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Become a Member of the Chamber of Commerce-Aid in DpbnildiDfj the County OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY Vdlume XXXVIII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1919 NO. 12 i IT to, r or FOR TERESTING MEETING OF HAMBER OF COMMERCE ANY IN ATTENDANCE Litem of IiiUtchI lo Kut Ire County Ar IMhciiwI mikI Acted I miii M hull to noli then 1 rating. Aii a further (or.-i.t being taken In I r J. H. Flynn of the intlilttoe presented til inter nt 11:00 o' Secretary K. II. jhlniites of the r That Interest In Bt. Helens and lliimhln county and the pnHHlhlllty further development of tlin county the key nolo of tlin SI. Helens umiher of Commerce, wiih fully mount rated Wednesday night lien moro thp.n 100 members of the iiiniher gathered at the Odd Fel M hull to hold their bi-monthly proof of the the chninlmr, II uiPtnliorHhlp tllA nnrtieN nl iin who wished to heroine member. Iny with accepted anil tho mem ershlp uf tlin chamber I now 122. 'riMcnt called the mee,lng to :uu o cidck. llticoruink Hrott rend tlw lirevlous meeting null my were adopted. Executive Sec- inry Ktorla gave nn liitcrontluir ru rt h to ,vhnt tho chaiiilmr had ac- kiiiilihvd mid matter which wer idi'r rotiHldiTiillou. J. W. Day made report as to tho ponxlhillty of hav K needed hi roc t work done and C. Wheeler rpportod on tho prellml iry details of the survey of Ht. pli-nx and vicinity. I.. It. Ituther- td, a member of the chartpr coin lino stated that hln comnilttpo had t with tint council and work hud in Marled on the framing of nnod 'umemlments to tho city charter. ( llnlhiKli Tell of l'KlxlHturi. RcprpNKtitiitlvo Kdlson I. HulluKli e an Interesting report on tho oc- pIlHlimpntii of tlin lKlHlaturn. He or the Important measures to hi. niltted to tlin people nt the speo- liriion anc! uilvorated the putt of each. Ilo told, In liitcrent- di'tull, of the automobile license the gasoline nod dlMtlllnte tax exiliiliud how I ho money thus Vd- would hrlnir big returns to fcun when applied on tho public ways, wilier ititernH'.liiR Infor un wiih given by the reprcsentu :ind at the conclimlon of lib ldi he was given n henrty round RiplilUKO. JuiImhi WimiI Talk I loud llio couthp of Mr. U:i1IucIi'h Ii, ho mentioned poHt road and i rouiu and IIiIh Idea :-.nne:ileu Identity Commissioner Juduon l, who did not overlook the od. linlty to spenk In favor of ob- fK state nnil federal aid for the MoienM-rlltHburg rond. Mr. Mil tust It would reuulre it Iso.OOO to complete the road urn tho two rond districts (i if l through which the road was hunt, could not noHHibly gland tho burden. Ilo thought the K"ii'iiH-l'ttKburit road was the Important road project before "iiplo of Coliiinbln county, hh It 1 afford direct and quick coni cal Ion between the Nohuloni t. HnlenH. Ho ndviHCd the "sh men Of St. Helena to got bo thfl project on at tho preHent much of the Nehnluin trade Kune to ViHlilMKto:i count h'eed npoktt bh ono who Intlnm- pnowa the road nceiU of the ' Ho Hoalcd In the county 0 yuara ago, and had "to cui I In ordor to irot Into the coun- PM ho waa not dtHCouragnd, and " piiHHoii. ma vlalon of a areat- b lu in bin county was reillzed f mi inn building of good roads I woiiiii afford tho fari'nr ac i niurketH, there v.'iih no doubt. PUKlit. of a ttui greater end Irons county. rule of llliink tino nlvt.il II a. fctutivo llalliiKh for hln efforts fiing punned the mineral rlghta llld for Ills nrfiirlu In f. H to Dllt fill llmillfi In t n union nl dlHtrlct aa WoBhlngton conn- Will (Jo to Wnrren. , Morrla. ninalnr .,r ll.o Nnge exiotulBd an Invitation on Of tho ernnirn tn nil k ( hnmber of Commerce, tholr unu iriomia, to nttond an onei. Ilg of tho irrnnirA a.......l.. P'K, mnrcn zzna. Ho atnted :irge dolegatloiiH from Scap- Door iHland. (Inllln an.l P "'8 county; would be pro I The Invitation win, o-n..,,.ii td and the chambor, in a body, urtiiko of Warren's hoapltallty. umur iiuuiers or lnipor- wero brought up and acted und TreRldont Morton then n aiiorman Mllos, chairman 1 OVOnlllff. ttt fKkA lia lal firHl number on the program P Holo l)V Mrs. W V. T I.Ivor H I'iretchnn Moeck waa tho accom- i ne appreciative audience, by nonrty npplnuao, demanded an '" It was given, liicomo Tx Man Tulkn. T. Jncob of thfl Tnlnrtial hllu Offtco In Pnrtlnml nn an ""ng talk on the Income tax, 'Cnsaltv nt tlm In nnil valnnlila lllllHnn .n I. ,!.! . ' I He cleared up many doubtful f In the Income tax roportg and (Continued on page eight) Late Governor of Oregon and His Successor Mfk . r. A . JntneM Wltliycomlie, Oregciii'ii. fife eenth govemi.r, and lUn W. Olrott, m'rHry of atatc, who, by tho de.t Ii of Wllbycumbe, becomeR chli-f eniMuUve of tlm ljle. GOVERNOR WITHYCOMBE ANSWERS LAST CALL A PATRIOTIC GOVERNOR Knd I Haxlpnisl by Overwork 11. W. Olrott Xow (lovernor Hon. Jaine Wlthycombe, Ore gon'i chief