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Santa Claus Has ordered us to give away aPozen Christmas Candles with every purchase amount ing to TwentyFive Cents or over on Saturday, Decem'r 23 ST. JOHNS PHARMACY "The Square Deal Drug Store" R. D. JACKSON, - Proprietor I HARDWARE Wc arc acldiiij: new designs to our stock of LOCKS & ! and HOUSE TUIMMINdS all the time, and, quality J ? considered, our prices arc as low as can be tound anywliere. S ' Our Holiday Stock of Pocket Cutlery is on the 3 road and will be hcrj in a few days. i;vcry Kni c guaranteed. ! Don't forget when you buy the boy a Christmas 5, j Present that he will want a guaranteed "Cattaraugus" II VOWl It- tM Pocket Knife. Line Niagara Stoves and Ranges Compare our REGULAR prices with SPECIAL sale prices made by others : i POTTER & GOOLD A v J "THE HARDWARE AEN," ST. JOHNS, OREGON . WE CARRY Tissue naner. all colors. :-k "-..... . I.,. , w.v.,w 1 If anything else you need J Please name 1 AND WE WILL GET IT FOR YOU ,v T ELLIOTT'S PHARMACY J Remodeling Sale! mam Men's $30 Stilts - $19.75 Men's $15 Suits Men's $20 Suits - M.75 M n's $10 Suits Men's $8 Suits - $1.95 Boys' Suits and Pants almost half value. $ .75 7.45 WFI CH The American Clothier I TT - ,1 A -I l 23I-22J Morrlton. Corner Tint Street t RESOLUTION W. LOUQHEED WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER FINE WORK GUARANTEED Located in Peterson's Cigar Store Cochran Block Jcrs y Street, St. Johns GIVEN AWAY 11 r hv"""" Notice it hereby given tliat at a meet H of the Council of the City ol St. , Oregon, held on the th clay of Aortmter, 190s, the following reolu wa u adopted Rrsoiveu; That the Council of the 7 of St Johns, Oregon, deems it ex Fwatind proposes to improve Man J rm from the center of its inter. on with Huchanan street to the of its inter.ection with Learned rwtby jading full width of said rjl;to esub'tsh grade and build a six wiMdewall; and curbing (and also the "Seof Slid Monteith street be clmneed rxter-Lde in J PREMIUMS 03rdiacewiththecll.lrern...tnr.liimncts W 01 We CitV Of St Inlitic o.,.l It,,. .n1-c I Ft6ctions and estimates of the city : "Ktteer filed in the office of the Mr of the City of St. Johns. f01 ' Mi, improvement to be M provided by the city charter, 2,1. 1 P?lry specially and pecu rJ,T bentfiued thereby and which is '7 declared to be all lots, parts ftoi nd parcels of land within a line ' 'rom the outside of each side of " Monteith street. .J (EnRineer's estimate of the prol total cost for the improvement of of tK. P. " 'Purifications and estimates t aid f?R,neer frt'ie improvement ''-opttd "ireei are nereuy KptVEn That the City Recorder of Iy of St. Johns be and is hereby wxeatogie notice of the protsed S2y m.e of said Monteith street as 1 by the city charter. trorS, .tranccl Kainst the above im S5 l- may fiIel in writing with Wfi,8newUhin '5 days from the B nri 5ubcation of this notice. cJorJtr of the council. J. W. Hanks. fj... , City Reconler. "l,slltin The Review December 32, 9- 905. January 5, 1906. KP Your Eye On SL Johns. Until January 1, 1906 to old or new customers Buying Five Pounds of Tea AniTiistnnier brimiiiitr to us a receipt for purchase of five pounds of tea from our agent, at reular it le entitled to china or be value of 5I.2.S Or we will accept the yellow slip as cash on a larger purchase of crock Miin.i. cranite or tinware. The yellow slip must tear address, day and date. BOYD TEA COMPANY 414 wmm street, PMTiiw, mm Our Local Grist Christmas toys at Couch & Co.'s. H. M. Adams, of Kmmett, 1 Idaho, was guest of Rev. V. h. I voting the first of the week. Handsome corset girdles ns low as 50c at the St. Johns Hazar. n. ocmiDcrt, ot Milwaukee, was lti St. Johns on Tuesday to see