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V 3,000 Registered Republicans in Columbia County Mean 3,000 Votes for Hughes OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOLUME XXXV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1916 yf "N ' ' S"lf TrMMCt rr NO. 43 ROLL OF ST. HELENS SCHOOLS frOTAL ENROLLMENT 485 JlKirt of H'kI' M-IhmI hii1 Uriulen, irr AMnulmir "7.7 l'r i nil KniM of students who Imve been Idtlier absent nor inruy uunni ui 1 . i ..... .. t. m . kionlll CIKIIIIK uciuiwr . lllKll Hcliool -freshmen Stella Barnes, Mabel Duvli'H, Alva Hudspeth, llutli Jluntcr, Cluily Jonimr, Juno Moor- u-ad, Annette I'uyno, Helen Wolkr, Itlen While. Albert Butts. Knill O. Iltri)in, wllbor I-araooo, Arne it. lorrl. Edward Itlchardtion, Archie towley. Max WIIhoii, Dnnnlo Faxon, tulwrt Oliver. , Sophomores Gortrude Drown, hrlll llrown, Grace Howell, Joint iralxllu. Harold Dockor, M. John tmliiK, Mason Illllard. Lucilo Lym- lurnor, Anna umun, uoneri kixoh, l.me.i Drew, Albert Faxon, Louis . . .. t L. - .,.. U. .. .. La nan', i.c;uwr ijiiitu, i niuir mod, Ivur Wyllndor, John W. Mc- JunlnrH- - Adolnlilu Adams, Marian jker, Kiln lliiltan, Florence tamon, lalltn Morrcll, Arllnci Paulson, Maud icIiurdHini, Agdu Sten, Inurlo l.lnd. iwaid Malmln, William Perry, .) 8. Smith. Seniors Fannie Coopor, Maria lion. Clara M. Koiol, Myrtlo Lar- M, f.nriit i.a nam, aucho i.iiik, ili Payne, Mario Walker, Ijiwronce iiios, Kenneth Howell, Jacob Rlch ilMn, Joliu Southr.rd, George C. alker, Harry Wilson. 8vuuly-four per cent of pupils on M liunor roll. . . Frederick Knight, Principal. Grade Hchool EIkIiHi Grade Wade Rutherford, Wi ('rouse, Mclva Hattnn, Alvln ill, Agnes Wicks, Norman Wilklns, tlin Ilurion, Opal Horglund, ('heater rth, Kdnn Gartman. Seventh Grade Morrlman Rubens. irrlo Makl, Olive Dunwoody, Nina roune, Corlnne Hill, Gladys Ijiko, jrulliy Akin, Katie Lynch, May !-ln, John Slen, Gordon Isblstcr, Hired Hyde, Iluth I Mont, Athe- ln Chlttim, Carl Tucker, Naomi wnnoll, Glen Faxon, Mary Ituymer. fm North. 88 per cent on the honor roll. Mini Lelth, Teacher. Sixth Grade Robert Blackburn, brohl Cornthwr.lt. Milton Faxon, toma:i Kottell, Willie Lynch, Jnmes r, I'aul Neff. Miller Poor, Bur i Komhhco, Nora arvey, Zella putantlno, Uoho CorKlRlia, Murlon M, Helen Dodd, Charlotte Doncaa- Velma Felton, Zuo Uage, Anna- llle iHblater, ChriHtine Lundxrcn, frena Malniln, Uora Peer, Flossie' rco, Mao Hubons, Gilda Moreno, prio Hhtckloford. I. ) per cont on the honor roll. Joseph McCoy, Teacher. '"Hi Grade Ronald Illokeuley, f'do Cunaparoll, Erny Fulls, Teddy rrlnon, Jenue Lansing, Archie Mo "nsld, Kenneth Prntt, Goorge Ho mo. Tommy-Williams. Harold Ha- Heutrlco Alton. Marilla Ulack, "'lys Harton, Audrey Cooley, Irene ', Iloatrlce Lake, Lucille Lewis, Pa Lynch, Nudlne Muce, Marian !"un, Helen Rlcen, Harriet Ross, '"cilia Randlfur. '2 per cont on honor roll. E. O. WilHon, Teacher. Fourth Grade Goorge Roll, Nao 1 f'lilttcm, Agues Hattan. Edwin "Henlinrg, Grace Horton, Goraldlne "'tel. Roberta Long. Evelyn Petor- r"i Jlllin Hum Unlinna ui-Ib Sahln. Marlon Sten. Edltli Me. 9 pur cent on honor roll. M. Slotboom, Teacbor. Tl'lrd Grado Eleanor Fultx. Ruth ll!. I-oiiIho King. Ethol Bradford, uulne Hlack, Clara Cooloy, Ethel lx,n. Ellen Ellofsoth, Myrtle Gage, nll,y Hyde. Lllllnn Knrknn. Vera llpy. Ruth Levi. Gonetta Marino, irothy Pluren. T.nnnn Pnnr fimin- ''V LailKltlir nnuoatl Tlnlilhv Al- Vl1 Hlackburn, Eugeno Carrie, ;'nry Dcthmnn. Elinor Fultz. Willis ""drlekx, Freddie Lako. Alva Mc Johnnlo Maco. Harvey Piorco. f wl Quam, Charles Ross, Norman REPUBLICANS HOLD ENTHUSIASTIC RALLY; FULTON MAKES SPEECH MitkrH Throe Hmi-IIIi Clinrgcd AgnliiMt lleitiiHTatli' Party. THE COLUMBIA AND NEHALEM YALLEY RAILROAD SCHOONER RUBY LAUNCHED SATURDAY (liy