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About St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1904)
ST. JOHNS REVIEW j? .31 Hi ft ST. JOHNS liKVIEW JT, 0. CBOME Editor nd rnblliher l'ubtlthed r.itrj frlitt Kenln. Subterlptlon rl, 1.00 per r In dncp. Jldrllilo Mini, $1.00 per Inch pr month. All irtliln bill patlU flrat of each nnnth. Job l'rlnllni icutfl In flrit'rtftM ilylf. Blllt for Job Printing cnh on dellttry. All CQmtnunlrttloni should be ddreiieil to The nerlew, HI. Jobn, Orfon. OffleUI Kewipiper of the Olty of St. Johni. Friday Evcnlnj?, December 23, 1904 GOOD INDICATION. Tlio city rouncil has nl Inst woko up nml kivph hualthy intimation of h imr wnnelhimr. At the utmrinl meet ing Mnndny cvmiitHf th interoit mani fested nml llm biiKitii'M way with important nmttrni wre taken iit nml iliKjxiflctl of pmvrn wlml Tlio Knviow hits nlivnyn hclicvrd, Hint in, llm pnuncil niiilil if it olilv Would. Thin inculinjc Imn n mnikwl contrast to tnmiy pn.'viuim M'mm. Tlio proa i:iit cniitii'il in Mciirintf lint (ml of its tnrm, nml lint n ftw month nmniti in whirli lo perform mnuy if tlio Ihinpi uhieh pirt'iiiimiHiiri mid run dilliitm dotiitiiid hIioiiIiI ho dom'. A ureal deal mil lio nceompliidiwl, how- ever, in tlm rnmainiiu? day, nml from tlio ttpiril diHjilnyoil Mommy evening tlu iMotilo Imvii Initio (lint their rt'iirc Mutative will the lo tlio m-cindon, mid inert tlio priwiit emerKeiinieH with prompting mid dignity. Tlio gontlo m;ii roinM)fiing tlio rounoil mo good innii, iKTMimilly, nml fully rnpnhlo. All Hint hit heen lurking in tlio pant wm u ilinMiii(ioii to do, Tlio council rnn drM'iid upon llm xiiiHirt of tho taxpayer in nil Ininlililo efforts to hot tor roiiditions tiitiuicipnl. NOT OUIl MISSION. Hinrn Thn Hovlovv was tlrnt ctnh Ihdied, mil n week Iiiik pawd hut lluit Mitim mtmui Iiiik iippniurhed tlio edi tor with txiino kind of Krioviiiii'o, jmt mmiiiI or iitliorwUc, with tlio ieuet Hint IiIk humllo or "dirty linen" ho nircil llinuuili tlio eoliimii of thin p.iMT. In nil Mirli Instance wo have, remimled utirli imlividiuihi llint Tlio Ileview unit not hmuKht into oxiot enni for nny Midi puroio; Hint it wan not puhliidied for tlio purMso of dmllni; with llm privnto iilfiiirM of people. It Iiiik it lillier mission: i, e, llm tiphuildiiu; of tho district mid tlio lN'opIo n k n whole. It rcrouuircrt no M!ioiinl nnlnne.il Ifii, elliiioK, elans, ring's, nor set of men, hut lalioin fur tlm kimmI of tho whole people. Tlio i;ood of tho rommtiiiily, free I'mm Idas or peroiinl inlliieiieeH fioiii nny ipinrU er whatsoever, Ik Hk Hint mid giont care. Whoever iii'Im or doe tiiinK or tlm piihlin pind, rt'Kitrdloiot of hin ot her rare, mlor or previous eoudi- lion, will rt ivo it jiiKt uit'dii of ruin- iiiemlntiou, ok tho editor coneelveK Ik due. Tlm Itoviotv lit no medium for tlm nlriiuj oy ,,,ir "'Hily linen," friends. Wo Imvo mi friends to re ward or fooK to punish, except Ilium) who mny heeomo Hiu h mt puhllo hene fnrtont of pulilie defnmeiH. THINKS WELL 01' ST. JOHNS. forward to the event of 1003 to he of such mnlorinl henellc. The cxposuics which nrc now goinir on will ho hcr nhlcd hrondenst throiiiihoiU tho length nml hrendth of tlio lnnd, nmi will go it long wny to coiinlcrhnlaiifo tho irlnit itiL' nlrtui! vet forth in lh itdvor- tih-ing of tho Lewis nml Clnrko fnir. In nil cuses whoro olTlcinl coiruption in hroiiglit to light on Mich ftnlo ns Ik hoing done in Poitlnml today, re nin is nin mntmifled and .tttiiiet more nllention than nil the good thing Hint mil ho m'u or done The puhlir scon lo lake n delight in lending