St. Helena
County Seat
Columbia County
Population
1908 -, 4 00
1910 750
191 2 1500
I? I Ui't urs 1 .
w,,TS IMPROVKD STKERTS
Municipal Watkk Svstkm
Two Miws on Skwkr Uni.kr Construction
Pay Roll
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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 Plamt . ;
Creosoting Works
Stone Quarries
Fisheries
$100,000
Per Month
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VOL. XXXI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1912
NO. 71
OREGON
MIST
SCHOOL FED MEET
COLUMBIA CCOT SCHOOLLS TO MEET
AT ST. HELENS
ALL SCHOOLS TO BE REPRESENTED
For the purpose of discussing the
annual Columbia county track and
field nieet, a meeting of the county
principal wai held yesterday after
noon in the office of County Superin
tendent J. B. Wllkerton, Providing
that the biff went will be hold on
the St. Iteleni school district'! ideal
ichool playground lit by the tennis
courts, the principals of all the
schools In Columbia county will urge
their schools to aend track teams.
This tract of land is so well adapted
for school athletic purposes that the
principals voted to hold the meet In
this city. No other school In the
County has a location jw good for
ichool purpose!.
Efforts will be made, according to
Mr. Thumaeun. principal of the St.
Helens school, to enlist the co
operation of the local Commercial
club and business men generally to
make the annual field meet and
declamation contest ' one of the
blKirest event evr held. here. While
pie plans have not been fully formed,
pwing to the fact that the princi
pals have just voted to come here
for the meet, It a thought that a
RAINIER MS INSTALL
P. M. Ml PM) TO
I CICE P(M.WARTH
At a regular meeting of Rainier
UlKe No. 35, A. F. A A. held Dec.
14, 1912, the following officers were
elected and Installed for the ensuing
Masonic year: Charles A. Nutt,
W. M.: Hugh W. Nutt, S. W. ; TW;.
Hughes, J. W.; Wm. McMitan,
Sect.; K. E. Stucker, Trout j Chas.
DarW, Tyler; Wm. Rcid. S. D ;
Chas. Lambuson. J. D.; Dean
Bianehard, S. 8.; Fred Fluhrer, J.
t).; Robert Wright. Chaplain. After
which all the members repaired to
tho I-odge dining room, where a
grand supper was served. Remarks
were made by a number of the mem
bers present, and Dr. W. 1. Wil
liamson of Portland delivered the
main address of the evening, in the
course of which he presented to J.
Bruce Polwarth a Fast Master's
Jewel. Dr. Williamson'! address
was highly appreciated by the as
sembled brethren. ,
Off FOUAllfOlA
KRS. A. T. UWS
ED O ROY TO TAKE TRIP
Ed Laws has been under the
weather some lately and has been
threatened with a general break
down, due to over work In his
studies the past year and has de
cided to take a rest for the winter.
Ho worked very hard during his
school work, doing the work of two
years in one, and as a result finds
that ho must take a rest. Roy
Laws, a brother, la also far from
well, so it has been decided that
Mrs. Laws and the boys will start
immediately after Christmas for
Kcdlanlt, California, and will take
a complete rest for several months.
Tho many friends of the Ijiws family
will look forward to the return in
the spring, with the boys completely
recovered. . . .'
Gouaty School Census
The school census report for Nov.
25, 1912, shows the number of per
ons residing In Columbia couaty at
thftt time, between tho age of four
and twenty, to be as follows: Males
female! 167G, tot.it Mil", l
1U tho total of the county was
B240,nhowng a gain of SJ120 in tho
ounty, the largest boing in the St,
Helens district, 63 over last year,
While the Rainier district has 6)
display of school work somewhat in
the nature of a school fair may also
accompany the big county school
gathering.
May 17 is the dato set awl t for
the meet. A new feature has beon
added this year through the Insti
gation of Miss Gertrude IKgett of
Goble. This Is to be a general de
clamatory contest In two classes, one
clans for graded schools and one
class for high schools. All rural
schools of the county will be urged
to send representatives. This feat
ure should swell the attendance from
the rural communities adjacent to
St. Helens.
The following lint of events was
adopted: Half mile relay, quarter
mile dash, 100-yard dash, 60 yard
dash, broad jump, high jump, hum
mer, shot put. discus, pole vault.
