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Newspaper Page Texte a Member of the Chamber of Commerce-Aid in Upbuilding the County :xi. r.l--J.-i----y. OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY VOLUME XXXVIII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1919 NO. 6 s0 It,, r- T1 r . i a .b- a -I 1 II II I 1 - L - I I 1 I K 1 II I I I I -f - V ft -f. 21 I COUNCIL HOLDS REAL i BUSINESS SESSION HONE MATTERS UP Application of 7,lpMTrr for IVani'lilse In lld on Table i. Tlio city council met In regular settsUin Monday night at 7 o'clock, With all in om burs except Chapman IS attenilunce. The minutes of the previous mooting were read and ap proved. A refluent waa read from 8. N. Cade, askfng '.lie privilege to haul wood over certain lota. J. li. Ood trey, owner ot the lota, objected to uh permhmlon being given and the council refuaed Cade's request. Telephone Official HMaka J. A. llalllday, dlatrlct commercial rnt for the Pacific Telephone com- ny addreaaed the council at Home , oik Hi relative to the telephone Uluatlon In Bt. Helena. He promised Immediate relief from the doplorablc Oondltlona which have exlHted. Thr substance of hla remark! ami the eauaoa of the wretched aervlce, lt given In another column of the Mlm. Councilman Allen aaked Mr. Halll 3a y aa to the ralae in ratea. He said that the rate matter waa a matter over which hi company had no con trol, that I'oatmaiter General Hurlo on would laaue audi ordera and the company would have to carry the ordera Into execution. Mr. llalll day etated that the government hao a, new achedule ot long dlatance rates Which would go Into effect on the 1st Inst., but ao far aa he knew, no tiange had been made In the local te. nor had he any Idea, aa to when tch change would be made. Alien ten aaked "Are you ready to promise i rrvlce for thla city no queatlon i lout ltT" Mr. Hulliday assured him at he could promiae audi and thai crew would noon be on the Job, and hat your councilman, McDonald, ' 111 alao have hla phone Inatalled." 1 eDonald, Inasmuch, aa he haa been t tho waiting Hat for 18 montha, iJttld not 'believe the atatement. Many Licenses (iranted Lice n He waa granted to E. C. Jef f ' to run a skating rink, to the ' nmhla and Kelova hotela to oper- ' rooming houses, to John Cotls i I N. V. llakor to run eating houaea, t i the Liberty Theatre to operate a i ring picture show and to Ed. iDard to operate a tor-hire Jitney. an motion of Allen, llcenaea were t jred laauod. W. II. Dlllard appeared In hehalt ' Mri. Cramer, who owns property Wllltuiiette street near tho Con I Confectionery, unking that the iwalk assessment made agulnst property, be reduced. It waa e led to Mr. Dlllard that the slde 1 t wna built ou the grade eHtab 1 id by the city engineer and that t assessment could not be reduced. 2 Ohjvt-U to Mail - Cherman Mllea (who thla time waa ' iDiptly on hand when the councl. wened) aaked the mayor that re attention be paid to the clean- ot the at rent a. He stated that ry time an auto went by tho bank ding, that the windows of the k were given a bath of mud ana j water. Tho mayor auggeated t it would be a good idea for M to have the mud holes filled , Mllea retorted that he would do t I and he glad to do bo, if the I ror would have some of the streets ( 41 ed. The mayor aald there waa t ) appropriation for Btroet cleaning I 1 the inference he left was that t l streets would have to remuln In t anme unaightly condition tia haa 3tod for aoiuo days past. Elpix-rvr KranrliUo IjmIiI Over 'he recorder brought up the fran- granting to J. V. Zlpperer the t to construct and operate a telo e line In St. Helena. The mayor stnd that the matter be laid t I, McDonald did not think It a... d, but auggeated that It be dla pnsri of "in one way or another." Allen said he waa willing to paas on 1' and Plummer did not object, bui. I r a little undertone conversation 1 i mayor had with members of the Bell, the matter was laid on the . Juat why this was done, enn ; bo ascertained. It la true the re. wntatlvea Ot the Pacific Telephone many were present, but It is not uglit that their presence would caused the ordinance to, be ived, bo It Is presumed that there it. have been some other reason holding up the ordinance grant the franchise. )ity Engineer Van Orshoven offer s suggestion as to making some ht changes In the plans of th f dock so as to provide more Be for traffic. His suggestion was Drably acted upon and he was In icted to superintend the building the dock. Julte a few minor matters wore iuglit to the attention of the coun and acted upon promptly and the inoll had the docket clean (ex it the Zlpperer franchise) and ad- tied at 8:30 o'clock, Just one hour 80 minutes after the meeting e to order. Iiere