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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
OLUME XXXVI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1917
NO. 20
40USANDS OF SACKS
J POTATOES HOARDED
,Vlunitii fount y Man II1
tu Have t.HM Him kn.
n,m l reliably Informed that
. ... I .. ... l.l i. ,illlltV hM
it bid ip - ' 7
U to 8.000 r. ki of potato la
,rH. Wl'lw tllM l,ul,llc U ffup-
lor I lack of fuU "PP"" n1
flmwiy i !" i,ut ''",d "
,WI the existing food shortage.
m 1,000 Mi-kit of potatoes are be
, held for hlKli'T prices. Evldoiit
Ihi price of potatoes li not IiIkIi
,,t0 to satisfy itio man who U
dim tliem. i oluwiila county
-j ... i. iwtimlnl inn of lfl.-
ppoieu W " '
n MODle. no these ."" acl, 01
itoM, divided equally, would give
,rr nun, wiiiuiiii and child in the
mi hlf trnt-k. Hut theycan't
. th potatoes; they are huld for.
,hw prices unci. strange to relate,
I Biin who, for year, ha burn
mtUIng to "help linmk the nieut j
it" or llglit t tit "beef truBt. I
. man who In IioIiIIiik the potatoes
douklnit people ko hungry. Truly
iilim example of real patriotism.
A then thn president of the St.
Honor Guard wrote to thli
uto kins f"r a donation, of two
eki of ieed poiiitoH, ho repllDil
il he was buy In K '--l potatoes him-
M II,,. lluiru1. n iUffaMnM In
;hiln the "ln'i'f truHl" and being
vkln tiln In tli ci rjotnto truHt. Thli
a man some muntlii ago, when
t torn wua on fire and tlio hay and
her articles stored within the barn
:ood a good rlinnce of being con
ined, made un appeal to tlio offl
iliof St. Hull-tin for aid. Tlio clty't
N, III firemen mid chemical appar-
(I Mimf m, nml fitir l.jiv. fnllffhl
.tlreaud helped save the big barn.
Kb of Hi" hone wan damaged. In
a iiiatrman naiiagn 01 me lire auu
ucr committee thought tho damage
VBtll .IHUUIIl 111 f IVV, I Ulll WHS
ul In en of tire ho had novor hoard
I mrone making a charge for the
rlew, anil hu rofUHud to pay the
Mil. CorrPHpomli'iico rvlatlve to the
utter li In tho hands of tho city
'ordr. Tim mimo of the man who
"MdliiK up tho niiirkot for hlghor
prlcc whilu pi'oplo are Buffering la
i'nnk I. Smith, who conducta a big
ch neur HcnppooHe. He la the
am who, In tho chuho and for the
lw of the common people, tried to
"k the "heef trunt."
Now, If Mr. Kinlth wanta to be a
buHlir let hi in pr.rt with a few
thuuMiid suckH of hid potatoes ao
kjry people my ho fed. Thla ac-
would not In tho lonat Interfere
Uh hu n-Kiilur buslneii of "buat
'I" the "beef trunt."
CREOSOTING PLANT
AGAIN IN OPERATION
lllg tinier for riling Inxorm Oj
lion of I'Unt fur Hovrral MoiiiIin
After a term of IdlenoHa, the plant
of the Ht. Helena CreoHotlng Conipany
In again in operation. Workmen were
advlnod to bo In rnndlnemi, and the
wheela of tho machinery begun turn
ing Monday morning. An ordor for
2, COO creoBoted pllliiK wua received
by tho conipany and It a I no hua an
ordor for crooroted Ht liven for water
plpen. The order booked are auffi
cl'Jiit to run the plunl for tho com
ing ninety duyi. Fifteen men who
formerly worked for the company
liavo reuumud their ni-veral occupa
.Itna. The piling order In for de
livery In . Hull KranrUco nnd San
I'edro, utid will be gotten out prompt-'
I). It I equivalent to 1 GO, 000 feet
llnenl ini-HHure or 3,000,000 feet
board Uieunuro. The II rut uhlpinent
to upply on tlio order will be innde
during next week, and ubHeiuent
nlilpmenta will follow until the orilei
1 1 flll-d.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Tli nulling bo far thla aoaaon haa
fry good for 8t. Holnna flHh
fn, who nro averaging about 300
i"na per day per man. Hoporta
"a Astoria received by Mr. Shol
J. ttate tho men huvo averaged
'row 700 to 1,000 pound per boat.
