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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
VOLUME XXXVI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, . JUNE 8, 1917
IMC J. 2S
1400 RESPOND TO
CALUJF COUNTRY
COUNTY REGISTRATION
I Via Mwiwv Alt" VI ana 80
giwwwl No Trouble t ToIIm,
.Aniwerlim thulr country'! cull, ti.o
rii manhood of Columbia county
urched to Hie registration poll
ITinday. iloporta from all over the
wintry Indicate Hint there waa no
(Mluilon or disorder, and conaldor-
iil the number of mon registered
tkr wore comparatively few who
cltlncd eiumptlon. The reglslrara
nported raril amusing Incldantt of
m If) In I to evade service by clalm
lil certalo exemptions. In Door I
lud one young man claimed that lie
m the wile support of hla parent,
Ht the registrar tiindo a notation
N tin card that the parent were the
nle support of the young man. Pre
frrrlng to he a fireman on a logging
railroad, one man clnlmod to bo color
Hlod, IhouKh the logging railroad on
tblch tie work a crosses the S, I'. 41
I tracka and la protected by block
ilpali of different color. Weak
nm and poor eynalght wore aluo
liven ai excuse. It waa noticeable
tkit when a native of England made
lit hla card and came to the blank
u to exemption cluiniod, there waa
arariably a big no.
tt. Helena Precinct No. 1 and Mint
Precinct tied for liono-a r the bigh
ts! reglatratlon, each precinct being
wdltod with U7. Rt. Holona regla
tired more than Unlnler or Clatska
The three precinct here totaled
IIS. Ilaluler'a total waa 163, and
Clttakanle followed with IBS.
Walter K. Zyuett and Enoch Jomv
i wore the first two to register in
8l Helens. Thnv were wait In ir on
Ua courthouKe atep for tlio regla
tnr, and being unable to got Into
Ilit courthouse, the courthouse steps
tars used aa tho registration place.
Following la the registration by
rmlntts:
P'ary 20
nV7 , i" "
fjitakanl No. 1 82
uatskanle No. 2 70
Dw Inland 6V
Otble f,B
karshlaud ...!...! 51
1!7
Oak Point 7
fretcott 40
Rainier No. 1 66
Rainier No. 2 a 3
Rainier No. 3 66
Helens No. 1 117
01. Helens No. 2 1 . , . 61
ft. Helens No. 3 37
Srappoone, . . . ,' 64
Hpltionherg , , , , , , 64
'Vernonla !..!..!.. 35
Warren , , , ,' , , , , 47
Yankton .'.!!!.!.!!! 64
Total X262
To this numbor may be added
bout uo who. while working In the
wunty, claim a residence elsewhere.
They were registered by County Clerk
Btrnott some days ago and tholr
rd mailed to tholr homo addresses.
With this number added the reglatra
" will show about 1400.
' the number registered 234 were
Hfns and 6 wore alien enemies.
COUNTY NOW HAS
A SPEED OFFICER
Has Already Made l'our Arrets for
, HMedtng.
Columbia county haa a full fledged
"Peed cop, and aoveral autolsta who
fe burning up the road know It,
or they were hailed before Justlco
wtklns Thursday morning and paid
lines ranging from $7.60 to $10.
Pd cop la not exactly an em
e of the county, although he Is
othod with the authority of a dep
utjr '""Iff. Hla bualness Is to ar-
those driving at a groator speed
ltln 26 miles por hour along the
"unty's highway, and he Ukea hla
chances of winning the caae and
v,nK the apeedere fined, in which
11,6 county goes 60-60 with him.
