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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
VOLUME XXXVII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1918
NO. 28
TELEPHONE COMPANY
RAPPED BY COUNCIL
POOR SERVICE ALLEGED
llltf I'Mt Ix'rx IlltVI Hot Hl'BxIllll
Trl'ilioin' ami I' in' .lliirm .MhIIito
The cily council littlil an ml journ
al mi'Htii'K Tuesday nlKlit unci U
fit i hut uohhIoii. Ami r I k 1 t hero,
Itniljlil I"' Hinted tluit If any on n has
aj bunini'nH wllli tin) council, for
poinmn nuke, take It up at a rpgu
ur BiiHitlnK. 'or a day's delay, Judg
m from Tiii'Hiluy night! porform-
ce, mean tlmt tho mayor, couu
tllmnn nnit city attorney tnke an
olhor 24 hoiirn to prepare t hciiiHitl v-
At tny rut (i (IiIh appeared to lie tlie
att In the telephone ami flro alarm
IjlUMIl, fur each member of tlio body
iu thoroghly Imbued with rtirtaln
llnd IdruH ri'liitlvn to tlio two ays
imii swl had prepared tlio pyro-
ilKtrlc to coma oft Just at the right
tlm.
The ky wan clear ami thoro war
toilgn of impending storm until un
I dr the call for "report of officer"
Clyr Attorney Jou Day nusworcd
"rratly," and ho was ready. lie
lUrted out by Haying lio had received
i letter from thu phono company re
Wire to their ncrvlce (?) In Kt. llel
(01. When lie spoke tlio word ser
vice, hi" brows knit, IiIh f IhIm clench
til tin) IiIh body became tonne. Mr.
Day could not undvnttand why a sor
rlce now neceHKnry ahould be post
poned for Hlxty day and wan of the
opinion thut It was a subterfuge ol
the plume company. Hi) Intimated
that the local management wan part
If reponsllil for the (Inlay anil that
1 view of the fact of tlio lotting go
ol Mr. II. Admundcn, wire chief, on
waiunt of lack of work, It did not
kwiu the phono company had any
Idea of milking thu change and ad
dition which were nucoioiary for a
(ood plinno Hcrvlco. Ho thought the
council Hhould tako hoiiio draHtlc
ution in the matter and have a posl
Uw expresHloii from hoiiio one In au
thority whoso rexponHthllltlxR con-
ilttwl of more than loading a dog
round the streets of thu city.
The council listened to Pay's de
nunciation and evidently H struck a
responsive chord in the breasts of
the mayor and councllmun. The
mayor could scarcely withhold hltt
renmrku until .the city attorney could
flDlnh IiIh hpeech and thia Hpeech only
me to un end when the learned Jur
at hud exhiiUHted his supply of do
crlptlve ndjeetlvua.. It won the
niayor'a turn then and lila Honor
an't alow In taking advantage of
tlie turn. Ilrlugliig IiIh clenched flHt
down uiou thu table he said "I mean
bualnKa wlmt we want la nctlun
Mil not ho many promises. I will not
Py for anything I don't got. I will
"t bIkii a city warrant for the phone
company for their Horvlce for laHt
month, because wo had no aervlco.
'II hold up the warrant! until they
live the city hoiiio aorvlce." All had
expected th0 Htorm utid when It Bub
Uded, McDonnld told the mayor and
council that many patrons of the
company had told Mm they couldn't
Ml service, and uiiIohh hoiiio relief
? afforded, the phonoa would be
ordered out. Some of the moat "hot
"P" ciniiicilmon BUggcated that the
IranchlMM i,0 cancollod, but on boc
0,l thought, Joe Oay wa made a
uimlttee of one to call on tho phono
Poplo in,,! HHcertiiln what they were
1I"K to do and how Boon It would
J8 done, tho mayor explaining that
tlio liK corporation! hired smart
layorH and It wua heat to have a
lawyer meet them an nnthlnir could
b slipped over." TIiIb ended, for tho
unio i,K ,l0 Dlona buBtnosa,
AH tho council and spoctntors were
"pectmit and waited for further de
'""PineiitH, for It wua evident the
"uyor was not quite throunh. He
ntroi,., hliiiBolt and uddreHshig
ine council, nulotlv nskod "vhat are
Ruing to do with that $3750 fire
"nek when it arrives and we liavo no
"fo i-lrani lyHtom? If the time la not
"P for cancelling the contract, I
llld like til ill, n Ulml jnilll will
a (to to have n ft .i,,.l nnlwii the
"fiver of ti,0 truck knows whore to
Tliia urouKOd the Ire of Coun-
DRAFTED MEN GIVEN
A HEARTT FAREWELL
CITY PLAYS THE HOST
I i rly.oii.i In Selective llraft Inve
l''ir ( iiiiii 1,1-uIh
Another coiitlngent of Columbia
county men left Tuesday morning
for the tmlnlng camp' at American
Ukn, Tamp ,ewa, Washington.
