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
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1912
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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
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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
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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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
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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.
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