"no day's arrests brought about $16
J "Ira as earnings, nnd If he con
MP up his work at that rate he will
9 the highest paid official In the
u"ty. So It' up to the autolst
''o llkos to see how fast his ma
'"'ne will go, to look both ahead
n behind, for this 60-60 business
' 'lhle to. mako the young fellow
Wofk overtime,
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
LODGE ENTERTAINS
toand "liaiifllor M'ortmnn ly
Official VIhIU
Harry O. Wortman, of Medford,
grand chancollor of the Knlghta of
rythlns for the state of Oregon, paid
an official visit to Avon lodge No. 62
Tunsday night. It was his first visit
to tho lodge since being elected to
the high office he holds In rythlun
clrclea. and the local knights gava
nun a nearly wolcomo. After the
regular proceeding of the lodgo, the
grand chancellor gnvo a very Interest
ing and Instructive lecturo to the
forty knights assembled. Ilo clearly
cutllAod the principles of the order
and Increased hla hourera with the
necessity, especially at this time, to
llvo up to the principles for which
the order stands. After the lodge
closed, an Informal reception was
hold, and then the knights gathered
around the fogtlve board,
., ,.h .,,, ,w, ,
which was
Isdcn with things good to eat. Mar
tin Wlilto acted as toastmacter, and
many of the member rosponded with
short talks. ,
,Qulte a delegation from Iltdgefleld
lodge was present, and Kninler also
sent a representative Mr. Wortman
I much pleased with the condition of
the local dodge and complimented
the member for their Interest nnd
thanked thorn for the hoorty welcome
extended him. From here ho goee to
Seaside, where several of tho lodges
of the lower Columbia will meet with
the Seaside lodge.
NO CARD, NO "CIGS"
Uncle Sum's war consus has
thrown a safeguard around cigarette
dealers In the atate who desire to
obey the law passed by the last ses
sion of the legislature, making It un
lawful to sell cigarettes to a person
under 21.
"I.et me see your registration
card." will be asked by the St. Hel
ens doalors when In doubt as to the
age of an applicant for cigarettes.
Tho little blue card must be pro
duced or there will be no snle.
RED CROSS WEEK
Tho president has announced Ued
CroB week as June 18 to 26, and
Oregon haa been entrusted by the
presldont with the responsibility of
raising 1600,000 of the $100,000,000
Hed Cross emergency fund for war
service. Of this sum $200,000 Is
nnnortlonod to rortlund and Multno-
mah county, and $400,000 to the
state at large.
Hnnrv L. Corbett, chairman for
Oregon, la sending out canvassing
enmmlttees to work the atate in me
Interont of the Rod Cross, and they
are meeting with much success. Each
(own ha been given a certain appor-
innn.ni The Columblk county
towns montlonod are St. Holon and
Rainier, the former Is asked for
eaa nnrf tlia hitter SI. 003. No
branch of the Ited Cross has been
formed In St. Melons as yet, but sev
eral men and women are now active
making plan for such branch and
no doubt within a few day tho cam
''WAV ;
IIAHKY O. WORTMAN
paign will start.
COMMUNITY GARDEN
IS BEING PLANNED
I-ond to lie Ilaced j Readinea for
Cultivation.
In an effort to grow more food sup
plies the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege 1 co-operating with a committee
of business men In St. Helens. The
plan Is to secure the several acre
tract of land belonging to W. B.
nillard, a abort distance from the
"Wolcomo" sign on the Warren road,
nnd have It plowed and cleared and
placed in readiness for cultivation.
The committee met In the basement
of the Methodist church Tuesday
night and formulated Initial plans.
The tract of land will be divided Into
small plots, say 60x100, and turned
over to someone who wishes to plant
a garden. Ouly a nominal amount
will be charged for the ground, which
Is to pay for the clearing and plow
ing, and when the gardener harvests
his crop he will pay to the commit
tee this small sum.
D. C. Howard, county agricultural
agont, Goorge A. Gore and Itev. A.
8. Hlsoy are on the land committee,
and anyone Interested in the project
Is Invited to call on them. The city
council agreed to furnish the funds
for the plowing and clearing pro
vided the land waa leased to the
committee for a period of the dura
tion of the war and If such number
of cltlzena signed up for the land as
to make the success of the venture
assured. It I understood that Mr.
Dlllard la willing to donate the use
of the land, and Mr. Howard claims
it la a very choice garden apot and
will produce any variety of vege
tables. Mr. Howard also atated that
while It waa getting late for plant
ing, it waa not oto late to .begin
within the next ten days," and most
any farm product could be planted
except corn. The committee I very
anxloua to know Immediately how
many want good garden spots, and if
a ready response is forthcoming work
on the place will begin at once.
