THE ST.
HELENS MIST
UMEXXXIX"
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1920.
NO. 23
IDIDATES ALL
I OF ELECIN
.ni..irl In VuiHv
,1, Keen.a Hum of Nomination
tMrw",u' 1,1 '
HlH-rlff. inI ""'
i,urnlKlt " W,?2?'J
L.und couniy omwa
U or not ilm '
L nirant Hu.t tnoy '
r.he votes, for t o cl,,ck Krl
-Li it will nil vo uvt'r
...1,1 von no" and the iiorc
L which oftenUm" follows oil
t i " ,',,pro,,t ,n. lhU prl:
i .lection Hum uny'ln recent
nrubatily ilun to the met tnut
.presidential yttr- J"l'non,
. ... i In Km f Iim
fiiu with a clwo roco retllctil
,n Wood nml Jonnson..
. .Hul,iltf In fuvnr flf lilt
bi noiuir '" -----
.''mm for various county offices
Ured very Interesting, but lh
f ofllre drawli.g tlm attention of
L i. Dm contest for ropro-
EUrt to tlm legislature Mid for
herlffi otlc-.-. Candidates for
office have wonoo imru, u
Friday ulRhi. each one la con-
i of KCtlun. r or aliewr. it. e.
Lre itid J. IT. Wellington will
f . rinun rucu. Mr. I-allare U
Lrwtit tncumbent and has made
f I w ........h I
i ifqulntuiic over mo couu-
id many menus, mere r
lio predict that ho will win.
aothor hand. J. H. Wellington.
ponrnt. U ' II known througli-
ie couniy ana una !" a mvi
canvun of th couoty, and InS
MMi clulm victory for hltu.
lulliifli Hm Bent tUH,
,m ill indications. Edison I.
ith will receive the republican
Iniikin for repreaentatlve. Whlir
llillac.li hn not made the active
,,n that mm" of the otlinr can
in have, tlm .(net that ho mnde
I cuud record In tha Inel legla-
it a etrong argument In bis
II and from what tho Vint ran
f, the toIiti if tho county will
him back for a second lorm.
b'.ni that hla prevloua Rood rec-
mlltM him to thla.
II. Tarbell, oim of hl opponmila
comlurct an acilve cumpalun
tils fanur tricndi predict Unit
rill poll a atrc'ic vota, rapnrlnlly
M tha farnnna. On tlm Cttu-r
b Ballaxh'a frl.Mhla clulm that
Ml racalvo tli't urenlrr piirt :f
I'lrrwr vota rn account of hlx
rMua with tlm furnn-r mid I i
l'ti dnilro to pnita IhkUIiii Ion
k.i would h ln'tit-flclnl to t If in.
pr.sllcictl I luil lliilluch will enr
ol Ilia 21 uri"-tiiota In tho cnun-
A win by a IiIr mnuorliy..
in race fur county coinmiaaloticr
in rppuhllran tlcki la lu iwuiin
"Jncr and i'llpuln Tho lut-
ilipoara to linn th lior-t rlinncn
Umlinic niJinlnntiuii
T couniy m lii ol miiiorlnlmiilmil
fX- Ailvn, pri-H' ut Hiicuiuhi-nt. la
dbyLlllin M. Ullh of Hiilnler.
Minn l.rltll :4 hclil In lilirli -
p lX niai.y h,i know lior. It la
Nht that Alli-n'a ncquutntiincu-
iirouanoul II . i county and tho
lliat he Im ii 0 ne good work In
Older, will linvii rnnl,l..ri.hl,.
j'l lth tlm vo'.t-ra. nnd the kmi-
'""i"THiion la timt ho will be ro-
ntled.
election will ho ovor Friday
1 ld tlinn till) Mix! run iiurluli
Ul report, iH tpcolvod won
PADMASTEH LIKES
AIR TRAVELING
HMdnm.ler T." s Wllkoa and Mrn.
h;'.w"B nnioim Hume who took
rdroplnne alKlitawltiK trip. Kun
Holh of ihr, wnro rtellghted
1 the lr n K i.. , . .. . . ..
