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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
OLUME XXXVI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1917
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EVEN MORE MEN FOR
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
AMES ARE SENT IN
drtiwo Are Hirmirtwl on Account
of I'liyalr! Ih'ffX'ln.
The Culuiulilu county exemption
,ard hn roporlud to tlio adjutant
Demi t It 0 names of elovon more
urn of Coluinlila county for mill-
,rf tervlrt) of tlio 1'nltnd Hlates who
re nut exempted or discharged.
fj iro an follows:
Tracy I'nrcher, Rainier.
J01. Donald McDonald, Ht. Helena.
mi Mcmclicr, Rainier.
Henry Morelum!, (IntHkiinlo.
Konrad Kollcr. Molborno, WohIi.
Bord 8. Heall, Rainier.
ThomHi It. Fowler, Rainier.
Thowlnr Erlckaon, Vurnoulu.
Charles F. (trough, Hulnlcr.
Ctrl Hansen Aainaml, Ht. Helens.
Ole llrevlk. Deer Island.
Tli following wero exempted on
tuont of not being alilo to unit tliu
.yilral culmination :
Ctrl Axel Ilullgren, Clutiiknnle.
J. II. Johnson, Marshland.
Bob I.urlcli, I'orlland.
G. I'appustouroa, St. Helena.
Jorgen itodset, I'ortlaiid.
John T. Telllers, Rulnlcr.
Ellslia J. ( mm, Ht. Helena.
Frank Kaspar, Muyger.
Edward K. Leonard, St. Helen.
Uul Marlu, Ht. Helena.
Edwin Meier, Mist.
f'lnuiln E. Overboil, Muyger.
V. II. SundliiTK. Ouk Point. Wash.
E. U. Chapmun, Ht. Helens.
On tlit last cnll there wero ton who
A nut show up, and union they do
;r will ho automatically drafted
itruily tlio locul board has certified
!mhi who did not respond to the
- call, and when tlioy are located
proper authorities will act. Ac
ting to tho record kept by A. K.
hmM, clerk of tho board, tho coun-
7 tow hiiH a credit of four more
ttaj tlio quota demanded. However.
'm claims for exemption are
;ndln(t before tho dlHtrlct bonrd, nnd
Imuld these claims be allowed It la
Poulble another cull will bo mad" In
frd:r to accure the quot:-..
ftvorul who nnitouri'd on tho last
'all claimed exemption and a full
' will not , nvalliiblo until uffl
'lt linve been lllod nnd tlio lornl
'wrd him pussod on tlio clnlnia.
1ST.
HELENS BOY
NOW IN ENGLAND
'un Way ti, I riuic MiuU hCHii
IVIp HaMy.
Roy Oopoland hitH recelvuil tho fol-
'"Iiir htlor from Ilonny Copoland.
w at the timo tho lottor wua writ-
' aa at Southampton, KiiRlund.
The ltt,.r wn datod July 29, and Is
followa:
"D""' (Irothar:
'We had a vorv ntoanmit frln ovpr
tl8ro "lily our Rtuto rooma were a
'Htle wnrm and we alnpt'on tho deck
Iraom pv,.ry night. Saw lota of por
tKl"B. whuloa. flying; flah. etc.. but
lot a .Hi.
"You would lunith vnnrmdf Kick at
funny trains tlioy hove bore, the
reient trulna eupectnlly. The box
r aro about one-third aa long aa
ouf and have bio- wheula. The
prltiRa for the cars are on tho out
'e, and look Ilka th front aorlnga
of a Ford turned upalde down, with
1 "ttle more curve In them. Moat
'lie (Minimis i,HVe round bollera,
"it thpy llr6 Mpody nnd the fust mull
tnako, GO to 76 mlloa por hour.
iot many gas enra bore. Oupbb
'ney are all at tho front, or maybe
KiBoline i too ,lgh. dont know ,)0W
ClUcll.
"1 don't havo any Idea how long
"e win bn hero, but It won't be very
'r our equipment for work Is
Jlroiwly 10ra j thl)k Wfi wo.t
hardly i,.urn t),0 vni,10 of tt ha'penny
0r "IiIIUiik before wo will have to
l08"i the vulue of a franc, etc. We
"fa more than 200 atrong now, and
Kot ten more, aome hospital corpa
'n1 aonio quurtormnater corps. We
btyo dropped the P. 8. S. and our
"Madron Is known r.a the 20th Tro-
"8ona Aoro Squadron, so when you
rlt nddroaa me In care of thla
"Madron nnd write to Franco."
