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HELEN JME XL. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1920. NO. 4 THE ST. MIST ,L ACC1DET1T Al ISLAND MILL feg-la W. K. Plumlr "track rrrl twl.le h! Fatally txl Had Dwi Hreldeat of Vines tor Kite Tears. on ; 1 (ha cable on tha ittim faad ?ulls tha log carriage at tha Lumner eompaaye mill ran I drum and left tha sheave, Jnglneer W. R. Plomlee atart I It. Tha head sawyer slopped kchlnery and came dowa to tt I'lumlee could do. Plomlee m to no hank and "pat the orward. ' Tha lever eontroll- cable on tha ateam feed 01 Triage. It la supported that endeavored to place the a place nn tha dram ai tha waa put ou, and at J. H. , who wit close by but did I the accident, tblnka I'lumlee Are bent over tha cable worn. wer came on and possibly the rabla atruck him on tha atom- trowing him with great tore t the timber of the mill or : floor. Fellow workmen heard a aa tha body atrnck tha floor Itened to the aid of the Injured He wai nnconacloua and re- 1 ao until four o'clock Thurs- rnlng whan ha passed away irtland hospital where he waa a the hopea that surglcwt at- r might nave hla Ufa. accident occurred about 4:30 ; In the afternoon and tha in- an waa given ftrat aid and had to a Portland hospital, 'a impossible to aava hi life kull wai fractured. Ha never 1 oonaclouenees after tha ec- eed came to St. Helena abont Irs ago and for three yeara ator of tha free Methodist In West St Heleas. About re ago ha gars at the peator- had been en ployed at the Bill alnee It alerted operation g months ago. rater akle, ndent of tha mill, aald that i waa a capable engineer aad n whom ha eonld place de a, and was a raltbTuI worker, i other officials of tha cam jra grieved at tha aad occur red waa about II year of I laavea a wife aad three ohll ad ' br mother who resided le family. Tha funeral aerv- ll be conducted from the Meth- hurch Sunday afternoon at I ! and Rev. F. U Hums, form frlet elder of tha church when was pastor of the local 6 will conduct the funeral a The Interment will be In X O. F. cemetery near Warren. :- a M BUREAU MEET COMING TO RAINIER t county: crop Improvement, soil Im provement, dairy and livestock, poul try, boys' and girls' clubs, and orcan laatlon. Tha six linos of work enum erated, with the roals that have boon ara to form tbe framework around which the program for the farmers' week to be hold In Kalnlor naary 11-16, will be built. Tbe complete program, aa near as It can made out, has been mailed from tha county agent'a office to more thaa twelve hundred teople living Columbia county farms. Every ffort Is being made to let each per son In the county know of the com- g farm bureau week. Able Men) Coming Tha speakers who will take part thla program ara all able and well kaown men. Each one Is the best his line In this state and a number them have reputations extending iver the entire nation. In speaking ong the line of work adopted by tha farm bureau they will automat ically follow tbe features of farm production that the farmers of the county think are the oioit worthy of development, and at tho same time greatly assist In the successful com pletion of tha farm bureau projects. The farm bureau la a big thing, believed by lis sponsors to be the most rpomtslng thins that bis come Into tbe county. This article has vea only a pllinpse of Us motbods. and town people as well as farmers ara urged to attend Its meeting! until tha entire plan Is unfolded. It Is not a farms class organization but stands for the good of all society Saturday la the bis day of the Teek and alt Columbia county Is expected to turn out. Farmers' Week One of Many Thla Farmers' Week Is one of It that ara being held lu the state. The sponsors of the now farm bureau bo ara bringing it hore hope to make It the best of them all. No uautauqua or similar meetlnc evei .leant ao much to the county, and the uraout should be tha largest In the history of the district. Polata to Remember Marts Tuesday morning. January ltn. Speakers ara tha boat to be had. It you can't come all weak the program la arranged ao you can come a tha daya you ara moat Interested By all means coma Saturday. Lectures each morning, afternoon aad evening. Bring the wives and children. Tour attendance will profit you ana help make It a big week. SATURDAY IS THE UIO DAT. By V. i. nikrrla w organisation baa eome anlet I unobtrusively Into Columkla r lo take Its place with those al here which have for their par hi upbuilding and development I county's resources. Everyone illlur with tha grange and the Jhamher of commerce In each of tree towna. To a lesser extant ather new Columbia County Itmlty federation la known to ai'lile. Thla organlaatlnn fills d for coordinating tha efforts T separata commercial bodies mnty problems. They ara all ant organisation aad vary neo- f to tha work that