The new method of putting the shot
used in the Olympio contests will be
employed and the weight will be
"put" with each hand and the dist
ances averaged. A tennis tourna
ment will tie held in connection with
(ho day's events,
School Notes
Basket ball was the chief outside
interest of the students of the high
school this week past. Two good
clean games were played, the score
of each being against St. Helens by
small margin. While the Woodland
game was clean and good within
itself, the team was not composed of
students. Tho first half was !i
cidedly in favor of St. Helens. Thei.
tho Woodland lads, seeing defeat
before them, put in a town player
who was brought with them for
some reason. Tho big fiilew was
soon nhlo to turn the score and en
able the visitors to win out,
When the superior work of the
new mnn was noted, inquiry was
made of the Woodland couch, A. 1'.
McDonald, and he 'stated frankly
that tho man was riot n student.
(McDonald thought the Weodland
f bova could not have brought student
jsul-s along and that they had to put
i the ouUider in. He sinned n state
ment that the player was ineligible
and forfeited the game. While (Wh
McDonald seemed entirely free from
guilt in the matter and seemed
anxious t make amt-nds, tin' alti
tude of the Woodland captain was
very different, convincing mary here
thnt the club mnn was brought along
to be ud in ease of nn emergency.
A ntitvnmeiit has been stalled
'among some of the Columbia county
pr ncijiiils to clean up the camo of
'basketball. The gnmo with Clntf
kanie Wednesday niht was n sam
ple of what may be the spirit of good
-portsmnnship between two schools.
There was no sign of roughness or
of a desire to win at nil odds. The
game was clean cut all the way
through and the Columbia county
champions (who have nl lent-n
Vancouver and other larger m-Iio-M
won from St Helens by a wore of
25 to Hi.
A feature of the cVt-incr of the
school work before the holidays was
a Christmas tree program. Lach
room had a tree nnd the pupils each
put in one present nnd each ha I the
chance to draw one. One week or
varation will be granted hy the
tho minil. honrMH win
"bnrinon Monday, Decmbcr 3J.
During the past two weeks the
phyr.ics class hns spent I nw u.. -Un
periods in the St. Helens mil, s.
The first day they made a Iirst lun.l
atudy of the big engines, tracing
the steam fro.n the boiler t tm
various places where it is utilized to
turn the great wheels of tho mill.
The second day they went through
the mill. The third day they made
nn Intensive study of pumps m the
' i ! i....,Bf the m Us. Mr. t ole.
maciiuiv ur - , ., ,, V.
master mechanic, and L. K. Kul.r
ford 'were tho specialist n
plnlne I the work to tho da.
Additional clivlno servio i tu
Catholic church at St. Helens every
fifth Sunday of the month after the
arrival of the train from Rainier.
n v FW.c-r. 0. S. .
Pastor Rainier, St. Helens and
I CJffl.EE SINGERS
FAMOUS CGLGREO TROUPE TO
VISIT ST. HELENS THIS MONTH
The great treat of tho Season in
the way of an entertainment has
been etigaged for New Year's Eve,
Tuesday, Dec. 31st at the City Hall
in St. Helens, wherftho North Caro
lina Jubilee Singers will appear as
the fourth number of the Lyceum
Course entertainments. Thistroupe
consists of six colored people who
have" been entertaining audiences
fro.n th;j Atlantic t'j the Pacific and
have a reputation that is first class.
They have drawn crowds wherever
they have appeared and come to uB
with tho very highest of reeim
mendations. Their program is made
up of real Southern melodie3, in
strumuute! selections and late songs.
Every person, young or old, who
! enjoy performances of this kind
'should not fail to attend this enter
tainment. The committee in charge
is very anxious that a large crowd
shall witness this performance and
are going to do consideral le adver
tising. INVESTS 1H ST. HELENS
EO'iiuiia O-LTN IMPRESSED WITH
PROSPECTS UNO Will BUILD HOUSES
Edmund Oleen of Columbia City
spent a duy or two in St. Helens
this wceK looking over tho town
lots. Before leaving be purchased
two lots, i.nei,f tliem being lot 13 In
block 3 1 on the hill near the J. S.
