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VOL. 5
ST. JOHNS, ORKGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1909.
NO. 48
STOVE WORKS
PROGRESSING
Will be Ready to Manu
facture October 20
The Pacific Stove & Range Man
ufacturing company will linvc their
machinery installed and be ready
to manufacture stoves and ranges
by October 20th in their new fac
tory at the foot of Richmond street.
Iu addition to its stove manufac
turing plant the company has a
large nickel-plating plant, and the
officials arc determined to make
their influence felt iu the stove
trade of the Pacific coast, Alaska
and the Orient. The factory will
employ about 20 men at first and
will be enlarged as rapidly as the
business allows. The officers of
the company arc W. G. Drown,
president; J. H. Cook, vice presi
dent, M, A. Shirley, manager, and
U. S. Dodge, secrctury and trens
ttrcr.
In the Toils
Two easy raps 011 the door of a
second floor room iu the Central
hotel at St. Johns was the signal
that some one wanted a drink. It
was also supposed to be known only
to the patrons of the place, but Con
stable Lou Wagner learned of the
secret knock and surmised a "blind
pi" was in operation. Yesterday
afternoon with J. McCullough and
F. Rcnnick, deputies, Constable
Wagner went to the hotel, gave two
easy raps on the door, was admit
ted and purchased two bottles of
liquor. O. Madison, brother of
Mads J. Madison, who alleges he
was badly beaten up recently, and
F. Kirchuer, were arrested for the
illegal sale of liquor and placed iu
the county jail. Neither gave bonds
last evening and remained over
night. Several dozen bottles of
beer and other saloon parapherna
lia were confiscated and the room
locked. Sunday's Journal.
Stole to Be With Mother
John White, 20 years old, of Ray
vllle, La., was convicted of robbing
a store and sentenced to four years
in the penitentiary. He admitted
that he stole in order to be with his
mother who is serving a 20-year
sentence for the murder of her hus
band. The young man professes to
be happy, saying that he was alone
iu Hie world and could not bear up
under the strain of having to en
counter the jibes of companions be
cause of his mother's conviction
and sentence, He le!ieves his
mother is innocent and he volun
tarily dons the stripes of a convict
to comfort her.
Have Located Here
S. O. Call, wife and family, of
Camden, Maine, who have been
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kd. L.
Cox for several days, are now com
fortably located iu their new home
at 408 Tioga street. Mr. and Mrs.
Call came to St. Johns upon the
invitation of their above mentioned
friends and were so well pleased
with this city and its prospects that
they decided to remain permanently,
St. Johns extends the glad hand to
these estimable people.
. Drowned in Washtub
Wayne, the little 2-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Priend of
Ollalia, 27 miles west of Raseburg,
was accidentally drowned Friday by
falliug into a washtub filled with
water. The little fellow bad been
missed for some time and a search
revealed him in the tub iu the garden.
In leas than one season the ship
channel between Portland and the
sea can be cut to the depth of 30
feet at the zero mark according to
one of the United States engineers
engaged in making a survey of the
river for ascertaining the approxi
mate cost of digging the channel to
such a depth.
Prwui Ue to! of St- Johns.
ANOTHER BRICK
TO GO UP
To be Occupied by Pacif
ic Telephone Go.
O. P. Wolcott and Mrs. T. R
Wyatt, both of Johns, have re
ceived plans omi specifications for a
teicpuone central omcc to be leased
to the Pacific Stales Tclenhono Co
upon its completion. According to
me piaus ine structure will be a
one-story one 90x25 icet in di
mensions, with a full basement.
The foundation will be for n two-
story huildiMg, the second story to
ie nr'Mcri wiicn tnc necessity of in
creasing business demands it. There
win be 15 or 20 girls employed iu
the new central office. . The plans,
which were drawn bv Charles Htinr.
i! raff, of Albauv. have been sub
mittcd to contractors for figures.
The buildtnt? will he located on
Jersey street, adjoining Mr. Wol-
cottt s real estate omcc. Abstract.
