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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1912)
St. Helens Couuty Scat Columbia County Population 1908 - - - 400 1910 - - - 75 191a - 1500 KWC1K,C L.GHTS lMROVFr) Strkkts Ml NKIi'AL Watkr Svstkm Two Milks ov Skwicr Uni,hr Construction Pay Roll $100,000 , Per J I until 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 THE OREGON MIST VOL. XXXI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1912 no. ea BURT GREEN ACHED OF MURDER CASE CAME 10 A SUDDEN ENDING LAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON The cum of the State of Oregon vi Burtn Ore no rame to a sudden ending last Tuesday when Judge Eakin decided that there wu not sufficient testimony to aulmit the cose t th' jury. At the conrluHion of the testimony of the state the de fendant asked for a directed verdict on the ground that there wsj not evidence to sustain a verdict and moved thut all testimony concern ing the trailing of Greene by blood hound re stricken out. After con siderable argument by the attorneys, Judge Eakin held that the testimony of the blood hound was not such evidence as would warrant a verdict of guilty. The evidence on the part of the state when all summed up wax shout as follows; On the 17th house, a Bhort distance away. Also' on that evening Weist had failed to! apH-ar at tli! Peterson Urn for hisj milk which he wan in the habit of i doing. The next morning one of the men on the ranch went up near) the cabin and found the door still ! ojien ami upon calling for Weist re ceived ni answer. Entering the cabin the body of Weist w as found on his bed with two bullet holes through his head and a partially cooked meal on the stove burned to a crisp. Every one wa.i kept away that diy by the officers as soon as they arrived, when at night V. E. Conyers arrived with his bloodhound. In the meantime Greene had been taken from his house to the Weist of Octoler 1012 while Weist was I cabin by the Sheriff in a roundabout employed as game keeper on the way so that when the do-r arrived H,,n. A Peterson and reserve . 11 W ...... w...,!,)!. HUM juiv that a very valuable gun belonging Pn out to the dog for scent With to one of the members of the duck , that to start from th club was stolon from cabin and that Greene do made the Weist several circles around the back of was seen the house, up to the window and there that day. On a prior occas ion Greene had taken the same gun and hidden it in the brush but when cornered down had admitted taking it ami returned it with the explana- finally struck a trail leading out of the exact location where Greene had been seen the day liefote. From there the dog took the trail through the brush for about two miles right tion that it was a joke. When the Up to the Green cabin and from! gun disappeared on the 17th how. theie around the road where Greene j ever it never was found until re- j had been taken by the sheriff right 1 cently when it was discovered un-1 up to the Weist cabin again While deralo bvtween the Weist cabin j a crowd of men were standing th-re : and the Greene cabin. On the day j that morning after the trailing, t e , of the 21th of Octotwr Greene w as dog suddenly jave another start and again seen at the Weist cabin, al- j was just in the act of jumping onto though the evidence showed that he I Greene when pulled back by Mr. had bern ordered by his own em-, Conyers. There were several con players as well as Weist to keep J vernations between men and Greene : away and that he was suspected of I and n each occasion Greene stated j having taken the gun. On the 31st I that he had not la-en at the Weist i'f Oct. Weist went across the slough ( cabin for two w eeks prior to the to visit with friends and returned I murder, but two witnessed testified to his cabin shortly after 1 o'clock, j that he was there several times dur-1 At 3 3o o'clock a workman on the ' ing that period. There were many Peterson ranch saw Greene come J more details pointing to Greene as1 out of the brush and turn into the ! the guilty man. but when the dog trail leading to the Weist cabin. All j testimony was taken out the Judge that day the door of the cabin was i was of the opinion that there was epen and that night no light was J not enough evidence to submit to n by the people at the IVterson the jury and the case was dismissed. DISASTROUS EIRE USKUDAMD stock a d tools he ha I insurance to j the amount of gtfinti. The loss to f Mr. Kotger will also U- quite heavy I resulting from the water rather than from fire. Mr. Constantin