Allen reidenc Mr. Oleen will
buili :i this li t a modern home and'
vill come to St. Helen? to reside aa
on as completed. Cn h a other
lot he inid that he will build a house
to rent and that when he cir.es here
to live will probably Luild several
busies for renters. St. Helens ex
tends a welcome to Mr. Oleen to be
c mie a resident and hopes that more
people like him will come. ,
Hard S af;ce Trying
KaveolSUrlcl to IciFrcTS Co!
cialiii Street in S Helens
There is some talk among the
property owr.crs along Columbia
street between St. Helens and Cow
litz streets of having tho 6treet
paved with hind surface pavement.
It is estimated that with the already
solid foundation the cost would not
be s bi;.'h. n d that it being the
maia thoroughfare of tie city and
property if becoming ro valuable
that the improvement " mentioned
would b a great incentive towards
getting more business houses on
this street, If the paving is done
th-n would follow picture lamps or
cluster. ar.d it would be the Wash
ington sire.-t or' t ,is city.
0." E. S. Install
I GFHStES FlR NEW YEAR
TMTIiOSPMS
11 - a'i I odxe No. 30,0. K, S. of
iSt. Helen i iiwtallel the " fvillowiug
i ..tlk-ers for the ensuing year, at
!ft...!r m.vt:ni last Saturday right;
:Mixy Coowo. Mutrun; C. II. John,
jl'aUo.'i; Marirf.rtt outliard. a.
u,-nn- I.ucv Ci.i,-, Sec; Andrew
i King, Tre:is.; FruncM John, Con
iductress; Florence Rotgar, Assistant
;Cn.: Susie Dillard, Adah; Ellen
! Dart, Ruth; Florii Owen,. Father; S.
Im Ooi.-k. Mnrtha; 1 Jessie' Fopojoy.
iKIecf: Alice Quk'k, Organist; K. K.
i.iek. Mar shal; V U !e. t-cn.5
lNiii.1 Grl.Te, Wurdner. Alter me
it.f.,!lIi:.t,a tho lod-;e rea l ers ic-
psircd to tl.e(;ui!dn:i!w!. ieWiuh
fMuckltf had prepared the fan(,uot
! mentioned in nnotiier column.
. i.... i;'n., fiPi-i PB. st inls. standi
! library tables, etc, at Sherwood &
Ross".
GEB.MGrJSUCENSE
mm CONTAINS 304 NAMES:
KfOCT?ANC HAS 137
The council meeting last Friday
night was well attended by people
who were particularly interested in
the outcome of the application of
George Brinn for a liquor license.
The petition was considered first,
each name being taken and con
sidered as to qualification. After
the entire list was gone over and
names taken off who were not legal
voters, there remained, according to
the count, 324 signers to the peti
tion. Then the remonstrance was
taken up and after taking off the
names of those who were not en
titled to sign a petition or re
monstrance there remained 137
names. Iwenty names on the peti
tion were also on the remonstrance,
so they w ere also deducted, leaving
304 legal voters on the petition.
After considerable talking back and
forth a motion was made that the
iceftse be granted, which motion
carried wjth one dissenting vote,
NEW FOOT BRIDGE
NIGGER CREEK SPAN IN CASENAO
STREET IS 120 FEET IONS,
A foot bridge 120 feet long and 6
feet wide has been completed across
Nigger creek at Casenau street t
connecting the residence district and ,
the quarry people with the eity with-.
out havirg to go around through the ,
park, 'ihe bridge is 43 feet high in j
the highest place and was built by;
U. W. Clark and a crew of men in
aboutSdays. It will be a great
convenience to the residents across
the creek as well as people who have
to travel over to the quarry,
Mrs. Cara Woodward
Mrs. Cora Woodward, wife of J.T.
ward of Yankton, died at the
family home on Dec. 12th and was
buried on the 14 th at the Yankton
wmcicrv. Mrs. Woodward was born
at River junction, Jackson County,
Michigan, on April 14th, 1862, and
at Millbrook, Michigan, was married
ta J. T. Woodward on the 2nd of
October, 1883. They came west and
settled near Yankton several years
ao, where husband and wife im
r.mved their dace until it was one
of the very Lest improved farms in
this county. Mrs. Woodward was
highly respected and esteemed by all
vho k"ow her and the whole com
munity was shocked to lenrn of her
death. She was an active member
f the Baptist church of Yankton.
