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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
hLUME XXXIV.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1915.
HOOL WORK FOR
YEAR IS FINISHED
i; COMMENCEMENT KXKH
HM;Y IlKMONHTUATK
PROMINENT BOOSTER
TO RESIDE HERE
Will Spend Humour of l'liiii.iirc on
Farm lit Iht-r Iidniid.
ridM I'lnUfiefl tirade Work and
'Vmu' n l Higher llmnt'lifM
of Ktudy. .
Iio cninniciicniiiont exorcise, of
li Helena hi'IiooIh wore linlil el
high school auditorium lunt Krl
ovmiIhk, utli'iidod by ahout 300
rested nml wall ontortalnoil
nd uml pntronit. Tim oxurcluii
of iii'Ii a vhnractiir m to war-
It tlia M.ili'iiiont thnt none moro In
.iiIiib or liiHlructlvo woro over
, inywlirro. Tlio gratifying fiia-
n of all Ih tlio fuel that tlio grudu
id cIuhh front the IiIkIi school,
ilo numerically smull, guvo mirli
lenre of thoroughness in tlie
i work JilHt completed.
lucli praliio Ih duo tlio faculty anil
kIiooI board for tlio commend
lumanni'r In which the work of the
illullon Iiuh boon conducted dur
the pant your, nt burnt. Hosulti
wore effective tlinn any otlior
at of roiiiiiiondutlun.
School work jn tlio Ht. Helens din
t li.n immiiiiud largo proportioni
roreiil yours and It U one of tin'
iuoHt Inxt Itutliitm of tlio stuto. Tin
trar.o ntti'inluiirn In Ht. Iloluni dur
the pant your Iiuii boon 2T. 0, and
ut 100 In tho Wel St. Helens dl
71'lis ri'mills In tlio grado work nl
ill irlmolH whh abundnntly Hal In
lory during tlio your, flnpncliUly In
i eighth grndu cluuHes. Krom Hit
IMt'iiH school tlioro was a class pi
pawed on to tho high school work
I Ave from tho Iloiiltou school
no, III mlilltlon to too graduating
of upvoit, mukoa a record ol
icli wo have a rlicltt to be proud.
I'll members of tho cruduntlnt
who took part In tlio program
bitted tlciMiiHiilvcs In Huch a man-
fn to again wnrrunt tlio slalKinnnt
t thnlr work for tl.o pant four
ir hna loin thorough. Tho pro
in was replete In all ro.ipects will'
lurci which characterised tlio oc
linn it b tho bout over held lure. 811
lllli'hilent I.. I.. Il ikor iiriMlilmi m
lim.ni fur tho ovoiiinit, and, an-
lined tlio following program:
Hiiliilntory.
MIkb Kihoi dollvorod tlio nalu
"T III I ho following well chosen
rirkn:
' ilnri-rn mid cordial welcome Ih
lllliri'lmi PXnrOrixlilll nt trie.:. lull In
III tho thiiuuht Unit Vnu nrn wnl.
WO that inulai.i vnu fnririil ilm ilia.
llfllmilKilll mid riirnu nf Ilm li.
" Htlli) inlHiindorHtniidliiRH, which
tlio tlMiii loom uu like moimtiilna.
"out iiiuko 0110 fornot ttiut to ovory
mnro ih a wivor MiiliiK. Now. It
our HlTir..;o wIhIi Hint you Join with
I'H'HMiro or our coinnieiico-
H. Illlll lot Hill In lutlmir nt tlin
iiluiilliiR l;inB of nliiotoon lnindrod
extond to you a moHt cor
wlroimi. rom tho vory crontlnn un In fho
H(llt iluy. H H wnll In nnia tlinl
"kind Iiuh Iipom nitilli-iml
i-ulliirltlfR. liHuully we do not care
refer to thom, but novortlieloRii
y renmln with u an boiiio aort of
'in. which liliiiln 11 u ay It wnrn tt
lrlwin wnlKht. We HtniKRle to fro
-ivnH, nut UnB! trt0 ()fton tt mHsmn
in Vtlln. nml ura dm Antn.1i.(nlv
1'iliieil to linl.lt.
onowiiiR ti,ut "wo Rrow Into the
menu of tho tlilm h.iiitm.iiv
''Inmnlute."
