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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1912)
t. Helens IMI'ROVKD SXRKKTS Municipal Water Systkm Two Miles ok Sfwfr iVr.,- gtWfcK -MhK Constriction Pay Rill $ 100,000 . "A Per Month .St. Helens Lumber .Products Go to All 1. ...... '. .- . Parts of the World .". . ,. : Shipments Over 5000,000 Feet Per Month St. Helena Has Saw Mills - - " Shipbuilding Plant' . Creosoting.Worlcs Stone Quarries . ' ' Fisheries uty Seat Columbia County Population 400 1500 1 L A XL vi vxxi. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 1912 GEO. WEBER IS CONVICTED School Notes KIO SELF DEfBISE UTS week The loading feature of tho in the bt. Helens school was a gen eral assembly ThursJiiv mnn.nra THE OEFENCES USED AT TILKi'Vr "r ouujeci 01 VRY OUT LESS THAN THREE HOURS a murder of James Cor- 3rd day of August , Weber is on trial We Campbell and Jury rcuit Court this week. an old man nearly 70 who has lived in a boat the Willamette Slough Vber of years and on the I 4 .. . I. i t tn srv na nil JgTJBl Willie ill .viijii VesCorrin on a return St. Helens to their e trouble arouse and ibbedCorrin and then e around tho neck and wn the river some dis anchored it a tree. i. .1 1 lys later tne uisappesr rrin was noucea Dy and hcarch was instl- the result that Weber I others came to SL (1 reported the disap- othe officers. Weber t man seen with Cor- turally he was bus- knowing something whereabouts, but he that ho knew noth- him except that on the hen they were togeth- rsons unknown to him d his boat while his urned and struck him a Mow on the head then threw him overboard and he was un afle to return to the scone. After several days of close questioning and the discovery of the body tied to a brush near the Saline landtng, Weber finally admitted that It was Corrin with whom he had the trouble and in tho scuff le had used a knife made from a file and struck Corrin with it! but had failed to return to nee ! what had become of him. Web er is putting up several defenses to the charge of murder, among mem ueing sen ueiense ana in sanity. So far the testimony on the part of the defense had been from several citizens who have known him forseverat years that he is insane, but sane enough at all times to distinguish between right and wrong. W. B. Dillard and A. W. Mueller are appear ing for the defendant. Later; The case was submitted to the jury at 6 o'clock this Fri day evening, and at 10 o'clock a verdict was returned of guilty of murder in the second degree. This means a life sentence which will be pronounced on him by Judge Campbell next Wednesday. eiim Coarse mm. tmm big success GETS GOOD wmm entire scho&l on the Home Industries." Thursday'; meeting was In response to the gov ernor s proclamation that all Ore gon join hands on the same day to boost Made in Oregon" products, ir.c nag salute was given by. t'ie enure school and several uatriotic songs, including "Sin? Ho, for the Oregon Grape," were suns:. II; 1 . ... . .. inn senooi basketball stock is coming up. The Rainier game was pronounced a "Hummer" by every one who saw it. A winning team is expected in a few weeks more ex pcrience. A big high school launch parly will go Kalama Saturday night of this ueek to piay against tho high school t'ijcie. A return game will be i.lnycd here next Wed nesday evening, tho night Lefore thanksgiving. 4 ne jiiysics ciass was given a t:tste of cappHe hospitality last Saturday when some of its members did work in the Scappoose labora tory as tho guests of Prof. Ralston and the ,Scappoes, class. The visi tors from Sr. IlcL..3hal the fur ther ploasuVa ef a visit to ihe mo del dairy and fruit farm of J. W. I'oincry near Johnson crossing. Friday night of this week was memorable one as Prof. N. F. Cole man of Reed Institute spoko at a social center meeting in the high school assembly. Ir.terest in the great new school in Portland added charm to the evening nnd the mag nifies nt address. A short musical Irogr":ue, ', lading a puJo !y A. A. (;. ' ''ih, was Mil' : red. The rtainmcnt U'lng provid- .yceutn Course at St. season has so far prov- kfvery highest grade of f entertainment. The Mi last Saturday