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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
VOLUME XXXVI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1917
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COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR
IS NOW IN PROGRESS
HAS GOOD ATTENDANCE
tiKUr Hchol ClilldiWn I lay In-
Unwtliitf Program Arrang"!.
Th sixth minimi Columhlu County
flip was o)ini'il Wednesday moru
la!. In the forenoon iiuiny of tliu
exhibits wnro not in place, and mil
mill tho afternoon did llio crowd
bofln tu assemble. Inspection of
tihlblls, tlin livestock parade, music
if tlio Warren bund und a balloon
uceiulon by Prof. l-oHlrunge, cntor-
Ulocd Hi" crowd during tlio after
noon. Thumdiiy all exhibits wore In
plim and a more creditable showing
wo niuilo. Considering tho wenthnr
conditions of tlio past summer, tliu
iirlcultural exhibit are most credlt
ible. (ireut yellow pumpkins; long
tin of pearly and yollow corn p-fop-D
out from groon shock; lull glu
Jin containing pnum. apples, peaches,
berrlc and other fruit grown In
the county; potaloou, wlitnt, ryo, out
led other funn products show con
tlunlvuly tlmt ColumliU county I a
firming country, or can lo mucin
uich. In tlio woman's building "
many exhibit of noedlnwork which
iltrurta tlio attention of tlio visitors.
Tlio school exhibit I par excel
Nco, and many of Columbia couu-
ty'i ichool are rcpruitmilod. The
eililblt of thn school children at
tracted much favornblo comment.
In tho livestock department ono
mayietho nnit of Ayrshire, Short
lioro, llolsleln and Jersey cuttle, nnd
tho fact that "plga are pig" I dem
onstrated by the exhibit of Poland
China. Berkshire, Chester Wlilto and
ther thoroughbred hoc" and pig
Tho exhibit of druft and work liorKe,
hlle not o largo a In former your,
la good, and attrr.cta the Interval of
those Interested In raining borne.
Not so much attention has been
len to the poultry exhibit a In
former yeara, but tie vert liuloss It In
moit creditable.
Tho feature of yoaterdny'a program
ai a speech by liln excellency, Gov
ernor Wllhycomho. Tlio governor
arrived on tho 1:43 truln und waa
met at the depot by a delegation of
cltlaen headed by W. J. Fullerton.
president 0f tho fair bonrd. Tho gov
ernor made a careful Inspection of
tlio agricultural cxblhlta and com
plimented Proaldent Kullerton and
Secretary Allen on tho lino allowing
n'l. IIIh speech wua attentively
listened to and heartily applauded by
Hie hundred preaent.
Fred Morgiia, who tondored bin car
'or the governor' aervlce and volun
teered hi service na chauffeur, took
tho governor nnd a party of friend
on an auto rldn around tbo city bo
'orn time for tbo governor to tuke
train for Portland.
The roal big dny of tbo fair la to
daySchool Children' day. At 10
o'clock the grund parade will occur,
and before noon tho Hoy Scout will
Klvo a drill. In tho afternoon, be
ginning at 1 o'clock, tbo Grund MuhI
Wl Festival progrum will be given.
, 1'rof. LcHtrungo wlH glva another
i balloon UHCenalon, und otber amuso
inunt feature will Horve to Interest
' Hie ninny wbo will nttond.
The Columbia County Fnlr for tbl
. yenr bag been a distinct buccobm, and
ilio fair board Is to bo congratulated
ii tho good allowing made. Secro
'"ry Allen promises that bo will have
tt complete premium list niado up
within tho next few woeka and It will
1)0 PubllHhod In tbla paper.
AGENT DIVENS '
GETS PROMOTION
R"es to Houwldo and Huh Taken
Omrgo of That Htnt.lon.
J- O. Dlvons, who bua acceptably
"Und tbo poHltlon us agont of tbo
8- r- A S. at St. Melons for a mini
''or of years, lias been transferred to
BkuhIcIo, whtcli, from a railroad
tandpolnt, Is a moro doslrablo sta
tlon on account of aliortor bours and
'"8 dotull work. Mr. Dlvons loft
TiiOHday night and will Hhortly bo
'"lolwod by bis wlfo and chlldron
fl.nr their personal matters hero aro
c'OH0d up.
'loth Mr. and Mrs. Dlvons have
mniy friends horo wbo wish them
8UCC0BS In their new locution.
ANOTHER SHIPYARD
FOR COLUMBIA CITY
Nit n
Obtained Work
at Once.
to Begin
Another shipyard 1 noon to be
established at Columbia City. The
alto obtained lay Jiut north of the
Huiuiuuratroiu yard and ample space
for a yard and ways bus been se
cured. The concern that will oper
ato tbo yard Is the International
Shipbuilding Company, an Oregon
corporation, which lias Med articles
of Incorporation with the state.
