OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY NO 48. VOL. XXXII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1913 ENDER TRIAL IS STILL IN PROGRESS Lwt 30 Witnesses Have Been On the Stand for the State DEFENSE WILL START TOMORROW 'ilnrethan 30 witnesses have loon the stand in the Pender Con behalf of the state and tend is not yet. The evidence produced by the state consists ichainof circumstances which Q that Pender's face wus Jlv scratched up immediately Krthe murder. That mail was in the community box in U of Tender's cabin two dajs 'ore the murder and that Ten- Vtaw the mail left there. This he mail was found in the thrman cabin after the mur- (; unopened, along with some er mail which was sworn to ve teen delivered to Tender at At scapptose post clf.ee on the Lyoftho murder, addressed to !r. Wi-h-man. testimony aiso Rowed that the cabin of Kiley 1,1 been broken open and a re volver taken from the Kiley trunk: that the trunk had been opened with a hammer with one claw broken and SJch a hammer was found in Tender's house. Gun experts swore positively that thft bullets taken from the bodies of Mrs. Wehrman and her baby had been fired from the Riley revolver. It was shown that Pender had not milked his cow on that day, and that there was no light in his tent that evening, although he has said it was his custom to leave a light burning all night. There are many details of the trial which is taking up considerable time, and it will perhaps be well into next week before the evidence is all in and the caBe finally submitted to the jury. The defense will probably start tomorrow. LAUSNcc1T(ILc1EvUL0 Connty Coort Enjoined Third Large Vessel Turned Out Here Local Option Election to be Tested in Court iE COUNTY BUDGET Luntv Court Prepares State ment for Taxpayers to Examine ... . . .u... LVi.ia th nth dav of December, NuUce ntroyB.?n .-. . , , , , ' . meeting of lU.1,1. ex,., of the county, and that at .aid lime and plac. . any kyor .ubject to such tax levy when made ma rp. n ; amat any propose tax , - templated e- Ba:nount. aa shown oy uw - - - . Ll.tur. from the moneys proved to be raised by taxat.on. aa made 1 the County Court, being aa ioiiowi. . ' c.i.n nf iii,tu-, eommia- wnty Court and unnmiasioner.-- ... 000 0o loner, baiiliis, livery, ci" - m. - . w.., A turv and wit arcuit Court-Salary ol Damns, rrm.. 8 000.00 nesse, apcclal counsel, - , . ,.. V.U tirnra. wit loiiife Courts-r ccs or ju.uces. ww 70.00 Liir. Omce-Salary and expend, of sheriff and deputie. 3,500.00 :ik'a office -Salary of clerk and deputies Wer'. office-Salary of treasurer and deputies for Ux collection Uoner'a Office-Fees of coroner, physic.. neiute, etc M Superintendent'. Office-S.l.r, of Superintendent, fees. etc. and truant officer Fruit I uspeclor Salary etc WW. Office-Salary of asa-or. deputies, extra , tending tax rolls, etc Tax Rebate. - Taxe. to be refunded Current Expend-Book., atatlonery, po-tage. cxpressnge. i..kA. etc . all office. 'Court Houm Expenses-Janitor. lights, water, fuel, repair.. supplies and fixture. Jail -Bed of prisoner., medical attendance, medicine, re- pair., supplies and fixturea transportation, nospiwi cnu.. Indigent Soldier. - Relief furnished lnna -Examination, and expense Election Expen...-iHtr.Uons. supplies, election board, deputy .herilTs, etc R..,..d ll,.b..-l.? urW""' County Fsir-For buildings etc uppHes Staler of Weights and ronalrs. machinery, sup- Roada and Highways - For bridges, repair.. plies and survey ..... ,h. four districts, to r ' n0 For permanent road buddln In Je wur districU no.000.00 . d,Kl according to the v,ua ' other than U- ir,:..