THE HELENS MIST UME XXXIX ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920 NO. 9 ITICAL BEES BEGIN TO BUZZ al Candidate Announce Their potion. ItoprPtirnUtlva IbtlUgli )llnx to Horve Again. Commls pet Harvey Out of I lace. jhougti tho primary eluctlon 1 I mouth dlHtant the political beginning lo buif and several Jioard (ha buxxlng ond have an ted Informally that thoy will die approval of the voter. Thn lnceuiont of tho few mentioned Undoubtedly, be followed by an (ement of. many to whom the f office appeal, and In the near i, the voter of the county will prised, and possibly surprlsou, number of candidate. Kv vctlve office In the county with irrptlon of the county judgeship inn commissioner will have to Wd this year and' It I expected he preaent Incumbent, without f an, exception, will seek ro tation and election. lalUtgH for RcprecnUtlve. iresentatlvc Edition I. Ilallagh Announced luformally that he to a candidate to aucoeed him b the legislature. Whllo not I announced ill platform, !t ItTHtood that he will Hand on fcord In the legislature, the reg jesaion and the special session, fc.se tufflcluut for hi re-nom-B In peaklng of hi candi Mr. Dallagh atated that It wa Ire to return to the legislature itr to get through several bill ( would b of special benefit to lunty. On account of being a inn and to an extent not fault- Eth political working, he waa l, he said, to accomplish all Iii-d In the snsslon of the lugls With the "newness won. il Ills co in in It too appointments juulntances and his experience regular and special session of (Hluture a an asset, he thought Id he in a position to do bet rvlce lor Columbia county and ite at largo. f Hnllagh ha many friend rout the county who appreel good work, especially his ef- put through the St. Helen. tt road as a post road, and Kedly he wilt make strong t ' B. Wllkerson Announce. !. U. Wllkerson, luperlnten- the Bt. Helens School haw ocd that he will be a candl- (r County School Superintend Prof. Wllkerson haa lived m nty since 190 (with the ex of two years spent In a dls- Jte) and Is well known through e county. He wa formerly (School . Superintendent . and rlnclpal of the St. Helen, h and Vernonla high school, an educator of recognized abll Id ha many friend through i county. V. Alton, present Incumbent of fflce ha also announced ln Ion of seeking re-nomlnatlon. I lien ha kseu superlntendvnt e past six year and ha made friable reputation In the office us to hi appointment a Cnun- perlntendent, Mr. Alloa wan al of tho warren school and year ago wa principal of the inn BChoolH. lie haa lived in hia county for the past twelve and has a wide acqualntance- the county. Both he and Mr. rson are well known men and rodicted the race between them e an Interesting one. Harvey Will Nut Hun. nilssloner A. K. Harvey In- the Mist that be will not seek ilnatlon for the office of Coun- mmiasloner. Mr. Harvey ha the agency for Columbia coun- t the Case tractor and Intend t In hi time oiling these farm lties. it la said that T. J In, road supervisor of Rond let No. 6, the Rainier district, oek the nomination for the po- k now held by Mr. Harvey. Mr. pin haa made no formal an icetuent of his candidacy, but I informed parties tell the Mist lit can be expected. I W. lllaketley will probably seek pininatlon for the office he now p. County Assessor. The Mist bh that a Nehalem Valley party also a party who Uvea In tho jren district also look with long ryes upon this office. It canndt turned, however, whether or not I have made up their mind fully o running, bo tor the present, f name are withheld. ho season Js a bit young, but. In a weeks it Is reasonably sure thin V announcements will be made that before May 21st, the date lio primary elections, the I lock ftndldate will be up to normal. L PLANT IS NEAR COMPLETION I'ork la ' progressing raDldly on distributing plant being built by standard Oil Co. at the rail 9 crossing In Railroad Addition sidetrack I In. the warehouse ipieted and the garage and aev smaller building are almosv kploted. The concrete forms tor foundation of the oil tank are lost finished and ns soon a this k Is done, the tanks will be put Place. It I thought that the di luting plant will be completed and operation before March 1st. flie steamer Klamath la scheduled uu tonight for San Pedro via K mil P.I nn v.a.nl mho. a fo of 1,000,000 feet ot lumber and umner of pa-jmujirs. EDISON I. BALLAGH Representative from Columbia county to the Slute Legislature wh) announces that he will again seek re-nomlnatlon and re-election POMONA GRANGE MEETS AT GOBLE IiiimiHui( Business Transacted. Can . dldnte for l'Klslature Recom mended. Tne meeting of the Pomona Grange at Goblo Saturday altornoon was at tended by moro than 200 grange mem hers. The session begun at 10.30 o'clock In the morning and luated until midnight. Tho Goblf grango were hosts and the dinner, supper and midnight lunrn sived exemplified their hospitality. Numerous mutter of Interest ii, the f.