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OFFICIAL PAPI2R OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
VOL. XXXII.
ST. HELENS, OREQON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1913
NO 47.
ST. HELENS AND
i HOULTON VOTE
TO CONSOLIDATE
5y a Three lo One Vote Ihe People.
of Both Cities Favor It
SPECIAL ELECTION CALLED FOR JAN. 7, 1914
Saturday. November loth. WIS, j pleased to become citizens of
:, II. I.th and Houlton coru-iii- Greater St. Helens. The St. Ilcl-iU-l
int inn- greater city by a rm ollir-ers alto spoke, Mayor Muol-
U 1 vuti! in both places. In St
HE'S GOOD ROAD PLAN
lOUf ElMDft CMITIH3 SUCCESSFUL
i'.vt the viilc was light, nut '0
-rccnl "f tli voters turning out,
;! till' fount W US loll for CO'Unli-
,inti, with only S4 i-.gairi.-t it. In
.jltnn tlif vole was pictty will
t, there being 113 votes cunt,
th M in favor and ;i2 against.
3 Monday the councils of both
.f cities nu t in joint c invention
: the Ci'-y Hull In St. llclfr.it, an 1
.ill I'O'ly proi-eviled to canvas the
tetwith the above retult. After
v . ile hu l been canvas,-.. I and ri
station h lopti'il declaring the re
,!l and ill- ring the reo rder to
iktr ami Pel t;fy an ut-ti' rut't of tin
ier expressing much he name senti
ment from the standpoint of St
The most coiioreheniiive good roads
scheme ever proposed in the UniteiJ
Static wan described at the county
teachers' institute by the author, Hun.
Johnalban Hourne, Jr., formerly United
Stall's Senator from Oregon and at
present chairman of the joint cum
rnittee on foileial aid in the construc
tion of roads. H.iurne wan chairman of
the committee when hii term in the
senate expired and waa coritinucd in
that capacity in order that he might
linii-h the work he had begun. He ia
serving without compensation. He ia
known to the people of th- 1,'nited
Statei as author of the parn In pot law
Helena that Mi.yor l.arabce Km1 for H champion of the initiative
M,,i, o i ,i c. ii i I nd refer-'iidiim, popular flection of
oulton. hon e of the St Helena; , , ,.
senators and the reel-II.
councilmen njiI that they had voted iwurne's good road- plan i melting
against the proposition, hut that!11!' general favor because it covers
inasmuch ail the people of hoth ' " the esRentiils of National food roads
place -t nied t la- almost ur,uni. IckI ation - exteiioivo construction, as-
ii.ouhly in favor of it, they W l.ulJ i "ur,lM'c "f '"u"terHrcc fUr -i
i .i ii I lion, and i,ki!U-d -ui.er v ision. Th
Lucy Klrniria psher mas Lorn on
Au. 21, lt, at Eaat r'iatti-
mouth. Mills Co., Iowa, and died at
her home in Deer I.-sland, Ore., on
Nov. 11, 1113, ai?-d 41 years, 2
! month and 23 days. In April 1876
' she came to Oregon with her
j parents, A. 1'. Usher and Synthia
Usher. Her uncle, Frank Usher,
and Grandfather Harrison and
grandmother, Lucy I'aher, came at
the same tirrn. They came direct
to Columbia county and took up a
homesnead four miles west of Deer
Island, near a place called Carmen.
Here she lived with her parents
until she was married to James
Gainers on Sept. 25, 18fc). They
spent the whole ol their married
life in Columbia county. To their
union was born 12 children, Of
this number three have gone to the
better land: Katie dying at the age
of 2 years of age and the other two
LAUNCHING OF
THE CELILO
The Third Large Ship Takes
to the Water at St. Helens Yards
MISS EDRA LaBARE CHRISTENS NEW BOAT
The new ship Celilo struck the 'said the magic words " I christen
water at 3:15 o'clock last Thursday
afternoon while all the whistles in
the vicinity were blowing their
loudest and everybody was making
the most noise. Quite a number of
people attended the launching and
several of the brave ones took the
ride down the slide on the ship.
Promptly at the appointed hour
Miss Edra LaBare of St. Helens
broke the bottle of champagne
people, doing
everything they could to n.-ift in
ho liiive observed the enoriruu waste
t,f TiiH.i fnri:i hv h:,r lit.77;iril t iit.nl r nr.
