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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
VOLUME XXXVIII
ST. HELENS. OREGON. FRTnAV rTrrimT?t 01 mm T
JUDGESHIP HEARING
CONTEST ON TODAY
WHITE VS. FULLERTON
Judge Knkln Will Iht UIn of llulloU
Hlmll he HwounU-U
The hearlug of the Whlte-Fullnr-ton
contest will be today and Judge
Kitkln will decide If White ha pre-!
smiled sufficient facta upon which to1
hune content and will either ordoi 1
a recount of the vote or duny to Mr. !
While the many request he haa
inadu. ' ;
SBturduy, attorneys for Fullerton,
responded to White's allegations
and made their anawer. Thoy duny
that White haa stated facta sufficient
upon which to bane an action. Their ,
anawer to White' complaint la as
follows:
jiik;k kakin
Wlia Will Kulo on Whlte-F-jMo-ton
Kindlon Content Today
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for Columbia County.
Martin White, Plaintiff aud Con'
testant,
vs.
W. J. Fullerton, Defendant and Con
tested. Now comes the defendant and con
tnatee, In the above entitled cause,
by his attorneys, ('. M. ldleman and
W. II. Dlllard, and appearing for
Hie purpose of this motion alone, and
without any Intention of voluntarily
ulimlttlng to the Jurisdiction ot
the Court:
Moves the sold Honorable Court
to set aside and annul the return of
jprvlee by the sheriff of Columbia
County Oregon, of the Citation ls
iiied in' said cause because the claim
ed service and the snld return was
Itllliln linfnm nnv tifinrl wni fltarl nr
given In said matter, and was pre
maturely made and of no effect on
rontestee;
And said contesteo further moves
the Court for an order setting aside
nnd vacating the Citation Issued tt
contesteo In said cause, for the rea
son that the allegations of the peti
tion of the contestant do not con
filtute a cause of contest within the
provisions of the act commonly
known as the "Corrupt Practice
Act," and the said Citation was Im
properly Issued; rnd the contest ot
the matters referred to In said peti
tion Is barred by statute of limita
tion. C. M. IDLEMAN,
W. B. DILLAKD,
Attorneys for Defondant and Con
tested. Slate of Oregon )
) ss
County of Columbia ) .
I, W. B. Dlllnrd. attorney for
above named contestee, hereby
swear that I duly served on con
testant, by handing him a copy In
Columbia County, Oregon, his at
torney not being In said couaty, the
above written motion, on December
24th, 1918, before filing.
W. B. DILLARD.
Subscribed and sworn to beform
me this 24th day ot Docember, 1918.
J. W. HUNT,
(Seal) - County Clerk.
Sentiment for Kullorton .
The public sentiment and opinion
Is strongly In favor of Fullerton.
Very few openly tnite the White side
ol the case. Of c mrse It Is possible,
and moreover, very probable that
many who prefer to keep In the
dark, espouse the White side ot the
Question, hut. those who have no ax
to grind and bollove In square shoot
ing do not hosltate to oponly back
up Fullorton. They point out that
martin Whito has been a chronic or
flee seeker and office holder for
more than a quarter of n, century
and that when he was defeated, lie
should have taken his medicine as
would any good sport.
Forced tn I tun
The Mist has It from a reliable
source that White thinks Fullerton
should not have run aealnst him.
Fullerton and White are members
of the same lodge. They have always
worked together In lodge work, but
BO nnvlniiR wna Wlilta fnr thn Miin.
jy ornce, that he forgot to notify his
. ...
urainnr nnvnmnn nr rnA rnnrnur nn
6
r i mi hi inn ii nil mil
RECOUNT NOT YET
ORDERED
Judge Knkln thin mornliiK
heard the arguiiirut of opMm.
lug rounwl for a re-rouiit In
tlm Wlilto-Kulli-rtoii rase. The
ltoniey were given three
days longer In which to pnv
pare further mailer. The
Judge haa taken tint cltationx
prem-nll under consideration
anil Mill hear tlm rase on "ltd
nierlta" In the week of J aim
wy tli, lull. He will then
l'lln whellier or no there
w ill lie a recount. In Hie menu
llnm, Judgiw-lot-t I ullerlon
will take the oath of orflco and
axNUino the duties or the t.
flee. Attorney for I'ulli-rtou
(luted at aome Irn-guhu-lty u
the Muring of the ballot boxea
anil the Inferi-nco Ih that tlila
matter will be brought up In
the event a re-count la ordered,
yuile a crowd of intcri-Med
teople heard the argui Mb.
