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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
VOL. XXXIII.
ST. HELENS. OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1914
231
No. W
A.
PENDER
TO
0 BE DELIVIiKliU TO
PENITENTIARY IN
20 DAYS
FE DEPENDSON THE. ELECTION
Should Capital Punishment be
Abolished He, Will Get
Life Imprisonment
John Arthur Ponder was sentenced
r the second time luHt Tuesday, ti
l hanged for Ilia niunlur of Diils
IVi'liiiimn nil September 4 til 1911
The lilHtory of t Ills famous case I.
veil known to all resident of till'
utility, Pender having been tried
wlce, tlii) llrHt time tho Jury falling
10 terra nnil tlio lust ttmn verdlei
1)f Drat decree murder being return
il. Hlncu Hint time Pendor lias tak
fa in ap iru I to tlio Supreme Court
l ut the Jiul k mxn t of the Clrculi
'ourt was affirmed. A motion for r
re-hiMirliiK wus then asked for before
llie Supreme Court which was denied
ind It hecamo necessary for 1'onilo'
o ikhIii face the Judge to henr M
kncila which means lila death. Oi
ruiday morning In charge of tin
herlff, render wag brought lute
ort ami Judge Knkin sentoncoi!
kin tu ho taken to the Superlnton
nit of the penitentiary at Salem
kllliln twenty duya and there to he
icpt until audi a day as will here
itlaciMnumed In the warrant of ex
:uUMi and on that day to be hanged
J tlio neck until ho la dend.
Pender took lit sentence In a mat
r of fact way hardly moving r
Mucin or fliiHliIng while the awful
onli fell from the lips of the Judge
le was taken to the Jull where lie It
Mned until the warrant for hlr
hwulltm Khali bo iHsued when he
be taken to Salem and placed In
h penltentliiry. there to await hlr
loom.
The question of whether or not
'Pltiil punlHlimeiit shall bo abolish'
W In Oregon will be voted on at thr
Iwtlon next month, November 3rd
ml upon tho decision of the pooplr
It that election rests the fate of John
Pender. If the people abollsl
f'Pltal punishment Pender's sentence
III ho fixed at Ufa Imprisonment bui
capital puiilHhment Is not abolish
f1 ho will hnng unless the Govornot
"minutes his sontonce. So far ae
'diinihlH County Is concerned the
of tho State of Oregon against
"nn A. Pender Is closed.
IOOK OCT KOK THIS OXK
On another nngo of this i,c.ner Is
hnil nn udvertiscmont nhloli Is ox-
unnutoiy to some nvtnnt nf Ilia mn.
nN tldo lands bill to be voied on
1 Hie election next month. This Ik
ne of tlio very dangerous bills on
9 "allot m Its adoDtion will moan
K" Iwiriii to til A i-lnvnlnnmi-nr nf
MuHtrlni Oregon than any other. II
F"! he the
frKm nmny, man) manufacturing
P"ririses which cannot possibly
pato hero because they will be shut
" 'rem all iiiivlgubla streams. Thai
f In effect what It ninnni and nvnrv
"'or who is lot
f "l and fuctorlos oporate along the
"'"niiiiii uivor will surely vote no
11 Oils bill.
NOTICK TO OHAWJKKS j
po "I i) II a Grnniro will mnot with the
'"Wkton Grange November 7th. Ile-
tho first Saturday In the month.
' Qood ultondanee Is desired as It Is
'"ftlon of offlcers tor tho coming
J"'irs. All Come.
It. N. LOVELACE,
Pomona Master
T' Wntta of Reuben, has boon
P St. Hoinns this week attending
P n' duties as bailiff of the Circuit
ourt.
