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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
LUME XXXVI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917
NO. 18
HELENS RECRUITS
ESCORTED TO TRAIN
MY AND NAVY DUTY
I t'ntliuliwli)- t'illxmiN iather t
Jll,,n In Homir of Voluiilorm.
(withstanding the inclement
ihtrl' close to 400 enthusiastic
patriot la cltlzoiis of fit. Helens
r it the Ht. Helens depot to give
or to the volunteers who departed
iriny and navy duty, and to wIbIi
lm gciou iui iiu lutuuji.
ioiikIi tli train was not duo until
clock, Hi" crowd began gathering
irtly after N. Auto busses and
ate autos uiudo trip after trip
tying friends and relatives of the
, and when tlio train did arrive,
uding room In the waiting room,
the depot platform and on, the
ki wan at a premium. The St.
int bund went out shortly after
clock and entertained tlio crowd
li well choacn palrlotlo selection.
rowd of Mul hcIiooI boya were on
J r.ml kuvo hurrulia for each boy
i had responded to Undo Ham 'a
1 The teuchnrs In the city schools
e there to any goodbye to their
lura: tho parents of the volun-
ra were there to again aay good-
, and In fact men, women and
ilren in every walk of life were
re lo show the departing boya that
Helena wuh proud of them,
majority of the recrulla who left
to the navy, though aome have
'eu the army and othera the avia
n corps. Sunday afternoon aeveral
the lioya left, and during the week
ii y more have applied at the sev-
I recruiting stations In Portland
enlistment In different branches
the government aorvloe.
As the train drew Into the station,
1 band played "My Country, Tla of
e," and although a drizzling rain
t fatliiiK tho crowd atood with
red heuilH while the boya embarked
1 the train pulled out from the
ulloii hearing tho St. Helena boya
o go to perform their duty aa
uerlcans and In anawor to their
untry's call. St. Helens la aa palrl-
lc aa any other city In Oregon, and
number of boya enllNtlng, and the
mor ahown thom by tho citizens
lly demonstrates this assertion.
tOUNTY FAIR BOARD
HAS GOOD MEETING
Already Formulating Plans to
Mnke Fair Itlg Hurraui.
The Columbia County Fair board
fiit Sutiirduy afternoon In the office
' County School Superintendent
a lion. All members wore nrAHent.
lie officers helluvo that by starting
f work now and keeping at It, thia
"r's fair will ecllpao all othera.
flu dates have been aet for Soptem-
1, 20 und 21. In an effort to
"courage attendance from towna
utalilo of tl0 county, and bIho those
'ho live In tho county but are aome
'stance from 8t. Holena. the board
Mil eutubllHh frco camping grounds
khero water, light and other convenl-
n will be Installed. This will
f"ako U possible for those wishing to
Mud two or three days at the fair
Jo do so with very little exponse.
Special attention will be nam to
hKrtculturul products, especially those
mined on recently logged off lund.
A credltuble exhibition of livestock
be another feature, and attract
ive premiums will be hung up as an
inducement for the stock raisers to
whig their fine cattle, horses and
"lne to the fair.
The board la now preparing the
premium list and hopes to have It
'he luinds of the public In May.
$4,000,000.00 FOR
LOCOMOTIVES
The recent order of the Union Pa
cl"c system for 79 now locomotives
"eprenonts an outlay of nearly 14,-
u,O0O. Tho locoinotlvos coat from
5,0no to tun nan nM, .mi win
J slotted to the parent line, the
Oregon-Wnshlngton Ilnllroad & Navi
gation systom and the Orogon 8hort
J-1"0' Contracting for this new mo
lve Power la part of the system's
'"'gram 0f preparedness for rapid
""'eiopment of tho country served by
1 .
iiiihb at the close of the world
war
OREGON POSTMASTERS
ARE PATRIOTIC
Are (Jiving Valuable Aid in Recruit.
liK for Army.