Them were forty-one in the crowd.
The boys, purHUaut to orders, re
ported at thu court ho ii ne to the local
hoard Monduy afternoon. Aftor re
gistration and having their numbers
aligned they were taken In charge
by Mayor 8axon, who nhowed them
tho Hlghts of the city. In the even
ing they were guenta of the city at a
chicken dinner given at the Culld
hall. The members of the council
were alao preson.
After supper tho boys came to the
city hall whore they were greeted by
a largo number of citizens. A short
mualcal progrp.m was given and Itev.
A. A. HlHoy me.de a very appropriate
tt.lk to the boys. Ho Mho rend the
following telegn.m from Governor
Wlthycoiubo:
"M. Baxon, Mayor,
Kt. Helens, Oregon,
Kindly convey to the forty-one
selected men about to leave Bt. Hel
ena, my heartiest greetings and wIhIi
them Godspeed In the noble task bo
fore them. Oregon Is proud of her
sons and absolutely confident that
they will acquit themselves manfully
III hanlen'.ng the complete victory
which must be ours.
JAMES WITIIYCOMIIK.
Governor."
After tho program, tho floor was
cleured and a nice social danco giv
en. I .a Hare's orchestra kindly fur
nished tho IiiuhIc for which they
have tlie thanks of the mayor and
tho committee In chargo of arrange
ments. A dozen automobiles were lined up
In front of the courthouse at 8 o'
clock TiiPHduy morning and took the
boys and their friends to ".he 'depot
where a largo crowd gathered to bid
them goodbye.
TIioho who entrained were, Frank
Welter, Alexander Kukaa, Angolo
Medici, Spires CaranoHOS, Gust Ol
son, Clinton G. Duxhury, Thomas C.
Illleman, Joseph C. Henderson, Char
les It. Anderson, Henjamln C. King,
Henry G. McCalllster. Ralph TeopleB,
Leonard Smith. C. Tyler Crumbley,
llllnier A. Jokela, Itolmer Danlelson,
Wenclaw A. Fischer, Martin Chrls
tensen, Georgo J. Hamborg, William
I. . James, Vlaslos MaurlklH, Herbert
II. Fletcher, Clifford Stokes, John
Jarvl, Kay E. Hakor. I.elf F.rlckson.
Frnnk Serafln, John W. McCully.
James II. Eifort, Oliver Lonkey, Wal
ter C. Wodesky, Oswald J. Doming,
Charles E. Kahlln, Hurley J. Currle.
Arthur N. Larson, Jack Del Ural, Al
bert Salmi, John M. Olausen, Glaco
mo Monti, Warren A. HlrUol, Charl
es G. Myera. Transferred from otner
boards, Silvio ralaudrla, Felix, Geo
Aschcr.
Buy W. S. S.
SALE OF THRIFT
AND W. S. STAMPS
Bo?"
""man Allen, who said the fire truck
0ld bo an riKi,t if the fire alarm
Mem wan put In proper order. He
0"l of how other cltlea were using
WAR SAVINGS DRIVE
BRINGING RESULTS
MASS MEETING TONIGHT
Km ouraKliiK lteKrti Keivlvrd from
Many Sections of County
From all Indications Columbia
county -will keep up Us good record of
going over the top and tonight, when
the final pledges are counted, it la al
most sure that the quota of $274,-
000 will have been attained.
County Chairman Allen has re
ceived reports from several school
dlHtrlcts and each one of them had
secured In cash and pledges an
amount more than the quota assign
ed. School district No. 32. the Del-
eua section. Is, so far, the banner dis
trict of the county. A quota of $500
was assigned this district and Tues
day morning, Mrs. II. J. Anderson
and Mrs. L. Itlches roported they had
secured $6000 and were still at work
In the hopes of bringing the Bum up
to $10,000. Mayger was also a dis
trict which made an early return of
being over the top. Their quota was
$2000 and $2500 had been subscrib
ed with more in sight.
