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The Circulation of THE REVIEW In the Penin sula exceeds that of all other papers combined Advertisers, note this. V. T. SLATTEN DENTIST A.n 111 Civrliran Mock, next lo Dr. v,m HeusclVs ..nice Office hours, 9 . i. to 5 ! "' Telephone Scott 114S Lawrence M. liensel, M. D. Office at Central Hotel Over l'ostolfice . . . Office hours, 1 to 5 p. 111. Plume Scott 1148. ST. JOHNS, OREGON Dr. E. W. ROSSITER PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON oniff Iiohm. 9 to 2 sad lilO . , Hril.fnf I'lion Scott 1S94. Ode NioM Union 4002. Dr. MARY MacLACHLAN Oiliec hours, 9 to'a n 1 SI'- . Residence rhone Scott 6356. Office I'lione f'doii nfu-r t'lnlslr. ntxl Elliott's Pro Store. T. T. PARKER Attorney - nt - Law sr. JOHNS, ORIHION liHfrikiluni on PIANO anil ORUAN AMY B. ROWLAND 50 Cents a Lesson Corner Jersey and l.cavltt Strce's. GOODRICH & GOODRICH AltOIUTEOTS IT. JOHN AND rOUTLAND. OREQON L- C. SLATER SHOEMAKER Ji:st opened simp iii rear of Pcddi- euid's real eslnto office. Repairing Neatly nud Promptly Done, """ Itmiloirnri Aiirlitmn uuuiwui u (iuuimvii To it. Julius. High 1.1 u J between car Hoc and rhcr. Lots 50I00, alleys, $200 Caty monthly Payment. n 11 v AuimiiTriM c. J u. 11. wtniiuumn, n. jumia I . Tnree 4 Acre Lo s for saw With alleys, nil corners. Dr. William Wolf Hicks SI. Johns Heights, ST. JOHNS, Or PLUMBING Q. W. OVGRSTREET Colombia Boulevard and Central Arc, THE CENTRAL HOTEL JMrs, L. Tyner, Proprietor First Class Rooms CuUlne Excellent f T.JOHNS. OREGON ST. JOHNS HOTEL M1S8 RICH, IToprUtres Jy Street - . St Johns, Ore. t Oood Msili Csmfortabla Booms The Hazclwood teP iu stock- Corner Jersey St and Broadwy 8t- Johnj, Oregon ANDERSON. & ALLAN THE BAKERS The host m?T?AT r a vt?o nni uti7o i u i mo in tlie world Give us a trial fkone Scott 3101 Si, Jaku If an up-to-date quick Lunch, than another, which pays a big div- t Urar, Confectionery and News idend on the investment, especially w3 ip. ie Cele1brte.d n?zel; with growing cities, that thing is to woou Lrearn and Butter Vent . n.i.,o... ST. VOI,. i NOTES AND COMMENTS Various Topics of Local and General Interest Briefly and Tersely Commented Upon Numtroui Matters Which Art Btfort the Public for Central Discussion Along pull, ti strong, unci nil mill together, and it Is coufiilenllv believ ed a free ferry across the Willamette can be made a reality. Whether it is possible to get tt ferry is not sure, but an enterprise carried on by pri vate parties would fill the bill for awhile, tit least, until such time as the city or county could take over. A large amount of produce. wood, feed and other .staple com modules which arc now hauled to Portland from the productive farms a couple of miles west of the river, would come to this market where it would find n ready sale. Don't let up.boys, until we land the ferry. t ome tune ago there wis some talk of foituer residents of eastern states, now residents of St. Johns, forming local associations, I tit the niilt. r has I een allowed to lag for l-ioun reason. hitch organizations would not only be valuable from tt I .-wild stundtolnt, but could be HiUlJ useful us mediums In- which the city could be advertised through out the various states from which they hailed. Let some one take the initiative. Wisconsin is n good .date to commence with, us we be lieve the Wolverine state has, pre haps, more representatives here than my other, Por tin exiHMuliturc of not to ex ceed jix) or $400 n wharf could le built at the foot of Richmond street which would meet the present emer gent,)', and prehaps be adequate for some time to come. Ouc-hiilf or for a width of forty feet, pilings are ul ready driven and cupiicd, extend iug out to it depth of water, at low stage, where any ship that floats oil the Wilhimette could maken sieetly and safe lauding. All that is re ircd lfJ t() ,ank thjs tion, and then drive piles and plank the re muitiiiu: forty feet. G. W. Cone offers to contribute the piling mid necessary plonking mid timbers, ,nud Ontilol Hrecht offers to contribute hSso to apply on labor and spikes. w informed that the worii necessary couiu e eouipieieu in three weeks. r It does seem stramre. indeed, that so important a matter ns n dock should be allowed to drag its weary length along, while many of us are yelling ourselves hoarse about our valualile Heritage tlie water iiom and unemiuled shipping facilities. We say it is a strange thing, we have the water front; we have op portunities of affording the most economical meuine iur mmuniiK freight by water of any point on the two rivers. We have these things, but good people, honor bright, now, what good are they unless we utilize thcin. Plaiutalk, to be sure, but the circumstances demand plain.honest talk. Are we .. . .. .. i .1.?