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t' Helens Wishes Every One to Gome to tie Celebration Here on the Fourth r aa. 11 j i a a i i- i i it 1 i t i i -Awibyt'..,.1 .j-yr-iti ui - i a 11 ii ii OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY !0Xume XXXVIII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE l7i919 NO. 26 aOCRATS PLANNING TO CAPTURE COUNTY Uference is held .... I li. W IS. UVIrli .tin " - rJbiTo Make County IH'mncwlta i possible Hint Columbia coun wlll throw oft Its republicanism Kni. '" 11,8 ,,op." .f.,!,e v:0 Uncrstle leaders of Columbia Lntf. uenerm o . Une W. B. Welch, anu it me re- M ead Br . uaB . ....... no It clans I ha :,nl complexion of Columbia Df Welch, who It acknowledged mocmUc warhorae Of the kmler dUtrlct. wi here Monda; yas cioaen'u win, '" . .noiher dumocratlo war- fnj' At the conference of these i.rfM. It li said that Mile Emartea Inatructlons received from Hion Miller, thai astute democru . politician who managed to land bill ler Hltnis 01 urfion in'iini- titf were righting over empty nan without the $6000 per year kipenaatlon whim miii oraws irum L U. 8. exchequer. OlIMty IO l IHVUltHI. It to thought that the county will V divided, io far aa the democratic UpiUn ea, nJ that 1r- Welch ill it appointed colonel for Ituln It ud all territory aa far aa the 'jttop county line. Sherman Miles, tiaby reaaon of lite cloaa relation Ulth Milt Miller, will, undouht- 01 racelrs tne prererence in ran. .11 probably be appointed aa brlga m icnaral for the entire county. in particular duty at thla partlcu kr Urn, will be (o take charge of tt territory from I'reacott to the tultnomah county line and to keep oat tab on tho republican opera- kii In thla territory. Two Officer at KHMm. ti the Scappooae neighborhood, hleh It a largo and Important soc- (rr.lt la thought that Mr. Miles will Wlit two nn'hla staff. Oeorge nit and Jim McKay, both recog- li4 aa democratic; loaders ot kbllltr, to la up to Mll to confer HtlHoD both of theaa workera. From hi hct that Jim la a political work- r of aiperlonce and knows the lay (the land, It la poaatble that Mile HI appoint him captain and George sill hkwIvs the title of lieutenant Kiln thlnka that these two. -would fork toast hor and accompllah the gemrea. No lxilrr for Warren, In the Warri'n sector, the altuntlon li difficult. W. J. Pullprton la tho iflcal man for the command of thla Kiatrlct. and It was thought that ei tniaiit appoint him, but l"aa nocli aa Mllea la a ilrom annnnrler WMirtln White (oven thouah White arapuDtican), It Is hardly poael m that the leaclxrehlp will be en- io ruiinrton. The flabt In DtlKhborhood will bn a . Waihlnmon Muckle Is now a "joeni or Warren, as Is Mr. Mlloa. o lines Murklo la a "dyed-ln-the-wl repulillcsn. It Is thought he i 1 Immediately take etops to com ' tb democratic schemes, even lomh Mr. Miles Is his nolnhbor. Bt. Helens It Is a difficult mat- lo uy who will be the leader of M democratic forces. It Is known 'W both J. H. Klynn and J. 11. '""ww are ardent workora, as are ? Dlllsrd. J. E. Ilamsoy and J Tiber "ri. ... j J Mlroian la R r01,e frlnnd of Mr. ''I and altliullRll h aiinnnrlnil y?' " nilKht be overlooked and 2 a, ?ht al'P0nt him captain of . Helena division. The doctoi iiL ?rrollc "Oflter and If he ro ll"' appointment, undoubted ' "it live a good account for hlm- Neliai,m ruaea Worry OMsral Miles nnV Colonel Welch, til NZr0"1"'1 nt ,he "ltlon In I. UOIinirV Thl ynit nn repulilUft,, Htronrhnld anil Dm Mill.." ,11 . ,.llfl democratic- forces DhiHnr ,.r,?lm,lR" tne Political IfHRSe rX X U "!!? V ''I for ii.- ""' my in 1U IMA PiittitilM w llveJT .ni!