V husband, one sister and three
neices are left to mourn her de
parture. A QUIET SESSION OF
THE TRAVELS Of A BOTTLE
Set Adrill in Oceaa it Trarels
1200 Miles ia 3 IMs
Captain Hansen of the Steamer
Konawas in St Helens Tuesday
with his wife and baby, having come
up from Prescott where his ship ia
receiving a cargo f lumber for
Australia. Captain Hansen was in
St. Helens last April with his ahip
and sailed from here to New Cale
donia with a cargo of St. Helens
lumber. While off the coast of the
Fiji Islands on hii trip from here he
placed a hodrographic report in a
bottle and set it adrift. After hav
ing made his trip half way around
the world and returned to San Fran
cisco he received a letter from the
government officials at Washington
that hia bottle had been pleked up
three months after dated, on the
shores of Solomon Island, 1200 miles
distant. Captain Hansen is a prop
erty owner in St Helens and has ex
pressed his intention of retiring from
the sea within a few years to settle
in this city.
AJOODJST
WASH MUCKLE ENTERTAINS
EASTERN STAR MEMBERS
Wash Muekle was the host at the
banquet served ' to the Eastern Star
aed Masonic orders last Saturday
night in the Guild Hall. Wash
proved himself a generous and hos
pitable host too. The Guild Hall
and tables were very tastily decor
ated with Oregon Grape and yellow
chrysanthemums. The banquet too,
was pronounced by the guests to
have been the most elaborate that
had ever been prepared and served
In this city.
The St. Helens mill, after a con
tinuous run of nearly four yearr,
will close down next Tuesday noon
and remain closed until the follow
ing Monday, in order to make some
repairs and to give the men a holi
day. It is a remarkable record for
a big mill to make a continuous run
of four years without having to stop
for repairs and speaks well for the
construction of the mill and class of
machinery, as well as the efficiency
of the men in charge.
Another car of feed just arrived.
Wheat, shorts, bran, rolled oats and
barley at White & White's.
THE ClTV COUNCIL
i ' V'1)
LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND DOINGS
NEWS NOTES CONCERNING
PERSONAL; LOCAL; SOCIAL AND OTHERWISE
T. H. Ward, an attorney of Port
land, was in St Helens Tuesday.
A. W. Norblad of Astoria was in
St Helens last Saturday looking
after legal matters.
Norman Merrill of Clatskanie was
a business visitor in St Helens
Wednesday.
Place your orders for turkeys on
or before the 21st at George's mar
ket '
You can buy at eost nretty Jew
elry at Mrs. Owen's.
Have you seen those fine vases at
the Central Grocery. .
Come in and select your presents
for Christmas and make a small de
posit and you can secure something
that will please. At Von Gray's
store.
John Quick who left here some
months ago for Kenwood, Cal. , re
turned thia week and wilt hereafter
made his home in this city.
Harry West of Scappoose was in
the city Tuesday to receive a horse
which was shipped to him 'on the
Harvest Queen.
Hon. Chas. W. Fulton, of Porf-!
land, was attending to some matters
before the Circuit Court in St
Helens last Monday-
W. G. Drowley, a prominent at
torney from Vancouver, Wash. , was
attending Circuit Court in this city
during the week.
E. E. Gooslin, interested in the
St. Helens mill, was looking after
business matters in St. Helens Tues
day. . .
Frank H. Meeker, formerly a resi
dent of this place, but who has been
living in Missouri for some time, has
returned to St. Helens and will make
his home here.
Handpainted china, Cut Glass,
Books, at cost, at Mrs. Owen's.
.'A mas3 meeling will be held in
the City Hall Saturday night Dec.
28, 1912, afc-7 o'clock for the pur
pose of discussing the city charter
and appointing a committee to draft
resolutions revising said charter. By
order of the City Council.
John Q. Gage, Recorder.
At the meeting of the Foresters held
last Monday a Lanquet was served
to the members which was mo3t
thorour.h'y mjoyed. Ttii lodge was
orly recently re-organized and is in
a prosi crous condition, new mem
bers le'ng taken In at each meeting.
H. McKiel, a prominent merchant
of Clatskanie, wa3 attending court
in this city Wednesday, having a
lawsuit with the White Sewing Ma
chine Co. W. II. Towe'l of Port
land was the attorney for Mr. Mc
Kiel and A. W. Mueller for the Com
pany. '
Wanted Girl to do general house
wcrk. pply at Mist office.
