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-T ST m:vifw Job Print REVIEW hum" w - if tlx ry Ietwt tic rest In Orate. The Circulation of THE REVIEW In the Penin sula exceeds that of all other papers combined Advertisers, note this. Dvote4 lo tlw laleretd of lh PcmIiimU. tM Manutactiirliif Coter of Ik North JOHNS VOL. i ST. JOHNS, OR15GON, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1905. NO. 36 gOQOOOOOOOD foOCKXHDOOOO Keep Your Eye on St. Johns Yellow Fir Lumber! Is great stuff with which to build homes. Fine grain; but little sap; takes paint well ; in fact, it always suits. We keep it in the shade, ready for quick delivery. CITY IS GROWING, 4 Since First Real Start Saint Johns litis drown Phcnomjinlly. Stentlv trmwttt U wlmt ir!v.. solidity mid stability4 to any city. It is not the mushroom growth basal upon expectation which makes n material community but the steady, constant, stable growth: the sort Hint is based upon real merit and has behind it a backing of merit. 2 A little more than two years niro saint joiius was found to be an ideal location for a city. On the west were utugnificcnt locations for manufacturing industries of many kinds: locations which iniirltt ! extended for considerable distance up and down the Wilahiette. Ik-re there was n splendid opportunity for n harbor: the channel coming almost to the river bank and allowing facilities for loading und unloading boats of the largest size. For many years -full two score' or nion. there had been a little hamlet where sturdy and vigorous pioneers had cleared 11 tract of its gigantic trees and made cultivable the soil. There it was that fruit trees were planted ns an experiment and the results oi that same experiment are now occasionally to le found with their rich fruit. THIS IS OFFICIAL 1 Wnr.liTh( rVm.A ni, I?, Tl. .. ' ' " U'' Wliiw UiUU I IUIII I IIV Water Company to The Review. , In view of the report that the' owners of the Saint Johns Water (S Company were willing to dispose of . J their plant, Tint Uitvntw man this! 3 week interviewed H. h. Powers in IJt 1 . - . . f . . . , rcinirn 10 me proposed sale, una w -ll!a..l r-u I t.. .1 C fin.iii.-u me tuiiuwing iiuorinaiiou, which will be of interest to many of our readers. Said Mr. Powers: "Saint Johns is a new and very rapidly growing town, and many of your people will be interested in a few facts concerning the water system. We started in some four teen months ago cquiptxxl, as we uiouglit, with pumps suihcicntly large to answer all purposes for some years. We were mistaken, however, and in a short time were obliged to buy 11 larger pump. This pump, we imagined, would answer the needs of the town for years. Again we were mistaken. Some four months ago we decided 10 install a pump mat would raise St. Johns Park ! No. 2. Acme Lumber Co. AN OFFICIAL DIRECTORY NEW SCH001H0USE, ! Dr. Otis F. Akin, Dr. Mabel Akin. Oiteopatliic Physicians 401-4 Micleny llulltlliiK. fourth JW wltiiiRioa street, Portland. . 7 w 14,4 iuj, j nunc unite t CUy 778, RnMcnceMalii 3151. 1 Lawrence M. Hensel PHYSICIAN 0C Oil Tpr< ,. It. T ! ww houw. opjosite St. John Sash tad Door Co. I'lione Scott 1MB. SAINT JOHNS, OKI'.GON Dr. MARY MacUCHUN ri)UUn and Surgeon. OSc houn. o h m. Retdcuce I'houc Scott 6356. OSce Phone Union finoi niK,.. iomEllloUU.lruK store. I Dr. William Wolf Hicks physician OfCr I., it. ... . ..... ! Wkct Salnl J0I.0. Ili.bt. 0ffice Roomi for rent M. GREENE 5 !u l!1! Hrewlen Build- T-T.PARKER, ; AMorntysU'Uw. I to?SeLCochn "lock, next door P. W. HINMAN Chicago Rooming Houm. Good rooms front f 1 a week up. CornerChlcagoaml IvaulioeMrects Saint Johni Oregon n77. GEE House Mover tad Repairer Houses moved, raised and re. paired. Odd Jot of all kinds. I'rompt service, rctonsuic cimrK". ivaunoe nun waiuu aircci. Saint Johns Oregon ANDERSON & ALLEN THE BAKERS The best Bread, Cakes and Pies lu w world. Cilve us a trial. Phone Scot 3101 Saint Johns . Oreon ;W Johns Oregon W. OVERSTREET, PLUMBER WmbU Boulevard and Central 1 c Avenue, '"tjohn, . n ;ich & Goodrich, " ARCHITECTS I S4ia,,ohnid Portland. Oreg, W. T. SLATTEN DENTIST Office in Cochran Mock. Office hours, 9 a, 111. to 6 p. ni. St. Johns, Oregon MRS. N. McCANN CLOTH I NO CLEANER Clothing cleaned, pressed and mended with care ami promptness. l.auies- clonics a specially. Old l'ostofllce Building Saint Johiis Oregon E. L. MAdOON BILLIARD PARLOR r.nmi taiiif- rourteous treat- ment. Choice line of cigars and tobacco. Jersey Street, Saint Johua C. M. McKINNIE, proprietor THE EASTERN HOME Restaurant and Light Groceries, Meals by the day or week. Board, per week, f4.oo. Corner Chicago and I vanhoe streets Saint Johns - Oregon Dr. W. E. H ARTEL, DENTIST Local or general anastietlcs ad ministered if desired. Freedsaau Block, St. Johns ' You A Review Reader? .Work