Kd every tliotiRlit and action. . In
f'oro wo eponk or act. How often
Li iCrltl!lH0 our nn'Klibor, auy an
- "i. worn unintentionally, or.
irueneil with our own enrea. forget
1 . . or encft"raK0 a followauffor-
"i all prolmbinty t the time when
OnClllirnirnniAn. I- .
1 . n.'iniifc in muni lltivtiuu.
"'tleHa, Indeed, but la It not
'm t ill r
& "wttnr aooda with caroloRS hand,
iirouin we no'or ahnll loe thom
Woro,
"t for a 1 im.. .
r fruit nnnnnr.
P.wsedg that mar' the lands, or
I IlAiittl...! i
Y-iuiiui Biiores.". . l
lllimn. .. ... . -
Mill 11 II 11 1 lira ! lOi r nn1 Ann
L,,,mml,,y Bln,u u dofeoU, and Ih
uuijiiuod ir they are referred
y anvonn it .... .i ... .....
"(1 v0R we nc,luIre bad llal)u .
,Hly' nM(I w,10n nce acquired,
'"y are vorv u.h . . . .
Hull. . w ufgivuiiiu. mi
''"hit U a cable
' weave n Hi 1. ...i. ....
flllll .1 .. ' VJ," Wl IL DUVII UU.
Anally It becorooi no atrong. -9
Ciiniiot hrnnb 11 1
t Olir llllirnan ' 1
C opl wl,0Be llve "oom to be
evory undoslrable habit.
e, i V u!em' ,,ut d you not think,
1... ; llira nna oeen a
Ion J . We canot attain porfoc-
ti n 1. wo ""onia try our bost to
! It to the greatOHt of our abll-
Tho fnrtiiliiR population of Colum
bia county Ih to bo Increased mid the
production of cropn corroi'poiulliiKly
auRiiinnted thin your. Wo ero to have
a booHtor fiirmur, 0110 who linn botml
ed for Oregon for ynnm, nnd iHioMed
everything In Oregon. I i Ih advent
Into the fHrmliiK gunie In our iiildtrt
m certulnly noiiiotliliig mnrltliig
epeclul notice. Thin lute addition la
10. V. tilltniT, who for bo iiiuiiy yearn
linn Horvod no acceptably in the ca
pacity of oocrotury of tho I'ortland
Chnnihor of Commerce, and who Iiuh
Jiut recently reigned from thut
work. Mr. (llltiior hit ownod a farm
at Door Inland for a good ninny yanrn,
ban vlidtod tho pluco at regular Inter
vals and devoted coiiHldorablo time
und monoy to Its development. He
will roHldo there for the Hummer and
in tho full will return to the city,
whoro hn will engage In other pur
HtiltH. Columbia county hna many
nltructlon for tho retired b 11 h In ens
man of tho nietropoliu, whore hln
time cun be npent to both profit and
pleinuro.
CLOSING EXERCISES
AT WARREN SCHOOL
tjirgo CIukn (innliiiilcti I'roni
riulo Work.
:iKiiiii
Jho Wurreu achool cloned IuhI Krl-
duy evening for the your with uppro-
prluto exorciHOii. Tlio auditorium
wni beautifully decorated with grape,
fnnm and botne-grown roscB. The
people of Wurren allowed their ap
preciation of the Rood work done in
llio Bchool during tho your by their
lurgo attendance ut the cxotcIhch, the
hall being filled to capacity. The
proprnm wan long hut was received
with great Interest. TIiqkq taking
part In tho program work did thnlr
pnrtii creditably. The cI.ikb of gradu
ate! from tho eighth grudo work con-
ilnted of twelve, and wero nhowored
with many beautiful floworn as well
i mi.ny congratulallona. W. J. Kul-
lerton gnvo a inotit excellent cIokh ud
lreM, adiiionlBliliig the graduates to
eep on with their work. Warren
lau hud a very Hiiooo.-wful gchool year
Die teacher wero: V. I.. Dunton, ('.
