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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1912)
St. Helens County Seat Columbia County Population 1908 - - 400 :9io - - 750 191a -i5 Mlli-ruiii 1 . iMI-ROVHn Strkkts Ml NKII'Af, Watkr Svstkm Two Milks op s, ... K hhtt,-k I'' Constriction Pay Roll St. Helens Lumber Products Go to All Parts of the World Shipments Over 5,000,000 Feet Per Month St. Helens Has Saw Mills Shipbuilding Plant Creosoting Works Stone Quarries Fisheries ,9100,000 Per Month THE OREGON . MIS nn VOL. XXXI. SHIPPING NOTES caw lira row am OREGON FIR 10 All Pffl OF IDE WORLD ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1912 NO. MEff CAPTAIN ORIN ABEL DIES AF TER LONG SICKNESS Abigail LsuIm-I Abel, beloved wife of Captain OH ----- - v .' j a i ill. I 65 w m ww-rM run n maww 4 4 a m am m mm, mm a a. tLtullUN KtlUKlw IN UULUMBIA CO XhBritih Steamer Oiwwtrytr-j which irw. to the ynr.lH of the (IhflH. i l''',,le in St- Helens last Monday rfvedttthls port Saturday night R. McCormick Lumber Co. at ,sun i tv,-ni'g after an '""era extending 1 An wiinniv mnrRinv ia L' ruu. .... , load the balance of htr cargo con- The Schooner Oceana Vance Jin- isiieu loa.lmg i nturday am left .Sun- uay with COO M. ft. of lumber San Pedro. Among the inure recent c!iarU Every Precinct Reported Except Houlton on State and County Officers listing of two million feet of Ore gon fir for delivery t Adelaide, Australia. The Oswestry had on loan! shout 1200 M. ft. of redwood which lite loaded at Eureka, Calif., lad when the balance of her cargo liloadet will hve In the neighbor hood of three and one half million tmi of lumk-r. Thia ateamer was u the Columbia River about one par ago and loaded for Australia; from Australia alia went to Eng land; from England to Germany wbtrt the loaded generate cargo for Saa Francisco, and from San Fran ekeot St. Helena, via Eureka, Baking total of near! 50,000 la that of the 5 masted schooner Ceo. E. Hillings to load lumber at St. Helena for Australia. The Hill ing is now enroute from New castle to San Francisco with a car go of coal and is not expected to St. Helens before the latter part of January. The British ship "Itritish Yeo. man" Captain Watts, now out .10 days from Newcastle Autrulia with a cargo of coal for San Franuisco, has been chartered to loud lumber at St. Helens for Australia. She many months. About four years ago the mother of Mrs. Abel die.) after suffering a long time with Ti.l... I : i , for u!"i ami in attending upon the mother, Mrs. Abel contracted ! tw ')r,,ad disease which finally caus- I U.I I, -M II PARTIAL RETURNS ON VARIOUS MEASURES aules traveled in leas than one year. The Steamer Yellowstone arrived was in St Helens it port Wednesday night and is ber bound for Africa r untimely death. Everything was done that was possible to save lier and restore her health but with out avail. I VIKt. HOrintr 1in tunn o.ir. I I '!. .... mm , to Kmo l,...-n :.. .i... i - viniKiw in uit; nope 01 slaying the ravages of the disease but it soon became apparent that nothing would help her and she was brought back t St. Helens. The funeral was held from the M. E. Church in St. Helens on Wednesday and a large number of friends and relatives were present. An evidence of esteem in which she was held by her friends, was loading: a cargo of lumber and ties tot California delivery. The smart schooner Irene. Capt. Mitchell has almost completed her load of one million feet of lumber lust lVcem-i the wonderful and beautiful floral and is jUht I (ilTl-rim" l.t.t:tU'i.l m,n Ik. .DuLit now returning to American ports, j containing the body of Mrs. Abel. The steamer J. R. Stetson left! Rev. E. T. 1,' ther preached the Saturday night with a full cargo of j funeral rcrmnn and the body was lumber and .10 passengers bound