jo Your Duty to the Men at the Front Bnv War Savings Stamps Now
I I I '1;firSi' 17 III 1.1 . II
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
VOLUME XXXVII.
ST. HELENS- OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1918
NO. 32
SALARY INCREASE FOR
MARSHAL AND RECORDER
COUNCIL IS GENEROUS
I H j Hull I'al'1'"! 1eanc- In
(runt"! Creamery
ANOTHER CANDIDATE
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
JiN.ru.! O.iiycn, Aiiiiiiuiu-on Hi- Will
Hun for Judgeship
"i DRAFTED MEN ARE
' GUESTS OF CITY
The regular Minting of thn clt
founcll was Monduy night mid
,H eouncllmen wnro present. The
Blnuim of previous meeting wore
read and approved. '
The resignation of Marshal I'otlnr
(ii presented to the council and ac
cented. Tim miiyor, however, Mtatud
thit be had boon assured by tliu niar
,h llint If tlin Hillary wan raised to
1100 per moiitli, he would continue
10 aero thn city. Tim charter pro
Tde that salaries of tlio recorder
.-.nil nianilial cannot be rained durliiK
their tt-rm of office', ao It wui nece-
,iry fur Mr. Totter to resign and tut.
iitjr attorney was tnatructed to pro
fire mother ordinance fixing the
aijry at the mini atnted. Councll
,n'i Allen "aid lie bad a fel.ow feol
lul! irr any ono working on a "low
down" salary and realized that the
t.ty officers wore underpaid, lie waa
illllni! to vote for thn IncronHO pro
ildwt the salary of thn recorder waa
iarreaaed from $37. 60 to $45 per
month. The councllinen agreed upon
tola Increase alMo.
The ordinance lunalng a certah.
portion of t ho Strand to the St. Hel
ena. Co-operative Creamery nssocla
tlon, wua rend the third time and pas
ted and the ordlnanco relative to
itorlng gasolene and prohibiting the
cirryltiK of more tlmn 10 gnllona un
lm in mi underground tank or other
approved kind of tank waa also read
lor the third time, but laid over pena
lo further Investigation. Manager
Cillaitli of the Columbia River Pnrk
er'i ami.xiatloii remonatrated against
the pannage of the ordinance nnd be
claimed It would work ft great hard
iMp on the denlera In gnnolenn nno
the flahvrnien, and It waa agreed to
leave the matter In abeyance.
An ordinance relating to Jitney
traffic, jitney churK.es, etc., waa road
or at IcuHi a portion of it wua reaa,
but when Recorder Quick reached the
I'th section, Allen auggeiited that the
trading of the balance of It bo defer
ral until the council could take a
nolo night for thla one ordinance.
The councllinen concurred with Mr.
Alien, but lutor found out that the
wdlnanco being ruod waan't tho om.
tlicy hud ordered, ao It waa agreed to
olacard tho proponed ordinance and
'dr a new one, aald new ordinance
ot to contulu ao many sections.
The iniitler of painting the city hull
a brought to the attention of the
council and on motion of Allen, the
mjyor waa appointed a committee, of
One to hoo about getting tho paint
nd employing tho painters, who will
o Hie Job by thed ay instead of on
contract.
("ashler Harrison cf the Find, Na-
"onal bank presented a petition nsk-
tli-.t a portion of the clty'a nvnlt-
We fuiiilR be placed on depoalt In his
u:i"H. Tho council acted f:.vortbl
Pon the request and passed a resolu-
"n to that effect nnd tho recordor
M Instructed to give anid bank n
Portion of tho bualueaB.
Jitney license wna ordered grnnt-
a Mrs. Ireno Karth to oportito a 5
panaonger touring car.
No further bquaineHB appearing.
council adjourned.
According to reliable Informutloi.
received by the Mint, George Con
yer, a well known resident of Clut
sknnlo, will entyf the race for the
county Judgeship and run an Inde
pendent, toy Conyera la at pre:ient
recorderoflie city of Clutukanie and
bIho JuslleA 0r tho peace In that dla
trlct. StrveraJ years ago, he waa
elected ounty Surveyor, but gave up
the portion on account of III health.
Ho iy well known tnnwgliout the
counjry end will probably mako a
Htrojlg race for the office Bought.
Thoeiitranco of Mr. Conyera Into tho
rnr makes H a three cornered af
fair between blniHelf, Martin White
and W. J. Fullerton.
CIIATAUQUA I?
ON AT RAINIER
JiiHt nt tho preHetit Rainier la the
center of Interest In the county.
