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ST. JOHNS REVIEW
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for
Busy Readers.
Our
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Resume of tho Loss Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
A Japanese cruiser In reported nnliorc
In YuiiK:liiii bay.
Tho Oregon land fraud case Iiiih been
po.tM)iied until April.
A Jnpnneeu wing of Oyniun's) nrniy
driven hack recently is again advancing.
Tilt) Jiipiiuesn 11 ru ii-tir in I lent 'in
Jtusslnn government buys u number of
warships from Chile
The suspension bridge, nt C'lmrlcft'jft,
V. Va., collapsed, drowning threo
school lr In and Injuring flvu people.
ilrlgadler (leneriil H. At. Whiteside
Is dead. Nu had command of thu de.
iiartini'Mt of Hnnthigo during tliu Sj n ri-war.
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
Friday, December 0.
Tim house missed tho legislative, CX
ectitlvo and lud clal atinronrlatlou bill
almost as It camo from the committee
and adjourned until Monday
Throuehout the session today the
nollcv of retrenchment hold full sway,
and all attempts to Increaee salaries
failed.
The house pained a resolution to ad
Journ December 21 until January 4 for
the usual Christmas holiday.
Monday, December 12.
Tho senate committee on privileges
and elections has taken up the Bmoot
ram. Threo witnesses wore examined
and several now points brought out.
Senator Htewart has introduced a bill
to ralso tho salary of tho president to
100,000 n year, of the vice president
and speaker of the house to $20,000
each, and each senator, representative
ami delegate to 1 10,000. It Is provided
that the bill shall tako effect March 4,
11)0!).
Tho house passed a bill to give the
agricultural department control over
forest reserves.
The senate discussed the pure food
and Philippine government bills.
I'oiir men were sculdcdd toiliutli
and fniir other budly Injured by un
cxplolon on tho battleship Musm
chusetts.
Tint new l'nrtliind postolllco will not
bo largo I'liniigh mid thu iirrhitii'l bus
been asked to provldo for tliu fount rue.
tioii of iinntlier wing.
A number of pionilni'iil rurnl mull
carriers who went toonctlvu politically
during tin! recent ciiinpiilgu, liitu
liecii removed. They were nil In New
lork mid .New llainpshlrii.
ti ireies leicgrupii mcssuges nine
iMfii sent from Kiiiiwih City to Cleve.
mid, unio, ii'.i miles, without relit v.
This Is said to bo the longest distance
iiverland messages over covered,
I'lre destroyed an Immense coal bun
kor nt lliiltslo.
Tho rial work will nut begin mil II
cany in January.
Jiibn I). Ilocknfcllcr has given Chi
rsgo University 1:100,000.
Tho second trial of the Oregon land
fraud raso Is in progress in Portland.
Tim nomination of (iovrcnnr llradr,
of Alaska, has been held up by the
senate.
Tuesday, December 13.
The housu passed a resolution lm
penciling Judge Kwayne, of the North
em district of Florida, for "high crlmts
and misdemeanors" A committee
was appointed to notify the sennit)
The senate passed a bill to throw open
for settlement 800,000 acres In the
Yakima Indian reservation.
Nothing of any Importance wan do
volopod In the Hir.oot rnso today,
i lvo wllnesso were examined.
The house resolution for an adjourn
inent from December 21 to January -I
wns adopted by tliu senate.
Henator Mitchell is sure of securing
tliu chairmanship of tliu committee on
canals.
Tho School Question.
Mr.
t. Johns, Or., Dec. 10,
Kdltor: f want to beg your in-
lnlirpiicn for n short snare. Will from
Isc not to Inflict a llko punishment on
vou again If you will kindly
The national Convention of Traveling
rasngor agent will meet In Portland
in nmr.
Tho International commission to ln
iiilrn Into tlm North sea Incident Is
tpccled to meet In Paris Di comber 20.
ItaiU'tl wire stretched In front of the
Japanese trenches is proving the worst
ftxt of the Russian army In Manchuria.
A ntimlier of lloirr lestleis In North-
tcn.Ud uprising has been iiIihhI In tin
imiii,
At tlm last cabinet meeting r'ccrctnrv
Hitchcock siHikti briefly of the html
Iraud cares, Indicating that some start
ling developments In them might Ih
e i pec let I In llin hear future,
Tho Hough Itldera will liavu a place I
oi nunor in inn inaugural paiada.
A Clilncm. caidtall.t il.larM H..i I,.. "'"'I"' M. l'uls, m here he had
kuoHN Purl Ai Ihiii hi provision for 'Imrjci'iif Oregon exhibit nt the
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iiiicu iiiuiiiiis.