night (ors. Indies' Quartette four younir ladies, each 1 her particular line. pi wai all musical con its, huinoroua and sen sting about two hours. k was quite large and native. No entertain ker ken given in the VI that was so well - re K iieople as was this fturday night Nov. 30lh Jones an entertainer of putation will appear at and promises to give inent equal in interest f-r one. The Lyceum winter is proving to be fvcry way and the peo- city and surrounding m encourage it in every Mr. A. II. White, of Central ; w,rk vt tiw anll'gh school I.nW Mich!. hfl l-.n vlli,w i w Vd for iiispcctu 1 by psr- with Mr. N. 0. Iraoee in this city JWIRIDE 1. Louis Slegertand n9en, all prominent cit- rumia arrived In St. W by way of Ituxton S business matters. They had a wonderful and ver the road from iuxton with Bill Ha WQ driver. In irointf I". Faster and faster e, curves were made 1 ami stumps seemed track of the wagon. kt st . .... ymm or me hill was Christensen and the pn thrown from their hard ground and and etumps with t Mr. rhri severe bruises about ,0ly white Mr. I lagers "Uly hurt. The oth- rre not Ininrod anv ''ey certainly faild to trip will return by way of San Francis co and I-o Angeles. Mr. White has bean a surecssCul business man in his home city, having been en gujed in the lumlcring and cooper age business but ha recently retir ed. He has been muking a tour of the western country with a viv of locating and after a week's stay in St. Helens gave It as bis iniorcs-Uon that he had not yet visited any place on his entire trip that had better prosicU for grow th and de velopment than has our little city. He will protmMy return hero in the spring ready to engage in some business. 1 , . . ' . ..... SCAPP00SU Mr. and Mrs. Dillard, Or. and Mrs. Edwin Koss spent Sunday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. 0. M. Washburn. The High School Literary and Debating Society gaA c an excell ent program last Friday after noon. Question for cULnteuas Resolved that.we shall iiave the i cutd and visitors before and after o con- Ei:hi .1. , ,.,(..j i in uiiire.-!S. On account -.lents Pr.f. iicr had to poststno liis visit ..'fOaMSiO? ()ne of the prettiest homo wed dings was tnat of Miss Tnf?tiaS. Fowltr and Pert F. Rkhon which took jilare.Thursdiiy aftemoon Nov. 11, Pj12, at tli.ho:;w '-f Use Mi. and Mrs. Frank P.ishnp of Coble. Orern. T. Watt ofTicintffd in Many ladies are registering for the epecial election which will be held in this City next Monday. The election is for the purpose of voting on the new charter. Much interest is being taken in the election on account of a joker which the City fathers insisted on putting into the charter. which states that all street im provements shall be paid for by property owners,' whereas for merly street intersections were paid by the city. ' Many citizens believe tl.W particular clause should have been left out of the charter and voted upon separate ly. Whether the council was jujtified in insetting this clause into the charter,' Monday's elec tion will tell. Last Monday evening at a spec al meeting of the city council, 1 I It 1 V I uie nammonu .Lumber Co. was given a 15 j ear franchise . for unning an overhead railroad through the city for the purpose of .taking out their large timoer holdings south of the city. It is expected that work will begin at once on the construction of said road. Tho Rainier Mine Co., whose factory has been closed for Bev- eral years, has had an full crew at work for the past month. One r.r load of soap ha3 been made. nnd the factory will continue with the gotd work. . THECOCfl BERG'S CE HAS , Y Real Estate-Transfers NW12. , , . ' Jessie R. and D. M. Sharp to H. ami II. Thomason, tract No 30 Ap ple Valley Scappoose Orchard tracts, consideration $i 10. Nov. 1:5. - ' -;; City of Clutskanle to B. J. Iak enfeld. Lot 33 in Clntskanio City, first" add to Maplewood cemetery, con. $20. . . n Nov. 1 i.' " ' F. B. Jlolbrook Co., to S. J. Cham pei ney, lots 1, 2, a, 4, 5. ti and 7 in !!k GO in Reaver llonies, con. $1200. 0i. ... . Nov. 15. O. B. Long and wife to W.