Their annual cliatuuiiia 1h being held
and a fine program Ih pretentud thrice
dally. Tho chutauqua started Wed
liuaduy afternoon and will continue
until Monday night nnd no douln
many St. Helena people will tuke ud-
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
CONSOLIDATE
Ni'liale
HchiMtlH Voto
l-'on-o
to Join
rocont
he PltUnurg
Ion, voted to
thought tho
would prefer to go
trlct, but thoy
trlct No. 42
nu flint Snlwin
filntrlct No. 22, the Nnta dlHtrlct, nnd
whool,
oni),i,lt
tit.. .
"'lalnirg d
"ito thn
"d otliorwlHl
u'i nnd l)triirJb. 8 ot lllrkon
also voted toNtonsolldato und
"y will have a neArVdiool Iiouho at
"""enfold. The C(untyNiperlnlend
IB nillch In Inul. nf rtrttVsfil 111 111 III IT
i liin it can be doe to an adVaotago
cininin that ah IntereBtod recfltve
ninrn !...,. ., j,
- "uuuiiiB man uy ttie single aia-
GOOD TIME FOR .ALL
Supper and Knh'i-taiiimeiit Tendered
Men Who l,cft for Army Service
The largest number of drafted men
yet sent In one body, left St. Helens
'i.oiiday morning for the army train
ing station at Camp Lewis, Washing
Ion. There were fifty-one called in
th In draft and several of them were
from St. Helens.
Many of the boys came In Sunday
and reported at the office of the local
board nt the courthouse. Mayor Sax
on was on hand and took them Ii.
hnnd and saw to it that they reach
ed tho hotels and restaurants.
The Sound Amusement company
admitted them free to all rides and
shows on the Strand and in the even
ing they were the guests of the city at
a nice dinner presided over by the
ladles of the Red Cross In the base
ment of the Methodist church. Ap
propriate talks were made by Uev.
Illsey und Hev. Spenrow and Council
man Allen.
In the evening, a Liberty celebra
tion, under the auspices of the llomv.
Uunrd, was held on the Plaza and
several short talks made to the boys,
vaittngo of the nearness to Rainier and all Joined in patriotic music.
and the good mails, to take In some
of tho performances. Tho program
for today, and the bulance of the
Hchedulu is:
I'rlilay
Morning Mother (Jooso chatuu-
qua.
Afternoon. -Prelude. Inspiration
al Lecture, "The A.'uiitngo 'of u
Handicap," Dr. Klllott A. lloyl. Ad
mission, 39 cents.
Kvenlng Concert, Metropolltut.
Artists. Illustrated Patriotic Iau
turo, "Wonders of the World War."
Henry Wurren Poor (latest views
from tho fighting zone. Admins!on,
N3 cents.
Sal unlay
Morning Mother tiooso chatuu-
qua.
Afternoon Concert, Now York
City Marine Hand. Character Stud
ies nnd Readings, Klsle Mae Gordon.
Admission, 65 cents. i
Kvenlng Grand Concert, Now I
York City Marine Hand, Mnrlo I.o-i
Zlto, organizer and director. Return I
Kngageinent, Mary Adl Hays, Amer.
Icnn soprano. Admission, 83 cents.
Sunday
Morning I'suul Services A 1 I
churches.
Afternoon Inspirational S I n g
Ing, Tho F.lchhorns, Directors. Lec
ture, "America nnd Japan," Dr. Mln-
osakn Toshl Yatnaiuoto. Admission
39 conta.
Chatauqua vesper sorvlces all In
vited.
Kvenlng CommunKy S!n g 1 n g.
Tho Klrhhorus, Directors. Inspira
tional Lecture, "American Ideals,
Mm. A. C. Zehuer (accredited gov
ernment representative nnd ono of
America's most ronvlnclng and pleas
ing lecturers). AdmlBstou, 65 cents.
Monday
Morning Mollnsr Gooso chatau
qua. Afternoon Proludo, Sell u b e r i
Sorennders. Lecture, "Physical
Truliiing," Uoatrlco E. Heskett. Ad
mission, 38 cents.
Kvenlng Prelude, Mother Gooso
Festival, Under personnl direction of
"Mother Goose." Closing Concert,
Schubert Sorennders, presenting a
live program of patriotic, populur nnd
clnsslcal music and entertainment.
Admission, 83 cents.
On account of th iioteU being full.
many citizens of the town took the
boys in for the night's lodging, a
courtesy much appreciated by them
and also by the mayor who was wor
ried on account of the lack of ac
commodations.