Oregon postmasters are patriotic
and ure assisting Uncle Sum's re
cruiting officers iu securing men for
tlio army and navy. According to
records In the office of the naval
recruiting atution In Portland, the
postmaster In Corvallls leuds all
other postmasters In sccurlug re
cruits. Although au act of congresi
pauni'd some mouths ago mude the
provision thut a postmaster should
ho allowed $5 for oath recruit ob
tained and accepted, very few of the
postmasters are demanding or ac
cepting the government check for the
survlce they perform. When such
act was pussed the country was not
t war, but the government officials
wished to bring the land and sea
forces up to the numerical strength
required, hence the offer. Record
In the naval recruiting office In Port
land show that while 182 men have
been aent In by Oregon postmasters,
enly 12 applications have been made
for the 15 per head allowed by the
government. With an Idea of ascer
taining how the postmasters of Col
umbia county felt towards the work
and also as to accepting money for
obtaining recruits, tho Mist Inter
viewed the postmasters In Scappoose,
St. Helens, Kuliiler and Clatskanle
The post maMer at Scappoose stated
that under no circumstances would
the reward be demanded or accept
ed. That It Is a time for every cltl
ten to aid tho government In every
possible way without expecting a re
ward. Tho postmaster at Rainier
stated that "None of that kind of
money will be accepted by me, I II do
my duty as nn American cltiien and
am proud lo bo In a position to help."
The postmaster at Clatskanle stated
that no demand had been made nor
would bo mude by his office for any
work that he had done toward secur
ing recruits. The postmaster at St.
Helens stated that no demand would
be made for any work done In the
office, hut If necessary to go out and
secure recruits, thus placing addi
tional work on tho office, the gov
ernment should pny for the service.
This would also pertain to the Indi
vidual not on Uncle Sam's payroll
should any extraordinary effort be
put forth and at a sacrifice of the
Individual's time from his regular
duty. The doctors and dentists of
tho town have made preliminary ex
aminations of many of the boys who
wanted to enlist, and a local optician
has donated his services for testing
tholr eyesight, and they have done
so without hope of receiving a gov
ernment chock. In reply to an In
quiry addressod to Senator Chamber
lain, chairman of military affairs of
the United States senate, the Mist
rocelved the following telegram:
"Washington, D. C. April 18.
"St. Helens, Mist, St. Helens, Ore
gon. "The law allows each postmaster
$5 for recruits obtained and accept
ed by tho department. Whether this
fen shall be waived or not Is entirely
In discretion of postmaster. No legal
obligation to do so.
GEO. E. CHAMBERLAIN."
Tho senator, as will bo noted,
states there Is no legal obligation to
do so, but one might draw tho Infer
ence that a moral or patriotic obliga
tion of the postmaster or private
Individual Is to help the government
in securing men to man vessels of the
navy and to guard the border line of
tho country without hope of securing
a govornment check for f 5 per head
for each man obtained. The Mist will
endeavor to secure the names of those
mercenary postmasters who have de
mnndod and accepted the $5 for each
recruit sont In, and will publish such
list if It ran be obtained.
Quite a number of St. Helens cltl
sens went up to Portlnnd yesterday
to participate In the patriotic pa
rade. Had the weather been good,
no less than 100 would have gone
and been In the line of march. The
0 Iris' Honor Guard had made pre
parations to go, but on account of the
bad weather and the uncertainty of
the parade officials In Portland aa
to whether or no the parado would be
held, at the lust mlnuto decided not
to attend,
ALIEN ENEMIES NOT
ALLOWED FIREARMS
President Has Imued IWlamation
am Officers Must Kuforre It.
United States Attorney Clarence
L. Iteama has mailed to each county
attorney a copy of the proclamation
of the president. This proclamation
was made on April 6, and makes it
unlawful for alien enomies to have
In their possession any of the follow
ing articles:
Any firearm, weapon or Implemont
.jf war, or component part thoreof,
ammunition, maxim tr other silenc
er, bomb, or explosive, or material
used In the manufacture of explos
ives; any aircraft or wireless appar
atus, or any form of signaling device,
sr any form of cipher code, or any
paper, document, or book written or
printed In cipher or in which there
may be Invisible writing.
Tho Unltod States attorney adds:
"Your co-operation In" enforcing
this proclamstlon is earnestly de
sired. I request that you Inform the
sheriff of the county and the police
officers of your principal cities of the
terms of this letter; that you also
cause this notice to be published and
by this proclamation notify alt alien
enomies within your county to bring
to either police headquarters or the
office of the sheriff and to there sur
render any and all articles which It
Is unlawful for them to have In their
possession. A detailed receipt should
bo given by the sheriff or tho chief of
police for all articles so surrendered.
and at the close of the war audi arti
cles should then be returned.