-j nrrecciui" .. ir. j atlon -Fees from clerks sndsherms Dated November 8. Ijlt of Colum,,. gk. Next Saturday, the 22nd of Nov., the third large schooner will be launched at the St. Helens Shipbuilding Co.'s yards at St. Helens. In keeping with the custom established by the Mc Cormick Co. in naming their boats after prominent water falls and rivers the i.ew boat will be duly christened the Celilo. Appropri ate ceremonies will be arranged for and the new ship will receive all the honors and well wishes of a large crowd who will witness the launching. Just 13 months ago the first ship of the class ever built on the Columbia river, the Multnomah, was launched at these yards, and a few months later the Merced slipped from the ways. Of these ships the Mult nomah is actively engaged in the lumber and passenger carrying traffic between the Columbia river and California ports She is easily one of the most popular boats on the coast. Only a few weeks ago the Merced was wrecked off the coast of Cali fornia and Is now a total wreck The engineers in making an effort to save the vessel after it struck the rocks pronounced the Merced the strongest wood ves sel ever built on the coast.. The new Celilo is a duplicate of the Multnomah and Merced and will be taken to San Francisco for the installation of machinery and will Drobably be on the run be tween here and California within the next two months. COLUMBIA COUNTY TEACHERS INSTITUTE Suit was filed Wednesday in the Circuit Court by Miles Sheerin of Rainier to tesl the local option election held in Rainier on the 4th, at which time the city was voted dry. The case is entitled Miles Sheerin vs. W. A. Harris, County Judge, and John Farr and Louis Fluhrer, Commissioners. The complaint sets up several reasons why the election was illegal, some of them being: That there was not a sufficient num ber of names on the petition; that there was no valid order of the County Court calling the election, the call being signed only by Judge Harris; that the election board at the election was not ap pointed by the County Court, but was appointed by the city re corder without authority; that the polls were kept open an hour longer than the law requires and that after 7 o'clock there were some 60 votes cast; that there' were a number of illegal votes cast and that no local option elec tion for a city can be held except it be at the time of a city elec tion. All of these questions will be presented to the Court at the earliest opportunity. J. J. Fitz gerald, E.B.Tongue and Sam M. Johnson appear as attorneys for the plaintiff. Noted Educators and Lecturers Gather Next Week in St Helens INTERESTING PROGRAM HAS BEEN ARRANGED have been received that there will be more than one hundred school teacher, and in structor, at St. Helen, next Wednes day, Thursday and Friday to attend the annual County Teacher. Insti tute. School Superintendent Wil kerson ha. been .very busy for several week, making arrange ments for this annual gathering of the educators and a very fine pro gram ha. been arranged. The meeting will be attended by some 1 of the most noted instructor, and lecturers on special subject., in the state, a complete list being a. fol lows: J. A. Churchill, State Supt., E. F. Carleton. Assistant State Supt., Dr. Joseph Schafer, Prof, of History. U. of O., Hon. T. J. Cleeton, Circuit Judge of Portland, Dr. Calvin S. White, Sec. State Health Board, M. S. Pittman, In structor in Oregon State Normal Scho 1, F. L. Griffin, Instructor in !0. A. C, S. F. Ball, principal Ar- leta school. Chas. H. Jonea, Oregon Teacher. Monthly, Salem, Mlaa Grace M. Davi., Inatructor in Ore gon State Normal School, Miss Lillian E. Tingle. Supervisor Do mestic Science Portland City Schools, Mia. Agne. M Jones, representing the N. A. Palmer Co., of Iowa, and Mr. A. L. Clark, Col umbia County's most active school director of Rainier. The meeting, will be held in the laige auditorium of the St. Helena High school building during the day. and arrangements are being made to hold a public reception to the teacher, and instructor, in the City Hall on Wednesday evening. This will perhap. be the greatest gathering of educator, ever held in Columbia County, and St. Helen. should put on her beat appearance and do herself proud in entertain-' ing them. ST, HELENS 20 YEARS AGO ITEMS TAKEN FROM THE MIST OF NOVEMBER 11,1893 Youthful Roblwn BOYS ROB WAREHOUSE IN ARE CAUGHT IN ST. HELENS 3,000.0 2.000.00 800.00 1,700.00 200.00 3,400.00 600.00 5.000.00 2,500 00 1,200.00 4,000.00 300.00 100.00 2,000.00 5,000.00 900.00 1.000.00 700.00 60,000.00 Notice All person, having bill, against me will please mail them to me at St. Helen, or present them at the office of the St. Helen. Improve ment Co. and they will be paid. All person, owing me will please call at the ume office or mail checK. to me. I have sold out my business in St. Helen, and