' - Improved Strebts
Pay Roll
$100,000 ,
"Per Month
St. Helens Xumhkk. Products ',G o ' to An.
,. Parts 'op. thk World
Shipments Over 5,000,000 I'ekt Per Month
St. Helens i I
-yi'cat - , '
Columbia Couuty
'Municipal Water Svstem
Two Miles of. Sewur Under Construction
Has ' '
Saw Mills , . :.''
Shipbuilding Planf
Creosoting Works
Stone Quarries -
Fisheries
. Tort'LATioM
1908 - 4'P
1 9 10 750
:91a . - - 1500
nn
VOL. XXXII.
8T. HELENS, OREQON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1913
NO. I
ICLKCtRX' Liciits
THE
OREGON
ST. HELENS DURING 1312
NEW INDUSTRIES STARTED: MANY IMPROVE
MENTS
PROSPECTS FOR
1912 has been a Rood year for St.
Helens. Much improvement has
been made. New industries have
been started. Additional business
houaea have opened. Many new
residence have been built and bum
neaa blocks hava SDrumr up. Miles
of streets have been improved.
Sewers are under conduction.
Prosperity and development shows
on every hand. The march of
progress has (tone steadily forward
and promises to press on during thclbecr graded an-i maeadarniml dur
coming year with as great or greater
strides than during the pant. Among
the new Industries that are now
operating in this city U a mleVn
shipbuilding plant; one of the lnrgert
. and most complete creosoting works
on the Pacific coast; a new saw mill
with a capacity of 100,000 feet per
day; a pole and piling yard handling
thousands of poles and piling each
month. These industries furnish
employment to hundreds of mn
and it has been necessary to build
houses to accommodate the new
families coming In. As a result, at
least 100 residences have been
erected ln and adjacent to St.
Helens during the year. The other
industries which were in oierallon
prior to 1912 consisted of the big
mill in the city, the stone iiuarriei
and fisheries. Shipping has become
a great factor in the Luxinev life
of the city. Millions of feel of lum
ber are being shippid monthly to
every part of the world. 'I In pro
ducts of tin- creosoting plant nre
being hippd to perls along the
coast, only this week the Klamath
taking out a full cargo if treated
pilings for the new municipal dok
of Los Angeles, Cut.
All of the.se industries tend to
the making of a city. Oth-r site
fur other industries arc ojen and
before another year tolls around it
is confidently expected lh.it new
factories will le in operation in St.
' Helens. Already the pay roll of
the laboring men of this city und
immediate vicinity reaches well over
$100,000 jHr month. Where is
A GREAT ISSUE Cf A GREAT PAPER
Should any person in tho far east
or foreign countries jtt't In Id of a
copy of the Oregoniati Animal and
decide therefrom to come to Port
land and Oregon, ho will not be
disappointed. Every article is well
written, without exaggeration, und
every picture is un actual produc
tion. Nothing misleading in tho
eryjre edition. It is certainly n
giSut paper and should be -x-nt to
all parts of the world as an au then tic
description of Portland and Oregon.
LIKES THE J13
.mam well pieaseo with
. THE DUTIES OF MAYOR
S. C. Morton, IVeiidcnt of tliq
Csiuncil. was acting Mayor for a
couple of days last week and he sayt
h likes the job so well that he may
decide to become a candidate for
the office. Durinir his short tcrrti
a the chief executive of the city
tho pest house burned and another
one had to be fitted up, and many,
complaints and suggestions wore
nnido to him so that his entire time faHh Muckle; P. of T., Mr:-. Sarah
was taken up in his official positim. i (Vorge; 0. of T., A'rs. I'imio Pope
All of which goes to show that tl.ej jy. After the installation of olR
City of St. Helens is large enough iCCis the mc'h'TS "' royally
and enough work and time is rres-
Nfl ' :iry fcr the proper -fWma
, j of Mayo
jofl
MADE AND POPULATION INCREASED
1913 VERY BRIGHT
there another city of 1cm than 2000
population that can boast of such a
puy roll? With this a nount of
money i! stributcd nniong the work
ing people of a small community
there' csn be ro such thing as hard
times. J tint so long as tns Kind or
business keep up It m:itters not
whether the Democrats are in power
or the Republicans, or for that
matter, the Hull Mooser.
