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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
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VOL. XXXIII.
ST. HELENS. OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1914
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HIP
NED
IN RIVER
Large Ocean Liner Beached
Near Columbia City
ONE M n TO DEATH
Iomi l VitrloiiNly DndinaliHl at
' from $100,(1(10 to IO(,loo
by Klro
At 4:110 o'clock lust Sunday nfter
iiiiuii wlitlu Iho blK ocwon llnor, Suntn
I'alalliiu, from New York, wiih work
Ink' it h way up tlifl Columbia Hlvor
on I ho litHt Inp of tlifl Journey from
On' Atlantic roust, mid while Just
opposite Columbia City, tho altirin of
lire wn Hounded from tlm Imltcr
rooiiiH and beforo anything could be
(lone to put It out tlio lilt? bout was
pointed toward tlio Oregon shore and
was forced on tlio Band, tliero to burn
In hiicIi extent an caused approxi
mately half million dollars dam
iiko. The only mun who knew the
rinise of tho flro was nun Johnson,
the tl renin n who wm on duty, and
the spread of the flro wan so appar
ently Instantaneous that Johnson
wax penned Into the room by a wull
of flumo and perished before any as
slstenco could be given lilm. Tho
lire was evidently caused by the ex
plosion of tho oil turner In some
niuiiier and the fire spreading to
the oil tanks spread so rapidly that
the big uhlp was In flu men within a
few minutes. A portion of the enr
F being oil and ammunition and the
row of Creeks and Italians know
ing this, became panic stricken and
before the shoro was reached, three
of them Jumped overboard and wero
rescued. Cuptnln none with bis
wife and daughter and trio roHt of the
crew stayed with the ship until It was
wifely resting on the .beach when
they wore lowered ovor tho side and
taken Into Ed Ballagh's Inuncli and
limited on the shore.
The bout was loaded with merch
nn.llBe for Portland Jobbers and the
fire burned Into the cargo until a
prent portion of It was destroyed.
The alarm of fire was Hounded In
HI. Melons nnd almost tho entire pop
ulation hurried to tho scene of tho
burning ship. It was a niOBt spec
tacular sight, a large ship more than
400 feet In length with flames
bunding out all over the dock and
great volumes of black smoke rolling
lilgh up Into the air. At 8 o'clock
the fl wag Bt burning an,i muK.
Ing even greater headway than an
hour before, whon the Portland fire
boat, Dnvld II. Cnmpbll, arrived on
the scene and commenced to pour In
several streams of water. Within
in hour the flames on tho uppr dock
were all gone and tho several streams
of water wero turned Into the holds.
For throe dnys the fire boat con
tinued to pump water Into tho glnnt
hull until finally the fire seemed to
be entirely extinguished and the hull
was nearly half full or water. Yes
terday however a fire was again dis
covered In the hold, but was quickly
Mtlngiilshert by the men who wore
left aboard to watch It.
The entire superstructure of wood
work on the boat was burnod away
leaving only the stoel decks. Tor
about 100 feet on both sldos of the
veHsel the shoots of steel were warp
ed nnd twisted out of shnpo.
The loss has been variously esti
mated at from $400,000 to $600,000
but the exact damago will not.be
Known until the cargo Is unloaded.
The underwriters have boon busy on
tho scene nearly evory day since
Monday nnd the agonts of tho W, R.
Ornco Co., 'the owners, have boon
'into looking after the IntoroBts of
tho company. It Is planned to haul
the boat off the sand within a short
tlmo and take It to Portland whoro
It Is probable that repairs will bo
made so that It will ho able to make
the return to New York.
Gbosta of the twentieth century
will bold high carnival at the Guild
Hull Octobor 20th.
SHIPPING NOTES
OF THE WEEK
Several Cargoes of Lumber
Leave St. Helens for
California
The Steumer Qulmuilt of the Portland-Alaska
fleet was hero during the
early part of the week taking on a
partial cargo of mining timbers to
aid In the developing 0f that great
Industry In Alm.ka.
