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VOL. I
ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1905.
NO. 28
St. Johns Park
No.
Lots 50x1 06 ft.
With a 1 6-foot Alley back
of each lot.
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Prices
$200 and Upwards
Terms :
j $5 Down and
These lots arc located on Jersey street, three blocks
from cur line and
Near the Great Weyerhauser Mill Site.
Don't pay $350 and $400 for building lots only J 00
i feet dcet). and without alleys;,
jlsizcd lots with. i&footsui&ys,
the, best locality in bt. Johns lor fsoo and upwards.
Let us show you this property. We can sell only
the first fifty lots at these prices. This is done to ad
vertise the property. When these arc sold prices will
advance 25 per cent.
Within one year, when the great Weyerhauser mill
is in operation, these lots will be worth double the pres
ent prices.
St. Johns Land Co
St. Johns Phone Union 3104 Oregon
Brauch Office and Agency on the Ground.
To the People
WE'RE
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 ALDR Streets, PORTLAND.
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
LUMBER
CO TO
St Johns Lumber Company
For all kind Common Lumber, KILN DRIED
Mooring, Celling and Rwtk. Saab, Doors,
Mouldings and Columns.
Yrtj u4 MM fin ivHastM SL HmlMSH
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$5 per month i
when vott can iret extra
aU, ll,igH&ud Advcj, ahdjn
of St. Johns.
HERE!
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Carrying Bonds Means Progress
If Bonds Carry Next Monday Saint
Johns Will be Oalner.
Next Monday the people of this
city are to vote upon the proposi
tion of whether or not Saint Johns
shall incur a bonded Indebtedness
In the small sum of to.ooo. If
I for none other than the fire protec
tion our people should carry this
measure almost unanimously.
As may be seen by the published
call to be found in another column
these proposed bonds are for the
relief and payment of several bills
and to facilitate matters all will be
voted urtou under the otic head.
This is done because the stnaliucss
of the issue of bonds could not be
successfully floated If parceled out
in small chunks like marked-down
laces In a bargain sale: no fiuancia
firm cares to handle "Job lots."
If the bonds shall be turned down
at the polls it means that Saint
Johns, with a population Hearing
3000, will be without fire protec
tion for an uncertain period. This
would bring about an increased
insurance rate as well as a cessation
of future buildlug and Iwth these
results would prove disastrous. No
man who owns even otic small
building can afford to turn down
the bond issue.
Sometimes a bond measure is
defeated because careful tax-payers
fear that money so obtained will be
diverted to puriKises other than was
contemplated. In this case there
cannot lc a ttosslhility of such an
uct: the call stating explicitly tor
what the various amounts must be
used. Should there be the slight
est ossibility of such an act Tin:
ltKVlitw would be pleased to sec
the council so acting prosecuted for
malfeasance of office. Hut there
need lie no fear.
Throwing aside all purposes for
which these bonds arc to be devoted
save the one Question of fire protcc
tlou there is 110 hesitancy in stating
that this Si 0,000 will l well ex
pended. To give fire protection to
Us residents' is one of the first duties
of a town council: yet if, by being
hanQicapted'thrbugu lack of funds,
this is impossible, thf "hcftl can
ue ngmiyiaia 10 me peopic utera
selves. i lie 510,000 will be a
grand investment in this matter of
nrotectiou to business interests.
lowering of insurance rates, and the
advertising that will accrue.
ii wis issue 01 nouns was lor
40,000 and there were but 500
people to back the Ixinds our people
might hesitate: yet we know num
erotis towi that have successful!
done work In these figures and
were great financial gainers thereby
Here, in a town ulrendy of good
sue and rapidly growing, the incur
rencc of a debt of this small amount
is but a trifle white the results
will be large.
One of the first questions asked
in a town by a prospective settler
is regarding fire protection and in
surance rates. If the answers are
not satisfactory a business man
hesitates to invest. And it will not
speak well for Saint Johns if,
through neglect or carelessness,
these bonds be refused uud the fire
apparatus now 011 hand returned to
the makers because of "no funds."
Residents of the town whether or
not the present council Is to their
liking, should bear in mind this
bond issue is not a party measure.