Nearly two miles of streets have
ing the year. Many new sidewalks
have been buiit and the deetrlc
light service htu been -extended to
the outlylr g additions I the city.
Ere many months the city limits of
St.dlellhWdl be extended to lake
in w-yeral suburbs and wo will then
it not already, the metropolis of
Columbia county. The o.uiation
of St. Helen proper will now insily
reach 1700 people, and with the ad
ditions surrounding ami adjoining
the citv, which hhould be a pari nd
will Im before long, the imputation
will cxcel 2OO0. Think of a
growth of 1G00 people in four year
In a little city like this. It n.eans
thut St. Helens is destined to be
come one of the lead;ng manu
facturing cities in the state of
Oregon.
' Another feature of the develop
ment of tills city is the small mu
nicipul d'lt. Outside of 1 :e ws-.. r
bonds, the total indeiile itu i of 11 e !
city will :ot reach $10.0oO, rind a 1
consiilertlile portion of thla sum is
foradvar.ct s for street ii iprovemcnts
which w.!l m reii(l to tho city
when th" Improvemer.ti tro com
pleted. ( f course the water system !
cost approximately $"i(.o00. and the
city is hooded for that amount, but
tlx income from the ci of water
U morn tlin enough ia jay
inti'Df t and maintenance and before ;
the time comes to stait tho nuking
fund foiihtden.l;!e money will be on
hand from the wat-r incone itself.
Truly 111 12 has hcen a oo i year
for Helens. K'i.t promises to
be juit lis good.
ninT
I UUilll I
i. r an examii'a'i
on Chriit!iaF
n I-
i hi
of Mr.
ciap
day
Owrnsby, a real estate operator of
thlf city, it was deeded that he had
t-ytijittiH of smallp.ix and he was
iin .iifdiutcly isolated. Tire buildings
at the old wirele.vs station were
lilted up as a pest house and the
pt lien t has been held there under
ijnainntinc ylvx-.;. lie Li getting nil
nfhf a,mn and whether it was
riallpox or r.ot. the disease cer
tainly did not spread from any ex
posure I.e might have given, for the
health officer and city authorities
took the mutter in eliargj before
there was any danger.
PYTHIAN SISTERS INSTALL
COTS FOR ENSUING YEAfJ
ouuu
The Pythian Si.ders Iwlge in
str.lledthe following olllrers at their
meeting last night: To. C, Mrs.
Kiln George; K. S., Mrs. lluba
Illakesley; K. J.. Mrs. Dixon; M.,
Mrs. Lucy (i ray; M. of Ii. & C,
Mrs. S. M. Quick: M. . of F.. Mrs.
trc'' - '
School Notes
? A double-header basket ball game
will be played in the high school
gymnasium Saturday night of this
week against St. Johns high school
The visitors will come by launch and
return after the game. Manager
Zina Lemont has scheduled two
games with St. Johns, one here this
week and another at St. Johns Jan.
2.rith. This will be the second out
side team the girls have met this
season. The first against Kalama
High school was won by the St.
Helens girls. The St. Johns game
Saturday night will be under the
girls' rules.
It is practically certain now that
the intera-holastic debate of the
state series between Astoria, St.
Johns and St. Helens will be held
January 17. It was to have been
held January 10. but some of the
schools could not get ready by that
time. The debate here will be be
tween St. Helens ai-.d Astoria, the
Misses Mildred Allen and Margaret
Hums representing the home scnool.
On the same evening St. Helens'
negative team, composed of Virgil
Hattan and Cecil Ross, will journey
to St. Johns. St. Johns' negative
v !.l go to Astoria. So each school
has two teams, one debating at home
and the other away from home on
tho same evening.