his old-time partner, K. Vander- mecr. Try the "Par Ivxcellenee" : the champion 5c cigar: made in St. Johns. Contractor Adams is tntshimr along the Chinamen's two-story brick as fast as the weather will allow. Guard your nroncitv ncainst fire. Insure with the Peninsula Uauk. It is rumored that Mrs. Oberir. who was recentlv taken to the asv- inn, died on Thursday and was buried on Sunday. The tush of the hcatimr stove trade is past. Get our special prices before you buy. Potter & Goold. Verne Scott was the lucky man in the raffle at the Hiuelwood. He leld ticket x and won the meer schaum pipe put up for a prize. Manhattan Horse Ifowl the treat ife builder: for sale at the harness shop. Now is the time to use it. The West Coast Laundry now ms a new driver I), T. Snead laving quit nnd none to Portland. The new driver is W. 0. Gregg. Poff & Carey have genuine Rock Springs and Cumberland, Wyom ing, coal. Try it. It burns up clean. No clinkers, no soot, and very little ash. The first load of material for the Congtcgutioiiiil church was received lerc on 1 uesday. The balance is expected to be soon on the ground. Ior all kinds of Christm is toys, looks and games go to Couch & Co.'s. A nice Scotch collie pup has strayed to the home of J. 1 May- iieli, near Smiths Crossing. Owner may have same by paying charges. St. Johns Pharmacy gives away Xums Caudles next Saturday, )eceniber 23. Next Tuesday evening there is to be an important meeting of the M. W. A., Camp 7Sl6. It is very necessary that nil members be pres ent. Come out. Hating and winter apples also good jiotatoes--for sale. See C. N. Ilrmiscli about tliem. The cooler had an occupant 'ridav evening when a boy about 17 was locked up for misbehavior. Ie was supposed to be drunk as lie ,'omited over much of the floor. A pretty Christmas gift for any miokcr a stiecinl box of our fine cigars, lloxes of almost any size with prices to suit the purse. Valentine's Cigar Store. Why is it that Portland papers spell it "Milwaukie" when the Kistothce and the tciepuone spen 11 Milwaukee?" Don't the Port- and naiiers desire it to become famous," also? Photo-views of St. Johns for vour otit-oi-town menus. 01. Johns Pharmacy. A San Francisco woman put her itisband in the insane hospital, took his fortune, secured a divorce and married a keeper in the usy- utii. She was bound to Have a watch kept on the old man, any way. Remember! You cannot buy finer candies or cigars than the goods Valentine sells in his neat store. W. G. Clark left on Monday for LaGrande to resume his work on the O. R. & N. line. He has been transferred now to the train depart mentand fancies he will like it Utter. Mrs. Clark remains here for the present. Our irrocerv stock is new and clean and patrons are finding our prices correct, we are uere 10 re main. Why not come in and get nrniininted whether you buy or not? sea es urotners, ceuur rurK "your grocers." rhroiich a typographical blunder last week Tint RKVIKW made a lot 01 land bought by K. Vandermeer only of ten per cent its actual size. It was 100x200 leei in area aim this paper mentioned it as 2000 square feet in place of 20000 as it actually was. One of the Portland furniture rt 1 1 r a 1 1. stores lias nooueu at. jonns wiwi circulars announcing bargains in their line, among them a lounge for $1 1.25. It all reads very nice, but we saw this very same lounge in Magoon's store offered for an even $10. The meeting of the city council ( Monday evening drew a large crowd of interested people and , many had a few words to say. i Among those who talkexl were Messrs. Black, Crook, Gray, Hurl-, bert. Jobes, Moxon, Organ, Smith, , Simms, Valentine and Thorndyke. One need not be born with a veil or the gift of prophecy to