1100.(1.11 and workirg f. r the , , , , ,. , . ,
' F lion of mud ro'ids thjt are r.ctil' cttd no
greater city. j flf Ai xvttt, art. cortcerti!i, f Jl'y up
A tier consiili-rhblc dlM-U.-Mon it (reriale iv:;ragi. of the arior.s fat-
vii d' C.ded that on Jan 7th KM 1. ruc of the hourne flur..
in accordance w ith the l nuinwrs 'There are several f e l we must
If to the Secretary of SJute, hc . of the law, the s;.c mhI t,ectin w:ii kiej in mu d," raid Vr. Hourne,
r,t Heeling adjoUMid, at U r I he del. I fur the purpose of fleotir.fr 'Fimt. it i practically imponitle to
iich m veml of the lloulton and ! a new et of ollcers for the new -r.etrurt perrrai.ei,t hheyi with
dying in infancy. Those living are across the bow of the big hull and
Arthur, mairied and living in Deer
Island; Llythe, now Mrs. Carey,
liing at Wheeler, Ore. The other
children. Hue!, liay, Mary, Johnnie,
Vera, Lucy and Charley, live at
Hi ll OS olliei.iU WrlC CHiled i.pon
CJpieiw tln'iiiH'lvi-s on the matter
! gn ater city. Mayor
f lloulton Hliid In- wa.l delighted
th the iiiiig'iiiit-cnt victory gained
; tin- ih,'i',a for a grvat- r ai.d hetti r
r, ari l proinined to use every
t to nuiat iii bringing about
n ali.alinn of the pr i..ni s that
lil la-en made before the election.
t i' X pre SUM I hiilliM-lf IIS lK-!ieilig
it St Helens waa now the best
'Jon the Coluiiibiu river lutweun
ift'md ami Antoria, and that
tl.ii; a few years, with a Combined
"rt on the part of a'.l good citi-
fii, St. Helms would become one
'.he leading cities of the atate of
regun . Other councllmeii Irom
ulton aj.nke along the same lines.
town At th'it election therev.il
he n nia"r and four coUnilmep
Jjirabee and trea.'unr elected to hold unti!
the next regular election in April
As soon as this election is held and
tin- new discern take tm-ir posi
tions the consolidation w;il he in
full force and ttfect.
.'uni tha cm; be ra:eJ t'i get.eril tax
it: .n Ii, pref.inntM rod building as
n most large undertak ii f. people
it neci-h-ary to g.i in 1' bt, reli-
lhat the iovct-tment r juttined by
us results that i:lt an-omphi-hed
Mary a farmer puri"jts thi policy
a hen ne buya hind or makee extensive
impruvemcnti Men who erect Iitrge
I',-, !i-r u luliiig by altoi M) ai d buil-linga in cities usually borrow prt
cilin ns It ha-t been held that tne of the capitul invested. Kailruads are
consolidation of the two cf.ies a!o ' built largely with borrowed capital,
automatically consolidates the two j "Since sale of bonds s. cms to be the
... , , ,,. ) only practicable means of securing ex
school districts, so that alter the f
. , . . ' tensive construction of lirst-class high-
cns.,id,..on of the cities g, es mto , t() gwure lhe
eir. ct. the vhools of both .lac j of jn.
will be under ene board of d;rtct rs , Urt 4 J j( is my tha, tnja can
and at the next election there will bi.fl le (,(int, l)y ut , 1 1 z , tK the euporior
Ik- only one director to el-ct. credit of the government, for the
So far there seems to have been United states can borrow ut three per
verr little hard fi ling in the "iat-' cent interest while the state must pay
ch one a,-eti.ii,g to be fluted und ter of consolidation
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ADAMS-JASPER
A i ry pretty wedding took place at
t hi. in. i,f the bride's psrrnla. Mr-
I .V rii l ied . Adams at Icer
'iihil, (ire.. Saturdiil. Nov. K, at Jl
l"k, when their daughter. Lime
was unilid in murriage In
il K. Jasper, the Kev I'aik olli
liik'. The birlo and groom were
t r . . i. i ,y Mihs lle!cn Homill and (
I" l- r, both relatives of the groom
hoiisu waa prettily decorated ilh
'ysaniliemunis and Oregon KM'0-
bridii wan becomingly gowned in
U a.lL I .. Veil Of
f ib i n-(iw nun ."-
hue caiiKlit with nrBiigo blossomi.