-.rmer were discussed and acted upon. The member of the grange thought It advisable to nomln e a member of the grange as repr-sonla-tlve and the master, A. 11 Tarbell appointed a nominating committee After deliberation the committee ap pointed A. li. Tarbell. A committee wa appointed to co operate with the committee of gran ger appointed during Farmers' Week at the O. A. O. to compel the plain labeling of nil stock and po il try food. The due of Pomona Granae irc raised to $1 per year and Isaac Link of Goblo .was elected delegate to-the Mate Mrauge and C M. HyHkilt of warren ciiosen a alternate. An Interesting program of music. speeches and readings followed and k.. Kiience Muster of the State Grange, talked on "Co-operation." I no Deer island Grange will en tertain the next Pomona on Satur day, May 1st. SHOULD REGISTER FOR PRIMARIES Those pooplo who desire to vol. at tho primaries In May should see to It that they are properly register ed before April 21st. All who have never registered be fore must register, else they can not vote. Those who have niovod from any precinct since the lust time they voted, miiBt registor else they can not vote In May. Tli oho who are in doubt about it In any wny, should find out the fact and govern themselves accordingly. County Clerk Hunt will give the de sired Information and will register any voter. Kor the convenience ot those living rilstunt from St. Helena the county clerk has appointed sev eral registrar in the county. George Conyers at Clatskanle register those who wlnli to vote In the ClatskanU and Marshland dlntrlcts whllo Kred Herman at Ituinior, does the same for thoHe In tho Rainier territory, Apinry and PreBCott. Those living In Gohlo and Deer Island have boou registering here and Mr. Hunt Is en- doavoring to secure someone to act as registrar in tho Scappoose neigh borhood. It it Is found necessary, a registrar will be appointed at Ver nonla. It will bo oasy enough to .ceglster, hut usually there are a number of people who postpone reg istering until the last minute and then have to be sworn In on election day. If you are not registered and want to vote, you might us well attend to It now. MINISTERS TO MEET IN PORTLAND Minister from Columbia county will attend tho State Pastors' Con ference, arranged by the Interchurch World Movement, at the White Tem ple, Portland, March 3-5. This is the first Interdonomlna tlonnl State Pastors' Conference held In Oregon and It will Include the launching of a great program bv the Interchurch World Movement. Some of the strongest denominational leaders ot the country will be present to conduct the Conference. An in vitation hag been Issued to every Protestant pastor in the state, and hundreds have already accepted. Those who have already signified tholr Intention to attend from the county are: Rev. Goo. V. McClaro, pastor Congregational church, Scap pooce; Rev. A. R. Spearow, pastor Congregational church, St. Helens; Rev. D. M. Hlgby, pnBtor Free Meth odist church, Houlton; Rov. A. S. Hlsey, paHtr M. E. church, St. Helona; Rev. H. H. Howe, pastor Rainier M. K. church, and Rev. H. A. Weld, pas tor of the Presbyterian church cl Clatskanle. ' nHaVHgfftaiaiflfi,,! .: V ' , . . .. C - . ; f V ELECTION LAWS AREEXPLAINED Attorney General Kulea that City and County Election are- to b lleld on Hume Day. Home Precinct Officers Mill Serve. Section HA of the Constitution reads, "incorporated cities and towns shall hold their nominating and reg ular elections for their several elec tive office at the same time that the primary and general biennial elections for state and county officer aro held, and the election precinct and Officers Shall hn I ho ma r,a f. .1, elections held at the same time." This section according to Attorney General Drown, answers the enquiry of Judge Martin White relative tu the holding of city and general elec Hons. Mr. llrown said In pari, There is no question but that under me provision or said Section 14-a ot the Constitution a enacted by the DeoDle. the nnnnlntlnn limit ... H considered as to the time of holding the election for city officers. In other words, all incorporated cities and towns, regardless of their size, whether treat or amnii m.. their election for officers' on the first luesoay arter the first Monday in November at the time of the regular, general biennial election In Oregon." Slate Imvr Govern. According to Mr. Drown' letter, tho State law takna nruvul.i.i.. all charter and provision of cities ana ennui any conflicting provis ions of the charters or ordinances. "All provision of the charter and ordinances pertaining to the holding of elections continue in force except a they relate to thn lima nt hni.nn. such olectlon" Mr. Drown' letter statca. The Attorney General' ruling is interpreted to mean that the usual mass meeting which Is held In St. Helens for the purpose of nominat ing candidates will be dispensed with and those'who seek city offices will have to announce their candidacy and be put on the stoje and county ticket. This ruling also applies to all incorporated towns and affect St. Helens, Goble, Rainier, Clatskanle and possibly Scappoose as the elec tion to determine the question of In corporation of that thriving town