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Newspaper Page TextColumbia County Fair Wednesday, Thursday, Friday-September 19, 20, 21 OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOLUME XXXVI. ST. HELENS. ORF.r.nM PPinAV Cl?TJTT7rDT7r n inn "' " AMBULANCES WANTED FOR OREGON SOLDIERS IS A WORTHY CAUSE iiilo of OrK"i Anked (o Aid In IliiyhiK Ambulance. Kuuin of the patriotic women of I'lirtluiul f)avu formed tlio Army and Navy Auxiliary, anil thoy Intond to aid tlio soldier boys on I mid end sea. Tlio MrKt work undurti.kuu U to buy nu amhulul'co for the Third Oregon regiment, which In expected to HOOII KO to Kruncn. Judge ll TJiin Iiiih re ceived tlio following letter from tlio league r lid asked that It lid given duo proiiiliii'iico. Tlio Judgo la heartily In accord with lie Idua and will cheerfully co-ope.rr.io with tlio league In their patriotic endeavor. Tlio letter la u follows: "I'orllund, Oro., Aub. 29, 1917. "lion. It. 8. Iluttnn, St. Helena, pro. "Duar Sir: Tlio Oregon Army and Navy Auxiliary, a voluntoor organ liinlun of putrljtlo women, serving without pay, la accumulating a fund Willi which to buy and mnlntuiti a (lee. of ambulances for tlio Third Oregon regiment, loou to do liultlo ou tlio bloody llnlda tf Franco, and to curry tlio glorious Stars and Stripes Into tlio stronghold of autocracy, whore, entwined Willi tlio colora of I our i' I lien, It ahull fi-.mo into a beacon 1 uf hope to a people enslaved. It is a tlir.o to glvo to glvo jachool a man can attend remains un tladly, freely, rbundantly. Tltuae 'changed, youtii men, our .-amis rud brothers,! . , uro jlvlug, even as I ho Master gave, tlmlr young Uvea for humanity. It Is right they ohould do this. Wo uro willing they should do this. Wo are willing to aer.d them forth an-nolii'-id with our ierra. atreuRth-.iued hy our tiravera. to IIl-IiI the hnttli of frovdom. oven us did your fathers i.ml ours. i "But we nro not willing that thoy j ."lii.ll no forth liichliiK for anything that any nacr floo ou our purl mny i procuro for '.item. God knows, wo now, that many of them will return to ua not agnlu. Mucy !n tlio stress of fearful carnago will mercifully PHHB quickly. Greater numbers will utter on smoking battlefields or in reeking trenches. Others will linger with slow disease and yyt, thutik God, no me will return to tell how tholr comrades died. It Is for our oy, our brothers, that we make this nppeul to the people of our fair tnte. "Ills excellency, (jov. James With ycombe, baa glvon ua your namo as one whi will Rl.-dly aervu. with other men of Btro.iglh nnd purpose, to tlio end that tlio soldier j of our late shall receive from her people "tuple testimony of tholr apprecia tion f tbo auprenio sacrifice soon to b n pile. Wo have therefore named you r.s one of the members of our committee for your city and Its vici nity. You nro authorized and em powered to receive nnd transmit Klfta and subscriptions to the unibu lunce fund, nnd to do all thlng;i 'hlc!i you ni!y soom proper to pro tnotj puhllo Interest ai'd participa tion In this noblo work. "Wo .-re glud, Indeed, to know that Jou will work with ub. Wo welcome your counsel and wo will gratefully fncelvo any suggestions which you "Ky make which will fond to ndvance this work tbo wo.k upon which the notlioro and daughtira of Oregon Imve entered frooly, f-jarlaatly, fulth fully. "In God's name, help save a llfo. "Yours In tlio spirit of humanity "id mercy, OltEClON ARMY AND NAVY AUXILIARY. Hy Mrs. K. nohlfl-iB. rronldont. Mro. H, E. Oliver, clip.lrmnn Ambulancj Fund Commlttoo. Mrs. J. L. May." "The foregoing leiier Is solf cx Iinat(ry, i honrtlly approve of the Patriotism manifested In this letter, and will gladly receive and turn over this organization any gifts nnd inscriptions to the cmbulanco fund. "II. S. HATTAN." 