P" rmii,.ni (. t, purt of Mril.
ii. It . "tikea In tho no-
hfi. . T' "n"" y tr la
ll of , 1 "nf0 n'uK"
Hn. Th.i i.i.V 7. ' . . T "
non n 1 n,uc, amootner
lemiH . . ,Y0 ln" ltu,d ni
' dld "," c'imhb any una.ite.
RESIDENTIAL
STRAW VOTE
IA ik. ..
im Tu. 7 ntt""nnt clven by the
iS.jr''.n.'Kht vote of the
Nent of ,i nk,m cl,0lc8 ot
kloBM 1 .? varl,,l" cnndldiitos
Of ih- i omc.
h JZPu'dlciin camlldHtM Jnim
n"-tlng on a minor.
Ilowi- 43' T18 vote wur aa
WonH li. . .
f; Hoove, i.. ?B' 43 :
K liw ,1,ynn' ! Chamber.
'onVi Si"n"; l! McAdoo, 2;
LLS ENTIRE OUTPUT
iTn,vTcBrl of the
roil!ie M1.1 ,ur",'ur company In
T'wti l !'a l" company nave
lbblt hoi.L . 11 .lnrKe 'urnlture
wntiy the 1, turlture factory.
'failure mv l "lltlvo woo,, tor
tlm f, f '""We. For the
'fury ta hiJ'V I. making only
llrtit ro "J '""nport tabloa nnd
?, Mfy Da Z" .r th8 WlUlun.
11 inufap Lalor " thoy
mi other furniture.
b5UjM th, foa'0 wm aoon
COUNTY GRAND JURY
RETURNS INDICTMENTS
The grand Jury coniulntud n l..
bora tho lutler purt of I ant wk by
turning Into the court alx true bllla
Tho Jury coiiiprlaod tho following
iiniiitMi: w. j. inoinaa, luruinnn, II
Tarboll. Hay E. Tarbnll, Krd Uhl
man, John llryunt, Win. Myura, J. It
Bulllviin.
Iiidlctmnnta wi-ro riiturnnd ugalnHt
the following niinutd puraona:
Wm. Tutro und Don Irwin, clmrc'd
Willi the lummy of aomo uutoniol.lli'
tiroa. lutro iditnrcd a plea of guilty
ami waa Mfini'iii'mi ny tliH court und
paroled to Attorney Klorla, to whom
ho la to make rcgulur mnorta during
the lorm of hla purolo. Irwin olectisd
to aiaiiii trial.
Hilly llyun and Hurry Nudnlmau
woro Indicted on a charge of fnl.i
loualy approprlutlng aomo atix.-! cahto
ana a miHcnlluiioua lot of niachlmiry
flxturna. Thi-ae mini woro bound
ovnr from the Juatlce court and tin
grand Jury furlhitr cllnclu'd the ar
gument b nituriilug an Indictment
churglng tlnnii with the of feint"
namml.
The Jury alao rfturni'd an Indict
ment ognlnat W. K. Voung on a
charge of unlawfully having in IiIk
poaanaalon aiding and Intoxicating
liquor.
Arthur Mi'llue full undor the ban
of the Jury and waa Indicted on the
charge of not properly aupportlng .
wife and 16-montha old child.
t'yril Johns evidently noodod an
auto buttery and tho grand pury took
the view Hint he didn't gut It In the
regulation way, hence an indictment
charging him with larceny alanda
galnal him.
One other Indictment waa re
turned, but the purty In queallon la
yut at largo.
RAINIER ODDFELLOWS
BUILDING HOME
Mtrurture to 'nt $I2,MK N'oiv
I ndrr tinntruction anil Work
lU-lng Itunlml.
Not content to lot their brother
lodgo In Ht. Helena have tha aide
dlallnctton of owning a fine home,
Knlnlnr Ixjdgo of Oddfidlow liuve
atarted count rucl Ion on a modern
two alory building which wnen com
pleted wll coat In ttio neighborhood
of 112 Out) The building : a two
atory atruciure and hua a haxcinoiit.