(1 "'"""oh republl- n. ami i. A- nder '.''""ttliouUit lie will without I f1V.,lV,nn,ocraUo forco mini"'11- TI,nr'-. the cam of tn6 democratic "tion i eyhnt l,,nied at the count, " llmt Portion of the which en ,h," 011,1 pttrt of the front, ltYnkE!M n,Rt t"ltory be tardea .. . ,n1 1nl Pittsburg, U re- ,Bd It Is n . . . clor r the front, H Pro Si'S f! Uo.ntlon to this. In !tPnlrt7 1 mo'.18 Griffith will be 11 ould nnV IT or "rgeant, for Ml- title n,0fth whlle 10 wa"te "tiiteh "A8 0n this territory. Inns. &rttit K "re ? ny more lm rs IS.?. ot th ttle. line. "itumion prsaiu In nther SMUJNG YANKS AS THEY HOPPED INTO AIR HISTORY ft Thu. i , .. .... i .i now uie crew or tne ramous aoanlne NC-4 whl ch lm u r.,..i , , . l oo , "l" ?' 'U,d,.," Ur,;'V,a of 1,16 cn,,t nt 1unu lM the ixo , TV. was U, i" -i b,y flyl.ng hop to Usbon. I'ortuicul. complying the continent to continent lr .rir :!,w," i ? 8iP before the w,t" "Nxcys " crew. Ueut. Com Head w.-.a tn command of th e craft "K"aa v' 8- u P08" SCHOOL ELECTION MONDAY NIGHT HIiimiI IMrwtor and Miim f.rk to be tinmen The annual acbool election will be hold Monday lilnlit The uIupa i ii. city hall and the time, 8 o'clock Director LolJare Is the momber of uie scnooi ooard whose term expires and a aucccsaor must be chosen, u ELKS WILL WORK FOR THE SALVATION ARMY DR. WADE CHAIRMAN Ik-I Klks Have Charge of lrlve for Halvation Army Funds The campaign in Oreson for Home STANFIELD EXPRESSES VIEWS ON ELECTION Orison Will Suffer on Account of De feat of Iti-construrtlou MeuKure The Mist has received a letter Irom 11. N. Stanfleld in which he ex presses regret that the $5,000,000 .lovuimuuaira iionaing measure was not approved by the voters of i SUrVlPA Kllllrilt Tfir t i Mulirnll.,n A.... WTUKOn. lift ThlnlTB a n l4..,i 8t. 0u":?a hJepr.aelZ'.on onZ T"' b9 ""d June 22 to T d thi jfone the State Unlwr.ltV d board W J MX . T , drlve U 10 ,,e conducted under the 1 Jtlw lto Institutions. Mr. Stan- of "hi. LL 'i , ""P" of ",e 0rPKon 8,at E"w as-l tMW- We. M Ti?., m. i ,U Ml . 0f "ocla,ln. The Elks of Columbia!. "e failure of the passing of tho &&tJUr'& S"1-' "i L..?;0 construe ion lon'dfn I " " - - sasaaaa nil VI VUIII 1 fore, the people of West 8t. Helens claim they have no representation on the board. It is said that they favor T. 8. White and will present his name at the meeting. Quite a number are In favor ot re taining 11. K. Lallare as director. It la pointed out that the new school building Is under construction and merce and formulated plans for the conduct of the campaign. Dr. C. E. Wade was chosen chairman and O;.- - " .onji,Uiuittl,l to me. I cannot understand why the "oum turn this measure down, unless It was that they were wald Doming, secretary. The not properly informed. I believer! county was divided Into two districts.. w,ien the legislature proposed this from Oolile to the Clatsop county is the Haluier district r.nd the work in this district Is under the super- vision of Oeorge W. Kussoll, a proml- that tho taxpayers of the school, nont Elk of Halnler. From Goble district will be culled on to pay souio I40.0UO or $46,000 for the building. The contract la under the supervis ion of the present board, was let by them and the people are holding them responsible for an accounting. therefore, it Is thought good policy. measure that they were making a miBtake In putting il up to the vot ers as a reconstruction measure. They would have better have gone io me voters ana explained to them to retain Mr. I.olluro. The retiring . amount has been assigned to the to tho Mulnomnh county line Is thej,hese were necessary appropriations St. Helens district r.nd Dr. C. g! which they could not make because Wade will supervlso tho work In or the Blx Per cent tax limitation, this district. ' The money that this measure would Columbia Quota ioM nava provided for reclamation pur- The amount rViliimMn rmintv ..iiiiposes