10. I.i.lui, Mary Thomus mid Mao
'lablgren. M.my of tho pntrons ex
ireKHed their regret thut O. E. I-uke
would not bo 0110 of the teachers next
yon.-.
HIGHWAY ENGINEER
BARES ROAD MATTERS
Mil. CANTIXi; ;IVKH IJ, ivj
I'OUM.Miov TO TIIK HTATK
lll.;ilV.tV ('O.MMIHNIO.N.-
linMilniit MeelliiK Held ut Kulcnt
Tukei, Many Mutters rerUiin
liiK to lioiidK.
CREOSOTE CARGO
IS DISCHARGED HERE
HKAVV INCUKAKK IS MANIFACT-
VUK OK TltAJT COMMODITY
IV fNITKI) HTATKS.
iK'ninnd for Treated Material Crows
ery lUiplilly TlirotiKbout the
World.
DELEGATES ATTEND
GRAND LODGE SESSION
Oild I'VIIoxvh and Kehrkuhs lli.bi
I'nrtli at NeHii-t.
W. J. Fullorton nnd Charles M
Heeler are nt Newport this week at
tending Odd Follows lodge, as dele
gates from tho St. Helens lodge. Thej
left Bunduy ovenlng nnd expect to re
turn today. I.. K. Allen was nlso
cliOBcn a delegnto from tho local
lodge, but was detulned at home. The
Ht. Helens Odd Follows have ono of
the strongOHt lodges In tho Oregon
domain, and Its members are promi
nent In the work of the grand lodgo.
Tho llobokuli lodgo at St. Helens b
represented ut tho grand lodgo ses-
don, nlBo being held nt Newport tlil
week, by Mrs. M. V. Haxen, and the
Iloulton Kohoknh lodgo by Mrs. Em-
nm Ilolford. All tho delegates expect
to roturn homo this week.
OWNER OF STRAY
HORSE IS LOCATED
Come to Ht. Helena and Itecovers
- Anlnml Kliilen I-Vnm llenverton.
(Continued on page 4).
Tlio Btrny horse aold by tho city
merBlinl of St. Holons two wcoks ago
was recovered by Its owner lust Sat
urday., whon J, P. Flntn of llenver
ton, foromnn of St. Mnry'H Home, nt
that place, arrived In tho city and
established his right to tho onlmnl.
Tho borso wub stolen from the burn
nt tho homo on the night of April 7.
Mr. Flntn mndo satisfactory arrnngo
monts'wlth Chas. Muckle, who pur
chased tho nnlmul, and tho city re
corder, and took tho horso homo with
him.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
N The Columbia County High School
Tennis contest for the championship
of tlio county will take plnce on the
courts at St. Holens tomorrow. Owing
to Inclement weather the tournament
was postponed Inst week. There will
be a lurgo numbor of contostunts nnd
spirited playing will be tlie result.
Evidences of gross mismanagement
In highway matters ure coming to
llglit ns Investigations are being made
by 15. I. Cuntlno, stuto highway en
gineer. At a mooting of tho Slate
Highway Commission, bold at Salem
on tho 12th of this month, Mr. Can
tlno submitted the result of his In
vestigations. I'urt of tlio report of Mr. Cuntlue
sIiowh thut Mr. Ilowlhy, former hlgh
wuy engineer, lind spent $9333 more
than was authorized by thp commis
sion In completing tho Illggs-Wasco
road. Tho board when West was
governor, authorized the expenditure
of $30,000 for the road and later gave
permission for an additional expend
iture of f ;000. Now It develops that'
tho ex-highway engineer has spont
$44,333 on tho road.
Tho policy of evasion pursued by
tho Consolidated Contract Company
In regard to completing tho re
mainder of Its contruct work on the
Columbia highway in Columbia coun
ty was denounced before the com
mission by Cantlne, the new highway
engineer.
