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Newspaper Page Textprepare tuur DasKei tor Columbia Day, August 21, Opening of the Highway OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOLUME XXXIV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1915. NO. 33 I GET-TO-GETH- ER OCCASION tobk iu:ai itv i.tk hkt l int Ol'KMXi OK Ol.l'MIHA IIIVKH IlKillW.W ItV Jl'IMiK CI.AItK. fflTURDAY,AUGUST TWENTYnRST rU Started ly Former County f 'Irrk I, (i, Wall'" Heartily Kmlorawl CHARLES CORDES FOUND DEAD At Ills Home III lUvr Ixlunil Huliiriluy Ijmt Keen WmliMwtln)'. I, y CillriiN. .list prom Ihi- to liO tho next lurg- at event this yinr to tiie Columbia Cotnty fair, I tlio "(lot-Together Drlvo iiinl I'lenle," scheduled for Safunliiy. AiiKunt 21st, when tint visile hi u Hi mid of Columbia county. ihb means every mini, womnn ami ctilil, urn Invited to niaks a drlvo to tb ClittHiiii county line over the now highway, which by Hint date will lie ptasuliln nul In fulr condition for iradic, returning for lunch to Clats-kinlo. A stated lii tho last Uitue of the Klit, a i) I in It- will tliim bo held In the wrthi'rn city, In fuel It will be a (rent IiIk banket picnic dinner, whore bunilrmlH of filled basket will bulge with Jen id things for the Inner man. mil if tin) citizens of ClaUkanlo fool bclhiiMl to furnish thuir park and iomethlng that U of a more or lea t nnture, like water or coffee, tlmy will have done their part to- rd making the occaalon the suo- tn Unit It Bhoultl bo, and there rit rinlnii no ilouht but what they will Kindly do this nnd much more. After tlili ureal feaat, a couple of hour be spent In a "Out-Together Meeting," when speakers from Bcap pooiiti, Warren, Yankton, Ht. Helens. Deer Island, Rulnler. Uobio, Cluts kanln and other places, will be In vited to eliiliorate for five minutes on (lie many good things of the county. The Idea of this drive and picnic. u (uxKeatitd by J. O. Watts, the originator of the plan, Is to get the people of tho county belter acquaint- td, to pit them to know each other belter, to spend a sociable day with our fidliiwinan and to observe what the new highway looka like, to learn what dllllcultles were overcome in SettltiK this highway In such good condition, and whore all the mouey "as liven spent. "Hy A Hi; ii nt 21st, the highway will be passable mid In fulrly good con dition to travel, and It Is the desire of the Comity Court that the people of Columbia county full In line with tM movement, that they take a day 0", If you pleuse, and make the trip over thlx the 'peoples' road.' The trip can iMmlly be nmdo In day and "I'Miid several hours at Clutskunle, hro those guthered together can discitss county matters and become bettor ui'iioaliitod." stated County Ju'Irh ciurk, when talking of the svent. Tlila "(iot-Togothor Drive and I'lo- nl!" Ih entirely separate from the Wp which will be made by the State Highway commission and others Thursday of next week, and is to be 'wily a county affair. tomtulUees have been annointed by IIioho In charge of the movemont to arrango for transportation faclll "es, program, etc, and In a few days "II have (Infinite arrangomonts completed. Tlio lliiHinnHs M.m' riub of Clnts- anle have Invited the Commercial P1li Of Ht. Unions In Inln with them ' niuklng the occasion a grooter UCCOss. The lifeless form of Churls t'ordeii was found Ruturduy inornltiK ubout U o'clock, at tho roar of his residence in Dour IhIuikI, by James Andrewtt and Will Hush, the body lying only a few feet from the buck door. Not having noticed Cordcs forj several days, IIuhIi and Andrews be gan to muka Inquiries among the merchants, and found thut his mail for Thursday hud not been taken from the postotltce, and It being bin habit to call for it cvory morning, n ho was a grout render, they im medi ately susplciouod something wax wrong, and went to his home. Sheriff Htanwood and Coroner Wlillo were Immediately notified, and went to the scene. At first it seomd to be the opinion among his neigh bors that death was due to foul play, but after an examination by Dr. A. J. reel, it was found that valvular heart troulilo cuuued from over exertion, was tho cause of his death. Only a couple of feet from where the body lay, stood a cherry tree, which Cordns hud undertaken to cut down, and hud succeeded in nearly sawlug 11 through, when evidently, the saw pinched and In an endeavor to get the suw out, the old man over-' exerted himself, toppling to the ground, death