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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1912)
v A- ' 1 ,""?' .,v-v J,:!" 4.'.,., 1 1L BRITISH SHIP DUXSYRE With 2,560,000 feet of St. Helens Lumber for Australia 1UUT1SH STEAMER IXVERK1P With. 1,000,000 feet of St. Helens Lumber for Australia -; v'3 ' i, 1 I f : t vi i i I ;' ! I ! ' Foreign and Coastwise Vessels Fred Engebretsen Fred Engebretson, the efficient Secretary-bookkeetier, of the St. HelensShipbuilding Co. Mr. Enge bretien has been connected with the shipbuilding business for over 16 years in the same capacity which he now occupies. For 15 years he held a position with the Bendixsen Co., at Eureka. California and when the new St Helens Co., was formed it was found necessary, to have a man of experience to take charge of the books so Mr. Engebretsen was at once selected. During his residence at Eureka, which covered a period of twenty years, he was the Nor wegian Vice Consul at that place, i If I )' - - " x:7 having been born in Norway and a securing a mill site. Upon coming resident there until he attained the j to St. Helens they were im age of majority. The wisdom of pressed with the proposition and selection by the local Co., of its immediately decided that this bookkeeper ha3 been shown by the ) was the place for their large very efficient manner in which the books and accounts are kept by him. He i3 a great aid to the man agement and a valuable man for any company to have in its employ His family of a wife and four chil dren are living in St. Helens and are very much pleased with the town and its future prospects. CHAS. R- McCORMICK (Continued) Match Co., as well as the town. Then it was that he enzaged in business for himself; he and hi3 brother, H. F. McCormick, open ing up an office and yards where they actively engaged in inspect ing and shipping lumber. The business venture wa3 a success and they continued in it until 1900 when Mr. McCormick decid ed to come west. Ho left the Michigan business for his brother to close out and set sail for San Francisco, where he immediately secured a position as Manager for the Hammond Lumber Co., who were just opening up large; tracts of red wood and putting into operation saw miiin at Eu reka, Cal. Mr. McCormick oc cupied that responsible position for four years when he resigned and organized the Charles R. McCormick Co., Lumber Brokers, cf which Co., he has elected President.. In 1905 the Company had built at Eureka, their first Bteamer, the Cascade, with a car rying cupucity cf o'O.OoO feet. This v(-?ct Was used by thm fr scr.p years ar.d finally i!is posed cf to parties in Hawaii for the sugar trade. From that time on, the McCormick Company branched out; built more ships, the rames of whioh are already f amilar to cur readers, built Baw mills, secured logging railroads, put in lumber yards in different parts of the country, put in the large St. Helens Creosotir.g plant, find the St. Helens Ship building plant. In all Mr. McCormick is President of seven steamship Companies; the St. Helens Lum ber Co.; The St. Helens Mill Co., Tbe Laanching Promptly at 2:30 this Saturday, afternoon, the wedges will be driven out and the great hull of Multnomah will slide down the greased ways into the waters of the Columbia River. The big hull weighs 1400 tons and on its deck will be a brass band and several hundred people taking the swift ride. Little Jean Helen Meier, daughter ot Julius Meier. of the firm of Meier & Frank of Portland, will break a bottle of Champagne over the bow and duly christen the boat, "Multno mah. During the afternoon there will be several short speech- Contmaad ia aCxt columa St. Helens Shipbuilding Co. Char les R. McCorrpick Lumber Co., of San Dieago, Cal., and other smaller concerns. He is a!so the head cf the great lumbering en - tprni-isfl in thi citv of Los Ancrel- . . .., ( es. Cat., which owns and operates, ; the largest wholesale largest wholesale lumber, yards in Southern California, j where they have plaining mills, dock?, yards and railroads. His icomDames have offices in Port land, San Francisco. Los Ange'esj jar.d San D!c- Thy have C( line yards in California. During th? fall of 1,-08 Mr. Mc Cormick and some of hi3 asso ciates made a trip along the Col umbia River for Ih'e purpose of i lumber factory. Negotiations were opened with James and Charles Muckle for the old site, where for so many years a small mill had operated, which resulted in the McCormick people secur ing it. Work was at once started on the big mill and rushed to completion. Today the finest mill on the Columbia River is in full operation day and night, turning out lumber products that are shipped to all pi rts of the world. As stated in the begin ning of this article, Mr. Charle.1 R. McCormick is very largely re sponsible for the wonderful growth of the city of St. Helens during the past four years. Through his efforts and industry we have taken on new life. We are beginning to be recognized as a city of importance in .the state and we are going to grow. St. Helens people are proud to have Charles R. McCormick as one of her business men and wel come the day when other men of his caliber will see the advanta ges of this place for big concerns t operate. THE BIG ST. HELENS MILL Property of the St. Helens Lumber Company. Tlte Finest Mill on the, Columbia Hirer, Turning Out Lumber Products" at the Rate of Over 200,000 Feet Per Day and Shipping Over "t, OOO, OOO Feet Per Month to Other Parts of the. United Stales and F 'ore i in Ports 5- 1 "i : schooxer willimftte With 1,000,000 feet of St. Helens Lumber for Sun Pedro in St. Helens Harbor Loaded with St. Helens Lumber tor Different Parts MILL OF THE COLUMBIA COUNTY LUMHER CO. About two years ago the Columbia turned out as fast as nu n and ma County Lumber Co., was incorporat- chinery could do it and the mill w as ed with Mr. H. F. McCormick as kept running to its full capacity all President and John A. Williams as Secretary. A mill was built with a 'capacity of about 50,000 per day th month of vihnn PrwoV hit . , mile south of St. Helens on the il!c- -ui x mettc Slough. Lumber was Wing MILL OF THE The Mill of the St. Helens Ship- building U)., where ail me material is sawed 10 ni in iu proper place in the boats being built there. This mill is equipped THE LAUNCHING es by prominent men from differ- ent parts of the state. Judge Llee - ton ot Portland makin? the prin - cipal speech. The p.,;rr ntd Monarch will arrive from Portland at z o ciock witn arxut ivfo vi., - uors ana oneor two ijoarsiro:n, Astoria. The chief caterer of tl e Meier & 'Frank establishment cf Portland will be on board the Pot - tT in charge of tho lunch and rc- freshments. 13,000 sandwiches will be on board and will bo di. - - tributed to the people, also coflYe and other light lunch. There will beat least three and perhaps four brass bands in attendance. After the exercises at the ground the bohts will leave for their different destinations but quite a number of the stockholders in the Shipbuild - t : ' r-'. the time. Large d.icks wvro built and shipments were made to h!I i.i i;. I, .,. ..t . . i.emui. vnenignii:"r.s;,nngauT- v.v v.. .v ..,.-,,,.... rific explosion whs heanl about II o'clock and inside of two hours the ST. HELENS SHIPBUILDING CO. - 1 1 17 with all the latest and most modern mncmnery Mr f!imt)Uikiing purrKsrs ami is wen worm tne time ot any person to see in operation. About twenty men are continually at work j ing plant w ill wait until Inclin quetin the evening t bi.;;ivenlj ! the St. H.Mcns Comx : c!l1 ( lur .' .. . . .. ;totho ni-'n "'r- ": '-'-n :i ; S'm oth'r jrrr.irt.i t (i'iz". ' -ur ,-..f .....f.i and str.li A !t"rr. ' li t t v i:; i i the greale&t cay u t..c : ' the l.ittle city, r rd a hy v 1 ic: c ever be Iookel biit-k lo 1 y i o : 1 ' who attend r.v.tk't-i' h '; opening of oik- cf th ;" !;; dHtriesin (; S'nt- ; Ships ma 1; frr. Or;- r; the Sf. Helena Shlpyar.'s v il; i be saiiing ti e (ai to 'ii.T'. :' ' parts of the wir! ). O.Ji'I tl c ty i will become be: U r ki o v r; r. iUc wi 1 all reap the bent fits resulting ' f rem this industry. ' w;f V t i ' t ntire mill was a pile of a.sln. A on as the ashes were cold enough to handle, work was started to clt'nn ui) the old pile and a still U-tter and Imltlht mill was started. At this time the machinery is nearly all ilaeed and within the next three weeks a mill with 10;.ooi) capacity wi,,lt, ninnjnit fulI Liast turning out more of the now famous Ore- WH1 tie runnintr full blast turnin g'n Fir. i-i tills mill suwing and fitting lum- c-r ir ne snips, ihereis also a uiucksiiuwi ani maerunestiop under the sjimic roi.f, together with an air! . . . . , . pump to the boring machines etc. j "i ui ir tne lar west. Arriving . im Kureka, Cal., he engaged In the i 2 . i . i i . mOlw.t, t'lsnear Mill man 4. 