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i Mil. ITEMS AND CITV NEWS NOTICE T7 ADVERTISERS. change of ad ln, Tnt the copy for tuch change ,rfh this oW.ce not liter than inoul- . - n.eiock n. m. Kieate rthU and ve the print. ;0,4 o, ..overtime" wor. A,0od Humbler bicycle for sale, . A..r fnll ut Budeen's bicycle cl .. "iWiiinu street. A miniature nihit in full working rt ".' in I irt nt till! 1T0V- ft; Lcwto and ennnciH Mirk exposition. ..t tliinir on earth for .Jluev. A lantern that 1'ottkr selling for t5 cents, .t.r to tlOSt OlllCe. 11 K. L, C. E. Society of the 11'c,r". 'i I. .. ill 1.1.1.1 t9 fCL'- dar monthly t.uilnc meeting at the tone of Mr. 1 ")cr 0,1 1 tL" h. Chipman ami W. J. 1'cd Jicord, of tin cty, and 1'. I. Mc- Kcnna were nppoiuicu mi .....- A- the county court to aktte the drawbridge nuisance. u.:u. immnhlcts. folders, office stationery, business cards, dodgers, programs, nounccmntis turned out or.Icr and an ou short and at reasonable prices at TViWrtlVH'OfllCC. Ladies! Relieve yourselves of the hardest task connected with housekeeping, by using the Univer sal bread mixer. We put them out on approval. 1'otthk omoi.ii, next door to post oflice. Wc sell jwultry netting, und Uwn fencing. Let us make you u price. Porrim Oooi.o, next duor to jwst office. Next Sunday morning the subject at tiic Kvangrlical church will he, "Coiuecration." In the evening will ciHimirace a series of services coin itxiuing each evening at 7:jo, and will be conducted by the pastor. All are wrlame at these services. The Review noted many of the residents of the city busily engaged this week, improving unit beautify ing their front yards. This is us It should le. Nothing so pleases the eye of a. stranger as a garden of roses and other flowers in front of a private residence. Somebody sprung n"hot air" bub ble oa sonic our citizens the other day, In regard to the gasoline motor line coming from Ilillsboro to St. Johns over the O. K. & N. line. It would certainly be desir able uml to the beficfit of the city, but we fear It is Minidy one of the numerous "hot air" bubbles. f Willi II. Moxon, a former resi dent of this city, has returned, and will build a new groceiy store at the corner of Charleston and Leonard streets. He will begin work on the building about the middle of .March. He will move his family here and be come a permanent resident. It Ins been decided to organize the new lodge of Odd Fellows in this rity Monday evening, March 20. A Urge number of visitors from the out side are expected, and a bJg jollifi cation looked for. The charter list it growing, and the new lodge will stitt out under most favorable cir cumstances. D. D. Wood is proving himself a public benefactor, especially to those who have occasion to traverse Taco ma street after night. He has the window of his shop illuminated with t ectric lights, which shed their rays J'ong the street for a block, making it the best lighted portion of the city. Mr. Wood rtVfivr m:im' mm phWnts for his enterprise. . F. D. Axtell. foreman of the Pen. niasula Lumber Co.'s sawmill, who n been sick with the grippe for tM past two weeks is improving JM hopes soon to be able to resume lis duties. Ho ;,...wtc .!..., nts family, now at Cascade Locks, "re. into the house recently va cated bv Mr. T R..i i rortsmouth nx-a ...i iimi-.. wuicvaru. A tu.lu w.lic:. i r iti r'l i it itir iron the river in front of St. ms his week. Thestatement on ..1 , ,was that one J- B Jso had EM fr?m t,le Oregon City bridge Willamette. The whole .u.uK oears all the ear-raarks of a rbut.,f U shoW be true it is nopedjoe is good and dead, and t he will stay aead. Au , men are Uke cyphers in the decimal notation. If written after, agmficant figures they add nothing1 fi: before significant "Kures they lessen their value. A niimK.. if ... i EIU n . ' ,,,c ""'os ot miss iv, U.raa$ch Ke her a surprise last ihursday evening at the home of her Knhdav11 L"8 ,he 00315100 of r ui.K ; The Bul were served nd other amusement Those I Z "eTC -Mr. and Mrs. Otis rs. H. u. Hen E. C. Hurl MV lLr i i" R SheDard' Dr HuLV11'. Mtaet Elna rd f' , ' Kiand, May Shep P. Tuff iwn" Tufts; Messrs. M. Sbi"?' Sf0' Ca"ling, and C E. The local nuxlliarv to the Nation al American Woman Suffrage As sociation met nt the residence of Airs. Jobes', ou Tacoma street. Wednesday afternoon. A letter wns read from Susan H. Anthonv. Otiite .. i . ' . a large milliner were present, and several new members were taken in. Mrs. Jobes served Unlit refresh menu, nnu entertained her guests u a most elegant style. 