la being car Jut in the county, yet sons of aim concretely and directly a rfrr-KRC and development of our production. f A Perfect I'laa adopting tha farm bureau the irs or lolumbia county are t' taking uto thamaelvaa the perfect plan for agricultural or ation that tha United States, and My tha world, has aver aean Bceptlng tha farm bureau th r are not taking a new and ad organisation to be expert ad with and possibly discarded true that In tha point of years irra bureau la a new thing. The rounty event and tha first farm kit atarted together on March 10 i In Broome county. New Tork Tst It was a department of tha namtotv chamber of commerce I this small beginning It has n, with the spread of county i work, to flrat place among tha lultural organisations of tha Id Statoa In point , of strength Ices, successful accomplishment, potential abtlttlea. Tha national Blzatl n baa given to American mlture and farming a voice la mai affairs that tt never had be i but always needed. Oknded oa Proaraat of Work te whole atrnetura of thla tm M organisation la founded on daf- (and carefully laid out plaaa of x ta each or. tha little comment which It aervea. Thaaa programs leierminea oy tha rarmere them , and their Influence la fait In. noma of tha community. SU I coramunlttee la Columbia eoun ave adopted their programa and tmer naa signified its intention Oing ao. They ara Coble. War aYnkton, Rainier, Maygar, Clats e. Marshland, and Varaonla. he plan of organisation calls for Ing all work on a definite project s, witn a pre-determined goal foi I protect. Interested laadera head I community project. A number irolecta eommon to all tha com- titles of tha county araek up the laation ror tha - unty organlsa k Tha following have been select NEW OFFICERS TAKE OYER CITY'S WORK County and City Off l lulu Brgln Their Work on January 3rd Utile Formality and Few Chang la Personnel of Office. The duly elected offices for county snd city positions began their work on Monday morning. January 3rd. Sheriff Wellington and his deputy. II. P, Graves, were at the sheriff s office early and retiring Sheriff La- Bare turned over to them the office and gave auch information as was necessary, Clerk J. W. Hunt, who succeeds himself, caught Glen It. Metsker In the lobby of the courthouse and had him administer tho oath of office. Commissioner W. J. Fullorton loung ed arpund tbe courthoutte step foi jovoral hours and hold an Informal rooeptlon before taking the oath. Dis trict Attorney John L. Foole began the duties of his office about 9:30 o'clock. All of the other officers were re-elected and took their own time about subscribing to tho oath of rflcn for there was nothing excit ing about It; they had been there before. City orrirer (Jo In Magnus Saxon, retiring mayor, "ailed the council to order at 7:30 o'clock. Little was dono except tt lean up tho Mils Incurred by the utgotng council. After this had been disponed of, the mayor In a short -peach thanked tho old council for their courtesy to him and their oo- vwtrut'on In city affairs. Tho mayoi mil the old council gave up their lacr-s and the new council and may r were lined up by Recorder Quick md took the oath of office. Mayor Dallah snld that the ai -lptment of city recorder, city mar ihal and city attorney would Ira tak n up at the next meeting.. He made he following committee appoint ments: Finance: Harnett. McDonald, vi'imaer. Streets: McDonald. O'- onner. Harnett and Brower. Flro nd Water: O'Connor, Brower and Flarnett. Health: Brower, O'Conm-r tnd McDonald. - Judiciary: Barnett llrower, McDonald. Follce: O'Coi. ier, Barnott and Brower. Building: llallagh. McDonald and Brower Printing: McDonald, Barnett and O' Conner. ST. HELENS FLOUR IS GIYEN A BOOST Chaliilx-r of Commerce Urge it Vse ' and Local Merchants Promise to I'unIi Its HiiIi-n. Hour In of Fine ' Quality and Makes Many Prb-nd. It took St. Helens sometime to suc ceed In locating the St. Helens Flour Mill at St. Helens. Unfortunately, the first year's operation of the mill was not a success and the mill was clotted for a period. Several months ao J. M. Hodges who has spent the better part of his life In operating flour mills, bought tne mill and It ie rameil operation. The high grade flour he lias produced has made moro frtonds for "St. Helens Flour" ar.d Mr. Ilodgt Is sure that when the public realizes that Just as good. It not better flour, can be made and sold lu St. Helens by a St. Helena Institution, that no family In 8t. Hel jut will ask tho merchant for any other brand. Tho flour is made from hard wheat grown in eastern Oregon ind Washington and hy many I con sidered superior to other flour (Old here. '.Tho capacity of tho mill Is twenty tlvo barrels per day but for the past tt'o months has averaged only twelve liarrels er day, owing to the fact that the demand was Insufficient to warrant