The first half of the- yenr'a v.-ork
in the school will be finished in this
month. January will be given over
largely to reviews. The book
keeping class has been doing un
usually good work, being ahead of
other neighboring high schools, and
will close the half year's work next
week. The remainder of the term
will le put in by these students
doind double time in algebra. The
; language, ntuthematics and history
! classes w ill dote the semester's work
on schedule 1 time.
shippingIotes
The Steamer Klamath completed
i nnd nilincr and hailed late Saturdav
n:.,!. rr s;,, 'Vanciseo. On ac-
count of the holiday season her
passenger list w as lighter than usual,
sho having only 40 passengers.
The Steamer Yosemite sailed
Thursday niKht with a cargo of
lumber and creosote! piling for
Sun Pedro. She also had a fair
passenger list.
The Schooner King Cyrus hauled
down from the (Columbia County
mill and is completing her cargo
here. She will ' sail for San Diego
about Monday.
The St -amer F. II. Uggett ar
rived last ui?ht and will load a full
carg.t for Southern California points.
The Iggett is one of the largest
coasters on the Coast and carries a
cargo of 1500 thousand feet.
The Schooner Ceo. E. Billings has
arrived in San Francisco from New
castle, Australia, with a cargo of
cal. As soon as she has discharged
he cargo she will proceed to St.
Helens to load lumber for Australia,
the Billings is a large five mast
ichooncr and can carry about 1500
thousand feet of lumber. She has
loaded at St. Helens twice during
the last three years and Captain
Biirkholm, her master, is well known
here.
The longshoremen have no cause
for complaint this week on account
of a scarcity of work. The British
Yeoman is usin? 10 men, the
Schooner Irene 8 men, the Schooner
King Cyrus 8 men and the Loett
is usinjf 20 men, mukintf a pay roll
of over $ i!C0 per day.
Call for Sealed Bids
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by tha City
Recorder until 7:"0 p. m. Monday,
Jan. 13, 1013, for improvement of
Casenau street north from "Nigger
Creek" canyon as per Ordinnnce
No. 131 as published in the Oregon
Mist Dec. 13, 1912. Profile ami
specifications can tie seen at the
""order's office. Ihe cour'
AROUNDTHEWORLD IN 9 MONTHS
CAPT. WATTS WITH HIS GOOD)
SHIP RETURNS TO ST. HELENS
Make 35000 Mile Trip
Captain Chas. A. Watts of the
"ark British Yeoman has a right to
feel elated over the fine passage he
has just completed in the Bark
British Yeoman. Leaving St. Helena
on January 15, 1912, with a cargo
of St. Helens lumber destined for
Natal, South Africa, he sailed from
the Columbia River January 20, but
soon after ran .Into a heavy gala
which carried away the steering
gear and he waa forced to head for
San Francisco where repairs were
made and the Yeoman again headed
for Africa on February 17. Captain
Watts states that the ill luck which
he had in leaving the river waa
turned to good luck after leaving
San Francisco, and he made the ex
ceptionally fast passage to Natal,
Africa, approximately 15,000 miles,
in 81 days, his good ship averaging
around 200 miles per day. Arriv
ing In Tort Natal on Way 9th, he
discharged his cargo of St. Helens
lumber, which, by the way, his cus
tomers stated waa very fine, and
sailed for Newcastle, Australia, to
take on a cargo of coal. The Yeo
man arrived in Newcastle on August
th, having made the trip of 7300
miles in 41 days. After taking on
WMM) tons of coal, Captain Watts
set sail from Newcastle on Sept 18,
arriving h San Francisco December
2, making thetlOOO miles in 74 days,
which is considered a very good
passage and speaks well for the
seamanship of Captain Watts, ami
to the seaworthiness of the ship he
commands, although the natural
modesty of the Captain gives all the
credit to fair winds and the good
ship which he commands. Captain
Watts arrived in SL Helens on
Christmas day and is now loading
his ship with a cargo if Oregon fir
for delivery in Australia.
