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Newspaper Page Textr Patriotic Duty - Buy a Liberty Bond -Help Your Government Win toe War I f 'rl tfl-0 OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY E XXXVI. ST. HELENS, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1917 NO. 44 i INSTITUTE NOW IN SESSION TEACHERS HERE L Hnrm ilvMi rvu Lud Entertainment. roimII, principal of War ren school. ) iinblt county teacher an- Hute opened WiMtiirwUy U tli Kt. Helens puhlic lldlnit wll'1 M"ro ,ln" Lth finest array o? iiicm- jn profession ever aHH'-m-u Inntllutu In tlui stale. ,sdMit Alli'H unil tin) school he county Imvo shown x- Airnvnt In the soUictlon of The ever advancing stnn.l- se irofesnlun that are ImiIiik mmnrt ttuit hn are nhown tbe exterior of tlicio men ,n Into whoso care I tie edu- Iht pres'iit generation Is IT forenoon tlio teachers Into the shipyards, and the im of these vessels which xreulnf tho furrows across ft fevered frow were ex- la well ai tlmu and number Inula permit Itul It 1 1 treat, and tin) Jolly crowd liith a hearty appetite and Intercut In thla groat 8upt. J W. Allon haa I to Mi reputation as a live linever lirliiK worker In the of the teachers of hla county. ken of thn day were Prof. k4, of ("orvnllU, and Mra. ilkertoa. Thn latter la tlio Itljr known womnn educa- turcr In the atato. j not n goblet to ho drained list to be tilled." "The avo- doesn't HtM'tii to under- pobllc corporation' bo lug to any act through nn In- ' tie public' wnlfure." "We w iway from thla narrow, tiwftlvurouH crawl of ouri i the aoronautira." These m of tlio quaint remarks a qp a Mirt of tlio olectrl- 'Aih given to the teachers rnl UMMi.l.ly by prof. E. T. MCcnrallU. Ho la refreshing 'i and seines the attention oitlence nt tlio vorr atari. hi forget to lose until thoy mieWfla vlKorouHly nnrjluud p cloo of the lecture. Knd limed t hn tnnrlinra to ft mlmled In subjects dealing o-callcil nlutonrpta and tltlu'hl of the nn' Inn Anions j'H he enumerated tn an Iron- er, at which ho In a pant ra the following itntlatlca P lile HTKumont :: "Thore fit Unity, wrinkled and prodl I'mumor of hnlr-oll, John D. 'ller (Hth'L'V filtl nnvn ullfl p measly ,!,, 0f $22,000,000 Nn Institution for no other rthan for tlio betterment and !;Sof mankind, and Inter on. Rlenco hurtln him for Imv- 'trlbutod ho nlKKurdly a sum. I'a sMkIiIIv liimer niim of 'WO. Then Cnrnoirln thn tlxhtwnd) haa KlVen mil- million H tnurnrtl nrl tirnt- hpwpl of thin nation throush Vtl ll.,r..r-l.... -.1.1.. U. - M""l WlilUIl I1U 1 1 no K Vou iy a liberty bond, hit DlT ret. I lnln.n.1 ..,,1 1. 1 nil . - Ll.'jfiv BUM h.... "acrlflcinic for your country, W llii. . ... . , uei ourniKS 01 mo niR 'llfoxlK of thU nation are but Ml of tht, capital Invented. "lOOlM Mr.,,.. ...... , evenliiR the tuachora wore reception by tonchera and pn 11 St. Helena, and It was tho ' exnrnuui.... - ,i hai httVrtr Iumin n.,..r,ll.,,l tnm wy iiuii w,,u i iv rwl lth nutuinn loavoa, trall- f:ill flowor. Tl.o r- r "ne conniHtod of tho county "wiiitoiidont, the members ,)0,vr,i nn(1 tne toachers vn.n, Tlwi ...1.14 at I aiannla ..... . - un wmii riiiirniMiiiL ff ha hearty ad(lrnH nf wfllnnmo WtaA l "" "y Uleii u. Motskor. ICa Klir..... ...u, UD waa eBpeciiiiiy ' ' nll iih tho musical num bered by j.rof. Enna nnd - .uiunnii, and Pror. Mc- " CltV M.. t . CITY POSTOFFICE i"v t n rw w w- . . uiai kibu 1INU CENTER la (IfarhiK Houhc for all PonIoITIith Wltliln t'omil). I'nder a recent rultnir i.f 11... n,. office depurtnieiit, all poHtofflcus at county seats hnvo boon mnilo clenrliiK nounna mr inn oilier otriceH within tlio county, ho from now on the Ht Unions poHtofflee will huve clmrirB nf tho distribution of Htmnps, envnlnpes and other poHtoffire suppllea to the postofflros In Columbia county. Thlf adds quite a lot of detail work to the locul offlrn. whleh Ih nlre.nl v Imr dennd with a heavy glut of IiuhIim-hk AccordliiK to Mrs. Iloilil, thn St. Ilel ons office has lancer pontl suvIhr: deposits than any third elans office In tho stato of Oregon. The postal luminous this year shows a suliHtiintiul Incroust: ovor the previous year. There are only tliroo third clatw postofflres In Columbia county, Cluts kunle, Kainler and Kt. Helens. The salary attached to thn Ht. I