executive, died at hlg home In Salem, Monday night at 8:46 o'clock. The governor haa been In 111 health for several month and while his Intimate friends realized that hln lllnean was serious, It was not thought the end would bo soon come. . . The news of his death was receiv ed In 8t. Helens Tuesday mornlna. and there were mnny expreiwlons of regret at tho pr.snlng of Oregon's pa triotic governor. James Wlthycombe was Oregon'!. war governor, having been elected to1 that position In 1914. He was the lending spirit In the state during the period of the world's greatest con flict. The pnoplo of Oregon, appre ciating tholr patriotic governor, re elected him, by a handsome majority In tho November election. Oovornor Wlthycombe was born at Tavlntock, Knglnnd, Morch 21i. 1854. He came to Oregon when 17 years of age and four years later, in 187G, was married to Isabel Carpen ter of Karmlngton, Oregon. Three sons und one daughter were born to I hem. For a number of years the governor wns In charge of the ex-1 porlmental Htnllon at the Oregon ! Agricultural college and he did much to further the farming and dairying Interests In Oregon. The nows of the governor's death was received with sorrow In St. lleluns. While there are many who did not agree with him politically, thore were none who did not extol tho dead governor's honenty and pa trlotlHin, and expressed their hot row. , Ijist Vlnlt at Fair Time The InHt visit the governor paid to Ht. Helens was In September whet, ho ciuno as a guoHt of the Fair management. Although he had been booked for an address, the governor, following his physician's advice, asked that he be excused from the program. He held an informal re ception with his many friends and wus much Interested In the agri culture and live stock exhibit. Governor Wlthycombe had many friends in Columbia county. They knew him to be a man of honor; a man to whom the Interests of Ore gon appealed and a man who loved and worked for Oregon. Above all, I hoy knew that his love for his country was pure and sincere and that lila patriotism was unquestion ed. The people of Columbia loved the governor1 twice had they ev pressod their choice at the polls am Wlthycombe was tholr choice. In him they had confidence and their trust was not .misplaced. Under the constitution Socretar Oloott will not serve as governor through the entire unexpired term of Governor Wlthycombe, but only un til January 1921. Either he must bo elected to succeed himself or an other elocted In his place at the gen eral election" of November, 1120. Should Mr. Olcott choose to hola the office of both secretary of state and governor, he will have two vote as a member of the state board of control and will control all actions of that board. Secretary Olcott was a candidate for the republican guber. natorlal nomination In the primary election last May, but Governor Wlthycombe defeated him and other aspirants. Mr. Olcott Is a native of Illinois, having been born at Kelthsburg, Mercer county, October 16, 1871. He is in his 47th year. FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETING TONIGHT Maay Sign lTi Tharlen McOaulcy Is Helocted aa Chief There will be a meeting tonl?ht of the boys who have signed p as membe-a of tho St. Helens fire de partment. The meetlic wl'l be held in the council chamber aud 1'. Is de sired that theie be a full r.tte..daach Those who have signed tho roll are: O. K. Chepmr.n, Harry Poterson, J. I). McDonchl, G. E. Wlcko, Hen Cooley, Fred Morgi:-,, Ed Leonard, Wm. K. njorkmaa, L. A. Austin. W. E. Lldy.'.rd, Thos. H. Ksv, Lester Lloyd. Charieo McCa -lc:' Mid A. 8. 8mlth. Tno b;ys seloi'.ed Mc Cnnloy as chlof, tr.it he wishes to lir.ve the org-nli.illon tr.ke up Im portant matters and have the work outlined before he accepts. He asks that all members be present tonight. MORRISON TELLS OF PORT POSSIBILITIES Porta MuM. be Developed Davlr Morrison, editor of the Port land Telegram, was the principal speaker at the Chamber of Com- ! W. E. MAYVILLE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY AUTO Fatal Accident O-cura on Houlton- Ht. Helena Hood T?TTTTTrTJ TO n T. m m v -. W. E. MiivvIIIb of 11,1. hiv .nrulU A JiKl A1IM formerly of CarroU, Washington,! ,, . . T, T" , v.a struck by an au omobllo driven K,,i,or of VoMmaA Telecom Say, oy verno Smith, Thursday morning at 11 o'clock and sustained injuries irom which he died about an hour later. According to Smith and nlan nn e witness to tho accident, Mr.!merce meet'ig Wednesday night. Mayrlllo started to cross the road j Mr- Morrleon recently returned from near the Knighton place In West St. an ,nsPectlon trip of the manya ports Helens. Smith was coming to St. ' In tIle -TnJtel 8tates and was, there Helons and according to the testi-! fore- m a position lo tell of the ad mony given the sheriff, ws driving ' YantaKes and disadvantages under about 20 miles per hour. Seeing! w,llcn