fur , taken t the I. O. 0. F. Cemetery San Pedro, Calif. George Merrill Dies K Of (1ST SETTLERS M COLO COUNnf PASSES AWAY . . George Merrill, the oldest pioneer Columbia County, died at his near l-er Island on Thursday ot. "th. Mr. Merrill was born in io on Septemlter llth 1826 and the plain to Oregon in 1847 iving in Columbia County. After Vt stay here he went south to ifornia where he stayed one year. returned to this county and tied on a 1 Mm lion Land Claim at r Wand, where ho lived until th yesterday. In 1855 Mr. Mer- wis married to Mia Anna Mar- who died some years ago, since ihich time he haa lived with hi i, Charles Merrill on the old place nng his long residence in this ty he has lield the office of ty Clerk of Columbia County, only last Tuesday aerved as one we judges on the election board, F WM ' ears of age and after forming the arduous dutie of Fticm walked to his home, three w ind sat down to rest, where found dead a short time "ward. Eight children arc left "lourn the loss of this grand old "wr, who was so well known ami f'y res-cU'd by everybody in 1 i . - w umoia County and other por- the state, beimr. Mr. Thos. cBride of Oregon City; Mr. seaman of Deer Island. Mrs. Jones of Sent! la Wu.K M,. Brit tain of iWr 11 , LuIu Walmsley of Portland. Merrill of Portland. Alvin J" ofKalamo, Wash., and Chn. Jerrill of D,.t.r i8ttn(1 runera p will bo held from Grange MUWrWandat 11 o'clock a. paraay n. 9th and inter Uke tilure Kinder J1"? near his homo. 'Suable Howe Lost C Crouse (Wt . valubl h.r. ,wek fr,m Hirknesa. H drov. fV am down to the St. Hel- r- . to get , a(1 of blocks I r' i.ad.ng, one of the horse ry 71 "'wn and failed to "". Fvervthinr lhtcould l thought of that "'"next morning being tak wbarn in ii....n ...u nft ""nun wiicic a ' Surgeon fmm n...i.n.i It am) tirnnoiinnn.l u w " "win v, ,i, fui a . nereupon it was heavily -men ON TRIAL FOR MURDER for interment. Abigail Isabel Mc Kay was born on Sauvie's Island on the Ilrd of December 1.S82 and lived there until she wa3 20 years of age. Her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Moore were among the early pio neers of Oregon, and Mr. Moore was one of the sorrowing relatives present in St. Helens this week at tending the funeral of Mrs. Abel. In f'eptei 'it 11102 Captain Abel! Anderson jUm, .-liss McKay were married and i lived an ideally happy married life. The relatives who were present to ' mourn the lo'-s of Mrs. Abel were (Irandfather Mi'ore. Norman Mc- ! Kay, ar,d Iinug'as McKay, a sister i.Mrs. II. It. Mullens of Cault, Cal., and Mr. Clemens, btepfather. The many friends of the family extend ! sincere sympathy to the bereaved ; relatives. New Busiiiessjirm CHSiS. JOHNSON X SGNSTaKE OVER ST. HELENS AUTO CO. chris Johnson it Sons, the well loss of this as it was ona of DEROF CHARLES R WFJST Hard to Get a Jury The ca of the State of Oregon vs Purlon (irecne. charged with the murder of Charles Wrist on Octo ber 31st HH1, was called in the Circuit Court Wednesday morning by Judge Eakin. District Attorney E. H.. Tongue and M. E. Miller are appearing for the State whilt John A. Jeffrey of Portland and P. C. Stroud of St. Johns are looking after the interests of the defendant. The work securing a jury was began Wednesday but it soon lierame appar ent that it could not lie secured from the regular panel so the Sherilf wn ordered t summon 'M venire men to appear Thursday morning. About 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon the last one of the' had been examined and no jury yet selected so another known livery and auto firm of special venire was ordered of ;io clatskanie. have purchased the more. They r polled this morning control of the Automobile busi- and the work of selecting a jury is ' nous in St. Helens from the St. in progress jus we go to press. Helens