Attorney Ceorge M. Mcllride, who
represents the company, Informs the
Mlt that work will begin within
thirty daya; that lumber bus already
been ordered for temporary struc
ture, and as soon na tho mills can
deliver the largo timbers for ways
und machine shop active work will
bo In progress. Though the com
pany ha acceptod no contracts, sev
eral urn under consideration nnd will
probably be undertaken when the
yurd I ready for operation.
Mr. Mcllride was somewhat reti
cent ubout tliu detail but author
ized the statement that tho yard was
an assured fact; that It would be one
of the large yard of the Columbia
river and work on Its construction
will be riiHhed.
With tho establishment and oper
ation of this yurd several hundred
m ui will be given employment und
the town und community will lr in
ner the more.
VACATION TIME OVER;
SCHOOL NEXT MONDAY
I'ai ully is Complete and lOvei-j thing
III KoiulliioHM for Ktart.
All plans aro complete for the
opening of school Monday morning,
and a well trained corp of teacher
huvo been obtained. Hev. I). J. Tay
lor has been elected us one of the
toacbors In the high school to fill the
vacancy caused by tho resignation of
Prof. Koed. Tlio following is the as
signment of work:
John (iiimm School
First grade, Miss Heth Perry.
Second grade, Miss Helen Hall.
Third grade, Mra. Amnndii Lake.
Fourth grade, Miss Helen lial
berth. Fifth grade, Miss Huby lllcke-
thler.
Sixth grade, Miss I.nuru Stennich.
Seventh grade, Mrs. Kfflo Wilson.
Klghth grade, Mr. Joseph McCoy.
High School
Language, Miss Ada McCowen.
Science, Miss Jennie Muggins.
Mutliemnllcs Mr. Donald J. Tay
lor. Pedugogy and History, Mr. L. L.
Hukor.
Mcllride School
First and Second grades, Miss
Kthol Malthows.
Third and Fourth grades, Mrs. An
drows. Fifth nnd Sixth grades, Miss Arm
strong. Seventh and Klghth grudeB, Mr.
Chus. Lake.
All beginners In the first grade
should enter during tho first two
weeks of school, as no new classes
for beginners will bo formed after
that time, nnd all pupils nro urged to
entor on tlio opening day.
There will be a touchers' meeting
In tho high school building at 2:30
p. in. Saturday. This will bo an Im
portant meeting nnd all teachers aru
expectod to attend.
All music teachers who nro expect
ing to give lessons to high school pu
pils with a view to getting music
credit, should see tho superintendent
,.,wl All out a (luullfleatlon blank,
showing that thoy aro properly nunll-
llod to teach music.
PORTLAND MARKETS
dttlo Host beef steers, t to
$9.76; good beef steer. $7.50-8.75;
best beef cows, $0.75-7.50; ordinary
to good cows, $4-6.75; best heifer-.
$7-8; bullB, $4-6.75; calves, $7.00
9. GO; Btocker and feeder steers, $1
to $7.25.
Hokh Current prlcos aro: Prime
light, $7.76 to 17.85; prime heavy,
$17.65-17.76; plga. $14 to $16; bulk,
$17.76. Tops Monday brought $18.
8l1P(,p Western lnmbs, $13.00 to
$13.50; valley lambs, $11.75-12.60;
yearlings, $10-10.50; wethers, $9.75
10.60; ewes, $8 to $8.60.
LUMBER SHIPMENTS
FOR CALIFORNIA
Week's NhlppliiK IjuKo .ur Ves
sels lOud.
Harvey Itothchlld has been ap
pointed as purser on tho steamer
Willamette, succeeding C. Neeman,
resigned. Mr. Itothchlld Is an ex
perienced and unable, officer, and no
doubt will add to the popularity of
tho McCormlck stenmnhlp line.
Tho steamer Klumuth arrived
in Wednesday noon and went to the j lng men to Franco and England. No
tie boom, where 1,000,000 feet of 1 arrangements have been made by the
ties will bo taken on for delivery at j company operuting tho vessels to
San Pedro. The vessel will sr.il Sat- place other tonnage on the San Frau
urduy night. j cisco-Fluvol route, though it is
Coming light, tho steamer Mlllu- thought such arrangements will soon
melto, Captain Krickson, arrived j be made. Tho taking off of these
early Wednesday morning nnd is tak-i vessels is a groat loss to Portland
lng on a full cargo of lumber and i and the Columbia river territory, as
piling for delivery In the Hay City, they afforded quick freight and pas
Captnln F.rlrkson plans to clear the sengor service.
vessel Saturday night and will have The short notico given the com-
a number of passengers. ;
The steamer Dclsy Matthews ar-1
rived Thursday morning and is com
pleting her lumber cargo for delivery
at S:n Pedro.