-.,- At.- tooiisil euougii to iiiuiK wiui we uiii keep this up everlastingly just for advertising purposes? We can't de it; we may fool the people lor uwlitio but the inevitable will come. Let's le honest with ourselves, and build dock, and quit sailing under false colors. Just as necessary to accomodate the mills, foundries aim shops al ready here, is u street graded along the water front. The very exist auce of the vital part, the very soul ..ic It u-frv nf this oitv demands that hesc things be done. Welre not a pressunist nor an ularnus , by any ... .1.. 4t... .... means, out we piauny !uy muv un less action is taken and something done along these Hues very soon, the result is hard toforetell. These are bald facts, fellow-citizens, but delay is hazardous. There is no reason why these things should be neg lected. - If there is any one tiling more be honest in proclaiming the ad van tnces. resources and iuuucements held out to investors and locators. No matter what may be claimed, the city must be iu position to make trood: cive optical, practical demon stration that the claims set forth can be verified. This is as true tn ceil eralities as it is true in individual business relations. The man in ai-.v business may strut around like a peacock, lay claim to to this, that and the other thing, but as sure as water finds its level so will the man wlm makes bie pretentions and when pressed can't back them up .... . Tnere is no cuy on una cuuiiucm that possesses more natural resuour ces than St. Johns. This fact can be demonstrated, and quite satisfac torily, too. It is uo newcoudition. JOHN 1 hese things have always existed. Its only recently there was any move made to use them and let the outside world know they were here. That's the only difference between the present and a half century ago. But, are we doing our part in util izing these God-given advantages? Are we? Let each and every one of us have an interview with our selves and then answer. The Review agrees with I3ro Mc Vicker regarding the ttndesirablity of saloons in St. Johns, and believes that the city is far better off with out them, yet we fear our good brother has made a mistake iu forc ing the issue. We repeat what we have said before iu these columns. we do not believe a council could be elected, if this issue were left nut. that would grant a saloon license, However, if it is to be forced ns nn sstie, and we don't beleive it would have entered into local tmlitics if it were not forced, let the question be submitted to tt vote of the people, so that city officers may be chosen without reference to their views on i, . .. flirlll t Hill, tltiWIifllr.a St tttitlt I " , , ' V . J.tlerary society gave ts week y eu is easv etiotu! h to sav that von emi i ...,..!..' ;.". , . . . " ... , ..f. . select men coinbining ability nud opposition to saloon liceie, but the chances arc mi hundred to one that it wouldn't be done. There are ex tremists on both sides. They re gard their "for" or "against" sen timents as the whole thing. Give St.Johus a council of this kind, und the results would m anything but for the mateial benefit of the city. St. Johns can't afford to make mistakes of this kind. It is claimed that the present city officials of Portland are endeavoring to set aside the direct primary nom inations law and retain their osi tions iu office until June, 1907. If they should succeed, no greater ca lamity could befall our neighbor. The present regime, with its accom panying system of graft and conni vance with the criminal class, would present 11 sorry stiectacle to the throngs of visitors who will crowd the city during the