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Ii VOLUME XXXIX THE . ST. HELENS MlfOT WHEELER REPLIES TO EvENSON Claim Statement of Tlnilxn-oHm-r jtro I'mniK TimbiTiiuui'B Opl" allien to MoHMurn Krorn. Hellish HUiulxlnt. Editor St. Illiis Mint: At tliu moot In lie Id In Rainier last Tumlay evening to dlmms th Port r Columbia county, (). J. Kvonson. of the KvxiiHon Timber company, slat- ti In tns preitance or tun hundred iwple present, thut tlm port connnls i,rniT eould Imhu port bond up to ten p"r cont-or ins assessed vuluntlon wLiiout tiolnu firm uuthorlzHd so to do by t" P"otno or tno county, and i:.t the voters In t ho county could n t prevent them from doing It. Ho ulrlher ttutmi mat me port comuils lonrs "r not subject to recall, lint who other putillc orrlcluln. No reply wan made to thin argu nitnt u It desired to gut th ex act la on these questions, and now aftor InvcnllKatlon having been madoi I find tlio facta to be contrary to what II r. EvouHon stated. Chapter 301, Laws of 1919, speci fically provliloa that the voter In a port dlnlrlct (na the Port of Columbia County) ran order a referendum ualnat one or more items, sections it piirti of n iy act or lnw adopted or pawed by the port commlaaloner. Thla. tlioreforo, place It In the hands of the votera of Columbia county ai to whetlmt or not any proposed bono Ihu shall be accepted. There la further provision In the liv of 1919, contained In Chapter III, which permit the port cnmmla ilonirn to act on their own Initiative md ulimil to the votera tho question of whether or not tho measures idoptcd by them ahull be accoptod by ths people. The cotiittltutlon of the state of Oroaon, In Article IV, Suction IB, provides fur the recall of every pub lic officer by the legal voters of the late or of the electoral district from which he U elected. There la no quettlon but what the recall could be uxxt aitalnat any port commUaloner. The recall, Initiative and referen dum applies with full force and ef fect In a port organization tho aani ii lu other munlclp.il corporations, urn as a city or county. Tho port oommlaHlonors are not law onto fbamnelvea; they have not 1Mn ffi each smwcuttl pwaw 1 permit them to act sontr-iry to the spreuod will of the people. If th a or ordinances r.pproved by the m ccmmlaaloners :.re obnoxious to la rotors they can take a volo on tit quculion, and If that does no. Htatn he going far enough, they can Httr the recall. U Mr. Evenson will take the troub- ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1920. CORNERSTONE OF CHURCH IN PLACE In the proaonce of a large gather i poopio from St. Hln. ., other polnta of Columbia county, the cornerstone of tho new Catholic urcn was supped Into place Bun- f anernoon. ore' OB-U"S '"hW-hP .Ch.rl.tl,. ? oenea ct on. vl . Jl"lcy ot tl,e k,cal churc" d f all or Thomas of Portland a..t.t in tno corenionlea. NO. 45 At five o'cloi'k h. ...... d by one hundred orStor. was given at the St. Hln. TL,' John Ilowd. tnn.t lory of the work hr -- ....... of tho church wna niado noiHihi. lie ganuroHlly of Mr u..h m.. ' .H, .iiix iiitiMi iiin.rr.. a.ii.j ' moria. a. i:. Mnrtnn ..j ii. iiuiciiinson and thoy responded with short tn ks. Anhi.i.i.n r.L tie made the principal address of the recolved by those so fortunate as to nuar him. REV. W. A. M. BRECK DIES SUDDENLY Itev. W. A M .i.... t Iirlst church at St. llolena and chap, luln of St. Unions hall at Portland succumbed to an attack of heart dis ease Sunday afternoon. Iter. Brack was In the stcrlsty adjoining the chapel at St. Helens hall wl.on th. attack occurred. He had been connected wit th. diocese of Oregon since 1901 and waa juum uiu ai me time or his death. Kor a number of years deceased had boen vicar of the local Enl-nn.i church and was well known in si Unions. Ho was a nun nf atoriin. character, alwaya ready to minister to those who noodod him, and his ser vices In the high calling In which he was engnged resulted In much good. He was ot a gentle and kind nnp and much beloved. The newa of hla death was sorrowfully received by his many frlenda in St. Helens. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bl.ikiinv. who have been living la West St. HelHna for some time, have moved back to their home on Caaenau Htmot. 