SOLDIER MEMORIAL.
GROWS IN FAVOR
Voluntary Hulwerlptiona are Made
Council KndorHeM Idea
That the people of Columbia coun
ty approcinte the aervlcng of the gul
lant soldier and sailor boya and
honor the memory cf those who have
fallen In battle or died wl lie in the
service, la atteated by the redy re
sponse mr.de to I ho suggestion of the
MIh'. that a memorial be erected In
honor of our soldier dead. Several
have dropped into the Mint office to
usk that their name be ndded to the
constantly growing HhI and to ex
preaa their favorable opinion of tilt
Idea.
At the regular meeting of the
council Monday nifclit. Councilman
J. W. Allen Introduced a resolution
to the effect that the council go on
record ns In favor of giving flnr.nclul
and moral support. When the com
mlttees from the different sections
of the county are appointed, a com
mittee from the council, or a mem
ber of the council, will be appointed
to act wllh the committee.
Those who have asked that their
names be added to the subscription
list, In addition to those whose names
were previously given, are:
T. IV IOtt $ 2.00
A. S. Harrison 5.00
Washington Miickle 10.00
U. It. Kutherford 6.00
II. 8. Mason 10. 00
J. K. Hitmsey 6.00
John Dowd 6.00
J. 11. Thatcher 6.00
A. ('. Tucker 6.00
E. K. Quick 3.00
This brings the total of subscrip
tions to an nmount exceeding $100
and soon after the first of the year,
a call will be made for a meeting of
those interested. Committees will
be appointed and '.he plans made for
the successfully carrying out of the
plan.
D. A. BEAM SUCCUMBS
TO INFLUENZA
President of the Kt. Helens Mercan
tile Company I'unmvm Away
D. A. Ueam, president of the St.
Helens Mercantile Company died on
CinistmaB afternoon. His death re
sulted from heart failure, but an at
tack of Influenta was tbo prlmar)
cause.
Deceased had been a resident of
St. Helens for more than a year. For
a few months, he was chief clerk nl
the store of the Mercantile company.
Later, he bought an Interest in the
business and became president ano
manager. He had a wide acquaintance
In St. Helens and his doatli Is doep
ly regretted by the many who held
him In high esteem.
In addition to h!s wife, deceased
loaves to mourn his loss a mother,
who resides at Long Beach, Califor
nia and a brother whoso home is In
Portland. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed awaiting
the arrival of his mother.
CHAMBER OP COMMERCE
SECRETARY SELECTED
B. F. Aid rich has been chosen by
the board of directors ot the St. Hel
ena Chamber of Commerce as exe
cutive secretary. Mr. Aldrich, who
was a prominent business man of an
eastern state, came to St. Helens
looking for a business or manufac
turing location. He has agreed to
act as secretary for a few months
while he Is looking around for a
location.
The temporary quarters cf the
chamber will be in the Hewitt build
ing, In'the store room recently used
hv the United War Work committee.
The quarters will not bo 'properly
fixed up until after me ursi oi me
-r , i. kmh..i
year, and until that time, the f board,
of d rectors are allowing matters to i
be In abeyance. After getting quar-
"?i","5.i,,,t0-JJ 5e.!of the board had not the least Idea
nr-.s s , tne memo., w... u.- -
. .. .. I ...III nA ilAUfM r
rnni uusuicnn wiuwi ,. ww . -
benefit ot St, Helene nnd Columbia
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
OF PHONES ADVOCATED
CITY COUNCIL ACTS
tJoca on IttH'ord aa in Favor of Buy.
iiig Telephone Miles
I If the program outlined by the
j city council at their meeting Monda;
j night is curried out, St. HeleB will
i own und operate me phone line lu
i the corporate limits cf the city. The
S question arose when McDonald ask
ied it there wau anything else winch
could be done so that he could
j secure plioue sei-vlce and also several
I other citizens of the town whose ap
i plications lor phones had been sent
into the plioue company months ago.
