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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
UME XXXVIII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY. MAY 2, 1919
L in l-l i t.,
NO. 20
IRTON GOES OUT
WHITE IS NOW JUDGE
'ange yesterday
t,m Derided Not ! Api-fal "!
kurrrmlm Office lo WliilO
Libia county has a now .'udge,
Umd una tltl voir. Ill nam
Clin White, and he took office
fur, My following tiio u-
of .'ornier-juilgn w. J. rui'er-
lit to nipiMil t tie cao. u1ge
Hon. In a graceful manner.
over tiie orrtoo to w into ana
him peace and prosperity dur
lime t lit t Ii win do juupe.
While luunodlotely entered
dUcharK of hi duties a
k Judge.
Kulli-rlon a hmi niMirf
Irn ruuerion receivau ue
in of Jutlgn K.ikln which do
that Whltn waa the Judge and
kn elect I'd auch by the scant
ht y of ilx vutc. he Immedlato-
tulcd that ha would not appeal
e. lie elated that he did not
to be Judge unleas It waa ahown
maturity of the volera of the
t wiihed him to be Judge, and
kount proceeding ahowed that
iked ill vote of having a mi.
Therefore, he wia wllllnK. lie
lo tire up the offlco without
kr proceeding although Judgu
bad liven him It dire In
lo file a hill of exception.
Ha Mailt) mmI
ling the four months that Ful-
hii been Judge, he lira made
fend by strict mention to the
of the oftlre, haa made many
i throughout the county who
thct he la co longer Judge,
pprerlata hla action, however.
contesting, or r.ppeallr the
hn It waa ahown that hla op-
I receive,! a fn m :rt vnta
jhe did. Thir are many wh
I lint If Hie cuae had been ap
I. tint he would have won out.
Is mere fart that Judge Kakln
kd li daya In which to make An
I U taken aa evidence there wui.
Vli for auch an appeal. How.
iKullerton did not take advan
t uy technicality and handed
llie offloo to White before (he
Itlpulnted hy the circuit judgu.
niiiie la Well Known
Bw Judgn a well known In
bla county, lie haa realded In
fcunty for the pant thirty yeara
m account of having held eomc
olflre moat or the time, haa
ctinlntance throughout the
f. and haa nmny frlonda. Many
ra, however, were not In favir
eoDleal nrocondlnaa which ha
Med. He fore tinrnmlnir Imlr
Khlis waa deputy aaaeaaor.
pa lo that he tiad aorrod aa
, aeputy ahnrlff and aaaeaanr
ll tervlre to the county cover
oq or about 25 year.
Juiure KuWln rriiifiMt
fee Kakln haa been much
"d. not aa to hi dnclalon, but
length of tlmo which he.
to render the dnclalon. There
inr who think that the Judge
nave rendered a dnclalon In SO
t the moat. Iimtond of wnltlnv
Some NiHMik of KmJI.
f re are lomn who apenk of
I .ur the Inw. an offlcei
m recalled until he haa aenr-
-"unina. and It I poaalble that
! me, tho now exlatlng aentl-
111 Imve illn.l rl.V i . t
P o further thought of cuch
Mnit. At the n...l
rr,li.1l,le l",,,1c aentlment la not
anu it will take aeveral
L ,r?""n1 nd conaclontlou
I on hla wt t0 overcome the
H agalriHt him
t l no '"nmunt to makt
Z . ? V19.brneflt 01 'n
i re,v"1 from ni"r un
i Poraoin, Irroapectlve, of party.
H SCHOOL
TO PRESENT PLAY
Mhon ! K r"nn9 Brown" at
d! n1" pro'",nt t,,e comedy.
IB ti ' Thuraday night.
M iii,. , nlnrnie 100 laughe
thro. M hni t0T 00d meaaure
h aarf .T,. ,nL cnieny mualo.
h will k ' . na Mst cll-
fie u .. . ana
ly D , pUr ,h,ve been
Calav SCl,c," nd 'hralng
of th,, il 11,8 ance
Ut l.,,w- uthorltr fo
bod 0: '"Ul ahow will be
" me VEnufTl,,1 ,Mt the
I In fit ,,)orrlB' wh0 'ormerly
bookL 'Cl,'n' an1 '
Clvodr 'l. the h'Pyrd.
thro? m,t to Prance. He naa..
I the" AnrrBl ''e1 ta"".
iw per , hi """,ea uer
' torn of? ii Ben w.
ur.-?rftl month, and Amerl.
trleuji. UB'r,q 10 n' St.
