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ST. JOHNS REVIEW you Should Patronize Advertise In The Review l! t, 111 T , l,n llli rt.l n ii nit it, fn til IN Vtli r tti m .1 'l.nlv in Hn , 1,1 IT WILL REPAY YOU The Home rnpcr. Jn helping. John Sy if )0U work w,lh THE ST. JOHNS REVIEW Devoted to the Interests of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL. i ST. JOHNS, ORKGON, FRIDAY, OCTOHKR 27, 1905. NO. 51 50000000000000000000000 rveep Your Lye on St. Johns )00OOOOOO mmm mw tmW m Lmmf tAmm mmm mmm .Aa .A- .a- I I 1 . ,1 You had better get your STOVE WOOD before the "Oregon Mist" sets in. Our Telephone Number is East J 846. JtJ ft DIDN'T GARRY, The Scheme To Mix City And Water Wits Prost Bitten. There was nti adjourned niectinir of the city council Tihursdny even ing. An odd thing Impelled Cotiiicilmaii Thompson was absent. Councilman Hrico was called away to attend n meeting of the school board but tlte reniuiuinir five were Johnnie-on-the-spot. There was not AT LOW COST, Cost Of Sewers Will Be Within Reach Of Everyone. The large expense which many nan tea reel would follow the con struction of a sewer will probably not be seen. When it is figured what a large area may be drained from its construction the cost jwr square foot of ground is entirely wnuiu ine limits ot till nronortv Acme Lumber Company P. S.--We are selling cull lumber for wood sheds. Have you seen the grade? ACA1E LUA1BER COMPANY SASH DOORS MIIXWORK WE CARRY ODD SASH IN STOCK Columns Spindles Brackets Lime and Cement !fjl St. Johns "H." Paints Oils Glass Redwood Gutter ST. JOHNS SASH AND DOOR CO. pHONE SCOTT 4063 JERSEY STREET Hm4 .immiiMtt EDMONDSON CO., Hardware, Tinware, Plumbing Tin Roofs, Gutters, etc. i Phoa Scott mi st. Mm, R. WILCOX, Dray and Baggage Lin I'Uno Moving Specialty. Lave order t Blackburn Furniture tore and they will receive prompt attention. "For Rent" and "For rds for sale at this office. Sale" a great deal of business to be trans- i owners: and when it is farther real ncted. 1 ized that everv wired of imirtv An ordinance to make it com- lis larirelv hetiefitt I'll flllll IUKIUI tl jmlsory upon the partjof those hold- selling possibility considerably in tng a trancliise to ruin II every detail excess of the cost there are but few devolving upon then! was passed owners who are averse to the eon (third reading) and adopted. Also'struetion of a good sewer, nu ordinance creating heavy pen-' In defining the sewer district as any tor moving or destroying any ; large tin area as practical should be I I ;. St. Johns Park No. 2. . "O - - --r J '"tt ""o" jmi.h.ii rillWIIHI I IV grade-slnke set by any official. taken in because the cost will 41 Right here was introduced an or- average the smaller for all parties dinance creating n "bdanl of public reached. A sewer is not paid byjv works." It was raul for consid-: abutting irocrty but by S(iiarei ernuon ami tneii icaq me second feet within the area drained. To time: nut, fortunately rorht. Johns, allix the cost merely Ukii "abutt it was sidetracked at that point. It iug" projKTty would be unjust: a was strongly tiruedibv W. T. corner lot won Itl hnvo in intiiii r i j f .a. . . it nu r Vaughn that through before it was iiualyzed and , main i cnrefully considered :J but better street. railroaded eases to pay for two iiies the mm mi extension on n sulci Till! snmlliT lnti't'iiU rimli. judgment ruled on the;last licat. , ing out to the farthermost ends of This ordinance was very care-' the district cost but little and help fully drawn and was devised so lessen the whole, that four men (if so desired) could j Here is Knglnecr Goodrich's es meet in any old place, do any old , tiinnte in the matter: 1 he following statement shows the amount of the several different kinds of work required to be done in constructing a sewer in I'hila business they wished, tie the city up in any old way they desired. and make any old contract thev "deemed expedient:" and the people, the common herd, the tax payerscall them by any name ' the Willamette river: wished - would know nothiinr about i llm-ui iYpi !. .til .1... t...tt!..l. t ' Ii... .1 a u mi me. neiiiKii uiittiiicss wasnoue. "Vt miuii m- 4 Lots 50x1 06 ft. With a 1 6-foot Alley bach of each lot. j delphia street, from Jersey street to Not only could this "board of public works" handle franchises. but to it was relegated by this ordi nance the 'iwwer to. control everv public utility I It U-a- rotten ordinance this proposed document: and it was gotten up "solely be cause St. Johns needed relief." If relief" was wanted now nu emetic would be safer and the recovery much quicker! I lie "relier' franchise iiroved there was something doing I Like the sticky ffy-paiwr it was devised so that the more the people squirmed the harder they were stuck: for there was much "letween the iues" to lc considered. flic plans of City Kuuiuccr iH inch . I.I lllL'll 70S linciil feel 10 inch M l Uiunl feci 8 inch HcIImhvh Hindi u "V" limuclic iHxfi inch ( "V" limnetic 111x6 inch 64 "V" Imiuclicn jtu.jl lxfi Inch 2 combination ninnliolc nnd ' " " entcli'lMKln coiuilctc. 