Idem uostoffico Is 1 1.700 per year, with a monthly allowance of $32 for clerk hire. It Is understood tint tho Itiiin ler poHtinimtor receives the mime sal ary, and ClntBkanlo $1,400. HONOR GUARD ASKS AID FOR SOLDIERS Public In (iencroiixly lteHHindliiK to Their ( nil. The Ht. Helens Honor Guard girls wish to accumulate a fund which will be used to buy little comforts and necessities for the Columbia county soldier boys, both abroad and In the training camps In the ITnlted States. Through the co-operation of J. II. Thatcher a number of little boxes have been made and on each box If an invitation for you to drop in a coin and a promise by the Honor Uunrd that the funds so raised will be spent on our soldiers. The boxes have been placed In the various busi ness nlnces and already a nest sum has been accumulated. Several of the Columbia county boys are now In France, nnd tlio Honor (iuard will oon start a paokugo of little neces sities to "the front" so they will ar rive before Christmas tlmo. The girls have undertaken a commendable work and should be supported by the public at large. H. E. LA BARK NOW DEPUTY SHERIFF II. K. I. a Hare, for somo ninnUm employed as assistant cashier at the t olumbltt County Hank, has resigned his position with that InKtitulltin nnrl accepted the chief depulyshlp under Sheriff Htiinwood. Mr. La Hare is YANKTON REDMEN CELEBRATE HiKh OffieinlH in Attendance Seven Iev Members Initiated. II. E. LA II A It K quallfled to satisfactorily All the new position he has taken, as he has had many years experience In courthouse affairs, having been deputy county clerk and county clerk for a number of years. Sheriff Stanwood Is to be congratulated in securing so capable an assistant ns Mr. La Bare. A "TOUGH TOWN" ON THE YUKON City a Mile Iioiik and KiKbteen Inlices Wide and am ToukIi as it is Ixing. ST. HELENS-PITTSBURG ROAD MUCH NEEDED Tllllcum Trllin 1 n t n non .1 ant rirHar of Kedmen, scalped seven palefaces at a nig initiatory meeting in their hnll at Yankton Saturday night. High officials of tho order from Portland wore present, as was the Portland degree team, which put on the work. The grand lodge officials present were: Hobert O. Morrow, great sa chem; T. C. Heichle, great Sr. saga more; O. L. Dleckcl, chief of records; J. M. Krelllngor, great trustee; L. H. Harney, past great sachem; L. 11. Smith, sachem Oneonta Tribe No. 2. and J. O. Wilson, keeper of wampum or the same lodge. After tho initiation short speeches wore made by the visiting brothers, which were responded to by mem bers of the homo lodee. A suDDer was served in honor of the visitors and the newly mado Kedmen. The Yankton lodge, though considered a young lodge, has mnde rapid growth and has a Inrnn number of members and owns its own lodge, hall. HimwAv rniwMTRRTnM LET MORE CONTRACTS $4M0,4MM Ih Amount to lie Kient on Itoml Work. A MRF.RTY BOND FOR EVERY HOME Slogan of Workers in IJIierty Ilond (n iiiMil(ii. BASEBALL EARNINGS GO FOR LIBERTY BUNUb I.oo Conlln has helped at least two St. Helens people to buy I.meriy bonds, according to the story which Ih Koinir tho rounds. Leo was an ard'nt Glunt backer: J. H. Thatcher and John Johnson chose tho hue Sox. It is hardly necessary to say that Leo surrendered a tidy little sum which tho phone company paid him. Part of this sum went to John son and Thatcher, and those two gen- tlomont, realizing that Conlln Is Just as strong a backer of 1'nclo Sam nr he was of the New York Imseimn tenm. thought they would give I.e.) a part of tho glory, so what he iom was Invested In Liberty nonas. ..,. Conlln now thinks that even If he was on the loser's end he has IHpod the government to nilse tlio war wi.n direct y He mis mi subscribed for a Liberty bond, ho ha made it possible for his rrlen.is u. do so. h tho Smith orchestra furniched several ploar.lng solocMons. ipii...in thn nrogrum punch was served from an artistic bower In the contor cf tho room. Prof. Churchill, state superinten dent of public Innlruction, addressed tho teachers Thursday morning. In which he called their special atten- .i... ..i.lnct of moral insirm;- Hon, which course win reading of otorles that will osu.o,.., .1.11.1 Hw. ouiilltles that make 111 ltU , K..