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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
IE XXXVIII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1919
NO. 14
SHOWS NEED OF
HAGUE OF NATIONS
TERFUL ADDRESS
IvIIIHtloM N'MIII on
) ill .Nations Hnyn lOilllor
Lit Irvine, chief cilllorlul
Film nreuon Jonrniil. vhh
ll'iil speaker nt tho Chain-
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llll'.l'l IIHIVJI.HIft 11II1IWI.1II17
mihlert was "A I.iifrilil of
uml lh hundred or mora
1 lieuru lilin III lilH master-t-flliln
r.ilitreHH. with r.'ir-
liv Ihn Mllllllklir'lt fllllflllfllll'M
uml If not already In fnvor
rnuit nit lio advocated, were
in thn. caime before IiIh
ten null 11.
kniliiK liln address, Mr. If-
fllinentud tin) chuiuher of
on llin fine showing they
uml tint manifest Interest
work itrl iiulillc welfare.
(r.Hli'd lli.'it St. Helena and
! county would bn much
by having such a body of
rlli-d men.
JfiN tlim or HI. Helen, j
)ker mi Id tluit lie I1111I vlnlt
'polnls Im Oregon and hud
.11 t addresses 10 large
luil In no city or Jown had
iimm appreciative people
,. Helens, llg referred to
I fill vImII lie liml it Ilia
le county fair and I lie wou
ld" In progress willed were:
nt mnons and llirough-
bunty It wnn a pleasure,
lo anticipate a visit to Hi.
Id lie w.-.n always Kind to
II'Iiik down to lila subject.
hi m i'ii mat never In tho
Ilia world had there beet.
in' hh the prevent. Much u
wnn momentouii uues
ri'furred to thn seething
Kurope. especially In tho
"Mankind In only a vast
." he said, and without
serious CDimlilnrntlnn in
im which now confront us,
iiiIk lit ha nnnlled uml
Lllow.
Uhii Hitunlloii Villi al
It at length on the Munition
I lin lnhibttaiit of tlrit
1.0.000.01)0 neonlii Iiml
turned to belnii ruled by
I and tho church Hiivern-;
Bey were arruutomod toj
V tho rules laid down for:
irvanco.
llii'W nothlnir eUn bill Im
It now, with IhoMO people'
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! irniiuuu 111111 ruiillglllg
jiik aim unrtixnip untiflccs-
k in upon tiiem, it was no
tlumglil. that unrest wax
liermuny, lie said, wns In
civil war. For years tho !
a 1 11 iiiidiiI.iIIi 11 had been!
I they aliould bn soldier
linale population had been!
Iili thn thought that they,!
fact, thn properly of the '
after-war condition. Iim'
terrible. No limunr nnilm- i
e of thn military or gov,
parly, but with misery.!
mid HoIhIiovIhiii ramnant. i
laced a crisis. I
k l Weaker Nat bum
Hudgarlii, Snrvln, Thoslou
mialler nations were clam.
recognition. Kach nf lli
Jl been ounresMeil hv In nr..
Id now wanted tlmlr Just
pv wero aakliiK, ho snld,
lt of lllunv ve.irn nrnir nit
fr'l'l in full. The people.
ed million of thorn, wero
From Archangel to the
from thn lllui'lt hnii in
L tho fires of revolution
Uluiud.
will It all end?" ha asked.
lellll'tll ill Klirntwi rn nn-
ho unruKt, wuh now ready
r war, a war of revolution,
bt prove tho moat turrlblo
"rid had ovor known. In
' Hiild, the Bolshevist lu
ll linen felt. In France, it
ry to put to donth many
Order tO Curb fllo nnm
Ptlment and Italy, during
f' weaseiicd by the pad
lent spread nt borne. Hub-
thlB statement Im alii-
pn (lerman nnd Austrian
f swept the Italians back
nnd slmoHt Rnlned a
pry. A abort tlnia lmfi.ro
hH tnkliiB auch a great part
e . mm wnon me uormann
fn r march to the soa and
iwniin -only n Hn iin i
npt the .kaltior'H BUhJocts
nilll n fllln Una nl 1
fli Holdlora held thorn back
in. Ihn l.'noll.,!.