were a number of Interested l Xators In attendance. . s ., NEW PHONE RATES NOW IN EFFECT Apply Only to Iong Illatanrc Nervloj KfffM'tive January 2 1 at The new telephone toll rates as approved by the 1'ostmaHtnr General wont Into effect on the 2 lit Instunt. The rates are entirely different from those now In effect, and while on the face ot the achedule It looks like a saving, it la a wife guei-ji that the postmaster general has not lowered the rate and the subscriber will find at the end of the mouth that li'h phone bill la Juat as big If not a lit tle bigger than heretofore. "Htutlou to Htatlon llatfl" When a person makes toll or lone distance call without specifying that conversation la desired with a parti cular person, and 'connection la es tablished and the conversation held, the "station to atatton" rule applies. The rate Is determined by the air line distance between the toll points and la computed on a basis of 5 cents for each six miles up to 24 miles and b cents for each eight miles beyond that distance. The "person to person rate" la a little higher rind the mini mum charge la 20 cents. Mglil I Lutes t lnaHr The postmaster genoral has made It an object for persons to use the phone at night for a reduction is made In thla as against the day rate. From 8:30 p. m. to 12 (midnight) the charges are about one-half ot the "station to station" rate. From 12:00 (midnight) to 4:30 a. m.. the rate Is about one-fourth of the "sta tion to station" rate. The minimum night rate, however, is 26 cents. This night rate la a saving if one aits up late In order to take advantage of It, or gets up before four o'clock In the morning In order to get hla conver sation across before the "station to station" or "person to person" call: begin to warm up the wires. 1 he circular letter sent out states "a more detailed description show ing actual ratos to certain toll points unci Including Information with re gard to talking periods, overtime charges, etc., will he found In th next Issue of the Telephone Dlrec tory," ao at the present time, oim cannot do much figuring. That trouble can be spared, however, for the postmaster general has done some wonderful flouring for many months past, and the figuring always runs upwards. All that the tlephone user can do Is to pay the hill and wait until the "next telephone directory" to find out how the total of hla bill was arrived at.' MANY NEW BILLS IN LEGISLATURE That Orplrnn'n liotul.l(nrt linn imna to work with a ruuh, la Indicated In the number of bills Introduced. On Wedneadiiy afternoon 17 new uills made their annenrnnre wMeh hrtnffu the total up to 138, with tho session onty rainy started. A number of bills have Introduced Increasing tho flnlnrlen nf cnnnlv ftfflfnm Tl. Columbia county budget meeting ap- proveu or increuHos in the salaries of county officials and It la supposed that llenrftMflntnl Iva llullnirli u.iii soon Introduce a hill In the legisla ture, providing for these Increases. The bills Introduced V afternoon are: II. ft. 122 Wnnilunn- Plv'lnir nl. arles of officials of Morrow county. II It 19 3 -Holt!' IVnnlln. a 1..rr Islativn committee on committees. H. H. 125 Wright: Fixing salar ies of officlalo of 8herman county. ' II. U. 126 HiiRhna: Unlntlvo In graduated tax on lands H. B. 127 Edwa-ds: Fixing salaries of officials of Tillamook county. H. II. 128 Edwards protection for workmen II. 11. 180 Edwards fuctory Inspection law. Relative to Relative to H. 11. 131 Roman. Relative to John Jacob Astor exnnrlnmnr ... tlon. H. I). 132 ,Miirtln: Relative to In sure nee. H. U. 133 Martin: Relative to In surance. II. 11. 134 -Martin: Relative to in- surance. H. li. 135 Martin: Regulating supervision of Insurance. H. 11. 137 Mnrtln- rtolitlvo In officlnla of Insurance denartment. h. a. 187 Martin: Helntive to examination of Insurance compan ies. H. II. 138 Joint ways and means committee; Rebating mileage to leg Islators. STRIKE SITUATION IS UNCHANGED The strike situation, so far as the Mist can loam; remains unchanged. TJie men who loft the yard are firm in their contentions and none' of them hnve returned to work. The 160 or more men who remained nt work, seemingly pay little attention to the matter, going ihout their business as usunl. The hope li ex pressed that In the course ot a few dnys matters may bo shape them selves as to have a settlement of the titnlie, though at the present time, there seems to be no Inclination on either aide ai to giving In. ' Officers of the Legislature I W. T. TinNw (left), who prem over the state senate, und Seymour Jonea (right), apeaker of the house of representatives. WORK ON CITY DOCK jSERVICE PROMISED BY NOW IN PROGRESS TELEPHONE COMPANY PILES BEING DRIVEN! WORK HAS BEGUN Dork to hei KOx70 