Commenced Last Monday Morning will be Pushed. The school bonds voted by the ixjople to xi issued to the value of 10000 huviug hcen sold the con truct for the building was awarded last Saturday. , Alex Squires was the successful bidder ami his figures for the build ' lug complete were $8797.00. The building is to be 36x92 feet in size, ) two full stories, with concrete base 1 ment and floor tinder all, J. A. Gray, of University Park, has the ( concrete contract. J Ground will be excavated but about two feet in order to size up I with the balance of the cellar: and the wall built up for the foundation. Mr. Grav was contractor for the new reservoir just built by the J water company, and has guaranteed j to nut in as fine a cement wall as can be built. ' The addition will have two large rooms on each floor, with necessary halls, and it is the intention of the contractors as well as of the school board that the addition shall be ready for occupancy when the school term commences. The addi tional room thus gained will be practically filled when school opens and but few years will elapse before an additional building will be required if Saint Johus continues to grow as now is indicated. A New Industry. Mr. nnil Mrs. W. S. Dickinson. wlm an here from Skamockawa. Washington, are makers of faucy brackets ana writing uesxs, ueus, , chairs, wall ornaments, ana nearly all articles of furniture. They are goiug to put up a small mill and install some machinery in the near future, when they will mnlov skilled workmen. It is an - . .1. unique industry and sometniug mat , should talce wen witn ine people 01 Saint Johns. Three charmine elrls from Port- land Misses Zula Faulk and I.ita and Bertha Otterstedt were ttuests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Smith last Friday. Mrs. Smith has a pleasant way ot enter taining guests which makes each successive trip the more enjoyable while Mr. Smith is an admirable second in his manner of entertain- meat Yet year after year passed and the community increased hut a trifle in population or imtiortauce. lioats made frequent laudiugs'and lumlicr interests thrived a bit: u church building for the Seventh Day Ad- vcuti.sls was erected und jieople worshiped and 11 little scliooiliou.se was built and patronized: and alto gether it was not an unhappy community. About two years ago or 11 little more men who discerned the opportunities of this town com menced to secure tracts of lund and and clear and plat them. They saw what wus to ultimately come and took the bull by the horns and exploited this district. They be hcved in the efficacy of printers' ink und did not hide their light beneath the bushel. They backed their lclicf by building: and th man who advocates his statements by investing his own money is usually a winner. And so it came about that halnt Johns commenced to grow. The street railway which was at first 11 stub road with service "every little while" changed to an electrified road with frequent trips at short intervals which have later leen advanced to trl-hourly runs. Klec trie lights glowed here and there and telephones entered into daily life. Business houses opened their doors. Lawyers and physicians were conveniently located. Churches raised their spires toward the clouds and a well-constructed school-build-ing cared for growing educational interests of the younger generation, Grading of streets and laying of sidewalks commenced to give an air of comfort to the many homes about which the cherry and the plum, the peach and the prune, the pear and the apple blossoms sent out the fragrance wlucli promised fruit. New industries sprang into ex istence. Lumber mills commenced to do a great business: a flouring mill supplied its quota of flour: a large woolen mill with its host of employes added its industry. Other plants came: and yet all oppor tunities were not exhausted. What promises to be the greatest lumber plaut iu America has its site ready for work at an instant's uotice unsi but recently added to its holdings another bit of water front which caused an investment of about $16000. The big dry dock up the river yet tributary to this city fur nishes its complement of dwellers and many of those with business interests in Portland find it best to make their home here. Today Saint Johns is a pleasant little city of some 2500 population extending over an area of about four square miles. There are busi ness opportunities yet to be found for along the waterfront liexhances ready to be plucked where transpor tation by rail or by boat are second to none and where rates are not of a prohibitive nature. There are other chauces to open up varieties of business which will assume a rapid growth as soon as pushed. Within the city are many who stand ready to show to all who may seek new locations what this locality has for the new-comer who comes for business. It will pay to investigate Saint Johns. Lots 50x1 06 ft. With a 1 6-foot Alley back of each lot. 25,000 gallons of water uu hour, and at once begun negotiating for one." Then Mr. Powers produced a batch of correspondence and tele grams concerning the new pump. "itere is wnat 1 uuve to snow lor our enterprise. The manufacturers promised to deliver the pump June i. 1 lien tliey asked until June 24. Then they wired us that they hud snipped me pump and. mat we would get it July 1. The pump not arriving, we scut tracers after It only to get 11 wire from the manu facturers lust Monday to the effect that the pump would be delivered August i. 