HERROLD SECURES
STREET CONTRACT
Trie la aw0.4H Work to HUrt li.
the Near IHiture
At their apnclul anneton, Raturday,
n.a ioni, ma county court opened
hide for the Improvement of fit. Hel
ena aireei, which In a count v n.n.i
bntweun Columbia and Winter atrnet
There were three hide. Hhnrmaii
neaver nici .773.Zt); Victor Andr
aim. $2,649 HO and I.. O. Jlerrold
U.tKO 48. The contract wa awara
ed to Herrold.
The Improvement will lowor the
grade net w eon Columbia and Caao-
nnu atreeta and alio cut off a part
or me mil between ( aaenuu and Win
ter. The aurolua rock will he ueed
In bringing up to grade and widening
l lie roan weat of the hlnckmulti,
ahnp. The rord will he wldimed to
SO feet.
Other HliU Acrri.tnl
The county court alao opened and
accepted hid for other rond work
Quy and 0 I. Tarhell bid 1700 for a
certain Improvement on the llargor
road In nlatrlct No. 3. Their bid waa
accepted. Kor the Improvement of
the Heaver Creek road at the I.ewla
place In Dlatrlct No. S. Charlek
flmlth bid II778 60 and C. A. Mil In
11744.00. The court accepted thu
hid or Mr. Mill, rnd alao gnve htm
another contract for the Improve
m nnt of the Ilnnver Crook ror.d at the
county line. The coat of thla work
will be 900.
Koadmnaler Abry tirnaented ptune
and apnclflcatlnn for the Imprnvu
merit of the E. T. wnllnco road in
Dlatrlct No. ft, and the Improvement
nf th 11 (1 Km, III, ,n.,l In llUlrlnl
No. 3, and the court ordejred tho
Mana and apeclficatlona accepted and
rail for bid on theae Improvenniata
The bid tor audi Improvement will
he opened on the 17th or May at Z
o'clock p. m. '
COMMITTEES NAMED
FOR JULY FOURTH
The executive committee which
ha in charge the formulating of the
plana for the cclohratlon of the
Fourth of July In St. Helena, met at
the rooiua of the Chamber or Com
merce Tueaday night. Many detnlla
were gone over and It waa gratifying
to the committee that ao much had
already been accomplished. The
following committees were appointed
and they will meet at an early dnte
to make the final plana:
Ixk Rolling J. H. Elliott (Chulr
man; J. Taylor, II. It. Iludaou.
Publicity 8. C. Morton (Chair
man I, Dr. J. II. Klynn, Chartoa L.
Wheolor.
B port a Kit Conyor (Chairman).
Dale Terry. A. It. Spearow.
Concoaaloua Kred Morgua (Chair
man), II. Uaraon, C. Alva Smith.
I'arudo 1). C. Howard (Chulr
man), II. A. Child. Charlea L.
Wheolor, Angelo Cniilpurolt.
Mualc H. K. Laliuro (Chairman).
Oawald Deming, I'rof I'hillp M
Hick.
Hpoakera Clcn II. MetBker
(Chairman), Martin While, J. W.
Day.
Finance J. Ston (Chairman),
Phorman M. Mllea, Tom Hoy, A. H
Lake, ( haa. McCauloy, J. I-aimlng.
A. i. Kelley, D. V. Howard, II. K.
Hudaon.
Klremen' Drill Cha McCauley,
K. BJorkman, Ed Leonard.
Ilarbocue Charlea Whlto, Jumea
O'Connor, K. W. Morton.
. Dancing H. D. Scott (Chairman).
O. Hhepard. A. L. Stono.
Hall nm Kit Conyer (Chair
man), Kdlaon I. HnllBgh, nud tho
United Artlann.
Military J. H. Wellington
(Chairman). C. O. Hydo, Hen Cope
land, D. C. Howard.
Boat nacea Edlaon I. Hnllngh,
(Chairman), J. W. Clark, D. W.
Hlchardaon, O. Shepard.
Firework C. D. Sutherland.
(Chairman), A. J. Kelley, A. U.
Lake.
Decoration It. P. Colo (Chair
man), Lou Puxey, Ed Iitmaon, Ed
Olson. ?,
Oreaaed Pig and Greased role
A. T. Harnett (Chairman), J. Lank
Ing, Tom Roy.
Tug of War P. D. Tarhell (Chair
man J. 'C. E. Clapperton, It. Cole
man. Vocal Mualc Q. W. O e 1 v 1 1
(Chairman), 8. B. Ingham, H. J
Coate, A. R. 8penrow.