Monday morning, quite a few of
the auto owners of the city lined up
their cars in front of the courthouse
nnd took the hoys and their friends
over to the depot, where a large
crowd had gathered to wish them
good luck and good-bye.
NEW BASEBALL
SCHEDULE
TEN MEN CALLED FOR
' SELECTIVE SERVICE
TO REPORT MONDAY
I-oKgcrs and Millmcn Calle! for Duty
at Vancouver
Clerk LaBare of the local board
has sent notices to 10 Columbia coun
ty men to report at the courthouse
Monday morning, July 29th, at 9:45
o'clock, and the men will entrain on
the eleven o'clock train for Van
couver, Washington. The called men
are mlllinen and loggers and It Is
supposed that the government will
ubo them in the big spruce mill at
Vancouver. Those ordered to report
are:
Bert Anderson, Astoria.
W. F. Brasmer, St. Helens.
Dolph Smith, Clatskanle.
J. C. Ray, Vernonla.
Oscar Anderson, Clatskanle.
C. R. Timonen, Quincy.
L. E. F tch, Scappoose.
Frank Welter, Goble.
C. J. Pyburn, Portland.
Albert Crlckson, Clatskanle.
Alternates are:
Victor Johnson, Flrwood.
It. B. O'Nell, Ken-y.
Pete Olien, Quincy.
It appears to be the policy of the
governmei t to now use men who
were In a deferred classification and
they are sent to the place where their
services cm best be used.
It is understood that several who
failed to pass the army examination
at Cump Lewis will soon be recalled
and sent to Vancouver or other places
to take up government work.
INTEREST ON
LIBERTY BONDS
Public IKm'h not Thoroughly Under
stand Paying Interest
According to President Miles of the
Columbia County Bank, some of the
public da not thoroughly understand
why they should pay interest on tho
deferred payments for their Libert
bonds. If one stops to think for Just
a moment, it can be readily seen,
however, that the interest charge lu
right and Just. The bonds are dated
at a certain date and bear interest
from that date. If a person, buys
say a $100 bond and pays in instal
lments covering a period of six
months, he should bear in mind that
the government is paying interest on
the face value of the bond from the
date of Its Issue. Therefore, if a
person has paid only $50 down and
wishes to pay the balance in the six
months, he will have to pay to the
government the same amount of in
terest on the balance due as the gov
ernment pays him. For instance, Ii
tiie rate of interest Is 4 per cent, each
hundred dollars will earn $4 per year
interest which is paid Beml-annually.
It the person has paid only $50 on
the bond, he could hardly expect the
fovernment to pay him the $4, oi
interest on the entire amount. The
government, does pay the entire
amount, but It collects from the bonJ
buyer the same amount of Interest
on the deferred payment that It pays
to the bond buyer. It is a case of six
cf one and a half dozen of the other
po far as the bond buyer Is concerned,
anil he shouldn't worry about Uncle
Sair not doing the right thing, for
our patriotic uncle will do exactly
what is right.
MXORMICKS WIN
IN CLOSE CONTEST
CORNFOOT DEFEATED
Home Team Defeat Rival for First
Position in League
HEAVY CALLS FOR
DRAFTED MEN
PREMIUM LIST
OF COUNTY FAIR
The new schedule for the remaind
er of the season of the Shipbuilder!
league, as arranged for at the meet
ing of the lengue directors Tuesda
night, follows:
July 28 Foundation vs. Peninsu
la at Vaughn street; St. Helens v-'
Stnndifer nt Vancouver; Corn foot n
Grant Smith-Porter at St. Johns.
August 4 St. Helens vs. Grant
Smith Porter at St. Johns; Peninsu
la vs. Standlfer t Vancouver;
Foundation vs. Cornfoot at Vaughn!
street.
August 11 Foundation vs. Grant,
ens vs. Peninsula at St. Helens, Corn-Mnlth-Porter
at St. Johns; St. Hel-
foot vs. Standlfer at Vaughn street.
August 18 Peninsula vs. Grant,
Smith-Porter at Vaughn street; Com
foot vs. St. Helens at St. Helens;
Foundation vs. Stndifer at Vancouver.
August 25 Foundation vs. St.
Helens at Vaughn street; Peninsula
vs. Cornfoot at St. Johns; Grant
Smith-Porter vs. Standlfer at Van
couver. September 1 Foundation vs.
Peninsula at Vaughn street; St. Hel
ens vs. Standlfer at St. Helens; Corn
loot vs. Grant Smith-Porter at St.
Johns.
