St. Helens
Cotiuty Scat
Columbia County
1'orULATION
f$o 4oo
1910 750
1912 ... - 1500
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iM'f-K CONSTRUCTION
Pay Roll
$100,000
!' Month
Sit Helens Lumber Products Go to All
Parts ok the World
Shipments Over 5,000,000 Feet Per Month
St. Helens
Has
Saw Mills
Shipbuilding Plant
Creosoting Works
Stone Quarries
Fisheries
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VOL. XXXI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1012
NO. 62
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MULTNOMAH SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED I "raws rain
PEOPLE IN ST. HELENS LAST
SATURDAY TO WITNESS THE LAUNCHING
The Beginning of a Wonderful Industry
The weather wu perfect. The
'crowd was large. The entertain
mcnt was grand. Everything
,u irrand. The slide of the big
hnt was mognificicnt. In fact
the launching of the Multnomah
was the greatest event of its
kind ever celebrated in Oregon.
Over&OOO people from different
puts of Oregon were present to
m the bights, lne steamers
Potter and Monarch arrived from
Portland at 2 o'clock with hun-
dred of people aboard and pro
ceeded at once to the ship yards,
where already several thou and
neople had congregated. Along
the docks in St. Helens were
many more waiting for transpor
tation across the slough. About
100 automobiles from Portland
md other points were lined up
iking the streets. About 3 o'clock
the Melville, flagship of the Cat
lender Fleet from Astoria came
along side the dock and onto this
line bout there crowded a capac
ity load. The Modoc was the
busiest boat on the river taking
the people across. About 3:30
the entire population of St. Hel
ens and tbr thousands of visitors
were safely landed on the Island
where the huge hull of the Mult
nomah was to take the plunge.
Miny flags were hung along the
entire length of the boat of many
colors making it a beautiful sight.
Judge Cleeton of Portland mount
ed the platform and began to
tell of some of the history of St. j
Helens and of his experiences as
1 resident here. He told of the
ME MEN CHARGED WITH MURSER
10 HAVE TRIALS IN NOVEMBER
Work of the Grand Jury
Ihi8 morning before Judge
K&kin KitTKiUMil TiiufM;f A t.
had been gone through with to, Tongue, rermin,, tn
j - niv. a laic
make tt go to please the crowd. I and John II. Stevenson reore-
senting J. A. Tender. J. A. Jef
frey representing Bert Green
I 1 1 f n
ana w. h. Diilard representim?
experience. Kvery w histle along
the river within sounding dis
tance tooted, blasts were set off
at the nearby quarries, thous
ands of people were yelling as
the boat glided gracefully into
. I . t '.-i .
wir wHirrs. io nurn was mnue
in the entire program Every
thing wa carried out to the let
ter. A general holiday feeling
prevailed and everyldy had a
good time. The first boat from
the St. Helens shipyards was
aunched successfully and the
shipbuilding industry of the Col
umbia River was fairly started.
From that date on other ships
will be launched at thtse yards
at the rnte of two or three each
year and Oregon Fir will Foon le
the material used in making of
he bnnts failing the seas along
the Pacific Coast. Too much can
not be said in praise of the Me
Cormick Company by the citizens
of this city and county. It is
certainly an enterprising and
progressive firm.
During the evening the Com
mercial Cliil) l.arxiuet was neiu
n the large dining room of t'e
St. Helens Hotel where abw.t
200 people gathered to feast up
on the good things turnished by
the Club and to exchange greet
ings between the citizens of St.
Helens, Columbia County ami the
wonderful prospects of our city J members of the MrCortnick In
nd dwelt largely upon the great terests from San Francisco to
industries established herd by 'Seattle. Speeches were made by
theChas.lt. McCormick people. ' several prominent local people
Just at 4 o'clock little Jean Meier J and responded to by different
broke the bottle of champagne. members of the company. It
on the bow, the wedges were was a grand success and the
knocked loose. Superintendent 'means of bringing together the
Price gave the word "Let 'er, people and the company.
Slide" and she slid. A most To sum up the day. it was one
wonderful slide it was. Such a never to be forgotten by any one
sight had never before been wit-J who was here. It marked the
nessed on the great Columbia beginning of one of the greatest
Hiverand there were thousands industries in the great Northwest,
of people w ho had never before It placed Ft. Helens on the map.
een anything like it. So smooth It advertised Oregon Fir and the
was everything done that it entire state and Northwestern
seems that months of rehearsals country will benefit thereby.
