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
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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
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iciens ims there been a greater
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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
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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!
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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
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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 ,
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,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
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ens each year and statea sun
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ss It wouia snow proppecuvevuc.H.
V w i'nlumh a County farmess can
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h . ,nteliiKent manner
raise uuuufc..
i of farming and a diversity of crops,
; W Knne and believe Mr. Lfcws can
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. Yanxton.
for no county in Oregon Can show
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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
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j Mrs. M. C. Gray, Wednesday Sept.
25, to sew for Mrs. Aaron Gray. A
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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
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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
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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
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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