hasj already opened up again in the old j Rupert building near the bank and Mr. Kotger will rebuild the d.unag-: ed building and put in a larger A cry damaging fire occurred in this city last Tuesday afternoon 'hen flames burst out In the plumb- stock than ever. I ing shop of I. Constantin. Mr. j In connection with the foregoing , dmstantin was working with his E. A. Kotger begs to announce to i soldering pot, which has a small ! his patrons and the public in gener-1 gasoline tauk on the top to feed the 'at, that as soon as li'-e adjustments flames, and in some wny this small j are made he will n place his damag- j tank sprung a leak permitting the : ed stock of supplied, lamps, dry, gasolun! to leak down onto the open j cells, etc., with ne.v stock now en blaze, which dropped down on to route and will conduct his business some oakum which whs stored un- temporarily at the pi vscnt location der the work bench. Instantly the j until arrangements and deals are fire spread to the paper walls of the : complete for larger and better ac-1 hop and before the fire alarm was commodat ions, unded the entire Interior of the ! ! hop w4 in flames. The hose cart! UPRFR TRi&I NFXF WFFK ' and chemical engine were quickly' IWHL M-AI j hauled to the scene and before the building which was a small frame concern, was burned very much the fire was under control. The elec trical shop of E. A. Kotger, In the same, building was in great danger but before the flames had gone through the single board wall the fire was extinguished. For a time it looked as though the entire builcN wm doomed and with it would go h Episcopal Church and Gnild Hall adjoining, but the heroic work of the fjre brigade soon saved nil M, adjoining property. The loss t() Mr. Constantin will be quite ntavy, ,iM gtock having been in voiced only a few weeks aro and Cached well over $3000. On this Mil WILL K Oil UP BY HIE DEFENSE ! Next Tuesday the trial of George ( Weler for the murder of James: Corrln will start In the Circuit Court in th! city before Judge Campbell. Reports are current j that the defense of Weber will be ( insanity and he has been taken to CJ Portland for examination by Dr. , Williamson, a noted expert on lun acy. We understand that nr. i mi examination for 1 LATEST ELECTION RETURNS IN COLUMBIA CO. Every Precinct Reported on State and County Olticers PARTIAL RETURNS ON VARIOUS MEASURES c Taft Wilson ChafTin Debs Roosevelt Campbell Ilawley Richards Smith Bourne Clark Lane Selling Kennedy Olcott Ryan Eakin Slater Mickle Atichson .Anderson MahalTey Service Hedges Tongue Welch Hall Oleen Harris McKay Jessup Rotteron N. H. 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Mr. Bert McKay of Portland was a St. Helens visitor over last Sun day. Mrs. Partridge, mother of Mr?. Wm. Ross returned on Monday from Seattle where she has been on a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ross are en tertaining Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Ross with a dinner party this evening. L. R. Ferris of Portland is visit ing his family in St. Helens at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Muckle. D. Lane, a Portland business man visited with friends in St. Helens early in the week. Misses Amy and Anne George were Portland visitors during the week.' ' " ---. Peter Maurir and Anna Suhua both of Rainier, were married' in St. Helens by Judge Dart on last Saturday. Am in the market for good tim ber buys in Columbia Clatsop and Tillamook Counties. M. Swanstrom 221 Leary Eldg. Seattle. George B. Conyers the Surveyor elect of Columbia County, is visit in? with a sister in Kansas City. Jas. Taylor of this city left for Spokane, Wash., early in the week and will spend some time there on a busmess and pleasure trip. Captain Orin Abel hasbeen taken to a hospital in Portland where he is confined to his bed with a severe illness Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Ross enter tained with a dinner to Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Ross on Thursday night. Dr. and Mrs. Ross will leave foon fjr Redlands. Cal., to spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob George an nounce the enjrajrement of their daughter Anne May to Mr. V. B. McKay of Portland. The wedding will occur Some time in December. Mr. John R. Mollison and daugh ter Misd Bessie, of Musselburgh, Scotland, arrived in St. Helens last week and will make their home in this city. The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. Church will hold their l!a'.aar at the Guild Hall Nov. 22. The sale will open at 2 