courtesy of Tho Thubernian.) (Continued on page 5) llefore a largo audience of repre sentative men and women In the, city ball Tuesday night, Hon. Charles W. Kulton, former Culled States senator of Oregon, delivered a iiiaterrul speech on the political Ii.hiich of the day. Time and time again ho was Interrupted by applause, which showed the audience was heartily In accord with the truths he expounded. In opening bis address, Senator Fulton paid his ruspects to those who d I (Tercel from him politically. Ho said: "Each mun has a right to be lieve a.i ho wants, but I am here to tell you why 1 am a republican and also to point out some of the mis takes of thu democratic administra tion." Mr. I'ullou made ihreo specific cliurr.es against the present adminis tration Incompetence, extravagance and disloyalty; ami, reading from the democratic platform, he quoted that portion of It which denounced the extruvaganco of previous administra tions and promised economy In the administration of federal affairs, the abolishment of useless offces and a roturn to democratic simplicity. As to tho abolishment of useless offices, the speaker pointed out that under Wilson's administration 30,000 new offices had been created for the "pork hunters," ut a cost of $40,000,000 per year; and a sample of demo cratic economy was that, excluding the naval and army appropriations and tho cost of tho present schedule of preparedness, the cost of running the government wus $M5,000,000 per yenr more than when the repub licans wore In power. Iu speaking of the I'nderwood free trado law, Mr. Fulton stated Hint at I he time of the passage of this law the trade balance was in favor of the United Status, hut in ten months after Us passage the balance was ro- duccd from $600,000,000 to $3.10.- 000.000, showing conclusively that with tho tariff cut off the markets of the Cnlted Slates were flooded with foreign goods. During thoso ten months, tho speaker said, "tho Urea of tho factory furnaces were ex tinguished und the wheels ceased to turn" and "three million of Amer ican workmen were out of employ ment." This wus the ten months period before the war the war that 2. has brought tho prosperity to the!-!- country, credit for which prosperity j the democrats claim. He said Hie republican pnrty did not wish to bring prosperity to mo couimj such proiiperity has to come hy ttio slaughter of our follow beings, such prosperity conies with the tears and anguish of iho widows and the sorrow of the mothers whoso sons have fallen; if such prosperity has 1 roach our shores on a wav ui Tills road begins at Kerry station, a point r.evon miles went of Clatska nle, Oregon, where the Kerry Tim- ner ( ompaiiy owiib threo miles of j Nolinlem tMmm '.mm if V: I rT V T 1. mmmmm nswtr' -''4 ffKc .r'iS Office of Kerry Timber Co., Kerry, Ore. Trestle on line of Columbia Nchnlom. Loader In action Kerry Timber Co. A. S. Kerry, president Kerry Timber Co. Visitors on recent trip of inspection. boomugo. The main line is 25 miles In length, with 60-pound stoel. The country between Kerry and the terminus Is exceedingly rough, cuts and fills fol lowing in quick succes sion. A grade of 2 per cent favorable to tho loud obtains on tho Columbia river side of tbs iummit, witli a maximum adverse grado of 1 V4 per cent leading to the bummit. An. ng tho difficulties encountered in the build ing of the line was the driving of an 1800-foot tunnel ut the summit. A vein of quicksand gave a great deal of trouble and unforeseen expense, hut aflc; a delay of nearly a year the boro was com pleted and Is giving no fur ther difficulty. The tun nel is said to be the long est logging railroad tunnel in the west. Eight loco motives are used on the line. Seven camps are served by the Columbia & Nolin lem, having