fair. Ths citi zens of Portland may felicitate themselves, however, that they have one siiviiiir urnce in the person of the sheriff of Mttltlinomali county. A Stroll along the water front of this city reveals many interesting things. A rather amusing thing was n box of fresh country eggs, which the steamer Ltirliue had managed to get ashore near Jobes' 1111 the other day. The lmx con tainiuir the"hen fruit" was all right, high and dry, until the tide came 11. when it was carried out iu the eddy, and there rolled to nnd fro for a doy or two, when it was rescued, ami a passing team threw it aboard and delivered it to the firm to which it was consigned. In reply to an "enquirer" we will state that the hare heading 111 a re cent issue of the Portland Journal, which read: "Chief of Police Asas- siuuted.'Mid not refer to Portland's iir chief. No, no: such n calamity is not liable to befall him. , t . Seedless apples is the latest thing on the lioards. Next we will hear of Portland policemen and members of congress wearing pantaloons without pockets iu them. I Morality alone never built up a city, never will. Suppose a preach er would have to dejxmd on this single element for a living. He would make a sorry live of it. Let's lave morality, certainly, hut there ore other interests equally iinj)or- tnnt. The commercial interests are of equal importance, treatise with out the success of these interests there would be no community to he A simile idea man is of no use or benefit anywhere on the face of this gracious footstool that we know of, unless he should adopt the life of a hermit and hie himself to the fastnesses of some mighty mountains. Hut air is cheap com- nodity. T Plir likelihood is that there will be no straight party tickets in the field in Portland's approaching city elec tion. The ne-un will probably De the Reformers on one side and the Conservatives on the other. The campaign is already developing inter esting features. ill not be difficult for the peo- nle of St. lohns to select excellent material for town officials for the en suing fiscal year. We have it here in abundance. Personal prejudice or political bias should have no influence in the matter of making the choice. The public welfare is at stake. 1 Times and thieves wth whom Portland seems just now to be over run appear to have discovered that St. Johns has no bank. For that reason tliev naturally assume mat where so much business is being done every day there must be considerable monev lyinu around loose. And there is, Mr. Burglar. But, until we get Devoted to tho Interests of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH n bank, those here who make money .... 1 . 1 .1 . ... ami save it nave lascn uic precaution to provide themselves with means with which tliev can protect it. Bet tcr look out, ye prowling outlaws 1 A double-barreled dose of buckshot, one of these dark niimts, may teach your worthless ilk that St. Johns is not a safe place for the knights of the dark lantern. COLUMBIA JOTTINGS. Items Gathered By Our University Kcponer. 1 he bi-monthly examinations were held Monday, nud Tuesday, and good grades arc,exiected. Arrangements are now being made to Hold another meet in March. j frills have been sent to Vancouver Y M C. A. and M. A. A. C. During these fine days Prof. Lotur und his botany class have been delving into Nature's secrets on vegateble life and the youthful sci entists nre quite cntluiciastic over their discoveries. I - - J n Jiw iviuiumieiu. i ue youiuiui orators V,. ..bnnlmr to i,r..o,.i ,. J the near future. Prof. Morrin, of Columbia, who received a severe injury last Christ inns, when getting off of the cur at Piedmont, has returned to the school after standing some weeks iu the hospital. The genial pro fessor was" most cuthuiastically wel comed back by the boys. His hojies of n icrniaucnt euro are not the brightest. During these fine days Columbia's campus resounds with the merry leal of laughter from the Juniors mid the hard swat of the senior's bat. Both divisions have bright hoies of putting out good teams. On Saturday night the boarders gave the roomers 11 most enjoyable smoker. Whist was the game of the evening. Mr. Dooly was the proud victor of the