The Kteamer Yosemlte arrived to
day and after completing her cargo
of lumber and piling will sail Sat
urday night for San Diego.
Tlio Steamer Multnomah arrived
Tuesday and Is billed to leave to
night destined Tor San Francisco.
She curries one million feet of lum
ber and her pussenger accomoda
tions are comfortably filled.
The Steamer Willamette arrived In
Thursday night nnd proceeded direct
to tlio docks of the Columbia County
Lumber Co. She will complete her
cargo In St. Helens and sail late to
night bound fur San Pedro. She
carries DOOM feet of lumber nnd 37
passengers. The Willamctto on this
trip Is under command of ('apt
tireen, ho having relieved ("apt, ("has.
Ueinler for this trip.
Thu Steumer Celllo, Capt. Uorvlg,
willed last Saturday bound for Sun
Pedro. Blio curried her usual curgo
of lumber and in nddition took on
board 68 passengers.
I. O. O. F. ENCAMPMENT
ENTERTAIN VISITOR
Grand Patriarch of the Order
Visits Local Lodgcmen
The I. O. O. F. Encampment held
a meeting last night ut Odd Kcllowt
Hull In St. Helens at which lime Mr.
Goo. V. Wright of Albuny, who it
the Gruud 1'atrlurch ot tlio order foi
Oregon, met tho brethern In lodge
meeting for some time after which
tlio dors wore thrown open to all
Odd Fellows and ltebekuhs and some
invited friends and Mr. Wright deli
vered u fraternal lecture to the as
seiubly which was highly appreciated
and very instructive anil Interesting.
Mr. Wright told of the great good
that is being done the world over
by the I. O. O. F. lodges In Its vari
ous brunches. After the speaking
there was a genoral social time for
about an hour when the crowd climb
ed tho short stairs to the banquet
hull wheru members of the Hehekal.
lodge hud prepared a banquet. Dur
ing tlio course of the banquet several
(ousts wero responded to and much
morrlnient caused by the relocation
of Chef Fullerlon to the position of
Knglneer of a gasoline stove. It
was nn enjoyable evontng.
DELIGHTFUL BIRTH
DAY PARTY
On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. E. A.
Itoss Invited about 12 lady friends
In to a little surprise party In honor
of her sister Mrs. Minnie Doleshnl,
tho occuslon being her birthday. The
homo was urtlscully decorated with
roses and dahlius and the afternoon
was pleasantly spout with fancy
worki. Mrs. Hoss Borved dainty re
freshments. Those present wore Mrs.
Doloshal. Mrs. Win. Ross, Mrs. E. A.
Croune, Mrs. J. A. Hill. Mrs. A. L.
Stono, Mrs. E. E. Koller, Mrs. F.
Sandlfor. Mrs. Isblstor, Mrs. Owen,
Miss Elizabeth Philip and Mrs. E. A.
Ross.
CTOXOKKOATIOXAIi CIUUCII
(The Peoples' Church)
negular sorvlcos for next Lord's
Duy.
Bible School at 10:00 a. m.
Public Worship ana sermon 11 u.
m.
Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. rj.
Song Service and a brlot Inspiring
sermon by tho pastor at 7:30 p. m.
"Tolleratlon, vorsus Principle"
Tim nild-woek service on Wednes
day evening will be omlttod this
wook during the pastor's absence at
tho state conference. ,
A church homo Is here for all
oivn niters and friends.
"Come thou with us and we will
do thee good."
F. J. MEYER
Pastor,
IT LOOKS LIKE A
Reports From All Over the State
Booth and Withycombe Safe
DEMOCRATS CENTER EFFORTS ON TWO OFFICES
As is Usuul With Them Everything Else is Sacrificed For
Senator and
In tho present campaign, as in
most othors of luto years, the Demo-'
cruts of Oregon ure centering their,
fight on one or two offices. This
time nearly all the work is being
done In the Interests of Geo. Cham
berlain for United States Senator
and C. J. Smith for Governor. In
Multnomah County the Journal Is
also doing some work against C. N.
