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About St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1906)
ST. JOHNS REVIEW You Should Patronize The Homo Jl'aper. It means helping St.Jolms anil this means a better city If you work with THE ST. JOHNS REVIEW Advertise In The Review It;) circulation Is genu ine nml It covers the field. Its better than n daily In the field, IT WILL REPAY YOU Devoted to the Interest of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of tho Northwest VOL. 2 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH t6, iocf. NO. at Will Open Sunday, April 1 The New St. Johns Hotel J. B. NYE, Manager ii Furious Flames Feast ti t ill This new and up-to-thc-hour hostelry will be finely equipped in every way. Rooms may now be booked. Cuisine will be excellent. Grill-room and bar connected with the hotel. Corner Philadelphia and Ivunhoc Streets. Only Strenuous Effort Prevented A Loss $ To The City of All Business Blocks. Fire Company Docs Good Work ! It wns just beiorc eight o'clock Sunday night that u Maze was dis St. Johns Land Co, PHONE UNION 3104 .' SASH GLAZING DOORS WE CARRY "ODD" SASH IN STOCK Columns Spindles Brackets ' 1 1 Lime and Cement Paints Oils Glass Redwood Gutter covered in the entry on the second floor of the block of frame buildings cornering on Jersey mid llurlington streets and un nlnrm was quickly Hi veil. Hy scores nml by hundreds came those within nlarui distance of ' 25 the city's centre till about 1500 were working, yelling, or merely 'S .hiulderiug over the prospects of the city's loss. ! J 1 here was it fierce gale blowing from the south -varying occasionally to the cast or the wist and the nidtt was the coldest in vcars. Vut the very chill of. the nir prevented n greater conflagration: for, as the water struck surrounding buildings It formed an icy .shield that warded oft ohcoming sparks and embers, Klliott'a drugstore was the first building to bs thoroughly enveloped III the flames but before it was wiped out the adjoining property, thestore vacated ly the bt. JoIiih grocery, owned by II. V. Light, of Salem,, vvns doom.etl. An infant Inter the llames, fanned by an awful kale. Dad spread to the.btiildiug occupied by I?. 0. Magoon as n secontlhaml t itore. and to the Ildchvood restauriuit, operated by 15. 1 Toguliii I It Was quickly realiac.l by the fire d.pirliuent that nolhiug c Mild nave the lltmsy siiuetmvs: mid, wliileastren.il was kept titmii them, heioie clToits were made to protect the Ibckner store and hall Am well as tlio1 Jetilnil hotel and adjoining buildings. Jersey street resembled a tract uvcrcd by liv'iug coals which droppcit from high itr the air. rolled 11 spac. nud were tig.uii lilted iiy the whirling hiej.e to drop f.uthcr mid r irtli. r awny iUlll ahl.ixe. Somu burning embers were carried fai : some 'yi.ig over the lesidi-nee of II. W. ftricv and some alighting upmi the roof of t!i.- luplisl eliiuch, in which services continued. 1. ' t it St li It JERSEY STREET BUSINESS LOTS Corner Lot, 50x90, elose in - $.,ooo Corner Lot, 50x100, with Alley 5,000 Two Inside Lots, 25x100, opposite Schdol House, eaeh - 1,000 1m ne Corner, Jersey and John sts., 50X100 . ,)000 All of this property is good business property, and will double in value within a year, '' city cnild It was reall.ed Ciat if Hiekiur's block went it was a eleaiiiin of 5 lots as far north as the Cliiiu-s. block. .No fire deiuttment 011'eai th '. haw doiu b t'ne lots in St. Johns Park, 50x106, with i6-feet alleys $275.00 and upwards 55.00 down and $5.00 per month. These lots are near the great Weyerhaueser site St. Johns "D." ST. JOHNS SASH AND DOOR CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PHONE SCOTT 