were not entirely nerenanr raise is $3000. One-third of this' bu' 1 think would have been a splen- dlroclor. It Is understood, is not hot after the Job, and, as a mutter of fuel, thinks he has served his time on the a "free, gratia and without charge" Job, but it is thought that if the taxpayers insist on his serving another term, ho will consent to do so. Very little Interest is manifest In the flection at this time, but It Is probable that matters will begin to be stirred up and there will be a number of Interested taxpayers pres ent when the meeting is called to order. TOURISTS CAMPS ALONG THE NEHALEM HIGHWAY Mr. 1'orter B. King, chief fire war den of the Fire l'atrol association, was a recent visitor In St. Helena and a pleasant culler nt the Mist of fice. Mr. King suld thru be and his force of men wero building tourists camps In convenient places along the Niihalem. They have cleared a considerable number of places along the river bank, built nice cooking places and Installed other conven iences. Mr. King thinks that by providing tho camping places, and having the unilernruHn nnu winner cleared away, there will no danger of flro. Rainier district and the balance to tho St. Helens district. Each district baa been dlvldod Into sub-districts ;ind promptly on tho morning of the ?2nl the Elks will start to work did Investment for the taxpayers of the state of Oregon, Inasmuch as Its uses were contingent upon a Federal appropriation of a tike amount, but the expenditure of the sums foi state Institutions are absolutely nec- Tliere la a norl nntureri rlvalrv l,A..es8ary and the State of Oregon will tween St. Helens and Rainier as to fuffer because the funds could not which district will be the first to be provided. raise tho quota, and the Elks do not , ur Btate university, is In a de Intend to make It a week's Job. On I Porible condition and it is a dis the contrary, they expect to wire ! Rrace ,to the state that they cannot headquarters the very first day of I Provide quarters which are adequate the drive that the entire amount and i ""d """''dent for the attendants at then some, has been raised. So fttr.t,',s Institution. Our penitentiary is as can be learned, there are about ?l8 a disgrace, and we are perpetrat 35 Elks In Columbia county, 23 of crlme against criminals when whom live In the St. Helens district, Lwe do not provide a. better reforma and are, E. I. Hallagh, Von A. Gray, i fry than that which we possess. C. I). Morgan. 8. A. Hawkins. H. E. f 1 "'ncerety hope that in your Cortithwalte, Oeorgo Oommeyer, J.IPnPer vu M undertake to mold II. Wellington, Fred Morgus, Roy ''. iiuii, so mai wnen again tho necessities of these institution requirements are presented to the voters or me state of Oregon, that they may better realize and appre ciate the need for the improvements. "With kind regards, I aru "Very truly yours, "R. N. STANFIELD." VICTORY FESTIVAL DRAWS CROWDS During the past few days St. Hel- ana htta kaAn . ... i. j . Speaker Coming tho IDlh. nT rl"eQ ! i.. i f,lHA)Jtr K ni J " "w vwuiu uuasiuiy Krcl The Fire I'ntrol association, un- ' , , 'T,!,, m ; ,nTv aw?r- '"ded the Victory Festival der the direction of Mr. King, has ".;":.',,"" ,lc a speaker. ! ln ir,"",1(1- T1e warship, airplanes also installed a telephone line i ! r" w be I r h? ev en i ",ui parados wore the main attrac the mountain from Trenholm to V he Tith Thurs Pittsburg. It Is possible to now talk , 'n of t h 19th, T '""W weat ner, undi d ,h frQm gt He)ong to Vernonla Instead of going the Prm . . h ln tie b, f roundabout way via Clatskanle and " ""'rntah music for roc! : h,h r of the Victory Festival. Mist. The line, while primarily for nweaSer ta inc ement.l The reat Induitrlal parade on Wed- th. business of the '". i