'inK the HerlouRiieHR of the
nan nrerv Bnllnl,io nr.r
fi'Hi portH In readlnoH to
oiora buck to Enlund.
ly had known. h
1 WOi'0 to Vlrlnrv lliov
M redoubled Ihnlr efforta
111 I T I in unrl.l'u 1,1.1..-..
0 boon clmiiBod.
of War KiiormoiiM
orld'a
I" ''' I'non killed lii bat-
1.000 (II Oil fif n.r,..,l.. ...4
ply ten million were on
if mcaplcalod for tliolr be
" vocatlona. 'I ho cunt In
r carrying on the war and
ne wttg ulmoHt U l b,ulon
B. FRANK IRVINE
II X -N II
II 11
II i II
WHITE OR FULLERTON
WHICH IS JUDGE?
IS NOT SETTLED YET
AtloriicyB Do Xot Axree bn to Kakiii'a
!'lHin
It was the hope of tho Mlat that
In this Ikhuo, wo could tell poaltlvely
and without fear of contradiction.
who wan t oiumhla county'a Judg"
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HAS A BIG MEETING
VISITORS ARE THERE
H01UI Meeting I'nder" Dlrwtlon ut
Ir. J. II. Hynn Prove Hit
The regular meeting of the St.
Helena Clumber of Comme-ce was
held Wednesday night at the Odd
Chief editorial writer of the Ore
gon Journal, who delivered princi
pal address nt thn meeting of the St.
Helens Chamber of Commerce held
lust Wednesday evening.
COMPLETE LIST OF
COLUMBIA'S SOLDIERS
lfcdl of Tlmne Serving In Army or
Navy to be lrearel
To obtain I lie name, date of en
Hutment, corps to which bo was at
tached uml other data regrrdiiig
every Columbia county tnn, who
nerved with tlin American military or
nav:il forces during :he recent war.
Is a task Unit is being undertahen
by County School Superintendent
A ll"i for tho date hlstorl.-ui.
Thn Information will bo secured
with tho anHli:ineo of thn tcacliern
of (ho various schools In the county,
who will be reiiuesled to make lists
of the service men in their res
pective districts, so tint they er their
relatives enn bo commertlcted with
direct.
Owing to an overnight '.he slate
tins no official record of the Oregon
men
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10 make such a statement linuoar 'Fellow hull Ti,... . . .1
Is not possible, for thn attorneys for 100 present and Interest In the af
rullerlon claim that It will bo im-1 fr.Ir of the chamber and what they
possible to render a decision until : are accomplishing was very evident
the decision of Judge Knkln Is eom-jA number of ladles were present
pared with the reporter's notes, orlrnd seemed to be much Interested
the evidence submitted at the re-; In the work of the chamber
count proceed Ingu. Attorneys fori Th minni.. i .1,. . 1 .
tng were read and approved and
lengthy and Interesting report made
by Executive Secretary Storln. Dr.
Flynn, chairman of the membership
therm wnrn It 1,-,. ",. ',,, . , . . ? 1 luu""11. iirescnrno me names or
.IZVL had made appllc.tlon for
were not propriV marked. itV !
derstood that Judge Kakln threw out; .
only two of these votes, therefore Sk! tliarter Committee Reports
votes were allowed. Of the numbci ! L- n- Ilutherford of the charter
onjected to 28 were White votes anu ! committee, reported on the progress
13 Fullerton. If the two votes re- ,,eln maae In drafting amendments
Jected were White votes, be would j 10 ,he city charter. The committee
still have 26 and if deducted from 1 11,1(1 met w,t" mayor and council
Fullerton's, his number would be II. j 'rl times and the amendments
On the recount Fullerton had a ma- were being prepared.
Jorlty of 4; and adding the 13, he Mr. Wheeler reported that th
wouui nave 17, as against the It for ! committee appointed to confer with
I Whll.. .l ,..1 ... '
m.n iMut-r uiioriieys wno are
not directly Interested In tlm .