first prize and AGRICULTURAL PALACK, Mr. Ralph Kirk the winner of the Hooliy. On Friday night the SeniorlLlter nry society gave its weekly enter tainment on the moonlit banks of the Willamette und the melodious voices of Columbia's seniors and the happy thoughts of the society's speaker expressed in dulcet tones blended admirably with the dreamy light of the iiiimaiitled night. Quite n number of the loys took advantage of the fine day Sunday to tuke 111 the fair grounds. All sjK'ak most enthusiastically of the grounds and the iassibilities of a great fair. The fair board ought to issue iuvatitious to all the stud ents of the various schools in Port- laud to visit the grounds, and there by increase the advertising, for the young are the lest advertisers of fine things. Columbia base ball team again started their third year of base ball, by defeating the High School 4 to o in a six inning game, Moore was iu the box for Columbia and had HIS upjmucnw tuiuj.ivifci ui "- I mercy. Goodell of the High School pitched hue au oui his support was not the best. The game was played in the large gymnasium. Quite an aggregation of supporters was present and the cheering lor both sides was good and clean, which is characteristic of Columbia s ath letic games. The faculty at Col umbia will not permit any rowdy ism in the school's game. The next game will be on Saturday next, Changes in Game Law. For the benefit of our local uimroda we note the following changes made iu the game laws at the last session of the legislature: Hunters' license of Si a year for all hunters except farmers, and $10 for non-residents. Sale of all kinds of wild game ab solutely prohibited. Limit 011 ducks cut down to 50 in a week, and not more than 35 a day. Pishing for, black bass permitted at all seasons of the year. Use of live pigeons as targets in trap-shooting prohibited. REVIEW Center of tho Northwest 3, 1905. "HAVE A TRANSFER?" "No Sir, Thank You : I Only Go as Far as Third and Washington Streets, To-Day." All This Itcauc We Are to Have Through Cars Buaaln Nut Monday. After patiently waiting, agitntimr laboring and pressing the St. Johns citizens arc at lust to realize the comfort of street car service Portland, a comfort they have for so many years been denied whil other suburban points have lecn more favored. The Review inattg urnted this campaign iu behalf o the Peninsula and the people of tins city, nnd may express a par .. . dutiable pride in announcing that its efforts, so ably seconded by the the bt. Johns Commercial Associa tion, have terminated so satisfac torily. Through service will be commenced next Moudny. 1 he following communication scut to the president and secretary of the Commercial Association, was received Monday last: Dear KlrSi-Auswvrlng your resolution 01 i'eu. int. 1905, presented ny your com tnlttec nt till office nt n much later dale, Ih.'l! to nn' thnt since that (lute the nml ter of thruuuh service Itctwecn your city anil rorunuii Hits received due eomider iitlou. A stated to your committee nt that time, to ocrntc the St. Johns cam at u tliroiiKliscrvlcc Iu nprocr manner would require more eiiuiimiciu timti mis com Miiy lias available for that purosc, mid also would require pure tlie construction ot some loop tracks, together with consider' able siwclat work Iu Portland. In this connection wc wish to My that the ndop tion of a plan, which has been under coir sldcratlou for several months, for ushu! first nud Second streets Iu the 1)UIiich section of the city iu conjunction with the O. W. A l. Hy. Co., was decided ad vcrscly by that coiiitmuy Iu a letter yes terday afternoon. This was one cause of the delay In giving answer to your com inunlcatioii, The matter of throuijh service still stands unchanged, as far as our ability to adopt n complete and satisfactory LP.WIS AND CLARK PAIR. schedule 011 such line. On account of the above decision wc have to formuluti! a new plan under which to Install our loops at tins run 01 tlie line. We have, however, decided to ado tit a throuu.li car service, 011 uie preMrut tunc tunic, will asluuleear running through from this terminus to ht. Johns, picking up a trail er at ntdmoiit to carry the loenl passcii- eers, and any