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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
pLUME XXXVIII.
PIONEER PAPER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
ST. HELENS. OREGON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 1, 1919
MEM PICNIC IS
ENJOYtU BY ALL
NO. 33
Sheriff LaBare
kNY MAKE JOURNEY
li over I'ltuburg-Ht. Helena Itoad
Mad Without Inrunvrnlrar
rh SI- Helena Chamber of Com
bes plrnlc at Vornoula Sunday wai
luocoa from every atr.ndpolnt, and
lateral hundrod who drove over
St. Ilnlcns -Pittsburg road and ar
id aafely at their destination, are
nlniouK In their opinion that the
jnc waa cm oat enjoyable one and
it tliry now better realise the Im-
hinco of the completion of the
lil, or a road to the Nohalem.
Cnr Hurt Karl.
E'lht o'clock A. M.. waa the time
(or the cars to atari from He.
lent and many of the 76 to 100
left Juki a little earlier lr order
Told the ruah. All of them ar-
Vi at Vernon la before noon and
Uiout accldftit or Inconvenience,
k bla; plrnlc- waa held at the Ver-
la Park just In-low the bridge
Ich tpana Hock Creek acd a num-
of Nehalem Valley people were
V to greet their St. Helena neigh.
After dinner, many of the St.
Inoi people and the Nehalem poo-
went to tne vernonia achool
hinds to wltnoaa a baaehall tame
htefn picked nines from Hi. Hot-
and Yf rnonln. It waa a cloae and
lilnf game end St. Helena won by
narrow margin or ONE aoore. the
nt at Ilia ninth Inning belna- Ri
; Vernon In". 7.
toed la I m linked.
nder the direction of Koadmaater
h nd Suporvlaor Utber Clark,
Iporary repairs were made on the
d, and thoao who wont over aay
I tha trip waa tn-de without the
it trouble. The Nehalem people
Tory rourtenua and evidently
rwlated the visit of their 81. Hel-
frlnds and It Isthought that an-
fct plrnlc will be arranged, but on
ant occasion, the Nehalem pen
will be Invltod to fit. Helena and
htiu-ala of I he St. Helena Chnm-
or commerce.
wai a big d?.y nnd every one
food time and came back to St.
hi a loyal and cmetant booater
tn St. Helena -Pittsburg road.
i 1 1
.
SOLDIERS ARE SORE
AT JUDGE WHITE
NO RECOGNITION GIVEN
KrlurnI KoJdlirs and Sailor Hay
They Are Not Conaidcred
Tk. ..... j
! . .... .oUlunu aoiaieri ana aallora.
or mose wno have brought their
grievances to the Mist do not feel
very friendly toward Judge Martin
"lute and the county mm!i.
Sonera. They claim that they ahould
PUNCILMAN WHEELER
PRCEDTO PAY $13 FINE
laatl Compnnlona Are Arrrwted fur
I'lalilng Without I Jocnae
PMCIIninn'C hnrlea WIimaIap .nml
Nsrreat of city Hecorder Quick
Wthat giiuiloman waa pulling the
ft from the Nehnlem river- and
oi navn the necessary flailing
M, an U'hnlr mn.l I,...
N that he would not flah out
likm vnv Thnr.rn v. - i i . ,i
Portland frletida laat Sunday
jwneyeci to lite HI Waahougai
f to Washington. Wheeler and
m were having a Tine time and
iroui were fulrly eating up the
" the flah buakota were be-
piaiy ruiud with fine trout
a game wnrdon came along
Mi for licenses. Ticketa were
l" '.hut ltm d,,ln'' entitle any
ilhermn to flali In that cer
tounly, and conaequently Moaara.
nm Hull and Wheeler appeared
Justice court at Vancouver.
'Mnton. Wedneaday afternoon
Ufad ijullty to angling without
Thoy were fined $13 and
' itn nation. Mr. Oramm. who
" i irreated, had a receipt for a
Mil0'?" In Skahanla county,
" ht he thought he waa flah-
"it conuty. On behalf of the
, Lcet,oa wpre produced which
h.Vr1""'1- ,",, ,,efin dated back
iMajri,,l,UHnch aa Sunday
'"MX. The money for the llcen
m not mnllnd to a Portland
ooda houae until Sunday.
.Wheelor la Jujit the lenat bit
i.h .cor"ilar the matter.