With a 2.0-Foot Itoad Way , Work on the municipal dock Is begun. Monday Contractor O'Con nor with a pllo driver, plenty of good and long piles and a crew of capable men began work. On account of the high stage of water In the river, the pile driver was enabled to get close lo the shore, consequently little dif ficulty was experienced In driving the flrat few bents near the rock Muff. At noon Thursday, 14 bents had been driven and better progress Is made as the driver works furthei out In the stream. Dock to Cost $.VHH The contract which the council awarded to O'Connor calls for a deck P0x70 with a roadway 250 feet long. The roadway starts at a point near the Doming residence and extendi to the boat house now used by Ilroughton & Wiggins. The dock will extend Into the stream 60 feet furth er and the water at thla distance la IS feet at low water. This dopth Is fulflclent for steam schooners unless they are heavily loaded, and drawing more than 18 feet. To be Completed Koon The contractor states he does not Intend to lose any time in prosecut ing the work and that as soon as the piling Is driven, he will have a force of men laying the dock and will see that the work Is rushed along. The .rouncll has engaged City Engineer Van Orshoven to superintend tho work and boo that the dock Is built according to contract and specifica tions. The building of the dock means the expenditure of not less than $2500 for labor alone, which : thla enpoclal time, will be of great benefit to the merchants of the city. COUNTY'S SUBSCRIPTION ON FOURTH LOAN More Than $4MI,MH Raised In the Count) A (rood llm-ord Columbia "county contributed $406,700 to the grand total of $38, 162,550 of the Fourth Llherty loan In Oregon. The number of subscrlb- jers In the county was 4,097. The over-suhscrlptlon was 94.68 per cent. These figures have just been received ruin mo Hiiiie ueanquariers. rue official compilations do ntt show the quota of non-banking centers. In tho newspapera outside of Port land 87,384 column inches of space was used in paid and free publicity I in aid or the loan. I Following is the statement of the communities of this county: No. of Quota Sub. Sub's St. Helens ..92,400 202,800 2,000 Scappoose ...22,932 29,300 389 Rainier 30,828 95,160 973 Clatsknnle ..62,748 79,460 860 NEHALEM RIVER IS VERY HIGH Sheriff Stanwood, who returned Wednesday night from Blrkenfeld I and Mist, reports that the Nohalem : river la on a rampage. He says thai he has never Been It so high as it is ! at the present time. The roads art . in fairly good condition considering the heavy rains that- have fallen. The Mlst-Clatskanle road Is good ex ' cept there is indications of elides. The highway Is fairly good except that portion ot it known as the "Rainier Hill." On this, section ot the road there have been quite a few slides, but traffic has not been In i terfered with to any great extent. ? - 1 ri Itepresentative of Ptionc Company Promises Ilefter Hervlce Here J. A. Halllday, district commercial agent for the Pacific Telephone com pany promised the city council that ! St. Helens shall have better service . He made this promise at the council I meeting Monday night. Mr. 'Halli ; day explained that his company had In mind the extension of the tele phone system In St. Helens and haa considerable supplies on hand foi such extension, but the government took over the supplies, part of them were sent to Camp Lewis, a consid erable portion to San Francisco and the Lord only knows and they were, therefore, unable to make the ex tensions planned. Arrange With Light Company He said, though, that his company had recently made arrangements with the St. Helena Lumber company, who operate the electric light system, so that light poles would carry tele phone wires and that In the near fu ture, all applications for phones would have prompt attention. H said his company was operating Up line as a business proposition ano did not care to sell it, but on the other hond, wished to develop the business so that the revenue of the company would be more. Local Manager Scott of the phone company Informs the Mist that u quantity of material, wires, insula tors, cross-arms, etc., have been re celved, and in a few days, he expects n force of workmen to Install thu phones, applications for which (some of them) have been In for i more than a year. Uy not having to go to the expense of setting poles on account of using the electric light system, the phone company can make rapid progress In stringing wires and it is possible that within the next thirty days, the 40 or 60 Dhones for whieli would. ho subscribers have been crying, will nave Deen installed. GOOD WOMAN ANSWERS CALL MrR. Alice Merrill of ' Houlton died Monday, January 20th, after