1 he regular meeting of the La dies Aid Society announced to be leld at the home of Mrs. R. Shcn urd has been postponed on account ot lite lecture to be given at the M. cliurcli next Wednesday after noon, at 2:30 o'clock. This is n free lecture to ludies onlv. All In- ies arc invited to come and brintr their friends. Light refreshments will be served. Kak M.SmU'AHD, Scc'y. TH, C. Tl... tt. j""ua water jo. is ex- tenamg tue water main along Ad dison street a distance of 1200 feet. We sell, rakes, hoes, garden shovels, and etc., for digging. Pottkr & Goold, next door to post ofiiice. Born to the wife of R. K. Lam bert of Stewart's street, ou Keb. 28th, a son. Mother and child do ing well. Roy U. Caine, employed with the Northwest Sash and Door Co., met with a painful accident Mon.W. He caught the middle fintrer nf life 1 . ...... - ieu nanu 111 the "st cker" nr..m. ingitso that amputation will be necessary. I wo little girls, watching the surveyors running a line to the woolen mills heard one of them calling the numbers (0 the other. xNot understanding his method n counting one of them exclaimed: La me I He don't know how to count." pleted in about two mouths. Across the car line Mr. C. U. Lougheadis finishing a $2500 resi-, The Commercial Association uence. It will be one of the finest 1 dwelling houses in St. Johns when REC0MA1END A DOCK. Holds a Busy Session. completed Mr. Maltby is putting The meeting of the St. Johns up a building 25 by 70 feet, brick . Commercial Association Wednesday veneered frout, with flat. Calvan evening was one of the most inter c Co. arc putting the finishing esting sessions held during its ex- Death of Rev. W. M. Kemp. Rev. W, M. Kemp, a retired Methodist minister, died, at his tome in Oak Park addition at an arly hour this l-'rldav morning in his 70th year. 1 he deceased has Ikxmi an inva d for several years. He was a soldier in the war of the rebellion. 'he funeral services will be held at the family residence, at 12 o'clock tomorrow, Saturday, Rev. C. H. Campbell, assisted by Rev. T. L. ones, of Amity, Ore., will officiate. , he remains will be tukcu to Cor- nllis, Ore., for interment. He eaves n wife and three children. liehtfnl one. event was a most de- A New Enterprise. The imtwriauce of this city is made more manifest every day. tu most recent addition to our iiisiuess enterprises, und one which will be of much benefit in the wuy of advertising St. Johns, is the lo cution here of the publication office of the Pacific Searchlight, the offi cial organ of the prohibition party of the states of Oregon and Washing ton. The paper will be dated und and mailed here, and will be turned out on the presses of The Reveiw. 'he publisher, Is. 15. Kmrich, will evote one column each week to the resources und industries of St. Johns, giving it n local significance which will do good. The circulation is about 2500 copies semi-monthly. Sunday Evening Lecture. "The Spring Klection and its I5f- fect upon the future of St. Johns" was the theme of a very earnest talk by Rev. McVikcer.at theKvan gelical church Sunday evening. Hie subject was very creditably treated and some plain truths were brought out. 1 he saloon and its at tendant evils received the most at tention, und while no attempt was made to bring out new facts, the most effective argument was that lis admitted evil was a noor invest ment from a business point of view; it would cast more to properly pa ce the city if saloons were permit ted than the license paid would amount to, which is a self-evident fact. The speaker dwelt upon the evil as being more serious at this particular time than at auv other. because the cleaning up process at Portland is driving a mast undesir able class to seek other fields for plying their nefarious practices, and if saloons were licensed here St. Johns would receive its share