Remember the committee How
ard, Hlsey and Core and If you
want a garden tract see them.
FISHING STREAMS
WILL BE RESTOCKED
Willamette HIoukIi and Clatkanie
Itlver, AUo Brapuoose Creek.
The atate board of fish and game
commissioners have issued a notice
pf their intention of stocking the
Willamette slough with shad and
Scapnoose creek and Clatskanle river
with salmon and other food fish. In
consequence of - this Blocking, the
commission has Issued notice that
from and after June 26, 1017, until
tho eiream mentioned are opened
again', It will be unlawful to fish for
or catch or take any shad, salmon
or rood fish by any means whatso
ever, except by hook and line, com
monly known as angling, In any of
the aald watera from and after June
26. A heavy penalty will be Indicted
for a violation of the law, and Dep
uty Fish Warden S. L. Rathbone,
who waa in St. Helena Wednesday,
stated that a close watch would be
kept on the stream closed to fish
ing. The notice of the commission
Is published elsewhere In this hwue
of tho Mist.
NAVY DEPARTMENT
HONORS ASTORIA
Secretary of the Nary Daniels has
conferred an honor upon Astoria by
naming one of the elied German
...ol after Astoria. This new wa
contained in a message received by
Mavor F. C. Hartley. It said:
"Washington, June 4. Mayor F.
C. Harloy, Astoria. Ore. In honor of
your city, the German ahlp Frelda
Leonhardt. taken over oy tne unueu
States government and assigned to
the navy ha been renamed the As
toria."
Announcement ha been made of
the marriage In Manchester, Iowa.
nn Ma 12. of Rev. D. J. Taylor, pa
tor of the Congregational church of
a. uninns. and Mis Anna Laura
Dunham, daughter of Judge and Mr.
George W. Dunham, of Manchester.
After visiting Boston and other east
rn cltte of interert, Rev. and Mr.
Taylor will be at home in St. Helen
after July 1.
JOHN W. BOYD
COMMITS SUICIDE
Winchester Rifle Used to Accomplish
Tragic Deed.
John W. Boyd, a well known farm
r who lived a abort distance west of
lloulton, committed suicldo some
time Tuesday morning, accomplish
ing his purpose by sending a bullet
from a Winchester rifle crashing
through hla brain. John Robert a
neighbor, aeeing the mail leftli
dlsturbed in Boyd's mall box and
not having seen hla neighbor the
prevloua day, about 6 o'clock In the
morning went over to the house of
the deceased to see what was wrong.
Looking in through the window, he
discovered Boyd's body lying on the
floor in a pool of blood. Robert)
Immediately notified Coroner White,
who hastened to the scene of the
tragedy. The body, fully dressed
with the exception of the shoo and
sock which had been removed from
the right foot, waa lying In front of
a bureau, and the rifle, with one ex
ploded shell, told the story. Evl-'
dently Boyd had used his toes to pull
the trigger, while his hand held the
barrel of the rifle to hla forehead.
On the bureau waa found the fol
lowing note, which evidently was
written just before the man com
mitted the raah deed:
"My last will and testament la for
my son Guy to have the place and
the money that Is In the bank, $304
(three hundred and four dollars).
Do the best he can, and sister, Mrs.
Emma Englert, to have mother's
trunk, my things she wants, and Guy
have the rest of them. Good bye.
"JOHiL W. BOYD."
The body waa brnht to St. Hel
en and the relatively taenWonei noti:
fied. -
No reason can be given' for the
'deed unless It waa that he was worry
ing over financial matters. Boyd had
lived in this vicinity for about twen
ty years, and was respected by all
who knew him.
The funeral services were held at
the Methodist church yesterday after
noon, and the Interment was In Odd
Fellow cemetery. A number of the
members of the lodge assisted In the
last sad rites, as deceased was a mem
ber of the local lodge.
COUNCIL IN SESSION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Grist of Routine Business is Done at
Postponed Meeting.