McArtliur and for Mr. Flegel, the
democrat, but the main effort is for
the two olllcos of United States Sena
tor and Governor. The rest of the
democratic candidates have to look
out for themselves.
The campaign being conducted for
the two principal olllcos Is a most
peculiar one. Senator Chamberlain
Is held up by the democratic press
as the man who has accomplished so
much for Oregon and who has been
so very helpful to the President tn
his democratic policies. On the
other hand Mr. Booth Is being held
as a man unworthy of the confidence
nnd rospect of the people because he
has accumulated some money dur
ing his life time of inra work. The
real Issue between the two men Is a
political one. If the people of Ore
gon desire to continue In power the
democrats with the attendant closed
mills, factories and industries, and
provide soup houses for the unem
ployed, It is up to them to vote for
Senator Chamberlain. If Oregon
voters want again to see the smoke
rolling from the chimneys of the
factories and have the laboring man
with jobs and general good times
they should vote for Mr. Booth.
That Is the issue and nothing else
can be made of It.
For Governor the Democratic
press has been hard pressed for some (
campaign material against the Rep
RELIABILITY IS
SHOWN UP
Houltcn Herald Proves Itself
Unworthy of Confidence
The statements contained in the
Holuton paper ure really so flagrant
ly false that it does not seem neces
sary or even worth while to take
notice of them.
For example the Issue of toduy
contained the Information that the
new Court when It assumed office
found a depleted treasury and charg
ed the old Court with having used
ud all the road money and that thoy
were Issuing warrants for the build
ing of roads In this district which the
bank was cashing Ma wanted 3 per
cent discount for same and a lot of
such slush. Treasurer Hattan this
afternoon made a tabulation of the
amount of funds In his hands which
show up the truthfulness of the Her
ald to such a degree that hereafter
we feel that it will not ben ecessary
to pay any attention to Its ravings
For Instance thore Is on hand In the
bond fund today about $144,000.
There Is In the general road fund
$02,000 nnd In other funds about
$12,000. Treasurer Hattan says that
ho not yet endorsed a single road
warrant but has paid them off as fast
as thoy come In and still has more
than $00,000 loft wr.s which to pay
gonernl road warrants.
This statement Is In keeping with
nil the rent of the mud and slush and
slnndor that Is holng printed In the
little paper. It proves what a
great many people alrondy know,
that the charges and accusations
and slanderous articles contained In
that p'apor, If It may be called a
paper, are printed juat to cause strife
REPUBLICAN
VICTORY
Governor
ublican candidate, Mr. Withycombe.
lie Is a clean man and the only thing
that can bo said of him Is that he Is
not a native born Oregonian. In
fact there Is nothing that can be said
against Dr. Withycombe that would
be of merit as to his qualifications as
a Governor nor of his ability and
lnteg.tty. Much is being said by the
democratic press about his speech of
a Greater Oregon and that be is In
the hands of some advisors. But
that kind of stuff don't go down the
throats of the people of Oregon,
especially the farmers who know
him best. He has a long and honor
able record In Oregon. He is a man
who Is capable ot conducting the
affiars of the state tn a dignified and
businesslike manner. He will do It
too. Dr. Smith, the democratic can
didate has for his platform that he
is for law enforcement and is a
business man. No doubt he Is for
law enforcement, but his record does
not show that he is any more In
favor of law enforcement or. any
more capable of enforcing the laws
than is Dr. Withycombe. And there
are lots of people of this great state
that are wondering If the law en
forcement policy of Dr. Smith will
be the same as the law enforcement
policy of Governor West.