No matter who may have been
elected to the positions of trust this
bond issue would have had to be
made to place the town on a good
basis. The matter should be con
sidered impartially just as the
nrocress of the town should be
considered. The debt is uot large.
The interest means a dollar a year
to a taxpayer a sum too small to
be considered when the returns are
so great. The principal will bej
cared for by a sinkiug fund which
will make no hardship upon anyoue.
Throwing aside all partisanship;
considering that no official has.
aught but the good ot tlie town at
heart; considering that no money
can be diverted from the use which
the call particularizes; that salaries
cannot be paid from the money
derived from the bond sale; that
the carrying of these bonds will not
only add to the importance of the
city but will present a better aspect
to the prospective resident; carefully
weighing all these poiuts Thk Re
VihW urges that the bonds be car
ried by a good round figure and
that progress be not blocked.
Vote for the bonds.
WW Sooh Institute.
Steps are about to be taken to
ward the institution of a lodge of
Knights of Pythias in Saint Johns.
It has been ascertained' that more
than a score of members of that
order are now in town and others
have expressed thcmaelves as
anxious to be knighted. Farther
details pertaining to the organiza
tion will be made public later. It's
bound to be a good thing.
Subscribe for The Review. "
Getting Ready for Business.
One of the leading questions of
the day has been, "When will the
new bank be open, for business?"
and to case the wandering mind
Cashier Charles Wood has caused
to be erected a sigtilf
Now, all may rca'd as they run
that the "Peninsular Bank" will
commence doing business on Thurs
day, June 1 or sootier, that Is if
the furniture and fixtures can be
gotten into shape for.busincss.
A substantial bank, such as the
Peninsular will be j. will certainly be
a gratifying institution in this com
munity. It haslongbceti needed
but, till the present enterprise made
the move no one seemed to have
the nerve to make tRc Investment.
Just now Mr. Wood is hunting
for the huge safe which seems to
have been mislaid somewhere along
the route. He asserts that it .was
big enough to behave Itself but
fears .the light western atmosphere
has given it a giddy turn.
Although thea Peninsular will
have but small capital at the start,
there is an unlimited sum of money
backing those in charge. It will
be a solid institution, and should
have the solid backing of our
people.
School Cmm Irows Rapidly
School Board Atuwuuces Need
of
More Accommodations.
Directors of this school district
have called a special meeting of all
citizens to dictiss .the question of
additional room for, the increasing
mimler of pupils. ., The meeting is
to lc held next Wednesday evening
at seven-forty five and it is to be
hoped that a large audience will Ik
presence.
The directors sscrt that the
rooms arc already crowded loan
almost unsanitary condition, yet
there seems to be no decrease in
the additional numbers. At the
present ratio of lacrense it will be
but a brief period before double the
present facilitle will' be required
and there In but ,Httle doubt that
bonds will 1m voUd-'when it comes
to a ahotwlawi.
If 'there IT wiy vJhe iiotnt upon
which people of the West and
Northwest are loyally patriotic it is
in giving fair play to education;
iiutl the splendid buildings so num
erous in Oregon prove that no
expense is spared where judicious
investment is needed
Meld Adjourned Meeting.
Tuesday evening all members of
the city council, except P. J. Peter
son, were in place as Mayor King
called the meeting to order. I here
was much consideration of the bids
ior the improvement of Jersey
street some seeming a trifle high
ami others a little low: yet, as the
aggregate was below the engineer's
estimate and would entail no exces
sive cost to the owners of abutting
property, it was thought best to
award the contracts.
The work from Fessendeu to
Catlin streets was given to P. Hill:
including excavating, filling, grav
ellng and laying sidewalk. The
balance of the street coutract was
awarded to the Saint Johns Sand
and Gravel Company that is
Messrs. Wiudle & Rogers. The
car line will co-operate witli tue
city and the work is to be pushed
as rapidly as possible.
Merritt Hanks was appointed as
police deputy to care for the work
at Cedar Park and under pay
from that institution. No further
business was transacted.
Chameleon Cows.
There seems to be in the midnight
air the ring of a cow that has no
care where is her home? Ah,
none can tell but she bears on her
breast the sign of the bell.
Sometimes she is black and some
times red sometimes a yellow and
sometimes white: and the bell she
wears oft changes its tone but the
blamed thing rattles all through
the night.
