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VOL. 2
ST. JOHNS, ORUGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1906.
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Shepard, Dofaie & Peterson
REAL ESTATE
Will tell you all about some fine
buys in Acre Tracts. Temporary
quarters with the Peninsula Bank.
Phone Scott 4061
Shepard, Dobie & Peterson
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Mayor King presided af the
council meeting on Monday even
ing and nil members of the body
were present. There was also a
large audience of on lookers some
coining for business and others
from curiosity.
Councilman Leggctt reported
that the warehouse at the dock was
nearly completed. He also re-
were the betterofithe two. It was over-lapping,
practically agreed' that Tomliuson declared that
matter of the ordinances regarding
the board of public works and a
plumbing
to the next regular meeting. Tin
matter of
SASH
GLAZING
DOORS
WE CARRY "ODD" SASH IN STOCK
Columns
Spindles
Brackets
Lime and
Cement
Wwm
Paints
Oils
.Glass
Redwood
Gutter
insiector was laid over (
Chicago street extension
and the improvcuteut of Monteilh I t
street weie carried over to next
meeting.
The license ordinance ciiute for-1
ward, limping sadly and with one,
ported that the bids on John street discolored optic, for its semi-weekly
had been investigated and that the investigation. UjHm careful diag-'i
figures given by?l. N. Tomliuson nosis it was found to have four ribs
Councilman Shields j
lif ivmiIiI mil witi tnr
would receive the contract 1- it until it was so amended as to n
though the matter was passed to permit no return of the license fee j
the adjourned meeting. A rciuon- when the license wac revoked. l
strance signed by'.9 purported tax- Upon motion of Councilman
payers against the vacation of the Shields the matter was once more j '
three streets desired by W. C. laid over to the next regular meet- ,
Francis and his associates was iug (Febi nary ,s) and amended so
read, lly the city charter the as to allow the full license fee to te- l
matter of vacating the streets was main the property of the city if for ;
forced, by this remonstrance, to lie any cause the license was revoked.
on the table till the next regular On roll-call Councihnen I.cggctt,'
meeting. I.imhptist, Kdwnids, Shields and
Mr. lfrancis then gaveaexplanar Hriee voted affirmatively: Council-
tion of why the vacation of these men Thompson and Peterson uega-'j;
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PHONG U.NION 310-1
Monday, January 15
is the Inst day on which lots
en it be bought nt the old prices
Choice;, Buiine lots ou jWsey
25.moo, $t 000.00 ntl upward.
tots will double fu value hi one
THetc
streets was desired and assured lively.
the council that unless some way A communication from Hnginecr
could be devised for such vacation V. Goodrich regarding a Cur
it would be necessary to either negie library was read. It urged
build a much .smaller plant -or that correspondence be opened with
abandon the plan altogether. Carnegie by our eiti.eiis to se how
Councilman I.cggctt reported on exjienslve a building could be se
! the proposed vacation of Charleston cured, and just what weie the steps
On and nftcr January 15,
1906, prices, of nil lota in
St. Johns Perk
and
Court Place
will be ndviiuccd 10 percent
street that he had been unable to necessary to be taken to secure it.
secure any written agreement from Mr. Goodrich offered to donate his
Smith Hrothers regarding the laud fees as architect for the purpose of j
occupied liy tlie puiilie dock. 11 liuyiug encyclopedic and scieutilic
was the desire of the council to do works; also to donate the daily
everything jiossiblc for Smith Hro- Oregonian, Scientific American,
thers but it was not reasonable to I Iarpers Weekly, Leslie's Weekly
give a sixty foot street unless some to the institution, and Mr. Good
concession be made. rich is heartily in with this move-
Mr. Smith declared that such a incut of a free public library. It
deal was not to be considered: he
had proceeded with the construc
tion of his plant with the under
standing that Charleston street
would be vacated, and il wa unjust
and unfair to force him to give a
foot of land. As for the laud
whereon the dock encroached it
was all right: lu- would not cause
bother in any way: but he would
not sign any agreement to that
efTect.