K. II. Kaunady, formerly chief en
gineer of tho Willamette, has been
transferred to tho Wahkeenu, and
Chief Hoblnson of tho Wahkeent to
the Willamette. Tho Wahkeenu this
trip goes to South America. Kan
niuly wanted to go nnd Hoblnson
didn't bunco the change.
LABOR UNREST DELAYS
TIMBER DEVELOPMENT
l-j-cles Kyiidicuto Drops Plans at Pre
ent for lagging Itaihvuy.
Hy reason of unsettled conditions tho rains of last week slightly Inter
In the local labor world, plans of the'fered. The ono mile of road from
Kceles syndicate to construct logging j Pittsburg towards St. Helens has
railways into tho Immense timber j been completed and Is a first class
tracts purchased last spring from the j pBce of work. As stated in our last
Dubois Lumber Company aro held in Issue; a contract has been let for an
abeyanco. According to David C. j other mile on this road.
Eccles, president of tho American- i On the third mile of road, Mr.
Oregon Lumbar Company and also of Abry states there is a prospect of
tho Oregon Lumber Company, the 'securing a supply of good rock, so
project to establish sawmills in tho J with tho completion of the grading,
Columbia river district or in Port- rocking will be begun. It is stated
land to work up tho timber bought In I that some of the residents in the
the northwestern corner of the state Trenholm district are contemplating
Is also held up, although somo deft-1 tho levying of a special road tax for
nlte announcement may bo made be- Hint district so more funds will be
foro he returns to his homo at Ogden, available for work on the road from
rtah. I Trenholm towards Pittsburg.
HONOR LIST RISING IN
As ii I'.esult of Testing and Culling
Itulsed to Fort) -five
Tlio honor Hut of the Gresham
Slough Cow Tasting Association lias
grown to such an extent that it Is
necessary to rniso tho standard to
45 pounds Instead of 40 pounds as
herdtoforo. This is very gratifying
and shows that tho production has
been raised through testing and cull
inu. August has been a very hard month
for tho dairymen !n this section nnd
some huvo becomo dl".cour.god und
disposed of their herds. However,
the list we piihllnti shows that there
uro many good cows which are being
pointed out to tho owners of herds
In tills vicinity and elsewhere through
COWS PRODUCING OVER 45 POUNDS BUTTEUFAT IN THE MONTH
Owner. Nnnio, Brood.
John Farr Kosie, G. Dur.
John Fnrr Spot, G. Hoi.
John Farr l'uhe, O. Hoi.
John Farr Sprutz, G. llol.
C. M. Johanson. .Tuto, G. Hoi.
C C. Woodcock. . Favenno,' U. Jor.
J.' Luscher No. 3, G. Jer.
Kred I'lrlch .... Annie 2nd, G. Hoi.
S H, Hull No. 37, G. Hoi.
Wist Bros Hotina Hose, H.Hol.
J. Luscher Muyborry, G. Hoi.
simi WoIrh Lucy. G. Hoi.
Mult Farm Kugni.i Boso, R.Jer.
llin Karr No. 28, O. Hoi.
I W. S. Johnson . . . Molly, G. llol.
Wist Bros No. 2 D.. Q. llol.
I Mult Harm Blncklo, G. Hoi.
! John Farr No. 21, G. Hoi.
H G. Mullenhoft, . Daisy, Q. Hoi.
G. Jonsrud Mnrllla, K. Hoi.
I G. Jonsrud Jene, O. Jar.
Fred Ulrlch Pinky, Q. Jor.
' wist Bros No. 34 A., G Dur.
Johanson Bros. . . Brlndle, O. Dur.
C. C. Woodcock .. Brownlo, G. Jor.
Johnnnon Bros. ..No. 16, G. Jor.
C. J. I'nls Beuty, G. Jer.
VtpiI H i man . . . sun, u. jor.
inoirina iiio above mentioned cows
iluced over 40 pounds buttrfat for
DANA S. FRAME,
Tester.
GOVERNMENT TAKES
GIANT STEAMERS
(Jreut .Northern and Northern Pacific
Have llen Commandeered.
