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Newspaper Page Textjjimbia County Fair, Commences September 20tli, Continnes Three Days mum 11 : 1 y --5 - OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY IqLUME XXXV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1916 NO. 36 .t' OY KILLED WHILE. WALKING IN SLEEP HOT BY HIS BROTHER .... i.l. LIM...I VVIlllll III f Ullll i Hunker ""' Mistaking III" ItoIIiiT Walter, ,j to, for hoiiici kind if nn nnlinul, .lUBM-y Smii i fired n loud cif liuck- cl l I''"1 Tliuruduy tiiKlit Inst ,A, tho charge Inking nrrucl III . Uiy'i hft l''K. which resulted In . jiii Sunday niiiriiliiK at 5 flock. Mr, urn! Mrn. Chuuncoy Smith, jlwr Smith i.i.d lillly ldd wero mnlnx In tli" Hun Wit "HI country. ;,io thirteen miles froiii thlH pluco. ., bal ti In fir thnt a coil r buil boon in'i'ii prowling around that neighborhood und when .utarey heard mimolhlng ruttllng unil near tho tent, ho arose, took . (no mid railed, hul receiving no ,or and tlilukliiK It A door or ne other uniiiiul, hn fired, with lh tilt alio vo mentioned. It seeiim Ijt Wuller got P In hl leep and Li walking ulioiil tho ramp. A itri'lrlier wuh mudfl with n :.,nket uiul two poles and hn wiu Tied Willie five mile without road troll through thn dark wooiIm to m in unto wun in walling. Dr. G. ItuHH rendered tomporury r- ( md tliu hoy wn taken to St. jlnrelll liuHiltal. The boy wuh very weak from loan blood and n pint was transfused hit I" ly from IiIh father, H. B. lib. hut il fulled to buvo IiIh life. liila Mr. Sinllh In on tha Hhudy of life, nlioiit CO, tho loss of cj left It 1 tit iiulto wonk, hut thu rllk'B wuh cheerfully llllulo. TbOKiid iiei'ld:int cunt a gloom over " city, iih Wuller wiiM a hrlght hoy pit wan oiin of tho eighth grade idaaten lust spring. Fum-ml norvhos wero held Tuos- ky ufti'tiKioii, Hi-v. Sandlfur offici al'. IRE WEATHER WARNINGS Willi a view io ho of service in. 'ViMilliig forest fires, tho Vnlted to neutlier liiirouu nt rortlund, clmrt! of niHtrUa ForoeaHtor U, Iiiih hiiiiigiintled a nw Hervlco ltd h ralleil "Klro Wimthor Worn- This hulletlll Ih lifHlied every tl.iy and Kent to tho potitmuHtitrH Columlila county for pouting. Tho Mlcilii IshiiimI on tho 23rd rendu followii: "Kulr ThurHduy und '"'lay; roniiiiund worm; liicroanliig Mil to iMirthwiht wliuU." On ouch l f Hie hulletln, printed In red Mno riinnot iiiIhh It, Ih tho wurnlnu pi"l' und think liefuro you toiui TO o iiiateh or louvo a campflio." "it hum KliiHhlngH hclween June and Ocloher I without permit from ra wurden." At thu hottom of tho ulletin h thu following Heiwlhlo ilniieni: "Koront fires dontroy MaWu property, meniico human life lii'i'iiiinii.iiiiv n.,i,i ,.r "'f. If you dlHrover u flro nut It lu. or t-ull tho iinurout flro wurden. "'P leueh olherH to ho careful with In Hi ii woodH." Heretoforo the wont liar bureau heen hciulug Htorm warnlngH for ti,o hmieflt of Bonfurlng hulo than of othora, hut I'ncle reuZK IOw vuluohlo tho tlm- f'ot tho eountry Ih. Ih trying to 1m- lruB upon uh tho noroHHlty of the hurciy flint" i,i.. M . ,,. firHB. F1"! tliuher of Coluinhhi county Is 10 county's woulth, nnd all Hhould "ft togothor towariU conaorvlng Kreat wonlth. DlHtrlet Foro- ;!I'T llcaln hllH klmllv ntiienil Iho i ":,t oil IiIh in,, III.... ii.. i i. u ..mnilB (,,,, Ullll llllf. . "r HI PuIiIIhIi tho hullolliiH an ofton M rum.tv,.,!. Kiitii Von twonty-ono ropulillcMii I'oillllilll........ .. r- , ...i i.. -. ,i ii-iiiii t l UllU'llt roilllly, ,. J(, Bl,lt (0 fm ; r i lino lunihM to tho Nlniigh- r tcr; Ol' Hin V.lll lr,.l,,,r l .ll.l s. f l nml i,NM,.,t yoursolvcM for P yUr lll'l.lu ,,,..1 f. ... a ..l.rl.lM III . n - M... ....r. -. r voup i,. ,... ...........a i '"lined m W)mo recognition by r Mllllll.,,,,,,1, . y. Mill! IIITWV17I , f Kt It If you IlKllt fur It. 'wfidiliiiiiiiiiiiliili WHAT TAXPAYERS PAID FOR GOOD ROADS FIGURES ARK STARTLING Muimimi-y of Amount Colnmhht Coun I) I'uid I nun Itoad I 1. llero'H HomiitliliiK for tho taxpayer to ponder over. It hi ulinply a iilate iiiont ohliiineil from tho county treas urer allowing how much road money Ii.ih heeil upent In tho lant tieveral yearn. Your. I'uld Houd WurruntH ISI I 12.1,121.02 1814 no,ri72.4G 1916 194, 119. 70 1810 206,10.1.70 Totul .$ G43.1G.9: From IIoihIh . 