Auto Co. John Johnson, This is the case where a young one of the sons, has arrived in St. game keeper. Charles Wei t. was Helens and is in active charge of living alone in a hunters cabin on the Inuiness. He is an exper- the Peterson a House ranch about jenced ajto driver, courteous and 3 miles from St. Helens and on the careful and will give entire satis-1 morning of Nov. 1st 1!MI bis body f,lCLi.:i to the travelling public, was found in his house by work- St. Ileli-ns is tflad to have the men on the farm, with a bullet Johnson linn a ided to its list of through his head, his clothing was! business men an 1 will give them all on and he was lying on his bed. ! the support which tney deserve, Cooking utensils Idled with potatoes , . i i... i and meat hurneti to a rnsp k ii i. .. that he was preparing a n.eal and , had laid down to rest when the , murderer aliped up and shot bun I while lying on his bunk. Wood was Himttcred over the walls around the , head of the la-ad and nothing was l01.m.v in t olumi.ia t ounty was as disturbed. Creene, who is charged follows; Hedges Hot), Tongue 1113, . at... ........ I.. u-uu II (Tlim keen-' u-..L,.l. :!i)' thereby giving Mr. wun me louiui i, - r. Q, n n.iioi.iino- duck reserve an.t ; Tonirue the handsome piuramy oi It i reported that bad blood existed 7ti; votes over iur. ueugi-a ms thui Creene had In-en ordered democratic opponent. Mr. Tongue L. iT the i.lace. However the Hsl) carried Clatsop u.unty by about ; circumstances from which the o!r.-;7ooand Washington county by over cers have gathered their evidence is 1200 while Mr. Hedge earned claimed by them to be sullicient to Clackamas by about .101), thus giv fasten the guilt of the crime on to ;inR Mr. Tongue in the district a Greene. The case is exciting con- j plurality of some 2000jrot.es. slderabie interest and will probably ,,",V",7'H,urnevcd to Mr. v . v.. i E. B. TONGUE RE-ELECTED COLUSA CM GIVES HIM A PLU RALITY Of ?63 The otlicial vote of District At- j M S ;j 3 S. a. & & 0 J o 3j Ti 49 53j 38 13 6 20j 30j 56i 84. HZ 80 11CH Vilcn iJ .' rJ nJ ,J ,J nJ, n. r- J nJ .l l " """" 1U Oj 0"i OD CZ IU lt ill tl! 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I I Selling 3 34 48 68' 37 14 4, 20' 38, 61! 80 69' 22 125 I I I I III : I , I Kennedy 2 13! 20 27! 16 9 4 13! 171 IP,' 42 37, 151 39 Olcott 4 31 62 79 48 27 14 39 51 100 135 56 45 149 tyan 11 7 39 33 13 10j 11 17: 39j 32 23! 17j 41 Eakin 6 39 73 87 51 36 12 40 62111 157 92 461601 l 1 1 1 I Slater n 9 44 83 15 9, 14j 19 20! 42, 37 18j 21 44 Lea 10 7 51 41 20 111 10 22 22 45, 50i 24 24 70 Mickle 4 37 54 71 38 25 14! 33 P8j 99jl35j 66 46114, Atickson 4 24 62 57 42 16 11 39 48 91,102 55 35125 1 llii 4 12 3G 251 13 6 12, H 19! 36 31 I8,: 20 47. I J ' J J J J ' ..! .. -J ... . 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Laws 5I 24 62! 81 53 13 11; 22i 44, .2i'22 57! 43, So Ulakesley e' 33 62 82 54 A 39, 60 118,192! 87; 53123 1 1 I 1 I I I ' Craham 12 16j CO 44 18! ! 21 30; 20 53! 36 46 28 131 ! Gore 5! lfi' 37I 42 12 16 l' 8 16; 15 34 17; 22 39, VV;iL-or.n is' Uliril'J 7.'l id 01: (il fl!) l4." l!)fi: 11a 88 217; r,.nvnr it' -Mi' nJin 7 'jo! 07 C' Cli1oo'l97! 1M l(!9W Butts 6 13! 44 36 9t 15 2! 6 lo 20 32i 2, 84 36 I -I I ' 1 Mill.T o in1 ir. oj 11 ! r' 1k 39 K7 1!l 3 2S r III 1.11 lall if A . tl t 1 VJ I , I Sherwood ig 44 108 102 69 37! 18 61 68 154 176 '21 66 201 Springer q 2o 43 64 10 23! 13, 12 19 23 59 23 27j 79 Fluhrer 121 52 78 81 34,' 15! 19! 24i 34! 69 78 140 23182 Cessell 6 loj 5o' 47 42 28 12 52 4o 94 lls 8 74 77 Preston 5! 8 4lj 45 16 1 2 16 17 47 6 I' 3' 300 11 37 78 73 30 25 18 27 33 73 100 64 138 301 8j 24' 72j 88 50 23j 8j 34 35; 79 97 47, 110 SOS 16 30 50 48 43 24 12! 26 57 110 84' 48 130 .J -.1 ....! ruJ .J 1- ...J or ro n.J AT Oo' - If I V, VI i I, XII, V.f. VII i:i 7S1 . Vil 1, I 310 3l 16 32 64 22; 12 5 8 18; 29 57 2 561 11 1 1 311 17 34 86 70 35,34 20,48 57115,121. 