The United States government has
taken over the giant steamers Great
Northern and Northern Pacific for
military necessities, and they have
been ordered to proceed to Bremer
ton, Wash., navy yard at once. It is
presumed that both vessels will be
used as transports to take our fight-
pany by the government has left them
unable to make any immediate plans
for the resumption of freight and
passenger business. In tbo mean
time the business will be handled by
the steam schooners and the Portland-Sun
Francisco steamer line. The
vessels taken over by the government
cost about $2,600,000 each and were
built in Philadelphia In 1916.
ROAD WORK IN
NEHALEM PROGRESSES
noadmnster Abry returned Satur
day last from a week's Inspection
trip In the lower end of the county
and in tho Nelmlem country. He
states that all road work has been
progressing satisfactorily, except that
COW TESTING ASSN.
tbo Standard of Production Has Iteen
Pounds of liutterfat.
tlio testing association.
John Farr, of W.irren, has the
high honor this month, having both
high lienors nnd high cows. Ills
herd of 12 cows have an average of
901 pounds of milk and 39.18 pounds
of butterfnt wr.s produced per cow.
The average cost of feed per cow
was $5.68.
In order that more of tho dairymen
outside of the association may have
a better idea of the work, Dana S.
Frame, tetter, has made a careful
report of tho expet amount und cost
of food of each cow for the mouth.
The average cost wns $5.96.
Tin detailed report follows
Butter-
Ago.
9
3
8
7
.6
6
6
6
8
11
4
Frosh.
May
July
July
Juno
Jun.
June
July
July
July
Juno
Mnr.
May
July
May
May
July
July
May
Juno
May
July
July
Juno
May
June
Milk.
1050
1283
1326
1500
1061
1091
1370
1481
1505
1.108
1423
865
885
1478
1153
1200
1227
1221
1274
703
954
1063
1103
880
930
1103
979
1271
Test.
6.3
4.5
4.3
3.7
6.2
4.9
3.9
3.6
3.5
4.0
3.66
6.0
5.8
3.4
4.4
4.2
4.1
4.1
3.88
7.0
6.1
4.5
4.3
5.3
6.0
4.2
4.7
3.6
fat.
66.15
57.73
57.01
55.60
65.12
63.45
53.43
63.31
52.52
52.32
52.08
51.90
51.33
50.75
60.73
60.40
50.30
50.06
49.43
49.21
48.65
47.82
47.42
46.64
46.50
8
11
8
6
46.32
46.01
July
45.76
there are 18 others that have pro
the month of August.
H. G. MULLENHOFF,
Secretary.
SHIPYARD STRIKE
IS STILL
ON
Government May Take Hand in Set
tling Matter.
Apparently the shipyard strike In
St. Helens and at the other yards on
the Pacific coast is no nearer a set
tlement than when the men, acting
on orders from an unknown Bource,
laid down their tools Saturday morn
ing. Three hundred men left the
yards of the St. Helens Shipbuilding
Company and 70 quit at the Som
marstrom plant. Thursday most of
the men had returned to work at
the latter yard and officials of the
local shipbuilding company stated
that 60 men were at work and fairly
good progress being made on the gov
ernment vesseU now under construc
tion. Manager McCormick of the St.
Helens Shipbuilding Company attend
ed a meeting of the shipbuilders in
Portland Wednesday, and L. G.
Harry, federal conciliator, made sug
gestions as to the settlement of the
disputes, but no definite plan was
adopted. From all wo can learn, a
majority of the men who left the
yards both In St. Helens and else
where, did not want to strike, but
followed orders handed down from
somo source.
While several demands have been
made, shorter hours, more pay, half
holiday on Saturday, etc., the
main contention seems to be an open
or closed shop. The shipbuilders do
not seem inclined to grant this and
many of the shipyard employes are
holding firm In their determination.
Government officials at Washington
view the situation wth alarm, as con
structon work on ships which are
now badly needed is being held up,
and It Is very probable that the ship
ping board will take some action.
The strike affects St. Helens very
much, as 200 or moro men aro now
idle and each day the strike con
tinues means a great loss both to the
men who are out and the community
at large.
It is stated that 2,500 men are out
at Portland, 1,000 at Astoria and sev
eral hundred more at points along the
river. No disturbances havo been in
evidence and very little picketing,
though several walking delegates are
reported to have been circulating in
St. Helens.
FEDERAL SOLDIERS
SENT TO ASTORIA
To Protect Mill Plants and Shipyards
During Strike.
Acting on the request of B. F.