W WM ,R,'n," ,h trUl '
lc',,,H"'",nred In yeaterdav't
J? h 1Ifl.,ll""". however, that
TcL I T, llfi fl,lle- will try
ird ii. V" hs mor "ympathellc
I Mr. q rk VomtMy ,m(h of
M lll lake hla licenae.
JjV ATTEND THE
TINIER CHAUTAUQUA
Chlu?i',. H"'lnR P0oP'' attendeo
Mutnuqua , nner iMt.WBek.
r lu '""Pn(1"1 Vrognm. Snt
" to mB. a pllrtsr ,rora hel
M Willi nlCr 00 tna fln and
Mohn..J",,,nln Brynn Pi.
Cug ,?1k,!U b' hnM
trm T,.t,l,,m. bBC" r the
WHatt. ... ln th9 Party were
dmd. ?. : A,J" Anna Quick.
fa Situ p" Mnrle Puleon. Mra.
f Wn ?ni.blirn' Mr- Thomaa Isbla-
J. moii. w. J. Fuller
0.n;..DR.y nni Lloyd Hattan.
17 of v err' " Mlaa Beth
,u iwlTlot ,the -
U, " tho Chautauqua pro-
LABARE IS CHOSEN
FOR SHERIFF'S JOB
HurrrkMir Ut K C. KtanwNMl la anii-d
by Judge White
To fill the v.-.rotiry caiiBed by thu
rualgnntlon of K. C. Stnnwood aa
ahorlff. JuiUe Martin White haa
named II. E. Lnllare. Tho appoint
ment waa confirmed by the county
court at a apnclnl anaalon Saturdaj
afternoon and the newly appointed
aheriff Immediately took the oath nf
office and aaaumed charge of the of
fice. Mr. (.allure haa not tta yet, ap
pointed a deputy aheriff. and when
Interrogated by the Mlat. he atetcd
Hint he waa not ready 40 make any
announcement aa to whom he would
appoint.
Sheriff Ijillnre la well and favor
ably known throughout the county.
Coming from Clutakanlo where he
wna engaged In buxlneaa, he aerved
na deputy clerk for t:ur yeara. He
waa elected county clerk r.nd aerved
a two-year term and wna re-elttcted
to the office. After loavlnj the
clerk'a offlco he we.a aaalatant cash
ier of the Columbia County bank, re
signing that position to acci'pt the
position of deputy aheriff when
Chnrlee Drown resigned and ejllated
'n tho U. 8. army aervlce. The many
trlenda of Mr. I.nllare believe he
will acceptably fill the office of
ahorlff and congratulate him on hav
'ng recolved the appointment.
petitions which were presented to the
court. The trouble. It seems, has
er.sen -from the appointment of H
OS. Lallare as sheriff. The soldiers
claim they have nothing ngainst Mr.
Ltllare and believe he will make a
good sheriff, but they do think that
Judge Martin White ahould have paid
ome attention to the petitions pre
sented to him.
Holdlm Itecommendrd.
From the best and most reliable
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
IMPORTANT MEETING;
STREET WORK COMES Up!
1 1
City Daila Conalder Ways and Means
to Have Streets Improved J
The regular meeting of the eltv
council was poatponed on Monday
night on account of their being no
quorum. The mayor called a special
meeting for Wedaesdav nlrht nH
v.nere waa a run attendance.
Champ Bomber
have had aome recognition in their Tne bl natter of Importance wta
the Improvement of cortaii atreeta
i nd the city attorney was instructed
.0 prepare ordinances authorising
men improvement.
It is understood that the mayor
ind council are anxious to get such
mprovementa under way as soon aa
Toasible so that the work can he mm.
-leted before the winter weather. By
uoing so. iney mink that much money
can be ssved for the property owners.
At the next meeting of the council
information obtainable, it aeema thm i 'nteres'ed property owners will be
a lengthy petition waa presented asa trLZ""1 an,J V""' ar,e "P'cted to help
'ng that J. H. Wellington be an- 1 .iu rr,ln at con
polnted aheriff. Another petition was fi The ordinances for street
.trawn In favor of Charles Brow" rn?", W'U me Up.,or ,lnal
formerly deputy aheriff. Mr. Well- tead,D 4t tnla moetlng.
fngton was among the first of Col- Another matter which caused con
timbla county's men to enlist and he1 st1erhle discussion waa the repair of
served li the navy for more than two1 cert"'n sewers in Sewer District No.
years. In order to he acmnioH in timi There seemed to be soma mm.
navy he had to give up a pension ofil'on 'n tno minds of the mayor and
io per monin which he waa receiv
ing for wounds and a Incapacity re
celved during the 8panlsh-Amerlcan
war. Wellington points out that
while he gave up hia pension in order
to aerve his country, that Judge Mar
tin Whlte'ls receiving a pension for
services during the Indian war, and
he thought that the judge would
show a fellow comrade some con
sideration. Judge White, however,
saw fit to appoint someone else as
aheriff.