72,1.6; 364 111 lrj 66 57 I7j 17 A 23 30 23! 79 j 44, 77 ! 365 111 37! 01 77 57 34 22, 41 62132111; 54-166 1 II t t T III I 366 loj 18 60 631 22 16 8 25 331 35 661 38 88 1 till .1 I . 1 . sC 1 . lnl 40 68 721 52 32' 211 "9' 46,117 ' ft i"1. LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND DOINGS NEWS NOTES CONCERNING PEOPLE AND THINGS IN ANB AROUND ST. HELENS PERSONAL; LOCAL; SOCIAL AND OTHERWISE run into the latter part weak before it is ended of next Woman Suffrage has carried in ed which means that this punts I.. .i. 1 t. ...... 1.... ni.rhc nn.1 around n k .knn) 9iwi ' moiit still remnin3 in our laws. I'ni r n 1 1 lit nno.i !.,... 1 1 I'wi 1 11 a Lrt'uw avi v r - to Pourno headquarters to hear rc-, . J&x defeated by 50,000. . Harry Lane, Democrat is elect- in repaired aim -i ,,. ,, ,..,. Ladies' of the Cuild. When (,'"" w, t ni,i,e by the nominees of the es by small majority George Grant, of Scappoose. was a St. Helens visitor Wednesday. x. ui. auies or rortiand, was looking after business matters in St. Helena during the week. M. Sallan, the clothing merchant has been laid up with a bad case of poison oak the past week. 0. A. Miles came down from Portland yesterday and is attending to business matters in St. Helen; today. Born; to Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Fer ris at the Wm. Muckle home in this city, a 10 pound son, on the 6th of Nov. Andrew Rupert of Spokane, Wash., is visiting with friends in this city. John A. Collier, a Portland at torney, was attending to Court mat ters in St. Helens Wednesday. Rupert Dibblee of Rainier, was 1 St. Helens visitor Wednesday. Gus Lange, a prominent farmer of the Scappoose country, was look ing after business matters in St. Helens Wednesday. Hon. E. W, Conyers of Clatskanie was a business visitor to our city on Friday. ' H. F. McCormick has so far re covered from his recent illness as to be able to resume his duties nt the mill office. Fred Walking has remodelled the rear of his confectionery store and has installed two first class pool tables. Jack Stacey, Kenneth Fish and Grove Sammons of Rainier were in St. Helens yesterday in obedience to a summons from the sheriff to do jury duty in the Greene case. Fred Adams of Deer Island an swered the call of the sheriff to serve upon a jury in Circuit Court yesterday but was excused and re- j turned to his home last night. Don't forget the St. Helens Band Dance Thanksgiving night. Lois Clear in spending the week ' with relatives and friends in Port land. W. I. Dillard and family have been visiting in Portland during the week. . Mrs. Carrie Watters will start next week for Akron, Ohio, where she will spend the winter visiting friends and relatives. Misses Laura and Inez Barlx-r re turned last week from a visit with relatives and friends in Hillsboro. C. H. Doncaster returned this week from Salem where he has been for some time employed on a large business building. Sheriff Burns of Clatsop County was in St. Helens today On his way to Montana where he goes after a prisoner wanted at Astoria. Mr. Burns was the only Democrat elect ed in Clatsop County at the election Tuesday. A large delegation of Clatskanie ! citizens arrived in town this morn ' ing in response to a summons by the sheriff to do jury duty in the Greene case, among them being J. ! A. Van. E. McKay, A. R. Miller, Duncan Chisholm, P. J. Popham '! and others. At the election last Tuesday Mr. i H. P. Watkins was elected Justice ' of the Peace for St. Helens precinct to serve for two years. All of our teachers r.ro in Clats- nttendirg the mean- on at Scappoose for that precinct only and resulted in the precinct remaining wet by a majority of 24 votes. The Ladies of the Congregational