will be held this month. AffecU Office Holders. The ruling ot ihe Attorney Gen eral tnaait Mmt the frrestjnt elty-eottfc cil of St. Helens will bold office until January 1m, 1821. since the Novem ber election will determine who I selected. Mayor Saxon, Councilman Lara bee, (ftuocilman Wheeler aud Councilman O'Connor would have been relieved of their office, unless re-elected. If the city election hid been held at the time provided tor In the cht.rter vis; April, .but these of ficials may now hold office until the first ot the year. The law provides that each incor porated town shall be separate elec tion precincts, and that none living outside of the Incorporate limit ot such city or town may vote In the town or city. It becomes necessary, therefore, for the county court to rnuko other election precincts. Heretofore, in general election, people residing In the district of the Columbia County Mill, on tho Yank ton and Dachelor Flat roads and iu and near Columbia City have voted In St. Helens precincts. They can do this no longer, and the court will have to make separate voting pre cincts. It Is possible that the War ren precinct will embrace the "Little Mill" district, Yankton will take care of those living near Houlton who for merly voted In Precinct 3 and Deer Island will take care of the Colum bia City voters, or else another vot ing precinct will be formed. This matter will come up at the next meeting of the county court, and different boundaries of the vot ing precinct will be arranged. Un der the law, no precinct can contain more than 300 voters. The decision of Attorney General Brown settled a mooted question and affects all towns and cities in Ore gon, if they are incorporated. The first installment of the steel draw bridge which Is to span the Frogmore Slough arrived on the steamer Tahoma Wednosday after noon. The steamer is now in Port land loading the balance of the bridge and is expected down tomorrow morn ing. C. L. Wheeler, manager of the Dock and Terminal Company inform the Mist that he expecta to have tne bridge In place, rails and ties laid and the road open tor traftio within 10 days. DADDY OF AMERICAN LEGION BUSY. ORGANIZER .tr ill A -a & & sj At Colonel Ernest Lester Jones, knowna the "father" of tua American Legion, la a very busy man a organiser. Here he la at Washington, la conversation wlta Vice President Marshall; AID PROMISED PIHSBURG ROAD HUto Highway Commission besltf natc St. llelens-FittHburn Roud a Market Road. $42,000 Will be Available for Koad Work this lenr. The St. Helens-i'itJsburg rood will have 142,000 available for construc tion w jk this ye.i- Thfc .cau was designated by the county cjuit as a Market Road and in the county bud get of expense, there waa a two mill levy for this puruo.. U i lor iiii state law, at least a j le mill t u will have to be given by the su te to match the funds raisori by the nn ty. The assessed valuation of tho county is approximately $13,000, 000, so the 2 mill levy will raise $26,000 and the one mill levy by the state will give $13,000 more. There are many counties who aa nnt m.u a special levy for market roads, but they have to stand for the general one mill levy fixed by the state. Thb aiuouni orougnt in to the state trea ury by this mean, waa supposed to be apportioned among the counties which took advantage of the Market Road law. Columbia was one ot the 12 or 14 counties in Oregon that took advantage of the law and levied a 2 mill tax. Commission Apportions 93000 When Judge White, Commissioner Harvey and L. R. Rutherford and Representative E. I. Ballagh ap peared before thn Kinta iiih - Commlslon last Friday that hono ui uoay naa almost forgotten the St. Helens-Pittsburg road, though the state highway denartm ent hati hum advlBed of the action of the Columbia county court. The commission how ever, accepted the survey of the road, designated It as a Market Road and apportioned tho magnificent sum of $3000 for work on the road. Thus there will be available about $42,000 tor work on the road this year, which the court estimate will grade and clear about four miles of the 8 miles of road. While the court has made no defi nite plans it is thought that con struction Work Will berln at thn nH of the "2nd mile" from Pittsburg, coming east, and that tho four miles to be cleared and graded will join thb old road at a point east ot the dread ed Sixteen Mile Hill. If . possible, the court will let the entire job in one contract and If work is expedited as they wish, it Is possible that by Jail, tln,Jotnrruld.ba completed.. It Is thought that It will' take' ai least $40,000 to complete the grad ing and clearing from the Sixteen Mile mil, to the Clatskanle River, and possibly this work will be done In 1821. After It is completed, the road will be rocked. More Should Come From State It is not thought that the $3000 apportionment made by the Highway Commission Is the just amount which should have been apportioned to Col umbia county and there are many who wonder what disposition the commission intend to make ot the balance of the Market Road fund. It is