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Wilms Moxo.v. MOXON-VALENTINE Co. Philadelphia Street. ST. JOHNS, OREGON. Bargains in Real Estate. Comer lot on Jersey street, close to center of business, -Corner lot on Ivanhoe street, Full block, 200x200, good house, fine well and plenty of fruit ; near O. R. & N. railroad and Fesseuden street, Seven room house, five lots, 50x126, barn and chicken house, beautiful lawn, all kinds small fruits, in Oak Park an ideal su burban home, ... House and four lots on Willamette Boulevard two comer lots ground all under cul tivation a fine site on the best residence street in St. Johns, A ten acre berry ranch at Canby, Oregon, to trade for St. Johns improved property. Lots in South St. Johns, $250; easy terms. Fire insurance, money to loan for building Hardware !l Finding that we bought too heavily in RANGES AND wc will, until Tulv first, sell our stock at 10 per cent We will also give count 011 Our stock of Screen Doors, Window Screens, Screen Wire Cloth is still in good shape. V and S Our H. & M. Paint stock is replenished every jg week. Get estimates before you buy. y Our line of Builders' Hardware is complete. ir POTTER & GOOLD I THK IIAKDWAKK MF.X. FREE! 30 Days Trial! FREE ! The Greatest Household Convenience. of the Ago New Model Electric FlaMron Fill in coupon unci mail to us nml you will receive free of charge on F.LKCTKIC FLAT IKON. RETURN POKTLAXD GUN KRAI, KLKCTRIC CO. Seventh mid Alder Street, Portland, Or. Gentlemen ; You mny deliver to me one F.lectric l:lut Iron, which I agree to try, and, if unsatisfactory to me, to return to you within 30 duys from date of delivery. If I do not return it at that time you muy charge simc to my account at $4.00. It is understood that 110 charge will bs made for the iron if I return it within 30 days. Namk.... AnKi!ss Portland General Electric Co. Seventh and Alder Streets, Telephone Exchange 13. PORTLAND. OREQON HILLS ADDITION TEN LOTS At $500 Per Lot if Taken by June !. I will sell Ten Lots in Hill's Addition to St. Johns, and the choicest Lots in the city, if taken before the first eay of June. These lots are adjoin the business district and no better investment can be found. Terms to suit purchasers. P. HILL- Office at Residence, 618 North Jersey Street, St Johns Residence and Business Lots There are several bargains advertised in this week's Review. Chicago Rooming House P. W, Hinman, Prop, Good rooms from f I a week up. Corner Chicago and Ivanhoe streets Saint Johns Oregon F. W. Valuntink. $2,000 1,200 5,000 3,200 2,300 purposes. I I COOK STOVES g anv Stove or Ratine, 111 A 9 discount for cash. i a liberal dis- j time sales. V 1 COUPON The G. HEITKEMPER CO, Watchmaker, Jeweler, Silversmiths. Importer and Wholesale Dealer 216 MotUm Strut, PMTUW Local News. Keep Your live On St. Johns. Cut the weeds before they get too high. How is votir wood pile? And it is June, too. Let the Peninsula Hank write you a fire insurance policy. Watch repairing n specialty at C. Marion Salisbury's. Dressmaking done by Carrie Wood, 615 North Ivanhoe street. Saws filed at the new repair shop CarjKmtcrs' tools sharpened at Driin son, the grinder's. A marriage license was issued Tuesday last to Dowcn C. Ward and Maud Maedou of St. Johns The ladies of the lfirst Uaptist church of fat. Johns will serve re frcshmcnts on the Fourth of July. Now that the election is over let every resident of St. Johns plan for a rousing celebration on the I'otirth of July. The dance of the firemen nt M. W. A. Hall last battirday evening was a well-attended and very en joyablc offair. The ladies of the Kvangclical church furnished lunches in the tent on the St. Johns Hotel lot on elec tion day. The booth was well pat ronized. Iilcctric light poles are being placed on several streets in South St. Johns. Many handsome resi dences arc being erected in this part of the city. Over sixty years ago George Gav erected, near Wheatland, the first brick house in Oregon, and in 1853 C. U. Shaw erected 11 grist mid lumber mill at Kola. Do not foreet that you can fur nish your house cheaper at H. F. Clark's new and second-hand store, 203 Jersey street, St. Johns, than at any other place. The Review office has just printed lot of "For Sale" and "For Rent" cards that are large enough and plain enough to sell