of d.'hnuchory of puhlle ofPeinlK, nnd too frritiently jump nt conclocioin. All of I ho olIleiulM of n pity mny not he guilty, hut the delmuchor of a ur lion of them pollute the cnlirc ytcfn. It i to he hoped th;i' condition me ool m Imil iik thev nnrenr nt niwont, land that the hig daili" will not paint tho picluto blocker tlimi it i cully is The .lournul, particularly, in xieii lo law K'd head lino to nttrHct ttlen tioii to the corruption being brought lo liulit. L'ivinif more nroinitience to many things which might ne tiiseui ned in a much It otpntntioii man ner. nml vet aecomtilitdi Hip result do nircil. Tho truth i hd enough in this CM PP. but when tlm Ihronir of visitors coming hero next year find the most prominent new matter in mo now iintx'iK no exiiUL'crnled leoort of nomo thieving nhlpnnnii or other city of llcinl, they will nnlurnlly arrive ul llm eoiieliiMon Hint our cntiro ytem i rnlh. ii. nml tint thn mint illvitillL' IllltCC for iHitor nnd homicckcrs nnd thu rounlcrhnlatiro the glowing nccoiint of our resource nnd advantage in tho noxl column . That tho oily govern ment of Portland hhould ho purged of tho thieving nnd ukulilugory which miiM'iir to oxIhI to nn nhirming ex tent, it i indeed unfortiiitnte Hint the clenring proceK had not been inaugur ated before, mid had lo ho put off until tho most iimpnoitiirio period of our whole o.xiMonrc. jxo'cd to the block where tho old enr barns Htond, yet they felt Hint, if a larger tract, well nnd conveniently lo cated could ho secured for a small sum in ndvnnco of tho cost of tho one block, it would be expedient to pur chase such tract. The purchase price for the three acre is $7,500, ngninsf llm post of the block nt $0000. While jmnny citizens nro lotho to give up tho j last and only opiwrtunity Hint will ever he olTcrcd for the city to secure the one bounty spot of tlio city, yet they nre glnd Hint the council is will ing to purchase a site for city pur po(.o while tho prices nre not too high. Of course, the council will he guided by public sentiment when so great an outlay is lo ho made, hut so far as The lleviow is nhle lo nscer tnin nt this time, no serious objections Imvo been raised to this Inst projw sitioii. Homo of Hie henviest taxpay er of tho city Imvo expressed thein nolve ns decidedly in fnvor of it. The Intel in question is beautifully wood ed, is 7V feet long, 200 feet wide at the west pud, narrowing down to 130 feol at the oust end. LEADS THE WORLD. II THE PARK MATTER AGAIN. Tho park qucMioii wn nnodlriiilly iII.imikhi'iI hv llm ritv rouncilmcn Mon day evening, the result of which was to consider nn oiler ror n three-nero trnrt of wooded land adjoining tho school Iioiiso on llm southeast side, n part of I'. T. Smith' nddition to Kt. IoIiiih. While thn council wn not op- I Tho Lumber Output of Portland Boata tho World. The total output of lumber from the mill which lino the Willamette' river from Kt. John to .South Port- j liind, beat tho record, mid plnccs our mill in the lead ot nil other points in llm unrlil. Thn total outntit will foot up in,S)00,00() fect, with Atinncnpolis second nnd incoma mini, ui mis amount the Kt. John mill cut ns follow! (Ico. W. Cone Lumber Co., 1fi,000, 000 feel. Kt. John Lumber Co., 12,000,000 fect. Peninsula Lumber Co., 11,000,000 feci mid :i,0Q0,000 lath. One - Price Clothing Store We sell Every article as Cheap, or Cheaper, than you can buy in Portland. Here arc a few comparisons: $10.00 Suits $ 6.oo $15.00 to $18.00 Suits $10.00 $4.75 to $5.00 Pants $3.50 $3.50 Pntits $2-50 $8-oo to $10.00 Youths' Suits. .... $4.00 $3-50 to $4.00 