stated, and on good authority, that the commission used the post road funds for the worm on the high-, way between Houlton and Deer Isl and, and it is possible that some ot the Market Road funds might be di verted in the same direction. The Mist will endeavor to ascertain from the commissioner their stand in the matter and Inform the public. DEATH TAKES " PIONEER OF 1860 George Washington Chapman, a rosident of this city for the past four years, died at the home of his son Elmer Chapman in this city on Mon day the 9th. The funeral was held from the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon, Rov, A. S. Hisey officiat ing, and the body taken to fossil, Oregon, for interment. Deceased was born in Indiana, June 28th, 1848 and was 73 yean, and 7 month ot age at the time ot his death. With his parents he crossed the plains in 1860 and set tled in Polk county on what is now the present Bite ot Dallas. Later the .family moved to Eastern Ore gon where deceased lived until four year ago when he and his wife came to St. Helena to make their home with their son Elmer. Mr. Chapman was united in mar riage to Miss Mary Ainsworth Aug. 27, 1878 and to the union were born seven children, six ot whom survive, and are Archie - of Weiser, Idaho, Guy and Elmer' ot St. Helens, Ray ot Portland, Claud ot Fossil and Mrs Hattie Gilliam, also ot Fossil. The wife also survives. R. N. STANFIELD Mr. Stanfleld announces his can didacy for I'nllorf Si ll I on annn from Oregon, to succeed George E. Chamberlain, democrat, who now oc cupies that position. WILL DISCONTINUE STEAM HEAT SERVICE St. Helens Lumber Company Mies Petition With Public Service Commission. A petition has been filed with the Public Service Commission of Ore gon by the St. Helen Lumber Co. asking permission to discontinue the steam heat service furnished a num ber of patrons in St. Helena. The petition sets forth that an in vestigation was held by the Public Service Commission in Feb. 15, 1918 in answer to the company's petition that they be allowed to discontinue the service and that the commislon ordered the petitioner to continue to furnish the service to a number of patrons In a certain locality and that the petitioner had complied with the order. ' Since the issuance of the order the petition recites, the company has mended the mill and are using a far greater amount of steam than as of the date of the order, and ad ditional machinery 1 being installed which will call for additional steam. In nrdpr to operate the mill and elec tric plant aud still furnish steam for heating. It would be necessary to in stall additional boilers. The petition further sets forth thai the operation ot the mill is of great er benefit to the community than would be the serving of the compar atively few steam customers and that the steain service is not a necessity but merely a convenience. It the service was continued, the steam line would have to be rebuilt and that such replacement is prohibitive on account ot its cost and the revenue received would not justify such ad ditional expense. Other good rea sons are set forth and a hearing asked for. The Commission advises that it will grant a hearing, the date of which will be Bet in the near future. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Cyril Ctrter, whi tame to St. Hel en recently from San Francisco, has entered the senior class. The class now has twelvo members. About thirty cf tbt hinh BChocI pupils have bean ill during the past three weeks. While the attendance is not yet normal, it has very nearly reached 100 this week. The Freshmen will give their sec ond party ot the year in the school auditorium, on Saturday evening, r'ehruary 21st. The debating team is working hard on the question that It will debate with a team from the Gresham high school here on Feb. 20th. The Ques tion is '.Resolved, That Congress should prohibit all labor immigra tion for a period of five years." Practically all ot our boys turned out this week for track work. Rev. Spearow will coach the boys and we hope to be able to win over the coun ty, at the annual field meet, which will be held some time in May. The "community party" has been postponed until the health conditions of St. Helens are better. The pro gram that is being planned for the occasion will be a very Interesting and entertaining one. . ' Judge S. C. Morton spoke in the assembly Thursday afternoon on the life of Abraham Lincoln. The talk was a good one and was appreciated by the pupils. The two bookkeeping classes are spending ten minutes of each recita tlon in studying correct pronuncia tion. The following is a partial list of the words studied during the past week: advertise, acclintate, adobe, albumen, alternately, amateurs, as phalt, aviation, bouquet, bomb, bro mine, buoy, cayenne, chauffeur cli matis, cocaine, corral, detour, ddblia, drama, gondola, gape, Irate, limou sine, menu, pecan, sirup sesame, solder, suite, strychnine, trio, visor, The Womatis Club met at the Li brary Tuesday afternoon. Miss Balder of Seattle spoke to the mem ber on the work of the V. W. C. A. the was here In