or rent any piece of property anywhere. Stove length shihwood at $ 2.35 a load and j-foot slab at Si. .10 per cord, inside of Catlin, Stewart, Wil is Dotilcvard and Tyler streets". Phone your order to Woodlawn 22. I have the best life insurance iwlicy to be found in America: The Union Central Life. The safest and best at a fair price. Come in and talk it over. W. II. King. John Poff left last evening for visit with his mother at his old home at Staubcrry, Mo. This is Mr. Poff's first trip east in twenty years. He expected to be absent six weeks. Last Saturday the St. Johns Ship building lo. snipped a llglit (ltaft stem wheel steamer to Alaska, where it will navigate the waters of the ukon river. The boat was shipped north in sections, which II be put together on its arrival. U. M. Ferguson has been taking many photographs of the mills along the water trout. The work is of a ligh class mid just the thing to send to that eastern friend who wishes to note how things look in St. Johns. Several photographs are suowu in the window ol I). C Rogers' real estate office. Dr. Chas. Ii. McChesney, formcr- y Indian agent at the Rosebud agency in South Dakota, but now Indian inspector of all the agencies, was a guest of Chief of Police Dredeson last Tuesday. The local policeman was in the government employ eight years under Mujor McLhesiiey, and they enjoyed a ucasant visit discussing the events of years ago. The receipts of the St. Johns ferry from March 6 to May i, 1906, were $314'35i which goes to show that Manager Ilrink is enjoying a fine patronage. Two and a half per cent of the above amount was paid nto the city treasury Tuesday last fhe outlook for an increased busi ness at the ferry is very flattering. The payment of the above percent age was guaranteed by the company at the time the franchise was gran ted. Willis Moxou was one of the clerks of election, and it was up to urn to inject u little humor into the tired crowd Tuesday night. It was along about midnight when the tally on the prohibition had leeu see-sawing back and forth and finally came to a tie. Kverything had been as still as death for an hour. All were wondering what the next ballot would show. Suddenly Moxon raised his hand and shouted "Stop!" men turning to a friend asked: 'Will you please go down to my house and ask my wife to pack my clothes?" If, by some hook or crook there could be an improvement in the mail service of St. Johns, 2,000 people would shout for joy. We do not speak in reference to Postmis tress Clark, but the absence of Sun day mail. As it is now, no mail arrives in St. Johns from Saturday noon until Monday morning. A etter written Saturday evening is not sent on its way until Monday noon unless it is taken to Portland and mailed there. St. Johns is probably the only city in the coun try of 3,000 population that does not have a Sunday mail. The long wait from Saturday noon till Mori- ay morning is an inconvenience. But how to remedy ft is a question. For best fire insurance sec W. 1 1 King. The finest of calling cuds at The Review office. Rough dry washing at ftc per jround. West uoast i.iiuiulry. Wasn't the rain lut .Sunday soaker? Just the thing for the tiuek farmers. Try the "Par Iixccllence" : tin champion 5c cigar: made in St Johns. Mrs. W. C. Drown, of Portland, was a guest of Mrs. . L. Thorn dyke Saturday. This is the season when the peo pie with yards full of roses share them with their less fortunate neigh bors. A silver medal contest, participa ted in by young women, was held at the Kvangelical church Saturday evening. On account of the polling bontlu being in the basement of the Cen tral building, there was no school last Mondny. Mrs. D. Hoycr, sister of C. X. Draasch, arrived Irom Los Angeles on Saturday for n visit with her irother's family. Insure against fire before you have one with D. C. Rogers, agent for the "old reliable" Phoenix of London. liven the government has caught the building fever, and is making extensive improvements tit its sta tion across the river. An insurance iwlicy in a reliable company is as good as money in your pocket in case of loss by inc. Ask the Peninsula Dank. If you arc in business and want to gel out, or out and want to get n : if you have real estate for sale or wish to buy, see 11. G. Ogden, Review ollice. The ladies