Z '.SegVln. and mt?.le will he In the ; ' nnf'er ? T ?.a mi?'"ce! lie avnllaliia ror mo iiunnu uuu io , ..... v grent convenience. T,)B givntlon Army Is firmly en trenched In the hoarts of the Amer Copcland, Oswald Doming, Fred Wat kins. Carl Christmiscn, A. C. Tucker, S. II. Iloskln, S. C. Morton, A. M. Holt. J. F. Rye.n, H. E. Abry, Alva Smith, U. Hosworth, Sam Welst, Frank McDonald and C. E. Wade. Each of those Elks will be assigned a certain Job and he will have to do II. One of the rules of the Order of Elks, it is said. Is not to fall down on any charitable proposition and the nntlered brothers from St. Hel ens can be depended upon to produce less ; the results. wonderful progress Oregon is making along In dustrial lines. ' leuote sections ot u.r i-oumj. - lcnn soldiers ana uie parenis oi oi-lTjm AKm r)TT T. though (loble and Doer Island hnve ,,,,. No longor H tho Armyi1 JL,Ci AMU PILING been given much consideration . Tliej ,noUKi,t 0f as the people who used CAMP STARTED Mist In unable to loom who will be , pKrilue the stroets at night beat- entrusted to carry out the plnns of , ,nR nrums ,,nd cymbals and offering! j.lcoU Johnson and W. A. Davis Messrs. Miles and Welch In these .nIvgl)on with ''Jazx" trlmm ngs. j liave gtnrted a pola Rnd p,,inK c districts. , They are now thought of as a body , near ,i,e Milton Creek dam. They are Republicans May Awake. I 0f men and women who devote their, enrrynfl; on the)r operations on the When Jimmy GaltteiiB and Tom MvM ,0 humanity, who have made of the M1Uon Creek Logging Watt. roallr.o the sMuat'fm, It 1 sCrlflces to "ci'.rry on" and every coipally and liave a force ot ten possible that they will havo a con- Oolum),a county soldier who hi.s mm cuMng foioB and gettng out ference with County Chairman Clem j ,,pl,n over there and who the Mist ving. To a Mist representative, one Metskor and see If plans cannot be ,, interviewed, has a good word pf the f,rm gald they )ind enougn n-sde to succiwsfully combat the d-for ti,e Salvation Army. Columbia tUim,r In sight to continue their mocratlc strategy. If they see that tho, C0Unty will raise this llttlo $-'.000 work for more than ft year Before first and second lino tretiehos can-for t, Salvation Army and raise . moving to their present location, the not be held against ino onnuu.u.'i,, UNK oniliiughts, It is possiiuo uny send out a call for outside help. The fuel that Columbia county ly rfpubllcnn leads many republicans to believe timt me uiuvi., p,K,. plan, will amount naught THREE ARE MADE U.S. CITIZENS men operated on the Chapmnn road. CATCHES MANY MOLES Clarence Olson, son of Pete Olson Wednesday was citizenship day In of the Warren neighborhood, is one utiia v i -4 n ii.. nf li a ntinmnlnn mnla AnfithaM In the but the fact that such l Jl nC)au" for final paper., county. During the past two months been laid far in advance o f tl e rea tlon 8 wereern,mher of Ule appll- he has caught 77 moles. Mr. Olson camnalirn time. Is taken as an Indlca-, 1 he grea or " . . f , brougllt the gklng to St. Helens Tues- tlon that a determined fflori w m, can. the national nff8irg of day. He received $7.70 mole bounty c-i , . it.. ffrn tha AAtintV tan1 the olrfvia will I as evinencea iy mo v.a.j, ona.io tt.i hack fori bring $10 or $1B, so young Olson, Tum nnnllcatlons were who Is only 10 years old, has quite Inln and their coterie of 'n roy- " " " "use of irregularities a little start on the bicycle money he henchmen. The next few n,o"'',B w' ' ?iJ the following tnamed persons; Is saving. In addition to earning "hw lust how well the plans hove a th money, the lad has done his i "!i u Inst how much Inter- made cltwen. r. aii ', fn.nr KOod service bv destrovina- Z "hrblliw will take in com- Ji, many of these farm pests, 'bating