Of the 100 locomotives ordered fori
Wio llatrliuan lines, 00 nro for tlm
Houlliern Pad Hi".
Howie hat paid thu last Installment
mi ins iieiits and Zlon City U again on
a suunn iinanriai nasis,
Wednesday, December 14,
The sennle has npHilntet u commit
tee to nrriiuge for thu trial of Judge
mvnyne, of lorhla.
A bill wits passed In the senate im
propriating LTi.OOtl for thu Improve
ment of Mount llalnler national park.
In tint house the uruenl dellclencv
bill ami several other bills of u public
nature were pns-ed.
Thursday, December 15,
Die senate sis'iit practically the en.
.. . . i ... .
lire day disciissling the riilllpplne ml
inlnlhtrutlve bill. A iiiiiiiImt of ntnenil
incuts were made. I'ndcr iiuiiulnioii
iigriTiuent the vote on the bill w ill he
taken tomorrow n ml the dlsitowil of nil
iimcndiiifiitH will occur at the siiini
lime.
The urgent dellclcncy bill uis nacd
wniioiii uciiute.
In the boiice an attempt was made In
mhl Nh
lm followlni? article, tkoucli it innv
tm illnrnnnnclcil nnd n Ilttlo out of
joint. Still It may bo the means of
showing how Ilttlo argument was made
by cither T. J. M. for or by Progress
ninlnst the centralization of schools. If
any ono had been to tho school meet-
t 9 - 1
ing on wcdnestiny evening, wcccmucr
7. nntl listened to rroiesior Jtooinson,
county superintendent of schools, tnoy
woiihl hnvo heard nil the nrgumcnt
that was necessary to convince tho
most ardent ntlvocnte of dividing tho
school, tho detriment It would be to the
scholars as well as the district at large.
Mr. Progress says in his nrgumcnt
for building a school in somo other
part of tho district that the voters
showed by their voto on the 8th of
November that they, tho taxpayers, did
not want any moro built on to tho
present building. Let us sen how thnt
was. If I remember correctly the
notice stated that the election was for
the purposo of voting bonds of .$10,000
with which to provide lor tne greni in
crease in school riiiniren. oininir
was said nbout building nny where else
than nt tho present site. Consequently
It was not on nccount of where the
hulhlinir wns to bp, but simply because
u great many voters thought the Imnrd
asked too much. I am sorry that I do
not know T, J. M. ns well ns Mr.
'rngresi does, for I think his Idcns were
IfOOll.
Anil I liopo Hint wlien the linnrd enlist
.ii... ...i.t.i. t i
IIMIIIIirr IIIUClinK 1,11 1 IIIHH'IMIF-'l
they hnvo for December 20 that nil
who nre Interested will mine nut nnd
express themselves in no uneertnln
tone. And right here, Mr. Ktlltor, I
wnnt to say n word to this school board:
f hope they will have n report on the
cxiiting conditions so they can present
it to thn tnxpnyers In sileh n way that
we may nil know what they need to
make our sehonl second to none In the
county or stnte. Honing thnt we nil
intiv work together for thn unbuilding
or our school ami town, nnd nlso hop
ing Hint T. J. M. nnd Mr. I'rogreM may
meet nnd shnke hands nrross tho gnp
Ing chasm, I remain vnur for
ITiiN TH.MIA'1IU..
I
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Best Buy in St. John
Block adjoining Woolen Mills
Six-Room house, good barn and fine well, oner sold
$200 worth of fruit from place this year, 4
Only $2,650 for the next Thirty days
Lots 54x92, with alley, also fine river view,
$250 to $275 each, $50 down and $25 a month
North St. Johns Lots, 50x100, $25 down $10
per month
W. H. KING
ST. JOHNS, Oregon
em (Jhliin have been placed In prison cull up the bill to Improve ciirrencv
mill II lit llii.iiiilil ...l...l.l.. .1... l... 1.. I ... . ' ."
........... ...,.... ,.,., , ,,,,.,,, in-iconiimoiiM. huh mutter isruidnl ul
newt the entile day, only a few minor
items coming Pcforo the liom-o
OI1EQON WINS MANY PfllZES.
W.H.WehruriR Says Statu Madti Firm
bhowliiK at St, L011I1.
I'ortliiml, Dn1. I". After scvenil
luiisiaim I'lirehiue exhibition, W. II.
