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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
VOLUME XXXVII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1918
NO. 27
AKIN IS ELECTED .
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
MRS. F. GEORGE, CLERK
jrKi. I'niHil Attend Meeting
I'm dm High NtIhmiI Nut Kmlm-Msl
Almost two hundred poeplo were
prawn t nt the annual schorl fine' Inn
of school district No. 2, which win
held In tint school ru.t Itorlum, Mon
day nlnlit. It was by far tlie Inrgesl
ic'.cnl nieo'.lng held In recent yean
Hid Indicated much IntnritHt taken ly
leveral fuctuma. A a mutter of
cumparlxtiii. It might bo snld tlmt the
tcfi c:i: t .Moui!;.y night were about
one-Uth Hi" number cast Iu the ro
crnt republican prliniiry In the en
tin county.
The two strong candidates, Akin
and Outsail hud their following and
bjr looking" rarefully'over the crowd
ed room, I', could easily be seen that
lh Cumatt fnltowum choite the south
lid of lh room an the vantage point,
while the Akin followers took the
north. Hupportero of W. II, Smith,
under the leadership of 1 1 1 1 1 Kettel
took up t position .on the left wlnx
of tlm Aiken division rnd some 40
or 50 KtriiKKli'rii who didn't know
that win In the air, Innocently oc
cupied a section In No Man's Lnnd or
nlngled with the belligerents.
' ( li:iirniiin Cauiatl culled the meet
Inn to order and stated its purpose.
Borne unn nominated Akin and Ket
tel nomlnuU'd Bmllh. There was a
lull In the proceedings and then came
k motion that nominations be clotted
Thin wus like a bolt out cf a clear
iky and before the southerly division
could ninke any resistance, the north
ern army hud put the motion over.
Joe Buy then addressed the moot
ing. Ho asked that the candidates
It.-1 e how they stood as to the con
duct of the schoola; whether they
would favor keeping In the limit of
taim rulHed, or would plunge the
intrlct further In debt. J. W. Akin,
lio waa present, did not respond
ind W. II. Smith wns not present, so
b! views could not be ascertained.
Mr. ttoy suggested, that Smith's nume
be dropped for he for one, would like
le know how the director would
land snd he did not believe It would
I good policy to grope around In
Iheihrk not knowing or hearing what
tlm policy of a candidate would be.
lie-enforcements begun to arrive at
IMi time and John l'hillp led a
counter attack by moving that the
nominations he re-opened. The
(ortlieru illvhilon offered some re
liance, but retreated and the mo
tion wan carried, whereupon tlio fol
'"'Inic nominations wero mndo: C
f- Cassatt, Jacob George, H. Mor
lu, Mm. W. 11. Dlllnrd and William
Mucklo. The liiHt two mentioned de
fined with thanks. A motion waa
loen mucin tlmt the nominations be
closed and both sides being tired from
Hie strenuous preliminaries, agreed
upon this. .
Before calling for a vote. Chair
Hum CusHutt made a b-ngthy talk. lie
itated ho was not sallufled with the
-hools 'und was deeply Impressed
" tlm fact that they were not
llat t,,.y H,0,J j,e T(,0 schools
m& been much overcrowded and
fund lie more so this year. lie
ll,oui;ht a Union high Bchool was
Hocessary and was the logical solu
tion of many of the difficulties which
low confronted the board. Many
Pupils, ho !,!, W0U,i come from
rren. lieor Mind, Yankton and
'""rounding country, would grow up
our boyg ftll(i giri anj perhaps
'Mom,, residents eventually of the
immunity. He spoke of the natural
"""nutuKOH of St. Helens., the great
r and the forests back of the city
lie said "when our fqrefathers
ouKlit for liberty It was not their
""a of securing gror.t forests ond
PosaoHMio,,,, for themselves, but thoy
'Klit for the welfare of their
"Ulllreil II nil tl, i.n,l. aarn.
Hon
Ha thought wo should take
" iniiur view of the welfare of tho
clldren who will nonn h the busl-
" men of th0 town and country. He
l!0 miRKestod sovoral Innovations
M onilej by saying he fas heartily
7 ,uvor of tho uulon high school and
at lf "loctod, lie would work for the
ccumiiiHhmont of this and other
. Mors necessary for the successful
(Continued on Page 6)
MARSHALS AFTER
RECKLESS DRIVERS
Heveral Arrest Are Made mid
lniMHted
Marshals Potter and lllukosley are
keeping their eyes open for reckless
auto drivers and If caught, the reck
less ones are liable to fare badly at
the hands of Recorder Quick who, It
seems, has little sympathy for the
speed bug who carelessly and fool
ishly Jeopardizes the lives of pedos
triuns. Monday night Potter took
Into custody Ormor Long, J. I). I. Ink
and K. 11. I,oyd of Coble. The mar
shal claimed the driver of the car waa
driving recklessly around the dun
gerous corner at the bank and
"whooping It up all around town."