In this globe encircling trip the
Captain has been in many seas and
oceans, and has practically encircled
the globe; always. , as he states.
steering eastward. On leaving the
Columbia river the ship was first in
the North Pacific Ocean; aftet cross
ing the equator he passed into the
South Pacific Ocean, and rounding
Cape Horn he passed into the South
Atlantic Ocean. When he sailed for
Australia from South Africa he
passed through the Indian Ocean
and the Tasman Sea. Leaving Aus
tralia he again crossed the Tasman
Sea tnto the South Pacific Ocean
and w as in the North Pacific Ocean
again after crossing the equator.
In all, Captain Watts has traveled
on this voyage approximately 35.000
miles or a distance equivalent to
1 1-3 times around the globe. Cap
tain Watts notes quite an improve
ment in St. He ens since he was
last here and is contemplating mak
ing investments in St Helens real
estate,
Card of Thank
We wish to express our sincere
thanks for the many acts of assist
ance and sympathy extended to us
during the illness of our beloved
baby girl. Such kindness as was
shown us will never be forgotten.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kokkan.
ESTRAY NOTICE
Dne b'ack co't, 3 year d ! ft
hind foot white, small white spot in
forehead, also white tip on nose.
Two brown or bay colts Horse colt
has narrow white stripe in face,
foet on right side white; mare colt, I
small whito spot In forehead. Both
past two years chl. Taken up at j
Clov " -irm. Deer Island. Ore. I
LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND DOINGSr
j another one. They have come here
NFWS NOTFS MNCFRNINfi PFfl?! F AMI) t0 8tay 43,1 are
w VVMVMIIIMIVJ I UWI LI lUlLS
THK INLAND AROUND ST. HELENS
PERSONAL! LOCAL; SOCIAL AND OTHERWISE
Mr. and Mrs. J. H., Price were
Portland visitors on Monday.
8. C. Morton was in Portland on
Monday.
Jas. D. McKay of ScapDoose was
a St. Helens business visitor during
the week.
Walter Hunter of Coble was at
tending to matters before the Count v
Court this week.
T. A. Cloninger of Scapnoose was
attending to business matters in St.
Helens yesterday.
Mrs. Marlon Hazen of Sodaville,
Ore., visited with relatives in St.
Helens and Warren last week.
Judge Cooper of Rainier was in
St. Helens on Tuesday.
Grant Lynch of Holbrook visited
with his brother, Ed Lynch, over
Sunday.
Mrs. M. Saltan was a passenger
for Portland on the Harvest Queen
Tuesday.
T i .... i c..
lay evening from a short visit with
her parents at Woodburn, Ore.
Mrs. L. B. Farris and children
left Saturday for Monroe. Ore..
where they expect to make their
home..
For Sale Six-hole ranee and
ome furniture for tale.
M. Sallan.
Perry & Graham have on F.nle for
two weeks an exceptional good line
of shoes at about 60 cents on the
dollar, to make room for sprinsr
stock. 2t 1-::
C.us Lange, G. W. Rnmsoy, B. J.
Keelan and other gentlemen who
have the responsibilities of surx-r-
vising tho roads in
road districts were in
their several
the
ci i v yes- j
. ..1! . - -.1
ieruay seiuuiK up meir auairs wun
the County Court.
Louis Fluhrer, county commis
sioner-elect, of Mayger, was in town
yesterday taking in the proceedings!
Fluhrer will assume his duties next I '?l r, "raver
Monday. i'llct m 'avcr ,,f "lr- !:!li-s- 11 was a
E. E. Quick has opened up his
office in the City Hall where aii
parties using city water will call on
him before the lth of each month
and settle for the water.
One brown yearling heifer taken
up the lore pari or i-eptemrer.
0ner can have same by paying
charges and proving property.
C. O. Pahlgren.
3t Warren. Ore
An ae-cident happened to I). J
Switzer laat week w hich has laid bin
up' for some time, but be is now
able to hobble around on crutches.