1 ft- i I I ...i. alt
'Ww dinner was, served and an enjny
season was spent. Many useful
"J heutifu presmiti wire given by
" friends of tin- happy couple. Those
Mint were: Mrs. It. Hamill,
"i. K. M ll,.i,l, r Mrs. I.. I'. Jss-
Mrs . w M-Cartncy, Mrs. Kric
sms, Mr John llamill,, Mr- Hml
V Jasper. Mi Mary Prske, Mr.
'crt HhiiuII, Mauler K.iy Jasper,
r ime,., i- McCaitncy. Miss II. Urn
'm.ll.
PENDER TRIAL
NEARLY OVER
More Than Sixty Witnesses Have
Tesiiiied in Famous Murder Case
CASE WILL BE IN IiInDsTf THE JURY TODAY
kani.. HiKh School Ila.kt-t Hall
arnmi't anl doft-nled thi st
lens Hinh team in this city by
..e .01 ,i ii, .ih tenn.s
" "V III ,1.) U) 1-wvi.
kywl fust and furious but the
''kr ex pranced boys won out.
T:' best of fct'linK prevailod
lrilit was a gamj worth seeintf.
For 20 days the jury in the Fen
der case has ben listening to the
,.videnco and to the arguments of
,ho lawyers. More than CO wit
nesse have been examine.! and
ncrly 1" exhibits have been in
troduced. The State closed the.r
cue early in the. week and the de
,..nse in,nir.liat.-ly 'nt "
wilh their evident. Vedne. ay
'afternoon the detent c.o..,.
I the State started to put on the.r re-
infu-rnoon. lhpn "''
oiu-no.l tho argument ....
i. ,d for more than an hour re
'cuntedin.vory forcible manner
th0 fac.swhichhi.il -777' ,y
lhl. State, forming the chain of o
Lumstsntial evidence whn-h the
I state claimed brought the cmn...-!;i,,nofthecrimeright;lo:ntl,the
d.-fendant. IVndcr. "'"y "
I.,ganof th.-dt-ronse .u . -
scene of nctu.n for about three
hours in a very comvincing argu
ment that there was a chance that
some other than the defendant hud
committed the crime and argued
that the evidence of the State was
weak in several important links.
John A. Jeffreys for the defense
started in Friday morning at ;:30
ami until A o'clock in the afternoon
analyized the evidence on both sides.
His appeal was a masterful effort
on behalf of his cliont and he fre
quently had some of the jurors and
many of the audience in tears. E.
H. Tongue for the State started his
argument shortly after 3 o'el ck
and from then on until H o'clock,
except the dinner hour, he ever-
I. ntinuMv flayed the defendant. The
j argument of Mr. Tongue was one
of the most bitter denunciations ot
crime ever heard in this couit
house. He put together the facts
as produced by the evidence in such
a manner that it was hard for any
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somuch as ye did it unto one of the"
etc. Of her may it be said she had
no enemies. She treasured no re
sentment for any injury Her's
was a forgiving spirit. She was
ever ready to forgive and to forget.
I truly believe she forgave as she
hoped to be forgiven, bne wasj
stricken with apoplexy sometime
between 9 and 11 onrnday morn
ing, Nov. 14th, and passed peace
fully to rest at 11 o'clock at night
of the same day, never having re
gained consciousness.
"Not now, but in the coming years,
It may be in the better land;
We'll read the meaning of our tears.
Up there, sometime' we'll under
stand." Soon, sorrowing friends and loved
ones, we may say "good morning
home. Mrs. Gaittenshad a sympa-j on a day which shall never end.
thetic heart for the sorrowing, suf- Funeral services were held at
thee Celilo" and within a few sec
onds the boat was in the water.
Nothing of a very serious nature
happened, except that some of the
timbers under the boat spread,
which caused the keel of the boat
to strike on the rocks doing some
damage to that, but not serious.
