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.