Itrown'a KriemU Wrathy.
councilmen aa to whether the sewer
waa privately owned or had keen
taken over by the city, and aa to
where to lay the responsibility for
1 ne oreag in the sewer and aa to who
would have to foot the bill In case
tne needed repairs were made, but In
asrpuch aa the faulty sewer had
been a bone of content'on for the past
anree or tour years and, moreover,
the fact that the city health officer
had declared- It a menace to the
health of the community, the mayor
ana council instructed the clerk to
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' UJ "tVN 4UC
Chaplain F. C. Thompson, ""The
Fighting Preacher" with the A. E. F.,
la the champion grenade hurler of all
nations. He won this honor -whilu
competing In the big inter-allied
games at the new Pershing stadium
in Paria recently. Thompson was
formerly nt Princeton university an 1
was holder of world's all-around
champion 1n 1S10. 1911 and 1913.
MAIL TO VERNONIA
IN RECORD TIME
The friends of Charles Brown are notify the property owners that th
also wrathy. Thev aav Brown re- sewer must be repaired "forthwith.'
! signed his position as deputy sheriff. uai ,n ca8e f their failure so to do.
! and enlisted in the armv and served i the city will repair the said sewei
i In the army overseas for more than and endeavor to straighten out the
two years. They think that Judge tangle atterwards.
White should have considered this) An ordinance waa read for the
fact when making the appointment. 1 first and second times granting tae
; It Is understood that Judge White Standard Oil com Dan v the rlcht to
1 recommended that either Wellington ! build a spur track along Oregon
or nrown De appointea aeputy aneriii, street. Minor questions were taken
I but both of the gentlemen have in-; up and disposed of, and the council
lormea tne Mist mat under no con- adjourned
i sldoratlon would they accept such
1 employment. Evidently they think
; that Inasmuch as they have given the
i past two years for their country's
service, that Judge White shoffftd
have given their applications some
consideration.
There are ninny who agree with
MAN'S BODY FOUND
IN COLUMBIA RIVER
Possibly the quickest mall delivery
to Vernonia from St. Helena waa
made laat Friday, whon C D. Suth
erland took t lie Vernonia bundle of
the St. Helens Mist and dellvored
them nt the valley poatofflce two
hours liitor. Mr. Sutherland was
given the bundle r.t 1 o'clock Fri
day afternoon and n few minutes
after three o'clock the Mlat waa de
livered to the Vernonia postmaster.
The Mlat has been published for 37
years, but It was the first time that
pnpers to the Nehalem Valley were
delivered n few hours after they
wore off the press. The quick de
livery of tho mall is conclusive evi
dence of tho Importance of the St.
Jlolnna-PIttaliurg roud and how and
why the road alio 11 Id be completed
nnd a mail route eatabrs!ted. uruin
arily. the mull to Nehalum Is sent
via Portland or Clatalir.nlo and from
80 to 80 hours are taken for Its delivery.
Tuesday afternoon a member of
the crew of the steamer Iralda
noticed the body of a man floating
Wellington and Brown and are out-i In the Columbia river a fow miles
spoken as to what they think Judge 1 above Warrior Rock lighthouse. The
n hite should have done and It Is j pody waa tied up to a nearby float
pominio that tne matter win De and Coroner White notified. From
1 brought to the attention of the Amer
ican Legion, to see, as Mr. Welling-
con expresaed It, "If the returned sol
I dlor or sailor cannot expect some
' consideration at the hands of offi
cials."
Much Interest haa been Btirred up
over the matter and It Is possible
that developments will follow.
REBEKAHS INSTALL
NEW OFFICERS
St. Helens Ilehekah Lodge No. 217,
I. O. O. F.. held Inatalaltlon of offi
cers Thursday evening July 24th.
The Installation wns conducted by
Mrs. Florence Sneirng, I). D. G. M.