"I Intend to speuk plulnly to thlA
.ommlsslon," buIiI tho engineer. "I
don't like tho way this company does
huslneus. They continually side-Btep
and won't come out In the ooon. I
huvo notified representatives of this
company that they must begin work
hy May 15 on their contruct or the
contract will bo cancelled."
AH money to be spent this year
by tho stuta on ryadu will be used
In completion of rouds already un
ler way. according to Governor
Wlthycomhe, who said thut It was
his bellof thnt nono of tho fund
ihould bo expended on new rouds.
Expenses of the state highway
Tho British steamer II. C. Henry
orrived In the local harbor Monday
with a part cargo of creosote for the
St. Helens Creosotlng Company. The
Henry discharged part of her cargo
on Puget Sound, at tho Eagle Harbor
croosotlng plunk, before coming to
tho Columbia river. Tho cargo was
taken at London, sailing from there
April 1.
Because of the war abroad there
have not been regular shipments of
creosote to this Coast and tho H. C.
Honry is one of the first carriers to
make her way from the trouble zone
for several months.
Owing to a falling off since Aueust
1 of nearly 30 per cent In shipments
of creosote from England and Ger
many, whence comes all but a small
part of the Imported oil used by
wood preserving plants In this coun
try, American manufacturers have
taken steps which, it is estimated,
will increase production of the do
mestic article by about 26 per cent.
The Imported oils ordinarily form
about 65 per cent of the total used
In the United States, where creosote
is the most Important wood preserv
ative. The statistics show that wood pre
serving is one of the most rapidly ad
vancing industries In tho country. In
1895 there were fifteen plants In the
United States; in 1914 there were
132 plants of all kinds, 1Q0 being of
the prossure-cyllnder type. Ninety
four of these plants last year used
more than "7 9 million gallons of cre
osote oil, more than 27 million
pounds of dry zinc chloride, and
nearly two and one-half million gal
lons of other preservatives, such ub
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ST. HELEN'S Pl'IIMC SCHOOL.
department tor April according to
the report of E. I. Cantlne, totaled
$30,639.42. Of this amount, olllce,
onglnoorlng and other expenses to
taled $3,648.08. Tlio department
spent $10,937.02 in work on tho
Seusido-Tillamook road nnd the Co
lumbia highway In Clntsop county.
In Columbia county $2026.70 was
expended on tho Nohalom roird;
$287.90 on tho Pittsburg-St. Helens
highway and $161.74 on the Colum
bia hlghwuy; a total of $2476.40
for the entire county.
The counties of Clatsop, Colum
bia, Douglas, Josephine, Jackson,
Linn and Yamhill have requested
the stnto highway department" to
propnre brldgo plans, let the con
tracts and suporvlse brldgo con
struction in the respective counties.
MUSIC FESTIVAL
FOR COUNTY FAIR
One Day to lto Devoted to This
Hperliil I'lcnslng Feature,
An Important feature of tho county
fair HiIb full will be a music festival
which will tnke plnce on Friday after
noon, September 26. Dr. Emll Enna,
who has given such general satis
faction as a musical lender nnd In
structor In St. Holens and vicinity
for several months, will have charge
of the music nt the fair. In his chorus
he expects to have about 1000 voices.
This will bo nn event of moro than
ordinary interest and an attraction
which will be greatly appreciated.
coal tar and crude oil. treating a
total of nearly 160 million cubic feet
of timber, an Increase of about seven
million cubic feet over 1913, and of
35 million cubio feet over 1912.
The most Important consumers are
the largo plants In which railroad
ties and timbers are treated. The
preservatives materially lengthen the
ties' period of service, lessen the
labor coBt Involved by renewal, and
decrease the drain upon the forests
due to tie and timber cutting. To
Borne extent the treatment of fence
posts and other forma of farm Um
ber is being taken up, an inexpensive
apparatus and method having been
devised by tho Department, of Agri
culture; but as yet the use of wood
preservatives by farmers Is on too
small a scale to have any Importance
In the total, while the practice of
treating telephone poles Is In its In
ciptoncy in this country.