must settle up. So must you. Elmer Blackburn. NOTICE OF MASS MEETING On Monday evening. December 1st. there will be held in the City Hall in St. Helens, a mass meeting of the citizen, of the city for the purpose of discussing the advisa bility of constructing a public dock in St. Helens. The discussion will take a wide range a. to building docks, the kind of dock., the loca tion, the probable cost and the manner of raising fund, with which to Day for same. It is earnestly requested that every citizen of the city who is interested should attend. I By order of the Council, I E. E. Quick, Recorder. A fM& ZAP They say that bank note, are liable to become impregnated with cholera germs. Another reason for hurrying up your subscription to the Mist Don't risk cholera to your family by keeping an infected dollar bill in your house. nt it in aa. It mav kill us. but we will at least die happy. Mr. E. E. Quick. Mrs. D. J. Switier and Miss Alice Cox visited Portland on Monday of this week. Miss Mamie Dart, who is attending the Portland University, visited at ber home here Saturday and Sunday. Edwin Ross, who is a student at the :. Medical College paid a oriei visit to St. Helens Sunday. Fred Watkins. eldest son of H. P Watkins of this place met with a very oainful mishao at an early hour Satur day morning, and one that will kecr biro under the peroni.1 care of Dr. Cliff for several weeks. His injuries are a compound fracture of the left ankle, and he sustained them by jump nig from a wagon behind a runaway team at the south approach to the Mil ton Creek bridge, on the Scappoose road. He was on his way to his father s farm n it l.imi nf hav. and when a short distance north of the brldne a team just' behind driven by Nick Sumby became unmanagsble and came tearing down the road at a furious rate. Nick was thrown from the wagon but not hurt, and his horse smashed into the rear end of Fred', wagon, where they reparted, one passing on the right and one to the left. In the accompaning rumpu. Fred's team started to run and be soon Irat control of them. After passing over the bridge Fred lost one line and realising the danger or staying in me vairon anv longer he jumped out upon the rocks, and lighting on his left foot bioke both bones of his ankle just above the joint Jame. Sheldon was hunting pheasants near by and kindly ...iatoA Fred in netting home. The other accidents incidental to the smash up were not serious. One horse was i;.m, nit and the waeons were dis- - trlbuted along the county road for hall a mile or more. T-nst Wednesday Marshal Chit- tim was called to Columbia Park by a resident there to arrest a boy who had stolen a bottle of milk from a porch. The boy proved to be Peter Hansen of Seattle and he was tramDing through the country with two men, John Dur ham and Frank Hayes. The marshal promptly arrested all three of the tramps and took them to jail. While in jail Sheriff Thompson and Constable Fred Watkins talked to the boy and he tolrl them of a robbery the three of them had committed at Reu- hen and Goble. They had broken open a box car at Goble and stole some clothes, blankets etc,, and then proceeded to Reuben where they entered the warehouse 01 T. C. Watts, and laid in a auppiy of canned goods and things to eat. The sheriff continued hia investigations and later on one of the other fellows, a young man x vears old. also confessed. A charge of larceny in a warehouse has been filed against the two older men and the boy is being held as a witness. All are in jail. O. T. Foster ha. bili. out for an auction sale at Houlton on Satur day, the 22nd of Nov., when he will sell hi. team, cow. and bther per sonal property, MOTHER NEW CM CHRIS JOHNSON & SON GET 30 PASSENGER AUTO FOR BUS SERVICE Chris Johnson & Sons have re ceived their big car anditia now on the regular run between St. Helens and the Houlton depot. This is the same style and class of car as the one operated by Capt. Abel between here and Portland and carries about 30 4 passengers. It is nneiy up holstered and enclosed wun windowed curtains, making it very comfortable. John Johnson is at the wheel, which Insures safety and accommodation to the traveling public. The big car has already become popular and is bound to continue so.