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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
iLUME XXXVIII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1919
NO. 10
UMBER OF COMMERCE
,.0LDS A BIG MEETING
AVE A GOOD PROGRAM
nilanrti la Irg" and Manjl Mat
ln Arted I'poa
Vhe mooting of the St. Helens
mbor of Commerce wm a big
ire In every tenia. There were
nit 70 representative men of Bt.
lion In attendance ana ail mem-
kid their Interact in matters
,lch would be lor tne benefit or
community ana Columbia coun-
kfter the reading of the minute
ilia previous montlng, rremdent
riun called for reports of commit
More Now Member
Dr. J. H. riynn or the member-
hp committee, presented the name
11 men who naa mine eppucaiiou
r nieniherhlp and they were fa
rablr acted upon. Sherman Mile
ported on the progre of getting
le paring done on ti e strand and
Columbia el rent, eouth from the
Helen hotel, lie elo mentioned
duplorable condition of the
fnt and nifTeitea '.hat a com.
.tee be appointed to wait on the
ynr mid council and ee If ome-
n K could not be uone towara
Unlnc the treet. Councilman J.
Allen poke nlcng the ame line
pledged h'. aid. both at a clt
hclal and a private citizen.
I. Dopplmnlar brought up the
Vttor of the had condition of tht
ihway near Illrkenfeld, In the
tor Nehalem. He elated that II
almost Impossible for a machlm
get tnrougn. judge raiierton
Ited that the matter had been
ught to the attention of the
nty court and he thought atep
kild be promptly taken to have
highway filed so that It woulu
niauahle.
Mrtkrr Make HuggeaUon
n line with the auggeatlon of the
kt Improvement. Olen Metaker
K-Med that a committee be ap
kited to wait on the county court
see If they would not move the
n cruiher down to the lnter-.ee-
i of Columbia and St. Helen
uie the rock there Instead of
Hhlng the rock at the pennant
ktloo of the quarry. Mr. Met
' pointed out that till would be
h to the advantage of the town
the county. Following hla tug'
tlon a committee of ton were p
Untad to wait upon the county
rt at their next aaaalon and pre
t the matter to that body.
Other Matter Prenruted
Peroral other matter were pra
ted before the chamber. One of
'tii wa that a charter committee
appointed and that they confer
pi the city authorities relative to
tiling a new chater to submit to
voter of the city at the next
election. The leglltlve corn-
ten reported on the progress of
tin bill which the chamber had
imd and on several bill which
V had opposed. The report of
rutlve secretary Storla gave an
me of what had been sccom-
Jieil since the last meeting. Sever
kither matter were acted upon
the meeting waa then turned
to Charle Wheeler, chairman
he evening.
Orulieu Club Ring
the firm number. Mr. Wheal
railed for a song by the Orpheu
f. They made a big hit and were
tired. Mark woodruff, oromlnen
Itlnnd publicity man wao then
pd on. He spoke 10 minute and
It with the posnlble exception of
(k i were sorrv when he atoDDed
t Woodruff said the life of any
e was a commercial club or cham
or commerce and the Ufa of such
mniznuons wns dependent upon
spirit of co-operation. He told of
It the tourlHt travel had done for
knn and said that when rood
lis were bunt throughout the
o, the annual tniirlut travel
bid be enormous. California, he
, reaped an Knnual harvest of
hundred million dollars from
tourist, while Oregon did not re-
e more than seven million. He
that the main thorouthfarea
fll have to be the first Improved,
uiiu tourist couia get in and get
Afterward, the ids lines
Md come In for their part of at-
iion.
Mount Hood Imn
ptr. Woodruff wns much in favor
tho proposed highway around
Hood. He thouaht thM such a
!iwny would attract thousands of
nnt and alio furnish pleasure to
nutans or Oregon. He cited
fi'or, Colorado, as an example of
At could he ncrnmnllihnd bv the
fldlng of necessary seen to high-
y and sr.ld that ' if the loop
mi Mt. Hood waa built, that
Pnsands of tourists who now to
Colorado and California, would
ke a ban Una fni Ornaron.