To Be a City Street
Willamette boulevard, now a
county road, will be made a city
street between .Morris street in Al-
biuti to the city limits at Willam
ette Acres, near St. Johns. J. W.
Kcrtchem, F. J. Stcinmet. and R.
K. L. Simmons arc the viewers.
Willamette boulevard is the widest
street on the Peninsula, and is part
of the boulevard system laid out by
the old Albluti Citv Council. Ilv a
contract let by the old council it
1 was graded through to St. Johns,
, but it remained a county road and
whatever graveling lias been done
on it has been done by the county.
Hy making it a street the city is
given jurisdiction so it may be pav
ed the full width, too feet. It fol
lows the windings of the Willam
ette river for most of the distance
to St. Johns, and is considered one
of the most picturesque thorough
fares in the city. It also connects
with all the other wide streets on
the Peninsula. It Is desired to have
it improved witli a hard surface
pavement iu the near future, to be
paid for probably by a district as
sessment. Oregouiau.
Fighting on the Car
C. L. Holmes, a prominent St.
Johns grocer, was convicted of dis
orderly conduct by fighting in Mu
nicipal Court yesterday morning
and fined $20 by Judge Dennett,
i Holmes attacked Harry lingebright-
son of 633 Oswego street, St. Johns,
011 the last car Wednesday night
just after it had crossed the Steel
: bridge. Eugebrightsou is crippled
iu his left arm and dodged the irate
grocer's thrust. Holmes fist struck
a car window, breaking it and cut
ting his hand badly. Patrolman
Blue was called by the conductor
and arrested both men. Holmes
was unable to secure I too bail and
stayed iu jail until court yesterday
morning. The fight caused a panic
on the car and when it stopped
there was a general exodus of pas
sengers until peace was restored by
the arrival of the patrolman. Fri
day's Oregonian.
Dies in Frightful Manner
A young woman committed sui
cide in a frightful manner in Paris
last Friday night. Having had a
quarrel with her sweetheart who is
a lion tamer iu a theatre in which
three lions arc introduced during a
melodrama, the woman weut behind
the scenes and leaned forward into
the cage. The animals were wild
with rage and, with a few blows of
their claws, tore her head aud breast
to pieces. The woman's screams
and the roars of the animals caused
a panic among the audience and the
fireproof curtain had to be lowered.
She died in great agony shortly af
terward. David Byerlee, Jr., our linotype
operator, is off on a two weeks' va
cation, and not having a substitute
the greater part of the type this
week was set in the good, old fash
ioned way by hand.
"Incentive" is the word that
rolls the wheels of progress.
CITY DADS
Draymen Ask for a Revokal of License-Lowering of Water
Mains, House Numbering and Other Matters Oc
cupy Time of the Councilmen
All members were in their chairs
when council convened iu regular
session Tuesday evening with Mayor
Hendricks iu the chair. Minutes
of the previous meeting were read
and approved.
A petition was read asking for a
change iu the fire limit boundary as
applied to Court Place. Matter was
referred to the building committee
for investigation.
Petition from several draymen
asking that the draymen license be
revoked was read, accepted aud or
dered placed on file. No reason
was given iu the communication for
making this request. One council
man, however, stated that he be
lieved it would be a good plait to
revoke the license for the reason
that it now costs him $1.25 for the
same hauling that he paid 50 cents
for before the licenses were applied.
Petitions for arc lights at corners
of W. John and Grcsham aud Fill-1
more aud Philadelphia streets were
accepted and ordered filed.
Communication from Mr. M. C.
Ncasc, who has charge of the rock
crusher, with a check for $75.17
enclosed for rock aud supplies, was
received aud laid over to enable the
A Criminal Operation
"Operation for appendicitis
should be culled n criminal opera
tion una as such should be prohib
ited by law," declares Dr. Charles
h. Page, one of the best known
physicians of Boston, "I have
been following the records of ap
pendicitis operations ever since the
craze for this form of surgery start
ed," says Dr. Page, "and I confi
dently believe that the day is coni
ng when the people will realize
that the cutting of the appendix is
a criminal operation. As for the
widely proclaimed benefits aud sav-
tig of life by operations to cut the
appendix, it seems hardly necessary
to cite the long list of deaths follow-
ng the operation."