It Is understood that the larger
districts, Clatskanle, Italnler, Scap
poose and St. Helens, have all done
very well, though the full quota had
not been subscribed. In St. Helens
bout two-thirds of the $60,000
quota had been subscribed and the
full amount la expected to be signed
up tonight when the big mass meet
ing will be held in the Plaza square
If possible to secure bucIi, a Hat
GRAND CIVIC PARADE
FEATURE OF FOURTH
PLANS ARE COMPLETED
Homo ( IrgaiilztttlonH, 1-odgeo anil
Other Organization to Take Part
HARSTAD PITCHES
SHUTOUT GAME
G. S. P. IS DEFEATED
VICTOKY
Since first our sires stood beside the
stream,
And fired the shot that echoed
round the world,
Has come to pass the epoch of their
dream
When to the April breeze their flag
unfurled.
Today, where floats the Stars and
Stripes, we deem
Each star defiance at the tyrant
hurled;
Each stripe a bar 'gainst despots,
too, would seem
To interpose for human rights im
periled. Today, in foreign lands, the flag Is
flung
Against a crimson eky across the
the sea,
Where battle's bane from out the
land has wrung
Its dreadful toll. It fromlses to free
Each nation, and to. number each
among
All peoples In a worldwide liberty.
HARLOWE It. HOYT.
A feature of tlie Fourth of July
celebration will be the grand parade
which will start from Columbia
street promptly at 9:30 o'clock In
the morning of the Fourth. The
Of the subscribers will be published I parade will go to West St. Helens
In the Mist in the next Issue, or nt ! ani turning around, come to the
least the totals of the districts given
Chairman Allen has securecj prom
inent men to speak zt the varloui
towns In the county tonight and In
Is confident that should there be any
deficiency, it will be made up.
Pooplo of St. Helens end nearby
points are requested to gather In the
I'lnza square tonight at 8 o'clock and
uniilHt In the big mnES meeting which
Is to he held.
Iluy W. S. S.
RUN OF FISH,
IS IMPROVING
Team Who Tied with Foundation
Ixmm-m to McCormicks 3 to O
NO TEACHERS ELECTED
IN ST. HELENS SCHOOL
The Grant Bmith-Pcrter team came
down to St. Helens Sunday confident
they would win an easy victory over
the McCormtck team. They knew bet
ter when the game was ended and
they came out at the short end of a
3 to 0 score. Swarts did the twirling
for the visiters and Oscar Harsted
was on the mound for St. Helens. Ex
cept for the first Inning Swarts pitch
ed an excellent game. Menccr, the
first man up, cracked out a single.
He wes advanced to second by Pike's
sacrifice, Pike beating cut the throw
to first. Locker fi'.ed out but Feuer
born cr.me through with a long single,
Mensor scaring from second, Pike
taking third and Feperborn going
to second on the throw in. W. Cart-
wright's single scored Pike and Feu-
erborn r-.nd there the scoring ended,
as Swp.rts p.llowed only two hits dur
ing the balance of the game.
1 Harstad had the G. S.-P. batters at
his mercy and retired 16 of them by
the strike-out route nnd incidentally
hung up a league record.
Grant SmTth-Porter
B H
P'cliard, 2
H'g'ves, 3 4
Tho sale of Thrift and War Suv
tncs Stamps in, tho counjf for the
mxt two woekh amouft to $13,-
636.47. This tJtal dis not include
any sales or yiodgs made In tho
present W. S.Sciiiiipalgn, but Is
caiili sont to thht. Helens poatoffico
tor Btj-.tnps, uitfl nt tills particular
lima, It Is cash that talks the loud
ost. Tho sales by towns were:
HIrkonfold 28 !;o
Clatskanle 1702.84
Columbia City 9181
Goble 2s9 90
ft i I? O
Iloulton .
l!lgllS
Korrv
Maygor I88-40
Mint 834 0
I'roscott 83,40
Qulncy
E. I. Dallagh, local manager of the
Columbia Uiver Packers asiiocintion
Btates that the run of NfIi is Improv
ing. Com parai ively few large
Chinook salmon are being cr.ught,
but many blue backs are being haul
ed. In by the fbhernien, some boats
running as high as 1000 pcunds per
night. Since the price paid for sal
mon la 11 cents niiu nine uncus
b.ing 94 centf,, It car. readily be
soen that the fishermen are making
good money.
Mr. Hallagh says the present run
of blue backs is the largest for the
past four years. Old fishermen on
the river Bay that blue backs come
Into the river every four years and
this Is the fourth year.
Many of the fishermen have made
good money fishing for ohr.d In the
slough. The price paid was 4 cents
per pound and from 600 to 700
pounds was not considered a very
large catch for one night's fishing.
