St. Helens mist., August 30, 1918, Image 1

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to Boys Over There Are Keeping Their Pieces-Are You Keeping Yours
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
NO. 37
-OLUME XXXVII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1918
if. CELEBRATION .
- .
HERE LABOR DAY
AUSPICES L.
L. ,L. L-
WALTER N A GEL
DIES IN FRANCE
'iiiiitny Coiiiituindcr I'nyN Tribute
li II In Memory
i..
WIH,. i;errlHCN, IWIIll
lii'it I')' .overniiiclil si r.ir.
The U Legion 1-KK'T' "'!
..mhlirUlVII WllO rt'HlllK III St. Hfll'IIM
,i .trinity will appropriately ob-
L the nation's r,'l ,:"r I' lmv-
. . hit: celebration uml picnic at
.ritv Park. Tim exercises will lie-
I, promptly at 10 o'clock In the
lornlnr. Tin1 locals irom pi. iimnm,
nklon, Peer Island ami Uoblii will
l-nd di'legatlons. which In iiiumI In-
inrcn IU I'" '' entire tump or
III forci'ii.
Colonel Hrlce Plaque, who Ih In
irinof till) government logging Ullll
imtierliiK operations In tho north-
l, liui promlKi'i! Chairman . 1).
jllmrlunil tlml lio will so'id ilown
j tmiy officer li address tliu lum-.-mpii.
Tho Mint loar;i thai Major
Ul Of Colonel 1IhiII0'H Htuff will
imn uml lio wilt lio accompanied
. gllir staff officers. It wu the
rltir' good fortune to hear Major
lllh makM an address at Marhhflold
urliiK tliu rccdi. editorial ar.Muiiii
n mwtlng and we cm assure our
Kim lliut It la woll wor'.h koIiik n
;tlt, long way to hear tlio major
.m.
II In tpenrli ami other arc, how-
rer, only a part of the Interesting
rocram arranged. Thero will bo
mil music, patriotic hIiikK. etc.,
.d the ladles of the Red Croan will
r I cafeteria lunch, tlio pro-
wdi of which will go to the sol-
Irrt nd sailors funtl.
There will alao 1o a general get
U-wllier mooting of tlioe loyal in mi
rho tre producing loft il Umber
tfhlcli the government needs.
A short anil Interesting program
u bwn arranged for the afternoon,
rfltr which the baseball game w"l
' the next attraction.
la the evening there will ho a big
Jincs at the city linll, which will Jc
conducted hy the Women's 1'atrlotlc
U.mue niul tlio proceeds from the
dance will, r.lwi, no to tho soldier's
land.
The Warren, Yanliton anil St. Hel
ni Hume Guard units will altitid
Iks cflcliratlou anil aid In tho ar
naRemeutH and the program.
Chairman Sutherland lit. a not glv
n the Mint full dutnllH. hut linn as-
ornl uh that wo CH" promise the
Hln readers that this I.alior D.'.y
wlohrullon will ecllpno nil otheru and
;ll cIlliMtiK of the county nro cor
dl-tlly Invited to nttond and partlcl
l!.
Tho duto la Monday, Soplemlier
lad; (ha hour of beginning, 10 a. in.
"id the place, the St. Helena I'lty
Pirli.
Tim aad intelligence Iiuh bveu re
ceived thut Waller Nagel, Hon of Mr.
and Mm. Prank Nugel of the Yunk
tuf country, died In France. July
2Klli. While no official notice Iiuh
linen received from the government
tliu captain of Walter's company
wroto to Home of the rvlatlveH
ii nd Ueorge I'erkliiH, who In a mem
her of the mime coinpciiy of en
Klneerii. confirmed the report In a
letter to Ills NlHter, Mra. II. II. Mc
t'ormick.
Young Nugel eiillsluil laHt winter
In the engl:ieera and wra on the Tub-
canla when that vensel wbh torpe
doed. Hi) wbh about 23 yea'n of age
und win milking an excellent record
In the a nn y. The frloiM'u of the
young man and hla bereaved parentH
und rvlutlvea received the aad news
with much regret aa Walter waa well
known here and had many frlenda
That Walter wbh well thought of
by hla commander and comrade U
indicated In the following Htatement
of Captain 1). I). Hall:
Co. I)., Ild'ia. 6 lln., HOlli Kiig.
To Whom It May Concern:
Walter Nagel of my company, wan
a very fine boy and hla devotion to
hla duty at all times won for lilm
tho reaped of all hla comradea and
hla officer. He died with stomach
trouble at an American Army hospi
tal and la burled near Bordeaux,
Prance, at the I!. 8. Army cemetery.