2KU.105.8li 78,953.09 1814 1915 Total $ 1,01 1,975.88 Thu item under 1910 ' In the amount curried on the tux rolls, ull of which Iiuh mil heen collected. An other IntcrcHtlitg statement ohtalued from thu name xourco Ih tho lucruane in road tux levy for thu patit neveinl yearn. Themi uinountH nnd the niuountH In correKiiondlng yours uh ho! forth uhove, do not qulta ngree on account of collections of hack tuxes. Your. MIUh. 1911 3 1912 3 191.1 9.5 1914 7.65 1915 8.9 Amount. $ 82,445.00 80,844.71 171,64 4.33 133,255.09 153,141.23 Total $621,330.90 So few people liuvo any Idea of how much wo uro HpoudiiiK on road that thu MlHt thought It a good Idea to got IheBO rooorrtn from tho cnurl Iiouho reporlH ho each taxpayer can soo how much wo nro doing townrdu good roadH Kach one of us wants good roadH, and tho only iiuestloi. Unit nrhiea Is thU: Cuu wo afford In Hpeml ho much In hi Hhort a time, und '.hen. nro wo getting value ro celved for our money? Tho work holug dono In tho various rond dlH trlctH comes under tho perKonal oh Borviitloii of tho taxpayer In his dis trict and ho cun onswor thin lunt (IuchIIoii. Tho Mlsl is pimply uhow lug how much Is lining Hpont. FISHING SEASON CLOSES TODAY At 12 o'clock t noon I today the nulling houkoii will cIoho and Iho many flHhermen engaged In this line of hiiHlnesH will lay nsldo their nets until thn fall senium opens. The cntch thlH year Ih far under tho uvor- .tgii reason 's catch uiul litis neon u illsnpiiolnlmont to hoth ennners und ahhoi'inen. Whllo many reasons are lven for tho Hcnrclty of tho salmon, iionio fishermen llilnK tno nigii waier In Junu und July la tho reul cuuso lor tho poor run. For tho past few days llsh liuvo heen coming into the ml riHhermen In the vicinity of Astoria havo dono quite well, hut not many of tho finny tribe reached St. lloions. ii. i io grotted that tho catch of fish was so Hinull, us tho fishing Industry h) .... i,i.i ono In St. Helens und till IMI." - - glvou employment to ninny men. SECURES BIG BLOCK CONTRACT John l'hlllip loft Wednesday morn ing for Portland. In response to ii nioRsago Btutlng that ho hud been uwnlded n contract to furnish hoh.'j Portland party with 200.000 Ilolghm blocks which will ho used for puv Ing In tho Hoho City. Whllo Mr Phillip huB hoiiio of thoso blocks or. hand It will bu nocessnry to make iiulto a numbor. Ho fools olatod nt having secured tho contract nnd hoper. that with other Jobs coming on In Portland ho can Bocuro such additional business ns will warrai.l him In operating hln innvrle8 as ho did Boveral yearn ago. INSTITUTE DATES Pates for county toaehors' Insti Ilin CflllllllS full and wlntoi havo boon arranged by tho stato do- pnrtmont of education ami nuvu .. mudo public. Tho Instltuto for Col umbia county will ho held In Bt. Hel ena October 26, 26 nnd 27. CONDITION OF LOWER COLUMBIA HIGHWAY ST. HELENS TO SEASIDE MM Kcprt'Nt-niaiivo Mukes tho T. lp uiul Itepoi'tH Iho 'I'nio I'-iic(m. Asl: tho avorngH uutoist coming from Autorlu over tho Illghwu'y how the roud lis und tho rnspoiu.o' will he "Pretty good;" "Fair;" "Hum," etc., tho aiiHwer usually depending on what kind of luck ho Iiuh hud with his car nnd tlron. Ho to soo Just how Iho road Is mid whut work Is being done and reuli.lng that Homo of our local aulohils will muko tho trip this juuiiiior, u Mint representative drove a cur tho round trip from St. Helens to Brasilia, and tha following uro IiIh observations of tho road; From St. Helens to Uoblo It is good, und driving leisurely one .should muko this twolvo miles in 4 5 minutes. I.euving Uohlo for Rainier, you encounter two miles of very rough road. If It Is dry weather I hero uro deep ruis and numerous humps. In wot weather, and wo traveled It right after a heavy ruin, one should have chains, for you only gel out of one mudholu before you pluugo into another, and the cur skids from side to uido of the roud. Tho remaining four milc3 Into Rain ier is good und will permit 15 to 20 miles per hour without discomfort. I.euving Rainier go out I'nlon stieet. There uro severuf blocks of his sttcct leading to the hlghwuy which nro in hud condition, but the lilghwny itself l good und you cun make tho long grudo on high gear Tho eight miles to Helena is good and mostly rocked. Turn to the left at Helena and go over the "hill" route to Clatskanio, a distunce of five .mil one-half miles. Part of this