doubtletts being lnntun- tauoous. An examination wua made of the house, but nothing hud been molest-' ed, even his watch, which had stopped at 6:20, hung on a nail near, a window. I After conaldorable seurching, tho address of a brother-in-law and a' nleco in Welner, Arkansas, werei found, and they woro notified of his death. j Ills pension papers showed that he had served In the civil war, enlisting ( in Company V, Second Ueglment, In 1 PIONEER COUPLE WILL CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. T. II. x,tt, Who Were Wed August 0, IfMIS, Hecall HurdNlilpH Kncountered In Kurly Days. WAR'S LESSON OF ECONOMY ANOTHER NEW What It Means to the United Btates. Economist Gives Views. frit I' .? .-til (I k C s rmii i " imp rf- .- 1 BUSINES S BLOCK The National City Bank of New York, In its letter concerning the war, states that the war expenditures T() W) ,N gT HELENS WILL iiavs cquuieu ine most extravagant predictions; also that the war is teaching the people of Europe econ omy. The extravagance of the American people Is almost as wasteful as the European war. Every principle of political economy teaches us that money spent in extravagance is of no permanent benefit to the com- Outcome of Business Started munity, even tlTough it may provide temporary employment to many peo ple. When the European nations spend enormous amounts of money in powder, shot and cannon, those articles -are only of value until they are used and their value absolutely ceases after that. The same state ment applies to money Bpent by the American people (either the OCCUPY ONE IX)T WOItK IS PROGRESS. IS A SIGN OF MORE PROSPERITY a Few Years Ago With One Automobile. Ready by September IS. 0. O. F. LODGE TO WOODLAND Aweptln an Invitation from Woodland lodge, No. 138, thirty "embers of the local I. O. O. V. UllKe, No. 117, Journeyed across the rlver Saturday night, whoro they wpre royally entertained by the sis tr loilKo, Aflor an Interesting literary pro 0 l v V ':'' y . " i ,r, I,, ..I. i.hh-hi, a, i it mm CIIAHLES COHDE3. Photo made In 1892. Missouri, on the 2nd day of April, 1S(I3. and received his discharge In tho month of November, the same year. Only a few days ago ne re .oivi.,1 his nenslon of $45 from the nnd S30.65 of this amount, with a bunch of koys and a pocket knife, wore found in his pockets. Conies enmo to this soctlon some iu.nniv.iwn vears ago. and hud accu- little oronerty nnd liiumivti bw.i.- . wealth. He was born in Germuny, June 1st, 1846. He was never mar ried, and for the lust few years has lived alone. His body was brought to the cor oner's pnrlors, where it was prepared for burial. Upon advice of a brother-in-law at Welnor, Arkansas, the body was buried at Deer Island, Tuesday afternoon, funeral services being held from tho City Hall by Hev. Sunford Snyder. Mil. AND MRS. T. B. LOTT. Willi a large number of friends St. Helens, living here continuously, and relatives present, Mr. and Mrs. j In these years the couple had T. 11. I.ott will celebrate their golden shared all the privations of a frontier wedding tonight at their home In life, had lived in sod houses, dugouts, this city. The rooms will be elabo- log houses and slab houses, and had rately decorated in gold and white, burned twisted hay for fuel, with a profusion of flowers being Soon after their marriage, Mrs. used. I Lott joined the Wesleyan church, of A short musicul program, with vo- which her husband was a member, cal and Instrumental numbers, will having been converted and joined be given, utter which refreshments, the church in 1860. She has, until will be served. recently, when she was forced to T. I). Lott was born in Illinois in ' quit, due to falling health, been 1 844, and moved to Iowa in 1856. In active both In church and W. C. T. the year 1861, at the age of 17 years, U. work. he enlisted in tho Ninth Iowa In- During their Christian life they fnntry, and saw hard service until have read and re-read the new testa 1864, when he was mustered out. Ati ment of the bible through forty-five the buttle of Peuridge, in Benton times in their family devotions, and County, Arkansas, he, with his regl-j "have found it a source of great com ment, numbering 600, entered the fort and a great balance-wheel to our tight at early morn, and In the even-', life." Ins only 320 of his fellow comrades' The early trials of the pioneer returned, so desperate was the strug- couple and the hardships endured glo. I and overcome and their subsequent