(.er etlr.ons. This is a service IVI , "A Liberty bond for every home" Is the slogan adopted by those Col umbia county workers who have been entrusted with the task of raising the allotment of bonds for this coun ty. Every indication is tnat tne coun ty will subscribe very liberally. Ore gon's (iiioto Is $16,500,000, and Thursday night close to $5,000,000 of this amount has been subscribed. Friday night C. A. Miller, of the Fed eral Unserve Hank In San Francisco, and A. F. Flagle, of Portland ad dressed an audience of about 100 people nt the city hall nnd set forth why everyone should buy a Liberty bond. The government has mado it easy to buy these bonds because the government wants the common peo ple to subscribe to the bond Issue. Many creditors menns many backers ami ninnv friends, and this is Just exactly what the United States gov ernment wants. The speakers stirrea up much Interest In the bond issue, with the result Hint many subscrip tions were made nt the bank the next day and tho several days following. Those who hove subscribed in St. Helens through the local bank up to noon yesterday are: M. Fresh ur n nillnrd. guardian 200 It. F. Jones luu p. A. George Peter Peterson !UU AnAA dins. Graham 4UUV F.iiima Gruhnm iou H. F. Hennett v 11. H. Uawson Laud H. Rutherford -00 J. V. Johnson " Minnlo Doloshnl Viola Soderborg ou Sophlo Nagol Rudolph Ketol U Mrs. W. C. Tongol Conrud Laurentsen Mrs. Mary George J At the regular meeting of the state highway commission in November, contracts probably will be let for $600,000 worth of construction which will extend over into next year. This amount added to whnt has been con tracted for already this year will bring the grand total up to approxi mately $2,600,000. The contracts to be let next" month Include grading in Hood Illver county between -Hood River nnd Mostcr, the estimated cost of which Is $362,000; grading Wolf Creek nnd Grave Creek hill In Jose phine county, $$3,000, and grading In Douglas county between Dillard and Myrtle Creek, $173,000. The Hood River and Douglas county Jobs will be entirely new construction. In the latter case the dangerous Roberts mountain grado will be entirely elim inated. It was originally planned to do tho Douglas nnd Josephine county work in co-oporntion with tho fed eral government under the federal road act, but this has been found to be impossible in view of the ruling of the secretary of agriculture that thoy were not post roads. Of the $236,000 of post rond money which is now available from tlio national treasury western Oregon is entitled under the state law to 40 per cent, or about $95,000. IF YOU ENLIST HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL GET Eugene Smith 8. Iverson . . Idah Lldynrd J. E. Carver . jl. S. Mason J. II. Thatcher Jl. A. Colt Walter II. 100 100 50 "I think that, of all the experiences and adventures I hnve had In my life thus far, those I gleaned during my fourteen months in the regular army have had the most profound effect in l. -..(... .liiutlnv "The recruiting posters will tell you that a year in the army will teach your boy courage. It will. Also, it will teach him how to die, and In teaching him this it will tench him how to live. And he wll learn iinur in nbev. in order that in the later battle of life ho may know how i to command; it will teach him dem ocracy, and If, after he has learned to defend his country and himself, he is called upon to mako practical use of his education for the benefit of posterity, he will learn tenderness and manliness nnd how to sacrifice without thinking about It. Yes, all pacifists to the contrary notwithstand- 100 Mng, he will learn these things, even 200 100 100 Smith ?60 that cannot bo rendored sntlsfnctor- E j. nilngh Ily by any others but tho touchers. w. E. Lldyard ........luiiitlltv rosto with them ll.u . ... ... The institute will close wuu afternoon's session, after which the teachers will return to their various homos, refreshed and with new in spirations for the coming months of school. An order -has restrlctoJ tho Hir ing of storoB nnd restaurants In Ber lin 'o one-fifth of tho degree of II- uminntlon permitted up to uocoi,.