"Give further notice to the effect
that any alien enemy who falls to
surrender such article within twenty-
four hours after such public notice
will be subject to summary arrest If
such articles shall be found In his
possession; and tho articles will be
seized and forfeited to the use of the
United States. In this connection,
please call particular attention to the
proclamation of the president of date
April 6, 1917, a copy of which was
on that day published tn all of the
newspapers of the state.
"Kospectfully,
"CLARENCE L. REAMES.
"United States Attorney."
The officers of Columbia county
liuve beeu duly Informed of this
necessary action and are tuking ateps
to soe that It Is carried out to the
letter.
WILL LAUNCH VESSEL
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
All rrcrtJon Made and Vemel
Will Take Initial Dip at 8 P. M.
The officials of the St. Helena
Shipbuilding Company have made all
necessary arrangements for the
launching of the motor schooner
Frank D. Stout, and It Is expected
that the vessel will glide from the
ways at 3 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. Miss Angle Owens, daughter
of a prominent timberman of Port
land, will christen the vessel.
The koel of the vessel was laid six
months ago and good progress has
been made, aB she la now practically
complete with the exception of the
Installation of machinery and cargo
gear. The stout is zuu reel long,
43 feet beam and 18 feet depth of
hold, and Is built on the lines of a
single ender steam schooner. Cargo
gear forward and aft will rapidly
load or discharge the veasol. For
motive power the Stout will have two
320 h. p. Bollnder engines, which
will propel the vessel at 8 miles per
hour. Her owners, the Oregon-Call
fornla Lumber Company, plan to use
the vessel for handling the output
of their large mill at Brookings, Ore
gon, and Bhe will ply between that
place and San Francisco. The turn
ber capacity of the Stout Is 900,000
feet.
WITHDRAWS SHIPS
Oovornor Wlthyoombe has re
celved advices from Secretary of the
Nuvy Daniels that coutracts, loaning
the U. S. S. Marblehoad and tho U
S. S. Goldsborough to Oregon had
boon terminated, and that they had
i.onn withdrawn from duty In the
Btate. The two were loaned to the
stale for the training of the naval
militia.
HONOR GUARD WILL
MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
Public Cordially Invited to Attend
Meeting at City Hall.
St. Helens has a branch of the
Girls' National Honor Guard. Due
to the Inspiration of public minded
citizens it waa organized on the eve
ning of April 12. Thirty-seven girls
signed up for the work at that time,
und It now is affiliated with the state
branch. The officers elected were
Madeline Allen, leader; Marie Paul
son, assistant hader; Madeline Slot
boom, secretary; Anna Quick, treas
urer. Mrs. Edna Laws has been appoint
ed captain of Corps 1, which will take
jp "first aid." Corps 3 has named
as Its captain Madge Morrelle. This
division is endeavoring to secure In
struction In automobile driving and
n telegraphy.
The guard Is organized for work,
ind Its object Is to do what It can
to be of use to our country tn time
of war. Each girl is to learn one
thing well and to use this knowledge
for the benefit of her country If she
la called upon to do so. No girl is
nocessarily required to leave home.
Tuesday night, April 24, the Honor
Guard will have a public meetlug at
the city hall. D. C. Howard, county
agricultural agent, will be the prin
cipal speaker and will advise the
guard as to the best methods of
planting and cultivation. Several of
the business men of the city will
also give short talks.
It Is necessary that the jlrls watch
the bulletin boards t the city ball
r.nd the post office for notices. Watch
for the guard news; It will be of
Interest.
LIST OF TRANSFERS "
FOR THIS WEEK
April 12. Kato Perry et ux. to
John W. Boyd; land In Sees. 5 and 6,
T. 4 N.. R. 1 W., II.
Austin Dowling to Bessie G. Dow
ling; St4 of lot - and S of lot 2,
blk. 3, Esto, 110.
Chester A. Flunagan to Austin A.
Dowling et ux.; lots 7 and 8, blk. 3,
Esto, IS 6.
April 13. Verna Ridley et ur. to
Frauk H. Reynolds; lot 0, blk. "B,"
Moecks add to Rainier, 110.
April 14. G. W. Cooper et ux. to
Earl Cooper; land in Sec. 3, T. 6 N.,
R. 2 W., 1.
Geo. W. Hasty et ux. to H. H.