The campaign Is drawing to a
close. As stated before the fight
centers on the two leading offices
and to judge from the reports ot the
people who are best informed as to
condition In their respective locali
ties Mr. Booth will be elected Sena
tor by a large mjaonty and Dr.
Withycombe will lead Dr. Smith by
many thousands. Mr. Hawley is as
good as elected already as are the
rest of the Republicans on the State
ticket. All signs point to a great
Republican year.
and to work on the imaginations of
some people in order to get subscrip
tions. But this Is enough to prove
its standing and its reliability. Pure
fabrications of a scheming mind to
keep up strife. Thats all.
DYNAMITE BLAST
INJURES WORKMAN
Ed Boulby Sets Off Blast and
Receives Charge in Face
Ed Boulby, who was In charge of
the work of finishing the bridge
alross Milton Creek, was seriously
Injured last Wednesday morning by
the premature discharge ot a blast.
Boulby had set a charge of dynamite
under a stump and set the fuse on
fire. After watting for some time
he decided that the blast would not
explode and went back to Investi
gate. Just as he was oendlng over to
see the cause of the delay the charge
exploded and threw rocks and dirt
Into his face. One of Ms eyes was
badly Injured while his whole face
was more or less Injured. Dr. Peel
said to day that he would not lose
the sight of the eye. f?e Is at home
now and feels very well satisfied
that his Injuries are no worse than
they were.
On Friday evening, October 16th
a large number ot the members of
tho M. G. Church and congregation
gathered at the Church Parlors to
welcome their new Pastor, Rev. F.
N. Sandlfer and family. After a
bountlous supper the LaBare Orches
tra favored them with several selec
tions. The remainder of the even
ing was spent In a social way.
CRAZED MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Wm. McKay of Scappoo-e
Ends Life With Razor
Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock Wil
liam McKay, a bachelor living alone
in his cabin near Scappoose commlt
ed suicide at hla cabin home by
slashing his throat with a razor.
Shortly before the act was commit
ted a brother of McKay, who lives
close to the cabin, saw Billy In the
door of his cabin and started over
that way. Before he reached there
the young man told him to go away
and not to look at him. "Turn your
head and don't look at me", he said
and with that he took the razor and
drew It across his throat. He im
mediately fell and his Brother rushed
to pick him up, In the meantime
shouting to another brother across
the railroad track. Within a few
minutes and before any help could
ba given the young man was dead.
William McKay was about 28
years old and had been raised In
the immediate neighborhood where
he died. He was a brother of Jas.
D., Norman and Robert McKay, well
known citizens of Scappoose. Fun
eral servtces were held Wednesday
afternoon.
CIRCUIT COURT
IN SESSION
Several Jury Cases Tried This
Week
Circuit Court has been In session
all this week, part ot the time Judge
Eakln presiding and two days Judge
Campbell being on the bench. Mon
day the case of the State vs Albert
Gardner was tried before a jury and
a verdict ot guilty was returned.
Gardner was charged with non-support
and is now out on ball. He
has not yet received his sentence
The case of Robert McMath vs Clat
sop County, which was an action by
the plaintiff for damages for right
of way for road purposes, was tried
and resulted in a verdict for plain
tiff for $867.24. This case was tried
here on a change of venue from
Clatsop County.
The case of Wm. Gustafson vs Col
umbia & Nohalem River Railroad
was decided by a jury to day In favor
of the plaintiff with a verdict of
$500 for personal Injuries. W. C
Shofer was granted a decree against
the Rainier Lumber & Shingle Co
Tomorrow the case ot the State vs
S. E. Smith for a threat to commit
a felony will be tried.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
NEXT MONTH
Supt. Allen Busy Making Pre
parations
School Superintendent J. W. Allen
is a very busy oflk'al these days
making preparations fro the Annual
Teachers Institute to be held In the
St. Helens High Svoh.jol Pull'linr; on
November 4, 5 and 6. Ho has sent
out letters to all the teachers In the
county and Is having printed this
week his programs. On thep roi;ram
will be lectures and addresses by
some of the most eminent educators
In Oregon and no doubt the teachers
of the county will receive, much in
struction at the meeting. Not only
the teachers will be present but the
general public is also luvttod and
as many as can possibly do so
should attend.