of the M. lv chinch will give an ice cream and straw berry social at M. W. A. hall to morrow (Saturday) evening. See notice elsewhere. Placards inscribed "5500 to .oo on Stevens" were displayed in St. olins last Sunday and Monday. While the wager was a tempting one there were no takers. The arrival of 11 carload of piic for the water company last Monday indicates that the work of laving new water mains is progressing in various parts of the city. Place your orders for your next winter's supply of slabwood now. Later on we may not be able to supply you so quickly. Price Fuel Co. Phone Woodlawn 22. N. A. Gee introduced a new style of moving: houses when he transferred the IVooley buildings from Ivanhoe strecf to the lots near Pascal Hill's residence mounted on wheels Some of the most bc.iittilul roses in St. Johns are to be seen in the yards of M. L. Rowland nml C. X. Draasch, These families hi.'ve been very generous with their choice flowers. According to the city engineer no grade in the city can le inclined more than 1 1 jicr cent. The grn-le 011 the Diirliiigtnu street hill is per cent steep enough to test the locomotion of an ordinary person in good health. The funeral services of the late James Tufts were held from the Methodist church Saturday after noon, Rev. P. L. UHiugoliiciatiug. Some very touching songs were sung -and the casket was literally covered with magnificent roses. fhe St. Johns Title, Abstract and Trust Co. is u new concern with offices in the Holbrook block. The officers are T. T. Parker, president; L- D. Chipmnii, vice- president; h. M. uiipmnii, secre tary and treasurer; and S. C. Slier rill, manager real estate department. The parade of the school children on Memorial Day practically dem onstrated the urgent need of an ad ditional room in the public school for their accommodation. If Teddy had been present he would have leen convinced there was no race suicide in this man's town. Last Monday's Journal contained a half-page illustrated write up of the industries of ht. Johns. ilalf tone cuts of the lobes mill, Hurling ton place, the St. Johns Lumber Co.'s mill and the woolen mill gave the reader an idea of the progress 111 an industrial way along the water front. On Sunday morning nt the Meth odist church Rev. F. L. Young took for his subject "A Message from Mars a play recently given in Portland which has for its moral the beauty of unselfishness. Mr. Young gave a graphic account of the play and concluded his sermon by a comparison of the "Man from Mars" with the "Man from Heav en, who also came to give lessons of true unselfishness. The fountain proposed for the sqtnre in front of the Holbrook and Cochran blocks by Aid. Norton, is not, as many believe, a large one to be used by man and beast, but a small affair where the passerby may quench their thirst. In reference to it Mr. Norton said : "What I would like to sec is a small iron drinking fountain erected. One costing $.10 or $50 would be large enough for the purpose. It could have two faucets or pipes through which the water would run continuously, and with suitable drinking cups attached it would be a convenience every day in the year." Dring you woik to The Review. The grading of Ivanhoe street is in ptogtess, Xo. 1 Jersey cow for sale flesh. tnuuite 02O Willamette Doulevatd. O. I.. Cha)el is at Hover, Wash., looking after his renl estate interests. Painters have improved thefionl 01 the Cochran block. Try the "Par Fxcellence" : the champion c cigar: made in St. Johns. Shears, axes and knives ground at the new repair shop in rear of Cochran block. wick is being delivered for use in the erection of the new Holbrook block on Jersey street. .Mr. and .Mrs. Ueo. bunmons are the parents of si nine-pound baby boy, born on the 26th lilt. Miss l.ela Taylor, clerk nt Don- ham & Currier's, has been verv ill of measles for several weeks. Contractor Kocrner has the work on the handsome McChesney block well along toward completion. mono woodlawn 22 lor your lahwnod stove and 4-foot lenoths. Wood delivered from St. Johnsmill. Mis. Lameron, formerlv of the St. Johns Hotel, has leased the Windle house under the hill and resumed business. C. W. Chase, a Do'tnn capitalist, has been in St. Johns for several lays looking over the ground with a view of industrial investments. fhe ladies