running to capacity. The Mint learns that the normal monthly consumption of flour In St. Helens lei approximately 300 hnrrels, but the (lour mill has sold Ioks than one fourth of this amount In St. Helens. to other words, St. Helens people have been buying flour of no better ftrade or cheaper In price, which is ?cade eluewhere. Mr. Hodges has iriBlal'ed a modern food making machine and is prepared o take tho oats, wheat and vetch from the farmer and make feed, or l.o will exchango flour for the grain mentioned. Tho St. Helens flour mill is a St. Holcnft and Columbia county enterprise and entitled to the undi vided support of the residents of this locality and tho Chamber of Com .nerce at their meeting Wednesday night pa:ind a resolution asking that '.he mill have the support of the local people. men; Earl C. Onderklrk and Ches ter V. Link, Goble. and Harry L. Washburn, vocationals. One of the seven named agricul tural students Is a federal rehabilita tion man. Tbe colleje has enrolled 16 ex-service men sent here by tha federal government for special train lng In agriculture. Seventy-eight of these men are from Oregon counties, as follows: Multnomah county 16. Benton and Marlon 8 each. Lane f, Umatilla 4, Baker, Clackamas, Linn, Union, Douglas and Washington 8 each, Polk, Klamath, Morrow, Lin coln and Yamhill t each; Wallowa, Deschutes, Columbu, Hood River, Wasco, Lake. Coos. Maheur. and Jackson 1 each. In addition to the federal rehabil itation men, the state has 11 Indus trial rehabilitation men enrolled for special training In agriculture. The act under which these men ara sent here to school was passed by the special session of the state legists-. ture in lzo. The act Itself Is an extension of the original Workmen's Compensation law an acted In 1980. All of the Oregon counties are rep resented in the school of agriculture with the exception of Curry and Jef ferson. Benton county has the larg est enrollment of agricultural stud ents, with 66, while Multnomah Is second with 63. . LAST MINUTE LOCAL PICK-UPS WHEELER Mi In Recognition of Paat Berricca Kembera of Chamber of Coaanaeroa dect Wheeler President Desptta Ilia Protests. GOOD PROSPECTS FOR ... AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS P. I.engacher, p.rt owner of the Ijengacher garage at Doer Island and Iso manager of the Auburn sales gency at Salam, tells the Mist tha tha Indications for this year ara that many automobiles will be sold. He hates his opinion on tha fact tha ha average ra .nil let are becoming ha auto owners and that the farmers ava come to a realisation that an tuto is necessary tor the successful istrlhutlon of the farm products During the psst year," Mr. Lengach- er said, "I havo sold Inn Auburn car Columbia county and a number f used cars. This year, In addition to andllng tha Auburn, I will also handle the Little Overland. Though tha year la not far advanced. I have sd many enquiries and some orders, nd I am going lo do my best to suf ply the wants of my customers." Mr. engscher ststes that his business In -talem and Marlon county Is promls- ng and during the past two months he has sold four Auburn csrs. Prof. J. H. Wllkorson Is In Salem his week on business connected with the achcola. NEW MILL MAKES A GOOD RECORp - - - - E. C. Stanwood, superintendent o he St. Helens Tie and Timber com iany Is proud of the record whlcl ;he little mill has made. For the isst several days tho averane cut ha: 'ieen 34,600 feet per day and Mr ttanwood thinks that when the mil s running smoothly and has worr ff the newness, that the daily out tit will be about 38,000 to 40,000 et per day. The mill has been op ra.ed for only a week but the dull iverage cut has demonstrated that t was properly constructed. Twent; men are employed at the mill. LUMBER SHIPMENTS LARGE DURING WEEK The total lumber shipments from St. Helens this week will aggregate almost 6,000,000 feet. The McCor mlck steamers Celllo, Multnomah Willamette and Meyers take cargo to California aa docs the roomai steamer Putnam. The steatnei awlett arrivod In late Thursdn night and is taking on 600,000 feel for China. OTHER DIRECTORS ON FAIR BOARD The matter of selecting directors rov-tha Columbia county fair board ame before" the'eourity couf t Wed loxday. Several potltions were pre sented to the court asking for the iiipolntment. Tho court appointed Mrs. I. R. Kclty of Clatskante tor he three year term and P. H. Lund if Warren to take the place of Bill .