a lingering Illness. Deceased hadj lived In Columbia county all of hei j life except for a short period when ; she resided In Portlnnd. For tho past five years she had resided In I Houlton and vicinity. j Deceased leaves to mourn her loss I six children ranging in ago from 't j to 19 years; her mother, Mrs. A I Player, who resides In Clatskanlej j tour sisters, Mrs. H. E.LaBare Of St. Helens, Mrs. O. C. Tlchenor of Port-' land, Mrs. J. M. Burkhead of War ren and Mrs. A. Sanberg of Nehal em and one brother, Charles L. Lovell of Yankton. Funeral services "were held iu Clatskanie Wednesday and the In terment was In the cemetery at that place. HEAVY RAINS CAUSE RAISE IN RIVER ! The heavy rains. In fact, down- I pours, for 'the past several days has had quite an effect on the Columhln 1 ; river and It has raised rapidly, and, there la a strong current. In St.; Helens' scow town, the scows which 1 10 days ago were high and dry. are I afloat with plenty of water to spare and have anchored closer to the 1 shore. i All the small streams have been transformed Into small rivers, though no damage has resulted so I far as the Mist can ascertain. ,i COLUMBIA COUNTY SOLDIER WOUNDED llcrt Beffert Sustains Wounds in llig Iluttle Other Soldier Notes The Mist has received the fol lowing short, but Interesting note from liert Seffert, Jr., son of Bert Seffert of Deer Island: Llmoge, France, Dec. 20; '18. S. C. Morton, Editor, St. Helens Mist. I take the liberty of writing you with tho hopes that you will publish this letter so my friends will know I am still in the land of the living. I know it is a lazy manner of wishing my friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Am sorry to say that I am In a hoapital at the present time, the re sult of being wounded the closing day of the scrap up there. It is the third time I have been back to the hospital. It certainly was a great scrap while it lasted. I am very proud ot the fact that I went through all the big scraps, Cantlgny, Soissons, Si. Mlhlel and the Argonne and was lucky to get off as well as I did. It was certainly an experience that I wouldn't miss for worlds. Well, I must close with the wish that you will have a happy and prosperous New Year. , Sincerely, BERT E. SEFFERT, Co. C, ICth Inf. lBt Div., A. E. F. Kenneth Howell, who has been In the navy since Ap-ll, 1917, arrived home Saturday, having received his honorable discharge from Uncle Sam's fighting force. Kenneth, along with other St. Helens boys, enlisted when the first call was made. He was sent to Mare Island for training and in September sem aboard the U. S. S. Albatross. The vessel proceeded to the Atlantic coast via the Panama canal. Ken neth says the canal is a wonderful work and he enjoyed the trip through it. The Albatross never got across, as the vessel waa in the coast patrol fleet and was constantly on the lookout for submarines. It a Wo did considerable convoy, duty. Kenneth was discharged at Norfolk, Virginia, and made a bee line for St. Helens, which he claims is the best spot on earth. C. E. Sparks, of the Mist mechani cal force, has received a letter from his son, Harold, who is with the American soldiers and Btationed in England. Harold enlisted with tin Oregon boys and saw service on the Mexican border. Returning to Port land, he was mustered out, but re enlisted when the war was declares against Germany. He was sent to France and after months of active service, sent to England and is there on M. P. duty. Harry Thorp is in Toul, France, according to a letter received recent ly by his father. He was in the en gineer's department and probably has his part to do in the reconstruc tion work in France. S. E. Smith writes the Mist to discontinue sending the Mist to Dewey Smith, a member of the 13th Aero squadron, on account of the fact 'hat Dewey is on his way back to "the states." OLDER BOYS' CON FERENCE HERE Arrangements are being made for holding an Older Boys' Conference lu St. Helens on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 14th, 15th and 16th. These dates coincide with the Fathers' and Sons' week, which is being observed all over the nation. These conferences are being held in increasing numbers all over thw United States and reports are unani mous as to the good accomplished. Tho purpose is to bring to the adoles cent boy messages of instruction anil inspiration for right living from rec ognized leaders in boys' work. Thus thev co-operate with school, homo and church. The age limit has been set to in clude hoys from fourteen to eigh teen or all who are In any high school. Any group of boys may send their representatives. High schools and Sunday schools naturally belnfc the more usual groups. An attractive program is being prepared of which announcement will be made later. POSTOFFICE TO MOVE NEXT MONTH The St. Helens postoffice will be moved next month to Its new quarters In the he r.k building. The lease be gins on Kebrunry 6th, but It was im possible to get the new quarters ready by that time end it will prob ably be the fifteenth of the month be fore moving day. As the postoffice Is moved from itb present quarters E. A. Rosa will mov to the ouartor3 vacated by the office. The henk has purchased from the Masonic lodire the postoffice fixtures a:id they will be installed In the new quarters. , ELECTION RECOUNT IS ON FOR MONDAY WHITE VS. FULLERTON Much Interest Centered in Outcome of Itecount of Votes Circuit court will convene Mon day, January 27th, and Judgi Eakin will take up the White-Ful-lerton contest. The ruling that tho judge made is practically an order for a recount, so it is presumed thai he will not waste any time iu formalities, but try to get the re count started as soon as possible. The official canvass of the vote by th election board gave Fullerton the scant majority of three votes ovek his republican opponent, Martin White, and the letter Instituted a contest claiming many Irregularities in the polling and swearing in of votes. Fullerton Also Makes Claims It is understood that Judge Ful lerton and his attorneys are fully prepared to combat the statements cf White and his attorneys and that they have been able to dig up many Instances In which irregularities oc curred and that such Irregularities were In Fullerton's favor. It is to be expected, therefore, that the re count will proceed with much caution and that opposing attorneys will contest every Inch of the ground. The coming recount has been the cause of much comment and mud. interest is manifested. Both of the parties have made friends through out the county end it Is expected that a number of them will be on hand when the recount starts. Each ballot cast will have to be checked, but the Mist is unable to find out what will be the procedure. It is presumed that the court will appoint tellers and that each ballot will bt, gone over in tho presence of the court and the attorneys. The Mist has heard it hinted that several surprises are liable to be sprung, as each side has had ample time to investigate certain rumor:, ana probe into alleged Irregularities. It is probable that the recount wll. occupy several days and in the event that White would establish his claims, he could te sworn in and meet with the 'county court at their next meeting, which is on February 6th. Friends of Fullerton and tht judge himself, profess to be quits confident that the recount will be iu his favor and he will continue in of fice. . At any rate, next week will tell the tale and It will be decided who is who In the county judgeship matter. IRALDA IS LAID UP FOR REPAIRS Her Itun Taken by Launch Rutlt Service Maintained The steamer Iralda, which piles between Rainier and Portland and which usually is so regularly on time at each landing that the people along the rivsr tell the time of day. and set their clocks by the arrival j and departure of the boat, is layed j up for needed repairs and overhaul ing. While she is on the way, the ' ...... l.n.,nnn C Unlnnn T) . 1 ,1 luu ucimcuu si. iidciic auu ru: iiauu is being taken care of by the Hoven launch, the Ruth, which while not so speedy and comfortable .is the Iralda, is safe and sure. No boat could be secured to look after the business between Rainier and this place, so the Ralnierltes and those down the j river, will have to depend on other boats or rail lines until the Iralda is 1 again in commission. GOVERNMENT VESSEL , IS SENT INTO WATER Sommurstrom Yard Launches Their Slvth Ves.se! for Government Weduesday afternoon at 4:45 o' clock, the government steamer. i Dagls, was launched at the Sommar ; strom yard. The launching wai : without mishap and the big hull took to the water like a duck. Mis. K. j L. Bosworth christened the vessel as I it left the way. . The Sommarstrora people have two more government vessels on the ways. It is supposed that as soon as they are completed the company will look around for private con tracts. The Dagis is one of the Ferris type of vessels and will have a carrying capacity of 3500 tons. . SCHOOL PLANS READY SOON ! At their regular meeting Tuesday : night, the school board heard the j report of Architect Tourtelotte rela jtlve to the preparation and plans for the new schoolhouse. The architect ! Informed the board that the complete , plans would be ready in about ten i days and that bids could be called , tor. The board is anxious to start j work as soon as possible so that the I building will be ready for occupancy I In the fall.. . . . . . . . . IT