authority on agri culture and horticulture in the State of Oregon. He is the friend of the farmer and fruit raiser. Ho has made a life study of there subjects and is a speaker who commands the attention of bis hearers wherever and whenever ho speaks. He gives valuable Information to the people Interested in any way in farming. His address will be given at Yank ton on the 2Glh of September and everyone is Invited to hear him. The following day another iperiker will give an address which will also be of interest to farmers. Excursion Discontinued On and after Sunday. September 22nd, the Steamer Iralda will dis continue her Sunday trips. 2-t C. I. Hooghkirk, Master. m BUILD! IG ACTIVIT MANy HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION INSURES BUSY JALL AND PROSPEROUS TOWN ALL ADDITIONS SHOW BIG GROWTH At tW tkn l.?... ...... - 4J. ' "i "!.. iciens ims there been a greater : : . - i"v"vnw linn-, u i iiiui insures a prosperous Fall season for the me chanic, the laborer and the mer- chant und indicates that St. Helens Street, the cottage being built by la just entering upon a sulmtantial j Jacob George is almost completed, growth which will in the near fu-i Other prospective home builders, ture make a town of great Import-w understand, are Dr. Jeflcott and ance. Tho Mist hits ma le a partial j Ed- Ballagh who contemplate build can vbm of the town and finds the j " homes immediately, houses below enumerated c ither un-j At the old Dart place, the new t.r C(m8trucli()tJ or Ci,ntractsawaril. ed for construction, and from their , number we will venture the assert ion that no town in Oregon of the same size ai St. Helens eun show up bettor. The building of homes it a sure sign of the stability of the town and if our Commercial Club could land one or more additional manufacturing cnUrtrite which would further increase our already larne pay-roll. St. Helens would sooner become tho large town it i destined to lie. In tiie Godfrey additio.i we find nice homes being built by A. L. Stone, and Supt. Aiken of the St. Helens Quarry. Von Gray has awarded a contract to Crouse and Kitel'for the erection of a fine bumralow while just across from , the City Park on Winter Street, Joe Kelly's neat home r.eariog completion. Mrs. Lara IV 'ten . :u . .. I .1... .,.-...! w.n ,.' n nice borne on her Jot adjoining the j CityP.uk j In IUilroai! Ad.lilinn Mr. E. Os-'a Council's Busy Session! Sewer C0Ltr.C! Sisiicfl: Protest : Aiainst SSaliis Emit Tn City Fathers at tbeirmeet ing M'nhy ru'ht turned out .mite a i'rit of City nfTairs. In the f-rst place of the contract bo- tween the City andJacolfsen-Bada Co for tho construction of the se-'ver in Sower District No. 2 urn bitrnctl: the- stro et work on o,...,..t M-ncs nci-ented. & new ivsU-ni fur keeping tho city accounts was examined and ae- cc d ami a contract for the ex- iitinircMhe CitV books was awanl" 1 to tho firm of Crandali A Huberts of Portland, well known public accountants. a oWpfeb of the new foot; t ... j rvannan Street to span 1 Nigger Creek was examined and ;UDIB VISIT MILL, SHIPYARDS accepted and work on ame was, CREOSO TING PLANT authorized. i D T. Ccrdes and other resi-j On Tuesday morning Mrs. Frank ilentac.V Oasi-Talk were pre- w. Wooda and 11 other ladies of ent at the Council to protest hcr "Embroidery Club" came down against tho "discordant" notes from iortland and were the guests of the organ at the skatinp rink.1 of Mr8. jhn Harry Wellington, declaring it to bo a nuisance and ; After a splendid dinner served at to have two sides to the aues- j 12 o'clock at the Wellington Home, tion a petition was presented by lhe ladies were shown over the St. other residents praying for tho ;Hclen Mi by Miss. Terkins then continuance of the rink nnd the tnken io the Shipyards and Creosot musicof the organ, declaring riant. The Club ladies return ed organ to be in perfect tune ed homa on the Harvest Queen with nd all canned music discoursed ; many thanks to Miss Perkins and ri.. ! to be real music, ine M'uiivn ..nnl in not having made a pc .-.. vestigation of the matter, refer red the whole thing to its music Committee consisting of Messrs. Phillips and Muckie " . r and report on the brand! V(: r""-" . . . ...t.. furnished and whether; VI iiiw"" , , or not it is real music conuueu e to refreshing slumber or wheth er it U in tl-e same category ns the mournful wails of the visit inffcat or a crate of guinea hens. Mr. james Shthlon has moved family to Portland, where ne . building a sp.ent jid new home in S IN ST. HELENS ). . t i . . inim nas almost completed a com- j fortable home and Mr, Ed. Olsen a recent purchaser of a lot in that ad- dition is planning on the immediate erection of a home. On Casenau owner, Mr. Saarl is clearing up the lot preparatory to building a mod ern thirty room boarding house and on the Strand the new brick build ing of Henry Morgus is almost com pleted. In South St. Helens Addition near the Cresoting Works and the Col umbia County Mill cottages are be in;? erected by Supt. Farley, Chief Knghner Rawston and Harry Sher man. .MissN. B. Perkins has also awarded contracts for the building of two modern cottages on her lots in that addition. In our partial canvaj of the town, we heard of many more contemplat ed buildings, but a lack of time pre vented the confirming of this in- formation, but from the aWe any citizen can see that St. Helena is 'going ahead at a faster' rate than j riy one would imagine, and our :. . jtoriaf predictions made in our : r Cm'.mUr Inl nf tho Mit t0 the future of St. Helens wiI, be sooner fulfilled than we antici,;"a ted at the time of writhg. Party Enjoys PiGuic ENJOYABLE OAY SPENT ON THE LEWIS RiVER On last Sunday morning Mr. nnd aim. n.soimnwo. im.iu, u.. down in their Auto to be the guest of Mr. M. Rosenthal and family on a picnic party up the Lewis River. The party took a launch and with baskew full of dinner and their fish- ing tacKie speiu ! jv day Mr. and Mrs. Solomon return- ec in the evening very much pleased with our town and the drive down from Portland, declaring this an ideal place to picnic nnd Mr. and Mr, Rosenthal and family delightful entertainers. Spend Pleasant Day .. . . ......- lonsnnt dnv muir iiohicss spent in our City. CflTlAftl PflAnPTlQ 0UUUQJ uuuuui uvvjiwuu i o.,,l,..r SMinnt wna j liwt Sunday September i ni. iMimctmut cuiium; -v , . . ,ith 20 present. Miss Peel , was choset ,itinr ntomlont. James li Adams Secretary, Nora Adams n Treasurer. Lois ueai , j it,. .kiUrxn nre nvited to attend, in , as well as the grown-ups. ...u w. nwnnrVvasmuch for our own County Wuu -"' may have the same y ana. uiuw f - . tice. SHIPPING NOTES MANY BOATS TO ARRIVE AT HI MOTS DOCK The Steamer Yosemite arrived in Saturday morning and after taking on 300 M feet of lumber and re ceiving her 40 passengers from the Iralda left down river bound for Santiago, Calif. A j, rna Marro, formerly Cap tain of the Str. Yellowstone is oc cupying a similar berth on the Str. Klamath, relieving Captain Edward JahnHen who is assigned to land duty in connection with the new steam er Multnomah, iapt. Marro will have the Multnomah after she is completed and ready for service. The Str. Yellowstone waa a Sun day night getaway bound sor South ern California ports with 800 M ft. of Oregon fir. The Br. Str. Ikalis is expected in some time during next week. Her cargo of 2 million feet is ready for her and doubtless she will make good despatch and soon leave for Australia. The Schooner W. H. Bartlett is expected during the coming: week to take a cargo of lumber for delivery to South American ports. The Str. Klamath left Tuesday night for San Pedre and San Diego. She carried a full cargo from St. Helens and had also 60 passengers. For tho three days ending Tues day night, the St. Helens Lumber Company shipped a little over two million feet of lumber on three dif ferent steamers. There was a scar city of longshoremen so every avail able man was pressed into service, and good despatch was made by all steamer which he ps to g.ve our on among the shipping men The Str. Daisy Mitchell is the next coastwise steamer due here. She will probably be at St, Helens Sun day or Monday. FAM1LYREUNI0N HELD 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED AT THE BARGER PLACE A family reunion was held at the Barger place near Yankton on Sep tember 1st, the occasion being the i 80th birthday of Mr. G. C. Barger. All the children of Mr. Barger were present, the first time that tho fam ily circle had been complete for 2t years. There were four sons, two daughters and six grandchildren present to help Mr. Barger celebrate his birthday and a grand good time was had by the entire family. Those present besides the old gentleman were Mrs. Rudolph Kappler of Yankton, Mrs. Mary Manning Crook, Clackamas County, James Barger of Portland, George, Charles and Louis Barger of Yankton, and the children. VISITSllMllty FAIR Mr. A. T. Laws accompanied by his wife, returned Sunday from a visit to his old home at Vancouver, Wash. While in Vancouver, Mr. Laws attended the Clark County Fair which he states was a great success. Exhibits of the fine farms in Clark County were there in abundance and. no one could help but be impressed with the agricul- tnral nrosrjecta of the County. In speaking of the fine exhibits at Van couver and the Interest tnken In the County Fair. Mr. Laws expressed h.mseIf M vcry much in favor of ft tmilnr fair to be held at St. llel ...... t ens each year and statea sun . . .. . . i l... i. - a wwu-omu.. ... .? .ii ss It wouia snow proppecuvevuc.H. V w i'nlumh a County farmess can " - h . ,nteliiKent