The upper atory la to no uaed to.
lodge purpoaoa end tl.e firm alory
for a garage. Th hai'uu'.ini. or part
of It, Is to be uaed aa a bl.icka.uilli
ahop. ......
('red Mitlthewa, the aecretary of
the lodge, told the Mint that when
the building was comploted, the
lodge wua going to hav? a gsund
"Uli.w out" to which every OTld Tel-
low In tho sluta of Oregon would In.
Invited and oxpoclrd to attend Of
courne the facilities ot the lodgo arc
bounded but thulr lioepitullty knows
no bounds.
ltulnior lodgo was liihlltuiod about
18 yours ago and now hus a member
ship of HO nnd eevonvl applications
for ninmbrrshlp are liefor-i tho lodite
Die building committee who urc
ii.oklng after tho erection of the lodge
building aro, h'runk illulr, Junien
Kllliy. (lurunco llrooks, Kdwnrd
tlryant and Fred Matthews. J. S
Klco, the Itulnlnr contractor la sun-
orviMlng tho work and seeing to It
that the lodge gets full vulue for
every dollar expended.
VERNONIA TO OBSERVE FOURTH OF JULY
DEEP-SEA VESSELS
' LOADING LUMBER
The steam schooner Willamette
arrived in port TuiiRduy nnd In load
ing lumber for Han Pedro. 1 he
veaHel will Ball Friday.
The (Vlllo finished taking on a
cargo of lumber In St. Helens Wed
nesday and sailed In tho evening
She loaded lumber at several points
on the river und her destination ,ts
Hun Francisco.
The steumer Palsy Matthews Ih
due to arrive In the Columbia river
Thursday and the Daisy I'u'uum Is
scheduled to arrive Friday, today.
Holh steamers will tako on at leiwl
a purt of tholr cargoes In SI. Helens.
The Matthaws la a San l'edro bent
nnd tho I'utnum goes to Sun Francisco.
Tho Wnhkeena purtly loaded here
and Is completing her cargo at Port
land. She will Bail for Sun rrun-
Cisco on tho 24th.
SOLEMN 'DAY NEARING
(Coutrthiitod.)
We nre ngnln Hearing tho most
ileum duy In the American your
emorlul Day. Above the din of
lly llfo we hoar tho voices oi tne
IIIIIIJ (IIU ft XI ii t "w ' -
A.m. I lirnulv wftlmia fnint (lift llWlUIlllH
UVlt U lUIIVlJ IUI" S KXB ..W
of Lexington, at UottyBhurg; louder.
plaintive pleading ror rememoriuic
which arises In Uaul and comes across
tho sea to us from t'nntigny, from
1till.,n.i UArwl frnlll tha Htlir-llt SOll-
UIIIIDHU I. 1. 1'.. . . K . . -' - - - - -
tudes of the Argonne Forest.
We BIIOUKl assomuio lonmimr uu
Memorial Day bonealh the starry
flag, vt In tho weltering heat or
A..wt !.,. mi linn Mia flhnilllfl Of nldll
close ovor the earth, and with mil
itary form nna ninriioi miisie, wuu
hope for man nnd faith In Uod, wo
should remember lovingly our
Douchboy Dead
"Aumonler"
will
the
Decoration Day services, whlck
... . . .... nrt.t. ...til I. .. 1 1 n .I."
1 be liotu May auin, wm ...
i. m i.. i-i a ll AmnrieAII
ine auspices oi mo . i -
Legion and SpunlBh war voterans
It Is requested that those who have
i.. . . Mnmlnrv RUM to It
HruUIlllB III VII" vvm.-w --
that thoy nre cleaned up nnd put in
proper slmpo for the day. Thoso
who wilt, contribute flowers for tne
ji...r... ..id i.. notify George
UULIUIIUII M I a nnnvu " - -
Gore. Further particulars of the
... J ...111 n .. .1 fl .1 . in
exercises oi tne aay wm iiy, .
the Mist next weok.