-'ullorton who In now commissioner It is said that Fullerton, Weed and While were unanimous in their vote t appoint a woman as member oi he fair board, and the general senti ment Is that they did the right thing ilthough many cannot understand the reason for their sudden change f heart. The Mist oes not know, io will refer any enquiries to Martin .Vhlto. W. J. Fullerton-or Judson V'ced. Ask them. COLUMBIA COUNTY . HAS SEVEN AT O. A. C Columbia county has seven agrl tiltural students in the college" who .ave completed their first term's ork of the school year. These stu lents are: William M. Perry, Houl on, junior; Kenneth J. Ackley, of hapman. Kenneth A. Meserve, oi i'ankton and Carl l. Muhr, fresh- PROMINENT FOOTSTEP! OF NATION LEAD TO HARDING FRONT PORCH "" ... CAoeu o HtsocwT . sX, Thaaa days ara almost aa ousy far tha Bhotograpnera la Marion .. as Ifcoae at Washington la tha amatur a platarUg tha vlalta of fjaporuat aaraoaatsa. Praaldal MNt Hard lag la iaaplag to hU earn saiga prastlaea of lavltlag tka laadlM t lit aatiaa ta ax btwm aplaloaa oa tha aaatraaal Elaaa aad praklama at tha ragaraJtaa of rty eoaaaa- Upr latt plctara show Mr. Varilag aa Mr. CoaUdga. wife af tha vle Kaslaaal-alast. la tha (sost frlandlf af chata. while their Blastrleaa hashaads aoafar. Vt aar right show tha prasldsat iMt aad th Daraocratle leader. W. 1. Bryaa. Lower. Harbart tloovar, tcTBar food administra tor, aad Mr. Harding. Haovar. ItasaU a pram la eat caadldat for araaldcatial omloatloa, hat beea gaantlonad as a possible cabinet Ctnber l tha Harding admlnla-lUon. B. P. Graves was a visitor in Port land the first of the week. Mrs. C. W. Phillips was a guest of Portland friends New Years day. Mrs. Mollle Masten and son Harold of Portland spent several days here this week the guests of Mrs. Harold Beaver. A. Lake, who is now doing duty in the sheriff's office of Multnomah county, was in town Sunday greeting old friends. Mrs. Ellen Dart who now makes her home in Portland, la here for a few days the guest of ber daughter, Mrs. C C. Cassatt. Mrs. Flora Owens, a former rest dent of St. Helena, but bow in charge of one of the sorority houses at tha U. of O., apent th New Tear holiday with friends In St. Helena. Tha members of th Odd Fallows and Rebekah lodgea are reminded that there will be a Joint installation of officers of tha two orders Satur day night, January 16th. A full attendance la requested. Tha watch services held at the Methodist church New Yaar'a Eve Lwaaawaun4ad,br a nnsabar, ,tSkJ pastor, iwT, d. uariow jonaaon, ar ranged an Interesting program and the evening waa much enjoyed. Dr. and Mrs. Jaa. T. Martin re turned a fsw days since from a trip to British Columbia where they apent tbe holidays with relatives and friends. They had a very enjoyable trip and saw some sunshln In their travels. The St. Helens Women's club; will meet at the home of Mrs. J. W. Allen Tuesday, January 11th, and It Is de sired that a fuil attendance of the members be present. Papers will be read by Mrs. Hoskln. Mrs. Clara Miller and Mrs. C. A. Crouae. Dr. L. O. Ross, who waa injured when his auto collided with several electric light poles which had been left lying on the street, has so far recovered that be la able to go to hla office each day. Next week he hopaa to be ablo to resume his "outside of the office" practice. - Installation of officers of Avon lodge. K. of P., will take place In th hall next Tuesday night. Some of the grand lodge officers have prom ised to be present to aaslst In thi, ceremonies, and In addition to In stallatlon work In the ranka will p put on. A good attendance la urged to be present. County Agent T. J. Fllppln, Jr., was In Rainier Tuesday putting the finishing touches on the program for the big Farmers' Week celebra tion In Rainier next week. He ex pects there will be a large crowd of Interested farmers and that much rood will come of the meeting. R. H. Rawson, a former resident of St. Helens but now living In Port land, was in St. - Helena Wedneaday. He took plersure In Informing hla friends that the stork left at tha Rawson home the morning of Decem ber 28th, a fine 10-pound boy and that both Mrs. Rawson and th son were getting along nicely. Mrs. Rachael Pearson, wife o. Erlck Pearson, passed away Decem ber 31st. 1820, at the horn of her sister, Mrs. Lottie Bangsund near Deer Island. Deceased had lived In the Yankton neighborhood tor a number of years and had many friends there. She la aurvived b her husband and three children. Th funeral was held Tueaday and the Interment was In tha Deer Island cemetery. R. H. Falrley, superintendent of the St. Helens Creoaotlng company. Informs the Mist that the plant la now dosed for necessary repairs oa the transfer table. It is expected that th work will b completed with in a week and tha plant will again resume operation. About twenty men ara furnished employment at the plant and Mr. Falrley states auf- flclent order have been booked to keep the big plant going. Miss Dora Shaffer, wTio ha bean chief tax clerk In th office of th sheriff for th paat year, will b missed by har many frlenda who call to pay their Uxea or ask Informa tion aa to "what' what" la th sheriff's office. Th Columbia Coun ty Abstract company thought