1 Thirteen Incorrigible Kids and I I Yoo can brdly blame your Uncle for not wanting to Id the place to them FLOUR MILL WILL MSUUE OPERATION , uoagca, Kxporlenced Mill Man, Boye Ht. llolena Mill and Will Hurt Operation Monday WU1 Al so Install Feed Mill. PORT PROBLEMS I ! (Jntlierlng at lUlnlor Hear ArKinnitits htr and .IgatnNt Pto IMMcd Port of I oluinl;l projm-t OoiiirreKMtuui lluwii v Mpcwfc. s to lutrrvlow dosons of buHlnuss As announced In the laat Issuo ot W In Amorta. he will not find one i the Mist, nnM',ior meetliiK of those oftlifm KKlnst the Port of Astorlu or iln favor of the Port of Columbia tu bonds Issued to curry on the measure and these opposed, was held ork, unlotm perhaps. It might be at Hulnler Tuesday night. There mm llmlrmen who represent noli- wore abaut 100 prorent at the din- wldant tluibnr ownors nnd stock llws, such as Mr Evenson, Of nno It Ib to be expected thut the M-rsildnnt tlmlwr ownnrs nnd totkholdwrs will be opposed to tho Pot prnpoHltlon, bncauHO they r.re primarily Intureuted In getting the WekeM poHHlblo returns from thejr ir without benefitting the coun- sy m-whlch tlnlr timber sdindH. AUhouch tlmi-H wna a tnnrVed In tho foolliig of tho people rnnt at tho Kulnler meeting, and "ny who furmnrly wore vigorously PPoasd to a port of Crlumbln coun rs now In favor of tho port, Mr. fti03 Is more earnest thin evo l ODDOultlnn Tlm re mnn U not '"to seek Ii u tho same onnoHl- 'that comes from practlc-illy :ill il! m"n w,' rop.-csont non-roHl-""t tlmhpr ownors nnd stockholdo-s. Ii to ho regretted that we have ' , of the typo of bimlnoHB men r re so solflsh thnt thoy have 0 de-;lro tn ilnvitlitn llm riminunltT mr th. . r, v. ... viihiiii wurruin ini'y iivi. "Mle the nnnnln rtt (Vilimlila PWy have no wish or need for a II .1.-11. ... i vu iiiiii-t rirtif mm nw iinciti " ""'ll. Jinfc w WW7 DKlttt Ufnnlml wlmn I l.nu M.ti- L. TI HUH HIV S.V - XT1 ,,11lr b,K BUiur mill nd COIl III nnullu k,n... It a. 111 thltlr iu,aw A r IPrilll y dm build according to tho lo- " Ild nemtll nil nvnpnu.n.l liv (la Hi wo. , Vry truly yours, Ul A It LBS h. WHEELER, T. , Prosldent. HIS iilu.,.. i... .... ... I ,n'y. ' Mr Whni.li.i. ham aitllimit Pg words, placed hl 'oonHtxuo r on the statements of Mr. Even- rU. In ..I..... ...... .... ... lirk. . U 80 o'nPlifttlo In hlB re k'lJ 'tappiiars that Mr. Evonson ""'""nntlate or modify his ro t hi. . i columns of the MlHt are QlHOOHIll fnr thin nnrnnu K " .... . YTHIAN SISTERS TO GIVE DANCE III OH.. . . . Wmi- . lu rn"M rttnas ror tne narrow nlaht. h Ann. ninsr 5 Sro agBU'0l of a pleasant ev ktalJk. 0l!.e ot the e"t orchestra 1; m? bften secured for tho im!v Th0 pythlnn Sisters wish t as.. a rHil Invitation to ev- te c?mo ftnd have a good Pn . . lt8U aP8 on'y M.10, the fir V., goln8 to tho government as I ikAiC ""'load contracta let: work . ".Columbia nnH Tnhn r. 1.1.1.. tier which was given by 'lie ladlua of the Muthoulst church ot Rainier. .. The principal speaker ot the even ing was Hon. W. C, Ilawley, repre :)ittative to Congress did Mt go Into the merits of the proposed measure, hut told how the ports along the Pacific coast had been ben efited by having port organization 1 he government, he said, preferred to di'iil with a port organliatlon In Htuud of a commercial club or a chamber of commerce bocause thw port organization was an organised und lognl body while the personnel of the commercial bodies changed and oftentimes such commercial body went out of existence altogether. An orgnnlzud port body received more recognition from th government ana could accomplish more. 1). r . Jones, senator from Lincoln county was much in favor of the ineiiHiire and cited what had been ac complished tn Lincoln county. The farmers for forty miles back of To ledo were In favor of a port because thoy realized the benoflta they would receive. Kenntor Chamberlain mado a short address and Charles L. Wheeler, Drosldnnt ot the St. Melons chamber of commorce brought forth addition al tucts and figures In favor of the port measure, Mayor Hold or luinier spose k some length. He was mora favorably Impressed with the proposition man iinfnrn J n dire