of them. They follow saloons. Take a town without saloons and you find few of the sporting element. A large audience listened atten tively to a very interesting talk. Doors and Windows. Let us make an estimate on the Doors and Windows you need for that new house. Our experience is proving that our prices are righK Pottkr & Gould, next door to post office. touches to their building which is to be used as n meat and provision market. These gentlemen reside ill bellwood but nre wide awake to the fact that St. lohns has a future. which no other city promises, and are casting their lot with us. Within the next two months a fine hotel will be started in the same locality. It is to be the largest in St. Johns with all modern improvements. ST. JOHNS LUMBER C0A1PANY. A Practically New Enterprise That is Doing a Big Business. A Stroll in (he South End. One may form some idea of the rapid advance St. Johns is making taking a stroll over the city. Out on Columbia boulevard just east of the school house, A. A. Muck and L. R. French have each a building undar construction. The buildings tire te be brick veneered in front, five double doors, and two single doors in front. Mr. Muck's build ing is to have three flats, and Mr. French's two, with all modern im provements. The two buildings have a total frontage of about 200 feet with a cement side walk in front which the workmen are now pre paring to by. The buildings will contain five storerooms, and Messrs. Kelley and Plummer, the contract ors,' say the structures will be corn- It is the policy of The Review to let the world know what the people of St. Johns arc doing and how they do it. It is by far the busiest little city in Multnomah County, and its people arc proud of the fact that within its municipal boundaries some of the ablest and most progressive business men in the Northwest arc civ gaged in extensive industrial enter prises. Many ot these institutions have already been briefly mentioned in these columns and there is abundant space herein for a more extended de scription later on. I he St. Johns Lumber Company, practically a new enterprise, for it wits established here only eighteen months ago, is doing an excellent business under the careful mamit'c- incut of Mr. A. S. Douglass. It employs from thirty to thirty-five men ten hours a day, who turn out about 25,000 'feet of fine lumber be tween breakfast and supper time each lay. 1 lie capacity of the null is about 40,000 feet per day, and it cost about saa.ooo to "plant it." I he market for the output of this mill i both local and "foreign" that is, a coixiilcrahlc portion of its product is shipped by rail and river outside of Multnomah County. Manager Douglass, who is a man of mature age nnd extended experience in the sawmill business, is much pleased with the volume of business the company has so far done, and gratified with the promise of a steady increase. A rumor was current to the effect that the mill would soon c enlarged, but the report could not e verified this week. An excellent force of experienced mill men do splendid work with this ittle nlnnr, under the direction of n very competent and progressive man ager. Many larger mills turn out a smaller output than the mill of the St. Johns Lumber Company. A visit to bt. Johns by imynne in terested in the phenomenal growth of this little city will convince the ob serving skeptic that it enjoys the pres ence nnd stimulous of a greater num ber of active industrial enterprises than any other city of its population in the Northwest. And they arc ac- na tl A I tivc. nicy arc an ousy. nn an- ithcr item upon which they should be congratulated is found in the fact that they arc all prosperous. I his, in a measure, accounts for the extraor dinary progress St. Johns has madr during the last two or three years. Wc Certainly Will Have One. That the dock question is a vital one is not questioned. The steamboat men appreciate the importance ol n dock. Here is a letter received by President Douclass, of the Commer cial Association, in regard to the mat ter, from the agent of the Vancou ver Transportation Co., which oper ates the steamers Lurline and Un dine. It reads: Portland, Or., Feb, 27, 