of tiio llaplist church will give 11 pink tea at the home of Mrs. Harlow. Got West I.eavitt street, on June 12 from 3 to 5 p. m. fhe Price Fuel Co. can fill your oiders at once for stove length and foot slubwood. Don't delay in ilaeiug your oiders. Phone Wood lawn 72. Two carloads of Portlamlers en joyed themselves Tuesday evening at a dancing party at Cedar Patk. I hey came out in special curs, re turning to the city at midnight. It doesn't pay to have your life insurance policy written by 11 stranger. Have it done here in St. thus by a home man. I have the cst company in the world. W. I. King. K. II. Diuuson, a shariK.'iier of tools of all kinds, has oeueda shop 011 I vuulioe street, hlieats, knives, ra.ors and every kind of an edge tool will be put in condition at i low price. W. Cofiyn, an cxicricnccd masseur, has opened a Tuikish i:lli parlor at Hall's barber shop, and is now lendy for customers. fhe place is well iiiiipiH.-d, and all who wish may enjoy the luxury of a Turkish bath at any hour of the day or night. Holmes Lodge Xo. 101, K.of P., will hold its iiumial memorial ser vice Sunday, June 10, at 3 p. 111. in the Congregational church. Rev. F. J. Warteii will deliver the mem orial address. Sccial music has been arranged for. All friends of the order are cordially invited to attend. Mtiubers of the lodge mid all knights who can attend will meet at the I. I). (). F. hall at 2:30 p. in. sharp. One need not be born with 11 veil or the gift of prophecy to fore see that lots between Fisk street in University Park and Macriim 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 $15 per front foot, will, within twenty years from today, sell for one thousand dollais per trout loot. Those who built homes lust year have something to be thankful for from the fact that lumber was cheaer by far than it is now. Lumber that sold for $) a thousand feet a year ago now brings $H. There has been an advance in price of all building material from cement to shingles. With the prices of a year ago there would be twice the amount of building going on in St. Johns. As it is. every day sees the iK'gimiiug of a couple or more new homes. According to the latest price list ssiied by the lumler dealers the price of sidewalk material is as fol lows: Curbing and stringers 13 iwr M-, street lumber f 14 iter M., sidewalk lumber for covering and corner blocks $15 per M. The above prices hold good until July 1, when they will be advanced. Fig uring on the above prices sidewalks will cost, including labor and ma terial, about 55 cents jier lineal foot. Those contemplating improvements in this line will le able to figure accurately. The long, tedious count of the ballots last Monday night and all day Tuesday served to keep the prohibitionists ana auti-proiiibitiou-lsts on the anxious seat. I'.very body seemed to be interested as to the result and frequent trips were made to theschoolliouse. The vote was clos throughout the count. It was a see-saw race. First the "drys" would be in the lead, then the "wets' would come in for their inning. From the middle of Tues day forenoon until late 111 the day the "wets ' maintained a lead vary ing from 8 to 12 votes, No one was willing to acknowledge defeat until the last vote was counted. Hach party had, like the darky holding the bear a tail hold. Dut each imagined the consequences if the tail should break. Reliable insurance at the lowest rates nt the Pciiliimil lUuk. Smoking is n pkumur if the cig ars aie bought at Valentine's. Jauirs H. Gee has moved into his new residence on Ivanhoe stiect. For fine cigars it will pay you to call at Valentine's: opposite city hall The material used in Liune's bread is the best and enn' t be better. The road grader is doing excel lent work in various parts of the city. Smoke n St. Johns cigar best too cigar on the market the "White Crow." We wash and iron all fiat work at 250 per dozen. West Coast Laundry. Dr. MacLachlau reports the birth of a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Roscoo Raynes 011 Mny 28. First class and reliable insurance companies only nro represented by the Peninsula Dank. Crook & Walton, contractors and builders, secured Order Xo. sat the St. Johns Lumber Co.'s new mill. It has been a bad week for out door work, the wet weather sus landing operations for