A. L. Clark waa still opposed to the measure aa was J. O, Kvonson of ClatsKanie. i nai mo op position In Clatsknnle was not un animous, was expressed by K. I). Ma gruder who was much In favor ot tha measure. O. R. Metsker was also ono of tho speakers. About twenty five people from Bt. Iloleus attended the meeting. , ' PAVING WORK ' SOON FINISHED If old Sol continues to favor tha residents of this locllty, especially the Warren Construction company, with his smiling countenance, th paving between Warren and Honay miins will be completed by Tuonday night, or possibly earlier. Only a small stretch f paving remained to he laid when the lie-tvy ralna started Mn and the rains cor.uumua. - Impossible to do auy p'u As noon M the nun began to ahlne, the biff trucks of the company got buy carrying tho "hot stuff ' from the plmit and thoy are making up f0rin10U.omeeant.mo the detour ror.d back of Warren Is being used and It Is reported that It Is get'ing In a very bad condition on account ot the lioavy traffio It had to boar. Tha St. Helena flour mill which has been Idle for a number of month win reaume operations Monday. J. Hodges ot Portland, an exDerlnnmul flour mill man. has bouaht the eon. iroung interest In th property and he and family arrived In 8l Helena Tuesday. Mr. Hodget states that In addition to tha former eqaloment at tha mill. ha. will bav a,oi4 (m aH ana tnererore be id a position to sup ply th needs of th community both In flour and feed. It la hla Intention to continue the brand of flour "St. Helena Best", and he assures the Mist that the quality of th flour will bear out Its name. The capacity of the mill Is twenty five barrels per day, but the mill was built with tha Idea of a larger dally capacity, and In th near fu ture, Mr. Hodges expects that he will be turning out fifty barrels per day. The flour mill la quite an Import ant part of the Industrial life ot St. Helena and tne citizens of the town and surrounding country are pleased that the mill will again operate. . LITTLE BUSINESS AT COUNCIL MEET REPUBLICANS LEAD IN REGISTRATION The city fathers wore not over burdenod with buslnuss at their meet ing Monday night only routine 'matters were taken oaro ot and the:' woro tew of them. H. A. Colt, representing the St. Melons Creamery association, ap peared befoie th ctur.cil and again askod permission to build a wood shed tn the rer of tho cro.movy building. When the company first askod for a permit. It was voted that a la'.ter bo sent them suiting t'l.'.t If thoy would pay their proportion of the street Improvement of Stra:.d streot the permit would be granted Mr. Colt stated that the premUe had boon leased by the oity to tho creamery company for a period of 20 Nyears and so far :s he could soe thore was nothing In tho loaao which spoke ot the company standing any pavement cost. Furthermore, he did not see what paving h-d to do with building a woodshed. A motion w.is made thut the per mit be granted, but tho mayor in formed Mr. Colt that no paving woulu be done In front ot the creamery building unless the creamery paid for It. and that la Just where the mat ter stands now, although It appears that proparftion la Doing maaa to pav In front of the property. . . . r- COUNTY CLERK BUSY ON BALLOTS It foils to the lot of County Clerk J. w. Hunt and his nsslstanU, the pleasant(T) duty ot sending cut the ballots and the various election sup plies, and th fore at tfc dork's of fice are busy on into joo jun ai this particular time. Everything win ha in ahao to mail out a lew days before th tlm required by law, as Jimmy always makes It a rul to tak tlm by th forelock, and this waa the reason n rusna tne Mist. fore In delivering th 15,000 ballots. The ballot thia year,- en account ot th number ot candidate and tha vat, lous measures to bo submitted to th voters, resembles r. blanket. To print the ballots required 00 pounds of paper and several pounds of Ink and H will require several more pounds Of in lO pioe xne proper a hn ha Tntera no into the booths. nnd perhapa after he ha made his X, thero Will DO Dome aiiumtu who will think th X waa placed In th wrong placo. Out of Total Registration Practically Two-Till rtla Registered a Repub lican Independents Third and Non-PartlKan Last. The registration books disclosed the fact that 4872 resldonts ot Co lumbia county are registered as vot ers. It Is evident that Columbia county is strongly republican because of the fact that 3497 have registered as republicans. Of this number 2297 are males and 1200 females. The democratic registration la 984. The males outnumber tbe;,f6malea by littra man two so-aoo, u 4naa. f tn masculine gender number. 