fore see that lots between Fisk street in University Park and Macrum ave nue in Northern hill on Dawson street which extends through the centre of that rapidly growing dis trict between the rivers in Portland, and now selling for $10 per front foot, will, within twenty years from today, sell for one thousand dollars per front foot. BUILT BY CASE INVESTIGATED. W.C.ADAMS CONTRACTOR and BUILDER ST. Case Reported In Last Week's Is lie Was Not As Reported. Last week we published a re print brought us from a Portland paper relative to Mr. and Airs. Robert Hardy, who were described as sufferinc for necessities of life while living in a tent near North ern Hill. But it seems that the condition of the family was greatly exaggerated. Rev. F. h. Young, of the Metho dist church, took pains to investi gate the case and found that the metropolitan writer hud been mis informed. The son, Robert Hardy, lives with his wife in a nice, com JOHNS WORK fortable house while his very TOR nged parents, by choice, live in a ST. JOHNS PEOPLE tent in the yard. Their meals are taken in the house: and while the sou has not much of this world's goods lie is not so poor that the! family suffers. He owns the J premises and is struggling hard to hold possession. After the article appeared in r, .,, .Tint Kitvntw many articles were raUlK & Alernll left at the home for which all were grateful: but a job of work would be more pleasing. While there was some truth in the tale , that was told it was too highly j colored and led the reader to im , agine things were worse than they really were. One remarkable thing about Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hardy is that they are the oldest couple In Mult nomah county. They have five children all living: Albert, James, John 1)., Mrs. Hurt nnd Mrs. Tur uey: the eldest 68, and the young est 56. The couple have been mar ried more than 69 years and there has not been 11 death hi the family for 53 years. Shop ST. JOHNS, - Second Door West of Postoff cc O. At. PAUI.lv ORIidON O. P. MGKUIl.t. I Coal, Hay, Grain, Ground Feed, Flour AFTER JANUARY 1 THE PRICE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT Flectric light has always been admittedly the best artificial light known. But some have heretofore based objections to its use on the score of cost. The SWEEPING REDUCTION IN RATES just announced entirely nullifies this objection. After January t, 1906, no store or residence in St. Johns need be without electric light 011 the score of cost. The reduction is from 20 cents to 15 cents a Kilowatt-hour, or 25 per cent of the base rate. In view of the increasing demand for installation of our service at reduced rates in stores and residences by Jan uary t, patrons are requested to make application nt once. Portland General Electric Co., i -- Totophono Exchange 13 PORTI,ANI), Sovonth nnd Aider Stroots. ORl'GON Paints, Oils and Building Materials Phone East 713 University Park, Oregon YOUR WATCH Should be looked after at frequent intervals. If neglected you are doing it an injustice and it doesn't give the watch a show. Cleaning It Is one of our sjiecialtios. Reg ulating is free, of course. Wilson, the Jeweler, Tncnmn St., St. Jolmv, Ore. St. Johns Market V.. DOSMll.l.V, IVnrrlclor The House or Qualily" We take special care to buy only the choicest, Government Inspected Meats so leave us your order for a Prime Rib Roast or anything in the meat Hue. Phone Scott 4062 113 Jersey Street WANTED -1 n i - m The citlcim of St. John to know we Imvf milk route In till cltv. I'ari milk iklivircil nt your ilixir for fi a month, Ailditloiml qimrlH at 71. OKM2RS von nuTrfiiuuuc Taken Tliurwlity 11ml Saturday, de livered l'rliluyuiil .MtimliiyH: locti gallon.' Send order In M.W.GAnONsWn,,,e THE STAR MARKET UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT We shairiiaudle only the finest of MEATS and our patrons may be sure of Iwiug sat isfied in every case Full line of all Meat Market Sundries When you Insure your property secure only reliable companies. See the Peninsula Hank about them. Is YOUR Subscription Due, Too? Some More Stuff Proposals for Street Work Mrs. Frank Peterson rceoveted! ........ .... ...i 1... 1 ... sufheieutly to be taken to the home tw ..nw' of the Kivor.hr or the City of of her son at Lebanon on Tuesday. St. Jolnm, Ou-gon, until jnmmrv h, in., . . ... . ...I,... I .1... 1.....'. a sou was ooru eunesiiny i .1 - i. im- huimiuiiuh .... . .tl I.lIiii fi Jt'iviii he r 2n. tit Mr. iiml iv1 J TALKING SMELTER, YOl'R PATRONAGE SOLICITED Smith & Hoover Next door to Kdinondson's JKRSRV STURKT, ST. JOHNS Houses For Rent nv DANIEL BRECHT Figures Show Thai n.Smeller Would Aid St. Johns and Portland. A. 1). I.eroy, president of the Unhcmla Smelting and Railway Company, was In the city yester day with 11 proposition which, if the jieople of St. Johns and Port land accept, will prove a great im lettis to the growth and the values of this locality. Mr I.eroy ptoMse.s that his com pany erect 11 public smelter in St. Johns. It will be equipped for all grades of all kinds of ores and from its blow-in there promises to lie good money for the investors. Those who know anything of smel ters are u ware that thete is n far greater return for the money In vested lu that industry than in any other line. One gieat advantage to Portland would accrue by this establishment: it would ojien to that city 11 method of gaining the Alaskan trade of a million dollars a month as ve.vels bringing the ore would not return theie empty. Hence, every busi ness man in that city .should take 1111 interest in this location. To secure the plant here means that ten thousand shares of stock ... .- . ..I....... ...... , I... a .mm ..lit. I..L-..M In ilik vii-inilv. No bonus !Klllg, is demanded, It winner. It is up chance be taken ? evening Mrs. N. II. .Stutter. And so we grow. Cranberries .K: Couch & Co.'s. Mis. C. N. ltrniiscli has so far lecovered from her leeent .severe illness to be able to sit up a part of euch day. Christmas I ree decorations at Die St. Johns llazur. A nice as sortment. Hie llariimau Hue is to build 11 couple docks this side of the river. What is the matter with St. Johns securing one of them providing 11 site can be .secured? The corner of Jersey and Hur lington streets, where the Hazel wood mid Magoon's store Is located, .sold yesterday for -tOooo. It is 11 fifty-foot front. the Carnation Club will hold its regular dunce Saturday evening of this week there being 110 idea of giving up the same. It will be a sort of Christmas dance. For fine cigars H will pay you to call at Valentine's: opposite city hull. It Is stated that the only people who me kicking 011 the appearance ol the new baptist church corner of Chicago and Harriet streets are those who didn't pay 11 cent on the work. Read Suutn Clans' oide.s to the St. Johns Pharmacy. See their ad. Mr. mid Mrs. II. Heinlow, of Viiucouuer, II. C, have recently been guests of Mrs. Nancy Caples Mrs. Hemlmv being her daughter. .Mr. 1 leiu ow lias returned to 111s home where he is manager of an electric road while Mrs, Heinlow has gone to California, to sjieud her winter as usual. Do not bother with the Christmas Im htti'ot front the North line of JirM-y street to the South line of Modoc Mrvi'i, ill uiv wiiv 01 M. jouut, in 1110 iti.uiui'r provided by ordlnuiuv No. 6, Milijivt to the ptovMoni of the etiarter iiml ordinance-, of the Cltv ol St. Jolui, mill llie pltiti, Miecltleutlnim