She rubs one side against the
house the other she eases on the
ell; sometimes she nurses an orphan
calf, but every moment she rattles
that bell.
Nobody knows her father's name,
or, if they know, they'll never tell:
will some one claim this chameleon
cow ? This changeable cow with
the dissolute bell?
Do you know, that Heath and
MiUigan Paint is sold in St. Johns?
We handle this celebrated brand.
H. and M. Railway White Lead
Wright and Hills' Fire Boiled, Pure
Unseed Oil, and a full line of Fil
lers, Varnishes and Hard Oil. We
do not advertise this as a cheap
paint, but can convince you that
there is no more economical paiut
to use, and none that gives better
satisfaction in the using.
Comcand let us, talk Heath and
MiHigan with you. There is no
better Paint made. Pottkk &
GooLDaext door to postoffice.
City Council Gets to Business
Transacts Allien Legislation and
Adjourns for Twenty Hours.
With Mayor King in the chair
the council was called to order at
eight o'clock Monday evening in
the city hall. Every councilman
was present: Messrs. Urice, Kd-
l r T I , a tt .
A W St'
of previous 1 meeting wcre rend by
JMIIt,l UIIU A ItUUII'Vll tUllllllV.1
Recorder Hanks, and approved as
read.
Petition of twelve property-holders
to grade Kdison street from
Burlington to Saint Johns avenue
was referred to street committee:
and a petition for a franchise across
the river from foot of Philadelphia
street suffered the same fate. The
franchise was asked for eight years
atn total figure of J100.
Matter of vucating a portion of tt
street and receiving in lieu thereof
an equally valuable tract from M.
L. Holbrook was laid over until
the new council could Investigate
same.
I. W. Pratt announced that he
could secure no suitable man in
Saint Johns to act aspolieeatCedar
Park, and recommended a Mount
Tabor man for that place. If that
was not satisfactory he asked that
the council select a man. Mr. Urice
believed tliat a man should at once
be secured as Pratt seemed to be
fair in his proposition. Mayor King
believed it better to wait till 11 chief
of police hud been appointed: then
he K)ssibly would secure a deputy.
Ordinance fixing salary of chief
of police at $60 icr mouth anil sal
ary ot city attorney til tlie same
figure passed its third reading mid
was adopted.
Question as to whether recorder
could draw warrants for salaries as
ordinance requites if money was
not in treasury, as the new charter
particularly states adversely, came
up. lirice, Kdwanls and I.eggett
believed not: and it was decided
that the ordinance wus operative
only so fur as it did not interfere
with the charter: that warrants
should lie drawn on the first of
each month, or as soon thereafter
as the condition of (lie treasury
iiowcd;
Matter of rent of hydrants at
fa. 50 each per month was laid over
until the action of the previous
council had been ascertained.
Voting on chief of jKilice then
provoked a little discussion and
considerable silence. Mr. Shields
had in his pocket the resignation
of C. R. Organ- awl was to present
it only if the council really desired
his retirement. Mr. Peterson de
sired information iiou past salary
question before he voted 011 the
mutter.
Mr. Organ's bill for Decenilwr,
Juuuary, February and Mutch,
total 5340, was reproduced. Mr.
Shields wus not in favor of paying
that amount, and believed it could
be reduced to a satisfactory figure:
believed that Orgau should receive
something. Mr. Urice favored ful
filling any contract made by old
council: if Orgau had uot jwrformed
his duties in a proKr manner,
charges should le preferred against
him. The whole matter wus cur
ried over till next meeting.
Report of J. Henry Smith, city
engineer, 011 expense concurrent
upon the grading uud improving of
Richmond street showed a figure of
ji6. The reiwrt was ordered
printed to uwait remonstrances.
Uids on Jersey street improve
ments were laid over.
Adjourned to Tuesday evening,
May 16, at 7:30. I
Will Reside Here.
At Peiidletou, Oregon, on Mon
day, Muy 1, Miss Louie Ritter, o"
Saint Johns, and Frank Roliertson,
of The Dalles, were united in wed
lockRev. W. h. VanNuys, offici
ating. The bride is the youngest dauglr-
terof Mrs. Elizabeth Ritter, and
bears a pleasing ersouaJity. She
has many warm acquaintances Here
who extend to her best wishes for
her future happiness as does Tim
RRVIKW.