664 while the females number only 320. There are a number who 'class tuemsolves as independent. , The males number 109 and the females 48, bringing the total of Independents to I.,..r " . Notwithstanding the fact that there Is no prohibition ticket, that prohibi tion is in effect and probably always will be, thirty-two males registered aa advocates ot that party and the fomaJes nmber fifty. This, however. Is not taken as an Indication that the males have forgotten prohibition, but that the females remember it. - According to the registration, there are 79 male and 37 femalo socialists In the county and the progressives number 10, six males and four fe- mules. v- The registration of non-partisans Is 6, all males, which shows that the good women of the county have not been Inveigled into the Townley al liance. Those who refused to give their party allegiance number 21, eighteen males and three females. As stated the total registration is 4872. RAPID PROGRESS ' MADE ON NEW MILL ' B. C. Stanwood, who has charge of tha construction ef t;".e mill of the St. Helens Tie and Timber company, reports thnt good p.-ogross la being made on the building of the mill. fThe frame work has been completed, tno structure is rooted in and some of the machinery his been Installed. If tho work can bo continued i s Tap Idly as It has been, Mr. Stanwood thinks that the mill will bo operat ing on or bofore December l3t. RECEIVED TOO LATE TO PUBLISH The MiBb received very interesting school note from the Yankton and Uoaver Homes schools this week; but they came a lltllo too late to get in this issue of The Mist. The M'nt and Its hundreds of readers are In terested In Columbia county schools and are always glad to receive school notes. Th St. Helens High School foot ball team is scheduled to laeve for Astoria tomorrow morning and will try conclusions with tho Astoria High. The team soon by train and if any young ladles wish to make th trip. Professor G. A. Spless requests that they call at the offlco of the school superintendent In the school building at S o'clock this afternoon, so thr.t arrangomnts m?.y be mnd to have a chaporone. The St. Helens team defeated Franklin High Satin day afternoon 1 na well-pUyed. gotoo. The score was 6-0. Mrs. J. L. Williams went to Port, land Thursday to spend the day with her husband .who is in the Good Sa maritan hospital recovering from an operation. Jim underwent a mlnoi oponr.tlon. recently and came, home, but the old trouble returned, and he wag forced to again seek surgical and hospital . treatment. Mrs. Williams reports that the' patient is getting along nicely and Is in hopes that he will, Boon be back In St. Helens. 1 I RETURN FROM LONG EASTERN TRIP Mr. nnd Mrs. John Sten returned last week from an. extended visit to eastern states. Leaving St. Helens August 10th, they went to Marinette, "lsconsln, going by the scenic Can- .an Pnclflc railway. They visited 4 several Wisconsin towns and were hlso in Chicago for a number of days. Koturnlng they came wost via the Denver & Rio Grande and stoDned in Log Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco. At Exeter, Callfornla, they visited with R. C. Merryman, u in uue oi me oinciala of the St. Holens Lumber comnanV. Mr. Sten, who is assistant m.-.nager of the St. Helens Lumber company, stated that In the oast buildins is not " acuve as on tne Pacific coast He atrlbutes this partly to tho high I. cis hi. rniKa on lumDer and the gen eral high prices for building material of all kinds. In Cailfornia building v,i.,UJ wan very noticeable, espe- -.on, lu ouumera uaiuornia and In oan r rancisco. Mr. and Mrs. S'pn thnrnnv,i Joyed their visit back east and to mBir oia nome, put both of them were giaa to got back to St. Helens. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE CLOSES TODAY The anual teachers' lnstltuta win' come 10 a close this afternoon after a three-day program, which was filled wun mailers ot interest to tho teach ers. Wednesday there were two fine laias Dy k. u. colman of the O. A. C, and State Superintendent Church ill. In the evening there waa a pub- iu iBCBimun io me teacners. Thursday, Prof. Reed of the O A C, Prof. Powers of the U. of O and president Ackerman of the Mon mouth Normtl, gave instructive lec tures, inursday evening a musical program was rendered In tho school auditorium, and a large number ot our people were present and were delighted with tho violin, piano and vocal selections. This morning's session of tho in stitute will be takon up lareely in discussion of school nutters wid the Institute will come to a close this af ternoon. County School Superintendent Wil kerson has been clnKrafulated In thB excellent program he arranged and in in mrn ne is pioasod . with the hearty co-operation of thn and the people of St. Helens. REPUBLICAN RALLY HERE TONIGHT SHORT INTtRVIrTiK svmw w 1 1 js fa. : I ON VARIOUS TOPICS Interesting Little Talks . by ' St. Helena People and Others on Subjects of Verying Interest to the Public, George Wilson I shinned A en load of good cattle to Portland Sun day and they went by steamer, but ii you say anything about It, I would rather you would say that I shinned Ith cattle on. Monday." All rieht. .George, Monday goes. Magnus Saxon I have lived in Co lumbia county for thirty-seven years. I have sailed the seven soas and I am no spring chicken. I have aeen stcrms at sea and on land and the ships I have sailed on and command ed have weathered the moat severe (gales, but In all my experience 1 have never experienced more disagreeable weather than we have had the nut forty days. Father Clancy 1 was dellehted with the success attendant on the laying of the cornerstone at the new Cathillo church and I am sure Arch bishop Christie and others connected with our church appreciate the cor dial fooling and the spirit of co-op-eratidn shown by citizens of St. Hel ens and surrounding country. John Philip I am in hopes that the block making industry will again become an industry. It has been proven that the Belgian blocks, as they are called, make the best ana most durable pavement and in the St. Helens vicinity there are thousands of tons of rock suitable for making blocks. E. E. Quick When I saw the sun come out from .behind - the cloud. Monday forenoon, it reminded mo of a story .a neighbor In Washington county told me. The nun hadn't made Its appearance for a number of days and my neighbor came over to my place and said, "I thought my dog had gone plumb craiy this morning; he went out behind the barn and be gan to bark like there was a bear or some varmint in sight. I took my gun and rushed out and the only thing I could see was the sun Just rising over the hills, and I didn't blame tho dog tor barking, because It was an unusual sight." Mrs. Bertha Smith, who teaches the Natal school district No. 22, out in the Nehalem valley, said: "I have been anticipating a pleasant visit and Instructive session ot the teachers' Institute and I didn't waste any tim getting to St. Helens because I had the toothache. Both' the tooth and the ache are gorie and I am enjoy ing myself more than I did a few day a ago." Professor Edwin T. Rood, Oregon Agricultural College: . "Slnca my last visit to St. Holeno, I notice a marked Improvement in tho town. The streets look better and I seo that you contemplate further streot wotk. I have"alwaya be?n interested in St. Helens "and have watched with Inter est tho growth and development of your city. "Tho St. Helens and Columbia county boys at tho O. A. C. are all well and progressing .nicely. Co lumbia has sent us some mighty good students, who have mado excellent recordsat our college." Ex-Representative Cousins of low Principal Speaker Issue of Cam. Paln to be l)lKcuneJ Large Crowd is Expected. w J Z 5.enl?g, 8un of the campaign rnethlred 111 st- Heens tonight! TK8Plce8 ' Harding. Stanfleld club and tho republican county central committee a big meet 'ngWK,ILbheId