T,'o rnnialnder of tho lettor was of
1 PO'Honal nature.
FOREST FIRES ARP.
DOING MUCH DAMAGE!
HundmlM of Men In V(m!h 'K,tiia
U Kuve 1 linhcr nnd I'lnpcHy.
KornMt flroa niRlng In ('oluinnhi
county throatfln to do much damaRn.
Tho whole country from Door Inland
to tho Multnoimih county lino has
moro or loan Urea, nnd hundred of
ni'n are In thewoodti day ftid nlKht
trying to aove tlmbi r and other prop
erty. Hay (!alto:ia, of Doer Island,
and C. E. Wlkstroin wero hero Into
Thursday afternoon arranging for
transportation of tho 100 men who
wore to coma down from I'nrtlnml
Inat night. Iloth men atntod that "in
tho vicinity of Trcnholm tin fire wau
very aerloUH and that the lire warden
had ordered that either the St. Hol-
enn-rittaburg road ho clenred or
cloned to traffic. Klre cn both aides
of the road baa caused many trees to
fall In the road, end If soma vahlclo
was to ho cuught where tho road Is
blocked by theao fallen trees and
other debrla It would be a aerlous
matter.
Krom what wo can lenrn tho fire
started near the I'lnckney place, back
of Deer lxlund, nnd with tho wood)
bono dry and north winds blowing It
baa spread for mlloa.
Several miles brck of Warren, the
Cook r-.nd Wheeler and McCord tim
ber Is In gr.Mt dr'nger, r.nd although
the many tiro flghtera nro doing their
bes to atop the onward mr.rch of the
uuinos, It la certain th:-.t much dam
ago will be dona. Thor,e In charge
of th? flro fighting any Iho only hope
Is for either a change In tho direction
of the wind or a ruin, a;id both seom
Improbable now.
It la reported that the houso and
out buildings of Pete:- Scralln, near
Trenholm, had a narrow escapo from
destruction Wednesday night, and
h"d It not been that the wind died
down hla house would havo been de
atroyed. Neighbors helped him and
they ar.ved tho buildings.
I'd re st Arcs are raging throughout
tho forests of Oregon and It is
though', that many of tho tlrce have
boon purposoly atnrted.
TONS OF BEANS
GOES TO CANNERY
A Ijirge force Kinployetl ami Output
Is Large.
Tona and tons of beni:o h::vo been
delivered to tho cunr.ery this week.
Saturday, all of tho henna nnd other
produce wna cleiitr.nl up, but there
was HUfflcleiit to begin operations on
Monday, tho pack for the day being
2S8 cine. On Tuesday n lurga sup
ply of henna were delivered and the
85 operatives yere kept busy. The
pack for the day wna 12,189 cans,
which made 620 cases, and Wednes
day tho beana delivered were In ex
cess of Tuesday deliveries. The
amount delivered yesterday was large
but the exact figures cannot bo ob
tained. In a fow days severul carloads of
beans will bo shipped to the Sentlle
branch of the Armour company, who
have contracted for several thousand
cases, nnd from now on Mr. Uosascc
expects that tho cannery will bo run
ning to capacity and ho will havo 100
peoplo working In tho cannery.
BODIES OF TWO
JAPANESE FOUND
Drowned While TiylnK to KNcape
front JapniiCNO Stejinier.
Monday morning a fisherman dl.i
covorcd the body of a Japanese float
ing In the Columbia, rlvor opposite
St. Holons. Ho tied up tho body and
notified Coroner White. Evldontly
It was one of tho sailors of tho Jap
anese boat Ken Kon Mnru, which
was rocently In the river. Tlio body
was clad only In underclothing, and
to the cloth bolt around the waist
wna tied a pair of shoes. A pun:-'
containing 30 cents In American
money and several Japanese coins
wns also tied to the body.
Tuesday morning another body
was found several miles below St.
Helens. It wns similarly clothed and
apparently bad boon In the wuter for
a week or more. Coroner White
called up tho immigration headquar
ters and ascertained that tho Jap
vessel had left port, so the bodies
were Interred at the county's ex
pense. ' '
LUMBERJACK REGI
MENT IS RECRUITED
Additional Men Wanted for PonmIIiIo
' Hecond Ik-gliiient,
Tlio district forester. Ooorge H.
Cecil, of i'ortlund, Ore., announces
that the regiment of lumbermen, of
ficially known as the 10th Engineers
(Forest), and nicknamed the "Lum
berjack Regiment,' has been recruit
ed to full strength, and tho forest
service, which has been securing the
men, bag been no tilled by the war
department to list no more candi
dates for servico with this regiment.
