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NO MORE ICE During these hot mid-summer days, when the ice bill is running high and the ice is rapidly melting, the inven tion of a refrigerator making no more ice necessary is being hailed with great satisfaction by all womankind. The "Arctic Ccwki?" Refrigerator which is manufactured in St. Johns, and which is just now being placed on the market, is proving a great boon to the housewife. Several already are in use in this city and giv ing satisfaction. Last year in Los Angeles, Cal., 27,000 were sold in a few months. The "Arctic Cooler" is an im- provement over the one on the market in that city. MISS B. A. SMITH of Portland will demonstrate the merits of the "Arctic Cooler" at the i St. Johns Hardware Store beginning Monday, July 29th. Every housewife in St. Johns and vicinity should attend the. demonstration. The ice bill every month is higher than the price of the "Arctic Cooler." If not satisfactory after a week's trial, the money will be returned in each instance. i Patronize Home Industry - ARCTIC C 001 E R COM PANY Office: 308 Marquam Building, Portland, Oregon Phones: A 488, Main 4921 (5 - : Factory: French Block, St. Johns, Oregon Phone Columbia 324 "Sorrow" Continued Rditor Review: You nsk: "Isn't It tact that socialism proiwscs to render the wealth of mould, men valuclcssr" It I not n (act. Socialism propose government ownership of public utilities hi the interest of the worker; with n more close people' ownership of gov eminent by meant of initiative, referen dum, recall, etc. Just thli and nothing more. If you would only stick to this idea and forget such absurdities as "di viding up," working for board and clothes," "chance to loaf," etc., ad nau. seum. There will doubtless be deprccl Btlon in the value of independent capital in so far as labor is relieved from the thrall of its bondage. To Ihs sure the people will have it in their power to even confiscate that which hat Veen rob 'bed from them In the past, so If you are afraid of what the majority will do when they have the right of direct control, get out your candidate for king and don't mcutlou democracy. Socialism is pure democracy, political and Industrial. So your next question is does democracy level up or down? Answer for yourself. "Under socialism could a man accumu late could he own enough grouud to build a home? - If so how would it differ from the present system?" Ills best accumulation would be his equal share of the public capital, which guarantees his old age pension. Never theless, he could own a house and grounds, an auto, a yacht, an air ship or anything else he could use. He might accumulate all he was able of the me. dium of exchange. But here Is the dif. fereuce from the present system he could not invest those accumlatlons as capital to control any Industry. He could not gamble and manipulate the stocks aud bonds of the industries, he could not monopolize the product of any Industry. For, our Uncle Samuel would be in control of all those things, furnish, log goods at cost, and Mr. Would-be. capitalist could no more compete with him than the Review can on printed envelopes, And he hasn't half tried to go into the prlntiug business, either. You think he is a bad manager and in the next sentence admit that he has the job printers ull skiuned to a frazzle. He does business on a large scale and don't have to advertise. Why should he not furnish himself (the people) with envelopes and anything yes, everything else, at cost? I confess it is hardly fair for Uncle to go into printing unless he takes up other lines as well. I should be most happy to have him build hos pitals and undertake the care of the sick at cost, (it will never be done half right until he does) if be will furnish clothing and groceries on the same plan. Socialist conditions for the individual cannot prevail until the government has ussumcd control of enough' or the pro ductive Industries to give every man an opMutuu!ty to work and have n just share In the product. The individual soldier is not enjoying racialism any more than the postal employee. Their j pay is determined by capitalistic sur- rouudlugs. It Is barely enough to nt . tract n sufficient number frouijother em ployer. Yet each of then." detriment, , limit! istti1titlMil si til Mil 1 ll fd nl ' ttiwiifil wiisi tv ti 11 iivwiiivui; "vv"'" lug to socialistic Meals, nevertheless shows the Indisputable advantage of the cooperative method. To return to com petition in those Hues is .simply uu thinkable. Hut what "nets" me Is where you get the idea that "socialism promises only enough to eat and wear.'t Socialism promises to each the full projluct of his effort. And with all energyapplled dl reef ly to production and uoueTwastcd lu competition the total production will be increased many fold, and weshall have necessities, conveniences aodjpleasures (oral), such as are no more dreamed of today than the glories of . civilization were dreamed of when sayages were wasting their energies lu . individual combat. "The desire for gain is paramount lu the human breast.". Certainly! And everything In the present age tends to show the gain of working with our fel lows instead of working against them, It is the hope of