Itenarr MacFaddeu, the great
physical culturist, has long con
tended that operations for appendi
citis were wholly unnecessary aud
absolutely criminal, He goes fur
ther and prescribes a remedy. A
ialf piut of olive oil taken immedi
ately after a purgative and the ap
plication of a towel wrung out of
hot water and placed over the ap
pendix will immediately relieve and
finally cure the worst case of ap
pendicitis in existence, he claims.
A number of noted physicians have
condemned operations for this mal
ady aud they claim if it was not for
the $200 to 500 which they mulch
from their victims all good physi
cians would concur iu this. The
claim that the appendix is a useless
organ is all bosh and is a travesty
aud insult to the Almighty who
made man aud pronounced him per
fect. That twenty die as a result
of an operation to one who refuses
to be operated upon, aud the one
either neglects his case or uses the
wrong treatment, is evidence con
clusive that operations for appendi
citis should be prohibited.
Stirring Them Up
The youngsters have been hav
ing plenty of diversion the past few
days in an attempt to eradicate two
yellow jacket headquarters on South
I vanhoe street. The sidewalks are
piled with tin cans, stones, brick
bats, pieces of wood and other de
bris used by the lads in endeavor
ing to exterminate the yellow fel-
ows. Sand, water and fire have
been applied, but the jackets still
hold their forts. One youngster
sticks to it until he gets three or
four smarting places on his anato
my, then gives way to another ur
chin who keeps up the bombard
ment until be gets his. Pedestriaus
along that way give the "varmints"
a wide berth in passing as the
irate creatures do not discriminate
between their tormentors and the
innocent passerby.
Must vacate, Auulnery stock and
fixtures to be closed out la 30 days,
401 South Jersey street. 0, P. Wol
co;r, -rop,
IN REGULAR SESSION
street committee aud engineer to
check up the various items.
As one or two contractors claim
they placed more crushed rock on
the streets than their contracts call
ed for, the question was raised as
to whether or not the contractors
should be paid for the overplus aud
it was decided to stick strictly to
the engineer's figures and if more
was used it would bo at the con
tractor's expense.
The lowering of water mains 011
improved streets was discussed at
some length. The water company
iu such cases has been charging the
proiicrty owners at the rate of ten
cents per foot for lowering mains.
Iu some cases the company has tak
en advantage of the improvement
to lay new and larger mains, and
on motion of Councilman lirowu it
was ruled that where the company
replaced mains witli new ones that
the company should bear the ex
pense instead of the property own
ers. A communication from the 0. R.
& N. Ry. iu regard to placing n
switch on Bradford street stated (hat
the matter would be investigated
thoroughly soon.
Bryan to be at Seattle
With President Toft there ond
gone, the populace of Seattle is
waiting for the coming of whom
many prefer to call "The Second
Man of the Nation." William Jen
nings Bryan, who wilt speak at the
A. Y. P. Imposition, Oct. 12.
The Democratic Central Com
mittee has the arrangements in hand
and are planning to equal, if not
excel the reception accorded the
leader of the Grand Old Party's
forces. Mr. Bryan was obtained
with no little difficulty, and will
not speak at any other place in the
Northwest outside of British Col
umbia, except Portland.
He will speak at the National
Amphitheatre at 2:30 tti ilie after
noon, after being introduced by
Governor Hay and Mayor Miller.
In the evening there will be an old
time Democratic Rally, replete with
red fire, drum corps, flambeau
clubs and brass bands. The march
ers will wear the long linen dusters
and high white hats first brought
out iu the Hayes-Tildeu campaign.