With the rapid advance of this in
dustry as a whole, the choice of pre
servatives has been fairly well estab
lished, but the kinds and classes of
materials to be treated need develop
ment along certain lines. In Ger
many and' other European countries
practically all cross-ties laid by the
railroads are treated with chemicals
or preserving oils. In this country
but 30 per cent of the ties purchased
by the railroads are subjected to such
treatmont. ' Che number of poles
treated lu this country Is a very Bmall
per cent of total In use.
NO. 22
HIGHWAY CONTRACT
PROBABLY REVOKED
Final Decision Likely to Be Reached
Today.
After making some preparations to
resume construction work on the
blghway last week the Consolidated
Contract Company, in all probability,
will have Its contract with the county
abrogated today. The contractors
have deceived the county court and
the public in a very systematic way
for the past month or more, until for
bearance has ceased to be a virtue.
We are reliably informed this morn
ing that the matter will be definitely
closed today.
In the event that the contract is
abrogated, it will place the county
court la a position to relet the con
tract or proceed to do the work on
Its own account.
The contracting firm Is. now mak
ing overtures to the county to settle
on some manner of basis, showing a
disposition to recede from its former
position.
BUSINESS MEN ORDER
BY-LAWS DRAFTED
Organization of League W1U Be Com
pleted Next Week.
A meeting of business men of St.
Helens and Houlton was held at the
council chambers Wednesday even
ing for the purpose of organizing a
business men's league, the Durooses
of which will be to advance the com
mercial and Industrial welfare of the
community. There were about twentv
present and the outline for an organ
ization was discussed at considerable
length. The result of the meeting
was the appointment of a committee
to draft constitution and by-laws for
an organization, the committee to
report at a meeting to be held Thurs
day evening, May 27. This committee
is composed of M. E. Miller, John
Philip, A. S. Harrison, Harley Tur
ner, B. I. Plummer.
An effort had been made durlne
the previous week to ascertain the
names of business citizens who would
affiliate and co-operate with such an
organization, resulting in a Eood
many business people signifying their
willingness to help. The meeting
next week should be well attended.
CIRCUIT COURT IS ,
STILL IN SESSION
Several Important Mutters are Heard
and Dlsitosed of During Week.
The present term of circuit court
is disposing of a good many import
ant matters this week. The grand
jury finished Its labors, made Its re
port and was excused Wednesday.
One of the very Important matters
heard In the circuit court this week
was the retrial of the case of Sophia
8alml against the Columbia & Neha
lem River railroad. This case war
heard in the circuit court here In
March of last year, appealed to the
supreme court and remanded to Co
lumbia county for retrial. The plain
tiff In the former trial secured a ver
dict of $4500.
The report of the grand iurv will
be found on page S of this issue of
The Mist.
FORMER PASTOR
VISITS ST. HELENS
Rev. Mr. Haley, After Sixteen Years'
Absence, Returns for Brief Time.
George G. Haley of Portland, was
In St. Helens a couple of days this
week. The mere fact that Mr. Haley
was here does not mean a great deal,
but when we connect him with earlier-day
life of St. Helens, it means
something. Hia mission here this
week was as a delegate to the minis
terial conference In session Wednes
day and Thursday. Mr. Haley is
pastor of Lincoln Methodist church,
Portland. Eighteen years ago he was
pastor of the Methodist church in St.
Helens, leaving here 16 years ago.
He had charge of the Warrenton
work for a year and was then sent to
Idaho, returning to Portland about
a year ago. This reverend gentleman
has become a cripple, due to rheu
matic trouble, has been a long suff
erer from that ailment, but at pres
ent Is somewhat Improved. He says
the 8t. Helens of today could scarcely
be recognized when compared with
the St. Holens of his time. Mr. Haley
has a great many friends here who
were pleased that he should return
for a brief visit.
IMPORTANT MEETING
OF MINISTERS HELD
MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATION IN ST.
HELEN'S FOR TWO-DAY
CONFERENCE.
Splendid Program and Able Discus
sions of Religiouft and Social
Topics.