- L. Wright, Land in 1-3-6-2. con. $3. . Nov 1C. '. St. Helens Imp. Co., to Alma I. Ko.vmun, Lot 7 and 8blk 4 in R. R. Add. to St. Helens, con. $10. Nov. 13. ; " i:. J. and L. Mills-to G. R. Mills, the r re vnee of relatives an! inU-, L:ilul in Vernonia. con. $.S0 mate friend.-. After the ceremony a nic- luncheon was served. Mr. and Mrs. Rishop tmk their depart ure for tho Chatman Logging Camp wl-.ere they will m;iko their home for the pivs.nt. Some pers )ii in our nighbor hood is evjJcntly developing a mouth foiMvhiiitlingv The hours for hia practice tro from 5 to 7 each morning and the tunes whis tled lire not pnrticu'arly noted as a sleeping1 !':ILnhy. the result of which is to bni'.g curses upon tiis be. Un- recau oi juuK. . i, maV The Ilev. Mr. , Schwimley of, l)je praClice hours are chang ihlard. Ore., conducted evan-: ; , t, t the city gelistic services hero last week , n wili nsi;tj to pass an Chas. 'Koutek hns purchased l)r.j:nftneo prohibiting whistling the August Stasna place. I between sunset ar.il sunrise. Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Stasna will: soon resurn to their old homo in . rj Jj U3LII. Mr. 0. Blatifus reports hiving -II L? . ...,-. nrwl will ROOll TC At Houlton lust mghtn fire broke, by nn micnl Houlton was ml. scene, inis tho pur- nn eppor- try it, of Saturday of last week s upu .0llictliiii:x bad to happ.n. Thomason with hU clasi in I hy-i Uwaahis. UuJ firfl chief in loading sics came over as the guests on cy,indt,r h., furotten to put tho Thysics class in the local , m lhe WRUf nnil s0lla j;, Bchool. The local conducted a not,)HVO enoHS, pressure and aa a aeries of demonstrations in the , conwilucnwJ tll0 buiKirmr was entire labatory. Wo trust that tho ht (,(,stroVC(l w5lh the new engine o'c7upy the house "h will close the hotel J. h Wnj the J conducted for some time past. tj stiiiiinliiv f last wcelc Mipt. , ride and do not care' Helena, High School can have in gcitinJC t'.iere but useless. Nov. IP. ; ' V. 1L Holme? et ux to John Stewart. Lots 'in Vernonia, con. $1. C. C. Marset ux to A. A. King, Land in 2C-G-", con. $10. - City of ClaLskanie to Clatkanie Aerie" No. 17t5 (Fraternal Order of Ka;;leo) Cemetery Its, con. $25. ColumbuH Maccabees Cemetery and RUlg. Assn. to Jonas Mettijarvi Cemetery Lot, con. $15.00. Nov. 20. T; A, and C. Cloninger to P. A. and U. Frakcs, 10 acres in o6-4-2 con. $1000.00. " t T. N. McDaniel to R. S. Lindsay, Lot3 2 and 3 in blk 3 Yerninia, eon. $10. 1 . . A.N;.yAUAZAAR The. nnnual bazaai rt the Ladies' Aid ef the M. E. church was held at the Cui'.d Hall last night at which time and plate tmuiy beautiful articles- - were placed on sale, euch as would be suitable ftr Xmas presents, and these were readily disposed of to the many peopla who attended. In addition to the sale of these dainty articles, a dinnrr wa3 ser ved consisting 3f creamed chick en, coh'ce, potat-es, pumpkin pie and cake. This .has , come to be an annual event with the ladies of the M. E. Church afld a neat smi is raised each year-which goes toward paying the cxpen scs of the church work. .Christ Epucopai Church There will be services in tha Epi? e,.p:il church next Sunday evening, November 21, at 7:30. Last Sunday morning at 6 o'clock Teddy Berg discovered fire falling down through the ceiling of his house in Railroad Addition and. immediately ran for an alarm box to call for help. ine first box he reacned waa near the Swede Boarding house in Lottville which failed to work so he hurried on down to the box at the Doncaster corner and this one also was out of commission. Teddy was determined to have assistance so he kept on going, trying the alarm boxes as he came to them - but it appeared that the whole alarm system was out of order. As a consequence he ran down to the mill, told the fireman there and started back. By the time he had gone a con siderable distance back towards ' the burning house the whistle atj the rnitf sounded the alarm and the fire apparatus was v quickly hauled out to the scene of the fire. However valiant . work n the part of Mrs. Berg and some neighbors with garden ho3e and buckets had put the fire out be fore the hose cart arrived. .. con siderable damage was done to the house ard -contents, tho roof being nearly entirely destroyed and the -plaster falling