them. j h. made to olaee Columbia county i knowledge of tn. COTTAGE GROVE EDITOR VISITS IN ST. HELENS Well Known Journalist ivcg fit. Helens a 1Ook-Over Elbert Reiln Billing nf ha r. tage Grove Sentinel, accompanied j ins who, were nere Monday and Tuesday on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. Morton. Mr. Bede Is one of the best known newspapermen in Oregon. He is secretary of the Ore gon Newspaper Conference and has been president of the State Editor ial association and the Willamette Valley Editorial association. He is a son of Adam bede, for many yearb congressman from Minnesota, who was known throughout the United States as the "Wit of the House" The younger Bede inherited much of his father's wit and his writings and speeches demonstrates this fact. Mr. Bede motored up from Cot tage Grove and says the worst road he traveled ln the 190 mile trip was the road between Scappoose and St Helens. SHINN AND WHEELEP CANNOT AGREE George Shlnn, while a good friend of Councilman Charles Wheeler, does not agree with the councilman as to hla project of making the city dock a dancing pavilion. Mr. Shlnn says be is rood church member and does not believe In dancing, hence, he is not ln favor of paying taxes to main tain a dancing pavilion. He suggests that the Citv dnrlr ha murio Inln ipublic meeting place r.nd that the uoca De aeaiccied to the public by having a strawberry festival. Good strawberries and crenm, Mr. Shlnn s.-.ys, could be oijoyed by every one and would hurt no.one, but he is op posed to dancing. Other suggestions have been made aS tO the USA Of tllA rinflr nnrl Ilia most popular one seems to be that ine cuy council nx up the approach to the dock and nse real common horse sense In trying to make the dock useful. GREATER MAXWELL WILL BE HERE SOON Dr. J. H. Flynn, county agent for me Mnxweu automobile, telephones the Mist from Portland that the ureater Maxwell will be out about July 1st, and he expects to have a carload of these wonderful machines during July. The doctor says the Greater Maxwell Is the most won derful car in America under $1500 lu price. In the next issue of the Mist, the doctor will have e.n announcement as to this car and vill furnish prospec tive auto buyers with complete speci fications of the car which the Max well people claim Is their notable achievement ln auto building. COUNTY DEPUTIES GET SALARY RAISE Three of the county deputies haa their salaries raised by the county court at Its last session. Deputy La Bare ln the sheriff's office Is raised from $1000 per year to $1200. Deputy Paulsen in the clerk's office Is raised from $900 to $1100 and Deputy Godfrey in tho assessor's of fice is raised from $800 to $1000. In all, the salary raise amounts to $600 per year increase in the county pay-roll. COUNCIL GIVES AWAY VALUABLE PROPERTY GOES TO THE COUNTY "Not in Vain" my'. tfVi' Eff $ f. f& I Ait Adjoining the Court House Will be Deeded to County The most Important matter that the council acted upon at their regu lar meeting Monday night, was to givo away a valuible piece of city property. Ttey didn't exactly give it way, but they paved the way so it could be given. That portion of the Strand adjoining the courthouse and . ln front ot the residence of A. S. Horrlson Is fhe property which the county wants and whie.h thA iltv council is anxious to give. County Judge Martin White presented the matter to the council and before any one could say atop or start, or say anything else, the resolution , had been passed with only one dissentine vote. Councilman Dixon voted NO because he thought the council should have more time to consider 'the matter, but bis colleague, were ln a hurry, and they slipped the resolution through. The skids were well greased and the resolution, which