We iijIhs him and I called the com
pany to attention and offered a
prayer for hla aoul.
We mlH him. la needlea to say.
but he did hla duty and that la what
wo all are over here for and may
hla loas not bo In vain, and to hla
family and frlenda this la the beat
tribute you can pay a soldier. We
all loved him.
I am with sndneHH IiIb old command-
CAPTURED HUN TANK REPAIRED BY FRENCH
C. A.
R- VETERAN TELLS
OF STIRRING TIMES
Hays War lietween the States
Cemented and Made Great Nation
NEWSY LETTERS FROM
THE BOYS OYER THERE
THEY ALL LIKE FRANCE
The tank seen in this French official pbotogTuph waa cuptured by the
French In the recent heavy figbtliig on the weatern front. The tank was de
molished by the heavy French gunfire cud It took these crafty Frenchmen
twelve days of work under enemy Ore to put It In order again. The photo
graph shows the French crew which repaired the tank aad which la operating
It WIIU great results against me em-my
I.aat Sunday it was the pleasure of
tha editor of thei Mist to meet Gener-
nl A". N. Cole, a O. A. R. veterun, who
with hla wife, were In St. Helens, the
guests of their old Nebraska friends,
Mr. and" Mrs. Von A. Gray. The
Celts came up from California to at
tend the G. A. R. reunion, an event
they have not missed In many years.
In 1861. ti'ough a mere boy. Mr
Cole enliHted and was assigned to a
Mlchienn regiment. He saw 'four
years of active service and participa
ted in the memorable bp.ttles of
Antletr.m and Malvern Hill and was in
the Peninsula campaign. He was
founded In a skirmish with the Con
federates at Yellow Tavern, Virginia,
uid was sent to a hosplt&l In Wash-
'ngton. D. C. and was there when
peace was declared.
In 1892, Mr. Cole and his wife at
tended the G. A. R. reunion
Washington. D. C
Columbia County lloys In Franco
Write of Their Experiences
The Mist Wants Soldier letters
When you recaive letters
from t!:e boys "over there" send
the Mist a copy of them, or send
In the original, so that we can
take paragraphs from them. We
will not print the personal
family mention, but would line
tc have the general lone of let
ters from the different boys
from Columbia county. If you
want letters returned, they will
be sent back to any address fur
nished, afer we have uced
tiiem.
LIBERTY LOAN COM
M1TTEE MEETS TODAY
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
Will Make Mans for Work in Con
nection With Loan
CLOSE GAME WON
BY ST. HELENS CLUB
Home TVi.ni Ci.ta ilnui Content from
NtroiiK Team of l'uue
Yours for my country
CAl'T. I). 1). HAI.I.,
Co. I). 6 lln.. 20 F.ng
MAVDR SAXON IS
APPOINTED JUDGE
Ammiiih Other 1iiimiHmii Unties In
Addition to Mayoralty
(umlng and going. It Is a matter of
"Ills rivnor" for Mayor Magnus Sx
on Is alsir-Justice of the peaee..' At a
apeclal ineeHnB of thocounty court
held Monday.N.ho JJth, at which
,.rPH..nt Judith Morton and Com
missioner llarv-ey. Ch appointment
...u ...,.,!., XThe appointment was
made uyUU tho vacancy caused by
the resignation of J. T. Taber, who
resigned whon he entered armyser-
vlce.
WORKMEN WALK OUT
SOMMARSTROM YARD
FIVE HUNRDED MEN OUT
I nlon (lalniH They ure IHNcrimlnated
AgaliiNt Company llenics
To prepare plans and procrani for
Tuosday morning Beveral hundred pHttlng over tne Fourth Liberty
ii. on hnlnnelnr to the Shipwright's : , . f. ,,... i.n iriv
" " - i man l u .uiuuiuia V VU.1V, ...w wvw...
urlon and employed at-the Sommar-1 dele teg ,n thfg worlt ejre scheduled
. 1 1.1.1 .1. ... h tl'alH ,nnlu an, I. . ,M ,
to meet at the courtnouse t.i z o -clock
this afternoon. Field Manager
E. N. Strong will meet with them and
ctiillne the work as prepared by the
stnte central con:nlttce.