Un the bout were several hun
dred persons who wanted to ex
perience a ride clown tt 10 wnva
and they certainly eniov. d the i (',eol'e WeU'r- a11 charged with
uiunier, in an eitort to agree up
on a trial date for each case
P.. 1 U . 1. . II . . 1 1 . .
mnn nit-1 oruano. attorneys were
asking for a time in the distant
future for trials while Mr. Ton
gue was clamoring for early
dates. As a result Judge Kakin
; s-t the case of the State against
Bert Green for the murder of
Charles Wtist for trial on No
vember Gth. The case against
Pender for the murder of Daisy
Wehrman for trial on November
11th, and the case against Geo.
Welter for next Wednesday pro
viding Judge Campbell of Oregon
City can get here to preside,
others i e it will have to go over
until al.er the Pender case.
The Grand Jury reported to
the Court this morning with sev-
eral true bills and three not true!
bills. The true bills eo far as
known were; John W. Howard,
for forgery, pleaded guilty and
sentenced lo from 1 to 5 jettrs
and paroled; Arthur Jones for
assault w ith a dangerous weapon,
pleaded guilty and sentenced to
1 year in the county jail; B. G.
.V. ;oon for forgery, pleaded not
guilty; George Weber for mur
der, pleaded not guilty. Joseph
Schloss for assault and battery,
pleaded not guilty. One or two
other indictments were returned
but as the persons are not in cus
tody the names of the parties
charged are not known. Not
true bills were returned in the
case of the state against Harvey
Sutherlin for assault with a dan
gerous weapon; Henry Stickles
for pointing a gun at another and
Joseph Schloss for willful de
struction of property. The Grand
Jury took a recess until the 28th
of this month when they will re
turn and consider some more
cases now pending.
SI. HELENS ON ACCREDITED LIST
UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZES LOCAL
HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
HOULTON
R- I. Welch returned Tuesday
from North Carolina where he had
one with the remains of his cousin.
Grandma Chambers came back with
him to visit her sons and daughters
living lu.re.
Karl Sax ton's big team ran away
way lurain Sunday and came near
Wrestling Match
LOCAL WRESTLER 10 MEET
PACIFIC COAST CHAMPION
Nela Carlson, a member of the
Columbus Club of Portland, a wrest
ler of considerable note who has
been working in St. Helens for some
CONDITIONS IN COLORADO TODAY
It was in the year 18911 that Wo
man Suffrage was granted in Color
udo. For ID years the Suffragists
have used this State as a sample of
good government brought about by
the woman's vote. The anti-suffra
gists ask the men of Oregon to read j jy anj Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Miles of
After making an investigation of
the course of study offered by the
St. Helena High school, Albert R,
Tiffany, registrar, at the State Uni
versity at Eugene, wrote the follow
ing letter:
Supt. Calvin 0. Thomason,
St. Helens, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
I take pleasure in advising you
that St. Helens High school has
been placed on the accredited list of
the University of Oregon. I hope
that some of your graduates will
enter the University net year.
Please feel free to call on the Uni
versity whenever it can be of any
service to you, and I want to as
sure you that we shall be glad to
cooperate with you in any way that
we can. . Yours very truly.
A. It. Tiffany.
In meeting Ihe requirements of
the University of Oregon, St. Hel
ens High school has taken her place
on equal plane with other standard
high schools of the state. As the
university maintains a high stand
ard for her entering students, her
recognition of the local high school
means that graduates here will have
no difficulty entering any northwest
college on their diplomas.
ST. HELENS VS. CLATSKANIE.
At a meeting of the Columbia
county principals in the office of
County Superintendent Wilkerson
Saturday last it w-as arranged that
St. Helens high school should play
Clatskanie high at basketball at
Clatskanie Monday evening. Novem
ber 3 during the session there of
the Columbia county teachers' in
stitute. Coach Si. Bush says he
will have a team "Johnnie on the
Spot." Clatskanie has been lead
ing high school in size in the county
for several years and has had a good
gymnasium and a basketball team
for several years, so St. Helens will
have a hard game.
SOCIAL CENTER SUCCESSFUL.
St. Helens first social center meet
ing in the school house Friday night
was thoroughly successful, drawing
a larger crowd than many similiar
meetings in Salem and other larger
cities. Mrs. Henrietta W. Calvin,
the speaker from the Oregon Agri
cultural college, inspired and de
lighted everyone who heard her or
met her during her visit here.
STUDENT LOCALS.
Miss Peel, sister of Dr. Alfred
Peel, left Tuesday for her home in
Canada.
S. A. Miles was a St. Helens vis
itor. Dr. and Mrs. H. R. Cliff and fam-
WHAT PRESIDENT
TAFT HAS DONE
Some of the Legislation Ac
complished During His
Administration.