Mr. and Mrs. Robertson will be
"at home" m Saint Johns after
June 1 their residence being on
Court street.
Will Continually Improve.
Just as rapidly as finances and
conditions will permit Saint Johns
will take on new airs and grow the
more metropolitan. Grading is
now in progress and will continue
as steadily as possible.
Engineer Smith was making sur
veys and estimates on Kicnmoud
street last Saturday and has run
his work from Portland to Willis
boulevards. That street" will soon
have a different appearance.
To Review Readers.
All suscriptious can be paid at
-The Review office, ami receipt will
be given. To those who have paid
in advance the paper wH be sent
regularly.
j (lives Ananias n Long Lead.
I lulitor St. Johns Review: In
your issue of May 12, you state in
your report of the Commercial club
1 meeting, held the evening of the
10th, that the vote on the matter of
, the levying by the city council of
an occupation tax was twenty
, against the measure and two for it.
The truth of the matter Is that
1 "iv.11; uvit uwiy it.ul.u lllwil 111 lilt:
1 1. including the president, and
1 there were only twelve men In the
. vote rnlK. lnnf.
I ,..,n ..!. .r tic mIiiI. MM...
measure and two for It, and at least
three of those who voted ngains
the measure stated that they did so
not because they objected to it
but because the money would be
used to pay the salary of the city
attorney, and that only lecause the
present city nttomcy was objection
able to them. You also stated that
the club, with two exceptions, was
in favor of accepting an offer made
by m lt. Holbrook of the use of a
portion of his block where the city
hull now stands rent free, until he
needed It, while the truth of the
mutter is that Mr. Holbrook's offer
wus never mentioned at all, much
less discussed. Now, Mr. Kditor,
It is veiy evident your reporter was
never at that meeting, or that he
can give Ananias n long lead mid
beat him out every time.
Onk Who Was Tmmii.
Badly Mangled By Swinging Saw
At (lie Douglass Mill Laborer Loses
His Right Arm.
Martin Muhcr, 11 trusted work
man at the sawmill of A. S. Doug
I lass & Sons, hud the dire misfortune
lust hriduy afternoon to lose his
right arm and suffer other wounds
- which ut first were feared would
he fatal.
Mr. Maher was operating a cut
off saw. As he swung it back the
frame fulled to catch upon its cus
tomary hook and tiuexectedly
came against him with all momen
tum. A second later he fell, appar
ently lifeless. Willing hands sprang
to liis aid uud tenderly removed
him; while others hastily sought u
physician. Dr. Mary Macl.achlau
.wuK.firHt linen the scene, and ac
enmpauied the injured man as lie
wus carried to Portland uixm the
cur.
l;r. Macl.aehlan found the arm
bunging by 11 mere shred of flesh
and u severe wound 011 the body.
It wus presumed the suw teeth tore
their way into the abdomiuul cavity
but ut Saint Vincent's hospital it
was found to be less severe than
wus feared mid, by 11 huir's-brendth,
that organ was missed.
I.utc reports from the injured
mini indicate his recovery- although
his condition ii' yet dangerous, lie
is a married ii'uu, witli 11 numerous
family deluding uikui him and a
subscription puifc-r wus at once, cir
ciliated ior tueir rciiei. 11 was
generously subscrilied to.
The West Const Laundry.
The West Coast Laundry of St.
Johns, uudei the management of
J. K. Johnson Itvgaii operations
011 the 1st lust,, and the quality of
work turned nut issuierior to that
of uiiie-teiiths of the laundries in
this vicinity. The fact that the
new firm have been coiitc!led to
work overtime from the start on
account of Portland patronage, is
sufficient evidence that they fully
understand their business. A trial
order will convince anyone they
are patronizing nu up-to-date firm.
The West Coast Laundry is here
to do the w rk for St. Johns and
vicinity at let live prices. And
they are here to stay. No baits of
cut prices are offered for slipshod
work by cheap labor. Every gar
ment turned out by the concern
will be finished in first class style,
and that at a nominal price, All
they ask is that you give them a
trial order. You will then Income
a patron, leiepnone hcott 3103,
and their wagon will call for your
parcel.
Not on the List.