Mr. Allen says there are nii.re
than 4000 pupils In attendance In
Columbia County and 102 teachers
at work. In the eighth grade there
are nearly S00 pupils while nearly
200 are in the High Schools. The
average monthly salary paid to male
teachers is $90 and females $70.
4524 Registered in
Columbia
County
County Clerk LaBare has just
finished the compilation ot the regis
tration in Columbia County and the
figures show that there is a total
registration of 4524 divided as fol
lows; Republicans 2822; Democrats
880; Prohibitionists 185; Socialists
212; Progressives 72 and Miscellan
eous 353.
COURT
IS IN OFFICE
Supreme Court Holds Recall
'"Law is Valid
JACK DSPA1N RESIGNS OFFICE I
New Court Actively at Work and Is ; f
Inspecting Roads of the County
In an opinion handed down last
Tuesday the Supreme Court held
that the provisions of the constitu
tion of Oregon providing for the re
call of officers was Belf executing and
that elections held under that law
were valid. In the opinion it was
stated that the only portion of the
law that was not self executing was
the one providing for the payment
out of the public threasury of reason
able campaign expenses of the
officers to be recalled, but said that
this provision would not invalidate
the whole law because it would be
possible for the legislature to pre
vent such legislation thereby defeat
ing the entire law.
Concluding the opinion the Court
said it was obvious that the law
could be abused.
This decision was rendered by the
Court on the demurrer interposed by
the defendant in the quo warranto
proceedings instituted by A. L. Clark
vs W. A. Harris, and accordingly
Judge Harris and Commissioners
Farr and Fluhrer stepped down and
out ot office last Monday and Judge
Clark with Commissioners Keelan
and Harvey were installed into office.
The new Court went actively to
work on matters pending, one ot the
first official acts being to accept the
resignation of Jack Dspaln as Road
Supervisor of District No. 1 and the
appointment of Leo G. Titus to the
position. It Is understood that Mr.
Titus will continue his work as
County Engineer and will look after
the work in this district for the
balance of the year. The new officers
will leave for a trip of inspection
over the roads of the entire county.
In company with the State Highway
Engineers and will be back here to
begin active work in county affairs
some time about the first of the
month.
In the case of Glen R. Metsker vs
W. B. Dillard now pending in the
Supreme Court there has been no
decision and Mr. Dillard is continu
ing the work of the office of District
Attorney.
In another decision handed down
by the Supreme Court this week it
was held that the ballots at a recall
election must contain the question ot
whether or not the officers at whom
a recall is directed shall be recalled
and that unless such a question is
first submitted and carried that no
vote on candidates will be consider
ed. Under this ruling, and after it
seemed that the reoau situation was
cleared up, there is serious question
as to the validity of any ot the acts
of the present County Court in Col
umbia County. Just how the situa
tion will be cleared is not known.
Starting tomorrow the Internation
al Correspondence School will have
a window display ot the results and
work of their school, in the show
window of Jas Muckle & Son's store
in this city. An experienced man
will be in charge and will be glad
to explain any details or information
concerning this greatest of corres
pondence schools.
Hundreds of letters from promin
ent people all over the Units! States
testify as to the wonderful work ot
the school. Ask to see them.
Display In Muckle & Son's display
window all next week.
INTERNATIONAL CORRESPON
DENCE SCHOOLS
Geo. B. McClellan,
District Manager
The parlors ot the Methodist
Church will be open all day on elec
tion day. Mothers having no one
with whom to leave their children
at home, are Invited to bring them
there where they will be cared tor
while the mothers go and vote.
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