While starting down the hid near
the residence of Dr. Ross on a rainy
mn miner hia font Klinru'it nml he fell
doubling his other foot under him !
in such manner that it resulted in a '
badly sprained ankle. the charte r and report to the coun-
Odel Bennett, the little son of!"' n' needed changes in the
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dennett, was charter,
taken to the hospital in Portland ... ,. , , .. c.
this week for an operation. The The e an.l.na J.leo Singers en-
little fellow had an abcess in the
head and a very painful otn'ration j
was performed from which he has,
rallied very satisfactorily and
H n .l.tlK, Kuhifn t III. Iwt.YWft BAH
1 1 LI UUUVk ICkUlU v mil uvuiv own.
The children of the hp-scopai
Sunday School were given a party ;
at the Guild Hall bust Tuesday
evening which was attemlvd by all
the puiii's and members of the
the families. A fine !inner was '
served to the children und grown
, , , , .
ups, aft-r whic.i games were played
and a general good li;no enjoyed
Presents were given to the children.
Crandall & Roberts, ex-.urt ac
countants, are cxpcriing the books
f ,i th counly ofil.eis ibis weeV
.rctmrat0ry to turn:n over to th
w 0,riovra whJ vv;u tBu, c:,!ir-
v. M.n,tnv
H. V '4
and friends. He says the Mult
nomah is nearly ready to start on
her first trip to St. Helens.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harris re
turned Tuesday night from a trip
to Buffalo. New York, thf-ir old
home. Mrs. Harris has been gone
for several months, while Mr. Harris
has been away about six weeks.
They report a delightful trip. Mr,
Harri3 will assume the duties of
j County Judge of Columbia County
next Monday.
County Clerk LaBare has an
nounced that A. F. (Barney) Bar
nett will occupy the position of
deputy clerk during the next two
years. Barney has occupied the
position for two ears and has given
entire satisfaction to the public.
Mr. LaBare also announces that his
oTice force will probably be the
same as heretofore.
In mother column of this paper
! 58 8 ,etter frf,m Mr- J- w- I'omeroy,
county fruit inspector, which is very
interesting to fruit men and should
be read by each one of them. This
is the first of a series of articles to
bo written by the fruit inspector,
the others to follow later.
We received a communication
from Deer Island concerning the
poisoning of a dog, but tho eom
munientiun unsigned so we can
not publish it. If the people would
remember th:t we must have the
-,i;Tn.-turc.-! of the parties who write
article.? for the paier there would
no trouble and Inore articles
would nnnear. Wr nnni nn,l will
not. puMish jsriieles front any pcr-
c.lt, r.i..., ,i.
!'" in.
name;? nre signed so
that c iv ay Vno.v '-.ho is resmi
b!e for it.
Th
e caw o;
To
i KllLi vs. Toe
Maple was tried I;.
ore JU'-uoe iiazen
jdict in favor of Mr. MILs.
ea.-x trans fjrrtd from the
Jut-tice
j Court at Rainier and ha I lxeii tried
i before tiio juries there with a dis
agreement each titt.c. fiieii:estion
was one of fircibh' entry and de
tainer and will be appealed t the
Circuit Court. W. II. Cooper repre
sented the plaintiff and 1.. S.
ThonK'S aj'jvared for ti;e defendant.
A r.i.irs meeting if the cil'?er.s of
St. Helens was held in the City Hall
'last Sati-.r.
for the purpose ofinssured of fresh gre-.- t..-s fair
appointing a committee to make
recoiv,!ti r.i-.tiei s t the council fur
charter aa;endinents. After some
j discus.-! :i City' Attorney J. W. Day,
Mayor Mrtin Whito and A. W.
Mueller were appointed to look over
tl1 't- !a ' t,r(,w' of people at;
the City Hall last Tuesday evening. !
rids was the f jurth number of the
.j cvum Courio and dro.v tho largest i
. ,
jcrowd i'f the entire course
The
entertainment waa of
I. , , t
llghif'aMl
a!hr vvaii thoroughly enj.v
.
yT .
everyone. 1 ho last number fof the 1
.,, . , , m . , . , i
cour.-v w nl be the Al er lrio'wh ch,
V Ol ..,'l'l.'ill lull! Oil I LOI U.r .V
rWt forget tlso date
Ton CiKnj;r and his son Charles.
