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aMMjy!j!!LYw Get Two Chances at Your Dollar. Try It f if !i A i J OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY OLUME XXXVII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1918 NO. 49 t TTIFPHfiNF RATES ARE UMMi" DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL WiriM TO BE TAKEN v - - nmllnn of I rani lilw Suggested . M) r will Interview Official I . ThnioHl Important matter coming ; . .h. ,.ii.Mili.n of tho cllr council OBUtlJ IMhlll wuri llin minn ill IUIO' i ....... .1... ... I.. ...I.. ' hons rules. At the tlmo tlia coun- ii Ji.,i..iti II, n tirnuniipf I vfl ruliui ... In r,,r....,.l tlinl ll.nl ' ... i i.n.1 siritniiv 01, lis mill rfni (Hen would not huvs blocked Mc- . ' i.n.. .1.- ... t.r..ttn. un nrtHnnnf I., i-i . nnsni iniiit'ii iw iimtw hid iiu .ira ma irHiirniHH 111 i iifi iiiiniin .i a t. I i. -I ' l vnli.M AI III I 111, II llin .,,,'" KrUdL'H dXIIIIIHt. V McDonald hud quite a talo of woe!!',,"n, ou ur nioiith, but owIiik to .. . .. I I. llllf.IIM..,l MU ....I. ... . .. u nnrnii to the council. Tie iiiniie'. antes wu Anything but good; In bet. It ? Il"w the tniidiinl ! thlch pny town or tne mze or Ht.r. .. .... . . .... . .. . . ... i...h...i.... ..i...... .i 00 lu.iliiiiiiiuii ui uiiiiiiii., Winn, . . ... .... '.. ' ... ...... i .... ! ron pa 17 uiu onwii uitnran i; null- - , r. . ... . . . .. ..'nor nionih Ti . .,.,i ....,1. lory 111 iiin'.iiiiiiK iiiuii". iii 'iiiimu ipoke rr.im nm own pernonnl cxpfrl- v.. .. .... ....1 .T - ... fBOT, 1, in lll'll'l ,ui u UIIUIlfT nun . . . . , . . . . tm on fllo nh.ro Heptetuber. I17.!,Vcky ,n ,lJ? , ltchliis .. m.,1 ii,,,ii., m.....,c"r ' I"1' year Is asHenKed irynlKht. November 18. the phone S ;nd nut been liiMtullod In McDonald s ,Mi,i..rp l'u'"11- I (Mly .tttorney ha. (Jrlrv.n.e 1. V. lny. city r.ttorney, had a lievanro Klmllar to McDonald's. It noi ui no long standing, uui.iiiione company or the poittmaHtei DtTurthelisH It was a grievance, for tome ir.ciir.rs triere has been an order on file for a phone for the at torney's ofi'lce, but on Moidcy night. Vorenibor IK, 1918, the city attor- My co 11 hi not spealt to anyone from u uniiii iiiiirnn ue inrow up ine'iinn iii'imi .io. 11 win ne rniseu to vlndow and yelled '.o the passerby. $3.00. The rate on residence phones Conncll-n n Chapman, also, bad has been )2.00.' It will be rallied to jomethlim to say about the phone; $2.25. There are about 260 phones Krrlce. Kvlderitlv he t.iritiirlil of bis. In the rllv ui th lnpre:iHHil mm will boyhoml duya back In the hilly sec-1 bring about $J2.tiO per month ad lloa of Ki'Hteru Oregon, for he com-! dltional. Adding this to the farm ptred '.he ring of Ills phono with the ! c-b' IncreaHO, we have clone to $200 fMltlA lll lt.lllnv . m n.n.n.l..,A ' ....... it. u-l.lnl. Ul llnlan. .nil areani r.s It dro-iped from rock to! nearby territory will liavo to surren roelt o;i lis way to tlie mighty dor to Hie phono company upon tho toiumiii:'.. Waller IllakoNley. also, took nart It t!ic iIIscuhh!oi. and his Roeerh mul have etrlted tho long pent up wrath of McDonald, for the council-: man wn h.ih m tho honor seat, the : flrit chair lo the right of the mayor, I sdvociitiMl the revoking of ihe phone: mmnany's franchise. Councilman Allen sits next to McDon-ld and aj Httl further nwoy from lilakesley , "1 Day, so be kept his balance and ! Jlipomd of the phone matter by j Micitestl'ig thnt the mayor see the' nnit'ivi.. f .i. hi...... 1 1 n. , v, llltT iiiiu.iv rinrpiuiy linn j we when the rnlso, If f he: e was to bo : a raise, would go Into effect. The mayor cheerfully aunumod this duty. not km wing that the ralo was nl-1 rsuily in erect. In '.Ms luanr.er the , pnono quest lot was disposed of! until tl 0 mnyo makes his report. Library Committee Calls The Council wn. Ini.v fliriiitnir tin 'lis hudrtet when a committee from thA I I ti r 11 - A. 1 .. ... . S.I..U " WUIIIUII V mi', Heil. Just previous to their ent tncelnto the council chambers, a motion had boen mn.de e.nd carried t the monthly wnivant for $25 'or the maintenance of the library, m cancelled on account of the fact l"t the library hsrs been closed lnce October H. Mrs. Klllson "Poke for the ladles p.nd said they wanted $3G0 for the maintenance of in library for the ensuing year. Hie mayor and er.ch of the council men llHtenod with wrnpt attention the request of the Indies, and the "layer ensured them that their re Quest for f,ln(j had boen taken care or even before thoy visited the wnctuin of the c.ltv ilnrt hut the niuslng part of the proceedings wus J it niilthor the mayor nor any of fe coiincllmen bad the nerve to toll the ladles that $26 had boon lopped rem their allowance. Even Walter "hikoHloy kept quiet on this matter, nd the ladles loft thlnl'.lnc the council was Just rbo.it alright. Tho warrant, however, was cancellod a WW momenta before thoy entered council room. Kldewulk Quistlin Vt Walter lilakesley reported that everal sidewalks were In an unsafe. ndltlcn nnd thought the council Jiiouia take some action regarding inem. The city ordinance book nnd inarter were thoroughly read and it "'"covered that some time ago "n ordinance was passed which would apply to the situation and iiakesley and Potter were In ducted to got buey and see that the owners or property adjacent to the oiectlve Bldewalks, repaired and "lt In good condition the sidewalks. Dock Question Is l'p 'ouncllmnn Chapman again ""ought to the attention ot the coun ." and the mayor that the city dock nail not yet been built and suggested uvortislng for bids. The matter ii,. a,",cu,'"el at some length and II, a , "1 BUUID 11111 Rill OIK. SSUe U pHllil.W""'""! --I" ?, ?lu DlanB 'or the dock were:pe0ple of St. Helena to obBerye the Cj ilod for. it then developed that ,,iy of thanks. It Is probivble the hnV 1118 lmd been loaned to some-'churches will hold the cuatomary U0(iy whose present whereabouts Thsnksglvlng day services and the I stores end all manufacturing estao- , (Continued on page eight) I lubmeati will close lor the day. PHONE RATE RAISE TO BE FOUGHT lUten In HI. Helm i u, . itaiM,.,! Wltlioiii I'riiii-Ht Under the nrlillrary ruling 01 'OHllllllHtlT Cenerrl Hurl....... Pacific Telephone K Teleicr'niili' Cum. puny wu given permission to raise inir rates in Oregon, ai,. I "I"1' '"'"'K '"" of ""'!r 11 """I""'" and located In tli iimir rams 111 Oregon, an.l Kt. llel- neing (inn or their Important lin hi u to v. Mil. II inn IHJHIIllIIIUHr frmii.r rill KIMllllH . . ' " " "r"K" kimhi. win nave ...., M,nrn. allien II II) 01 ri'lHeH. Ill'l'lirrl !lw. ............ . ... .... ... mi- iiii-ru ... , .. ...... - T n iiubiiibhs and residence phones. TIiIh h not m liinl . n . . . - - ""Kilt I0, tllt tllO flirillLTH PTH thn UUI'S Willi VI'I nil I II ft I lu ruin ii tw itiiem. Their rate, heretofore. lm r - n .uiiiiiik m "i""'"ii ui mo " iim.iHi.T giMierai '""j1 ," ",B w" " i"1"1 or" i. mm iifit.i ill iiii;ii iiuii llin inriitnp ui,..,,iii pay a llttlo more for the nrlvllnvn nr : ... , . r tnlklllir flVnp fltn i.lt.i.tn TI...U A ralHori from II. (10 hit iuhhiIi i 11 nn - . . . - r ' - " n.i un lines anil tc i-o ioih-h. If t hnv ir UKulni; l,',,m- 'l'l nuburbun llncH. . .. direction of Warren and llachelor I.M..I n.,,i . I...... !.,... en ...1. Lcrlbers on this syHtcm. The ralno will, therefore, bring another J 120 j per month Into the coffers of the geunral or whoever is running the phone company. ity Itult'N lUlwd The phone tuitmcrlhern Ii the city f.