manner raise uuuufc.. i of farming and a diversity of crops, ; W Knne and believe Mr. Lfcws can i r . Yanxton. for no county in Oregon Can show . . , , . rn,',if up ueiisr vihm wm vviuiuvi. a fair tCrtTf and ramplei LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND DOINGS NEWS NOTES CONCERNING PEOPLE AND . THINGS IN AND AROUND ST. HELENS PERSONAL; LOCAL; SOCIAL AND OTHERWISE Mr. Percy George is visiting In j Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ross and son St. Helens this week, from Portland, j Ernest of Beloit, Wis., and Mrs. Goto the Central Grocery for -Nellie Ross of Wakefield, Neb., home baking. . i visited at the home of Wm. Ross Born; To G. Josephson and wife! the Past week- Mr' C"38- Rosa and of Warren, on Sept. 17th a son. ! family e! 40 raake their home Born; To the wife of James RoV j in the f uture at Ua Aneles CaI inette of Yankton, Sept. 13th a son. j Mr. Payson Marsh for the last Dr. and Mrs. Zipperer were Port- 8everaI monehs employed as tally land visitors during the week. j man at the Lumber Company left Mrs. E. C. Stanwood spent Wed-iTf njht .on th Sme.r Kla; nesday in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Ballagh were Port land visitors on Thursday. I now handle all kinls of home made pies, cakes, and bread. C. H. Doncaster. . Mr. Frank Stheman of Rainier, was a business visitor in St. Helens, on Thursday. Mrs. P. C. Talbottof Mill Springs, Mo., is visiting her sons family in St. Helens, Mrs. L. R. Farris. Mrs. W. II. Powell of Portland, is visiting at the home of Mrs. C. H. Johns of this City. There will be things worth seeing at the Yankton Fair on September 25, and 26th. Mrs. Crawford from Atchison, Kansas, visited at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Peel this week. Born; To C. E. Fritz and wife of Masten camp on Sept. 6th a daugh ter. Mrs. Stella Linder and Miss Mar garet Parrington, both of Portland, were guests of Mrs. M. E. Miller over Sunday. Born; To the wife of Carl E. Vin ning of Monroe. Oregon, on Mon- lday September 2nd 1912 a six pound boy. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Welch of Portland, visited their daughter Mrs. A. A. Galichio in this City over Sunday. Mr. J. H. Griffeth of Yankton moved his family into town that his children may have the advantages of our splendid school. Eugene and Joe Brittan of Deer Island, are staying at the home of Mrs. John Popejoy and attending the Hih School here. Mrs. Martin White and Mrs. Carrie Waters were Portland visit ors last Saturday. From Houlton to Yankton 25 cents. Busses will meet all trains and take passengers to Yinkton Fair for 25 cents. B. P. Graves returned to his school in Madison, Wis., after a two months visit in St. Helens, with rel atives. Ladies in St. Helens: Any Fancy Work you wish to exhibit at the Yankton County Fair you may leave with Mrs. W. B. Dillard, who has charge of the fancy work. Mr. E. Croner, one of Portland's leading architects was a St. Helens visitor Thursday, being down to go over the plans of the Masonic Temple which we understand will soon be built. The many friends of Mrs. A. E Thompson will be glad to know she l rottinir alomr nicely after her operation at Portland Hospital and will soon be home. There will be a regular Yankee Dinner served on the Fair ground at the Yankton County Fair. Any one who has never eaten one of t hr dinners cooaea unuer iruuim i . ... . . i this one. - ine taiea aiu oi me m. church St. Helens, will meet with !....-, r....j.. c. j Mrs. M. C. Gray, Wednesday Sept. 25, to sew for Mrs. Aaron Gray. A ' . ... I. cordial lnvt:alioi is exzenaea to an, and it is hoped that all the ladies will make an extra effort to le prcs- i mt. mam xor ims Angeies wnere ne win enter Pomona College and resume nis literary and legal studies. Mr. A. B. Lake, returned from Salem Wednesday where he attend ed the State Convention, of Bull Moose, taking a very prominent part in the deliberations of that Conven tion. He reports a very enthusias tic meeting and is quite sanguine as to the success of the party in Ore gon. Mr. A. E. Clark, a prominent attorney of Portland was successful in obtaining the nomination for U. S. Senator over his opponents Messrs. Mulkey and Bourne. Miss Lenora Perkins, after a weeks vacasion very pleasantly spent at her old home in Drain, Oregon, returned to the City Thurs day and has resumed her duties at the office of the St. Helens Lumber Company. ; Interested citizens are still com ing forward with subscriptions to the Commercial Club Building, sev eral substantial amounts having be jn promised since our last issue. There are still many citizens who have not yet been called on, and those in charge of the . proposition feel as though the building is now an assured fact. Mr. Geo. Rex, Chief Engineer of the Timber Treating