WORK IS BEGUN
ON HIGHWAY JOB
U. 8. De8paln, who has charge ot
the construction work for L. O. Her
. ,,pa nf in or IS men at
work clearing the right of b.e;
tween the croaaing near mo .,u. .
place and the depot at Went St. Hel
en. Mr. DeSpnln state that a
oon as more clearing la done, he
will Incroaae hi force and tnrt in
on the real heavy work of grading
and doing rock work. The state high
way commission Is anxious to got th
1 ,- mnnn nOHHlllle allQ
very effort will be made to have the
roadbed compiotea on u.
r. . , -- e mi. n)nHln Is an
experienced road builder n,ay be
dependod upon 10 nun
along.
Hendrick's Hall, University of Oregon
. I I-
is:
FISHING SEASON
OPENED YESTERDAY
BIG CATCHES ARE MADE
Pnwiert are (i.xxl ror I'rorital.I.)
Ki-iumiii for Kialiernicn '
JUDGE HAZEN'S DAM
WORRIES CITY COUNCIL
DAM ORDERED OPENED
Mui-nIuU Putter Ordered to Rcwcue
Peole of Kloodisl DlNtrict
The fishing season opened yester
day at noon and many fishermen had
tholr gear In the water, and made
good catches. Munager Hallugh ot
the Columbia Hiver Packers' asso
ciation Informs the Mist that hi
company received about 14 tons ot
salmon and many of the boats
averuged 600 pounds. He believes
that the river Is "full of fish, and
that for aeveral days to come the
fishermen will make good catches.
Prlrea Same as Iwt Year.
The prlcea paid for salmon are
practically tho same as lust Beason.
Kor Chinook salmon tho fisherman
will receive 11 V cents; fur blue
back and sturgeon, 9 cents and for
steelheads, 8 cents. Kor Bhad, 3
cents per pound will be paid. Last
year shad brought 4 cents per pound.
The fishing Industry means much
to St. Helens. According to Mi
Hallngh not Iohs than 100 men In the
vicinity of St. Helens are engaged In
his Industry. Lnst year the catch
waa about 500 tona and the averago
price per ton was about $130. It can
he eeen from these figures, however,
that much money Is disbursed among!
the flBhcrnien. '
J. II. Sheldon, who buys for the
Warren Packing company, is also op
timistic over the outlook for a prns-j
porous season, lie has been in the
business for many year and his
opinion should be taken r.s being near
accurate. Tho outlook Is very en
couraging and with the high prices
bolng obtained, tho fishermen will
undoubtedly do well.
The city council mot Monday night.
Concllmcn Wheolor, Dixon and
Whlto were Just a little late on Re
count c'. having bcoa out to Investi
gate the dam which Judgo Hazen
had built in a certain ditch somo
whore near or on Bond street.
After the roll hid been callod and
the minutes of tho previous meeting
read and approved, the m.itter or the
dnm, or ditch or the dam that dam
med the ditch, was taken up. The
mayor stated that Dr. Ross, the city
health officer had reported that on
account of the dam, health conditions
in that certain section of St. Helena
were far from good. The councilman
naked as to tholr authority to break
Judge Hazen's dam. Councilman
Wheeler stated he had been out to
he scene of action and on a big tree
right near the dam he saw a notice
which read, ''Notice Any Person
or Person Known to Open This
Hitch Will be Punished to the Extent
of the Law," and the notice wa
signed, "M. P. Hazen, Justice of the
Peace." Hs enquired, therefore, ir
the ditch could be opened without
getting the city into trouble. The
mayor was or the opinion that It
could and thought action should be
Immediately taken. Councilman
Dlxnn then moved that the marshal
he Instructed to "open the ditch with
out delay" and the motion was car
ried. More Discussion Follows.
Even after the motion had been
made and carried there was further
discussion. Councilman White was
of the opinion that the "opening of
FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED
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A-'l v . JIT. sim ' r
In Prance battleground for world-freedom, there Is a maxim that
should be learned by every American citizen. It should be memorized In
French or In English. Each American citizen should repeat it beloro
iuoa"s and nt bedtime until the close of the Victory Liberty Loan.
In French the maxim is: "Qui ' excuse accuse."
in Fnclish' "Who excuse himself accuses himself.
Perhaps the maxim Is no better expressed in French than in English.