1 claim that there Is no question as to
nue naving a majority. As one
St. Helens attornev nnlntmt mi
iiiih, which wouio give White a ma
jority or . If Fullerton lost the
two votes throv.n out, he would have
IB as against Whites 26, or lose by
11. It Is a simple mathematical prob
lem subtraction end addition, but
if the attorney who furnished
the Mist with this Information was
the city officials as to numbering the
bouses In St. Helens, had met with
the city officials and a plan had been
worked out whereby the work woula
soon be started and completed.
Depot Question Drought l'p.
Mr. Slorla stated that he had re-
not correct In facts udoii which b.'i'1""? "dv'ce from the Astoria
b: Bod his calculations, the calcula-i n?mDr of. Commerce as to the pro-
tlons amount to little.
Fullerton Doesn't Know
When Judge Fullerton was Inter
viewed, he cl.iined he didn't know a
thing about the natter. Ills attor
neys, ho snld, nnd not given him
direct information. He had reed the
decision of Jud-re Eakln, but hadn't
formed 11 11 opinion. It Is understood
Hint White Is confident he has won
but no move hr.d been mr.de to un
seat Fullerton, and In the meantime,
Fullerton Is hrnglng onto the Job.
In tho event thr.t the decision of
the circuit court Judce Is favorable
to til T 0. tho procedure, so a well ln-
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conflict .0 inanrurate nnd p-eserve ' """ r'! B.Zr0
then hr.ve the county clerk Issue a
certlficf.to of election to White. If
Fullerton didn't comply, it would
then be up to White's attorneys to
prove that the ballot boxes brought
into court were the bnllot boxes en-
the co-operath,:, of the p-opln gener- j , ' " , V"" "
It ts posslblo, also.
world Ueniocricy, mid the school do
pp.rtment hits launched a cnnipalsu
to compile this Importa-t data.
Tho list In Columbia county Is ex
pected to contain lOoO to 1200
names pud to se-;ti-o an nccurito rec
ord, which in deulrcd, will require
ally. Superintendent Allen, there
fore auks Hint friends and pivents
of thn boys who served, co-operate
with thn teachers In onle that all
may bo enrolled mil a complete list
timde.
dollars. In order to give nn Idea or
the meaning of a billion he 'aid there
had been less than a billion seconds
Hlnco the birth of Christ. The ofter
war loBses could not he c.i U' 11 In t".l
Nations were In a debt bondage for
100 years and the unborn siirvlvora
of tho terrible slaughter would suffer
along with others. Hn cited nil of
tliesn ItiHtunceH to show why Europe
was seething with unrest and said
there wero only two nnswers to the
question nnd they were whether wo
should go hack to Jungle llro or pre.
pare for a greater clvlllzntlon
tt the election
that ntiorncys for Fullerton might
Ir.lie the case to the supreme court,
baring their contention on the f net
that recount proceedings were not
instituted In 30 days, as by law re
quired and that no "corru.it practice
p.c's" bnd been proven.
At any rate, Fullerton is still the
Ji!dc and scenes little worried r.s to
the outcome of tho case, mil while
everyone Is wondering who Is Judge,
he Is going about In the even tenor of
his way. Ho has the Job and it ap
pears to bo a case of tho next move
for White's attorneys.
Edison I. Bnllagh, K. of R. S..
of Avon I.od RO No. 62, Knights of
Pythias, has been informed that a
number of th grand lodge officers
League of Nations, ho thought, would of tho lodge will make an official visit
guarantee thn la.tter. t'ouco was
wanted, hut not the old peace or a
"balance of power und greed." It
must bn a peace where the strong
would protect tho weak and Ameri
ca's part In such n pence was a solemn
obligation on tho part of America.
A Monument to Soldier
Mr. Irvlno said that it was sug
gested that monuments be erected to
honor our 70.000 heroic soldiers who
fell on tho field of battle. A Liber
ty highway, from sea to sea, a monu
ment In France and other suggestions
had been offered, but ho thought the
gronteat monument that could bo es
tablished would bo a League of Na
tions which would forever insure a
pnaco nnd make unnecessary the
slaughter of hundreds of thousands
of men.