Farnham et ux.; land tn Sec. 31, T.
6 N.. R. 1 W., $10.
H. B. Nichols et ux. to R. W.
Nichols; lots and blocks in City of
St. Helens, 1.
April 16. Annie Payne to Bertha
Qulnn; land In Sees. 20 and 28, T
3 N.. R. 1 W.. 13000.
Bertha Qulnn et ux. to B. R. Rlch-
ter; Innd n Sees. 20 and 28, T. 3 N.,
R. 1 W., $10.
Rainier Pythian Bldg. & Cemetery
Association to Rainier Lodge No. 68;
lot 4, blk. 16, Rainier, 11000.
April 17. Erlck Matson Newman
et ux. to Ole Mlckelson et ux.; land
In Sec. 24, T. 4 N.. R. 2 W.. $7400.
Charles Graham to John W. Boyd;
land In Sees. 5 and 6, T. 4 N., R. 1
W.. $1.
NATIONAL BANK
AT SCAPPOOSE
S. M. Maun & Co. Granted a National
Charter.
The officers of S. M. Mann & Co
have been Informed by the United
States treasury department that their
application for a national charter has
been granted, fho bank will take
tho now name of First National Bank
and will have the distinction of be
lng tho first and only national bank
In Columbia county. It la with con
siderable satisfaction that the man
agement point to the fact that It has
been a little over one year since they
took hold of the old organization.
then the Farmers State Bank, have
reorganized the business and butlt It
up to ho point whore the business
Justified and demanded a national
charter. The new bank has a capital
of $25,000 and wlit rotatn the same
officers and directors, namely S. M
Mann, president; J. S. Mann, vice
president; Danial Crowley, cashier;
J. G. Watts and Gustav Lange, di
rectors.
COMMANDER PRAISES
ST. HELENS BOYS
Is WeU I'leaoed With Young Men
Oiminj; From Ht. Helens.
The Mist la in receipt of a letter
from Lieut. Com. Blackburn, U. S.
N., recruiting officer tn Portland, in
which he pralBes the St. Helens boys
who have enlisted. While congratu
lating the city on what has been ac
complished, It can be seen that Lieut.
Blackburn still looks to the city to
furnish more men for the navy. The
letter Is as follows:
"Portland, April 17.
"St. Helena Mist, St. Helens, Ore.
"Gontlemen: In the midst of tho
busy scenes which characterize "war
times," I am constrained to take suf
ficient time to lnfcfrm you of our
appreciation of the splendid young
men St. Helens has sent to thejpavy.
We have only praise for the excel
lent physique and mentality of the
St. Helens boys, who showed the
courageous patriotism required to
Join the first line of defense, and
earnestly hope there are more In St.
Helens like these boys. I advise
young men that if they wish to avoid
action and thrilling scenes they would
better not Join the navy, because it is
a practical certainty that all of us
will see, and participate in, the kind
of action that demands cool-headed-ness
and resourcefulness. The United
States navy needs and Is getting that
kind of young men. The Oregon
spirit Is proving Itself in that the
best blood of Oregon is rallying to
the first line of defense, and St. Hel
ens is no exception.
"In the status of a recruiting party,
we of the navy here in Oregon are
extremely few in numbers and must
rely on the - thoughtfulncss and pa
triotism of Oregonians to select the
best young men for the United States
navy. St. Helens Is doing her part
but should do more, and I hope to
see at least 20 more young men from
St. Helens by April 20, at which time
the president greatly desires to have
the navy fully munned.
"Respectfully,
"J. H. BLACKBURN,
"Lieutenant Commander U. S. N.
Recruiting Officer."
Since the writing of this letter sev
erul have responded to the call and
tn all probability more will go within
'.ho next feways.
CITY OFFICIALS
ARE APPOINTED
Council Makes Appointment of Re
corder and Marshal.
At the regular meeting of the
council Monday night, the mayor
nominated E. E. Quick as recorder
and George Potter for marshal. Both
of the appointmonts were confirmed
uy tne council, r. s. white was
olected by his fellow councllnien as
president of the council. The matter
of the appointment of a city attorney
was delayed until the next meeting
of the council.
A warrant for $100 was drawn In
favor of the St. Helens Volunteer Fire
Department, this being the amount
due them for services for the past six
months.
Soverdl small claims against the
city were allowed.