't is to bo liopod that the poople of St. Helena will respond to this ap "!"1 nnd send In contributions to uIro Hnltnn, who will forward them to liaadimarters In Portland. Aly contribution, large or small, le thankfully accepted and go towards the work outlined. IS PROUD OF NAVY RECRUITS i:iillMl Men In .llVy Haplilly lt,i... Iii Into Form. J. II. Wellington, chief boalawulu's mate In the United stales rmvy and Htatloned at Bremerton, Wash., with Mra. Wellington spent Hunday anil Labor day In St. Helena. "Duke" Iiiih been on duty In llremerton since April and aiiya lie la Juat getting back Into the regulutloiia of navy Ufa. lie iiun received notice to prepare for examination aa ensign and will soon take the examination. Mr. Welllng ton la proud of the boya In liia com pany. Ho atatea that uioat of them were raw, overgrown rncrulta but the several tuontha of atrlct navy training haa made mon out of them, and they are now anxioua to get aboard ahlp and take a crack at the kaiser's aallora. While Mr. Welling ton Iiiih received no orders to report aboard ahlp (hia Job being to train mo rooklea). lie atatea bo would not be surprised to receive a tranafer notice at any time. New barracks are being built for the 6,000 more boya who will come to get nuva! training, but aa fust an they receive hucIi training they are Rent to some whero In America, and will eventu ally go to somewhere In France. Mr, WollliiKton looks well and aaya the several months of re-trulnlng bus made him at leant twenty years i younger and that Ills opinion as to the navy being the finest trulnliu; COLUMBIA COUNTY ARMY BOY WRITES Tyo, Wash., Aug. 30. To the Editor of the Mist: As I am a young soldier from Col umblu. county, I thought I would wrlt0 a f,'w li,"'s 10 t,m 01,1 lmmo paper. I am at present located in a lund of rattleunukes and prairie dogs, about twenty miles from Wenatchee. This is a pieat fruit and grain country, so I suppose we'll be here about a month longer. This guard duty is not the soft stuff that some people think. Standing out on the railroad with tbo temperature about 120 de grees Is no mun's snap. I'm at about the worst place on the line at pres ent, so I can truthfully say that it Isn't all like it Is hero. Of course it Is much cooler up on top of the mountain. Our company is scattered out along the lino for over one hun dred and fifty miles, with Tye on top of tbo mountains as headquarters. We are all on tlio lino of the Great Northern railroad. There la a de tachment from Co. II, 3rd Oregon, up hero at Wenatchee, so I get to talk to iiomo fellows from my own state once In a while. Tbo lied Cross seems to bo busy for they found one fellow up hero a wife. During the htjavy snow last winter they sent us some woolen socks. One fellow got a pair that had a note In them from a girl out In Montana. He wrote to the girl, and more correspondence followed. So two weeks ago ho got a furlough nnd went out nnd got married. Ho llovo me, wo aro all now firm believ ers In the Red Cross. Here's hoping they contlnuo tholr good work. Tbo 2nd Washington infantry Is no more, for we wero mustered into tbo regular army August 6. I was homo at tho tlmo, but that didn't mako any difforenco with them, 1 guess; thoy toll me I'm In the "regs" so It must be so. Respectfully yours, rillVATK I1ERT E. SEKFERT, Co. G, 8nd Inf., U. S. A. ROY COPELAND IS A BENEDICT Roy Copalnnd Is a benedict. He was marrlod last Friday In Portland to Miss Clara O. Howard. Roy snonked away Thursday without di vulging IiIb Intentions to any of his friends, secured the "Joy ticket" In Oregon City and the Rev. Taylor, of Portland, tied the nuptial knot. Tho brldo Is a school teacher, tho daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Howard, of Annloton. Wash., nnd recently enmo .i. o t Portland, whore Bhe! met Mr Copoland. Aftor October 1 ng. Hoth rrofossor Wllkeraon and the happy couplo will be at home In Mrs. Wllkorson have many years of Portland, as Roy will finish his stu- experience In educational work and dloB at the Oregon Chiropractic with- the school at Vernonla la very fortun tn the next fow months. 'ate to secure their services. FIRE DESTROYS STRAND THEATRE Thursday Mght Itlaze K,eH $2,MM lamuge. A nro which probably originated In tho woodshed back of the law of fice of W. H. Dillnrd. Thursday night at 8:30 o'clock wrecked tho Strand theatre and did considerable dam uge to the offices of W. H. Dillard and tho Columbia County Abstract Company. The lire broko out very suddenly, and In a few minutes the woodshed and the rear part of the theatre building were In llamcs. A. S. Harrison was tho first one to dis cover the fire and gave the alarm, and tho lire fighting apparatus waB soon on the scene. At several times It seemed certain that the Harrison residence nnd adjoining buildings would go, but the lire department, aided by many volunteers, succeeded In conflnig the fire to tho Dillard and theatre buildings. The loss sustained by H. O. Strom, proprietor of the theatre, will amount to $800, with partial insurance, and Mr. Dillard's loss will total $1,200. Mr. Dillard owned the theatre building