MEMORIAL DAY
John linrhcr I'imt .. It. to IUV
All uy tVlehration f .,n',
Hiwred Day,
At Vernonla on Monday, Muy 3 iHt
John llucher l'ost No 7n : a i,'
will huvo In churge the pr'ograin' for1
tho observance tf Memorial Day
At 10 o'clock, officers und iiiem
hors of the post will gutlier on the :
bridge at Vernonla and sculler flow-1
ers on the waters to honor the mem
ory of tho sailor deud. Afterwards.'
they will go to tho cemetery and
wreathes will be placed upon tho'
gruvos of those who fought In tho:
army. Iteturnlng to Vernonla . i
liinchoon will bo served by the Wo-'
muns Itellef Corps nnd ufler lunch-1
eon tho progrum of tho day will fol
low. Dr. J. E. Hull, of Portland, a O.
A. It. veteran and a former resident :
of Columbia county will represent!
the veterans of C1-G5 und will do-,
liver un address. Ueorgo A. Gore,!
who was a cuplaln in the urtillery:
corps and served for almost two I
years overseus, will also deliver uu
address mid represent the World's:
War veterans.
At the conclusion of Mr Gore's1
addresH, he will present to the vet-j
erans of the lute war, tha medals to'
which euch veteran In entitled. It Is j
understood that there are u number!
of service men ln the Vernonla or!
Nehulem Valley country who are en-
titled to these medals und It will be,
Mr Gore's pleusanl duty to make
the presentation. 1 i
8. C. Morton of St. Helens, a son of I
Paul C. Morton, who served four J
years In the Confederate army and '
wu known as the "Fighting Chap
lain of Stonewall Jackson's Brigade,"
will also mako un address.
Judson Weed a G. A. K. veteran
and our county et.miniHNloner, who
is a member ot Joint Ituchur Post,
extends for the post a cordial Invita
tion for all citizens of Columbia!
county to uttend tho memorlul exer
cises, und no doubt his invitation will 1
oe accepted by hundreds of citizens
ot the county.
Sunduy, Muy 23rd, has been desig
nated as "Memorlul Sunday" by the
U. A. H veterans ul Vernonla and
memorlul services will be held In the
church at Vernonla.
COMMITTEES MEET
Full Committee Meets Tuesday Night
und Tentative IMumr Mode, ii.ni,
I'niler Way for I tig Crli-bMu.jni.
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
ENTERTAIN FRIENDS
Tho committees named by Chair
man Sherman Miles to arrunge the
program for the i day Fourth of
July celebrntlon met at the Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday evening to
make preliminary plans.
The three duy celebration was def
initely decided upon. It Is thought
that tho majority of tho boats of the
Portland Motor Hout Cluo will reach
St. Helens Saturday afternoon, there
fore, plans ure being umle for some
lorm of entertainment to be provided
and there will be a gruna tall Sat
urday night.
Mayor Snxon and Shermr.n Miles
will journey up river on the lahoma,
Joe Clark's launch or som9 other
fast boat und meet the vlsitori near
Warrior Kock lighthouse. Tho may
or will deliver to the admiral of the
motor bout fleet, the key to the
city and Sherman will keep tho key
V the bunk.
Itout llucc Huniluy.
G. R. Mettiker, chairman of tho
committee on sports, and his aides,
will .itart tho big program Sunduv
morning at 10 o'clock with the boat
races. The Portland club has agreed
to bring some real speedy motor
boats and tho races ore sure to bo
big event. There will also be
swimming und diving races and ex
hibitions by well-known divers and
s w 1 m m e r s. Possibly a baseball
game will be pulled off ln the after
noon. Tho big program will be on Mon
day when thero will be both land
nnd water sports. It is yet too early
to give a comprehensive idea' of all
tho big things that are going to hap
pen, but the grown-ups and the kid
dies look forward with, pleasant an
ticipation to tho fact that a big
merry-go-round will bo here, and
possibly one of the best bands In the
Northwest will enliven the days with
real band music. Tho flying boat
will be here Saturday, Sunday and
Monday and Dr. Flynn says that ar
rangements will be made for people
to take the air trip nt a nominal
chnrge.
Tho committee will meet again ln
tho near future and at that time it is
exported that full and complete plans
will he mnde for the biggest celebra
lion St. Helens has ever attempted,
and it Ib ex parted that all of Colum
bia couniy will Join in the celebration.