The council went on rocord as in
favor of the patriotic parade tn Port
land yesterday and instructed the
mayor and citizens to attend the pa
rade and manifest their loyalty and
patriotism.
An ordinance relativo to the sale
or possession of Intoxicating liquor
and prescribing penalty for violation
of the ordinance was passed to the
second reading.
L. R. Rutherford aBked the council
to pass an ordinance making a fire
district and stipulating that only fire
proof buildings should be built with
tn that district. No action was taken
Many mutters of regular routine
business were taken up and disposed
of.
Tho steamer Klamath arrived In
Thursday afternoon, coming from
San Francisco. She immediately be
gan taking on cargo and is due to
sail Saturday night with more than
a million feet of lumber for delivery
at San Pedro.
WELLINGTON NOW
IN ACTIVE SERYICE
IN NAVAL RESERVES
Receives Orders and Iteports to Ship
on Which He First Served.
John Harry Wellington, otherwise
known as "Duke," received orders
Friday afternoon from the command
ant of the 13th naval command to
report immediately at the navy yards
in Bremerton to the training ship
Philadelphia. Some weeks ago, Wel
lington enlisted in the naval reserve
and was expecting the call, so be
immediately left his Seaside home
in response to the orders. Mr. Wel
lington spent Saturday night and
Sunday in St. Helens arranging some
of his business affairs, and left for
Seattle on the 3:30 p. m. train. Wel
lington's orders were to report to
the training ship Philadelphia as
chief boatswain's mate. In 18 if 3
Wellington enli3t?d in the United
States navy during the Spanish-American
war. He enlisted In San Fran
cisco and was assigned to the flag
ship Philadelphia as an a bio bodied
seaman and served on this vessel
until the war was over, receiving lila
honorable discharge. By a strange
eulncidfnee Wellington was ordered
: ?nin the vessel that he firpt served
on nud was discharged from sven
U'en years ago. Before leaving.
"Duke" stated that he felt Just like
he was going to an old bom.) and he
wanted to see what tin old vessel
now looked like. He promised to
keep his friends informed, through
tho Mist and with the permission of
tho censor, what was doing in navr.l
preparations. "Once-a sailor, always
a sailor," and in this instance this
old saying Is certainly true. .
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Last Friday night the last debate
for the championship of the county
was given. The decision was 2 to 1
iu favor of our negatives, who de
bated at Scappoose, and 2 to 1 in fa
vor of the Scappoose negatives, who
debated here. The high school debat
ing team, who has won 8 points out
of 11, has won the championship of
the county. The high school is very
proud of her debaters.
Last Friday morning the program
consisted of a talk by Kenneth How
ell and a poem in which he bade fare
well to the students and the faculty. .
Then Harry Wilson also spoke for a
few minutes. Lawrence Davies an
swered these talks and then tho na
tional hymns were sung.
Sunday night a great number of
the pupils were at the depot to seo
the boys leave. Seven have left the'
high school end they are greatly
missed by all the students and the
faculty. Following are the names of
the boys who left and tho different
departments they entered: Harry
Wilson, yeoman; George Walker,
?oast artillery; Kenneth Howell,
navy; Dewey Smith, aviation corps;
Harold Decker, medical corps; Rob
ert Harrison, navy; Danny Faxon,
coast artillery.
Billy Dodd, who has been absent
from school for two weeks on ac
'ount of various injuries received in
a runaway, has returned.
CHURCH NOTICES
Congregational Church
10 a. in., Church school.
11a. m., Morning worship. Theme:
"The Conservation of Life."
3 p. m., Junior Christian En-
7 p. m., Christian Endeavor,
deavor.
8 o'clock, Evening service. Theme,
"Making Brotherhood Practical."
Methodist Kpiscopal Church
"The Friendly Church" Albert S.
Hlsey, pastor.
Sunday school 10 a. m. Lesson,
John 12:1-11. The "Trip to Pales
tine" contest will begin between the
Reds and the Blues. - Enroll at once,
and help make this a live contest.
Morning worship, 11 o'clock. Sub
ject of the pastor's sermon, "Prayer."
Epworth League, 7 p. ra. May
Goln, leader.
Evening services, 8:00 o'clock.
Visitors cordially welcome.
The Rev. J. S. Mowery will preach
at Yankton April 22, at 11 a. m,