A meeting of unusual Interest and
Importance was held tn St. Helens
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week, when nearly forty clergymen of
the Methodist Ministerial association
of this state were in attendance. A
program replete with intensely inter-,
esting subjects was rendered, con
sisting of a vast number of social and
religious topics.
The meeting was under the direct
charge of Rev. J. W. McDougall, dis
trict superintendent, assisted by Rev.
P. N. Sandifur, pastor of the local
church.
The ladies of the church served
luncheon and dinner during the two
days in the Epworth League parlors,
Wednesday evening being the most
notable of these occasions, when
Mayor Morton was the guest of hon
or, who delivered to the visitors the
keys to the city, and in remarks un
mistakably sincere, bade the visitors
welcome.
Specially prepared music for the
occasion was rendered by the church
choir throughout the series of serv
ices. Perhaps the most noteworthy of all
the features of the program was the
address delivered Thursday evening
by Bishop R. J. Cooke. Dr. Cooke is
one of the most powerful Christian
workers in the United States. His
address was listened to by one of the
largest audiences ever greeting a
clergyman in this city.
During the two days the following
program was carried out:
Wednesday, 9:30 a. m. Devotion
al service, J. W. McDougall; Sunday
Schools, M. B. Paraunagian, Sunday
School Missionary, Oregon Confer
ence, presiding; Childhood and the
Church, W. H. Hampton, G. G. Haley;
Value of the Sunday School to the
Church, S. H. Dewart, O. C. Collins;
What Needs Are the Most Urgent In
Our Sunday Schools. Frank James;
Address, E. O. Eldridge.
Wednesday, 2 p. m. Devotional
service; Missionary; Woman's For
eign Missionary Society, Mrs. A. R.
Maclean; The Effect of the War on
Foreign Missions, Louis Thomas, C.
L. Dark; Woman's Home Missionary
Society, Mrs. Margaret Lake Garton,
Phillipp Descher; Our Obligation to
the Board of Home Missions and
Church Extension Society, A. R.
Maclean, F. N. Sandifur; address, R.
Elmer Smith.
Wednesday, 7:45 p. m. Devotion
al service; Address, "Willamette Uni
versity," Dean G. H. Alden; Address,
"Kimball College of Theology,"
President H. J. Talbot; Address,
"Conference Claimants," G. F. Hop
kins, secretary of Conference Com
mission. Thursday, 9 a. m. Devotional ser
vice; The Relation of the Methodist
Episcopal Church to Organized and
Unorganized Labor, C. O. McCulIoch,
C. L. Hamilton; Best Methods of Us
ing the Organization of the Church
for Interesting the Industrial Classes,
C. C. Rarick; The Churches Greatest
Need, Sanford Snyder, W. W. Young
son; The Vows of a Methodist and
What They Imply, W. E. Ingalls, G.
H. Feese; Address, T. W. Lane.
Thursday, 2 p. m. Devotional
service; The Preacher; Planning Our
Work as Pastors, W. S. Gordon, A. B.
Calder; Pastoral Visitation, C. M.
Van Marter, Alfred Bates; Elements
of Success and Causes of Failure in
the Ministry, John Parsons, J. W.
Thompson; Communion Service, J.
W. McDougall,
Thursday, 7:45 p. m. Devotional
service; Address, Bishop R. J. Cooke.
STOCK PLAYS HOB
IN FARMER'S GARDEN
Teddy Berg of Warren, waa in St.
Helens Tuesday morning attending to
business -matters, among them being
an attempt to locate the culprits who
deliberately turned several head of
stock into his garden the night be
fore. Mr. Berg has an eleven-acre
tract of land near the Stevens place,
which he Is developing into a real
home. He had taken particular care
this spring to grow a splendid gar
den of nearly an acre. It was practi
cally ruined by the intruders.
MINSTREL SHOW.
The minstrel performance to ba
given by the members of the Sunset
Athletlo Club will positively take
place next Wednesday evening at the
city hall. The boys have a good pro
gram and assure about two hours of
solid amusement. Prices have been
made so low that anybody and every
body can afford to attend.