In the recorder's court Tuesday night
a fine of $5.00 was Imposed on Long,
the driver of the car and he was ad
monished to be more careful when
ugaln at the wheel of his car on the
streets of St. Helens. '
8. Ileumun was arrected for driv
ing without rear lights. It being his
first offense, the minimum fine of
$5 00 was Imposed by the recorder.
The new trnffc ordinance, which Is
a stringent one, goes Into effect July
1st, and Marshal Potter states he will
rigidly enforce it, so the careless
Joyrider, If he doesn't want to dig up
a fine or go to Jail, or possibly do
both, had beter be a little more
careful In bis driving in and around
St. Helens.
PLANS FOR FOURTH
ABOUT COMPLETED
Decorated Automobile Parade One
Attractive r'eature
The urogram committee of the
fourth of July celebration have Just
about gotten their program complet
ed and the work of having all at
tractions and entertainments ready
to come off on time, hns been turned
over to the various sub-committees. '
One of the features of the grand
parade, which will start from the
down town section nt 9:30 a. m
sharp, will bo the auto parade. The
following car owners have promised
to decorate their cars and be In line,
John Doming, K. P. Colo, Dr. Klynn,
J. 8. Ilrown. II. 8. Mason. E. I. Hul
lagh. Von A. Gray, A. F. Harnett, L.
It. Uutherford, T. S. White, E. a.
Ditto, Mr. Raker, A. 8. Harrison,
rather llompson, E. C. Btanwood,
Henry Morgus, Virgil Stevens, C. D.
Sutherland, Mrs. Karth, W. A. Levi
K. A. Austin, Wm. Alvos, C. C. Wood.
Ilert Hell, Uoy Harms, H. J. South
ard, Pete Hanson, A. T. Klbland, S.
L. Ilutler, Mrs. English, Mrs. Day
and several others.
It Is probable that the Sommar
strom people will hnvo a Bhlp ready
to be munched and one o'clock bus
been set as the hour.
Uev. Hlsey is unablo to suy who
the speaker of the day Is, but he is
assured that a good orator will he
present.
Efforts were made to secure an
outside band, but the expense wns
too much so Percy Harrison and Fred
Watklns have gotten together the
remnants of tho old band and
secured several other good musicians
and Porcy promises a band that will
furnish good patriotic music ,uiid
lots of It.
Many people from outside of bt.
Melons have signified tnoir inieimuu
of Joining n the celebration ami a
Inrge crowd Is expected.
Uuy W. 8. 8.
FLOURING MILL TO
START MONDAY
On good authority we loarr. that
tho St. Helens Fouring Mill win
tart oDerutloiiB Monday morning.
Robert Cole connected up tne eiecinc
line to the plant and stited he had
ordois to furnluh the Juice on Mon
' . . . u . ,i
day. It Is not Known jui hum
be manufactured In the neginning
of operations, but Superintendent
Buck Is going to start the mill up
and that Is encouraging news any
how.
Our men In the trenches and in the
submarine chasers are doing their
port. Are you. doing your part? Buy
War Suvlngs Stamps to your utmost
capacity.
Buy W. 8. 8.
After all, saving la not sacrificing.
IS BAKER HIRED OR
WILL HE BE FIRED
HOT FIGHT IS NOW ON
Flection of Akin Starts Fight Anew to
displace School Superintendent
The question which hns arisen
since tho election ol J. W. Akin as
school director Is, will Baker retain
his position as superintendent of the
city schools, or was the election of
Akin a part of the program to put
the skids under him.
For sometime past all has not
been harmony In school affairs, at
least those affairs which related to
Baker, nor has that sweet harmony
that one hears of but seldom ex
periences, prevailed on the school
hoard. It Is a well recognized fact
that two factions wanted control of
the school, one had It and the other
wanted It and It appears that one of
the factions was unfriendly to Baker
and was responsible for the defeat of
Cassatt at the school meeting Monday
night, their purpose in defeating hir.i
being to get Baker's scalp, but
whether this can be accomplished it
a mooted question and brings up
some fine points In school luw.