a combined dally capacity of nearly one million feot. The greater portion of the timber tapped by th road is Douglas fir, with about 10 per cent cedar cut by tho canips west of tho tunnel. Mr. Kerry estimates that without fur ther extension, 8,000,000,- 000 feet of timber can be removed by the line. This nowover, ts by no means the limit of the amount that can be reached by the road. The line is doing a good passenger business as well as freight business, having four gasolino cars which Mr. Kerry terms "jitneys," doubtless because the fare is 5 cents per mile. These gasoline cars are automo biles adapted to railroad traffic, using steel flanged wheels. Tho jitneys serve tho passenger needs very nicely. Besides tho travel front the seven canips, the line taps a very old settle ment having a considerable population. INTERESTING OCCASION Tliird Motor Ship to Slide Into Water From St. Helens Shipyard. BIG DAMAGE SUIT NOW ON TRIAL $10,000 IS SUM DEMANDED Other Canes on Docket Grand Jury in Ketwiion. to carnngo and blood." Ho pointed out tho fact tbut when the war was ovor each nation engaged In the titanic Btruggle would be forced to a more economical progrnm than ever before. and that a reasonable tariff was neces sary to protect the American Indus tries and the American workmen. Mr. Fulton Bcored tho administra tion's Mexican policy. He cited the fact that Mr. Wilson thought Hnorta wasn't a real good mnii to rule Mex ico, so ho would not rocognlze him as the bend of tho government, but when a party of United States ma rines lunded at Vera Cm and wero arrested, but promptly released, Mr. Wilson cnllod for on apology from this bbiiio Huorta and demanded a saluto to tho flag, though, so far as Wilson was concerned, Huerta was not head of tho Mexican govornmoni. Mr. Huerta apologized, and although Wilson nnd Jo-BO-phus Daniels sent tho American fleet to Mexico to have the flag saluted, the fleet stonmod home without carrying the American refugees In Moxlco "and with the flag not snlutod yet." Mr. Fulton also drew a striking seeking Mr. Fulton charged, the president used the high olTico he occupies for tho furtherance of his plan for re noniiiiation and reelection, and con irasted his actions with thoso of 'harles Evan Hughes, "who, holding no of the highest offices In the land, refused to become a candidate, re fused to do anything to bring about TAKES BRIDE At the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Owens, Wednesday night, the wed ding of two popular young St. Hel ens young people, Mr. Roy Uauser man and Miss Jean Roid, was sol emnized, Rev. Hisey officiating. The brido was' attended by her friend, his nomination, nnd not until he had i Miss Elsie Corkhill, nnd James Kemp resigned tho office and returned to Iho rnnkB of a common citizen would ho accept the honor tho people had tendered him." Mr. Fulton spoke of the long nnd honorable career of the republican candldato and predicted Hint tho people of tho nation will turn to him as tho man to lead lliem out of tho wilderness of democratic entanglements. A pleasing incident of tho evening occurred just as Mr. Fulton finished his speech. Tom U'utts, who occu pied a seat on tho stago, came for word nnd suggested three cheers for "Fulton, Hughes and the Grand Old Party," nnd the enthusiastic manner in which the cheers rang out was satisfactory ovldenco that tho audi ence agreed with tho speaker on bis views and believed that Hughes nnd tho principles nnd the party he repre sents are tho best for the whole country. was best ninn. After the ceremony the young couple left for Portland by nuto, and beforo returning to St. Hel ens they will make a ohort wedding trip to several points of interest in Oregon. Tho bridegroom is well known in St. Helens and is tho owner