4063 . JERSEY STREET oooooooooXHXCKXH?CMXCf000v-? cw:oooi.X'j-;''xi;'i'X:-- BicknerB rothe Department Store All Goods Sold at Portland Prices ! HARD TIMES, Prize Por The WorsM)rcsscd, And pines For Those Who Couie Wcll-Drcsscd. more or come out with a gieater victory over the! 5 lames thuu did the volunteer department of St. Johns assisted mid l! bqthcred us it was by the uiullitude. With heroic nerve the boys .saved !JI the lllckner properly although for fifteen miiiiites it would not have I $ sjld for more than $30 so fated did it seem. Prom Tint Ititvntw & office the lighter Muff was removed to a iHiInt of safety hut a couple' 2! thousand dollais worth of itfachinery and type were left. Twice the' J! ofiie,: caught lire but discerning eyes soon detected the flames. Wilson's jewelery store was once on fire but it was pioiuptly 2j saved. The buildings h.-twecu Tuiouin and llurlington, 011 the west1! sileof Jersey. Were sived only by the most careful eye and strenuous i J! elfoit. IiV r wind nv oa the eint side of the Holhrook brick block 'l' was broken by tlie. heal althouuh a loj-foot street seoarated it from "J! the flames. ' TIicnc windows included the immciiic plateglass show 'j! windows of the St". Johns Grocery Company. The tipper part of the 1 i; brick block wns somewhat scorched but all damaee Is covered hvt' . " ' I V insurance. Someone burst opsn the entrance to the grocery and commenced to save the valuable pajers hut It was quickly realized that there was 110 danger of destruction. riicre was some delay in getting the pumps started at the power house and the pressure of water quickly subsided as the tank emptied. Hut once started the pressure came up a bit. In two hours it was nil over and only 11 smouldering mass of ruins occasionally flamed up as a heavy gust of wind grasjted the debris. Yet it was an awful two hours for all having proiierty or other interests in the city. It wns n quick blaze and a hot one. The building occupied by Dr. Ro.vdtcr was badly scorched as the P.lliott building was almost ngaiiist it. The side next to the fire was J! ftltih stulti ttift ilTtitt1 Alkttil fi irk lint itvttlncffiii f i triiCitllint ImiiI I 4 nt the warehouse of the Portland Suburban jarred residences as far away as three blocks and bits ol the tank were driven with fearful force in directions.' Jersey Street Addition Corner Jersey and Richmond Streets. We have jusl platted this tract into eigh teen lots. We think we can safely say that there is no liner property in St. joints. i,ei us snuw it to you. M . St. Johns Land Co., St. Johns Phone Union 3101 Keep u Iiii-i Hicik uf (leiiuiid Miin'limnliic, i 1 1 t-l I i nx liry ()' lots and Shot's, (liiu'ories, Ilurdwoie. Ilmiu 'PiiriiL1i2inip, Feed, Kle. In fuel t'vuiylldii. Tln'ir- l'ili-t Mtv riuht. Don 'I wuiitu your time m. ti l'uiiliiiul, hut I'oiuo in mid hw our stuck und prire. Remember The Big Department Store Corner Jonscy Street nml Hn-n-lw St. Jokaa, Oregon s vx-ooooccx-c 000000000000000 ooo-cc-vC-O'VC-xc- :;-;: N. H. SUiTTER Contractor and Builder T Designs and Hstim cs Furnished, and rll con stnict.on guaranteed to pl.ascthc most p.irlic-ular. 2I7 Mohawk Slretl ST. JOHNS, OREGON BmMmc WW. L lUnifU, St. Mu, Mk mt frm my ow pUw, 1 4 itoiMDd& it jr ,ivVa rWhivVi, , "l on-: The pieces were red hotrad several narrow csea,es to belli swell the fund necessary to from injury are rcprted put the organization upon its feet. KlliU's loss u estimated at $.ooo uth insurance of S2000; II, W. there wus a fair hiKeM uiiiouut IJKht, vacant building, 2O0o with $1000 insurance; W. II. Stine, the netted from the last dunce- but nazcwooj ,i the M igoou building, $2000 with a 1000 insurance. e hn;s ,Z::i '? ",".3 MagooncarriedK.iusunu.ceon bis ,ooo' st,K.k. I?. V. Tognini they have started on. carried 1000 on hi $?ooo loss. This brings the los,s to nearly ft 1000 The dance this evening will be of I about half covered by policies. That it was not more than double the nature of a hard times nffair that is accredited to the fire workers and their heljrs." '5 ? 