Tuesday evening pupils of the high
school entertained patrons and
friends of the school with a musical
program in tho city hall.
Following tho rendition of t'io
program a farce, entitled "Itather
Itough on Kobert," was pui on by
lour ot tho high sci.col pupils in u
very crediluhle manner. Tlioxe who
look purt In the farce were: Wade
Itutherford, Mcrrlnm Rubens, lleluii
Kihlati and Aunabelle IshlHter.
The evening's program v.iu as
follows: Piano solo, "PoIIhIi Dance,'
Dorolhu Akin.
Vocal solos, "Just You" and "Sun
set in Sweden," Serena Malmin.
Flower .dance, Margaret l-e.May,
Marlon Morton, Fay Morroll and Es
ther tlolltngworlh.
Highland fling, Grr.co and Helen
lloyd.
Song, "My Little Hirch Canoe,'
Florence Van Gilder, Fay .Morroll,
Esther llolllngworth nnd Mnv V, 11.
noli.
Hoys' gleo, Kenneth Tratt, O
Dennett und Raymond Itutherford.
The annual class play of tho senior
class of the St. Helens high school
was given In . tho city hall Friday
evening of last week to un appreci
ative uudience.
Tho uttendunce was good and thJ
young peoplo who took part acquit
ted themselves with credit and uon
.r to their teuchors. "Facing tho M li
sle" wus the title of the playlet and
without entoring Into individual
mention It can bo said that the entire
cast is deserving of praise for tho
splendid Interpretation of their sev
eral parts.
i
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
SCORE ON TRACK
Alvin Hill and Wado Rutherford,
athletes of St. Helens high school,
represented the school ln the state
track meet at Corvullls last Saturday,
und they aro being congratulated by
friends for the very able showing
they made on the track.
Hilt won second place ln the run
ning broad Jump, und third in the
polo vault, thus crediting our school
in the meet with five points. In the
broad jump he mndo 21 feet and
three inches, and was unsurpassed
until the final jump by Wilkinson of
Washington high school of Portland,
who mnde 21 feet and five inches.
Twelve schools of tho state par
ticipated in the meet, first pluce be
ing won by Jefferson high of Portland.
AMERICAN LEGION
MONDAY EVENING
A meeting of the local post ot
tho American Legion will be held ln
the court houso next Monday evening.
May 24th, at 8 o'clock. A new post
commander will be elected and other
matters of Importance will come be
fore tho meeting. All memocrs an
urgently requested to be present.
Members of tho G. A. R. and Span
ish war veterans nre nlso invited to
attend this meeting, as mutters ln
which they aro interested will be
conslderod.
CABINET MEETINGS RESUMED
A i i V '
ROLPH MAKES
VOTES FOR JOHNSON
Mayor James Rolph of San Fran
cisco was the guest of honor ut a
luncheon at Rainier Tuesday noon
and later spoke at the Cozy theatre
ln behalf of Hiram Johnson. It in
said that Rolph made a wonderful
talk ln favor of tho California can
didate and undoubtedly made votes
for him.
Coming to St. Helens as the guest
of H. F. McCormick, Mayor Rolph
wag shown the sights of St. Helens,
its waterfront and shipping facilities
and promised to send soma of hi:i
vessels here.
Several hundred people gathered
at tho Plaza at 6 o'clock to hear the
mayor talk and he made a Rpeech
worth while. He told how Johnson
had cleaned up California, his friend
liness towards labor and his fairness
for capital. He touched on the ca
reer of Johnson and said he was the
man for the presidency of the United
States.
From the various expressions
heard, the MlBt believes Rolph made
many votes for Johnson p.nd it fur
ther believes that Johnson will carry
St. Helens and possibly Columbia
county.
' LOCAL MISTINGS
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Ditto who have
been touring California in their auto
mobile, returned to St. Helens Tucs
day.
Mrs. Janet Duns and Miss Helen
Duns of Portland were over Sunday
guests at the home of Mrs. Chas.
Thompson.
Judge Fullcrton will depart Mon
dSy for Baker, Oregon, to attend the
annual session of the grand lodge
of Odd Fellows.