p. m. Supper from 5 to 7. Creamed Chicken, Ma-.hed Potatoes, Sallad. Rolls and Coffee, Pie, Jelly, Cheese and Pickles, 25cts. (Vcnau Street has been macada mized with crushed rock and screen ings and is now one of the best im proved streets in the city. Work is also b-.ing done on Columbia street today. Mra. A. E. Thompson returned to her home Monday night after a long siege of sickneis at the Good Samaritan Hospital. Her many R. C. McCoy, who a few years ago was a resident painter and paper hanger in St. Helens, has re turned to this city and again enter ed into the painting business. He will in the near future put in a line of sample wall papers second to none and will be prepared to do any and all kinds of interior and exter ior painting and decorating. Residents of the blocks between Oak and Winter Streets have been enjoying a flood on their property the past week due to the heavy rains and no drainage. Work on the new sewer and drain is progress ing quite rapidly and it is expected to have a drain for this surface water within a short time. Mr. W. A. Wood, well known in this city where he served as deputy sheriff under Sheriff R. S. Hattan for some years, has again entered politics in his new home.. The re turns from Curry County, Oregoa show that he was the successful can didate for County Judge of that county and will occupy that position for four years. Tongue wdl prosecute. ' Columbia Contract Co., and a Bargelepars, a ba.v spirit, top masts etc . 4.1 1 will bfl furnished. In addition to 7 7, r f 7th. tV, extra work this Shipbuilding Co. friends are Indeed glad to have her feet 1 inch depth of h.d for the J rnntiml- work out on home and wia'.i her all possible speed same company will bo built here. ' yereed nnj wiH commence on j to a complete recovery. the new Steam Schooner within a The City Council of Iloulton has short time. Large sheds have been ; uur, to make some needed improv- built so the workmen will not be mont3 in the nppearance of their compelled to work all tne ume in Crushed rock is being hauled Work on these two boats will start immediately and will be completed as fast as men can do it. Also the Bark "Albert" owned by Honolulu parties will arrive here within a short time and will undergo exten sive repairs at the shipyards, 3 new the rains and work will continue daring the winter months as well as the summertime. onto the street and several row j crossings are beinje rocked. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES m ran aw scirasi Basket ball between the Rainier and the St. Helens high school teams tonight in the high school gymnasium has been the center of interest for the past few days among the high school pupils. A hard fight is expected, and a big crowd is assured. The home boys are in tip-top condition, and on daunted by the defeat they met with in Clatskanie last week when they met a veteran team of three years' experience on a strange floor and were swept off their feet. Prof. Joseph Schafer of the Uni" versity of Oregon will appear in the St. Helens high school assembly room on the evening of November 22. Prof. Schafer is a historian of note, having written several histor ies, the text used in the public schools being one. He will speak of local historical surroundings. The visit and address of Prof. Schafer will be the occasion for a social cen ter meeting at the school building. The parents of all the children in the school are especially tally asked to be present as the work of the children will be on inspection before the lecture begins. Such public meetings at the school will be arranged from time to time, and will be free. Chas. Smith has gone into the banking business on an ideal scale. i and from this time on will act as banker for the Bookkeeping Class. Classes were suspended for ' sev eral minutes Tuesday afternoon when the tire broke out in the plumbers shop. The high school boya quietly and swiftly made their way down the stairs, and over ot the fire to be of assistance if needed. The high school students are practicing on "The Soldiers' Chor us" from Faust, music by Gounod. All the pupils throughout the grades and high school are also learning a tlag salute. These two patriotic masterpieces will be given before the public on future occasions. The tryout for selecting debaters to represent St Helens high school in the state league will be held ear ly next week the exact time de pending upon when a suitable judge from out of town can be secured. Cecil Ross entertained the High school students last Friday evening. (Continued on page 8) .