Pn clostnc Mr. Woodruff paid a
fiipllment to the St. Helens Cham-
ot Commerce on their earnest-
r In the work hefore them. He
Id that there wculd bo always
V"u the m.-.n with the hammer,
il ho thought tho man. with the
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Our photo allows machine gun crew
were used by Mayor Hanson In the
SENATOR BANKS SAYS
HE IS FOR COLUMBIA
Claim He bt Working for Intrrral
of Columbia (Vunty
Senator W. W. Hanks of Mult
nomah county, who represents Col
umbia county in the state senatorial
hall, tin written the Mint a letter
In which he claims that he ha onl
the best Interest of Columbia at
heart. Tho Mlat, wishing to give
Senator Hank all the credit due.
take the liberty of publishing his
letter, which is as follows:
S. C. Morton,
St. Helens, Oregon.
Dear Sir: 1 have your favor of
the 13th Instant enclosing a petition
of remonstrance against the county
of Columbia being dotachod from the
20th Judicial district unless the same
can be placed In a Judicial district
by tuelf.
It is Impossible to crer.te a separate
Judicial district for Columbia county
with the present views entertained
by the members of the legislature.
I have understood from Ilepre-
eentatlve Iloilagh that this changa
was desired by the people o' Colum
bla county. 1 have also understood
that they have not been getting gooo
service with the present arrange
ment, and that an Improved condi
tion would result, in joining with
Washington county.
The bill has passed the senate and
1 would advise you to take thin mat
ter up with Representative tlnllagh.
I desire to assure you that It is my
earnest desire to serve the people of
Columbia county, as well a those ot
the county In which I live, and I do
not think that your statement that 1
have not paid the (lightest attention
to matters of concern to Columbia
county is correct. I have hnd man
conferences with Representative Bal
lngh a to the wishes and desires ot
the people of Columbia county. I will
ay, however, that I wa somewha
surprised to receive some of the pro
tests which I did, concerning the raise
of salaries In that county. Uy the
terms of the bill which hr.s passeo
both houses, the largest salary paid
to a county .official in Columbia
county is $1,800. Thio Is not more
than many clerks in department
seores and cigar stores receive, and 1 1
rin not feel that obloctlons to the
salary bill wore well taken.
Yours very truly,
W. W. BANKS.
The Mist believes that the people
of Columbia county are fully capable
of passing impartial judgment.
BOYS CONFERENCE
IS BIG SUCCESS
I 1 It,
T iTk . irVirfn. Sird.T .nd:rtshineiit. of the 1.2nd were also
was held here Friday Saturday and , of Portlftnd ,
Sunday, was well attended and a eomm,n(, of tne reglment.
... . .i. 1 i.
Tpro7gr.mwaren.
Pcihlv the outstanding features
. V. .;.i.nM wa. th. Fellow-
ship supper and the addresses by among which oniM ..I .',,
Doctors Elliott and Pence. This was action and only 14 were rlously
n.f.IpuT evenln ' woundod. The rest of the troops are
Th Jwnn 1 for Sunday opened scattered all over France."
with a song and devotional service. I - -
The churches did not have their The Women's club mot February
usual services, but united in a service 8th, at the city library, which was
tor the boys. Marshal Dana gave an looking fresh in a new coat of kal
tnterestlng talk Sunday fterncpni somlne, the gtft of friends. The nn
and Lieut. Petrad of the French nual Washington tea will be given
army spoke at the evening session. February 25th at Mrs. Joint Stens.
ThM who attended the confer- An entertainment will be given St.
nna are loud in their, praise ot th.
scored and give much
.,tit tn Secretary George Mc-
rinrA for the admirable manner in
whtch he arranged the program.
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ready to fire upon the striker. Police, soldier
recent strike In the Bound City.
COUNCIL MEETING
IS A BIG SHOW
SAXON VS. WELLINGTON
Srwrr and Htiwt Asscnmpnte Canne
(Vunril Marh Worry
The main and outstanding feature
of the council meeting Monday night
wns the verbal duel between His
Honor, Mayor Magnus Saxon, and J.
H. (Duke) Weill i;ton. The latter,
Who hnd sewer and street assess
ments agr.inst his prope-ty, stated
he was willing to pay the assess
ments, but thought that the interest
chargo should be cancelled. He
claimed that while be was in the
service of the U. S., the city dads
should have protected his interests.
Mayor Saxon did not agree with Mr.
Wellington, and quite an argument
enHued. Charges and counter
charges were hurled and then re
hurled and those in attendance,
were much amused and entertained.