After the demonstration on the
grounds, a public reception will be
held in the Washington State
Building, at which time, Mr. Bryan
will meet his Northwest friends.
President and Mrs. Chilberg will
be iu the receiving line. I
Married Saturday
Levi I. Denton and Miss Kmma
Quay were joined iu marriage Sat
urday, October 2, 1909, at 7:30 p.
m., at the home of and by Rev. G.
W. Nelson, pastor of the Congre
gational church,' Only a few relatives
and intimate friends witnessed the
ceremony. Mr. Mason acted as
grooms-man aud Miss Katharine
Quay, a sister of the bride perform
ed the part of brides-maid.
The contracting parties are well
and favorably known iu St. Johns,
The groom has served as fireman
at the Portland Woolen Mills for
the last three years and is still em
ployed iu that capacity.
The bride, a native Oregonian,
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V.
Quay, of this city.
These worthy and industrious
young people will make their home
in St. Johns and will be at home to
their friends at 509 N. Hayes St.
In some Australian towns it is
the custom to offer several valuable
prizes every year for the best kept
lawn, garden and home. St. Johns
property owners might encourage
the idea, for the attractiveness of a
town increases its obtainable prices
for building sites. The lot with a
shack and a cow grazing in the
front yard, and perhaps a choice
assortment of tin cans for orna
ments, repells investors, discour
ages others and depreciates the
value of every lot for two blocks
around.
Not Oie label on yeur pspr.
I Bills to the amount of $70.55
1 were allowed.
I The street committee reported
i tiufnvornblv noon the svstem of
grades as prepared by the engineer
upon the hillside streets.
Report of the city treasurer for
the mouth of September snowed n
balance on hand of 53,3130.40.
Knginccr's acceptance of Rich
mond street walk was approved by
the street committee and confirm'.d
by council.
The city attorney asked for a cer
tided copy of the articles of incur
poratiou aud a list of the officers of
the St. Johns Lumber Co. iu order
to intelligently enforce the ordi
nance recently passed iu regard to
street obstruction. As 110 heed was
paid to the request, the attorney
stated that he would put it in writ
ing next week.
Ordinances establishing grades
oil Columbia and Portland boule
vards aud Burr street iu Kast St.
Johns were passed by council.
The report of Councilman Cook,
chairman of the numbering com
mittee, making Charleston and Jer
sey streets the key lines, was ac
cepted by the solous.
Big Money in Fruit
The Williamctte Valley peach
crop is u revelation this year even
to the growers, who are accustom
ed to big crops nud big profits. Iu
the orchard of Alexander Lafollcttc
111 the Mission Bottom country,
north of Salem, the yield is so
heavy t lint it was found necessary
to place hundreds of props under
the trees to keep the branches from
breaking off.
Lafollcttc picked 2000 boxes
from 87 trees this year, and
his sou, Clyde, at. Wheatland, on
the west side of the river has 15
acres which brought hi 111 iu tins
year about 1 1000 per acre.
W. II. Kagaii, n veteran grower,
frequently has peaches on the
market for four mouths during n
single season by growing several
varieties. His crop this year is
large. W. A. Jones will have
about 7000 boxes and the price will
average better than $1 n box.
William Wright last year cleared
$1500 off 10 acres of euche5 the
first crop from the trees. The
acreage of jieaches is increasing
faster, relatively, than that of any
other fruit grown iu that suction.
Suffragists Busy
Advocates of equal suffrage iu all
parts of the country are watching
the contest about to be waged iu
Washington State by women for
the ballot, A constitutional amend
ment granting suffrage to women
will be submitted to the voters of
the Kvergreeu State at the general
election iu 1910. To be ready for
this expression, suffragists iu all
Carts of the State arc beginning to
uild their fences. The organiza
tion is to be extended down to the
individual voting precincts, each
one in charge of a chairman. The
selections are now under way.
Ample funds will be 011 hand to
prosecute a thorough canvas aud
campaign. The differences which
cropped out at the last State meet
ing have been smoothed over, so
that now the suffragists are work
ing as a harmonious whole, witli
great hopes for success.