See the rockers, high chairs,
children's rockers etc, at the new
furniture store.
A beautiful art calendar given
with every rair of shoi's biught at
White & Wl He's.
There arc seventeen applicants
taking the examination for state
papers nt the Court House this
week, before Prof. Wilkcrson, Re
jults will not be known for several
weeks.
W. H. Cooper of Rainier was
irguing a motion before Judge
Eakin in the Circuit Court yes'.er
Jay, Mr. Cooper 1 as been laid up
with rhcun atitm for Feveral wcekr,
hut is sroin ts rpry es ever.
L'sle." Laws, elJ ft ton o A. T.
' tvwi, C3 operate 1 on at the St.
YirrtTts hrtpital in Portland this
wick f r appendicitis and Is re
jovtiing very ta.isfactorily.
J. W. Patrick, a ' prominent
farmer of tho Goble country, was
attending to business matters in St.
.Helens Wednesday.
PEOPLE AND
THINGS IN AND MID ST. IMS
ThA revival mAAfiiiM wltfatt V v.
w . . . ...W. m TT ....
eeen going on in the M. E. church
for two weeks closed last Sunday .
night. Much inteiest was mani
fested in these meetings and the
parties in charge feel that much
good will result. . Dr. McUougall, .
T i n ' . i . i
iiauict oupenuieoaent, was in
I will buy from now on all the
callves, male or female, 8 to 4 day
old, and will pay $1.60 to $2 50, ac-
cording to size. Will go and set
them when notified. Phone Bateho-.
ler flat Post Office, Warren, Ore.
Gus Skuzie. 1 mo
All grades of furniture with price
according to quality. See our ad.
Sherwood & Ross. '
The voters of School District No,
2. St Helens, met last Tuesday
night and after a spirited debate as
to the selling of some of the school
property and the expenses of the
district levied a 6 mill tax for the
coming year. The only action taken
was the levying of the tax, although
several suggestions were made but
not acted upon.
So far as reported the tax levy in
this city reaches 14 1-2 mills and ft
is probable that the general state
etc, to be levied by the County Court
will be about 10 mills, making a
total of about 24 mills for this city.
Last year the levy was 30 mills.
W. F. Jones has sold his con
fectionery store and pool room to J, '
w. Mcuonaia and some otner
parties from Clatskanie, . Mr. Mc
Donald has already taken possession
of the store. He will move his
family to St. Helens before long and
they will become permanent resi
dents of the county seat The new
firm will be known as J. W. Mc-.
Donald & Co.
W. E. Stevens has advertissd a
public auction of his herd of high
grade Holstein cows for Monday,
Dec. 30th, at his place one mile
. ...tu r w ' i it.
mer now resides. This herd of
cows is well known in this part of
the county and will no doubt find
ready sale.
James Dudley and Ullie Carsner
of Goble secured a marriage license,
from the Countv Clprk last Mnndav
and proceeded to the residence of
Justice Hazen, who promptly said
the words that made the young
i . i tm -
peouit: inu unu wue. ine im
mediately left for their home near
Goble.
Announcement is made in thia
issue of the opening of another
business in St. Helens, The Muekle
uiwcij vu, til too vuiiuuik i trvvii u jr
occupied by A. S. Harrison. It is a
new firm and they assure the public
that only the very best grades of
groceries and provisions will be
carried, Service will be one of the
chief mottoes of the company in its
bid for public favor. Read their an
nouncement on ano' er page.
E. A. Crouse reports that Mrs,
('rouse is improving now quite rapidly
and she will be brought home next
Sunday.
The British Yeoman, Capt. Watts
in command, will leave San Franciscu
today nt 5 o'clock in tow of tho tug
Dauntless and will come direct to
St Helens where she will lay for 30
davs takinit nn a caro-o of lumber for
Australia.
The King Cyrus arrived today
after a2 days passage from Guay
mos. She will take on a load of
lumler at the Columbia County mill.
The M. E. Sunday school will give
nn Xmas enterta'nment and tree at
the city hall on .Tucs.lny evening,
Dec. 24, to which the public is in
vited, Every pupil in the Sunday
sc'.-.oo! will get a rre cnt " The en
tertainment promise i tob: (list class.
more than in (pi I,
$cappoose,