There was a little fracas at Cedar
Park Sunday night not 011 the menu,
which cost nothing to see and five
dollars to settle.
A hard-working man had been
to his home for his supper, and
found only the unwashed dishes of
the previous meal. He found, also,
tlie children, alone and hungry.
He had a hunch that his wife
wus at the dance in Cedar Purk,
and he hied himself to that shady
spot only to find the wife of his
his manly breast enjoying the two
step. There were a few words, a slap,
and Marshal Organ had tfte man
arrested for disturbance. In view
of the mitigating circumstances the
fine imposed was the minimum, the
justice figuring that a hungry and
deserted man is hardly to be blamed
for making faces with his fists,
Bring us fi and we will send the
Review to your friend for a year.
Dr. Otis F. Akin,
Dr. Aabcl Akin.
Osteopathic 1'liyslcinns
40J-1 Mnrleny lllilg., fourth nml WimIi
iiinton At,, l'ortlntid. Hour a to 12,
1 to 5. l'lione Office Clay 778, Residence
Main 2151.
Lawrence M. Hensel, M. D.
Office nt Central Hotel
Over Postoffice . . .
Office hours, t to 5 p. tti.
Phone Scott 1 1 8.
ST. JOHNS, - - OR15GON
Dr. MARY MacLACHLAN
Office hours, 9 to 12 n. tit. 1 to 5 p.
in.
Residence l'lione Scott 6356.
Office Phone Union 6991.
Offices Upitatra, neit Klllotl'i Uras Stora.
Dr. William Wolf Hicks
Office in the Hicks llulhllug
Office Rooms for rent
Office hours 9 to 1 1 n in, 2 to 4 p tit
Photic Union 2H2
Rcnldcncc St. John Height
W. T. SLATTI3N
DENTIST
Office lit Cochran ltlock, next to Dr.
Ilcnscl s iillice
Office hours, 9 a, 111.. to 8 p.
Telephone Scott 1148
in.
Or. C. W, ROS8ITCR
PHYSICIAN AND 8URQE0N
IMW hour.; 0 In la ml 1 130 to 5.
llrilJrmr I'hiin Hrntt 1304.
lime I'hiiii Union 4002.
S. II. (1REEN
Attorney at Ijiw.
KiMim V llrcrJtn IIM'f .
I'ORTWM,
UIUUION.
Corner Jr J. n J Vili. Sit.
T. T. PARKER
Attorney - at - Law
ST. JOHNS,
ORl'.UON
GOODRICH & GOODRICH
AROIIITEOTH
STOiptn AND 1'OUTLAIID, OHr.dOM
Chicago Rooming House
P. W. IIINMAN, Prop.
Koomi from Slam n week up.
Cor. Chicago and Ivanhn streets
PLUMBING
Q. W. OVERSTREET
Columbia Boulevard and Central Ave.
BILLIARD PARLOR
Olgars, Tobacco and
Confectionery ....
St. Johitfl, Orogon
Anderson & Allen
TIIU HAKURS.
The lct llriml, Cuke mid I'lt i. in the
world. (!ive tin a trial.
Phono Scott 3101 St, Jobus
THE EASTERN HOME
C. M. Mi Klunie, Prop.
Rt'ktnuruiit mid l.lghl tiroccriex, Mt-uW
by tlitMliiv or week, Hoard,
fj.50 k.t week.
Corner of Chlt'iie," ami Ivuuho street,
N. A. GEE
House Mover and Repairer
Mouse moved, ruUrd mid rcvd red, OTlil
job of id I kind, Prompt kt-rv-ice,
rckoimhlu charge.
Ivuuho and Cutllii st ST. JOHNS
THE
CENTRAL HOTEL
Airs. L. Tyner, Proprietor
rirt Cluu Room
Culsluo Hxccllcnt
ST. JOHNS,
ORIKION
The Hazelwood
Is nu tip-to-dnto quick Lunch,
Cigar, Confectionery and News
Stand. Tho Celebrated Hazel
wood Cream and Mutter kept
in stock.
Corner Jersey St. and Broadway
St. JohuB, Oregon
Bon Ton Barber Shop
j
1'lrst class work uud cltuu hot towels for
jHttrou. Hair cutting
kpccUlty,
Jeuey ktrvct St, Johns
ml