Councilman Hrice believed the
street desired wast too valuable to
give away except the city should
receive a quit ilaim deed to the
ten-foot strip occupied by the dock
and Councilman Peterson agreed
with him.
The matter -together with the
advertise
The
would prove a splendid
meut tor bt. Johns, 'i lie com
muuicatioii was placed 011 file. '
Daniel Ilrecht announced his
readiness to pay the $50 he prom
ised toward the warehouse ou the
dock or to turn the same amount
011 a lumber bill the city owed him
the latter was dour.
Councilman Pctcrttou, having
tried ou a pair of handcuffs and
declared them the best he'd ever
used, moved that the saiuv be pur
chased by the city for $5 and all j
voted in favor of the motion. 1
I). I). Woods whs allowed
for care of electric lights two
mouths.
Adjourned t Wednesday even
ing. January 17.
Imiiu MblS in St. Joluit PWk, jaj6,
with iG-fuQt alloys $250.00 iid tip
winds $5'.qq down and $5.00 jr month.
St. Jo
Land
Co
St. Johns ii""c un mm Oregon
Itratich Office mul Ai;oncy on the Ground.
RAILWAY MAY CHANGE BRIDGE SITE
There is a hi kick over the pro- the Willamette at or near Pweuden
posed bridge siu- at tha dry dock j slreit as this paper Mated a couple
and if the rivei pilots, backed by j mouths ago. It is possible, as TllU
the 0. R. & N- railway, are sue- j Ritviuw has stated at divers time,
cessful with t'nir remvnstrauce, it , that this calculation has uver been
is jwssiblu that tlie Northern Pacific altered or n.nended: purchases in
road will cros the Willamette here ; dicating otherwise having Iweu
in St. Tnlms a-. oriL-inallv nlauucd. ( made merely to throw puonle oil
It is claimed
that the natural
by tlfe river men
site for another
St, Johns "D."
ST. JOHNS SASH AND DOOR CO.
PHONE SCOTT 4063 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL JERSEY STREET
EDMONDSON CO.,
R. WILCOX,
Baggage Line
1
i Dray and
a I'lionc Scott 130S.
Hardware, Tinware, Plumbing i i.eave iXrlrKlacutrn 'urnitre
M,IV) IIHTT Mi vj O store audtliey will receive jiroinpt
. , attention.
Tin Roof. Gutters, etc. I
Pkone sVh iAi. n. J6H. Or T Unr Rent" and "Ifor Sale"
cards lor saie ai w umv...
bridge is not wiierc the channel isj
limited as it is near the dry dock
but where then- is plenty of harbor
room. Last week the Northern
Pacific jKopU-, possibly cognizant
of a refusal to ullow o bridge where
it has been n- utly contemplated,
bought a big waterfront near the
Weieriiaueser tract-rpaying tfisooo
for 65 acres. It was the original
intention of this railway to bridge
the scent and thereby allowing
rights-of-way to be picked up the
more easily.
Remember we curry a nice line of
Shoes, Underwear and Hosiery with
our complete line of Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES
COUCH & CO
Phone L'nion dOort
200-20S I'hiladulphin Street
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lie dry dock site as an ; i
to tlie big bridge may be j I
ic work of the Northern ' T
The contention of the river men I
against the dry
approach
simply the
Pacific itself in order to make the
change in location seem more like
a forced movement. Just why it
purchased this last 65 acres if such
is not the case must be explained
later.
FARM SOLD AT GOOD FIGURE
Among the prominent sales of 1 The price paid for the tract was,
real estate last week was that of ( $30,000. The buyer was the
the G. W. I-'or.-e river farm. It is Northern Pacific railway company
located near M. Johns between the and now there'll be more guesses
,011 the work of that road.
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Do yon know that we have tilled 18-16 Proscription
in the last .six months and evory
person has got well
???
Don't yon think
that Pure Drugs and Prescriptions
Carefully Compounded have something tu do with it?
ELLIOTT'S PHARMACY
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