6 nmnholcH j Intel with corner Mock 170S cubic y.inU excavutiou iiml refllllui' y cubic yiird vmh.iuktuciit over newer ! 1 20 line.il feet box and rock emlunk- i J uient at mouth of newer. Cot of sewer f 3702.01) ' J, Coit of ItiiKiucrering, 5 er cent 1H5.111 J f,jH87.io'j; Uesjectfully submitted, nr.. ..... lip f... - VII,l.l..M . I.IUIMIKILII, Pill tiNli.tllf. It is fair to presume, using this ' ' report for a basis, that 1000000 ! Prices " $200 and Upwards Terms . 41 I $5 Down and $5 per month f i I i s CjHHlrich for the .sewer, together WMnre ft.ct cal, l)C ;,ninw, for i,0t j; with complete sijecifications am ;?6ooo. This would mean fi-io of a t profiles, were icceived, considered ; r,.i rr ,.rh o.nnr.. fir nndndoptcd. Ifor n lot .wxioo. The eouitv of 5! proposi ion to miinber all i .jssessing the exiveuse by the square of business and residences at fi tc ...i. ,. fir.. ii.m 5 50 cents per set of figures, was con- mnv ots may l)Uof wMn, fumUlili! j Idered. 1 he matter was left to in nm nfi imiit ih.i.tli. nwi li ni,i the city engineer and Councilman iu. ,,rir 1.. fr. t, ,v,.r f .. 50x80 to pay the same as the owner of 11 lot 50x100 or 50x120. This proposed sewer will Iw so far-reaching that connections may be made with the large .schoolhoiisc and the sanitary conditions lie thereby made of the lest. Connec tions with all residences should not at once Ihj compulsory but every busiiiuss house mid hotel should lu forced to promptly connect. When the sewer shall le complete iu all details mere will te loom! n very etersou. Adjourned. SET OUT TREES, For Sidewalks Nicely Arranged Adornment Hy Tree And Shrub. All along the newly-built side walk on jersey street, except tor a ? " ' " 'Those lSlsulocntrtron Jersey street, three blocks ; from car line and I . Near the Great Wcyerhauser Mill Site. Don't pay $350 and S.joo for lniilditi lots only 100 feet deep, and without alleys, when you can get extra sized lots with 1 6-foot alleys, all high and level, and iu the best locality iu St. Johns for 5a(x and upwards. l.et us show you this property. We can sell only the first fifty lots al these prices. This is done to ad vertise the property. When these tire sold prices will advance 25 per cent. Within one year, when the great Wcyerhauser mill is iu operation, these lots will he worth double the pres ent prices. St. Johns Land Co St. JollllS t'lione Union 3101 OrCgOU Hraucli Office and Agency on (he Ground. few blocks directly iu the city's , smaU per cent of residents who will to make the proper conntc- refuse tious, centre, arc vacant spots close to the curb, These were left tiiiplauked as a matter of economy and be cause a twelve-foot walk is not now needed iu those districts, It is supposed that these vacant tracts will be nicely seeded to grass, and thus an apicaraiice of a parked street" lie in part secured: but everyone knows that the chances are uood for an overflow of ! of Kev. Thomas Yost, noxious weeds which will greatly , known in this county, etract from the appearance of what might, by a little work, be a beautiful street. Kvery owner of every lot along lis avenue should set out iu the , center of each vacancy iu his walk a nice tree or, if variety is desired, Iternatc some flowering shrub ith the trees. Labor a little for the future not the immediate 1 present: beautify premises when it ! can be done so easily and so ! cheaply. Think of the handsome apiwar- ance Jersey street will make when, few years hence, the entire dis tance will 1m: lxirdered by stately trees and ornamental shrubs! Let his matter be taken up by every property-owner along the avenue! New Saw Mill. G. W. Cone, nu exjcrieiiced saw mill man from St. Johns, has moved here with his family and rented the dwelling of Mrs. W. K. Craven. I lis engineer, Aaron Yost, a brother so well has also moved his family to Dallas. Mr. Cone has knight 800 acres of tim ber land 011 the railroad west of Falls City, and projwses to erect here a mill with a capacity of 5000 feet h.t hour. It would give em ployment to a large force of men both here and iu the timler. The mill would Ik; located near the round house. Dallas Itimi.er. WHEN BUYING YOUR GROCERIES Do not forget we carry a full line of Men's, Ladles' and Children's Underwear at right prices. Phone Union -1066. COUCH & CO. Furnished House for rent. Four rooms and bath. W. C. Adams, contractor, two doors from postoffice. Insure with the Peninsula Bank. t t Is Not Free-Holder. J. II. Shields has disposed of his entire holdings iu St. Johns and t contemplates moving to Vancouver I where he has interests. Mr. Shields has made a nice bit of J money since he came here a couple J years ago and can have no kick coming, lie nought his place at a low figute, sold one-tenth of it for about half what the whole cost ami now has sold the balance for $7000. The purchaser is F. M. Hays, who comes from Ilillsboro. It is' understood that the new owner will 50011 take possession, 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 Firti Sired, Odd Fellows Building, Portland, Oregon. Phone Main 1382 t - t t