The Members installod wore Addle
M. Levi, noble grund; Fay Noff, vice
grand; Klla Allen, socretnry; Mary
Howell, treasurer; Oenevlve Ingham,
warden; Ora Bennett, conductor;
Klla K Smith, chnplnln; Florence
Snolllng, U. S. N. O.i Ltla M. grouse,
S N. Q.; Susie Kolel. It. fl. V. 0.;
thnl Bjorkman, L. B. V. 0.; Haiel
Brlttan, I. O.; Iva Brown, O. O. Dur
'nff the evening the Incoming noble
grand. Ada M. Levi, was presented
with a handsome grvel. Aftor In
stallation those present adjourned to
the dining room whore tight refresh
ments were served. At Pr,8PnItnBt
Kebekahs have a membership of 100.
TOWING COMPANY
IS ORGANIZED
Articles of Incorporation wore
filed - In Salem Wednesday by the
St. Helena Towlnr Company. The
Incorporators are H. F MeCormk.
Orln Shepard, Charles L. Wheeler.
Clyde Sutherland and John L. Storm.
The purpose of the corporation Is to
operate boats between Uwlik.
Idaho and the Columbia river bur
and ocean going craft, between Port
land and ports of the world. The capi
tal stock to $10,000.
ell appearances the body had been
In the water for several months ana
waa badly decomposed. A gold watch.
uigin make, was found on the body
nd laaso a purse containing several
$10 bills. Apparently the man was
40 or 45 years old. identification was
Impossible and the body was buried
Wednesday afternoon.
Tell President of Mexican Murder
MIX
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1L ' T I I I I I I I IT
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FAIR FRENCH MAID '
WRITES W.B. DILLARD
Is Interested in St. Helens and Would
I.Ike to Come Here, She Says
Its a long, long wry from St, Hel
ens to Sunny France, but there la a
fair maid in that country who wants
to come to St. Helena. W. B. Dillard
la the Mist's informant as to this
fact, and he bases his statement on
a letter he received from some
French girl making known ber wish
es as to coming to the United States.
She writes, as Mr. Dillard states, aa
though she knew him well and men
tions having seen his picture. Mr.
Dillard think that It 1. nn..iki h..
the young lady might have met his
son Walden. who is yet In France,
and with the American Expedition
ary Force. At any rate, hia curiosity
:a aroused and he ia going to write
to the French maiden and ascertain
'f his theory is correct.
JAP ESCAPES FROM
BOAT IS CAPTURED
Foreigners nro not allowed, to
come into this country without a
passport, but often they make an at
tempt to do so" nevertheless. This
wes the case with a Jap who was
seen walking down the track at Houl-
ton Tuesday.. He had heard that
the U. S. was a land of peace and
plenty and so when the boat on which
lie was employed, landed at Port
land he took advantaeo of his op
portunity, landed and began walking
down the railroad track. When
sheriff LaBare picked him un near
Deer Island, he was bare foot and
rarried an old torn coat on hia arm.
He "no- speak American and "no
understand ship" so he was held ln
the county Jail until a U. S. immigra
tion orncer came for him later in the
veiling. He was able to pick out his
picture from that of a number of
other Japs, and was taken to Port-
Ir.nd. Two other Jnps escaped at
thes ame time he did. but no trace
has been found of them as yet.
TELEPHONE RATES
TO BE INCREASED
Mrs John Corroll and her 1 (-year-old son are now In Washington.
from their ranch near Tamplco. Mexico, where facta regarding the
murder of the husband and father. John W. Correll by Mexican ban
dits are being placed before President Wilson. The Carrania govern
ment realising the aerlousnesa of the situation at a late hour agree
to "Dunlsh" the bandits. Correll waa killed when he Interfered aa
the bandits shot at bis son and two assaulted hla wlta.
IMPROVEMENT MADE
AT BEACH RESORT
Under tha lAAftorftMn .nil dlpanHMi
of J. H. Cronkrlte, necessary im
arovenienta have been mill, nt Col
umbia Bench end this popular resort
tins been made more attractive and
convenient. W. E. Ltdyard. Kit
Conyers. John Ommundson and Chris
Ommundson, assisted by others, have
built two dreaalnr hmiaria nna fa.
men and one for women. Each struc
ture is aivtded into eight small
rooms. Mr. Lldyard thinks he will
be able to arrnnee with the water
omm'is'on to lay a line from the St.
Helens-Columbia City main, direct
to the beach. The cost will be about
$200 and he thinks the amount. can
he ra'sed by popular subscription.
Severn! lnnri1 flnnta hnv. h...
moored close to the shore and thosV
who w'sh to go dewn to the beach by
bout can Ind without the difficulty
formerly experienced.