'H'leveu wai mere win ue I? A- Vates j... the breaking of a ladder, fell from the eave-s of the .ate. Iannu's seven-oIecL'oX;" nickl.Cr block but was not seriously injured. ' Another parly was with tra is to furnish the music, and the him on the ladder at the time. Thercwcie several minor injuries and affair will be pulled off at the hall many coats burned by the embers. of the M. W. A, The local Odd follows lost their entire records since the lodge was rtii aouuhsiou ice 01 liny cents lnhtilut j Thehe were in ix)sses.si(m of Iv, Iv. Klliott, who is sec- ' tt'lll 1 k lifirTl fif (i.iilb.itw.M I ! while ln.lies will l. nrfntitiwl fro,. n( rctary, and lie had them in his store for safe keeping. The lodge has , cost. The man who is dressed in been formed one year only -but the records were valuable mid cannot Ik; the garb of the "hardest times" replaced . will receive his admission buck as a m. I.. Holbrook viewed the flames from his home in Portland ami . ' . ...1.11.. . . .1 . . .1 .1.. I Y,i , "71. mi T wllevrf the entire business had burned. Monday morning he cir r. . . I rt nt m n ei 1 1 mnr t ri i ni ri rwr tfr 1ir Pi ft 1tvi rt 111 All i ! IHf It ll!tlll fitmu Tiierc promlhciS to be lots of " ..w ,.v, v - ; - I A . ft .1 . . J I 1 II. .1 41.,. A..4..1 11. jio, iHCKiier ijrouiers gave aim owieis .sweneu uie ioiai wuu lesser amounts. Over 200 was quickly pledged. In the old St. Johns grocery store were close to I500 worth of groceries that had not been removed to the new store. These went into smoke quickly. Too much praise caunot lie given those who so valiantly fought the ' flames facing many dangers in the piercing cold of the furious gale, The men came from the church, from the home, from different walks -1 but nil were determined to work to the utmost. Hats blew away and ; were lost: clothing was ruined in many cases? benumbed hands were1 bruised and bleeding but the work went on and the flames defeated, j When It was found by those who first sought the fire house that the doors were strongly locked with not an axe in sight there was a Oregon Try a pair of our Village School Shoes AND Ms SATISPIIjI) COUCH &, CO n Phone Union '1066 206-208 Philadelphia Street fun so do not miss the opportunity of having a good time and help the fircboys at the same time. Better Subscribe Before Saturday Night ! ! Postpone 1 to AJarch 26. The 'Just A Little Different" benefit advertised by the Metlipdist church people has been jKstponed to Monday, March 26. The cause of the postponement is the many meetings that have been held, the bad weather, and the fact that .it was difficult .to secure a ball for the date contemplated. Remember the change of date! Admission will he ( 25c and 15c. , A Fine Corner Only $900 Ask About This Fine Snap ! Shepard, Dobie & Peterson Real Estate, Fire Insurance, Notary Public Phone Scott -106 1. No. 109 Jersey Str.et. Siecial Uargain in a 9 room house. Phone Scott 4001. Insure with the Peninsula Bank. m m Am gPmi a a fearful howl against the practice, T11K Ri'.viHW has before men- HGlD AdVePtlSe OL. JOiinS DV Subscribing for The Review Itioued the danger of such a practice time. The plan is a bad one -and this night it cost ten minutes' SHIP BY PORTLAND SUBURBAN EXPRESS JOOOOOO CI TV l'HONU MAIN ax Q Reasonable Rates Quick Service j PHONE EAST 6098 O E. 0. MAGOON, Agent at St. Johns 8