The city council had it first meet
ing of the month Wednesday night,
having adjourned from Monday night
on account of election. All members
were present except Councilman Bal-
lagh. An ordinance was introduced
and read the first and second time
to call for bid for the construction
of a sidewalk on Oak street.
A remonstrance was received from
property ownors relative to improve
ment of a portion of Columbia street.
The council decided to help the
food preparedness committee by as
sisting In the clearing and plowing
of a garden tract.
It was decided that the services of
a night watchman were no longer
needed and changed the hours of the
day marshal so that property would
be guarded at night.
The regular monthly bill were
taken up and with a tow exceptions
were allowed.
PAVING PLANT IS HERE
Now Being Set Up and WU1 Son Be
Ready for Work.
The paving plant of tin Warren
Construction Company arrived Tues
day, and a force of men have been
busy setting it up. It is expected to
have tt in readiness the first of the
week to start the work of making
the "hot stuff." Much preparatory
work has been done, on the rood be
tween St. Helens and Houlton, and
no delay Is anticipated in laying the
pavement. Sunday a barge contain
ing 600 yards of sand was brought
alongside the mill company' dock.
A derrick scow rapidly unloaded the
sand into a bin placed on the dock,
and five 'large motor trueks carried
the and away. Tho trucks worked
until a late hour Sunday night, and
the barge was unloaded before they
topped running.
CITY OF ST. HELENS
IS SAFELY LAUNCHED
Big
Vessel Take Initial Dip
Launching Succeiut.
The motor ship City of St. Helens,
a Ister ship of the City of Portland
and the 8. I. Allard, was successfully
launched at the yards of tho St. Hel
en Shipbuilding Company Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. There was
not a hitch in the launching and no
damage was done to the big vessel
on her slide from the ways. I
The high water covered the ways
for a considerable distance and to a
depth of 8 to 10 feet. It was there
fore necessary to blast away part of
the way. A force of men worked
Saturday getting everything In readi
ness tor the launcRlng, and with two
river steamers keeping a steady pull
on the vessel, aa the last keel block
on which she rested was blasted out
the vessel began to slowly move, and,
gaining momentum, slid Into the wa
ters of the slough.
The vessel which bears the city's
name is almost a duplicate of the
other two large motor ships built by
the McCormlck company, and will
have a carrying capacity of 2,000,000
feet of lumber. Owing to the delay
in securing the seml-Dtesal engines,
It is probable that she will be fitted
out as a sailor and sent on her first
voyage to Australia. Several steam
ers are on the way to New York from
Norway and It la possible that the
engine might arrive in New York
during the next few days, in which
event they will be installed .on the
vessel immediately, but, a stated,
rather than have any delay the com
pany will depend on sail for tho first
voyage and have the engines Installed
when the vessel returns.
Everyone In 'St. Helens Was glad to
hear of the successful launching, as
the stage of water made the launch
ing difficult and tho officials of the
company are to be congratulated that
the big vessel Is safely docked with
out Injury.
POPULAR COUPLE
ARE MARRIED
The home of the bride's mother,
Mrs. Susan Ketel, waa the scene of
a pretty home wedding ceremony Sun
day afternoon, June 3, when Miss
Anne Ketel and Mr. Sam Alexander
were united In marriage. Rev. Hlsey
officiated. The house was prettily
uiecorated for the occasion, the color
scheme of green and white being
tastefully carried out. The couple
stood underneath an arch of cut flow
ers and evergreens while the cere
mony was being performed.
After receiving congratulations, the
happy couple left for Portland by
automobile, where they wll spend a
tew days in the metropolis, and they
will then go to their future home In
Goble, where the groom is engaged
in business.
Both of the contracting parties are
well and favorably known here, the
bride having taught school for sev
eral years In the public schools of
the city as well a other towns In the
county, and the best wishes of their
many friend go with them on their
voyage on the matrimonial sea.
The out of town guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Alexander, the groom's par
ents; his brother and sister. Miss Le
ora and Jack Alexander, and F. L.
Slain, all of Goble. Several of the
intimate friends of the Kotel family
were also present.