Dept., of the Santa Fe Ry. Co., who is here in the interest of hi3 Company, can vouch for the weight and toughness of the Oregon Fir railroad tie as he had the misfortune to have one of these ties dropped on his foot. One of our local physicians gave the in jured member prompt treatment and Mr. Rex is now able to be on the street though he states he is not ready to enter any Marathon race. The sixty-first anniversary of the founding of . the uebekah Lodge was duly observed by the Houlton lodge Wednesday night in the recently enlarged and re modeled 1. O. O. F. Hall. After a short session of the lodge the husbands and families of the members of the order were invit ed in and entertained with select readings, song and music. Then all repaired to the dining room where the tables were loaded with all the good things imagia able. About one hundred were in attendance and they all report a good time. OF E COMMODCRE TO TAKE CHARGE OF FINISH- , ING AND LAUNCHING OF BI6 BOAT Edw ard Jahnsen for many years Commodore of the McCormick fleet of steamers and now master of their flagship the Klamnth has been de tached from his vessel and ordered to the yards of the St. Helens Ship building Company where he will superintend the finishing touches of the Steamer Multnomah and the ' . ... innni.ir- r coma tt-hips rwnnr "'or 10th.Captain Jahn- ! sen has been in charge of the con struction of all of the A-'cCormick beats and during his 40 year, spent . u.j i 1 on the Pacific Coast eai had com mand of 10 different steamer and i . ... .. . . no one has anything on tne captain when it comes to a knowledge of steamers either in the construction sieaiuer eiuiti in me iuush utui jor operating ends of the business. HIGH SCHOOL GFDiS 10VJER GRADES 0 (BED O LAITGE EOUINT M O SCI3. Locals from School Correspondents With a total enrollment of 215 pupils the first two days, the St Helens public school opened this week. Owing to the fact that one of' the lower rooms was completely overflowing and all the other lower rooms too full for effecient work, a new teacher was employed and a new room fitted up. Miss May Far num an experienced teacher of the county was elected to fill the new position. The high school la especially strong. St. Helens now has a stand ard four-year high school and stu dents have enrolled from Houlton, Deer Island and Spokane. The teachers now engaged in the St. Helens school are: Calvin C. Thomason, principal, ' Mrs. Thoma son, assistant, Miss Bertie Neill, Miss May Farnum, Miss Gertrude Weed, Miss S. Lizzie Farnum. Miss Annie Hazen, and Miss Elsie Philip. Enrolled in the high school are: Seniors, Ernest John, Anna Quick; juniors, Mildred Allen, Harry Rich ardson; sophomores, Edith Clark, Eugenia. Deming, Charles Laws, Fred Morgus, Beth Perry, Cecil Ross, Frank Robertson, Berlin Yeo mans; freshmen, Lois Clear, Oswald Deming, Walden Dillard, Ethel Drew, Goldie Hatton, Dorothy John, Eugene Keelan, Joe Keelan, Dale Perry, Charles Smith, Wamor" Thorp, Edward Veazie. Rev. C. H. Dark, paster of the Methodist church of Houlton, left Monday for conference which is to meet at Ashland. The pilot steamer, Columbia River No. 88, steamed down the river past St. Helens Wednesday night. Walden Dillard, Ernest Ross, and Harold Ross demonstrated the fact that the weather is unusually warm for September by taking a swim in the river. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Muckie and Mr. and Mrs. Rotger started at 12 o'clock Thursday on a drive to Pen dleton to see the Round-up. L. R. Rutherford went to Ranier Thursday on business. . J. W. Day and D. Switzer went to Portland on the steamer Iralda Thursday. The steamer Ivalamath left Thurs day night for San Francisco with a cargo of lumber, part of which was taken on at this place. Several St. Helens citizens, in cludning Payson Marsh, Were on board. The St. Helens high school basket ball team has begun practice and expects to outclass any other high school team in the county this sea son. Si Bush, an experienced coach, has consented to coach the team this year. All the old players are back in school, backed up by a wealth of new material. It is ex pected that a strong second team will be organized. Equal Suffrage Spcakic Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! That Mr. Richard Deich, or some other speaker of Natioaal renown, will address the citizens of St. Helens and vicinity, on the ' burning topic of Equal Suffrage, at the City Hal! in the city of St. Helens, on the 25th day of Sep tember 112, at the hour of 8 o'clock p. m. "Come one! Come all!" There will be preaching at the Baptist church at Yankton next Sabbath at ll a. m. by Rev. J. S. Mowery. and at Lott's Chappie in St. Helem next Sabbath at 3 p. m. A cordial invitation U extended to all. J. S. Uowetjr. fetor. Laurclhurst