had previously been prepared, went through faster than lightning. When the council leased a portion of the Strand to the Creamery asso ciation, it took about two month, to get the resolution through, prepare and pass the ordinance, etc., but the action ot the council Monday night Is in marked contrast with action, of former councils. City property, its value, the necessity ot giving It away, the advisability of the city owning any water, front, was not considered by the council. It wa. a Bing, Bang, Hurrah matter and haa to be gotten through quickly, and it went through. The property which the council proposes to give away, Is considered quite valuable. To be definite ln describing It, the Mist quotes from the deed which the city proposes to give to the county: "All of that por tion of the Strand, in the City of Bt. Helens, Oregon, lying between the easterly extension of the northerly and southerly boundary line, of Lot 14 in Block 11, in said City, produced to the Columbia river, excepting therefrom, bowever, a strip of land thirty feet in width, in the form of a rectangle, off the entiro westerly end." The council did not receive a satis factory bid for the improvement of Winter street, so held this matter up The estimate of the city engineer for the improvement of Cowlitx, Casneau and Tualatin streets was submitted and there was quite an argument over it. No action wa. taken. It was decided tn aV ih board to fix up the floor of the city uuu, wiuun nas oeen used as a school room, so that dpneino- uiij x O ..v.u.1 w Ml- dulged in. The Question crackers and fireworks for th Fourth of July was fnlran nh Kf ma action taken. ' Several others mutton ti. up and discussed, but when the coun cil adjourned- .nothing definite had been accomplished except to give away some city property. VULCANIZING SHOP IS NOW. READY The Indenend ant intn r.mMAnM have further enlarged and Improved mmr Kurr.ge Dusiress by Installing a complete and up-to-date vulcenix Ing and tire repair shop. The vacant room between Constantin's store ano tne garage entrance was secured for the "tlreshop," and boinc; located on eha street, will make It quite con venient for automobllists. In ad dition to doing vulcanirins nnd re pairing, the shop is also equipped to do re-treading. Managor Copeland srys he Is now ready to promptly core for any and all tire trouble, and guarantees that his shop will turn cut work equal to that of any other shop. Edith Cavell left England for Belgium as one ot the many thou sand nurses called to war service. Her body was returned home the other day. burled .with honors such as no other woman than Queen Victoria ' has ever been given. The martyred nurse made the supreme sacrifice before a German tiring squad. Here is the crowd outside Westminster Abbey aa the body arrived. HAM KAUTZMAN GOES TO JAIL On account of his failure to pay the $500 fine imposed by the circuit icourt, Ham Kautzman, editor and publisher of the Columbia Herald, iwas taken to Portland by Sheriff Stanwood Saturday last and placed in thfr Multnomah county Jail. Kauti mnn was convicted of publishing libeluous articles and obscene matter in his paper and was sentenced to six months in Jail and a fine of $500. The case was appealed, but for some reason, the appeal was dropped, therefore, the editor was arrested and has begun to serve time in Jail. K, OF P. MEMBERS VISIT RIDGEFIELD About 50 members of Avon lodge and their families went to Ridgofteld Thursday evening to attend the an nual strawberry festival. For sever al yoars the St. Helen. lodge ha. en Joyed the hospitality of the Lake River lodge of Ridgefleld on such oc casions as this one. The St. Helena K of P.'s are unanimous tn reporting one ot the most delightful visits they ever made.