the Prt were operated. Mnyvllle crossing the road, he sound- Wishing to know more of the re ed his auto horn and turned sharp-! I:,-tlon of -commerce to the ports of ly to the left to avoid striking the;the Unlte(l States and realizing that man. Evidently this muat have sucn information was most valuable startled and confused Mayville, fori10 tne Prta of the Columbia river he made a quick Jump in the at-aai to reRn at large, the Tele tempt to reach the left side of th. gram Bent Morrison to find out the road. The outo struck him. knock- exact 8tatus of affairs, ed him down and ran over him. The! n hls tr1p of lnspectlon Mr. Mor Injured man was rushed to St. Hel-rl8n ''sited and Investigated the ens and Dr. Kohs gave him all pr, Port" of San Francisco, San Pedro slblo attention, but he died within HoUBton and Galveston, Texas, New an hour without having retrained consciousness. Mr. Mayville was about 60 years of age, and only recently came to St Helens. He owned a home in nail road Addition and also a tract of land near Yankton. His only known relative Is a daughter who lives In Kelso and she was notified of the sad accident. His son-in-law arrived last night to take charge of the body and it is probable It will be taken to Carrolls for Interment. No blame Is attached to Mr. Smith, as he did all In his power to avert the accident. WARRANTS DRAWN FOR FIRE TRUCK The largest amount of city war rants drawn for any one Item were drawn this week. They were for payment of the new fire truck and amounted to $3247.60. The war rants were in $500 denominations and draw 6 per cent interest from date. It It not probable that the warrants will be paid until next year, so the interest charges will F. M. Daniels, J. E. Truman, M.I amount to some $200 more A. Jennings and r . Anllker composed a delegation from Uoble that, called on the county court Wednesday In Editor Nutt of the Rainier Review and Editor UnyllHs of the Clatskanie the Interests of road matters in that Chief, were St. Helens visitors on locality, Wednesday. Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, Philadel phia and New York. The New Or leans and San Francisco docks, water frontage und shipping facili ties are owned by the state of Louisi ana and California respectively. The numerous shipping men he Interview ed claimed that these state owned ports gave better service than did porta where the docking and ship ping facilities were privately owned. Toronto la an Example. Mr. Morrison visited and inspected the shipping facilities of Torccto, Canada. He said that $19,000,000 had been spent In preparing that port, not for tho present needs, but for the needs of the future. Toron to, he said, was Just beginning to reap the rewards of the investment. Columbia, River Baain Rich Mr. Morrison said that the Colum bia River basin was one of the rich est areas In the world. Two million horsepower could be generated on the Columbia river, three times as much as has Niagara Falls. He prophesied that the day would soon come when some of this horsepower would be utilized. In the great basin lived hundred of thousands Oi people and as one product, more than 100,000,000 bushels of wheat were tcised. He thought that In time to come, the deep water facilities (Continued on page eight) WAR-TIME ROMANCE OF PRINCESS PATRICIA OF CONNAUGHT AND COMMANDER ALEXANDER RAMSAY OF THE BRITISH NAVY I I j, I II I t f ;V fA ,. Tyim? sic lT VxAtA of flotiAticfkt: 'nu- vrvnceas t&t. at v&nt t Beyond doubt, no prmcusn in bct.vi 1 nd her cicverncas huve muue her a known in Canada and the United States than Princess Patricia of Con naught (or Princess "Pat." as she is more popularly called) and her ro mance, culminating Feb " in her marriage to Commander Hon Alex ander Robert Maule lUmsnv, 1) i O.. brother of the thirteenth Earl of Dalhousie. has attracted wide atten tion CouBin of Kinu (Jennie daugh ter of the Duke of Cnnniiifbt. and eatroness of the famous Princess Patricia's Canadian l.inlit Infantry ("Princess Pat's") to whom he gaf the colors under which mum of the reiriment made the supreme sacrifice her beauty, her vraciuu character wor'd-wide celebrity. The romance began in Canada when Commander Ramsay was . a aide to the Uuke of Connaucht. then overnor general. ' When the great war started, Commander Ramsa promptly returned to active service in the Royal Navy and won the is tingiishea Service Order for valor .us work at Gallipnli. The princess is domestic and a very clever needlewoman, making many of her own garments. She is fond of out-door sports and during her tour of Canada With her fathet the governor general, she rode her spirited horse over the mountain at L'anlT Sprinrs, Alberta, fceat ier father at gulf on the local golf links and gave an exhibition of expert swimming in the big swimminv cool of the hotel. The spirit of democracy now so conspicuous in Canada must