and carried no Insurance on the Rtrueturc, nor on his luw li brary, which was also damaged. No definite announcement has been made us to tho rebuilding of tho burned building, though Mr. Dillnrd Is con templating the erection of a lnrger and better building. Jack McDonald, tho popular driver of the St. Helens-I'ortlund bus, met with a painful accident when trying to break a window In ordor to get the (Ire hose Insido of Dillard's law office. He slipped and cut his left wrist on the broken glass. Doctors Wi.do and G. Ross attended the injured man and he was taken to a Portland hospital this morning. Had a strong wind been blowing from the south probably all the buildings in tho block north of the theatre would havo burned, and the large sparks and cinders caused much alarm to adjacent property owners and tenants. Those who have Investigated the matter believe the firo started from a mutch or cigarette carelessly thrown in the woodshed which had been used as an engine room by the former owner of the theatre. The mutter will be Investigated further. SOLDIER BOYS OF TROOP A LEAVE (iiMsl Work Done In Guarding nnd Patrolling: Forenta. The twenty-six members of Troop A, Oregon cavalry, who wero sent here to aid In suppressing the forest II res, left early Tuesday morning for Clackamas, from which place It la expected they will soon be sent to Camp Greene In North Carolina, or to a camp in California. While the soldier boys discovered only one per son setting fires In the woods, they were constantly on patrol and no doubt their presenco hare had a good effect Thoy are a fine lot of fellows nnd mnde a number of friends while here. Captain Hogan, Lieut. Rrad shaw and each member of the troop asked us to thank tho poople of St. Helens for the very kind reception given them, nnd also for the many llttlo courtesies extonded to them during tholr stay here. Some of the boys said they, would like for St. Helens to be der.igniited as their camp until the government was ready to send them across the seas. NEW PRINCIPAL FOR VERNONIA HIGH Former Principal of Rainier ami St. Helena Schools (Jctn New Position. Prof. J. B. Wllkorson and Mrs. Wtlkerson left early Tuosday morn ing for Vernonla, where they will tench this year in the Vernonla school. The professor will have charge of both the high school and the elementary grades, and Mrs. Wll korson will teach the primary de partment. Vornonla boasts of the only union high school In the coun ty The school has throe teachers In the high school nnd three In the iwer grades, and a line scuooi uunu- GOVERNMENT WORK FOR THIS HARBOR l)eler ( liunnel is IriMiseI at Cost of 7,(KK.(M. That the United States government expects to do somo work in the St. Helens harbor Is indicated by the following letter: "Portland, Ore., Sept. 5. "The Mayor, St. Helens, Oregon. "Sir: A report on the project for providing a 25 foot channel from St. Helens to deep water in the Col umbia river is to be Bubmitted by this offlco on or before September 30, 1917. "This report has been delayed bo that local Interests at St. Helens might have an opportunity to organ ize and state definitely what financial co-operation would be offered the United States Bhould the Improve ment of this channel be undertaken. "Tho estimated cost of the work is $7,000, and this office now desires to know what part of this the local Interests are willing to assume bo that the report may be based on a proper understanding of this point. A reply before September 20 la re quested. "Very respectfully, "GEO. A. ZINN. "Colonel, Corpa of Engineers." By all means the citizens of St. Helens should co-operate with the government in this project. If St. Helens is to become the port we wish it to be, the channel must be deep ened so as to permit largo steamers to reach our docks. This is a mat ter for the commercial club, and it should be acted upon promptly. NEWS FROM OUR BOYS IN ARMY Miss Inez Barber has received a letter from her brother, Wm. Barber, who Is In the signal corps of the United States army and stationed at Monmouth Park, N. J., stating that his company has no Immediate pros pect of going to France. He bases his opinion on tho fact that cotton underwear was recently issued, whereas the boys who go across the seas usually are furnished with woolen underwear. Harry Richardson is now at Amer ican Lake with his company of the American Red Cross ambulance corps. Ho left Portland Thursday afternoon. Word hns been received from Les ter (Duke) Wellington, that bis com pany of the aviation corps would sail soon for England. The letter was dated some ten days ago and prob ably by tills time "Duke" Is seeing the sights in England. Cecil Ross, of the aviation corps, Is now in Toronto, Canada, training wth the Canadians. We have a very interesting letter from him and will publish It in our next Issue. Roy Copeland has received a letter from Ben, who Is now In France. Ben says the French girls look "mighty good to him." We will publish the letter at a later date. RETURN FROM LONG AUTOMOBILE TRIP Mickey McDonald and Burrell Graves returned Tuesday from a trip to Libby, Mont. In McDonald's car, they left St. Helens two weeks ago, bound for the mining state. The distance to Libby Is 750 miles, and the hoys made tho trip in three days. Returning they cume via Seattle and Tncoma and report tho road much bettor than via The Dalles, Pasco and Spokane. MASONS BANQUET DR. EDWIN ROSS Tho Masonic lodgo gavo a banquet in honor of Dr. Edwin Ross last Sat urday night. Dr. Rosa has boon a mombor of tho lodgo for many years and has held the highest office with in the gift of the lodgo. A number of out of town member wero present to pay their respects to tho doctor, who lor.ves next week for Rodlands, California. NEW CITY ORDINANCE The city council has passed an or dinance making it unlawful to use city water during a fire, except for drinking purposes. An infraction of this lnw la punishable by a fine of not loss than $20 or moro than $100. NATION'S REST DAY QUIETLY OBSERVED Mills, Shipyards and Steamers Stop Work for the Day. Labor day was quietly observed in St. Helens. The mills and ship yards closed down for the day, and the three steamers laid idle at the dock. In the afternoon all of the stores closed and there was a general cessation from business activity. Tho principal event of the day was the picnic of the Portland District Epworth League which was held at Godfrey park. Some 250 Portland era came down on the steamer Un dine, which was chartered for the occasion, and thoy wore joined by delegations from Astoria, Rainier and Clatskanlo. The local leaguers met them at the dock ' and piloted them to the park. Before the picnic dinner, a short program was ren dered, and In the afternoon many went to the river bank and to Col umbia beach for further enjoyment. A musical program and several speeches contributed to tho after noon's entertainment and then the big baseball game between chosen nines was pulled off. So many scores wero made that the official Bcore keeper lost all record and the um pires called the contest a draw. Another feature of the day was the shoot of the St. Helens Gun Club at the club's grounds. No civic pro gram was planned for the day but each person planned his own celebra tion and, taken all in all, the day was pleasantly and profitably spent. ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY Miss Ardatk Hagey entertained six teen of her girl friends at a "sensa tional" party given ct her home near Scappoose Thursday evening, August 30. Each of the guests came pre pared to give a stunt or crante a sen sation, which mr.de tho evening a most enjoyable one. The real sensa tion of the evening wr.s when each suost was given a number corres ponding with a number in a basket of gifts. Beginning with number one, '.hey were opened by each girl until number seventeen was reached. This was opened by Miss Hagey and proved to be a beautiful dinmond ring, the donor beiug Mr.. Arch Dun can, of Tacoma, Wash. Later in the evening Mesdames Niblock, Johnston and Watts came in to sharo the fun and assisted Mrs. Sandstrom with the refreshments. At a late hour the guosts departed, voting the evening a distinct success. SOLDIER BOY TAKES BRIDE C. E. Walborn, a private in Troop A, one of the Boldier boys who have been stationed here for the past ten days, was united In marriage to Miss Helen Axleson, an attractive Port land girl, Monday afternoon, Judge H. P. Watkins officiating. Corporal L. II. Keers was best man and Mrs. A. Swanson, of Portland, an intimate friend of the brido, was the bride's attendant. Walborn's soldier friends say the young couple have been sweethearts for some time, and when orders came for the troop to return to Clackamas and be in readiness for entrninment, the groom phoned for his sweetheart to come down to, St. Helens and have the nuptial knot tied before he left Oregon. The happy couple were hosts at a dinner party