Helming returned to Portland yeMer
day. lie reported wide interest milling
KaMcriiciM in the 1U nml Clark ex
InmIIIoii iiml predicted there will la
liiHivy westward travel next year for the
liliriiiy.il .if .i i. In., ill.. U'.u.l..... V'...l.l
. . I, .M.p mi- iiirtMM HI Ml l
1 no ituwiMii iMllllfSlilli tHevastnool hI .I.
Poll Atllnir I... 1..... .....1. '.1 .
adoptlUK drfomlvn in..M.nrH.. .Mr. eliriiug speaks highly of tin
A lt..i 1...1... . Hiomiug made l.y Oregon ut the Kt
ww imii him I Sl'Cl 1 UIirillNI I m .
for ciltlclslnu tho admiralty. "m m,r " "lut" held
1 .... ..11 1... ...... ... . .
A dlseatch from .Mnkibm uv. n, J 1 s.a.c-... inucii larger
Japanese hau drlvru the itussUn. on l'l'rritl.M.-. He ul-. wy that he
the right bank of the Hun river west- l,,,M Uv,i ,,mt '""Idugtou'a repre
wSHt. IrClllatlUvilNillk-bt a ciiiidlnnin.iiil .if Or...
The iitesldent ha
Icon cherries from n dealer ami
lion of O. I1. Ndlltout ct'l WrL-lil Mullteil Ibein us Wimliini.iiiii nr.Mln.i 'ei...
roni rii.H " " ,0' iUvim ". 'l.err.v contest
Tlm 11,111.1. .4 i i.er. mil product.
treaty has len -k.iuJl.vH u... "", "UiulH-r of meilals wu by
ami the llrltl.li ambaiador, It Is ex- 0n"Ktt exhibit Is SS, of wilcli 7
pecimi mat the Italian treaty will Im wen gold medals, IM were silver nnd
.ihiii. 71 broiue
The Japanese Ime tonus I their at
tention to (loldeu Hill fortress and
mime dauiso has Uxn Intlictwl.
Washliiglon has four aspirants for
the olhYe of tlsh ciuninUsioner,
The Southern states are tliHxIIng
Hoovelt with Invitations to visit
them.
A fJood Word for tho Oily,
lldltnr Itnvlrwr Oftdn I nm writ
ten to nbout mv home town. Ht. Johns.
nnd its environ. I hnvo, to write In
reply tho only one explanation apropos
thereto, to-wlti That Ml. .Johns is
lestlned to be llie New 1 ork of the
Wests I. c. the I'aelfle ennt. Whvf
We hnvo thn mlnt ndjarent to the best
harbor on the cmed, thn Columbia nnd
Willamette river. Vesels nt nil
singes of the this, nt nil hours of thn
.!. MMH .lL. .l 1 1. .1 ..I.... .1..
V, uvini him, iimj iiri'iini in iiip.
bar nt ocenn tide nllows free egress nnd I
Ingress, no matter how Old Ilnrens
howls or what comblni? waves their
while enps brenk. Can nny other liar
bor bonst ns much T The writer has
visited them nil. Airaln. the Cnlutnhtn
nnd Willamette .vnlleys nre the nnturnl
eimnneis rnr inn racme trnde. That
vast expanxlon Just being entered upon
wherein the Pnelfle will become nn
American "pond," soon we will see
the white wings of American com
merce peacefully nn Its mission of love
bencflelent assimilation from the port
of HI. Johns. The vest Interests that
will renter nt Ht. Johns nml radiate
therefrom will have theso carriers of
pence nn every sen; soon will we- see
the gallant tnrs of St. Johns' nailing
vessels owned nml muiined bv Ht. Johns'
capital nml friends, singing the ar
IxKiril watch nhnr thrnuuh the Isthmian
euillll, lllld Ht. Johns lumber. Hour nml
other exports In New York hrirhor nml
Lomion nml the rnpltiils of the old nnd
new wor d. These Ihlntrs are Minimi. I
Ht. .lull ti situated ns Is New Vork cltv,!
Is the imlv proper place fur the vast
mnuufiictiirlng Industries Hint will nnd,
mint locate here. Freedom of the
water front ulvcs It'lhe nrefcreiie nv..ri
nil other harbor. Helntlve to Ht. JnhmJ
ItS t 1 1 111! 1 1 ,111 mill II. ilalar Inu.nu .1.....
" ....... . . n.nt. . . .. it-, iiii'ifi
Mttt I... .... ..I .. f J
. .. unre lor ii resilience.
iinu iioiiic, nwect Home" here has
significance Hint one cniiunt flint iU.
where. The towering peaks glistening
In perpetual annw. Jeweled with th
rovill mniitel nt lniivn'a
yhoe sHitbs purity Indicative of the
M III Veil cr.-iilnr . wfih l.l. ....III.... .