"y iihh Iieen making a price of
'"14 cents at Amorlu. At 8t. Hoi
dm. - . .
price of j t CUI1ta a pound In
OlternH ... .... ..
lla a. ...
. iieieiiH flHhormen will receive
Ihwub of one cent more than the
rlUt frlUH nre pliylKi Tn, wU1
Pnl'l for each pound Bold during
Allct the inlililln ,,r Mnv IhoM
Will he given, nn.la. il.. ji..iii.
. --, ... ...... mo uimtiiiuii v .
fr. McCoy, one of the flneot enter-
wnments of thu ,onHon for tho bene
me llhrary. Thla Ib a worthy
" aml Bhould receive the aupport
'B public. lJnBt yenr wo were
' to keep up the library with
money received .i. m. .i
nd with the help of the bual-m""-
Thla year the city haa
""'" help but we need nddl
Irtn.tl a.
iiiiuiH to run the library the
' malnder of the year. While the
rry whh founded by the Woman'a
,.l u" ror l"e bonoflt of the
' n"'1 1101 the club. In fact
" nun uhhh nit it. f..,i i..i...ii.,
l(,r the library In huvlng
The Hpelllug content has been Un
tuned. Of courne the aenlors were
vlctora. The copha were next in Hue.
but tho frenh were obliged to take
their proper place hint.
The aoldier boya ntutloned at Van
couver and former high achool atu-
dontH. vUlted their roipectlvo home
over tho week end. The boys still r.l
Vancouver are tleorge Walker. Uan
ii io Faxon, Harold Decker and Dewey
Smith.
Mr. Wvlla, unsintant atute superin
tendent and training class inspector
visited our school luxt Friday, A
groat deal depends upon tho report
be makes of our work. However, he
very kindly told us that ho was favor
ably Impressed with what he saw,
and Intended making a good report
Our baseball team will play It. II
d. next Suturday. May 5. at Kldgo
field. Everyone Bhould go and boost
for 8. II. II. 8. Tho game with War
i-en Ins Friday wiui Interrupted be
cause of the ruin. Hut three Inning
wore ployed and the score was 5 to
In fuvor of Warren.
Tho touchers' training class Is now
deep In tho mysteries of Hlblo stories.
Anyone who chances to visit this
raining class must bo prepared to
hear somo Hlblo stories they never
heard before."
Tho student body sincerely con-
;ratulates tho honor students of the
senior class Lawrenco Dovles. the
valedictorian, nnd Ils Payne, the
nluttttorlan, ore most worthy of
hose honors because of their high
cholarshlps throughout tholr four
years of high school.
dues.
and supplies. Thla entertain
1 Pro'lHes to be high clans In
rr uy, some of the bent talent In
U1A nil.. ...
-7 wttt take part. The exact
. '"' announced Inter. Watch
" o numi hills. Remember, thla
nctiy for tbe benot of tl)8 cty
kAILROAD LANDS IN INSANE MAN ABUSES
COLUMBIA COUNTY HIS OLD MOTHER
(ioverniiirnt Advises an to !.oraUon Kx-t4ir Declare H lm Insane and He
and Area of Inmdil (irant Inds. N (Viniiiltted to AkvIuiii
a circular Issued by N. Campbell, n. C. Felber, aged 64, was arrest
register, and George I. Smith, re- ed Monday by Deputy 8heriff Brown
elver, of the United States land of- und lodgod In the county Jail. Bel
:ice, states tho townships und ranges her, with his parents, live on the
n the Portland lund district In which Tide Creek road about six miles west
ho unsold grant lands of tho Oregon of Goble. Neighbors Informed the
4 California Itallroad Conipany may sheriffs office that the demented man
(e found. Clackamas, Yamhill, Polk had administered to his mother, who
.nd llenton counties contain the most Is 85 years old, a severe beating and
:f this land, although Washington, they asked that the man be taken
lultnomuh, Marlon, Lincoln, Colum- Into custody. Accordingly he was
hla und Tillamook counties have brought to St. Helens Monday.