County Clerk J. W. Hunt wishing
fo have a day's rest before election
day and the day following, vent to
Portland Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy C. Larkins, Mr.
Eversaul, daughter Florence and son
.Marion made a trip to Columbia
Highway Saturday and reported a
fine time.
Thomas M. Martin oZ Prr.iott and
Miss Cora M. Brandon of I rtland
were married in Van?ouvcrr Wash.,
last Monday. The brido is reported
to be 16 and tho groofi ;t4.
County Clerk Hunt Issued a glory
ticket Saturday evening after closing
hours' to Lewis Davis and a Miss
White. The couplo were transients
and continuel on their way.
J. S. Bothwell and C. C. Cassatt
motored down to West port Monday
to complete the documents necessary
for tho Japanese vessel which took
on a partial cargo at St. Helens.
Revey White and Lewis Davis of
Seattle spent a few days at tho home
of Justice Hazen this week, en route
to San Francisco. There are others
in their party and nil are theatrical
people.
The voting places in St. Helens for
the election Friday are, Precinct No.
1, in basement of courthouse; Pre
cinct No. 2 at Congregational church
and Precinct No. 3 at the I. O. O. F.
hall in Houlton.
The theatre party 'for the benefit
of the new Catholic church given by
Mrs. William Alves and Miss Jean
Russell at the Liberty theatre Tues
day evening was well attended and
thoroughly enjoyed. A tidy sum
was realized for the church.
Perry Austin, a former St. Helens
boy and mighty popular .here, is
visiting at the homo of his uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George Perry
aud recuperating after a recent se
vere illness. Perry's many friends
are delighted to know that he Is
on the road to vapid recovery.
Arthur Hart of tho Prescoit set
tlon was gathered in by Game War
den Brown tho latter part of las
week and a complaint lodged against
him in Justice Dawn's court at Rain
ier for. fishing without a license. The
judge ussessed Hurt $25 and costs
for this infraction of the game law.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Buck plan
to leavo St. Helens today. Mr. Buck
will go to Boise, Idaho, on business
matters and Mrs. Buck will visit
her sister in Pullman, Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck have lived in Si
Helens for several years and have
many warm friends hero, who tnucu
regret to See them loave St. Helens.
E. S. Snelling was here to bpend
the week-end with his family, leav
ing for South Bend Sunday evening.
Mr. Snelling who is practising law
in the Washington city states that
the new bank recently orgunized by
A. S. Harrison has started and is en.
joying a nice business. Both Mr.
Snelling and Mr. Harrison have pur
chased homes in South Bond and
will ntovo their families to their new
homos about June 10th.
Henry Schulderman, Corporation
Commissioner for the State of Ore
gon, was here Saturday in tho In
terests of his candidacy for Secre
tary of Stute. Mr. Schulderman has
filled with credit to himself and tho
state the position he occupies and hla
promotion to the position he seeks
is merited. He stated to tho Mist
that from the assurance given him
in many parts of the state, lie is con
fident that he will be the next Sec
retary of State for Oregon. Un
doubtedly Mr. Schulderman will have
a heavy vote ln Columbia county.
The Liberty has boon showing a
bumpy picture this week with the
Maxwell and Essex automobiles play
ing the star parts. As a bumping
propoeltlon it perhaps outbumns
anything yot shown on the screen.
These cars are shown going over a
rough stretch of country that would
make a goat watch his step In travel
ing over. It is no way to take a
pleasure vide and It is no place tout
a, Boir-respectlng automobile to bo
trying to travel anywfty, but the pur
pose of the picture is to show the
stability of the machines and as
such the purpose is well served.
DEMOCRATS MAKE
T
HEIR
SELECTIONS
P.ulnier Convention Completes
Ticket. Dr. Welch, Democratic
Leader, Gets Peeved and BolU
Convention.
Democratic representatives from
practically every precinct In Colum
bia county met at Rainier Saturday
for the. purpose of recommending
candidateb on the democratic ticket
for the coming primary election, and
tho following endorsements were
made:
Representative to the Legislature,
Sherman M. Miles. County Clerk, T.