- 50 50 100 200 60 50 60 J. II. E. Hourne II. J. Graham Marlon Morton Virginia Morton g. o. Morton, Jr , . $6,050 Total ' Thoso who purchased bonds after Thursday noon will be printed In tho next Issue of the Mist. It Is set forth that St. Helens will (Continued on Page 8) whilo killing his follow man. And If you show me a man who lias been through actlvo servico nnd is now a nacifist and denies this statement, I will tnko the short end of a modest bet that his record In the war de partment archives will prove him a malingerer, on sick report when he wasn't In the guardhouse for being a dirty, careless, Inefficient soldier. Military service In the United States army is a real Job with variegated details, many of them unpleasant to some natures, but nono of thorn de grading, and tho army is the finest school In the world for teaching a boy courage, self-relinnco, cleanliness and efficiency." Peter B. Kyne, in Amer ican Magazine, (M. J. Brown.) I was up and dressed when my call came for Rampart. One lady pas senger was up. She was from Los Angeles. Her father was a steam boat captain on the lower river and she was on a visit to him. She had made the trip before and she knew where Rex Beach's cabin was. So we climbed to tho high bank ana started out to "see Rampart." It didn't take long. The town was tho typical river bunch of log houses and stores, one street facing the river. There were no traffic restric tions or sidewalk congestions, and we made speed. In the midnight twilight we soon found the author's cabin, just like all the other log houses with the exception of the dis tinguishing mark of a pair of moose horns over the door. And it was here, the lady told me, that Rex Beach wrote "The Barrier." I don't know how he could have done it. Of all the lonesome places on the Yukon, Rampart was "Exhibit 1." I brushed away the mosquitoes. looked Into the window of the cabin and mentally told Rex he had noth ing to fear from me. The herd In stinct grabbed me we bolted for the boat. I had seen the celebrated cabin and was thoroughly satisfied. It seemed to me Inspiration framed a cold hand for Rex Beach when It dealt him Rampart. Days later, at St. Michael, I was speaking of seeing Beach's cabin, when a man laughed. I asked where was the funny place. He said Beach's cabin burned a long time ago, and now the people took turns In putting a pair of moose horns on the differ ent cabins in town and slipping over tho counterfeit. "The last trip I made the author's cabin was at the extreme east end of the town. Now they tell me it is the west end s turn for this season." Then I concluded Alaska was about as full of deceit as the outside. At 2 o'clock In the morning the steamer pulled Into lananna. i couldn't sleep so I took my grip and wont ashore. This fort town is at the junction of the Yukon and Tan- anna rivers, where they told us we would have to wait "about five days for a steamer down, as our boat went on to Fairbanks. As some writer has written, the town was about a mile long and 18 inches wide, with Fort Gibbon at one end, an Indian village at the other and a bunch of "red light" cabins In the roar. I was told that Tananna was a "tough town." I walked up the one street in the semi-darkness until I saw a hotel sign, "The Tower House tiooma, and I went In. It was a saloon and hotel combined. . The proprietor awoke, Bhoved out a book for me to register and showed me a little dump of a room on the second floor. It was just large enough for a bed, and I was agreeably sur nrlsed to find it clean. It was cold and rainy so I went down stairs and iwt hv th bid stove. On the boat I had formed a warm friendship with a young fellow named Wilson from Dawson, on his way to Nome. He was a machinist by traoe and a DrosDector by profession. He had been eleven years In AlasKa. He told me if I wanted to find a char acter" to stop at the Tower house and get on the good side of Aus trian Joe." the owner. But I had forgotten about this and it was only hv chance that I put up at his place. Tn a little while a big drunken stevedore came in. He had on board an ugly jag. He looked over the big, emoty barroom, then came over to . .nrl Mid. "Let's have a little drink." I refused; ho Insisted il.l 1,1 m ha had enough and I did not want any. "You're a liar," he told me, "and you can take it any way you want to." With that whisny-crazea man there was only one way to take it. I didn't