The Fourth Liberty loan campaign
j i. open formally throughout the
nnntrv on Seotember 28th. but a
strom yard, laid down their tools and
duit work. According to the best of
Information obtainable, tho reason
the men quit was because Hugo Soui
i ir.rstrom, who Is one of the stock
holders In the concern, was made
foreman on Job No. 8, which Is a
government contract. The union men
t bjectcd to this ..nd seat a protest , educational campaign
loWaHhlngtcnandfortbetimebelng: ullde,taken In Oregon com-
Soniniamlrom was taken off of the
Job. Monday he wns again In charge
and the men rvqaln protes'ed but
worked .hat day, but Tuosday, when
they found Sommarstrom on tho Job,
they quit work
11 be undertaken In Oregon com
menclng on September 15th, for
which purpose organization is now
being perfected.
The country .will be called upon
to subscribe six billion dollr.rs, of
ey q ' . . I which Oregon's quota Is approximate-
It Is reported that government of-, .. ,
flotilla were soon on the scene and. , ,
prevailed upon the mtfn to return to
work, which they did at one o'clock
In the afternoon and Sommarstrom
was supplanted with a union foreman.
Everything seemed to be moving
along nicely, but Thursday morning
the shipwright men found out 'that
wminm Smith, a member of tho ship
wright's shop committee had been
laid off. As no reason was given wny
Mr. Smith wns discharged, or let out,
Mccormick .
Stanillf.-r . . ,
Corn foot , , .
Foumlutton
Peninsuiii . .
8mltl.orie.r
w i. ret.
11 o 1.000
9 3 .750
8 3 726
6 U .500,
S fi .33
1 11 .083
I.i tUat rano of the
- n. a uniuu mail in
joe Hrough of lumier . .. pln wnlKe(, out." and were
v !. i O '
The McCormlck team of tho Shlp-bulldoi-H
LmiRuo maintained It Hiring
unliroken victories by defeating
" Koimdatlon team at Vaughn
itrnet groiindH In Portland Sunday.
The scorn wnu i ir. n mid It wns one
of tho best games witnessed on that
,rl for many a day. Hurstad and
KR"H wore tho opposing pitchers
"l each pitched a gilt edged article
of ball.
St. lleltMia-rrrade Its only scovo In,
first. With two down. Locker
a hIow one down tlio third base
"o and hoat ti!e throw to first,
fsurborn hbw one of Evan's slunls
1llt suited , und with his truHty
tlub gtung the pollot quite hnrd, Just
hl,fl enough to mr.ke It a trlplo and
How Locker to Bcar.iper tvcroKii the
liuine rulilii.r with ii.n imieHimio tally
' ll'o game,
"oagland and CartwrlRht were
fielding stars or tho game and
"Mi gathered In chances which
looked BU llt..i,..l llintl hpiii.II BlirA IlltS.
gt. Hotonn plays the Comfort
.w.i,.i...l constable for that district at
the same time that Mr. Saxon was ap
pointed Justice of the peace.
FIVE MORE TO
REPORT SOON
IxkhI Hoard Issues Call for Five More
Men for Army Service
Under call IMC. Chief Clerk La
llnre has ordered the following reg
H rants to hold themselves In readi
ness to report early In September.
,....i i r. has nol deBlgnr.ted
no iuuii - ,
. will lie sent, i auoo
wnere iim
notified are:
Elnar V, Anderson. Warren; ( lie
i i.niinn. Llnnton; Oscar D
. Emll K. Olson,
Mayger and Er-iest H. Tike. St. Hel
ens.
or Columbia county baa not yet
been determined, but it will be about
twice as much as In the Third Liber
ty Loan. The county subscribed 267
per cent In this loan and will not
have to do more In order to raise Its
quota for the Fourth Loan.
S. C. Morton has been named as
county chairman and he In turn has
named as his co-workers all who
were a Dart of the organization when
the Third Loan was so successfully
put across.
The slogan this time, rs In the
past, will be "OREGON rmsr
OVER THE TOP" and Mr. Mortou
end his fellow workers are deter
mined that Columbia county shall be
among the first of Oregon's counties
to go over the top.
Joined by the men who are affiliated
wttii the Winters and Laborers union.
The hitter, however, claim they are
not on a strike, but quit in order to
meet with Hie shipwrights union and
uscertaln If tholr grievances were
Just.
. r Mia torn unln'lA. or a
A IllUOlWK Hi -" - .
general meeting, was held In the I COUNCIL W1L.L.
tnlon hall Thursdry afternoon ami: A FLOAT1NU UUtK.
n.,uim,n Acrent R. A. Mclmiis was
present and hastened to the Sommar-1
.t.m vnrd to take up uie iuuivu:
with the shipbuilders with a view ol
on early settlement. He was to re
port at a special meeting Thursday
afternoon.
ti. Mi called un the Sommar-
Kcapitoose Boy In France
Saumier, France, Aug. 7, 1918.