II. Powell nf Pnrtlnnrt wna at
h'lli'S to Court matters In St. Hoi-
HANG
RETURN FROMJHIEGRAND LODGE
K. of P. Lodges are Active in
Oregon This Year
MUCH INTEREST TAKEN
Hiipw uu. Ixslge Meets tit I'nrtliind in
mid Oregon will Muko
Klioulng
W. J. 1'ullerton and M. K. Miller
returned Wednesday night after ut
'ending tho Grand Lodge Knights of
Pythias at Portland ns Itepresenta-
Ives of Avon IajiIko No. 02 of Ht
Helens. They report a very cnthusl
stlc meeting of the Knights and
much good work was done. Durliif
he seslons of the Grand Uxlgo
Union It. Hunt, tho President of tin
Insurance department of tho order
nado stivoral addresses which wer
'ho very best fnitornal speeches eve;
.lelivered In Oregon. Others of thr
inler who have served many ycari
is officers of the order also gave
addresses. Dr. A. K. Wrlghtninn of
Sllverton wus elected as Grand Chun
collor for tho next year. M. K. Mil
ler of 81. Helens was chosen as Dlst
.-let Deputy Grand Chancellor for
Clatsop and Columbia Counties and
IS. I. Unlugh wan appointed as Lodge
Deputy for this lodge. Mrs. A. T
I.nws was the delegate to tho Grand
Ixiilgo Pythian Sisters from Avo
Tetnplo, St. Helens, and she wus ac
-ompnnlml by Mrs. Ke.one lllukesley
Mrs. Frank George and Mrs. C. V.
Illukosley who were members of the
Grand Ixxlun. They report also a
vory Interesting and Instructive ses
ilon of their Grand Lodgo. Memherp
of the order of Knights nnd Pythian
Sisters all over Oregon are becoming
qulto active this year In anticipation
of the meeting of the Supreme
txulgus of these orders nt Portland in
August, 1916 and it Is the intention
of the members o(, Oregon to make
this a grout event for the order.
MISS HAZEL LOPE
WINS THE PIANO
Close Race Between Young
Ladies Comes to Close
Miss Hazel I.opo secured 901,900
votes In the piano contest which
'ame to a closo Wednesday night and
'nrrled off tho first prize of a Grand
Upright Krantz Piano. Close behind
her was Miss Kilrlo Lnllaro with
828.643 votes and sho secured a ccrti-
iato which with $90 entitles her to
ino of these grand pianos. Third
nrlzo wont to Miss Kthel Drew with
249,116 vosob. Other wlnors wore
Unrbora DeVroy with 112,300, Mar
Ilia MeCauley 73,010, Mona Adams
33,000, Lillian Marks 32.0G0. Kucli
of these young ladles received a
'lertirtcnto of snle on a piano which
may be used any tlmo within one
voar and when accompanied with a
lomparltlvoly small payment entitles
them to a pluno. The contest hat
'men running for more than four
months and during nearly all this
Mine the two leaders have been quite
fdose, Miss LaUnro leading most of
tho time until the last four weeks
when Miss Lopo forged abend and
name out a winner. McDonald's store
has been a busy place for sevoral
weeks, tho frlonds of the various
nandldatos working for votes for
t.holr favorites, whlio many new sub
scriptions have boen turned Into the
Mist office nnd renewals and back
subscriptions hnve roled In. It was
n very frlondly and good natured
contest from the beglnlng and has
boen quite successful from every
point of view.
We have some vory Interesting
communications on important pub
lic quostlons which were crowded out
this week but which will appear next
week. We are glad to get communi
cations and will always give space to
1 1, mn when signed by the writers and
do not deal In personalities, toil In
any letter on public quostlons that
you want and we will give tne space
Mr. Floyd Cook, representing the
Warren Construction Co., of Portland
was In St. Helens today, conferring
with the County Court.
SuliscrllK) for tlio "MIST" $t.BO year
REPUBLICAN
Members From All
Gather at
"VOTE'R STRAIGHT" IS
Columbia County Papers Requested to Discuss Initiative
Measures on
Yesterday aftornoon the Republi
can County Central Commute held a
meeting at Itainler In response to the
cull of Chairman Nutt at which time
oinmlttoemen from nearly all the
ireclncts In the county were present
Many speeches were made and sug
;eutluns as to the campaign offered.