several days. Protect your protcrty from loss by fire by insuring in only first class companies, face the Peninsula Dank D. C. Rogers has moved the buildings on the rear of his Ivanhoe street property in older to open up the alley. Mrs. Win. Moscow, wife of one of the contractors on the O. R. & X. right of way, is unite ill at the home of X. A. Gee. J. G. Helms, who was severely iijured a short time ago, is con valescing slowly. Mrs. Helms is quite ill witli measles. C. II. Ilonham and otheis ate building a tenuis court on Dr. McChesiiev's lots on Ivanhoestieel opNsite C. A. Wood's residence. St. Andrew's F.piscoiul Cliaiiel has been moved to 11 location oppo site the sehoolhouse at University Park and services will be held regu larly hereafter. fhe many friends of Mrs. Hop kins, of Point View, will be pleased to know that she is rapidly tceovcr ing from the oeratioii which she teceiitly underwent at St. Vincent a hospital. The new Congregational church was handsomely decorated lust Sun day for the dedicatory services and the piograiu as published last week was cunicd out. Theservices weie welt attended. W. M. Wynne, now located in the Maiqttnm building, Portland, was in this city on Wednesday ami was chiiM roucd by Captain W. W. Goodrich. Mr. Wynne is looking for investments. C. W. Gee ami his two sisters, Mesdames Winn and Wakely, left yesterday with their household goods for Caliinruin. Dofuru they vacated their old home it wnsioiitcd by a family from the earthquake belt. Noble Grand Peterson of Samari tan lodge Xo. 3, of Portland, ami other officers ami members were the guests of the Laurel lodge Mon day evening last, and assisted in conferring the first degree Umhi six candidates. The saloon recently fitted up 011 Jersey street was oeued to the pub lic by K. O. Magoon Wednesday evening. A certified check for a iKTinit had been deiosited with the city recorder for several weeks, ami the license was issued Wednesday. S. C. Sherrill, manager of the leal estate department of the St. Johns Title, Abstract and Trust Co., made 11 business trip to Corne lius Monday, Mr. Sherrill be-j lieves St. Johns has a great future before it and that no city in the Northwest will grow as rapidly. The Don Ton barber shop pre-1 scuts 11 handsome interior by the addition of a new cabinet case. It ; is 10 leet long, has three mirrors and shelves and drawers conveni ently arranged. It was designed and built by Harry Mauslield, the versatile tousorial artist. It is a fine piece of work and proves its builder a skilled caria:iiter as well as a barber. It was tip at the school house 1 during the count of the ballots when Deputy hherill Downey heard that Sheriff Tom Word was running be-1 hind. Stepping up to Jeff Xye, I who was tiptoeing over the crowd watching the close count 011 thei prohibition vote, he whispered:! ".Say, Jell, I just heard that Word 1 was 300 behind," Nye glared at him for a second, and then growled: ' "Tell with you nnd Word; I have troubles of my own." DO NOT FORGET THAT Couch & Company 206 and 208 Philadelphia St., Sell all tfoods at lejjctiinatc profits. We are closing out one lot of No. 2 Small White Beaus 10 pounds for 25 cents. Granulated Sugar - $4.80 Per Sack, Subject to market change. Pure Linseed Oil- We lmc il. Tope & England 'Decorators: Paints, Oils, and Glass and Wall PajHjr. Phoenix Pure Paints, Pioneer White Load Phone Fast 6311. French Dlock. St. Johns. DUILT DY W.C. ADAMS CONTRACTOR and BUILDER WV now have Willi lis a cqtrtltlt' reMili'iil nrchltti-t. anil wc can ormitge to advance money to all IIiom! ww) iUre to build Ihhiim, Shop Second Door West of I'o.stoff.cc ST. JOHNS - - UKIUION F. J. Koerner, CONTRACTOR, AND DUIIjDDR Plans ami tpmillpnlluiiK piDinptlv fiimihtii'il mi iipplinillnii. All woil; ilium willi iicatiuMti anil dixMtcli. J. II. Crm.k, fry Jt-rn-y l. S. Walton, Crook & Walton CONTRACTORS nml I5UILI)l:kS. Thin Drawn and ItstiiiMH'M I'uriiiftttvd. (vm-ml Joliliinx Mini KqiHiHHg. Shop 10H I'twHiiiiluu klHHil, ntwr JurHiy. ST. JOHNS. Oltl'.OCIN. Your Horse Lame Take him to Godsey & Clark l:pert Horscshocrs. Our siecialty is hoiMmhiHiing, and wc guarantee our work. Iiusinuss and calling cnrdu print ed 011 short notice at this office. New tyjK;, good material and skill ful workmanship mnku a happy combination. We have it.