the interest ot the yearly budget ot the association. The club will celebrate Wash'ng- icn s oirtnaay witn a social meeting at the home ot Mrs. J. L. Storla, Saturday afternoon, Feb. 21st. A silver tea will be given to raise mon ey with which to purchase new books r ) Qs A W L CITY PROPERTY Ordinance 1 Passed Giving Lease to J. W. Akin on Property Adjoining; City IKx-k. Casenaa Street Im; rovemmt lirings up Discussion. At their meeting Monday night the ordinance leasing to J. W. Akin a strip ot land 60 x 100 feet on tho north side of the roadway leading t the city dock, was read for the third time and by unanimous vote passed. The ordinance which is published In this Issue of the Mist, leases the prop erty for a period of 10 years at an muul rental of $50 and gives an option for re-leasing at the end or the period, subject to the approval of the council. If such lease Is not given the building will be taken ov er by the city at a price fixed by "ap praisement" which the Mist con strues to mean that a board of arbi tration will be appointed. Ciisenau Street Improvement. J. II. Wellington appeared before the council and complained of the Improvement of Casenau street, or that portion of it which Is In front of his lots. He stated that the roaa lad been "swung around" the lake and to the east side ot the street leaving his property more removed from a roadway than it was before the improvement was started. He had been ordered, he stated, to build a sidewalk In front ot his property, hut inasmuch as the Improvement c"ld not come anywhere near his three lots, he could not see the wis dom cf having a roadway on "one side of the street and a sidewalk on the -other side of the street" and EUggested that the sidewalk be made where the roadway was. It would cost more than $500 Mr. Wellington stated, to build the sidewalk, and he didn't think he should be called upon to go to this expense when It was Im possible for him to reach the road way. The mayor and council prom ised to Investigate the matter ana give Mr. Wellington justice. Fire Hose Purcluuied. A representative of A. G. Long & Co. of Portland submitted to the mayor and council samples of hose carried by his company and sold them 750 feet at a price ot $1.35 per toot with a rebate for the old coup lings. A provision In the charter states that any appropriation or purchase ot $500 or over must be done by ordinance so it is thought by wno. thsU, 4bw action bf.4he council is illegal and that they will have to pass an ordinance in order to buy the $1000 or $1050 worth of hose. The mayor reported that he had examined the placing of light poles in West St. Helens from the postof flce south along the highway to Mil ton creek and that In his opinion the lights were a necessity and that he had ordered the poles placed. Upon motion of Councilman Lara bee duly seconded and passed it was ordered that two dolphins be driven, one at each end of the city dock, so that boats and vessels could better lie up without injuring the dock. Several other matters were dis cussed and acted upon before the council adjourned. MANY NEW BOOKS RECEIVED BY LIBRARY The Oregon State Library has just sent to the St. Helens Public Library a Traveling Library. This Is one ot the state's free lending libraries. It contains interesting books on his tory, travel, agriculture, cooking, etc., and fiction for grown people and children. Every citizen should know about these books and make use ot them. The books are at the library and may be borrowed. Fol lowing Is a partial list of the books: Harper's machinery book for boys. Aunt Jo's scrap bag; Cupid and Chow Chow; The Horseman ot the Plains; Fairy Tales; A Loyal Trai tor, a story of the war; Storiea ot Norway; The Red Lane; The Iron Mother Goose Village; Two College Girls; Through the Mill; The Mis tress of Beech Knoll; Home Life iu Woman; tho Land of Pluck; Torchy; Fifty Years in Oregon; Grandma; Uncle Remus and His Friends; Shag gy coat; The Sable Lorcha; Patriots and Tyrants; We and Our Children i A Quaker Girl of Nantucket; History of Our Own Times; Glenlock Girls' Club; Neighbors Unknown; A Country Lawyer; A Little Shepherd ot Provence; The Lite ot Napoleon Bonaparte; Turkey? Iceland Fish ermen; The Cable Game; The Story of Patsy; The Man Eaters of Reavo, The Story ot an Untold Love, and many others. . LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY . IS OBSERVED The birthday ot Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States, was observed appropriately In St. Helens. The banks and court house offices closed for the day and flags waved from the flag poles on public and private buildings. Exercises were held In the public schools and in each room teacher and scholar united In paying homage to Lincoln. The members ot the Eighth grade and the High School assembled at one o'clock and heard a short talk by S. C. Morton on the Lite of Lin coln. Appropriate exercise fol lowed. A. L. Fuller, cashier of the Rain ier State Bank and Charles Bross, a prominent business man ot St. Hel ens, transacted business In St. Hel ens Thursday. COUNCIL EASES