have been, breathed in with the bracing Canadian air by the princess, for she refused to wed at least two kings and chose instead an untitled but heroic member of the king's navy. She has asked for and received the consent of the king for the renuncia ion of all her titles, princess and royal highness, and she will here after be known as. Lady Patricia Ramsay. COUNCILMAN PLUMMER RESIGNS FROM COUNCIL RESIGNATION ACCEPTED City Council Haa Quiet Meeting and Tranaacta Routine Busineaa Councilman B. I. Plummer sprung a surprise on his colleagues Monday night when he tendered his resigna tion. Mr. Plummer' explained that he expected to leave the city and tttlg was the reason for his action. He wished the resignation to take effect Immediately, but the other members of. the council prevailed upon him to make the resignation effective April 1st, so that his suc cessor could be nominated at the city caucus which will be held some time this month. Mr. Plummer was the only hold-over councilman In tbe city's legislative body, so this election four councllmen will have to be elected. Ordinarily there are only two, but Councilman Chapman was chosen to succeed I. E. Barton and the city charter provides that a councilman elected by the council to fill a vacancy, will serve to the next election. Report on Fire Department Marshal Potter reported that the fire department was organized ana Charles McCauley had been selected as chief. The council was about to ratify the appointment, but Mr. Mc Cauley asked that no action be taken as he wished to have mother meet ing of the fire department and "get matters definitely lined up" before he accepted such appointment. He stated that the boys who had signed up, were to meet Frldcy night and he would then be In better position to tell the council Just what could be expected. The matter was held up as McCauley requested. Wants Street Fixed. E. I. Ballagh appeared before tbe council and asked that some repair work be done on Casenau street, be tween Nigger Creek bridge and West street.. He stated that he and other property owners had kept this street in condition that would allow traf fic, but it had now become impesa able. The mayor expressed his de sire to fix the street, but stated there was no money appropriates for streets and their maintenance and the property owners would hav. to do the necessary work. Mr. Bal lagh also called attention to the condition of the bridge near Godfrey lake, and the marshal was Instructed to make the necessary repairs. R. F. Cole offered to buy the rectifier which . was used when the cay had a fire alarm system. He of fered $50 for it, but the council thought they would wait to see It a better price could be obtained. No Rebate for Wellington. In the matter of refunding the In terest charge on delinquent sewer assessment of J. H. Wellington, the council decided , that the interest, charge was just and refused to make a rebate as requested by Mr. Well ington. . A permit was granted C. H. Thompson for building a residence on Winter street, the cost to be about $1500. The application of William Muckle for permission to build a barn in the rear of his residence, near the corner of Cowlitx and Col umbia streets, was refused. ( The monthly bills were audited and warrants ordered drawn In pay ment thereof. Many matters ot minor importance were brought up and disposed ot and the council ad journed at 8:30 o'clock. ST. HELENS PEOPLE , ATTEND CONFERENCE World Program Conference of the Methodist Church in Portland The World Program Conference ot the Methodist church held last Fri day and Saturday, was a most con spicuous event tor Northwest Method ism. The Portland gathering was one of a series of meetings extending across the United States for the pur pose ot getting before the member ship of the church the purposes and plans for raising a gigantic sum ot money and an army, of workers that will put the Church ot Christ on a basis of efficiency throughout the world. The program was made up ot the greatest men of the Methodist, and other denominations. The musical numbers were in the hands ot E. O.' Excell, of international note as a gospel singer end song wlter. Halt a score of other great religious lea ders lay before the conference the needs and plans of the church In both home and foreign lands. The St. Helens Methodist was rep resented in the conference by a strong delegation ot her leading lr.y members: . i Dr. Ross, E. E. Quick, B. Pluamer.' Wm. H. Smith, Mrs. H. W. Christie., Mrs. W. H. Davis, Mrs. A. S. Hlsey, accompanied by the pastor of tbe church attended the sessions both Friday and Saturday. AU came back brimming with enthusiasm for the movement that proposes no less than the christianizing of the entlri , world. The Sunday evening service' was a small scale reproduction of the great conference with the local rep resentatives as speakers, , ....- .