The govervnment, early In the
season, established a shad hatchery
hero, and oven when the Bliad were
not running well, the fishermen
stayed on tho Job and turned the
osgs Into the butchery with the re
sult that about ten million young
Hhad were turned back Into the
waters of the slough.
Huy W. S. S.
PERSHING INSISTS
LETTERS BE WRITTEN
city park, where the patriotic exer
cises w ill be held
Rev. A. S. Hisey, chairman of the
program committee has secured Mil
ton E. Miller, Collector of Internal
Revonue, to be the orator of the day.
An Interesting and entertaining
patriotic program has been arranged
and will be held at the park
In the parade, many organizations
will be represented. Rev. Hlsey has
received promises from several lodges
that they will take part and is try
ing to get the Red Cross and the
Honor Guard to have floats and mem
bers of their societies in the parade.
The Home Guards and Boy Scouts
will, of course, take a prominent
part.
According to plans now made, gov
ernment vessels will be launched at
the yards of the St. Helens Ship
building Company and the So mm a r
strora yard. The launching at the
Sommarstrom yard will take place
about one o'clock and the one at the
Shipbuilding company's yard later in
the afternoon and after the ball
game.
In the evening there will be a
community sing at the Plaza square
and a patriotic address by Hon. Tom
my Ryan of Portland. Mr. Ryan
spoke here during the Liberty Loan
campaign and made a very favorable
impression, and his speech will draw
a number of hearers. He is a' fine
orator and forcible speaker. Bob
Cole has strung hundreds of electric
lights In the square and it will be
brilliantly illuminated. After the
evening program, a dance will be giv
en nt the city hall.
Buy W. S. S.
PITTSBURG ROAD
OPEN TO AUTOS
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9
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24
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Bl'chard, 1 ....... 4
Clynes, If 3
Amb'ley, cf 3
Amb'ley, cf 3
Baird, s 3
Harmon, rf 2
De C'm'n, c 3
Schwartz, p 2
Yates 1
Totals 29
McCormick
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Mensor, s 3
Pike, c 3
Locker, 1 4
Feurb'n, 3 4
W. C't'ht, 2 3
Heed, cf 3
Kamm, f 3
S. C't'ht, If 3
Harstad, p 3
Totals 29
Score by Innings
G. S.-Porter 0 0 0 0 0
McCormick .3 0 0 0 0
Summary&Runs: Mensor,
Feuerborn. Struck out: By Harstad,
16, by Schwartz, 9. Bases on balls:
Off Harstad, lj off Schawartz, 1.
Sacrifice hit: Pike. Stolen base:
Mensor. Passed ball: DeCumen.
Time of game. 1:25. Umpires: Dren-
nen and Russell. -'
The coming .Sunday, McCormicka
will tangle with the Standlfer-Clark-Bon
team and it is thought a real
baseball battle will be staged. The
visiting team will be accompanied by
several hundred rooters and they will
do all within their power to win the
game for their team.
Buy W. S. S.
GIRLS TAKE MENS'
PLACES IN STORE
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Pike,
MATTERS ARE TANGLED
Claim la Made That New Board Must
Klect AH Teachers
203.36
129.01
163.80
Ilnlnlor 1239.84
Koubon
Senppoose
Tronholm
Vernonla
Wtirrnn
St. Helens 6476.74
93.93
146.80
16.26
442.02
247.45
Total $13,536.47
"Duty to one's country does not
end on the parado ground, nor even
on the battle field, but connlots in
doing everything in one's power to
help win the war," says an order is
sued by Gen. Pershing, a copy of
which hns been received by the War
apartment.
"To write home frequently, and
regularly to koop In constant touch
with family ami frtomla s one of the
j soldier's most Important duties.
Mothers and frtuers will sutier n
they do not hear often 'roni sons
fighting iu France. In the present
large companies' it ia not, possible for
officers to write letters for their
men and every man must do it for
himself."
H. E. Abry, county rondmaster
made a trip from St. Helens to the
Nehnlem last week via auto. He got
through all right but stated the go
ing was quite rough in several places
Several men are now at work on the
road doing necessary clearing and
fixing up the rough spots and in a
few days the trip can be made with
out discomfort except the pulling of
the long and steep hills.
The contractors who are doing the
work on the Wllverdlng hill at Tren
holm are making good progress and
about August 1st, one may travel by
the new grade to the top of the hill.
At the Pittsburg end of the road,
Contractor Gessel Is working on the
second mile of the road and doing
much clearing. Up to date, he has
done very little grading and it 'will
probably be late in the fall before, the
stretch of road he is now working on
will be opened to traffic.