ftt th8 dty ha!? Robert Q. Cousins, ax-represent-f.nenfhm l0wa' wh0 nM tho reVut tlon of being one of the best platform speakera in the country, will mako the principal address. Mr. Co?slna represented his district for a dose! years and Is known as ono of tho stal wart protectionists and sound mon- is still that when It comes to sound issues. Dtlal dl8CU88,n- "vlSS The countv hnli he.arextme,y 'ortunato in "-" cousins assigned to St. Helens inasmuch an ha . i t, "peeches 1" Oregon. A- toria, Seaside and St. Helens. lArge crowd Expected. Those, in chares nf tha pect that the city hall winEl crow ed to its canacitv avi Scappooso Warren, Yankton and Deer Island state that many expect to come from thoso places and from tho Interest manifest, it is sure that a number of the men and women of St. Helens will be nreaonf n ..- noted speaker. f,er meet,ln8 aro belng arranged for in several districts In tho county and the speakers are to be chosen from tho leading local lights and irom prominent SDeakora nf h. .t.. -coording to advice received oy Charles Graham, chairman ot tha committee. STATE DIRECTOR VISITS ST. HELENS Robert W. Oshnm atnta 4I.. m the December aaln nf rk.... tuberculosis seals, was In St Helen yesterday organizing for the sale. Tho annual seal sale is the sole support of. tho Oregon Tuberculosis asaocla- ; tlon in preventative work throughout tha state. . i. - H 1 sation, whose president is Mrs. John. Storla, will consider at its next meet-. -lng the chairmanship of tho sale for tius community," Mr. Osborn an-' nounced. "I am sure that tha inK . will do the job up big, aided as it wll be by the commercial unv-i.ti.. schools and other organizations. Et ery community In the county wUl be organized with tha acceptance of tho local club. Mrs. Grant Watts wlU handle tho Scappoose sales, Supt. W C. Gauntt is tho Rainier chairman and the P. E. O. of ClatRkani-i, taken tho work there. There Is no reason whv rninmhu , county should not get direct return from the.1920 seal salo. . Tho Oregon ' TuberculoslB association stands ready to pay all tha expenses of a publlo health nurse for a period of three months or longer, providing the coun- ' ty will take her over t.fter that per iod. Then with tho formation of a ' branch public ' health association in the county, tho state association will allow a fourth ot tha seal fnnH i. remain in the county. "The proximity ot Columbia coun ty to Portland is apt to cause it to lose out on community needs." LAST MINUTE LOCAL PICK-UPS Christ Mathieson. tha Snnvioa inl and dairyman, waa a business yialto In Portland Monday. miss Beth Perry came up from Fern Hill, where she la tMi.hi school, to attend the institute. i.aaen wun 700,000 feet ot lumber lor delivery at San Franoinon ih. steamer Daisy la scheduled to' sail tonight. After a year's stav in finnnv 'Pan. nesseo, Mrs. Edwin Ross and son re turned to St. Helens Tuesday. Dr. Edwin Ross remained lu Tennessee to clos up some business matters and expects to come west within short time. Vernonia schools were wail Tan- resented at the teachers' institute. Coming from the old-new metropolis of tho Nohalem Valley wore. Prof. G W. Brown, Miss Faunlo Cooper, Mrs. Maude E. Duncan, Miss Pearl Boa gers and Mrs. Ethel Ray. Judge and Mrs. M. F. Hatnn oata. brated the forty-fifth anniversary of iuoir weaaing ruesday night. They woro married in Smith countv Kan. sas, Oct. 19th, 1876. A number ot friends called at the Hasen residence during the evening to tender congratulations. Rev. K. K. Clark of Russell, Kan sas, has accepted a call to tho pas torate of Plymouth Congregational church ot this city and will prob ably occupy tho pulpit on Nov. 14. reaching services will be discontin ued until that time, but Sunday- school will be held as usual In toe schoolhouse. "The road up. Bunker H11L snecl- ally at Eight Mile Spring, is so steep and so badly washed out that with two good horses hitched to my wagon, I cannot pull more than 600 pounds," said Carl Hummolt, who was in St. Helens Thursday. The sot tiers In the Bunker Hill country we. planning to get a road through to Chapman and if such be done, 8t. Helens will lose the trade that nqw corns from Bunker Hill