To the Folks at Home:
It is cold and cloudy today, and a
. strong wind blowing from the west.
it. reunion si - ...
t. Thin wind comes Inland from the
wasmngion, u. uuu lie ueciueu -
o-. Bp.y of Biscay: those who have cros-
10 go aown 10 me onieueraie doi- - - ,,
dlers Home at Richmond. Virginia. 8ed he waters know how cold they
a Wn hnvo hod VACV littlo vrm
and see some of tha men against " '
whom he fought. His wife was a nere una .uiuiu.r uuu .cuW
little fearful, thinking perhaps that oI raln-
coma of those who wore the gray. T"e be"lea are not anyways near
would not enjoy a visit from one who rlDe yet' but most aU tne be
wore the blue, but Mr. Cole said 6 ' . ...
he was going anyhow, so his good are located ln tne mo8t PT
wife accompanied him. m Arriving at of France. There are many beautl ul
the home, several of the old soldiers
saw him coming and hastened to "m old castle8' whtch loom UP "f6
meet him. and gave him Just as warm a mountain. The villas are very old
a welcome as oftentimes he had glv- but are kePl ln 8od condition. You
en them or received when fighting wl flnd dutiful flower gar-
asalnst them, but the welcome was den lnsIde tno hKh walls that sur-
different. for Instead of the musket und e villas. So far I have vlsi -
.. i. ,,..i,u,i ed only, one castle (chateau, It Is cal-
Ut tauiiuili IV nan iiio uuioin-ivuv." i
l,End and warm embrace of men who In Frencn). it was wen wort.,
appreciated the manliness of the men t!l me 1 aPent ln Pa8sinB tl,rl0,UBh
whom years berore they had faced t"at were occupied by kings
on the battlefields. One old Con- and Queens and mnay nobles
federate, with an empty sleeve hang- Thls castle was built in the Je"
tng from his right shoulder, asked A- D- 11 was Napoleon s head
General Cole where he was wounded, Quarters at one time. There are still
rr i, nn.ioBrt th limn lPft arm The !W bs relics in the castle. The
teneral replied he got his at the bat- views from the watch towers are
tie of Yellow Tavern and the old Rreat, but the views from the dung
Confederate, grasping the hand of also Ereat- AU vou can 8ee ,B
the man who wo-e the blue, said, i""" ""v "
.1 ...i. i , I the ton of the cell. The well from
mine, too' The geiioal, as he saw,
j feet deeD. The waer waa drawn up
never enjuyeu u wuia, men wuu i , , ,
talking over the times of '61 to '65 a windless which was worked by
.... , , . 1 craves. luuujr i.iie wwnca mo md-v.
Willi LiioKe wiiuiu uo imu ivKbuu
When mustered out of the army
the general was a sergeant. Later
he settled in Nebraska and for 15
years was connected with the Ne-
brnfeka National guard and received
the anuolntment from the governor
aa brlgldier general. It was while he
was living ln Nebraska that the
widow of General Pickett, who lead
the great charge :.t Gettysburg, vis
ited his town, to give a lecture. It
fell the general's lot to introduce the
ludy to the audience, wd he said he
wt.b mighty glad of the honor, for
he respected ar.d always would, the
vjlor shown by PicUptt and his men
Ir tho charge they mride.
The general now lives In Long
museum. There are some very
beautiful paintings and statues In the
crt rooms. It would take me a year
to tell of all I saw ln the caBtle, so I
will not dwell any longer on this sub
ject.
We are all happy and woll. Get
ting all we can eat and it is not all
canned willies. We quite often have
hot cakes and syrup for our break
fast and some times doughnuts, so
you see we have no complaints on
that scale. The only thing we kick
on is that we cannot get at the work
we came over here to do. Our work
is a littlo closer to us each day, so it
won't be long before we are in the
GOOD PROGRESS ON
NEHAL.Ji.rvi dwuv"
RepohL from the lower NeWein
Inform usihutthe work oy tne new
. .i.ini, idling buiU across the
uriuRo ... -x . , .-
Nohulom near Illrkanieu,, v -....ii..