W. Tandy; County School Superin
tendent, J. B. Wilkerson; District
Attorney, John L. Storla; Coroner,
A. M. Myers. Not wishing to show
any favoritism, the democrats con
vened recommended either of the
following for County Commissioner:
W. J. Fullerton, Silvio Graham, J.
D. McKay and J. W. Curteman.
Welch Bolts Party.
Dr. W. E. Welch who It appears
was chairman of Columbia county
democratic organization got in decid
edly bad with his party when he at
tempted to have the Jeffersonian dis
ciples endorse the candidacy ot Glen
R. Metskcr. The true blue demo
crats would not listen to the doc
tor's eloquent plea, and becoming
peeved, ho left the hall. Sherman
Miles notb ed that Metsker wus pres
ent and pclitely informed him it was
a democratic meeting and invited
him to abent himself from the room,
so the Mist is told, and Metsker also
withdrew.
The act cn of Dr. Welch In what
some of the local democrats style
as "trying to slip one over" has
caused no little comment among those
who attended the meeting and it
seems that the good doctor has "lost
his grip" with the purty.
Tho Mist is informed that the
democrats, now that they have a full
ticket, will make every effort to elect
their candidates.
ROAD DISTRICT
FUNDS TRANSFERRED
Last week the Clatskanle Chief
took a crack at the county court rel
ative to the ependiture of road funds,
wherein a quotation of grievance was
also taken from the Rainier Review
touching on the transfer of 13000
from the Rainier district and $2500
from the Clatskanle district to tho
general fund
Tho Mist representative went Into
executive session with Judge Wnlte
on the p-opositlon tnd the Judge
admitted, that the court would plead
guilty to the aforesaid mentioned
transfers. In the matter of the ape
cial road tax voted by the Nehalem
and Haven Acres people, complained
of by the Chief, the judge said that
he was not a member of the boaru
at that time and for sometime later,
and was therefore unable to sub
stantiate cr refute the Chief's asser-
' tion.
Regarding the transfers to tho
general fund referred to, tho situa
tion stands about thus: In 1918 road
district No. 6 expended, its 1919 In
come bjefore It was due. Tbe court
allowed the district S10 000 out ot
tho general fund and the district
overdrew this amount $3000. lu
other words used up 113,000. The
recent transfer ot 13000 from that
district's funds to the general fund
was merely doing what a bank would
do on an overdraft proceed to col
lect it.
Road district No. 7 was similarly
situated. This district had over
drawn its account f2500 and the
transfer was made to cover the de
ficit. Thi3 is the situation concerning
thoso transfers, but whether the ex
planation will satisfy the disgruntled
brethren and sistern down the river
is another matter. It is a sacred
rulo the world over for road dis
tricts to berate county boards for
what they are pleased to call mis.
management of their road funds
As a matter of fact ln a majority ot
cases the mismanagement is on tho
I part of the managers of the road
districts themselves. This may not
be so of the cases in question, .but ln
the majority of cases It is so. On
the whole county boards endeavor
to be fair and impartial in such mat
ters. Each district has a represent
ativo on t:ie board, specially .elected
to grew giay hairs listening to com
plaints anil he Is the man to unload
your trouLles on
LIBERTY MANAGER
SHOWING SPEED
Manager East of the Liberty is
nothing if not a hustler for good
pictures. For Sunday night he has
billed "The Girl of the Sea," a photo
play which features wonderful pic
tures taken at the bottom of the
oconn. To avoid a wait of several
weeks tor the film to make its rounds
and get back to St. Helens Mr. East
will make the trip to Portland Sun
day morning for the film and return
It Monday. It so happened that Sun
day was an open date In Portland for
the picture, which enabled him to
get it much earlier than otherwise.
The dominating features of the
photoplay is the marvelous scenes
tnkon under the surface pf the ocean.
Life In, the South Sea Islands forms
a minor but attractive item of tlm
picture,- and romance is Interwoven
In the plot.
Mr. -and Mrs. C. E. Tatro left Sat
urday for Amity, Ore., to visit Mrs.
Tatro'g mother.