Mr. W. II. II. Dufor, of the State
Central Com It tee was present and
made an Interesting speech, the key
tote of which was "vote'r straight".
That seemed to be the sentiment of
iverybody present and the members
f the committee went away from
.lie meeting dotormlned to spread
lie gospel of Republican prosperity
o all the voters possible before the
dectlon. The matter of considering
Lite many amendments to be voted on
his full was discussed at some length
ind it was finally agreed to ask the i
several newspapers of the county to
llscuss the measures and give such
sxpliinatlons as could be given in the
iliort time left before the election.
The meeting was a very harmoni
ous one and each member1 of the
committee predicted a great Republi
can victory all down the line In the
bounty and state. Before adjourn
ment the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
A PLEASANT
FAREWELL PARTY
iViany rrienas vjaincr io oay
, r T l
Good Bye to Mrs. Myers
On Friday evening, October 9th a
largo number of the members and
friends of the Congregational "Aid"
jociety, with their husbands, met at
llie parsonage to bid farewell to Mrs.
Elizabeth Myers of Cincinnati, sister
of Rev. Mr. Meyer, who has spent
everal months as his guest.
During the evening Mrs. Farns-
worth entertained with pleasing reci
tations, Mr. Tabor sang and Mrs.
Meyer, asslted by other ladles served
delicious refreshments, after which
Mrs. Dlllard gave a short talk in
which she enumerated some of the
things which the ladles of the Aid
Society wished Mrs. Myers to take
buck to Ohio with tier. Notable
among the things mentioned were an
assurance of the high regard in which
her brother Rev. Meyer Is held In St
Heleifti, as friend, citizen and pastor,
and also a beautiful gold brooch and
a ML- Hood cushion filled with Ore
gon wild duck down, which were
presented by the members of the Aid
und other friends.
Mrs. Myers left Monday morning
for homol n Cincinnati, Ohio. Rev.
and Mrs. Mayer accompanied her to
Portland.
METHODIST NOTES
The Themes for Sundays ser
mons are:
Morning The Secret of the Chris
tians Efficiency.
Evening A Timely Question.
Reception of members at this
iossion.
The Sunday School convenes at 10
a. m. and Is conducted for the study
of the lllble by all ages. If you are
not an attendant any where else
our school Invites you to Its session
next Sunday morning.
The Epworth League meets at
6:30 each Sunday, The young peo
ple are always welcome.
REV. FRANK. SANDIFEIt
Pastor
Pntronlzo Our Advertisers. It Pays,
COUNTY COMMinEE MEETING
Parts of County
Rainier
THE SLOGAN ADOPTED
the Ballot
We, the Columbia Count Precinct
Committeemen, assembled, do hereby
adopt these resolutions as an expres
sion of the sense of this body:
WHEREAS, we believe in I he
principles and policies of the Republi
can party, and that the administra
tion of the Republican party is the
best for our country a party whose
history Is synonymous with the pro
gress and prosperity of these United
States and believe that the election
of the Republican candidates at the
coming election will be for the best
Interests of all our people;
WHEREAS, we deplore the present
economic conditions prevailing in
our country, and believe that these
conditions are the result of the carry
ing out of the Democratic principles
and policies; be it,
THEREFORE, RESOLVED, That
we call on the voters of Columbia
County to support the Republican
ticket straight from top to bottom.
State and County, knowing as we do
that the success of the Republican
party means universal prosperity to
all the people.
Adopted at Rainier, Oregon, Oct.
IS, 1914, at a meeting of the County
Republican Precinct Committeemen.