There has been a systematic at
tempt for years on the part of news
paper and magazine writers in the pay
of the great magazine trust to belittle
and misrepresent President Taft The
result has been that the people hare
an tmpresilon that this has been a
"do nothing" administration. The
truth of the matter is that more con
structive progressive legislaUon has
been accomplished under President
Taft than was ever accomplished In
any administration before.
For the benefit of our readers and
In justice to the president, this paper
sets out below some of the many
things he has accomplished:
inning into White & White's store 'time as a longshoreman, has roroiv
indow. They were caught at i ed a challenge to go upon the mat
Charley Morris' corner. with Walter Arndt a professional
M . wrest!cr of Portland and tor n long
Mr. am Mrs. C.V. fWII. loft fori . ....... v nr r
.time the instructor m "
Massachusetts last Saturday night
Mr. Waller and family of Astoria
re moving into one of Mrs. Wilk
in's homes.
J B, Hauson is building a bunga
low In St. Helens into which he will
on move.
Our depot is entirely too small to
accommodate the business down
ner- If more than three people
et into the waiting roon at once it
"ems crowded. The S. P. & S,
hould he aaked for something bet-
ter.
A. of that city. Mr. Carlson has
accepted the challenge and the bout
will be pulled off at the City Hall
in St. Helens on Saturday evening
rwnhpr 2fith 1912. Tickets will
W V V" - - - . . T-
Jones tool uoom
the words of a Colorado woman
one who has been and now is politi
cally prominent. She tells of the
conditions of politics in her State
today.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cass Goddard of
Colorado a former ardent suffragist
has held the following offices, name
lyDelegate to City and State Con
ventions, Deputy Sheriff, Watcher
at the polls, and Member of the Re
publican State Committee from El
paso County. She has been repre
sented on various boards of city and
state organizations. For example;
Vice-President for Colorado of the
Mother's Congress, 2nd Vice-President
of the Y. W. C. A. of Colorado
wlth?nVfewnda,TandtUpri;. of 'Springs, 1st Vice-President of the
admission will be 60 cents and $1.00. j Boys Club, Trustee of the City Fed.
There will be two preliminaries, one eration 0f Women's Clubs, Presi
boxing and one wrestling, between Jent of tho jjumane Society, only
'Oil SALE One gray mare, 8
rears old, good driver, will work
""Kle or double; one bran new top
buKy and harnesa. Inoulre of
krt T. Link, Houlton, Ore. Resi
dene back of Skating Rink. 1-m
l.ovs and two strangers
It will be an evening of clean athle
tic contests and the public is Invited.
Sheriff Thompson will leave
today for Waterville, Wash.,
where he goes to bring one An
thony Apinatis to the Salem Pen
itentiary. Apinatis was convinc
ed about two years ago in this
county of burglary and was sen
tenced to the penitentiary but
Da
the good behavior.
woman member of the Anti-Tuberculosis
commistee of Colorado
Springs and President of the Colon
ial Dames of Colorado. We wish to
quote from a letter written by Mrs.
Goddard to a member of the board
of the anti-suffrage association of
Portland. She says in part:
"I am in a peculiar position, for
while I disapprove most emphatical
ly of eaual-suffrage, and while I
roled by Judge Campbell dur- have yet to see one good result from
J
Continued on page 8
Portland were among the many vis
itors to witness the launching of the
beautiful ship, "Multnomah" Satur
day. Miss Bertha Thompson of Port
land" visited friends in St. Helens
Saturday.
Mrs. D. O. Quick of Halsey has
been visiting her son, E. E. Quick
of this city.
Captain and Mrs. Smith of Rai
nier came up to St. Helens in their
auto to witness the launching.
N. A. Perry and family, Mrs, E.
D. Parker and children, Miss Hilda
Cliff, and George Kelley were among
the Portland people who visited St.
Helens last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Deming and
daughter, Eugena, were Portland
visitors Saturday.
A totem pole is being made at
the St. Helens mill for Miss Neill's
Indian attractio at the carnival. A
smaller pole is also being made for
"Befo", the biggest man in
world.
A very serious accident narrowly
H put th postofftc department on
a paying basl for the first time within
the memory of the present feneration.
He has enforced the tiherman anU
truat law without far or favor.
He vetoed the Democratic wool, cot
ton and free Hat MUa aa unfair, un
scientific and destructive of the Re
publican principle of protection.
He abreirated the discriminating;
passport treaty with Russia.