church are making many useful and beautiful articles for their annual sale which will take place early in December. Watch for their an nouncement. W. A. Harris will leave tomorrow. Saturday, for Buffalo, New York, where he will visit with relatives and friends for the next six or seven weeks. He will return in time to take the oath of office as County Judgtt of Columbia County in January'. County Commissioner-elect, Louis Fluhrer, of Mayger, came to town this morning and is busy receiving the congratulations of his friends in this city. Dr. M. D. Barbomr, of Mayger, was in St. Helens Wednesday hav ing in charge the election returns from his precinct. On his return trip to his home that evening he was summarily siezed by the sheriff and sent back here to serve as a juror in the case of the State vs Greene. " Miss Marion Morton is celebrat ing her sixth birthday today by giv ing a birthday party to quite a number of her young St Helens friends. The out of town guests enjoying her hospitality are Mrs. P. C. Morton of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rodgers and son Carl also of Portland. The Congregational church of this place was on Friday night hon ored by a visit and service by the Rev. Luther Dyott of the First church of Portland. The members of the local church have been told that they did the town of St Hel ens a favor in bringing such a dis tinguished man here. Mr. Galichio's solo added much to the impressive ness of the service. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. McConnell and daughter Erma, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harris and daughter Kather ine, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reineit and daughter Thelma, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hall and G. W. Horn, all of Ridgefield, Wash., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. II. J. Anderson at Warren over Sunday. The Chanel and pulpit platform tunw whit., he hoped would reelect ( A road biUa 0f importance de- ed UniteJ States Senator over came this v.eek attend,. , the Episcopal (Lurch are being ; Oregon senior M,ator n urn-, Ben Selling by about 2000 votes. Trachcr. InaU.ule. In the Ued and rem Ned by Oroon S j Sky Corporation law pass- The county tax bill enacted in time the child, n are enjoy 1910 repealed which means that cation. Urt.F M'ill mill much to the ..ml mnevt led Mr. Bourne s pieie.. u.w , , .u . I .. :.!. ..... rt nf the !F . .. ..t ili.. . ..1 ..illi flie - " 1 unn ... . . , . . ,... 1111. .11. ii .ii m. , .. .11,1111 iiii.iiu ...... All majority rule bills defeated, single tax will not again be vot-- At the election last Tuesday the Capital Punishment bill defeated on in Oregon. question of prohibition was voted Sherwood & Ross will have an opening of their new furnttrre store tomorrow, Saturday, and every p rson in the city and sur rounding country is invited to call and see the magnifkient stock of goods carried by them. Mrs. Harriet Lane of London, England, is visiting the Rosses. Mrs. Lane is a sister of Wm. M. Griswold, formerly a dentist in St. Helens; but now of Hamburg, Germany. Miss Amy George entertained Saturday evening with a dinner party in honor of Miss Lois Clear's 15th birthday. The table decora tions were in pink and white, ap propriate favors were given. Those who enjoyed Miss Georgie's hospi tality were the Misses Lois Clear, Eugena Deming, Bernice Masten, Dorothy Johns, Ada George, Beryl Muckle arid Mrs. Davis. The Ladies' Aid of the Con gregational church will hold the annual Bazaar at the Guild Hall on December 5, 112. Many use ful and beautiful articles will be placed on sale at this time in ad dition to the serving of a delicious enjoying a va- luncheon. Remember the date and come prepared to have a good lime and buy a beautiful present. I