1Q05. Mr. A. S. Douglass, St. Johns, Or. Dear Sir: I am prone to see that the Commercial Club has taken hold of the matter of better dock facilities at St. Johns. I consider this one of the most helpful moves to your cruwing city. There is scarcely day that wc do not have to refuse freight or passengers for your city. because you have no dock. You can never have a prosperous city on the water front without proper dock ac comirodations. Dry Dock Motes, The schooner S. T. Alexander is on the dry dock having her hull cleaned and painted. Immediately thereafter she will proceed to Port land, where she will load lumber f r the return trip to San Pedro. The barkentine Koko Head, from the Hawaiian islands will be dry docked as soon as she arrives for a general overhauling, after which she will proceed to Portland, to take on a cargo of Oregon hr tor the orient. She is under charter to the Pacific Export Lumber Co. The steamer John McCracken, a tender for the Port of Portland was taken off the dock this week. She was raised to have her propeller tightened and to permit of other minor work being done. Last Sunday was an ideal spring day, and St. Johns was thronged with visitors I he real estate of ficers were besiged, but to no pur pose, the dealers were doing a little "recreating" themselves. Mall Schedule Mall arrives at St. Johns at 7145 a and 1:15 p. hi. Leaves at 10,-15 a. tn., ami 4:50 p. in. esting sessions held during its ex isteiice. 1 here was a good attend mice, and great interest manifested A communication, published else where in this paper, from Genera Manager 1 tiller, of the Portland Con solidated Railway Co. , announcing that the request of the association hud been favorably considered, anil n through car service would be 111 mtgii rated next Monday, was read and much satisfaction expressed A vote' of thanks was tendered Mr. Fuller. The committee, which was to stand until the company yielded, was discharged with thanks. A comitnicutiou from the Vancoti ver Transportation Co., which oner- utes the Undine and Lurline, was read, congratulating the association 011 its efforts to secure a dock, which would enable boats to laud freight and passengers. The president was instructed to appoint ten delegntes to attend th meeting of the Oregon Devoloymcjit League, which meets in Portland April 4 and 5. Following are the delegntes: G. H. Carlson, J. F. HrnlHer, W. II. King, J. C. Cromc, J. C. Scott, G. M. Unit, R. She pan I, J. Henry Smith, 11. T. Leggett, Daniel Hrccht and A. S. Douglass. The following resolution was in troduced and unanimously adopted: HvkoIvciI, Tlmt till Aiwoefiitlmi heart ily clubmen the proxnltloii uf Clin. WikxI ntul nHoclntcs, of Snulnaw, Mich., to estnlillxli n hunk hi tlili city, niut pledge It hearty MipHrt. The dock committee reported that figures had been obtained as to the cost of docks us follows: Philadel phia street, labor, $2,000: Pittsburg street,labor,St3ooj Richmond street, including piles, lumber nnd mater Inl, 5395. ' After some discussion, the committee was instructed to ask the city council to proceed at once to build it dock nt Richmond street. 1 he banquet committee was in structed to arrange foru banquet to lie held Thursday evening, March 23. The price perplate to be 1.50. I'orty-one tickets were pledged by members present. The banquet is not to be confined to club members. but till citizens arc invited to sub scribe for tickets and attend. The .secretary was Instructed to correspond with the K. T. Hurrnws Co. of Portland, Maine, iminufact uteres of wire screens, regarding locating in St. Johns. A MIDNIGHT BURGLARY. St. Johns not Outdone But Has a Burglary. It has Ln quite fashionable among our sister cities to have bur glaries, nnd St. Johns began to des pair of ever being able to compete with them, but at last the expected happened. It occurred last Sunday night and the postofficc was the scene of the crime, and the reason the festive burglar did not secure 300 was that it was not there. 