Hut the French people who have furniBhed the world the greatest ex
amples In patriotism, give more weight to this sentiment than do we
Al" African- are a free people. Bspeclally are they prone to be free
with excuse. We have been a very Independent people in thinking and
in .Mine think to the democratic form of our goverrment.
in ? ir ever there i was a time when excuses should be laid aside It I
n..rin the Victory Liberty Loan which lc the payment of the price or
nence8 This wm bo a loan when only valid excuse will really excuse
w""l really excuse, when failure to .upport the loan, If able to do ao. is
failure to approve of ponce.
Who excuae himself accuses himself."
ST. HELENS HIGH
WINS TWO GAMES
Will Meet ClaUkanle Team Today
and Past Game Expected
The St. Helena hleh M,nn1 hna
ball team, under th of f Irion , mh.
Ing of Kit Conyers, is a winner. Sat
urday arternoon they met the James
John high school team of Portland
and deteated them. The acorn w
13 to 6.
Tuesday they Journeyed to Portland
and met the Columbia University
team, and tucked away another game.
ine score was 8 to 2. St. Helens
scored in the first Inning and Colum
bia evened up matter in their hair
or this frame. Neither team scored
In the second or third innings, but In
the fourth Inning each team chalked
up a run, making the score 2 to 2.
In the fifth Columbia threatened. A
single, a walk and an error, filled the
bases and the Columbia rooters were
uro of victory Zleglcr tightened
and retired the next two batters on
six pitched balls and the third as
pirant ror honor met his Waterloo
when hla slow bounder in the Infield
v-as properly handled and he was re
tired.
St. Helens put the game on Ice In
the sixth. Dixon and Stanwood were
on and Maya picked out one to his
liking and sent It far Into the left
garden. Two men scored and Mays
paused for a breathing spell at third.
Zeigler pitched a heady game and
always tightened up In the pinches.
Me otherwise distinguished himself
hy poling out a double In the fifth
when Merrill and Hill were on the
bases.
The Columbia nine Is one of the
ranking club in the Portland Inter-
scholastic league, as is Jame John
high, and the fact that both of these
teams hare been defeated by St. Hel
ens high, certainly place our local
team at the top.
This afternoon the local team will
try conclusion with the Clatskanle
high and those who attend the game
are assured ot seeing a real interest
ing game. 'Play ball" will be the cry
at 2:30 and the high school boys
hope there will be number of St.
Helens rooters there to cheer them on
to their third straight victory.
FAIRY OPERETTA
TO BE PRESENTED
The little folks of the lower trades.
the first, second, third and a few
from the fourth, will present the
operetta "Under the Sugar Plum
Tree" at the Liberty theatre, tho
evening of May 9. The story of the
play is woven from the poems of
Riley, Field and Stevenson. Mrs. A.
P. Barnett, Mrs. A. B. Lake and Miss
Helen Hall, who are drilling the lit
tle ones, are highly pleased with the
performances or the actors and act
resses and are sure the play will be a
big hit.
The proceed from the ODeretta
will be turned over to the library
and used to buy additional high class
books. Tickets may be obtained at
he drug stores. It is understood that
the library committee will defray all
expenses of the show, Including, of
course, the costumes ot the actor.
VICTORY LOAN QUOTA
NOT YET REACHED
$50,000 IS YET NEEDED
More Hteam Needed to Put Victory
Loan Over the Top
the1 ditch below the dam would have
been less trouble than building the
dam," and Pat Kelly, who lives In the
Hooded area spoke or how the snakes
had got into the pond and eaten nn
the frongs and the recorder read a
letter from a Mrs. Johnson, asking
mat some renei De given her. She
stated that her husband was awny.i
ner cnuoren were sick and since the
water around her house was so deep,
she could not get any wood. A party
who live In the bottoms below the
Hazen property told the mayor that
It would be better to "run the water
through Railroad Addition." This
remark excited the mayor' wrath, ror
ne said, "wny, man, that ditch was
along there long before you settled
in the place you are. We tried to
build a sewer In your district, but
Hazen came out with a shotgun and
drove the men away. The ditch 1 a
natural waterway and It is going to
oe opened." The mayor meant what
he said, for on Thursday Marshal
Potter cleared away the dam and
opened the ditch and there seems to
be peace and happiness everywhere.
Fire Track on the Bum
Chief Charles McCauley reported
that the fire truck was on the
"bum." Responding to a fire alarm
last week, and with only a tew men
on the truck, an axle had been sprung
and the truck was useless. He asked
what he should do. The recorder
was Instructed to notify A. O. Long &
Co., or Portland, and have the necea,
sary repairs made at once.