September 2 St. Helens vs. Grant
Smith-Porter at St. Holens; Penin
sula vs. Standlfer at Vancouver;
Foundation vs. Cornfoot at Vaughn
street.
The schedule will probably be car
ried out as above unless the Portland
leaders see that St. Helens has a
good chance to win and in that event
the schedule might be changed bo as
to make them play the stronger
tennis. While this is not probable,
yet one cannot be sure If their ac
tions In the past can be taken as an
oxomplo of their spirit of fairness.
Tho promlum list and program
book of the Columbia County Fall
will bo rendy for distribution to the
public next week, according to Sec
rotary J. W. Allen. He and other of
flcorB of he fair association are nn
lows to hnve many and creditable ex
hibits at the fair this year and with
that In view have offored attractive
i.-l.es. especially In tho agricultural
exhibits. Any one desiring one of
those promlum llatb can obtain same
by calling at the office of Mr. aubu
- nt the Mist, or If lnconvenlen'
to call, write for one and It will be
MOLE SKINS BRING
GOOD PRICES
STAMP SALES FOR
WEEK $10,000
Provost Marshal Crowder has wired
the adjutant generals of the states
thr.t the August calls for drafted men
will be large. The message was re
layed to the Oregon local board b
Adjutant General Williams. Clerk
LeBare received the message Thurs
day which stated that the Btate of
Oregon would be required to fur
nish 2200 men during the month.
This means that many men will b.
called from Columbia county.
The message said: "Local bon
are directed to refuse releases to the
navy, marine corps or emergency
fleet, all registrants of 1917 and 1918
class men who have been or will be
classified in class one until a suffi
cient number of number one have
qualified for military service."
The message also urged that the
medical, local and district boarAw
axort every effort to get a sufficient
number to fill the August quota and
to "speed up the examinations of re
gistrants." The needs of the army
were Imperative, the Provost General
stated and every effort must be made
to get available men.
The message is taken to Indicate
that many of class one who when
time came for army duty, went to
the shipyards, will still have an op
portunity to see regular army duty,
and that the emergency fleet corpoi
atlon will have to do without the ser
vices of many of the men in the class
of 1918.
Mr. LeBare stated that, nine men
of the 1918 class would be called on
or about August 5th, but he had not
been Informed as to where they would
be sent or what service they would
enter.
Reports from Seattle Btated that
class one men of that city were scarce
and draft officials had been author
ized by the war department to cease
giving deferred classification to the
shipyard men. The order was only
temporary and would be enforced
only until the August quota ot net
had been secured.- This is in line
with the instructions received by the
board hero. '
The sale of War Savings and
Thrift Stamps for the week ending
July 25th was $10,020.78 end brings
up the total cash sales to $124,643.44
or almost one-half of the quota asked
of the county. If the present rate
can be maintained the full quota of
$274,000 should be reached by Nov.
15th. The sales by offices are:
Birkenfeld $ 83. Go
Chapman 126.12
Clatskanle 1,113.32
Goble 443.60
Houlton 182.?!!
Inglis 60.20
Kerry 142.12
Mayger .: 418.00
Mist , . . . 418.00
Quincy 168.85
Rainier 1,062.70
Scappoose 1,390.79
St. Helens 2,487.74
Trenholm 41.66
Vernonla j.. 409. 6-!
Wcrren '. . . 1,262.72
Yankton 209. (
$10,020.78
The McCormick baseball club ot
the Shipbuilders league still main
tains its lead In the league race,
having defeated Cornfoot in a close
game at the Vaughn street grounds
in Portland Sunday. The score was
5 to 3.
Manager Mensor chose big Oscar
Harstad to do the mound duty lot
St. Helens, while Manager Casey of
the Cornfoots delegated "Suds" Suth
erland to lame the St. Helenites. He
tailed to be a real good tamer ana
was sent to the shower bath in the
fifth inning and Frank Rapp, former
Buckaroo, took up the unfinished
task, but was unable to hold the hard
hitting St. Helens aggregation.
Mensor's gang chased over one
run in the first, two in the second
and to make matters sure, put across
another brace in the eighth.
Cornfoot scored one In the second,
one in the fourth and put another
across in the ninth.
Locker, Haughland and Mensor
led In the hatting for St. Helens, each
getting two hito. The home team
played an errorless game and backeu
up Harstad in the pinches.
More than 100 of the local fans
Journeyed to Portland to see the
game and, what was lacking In num
bers, they made up in noisy rooting.
