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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1912)
St. Helens County Scat Columbia County Population l9o8 - - 4oo Klkctkic Lights Improved Streets Municipal Water System Two Miles oh Sewer Under Construction Pay Roll $100,000 Per Month St. IIW-ens Lumber Products Go to All Parts op the World Shipments Over 5,000,000 Feet Per Month St. Helens Has Saw Mills Shipbuilding Plant Creosoting Work Stoue Quarries Fisheries THE nn EGON 1910 . 1912 75o 1500 NO- 61 VOL. XXXI. 8T. HELEN8, OREGON, FRIDAY, OOTOBER II, 1912 MIS OR Chas. R. UcCormick rasioiNi oFthe various MTOJN SI. HELENS A BUSINESS MAN; OF THE PEOPLE Charles U. McCormick enjoys ' 'tie friendship and esteem of every citizen of St. Helen's with out exception. He came Into i t r little town four ears ngo nnd has been one of the irrcntost fac tors in making St. Helens o city of importance instead if n litth town. While safely guirdmg the interests of himself nnd his busi ness associates as a n.ntter of business, he has prov n himself a worthy citizen, tak in g r cct i vo interest in all matter that tend w the upbuilding of th? commun ity in which ho has jut bo much money. The people of the city have the utmost confidence in him and his business dealings with them. No man occupying the position as the head of large industries cominjr into a com munity has worked himself so thonmk'hty into the confidence of the people as has Mr. McCormick. Our confidence is not misplaced. Ho is too broad and big a man to take advantage of any position hemiy occupy to work detri ment to the community or any one in it. Mr. McCormick furnifhes an example of rise in the world of business which would be well for any young man to know. Less than 40 years of ago and the head of corporations represent ing nearly $1,000,000 of invest ments. Starting out in tho busi ness life of his native state at an early age as a yard man, piling lumber in the yards of the Suth land Lumber Co., munufacturers of hard wood, and working at it until he was advanced to more lucrative and responsible posi tions. Going from there to Al bany, N. Y. and securing a posi tion with the A. S. Kibby & Son Lumber Co.. in tho white pine business. He was acquiring a knowledge of the lumber busi ness that was valuable to him. L He had started in at the very bottom rung of the ladder. After a few years of service in New York he again went to his na tive stato and was at once given a position as manager of planing mills by the Diamond Match Co., tOntanagon, Mich., which posi tion he occupied until 1893 when a disastrous fire wiped out the entire works, of the Diamond Cm1i44 m pf I f ;i ( s-!fi .v- lr-?&J m ! s& t?n - 4 1 - Capt. EdwardJahnsen COMMODORE OF THE MCCORMICK FLEET OF STEAMSHIPS A CAPABLE AND COURTEOUS SEA CAPTAIN During Hie past e', l.t years the Charles R. McCormick Co., has had built and launched seven boats. Jjch time a boat ha been launched for them, Captain Edward Jahnnen has been there to nee that every thing wan done riKht. The past three or four weeks he has been in St. Helens looking over the work Wing done on the Multnomah and is now ready t let 'er slide. In Norway, a little over f 1 years afn, Edward Jahnsen vas born and nt the early ae of f.iurtwn years took up the life of the cea. From that early uru be bepan to learn the business and is now recognized as one of the most safe and reliable mm captains on the I'acitic Coast. Vux three years after his start in the business he was with Norweg ian ships. K"i"g from tnere to EnK" land where he worked under the British flag for about 1 year.com ing from there to the Pacific Coast, since which time he has worked un der the stars and stripes. In 1884 he had worked up from a seaman to W Master of his vessel and ever since that date has been in charge of some sort of a boat. For three years he was Captain of sailing ves Hids. then transferred to steam boats. In 19H3 he was sent to New York to take the stearner Leggett to San Francisco, which he did for the Hammond Lumber Co. For 6 years be was with the L. E.White Lumber Co.; 2 years with the U. b. Kimball Co.; 8 years with J. K. Hanify & Co.; one year with the Hammond Lumber Co.; and for the past eight years with the McCor mick Co. He is deservedly the most popular man in tho service and has been Riven the title of Commodore of the fleet 19 vessels have sailed the sens under his guiding band and during all those years, with the large number of boats and men handled by him, has never had a wreck and no man has ever lost his life from any of his boats. Certain W record to be proud of. A family of three on Continual " Tur "MULTNOMAH" i nt " . i ' ' BIRDS EYE VIEW OF ST. CAPTAIN EDWARD JAHNSEN ,V , ,,,, - r.t "'-.; $ t.;, I Mr.a -Y'-'-yi ;-r p: i;j i-'j40 f I :-::v': t!