: "i ...... .... .in. ,ii i-iiunr
teniiiice nlwaysj with the ocean pure
Vlll.ll.llw. ......... ..I I ... .
......... ..(nun imimiji, wuni cnecr cun
iii'-ii' mi nuicrwiiie. rnrn nlr. nnr
I...I... .....I. . ...I . .II. . ' I ....
..in i in, j pricnre wiusureiv make
i m iieuinsuia it veritnhiu ennion
MICH, .lli as one L'oes nbnnl nml
meeis i lie giiu naiiit everywhere am
hears Of Ilia lllutchlpiu Cntnra nt Ul
Johns, I cau but say to tho home
ii. . '"Yeur, as l would tav
snip mioy urop your nnchor here.
WILMAM W, (lOODKICII.
lest Coast Laundry
.T
Now, l'p-to-dnte, with nil tho lntest nnd most
rnodcrir improved Lnttndry Mnohlncry
. FIRST CLASS WORK GUARANTEED
Will call for work snd dtllvsr promptly
Good work Kuirsnttctl st prlcrs rtsionsbls snd sstlifsctorjr
Olvn Us a Trial ...ST. JOHNS, OREQOK
! Watch Free
.AT
Elliott's
Pharmacy
5K1
Willi the nppenrnnce of (his notice the Free Wnfch offer Is up,
mid compclilors must turn In their tickets by Friday, Dec. 23
Elliott's Pharmacy
W. II. KINO, Prcildcut.
M. L. IIOI.HKI'I'K, Vlce-Preildent
ST. JOHNS ABSTRACT
& TRUST COMPANY
AbstractsJofiTitlc carefully nntl accurately prepared.
Charges Reasonable.
Office! Kino's Building, Jersey St., St. Johns
HENRY C. SCHROEDER
Spanish Cabinet Restcm.
Madrid, l.y 17. 'I'lui tiillr.i.il.ln..i
has r.iBw. , u i.nderM.ssI that " 7. J" . .TI l" ' Bl"-
enor M.ium refuse to take .... : .:T.V. V'!" .,u"'
r.trinwornia t. oiurra.
warwin rouciuaeti tut the earth
worm in nre years brings up soil
rnmigti to cover the ground one IncJj
thick, and that, therefore, the result
or iu laiwr la or vast Importance. I
recnou mm me pocket goober does
tuts in nve mouths. It docs not do It
in uie same way or so efrecttvelr. h.
cause the earthworm actually digests
the substance of Its casting; but It la
evwent mat tbe pocket gopher's meth-
The remains ot Kriiner, the ex-piesl.
dent ot tho Tiaiiivaul, have arrived at
Pretoria.
Hevere skirmishes have cvcurriHl on
the Hhkhke river in which the Hut
sisus were defeated.
tiiK oi orpiuulnk a new i-aldnet until
therein a ilihMiliitloii of iiarlliiiiunii
The liiiiL- suliM-mientlv sinnmiiiuil l'r...
niler .s,tirrui!ii, who it in iinderstoml
inlinmt.vl ho was not prepanil to or
iwiiiie u ealiinet uulis ilrst lo-sunsl o(
jne mipimri oi tenors .Mnum and u
ht. It Is ieiH.rt.il Hint tlm crisis are.,
on tin. Uiik'h refus.il to li;ii tlm up.
IKiintmeut of tieiuiml Uuio ns ehi.d of
the general etaff,
lutcgrating and railing the dead vege-
iuuoh mm ine sou to produce a rich
and fertlls black loam Century,
A Gootl fHle.
Ixiok for odns, look (or glsdorss.
You will uirst thtm all th. whil.
If rou brief a tntltng slisi
To ths ilia, jou utt mils.
Allcs Crj.
It Is essy to what .hm,M y.
done; but eulj a tow are abl to da It
DKAhKIt IS
TURNITURB AND BEDDINO, 0ARFET8, MATTINO, LAOK
OURTAINS, P0HTIER8, WINDOW SHADES, i
STOVES, TIN AND ORANITE WARE
TUturs rrsmlng snd rurnltors BspUrtng
Af sot QUICK MEAL Btssl Binjei '
AND
UNDERTAKEN
OooJ, ilrllrerrj frcs of chsree,
llrs bsjrooj PlrJmonl Juucllon.
OooJs iurnla to b rprotJ
rUNSBAL DIUECIOB !
We will remit strrct csr fsrs la purchsiers Itistl
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Don't forget Ihe fact that The Re
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mess cards, jwsters, circulars pnm-
phlv-ts and lodge by-laws printed
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