In closing his address, he recited
Robert Sedvlco's wnr time poem,
"Soldier Lad." His rondltlon of this
poem was dramatic and there were
fow dry eyes In tho audience. He
plead for a League of Nations thnt
would forever stop war and that In
the trial now on before tho world,
civilization would overcome jungTu
Ihiu. Mr. Irvlno spoke for almost an
hour and bis npproclallvo audience
were sorry when he concluded his
Bddross, which wns one of thn finest
nnd doepnst ovor hoard In St. Helens.
Tim be wns thoroughly Imbued
to Avon Lodge Tuesday night, March
25th. He Is Informed not less than
tlx auto loads of good Knights will
como down from Portland along with
tho grand lodge officials. Tho visit
of the officials Is an Important an
nual event at Avon Lod.tn and the
meeting will bo well attended. The
Pythian Sisters will prepare and
serve a nice lunch after the evening's
program Is concluded.
cedure which they had adoDtea
towards securing a new depot for
Astoria. The suggestion had been
acted upon and a request was being
prepared asking that some member
of the Oregon public service com
mission visit St. Helens and Inspect
the inadequate depot facilities which
St. Helens has.
J. W. Allen expressed his oplnloii
ss to the present depot and offered
his assistance In any line or at any
time In the effort to secure a new
depot and one more In keeping
with the Importance of St. Helens.
E. R. Treharne of Nehalem was
present and spoke of the necessity
of the St. Helens-Plttsburg road. He
said the people of the valley weru
much In favor of the early comple
tion of the road as It would afford
them an outlet to a good market and
enable them to dispose of their pro
duce advantageously. Andy Parker
of Vernonla, also spoke along the
same lines, and It was the sense of
tho meeting that steps should be tak
en Immediately to secure government
and state aid on this Important road
Many other matters were taken up
and disposed of and President Mor
ton then turned the meeting over to
Dr. J. H. Flynn, chairman of the
evening. The first number on the
program was a violin solo by Prof
Charles South. Mrs. Larue H. Gel
vln was the accompanist. They re
sponded to a hearty encore.
S. B. Ingham then favored the
audience with a vocal solo. It was
so well rendered that the audience
'ns'stcd on an encore and Mr. Ing
ham responded. Dr. Flynn, then, in
a few well chosen remarks, Intro
duced B. Frank Irvine, the speaker
of the evening, who made a wonder
ful address on the subject of a
League of Nations (an account of
which Is In another column of the
Mist), and at the conclusion of hi.
address, upon motion of Dr. Flynn,
a vote of thnnks was tendered Mr.
Irvine, dnd those presont went on
record as in favor of a League ot
Nations.
All In all, it was a most interest
ing and successful meeting and Dr.
Flynn has been congratulated on ar
ranging so entertaining a program.
New School House As It Will Appear When Completed
CONTRACT LET FOR
CREAMERY BUILDING
TO BE BUILT OF TILE
Ketel & Gulker Sucrrshful Didders
Work to Start Hoon
The St. Helens Co-Operative Cre
amery Association has awarded the
contract to Ketcl & Gulker for the
erection of a one story tile building,
36x40. The building is to be erected
on the city lot on the Strand and will
cost about $3,000. Work will be
started within the coming two weeks
and the building is to be ready for
occupancy within 60 days. The pres
ent quarters of the creamery asso
ciation in the Mnsonlc building are
Iradequate to properly care for the
NOMINATIONS MADE
AT CITY CAUCUS
GOOD MEN CHOSE II
Candidates Are Selected for Coming
City Klectlon
Those Nominated
For Councilman (2-yaar term)
Robert Dixon.
C. D. White.
For Councilman (1-year term)
C. L. Wheeler.
James O'Connor.
For Water Commissioner
W. A. Levi.
A. J. Kelly.
The mass meeting or city caucus
was held in the city hall Mondai
growing business of the concern, ! night. There were about 80 peopl
hence the necessity of havlne a new! present. Mayor Saxon was mud
building. chairman and L. J. VanOrshovei..
President William r,kuxi r secretary. The mayor first called for
Interview with the Mbr, stated hi nominations for two councllraen for
rn.-.sons as to the Donularitv of Rf.