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thoununds of acres. In Columbia Felber, who Is a bachelor, Is pon
xiuiity the lands aro located as fol- Nessed with the idea that his mother
lows: has conspired with the neighbors to
No. Acres poison htm and thus obtain his prop-
w. 12.88 orty and the gold ho has hoarded
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COURT AWARDS
PAVING CONTRACT
ADVOCATES OF GOOD
ROADS ARE ACTIVE
Nearly One Mile of Hard Surfaced
Pavement Will tie ImM.
itealize That Much Work Must He
Done so Hond Issue Will Carry.
W 2078. 68
up.
He claims that in several u-
j W 27J1 jg stances poison has been put in the
3 W 1277.80 milk he drinks as a tonic every
N., R. 3 W 9840. 17 morning, and that several of the
N-. R. 3 W 1600.00 n.,,lhnr. Vn- f 1. nH MoH 1.1.
mother In securing the poison. What
Total 17.675.00
The government outhorltlea have "8U,M!d ' arrest was the fact that
irepsred a township diagram show- 3n Sunday he gave bis mother a
nt the unsold lands, together with heating, which, as ho stated, she
acant lands in all townships, and needed. Someone had stolen several
these maus may be had for tl each, gallons of sauerkraut which he kept
upon application to the United States ln the waKn "hed. and he stated It
laud office in the Worcester Hulld-
ing, Portland, Oregon.
HONOR GUARD NOTES
would be Impossible for anyone to
take it unless his mother knew of It,
therefore when she could not point
out the guilty party he proceeded to
give her a sound thrashing.
Felber has quite a history. He
in Switzerl-ind and cam:
SHERMAN-SMITH
A very pretty home wedding was
solemnised 8unduy evening, April 29
it tho home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver smuii, w"u
their eldest daughter. Mumlo, became
iho bride of Mr. Caleb N. Shermun.
They were attended by the brldo's
sister. MIbs Houlah Smith, ana Mr.
Olonn. The ceromony was performed
by Rov. A. E.JIlsey, In the presence
nf falutlvna mill A few frlonds. The
rnmna were beautifully decorated
with pnle yellow daffodils. Follow
lug tho ceremony dainty refreshment
wore served. Tho young coupto tort
on tho evening train for a short wed
ding trip, ufter which they will be at
home to thefr frlondn at Sherman s
mill, where Mr. Sherman Is associ
tttod with his brother ln the sawmill
business.
Hoth bride and groom aro well
known and highly respected ln and
around St. Helens, and tholr many
friends Join In wishing them bon
voyage.
Tho bride's bounuRt, tossod from
the stairway, was caught by Miss
Agnes Brown.
Tho following guosts were present
Mr. Edwin Schloth, of Portland; Miss
Agnes Brown, Mrs. Corwln, Mrs. Fax
on. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Stanwood
Albort Faxon. Cnly Stanwood, Mr.
