Klkcirc Lights Improved Strkkts
Municipal Water System
Two Miles of Sewer Under Construction
Pay Roll
$100,000
Per 'Month
St. Helens Lumber Products Go to All
Parts of the World
Shipments Over 5,000,000 Feet Per Month
St. Helen:!
Hat
Shipbuilding
Creosoting Works
Stone Quarric
Fisaerier
I
fniintv Seat
I Columbia County
I
Population
1908 . . . . 41 o
i9o 750-
191a .... 1500
THE
VOL. XXXII.
8T. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1913
St. Helens
d n d -if.
MIST
THE Gji SHIP W1ULTN0MAH
AMES AT ST. HELENS ON MAIDEN T
TRIP AFER A SUCCESSEUL VOYAGE
Bespeaking the progress of com
petition against the railroad con
trolled steamship companies in coast
wise passenger carrying traffic, the
new first class passenger and lum
ber schooner Multnomah, of the
Charles R. McCormick Steamship
Company, departed at noon yester
day for Astoria and Portland, with
a fair list of passengers. Captain
Edward Jahnsen, veteran skipper
and one of the best liked mariners
in the Pacific coast service, was on
the bridge of the craft when the
hawsers were slipped at Powell!
street wharf for the maiden voy
.age. . Captain Jasnsen beamed proudly
and even the grufineits of a skipier
faded away when he sung' out the
signal to cast off . The Mulinomah
is the best specimen of Captain Jahn
sen'a designing since he has had the
leading hand In the construction of
the McCormick liner steamers. The
Multnomah is an example of the
highest type of combined passenger
and lumber carrier yet designed for
coast service.
The ingenuity displayed in the
School Notes
To important social meetings to
be held at the school assembly were
planned at a meeting of the teachers
Monday evening. The first will bo
a reception to parents and citizens.
This reception will bo on Friday
evening, February 21, the evening
before Washington's birthday. Com
mittees of the teachers will look
after a program, decorations and
other features necessary to the en
tertainment of all parents and school
patrons. The second social gather?
fng planned will be in the nature of
a school entertainment on March
2 let. At this time each room will
be allotted 15 or 20 minutes time to
put on drills, tableaux, songs,
marches or any otlier novel, catchy
or entertaining features the teachers
may individually decide upon.
This is an all important week for
the high school, in that two inter
scholastic debates como off this Fri
day evening. One ttani debates
Astoria here and the other meets
St, Johns at St Johns. There has
been a great deal of sickness among
the debaters this week. These two
debates are parts of the state league
schedule.
Trjq expected happened in the tri
angular debate between St, Helens,
Astoria and St. Johns, and St,
Helens came out a close third. The
Mgh school here went into the con
test with the two big schools for the
good of the debate and the students
got what ' they went In for. Al
though hampered by not having a
library, and only a small number of
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utilization of the comparatively
'small space aft is something that
' greatly interests all those who have
inspected the craft The staterooms
are all that' could be desired, and
the dining sal oon runs the beam of
the vessel and is well ventlluted and
lighted, something that has not been
achieved in lumber schoom rs privi
ously.
The Multnomah set out with little
ballast and with a southeaster in
his heels Skipper Jahnsen expects to
get a whole lot put of the craft in
her maiden trip. The ship has a
capacity for carrying 1,100,000 feet
of lumber.
It is the plan of the McCormick
Company to a id one passenger and
lumber carrier each year to the
wrvice.-S. F. Call. .
The Multnomah arrived in St.
Helens lnct night, having made a
good trip, w ithout mishap, nnd prov
ing the success of the vessel. She
Is taking on a load of luniluT at the
St. Helens Lumber Co. dock and
will sail for SanFrancisco in a couple
of days.
Miss Jesse Garner and Lorenz
Logan, the strong duo of speakers
from Astoria, were the winners of
the championship cup offered early
in the fall by Mr. Herman Wise.