Helens Best Butter. For a number
of years be said his cream w.ts ship
ped to Portland creameries. If the
can contained one pound or twenty
five pounc's of butter fat, 'he freight
rate vns the same. Oftentimes,
Mr. Skuzle stated, when he did not
have enough sdut cream to make a
shipment, he would hold it for sever
al days until he h:id enough to war
rant making a shipment. The cream
or butter fat, was therefore far from
being fresh when it reached the Port
land creamery. Such a condition
however, does not exist on shipments
to the St. Helens creamery. Every
day the creamery auto calls on the
farmers and collects the cream. It
is fresh cream or butter fat when It
leaches the creamery and therefore
better butter Is the result. Mr.
Skuzle is enthusiastic over the pat
ronage given by the St. Helens peo
ple, and r.lso takes pride In the fact
that "St. Helens Best" Is recognized
throughout the state as one among
the best of creamery products. He
thinks that when the new building
is completed and additional machin
ery Is Installed, that the association
will be in position to record further
improvement.
OREGON'S SHARE
OF FUND WANTED
Work Taken up by State Chamber
of Commerce
One of the Important propositions
to which the Oregon State Chambei
of Commerce will soon give consi
deration Is the matter of obtaining
for Oregon a Just share ot the $15,
000,000 which the state has paid
into the United States reclamation
fund and also a. share of the $100,
000,000 appropriation for reclama
tion work advocr.ted by Secretary
of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, ac
cording to announcement of George
Qunyle, secretary of the state cham
ber. "There is no better, bigger 01
more Important work to be under
taken by the state chamber than
this." he said. "Oregon Is entitled to
more money from the federal gov
ernment than she has received fov
the reclamation of land, especially
the two year term. Robert Dixon,
Angeio Lanaparou, J. W. Allen, A.
L. Stone, C. D. SutherlaLd, Peter
McGorty, Charles White, E. I. Bal
lagh, James O'Connor, C. L. Wheel
er and J. W. McDonald were nomina
ted. Allen and Ballagh declined. Oi
the first ballot Dixon, White, Wheel
er. Stone and McDonald received the
highest number of votes and upon
motion all others dropped out of the
race. The result ot the next ballot
was that Dixon and White secured
the nomination.
Whole Flock Nominated.
For the one year term, a wholu
flock were nominated. Very few in
attendance escaped being nominated.
Wheeler, Cronkrite, O'Connor, Mc
Donald and Fred Morgus were th
high men, t nd others were dropped.
Another ballot was taken and atlll
there was no majority. A vote was
then taken on the four high men
which resulted In the selection ot O'
Connor and Wheeler. There waa
some confusion in the second ballo!
as the number of votes cast did so:
tally with the number of those pres
ent. However, the mayor did not see
fit to throw out the ballot.
Water Commissioners Nominated
There was a hot race for the office
of water commissioner. All who es
caped the nomination for council
men were nominated for commis
sioners. After taking several bal
lots, W. A. Levi and A. J. Kelly se
cured the nomination. The latter
was nominated by acclamation.
All ot the men selected are repit
sentative citizens of St. Helens and
there seems to be little dissatisfac
tion at the outcome ot the mass meeting.
CANNERY PAYS MUCH
FOR FARM PRODUCE
Tay-roll for tabor Also Totals Up
to a Big Amount
There are comparative few who
realize the commercial importance
of the Columbia River Canning com
pany and the amount ot money that
the cannery has disbursed among the
farmers and for labor during the
past four years. In 1915, when the
cannery started operations, $10,41
In h. Il,.l -j ... 1 1 .". . .1'"" "u i"r
;.,. M,.::." i"rJ: 1 H laDor- in 1916 the output ot the
state chamber is going to take up
the matter and launch a fight to ob-
t.-.ln several millions of dollars fo
reclamation work.
'From all pn-ts of the United
States, and particularly from the
south and middle west inquiries are
being received by the state chamber
from prospective settlers. There are
some inquiries for unimproved land,
both for dry farm lands nnd lands
under Irrigation projects. A large
number of the Inquiries are from
farmers with from $3,000 to $10,000
capital who desire to get away from
the severe winters of the middle west
or the a.rid districts of the south.