road Is fair and bo mo of it quite rough, hut If one drives carefully tlieie is no danger of broken springs or much personal discomfort. At the top of tho hill going down to Clats kanio, drlvo slow und sound your horn often, ns tho rond is very nar row und quite steep. There are only a few places ut which autos could puss each other. Also bo sure your brakes uro good, for you will need them. Leaving Clatskanio, tho road for several miles Is quite good, though much Work is being done nnd con siderable looso rock mukes it hard on tires. Tho road In tho vicinity of Westporl In rough, so it Ib necessary to drlvfl rdow to escapo the hard bumps, llugby hill 1 good, there being only ono rough pluco and thnt is after you have reached the sum mit. From ltughy to Astoria, a dis tance of 25 miles, there are only a dozen rough spots, nnd by going ovor those in daylight ono makes it enslly. Whero Improvements havo been nindo mil souii) soft spots nro still to be found, brush und plank have been used which nuikcs the going a little 'hot re.-. The road from Astoria to Seaside Is paved most of the way, and at n speed of 20 miles per hour you can muko this lust leg of tho trip In one hour. Ho careful not to exceed the 25 niilus per hour, for two speed oops nro constantly on putrol. Tnklng it nil in ull, tho trip Is not a bud ono nnd by driving carofully .".nd leisurely ono should make It in About six nnd ono-hnlf hours to Se' r.ldo, which is about 100 miles from St. Helens. The ronds are well marked nnd one should buvo uo trou i.i in finding the right way. On the way buck, coming out of Clatskanio, tuko tho "hill" road insteud of going i.ir Mnvi.ni- in this way you will escapo much corduroy roud, but com ing up tho hilt ho sure to took out for cars, and also be sure of your gasollno supply and brnkos, for if anything happens It would be very uiiconifortablo on this steep grade, which Is roat long and rough. .The actual running tlmo of the Mist car to Sonsldo was about seven hours, and coming hock, when the road was drier and In better shape, about six hours. Nothing occurred lo mar the pleasure of tho trip ex cept a fow blowouts, which the auto man naturally expects on a rough road. Though much work is being done, NEWS OF WATERFRONT JAPANESE STEAMER HERE! EXPECT MORE VESSELS; Lumber CuitU-i-h Tuko On llig: Car goon ut TIiIh Port. Tho steamer Daisy Freeman, which has boon ut the docks of the St. Hel ens Lumber Co. for tho past fow d.ij t loading 750,000 ft. of lumbc- for delivery at San Francisco, will sail tonight. " " , Carrying 1,000,000 ft. of lumber and a fulr list of passenger:!, the Htnumer Wcpa'ma sailed Wednesday hound for San Pedro. Sho will cull in at San Frunciuco to discharge some of her piiBsongers. After discharging a cargo of SOO tons of cement und general freight at Portland, the steamer J. Ii. Stetson dropped down to tho docks of the Columbia County Lumber Company, whero she will take on u lumber cur go for delivery at the Hay City. The Stetson will sr.il luto Saturday night or Sunday morning. Sho carries 800, 000 ft. The steamer Nehuloni, formerly of the Ilicks-Huuptinan fleet, Is expect ed to arrive at St. Helens Monday. Sho will loud a full cargo of lumber for San Pedro. Tho steamer Willamette is duo to arrive In tho river the first of the week. Sho will como to St. Helens for part of hor cargo. Her sailing Into is set for August 30. Tho Japaneuo steamer KIppo Maru arrived Wednesday night and is tak Inc on 500,000 ft. of lumber for de livery ut Antofagasta, Chile. She will loavo hero Saturday for Portland whero she will complete hor cargo of 2,000,000 ft. Tho Nippo Maru Is an old steamer, huving been built In Glasgow in 1893. Sho was bought several years ago by a Japanese con cern and recently has bean engaged lu carrying munitions of war to Rus sian ports. Tho steamer has a crew of 44 men, moslly Japanese, though iionie few Chinese aro aboard. Capt. S. Zlmbo is in command of tho ves sel und tills is his second trip to the I'nlted States. He seems much inter ested in the enterprises around St. Helens and Portland and is a keen observer. Cnptuin Zlmbo is uncer tain whero bis vessel will be sent after reaching Chile, but is of the opinion that she will go around the Horn and cuter tho Atlantic trade In tho srevlce of tho allies. F.fforts to pull the