'lohave the necessary power to operate our new pump we hired u large motor at an ex pense of' $50 per month, und that is yet lying idle as a result of the delay at the pump factory. "I know we have been censured in many quarters, but we have more than met the requirements of tue city council. Instead of build ing n 2o,ooo-gallou reservoir we are constructing one of 300,000 gallons. Instead of 4-inch we are laying 6-inch mains. In eighteen mouths we have laid over fourteen miles of mains half of which are metul. Two wells have been sunk uud another contracted for. The reser voir, too, has liecn built in 11 far moie substantial manner than the requirements of the ordinance culled ) for. In fuct the basin or the reser voir is the best that can Ik con structed. We might have put a cheap wooden fence around it, but it will Ik: inclosed by a haildsomc iron one. "I mention these things to show we are goiug !eyoud the require ments. We have done our !cst to keep up with the town, but Saint Johns has been too fast for us. Again, the town is scattered over 11 liinre territnrv mid it fa linrcl In reach everybody. Still, Saint Johns jj has lietter water service than Ports- ' mouth iu the city limits of P01 timid. , While many censure the water com- tv pany in regard to the service, we are willing to admit it is not what Prices " $200 and Upwards Terms al i $5 Down and $5 per month These lots are located on Jersey street, three blocks from car line and Near the Great Weyerhauser Mill Site. Don't pay $350 and $400 for building lots only 100 feet deep, and without alleys, when you can get extra sized lots with i6-foot alleys, all high and level, and in the best locality iu St. Johus for $200 and upwards. Let us show you this property. We can sell oul tue lust lilty lots at these prices. 1 lus is done to at vertise the property. When these are sold prices, will advance 25 per cent. Within one year, when the great Weyerhauser mill is iu operation, these lots will be worth double the pres ent prices. St. Johns Land Co J St JohllS W'one Union 3104 OrCgOll Branch Office and Agency on the Ground. l we have endeavored to make it, but ' t it is as good as we could make it within the time we have had to, make improvements, "The fire protection we give to! the factories is worth mentioning. We have received no complaint In regard to our service at the dry1 dock. We have recently installed Z a sprinkling system at the woolen ; mill that elicited favorable mention ' from the underwriters of Portland. 1 We are trvimr to keen nace with I j 0 1 I A the requirements of the town, and think we are uoing it. I here are Eleuty of kickers, and always will 1 e. A couple of weeks ago light-1 mug rendered our motor at tuei ouinn house useless. The accident I inconvenienced a great many water consumers as well as ourselves, And, although we worked contin- imisK fnr lirw rinvs find nicrlils we were subjected to all kinds of T humiliation. I mention this merely to show how unreasonable people will get at times. "A number of the wealthiest and most Influential of Portland's busi ness men are heavily interested iu Saint Johns' manufactures, and the water company has done everything possible to give all the factories good Are protection. Factories are the main stay atid backbone of any city, and unless they are encouraged they will find another home. We have catered to the iuterests along the water front, and believe every resident of the town should do so. As to pressure, while it is not so (Continued on Fge Pour.) A Good Way to Save j Is to purchase the necessaries of life where you can I GET THEM the CHEAPEST quality considered. v We offer the the purest and most palatable goods in our Hue at prices as low as possible and still allow us a Just Profit. INVESTIGATE and Act Accordingly. COUCH &, company! Phone Union 4066 GENERAL AERCMANTS Z J. J. KADDERLY Hardware Of all Kinds. Sole Agent for Universal Stoves and Ranges Do not fail to see the Universal Steel Range before purchasing 141-143 first Strut, W4 Ftllm Iil4in, Portland, Oregon. Phone Miln 1382 1 it 1 I