The matter ended by a decision of
the mayor and council that Mr. Wel
lington should pay the Interest
charge on the sewer asMcssment. ;
Morn l,lhts Are Ankml j
C. L. Wheeler asked that the
council proceed with the installation
ot lights along IWntnr street. He set
forth that there were numerous
residents along this street In the
locality described as ''Bungalow
l'nrk." and that they were entitled
to street lights. The council agreed
with Mr. Wheelor and ordered the
lights Installed.
Fire Department Needed
In the matter of the organization
of a fire department: all the city
officials were of the opinion, that in
asmuch as the city now had a fire
truck, that a fire department should
be organized. The matter was dis
cussed pro and con, but no definite
action was taken.
A building permtt was granted to
R. W. Booth to erect a dwelling ou
Lot 14, Ulock SO in the City of St.
Helens.
Many other matters were taken up
nnd discussed by the council and
ih. kn.lnM. hafnra thnt hnnnrlhlA
body WM not fmBHed until a late
hour.
THIRD OREGON BOYS
ARRIVE IN NLW YOKK.J
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The liner Canoplc arrived in New,
York February 19. with Companies
A, li, y ana u 01 mo niuu unau
try. This was originally the thlra
Oregon regiment.
Field and staff headquarters, ma
chine cun companies and medical
. J.
I am bringing back 1ZZ3, said toio-
nel May. "We naa euu casualties.
, Patrick's night for the scholarship
loan fund; a fund from which young
women may borrow tor tneir eauca-
! tlon. Mrs. Flora Owen has been re-
elected librarian for the coming year,
n
and armed civilian
TELEPHONE HEARING
FOR FEBRUARY 24
Public Service Commisnlon to Re
sume Hearing on Raise in Bate
The Oregon nubile service com
mission baa sent oat notice slating
that on Monday, February 14th, at
room 262 in the courthouse in Por.
lr.nd, tho hearing to the proposed In
crease in telephone ra:es will be
resumed. City Attorney Day will be
la attendance .0 lock after the in
terests of St. Helens and A. L. Mor
ris of Warren, will be there to fight
f)r the Interest ot the farmer and
ondeavor to secure for him a tele
phone rate and service which Is
reasonable and JusL
The Sprlng'leld Republican, in a
recent issue, states that Michigan
and Pennsylvania are both fighting
the arbitrary ruling of Postmnster
Hurloson, and it was their opinion
that other state would tate up the
fight against the unjust Increase.
There- are many In St. Helens and
Columbia county, who hope that the
ruling of Burleson will be set aside
nnd that the public servico commis
sion who are elected to look after
such matters, will not bo handicap
ped by the ruling ot someone who
has never been to Oregon nor has the
Interests of Oregon at heart.
THE OREGON STATE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Membership Drive la Now Under Way
' launched by State Chairman
A membership drive for the Ore
eon State Chamber ot Commerce has
been launched by John L. Etherldge
of Portland, state chairman ot the
membership committee.
During the past month an office
force, working overtime, ha been
perfecting the committees organlsa
tlon for seruing members for the
I new chamber. A large room has
been set aside specially for thl pur
pose by Mr. Etheridge, manager and
vlce-perlsdent, Mqjrrls Bros., Inc.,
bond house, in the Morris building,
309 Stark street, Portland.
The aim is to secure Individual
memberships from the representative
citizens of every town, . community
and rural district ot Oregon and or
ganization memberships from every
lncal . commercial or development
en8 has been appointed ehairnan of
the membership committee for Col-
bl countr. Also the following
, of Columbia county have been ap-
pointed chairmen of the membership county, and It the law business of
committee for their respective cities: Clatsop Is "potential, as .the sena
Mrs. Grant Watts, Scappoose; H. S. tor expresses It. there Is no reason
Mason, St. Helens; F. B. Holbrook. , why this same 'potential clause
rKi. t w uxun.n utinior- p. does not apply to Columbia and St.
Calvin. Clatskanie: J. B. Wllkerson.l
Vernonla.
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trno 101a WTTPTT. T APfiP
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Financial reports just issued
show that the net operating Income
of the Union Pacific system tor the
11 months ending November 80,
.... .-A AMM A. AHA
nil tmniinoHi in .u.uau.uau.
increase of 17,707,393, compared
' -
with the 11 months ending Novem
ber 30, 1917. For the same period
the net operating Income of the
Southern Pacific totaled 132,091,
462, a decrease of 18,707,812, com
pared with 1917, and the net operat
ing income of the Northern Pacific
amounted to $22,137,274, & decrease
of $4,914,163 compared with the
previous year.