stranded steam er Hear into deep water wero unsuc cessful nnd tho steamer Is still stranded off Mendoclnu. Thoso in charge of the salvage operations will wait until next month's high tides, when another effort will bo made to haul the vessel Into ,deop water. RAINIER TOURNAMENT Mr. and Mrs. F. A. George, Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Hallugh, Clyde Suther land, Ueu Copolund and It. C. Uur ?ess attended tho tournament of the Rainier Gun Club Sunday. Mem bers from the Portlnnd und Kelso clubs were also In attendance nnd In all .32 marksmen took part In the shoot. Wo wero unable to Beeuro the score of tho several series pulled off but the St. Helens boys carried home a couple of the prizes. Ben Cope- land won first In the first series and has a hunting cont to show for It. In tho second event Clyde Suther land made bqcoiu! plnce nnd carried homo a box of Gen. Arthur cigars. Tho hoys report a very Interesting iihoot. ARRIVED SAFE A letter rocelved from Mrs. M Rosenthal tolls of her safe arrival In San Francisco. Sho nnd family made tho trip on tho Groat Northern and speak highly of tho accommodation of this great vessel and the pleasure of tho vovogo. Tho Rosenthals will return to St. Helons noxt wook. It is plain to ho seen thnt It will re culro tho expenditure of thousand of dollars before It cun bo called good Eummor roud. In its preaent condition It will be impassable in winter tlmo. ST. HELENS SCHOOLS OPEN SEPTEMBER 4 RESUME OF PAST YEAR Full Corps ,f Fxpei ienceil Teachers ami a HueceNHful Term Assured. Uy solicitation. Prof. L. L. Baker has kindly furnished the Mist with li3 following Interesting facts relut- ig to tho St. Helens schools and an outline of the work for the coming school year: St. Helens schools opened last year en August 31, and a very successful year's work was accomplished by both teachers and pupils. Our high school enrollment in creased over 90 per cent, having in Uendance pupils from Mayger, Goblo, Oeer Island, Yankton and Warren. Sewing and domestic science were offered to girls of alt grades in the igh school, and sewing to the girls of the seventh and eighth grades. whllo manual training was offered to the boys of the high school and o the boys of the seventh and the eighth grades. Sewing was also taught to the girls in the fifth to eighth grades, inclusive, of tho Mc- Hride school at West St. Helens. Tho Boys'. Glee Club, directed by Mr. McCoy, did very credible work for the first year, appearing be'ro're the public on several occasions. Our high school entered into ath letic contests during the year with Ridgefleld, Warren, Scappoose, Deer Island, Rainier, Clatskanio and Franklin high school of Portland. Our boys gained a reputation for clean sportsmanship. Wa sent a representative to the high school meet at the stato university who won gold medal and a bronze medal, securing for us the sixth place in tho meet, which was doing exceed- ngly well for one representative. A four-year teachers' training class wus put into our high school for the first time last year, having a mem bership of twelve, eleven graduated from this department. Many took up the training class work, for the review which it offered in the com mon English branches. Music, which was taught by a special teacher year before last, was curried on by each teacher in her owu room, without tho music super visor, nnd some very good work was done. The total enrollment for the entire school last year was 475, showing an Increase over the previous year of about 10 per cent, which is con idercd a good, healthful growth. St. Helens schools will open this year September 4, with a full corps of experienced teachers. L. L. Baker will be the city super ntendent and will havo general supervision of all the schools and of ill departments of the school work nd will nlso teach the training class eubjects. Frederick Knight will bo principal of the "high school, and will teach 3cienco and history. Lloyd Schisler will teach mathe matics and will coach athletics. Miss Duns will again have lang uages and literature. Miss Lillle M. Leith will have the lovonth and eighth grades; Mr. Mc Coy, tho sixth; Mrs. Wilson, the fifth: Miss Slotboom, the fourth; Mrs. Lnke, the third; Miss Philip, the sec ond; Miss Perry, tho first grade. Charles Lake wilt be the princi pal