They were, therefore, champions of
Astoria on the question debated and
hud several months constant "prac
tice. Although the debate wa4 clow,
very few questioned the justice of
j the docijiit.i. Ttia ja I rtM wera At
torneys Mueller and Mcliride of St.
j Helens, und J. H. E. Bourne of
j Rainier. The Astoria debaters were
laccompunied by Miss St
! Helens was ably represented On the
local platform by Miss Mildred Allen
and Miss Margaret Burns. Virgil
Hattan and Cecil Koas fought the
game, but lo.nin.x light against the
big Portland suburban- hijih school
at St. Johns,
Congregational Church
Mrs. Jopling will give two lec
tures, one in the morning and one
in the evening, at the usual hour in
the Congregational church Sunday,
Jan. 26. The subject will bo "From
the Birth. of Christ to Eternity,"
illustrated from a chart. The sub
ject is a very important one and
concerns every individual. There
will be some special sinking aim.
Vour presence is very much much
desired. Iavid Jopling, I'astor,
Christ Episcopal Church
There will be services In the
Episcopal church next Sunday even
ing, Jan. 19, at 7:30.
Ferry & Graham, the. Houlton
merchants, are having sale on ho
.the sruum CASE
CITY OF ST. HELENS VS. W. A.
HARRIS ON TRIAL Li CIRCUIT COURT
The case of the City of St Hel
ens vs. W. A. Harris was on trial
before Judge Eakin in the Circuit
Court this week. The case is the
one involving title to the land at
the foot of Cowlitz street, which
Judge Harris claims as his by virtue
of a deed from W. G. Cole and
Hannah Tysczkiewicz and which he
has occupied for a number of years,
while the city lays claim to it as
having been dedicated as a street
and strand at the time the city was
platted and organized. The evi
dence in the matter was all taken
and the attorneys will file briefs
with the court stating their re
spective contentions. It will proba
bly be several months before a final
decision U rendered. Dillar-l & Day
represented the city; while Geo. W.
Stapleton of Portland and Mr.
Harris are looking after the in
terest of the defendant.
School Officers' Meeting
A sr., Mil officers' meeting will be
.Id at the court house in St. Hel
ens on Feb. 1. Supt. Alderman will
deliver an address on ihc subject,
1 1 - 1 - j r . ' i
uni cua ihj uune lor ww vuui;ujr i
Schools?" Other subjects that will
be fJihcufsod are: "Some tiilnrs
that school boards may do for the
improvement of their schools"
"Lighting nnd ventilating." "School
fairs," "Should agriculture be
taught In our public nchooU?" The
el. .'rman or any member of a school
boaid is eligiblo as a delegate, and
each delegate is allowed by law $2
for expenses. All school officers
who can attend this convention
should do so, nd tal e a part in the
discussions whether or not they are
delegates. Very respectfully,
J. B. WilKerson, Co. Supt.
MRS. MCLAREN JENJERTAINS
VISITORS FROM DIFFERENT SECTIONS
VISIT RAINIER AS GUESTS
On Wednesday, Jan. 15, seven
teen members and friends of the
Congregational church and society
of this place, together with a large
delegation of Kalama Congrega-
tionalists, accepted the invitation of
Mrs. A. MacLaren of Uainier to at
tend her annual reception' and en
tertainment for the benefit of the
Congregational church of Rainier.
The following literary and musical
program, one of the best yet heard
in Columbia county, was rendered:
Pvmonstration, How to Set a
Table, Mrs. Eugene Allen,
Solo, J. B. E, Courne.
Reading, Miss Dorothy Sims, Ka
lama.
rnper on the Valuo of the Fran
chise of Women, Mrs. Mable Lu
land Campbell, Fh. D., Kalama.
Solos, Miss Bertha Durt, St. Helens.
Paper on the History of Radium,
Dr. Cowperthwai e of Chicago.
Volal Duet, Missea Perry of
Rainier and Halsted, St Helens.
Piano Duets, Misses Bristol.
Closing remarks, Mrs. David Jop
ling.
After the entertainment the St.
Hcbns and Kalama visitors were
entertained at tea by Mrs. McLaren
at ier home, followed by a gue Ruing
game in whiuh Mrs. L. R, Ruther
ford of this place received one of
the first prizes, a beautiful hand
decorated cup and saucer. Those
present from St. Helens were:
MesdamesGeo. LaMont, Southard,
Walter Blakesley, Teel, C. H. John,
J. George, David Davis, Wilbur
Muckle, W. J. Muckle. Grant, D.