Local Couple Wed
Jas. A. Hiscl aud Miss Lulu
Smith, both of St. Johns, were
united in marriage on Wednesday,
Oct. 6, 1909, by Rev. J. R. John
son, pastor of the St. Johns Chris
tian church, at the home of the
pastor in Portland. The happy
young couple are well and favor
ably known here and have hosts of
friends who wish them the best
of luck in their journey through
life together. They will continue
to reside in St. Johns.
Work for a Greater St Johiii.
LOCAL FREIGHT
IS ASSURED
If Our Business Concerns
Lend Their Aid
Tho local freight sltuntlon was tho
chief thoino at tho Commcrclnl club
at tlieli regular mooting Wednesday
uvctil'ig. Secrotury O. 1 Wolcott had
lu'cu In ( iiiii.iiiiiilcutidii with tlio rail
way officials iu regard to it, and ho
was Informed thai tho company was
ready to tnku up tliu proposition at
litis thnu If tliu liimlnest! men and
shippers were willing to cooperate
with tliu company mid glvo tlieiu u
fair share of tliulr patronage. Tliu
rates will bo inadu very rcuRonnlilo
an It wilt ho poHslblo to have goods
shipped from tho east and other
point, direct to St. Johns at Portland
rates IC tho 111-ivlcu goes Into effect
Smonil Industries hitvo rufuiied to lo
entu here In tliu past owing to tliu
n,bnonco of local freight service, nud
since tho opportunity of securing HilH
boon Ih how at hand there In no run
son why It should not ho grasped.
801110 of tliu Industries here claim
that thorn w plenty of work they
could secure from Portland If a local
freight inadu trlpH here. Secretary
Wl"lt Instructed lo confer will
tliu railroad company and In company
will: an official make a canvas of ho
luduHtrleti and IiuhIiiush houses hi nil
endeavor to gel a Hue 011 how much
tUidnoHH can ho guaranoed ho com
paii
It was also decided to have tho sue
reniry temporarily iihhiuuo dutlcH of
treasurer owing to tliu persistent alt
nonce of tho former treasurer mid It
being difficult tn got ut the condi
tion of the treasury. Notices will In
sent to the various inoiuhorii noiiil
lug tliom of tho proponed change Iu
tho by-Inns. Th-t m etlnir n
very Interesting, and what ll lack
od hi attendance was fully inadu up
hi the Intercut evinced.
Seriously Injured
0. K. Moiiltoii, 11 well known
and popular resident of Whitwood
Court, met with a serious nud at-
most fatal accident recently while
at work repairing the roof of n
shed belonging to the St. Johns
Lumber Co., by whom he was em
ployed. Iu some manner Mr.
Moultou fell from the roof, striking
the ground with terrible force,
breaking an ankle and otherwise
injuring him. The unfortunate
man was huriied to the St. Vincent
hospital, Portland, where the
physicians pronounced his case 11
serious one owing to the severe
shock unstained by the fall, but
gave hopes of his recovery, and ut
the present time Mr. .Moultou is
improving as rapidly as can be ex
pected. First Time in Ten Years
The 1909 pennant iu the North
western baseball League has been
won by the Seattle team, with
Spokane a close second. This is
the first time iu ten years that Se.
attle has been at the top of the
heap, Last year Vancouver, JI. C,
won the championship and the
year before that it went to Aber
deen. The other teams iu the race
this year were Aberdeen, Portland,
Vancouver and lacoma, coming
after Spokane iu the order named.
President Tuft, one of the most
ardent baseball funs iu the country,
as soon as he struck the Northwest,
wanted to know if he would have a
chance to see Seattle nud Spokane
play, while here, showing that he
was posted even on baseball matters
of the Northwest.