nnd Mrs. Charles Brown, Mr. Olcon
Ercol Stanwood, Corlnna Corwln and
Corps 1 of the Honor Guard met
in Monday night. By courtesy of the was born
Hoy Scouts they enjoyed the privilege with his parents to America forty-
f having Dr. Edwiu Ross give an ix years ago. He remembers '.he
nstructive lecture upon mo use 01 ooat ne sal leu on, tlio date he ar-
landages. Some practical demonstra- rived in New York, etc. After living
Ion was given to Illustrate different in Wisconsin for a few years, the
parts of the lecture, and after the lec- family caino to Oregon. In 1897
tore was over all of the girls attempt- Felber was adjudged insane and sent
ed to use tho knowledge they had to the Oregon insane asylum. He
tulned. Part of the girls were used didn't like the surroundings, so ran
is subjects while the others tried away and went to New Mexico. He
nut' their newly acquired skin at -lulms that he enlisted in the First
nuking the different bandages. New Mexico regiment but did not
This corps will meet every Mon- Ueo active service, that his regiment
lay night unless otherwise arranged was ordered to Albany, Georgia
The course will cover eight weeks, as where he was mustered out, recelv.
provided by tho Hed Cross book. An ng an honorable discharge. How
ixamlnation will then be held and all aver, he is not In possession of the
ccelvlng a passing grade will be discharge, as, after the neighbors at
twarded diplomas of service. tempted to poison him and made his
Classes have also been arranged itohiuch very sick, he applied for a
for Corps 3 by the kindness of Mr. I pension and sent his discharge, and
Levi of the City Garage. Driving and he has never heard from the officers.
epalrtng automobiles win ne ine suo- After being mustered out, he re
ject of endeavor for this class.' turned to the farm of the old folks
Do not forget the Honor Guard Hnd has been living there since.
basket social at tne city nan, Apru Felber. so he states, has been very
16. Tho girls are expecting everyone u(jUBtri0ug on the 20-acre farm, and
o tuke an interest in mis ami wbh.ii ,im.iI1B ii,8 Das. fourteen years has
ho potatoes grow. cleared eleveu acres of ground. He
Has also been very thrifty, for in
addition to having severul d izen
chickens, a cow and two horses, he
has amassed a fortune of $t20
which was all in the good gold coin
of the United States of America and
the
woods, the barn or elsewhere. The
neighbors, trying to locate his gold
In special session Saturday after
noon, the county court awarded a
contract to the Warren Bros. Con
struction Company for tho laying of
about one mllo of bltulithlc pave
ment. The pavemont will bo on the
county road, and Is to be 16 feet
wldo. Starting at the Mucklo corner,
the road will be paved to a point
where St. Helens street Intersects
Columbia street. Pavement will also
bo laid from the depot to a point
near the DeSpain hill. The Warron
people made the proposition to fur-
nlbh the bitumen, plant, superinten
dence end other necassary aid for
58 conts per yard, and the county
will do the scarifying, furnish the
rock and labor. It 13 cstim?.'.cd thr.t
n this manner the pavemeat can ba
iaia tor not exceeding xi.io per
yard. The property owners along
Columbia and Cowlitz streets have
.igreed with the court to pave in
front of their property to Join the
16-foot strip, so it Is probablo that
the entire 60 feet of the strsat will
!e paved.
At the meeting of the city council
Monday night, several of the heaviest
taxpayers wore present and gave the
council to understand tli.-.t if the
sewer on Columbia ctreet was put to
'.ho proper depth and size they would
reimburse the city Immediately. The
ouncil took favorable action ln the
matter, and also agreed to pave the
Intersections nnd the street In front
of the city hall.
It begins to look as though St
Helens, which is regarded as tho best
town within 100 miles of Portland
but at the same tinio the town with
the worst streets, has at last awoke
o the necessity of hard-surfacing,
majority of the citizens approve of
the action of the court and the coun
il, and the Warren company ha
promised to lay a pavement which
Aill be second to none ln the state
SHIPPING
The motor vessel City of Portland
Inlshed loading her cargo of mining
timbers Thursday morning, ana is ex-
...i . lunia nut this afternoon for
carefully burled In the garden.
I'ort 1 irie, Ausirauu. duo ram
jargo of 1.946,000 feet of lumber,
. . I Ininnilail at II HO I
mostly large of cour8e. CaUsed hlm to often chr.nge
in Australian mines. i. .-- the hl(1ng p,aco and nU mothcr be,
son who took, the vessel to Australia partner8lp wUh tho nelg
on her nrsi voyage, n "-
eeded by Captain McClemmons, for
j. r iinhori rtnltnr ConiDany. I .