of the steamer Hoo Hoo, and the bride dur ing her several years of residence here has mado many friends. There iro many In St. Helens who wish the uewlywcds a pleasant voyage on life's marital r.on. The three-masted power schooner Ruby was launched at the St. Helen" shipyard Saturday. While this event was not very extensively advertised, many even in the city not knowing Unit this Important event was to take place, nevertheless quite a dele gation was present to witness the cciemony. Promptly at 3:15 she slid into the water as gracefully as a swan, the trim hull just getting under way ns Miss Ruby Wrightson, daughter of ''apt. Wrightson, broke a bottle of good champagne on tho bows and christened the schooner "Ruby," fter herself. A number of Portland spectators watched the initial dip, which makes tho third motorship to take the wa ter at the St. Helens yards, namely, the City of Portland, the June and he Ruby, the first two now being on the high seas. The Ruby is owned by Capt. Wm. Wrightson of Mobile, Ala., and when 'ompleted will make her first voyage o Balboa with lumber. Tho docks of the St. Helens Lum ber Company presented a busy shlp ilng appcaranoe Wednesday. Four steamers were taking cargo, the 'Clamath, Yosemite, Mafair and Jo 'ian Poulsen. After a fast trip, the steamer Kla math, Captain Cullen, arrived in Tuesday morning. She brought some lupplies for the shipyard and 30 pas sengers. The Iralda took the pas sengers on up to Portland. The steamer sailed last night with a mil ion feet of lumber nnd piling nnd a large number of passengers. Tho steamer Yosemite, Captain Silvia, arrived in Wednesday morn ;ng nnd worked cargo until 4 o'clock Thursday morning, when she sailed tor San Pedro. On her first visit to St. Helens in i number of months, the steamer lohan Poulsen, Captain Ulverstadt, '.rrlved in Wednesday morning for a inrtial cargo for delivery at the Bay City. Tho Poulsen sailed late Wednesday evening for Westport, vhero she will complete her cargo. The steamer Mayfair, after taking in a cargo of 725,000 ft. of lumber, ailed Thursday night for southern California ports. This Is tho first Mlp of the Mayfair to the Columbia river in some time. She has been in 'he San Francisco-Panama trade. Lumber shipments from St. Helens for the month of September reached i total of more than 5,000,000 ft. The shipments given below were rrom both the St. Helens Lumber Co. xnd the Columbia County Lumber Company: Steamer. Feet Nehalem 750,000 Ktamalli 520,997 Wapama 932,707 Willamette 379,558 Celilo 066,297 Klamath 220.351 Nehalem 720,152 Wellesley 731,318 Klamath 111,785 Circuit court has been in session during the past week. The case which is exciting the greatest Interest is the damage suit of Harry Peterson vs. 11. F. McCormick, E. E. Quick, J. II. Southard, G. I. Chance and Peter Stono for $10,000 damages. The case was called Wednesday and a Jury secured and part of the evi dence submitted, but as Thursday was a non-judicial day, Columbus day, the case was continued until Friday. The grand jury was also in session hut no indictments have been re turned. Following is the members of tho grand Jury: C. R. Parker, B. B. Franklin, O. O. Nickerson, A. R. Holmes, S. C. Knighton, J W. Nowels and W. P. Maclay. The following cases were disposed of: Sanford M. Gower vs. Adalene Cower, for divorce. Decree granted. M. J. Kinney et al. vs. J. P. Mar shall et al. Foreclosure. G. W. Jones vs. Pete Felton. De murrer overruled. Defendant allowed four days to answer. S. E. Lewis vs. B. D. Kellar and Wm. Hering. Motion for rehearing. Ethel Hicks vs. Claud E. Hicks. Divorco. Decree granted. T. A. Mclntire vs. Ethel Mclntire. Divorco. Default and reference. Mr. and Mrs. Chns. Thompson have had ns their guests tho past week their son