Retiring Director Cassatt clainiK
that at amceting at which all direc
tors were present, he brought up the
matter of hiring teachers and It was
agreed that all teachers be re-employed
except one grade teacher. Cas
satt and La Bare voted In favor of
this, but Melllnger opposed It. Cas
satt, therefore, claims Jlaker was
duly elected as well as the other
teachers and the school directors are
honor bound to keep him, even if
some little technicality of law was
not observed.
On the other hand, the leader of
the anti-Baker campaign says the
election of teachers must be made at
a regular school meeting and each
director must have 24 hours notice.
He contends that no meeting was
held and points to -he fact that the
school clerk knew nothing of the
meeting and has no minutes of the
meeting.
Another little complication has
arisen. It has always been customary
for the retiring chairman to swear
in the newly elected director, so this
should have been Cassatt's Job, but
the opposition held that he waa al
ready out, so appeared before I .a I! a re
with Akin to have him sworn in.
LaBare wouldn't or didn't do It, con
sequently Akin went before the
county clerk and took the oath of
office and filed It with the school
clerk and the first thing Cassatt
knew of the mutter, he was out and
Akin In. The reason for the rush
was that Akin was about to leuve on
a trip and the antl-B.ikerltes thought
the old board might have a regular
mooting and put Baker across, hence
this bit of ctrategy.
As the matter now stands Baker's
friends claim he is In and will stay
In and the opposition say he Is not
In and won't get In. The fight has
Just Btnrted and the outcome will be
watched with interest, and it Is pos
sible that the fight stirred up by the
leaders of the respective factions,
might create enough Interest In those
who do not bqlong to either faction
to arouse them to take a little notice
of tho public schools and, not allow
school matters to be mussed' up at the
expense of the taxpayer.
SILVER DOLLARS
NOW RUPEES
(l2.Mm,0(M Have Been Melted and
Will Help Puy Iniliun Soldiers
America's silver dollars now have
been transformed Into rupees of Brit
ish India, and other small coins used
to pay Ind It. n soldiers. Iu exchange
the United States government has ob
tained a quantity of rupee credit or
foreign exchange for use of import
ers in paying their debts in Indlu.
About 62,000,000 silver dollars
now hnve been melted Into bullion
under the recent silver bill, according
to a Treasury report today, and most
tf thin has been shipped to India.
Buy W. 8. S.
Incomplete returns from 25 states
Bhow that nearly 3,400,000 women
have registered for war work under
the Woman's Committee of the
Council of National Defense.
MXORMICKS WIN FROM
SUPPLE-BALL1N TEAM
THE SCORE WAS 18 TO 1
Home Players Fatten Hutting Aver
ages at Hlilndler's KxiM-nse
The McCormlck team had another
celobratlon last Sunday and with
the batting clothes on, clouted out
22 safe hits which chased across the
homo rubber 18 runs.
Harstad was in fine form and let
the Supple-Ballin aggregation down
with two hits which netted one lone
score. W. Cartwright, Ileld, Hr.rstad
and Kamm knocked out two baggers
and Messor is also credited with a
triple which came near being a homo
run. Itymlng's accurate peg to the
home plate spoiled Eddie's home run
and also deprved him of a $5 hat
which is offered by the Toggery to
any home player who makes a home
run. While Dick for Duds escaped
the payment of this reward, he was
not so fortunate all through the
game, as In the eighth, both Locker
and Pike sent the ball away down In
deep right and made the circuit
safely.
Next Sunday the McCormlcks will
have as their opponents the fast
Grant Smith-Porter team and the
fans are assured of a close and in
teresting game, as the visitors are
considered one of the best in the
Shipbuilder's league. Mensor has
had his men out for dally practices
and Is confident that he will take
them Into camp.
The box score of last
Sunday's
game was:
McCormlck
O
0
11
,8
1
1
2
2
0
2
0
Mensor, a S
Pike, 1 4
Locker, 1 6
F'rborn, 3 3
W. C't'ght, r 4
Hold, ni 5
Kanam, r 5
3. C't'ght, r 5
Mcintosh, c 2
Unrstad, p .' 4
Totals 43
Supple-Bi-.lltn--
22 27 8 1
B II O
Williams, m 4 1 0
Murray, I 4 0 1
Yarrow, 2 ....... 4 0 4
Itynntng, r 3 0 0
Fchnee, 1 3 0 9
Abbotts, 3 3 0 0
Wood, s 3 0 0
McDonnell, c 3 1 9
Schindler, p 3 0 1
Totals ., 30 2 24 18 4
McCormlck 0 1 4 1 1 6 2 S 0 IS
Sup'e-B'll'n 0000 0 100 0 1
Runs, Mensor 2, Pike 2, Locker
3. Feuerborn, W Cartwright 4, Reid
2, 8 Cartwright, Harstad 3, Murray.
Struck out by Harstad 13, by Schind
ler, 3. Buses on balls, off Harstad 2,
off Schindler 7. Two-base hits, W.
Cartwright, Re!d, Harstad, Kamm.
Three-base hits, Mensor, Pike. Home
runs. Pike, Locker. Sacrifice hit, 1.
Stolen bases, S Cartwright 1, Mensor
1. Hit by pitched ball, Feuerborn.
Passed balls, Mcintosh, Pike.
Buy W. S. S.
FIRE ALARM
NOT WORKING
The ftjo alarm system is not In
good working order and the mayor
and council are trying f nd out
what Is the matter. After the school
meeting Monday night, the council
met in informal session in front of
the city hall and discussed the matter
and Mayor Saxon promised he would
have a report on the matter to be
taken up at the next regular meet
ing.
The trouble seems to be that the
alarm turned In to the telephone of
fice does not reach the mill or cause
the fire gong to ring. In the several
fires in recent months, much trouble
has been experienced in this alarm
(T) system and delay which was
costly ' wns the result. The season
of the year when the fire apparatus
and alarm system should be in num
her one condition Is here and the
council will probably not delay the
matter any longer than they can
help. ,
Buy W. 3. S. .
Protect your soldiers with your
savings.
MANY CHAIRMEN AT
W. S. S. CONVENTION
Work to Put County Over the Top
is Outlined
The County Chairmen's War Sai-
lngs Convention was held at tin
Court House at 2 p. m. on June 15th.
Judge Morton welcomed the chair
men In a few words and advised them
a.3 to the purpose of their meeting
The call of the convention was
thoroughly explained by Superin
tendent Allen, who dwelt upon tue
importance of the W. S. S. movement
fend the necessity of each chairman
raising his full quota. A program of
instructions was presented to each
delegate the purpose of which was
fully explained. Attorney F. H.
Whitfield of Portland then took up
the W. S. 8. movement in great de
tail and explained all matters per
taining to It from a Governmental
standpoint and insisted that every
district go "over the top." His ad
dress was timely and thoroughly pa
triotic. The following delegates
were present:
District 1 Jame3 Dodson, Mrs.
Frank Nlckstrom, Mrs. J. G. Ws-tts.
District 2 T. S. White, Ham
Kaulzman, A S. Hisey, Mrs. W. B.
Dillard, Chao. Wheeler, Mrs. Thos.
Isblster, Mrs. James Ellison, Mrs.
J. W. Allen, Mrs. Jacob George.
District 4 Mrs. Edna Shultz.
District 5 E. D. TIckener.
District C Mrs. J. D. Brown, J.
D. Brown.
, District 7 K. F. Larson, W. J.
Fullerton.
District 9 F. B. Hclbrook.
District 10 Mrs. T. W. Tandy, T.
W. Tandy.
District 12 Mrs. Grant Gist, Mrs.
Henry Campbell.
District 13 H. N. Van Horn.
District 16 R. N. Lovek.co.
District 19 Ja8. Hackeaberg.
District 20 Mrs. Albert D. Lar
sen. District 25 O. J. Erlckson.
District 26 W. J. Zillman.
District 28 C. C. Babintky, F. II.
Adams, Mrs. M. Callahaa.
District 30 M:-s. Jennie Sobleskl.
District 32 Gladys Rlchey, Mrs.
H. J. Anderson.
District 33 A. L. West.
Distilct 36 Mrs. Bert Makinser.
District 37 F. Aalilter.
District 38 Homer Killer.
District 40 Mildred B. Matney.
District 43 Mede Griffith.
District 44 Amy Snider, Mrs. W.
R. Holmes.
District 43 Louis J. Wallls.
Dxlrlct 4 8 C. E. Grahrm.
District 54 Mrs. Viola Berdtihl,
Mrs. Anna Soderberg, Mrs. Ida LI1
lich. District 66 Jas. F. Handler.
GAME COMMISSION
GIVES WARNING
Deputy Game Warden Brown has
received the following letter from
State Game Warden Carl D. Shoe
maker relative to the practice of
taking up young deer. "The season Is
at hand when people throughout the
state are taking up young deer, or
fawns, that are found, apparently
without protection.
"Please discourage this practice as
much as possible. Only in cases
where it is known beyond a doubt
mat tne motner nr.s Deen Kiuea or
the fawn separated from its mother
In some other way, should a deer be
allowed to be kept in captivity, and
then only after the person taking up
the deer has applied for and received
from the State Game Warden a per
mit to hold the animal in captivity."
Mr. Brown states It is unlawful to
take up deer and other game ani
mals and birds end he hopes the"peo
ple of the county will observe the
law. In case a fawn'is taken up, Mr.
Brown should immediately be noti
fied. A letter addressed to St. Hel
ens will reach htm.
Buy W. S. 8.
GOES TO OFFICERS
TRAINING CAMP
; Earl Perry of Portland, a former
St. Helens boy, writes the Mist that
he has disposed of his business in
Portland and will leave for the offi
cers training camp June 23rd. Earl
has a host of friends here who feel
sure that ho will land a commission
In the army. He has two brothers
who are now In the service.
WAR SAYINGS STAMP
DRIVE STARTS MONDAY
COUNTY QUOTA $274,000
Amount to be RalHccl In School Dis
trict No. 2, 50,(MH)
The great War Savings Stamp sale
will begin on Monday end It will
take the united efforts of all cltl
pens of the county to make it a win
ner. County Chairman J. W. Allen
Is optimistic over the outlook, how
ever, as he has the county well or
ganized and his chairmen in eacli
district will have the co-operation of
willing workers who will see that all
have an opportunity . tJ purchase
these securities of Uncle S.-.m. .
Mrs. James Ellison, who is chair
man of School District No. 2, has Is
sued the following statement: "On
Monday and Tuesday, June 24th and
25th, every adult resident of school
district two, which includes St. Hel
ens and Houlton will be called upon
to subscribe his quota of war stamps
which may be taken any time be
tween those dates and Dec. 3 1st,
1918."
On Friday night, June 28th, the
president of the United States has
summoned all citizens to assemble
In mass meetings to subscribe tor
the remainder of their quotas. On
that night, the citizens of St. Helens
are asked to close up all business
houses at 7:30 o'clock and assemble
at the Plaza. Those having automo
bilesare asked to assemble on Col
umbia street and they will be assign
ed to certain districts to bring the
peopleto the mass meeting.
A special committee meeting will
be held Thursday evening, June 27th,
at the schoolhouse and Mrs. Ellison
asks that all interested in making
the mass meeting a success, attend
the committee meeting and lend
whatever aid is possible.
The original amount asked of the
county was $274,000, but about
$40,000 of stamps have already been
purchased. .
St. Helens and Columbia County
have the habil of "going over the
top" and in this instance, It must
keep up its fine and patriotic record.
Buy W. S. S.
DRAFTED MEN
LEAVE TUESDAY
Mayor is Making; Plans for Enter
tninment of Them
The men who will be inducted in
to army service under the draft and
whose names were published in last
week's Mist will arrive in St. Helens
Monday afternoon a.nd report to the
local, board. They will remain in St.
Helens Monday night and leave, on
the 8:10 a. m. train tor Camp Lewis,
going via Goble.
Mayor Saxou is trying to arrange
some entertainment for the boys
while they are In the city. Probably
a dance or dinner or both will be ar
ranged for on and Tuesday morning
the auto owners cf the city will
bring their machines out and take
the boys to the depot.
Just what the mayor has outlined
we could not learn, but a tew days
ago he stated that an effort would
be made to furnish some sort of en-
, ter.lnment nd clve Uia b2ya a EOod
send off.
Buy W. S. S.
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TO MEET NEEDS
Nearly 240,000 transfers of men
from one unit to another have been
made in army camps as a result of oc
supatlonal qualifications determine i
by Investigation by the war depart
ment committee cm ciassl'ication of.
personnel. Recently about 40,000
transfers have taken place each'
week. ' "
Though the committee organlza-;
tions have been built up In all army
camps by which enlisted men and
tVttnmicctnnail nfflrnra nrA elnnsiflnd
according to occupational qualiflca
tons. : In some camos. where ns many
as 2500 men are receved dally, forces
of 200 interviewers are employed to
ascertain full information regarding
each man s occupation, education, ex-:
J 1 1 .! ..
nnneiii'tt nnu hiihciili uumiiiuiLiuiiH.
Buy W. S. S.
National .War Savings Day Is the
stay-at-home'a day.