NORBLAD IS WRATHY
AT ST. HELENS CITIZENS
ObJecU to Objection to Hi Bill for
Judicial llatrtct
Senator A. W. Norblad. who many
think was the father or instigator of
Senate Bill 190, the purpose of which
was to take Columbia county from
Clatsop In the 20th Judicial district
and place It with Washington in the
19th district, has written a volumln
ous letter to the St. Helens Chamber
of Commerce, setting forth SOME of
his reasons for the proposed change.
1 ne MiBt, wishing to be fair to ttu.
senator, is glad to give space to the
most important portions ot his let
ter. The senator said he was
much surprised at a recent article
which appeared In the Mist relative
to the bill and the inference is that
he was considerably surprised at the
opposition which developed against
the bill.
Political Clique Blamed
Senator Norblad tries to convey the
impression that the opposition to the
bill is for political purposes only, for
ne states, 'Evidently Mr. Morton ha.
the Interests of a certain clique of
politicians and the desire to vent hit
personal spleen, more at heart, than
the welfare of the county." The
senator stepped off on the wronit
foot in this instance, as it appears
that be tries to befoggle the issue by
Indulging in personalities. The facts
of the matter are that the Chamber
of Commerce received a copy of the
bin and Immediately wired a protest,
The matter was brought up In opeu
meeting and every one of the 36
members present, went on record ai.
oppoaing It (the Norblad) bill.
petition was circulated In St Helens,
and signed by every one to whom It
waa presented (with the exception of
two people) and the petition waa for
warded to Senator Banks with the
request that he use his Influence
against the bllll.
Petition Is Ignored
From the fact that Banks aided
in putting the bill through, not
withstanding the request ot the peo
pie here and elsewhere In Columbia
county, Is indicative of the deep In
terest that both he and Norblad have
taken in Columbia county, and bears
out the contention that some motive
other than that of serving Columbia,
prompted both senators to act as
champions of the bill, even In the
face of the strong opposition to it.
Norblad is frank in discussing the
merits of the bill for he states
"Now then, as to the merits of the
bill of the judicial division; they ar
all with Columbia county to anyone
who l open to conviction. Of course
if a person is willing to accept Mor
ton's statement for it and nothing
else, the bill Is a bad one tor you
.county.
Forgetting that he had spoken 01
accepting Morton s statement, Mr.
Norblad in his wild and disconnected
letter makes another statement
which shows conclusively that HE
WAS NOT CONSIDERING COLUM
BIA COUNTY, but using his office to
r.tsul some of his Astoria opponents
for he says, "the opposition to the
bill has developed In Clatsop county
among just a few persons. Clyd
Fulton Is the principal opponent to it
Fulton has written a number ot let
ters to members of the leglslatur
urging Its defeat. WHY?" The Mist
believes that Fulton wrote to mem
hers of the legislature asking them to
defeat Norblad's bill because he Is
friendly to Columbia county and did
not -see the wisdom' of making the
change Norblad suggested
In further argument (?) for his
btil, Norblad says "the population
has nothing to do with the expedi
ency of the cases. It Is the record ot
law trials and law business that
eountrn" This statement Is taken by
friends of Judge Eakin as a slur at
the judge, for It la a well known
fact that Norblad has been bitter
in his criticism of Eakin on account
ofl Eak'n handling the court buslnes
as he saw fit instead of taking the
plans of others. "Astoria," continues
Mr. Norblad, "Is a seaport town ana
naturally has tar more pbtentlal law
business than Washington county."
Every one is willing to admit this
fact, but at the same, time, it is de
sired to call to Mr. Norblad's atteu
tlon that St. Helens Is virtually a
sea port town and that Columbia
county is a lumbering and shipping
Helens, whose interests are Identical
with Clatsop and Astoria.
Interjects Crude Politics
Senator Norblad, warming up in his
condemnation of all who oppose his
political scheme, delivers what, ap-
parently, he considered a body blow,
tor he states, "from the standpoint
of the politicians. It would perhaps
be better to have Columbia tied to
Clatsop. Why?" BeeauBe the Fulton
1 M.Bll 9 Pl.taAll MHIlN fttlfl til I.
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Morton crowd of Columbia county
work together." The so-called Ful
ton crowd and their aid w-s enlisted
when It waa explained to them that
the Impression In Clatsop county
(possibly originating with the Norb
lad crowd) as to uoiumnia oeing ae
strous of being detached from Clat
sop, was a false Impression, and when
this became known, Astoria friends
of Columbia county, came to rescue
BALLAGH TO KILL
SENATE BILL 190
AT CITIZENS REQUEST
Rnprettentative Promises to ls Hla
Influence Against Bill
The St. Helens Chamber of Com
merce is in receipt of a letter from
Kepresentatlve Edison I Ball.ieh.