& 5 V 'l ) .. .. -.;.; '. t-v i.i-i- .1 mmm f.-y' . J ' rv... 1 - .. , i i ' UNDER CONSTRUCTION HELENS AND VICINITY - - 1 THE MULTNOMAH FIRST SEA-GOING VESSEL BUILT ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER A COLUMBIA COUNTY PRODUCT A glimpse at the pictures on this page, showing the Multnomah un der construction, will give an idea of the magnitude of the work in constructing a vessel of that size. The keel of the boat was laid early in May, just five months ago, since which time there has been an aver age of 70 men employed in her con struction. The average wages paid by the concern for workmen is ap proximately $5000 per month, or a total of $23,000 , for labor alone. The material, all furnished by the St. Helens Mill, will run some over 1.000.000 feet of Columbia County Fir, all grown, lojrged, sawed and finished in Columbia County and within a distance of 8 miles from St. Helens. The total cost of the hull as it stands today is approxi mately $75,000. To this will be ad ded another $70,000 for machinery making a total cost of the vessel of about $150,000 when she is ready for service. The Multnomah is 216 feet in length. 40 feet and 6 inch Warn and 16 feet depth of hold. Her capacity will be 1,000,000 feet of lumber and 60 passengers. About the 25th of the present month the Klamath will take the Multnomah in tow and proceed to San Francis co where the Main Street Iron Works of that city will install the engine and other machinery and it is planned to have the boat in the service between St. Helens and Cal ifornia ports about January 1st, 1912. Captain Charles Maro, of the Yellowstone, will be Master of the new boat when she is placed on the run. CAPTAIN JAHNSEN daughter reside in Oakland, Cal., the family home. At the present time Captain Jahnsen is Master of the Klamath, the largest wood ves sel on the coast and his son is the second mate on the same vess :1. From Nome to Mexico Captain Jahn sen is known in every port and has friends and acquaintences who are always ready to give him a royal welcome when he enters. He i3 a very interesting gentleman to talk with and can give some experiences of sea life that would make excel lent reading but space this time for bids such notice. In the future, however we s tall try to get some of his best stories for our readers. AT ST. HELENS i J. H. Price MANAGER f F THE ST. HELENS RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER Just 31 years ago over in Wales, the subject of this sketch was born. His rapid rise in his chosen profes sion until he now stands at the very head on the Pacific Coast, at the early age of 34 years, is due to ap plication to business and strict busi ness methods employed in all his work. At en early age he entered the English Navy as a Draughts man and learned that business thor oughly, so thoroughly, in fact, that he is now recognized by the ship builders of the coast as the real leader of them all. He now occu pies the position of Manager of the St. Helens Shipbuilding Co., having been induced to come here when the project was first thought of and look over the proposition, and to get his judgment as to the feasibil" ity of a plant at this place. Upon investigation by him he was satis fied that the present site of St. Hel ens Shipbuilding Co., was an ideal one and made his import according ly. Immediately the Company was organized and work began. Con tracts for two vessels, one of them the Multnomah, were secured and work was started. The success of the enterprise is assured, in fact was assured at the beginning when Mr. Price agreed to take the man agement. Shipping men along the coast have already notified the Co., that they want boats built at St. Helens under the supervision of Mr. Price and it is intended to enlarge the yards as soon as possible. The McCormick Co., will turn out at least two each year for their own fleet and others will be turned out as fast as possible. Before coming to St. Helens Mi. Price was Vice president and mana ger of the H D. Bendixsen Ship building Co., at Eureka, California. While there he designed and con structed, Wsides a number of other vessels, the steamers which the Chas. R. McCormick & Co., pre viously have had built; the Cascade, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Shoshone. Klamath and Willamette. A record for quick work was made construct ing the Cascade, only 74 working days elapsing from the time the keel was laid until the boat was launched. The Klamath is the largest wooden steamer on the Coast, having a carrying capacity of 1,050,000 feet. In all Mr. Price has constructed twenty-eight steamers, and holds the enviable record or oeing ona oi the most progressive and capable shipbuilders on the Pacific Coast. ;.e3::- 1 Yl 1 . i A I r f i f "... ! i ft i ! f.