Stone, president of the port of Astoria
commission, Governor Witliycombe
placed the matter before Colonel
Dentler, commanding the United
States troops in the northwest dis
trict, and he sent 100. troops to As
toria to guard the plants of the lum
bermen and shipyards. The strike
situation In Astoria which resulted
In three of the largest wooden ship
building yards in the northwest to
close, was brought to a critical stage
Tuesday when approximately 200 of
the employes of the Hammond Lum
ber Company refused to work and
went on a strike, apparently in sym
pathy with other strikers. Electric
current for Astoria, Seaside, Warren
ton and other towns is furnished by
the Hammond mill, the closing of
which would bring about a serious
situation. The soldiers are guarding
the property of the company but no
disturbance has occurred.
GAME DEPARTMENT TO
CURTAIL EXPENSES
Lack of Funds May Cause leputies
to IjOsa Jobs.
It has been decided to drop a num
ber of the deputy game wardens from
the state's payroll on account of a
lack of funds for the conduct of the
department. Not as many hunting
and nulling licenses have been taken
out as formerly, hence the shortage
of funds. It is possible that Deputy
Wardon Brown might be one of those
who are temporarily let out, but his
friends throughout the county hope
he will be continued In office as he
(s a faithful, conscientious officer who
has performed good service for the
state. For the past two years Mr.
Brown has workod In the Columbia
county district and he has proved
himself a very efficient officer.
DRAFTED MEN LEAVE
FOR AMERICAN LAKE
TWENTY ARE CALLED
Itanquet and Reception by Honor
Guard and Red Cross.
Twenty more of Columbia county's
boys have answered the call and are '
now in regular army service. Thov
comprised the 40 per cent of the
mon drafted from this county, and
left Wednesday morning for-. Camp
Lewis, Washington, to become sol
diers in the new national army train
ing for field service in France. With
those now at the camp, approximate
ly 45 per cent of Columbia county's
quota has reported for service;
Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock the
boys who went to the camp, and
many of the drafted men who will
go on the next call, were the guests
of tho St. Helens Honor Guard at a
dinner in the Guild hall. The in
vited guests were Rev. Hlsey, Rev.
Taylor, Mayor Morton and members
of the local exemption board. At
each place was an unique place card.
picture of Uncle Sam waving the
Stars and Stripes and on the back
of the cards was written the names
of tho Honor Gjiard girls. And such
dinner! It is a safe bet that no
cook in the government service will
'set before tho boys such a feed as
thoy had, and they enjoyed it to tho
fullest extent. Music and short
speeches added to the pleasure of
the hour, and Miss Alvord, president
of the Honor Guard, made a short
talk to the "soldier boys to be," stat
ing that the girls wero ever ready to
help them, and no matter whether it
be on the bloody battle fields of -
France or in the training camps of
America, the girls wanted the boys
to write and keep in touch with
them, so they would be the better
able to aid.
After dinner, all went to the city
hall, where the Red Cross auxiliary
was in readiness to receive them.
The hall was artistically decorated
and the stage settings elaborate. A
regular army tent, camp fire in front
and presided over by three khaki
clad Boy Scouts, reminded one of
regular army life, and "Old Glory"
waving in the breeze of an electric
fan added further beauty to tho
stage settings. Smiths orchestra
rendered several well received num
bers, and Rev. Taylor, acting as
toastmaster, announced the program.
The quartet (?) of eight voices enter
tained the large audience with sev
eral selections. Rev. Hlsey made a
feeling and well received address to
the boys and, being a veteran of the
Spanish-American war, gave much
good advice. The president of the
Honor Guard also made a short ad
dress which was well received and
heartily applauded. The program
closed by the singing ot "America,"
the audience standing.
Major" Barnett then got busy and
In a few minutes arranged for a pub
lic dance. Miss Bessie Hattan and
Messrs. Oswald and John Deming
volunteered their services as musi
cians and soon the orchestra was or
ganized. . A grand march, led by
Major" and Mrs. Barnett and par
ticipated In by fifty couples, was the
beginning of the "after" entertain
ment. Dancing lasted until mid-"
night when Sergeant Woltz ordered
his men to quarters.
Some twenty machines were parked
In front of the courthouse at 830
Wednesday morning to take the bjys
and their friends to the station, and
more than 100 people were at the
depot to say farewell to them. As
the train left, 'midst tears and cheers
and a prayer for victory and a safe
return, the home people bade the
boys goodbye and godspeed.
In addition to "Major" Barnett,
who had charge of tho safe arrival
of the boys at the training camp.
Glen Metsker accompanied them, and
at the last minute several kind
friends gave Doctor Hoskln a boost
onto the train platform, and before
he could say he wouldn't go the trala
was under way with Hoskln the will
ing prisoner of Metsker and Barnett,
who took exceptionally good care of
him.
The next quota ot the county'
drafted men will leave October 3.
The boys were loud In their praise
ot the reception and entertainment.