-re better than their farmer nelgn- born. The rate on biiHinens phones Jt IISOX VKKI IUm'IitIimI (loiinty (VinimlsKtono Mr. Weed Is a pioneer of Colum bia county nnd lives In the Nehalem Valley, where he settled 40 yearn ago. He was county clerk for two tonus and also represented the county in the legislature. say-so of Postmaster General Burle son. Clly Attorney Investigates Cpon Instruction of the council, City Attorney J. W. Day is looking up nn ordinance which granted J. L. Zlpporer the franchise end other proceedings in connection with the franchise and sotting of the poles. The Mist understands that severnl vital points wore left out .of the proceedings, which might Invalidate the franchise and that the city of ficials have in mind proceedings which will make matters uncomfort able to the phone company. The city offlulr.ls would like to lmv the co-onoratlon of the com- uorclal club in presenting its cluims but Inasmuch as this organization has prematurely passed away and Is no longer alert to the city's Interest. thoy will have to go u aione. THURSDAY, NOV. 28 THANKSGIVING DAY President Wilson has proclaimed Ti..,.a,i.iv November 28th as ThanL.Tivinir Dnv. Governor Withy. combe followed this proclamation by Issuing one calling on the people or TLJrX giving thanks for this most gloria of til Thanksgiving uiib. g Mayor Saxon, It Is understood JWII. Issue a proclamation, requostlnf the I , -J.' I MM l.lcut. lUiy lrlce l.loyd THREE BROTHERS They are the sons of Mr. and tors. D. W. Price of Scappoose. AU three of them enlisted. Roy attended the officers' training school at Camp Jackson and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. He is now in France, l.loyd is In the marine corps. He was wounded in one of the big engagements In which the Yanks took a prominent part. Watts Is at ( liollc Heights radio station at Lemon Grove, California. Each of the three soldiers have many friends In St. Helens. OUOTA IS RAISED IN WAR WORK DRIVfT7 UFTEDTOMORROW TOTAL IS $ 1 6,5 1 2.2 2 j SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY Full Iti'HirU Not Yet Heci-ivccI and Improvement in "Flu" Condition Amount to lie Increased Warrants Ojienlng of KcIiooIh Columbia county's quota for the j The ban on all public meetings. United Wit Work campaign was schools, churches and theatres, will $10,360. This amount has been be lifted in St. Helens tomorrow, raised end $5,262.00 thrown In for Very few cases have developed in St. good measure, JuHt to show how Col- j Helens In the past few days, and af umbia county people feel towards ter taking up the matter with the those who ere serving our sailor and state board of health, Dr. L. G. Ross soldier boys. ', obtained permission to permit the Chairman C. L. Wheeler dates ' lifting of the ban. that flnul reports have no: yet been . From reports received from the received rrd he is confident whoa local physicians, it appears that the such reports come to hand, fiat the epidemic has almost left St. Helens, total Dubscriptlons will be at least but In Warren, Yankton, Deer Is $20,000. I land and other nearby communities The amount raised by districts Is. cs follows: Rainier, $2716.60. St. Helens, $4000.00. Columbia City, $2050.00. Uoble, $765.00. Deer Island, $766.00. Yenkton. $400.00 Scappoose, $1660.00. Lower Nelmlem, $2500.00. Wnrren, $733.40. Helena, $701.00. ' Dr. Flynn, county executive secre- modnted at the fair grounds are the i tary and Frank Klvln. Y. M. C. A. 1 third, fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth. worker are down on the Kerry rail- A part of the second grade will bb 1 roud c-mps vlsklng the loggers and r moved from the county court room U- It is expectod that when they return ' the basement of the Methodisi they will have subscriptions' and church. pledges which will bring the total of Theatres and Churches Will Opei. the county up to Buch a figure that Regular services will be held in the tho rank ot the county will Jump- St. Helens churches on the Sabbath from third place to first place among . and the theatres will start tomor 1 Cue Oregon counties. j row night. The ban being lifted, all Mr. Wheeler wishes to thank all of the loyal workers In the county for their ready anrt patriotic re-i sponse In the work. Without the hard I work