Rlchardoon, Jamea Dart. 1 . R,
rtUrforH. W. II. P-M. V""rH
LOCAL TO BE ORGANIZED
LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION PETITIONED
FOR AT ST. HELENS
Petitions have been circulated
the past week among the business
men of this city addressed to the
Rainier Local and the Portland
Local of the Longshoremen's Union
for the orgaaization of a local union
at St. Helens. There are some 40
to CO men engaged in the long
shoreman business in St. Helens
and they are under the control of
the locals at Rainier and Portland,
so the men have asked for the right
to organize a local and the business
men are helping them.
A. 1. LAWS
mm ihdian in passes
AWATAT. VM0UVD1
Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 17. Ad
drew Jackson Laws, the man who
killed the first Indian in the wars of!
18G5 and '56, died yesterday at ihe
Soldiers' Home at Orting, Wash.,
after living to see the 80th year of
his adventurous life. Laws was
born in -Illinois in 1833, and in early
manhood came West with a party
which made the trip across the
plains with an ox team in 1852. com
in direct to Vancouver. He bore
I the distinction of having driven the
first stave between Vancouver and
Portland. The funeral will be held
Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock at
Ridgefield, with interment in the I.
O. O. F. cemetery there, beside the
Itody of his wife, who died in 1885.
He is survived by three sons. Frsnk,
at Ridgefield. Jess, at Mayview,
Wash., and Bert at Westport, Ore,,
and four daughters, Mrs. V. W.
Wadel, Ilwaco, Wash., Mrs. G.-crge
Page, Vancouver, and Mrs. Allen
Sawyer and Airs. Ella McDermott,
of Portland. A sister. Mrs. Wadtll.
lives in Rainier.
Deceased was well known in St.
Helens where he has visited many
times with his nephew, A. T. Lnws.
A launch will leave St. Helens Sun
day at 10 a. m. for Ridgefield, tak
ing passengers to attend the funeral.
Call For Warrants
Money on hand to pay all county
warrants on the general fund en
dorsed from Nov. 12 to Nov. 29,
1912, inclusive. Interest ceases Jan.
11, 1913.
R. S. Hattan, Co. Trcas.
LOOSE INSTALLATIONS
The following officers of St.
Helens Lodge I. O. O. F. were
installed vby District Dt-puty
Grand Alaster, W. A, Harris, last
Saturday night: N. G., Cl.as. M.
Beeler; V. G..G. L. Cunningham;
Sec , J. W. Allen; Trcas,, J. E,
Beeler; V., L, E. Allen; Con.,
David Headley; Chaplain. S. E,
Lynch; J. p. G., Wm. Alclntyre.
r. l Tr t t rv
O. F. installed the following offl -
nara at ther Inst metinr- c P.. i
G, C Roboy;S. W., Frank Glini-
ecki; Scribe, C. W. Blakesley;
ireas.. cnas. nicuau.ey; r. r..
Avon Lodge No. 62, K. of P. in
stalled officers last Tuesday night
for the coming term a) follows: C.
C... M. E. Miller; V. C, J. W.
Clark; K. of R. & S., Harold Ross;
M. of F C. W. Blakesley; M. of E , J
W.J, ullertpn; M. or a., jas.
O'Connor; O. G., A. L. Stone,
Trustee, W. A. Harris.
The Masonic Lodge officers of the
St. Helens lodge as installed for the' aurel of fre h groceries, fair
coming vear are as follows; W. Maltreatment and rrompt delivery,
U. W. Clark-S. W.. C H. John; J.'
u u T ehnr.i. Trpa . .I:m
Dart. Sec, E. E. Quick; S. D.,
A. Rotger; J. p., fi, I nott,
A.l k tnJa of Job work dona al
E, !
llt c.'.oa sit reaor;t' price.
MARSHAL SOES FOR SALARY
CUTSKANIE PEACE 0EF1CES AND
city council in squabble
The case of W. A. Hudson vs,
the City of Clatokanie was started
in the Circuit Cotrt last Wednes
day evening and some testimony
taken and then continued until
Feb. 10, on account of the ab
sence of some record evidence
which was wanted by the plaintiff.-
This case involves the mat
ter of salary of the city marshal
of that city and was started to
see whether or not the city coun
cil can arbitrarily fire an elective
officer by cutting down the salary.