1 he post mistress, Mrs. Clark sends the money to Portland every afternoon and has it deposited in a safety dc. posit vault. The burglar secured only ss orG, mostly in pennies. hntrance was effected by boring out the lock In the rear door. The whole place was ransacked but, Mrs, Clark having taken the precaution to remove the stamps nothing was secured but ikmiuics. The robbery was not discovered until Mrs. Clark otieneil the oflice Monday morning; although Mrs. Tyner. of the Central hotel over the postoflice. heard some strange noises during the night but had no suspic ion of what it really meant. This still further emphasizes the need of n local bank, which we hope to have in the near future. A Nervy Bov Rov Heath, of whom St. Johns innv well be proud, routed two bur glars who were trying to bore into lis room ut an early nour mommy morning. Kov sleeps in a little shack at the ' . .1, rear of the house, was nwaKcneu ity noise at Ills door. busiHicting robberv he secured his pistol, run to . . . 1 . . ..... 1 , . 1.- . the window uutl iiourisucti u 111 ine roblier's faces, threatening to shoot them Instant v if they did not leave ,'nking Roy nt his word they nastily 1 knnnenretl. TllCV WOUKl nave felt deeply chagrined nan uiey known the gun was empty and that toy had no cartridges, it is sus iccted they are the same persons who robbed the j)ostoflice at an earlier hour. Notich The notice which Mr. Spauldlng inserted in the Review ast week was unnecessary, ior, in.- Hide liitvlng mv own wearing appar el I have liought all the clothes he has had in the last year. Mks. A. L. Si'AUI.dino NOTICIi. My wife ICdyth hav imr lefi inv lied and loard without cause, nil' concerned take notice that I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by her after this date. A. L. Si'AUI.dino. St. Johns, Or., Feb. 24, 1905. !p N. A. Ilorqtinst, of Portland, was looking nfter his projierty here Wednesday. The White House Cook Book I Only 89c Only Forty-sight, (48) CopUa In Stock whloh Just arrlvtd from th aaat. Thla la tha Ladlaa old atand-by for Cooking Rtolpt, Dlnntr giving and alao for th oar of tha alck room, Something Every Housewife Should Have, Nicely bound nnd well printed on good paper. Just 4 Four Dozen to close out at the price of 89c each. ST. JOHNS GROCERY CO. (Iroccrs and General Merchants, St Johns, Oregon To the People of St. Johns. WE'RE HERE! And ready for business. The delayed material has arrived and is being put in place as rapidly as our workmen can do it, and the current will be turned on without further delay. Persons desiring to use electric light or power should make application at the offices of the Company, corner SEVENTH and ALDER Streets, PORTLAND. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Patronize Home Industry Send your Laundry to the West Coast Laundry New Management New Help New Methods (IimiiI work Runmnlreil t ftr trra rrMonnMn nml MtliUctnry tl. U. IIANNA. Mutineer 44M The Edward Holman Undertaking Company Funeral Directors qnd Embalmors Modem Auilmliiiice Talophon. 607 l.mly AmIMuiU 220-222 Third St., Corner Salmon, PORTLAND, Oiegon 0CO000CO04000000000C'0:00 OUR FAITH IN ST. JOHNS 0 Bickner Brothers Department Store All Goods Sold at Portland Prices I Keep a large stock of General Merchandise, including Dry (food, Hoots und Shoes, Groceries, Hardware, Houva Furntnuing, Feed, Etc. In fact everything. Their Price re rigid. Don't waste your time going to Portland, but como in and see our stock and price. Remember The Big Department Store Corner Jersey Street and Broadway St. Joknj, Oregon HARDWARE We carry SIIULP IIARDWARK, CUTLP.RY, CUT I.P.RY, CARI'KNTKRS' TOOLS, BUILDERS IIARDWARK, SHOVKLS, HORS, GARDI'.N RAKHS, H HATING and COOK STOVKS, RANGI'.S TIN and KNAMKLKD WARIJ, I'AINTS, OILS and VARNISHES. WILL USE OUR I1EST EFFORTS TO PLEASE OUR CUSTOMERS. POTTER & GOOLD In K'.st expressed Ity our Kiiuranty of 20 per cent increase in value of property during the coining year This K'lnninty provides that in case the projr- ty yon purchase docs not increase in value nt least 20 per Cent 20 per cent during one year from date of purchase wc will refund your money with 6 per cent interest This same Kaurauty 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 Installment Payments Hartman, Thompson & Powers 3 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Or. O. L. CHAPEL, Agent at St. Johns. f f