In anticipation, however, of a pobsI
hle cull soon for another regiment of
the same character the listing officers
nil over tho country have been In
structed to continue listing names of
suitable men who may be summoned
when needed.
Tho "Lumberjack Heglment" Is not
a fighting force but will be employed
In woods operations in France, get
ting out materlul for army use. The
recruits are now being assembled in
Washington, whore tlioy are drilled
dally by the officers assigned to com
mand them. Colonel Woodruff of
the regulur army, who will head the
regiment, Is in charge and with the
assintance of a staff made up of prac
tical lumbermen and foresters Is pro
viding an equipment of the most up-to-dato
cliurncter for the typo of
woods operations called for, in the
list of the experience of the allies.
The regiment will take with It both
stationary and portable sawmills with
everything necessary for logging and
sawmill work and for transporting
tlio product.
PORTLAND EPWORTH
LEAGUE PICNIC
Every year the Epworth I.eaguo of
the i'ortlund district of tho Methodist
Episcopal church meet at some point
along the Columbia on Labor day for
a whole day of fun and frolic. This
year the place of meeting la our own
beautiful St. Helens. St. Helens has
been chosen because of our beautiful
and convenient little city park with
Its tnhles, grand stand, water, etc..
where the leaguers nnd their friends
will assemble for a great big dinner
nnd a general good time together.
Columbia beach, with Its fine bathing
facilities, will have Its attractions for
some, while the tennis courts will be
tho Mecca for the knights and ladies
of the rnquet.
The hosts will begin coming from
down the rlvor on tho early boats
from Seuslde, Astoria, Clatskanie and
Uulnler. A couple of hundred more
will be down from Portland at an
early hour.
Miss Leva Jackson, tho district
fourth vice president, will havo
churgo of the amusements, which as
sures us that every single person
prenent will surely havo "the time of
their lives." The locul chnpter of the
league in planning to net the role
of host (or hostess) in tho most ap
proved fashion, and will assure you
a lot of new friends of the very finest
kind, nnd the greatest good time of
the whole year.
A moBUcordtal invitation Is ex
tended to the public to mako Labor
day, September 3, a ronl holiday, and
'spend tt with the youthful Mothqd
iBts of the Portland district.
ANNUAL PICNIC
OF MICHIGANDERS
Tho Michigan Society of Columbia
county will bold Its annual picnic at
Godfrey park Thursday, August 80
A short program has boon arranged
for the morning, r.nd then lunch will
be served. In the afternoon, a musl
cal program, sovorul short talks nnd
soino amusements will be Indulged
In. Harry Wilson was aocretary of
tho society, but during his absence
his mother, Mrs. Effle Wilson, is act
ing secretary. H. J. Anderson Is
president of tho society, and both
wish to extend to former residents
of Michigan a cordial Invitation to
attend this annual picnic and help
to make It the big day of the your
for those Mlchlgnnders who ore
now rosldents of Columbia county.
This annual plcnlo has always boon
qulto an event, and since the park is
now flxod up witli more conveniences
a lurgo crowd Is exported to be In
attandance. , , . ' '.
ONION GROWING
PROFITABLE HERE
Columbia County Man Has Iteen
Very Huccesxful.
Five years ago H. W. Holzenretter,
hearing that the Warren country was
a fine agricultural country, came
down from Portland, where be was
engaged in the contracting business,
to look the country over. At that
time the Pullen place, one and one-
half miles east of Warren, was for
sale and Ileizenretter bought it.
While living in Portland he had often
visited the onion fields In the Tual
atin valley and some of the land on
the place he bought seemed junt like
tho Tualatin land, bo the first year
he plnnted a small patoh of onions.
The yield for new land was most
gratifying, so the following year n
larger patch was planted. Again the
yield was good and the prices such
that Helzenretter realized a good
profit. Last year more than an acre
was planted and 3S0 sacks' were
grown. The onions brought from
J2.G0 to $8 per sack, bo this year
lie planted four acres. Had it not
been for the exceptionally dry wea
ther the yield would have been 350
sacks to the acre, but indications are
that the crop will amount to 1,000
sacks. Next week the onions will be
pulled from the ground nnd allowed
to dry for a week. They will then
be taken to the barn and, when con
venient, placed In sacks. Indications
aro that onions will bring from $4
to $5 per sack this year, and should
tills price be obtained the four-acres
yield will be $4,500 to $5,000.