The contention of the plaintiff is
that the reduction of his salary
from sixty dollars per month,'
which it has been for years, to
fifteen dollars per month.arr.our.ts
to an attempt to oust an elective
officer, and was not made in good
faith for the purposes stated,
while the contention of the city
council is that inasmuch as there
is not and never has been an or
dinance fixing the salary that it,
the council, has power to increase
or decrease the amount any time
they see fit. The case will be
finally fried on Feb. 10, and is at
tracting considerable interest
among the residents of that city.
BIDS TOO HIGH
COUNCIL REJECTS ALL: lf
MINT WILLJOONE B'f DAY WORK
A few weeks ago the City Coi;r.
cil advertised for bids for the im
provements along Casenau strt
north of Nigger Creek. At the lust
meeting of the council thre were
several bids in, and upon i per ing
them each and every one was f und
to be far in excess of the estimate
of the engineer, so all bids were re
jected and the work will now be
done by the day, under the super
vision of the council.
ADVERTISED LETTERS
Letters unclaimed in the St. Hel
en, Ore. Post office for the week end,
January 11. 1913.
W. II. Giles 1 letter
Eda Tercher
W. B. Swanson
L. P. Wygle
Letters unclaimed by January 2',
will be sent to the Dead-Letter office,
M. C. Gray. P. M.
For Sale
year old horse, broke
Airs. Aack!and,
Warren, Ore.
Four
drive.
Stp
to
NOTICE
Bids will be received ly the
County Court of Columbia county
up to 5 o'clock p. m. o; Feb. 4,
1013. for Fpecial road work in road
district No. 3, according to plana
ni specifications on.hleat the office
of the County Clerk. Bids must be
accompanied by a bond doul!e the
.nlount of bid. Cotrt re rves the
, ht to reject any or al, b da,
By order of the County Court.
The Columbia County Pamona
Grange will meet in. Clatskanie
Saturday. Feb. 1, 1913, Will fx-
f tlm SLata Grange
e r, pre8ont.
j r. N. Lovelace.
Start the New Year right by
opening an account wUh us, and be
Do it now! lou won t rcfret i.
The Muck'o Grocery t o.
j
j for
KAL.K; a C of Flsa Ant.
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND DC
NEWS NOTES CONCERNING PEOPLE AND
THINGS IN AND AMD ST. C3
PERSONAL; LOCAL; SOCIAL AND OTHERVIC2
Padon the delay this week, but
our old press refused to work today,
Friday, and as a result the Mist is
a day late.
County Judge Victor Moses of
Corvallis, Beton county, was a busi
ness visitor in St. Helens during the
week.
Ed Ketel left Monday for a
bus!-
ness visit to Aberdeen, Wash.
Attorney Geo. M. McBride at
tended the meeting of the State Bar
association in Portland last week.
Miss Susie Ketel left Monday for
Aberdeen, Wash, where she will
visit relatives.
Misses Gladys Ashby and Laura
Barber of St. Helens are in Salem
where they have both secured
positions as clerks in the legisla
ture. Born, in this city, a son to Mr.
and Mrs.Weise of Kenton, Ore.
The r.ew baby is a grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Robertson of
the St. Helens laundry.
McKie & Lafferty, the rock
men. hive purchased a Burley
steam drill from the Standard
Machinery Co. of Portland, which
will be used in the street im
provement contracts secured by
this firm.
I have some lots for $80 and up;
easy terms. Also some property to
trade. J. B. Godfrey, St. Helens
Hotel, or 1218 E. Glisan St.. Port
land. John A. Williams of theCalumbia
County Mill Co. has been quite!
under the weather for a couple of
weeks and has gone to Shippard's
Hot Springs for a rest.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dunn of St.
Helens were passengers on the
Iralda for Portland Friday morning
where they went to have Mrs. Dunn
receive medical treatment.
Miss Alice Quick has been quite
ill during the past week, but is now-
improving and able to be around.
W. H. Powell and Arthur I.
Moulton, Portland attorneys, were
attending to business matters in
the Circuit Court this week.
