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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
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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,
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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-
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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
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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
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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 -
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the time. Large d.icks wvro built
and shipments were made to h!I
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rific explosion whs heanl about II
o'clock and inside of two hours the
ST. HELENS SHIPBUILDING CO.
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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
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;totho ni-'n "'r- ": '-'-n :i
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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;-
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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jSESS
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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.
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