excels of throuuh iumii Kcrs from tills end, who may have to go to rioimoiu 011 tue regular local car. OuHuk a number of hours in the middle 01 tlie day, tills will lie h satisfactory ser vice, hut we do not cxicct 1.1 the rush hours in the evening that It will prove altogether satisfactory. It is, however, the Usl that we can do at this time, and we do it as much to show that It buthe intention of this company to establish a through service as 011 s-count of the luiprovmeiit which would ensue. we hoe that the clticmt of St, Johns will aid us by taking a local car to Pied mont whenever uuiblc, and thus re lieve the couuestiou which Is llkclv to occur on the through car until such time as we have provided further cmilymeut in facilities at this end of the Hue to enable us to run trains in a satisfactory manner, which we now exnect will be about luld'summer. We have not coumletcd all arauue. menU for this service witha tliroueh car. and it is possible that iu the latter purt of the evening, when few people are moviog, a transfer will still be made at ljtlllloilt ,irounh ,1',, We plan to start Hum: ecars a week from next Monday morning, Vours very respectfully, Portland Consoi.idatki) Kv. Co,, V. I. 1'vu.kh, Gen. Mjjr, Loggers Patronize St. Johns, St. Johns people have long known that their city was in every way suit ed to do work of all kinds with dis patch and accurateness, and to the entire satisfaction of everyone, but outsiders have not known of the su perior work turned out here, and the ideal location of our factories and machine shops. Hence it is with a great deal of satisfaction that we are able to record the fact that loggers, both from Oregon and our neighbor ing State of Washington, have de cided to patronize tlie local machine shops and hardware stores in prefer ence to those in Portland. J. M. Bramhall, of the Wood land Logging Co., of Woodland, Wash., is one of the latest to under stand and appreciate these facts, he having just had a new donkey engine NO. 17 sledded and overhauled in St. Johns, in preference to Portland, the class of work done being as high a grade as that in the city, and the faculty fur handling it, superior in every way. Mr. Bramhall predicts the bright est outlook for our city. He says al the logging camps will eventually conic to bt. Johns for their work and supplies. With the foundry iu con ncctiou with the machine shops there is no class of work that cannot b turned out. Of course St. Johns people under stand and appreciate tlie fact that Portland may some day take our name instead of her own, and the en tire peninsula and city as well be termed St. Johns, but as the out side world begins to take cognizance r our superior situation and facil tics, 1 he Review takes pride in re cording the facts. The ladies of the Holy Cross Par ish at rortstuutith gave a most sue . . . tt a a 1.1.V11111 ciiicrinmmciit at licckncrs Hall, St. Johns, on last Saturday. A goodly crowd wns present, and a neat sum was realized by the ladies in charm. A marked feature of the evenings entertainment was the mil iial numbers furnished hy the Co 'unibia University orchestra, under the leadership of Prof. Kdwin Smith Tlie piograiu consisted of the fol lowing numbers: Masterstroke . ..Columbia University Orchestra Harllnne miI(i"A Dream".. f!. f IJ Violin solo-"Cavntina"..f. A. Weber Miy Kan ...Columbia Unlvrrnitv Orrlu-tlrn VI. lit f.olo "llencusc" ....I., Kcllcy Comet solo "Thy Sentinel Am . 1 v. Weber iiariiouc snn"Aathorc"...C. C. Koc uicky IMiicc ...Columbia U11 vers tv Orchestra Prof, iing, of Columbia Univer sity, was called upon for a recita tion, nud kindly contributed "Th Dcath-hcd Scene of Benedict Arnold." hillowmg the musical numbers, supper was served, which was im mediately succenieii ny whist, in 1 . I a s which pretty prizes were offerei Miss Foreman nnd C. C. Roc were the successful winners of the fjrst prizes. .Miss hchwah and Mr. fore man were winner of the "booby prizes. Holy Cross Entertainment. J. IC. Tiuich, clerk of school dis trier No. 2, has just completed the census of the district, with the fol owing result: C1TV OH ST JOHNS Males under 'il 3'JH Females under 'it 303 in 4HI Males over 'J I Females over '.'I trlST OllVSIIIIt CITV Males under tit Females under Males over til 71 Females over lit at li'i I otal of district ih-jj Miinbcr between t years and U0 years, ol school nue. lulls ssu Last year, I 'JO I :my Increase over 1001 USD It will be observed from the almv e that the increase of school population tiring the year has been 250. Tlie number of males over 21 vrars ot age does not represent the entire ulult male iiopulatioii, but only heads ami members ot families. 