"'" . hidden
Captain Johnson Having Duen
signed to shore duty.
The steamer Willamette arrived In
early Thursday morning and pro-
LA VERDAD ENTER
TAINMENT PROGRAM
Uieul Tulent to Give Kntertalnment
at City Hall Friday Evening.
bora, caused htm to worry greatly
for fear someone would discover the
treasure. To protect his
right, he had in bis possession a 38
calibre Smith & Wesson revolver and
had often warned neighbors to stay
ff r I lila ii 1 ti u Tlir. olnntlnir nf tl.o
reeded to the docks of the Columbia , . , ' .. .
ceoueu iu mo - sauerkraut, however, was the ' straw-
Following is the program of the
La Verdad entertainment, which
to be given at the city hall Friday
3vening, May 4, at 8 o'clock:
La Verdad Male Quartette
Vocat Solo "On the Road to Man
dalay" Mr. Palmer
Reading "The Blacksmith's Story"
Lester Lake
Vocal Solo ' Mr. McCoy
Reading from Kipling . . .Mr. Palmer
Vocal Duet
Mrs. Lldyard and Mr. McCoy
Vocal Solo "The Little Irish Girl"
Mr. Palmer
Drama "Squoers' School"
Cast
Mr. Squeers Robert Dixon
Mrs. Squeers . ...Lucile Lymburner
Nicholas Nlckolby . . . . lvar Wollinder
Wackford Squeers. Wade Rutherford
Fanny Squeers Marie Walker
Smlke ....Gordon Isbister
Schoolboys, Attendants, etc.
Vocal Solo "The Sunshine of
Your Smile" Mr. Palmer
Reading from Service. . . .Mr. Palmer
Vocal Solo "Only a Year Ago". .
Albert Faxon
Vocal Solo Mrs. Lldyard
La Verdad Male Quartette
County Lumber Company for a full
load of lumber. She will sail tonight
for San Pedro.
The steamer Klamath arrived In
this afternoon and Is taking a full I w(re
cargo of lumber ror uenvery ai soum
rn California ports. She Is due to
sail Sunday night.
Tho steamer Wapama, Captain Fol
dnt. Is due to arrive early tomorrow
nmrnini-. She will load a million
foot cargo of lumber and Is sched
uled to sail for San Francisco Mon
day night.
that broke the camel's back," conse
quently the old mother received the
beating while her Invalid husband
lay in bed helpless to defend or aid
Felber Is crazy for tear someone
will steal his farm, horses, money
and chickens. According to Felber
a certain man stayed ln the woods
all of one fall trying to locate the
hidden troasure. Rainy , weather
came on, but the man would not
leave. The would-be robber caught
cold which developed Into pneumonia
The members of the Himalaya Club and that disease was followed by con
woro guosts at a May Day party Sat- sumption and the mail Is dead with
urday evening, given by Miss Mude- out ever having discovered the hld
llne Allon and Mioa Helen Duns, at deu money bag. When Polbor was
the homo of Mrs. L. It. Rutherford, arrested and the handcuffs put on
Wild flowers woro used In profu- him when ne resisted, ne told the
. .... nA hA Idvam Hnmilv Khnrlfr nf thn "o-nln hnor" anri
ulon aooui wie ruuiim, . 0 "
conhlnted of divlrity May bankets. Five showed him tho hldltig place. The
hundred was Indulged in until a late bag, as statod, contained more than
PATRIOTIC MEETING
AT "MARSHLAND
A patriotic "Community Sing," ar
ranged by Miss McGregor, the school
eacher, was held in the social hall
of the sclioolliouse at Mashluud on
Saturday, April 28. A varied patrl
otto program was rendered and all
present Joined heartily. Tho fifth and
sixth grades recited the "Star Span
gled Banner" in unison. Adolph Hie
ger gave "Love of Country," and all
the pupils Joined ln the salute to the
Hag and the pledge of alleglunce. The
address of tlte evening was delivered
by T. W. Tandy, who acted as chair
man. Mrs. Colvln was In charge of
the refreshments and was ably as
sisted by Mrs. Kent.