He prevented rellrned from nittHre;
rata Increases Into effect without ap
proval of the lntei slate C'ouimene
Commission.
He has rushed the Panama Canal to
early completion without hint of scan
da L
He has practically destroyed white
slave traffic.
He has sinned the hill for admission
ef Arlsona and New Mexico to state
hood. He haa established the Bureau of
Mines to safeguard the lives of miners.
He has extended our foreign mar
kets for the benefit of American capi
tal and labor.
He has abolished the shameful sys
tem of peonase In this country.
He haa submitted the Income tax
amendment to the Constitution to the
state legislatures for ratification.
He haa effected advanced boiler In
spection laws passed by Congress.
He has established means for com
plete Irrliratlon projects In the West.
He has maintained and extended
the open-door policy in China.
He has maintained peace In Cuba
snd South and Central "America by
''-ndly warning, without intcrven
tlon. ..e has modernised and reformed
government business methods by an
economy and efficiency commission,
savins; millions of dollars to the Amer
ican people annually.
He has effected arbitration treaties
with Great Britain and France.
He vetoed the Arizona statehood bill
becauss of the recall of judges provl
slcn. He Instituted non-no"lcal methods
for taking the 13th census.
He has eflectually ae.-uuyed bucket
shops and set-rich-qulck concerns.
He has persistently labored for a
parcels post.
He haa effected a new treaty with
Japan, ending racial controversies on
the Pacific Coaat
He has further extended a safety
appliance act for the ben eat of work
lngmen. lie haa successfully fought for the
publlcstlon of campaign funds and ex
penditure He has heartily Indorsed the lnbor
commission's report snd proposed bill
concerning employers' liability.
He has reorganised the customs
service, eliminated corruption and ex
posed snd punished customs frauds,
thereby saving and recovering mil
lions of dollars to the United States
Treasury.
He haa established the Court of
Commerce to review findings of the
Interstate Commerce Commission snd
to remedy exasperating delays In UU
gatlon. He has established a nonpartisan
tariff bard to report on the differ
ence In the cost of production at home
and abroad.
He has ecu red a corporation tnx
law ylel.llnsr over $30,000,000 annually
to the United States government.
He bus transformed a deficit of
I5l.000.noo of the previous adminis
tration into a 330.000,000 surplus.
He has msde a new American
record for nonpartisan Judicial ap
pointments. He haa brought the railroads under
further control of the federal govern
ment through extension of the powers
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. Hs brought the worklngman's rem-
rensatlon act to a successful Issue In
he Supreme Court.
He hss effected a successful stock
and bonds commission.
He has extended the civil service
rules In all departments of the feder
al government by executive order.
lie has secured practical conserva
tion acts.
Hs haa established a Court ot Cus
toms Appeals, by which under-valuations
have been stopped.
He succeeded In securing a postal
savings bank system that Is dragging
millions out of old socks and putting it
to work.
Hs favored Borah's 3-year home
stead bill.
He has exhibited the highest order
of statesmanship In handling the dcll
cafe and provoking Mexican situation,
keeping the United States out of sn
expensive and bloody war, while st
the same time maintaining the dignity
of our nation.
HIGH SCHOOL CARNIVAL
The big school carnival filled with
comic sideshows and catchy darkey
Indian music comes off tonight in
the high school assembly. While
striving to make a good sum of
'money to piy expenses of students
debates and athletics the students
plan to show the people of the city
Ihe and community one of the lest
times of their lives. Attractions
TONGUE MORS FOR EARLY TRIALS
OUR EFFICIENT DISTRICT ATTORNEY HERE ASKING
THE CRIMINAL CASES TO BE SET FOR TRIAL
WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL EVERY CASE 15 TRIED
Dinct Attorney E. B. Tongue and aa a result it is quite hard for
of Hillsboro has been in attendance
at Circuit Court here this week.
The grand jury has been working
steadily every day since Tuesday
and has found several true bills and
is still investigating. Mr. Tongue
was questioned concerning the trial
of the criminal cases now on the
docket in Columbia County and ex
pressed himself in no uncertain
terms that he was going to stay in
St. Helens until every criminal case ' and insist that every criminal case
the district attorney to force them
to trial when they are not ready.
These facts are made at this time
for the purpose of explanation why
the criminal trials are postponed.
It is not through the lack of crowd
ing on the part of the district at
torney but on account of the delays
asked for by the defendants them
selves. However Mr. Tongue says
now that he is going to stay here
was disposed of even if he had to
pass by the regular term of court
in Clackamas County which meets
the first Monday in November.