1 here are probably 2x more, which indues the bachelor elrmrnt or mill hands, and mechanics who live in hotels and toardiiig houses. It is safe to say our population is over 2000 bona fide residents. 1 he Increase is remark- ile, when it is considered that less than thrct years ugo there were less than 200 population in St. Johns proper. More than thirty national con ventions are scheduled to con- cue iu Portland during the Lewis and Clark exjo.sitioii. Electricity iu its every coucelv- able application, representiotig the most marvelous achetvemeiita iu modem science may be seen at the ,ewis nud Clark exposition. flic Government fisheries exhib it at the Lewis and Clark exnosi- 011 will show the evolutitloii of a royal Chinook salmon, from the embryo to a well matured fish. Some idea of the privations en ured by Lewis and Clark in their expedition to the great Northwest, may be gleaned by a careful exami nation of the exhibits characteris tic of the earlier history of Oregon territory. The caressing melody of the chimes iu the towers of the main Government building will recall mental pictures of the missions founded by Juuipero Serra and his intrepid followers iu the seven teenth century. But seldom are some of us afford ed an opportunity to hear the world's famous bands. Many of them have been engaged to play at the fair, among them being, limes', De Cecapris's, Hllery's and the Hawaiian Imperial baud. THE REVIEW Job Print ing Department is one of the very Best not the larges-Mii Oregon. Thoroughly Modern. Business Room For Rent -f- Good Business Room on Jer sey street, 25x50 feet. Rent Reasonable. St. Johns Land Co. A. E. WILSON, The Jeweler WATCHMAKER OPTICIAN Alt Kinds of Work Done Promptly At Reasonable prices. Give me a call Jtrty Street, St Johns, Oregon Yuu ctn tlwiti d.p.nd on ths chsletal FJU38K MEATS liromtil J.lit.rr aid toaritoui tr.tlm.nl whan jun ord.r iron Ikt old rsllsbls St. Johns Meat Market Hlr.ni.r. rowing Into Bl. John, will toi tlnlr IriJ will t spprtrlaUd, Mid IS.Ir want! lUL'till.d 10 Ibatr aiiurailloll. It SMITH t DONNELLY St Johns Marktt Jsnsr aun t. Johns. oasaoM BILLIARD PARLOR Oigars, Tobacco ant Confectionery .... St. Johns, Orsgoa Blacksmithing General Repairing I am nrciMucd to do all kinds of work In the lllackstullhluK line promptly and iu Ural-class manner. Your trade so- llclted. Horseshoeing a Specialty AH Work Promptly Doat and Corrsc Prlcss assured M. L. ROWLAND Corner Ivanho and Tacoma streets. St. Johns Bicycle Repairing and Machine Shop Repairing promptly done, Prices reasonable. I sell the best incan descent glolie 011 the market: full iue of electrical supplies. Key fitting and lock work. Gtiiismithiiig. D. D. WOOD, Tacoma Street Near Jersey. To the Public "ELASTIC ROOF PAINT." 'ire and water proof, is manufact ured and used soley by C. T. Moo, W. O. Moe having no interest hi sa me. I'nint unci preserve your roof, All work guaranteed. Will mint roofs for next sixty days for ighty-iive cents a squure. M. T. MOTC, CsBtrsttor lsd tof Pilattr. Jt. Jtluu, Ore. Why Pay Rent? . r I will sell you a 6-rooin house, lot 50x138 t-3, with furniture; only $400 cash required; ulso half block near the mills und railroad track; small payment. c. E HURLBERT. St. Johns, Oregon. 275 Lot, 50 x 100 St.Johus Park overlooking river. 1325 Lot, 50 x 100 near woolen mill. $750100 x 100 Finest 1-4 block in bt. Johns. 12400 Block Vjh Broadway. D. C. Rogers THE REAL ESTATE MAN ST. JOHNS, ORl'.OON GEO. W. CONE LUMBER CO. Flooring. Ceiling, Rustic, And All Kinia of BuUdiaf MaUrisi Prompt Dsllisry Ouartatd. MILL AT TOOT BUBLCrOTOM STXU1 T. JOMM. OftXOOM J. M. Moore PAINTINO, PAPER HANG ING, GRAINING AND 8ION WETTING , BOBHB PA.IMTIMO A IfBOIALTT St. Johns Park JOHNS, OREOOH 8 T.