ODD FELLOWS
VISIT ST. JOHNS
Report of a Royal Good Time
by the Three Linkers
On the evening of October 12 the
Odd Felows and Rebecas of St.Helens
about 30 strong, gathered In front of
the post office and on the arrival of
Cap. Abel's large car loaded it to the
full capacity and headed for Llnnton
to meet the last ferry for St. Johns
and arrived Just in time to miss it,
and wended their way through Port
land arriving at St.Johns a little late.
We must say that It any lodge was
ever extended better treatment we
would like to know how It could
come about. The men attended the
Lawrel Lodge where the room was
crowded to the limit, and our enter
tainers proceeded to put on some
degree work which was a credit to
any lodge, and after the lodge was
closed about 10 p. m. we were taken
to the Eagle hall where there was
dancing and Binging until 12 p. m
when St. Helens ana Star Lodges
were lined up and marched to the
banquet hall where there was a
spread fit for kings and queens. The
toastmaster called on members from
different lodges for speeches. W. J.
Fullerton was called on and the way
he explained Odd Fellowship and
what It is good for would make one
wonder what noted speaker had
come to town, with witty jokes that
kept thep eople laughing and cheer
ing. It seems like going home on a
visit when going to St. Johns.
The sisters there met our ladles
and entertained them during lodge
hours and they are sure entertainers.
We very near killed one good sister
that did the singing, and it was sing
ing too, and the crowd of about 400
kept cheering until she had to beg
time to get her breath.
The trip up and back was enjoyed
by every one and was quite a treat.
Wm. Ross, President ot the Col
umbia County Bank, returned Tues
day from Janesvllle, Wisconsin where
he has been visiting for the past six
weeks.
Albert Freeman, a prominent
'armer of Warren, was transacting
business in St. Helens today. .
Circuit court session opens
Grand Jury is Chosen and Re
- turns Indictments
CRIMINAL CASES NEXT
WEEK
One Civil Case Tried this Week,
Others Follow Later
Circuit Court convened In St. Hel
ms last Tuesday and a Grand Jury
was drawn after which some motions
were disposed of and a few cases set
.'or trial. The Grand Jury as drawn
.vas as follows; John McAdams, fore
man, R. H. Roberson, Harry West,
.'.ugust Palm, Ray Tarbell, Robert
rlxon, L. Boeck, Sr. This Friday
nornlng the Grand Jury reported
.'our Indictments and adjourned,
.'he indictments were against Geo.
iohroeder for burglary, who was ar
.'.tigned and entered a plea of not
,ullty and his trial set for next Mon
1 '.y. Henry Ahrendt was indicted
.'or non-suport of his family and will
juter his plea next Monday. M. M.
Evens is accused by the Grand Jury
of obtaining money under false pre
tenses and has not yet been arraign
ed. This case Is one where Mr. Evens
ient to the County'Treasurer a check
in payment of his taxes and the
treasurer sent him back the differ
ence between the check and the
imount of his taxes. Upon presen
ution of the check to the bank the
:heck of Evans was dishonored and
upon request of the treasurer for the
return of the change paid him and
his tax receipt no attention was paid
to it and a refusal to do so. The re
sult Is an indictment and Evens will
have to stand trial. S. E. Smith was
Indicted for threatening to commit
a felony on the person of Glen R.
Metsker and he will enter his plea
next Monday. One Jury trial was
heard this week that of C. A. Spraker
vs Minnie I. Hyde on a note wherein
Mrs. Hyde claimed that she wasn ot
responsible for the note It having
been signed by another party and the
jury took the same view of It. Court
will probably be In session the great
er part Ot this month.
WOMEN ENDORSE
R. A. BOOTH
It was a remarkable tribute to the
character and life of R. A. Booth,
Republican candidate (or Senator,
which the women of his home town
gave to htm Monday night In Eugene,
at the big rally given him by the
people of his home County. It should
be read by every woman voter in the
State of Oregon. The letter handed
to Mr. Booth by the women of En
gene reads as follows:
"To Mr. R. A. Booth:
We, your neighbor women,
who have Intimate acquaintance
with you that has extended over
many years and who earnestly
petitioned you to become a
candidate for the United States
Senate, desire to express our
renewed interest In you and'
your candidacy.