, ;
formerly roMJerts of St. Helens, but
for fc'veral years residing in Ka- , "--"-
lama, were visiting in this city ye?- who has been connected with a large
terday. Mr. Cooper will again be-' wholesale millinery store In New
con e a resident of this county, hav- York for a number of years, travel
ing decided to locate nt Coble. ing throughout the United States.
A. T. I..v.vs received word fror.i She has been in Columbia county a
Mrs. I a .vs yesterday, stating that ! number of times and has made some
.uo and tho boyj hit I arrived safely aC),uaintances here. Mr. and Mrs.
t .N;n 1 liincisco and would leave ... . , , . ,.. ,'
X- v....n,ls the following dav. AIIen were olmte t0ffCthcr ,n
" t- Pennsylvania in their childhood days,
,u S a(t Thpy wiH mako Uiir home In St.
7.ris Jolvrfon & Helens where many rinW extend
iiiiuyiu-rtAU. li.cy Ulcere congratulations. . .. ; '
Bead their
C. H .Doncaster has a new ad in
this issue telling of the bargain to
be had at his store on Willamette
street. It maybe of interest to
any one to read it and then visit
the store and get the benefit of
some good gooda at low price.
Mrs. J. M. Rogers of Portland,
who has been visiting with her
sister. Mrs. S. C. Morton la this
city for several days, returned to
Her home Wednesday.
Start the New Year right-by
opening an account with ua, and b
assured of fresh groceries, fair
treatment and prompt delivery."
Do it now! You won't regret it.
The Muckle Grocery Co.
Word has been received from
Portland that S. A. Mile la quit
ill at his home In that city. The
many friends here wish for Mr.
Miles a speedy recovery.
Mrs. M. A. Stine. who ha been
visiiing at the home of her son, A.
J. Deming for several weeks, re-'
turned this week to her home In
Monmouth.
Miss Mildred Allen returned yes-"
terday from Spokane, Wash. , where
she spent the holidays with relatives .
and friends. '
.
Jas. H. Sheldon came down from.
Portland today and is looking after
business matters in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Shinn returned
yesterday from Portland, where
they visited during the holidays.
The little baby girl of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Korkan of Columbia
Park died last Tuesday after an
illness of only three days. The little
child was just one month old, but
lived long enough to become very
dear to the parents, who have the
sympathy of many friends in their
hour of sorrow. Interment was
made in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery
on the 1st.
Dr. Paddock, who was scheduled
to preach the Christmas sermon at
the Congregational church was un
able to reach here on. account of
the crippled cendition of the rail
roads. He filled an appointment at
Rainier and Rev. Jopling preached
the sermon in SL Helens. The '
music at the scriices in St. Helens
has been largely commented upon
as lieinrr the best ever heard in the
city.
Start the New Year right by'
'opening an account wiMi
us. run! ne
treatment ami proi :i ! ncneen.
Do it now! You won t regret it.
The Muckle Grwery Co.
ALLEM-YOUNG
COUNTY EDUCATOR WEDS
On Tue!ay. Deceml er 31, 19l2,
at the M. E. church in Portland,
Mr. J. W. Allen of St. Helens and
i ansa Charlotte I oung or rorwanu
were united in marriage by Rev.
l.,.mVirmii VnnnBV Mr. Allen is
.. j ....... . - " ct - '
,, .... .... ... ... ...
.wen Known in mis couiuy, uuviuk
been urinciral of the St. Helens
... t . , .
schools for a number of years and
. , . . . , ,i
at prese-nt is the principal of the
Warren schools. He is also a mem-
i Imt of the firm of Allen.' Felton &
'... .i. ..... .ini..... : t,5-
uu i K. real vsuitc ucaii'is in nn
. ., ...
cess in their business,
ad on the last page.
- i
t' "
1: ' L
V i
.-V
V
r
- .1
; . i -
VI
: V,'
... v.-
I,