this great gaTn that,, prompts the socialist to deeds of daring, such as this effort and others. "If in the distribution of the fat of the laud all men should share alike." For the 'steeu hundredth time I want to say that socialism proposes no ills tribution whatever of the fat of the land, and no equal distribution of any. thing. Hut a just distribution of the products of labor, ' All you conservative fellows will have a vote on the schedule of wages for the different occupations. If you, the ma. jority, wish to grant to some fellow a big income on account of something his great-grandfather did, or good looks, or gambling propensities, as you do now when you haven't a vote on the question, it will be up to you. "Why should the iguorant, indolent, slothful and profligate receive the same as the intelligent, active, energetic and frugal worker?" Why should he, indeed? Why should he receive even more as some of the most slothful, indolent, profligate and ignorant (as to anything useful) do now receive millions. And why should ac tive, energetic rascals receive more mil lions? Why not encourage useful activ ity and discourage every form of gam bling, speculating, and all kinds of activity which is directed toward getting samethiug which someone else has pro duced. The Panama canal is costing far less thau It would under the old contract system, As an example, the govern- men tcaH ctlgfor, bids to furnish, trams with drivers, uud accoutrements by the mouth. The lowest bid was Muucthlng over ftoo per. Under it own manage ment they are costing something over J loo. This government has never lcen accused of socialistic procltvltle, but was forced to take direct control to get the work done at alt, I hope the editor and the readers are able to see the difference Iwtwecu it gov ernment monopoly for the purpose of holding prices down to cost mid a private mono for the petition" socialist regime in the mining towns must be merely the editor's little III I lift l III. IIUfTII IU lU.lltllll H 'l I. HIV nopojy, such as tho, coinpuuy stcjrc, . (lm purpose of holding tjieni up to ' ! limit Reference to this "no com- joke. A, W. VINCI5.NT. The doctor's Interpretation of social ism differs materially from the theory of most socialLts. Thcgencrally accepted idea is that the government shall own all the laud and property, and gold and silver as a medium of exchange shall l abandoned. From the doctor's remark we gather tlmt he Is more of u Populist than a Socialist. We must confess that our language has been rather crude to a cultured mind, We should have stated the gov ernment would provide raiment aud the necessities of life and more time for JelsujthjiJtiiowobtftlus in excjjaugj for attle mauly. service, with an equal share of the public spoils guaranteed, It really does sound better clothed in this language. The doctor states that it is not a fact that the wealth of the rich will be ren dered valueless, yet the people will have power to confiscate, We gather from this that the wealth will be garnered up in a jack pot and turned over to the gov ernment. He denies that there will be any "dividing up" yet states mau' "I1EST accumulation would be his equal share of the public capital," How would he get his share without division of the spoils? A share cannot be his un til he gets it. Again, if this is his "best accumulation" how could he own a house and lot, yacht, or air ship? We would cousider these things our best ac cumulation, but surely there is not enough wealth In the world to provide all with these luxuries. If he was able to accumulate more than hi neighbor how would the (hares be equal? "Socialism is pure democracy." Our dictionary tells u that democracy is that form of Bovernment in which the sover eignty of the state ia voted in and exer. died by the people at Urge; the policy of I the Democratic party. Socuditm Any A bad taste ill the tllOUtll COtltCS theory of socul organization aiming at the 1 from a disordered Stomach, dtld abolition of individual action. Democracy back of that is Usually a torpid liv promote individual action socinlhm , en A Condition which iltVittS dis- boluhe it. Yet the doctor says they are 1 ease. HKRBINK is the remedy needed. It corrects the stomach and makes the liver active and reg ular. Price 50c. Sold by St. Johns Pharmacy. cott the objection would be less strenuous. ,11 furnishes envelopes stamped in color and printed much cheaper than it can make the envelope, stamp and print them, Hesidrs it deliver each order free to it patron. A thouiand envelope, weigh 9 pound) at 16 cent per lb. pottage make $M4. Thu generou Uncle Sam print, tamp and furntshc 1000 envelope and pay $1.44 transportation charge all nt a bargain price of $1,20. Ye, the jobber are frsiled, and it it mighty lucky for u fellow that have to make Uncle Samuel' wieril loaie good that he doesn't delve deeper into lie printing buiine. If llm doctor will remember a few year ago a New York concern made an offer to take over the postal icrvice, pay the govern ment $1,000,000 a year and reduce the price of firtt-clast mail one.half. You bet, Undo Sam is a dandy limine manager, How would gambling and (peculating be discouraged when under (ocialiim one wa permitted to accumulate n much of