Chilclrens' Suits. . . . $2.50 Quilts ami Ulankcts at City Prices. Underwear, Socks etc. Mens' Shoes from 10 to 25 per cent, lower than city prices. NATHAN PREEDiMAN, - - - Proprietor New Store, Jersey St., St. Johns j N. L. MUELLER DKAI.FJt IN Furniture $ Hardware wntiiTunB nnrAincD and EXCltANOBD C35 WILLIAMS AVENUE Nr Jlaiull Hlrnl rhon Btou 8, PORTLAND. ORE. ilShepard & Tufts I Will ) on Lots in I ; Slicpnrti'ii Addition Por 65 Dollnrs, S dollars down and 5 dollars per month Lots in Point View at 70 dollurs each. ; Lots in North St. Johns, overlooking tlic river, 250 : dollars, 10 down and 10 per month. Wo Write T. L IhiKKcr, mi old iminHr until, now iMihlUhliiK llm New, it t Hnntinm, Or, ieut n day in Kt. John, lat week, nml went homo mid wrolo (he folhittiiid which iiiMsind in IhA column of hi hninlitly imper litkt week: "St. .loliux, n Huhiirh of Portland klx mile down llm ilvcr, ofTcr it tleld of iuvi'Mtmcut for riiiltnl Hint, probably, hit no hiiicrior in tlio Wil iamctlo Valley. The location, lay of llm land, water front, etc., make it mi idoiil lot'iitimi for iimtiufntiuriiikV indiiktriioi. Kt- .lohu U tho location of llm liiv ilrv dni'Lu. Hut liiivn I'm I. laud wtxilou mill, mid mhhi to ho in- g tltiited ii lurno idiip yard. Tliero nro 8 hovcrtil ilori mid oIumh in lh town M that iiiMmr lo ho doimc wtdl. A nowt piiHir, "Tlm .S. John Hovmw" n hrlKlit, iimvhy, column S uiko jour nal, with up to-dali plant, u looking well to tho iutoiokt of tho plafiv ulnkmt alliinhoi' ht. .Itilinii, with) It licnllliy Mont km, mny acctn to Piirllniid and luamifiicturiiiK iiidun Irio tvntnldinhtHl and to coiim, odor thu htwt iudtifomout to Mipital, mid to (ho homo liuildnr. of nny point within our LiiowIimIk" FIRE INSURANCE IIOUSIJS TO HUNT NOTARY I'UIII.IC Phsne Scott 4046 Office In Cochran Block, St. Johns, Or. O4O000O0OO4OO001 to o ooooooooooo Edmondson Company Hardware, Plumbing and Tinning in All Its Branches Jeraoy Stroot, Near School Houm Phono Scott 4005 ST. JOHNS, OREGON 5 t 8 Bickner Brothers Department Store condition or ArrAIH8. Kovnry riliron of tho Northwot i iulorootod in tho iitHHtrthiiiK of tho corrupt luiinioipal inolhodii whirh Imvo for n lonjr tiiuo hoou ritmp.tut in I ho t'ity Kuvurtiuiciit of Poitlnud, This intvrotit i intimiilllod nt this particu lar titiu', owiii); o tho fact that every resident of tho norlhwoat is lookint AH Goods Sold at Portland Prices! Keep n largo tock of (lenoral llerchnndiw, includinff Dry Good, u .Tiiurs, vnoii'ni'3, iinniwaro. lioiuo l'iiriilhinLn. i t'cd, l.te. In fact cvvrythtnt;. Their Price riKtit. Don't wnsto your time KfintJ to Portland, but como in and see our Mock nnd prices. are Remember The Big Department Store uvibvj nwvi mm iiroauw St. Johns, Oregon OUR FAITH IN ST. JOHNS Is best expressed by our guaranty of 20 per ceut increase in value of property during the coining year This guaranty provides that in case the proper ty you purchase does no increase in value at least 20 per cent during one year from date of purchase we will refund your money with 6 per cent interest. This same guaranty we have been offering since we first undertook to get industries at St. Johns, something over three years back and up to date no one has ever asked for his money back. Lots and Acreage ON INSTAI.I.MI5NT PAYMENTS. Hartnmn , Thompson & Powers 3 Chamber of Commerce Portland, Oregon O. L. CHAPJSZf Agent at St. Johns PAINTS, OILS, OLAS8 AND WALL PAFIft Contueton or Jpr nntnj, Bout rlnUm, Tlatlnf, m.ri.t m SPECIAL ATTENTION OIVJSN TO PENIKflULA TBAD1 moai UdIod 6115 f 659 WillUmi Avenue POBTLAJn), OlMOX i 11