mid Collars nnd ties every man needs them and the price is not high. See them at the St. Johns Hutir. Ir' YOU WANT A IIOOSK CAM. ON UK ST. JOHNS. OREGON Packing House Coining. Three mouths ago Tin. Rkviiw stated that 11 packing-house and abattoir was soon to be located at St. Johns. Some thought it a dream and smiled. Swift & Company have now made arrangements to absorb the llnion Meat Company, and have se cured options on 11 large tract of laud here, just north of the city. It is the intention of the Swift psople to move and iilaut from K)int. That was one incentive for the O. R. it N. Company to push iirouud this way and the same may be said of the Northern Pacific. This is another indication that what Tin. Rkvii'.w says is just about so. Leave your order at the . . .. . i 11. . e .1.1 looks like a sure i " """y " "k ... . In link linn L'(iiiiiilliiiiir imul t iifi I to us. Will the ; "K it 1 ? V V V. j. nieriuig lias oeen uuing some good work lu the ciisinu Hue. 1 Ie came here from Seattle 11 couple months ago, and commenced to look up some business and al ready he has secured for David C. Crowe 11 -tio ih.t month jk'HsIoii. Mr, Crowe will receive back jkmi sion to the aiiiouut of 81. Uvi dently Mr. Sterling is a hustler. Couch it Co. can save you money on underwear. et- tiiutcH of the eitv euuiiieer on file ttldn iiuwl he Mricttv in neeordHiice Midi printed IiIiiiiUh which will he fur- uMied 1111 iiitpticutiou ut the office of the Uccorilcr or the Cltv of St. John, Mint Mid itiipioveuieiiti iutil lie completed 011 or define t dm (nun the dttte of luM piihliciitioti of notice for proposal for Mild work. No pioinimU or nidi will he counidcrcd uiiIvm iu.'fouiMuicd tiy 11 cutliftal chvck p.iyulile to the older of the Mnyor of the Cltv of St John, ccrtilksi hy a rwuioii- IMe ImiiU. for 1111 iiiuoiiul eiiiml In ten cr cenl of the nggiegiite pniHind. The tight to reject iniy mid all tihl I lierehy tcucrved. liy onlcr ol llie city council. J. tlANKH, Ucennlcrof the City of St. JoIiiih. I'lildUhed lit The Iteview l)cuinlor 15, jj, 3), l5- NOTICI2. To Am, Whom It M av Conciiun: Notice it heivuv ulveii dial dune f Miiltnoiuah, State of OrcKou, 11 iietiliou vacation 01 an nun inr- iiow iviidiiig Indue the Common Conn cil of the City of St. Joints County n ,1, Mreut iiokitie doit of for the AIImiiv AllMity hi reel (loiiueiiy Sit oiul hlreeli tit hune JoIiiih I'i iingiou Mtcui iioriueriy vmuiiiiixioii Mreetl lu Mid city, to 11 imiut fotle feet noitlnulerly (miii the wetlerly Hue ofS-ilviu hi reel ((ormerly Taylor Mreetl School District Valuation. Secietary Tuiieh of the school hoard has furuisiied us the follow ing table of values iu this school district for several years past, to gether with the levies made each their stockyards yir: Troutdale to this, vuak The freshest of fillKirts, I-jiglish walnuts, etc., for Christmas and New Years at Couch ft Co.'s. YY. V. O I UKK g pOPsS&J AUTISTIC CacSDfOw Paper Hanger and Decorator Order can lie ltd at Couch' More Douglass Mill Started. Work has commenced 011 A. S. Douglass' plaiiingmill, and it is lobe rushed along as rapidly as jKissible. (J , This is a surprise to most jieople foias Mr. Douglass was supposed to be entirely out of the lumber busi ness. He has bought a site 100x200 on Pittsburg, Crawford and Bradford streets and it is there that the mill will Ik- placed. It is promised that the plant will lie thoroughly modern. 1901 . 1902 190.V 1904. 