at Mason's Monday night. CASE IS TRIED IN JUVENILE COURT Glen McGon, of Rainier, was up before the juvenile court Tuesday morning, charged with delinquency. On August 22 the boy, who is 16 years old, had somo altercation with Tony Hlestand, and Tony struck him. This was at the noon hour, and the boy, bent on revenge, sharpened his knlfo and while Tony was working in the Columbia River Door Company factory that afternoon, at 3 o'clock, approached and demanded $5 for the hat which had been knocked into the river when he was struck. Tony re fused to hand out the five and pushed the boy away as he did so. McGon drew .a knife from his pocket and shoved it Into Tony's side. Judge , Hattan ruled that It was not a case j for his court, and the matter will be later heard In the justice court. COUNTY FAIR PROGRAM IS NOW COMPLETED GOVERNOR TO COME Balloon Ascension Kach Day Fine Exhibit Promised. The county fair board has com pleted the program of the coming county fair and is now busy fixing up the fair grounds. On the first day the big stock parade and pulling con test will be held in the afternoon. The Warren band will furnish music and sports and amusements will en tertain the crowd until the evening hour. The second day wil be full of entertainment. At 10 o'clock there will be a grand stock parade and amusement features will follow. At 1 o'clock the Warren band will fur nish music, and Governor James Withycombe will deliver an address. The governor had other appointments but Secretary Allen prevailed upon him to visit the fair and make an ad dress. At 3 o'clock the grand float parade will be held and the stock parade will be at 4 o'clock. The fair board has arranged with professor Joel LeStrange, a noted balloonist, to have a balloon ascen sion every afternoon. The professor 1b now in Tacoma giving exhibitions, but will be in St. Helens on time. A big merry-go(-round has been secured which will afford the chil dren and near children much enter tainment and other amusement fea tures have been booked. The third day of the fair is School Children's day, and a very interest ing program has been arranged, t'.ia details of which will be published in our next Issue. If one glances over the program which is published elsewhere In this issue of the Mist, it will be found that many attractive features and entertainments have been arranged which, outside of the good exhibits, will be well worth coming to see The entire fair board has been work ing hard and they promise to make the sixth annual fair bigger and bet ter than ever before. SHIPPING NEWS Laden with 956,000 feet of lumber and carrying a fair passenger list, the steamer Multnomah left out Sat urday night, bound for San Pedro. The steamer Daisy Matthews sailed Saturday with a cargo of 1,200,000 feet of lumber, half of which was loaded here. Her destination Was San Pedro. The steamer Willamette sailed Wednesday night with a cargo of 875,000 feet of lumber and a fair passenger list. On her up trip, the steamer, which was heavily laden with a cement cargo, sprung a leak which necessitated a trip to the dry dock. This trip the Willamette goes to San Francisco. The steamer Ernest H. Meyer, be longing to the Broughton & Wiggins company, arrived in Monday and will sail tonight laden with a mixed cargo of lumber and piling. She goes to San Pedro, Redondo and San Diego. The steamer Celllo arrived in Mon day morning and after discharging some freight for the shipyard, pro ceeded to Rainier. She will finish storing cargo at Westport and sail tnolght for southern California ports. Captain Foldat brought the steam er Wapama into port early Tuesday morning and discharged a small lot of freight. He then proceeded to the Oregon dry dock, where the vessel was lifted to have another propeller placed. Coming up the river, a sunken log was struck and one blade of the wheel was broken. The Wa pama will sail Saturday night carry ing a cargo of 1,000,000 feet of lum ber. The steamer Wahkeena arrived In Wednesday morning and Is taking on a million foot cargo of lumber for delivery at San Pedro and San Diego. The next trip scheduled for the Wah keena is from Vancouver, B. C, to Mollendo, Peru. Captain Reiner thinks he can make the round trip in sixty days. The distance from San Francisco to Mollendo is about 4,000 miles. The motor ship City of Portland la taking on general cargo in Australia for delivery at the Solomon Islands. She will then take a cargo of copra tor San Francisco.