c.i.irnWnr J. 1). lian-
Hlng rapimr. " 71 ,
,oy has a crew of A.. a be
,,as been rusl.lnKl'O Vk "V,1"1
M..yall ofW piling
has been drlvennd the ibuttmenU
Btrom people and were told that they
dispensed with the services of Smith
because they had no luriner nee
tor him In the particular line of work
In which he was engagea ana mo
said they believed the ;.roubjo would
Committee Derides to Vse City Iro-
perty for City Dork
Tlie committee who was appointed
bylayor Saxon to Investigate the!
docksituation, made their report at
the regular meeting of the-' council
Mondaylght.. Their flnalngs were
that It wcihld cost oflOhsiderable sum
to reDalr tliel)rlvte dock, now In use
end they recoihiiended that the city
build a floating thick at the foct of
earns for good.
wo nra nil lnnkine for mail from
l 1IO fcuuem " .... ... 1 ' ' "
UaIi r-ntifnrnln and ia nresident of home today, but I am afraid we are
r nnlnue society. Drobably the only out of luck. It Is time for chow so I
n nt its kind in the United States, will bring tins to an enn.
- ' .. . 11. tin
1. i nt man whn rliirlnlT I nm ftenninir a cuny Ul a. iiiLiu
the '60's wore the uutform of blue poem that was written by one of the
or the uniform of gray ana tneir boys irom nomo.
wives, and the purpose of the society Will close for this time.
1.. n oiva nil nnaslliln nid In the Rest wishes to r.ll.
present great war. Thus it is that PVT. CHAUNCEY G. BUTLER.
. 1 a aavimv tha moil I
who fought against each other are recuimr i.. -
1 .1 ,1 Anl.aliai rt llfiln fftPftlll-l BllHllIl
II J IV UllllUUU ' - ......
.. . tu. v,- I Rd I.vnch has received a letter
pilsli one certain ihiub hi ucuc-
... . . 1 . . rwim .(1111H mil nr. lui uici u ...a
fit of the wnoie woriu, uu "" -
..a ji.. thii. nnrtner here in tne uaroer dusiucbb
WOrKlIlg I1HUU 1U 1ICU1U, uu.us
1. , 1 .. a.-.!.. 1.. ( In VmniiB
.... TTnAln Oo, L.OU1S, OU rCl0,lu, ........I, 1
This was the first visit 01 tne .,
,1 L'rni 1 1 iciivi vi
general to the Great Northwest ana
Zl be settled and the men back .. St. Helen, street. bab'at
ine myor win mnuui i.s...
and lieglu on it Immediateljr as a
dock of some kind Is urgently
ed.
The marshal reported thr.t lie hnd
taken a fire cart and several hundred
worx. 1
urrnirfi:iients were made
It' st night which were satisfactory to
both employer and employe, the men
will stay out until the matter Is But
lufactorlly adjusted. About BOO men
nru uffected.
he likes It. He and his wife were
much Interested ln the milling and
shipbuilding in St. Helens and before
ler.ving, he said that he was coming
to St. Helens at some future date and
stay longer.
1 r The Sommarstrom people
Land the union officials came to an
1 . ,n.nv nftnrnoon and
I.I..I. 111. ,00 fO ' ,i-P' TIB" UE""""""- ,,,,
. ..,111 minn be in
.V mi.L... .m rntiirn to work this
.fin Ivn in. olacev ine "
rest, w... 7: -nrnlni. Matter iu dispute wm oe
work sliouia ut. - -
The Women of Woodcraft held
luiieu a l 1 1 u 11, iv biiu ov. .. - ..11 r
. 1.- ...,ii. r th: their regular meeting at tho lodge
TCei Ol HOMO IO IIIU D1.11W" ....... w v m .
cannery and Councilman Allen made, hall (skating rink building Tuesday
a favorable report on some sidewalk
work which" had been referred to him.
The ordinance relative to nuisan
ces wns read for the third time and
passed. No other business was be
fore the council bo they adjourned.
..ftarnnnn Alter llltj bubiu. i"J
were entortalned by Mrs. Schofleld,
who served a delightful lunch and
Mrs. P. J. Anderson placed hor car
ut tho disposal of the ladloa to tike
nil ot them home.
I will scribble you a few lines to
let you know we are over here and
everything Is fine with me. I have a
great deal to write to you about, es
pecially our trip over, but the cen
sors will not allow It, so will have
to. wait until I come back to tell you
about It.
I have not had much time to look
crounil, but have been down town
twice. I was lu a French barbershop.
They certainly have peculiar customs
here. Toe Bhaved they sit- ln a
Btralghtback chair.
I find it easy to get around with
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! left to government authorities.
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conilngUlrty dy