A farming demonstration train
will be run by the O. R. & N. Co
through Sherman, Gilliam aud
Morrow counties this mouth that is
expected to aid the farmers of that
section of the state iu the more in
telligent cultivation of the soil aud
iu improved farming methods. Lec
tures will be delivered by agricul
tural college experts, who will be
on the train aud demonstrations of
farming practice will be made. Dr.
James Withycombe, director of the
Oregon Kxperimcnt Station, will
be at the head of the party of lec
turers and the train will really be
an agricultural college 011 wheels.
PRETTY CHURCH
WEDDING
Well Known Local Couple
Contracting Parties
A pretty wedding took plnco at
the Methodist church last Saturday
evening at 8:30 o'clock Iu tha pros
onco of I, I'Mnbor of Invited guoitn.
'll..) contracting parties wcro Mlsa
Mnlcna 12. Long and J. It. Kinder and
IScv. 8. II. Dowart pronounced tho
words that made them man and wlfo.
A solo wos rendered hy L. . Dam
iiiiiHch nud tho bridal party then ap
proached tliu altar to tho strains of
.MondolKHolin'B woddlng march play
ed hy Ji. IlQttlngor. Tho party wiih
preceded by eight flower girls. Miss
Kllzabutli Htalter wiih maid of honor,
tliu Misses Iluulnh Titus and Alma
IlalcB bridesmaids and C. O . Dock
best man. Tliu. couple stood under 11
bull of whlto listers Hiitipundud from
1111 arch of Oregon grape mid Ivy.
Thu brldu'H costume was of white
crepe d'ehuno trimmed with Prin
cess LouIhu laco, and nhu carried a
buiuiuut of brldu'H roues. Tho brides
maids and maid of honor woru tog
tuinoH of cream and pink earnatloiiH.
Tho iiHlieni wcro Wllllnm Hcott and
Kmll Blovnrb. After tho ceremony tho
bridal party repaired to tho homo of
Mr. and Mrs, H, 1'. Day, with whom
tho bride has lived for 11 number of
years. Mr. ami Mrs. Kinder will
spend Homo thnu visiting Mrs. Kind-
ur'H relatives In KiiHteru Oregon aud
will be at homo at -tUl Tucomu
street after Novombor 1. Mr. Kinder
Is In tho employ of tho Ht. Johns
Lumber company.
The Mule is All Right
Ilecattsc he is the most tireless
worker 011 the farm.
He eats less than u horse, but
docs more work.
He is always us good as cash iu
the bank.
He never falls through n hole in
a bridge nud generally keeps out of
danger.
He is an excellent saddle animal
if you know how to saddle him.
His feet stand hard roads better
than those of a horse.
He is more intelligent than a
horse.
He is never iu love, but attends
strictly to business all the time.
He is never sick but once, and
then he dies, lint who ever saw a
dead mule since the war?
He never stops to fight Hies as a
hori-e docs, because his hide is
tougher. He is just as gentle as n
horse if he has not been spoiled in
breaking.
His age cuts little figure iu 11 sale.
Nobody cares how old a mule is.
He will bring from if 150 to if 200
when he is full grown if he is big
aud smooth nud strong. Parni
World.
Increase Over Last Year
Registration iu all departments
of the University of Oregon has
reached 1,000 students, In the
colleges of Liberal nrts and Rngin
eeriug, the enrollment now is near
ly 500 students and the total
registration for the year iu these
two departments will reach 700,
an increase over last year of 30
tier cent. I he freshman class, all
of whom nre High School graduates,
number 250 students. Graduates
from practically every four-year
High School in Oregon have en
tered the University this Pall, and
there is also n very noticeable num
ber of students entering who are
graduates of High Schools outside
of Oregon.
Paper railroads to Coos Hay con
tinue to be mentioned. Some one
or more of them will materialize
with real steel, tics and rolling
stock one of these days, not so very
far distatit.
"You're a nrevaricator." savs
Peary, "You're another," says
cook. Are iney uowirigut or uoui
wrong, or if one is wrong and the
other right, which is right and
which is wrong?
Oregon pears $9 per box!
Wow! Give us one rind, please'."