Judge Eakin says the cases cannot
be tried next weekbecanse he won't
be here again until the 28th and
that he already has work ahead for
the last week in October so that the
criminal cases to be taken up until
the first week in November.
While on the subject it is well to
call attention to the fact that the
District Attorney is not at fault for
the delay in trial of the criminal
cases in this and other counties. He
has to follow two judges around the
four counties of his district, and
must attend eleven regular terms
of court each year. Grand Juries
are called at each one of these terms
be taken up anddisposed of before
this term of Court adjourns. In
the entire state of Oregon there is
at 3
u
VMBsl,
no district attorney so much feared
by criminals and criminal lawyers
as in E. B. Tongue. With him
there is no compromise and no quar-
i ter when he takes up a case which
taking from one to thVee weeks each, j has any merit in it. He is the most
Then one of the greatest draw backs ' able and vigorous prosecutor now
to the trial of these cases is the
clamor for delay on the part of the
attorneys for the defense. For in
stance, the attorneys for J. A. Pen
der are not prepared and have re
quested that this trial be postponed
filling th-i office of District Attorney
in the State of Oregon. There is
not enough money in the entire
state to swerve him one inch from
performing his duties as the law
directs. In short, he is capable.
until later in the fall. The attorneys honest, vigorous and industrious.
for Bert Green visited St. Helens! It would be a great mistake for the
on the first day of the term and re
quested the Court to not force them
to trial until in November. Of
course the wishes of a defendant in
a serious criminal case are respected
people of this district to make a
change in this office at the present
time and we have no doubt that he
will be retained in the office he now
so ably fills.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND DOINGS
NEWS NOTES CONCERNING PEOPLE
THINGSJN AND HUM) ST. HELENS
PERSONAL; LOCAL; SOCIAL AND OTHERWISE
Peter Felton was a Portland vis
itor Thursday.
Mrs. Halstead rpent last week in
be normal and our usual local and
personal columns will be filled.
Miss Leona Terkins, proprietor
Portland, returning to St. Helens, I of the Arcade Theatre in this city
on Saturday evening. !"m l"u
iiauncningoi tne mnnnonian ac
E. Morten of Warren, spent h er theatre 0n Wetlr.f fdav and
Wednesday in St. Helens, attending s X., s flav PVon;n,r, Tkpnintnroo
to business. worn crrnnrl iitct ac 1 1-i.nrra arttm1
The Ladies' Aid Society of the i ly happened and people who fail-
M. E. Church, St. Ile'ens, will ed to see the boat slide could see
meet with Mrs. J. H. tronkite it in moving pictures at the thea-
Columlia Park. Wednesday, Oct. itre. Miss Perkins is entitled to
23.
F. M. Thorp returned last Sun
day from an extended visit to his
old home in Pennsylvania. He
was gone about 2 months.
credit for giving the latest up-to-date
pictures in her theatre all
the time and tho people of the
city are certainly showing their
appreciation by a liberal support.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Deming
open at 8 o'clock and will give con-
averted Saturday afternoon at the tlnued performances until 10 p. m.
launching. A small gasoline launch
so all have time to take in every
containing several persons including jIea,urc'
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Shinn, had en- -----r-
gine trouble and stopped directly in
front of the "Multnomah." The
party experienced much anxiety un-y'Multnomah" began her slide.
til the engine was finally started
just a few minutes before the
1UI n. tfciiiuc unjr t-,-4 ..!D,-f .; tk.
tfr and son, from Alsea Valley, ! J Ul u-"u
Ore., have been visiting at thejw f' .
home of Mr. and Mrs. F. M j, Iwnli0' oeue.
Thorp during the week. Mrs. i "51.'" ,s v'?u,n "
Hayden is the only sister of Mrs. . sister, Mrs. W. J. Muckle in
T. ' i St. Helens.
j Dean Blanchard one of the old
est settlers of Columbia County,
There were f o rrany people in
A . 1!..na iliA InilMrtkmrV f t -
r.. "T;" . . i now a resident of Portland was
tne snip last aaiuruay ana oun-
c?av. so mcny c'urintr this week
attending court and so many pol
itical r.oticts sent in by various
i transacting business in St. Hel
ens durirg the week.
Wm. M. Ross is visiting with
i - . - l e . 1 T- 1 . i
organizations that wo will not!rf'uves
attempt to give personal mention Wisconsin and will not return for
this week, but our readers will somo time
have to content themselves w ith Alex Sword, a prominent resi
the news matter of larger im-!lent of Vcrnor.ia. was attending:
portance and political advertise-! to business in St. Helens last.
menta. Next week we will again luesaay.
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