off in sev eral places. . The los3 is fully covered by insurance. ' LOCAL HAPPEWINGS, AND 001W6S roOCiSFEDPlfO ps lid :; si. era PERSONAL LOCAL; SOCIAL AND 'OTIE3VC2" In the Morning Oregonian of Nov. Hth we noticed in one of the Eastern cities they have on . sale a new version of the Rible, and in this new version it seems that all the ardial'ac forni3 of the King James anl revised " versions have been eliminated and little of the old- fashioned respoct for the generally accepted theological views anil ec clesiastical teachings remain. This reversion was under the direction of the Rv. Philip L. Jones. At first We were inclined to be indignant at the Rev. Jones. But on after thought we concluded he waa fight, foi the old-fashioned things are not popular any longer, and " we . don't know but he might have gone a lit tle farther and. concocted a new Christ the one we have now i? to old and foggy for the nineteenth century. - " . ' The one we have been worship ping for the last nineteen hundred years, was down on the money kings, and told e a tal in which he pictured a tramp as going to j paradise, nnd tho rich man who ; turned him from the door, a3 going to the place of torment. The Christ J of the present day to be popular, should reverse thostory and put the j money king in paradisa and turn the tramp into hell. The old-time Christ aswiciated with common peo ple and did he live today he would not be admitted into the high so ciety of Portland. The doctrine of equality of men was good enough for Christ to preach 1900years ago, but in the glory of the present civ ilization it is all out of place. The Mrs. F. W. Owen was a Portland visitor, on Tuesday. ' air. Jos. Lumijarvi, a merchant of Quincy, was a business visitor fn the City on Wednesday. Mrs. C. H. John spent a'' part of last week in Portland guest of Mrs. W. H. Powell, v u u Uissett is in Portland to day and will witness ?! Madam But terfiy" at the Heilig tonight ' W, E. Stevens of Scappoose waS a St. Helens visitor this mornina. Born to Mr. and Mrs. John C- Johnson of West Reuben Nov.-12, a son. - . Place your oners for-, turkeys on or before the 25th at George's Market. - v . . Poultry Supplies and Blatchfords Calf Meal a perfect Milk substitute, . ; Italian Importing Co. Mrs. E. H. Flagg is visiting with friends and relatives in St. Helens this Week. " The City Marshal had a buay time last night as a result of which several young men faced the City Recorder today on minor charges,' .P. M. Thorp has purchased a one- half interest in the' butcher shop and market of J. A. Bill ' o'n Willa mette street. , ,. ; County Clerk La Bare has an ex tra force of clerks at wort this week in making up the valuations of the several road and . sraool dis tricts of the county. Ji-- ' , Mr. Scott, father ofChas. Scott of th:s City, died at te'Jbospital in Portland Monday att,was burled Tuesday. Mr. and. Mm. Scott of this City attended the funeral. Mr3. A. J. Deming entertained on Wednesday evening in honor tf Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Iioss, with a Southern dinner, followed by "Five hundred." ; You will 6urely miss a "Good Thing" if you don't visit the 5, 10 and 15 cent counters at the Italian Importing Co's. : . . Four year old. 1350 pound iron gray horse and nearly new Milburn 2-horse wagon and a double harness, hand made, for sale," for cash or bankable note. Enquire of U. 'D. Kelley, Houlton, Oregon.- . ' F. M. Milts, came down from Portland last Monday and transact ed some business here before re turning to his home. He reports that hi3 father, S. Al Miles has been quite ill for some time but that he is somewhat improved at present. The City Council and Water Com mission have joined forces and will pay a salary sufficient to enable the ! Reorder to maintain bis .office at the City Hall, during tha", business hours of the day. Mr. Ga?) will have j charge of all city records and the collection of water rents after the 1st of the .month at the City Hall. The Italian Importing Co , carry a fine line of staple groceries 8 or, All kinds of was taken before" Judge Dart' iasjL. -i'j, Tuesday for an examination, as o " his mental condition. ' Afterao?. r; ough examination by two Debtors' K--k and the Judge it was decided that '"" Mr. Sandstrom was insane jf'i.ki". was committed ta the AMuhr at - A- Salem. . r . - - .',PS yi W. H. Cooper and A;fU." Tayw lor, attorneys from 3L.:nIcr.'r-- rived in St. Helens .this mortgjS? toargue some notions and murrers in the Circuit,Curth.l)ut when they appealed inheourt Room there-was no JoCra Pres ent so the arguments "Wer post? poned Judg Campbt2 wenj to Portland last night in the John son Autos after the jury had re? turned the, verdict in the "Weber . case. "- . - --; ': '" "..