care to open any week e en forced stay in this river town with a harroom fight with a plug-ugly, 80 I told him I would take It any way he put it until he got sober, so he declared I was a Siwasli and he went to the bar alone. "Austrian Joe" had Bat in his chair TAX LEVY SUGGESTED Extra Levy Would Aid in Building Additional Two Allies. (Continued on Page 5) The St. Helens-Plttshurz road is an absolute necessity and a road which Bhould be built as soon as possible. Thin la thn onlnlon which has been expressed to the Mist by many St. Holens citizens. The Mist is of this same opinion, but the question now arises as to how funds shall bo pro cured for the building of this much needed highway which will bring the fertile Nehalem valley and St. Hel ens, the county's largest city and chief port, closer together. Under the present law, which was passed by tho last legislature, all incorporated towns have become road districts and 70 per cent of the road tax levied and collected in the dis trict must be spent within said dis trict. This leaves 30 per cent to go Into the eeneral road fund. The as sessed valuation of the city of St. Helens is more than $700,000, so if the county court should levy a 10 mill tax $7,000 would be paid by tho property owners of St. Helens. Deduct the 30 per cent for the gen eral road fund, or $2,100, there would remain $4,900 to be spent on county roads within the city limits. It has been tho custom of the county court to spend some of the general fund road money in each road dis trict where hecvy construction work is to be done, and following this cus tom tho St. Helens road district will como in for its share of the fund. It la suggested, however, that in stead of using this general road fund money, that the county court be au thorized to expend the amount on a further extension of the Pittsburg road, the work to begin at Tronholm. It is further suggested that if the taxpayers of tho city think more than $4,900 should bo used on tno roaas within the city limits, that they levy a special tax of 3 mills which would bring $2,100, thus making the total available for thia district $7,000. It is probable that road district No. 3, the Trcnhalm country, will lew a sbecial tcx to be used on the Pittsburg road, and if the amount raised is added to that portion oi the general road fund to which the St. Helens district will be entitled, the total will be sufficient to extend tho road for two miles. Rnadmaster Abry states that If two miles are built at this end of the road and two miles from the Pitts burg end (contracts for which have hoen letl it will require a very small amount of money to make the worst spots in the rest of the road passable. The Mist has submitted this Idea to many of our representative citi zens and taxpayers and an oi tnem agree that it is a move in the right direction. It is true that some ex pensive road work must be done in q Helena First of all, the road through Houlton should be fixed. Some time ago, at a budget meeting, ii Knn in net aside for this jou. but the money was spent elsewhere. The schoolhouse hill and the DoSpaln hill Bhnnld be lowered, ana Dotn are expensive jobs. Much other work is needed on the county roans wuum the city limits, and much money will be required for such work. The Mist is not in favor of more man a j mm special tax, though some taxpayers whom we have interviewed think a larger tax should be levied. How ever, all agree that the portion of the general road fund to wntcn oi. Mnion. u entitled. If spent on the St. Hclens-Plttsburg road, would be of more direct benefit to the city man if it were spent on roads within the city. .iiulrn Hattan. when interviewee: nn to tbe matter, stated that if St. Helons agreed to lot this fund apply on the road mentioned, that ne thought the county court would abide by thblr wishes. It is probe.ble that somo definite action will be taken in the noar future for the reason that if we are to have a special road tax the matter will havo to be brought up before the county court at its next meeting. A special lino of foremen and tele phone men are being enlisted In the United States Coast Guard to take care of wire and cable work. --- hub, u. i j, ijuhut i luiiiiiiuiiu 'ry Rniuuing roadlngn and ber, 1916