Three young ladies of St. Helens,
Misses Arllne Paulsen, Ethel Lynch
and Ethel Smith have accepted posi
tions in the store of the St. Helens
Mercantile Company and r.re doing
the grocery work formerly done by
men.
1 Under the government s recent
ruling, all drafted men In the non
essential work were advised to hunt
for some job that was essential and
the Mercantile company found it
necessary to employ the girls to fill
the places left vacant. Messrs.
Chapman and Beam say the girls are
giving excellent service and are do
Ing their work well.
All over the country women are
taking the places vacated by men
Passing through Kalama Friday
morning, H. S. Mason saw several
girls on a hand caf going to work on
the railroad section. Only one man
was on the car and he was foreman
As the months pass on and more
men are called for army service, it
will be necessary for the girls and
women to take up the work left by
the men and in the near future St.
Helens people will see girls working
In the mills and shipyards and iu
other places where their services are
required.
The result, or what will be the re
sult of the recent school election
whereby J. W. Akin displaced C. C.
Cassatt as 'school director, Is still a
question that has not been solved.
Although CaBsatt and LaBare claim
that all teachers, including Baker,
were re-elected, there Is no record of
such on the minutes of the school
clerk. Both Cassatt and LaBare say
that at a special meeting held about .
three months ago In the county court
room at which all directors were
present, the question of hiring Bak
er and increasing his salary wa3
brought up. Cassatt was In favor of
both, Melllnger was opposed and La
Bare asked that he be given time to
think the matter over. Several
days later, so Mr. LaBare states, he
wrote a letter to Mr. Cassatt and sent
a copy of the letter to Melllnger, say
ing that he had decided to vote in
favor of Baker and, it was his wish
that he be re-employed. Cassatt and
LaBare thought this settled the mat
ter, but to be double sure the matter
was brought up again at a regular
meeting of the directors which was
held a few weeks ago. At this time,
the question of re-employing all the
teachers except Mr. Brown was
brought up and carried. It is un
derstood that Melllnger thought the
motion applied to all except Baker,
though Cassatt and LaBare claim It
Included Baker, for he is certainly a
teacher.
' However, no record was made of
the proceedings and the report is that
Cassatt told Mrs. Allen to omit that
portion of the proceedings whic re
ferred to the hiring of teachers, out
of the minutes. Mr. Cassatt says he
cannot recall having given any such
instructions, but Mrs. Allen Is posi
tive that Bhe received the instructions
from Cassatt and thinking the matter
was being brought up informally,
did not enter the proceedings upon
the minutes.
The interesting question which is
now brought up is this. If Baker
isn't hired, are any other of the
teachers hired? There is nothing to
show in the records that anybody Is
hired, so It appears that if the con
tention of the anti-Bakerites Is cor
rect, then the new board must meet
and hire an entire faculty.
It is stated that Cassatt upon learn
ing that Akin was going to be ab
sent for a few days, told the newly
elected director shortly after the
meeting that the old board would
meet and wind up the unfinished bus
iness. Akin did not acquiesce in the
matter but instead hurried to the of
fice of the county clerk Tuesday
morning and wound up the business
of the old board by taking the oath
of office.
Mr. Akin is still absent from the
city and many are anxious to get his
ear when he returns for it is general
ly conceded that he has the deciding
vote, LaBare being in favor of the
action of the old board, and Mellln
ger opposed.
It is supposed that the new board
will meet immediately upon the re
turn of Mr. Akin and take action so
all will know just how matters stand
and if the present teachers are to be
retained for the ensuing year.
Buy W. S. S.
NINE MORE MEN
CALLED FOR SUNDAY
Under Smh-Iu1 Call Will Go to Van
couvcr, Washington
Under Special or Limited call No.
719, Clerk LaBare has notified nine
more Columbia county icen to be at
the courthouse at 10 o'clock Sunday
morning, June 30th They will en
train at 11 o'clock for Vancouver,
Washington. The men .called are
Victor B. Sundcerg, Westport; Jos
eph D. McDonald, St. Helenc; Peter
GuEhelminett!, Rainier; Jim Bruz
ze, Portland; Jchn Kenry Wist, Til
imook; Otto L.' Ructon'eyer, Port
Ir.ud; Uicardo Nardi, Weed, Cc.lifor
n'a; Emll Koskl, Qulncy; Ed A. Hed
slrcni, St.- Helens. One alternate,
Oscar W. Johnson of Marshland, haa
been ordered to report In, order to
fill up the quota in the event one of
the original nine does not show up.
(Continued on page seven)