-', Madan-. Butterfly at the Heilig 1 Theatre ta Portland tonight is the attractfejnthat caused several St. Helens people to travel to the city, among them being Mr. J, H. Well-' . mgton, Mrs. J. L. Zipperer and Mrs. Jones. , - r ... ' . "; Mr. F. J.Treeman, a Civil En- gineer.and surveyor from Beck with. Cal., arrived in St Helens today looking for a location. lie t3 a graduate of the Nevada Col- - lege of Engineering and has had considerable experience in bis profession. After looking over - the situation here he expressed himself as well pleased with the t prospect and that he would pro- Daniy locate here permanently, " He will bring- his father , tad' mother with him. to make this v their permanent home. Judgefnjr from his appearance and convert' sat ion he is a young, man who will make good and we certainly bespek for him in this filed. ;t ; Considerable work is being done ., on the streets of St Helens this month. Jack Despain has a crew -of men at work on Winter Street making a cut through the hill near j Godfrey Park and the Street will be graded and macadamized from 1 Willamelle Street through to the northern boundary of the city. " Jack LafTerty has a crew of men blasting stumps and grading Cas enau atreet between Willamette Street and Nigger Creek. A' bridge will be built across Nigger Creek so that travel may be had, between the quarry and the city without having to go back to Win ter Street to cross. A new side- . walk and steps" have been built . along Cascnau street between the School House nnd the residence Dr. Peel on the hill. Sidewajkg have been ordered, along Hem' -lock rtrcet between Willamette ' Street and the northern boundary . of the city. rj6 Christ of the . olden time; was so io varieties of cheeic poor that he had ftot-where to lay j fresh fruits and voglablea in sea his head, hi went about as a salva-j son, besides many Italian Importa tion agitator holding poverty pic-, turns new to this locality, Courte ncs and feeding the people on i ous treatment extendel to all. We bread and fish. The new Christ; hvlte your patronage. should be a billionair, ride in tour ing cars, own enough lnnl to make Miss Elizabeth Philip waa taken Don't Forget thCMIira ' - One week ago the readers of this paper will remember an ap peal made by the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of Oregon for a Thanksgiving donation and "Lest ye forget". we again insert a re- The Italian Importing Co. i minder for this an all important a couple of counties, get up a sup- j to lhe Go3l Samarital Hospital last per worth $500.00 a plate, hnd die I wk whera i)r fj G jt,.a of St tate fe. a congrea of millionaire-; Hele.is and Sabia ef PortHnd per No we think the' old-timff Christ fl)nU2.j an operation vponhtr which vaa too much of a reformer and ; wa raccesslV.l and she i3 r.cw im not in sympathy with tho people of pi.oving quite rai idly. It U hoped today, and we really think n r.ewrt,,itncr ,,5 jU3 i,con vcry Christ is Tieeiled. ! p'.wrly fo? years, will bo entirely A S.iba:v':lcr, j rjstoiv l. ' All kind of job -work' dene at the : ,1 .'r. Andrss Sa ulstrom, a farm. Mist ofiicj at reasonable prices. t.r .f the Warron r.cihlorhood, time of the year for the children at the Receiving Home of the Boys' and Girls'- Aid Society of Oregon, so send along , your do nation, no matter ho- small, fo. you may be sum it will be ap preciated and such donations will ' be carried free by the Steamboat , and Railroad Companies running into Portland, if plainly marked Boys' and Girls Aid Society of Oregon, Portland, Oregon, v i1 7 X lerforniance. time some of these things.