put in by these, success could not have been attained, for the ban on public meetings left the cam-, take necessary precautions so tlier palgn managers In a bad predloa- will be no further spread of tht nient nnd they had to rely on their "flu." The city Is not entirely free workers nnd the press to get the message to the poople. This was ac complished as the magnificent re sults in the county attest. NOTICE IS SENT TO REGISTRANTS Those Who Have Reached 37Ui Birthday Return Quest binaries Acting upon advice received from the ndjutnnt general's office, Clerk LeBare of the local board has sent out the following bulletin to regis trants: To registrants who on September 12, 1918, had reached their 87th birthday: . The president directs that registrants who on September 12. 1918, had attained their 37th birthday and who have received their questionalres, need not fill out such questlonnlres, but they are to immed iately return such document to the local board. No charge for delinquency will be entered against Buch registrant for failure to fill out and return the questlonalre even though the time set for the retu.u is now passeu, nuu nix, av. - " . all charges for delinquency hereto - fore enforced ngainst such regis- trlnU "ol r VuSi ages who have failed . ra.,m ii.nlr nuestionatre within the time limit set therefor, will belter. By strict attention to business! cancelled and made or no erreci aaunched saturday Government boat is urday government steamer riin. urB iminehed et the yards ot the St. Helens Shipbuilding qom.. pany. several nunarea peopio wiiuuv" mm imuiuiviii. ... uo- nessed the launching which was suo - ...rni Mr Carl Chrlstensen. wife of the superintendent of the yarLj Judge James Dart, who returnee chrlBtened the vessel. The Collnda IjT fom a Portland hospital some days of the Ferris type, 286 feet long, inago after undergoing an operation, feet benm and has a Carrying capaciUMis gelling siong niceiy nu win soon of 8E00 tons. V. Price WatU Price IN U. S. SERVICE r , - INFLUENZA BAN IS the people are Just beginning to have touch of the dreaded disease. I HcIkhiIh Start Monday I Chairman ot the Board of Direc tors LeBare Informs the Mist that the directors of the school have de . cided to allow the schools to open Monday. The seventh grade wil; have its recitation rooms at the fair grounds and a section of the first grade will move to the city hall. The other grades which will be accom- pudiic meetings win De permiuea a: heretofore. ureminira Notwithstanding the fact that tin ban has been lifted. Dr. Rose urgeD all to exercise the utmost care ana from this disease, and if the people become careless, it is possible the epidemic might break out afresh. Ii this should happen, the ban will agnln go on and not be lifted until the "flu" has entirely disnppe..red. It is not expected that the nttena unce in the schools will be up to thb attendance before the Bchools were closed. Many parents do not care to have their children take the chances before it Is certain that the epidemic hps entirely disappenred. At any rate, the "flu" ban hai boen lifted, and It depends upon the people whether or not it shall remain llftPil nr If It uliiill be r.lnnned down tighter than ever before. fADTATM DTPPPV nAVUT Ktf l tllV rCKWI UtVJ& IS PNEUMONIA VICTIM years' valuation. There is very lit f tie likelihood, however, that any ma- Popular Captain of Steamer America Answers Last Call Captain Percy Davis died at hu. !'iTa Jl,8'.; "SS" nW: residence rt ii iVi, 1;,i..V;.. hinh 7," taken ill with in .fluenza which 0" yeloped Into pleuro-pneuinonla and, ItllB tUUDCU II to UCOVlli Captain Davis was well and favor - , , . . . , , . , ilia v ii r ii at. i lrit-uo, una a Tuiua- ably known in Portland and along!., of ?oo 0"0 00 the river. For a number of years hoi" ... . . . was employed on the Holman boats,! The valuations by districts are as Dlying between Portland and Rain-i follows: he worked himself up from a posi tion ot deckhand to captain and for the past several years was master ot the Steamer America. Deceased leaves a wife and two children, whose residence is in St. Helens. His father lives In Califor- nia. ine iunerai wiii ot noiu umuy i he Warren cemetery, . - - Vb een on tne streets ot the city, CANDIDATES FILE EXPENSE ACCOUNTS tunning for Office i FxM-ntive to Homo Others Kpend Ml A mf.Jorlty of the candidates who ran for county offices, have filed i their expense accounts with theistuart McKie V'IkIU St. Milili-I ; county clerk. The Judgeship was the most so uk lit ror and consequentl more money was expended in cam palgn expenses by the three candi dates. W. J. Fullerton, the demo cratic candidate and the man who landed the plum, spent $58.55 In order to tell the voters he waB the best man for the Job. George Conyers turned loose of $92.60 in the effort to be the winning man, while Mar tin White, the republican candidate, expended $34.50. Although J. W. Hunt, candidate for county clerk, had no opposition, he spent $20. He had no cards printed nor carried an announce ment, so it is presumed he contribu ted a big $20 bill to the republican campaign fund. It cost Stanwood Just about ne fourth of his month's wages to gei elected as sheriff. His expense ac ceunt filed showed that he separated himself from $33.36 in order to come out firnt over his democratic op ponent, J. H. Bunting, and it cost this same Bunting $31.85 for tho pleasure of running against Stan wood. Bessie Hattan, candidate fo. treasurer and L. J. VanOrshoven, candidate for surveyor, had no op position, so they, of course, felt safe, and did not spend any campaigu money, showing they did not ex pend one cent in order to obtain favorable expression from the vot ers. M. F. Hazen, the successful can dldate for Justice of the peace in Justice of the Peace District No. 1, must have become a little skeptical as to his chances against Mayor Mag nus Saxon, for he loosened up to tht. extent of $3.00 for campaign ex penses. He landed the Job, so thb money must have been used advan tageously. No other candidates have filed ex pense accounts, so it is reasonable to suppose that they incurred no ex pense. T. 8. WHITE Re-elected County Coroner Mr. White has been a resident or Columbia county for the past 12 years. He has served as council man and president of the council of the City of St. Helens. COUNTY VALUATION THIRTEEN MILLION Assessor Blakesley has completed the task of compiling the valuation of the property in Columbia county and hair kindly furnished the Mist withthe data which is approximately CuWCct. The state tax commission tarts not furnished the assessor with JjFthelr figures, which cover the valu ation oi puDiic utilities ana tne as- ...'. flm.rpa urn hnserl on Inai terlal change will be made, District No. 1) Has Most I " .Vtr" ta 0t In valuation, having $1,794, Road District No. 9, which com- 680 to Ho credit. District No. 16, w f Vernonl )s the , , valuation of $27,- ! .Y. o....".r"u,. :"' XT' Z'T'L" 565. Road District No. 12, which is 1.029,200 559.595 1.392,680 1.136,840 1,101,345 1,463,995 1,659,610 1,391,785 9 ' 794 ego . 1 ' . m , a ll , 1 1 U 186,855 792,020 '.'.".".'.!'.!! '. 63!780 ! rSv! !!!!!!!! '. 5951230 " ". i '!"!!!!! '. 178)295 27 665 '.13 14 16 16 1 Total $.13,659,485! YANK ARTILLERY DOES GREAT WORK SHELL HOLES THICi: an.l Hoes Work of American Guns That the American artillery was n most important factor in driving tl.a Huns from their quarters, Is indie- . ted In a letter received by Mrs. J. It. McKie, from her son Stuart, who re cently visited a sec'or which had been under the fire of the American guns. Stuart says in his letter, which Is dated October 21st: "The Germans are on the run everywhere and there will be no let up until they are put out of existence or surrender. "The weather has been quite rainy and wet and there has been very lit tle