This is the third large ship to take
the water at the local yards since
1912, all being owned by the Charles
R. McCormick Co., besides several
smaller boats, barges etc. All of
these boats are made out of Colum
bia county timber It will take
about three weeks to finish the boat
heie, when it will be towed to San
Francisco, where the machinery will
be installed, after which she will be
I placed on the St. Helens-San Fran
cisco run in the lumber and pas
senger business.
fering or the unfortunate A free j Grange Hall in Deer Island on Mon
heart and an open hand to the hun-jday, conducted by Rev. C. L. Dark
gry. None ever turned away hungry j of Rainier, and interment was made
who sought her help. A valued , in the Kinder cemetery near Deer
commentary on that scripture "In-j Island.
Teachers Institute
is Grand Success
About 100 Columbia County Teachers
Spend 3 Days in St. Helens
SEVERAL NOTED LECTURERS ADDRESS THEM
F.
UNJUSTLY ATTACKED
I. W. W. PAPER AND SOCIALIST
TEACHER MAKE TROUBLE
At the annual County Teachers'
Institute w hich is just drawing to a
close in St. Helens today there has
been an attendance of just 96 Col
umbia County teachers. At this
institute there has also been in at
tendance some of the most distin
guished lecturers, orators
lectured on "The school and its re
lation to human welfare." Judge
Cleeton made a masterly address,
full of reason and good advice and
at the conclusion was warmly ap-
i plauded and complimented, Thurs-
das evening Frof. Pittman of the
. . X T 1 I .
I oiaie normal scnooi leciureu on
ana in- .'The country Kho0 teacher." This
structors in the Mate of Oregon. lecture was also thoroughly enjoyed
Wednesday F.x-Senator Jonathan 8n(j applauded. Friday Assistant
Hourne delivered a lecture, a more State Superintendent Carleton lec
extended notice or which appears tured. Of course there were many
in another column. Mr. A. L. ' other good addresses and lectures.
Clark of Rainier also spoke to the as) weu a8 mucr, instrumental and
teachers Wednesday , taking as his voca) music, in addition to the
subject "Tho School Director." His!usuai departmental discussions. Al
together it was a most successful
gathering of the teachers. Prof.
Wilkerson is entited to much credit
for the able manner in which he
handled the institute and for tha
success of the meeting. Just as
we go to press we have received a
address was one of the most pleas
ing features of the institute. Thurs
day Hon. J. A. Churchill, State
Supeiii.tenilerit, addressed the teach
ers, as did also Prof. F. L, Grittin,
of the 0. A. ('. In the afternoon
Dr. Calvin S. White delivered one
of his interesting and instructive
lectures on "How to prevent com
municable diseases." After him
Judge T. J. Cleeton, of Portland,
complete list of all the teachers in
attendance, but space prevents pub
lishing it this week, so it will have
to appear rext week.
From the editorial columns of
"Justice" a so called newspaper
printed and edited by Dr Lech
the deported Bandon I. W. W.
orator, at Portland we re-print
some of the things said' This
editorial was inspired by a pro
ceedings before the board of
directors of Quincy district to
discharge a teacher there for.
according to the complaint filed
by a well known taxpayer,
teaching socialism and anarchism
to small children of the district.
This teacher, according to the
complaint and to statements by
prominent citezens of the neigh
borhood, has gone to extremes
in snowing up ner socialistic
proclivities, in fact has gone so
much furthur than the socialist
doctrines teach, a respectable
socialist would not own her as
a member of the party. The at
tack on Professor Wilkerson by
this teacher and her cohorts is
one of the most distressing feat
ures of the whole affair. The
extreme fairness and popularity
of Professor Wilkerson is so well
known in Columbia County and
his earnest desire to pitas so
manifest that any statements or
accusations against him will be
cast aside by every self respec
ting citizen of the county, es
pecially when those statements
or accusations come from such a
source. Below we give a portion
of the article from Justice;
We are supposed to be living
in the Turontioth Coiitrw SsinriA
of us are. But down at Quincy,
Oregon, there are people who
don't know that we have passed
out of the medieval away of
mental and moral despotism.
Flora I. Foreman is the Princi
pal of the Public School atQuiacy
she has been teaching her pupils .
the facts of history, she has
been showinar them the imrjort-
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