NEW BUILDING FOP
QOLUMBIA STREET
E. 0. Ditto has closed a deel with
the First National benk of St. Hel
ens whereby he becomes the owner
'of the vacant lot which adjoins the
Kutherrord buildings opposite the
Plaxa. It ia Mr. Ditto's Intention to
erect a modern building' on the
premises and a portion of the build
ing will be used by him for his hard
ware store. The Improvement anti
cipated will cost about $10,000 and
lit Is expected that work on the
building will soon be started.
EFFECTIVE ON JULY 29
Phone Company to Increase Kates to
Meet Increased Expenditures
Those who have phones In their
residences must pay a portion of the
increased cost of oporation of the
telephone system. An announcement
which appears ln this issue of the
Mist informs the public aa to the
necessity of such increase. Some
months ago the rate on business
phones waa raised and now the com
pany proposes to equalize the rates,
so they are going to take a rap at the
res'dence phones. The rate has been
raised on this class of business 25
cents per month and the "interurb
an" rates have been raised from $1.80
perm onth to $3.00 per month. By
"interurban" is meant, so far as this
locality is concerned, the phones ln
Warren, Bachelor Flat and intermed
iate points. The "farmer lines" suca
as Tankton and Trenholin are not af
fected? Company Explains Increase,
The following letter received from
the phone company explains why
they were compelled to make an in
crease ln rates:
-The Increased rates tar telephone
service effective July tth, whlet
affoct the entire Stale of Oregon, art
a direct consequence of the heavy in
crease in wages effective June lfth.
amounting to in excess of $225,000
for the state of Oregon. These
wages go to the people who work for
the telephone company and who ren
der this service.
"The public has been Tery familiar
with the difficulties involved in at
tempting to give telephone service
under wages heretofore in effect.
These rates are put in by the Federal
Administration effective at once, be
cause of the financial necessities pre
cipitated by this her.vy increass in
wages. The rates ln each particular
instance are rates approved by the
Postmaster Gen err J on or before
e . 11. These particular
rctes are made effective for the rea
son that in each instance they are
believed to be Just and reasonable,
in and nf IhemmlvH n. ih.
to which they apply.'
"They also constitute the only un
questionable legal rates In each and
every instance. The public has been
paying rates recently fixed ln an
order Issued by the Public Service
Commission of Oregon, which became
effective May 1, 1919.
"With regard to the Public Serv
ice Commission nnd Its order. It will
be remembered by the publie that
the Investigation instituted by the
commission last November, and one
of the most thorough ever carried
out by any commission, resulted in
anJncrease of rates effective in May.
The relief involved in that order,
as stated bv thn mmmtiiln. w Am
signed to cover only wage Increase
which had been made effective the
year previous, with particular refer
ence to wage increases in November,
1918. Tire commission withheld the
application of Increased rates until
the first of May, and then made appli
cable the rates which have been paid
since May 1st. ,
'The validity of the commission's
action and of thetr order has been
attacked in the state courts and the
telephone company and the Federal
Administration are forced to the con
clusion that the only rates, the
legality of which la beyond question,
are the rates actually approved by
the Postmaster General during the
period of Federal control. They are
the rates contemplated by the act of
Congress and which will be effective
for four tnnntha afta r&I.Ml
or until reviewed by state authorities.
"ine increased rates will yield aa
annual revenue upwards of $250,000,
but aa the lnc.ruiR In wn .o. i
wards of $225,000. the net return te
the company with the new rates now
made effective la approximately 2
fier Cent (in thA valllntlnn nf ttm
property at $1S. 464.000. as found
by the Public Service Commission.
"The new schedule of rates la
dentlcal with the one annroved ' hv
the Postmaster General for the
state of Washington, which was
made etectlve March 1, 1919. The
rates are the same In both states tor
exchanges that are comparable.
"All bualness taken on and after
Tlllv 9Qth will no at tha naa. t Aa
nnd bills to present subscribers tor
me monin or August win oe render
ed at the new rates.
"The expenses of the telephone
company have Increased greatly, but
u only a few cases have any in
creases been made In telephone
rates. Most of the rates have re
mained the same as they were many
years ago. Substantial Increases ia
wages have recently been granted to
employees and the only way to pay
these Increased wages ia to make aa
increase ln rates.
"We believe that no further proof
as to the advanced cost of living and t
the general high cost prevailing tor
labor and materials la necessary, and
that the telephqne-uslng publie will
accept this Increase ln telephone
rates In the same spirit of airnesa
and mnalitoratlnn aa It tiaa tha ait-
vance In almost every other necessity
In these unusual times."