Inc'deutully, he formed the ac- successes, intermingled with disap- qunintnnco of a young lady, Miss Azllda J. Magoon, while visiting with friends In his home town. Their wedding was celebrated at Elgin, Iowa, August C, 1865. In 1883, Mr. and Mrs. Lott moved to u homestead in South Dakota, where thoy lived until the year 1894, when they started westward, landing in Oregon, five years later coming to polntmenls, furnishes a complete ex perience of thousands who braved the vicissitudes of frontier life as they came, and enjoyed the triumphs which they won. Mr. and Mrs. Lott reared no child ren of their own, but three homeless boys were taken into the home and reared to a useful and honorable manhood. COUNTY WILL BE OUT OF DEBT Hy October This Yeur, Except Bond IsHiie Warrants Being Culled. Present indications are that Co lumbia county will be out of debt by tho first of October, with the excep tion of the road Indebtedness of $360,000. County Treasurer Hattan Is calling total, $87,103.31; Columbia $371.72; $86,731.63 on hand. Bond, WILL VIEW HIGHWAY. AiiKust 12 Governor Withycomlie to Accompany Party Drive to Gearliurt and Return. Judge A. L. Clark received a com gram had heen rendered, in which the Noblo Grand of the home lodge gave an nddress of welcome followed by responses by J. W. Allen and W. J. Fullorton and remarks by Jesse Lansing. 0. M. Heeler and Cant. Spinner, the assemblage retired to the dining hull where P" been spread for one hundred persons. It proved to be one of the most en joyable occasions of tho season for tho lodges. for all warrants up till two months munlcation the past week from Julius hack This Is a remarkably good Meler. President of the Columbia showing for the county. Following Highway association, that state offl siiowtng ior ino ' clals have been invited to make a trip is the money on hand for tne van- .... a,...i. 1st. as reoorted wlth the members of the association , ,.,. over the lower Columbia River high- General. $4372.071 County Road, W. 'e P scheduled for Thursday, $32,860.26; County School. $110.69; State School, $0.01; Special Road, Included in the party, with mem tQr.R8B.1- SDocial School, $5202.45; hers of the State Highway oommls City, $522.10; Library, $451.99; slon, will be Governor Withycombe Hnecl.il dBDOHit. $307.14; Indemnity, Secretary of State Olcott and Treas- 174 65; Soldlors and Sailors Indem- urer Thomas Kay. Mr. Meier also nlty, $987.67; Trust, $602.05; Game, expects a number of Portland good fir. HO- Fire Patrols, 190.87; NeliB- roaa enuiusiusis to maun me irip lem Bond, $4387.77; Clatskanle-Mtst which will be made through to Gear- itmwi S2 80: Pittsburg Bond, nan, a oisiance oi izz mues, return $1571.94; Hon" District No. 1. lng the following day. $1288.14; No. 2, $165.27; No. 3, County Judge Clark and Commls $5077.62; No. 4, $2790.78; No. 5, slon era Weed and Harvey plan to $3684.74; No. 6, $1632.25; No. 7, pilot the party to the Clatsop county $4452.31; No. 7, Special, $6827.96; line. Some three and one-halt years ago C. E. Stevens ronted a space in the Stout livery barn for one automobile. A short time later business increas- idle lng, he purchased another machine, rich or the middle classes) in ex- and secured space for the two cars travagant living. In the old City Garage. Two years The United States of America is a ago a deal was closed whereby he rich country in spite of the extrava- became owner of the Johnson Auto gance of its inhabitants not on ac- company's business. A company waa count of It. Our national resources organized at this time, known as the have been so great that we have been Independent Auto company, with C. able to waste them In unlimited E. Stevens manager, and they moved amounts, and still remain the rich- to the quarters which they now oc- est country in the world. The time cupy. After another two years' has now been reached, however, "growth and spreading out, the com- when, If we desire to prosper In the pany have outgrown their present future, we must husband our re- home and have begun preparations sources; both as a nation and as In- for the erecting of a new garage dividuals. building at the corner of Cowlitz and Our towns, our counties, our States Columbia streets, and the nation itself, have all entered The building will cover the entire into an era of the wildest kind of lot, 100x100 feet, will be one and extravagance, as Is shown by the one-half stories high, with a corner fact that the taxes in every