The variety of onions grown by
Mr. Helzenretter Is the Oregon Yel
low Dansers. Ho uses potash as a
fertilizer, but last year potash wa
so expensive that he burned several
cords of hard wood and used the
ashes as fertilizer. Tills seemed to
be just as good as potash, and he Is
well satisfied with the crop. In addi
tion to onions, be has a good croji
of wheat and rye, and he also thinks
the potato crop will be good.
Columbia county land will grow
most anything, and we believe thpt
If our farmers will practice diversi
fied farming tlioy will be satisfied
with the results. The Helzenretter
plnce contains only 18 acres, and the
farm products for this season will
bring more than $6,000. We have
heard . of the wheat fields of eastern
Oregon, tho strawberry farms of
Hood River and the fruit orchards of
southern Oregon, nnd they have been
pictured to us as the garden spots of
the state, but where else in Oregon
can a man raise a $6,000 crop on
four acres of land? Helzenretter
will do this, and probably the ex
pense of growing the crop Is much
less than other crops.
ST. HELENS RED
CROSS PROGRESS
The St. Helens branch of the Amer
ican Red Cross Is activo In the work
for which it wns organized. The
momborship has increased nnd there
aro now 60 members enrolled. The
rogular mootlngs are held on the
afternoons of Wednesdays and Sat
urdays, at the Guild hall. The ladios
havo been very busy recently work
ing on needed articles for the soldier
boys, and tho first lot of those arti
cles will he shipped to the Portland
headquarters Monday. Tho silver tea
which was hold at the residence of
Mrs. A. L. Stone Tuesday afternoon
nettod $12.35 for the Ited Cross
fund.
LODGE BANQUETS
DR. EDWIN ROSS
Avon lodge, Knights of Pythias,
ploasnntly surprised Dr. "Edwin Ross
Tuesday night when, after the regu
lar meeting of the lodge, a banquet
was served in honor of the doctor,
who will soon leave for California.
Several short talks were made by
members who have served the lodge
together with Dr. Ross for the past
twenty years. The doctor responded
with a heart to heart talk to the
"boys" which showed his Interest In
tho ledge and the regret ho had In
leaving it. Doctor Roes plans on
sailing on the stoamer Klamath,
which will leave St. Helens about
September 1, and will make Cull for
nla his home, for a time at least.
ST. HELENS BUTTER
MAKES HIGH SCORE
Hunks With Navy Kutter WliMi is
considered the IJest.
The St. Helens Co-operative
Creamery Association his received
word from O. G. Simpson, manager
of the Oregon Co-operative Dairy
Exchange, that a recent test of "St.
Helens Best" entitled that butter to
a score of 95 and that the butter
ranks with the Navy butter, which
is considered the best produced. The
St. Helens butter has been selling on
the Portland market as "extra,"
mhlch Is very gratifying to the offi
cers of the creamery and to C. S.
McMaster, the buttermaker and su
perintendent of the plant. The out
put of the creamery for the month
of July was Blightly in excess of 10,
000 pounds, and a large sum was
paid out to the dairymen for cream.
While the condensarios and Port
land milk dealers have made many
overtures to the dairymen, they have
stood by the local institution, with
tho result that the creamery is now
in better condition than ever before.
The extremely dry weather has
caused a shortage In milk and cream,
as many of the farmers claim they
cannot feed the cows and pay the
high prices of feed and they have
sold a number of cattle for beef
stock.
Should the much needed rain come,
pasturage will be better and it Is
expected that fewer cattle will be
sold, so the output of the creamery,
in this event, will be Increased. St.
Helens people evidently realize that
St. Helens Best" la the best, for
about 80 pr cent of the output of tho
creamery Is sold locally.
COUNTY PURCHASES
NEW AUTO TRUCK
Second-hand Truck Xo Good, so New
One Is lJought Cost $5,(KH
Columbia county has a new auto
vehicle. It is a big Packard truck
with a dumping arrangement. Last
April the county officials thought an
other truck was needed and Mr.
Froud, Froude or Fraud (possibly
the latter is correct) sold the county
a second-hand truck for $2,500. So
far as we con learn, the two com
missioners went up to see the truck
but didn't see it, but it came down
and was nicely painted, and It was
a wise thing for this Mr. Froude or
Fraud to paint the truck, for paint
will cover many defects, and In this
instance it did. The county used or
attempted to use the truck for thirty
days and there was hardly 30 min
utes In the thirty days that something
wasn't the matter with tho old worn
out junk pile. Finally Judge Hat-
tan became Impatient and phoned
Mr. Froude or Fraud that the truck
was no good, so the gentleman who
sells Packard trucks said lie would
take the old wagon back, and sell the
county a new one.