the mediumof exchange. ns he wa able? That 1 the present day incentive for do ing both. "A jutt dittribution of the product of labor." I low about the non-producer the pretident of tho country, soldiers, doc tor, merchant, preacher, etc.? If their labor produce nothing, thould not their (hare be nil? If all the non. producers in the country were put to producing the ne ce(iitie( of life there wouldn't be work to keep all going J wo hour per day, Per. hap that i what the socialists are driving for -shorter hour. It i a fact that capital i becoming too concentrated and that trust and combina tion of capital at time work hardship upon the people in general. Hut it doesn t take socialism to affect a cure. The peo. pie with their ballot can do it by electing good men to office who will make good law and enforce them. They can do it now, but they won't any more than they would under a sociali.lic form of govern ment. Socialism, a the doctor interpret it, ha it good point, but we could never j see our way clear to advocate a move- j ment founded on covetousness (under the I guise of just distribution) or upon confit-1 cation of property, which the doctor a, j erls would be liable to happen. It would be too hopeless to determine where hon est increment left off and "robbery" be-1 gan in this confiscation business. It might be alright for the government to acquire more utilities, but not by confiscation that is, after Uncle Sam learn to conduct business without lots. We would like to go further into the doctor' argument, but lack of pace for. bid. ORDINANCE NO. 401 quired before commencing such work to execute the usual ciial bond with gud and sufficient sureties, with the addi tional obligation that such contractor All Onlinzmce AcceiltlilP Deeds or contractor shall fully indemnify uud I-rOIll GniCe HrOWn, Walter again, t all claims whatsoever urlslng out S Hrmvn llnrnca A IlnH1"' lrsotial Injuries to workmen there . VV, , i i V !i on, or to any other person who may lie fllltl Elicit Al. Mall to (lie Injured by Vie oerutlou under such City of St. Johns, Oregon. !jjj3gBywtk 1(CCI1 i done under contract with the city of St. I liilum. either for the construction nr re. The city of St. Johns does ordain as jKtir of any sewer. Improvement of any follows: street or other public work, uud thes.ime That two certain deeds, one of which has been accepted by the city council, It Is made uud executed by Grace llrown .shall lie the duty of the recorder to with aud Walter S.IIrowu, husband and wife, hold the Issuance of u wurrant or war mid executed on the 7U1 duy of June, rants In jiayiiieut therefor for n period ol 1911, 11111 acknowledged before Prank 1 ten days, after which lime he shall lisuc P, Cliristeusou, u notary public for the und deliver tha.same to the contractor state of Washington residing nt Seattle, or other persons whom said contrac on the 7th day of June, 1911. aud one tor by n written, order sholl direct that deed made aud executed ly Horace A, they Iks dellvereilo; provided, tlmt no Hull uud IUIeii M. Hull, liuluiid and jwrson, firm or cirorutloii who Imi fur wife, executed on the 13th duy of June, ulslied labor or material actually used lu 1911, and acknowledged 011 same date the constructloiiiof such improvement, before J. Ilenuett Pike, notary public for sewer or buildliigfshall have previously the state of Maine, raiding in the town filed in the oflicciof the recorder uu ud ml Ilrlghton In the .county of Cumber- Justed clului for.such lalior or material, land, each of which deeds convey to the Section 3. Anjr,( 11011, firm or cor city of St, Johns, Multnomah county, pirutloii furnishing lanor or material, or Oregon, the following described proper- any sub-contractor, furnishing the same, ty, to wit: "Thirty (30) feet along St. actually usel upon any such public work Johns avenue, of their undivided one- described in Section 2 of this Ordinance, half interest in Lots numbered oue(i) ut the request of the contractor for said aud two (a) in block numbered four (4), work or Improvement, may at any time Oak Park Addition to the city of St. I before wurruuU .are delivered for the Johns, county of Multuoiuuh, stute of ymeut for said work or Improvement, Oregon, be and the same is hereby uc- as provided In Section I of this Ordl cepled together with the laud therein nance, file nis or their claim in writing conveyed. 'r said lubor or muterlal so furnished Passed by the council this 5th day of lu the office of the city recorder, stating lulv. 1011. I the uniouut thereof, which amount shall Ainirovtii uv me inavor niin-iiy r"'"'" ' " niin i ...v St. Johns Is hereby uuthorlred to pre scribe a blank form which shall Ik; used by claimants in the presentation of claim under the provisions of till Or dinance, and nil claim shall be duly verified by the jiersou, firm or eorm tlou who jtcrformcd the laUiror furnUh ed the material its in this Ordinance provided. Passed by the council July 5, 191 1. Approved by the mayor Julys, 1911. K, C. COUCH. Mayor. Attest: P. A. KICK, Recorder. Published lu the St. Johns Huview on July 14, 1911. RESOLUTION the 111 of July, 1911. Attest: Published July 14. 