A resolution was read to establish
Sewer District No. 7. It was laid
over until the next meeting. The re
quest ot the fire chief tor the re-es
tabltshment ot the old tire alarn,
system and instructions as to what
the fire boys could expect In the way
or city aid, wa also laid over.
Permits were granted to Harold
Decker to build a private garage and
to Robert Dixon to make alteration
at his residence.
Other routine matters were taken
up and disposed of and then the
council adjourned.
Columbia county has not yet raised
Its quota ot $162,000 tor the Victory
Loan. To be perfectly frank about
the matter, Columbia county is about
HO 000 to the bad and St. Helens
owes a big part ot this At Thurs
day night, reports received by the
county chairman stated that Clats
kanle and Scappotm wcr the only
iwo banking districts wUle.i bad fill
ed their quota. Rainier and St. Hel
ens were in the "also ran" class.
Interest is Increasing.
Interest In the loan, however. Is
Increasing, and Chairman Morgu of
St. Helens and Chairman Puller of
Rainier predict that their towns will
have subscribed thd full quota by
Saturday night. Rainier, with a
quota ot 119,000 Is short only a few -thousand
and subscriptions at St.,
Helens are coming In more readily.
Up to last night a total of $28,960 .
had been placed at the local bank
and the outlook is bright for substan-'
tial amounts today and tomorrow.
Some Large Subscription)
There have been some large sub
scriptions handed In. At the First
National bank, Charles Graham made
application for $1000 and Olaf Lund
ot Warren signed an application for
$2000. At the Columbia County
bank those in the $1000 class were
J. E. Ramsey, S. A. Hawkins, John
Mitsulos, C. O. Dahlgren and William.
Pringie. There were numerous sub
scriptions from $500 down to $60.
The Mist has a list of the subscribers,
but will wait until next week to pub
lish the names, as there will be many
more come in today and Saturday.
Helmets for Largest Subscribers
City Chairman Fred Morgus has
received from Victory Loan head
quarters, two German helmets. When '
the German army thought they wer- "
about to enter Paris, they were
equipped with new uniforms ana.
equipment. The American, however.
tnrned them back end captured a vast
amount of stores and equipment. In
the captured equipment were thous
ands of brand new helmets. These
were sent to America. Two cf them
were sent to Columbia county and
will be given to the two individuals
who make the largest subscriptions
to the Victory Loan.
Columbia county is one of the few
counties in Oregon which Is lagging
in subscriptions and those In charge
of the work do not feel proud of the
feet, and are making a renewed effort
to put Cdlumbia county across.
In the city work Mr. Morgus has
the able assistance of A. B. Lake.
Charles Wheeler, Von Gray and Dr.
J. H. Flynn. Messrs. Wheeler and
Flynn have canvassed the mill em
ployes and met with much success
and H. R. Hudson at the Columbia
County mill, has turned in number
of subscriptions. Mr. Morgus is sure
that St. Helens will make up Its
quota, but he wishes that subscrip
tions be taken now instead of waiting
until the last day.
The banks in St. Helens, and in
fact any bank in Columbia county,
will be glad to give Information to
the prospective bond buyer and aid
In every way consistent with good
bonking.
NEWSPAPER MEETING
HELD AT EUGENE
St Helens Editor Elected President
of Editors' Organization
The meeting of the Willamette
Valley Editorial - association, th
State Editorial association and the
Oregon School of Journalism, was
held at Eugene, Oregon, on April 2 5
26. Fifty Oregon editors were pres
ent at the meeting and discussed
plans for putting the newspaper
business on a higher plane.
Citizens of Eugene and the faculty
of the University of Oregon treated
thev isitors royally. The editors and
their wives were entertained by the
Eugene Chamber of Commerce Fri
day night at a banquet. Dr. P. L.
Campbell, president of the Univer
sity of Oregon was toastmaster and
Colin Dyment, dean of journalism
of the University of Washington and
Edgar B. Piper, editor of the Oregon
ian, were the principal speakers. The
editorial body were guests ot the
university at a noon luncheon at
Hendricks Hall Saturday and covers
were laid tor 100.
The association voted to change its
name from the Wlllametto Valley
Editorial association to the Oregon
Newspaper Conference and to meet
annually at the school ot journalism
ot the University of Oregon. The
next meeting will be held In January,
1920.
Officers for the conference- were
elected as follows:
S. C. Morton of the St. Helens
Mist, president; C. W. Robey, Or,
gon City Courier, vice-president; El
bert Bede, Cottage Grove Sentinel,
secretary-treasurer; Erie W. Allen,
dean of tho school of journalism,
University of Oregon, chairman of
program committee.