Now, that was very kind In Mr.
Froude or Fraud, or whatever his
name might be, because lie had told
the county court that the old wagon
was In A-No. 1 shape, so, of course,
It was up to him to take the jnnk plleJ
back, and incidentally being, sq agent
for the Packard truck, it was also
up to him to sell tho county a new
truck. The gentleman did both, only
he deducted $300 from the purchase
price of the old truck on account of
wear and tear and then soaked the
county $2,600 difference for the new
truck. But then we won't have to
pay the $2,500 until next April, and
In the meantime we have the truck,
and, all told, not counting the repairs
and delays that were caused during
the thirty days the old truck would
not operate, the county is out $5,000,
hut they have the new truck and It
is at work.
NEW AUTO HEARSE
T. S. White, the undertaker, has
bought a new auto hearse, and It ar
rived Thursday dlroct from the manu
facturers in Chicago. The hearse is
one of tho latest makes and models
and will be a much needed and appre
ciated addition to Mr. White's busi
ness. According to Manager Ballagh of
tho Columbia Rlvor Packors' Associa
tion, tho expected run of salmon did
not materialize, only for a fow nights
I wore fi Irly good catches made.
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
IN COMING COUNTY FAIR
OFFICERS WORK HARD
Improvements to lie Made at Grounds
Several Attractions Secured.
If the plans of President Fullerton
and Secretary Allen of the Columbia
County Fair board are carried out
this year's fair will be a success from
every standpoint. Mr. Allen informs
us that ho has distributed several
hundred of the premium lists
throughout tho county, and the farm
ers are taking much interest in get
ting together creditable exhibits. He
says there will be many exhibits o
cattle, horses and farm produce, and
It goes without saying that the school
erhlblts under the supervision of the
county school superintendent, and the
needlework division under the direc
tion of Mrs. Fred Trow will be credit
able. The Home Baking and Canning
division, over which Mrs. L. R. Ruth
erford will preside, will be one of
the Interesting features of the fair
and cash prizes havo been offered to
induce many to compete in this divi
sion of the fair exhibits. For the
best display of bread, not less than
four kinds, one loaf of each kind, a
first prize of $2 Is offered, and the
second best display will get a cash
award of $1. The women of the
county will have an opportunity to
show just how good a cake can be
made. In this display, which must
not be less than four kinds, a cash
prize of $3 is offered for the best ex
hibit, and the person who has the
next best display will receive $2 in
cash. For chocolate layer cakes,
cream layer, jelly, orange and ban
ana layer cakes prtzes from 60 cents
to $1 are offered, and the party who
can make the best angel food cake
will receive a cash prize of 50 cents.
Cookies, pies, preserves, jellies, can
ned goods, pickles, dried fruits and
wild fruits come in for their share of
cash prizes, and it will pay the house
wife or housekeeper to make a spe
cial effort to land some of these pri
zes. In the display of home canned
goods, the first prize is $3, and tho
second prize is $2. One of the rules
Is that while the goods exhibited
must not necessarily be grown In Col
umbia county, they must be canned
by the exhibitor, who shall be a rest
dent of the county.
The fuir datos are Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, September 19,
20 and 21, and all exhibits must be
In place by noon of the first day.
The fair board has arranged for
scvoral amusement features which
will be attractlvo and entertaining to
both young and old, and prepara
tions are bolng made at the fair
grounds to handle the large crowd
which Is sure to attend. The build
ings which will houso the livestock
aro to be repaired and put in first
class condition, and capable watch
men will be employed to see that no
exhibit in the department is molest
ed. The fair board wishes to im
press upon the citizens of the county
tUat the fair Is their fair, and to mako
of It the success tt should be exhibits
must be numerous and the people of
tho county must attend. The board
Is working hard to make the fair a
success but without the co-operation
of the public success Is impossible.
MERCHANTS WILL GO
INTO NEW BUILDING
Tho new Rutherford building is
almost ready for occupancy and the
several tenants will soon be moving
into their new quarters. Mason plans
to move his stock and fixtures Sun
day night and Monday, nnd while he
may not be in a position to give his
usual satisfactory service on the mov
ing day, he will loso no time In get
ting established in his new quarters.
T&ber will move to the large store
room next to where Mason is now
located, and the St. Helons Mercan
tile Company will move to the quar
ters vacated by Taber.
The storo room now occupied by
Von Gray, the Jewoler, will be en
larged and Mr. Gray will have more
spaco so he can handle his growing
business more advantageously. The
Mercantile Company does not plan
to move until Sunday, September 2,
so their business will not be interrupted.'