of the McBrlde BChool, with Miss Weist and Miss Matthews, assistants. Our aim is to raise tho efficiency of alt departments of the school dur ing the coming year. In the grades we shall pay special attontion to oral English and arithmetic With this ond in view, a supplement' to the state course has been prepared, giv ing more minute directions and many valuable aids for a special campaign In the teaching of these two Import ant subjects. This does not mean that other subjects are to be neglect ed or that more time will be taken up by these subjects, but that we are going to teach them in a more practical way and we hope to secure better results than we have obtained heretofore. In the high school, we expect to do more in the line of literary work SEATTLE OFFICIALS VISIT ST. HELENS Impressed by C'ity'H Commercial Importance. Nelson Troyer and wife, Hen W. Johnson, wife and daughters Edith and Jane, Howard Josslin and wifu, his daughter Ruth and Miss Ethel Shefe, all of Seattle, wore St. Helens visitors Wednesday night. The party were on their way to Seattle. Leav ing Seattle last Friday, they motored over the Pacific Highway, crossed the Columbia at Goblo and made Sea side the same night. Returning, they went via the Forest Grovo route, visited some places in the Willa mette valley, took a trip up the Col umbia Highway and then started for home. Mr. Troyer is manager of tho Seattle-Astoria Iron Works. Mr. Johnson Is superintendent of th9 manual training department of tho Seattle public schools, and Mr.' Joss lin is electrical engineer for the city of Seattle, a position he has held for the past fourteen years. The party spent some time in St. Helens and made favorable comments upon the activity of the city, but could hot understand why a city tho size Mid importance of St. Helens should not havo some paved streets. IMPROVING SYSTEM The Pacific Telephono & Telegraph Company is rebuilding its toll lino the entire distance from Portland to Seaside. About every ten miles be tween St. Helens and Seaside are gangs of men setting poles and stringing wires. Each gang is com fortably housed in ' portablo camps, cither on heavy wagons or trucks so auto trucks can haul them to the next station. The Mist is informed that the improvements under way will cost in the neighborhood of $250,000, and it is hoped to have the work completed this fall. The line follows the highway most of tho distance, tho only exceptions being whero It crosses several high hills, making the distance shorter than If it followed the many curves of tho highway. SAVED FROM DROWNING Mrs. Gus Lope had a narrow es cape from drowning down at Colum bia beach Wednesday evening. A large crowd was In bathing and Mrs. Lope ventured too far out and was soon struggling in deep water. She went under the socond time when Joe Mosey went out and rescued her. Sinco the water has receded, the "jump-off" is pretty close to shore and thoso who cannot swim should not venture out very far. The water s probably thirty feet deep at tho jump-off."' NEW AUDITORIUM The new auditorium building on tho fair grounds is weir under way and will bo completed in plenty of lime. It Is now under roof and tho work is progressing rapidly. Other Improvements are also being made. and debating. Last year two liter ary societies wero organized, ono for the girls ujider the direction of Miss Duns, and one for the boys, directed by Mr. Sten and Mr. Ostrander. These two societies made a good start in tho work, which will be con tinued this year. The plan is to have each society do debate and literary work and to give one public enter tainment some- time during the school year. Mr. Schisler comes to us highly recommended ns a coach in all lines of athletics and we Bhall endeavor to have more and better sports than we had last year. A modern heating and ventilating plant is being installed in the high school building which will Insure healthful conditions at all times. Tho McBrido school is being thor oughly cleaned and will be put In good condition. Tho school grounds will be improved soon by the removal 'of brush and small trees. We believe that an education con sists of such a preparation of tho child in his moral, physical and in tellectual capacities as will enable him by the exercise of their use to be the greatest benefit to society.