THREE ARE GRANTED
CITIZENSHIP PAPERS
Six Applicants Including Alien Ene
mies Are Continued.
Wednesday was naturalization day
in the circuit court and nine appli
cants appeared for examination. Ex
aminer George mV. Tyler conducted
the examinations, which were par
ticularly severe. Chris Mathleson
and Jacob Henry Horst, German sub
jects, were dented their final papers
until the war Is over. Four other
applicants were not as familiar with
the law of this country a they
should be and their application were
continued. The citizenship papers
granted were to John Morgando, a
native of Italy; Poter B. Rude, a na
tive of Norway; Fred Workhouse, a
native of England.
COLUMBIA COUNTY
FOR GOOD ROADS
GIVES MAJORITY OF 857
Light Vote is Cast Four Measure
Submitted Carry.
The voters of Columbia county
put their stamp of approval on the
$6,000,000 road bonds at the elec
tion Monday. Although a light vote
wa cast, the majority in favor of
the bonds exceeded the estimates of
tho most ardent road advocates. All
precincts have been heard from ex
cept Clatskanle No. 1, and the Judges
of that precinct neglected to send in
their statement along with the bal
lots. The Mist obtalntd the result
on tho road bonds, and the total
given on that measure 1 correct, the
other totals lacking only the tote of
the precinct mentioned, which would
not bo heavy enough to change the
general result.
Tho result of tho election is as fol
lows:
Yes.
No.
654
1206
833
623
469
1039
487
Authorizing boards to In
crease indebtedness. . . 799
Increasing legislators'
Pay 265
Declaration against re
peal 458
Uniform tax classifica
tion 735
Combined elections ....1021
Penitentiary tax 526
Road bonds 1344
The vote by precincts on the road
bond is:
For.
Ascinst
11
13
19
19
22
45
40
4
0
18
9
7
12
13
22
28
38
18
67
61
41
487
Apiary 39
Besver Falls 66
ClaUkanlo No. 1 103
Clatskanle No. 2 119
Deer Island 32
Goble 67
Mist . . . 41
Marshland 29
Prescott 24
Oak Point 39
Rainior No. 1 125
Rainier No. 2 73
Rainier No. 3 87
St. Helens No. 1 75
St. Helens No. 2 110
St. Helens No. 3 52
Scappoose 142
Spitzenberg ........ 10
Warren 39
Vernonla 63
Yankton 19
Totr.ls 1344
It will be seen that every precinct
except Spitzenberg, Warren and
Yankton gave majorities, although In
Mist the bonds slipped under the
wire by a scant one. Prescott is the
banner precinct of the county, poll
ing 24 votes, and all of them for the
bonds. The three precincts In St.
Helens gave a majority of 174; Rain
ier gave a majority of 257, and Clats
kanle 184, bo it can be seen that
Commissioner Harvey's home pre
cincts did better than did Commis
sioner Weed's, for Vernonla gave a
scant 12, which, of course, Is embar
rassing, to Mr. Weed.
In Rainier No. 2 the vote on the
penitentiary bill was 61 for and 61
against, and In Scappoose the same
measure received 22 favorable votos,
while the opposition polled 132 votes.
They evidently remembered a well
known murder which occurred in
that neighborhood. The amendment
for combined elections met with the
favor of the people and carried by
the largest majority of any measure,
Viz.: 652, while the highest adverse
majority was handed to the. amend
ment for increasing the legislators'
pay, 741.
As to the general result in the
state. The road bonds carried by a
majority of 20,000. The amend-,
ments increasing the pay of. legis
lators, the $400,000 for a now peni
tentiary and the Implied recall bill
were defeated, while the port Indebt
edness bill, uniform tax and bill to .
combine city and state elections car
ried. A light vote was cast all over
the state.
For fast counting and quick de
livery of ballots and statements, the
Goble judges and clerks scored over
all precincts. It took only 36 min
ute to count the ballots, make up
statements, etc., and another 55
minutes was consumed In making an
auto trip from Goble to St. Helens.
So the ballots were handed to the
sheriff just one and one-half hours
after the polls closed. This is in
marked contrast with some of the
other precincts.