In which he states, that acting upon
the petition of taxpayers of St. Hel
ens and other Columbia county sec
tions, ne win 00 his utmost to pre
vent the passage of Senate Bill No.
190, the purpose of which was to
divorce Columbia county from Clat-
sop county in the twentieth judicial
district ana place this county with
Washington.
The Mist is also in recetDt of a lat
ter from the representative statin r
substantially what be told the
Chamber of Commerce, and addi
mat tne bill, which was passed by
the senate, had been referred to the
House committee, and that he
thought the committee would neglect '
xo report on it. in the event that
they did report, he thought thera
would be an unfavorable renort.
This statement Is taken to Indicate
that Mr. Ballagh has heeded the re
quest of his constituents and that
he will be guided by their wishes
r rom nis letters it is inferred that
he has already taken up with tho
House committee, who had the bill
In charge, the advisability of making
an unfavorable report and that he
must have had assurance that tho
committee would abide by his wish
es.
Frlends of Mr. Ballagh are much
gratified that be has taken such
action relative to the bill, and the
Chamber of Commerce, thronrh a
vote of its members, have sent Mr.
Ballagh a telegram thanking hln.
for the action he has taken.
Representatives Agree
It is understood that Mr. Ballach
has had this matter up with the re
presentatives from the several coun
ties concerned in the change of judi
cial a ist nets, ana that they have
agreed to abide by his wishes.
In this event. It is almost sure
that Senate Bill No. 190 will never
become a law and that Columbia ana
Clatsop will remain in the Twentieth
Judicial district, a fact that to very
gratifying to the many In Columbia
county who prefer being with Clat
sop county rather than changing to
Washington.
The Mist congratulates the repre
sentative on his stand In this mat
ter and hopes he will be able to swat
the bill hard enough to oromntly
kill it.
INCOME TAX MAN
COMING TO ST. HELENS
Out Their Report
Will Assist All Concerned la Making
In order to aslst the citizens ot
St. Helens and surrounding country
In making out their income tax re
ports, Milton A. Miller, collector of
Internal revenue, has assigned to the
St. Helens district Income Tax Of
ficer H. Barber, who will be in St.
Helens at the courthouse on Febru
ary 24 and 25.
The treasury department has Just
gotten out the Income tax blanks
and while the government is dispos
ed to give some leeway in the time
of making the report, it Is the best
policy to call on the income tax man
while he Is here and have the blanks
properly made out.
Columbia county from the clutches of
scheming politicians. No wonder
Norblad is mad.
Spitework is Shown.
Just what the following has to do
with the change in judicial districts,
the Mist is unable to Bay, but it muBt
have something to do with it, or else
Norblad would not have Bald "it is
true I ran against Eakin for judge a
few years ago, and It is also true that '
I defeated him In Astoria for the of
fice. It is also true In this connec
tion that Clyde Fulton helped him
(Eakin) all he could. The people of
Clatsop county are for. the division,,'
but a certain bunch ot politicians ar.
not."
This statement is taken as evidence
i that Norblad has a spite against
! Eakin and Is trying to rub It in. fot '
I the mere fact that he carried Astoria ',
when running against Eakin should ,
not be taken r.s an Indication that!
the people of Columbia want to go to .
Washington county. In legal phrase- ;
ology, the matter is irrelevant and Im
material, .i
In closing his ' epistle, Norblad j
says, "this is rather a rambling let-.
ter," and the Mist has no reason to i
dispute the assertion of the senator
In this regard. The Mist has fought'
against Norblad's measure because
it thinks the bill is against the best
interest of Columbia county, and the
Mist knows that It has the support,
of a majority ot the taxpayers rela
tive to the matte?, notwithstanding.
Norblsd'e wrath. It believes, also,
that the opinions of representative
citisens of the county, who lived
here even before Norblad set foot'
on America's Bho-es, should have
more weight than the opinion of one
whose purpose appears to be for
political gain. - ' . .