The advocates of good roads for
Oregon are busy, mighty busy. They
realize that Spence, Brown and oth
ers opposed to the $6,000,000 road
bond issue are making strenuous ef
forts to defeat the measure. Of
course there is no doubt but that the
measure will carry by large major
ities in both Columbia and Clatsop
counties, as the citizens of these
counties realize there is nothing to
be lost but everything to gain. Inas
much as one of the first projects is
ho hard-surfacing of the highway
from the Multnomah line to Astoria.
Efforts are being put forth ln the
Willamette valley and eastern Ore
gon to defeat tho measure, but dele
gates to the good roads convention
which was held in Portland last Sat
urday bring the cheerful information
that the sentiment is in favor of the
bonds and such sentiment is dailv
growing stronger. As C. L. Hawley
of Polk county, state senator from
Polk end Benton counties, expressed
it:
"Of course, the voters of my home
county are not a unit for the meas
ure, but I find very little opposition
to it.
"I think I am safe in saying that
under the present system of road
construction In this state and con-
idertng the amount of money wo
havo expended on them, the roads of
Polk county compare favorably witli
those of any other county in the
tate. But we are not satisfied. We
want more and better roads and be
lieve tho proposed bond measure of
fers a practical plan for Inaugurating
in era of permanent road construc
tion from which every section of the
state will benefit without increasing
direct taxes.
"When it comes to a choice be
tween being In mud up to our knees
or being in debt up to our knees my
people are willing to assume some
thing of a financial obligation If It
will insure getting us out of the
mire."
Opponents of tho road bond bill
contend that the proposed bond Is
sue will become an added burden to
the general taxpayer. As a complete
answer and refutation of this argu
ment, the legislative good roads com
mittee has incorporated the follow
ing statement as a part of its argu
ment in" support of tho bond bill,
which will be published In the offi
cial state pamphlet:
"It has been ascertained from tho
records of the office of the secretary
of state that the income from the
present quarter-mill tax Is $220,000
per annum; that the income from
mto licenses based upon the present
number of automobiles at the in-
roased license rato effective August
will be not less than $310,000 per
annum, to be used In paving interest
ind principal of bonds. The above
unds will be sufficient not only to
pay the Interest end the principal of
the $6,000,000 bonds authoried by
this act, but will alao pay the lnter-
3st and principal of the $1,819,280.55
in bonds authorized to meet the gov
ernment road appropriation. After
paying these bonds there will be a
surplus of at least $2,793,402.66.
Since 1911 the increase in the num-
ber of automobiles in the State of
Oregon has been 33 1-3 per cent per
yenr. With the completion of good
roads this Increase will naturally bo
larger. Howover, we have not taken
any increase Into account but have
based our figures on tho present num
ber of automobiles."
hour, Miss Mario Paulson capturing
the first prize and Miss Helen I,arson
the consolation prize.
$600 in gold, somo of It which Fel
ber had saved twolve years ago.
The demented man was sent to tho
insane asylum, to join his brother,
who has beon an Inmate of that Insti
tution for tho past twenty years, and
tho court has made arrangements to
have someone look after the old
folks.
One thing which should Influence
every farmer to support the measure
Is that when the main' trunk lines
aro provided for by tho bond issue,
the road district money can be ex
pended on local laterals connecting
with the state highway, bringing the
farmer, no matter where situated, In
direct contact with tho city markets.
Good road advocates In St. Helens
are now making efforts to have somo
of tho prominent road enthusisasta
visit St. Helens and havo a rousing
good-roads meeting. No dofinlte plans
have beon formulated, but the Mist
Is promised a full account of the pro
gram In time for next week's Issue.
mry. not for the Woman's Club.
Harold Brown.