19" lu K. C. COUCH, Mayor. P. A. Rice, Recorder, the St. Johns Review ORDINANCE NO. 400 amount due such contractor until such claim is adjusted uud agreed uku as to the 'imouiit letweeii the contractor and ! claimant, as provided ill the next sec tlou, Section 4. H the amount of said claims so filed are agreed iixu and ad justed by the said claimant uud contrac tor, the recorder shall deliver warrants in accordance with such agreement nud udjustmcut; otherwise he shall retain said warrants (or a tcriod of not more tl.fi.. ..,.... .lm,u ft-tf.M It... .ItitM r III. 1 An Ordinance to Protect La- acceptance of said work, when he shall I l.nl.nrc Mnrnrlnl Mnn nnrl deliver the same to the said contractor i uu.v., ...v.. j Qr hit, order the same us if no clulm had Sub-ContraCtorS WllO rur- becufiled as aforesaid, unless the said j nle.li Inlinr or Alnterinl to 'claiuiaut or claimants shall, previous to nisn uauor or niuicnui to tlu cxl)iratlol, , UltJ tcllty ,luva Contractors (Or tllC lin- aforesaid, commence a suit or action in I a -C r-1 r i h rnurt fif mtilfiettMit llirisiliclfotl tn re. provemciu oi airccis, v-uh-, --j .---,, ",-claim strilCtion Ol Sewers Or Oilier claims, uud cause a writ of attachment n. .Lit- !n,,c nml Dniinli-. to be issued und notice thereof in writ- i nuns, Hums, umu - !,. lo e M.rve.1 upon the recorder, in which cuse said recorder shall withhold cynonymou. In regard to the government on the en velope deal If the government furnished the envelope at cost instead of lea than Ing from such Contractors Bonds for Performance und Indemnity Against Suits for Personal Injuries. The city of St, Johns does ordain as follows: Section I. Hereafter any person, firm or corporation entering into a formal contract with the city of St. Johns for the Improvement of any street, construc tion or repair of any sewer, building or other public work, which work of what ever nature, in the judgment of the city engineer and recorder, will subject work men thereon to more than usual huzard, or that other persons may be injured in the process)! such work.directly or indi rectly resulting therefrom, shall be re- said warrants until the final detcriuiua tlou of the rights of the respective thir ties by the Court. Section 5. In the adjustment of claims filed under the provisions of this Ordi nance claims for lalor furnished shall be given priority. In ull cases where claims have beeu filed with the recorder, whether the same be disputed or not, written evidence shall be furnished the recorder of any adjustment, aud the same duly signed by the claimant before any warrant or warrants shall be issued to the tmrties origiually entitled thereto. Section 6, All contracts hereafter en tered into for the improvement of streets, construction or repair of auy sewers or other public work, shall refer to this Ordinance ut least by number, and shall be construed to be subject to all of its provisions. Section 7, The recorder of the city of It is resolved by the City of St. Johns: That it deems it necessary mid ex cli ent to Improve llurllugtoii street Irom the southwesterly line of Hayvt. strvut to the intersection with Phita. street, III the city of St. Johns in the following man ner, to.wit: Hy grading said (xirtiou of street to grade or subgrade to le etub. Ilthed, laying 6 foot cement sidewalk with U foot curb on the cuMcrly side of Mock i. lames Johns Addition (known ns City Hull lllock), ami by plueiug ce ment cunt hi irom 01 i.oi ,u. 5, mix.. No. jH, lu Jutue Johns Second Addition to the city of St. Johns, uud by laying Ilithulithic Pavement from curb to curb, on said portion of said street. Work to I. done according to plans ami specifications of the city giueer on file in the office of the recorder relative thereto, which iilans uud snecificatlous ami estimate ure satisfactory audare hereby approved. Said improvements to be made in ac cordance with the charter and ordinance of the city of St, Johns, uud under the sucrvsiou uud direction of the city uu giueer. That the cost of said Improvement to be assessed us provided by the city char ter uK)ii the property esjieclally aud particularly benefitted thereby, und which is hereby declared to be ull of lot parts of lots, blocks and parcels of luml between the termini of such Improve ments abutting upon, adjacent or prox imate to suid Philadelphia St. from the marginal lines of said street buck to the center of the block or blocks or tracts of laud abutting thereon or proxlmute thereto, That all the property included in suid improvement district aforesaid is hereby declared to be load improvement dis trict No. 64. That the city engineer's assessment of the probable cost of said iiuprovetueut of said street is 3,791.60. That the cost of said llurllugtoii Street improvement be ussessed uguiust the property in said local assessment dis trict us provided by the city charter of the city of St, Johns, Adopted the 5th day of July, 191 1. PRANK A. RICH, Recorder, Published in the St. Johns Review July 7 and 14. 19". Right iti your busiest season, when you have the least time to spare, you are most likely to take diarrhcea and lose several days' time, unless you have Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera, aud Diarrhea Remedy at hand aud take a dose on the first appearance of the disease. Kor sale by all dealers.