At'y. A. B. Taylor of Rainier was
lookii x after business matters in
St. Helens this morning,
L. E. Bailey and R. R. Bailey, for
merly of Houlton are now located
in San Bernardina, Cal., where they
are conducting the Sante Fe Hotel.
Jas. W. Hunt, clerk in the
sheriil'8 office, is quite sick this
week, being confined to his bed.
Mr. Ormsby,, who was taken to
the pest houve about three weeks:
ago on account of the small pox, '
has bcan released, entinly cured.!
ihe disease got no lurtner man tr.e
oneca?e.
The St. Helens band boys will
give one of the plecsant dances at
the City Hall tonight,
W. A. Hudson. Geo. Sutherland,
V. E, Conytrs, P. J. Popham and
J. M. Plackford, all of Clatskanie,
were attending Circuit Court in St,
Helens Wednesday.
J.F.Peyton, cf Warren, was a
visitor in St, ILlens last Tuesday
looking after some business mat-!
tera.
Mr. IVyton will start within,
. a few weeks for an. extended visit
j with relatives to the scenes of his
0 home in Kansas and other east -
Crn roints. He will begone several
j months.
Attention u
, v
' 'i h
Bank building. This sale has bees
in effect for several days bow and
will close next Monday, that all
people who are going to text ad
vantage of his low prieea oa fcJs
sale will have to get tbY by Ueo
day. See his ad in tL m.
The Women of Wtoi.i3 of th
Houlton Lodge InstSed the follow,
ing officers at the last meeting: G.
N., Ella Wikstrom; P. G. N.. liia.
me Kelly. Adv.. Anna V.nU.t.
Mag., Etta Cole, Att. If are Hasan
Capt. of Guards; Agnes Dbwn!
Musician: Alpha Lafferty, Banker;
Mamie Yeomans, Clerk; Minaia
Morley, I. S., Mattie Franty; O. S.,
Cynthia Usher; and Julia Anderson
Mgrs. Refreshments were served
and a good time reported.
At the Council meeting last Mon
day night an ordinance was pro
posed regulating the poolrooms.
The present ordinance does not per
mit any minors under 21 years old
to visit these places of amusement
and the discussion was along the
lines of reducing the age limit to
conform to the state law. No offi
cial action was taken on the matter.
M. E. Miller was a visitor at
Salem Thursday," taklng'teTST
proceedings of the legislature.
The State Land Board at Salem
has made a report of the lands
which have been sold and deeded
by the board to individuals, but
for which the state is unablato
convey title. Parties claiming
ownership through the state will
be entitled to repayment of the
amount paid by them to the
state. Only one parcel of land in
Columbia County, as reported,
being lot 2, Sec. 32, Tp. 4. N. of
R. 1, W., which was deeded by
the state on October 9, 1894, to
Peter Y. Johnston.
Louis Beirl, head sawyer at the
mill for several years, has just re
turned from an outing in the moun
tains back of Astoria. He reports
considerable snow in the mountains.
The Schooner Jewett is taking on
a full cargo of St. Helens lumber
for shipment to Southern California.
The sailing ship Geo. B. Billings
h:i! Uft San Franeiseo. bound for
St. Helens, wnere she will Com
plete a cargo of lumber for Aus
tralia. She will arrive here next
week.
John R. Beegle of Ketchikan,
Alaska, was a St. Helens visitor last
Tuesday. Mr. Beegle was for a
number of years Collector of Cus-
recently resigned and has gone into
business at Ketchikan. He is now
in the salmon canning business and
is muking a success of it. Mr.
Beegle was for a number of years i
resident of St. Helens and makes a
, visit here eacn t;me ne comes out
tmm hi Alaskan home. He is a
j booster for his country and thinks a
'great future awaits that portion of
i Alaska where ne is situated. ,
i Word was received from Mra,
A. T. Laws, who is spending the
winter at Redlands, Cal., is that
the bovs, Ed and Roy, are im
proving auite rapidly. Roy was
quito-sick when he first arrived,
j but the climate and change have
worked wonders on htm. until
now he feels entirely well. She
; reports me orange crop m j
damaged, as bad as reported In
.a
1 ie papers. .
Lost. Dee. 24. 1912, bet
Helena
and
1'oulton,
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