The score
St. Helens
Mensor, ss 5 1
Pike, c 5 2
Locker, lb ....3 0
Feuerborn. 3b . . 3 0
W. Cartwright, 2b 2 0
Reid, cf 4 0
S. Cartwright, rf.4 0
Halghland, If . . .5 1
Harstad, p 4 1
Totals 35 5
Cornfoot
McKenna, ss .... 4
Teck, cf 4
Fltchner, rf 4
Lee, c 4
French, 3b 3
3
10
7
0
5
1
1
4
0
2
1
2
1
0
1
0
2
1
10 27
CHANGE IN POST
OFFICE HOURS
Mrs. I. E. Dodd has made some
slight changes in thtf hours of work
at the St. Helens postoffice. Begin
ning August 1st, the office will open
at8 o'clock a. m. and close at 6 p.
m. The evening mail which arrives
about 7 o'clock will be distributed
and the general delivery window open
for a few moments, but no parcels
will be distributed nor stamp or
money order business done. Tho
postmaster states that the work of
the office has so increased during
the past few months, that It Is im
possible to continue the present
hours unless she works from 12 to 14
hours per day, and this she is not
willing to do.
Kennedy lb
Casey, 2 b
6 2
2 4
0 0
1 1
- 5
-10
Bourg, If 3
Sutherland, p . . . 1
Rapp, p 3
totals 32 3 8 27
St. Helens
Runs 1 2 0 0 0
Hits 2 1 1 0 0
Cornfoot
Runs 01010000 1 3
Hits 12021100 18
Struck out by Harstad 10, Suth
erland 2, Rr.pp5. Bases on balls
off Hcrctnd 3, Sutherland 6, Rapp, 3.
Two base hits Teck, Lee. Threu
base hits Kennedy. Double plays
Casey to Kennedy, W. Cartwriht (un
assisted), W. Cartwright to Menst .
Sacrifice hits Mensor 2, Locker, Mc
Kenna, Pike. Stolen bases Pike,
French, Bourg, Lee. Hit by pitched
ball French. Passed balls Pike.
Innings pitched by Sutherland 4
1-3, runs 3, hits 4. Charge defeat to
Sutherland. Time of game 2 hours
and 30 minutes. Umpires Rankin
and Drennen.
County Agent Howard yesterday
received a check from an eastern fur
buyer for $114.95, which was in
paymont of tho last lot of mole skins
shipped. The skins averaged 20
cents each, tho high price being 33
1-3 cents while the lowest price was
17 cents. Tho boys who furnished
the skins will receive checks ranging
In amount from $6.00 to $10.6,
which Mr. Howard thinks will be an
Inducement for them to continue the
mole trapping.
The annual election of officers for
the St. Helens Auxiliary will be held
Wednesday, July, 31st, and the at
tendane of all members of the auxi
llury is requested. The past year has
been a most ouccesstul one from
every standpoint and the members
feci gratified at the amount ot work
accomplished. .
All of those having yarn, are re
quested to return same, whether fin
ished or unfinished on or before the
day ot the meeting.
GOVERNMEN TAKES
OVER TELEGRAPH
President Wilson has Issued a
proclamation taking over control oi
telegraph, telephone, cable and
radld systems for the duration of thu
war, effective July 31. Authority to
operate the wire systems is vested in
the postmaster general. Ocean cable
and radio systems are not included
In President Wilson's proclamation.
Postmaster Burleson states that tho
operation and control of farmer tele
phone lines would not be interfered
with, only for the purpose of facili
tating their connection with longe:
lines. No general policy has yet been
.decided upon. .
The league leaders held a special
meeting Tuesday night and the
question of allowing Coast Leaguers
to play in the Shipbuilders League
was brou slit Bp. The league leaders
of course voted down the proposition
as the Foundation, Standifer-Clark-son
and Cornfoots are well hooked
up with players and St. Helens will
be weakened if any of the men are
taken in the draft and all of the
Portland teams are working against
St. Helens. Eddie Mensor had sev
eral of the Salt Lake players ready
to go in the St. Helens line-up, bui
this is now impossible? On account
of dropping the C. R. S. B. team anu
the Supple-Balin, the club had to
make a new schedule and St. Helens
is now scheduled to play the strong
Standifer-Clarkson team at Vancouver
the coming Sunday. The league
leaders saw to it that St. Helena
would have to meet the strongest
team in the league in the hopes that
defeat would come to us, but then It
might be a repetition ot . Sunday's
history,-at least, the tana are hoping
and praying it will be. ' - -
Wl ByBtom.
promptly mailed.
:
'a.'