com- entrance Into the office and stock munity of this country have fabu- rooms, 30 x 30 feet, as large as lously increased In the last ten years, their entire present quarters, and a and that public bonds are being sold side entrance from each street for as fast as the printing press can automobiles, besides a machine shop turn them out, and someone can be in the rear of the building, and a found to buy them. Not only do our room which, will be occupied by R. public bodies spend money for need- Constantin's plumbing Bhop, a ladies' ed improvements, such as roads, dressing room, and a locker for each sewers and courthouses, but every automobile. community, no matter how small, The structure will be of sheet must have its public auditorium and metal, practically fire proof, with a all of the modern extravagances pos- plate glass front for the office rooms sible to the largest cities on the corner, - The great countries of Europe, like The company wilt install more France and Germany, are rich and machinery and appliances for their powerful because their people are repair department, and will carry a thrifty. They are able to carry on complete stock of accessories, great wars on account of the accu- Jack Dspain, who has the contract muluted savings of their people, and, for the grading of the lot, put a crew with these savings, they have been of men and teams to work Monday able to buy up the bonds which their morning, and will have the lot In countries have been compelled to sell, I readiness tor the carpenters In a few to pay the expenses of the war days. J. H. Cronklte will construct A thousand dollars spent on a ball the building, which he expects to or a dinner, Is gone as soon as the I have ready for occupancy about Sep entertalnment is over. A thousand tember 15th. dollars Invested In any productive enterprise continues to Increase as th ia country in exchange for our gold, long as It Is used. Very few Amerl- it is generally recognized that the can housewives have any Idea to losses caused by the fire of 1906 in economize in household expenditures. San Francisco, and the waste of the Our women can welt copy the French, Boer war were the direct causes of the Belgian and the Germans in their the terrible financial panic which methods of operating a household, swept the world In 1907. If these They use what we waste, and what two comparatively small calamities they save Is kept and invested. caused a financial cataclysm such as The State of California has more the one mentioned, it is impossible to automobiles per number of Inhabl- prophesy what the bad effect will be tants than any other state In the 0f the terrible losses of property and Union, and probably more than any nfei which are being sustained dur other country in the world. Contrary ing the present terrific struggle. In to the general opinion, this is not order to prepare for this time of something over which we can be trouble, which we are almost sure to proud, but rather it is a sign that Bee, It is absolutely necessary that many of our people are spending, on our governments, both national and pleasure and luxury, more than they lo,. should cease their extravagant can afford. They are not only hurt- exoendltures: that the American lng themselves by their extrava- people should change their mode of gance, but they are impoverishing uving; cease being wasteful and ex thelr country, and unless we change travagant; accumulate their profits our methods, we will not be In a po- and husband their resources, so that sltion to compete with Europe at the if the panic does come this country termination of the war. wm be in every way nreoared to meet The entire continent of Europe Is it. today practically In the condition that the United States was during the Civil War. In that their currencies THE COMMUNITY SING are all depreciated and gold Is at a premium. When the war Is over It will be necessary for them to sell their products which have accumu lated during this time, at almost any price which they can obtain, and no tariff which we are likely to see en acted will be high enough to protect our manufacturers and artisans against the flood of cheap manufact ured goods which will be shipped to The Community Sing at the City Park next Sunday night at 6:30 p. m., will have the same tone and rythm that called forth requests for Its continuance. All the choirs and singers ot the community are invited to help. Yours to command, REV. JOHN FOSTER.