'il 11 H. F. McCormick The (Jenoral Manager of all the McCormick enterprisra In Stk Hel ens, which Includes the Big Mill, the Creating works, th Shipbuild ing plant and other smaller con cerns, such as the St. Helena Elec tric Light and Tower Co., is so well known that any write-up In thla paper is hardly necessary, but to get out an edition principally aa a history of the great Industries of thi McCormick people In thla city, and not mention the name of the Genera! Manager would be very In complete. H. F. McCormick, a brother of Charles R. and quite a larce stockholder in all the enter prises, occupies this Important posl tion. and he (ills every requirement to the entire satisfaction of each and every frm intcreted, as well as the general public. Under his ed'urient innnagemrrt thi mills are running b their full capacity and turning out product which find rea ly sa'e in the mnr'.tj of the worli'. He hai a wonderful ability to handle men an I no word of com plaint U ever n.a !e I y oro of his employe about the management. H im. as he is popularly called in St. Helens, was born in i a?inaw, Mie'i., several years ago, just the e: at mun'-rr of which It is Impos s b!e to 'o'1, p.nl very enly In lifw took u; i c lumber bus!nos. His tint s art in li e buines was as a ta'leyman in the yrds of tho I)ia mond Match Co. Front there he went to tho employ of Obernaugh j a Johnson, manufacturers of hard wook material in Menominee, Mich., and worked a number of years, re signing his position to engage in business with his brother as in spectors and Shipiiers of lumber. He continued in that business till jimi u. n h narkml kia rrrin n.l 1 manufacture of red wood shingles, I nrMM 0f jay jt is fitting and continuing succesifully in that bus!-f proper that Judge Cleeton should ne..su:vil 100') when h sold his inter- na tn, honor; as he is the judge i ls there, and the following year ' 0f tril, county after which the ship went to tott;tc:e drove, Oregon and; Wi take iU name. He is also r,i-rgtf. In fie saw mill business. In'We!l known In Columl-ia County a I'.ms when the (linrlea It. McCor-' to receivw a welcome whenever he tr ick Co., decided to place a mill in 'cornea here. For many years Juljt rt.HtMT.it, Hari war ejected to J Cleeton was a resident of St. Hel- take the rranagement and he jbe n bete ever since. has1 J II is also part owner and Presl ident of the Columb'a County I urn j her Co. . owninu a mill in South St. linens whicn will im ti operation wkhin n few weeks. utnng r..s resteico hero Mr. nicuormick has taken an active in- tcre tinall public affairs and is now serving his thirJ year as Water Commissioner for the city, being one of the original five men selected I t '4 "t. of the World to Jean Helen Meier WHO Ml OTEN THE BIG boat this Arorca When the boat takes the slid this afternoon little Miss Meier wilt break the bottle of cham pagne over the bow aH cITicially christen her "Multnomah." Mist Jean ia the daughter of Julius L Meier, the head of the big Meier & Frank store in Portland and one of the large stockholders in the St. Helens Shipbuilding Co. JUDGE CLEFOW TO PRESIDE JUDGE Of MTOH COUNTY IU 1 ' OErtNCIPAlJOS Hon. T. J. Cleet'on, County Judi of Multnomah County, will presiik over the ceremonies at the launch ing and will make the principal ad- - , and prvoil th i i-onle in offices of trust. He was School Superir. tendent, Legislator and District At-i..-.uuu,ki'. ,i.inni i,( (Vilumbia County. Since going to Portland h . w 1 1 iv , mi, v m i vM'ivit i haj been elected to the office oi County Jutlge and is filling the office in a very satisfactory manner. His ability as a rpeakcr is wwca known by Columbia County people, os well as the guests from Multnomah County, that the very fact of bi prese nce and speaking will Induce many people to attend. We are f ld to have Judge Cleeton with us. t' rs 1 " I 3 M 1 St. Helens City Hall jSESS IL F. McCORMICK to provide a system of pure water for the city. He Is held in theverf highest esteem by his fellow ton men and Is' recognized as one of tw .nost I-u'jMc ej-!ri:cd man in tha community. ' -- "': il