We desire most emphatically
to resent the slurs aimed at you
by your political enemies now in
high places In Oregon.
We would like to have the
message go from us to the
women of Oregon that we know
you intimately we have seen
you In your home and you in
ours that we are your friends
and supporters because we know
that, If elected, you will carry
into the National counsels the
same high moral attributes, and
the same unselfish devotion to
right, that has characterised
your home and community life.
In every battle that we have
fought for purity, for home pro
tection, for civlo virtue, you
have been our counselor and
"helper; we want the same spirit,
the same high purposes that
have characterised your home
and comunlty life, that has made
homes brighter, schools stronger
and churches more effective
through your Influence and
direct help, to ' be carried
through your election to every
I home under our flag".
FIT
cannery
FOR ST. HELENS
LOCAL MEN ORGANIZE A
LOCAL INDUSTRY
IN OPERATION BY APRIL THE HRST
Plant will be Large Enough to
Handle Products of Entire
Community
L. Rosasco has completed plans
for the erection ot a cannery build
ing on California Street, near the
Italion Importing Company store. It
is planned to have the plant in oper
ation by April 1st so that farmers
and gardeners may have a chance to
sell their produce. It is proposed to
erect a plant sufficiently large to
handle all the produce that may be
raised here, including fruits, berries
and vegetables of all kinds. A
number of farmers and gardeners are
Interest In the cannery and it will
be known as the St. Helens Cannery
Co. In addition to canning fruit and
vegetables the company will handle
seed of all kinds and of the best
varieties. That the enterprise will be
successful is not doubted as the man
at the head of it, Mr. Rosasco, is an
experienced gardener and fruit raiser,
having been in the business for sever
al years. He will employ the very
best workmen to operate the plant
and will purchase from any and all
producers at the very highest market
prices.
ST. HELENS CO.,
LOWEST BIDDERS
Repairs on Ship Brought
to
River will be Done By
Local Company
The St. Helens Shipbuilding Co.
was the lowest bidder among a
great many others, for the repair ot
the Steamer Salano which was dam
aged by striking the bar at Gray's
Harbor a short time ago and which
was brought to the Columbia River
for repairs. The vessel is now on the
dry dock of the Willamette Iron
Works at Portland.
No word has yet been received
from the Supreme Court regarding
the recall election case now before
that Court. It was expected that a
decision would be given soon by the
Court but it now is quite probable
that no decision will be handed down
before next Tuesday, the decision day
ot the Court. In the meantime there
is very little discussion or Interest
being taken, everybody waiting for
the opinion ot the Court.
Last evening a very pleasant sur
prise party was celebrated at the
home ot Mrs. Belford in West St.
Helens, in honor of the birthday ot
Mr. Chas. Graham. A most delight
ful evening was spent in card play
ing and music, after which an ex
cellent and dainty supper was served
by the hostess. The folowtng
friends were present: Judge and Mrs.
W. A. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Hazen,
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Clark, Mrs. East
man ot Portland, Mrs. Grant, Mrs.
McQueen and Mrs. Belford.
Cap. Abel is having built a new
car which will be placed on the run
between St. Helens and Portland.
The new car will be smaller than the
cars now In use but will accommo
date about 16 pasengers and will run
during the winter. It is planned to
leave Portland in the morning at a
bout 7 o'clock, arriving in St. Helens
In time to start back tor Portland at
9 o'clock, returning will leave Port
land at 4 o'clock and leave St Helens
again at 6 for Portland. The big
cars will be run when there Is a call
for them but the smaller car will
be on the run all the time.
To the friendly hunters who so
kindly remembered the editor this
week with some choice ducks our
thanks are extended. The ducks were
exceedingly fine and most thorough
ly enjoyed.
f" week.