Hie mayor called ou Attorney Day
lor an opinion, and the city attorney
said lie knew of no oilier method
iiiuu by tne city purchasing the sys
tem and operating u.
ig I'l-oilt Hliuwn
It was puiiueu out tnal Dr. Zip
purer tooa nolo oi the phone -itiin
uiiU iii u comparatively snort
time orougut it up to a stale of ef
ficiency aud tne operation was veiy
proiitaulu, mat profitable, so An.
uay fcuiu, that u was soid to tnu
raufic people lor 13,000. He sug
gested tnai the city uuy the plant,
aud tne entire council, including tne
mayor, agreed wltn the city attor
ney, li was decided that the finance
committee prepare a letter to the
phone company asking lor a price
ou the telephone system. In prepar
ing tins letter, they will have the as
sistance of the city attorney,
t ouiu il I'roeLM-uingH Orderly
The proceeding o( me mayor and
council were quite orderly. Whether
it was on account of the nearness of
t hristmas when all men's hearts
should be full to overflowing witu
charity and tnankfulness, or wnein.
er it was because mey repented of
former hasty actions, or wneiiier il
was uecause a Btenograpner was
presetit to take down veruauui Hie
proceedings, the Mibl is umiuie to
state, but it can truthfully state that
the -meeting was a personification of
decorum aud all mutters were ex
pedited by his honor, Magnus Saxon.
a partial report ot the proceedings
as tuKen down by the Mist's steno
grapher follows:
Meeting called to order, roll call
ed, all members of council, muyor,
recorder and marshals and city a
torney present. So reports from any
members. No reports from commit
tees,
Saxon "Do you wish to say any
thing, Mr. Wellington?"
Wellington "1 would like to en
ter a protest to the erection of a
building in the street, at the inter.
section of L'olumbiu on Tualitlu
street. There is a big garage going
up there on the Bireet. 1 don't want
to be a kicker, but I think It is hara
iy doing the right thing. I am sup
posed to have a corner lot. It must
ue sixty or seventy feet frontage, anu
If they take that much ot the street,
aud it 1 shut up the other, that
would shut up the street. I don't
think that anyone has a right to give
up the street. It is setting a prece
dent; If you can build in the street,
we might as well give the lots away
und build on the streets and theu
have no taxes. The city council may
have better ideus on it than I have
got." ,
Saxon "How big would you say
they are putting it up?"
Wellington "Sixty feet or so."
Saxon "I understood he wanted a
little garage. Sten spoke to me. It
is down in that hollow. It Is good for j Chairman S. Benson, will have re
nntiitn t rti.in't net individually tl turned from California and It is ex-
said I Would speak to the boys aboutPected th,at PIal?s wl" be made to
it. None mentioned it being in the
streot and the council granted It."
Wellington "It Is big enough for
the city garage. It will be the biggest
one In town. You know the trouble
you hud to get the barn removed
three or four years ago from the
street In front of your property."
Saxon "The council didn't have
t l:o backbone to have it removed."
Wellington "They gave me to
understand they would protect my in
terests when I went to war."
Saxon here lndlgantly asked Mar
shal Hlakesley why he didn't speak
about It. at the time. Blakesley stout
ly maintained he didn't know any
thing about all t li 1b.
Wellington "Gentlemen, it you
would put yourselves In my position
there Is none ot you would want
someone to use the street In front
t your premises. I don't want one
toot ot the street, but I want the
street open. That garage Is being
built over the sewer, and you would
have .to remove the garage to get. at
Hit sewer If anything went wrong."
Allen "I am opposed to granting
streets for anyone's benefit, but this
proposition was up tor a little garngu
for one machine. I thought probably
Wheeler's. As no one made any ob-
ioctlon to It. it was granted."
Wellington I went to them ana
usked about It, and they said they
were going to use it fo three trucks.
suppose 1 put up a Kuuuiiue "''B
b , think
"l"u" "". ' 1 . :
Suppose I put up a gasoline filling
w"-"- """.' ' . ... :,,,!,, .ji,mnt t the waterfront,
, of any personnl lntorest to anyone.;
(Continued on page five)
BUDGET MEETING WILL
BE HELD TOMORROW
A BIG CROWD EXPECTED
Kxpenditures of County as Prepared
ly County Court Up for Approval
The budget meeting for the ap
proval of the budget of expenditures
of Columbia county, as prepared by
the county court, will be held in the
circuit court room at the courthouse
tomorrow afternoon. It is expected
that a large number ot taxpayers will
be present to go over the budget with
the members of the county court and
make recommendation as to expendi
tures or towards boosting taxes.
The budget was published in an
issue ot the Mist this month, and
many taxpayers have carefully gone
over the matter and no doubt, there
win be many of them present to give
suggestions to the court
The budget, as prepared this year,
is only a few hundred dollars more
than the previous year. In the gen
eral expense, a contemplated raise In
the salaries of county officers brings
up the total, but other items have
been reduced so the total this year,
as compared with last year, does not
show much ot an Increase.
The road levy, as outlined by tim
county court, is the same, viz: 10
mills. Evidently that body thought
such levy necessary in order to con
tinue the good roads program In
Columbia county.
It is not expected that much ot a
fight will be made on the toad tax,
but. In all probability, there will be
a fight and numerous recommend i-
tions as to the other anticipated
expenditures which the court has
listed.
The Mist is Informed that a resolu
tion, which will have strong hanking,
will be Introduced, asking fiat a sum
be set aside for the yurcha id cf a
paving plant and that each year in
stead of building macadam road$.
some tiara Bunace be laid.
The Mist, however, cannot do more
than anticipate , what Is going to
hr.ppen, and since the meeting does
not occur until tomorrow, will have
to ask Its readers to wait until the
next issue of the paper tor a full and
complete report of what really did
happen. The Mist will have such a
report. ,
CHRISTMAS DAY IS
QUIETLY CELEBRATED
St. Helens people quietly and
thankfully celebrated Christmas day.
Everywhere there was Chrtstmak
cheer and good will and the "Merry
Christmas" greeting had a ring of
sincerity In it. The number of sallo
and soldier boys on the streets, who
had come from nearby army and
navy posts, to spend the day of all
days with the home folks, gave the
town the appearance of f.n army post.
The boys, some of them mustered out
of service, were thankful to be at
home end be in a position to take up
their regular vocations.
Christmas eve, appropriate exer
cises were held in the Methodist
church. All in all. It was a Christ
mas long to be remembered and, one
which brought happiness and good
cheer to countless thousands.
HIGHWAY WORK FOP.
COLUMBIA COUNTY
The state highway commission will
meet January 7th. By this time,
start work on the lower Columbia
highway. A part of the program of
work Is for the grading of that por
tion of the highway (west side) from
Scappoose to McBride. No appropria
tion was made for this work r.t tht
last meeting of the commission, but
rosurance was given members of tho
Columbia county court who attended
the meeting, that without a doubt,
this work would be done. It Is In
the year's progrr.m, but was held In
abeyance until the arrival of Mr.
Benson.
RESTRICTIONS ON
ALIEN ENEMIES OFF
Affective Christmas, enforcement
of all regulations Imposed on Ger
man alien enemies of both sexes,
with the exceptions of cectlons 9, 10
and 12 of the proclamation of April
6, 1917, are discontinued.
All restricted sones and areas,
both waterfront and Inland, are
abolished by the order. Sheriff
Stanwood has received notice to this
effect. Particular Btress, however, is
i..m n ti. fnet that nnv German
nlien enemy considered dangerous, lb
.m tha rnstrte.ilona Imnosed
by the law and that paroled German
alien enemies must continue to ob
serve the restrlcUons imposed.
Until this ruling, all German alien
I AWAAn tlinaa Brim htA d fAf-
enmuiBB, bmdiii " -
mlt. were barred from being on the
'.' t h flnev nr in a certain
Sheriff Stanwood has, faithfully en
forced the ruling oi me aepuraueuiiuvor nm v.i
of Justice and there has been no: .
trouble In St. Helens on this account.' (Continue cn page i.e)
WALDEN DILLARD HAS
A NARROW ESCAPE
German Shell Doe Not Explode and
liives are navea
W. B. Dlllard has received a let
ter from his son. Sergeant Waldei.
Dlllard, In which he tells of the work
of the ordnanco department and In
cidentally mentions some narrow es
capes he had. Tho letter which Is
dated in France, November 24, says:
Montigny, France,
Sunday, Nov. 24, '18.
Dear Dad:
Well, It seems the "ban" on "real
dope" Is off for one letter at least,
so this is to be the all-famed "Dad's
Xmas Letter."
To begin with, I was in the 2nd
Co., 6th Bn., at Camp Hancock. Ou
the evening of July 3rd, I was noti
fied that if I could get a transfer to
the 4th P. O. D Bn., which was order
ed overseas the next .day. Of coarse.
I Jumped at the chance which I had
been looking for for over a year, and
at eight o'clock the next morning
(July 4th) we were at the station
waiting for the train. We arrived In
Camp Mills, L. I., N. Y., on the 6th
and at seven o'clock on the morning;
of the 9th we again entrained, as 1
had once before from Camp Mills.
The train took us to Brooklyn,
where we boarded a ferry boat for
Camp Merrltt, N. J. The ferry ran
in along side the U. S. 8. America,
previously the Hamburg-American
liner "Amerlka," which Is one of the
largest ships afloat.
The non-coms above the grade of
sergeant of ordnance were assigned
to state rooms, so we were well fixed
up wllh clean sheets and blankets
and pillows, etc., all of which were
the original property of the ship.
That evening at six o'clock we were
pulled out Into the channel and with
the band playing and the soldiers
lining the decks and rails, we steam
ed out past the Statue of Liberty
and into the open ocean. This was
the first ship to sail with passengers
on deck and the band playing since
the war began.
Oil Tanker Is Bunk
There were five other ships In out
convoy, three of which were former
German property. It is unnecessary
to say that we zlg-zagged all the way
across. On the night of July 14th at
exactly 12:00 p. m. we struck an
English tanker directly amidships.
cutting her clean in two. I happened
to be on deck at the time it happen
ed and saw the whole sinking. In all
the confusion there was but one
light turned on. This was on the
forward mast head of the ship which
was -following us by only a few .feet
as our ship went Into reverse immed
lately. We stopped long enough to
pick up nine of the crew of fifty-two.
There were also some two or three
passengers aboard but we did not see
them, and could not stop longer for
fear of submarines. The big tanker's
boiler exploded and her bow was
raised in the air and then there
wasn't any tanker. We met a convoy
of five destroyers that day and ar
rived safely in Brest In the 17th.
We marched about three miles to
a so-called rest camp back of Brest,
where we stayed for two days, when
we again returned to Brest and took
the big(?) French cars for Mehun. I
was in a good, but small apartment
with six other sergeants and we had
a fair enough ride. We stayed at Me
hun three weeks when it was an
nounced that some ordnance men
would be sent to Chateau-Thierry.
Well, again, of course, I couldn't
miss the chance and with a small de
tachment we entrained and got as
fnr as Nolsy-le-sec, which Is a su
burb of Paris, when we were held
up for three days for some unknown
reason. I didn't get to go to Paris
at that time iiut I went up Into the
city of Noisy-re-sec and saw my first
real French city.
When we at last got started again
we headed eastward and after a two
or three days' journey, arrived at
Is-sur-tllle (Cote-de-or) where we
stopped fo r two or three days long
er and received cas training and hel
mets, etc. Then we again took the
train and after we pulled out for
Domgermaln, where we were billet
ed for three days and then after be
lug split Into smaller detachments,
we were sent out In trucks for
"somewhere."
Under Heavy Shell Fire
We went to an ammunition dump
opposite Mets and near Pont-a-
MausBon. Here we were under shell
fire for the first time and the Boche
Dlanes visited us nightly. We saw
many bullous shot down and numer
ous air combats. When the drive was
over on that sector and the Ameri
cans had accomplished what tin.
French said couldn't be. done, we
i turned over our dump to tne rrencn
I and returned to Dongermaln, only
to leave again the same day in
truCKS ior veraun. nere we wcui m
to the only dump which the Germans
failed to blow up on the Verdun
front. This was about a mile west
of Verdun near Regret. Here we
. . .. . . . . . . ,
' were shelled and bombed more than
: before, but the dump was not blown
un. though we had several close
- , calls. After t-rtun driw w
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
GRAHAM IS PRESIDENT
St.
Helens Banking Institution Now
Under New Management
The First National Bank of St.
Helens, which began business about
six months ago, is now under new
management. A deal was consumma
ted whereby the Mr.nn and Wilson In
terests disposed of theli- stock to
local parties and the new owners
have taken possescion and are con
ducting the affairs cf the- financial
been
elected officers of the bank:
Charles Graham. President.
Sherman Miles, Vice President.
' H. A. Chllds. Cashier. ; "
The directors are: Charles Graham,,
Sherman Miles, H. F. McCormlckv-J.
CHARLES GRAHAM
The New President of the First
National Bonk ot St. Helens --
W. Day and A. S. Harrison. '
The president Charles Graham, Is
well known In St. Helens and
throughout Columbia county. He has
been a resident here for many years
and was a partner in the Graham &
Perry mercantile establishment in
West St. Helens. Before the consoli
dation of Houlton and St. Helens, he
was prominent in the city govern
ment of HouHon, and afterwards a
councilman in Greater St. Helens. He
also served as one ot the directors of
the school board. He hoc the reputa
tion of being a conservative business
man and Is well fitted to be at the
head of a banking institution.
The cashier, H. A. Chllds, was as
sistant cashier In the Columbia '
County Bank before accepting his
present position. About six months
ago, he left the employ of the Gila
Valley Banking & Trust company at
Kay, Arizonia, to accept the position
with the Columbia County Bank. Ho
has had many years experience In the
banking buslnesi and without a
doubt, will acceptable fill his new
position.
The directors are dl well known
local buelness men, who will give
added strength to the bank on ac
count of their association with it.
For the time being, the present
quarters will be occupied but it is
understood that In the near future, a
handsome building will be erected,
which will be the home ot the bank.
COLUMBIA COUNTY MILL
IS CLOSED FOR REPAIRS
Will Resume Oierations in About
Three Weeks
The Columbia County mill, com- '
monly known as the "little mill," f
closed Tuesday night and will re- ,
mala shut down for several weeks
during which time necessary repairs
Will be made. A new carriage, new
track and general overhauling of the
dock and mill will be the work to .
be r.ccomplished. H. F. McCormlck,
manager cf the concern, states that
th.e company intends to expend about
$5000 In the work outlined. During
the past two years, the mill has been
running quite regularly, and a gen- -eral
overhauling Is now necessary.
MEPrHANTS HAVE A
BIG HOLIDAY TRADE
A majority of the St. Helens mer
chants are well satisfied with the
nlmna nf thai hnllHnv trnrin Tt VII
noticeable this year, so several
prominent merchants stated, that the
home folks and the people living iu
nearby communities observed the
slogan, "Trade r.t Home." By fol
lowing this idea, the merchants ant! '
their customers were mutually bene
fitted. The home merchants had pre-
It pays to trade at home. '
pared for a large holiday trade and
their stock was ample to provide for
the wants of all, consequently, the
money earned- In this locality was
left at home and wothout a doubt,
the purchasers received the benefit ot
large and well selected stoens -at
prices lower than the city prices and
at the same time, transacted their
Christmas business without , delay.,
It pays to trade at home.
n
j
(Continued on page four)
county.