"If Oregon can get Its shhre of the
money which the covernr.ient will
have available for reclamation pur
poses, so that lands may be made
rroductlve, this st.Me will be able to
provide good farms for settlers and
they will come west In large num
bers."
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PIONEER OF OREGON
ANSWERS FINAL CALL
Came Across Plains in 1S52 and Set
tled in Oregon
cannery was Increased and $18,417
was paid for produce while $7,100
was required to meet the labor pay
roll. In 1917 there was a still
further Increase. The farmers re
ceived $28,000, while the laborers
In the cannery received $9,200. Last
year was the banner year. Produce
and labor were higher than In the
lormer years and Mr. Rosasco's coa
cern paid the farmers $31,816 and
the cannery laborers $13,883. Dur
ing the four years of operation, $89,
444 has been paid to farmers and
$35,362 for labor, a total expendi
ture ot $94,806.
Mr. Rosasco Is planning to make
a further Increase in his ce.nnery dur
ing the coming season, and expects to
disburse more money for produce
and labor than in any previous year.
The1 cannery Is certainly one of St.
Helens' most Important industries.
. n . V 1 1 h.I.a 1. n a ll.a mmiImhI fn. I Vi A naw MlinnlliAii.A I. n II .1
. . t XT..1,.i.a ItOOVer Ot iVICmUII, WU nw.u .no ni'u"i ."i i." " oviiuuiuuuOT I. mm-
with tho Iden of a League of Natlo is ' orce of u m(m tesr,nR down the old Dulidlng and will soon
and bnd mndn a careful study or tiie; . , h p0 t0 nBg)n work on tne new structure. The firm re !
. I n.rt.lnlll llllll llA T0 Ul- llliiifia f .. .. , . .... . i . . i . . . ... !
rontly completed an Ainany nign scnooi nuuuing, me jMiucauonai ouua
Ing at U. of O., and a large dormitory at the Monmouth school. Mr. N. E.
Hoover, a member of the firm, in In charge ot the work and all of the men
thus tar employed live in St. Holens. The building of the Btiiool means
the disbursement ot quite n sum of money in St. Helena.
mmaiinn uma evident, and ha re
colvod many congratulations on his
forcible presentation of tho subject,
which at the present time, Is the ab
sorbing question In the world's history.
STOCK SHOW
AT YANKTON
The annual Yankton stock show
was held at the grange hall In Yank
ten last Saturday. There was a flue
exhibit ot blooded cattle :.nd many
Mrs. Esther Miller, mother of Mrs. lni.re8lea m .rarm.m na M29
S. E. Cooper, died at the residence of 'Iri,' K , Vr m '-"naance. The
her daughter in this city, Tuesday ! le ' t,ie wwl a fine
morning at 4 o'clock. She was 86 ?lnner.,and 8 most. instructive and
years of age. Deceased came to St. ' '"resting program was gWen.
Helens about six years ago and mad'
her home with her daughter. Tomorrow night the members of
Mrs. Miller was a pioneer of Ore- the St. Helens Chasiber of Com
gon. With her parents she crossed i n erce go to Warren and will be the
the plains in 1852 r.nd the family set-i guests ot the Waren grange at an
tied nt Crabtree in the Willamette ! open meeting of the srange. It Is
valley. She is survived by her daugli-i desired that all those who intend to
ters, Mrs. S. E. Cooper cf St. Helens, I accept the hospitality of the good
Mrs. L. P. Graham of Portland and j people of Warren, meet at the
Mrs. R. 8. Bradley of Brothers, Ore-1 Chamber of Commerce room at 7:30
gon; and two sons, Henry Miller of, o'clock. A. L. Morris, naeter of
Ahtena, Oregon and Blufovd Miller, ! the grange and ho he.a charge of
who resides in St. Helens. i the arrangements, has prepared an
The body was taken to Springfield, entertalng program for the meet
Oregon, yesterdr.y, nnd laid at rest In , lng, which from all indications,
the family plot. promises to be a tig one.
I