flying, and this gave us a chance to see some of the country. Visits St. Mihiel "I took a trip to old St. Mihiel sector. The trip was very Interest ing and well worth my while. ' All along the road were long lines of trenches and big bunches of barbed wire entanglements. Entering some of the trenches we found large dug- outs, some of them, especially the of ficers quarters, were walled with cement and were fixed up like pal aces. The surrounding country is u mass of shell holes made by the American artillery. On a little fur ther are some high hills where thb German artillery and batteries were stationed. These hills were pitted with shell holes, and the tops of some of them were completely torn away. Back of the first hills, were more hills end on them a number of sum, mer resorts, built with lattice work and fitted up in great style. A rule further on is the Mont sector, com manding a view of hundreds cf kllcs in every direction. A Xet Work of Tunnels "Here Is a net work of tunnels, running from top to bottom. The tunnels are about five feet high an.l three feet wide and lead from on a lookout post to another. Down in the center of the mountain were tha living quarters and magazine stores. We entered a tunnel near the bot tom of the mountain and walked un til we were at a lookout post on top. Going back to the main tunnel, we entered another which took us to n machine gun nest, and so on ah through the mountain. "The top of the mountain was pit ted with shell holes and chowed tlM destructive work of our artillery. The little towns in the neighborhoou were flattened out as though a hugtj steam roller had passed -over then. Once in a while I saw a lone wall standing, or a wall and a roof. The buildings in this country are all made of stone so you can imagine what it looks like after the constant bombarding. "My captain recently brought dowi. a German plane and I am sending you a picture of it, also some l'nen from one of the wings. In one of the pictures he is seen standing with his hands on the machine gun mountings near the rearcock. "I will have to close for this fine I am well and you need not worr about me. , "Your affectionate son. "STUART M'KIE." ' M. S. E. Aero Squad. A. E. F., France. St. Helens Boy at Chuteaii-ThL'rry Justin Wilklns writes from a hos pital station in France, saying that he is now getting along nicely amt expected to soon be sent to a rest camp to recuperate from his wounds. While his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilkins have heard from him several times since he was wounded, his last letter was the only one which gave any particulars. Justin said he was wounded at the battle of Chateau-Thierry. That his company of engineers was in the thick of the fight and that the Huns, realizing the importance of repulsing the Franco-American troops, had great fleets of airplanes constantly bom barding the soldiers. A big German bombing plane came along and let loose several big bombs which fell uncomfortably near him. Another ' plane following close behind Ww first one, f.lso turned loose seven-l bombs and this time, Justin was not so lucky, ns the flying shrapnel struck him and put him out. A hole large enough to hide a big goose eKS. wai made in his hip, and he was unable to do more fighting. He describes the fighting of the French and Americans as being par ticularly fierce and the German op position as being .especially obsti nate. Before being wounded, how ever, he had the opportunity to play an important part In the great victory, for which he Is very thank ful. Rrothers Sleet by Chance Mrs. J. R. Williams has received a letter from her son, Glenn, telling ! l, l -ol. Dvplvnl nvarao.B fttenn 1 "IB on. a ...... . v.. " . - few months ago, enlisted and was sent to the Benson Polytechnic for 1 training. He was assigned to thb quartermaster department and sent east. At the place of embarkation on the (Continued on last page)