they need another real good clerical wo man for their office and made auch an attractive offer to Miss Shaffer that ah accepted. Sheriff Welling ton secured Mr. Frank George to take th place vacated by Miss Shaffer. HEADS CHAMBER The annual meetlns- of tha At Helens Chamber of Commerce waa held Wednesday evening. The an nual election of officers was the first thing on the program. C. L. Wheel er, president for the past year, waa nominated 19 succeed himself. He protested but the members would take no refusal, and he was nominat ed and elected by acclamation and ithout opposition. L. R. Ruthe ford was elected vice president and J. R. Gilby, Rev. S. Darlow .'ohnsou, feherman M. Miles. and T. I. Fllppln, r., were elected directors. President Wheeler read a sum mary of the year'a work (Executive Secretary Storla being abaent oa ac count of sickness) and brought to the attention of the membera preaent rew 01 tne many matters of Im portance which had been accomplished. The road and street work has been sponsored by the Chamber and the president and director worked in conjunction with the county court on needed Improvements, which were accomplished. The new depot waa another item on the work list of the Chamber and President Wheeler haa worked unceasingly and successfully to have the railroad company adopt plans ana increase their building ap propriation and they did it. The annual clean-up campaign, Fourth of July celebration, formation of couu ty federation, prospective work ou union high school, efforts to obtain a Carnegie library, work being done towards securing rural free delivery are among same of the many things which have been accomplished. Tha k-ommunlty Christmas tree topped of tne year a program. The forty or fifty rnemner prea ent would not hear of Mr. Wblr' proposal that someone else be chosen aa president tor the coming year, and insisted that he continue th good work that he has done, aided uy bis board of directors, the coming year. The meeting was brimful of energy and optimism and of appreciation ot what the ontcara of the chamber had accomplished r during, 4lf. Tha membera Dledce'd tntr .itaaort for A nhe coming year and the slogan la A Greater Columbia County aad a Bigger City of St. Helen." RECORDER QUICK TENDERS RESIGNATION After eight year of faithful aad appreciated service as recorder and water clerk, E. E. Quick haa resigned the office. He Informed Mayor Bal lagh ot hla Intention Thursday morn ing and gave as his reason for leavlag the employ of the city that the work waa too confining and that he thought his health would be much better If he could have employment which will permit him to be outalda more of the time. With this la view. Mr. Quick haa made arrangementa to open an Insurance office in hla oftlea building juat north of the Mlat office and after a few daya rest, will ba hard at work again. Mr. Quick rep resents several old line insurance aad bonding companies and ba a large number of frlenda who he Is sure will give him aa opportunity to fig ure on their insurance need. H haa decided to give up th city Job oa Monday, January 19th. and Mayor Ballagh, after a conference with tha members of the council, haa tender ed the position to J. B. Godfrey, dep uty county assessor, and It la under stood that he haa accepted the posi tion. Mr. Quick, In hla eight year of service for the city haa Increased hla large number of friends by his cour tesy and ever-ready accommodating manner and they regret to aee him eave the ornce, but know that the change he haa decided upon I tor hi beat Interests and will be of advent- . age to htm. a . . . m HEAVY RAINFALL RAISES RIVER' The heavy and eontlnuoas down pour ot rain for the first several daya of this week haa caused a rapid rise In the Columbia river. Tbe weather changed Thuraday morning aad a cold wind took the place ot the rata and it Is thought that the ris will be checked. Those who had wood and timber stored along the beach have been saving such. So far as tha Mist can ascertain, little damage haa resulted oa the river front or elae where In the county. On many of Oregon'a highways there were large slide and traffic was Interrupted ana some localities were cat oft from th outside world for several daya. a AMERICAN LEGION ELECTS OFFICERS At th regular Meeting of Colum bia post, the American Legion, Mon day night, orncara ror th nulag year were elected a follow: 1. H. Wellington, commander; Dr. 3. B. Hoskln. vice commander: Archie Newbold, adjutant; Burrell Graves, treasurer. The local post ha materially In creased In membership since It or ganisation and It I the hope) ot tha new official to further augment tha membership roll during th coming year. All ex-service men ara urged to become member and ara aaeured of a cordial welcome to th rank ot Columbia post No. 41. y tha different districts of this