1905 VALUATION (not known) ...S183..16K . . .30.1,90 1 . . . .f.i9.58' LltVV 13 5 mills 16.0 mills 10.0 mills 6.5 mills 1.512.595 about 3 5 r For high grade canned goods reasonable prices call at Couch Co.'s. Special Attention (liven to All Order MRS. L. SLOAN-DICKSON DRESSMAKING 704 Harvard Street, (Club Hall) Phone Scott wfi University I'ark Is Against It. City Surveyer W. W. Goodrich handed the following communica tion to the city council on Monday evening. It was addressed to the "Mayor and Council of St. Johns" and signed "W. W. Goodrich:" "Ghnti.hmun: There are many who question the jxilicy of vacating the streets of St. Johns lor any ourtKise whatever. Said streets, iu the very near future, will have a distinctive commercial value: in trinsically of far greater iniortauce than the selling out order of the day for coqHirate avarice." Can You Afford To carry the risk of total loss on your buildings when a small amount will insure you against loss ? It does not pay to do it. See the Pe ninsula Rank atiout rates, A Fountain Pen or a Safety Razor for the man. St. Johns Pharmacy. Smoke a St. Johns cigar Ixsst 10c cigar on the market the "White Crow." N. P. NOREN & CO. Km! liMatu, I,i.ini, Insurance and Iliikinow Cliaticon. S. C. Norton, corner llniuswlclc and Hudson MrcutM, Kufcidunt Aguut. l'hotie Union 114c JKRSMY STURKT ST. JOHNS North IiM Ad dition to the town (now city) ol St. Jolum, County of .Multnomah. Suite 1 ( Oregon, from the westerly line of llur- llnglou Mteut (lonueriy wiuuiuiiinu tie lu Mild city; wliltii mm iIIIhhi wii duly tiled with llie city lecorder of wild City of St. Joliuoou the Mill day of Dec cuihcr, Ut. Tlnit wild H tidoti will I called up (or Inuring nt the legulur nievtliig ol Mid council 011 .Moudrty. die 1MI1 day o( Jiiuu.iry, i''i, ut the hour of H o'clock, i. 111. W. C. I'k.wcih. rul.lUlied in Tint Kkvikw Dmnulwr u, I''S, Jauuaty 5. 11, ly. ORDINANCE NO 66 u Ordinance Requiring Howling Alleys, Pool Rooms, Shooting (ialleries and Card Rooms (o Close During Certain Honrs mid Providing a Penally for ti VioLlinu Thereof. riieCityof St. John dm- ordain follows: SitiTio.s i No liceiiMHl Hitiriuir ol llnwliiin Alley. I'ihiI Uonw, Slwotinu (inllery or Curd Hihiiii tlwll UMuwii twelve o'liiH-U uildui4lit and rlv o'eluck of die (ollowtng iniiiniim kfp u)ch, or oH'ii any iIimii or door, or ouitiK U wilil nuci' 01 nukiiim or wrniii wo) iwr mui to enter or retiiHin therein with u purM.' of pluyuiK any ( huI gHiuiM. SmTioN j-Any perwiii, firm or cr iiomtlou vloUliiiji; the itntviiUiuw ur u of them of See l Ion laieof 4wll tie deemed Kinlly ol it mUdvuiBnuor hikI iiihiii com kt hiu tlierrof Iwdiie tb )lu- niciiktl Cmiil of Mtid City ol M. loliua, klmll he flueil not It than tu dollr (f lo) nor more than fifty dollar iisv) r lie lmpriiMiiel not mure than thirty iluy or Ixitli Mich line and linpriwininviil. I'.imI the Council lieceiuUr 17, n3. Approved Dwuinla-r lit, I'aj. W. II. Kia, ArrittfT; Jlwjw. J. W. Hasks, Uticordur. ruldithtMl in thu Uuvluw DvcumlMH- it. !' NOTICH. To A 1.1. Whom It Mav Concw: Notice U liBreliy givvti thai there u now tiuudiiig iMffurv llw Couiutoii Council of the City of St. John., County of MuUnoumli, State of Urttgou, it petition (or the vacation of nil dml portion of Srflt'iu Mrwt (formerly Taylor Sttcul) lu Jame John I'irM Additiuu the town (now city) of St. Joluu, .Mult nomah County, Statu of Oregon, (rom the witillierly hue of llntdlonl Mrct-t ((ormerly North hucoud Mrevt) to lite li.irlxjr fine in the Willamette river. which Mild petition wan tluly filed witli the l ily recorder of Mid City ol St. JoIiiih oil the 1 1 111 dav of December, lyj. That Mid ixitltloii will lie culled up lor hearing til the regular meeting of Mid council 011 .Monday, die ijtli iUv u Jan uary, Ij6, ut the hour of S o'clock, p. in. W. C. I'KA.SIU. 1'ulilUlied in Tint Ultvntw lieceiuher ji. 39. l'5i Januar) S. U. ly-"- OSCAR DeVAUL, M. D Offtte liuuu. ) to u a w., 1 lo J p. m. omvc vumi. sn iwi. Ollirc in Uuliw.Uy I'atk )tu St