Lloyd nnd wife, who wero married in Seattlo Septomber 28 on bin arrival from Alaska, where ho enntrnst hotweon the man .. . I ...n Ilia AfTicn ROUCllt H W ITp for a sln- spent the summer. They left Tues- gle term, but soon after his election, day for their home In Portland. WELL KNOWN CITIZEN ANSWERS SUMMONS After a lingering Illness, August Ketel, a respected citizen of St. Hel ens, passed away Tuesday evening He hud been a resident of St. Helens nlnco 1904. At tho time of bis donth ho was surrounded by his family: Tho funeral Bervlces were held at tho Methodist church Thursday after noon, Rev. V. J. Eppllng of Portland nn old-tlmo friend of tho deceased, officiating, nnd the interment was in the Odd Fellows cemetery near War ren. Total 5,033,165 MUST BE SIGNED PRESCOTT WILL AT LAST HAVE ROAD Trestle to Be Built Connecting Sta tion With Main Highway. After a year of isolation, so far as roads go, Prescott will soon have a road so its citizens may come and go without having to rely entirely on the trains or walking the railroad track. The county court has award ed a contract to T. J. Fllppin to build a trestle from the Prescott station across the lowlands and connect with tho main highway about one-half mile south of Little Jack Falls. The contract price is $4,500, and work will be started during the coming week nnd probably completed before the first of the year. By the terms of tho contract, Mr. Fllppin will wait for his money until the taxes begin to come in next spring, so the district (No. 4) will riot be spending money that has al ready been appropriated for other purposes. The proposed improvement is one that will be appreciated by the Prescott people and the public at largo. More than 100 people live in Prescott and they were certainly en titled to a road. Tho Mist is glad they will have it. HAVERLEIGH CLUB MEETS IN ST. HELENS The Mist has received a communi cation relative to the Warren-St. Hel ens road from one who signs "A Tax payer and a Subscriber." The letter contains valuable information, but adhering to its rule not to publish anonymous communications, the Mist will not publish the letter unless its author discloses his identity. The Mint Is only too glad to have Its sub scribers discuss tax, road and other problems which nro for the public welfare, but such communications must bo signed. The name of the party writing tho letter will not be published unless he requests it, but the signed letter must be in our files. This newspaper has no fight to wngo on the county court, any road supervisor or any county official, but we aro trying to give information relntlvo to the expenditure of public funds, and our source of information Is from the courthouse records. Members of the Haverlelgh Tennis Club held a meet on the local courts last Sunday. Some exciting and hard fought matches were held. The visitors are one of the leading clubs in Portland and were well qualified to uphold their reputation. Mr. Noren was one of the players to reach the semi-finals iu the men's singles In the Murraymead tournament in Portland. L. R. Rutherford succeed ed In winning from him after a hard match, 7, 5 6, 1. H. J. Turner and L. R. Rutherford won three sets out of five in the doubles. Reuben Sten and Knute Bjorkman put up a hard fight but wero finally defeated in their dou bles, as was Mr. Sten in the singles with Mr. Rohr, but it was a very close match. Miss Madeline Slotboom, who la one of tho promising players for St. Helens in the ladles' department, played an excellent game and may be depended upon to bring victory to St. Helens In future matches. Mrs. Frank James spent the week with her parents, and her husband, the Rev. Frank James, came Monday to accompany her to thoir new home at Lebanon, where he was sent by I.- .: