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Wilms Moxon. p. w. Valentin MOXON-VALENTINE Co. Philadelphia Street. ST. JOHNS, OREGON. WATER 430 feet frontage, 1200 feet deep, near Peninsula mill. BARGAIN. Building on Jersey street corner, $10,000; annual ren tal $1,300. : Hardware ! Finding that we bought too heavily in 9. I RANGES AND vc will, until July first, sell any Stove or Range in our stock at 10 per cent discount for cash.' Jl III . ...!H ..1 . . . . . . IM if We will also give count on Our stock of Screen d and Screen Wire Cloth is I Our II. cv: m, Paint stock is replenished every 8 week. let estimates before Our line of Builders' I POTTER & GOOLD I i Till'. MAKDWAKK MUX. S COOL BREEZES ON HOT DAYS. No matter how mi I try or uncomfortable the day, 1111 KLP.C TKIC FAN will insure comfort for the lmitics man nt his desk, for his employes nt their work, for the customers in his store, and for the entire household tit his home. The cost for nil this SUMMP.R COMFORT is a mere trifle. A 1 6-iuch fun can le ojernteu nt 11 cost not to exceed one cent an hour, and a 1 3-inch fun can he run for even less, Think of ten hours of solid comfort for less than ten cents. Keep your store cool nnd breezy nud your customers will find shopping n pleasure, and your store an inviting place in which to linger. KLKCTKIC PANS will increase your business, whether it be a restaurant, nu ice cream parlor, n dry goods emporium or an iron foundry. We have fans of all kinds, nli styles, suitable for every pur pose. Don't delay order your fan TO-DAY. P.LF.CTRIC MGHT and the ISLKCTRIC PAN make n strong combination for summer comfort. Send us a post card with your name and address we will do the rest. Portland General ElectricCo. Seventh and Alder Streets, Telephone ExchanCe 13. PORTLAND, OREQON HILLS ADDITION Most desirable bus iness and residence lots in St. Johns. Terms to suit purchasers. P. HILL- Office at Residence, 618 North There are several bargains advertised in this week's Review. Chicago Rooming House P. W. Hinmak, Prop, Good rooms from 1 1 a week up. Corner Chicago and Ivanhoe streets Saint Johns Oregon FRONT COOK STOVES 5 a liberal dis lime sales. Doon;, Window Screens, still in good shape. you buy. Hardware is complete. 35. Jersey Street, St. Johns The G, HEITKEHPER GO. Watchmaker, Jeweler, SilvmraJtb. Importer aad Wholesale Dealers 2IS MtfriSM Strut, & P.0RTUNI Local News. Did 'you enjoy yourself 011 the Fourth ? Mrs. John HagRcrty is quite ill at her home. Let the Peninsula Hank write you n fire insurance policy. Watch repairing a specialty nt C. Marion Salisbury's. Furnished rooms with bath everything new. 531 South Jersey street. L. Cfromachey of Dee, Ore., was n business visitor in St. Johns last Tuesday. We wash and iron nil flat work at 25c per d07.cn. West Coast Laundry. M: L. Tufts came down front Yale, Wash., to spend the Fourth at St. Johns. P. S. Batman, one of N. A. Gee's right hnnd men, spent Indepeud ettcc day in Seattle. The hottest day of years gone by Itns been one of the topics of con versatton during the past week. mono woodiawn 22 lor your slabwood stove nud 4-foot lengths. Wood delivered front St. Joints mill. Mr. nud Mrs. M. L. Holbrook tire enjoying the cool breezes nt their summer cottnge nt Tokc Point, Wash. Remember! You cannot buy finer candies or cigars than the goods Valentine sells in his ttent store. To those who arc willing to work nt top wages we say come to St. Johns. There is plenty of work for nil. 1 he wny the telephones around town have been crforming during the past few days would put n trick ttittle to sliniue. W. A. McKeon of Kalnma, Wash., was n St. Johns visitor Inst Saturday. The Review office ac knowledges n pleasant call. W. L. Markle, machinist on the Stanley-Smith lumber milts in Hood River valley, steut the Fourth with his brother, A. W., in this city. W. J. McCord, u contractor from Lovelnud, Colorado, together with his wife and son Ouiuii, were the guests of Mrs. W. L. Tltorndyke on Monday. Mr. nnd Mrs. Rudolf Unllberg, whose home was recently destroyed by fire, huve taken up it temporary residence with Mrs. Hallberg's mother in Mt. Tabor. II. M. Wood and family of Hood River were visitors in town this week. Mr. Wood is 11 contractor and builder, nnd may decide to lo cate here crmnucutly. The McChesney block is uenriug completion. It is a strong and mas slve structure nud proves that the doctor has great faith in St. Johns' future. It is certainly a beauty. V. J. Koener began the work of excavating for the foundations of the Stiuc & Sherman brick block on the corner of liurlington nud Jersey streets last Monday morning. Fire may destroy your home any time. Are you protected against wtial or total loss ? If not, call at the Peninsula Hank nnd team the small amount that will giveyou protection. The first work of prisoners on the streets of the city was inform ed last week, nnd the unfortunates made n good job of it. The men were not of the hobo stripe, but tonty-hatidcd working men who had taken a drop too much and were unable to pay their hues $8.50 each. The fall term of the St. Johns )ublic schools will begin Sept. 17 the same date as the schools of Port laud. This change will make the school schedule of the two cities uniform, and enable any pupil of either place to take up their studies 11 the same grade and class without confusion in case of a chauee of residence, The Wellington, Knight & Glov er s new saloon in the Holbrook block, opened for business Monday. Weinhard's celebrated draught and bottled beers are handled exclu sively. Case goods and family sup plies will be made a specialty. A commodious billiard room has been arranged in the rear room. Messrs, knight &Glover invite their friends to give them a call. Rudolf Halllerg, whose house furnishing establishment was re cently destroyed by fire, informs The Review that he will resume business in St. Johns as soon as his oss is adjusted. This news will Ixj welcomed by all. During the time Mr. Hallberg was in business here he established an enviable record for honesty and fair dealing that won him a host of friends and cus tomers. The meeting held at the school house last Friday evening for the purpose of electing two members of the school board to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of Messrs. Urice and Ogden was well attended. There were three candidates C. W. Potter. H. W. Brice and Willis Moxon. Mr. Potter was unani mously chosen. Mr. Urice was elected over Mr. Moxon by a vote of 39 to 17. With Messrs. Wil liams, Potter and Brice as members of the board everything will be har monious and the business of the school transacted with fairness to all. Keep Your Eye On St. Johns, Keau uoucn x. -o. s new ad 111 this issue. Reliable insurance at the lowest rates at the Peninsula Hank. The West Coast Laundry makes a specialty of lace curtains. Rough dry washing at 6c per pound, west uoast Laundry. Smoking is n pleasure if the cin nrs nre nought nt valentine s. For fine cigars it will pay you to call at Valentine s: optiositc city hall 1 he. uintcnnl used in Linne's bread is the best and can't be better. Try the "Par Excellence": the champion 5c cigar: made in St Johns. Smoke n St. Johns cigar best toe cigar on the market the "Whiti Crow." First-clnss dressmaking by Mrs Zelht K. Johnston, 531 South Jersey street. Try the "Par Excellence": the champion 5c cigar: made in St. Johns. Smoke a St. Johns cigar best 10c cignr on the market the "White Crow." Saws filed nt the new repair shop. Unrpeitters tools sharpened at Hruii son, the grinder's. Pirst class utid reliable insurance companies only are represented by the Peninsula Hank. insure ngainsi tire nclore you have one witlt I). C. Rogeis, agent for the "old reliable" Phoenix of Loudon. An insurance policy in n reliabl company is ns good us money in your pocket in case of loslvhte. Ask the Peninsula Hank How about your job printing? Better leave your older with us now before you nre out. Our prices cannot be excelled in I'ortl ml. Enjoy n program of rciicshnieiils nnd u social good time with the At tisnu Lodge next Tuesday night at Odd Fellows hall. Admission, 15c. In this issue we print 11 li-ilf tone cut of St. Johns nnd the aurtoiiud- lug territory. It was designed by C. P. Goodrich for the Commercial club. Rev. Charles A. Hut ris nud Miss Bessie Blaine MeVicker wete unit ed in marriage at high noon Tues day, July 3, in the Evangelical church. PInce your orders for your next winter's supply of slubond now. Later 011 we may not be nble to supply you m quickly. Price Fuel Co. Phone Woodiawn 22. Do not forget that you can fur nish your house chcaiwr at II. I'. Clark's new nud second-hand store, 203 Jersey street, St. Johns, than nt any other place. Stove length slabwood at $2.25. 11 load nud .t-loot slal nt SJ.so im.t cord, inside of Catliu, Stewart, il- lis Boulevard and Tyler streets. Phone your order to Woodiawn 22. Mr. nud Mrs. II. A. Blackburn, whose household goods were totally destroyed in the recent fire, huve taken up n tcmixirury residence in the hospitable home of Mr. nud Mrs. Jos. Biekuer. W. B. Belcher, formerly of St. Johns, is now the landlord of the Pacific View, a fine new hotel at Seaside. The hotel is new, being built during the past winter. It is run on the Euroienu plan exclu sively. Said one of St. Johns' well ported real estate men: "If some one will build n large boarding house down the river front they will find it n good investment, A house that will accommodate 100 men can be filled in a week. As it is now 11 great many workmen along the river have to ride to and from Portland laily because of n lack of accommo dations in St. Johns." 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 Macriim ave nue In fsortlicru Hill oil Dawson street which extends through the centre of that rapidly growing dis trict between the rivers 111 Portland, and now selling for $15 jier front foot, will, within twenty years from today, sell for one thousand dollars r front foot. The money paid the men who are at work grading the streets of the city is doing a lot of good. At present there are about one hund red men and twenty-five teams em ployed in street improvement. 1 he men receive 1 2 per day of ten hours and a man and team earn $5 every' day they work, Everybody is paid on Saturday night, and the amount aggregates a comfortable sum. Nearly all the men employed live 111 St. Johns. The merchants feel the good effects of the improvements and all are willing that they should continue. Central Market! Holbrook Mock. See us for the Choicest Cuts of the licit Meats Obtainable, Orders Pilled and I'amily Trade Solicited McCLAVG & WARD, Props. OF INTEREST To All Old Timers nnd New Comers in .St. Johns. (Continual from lat ucck) While standing in the old mill n panoramic view of what had trans pired since then went passing through my ninul. I see the As toria boat coming up the river, the Dalles boat following after, little I'leetwood, the fastest boat on the river at that time, the old steamers ashington nnd Lurhne trvimr to ne tne nrst nt the wharf. Those were the days of steamboat rivalry. and how the pursers used to lend the ladies so gallantly down the gang plank, especially the old vet erans, Dan O'N'eil nnd Scott Swet- laud. They will live long in the memories of their friends. I see the deckhands us they run up and down the gatm plank earrvinir boxes for the cniiiiinir factory on the lower river, and trucking bar rels, made by Tom Williams in the old cooper shop, for the Sandwich islands. Pew people of today know that at one time the Oregon Barrel Fne- lory furnished nearly nil the bairels for Clans Spreckels great snirar in dustry. It is a fact just the same. I see 1 0111 Robertson as he drives old Buck nud Dan up the incline with a load of bolts for barrel staves to be cut by old Pedro, the Cliinn man. Right there is where the old warding house stood with old Un cle Hoy t standim: in the door net ting teady to gn on duty as watch' man at me nun. who can ever forget the old man as he went about its work witli his pie held fust lis lips tt quaint, quiet old soul. Then thete is the little old Mcth- oitst church .standing where the ship building plant now stands. It did duty for many years in diffetcnt roles. 1 lu-re is where we till went to chtitch to heur old man Johnson when he use! to come on his ik-iI odieal visits. Theie is wheie Km ma Smith nee Price used to Unch school. There is where Dr. Cnples used to tell us nil about Thomas efferson and the tat iff. There is wheie we had our Christmas festiv- ties, nud who will say that we did not enjoy ourselves? Just back of the church is wheie ohn Windle nnd his wife lived. Grandpa Wittdle, us we nil culled him, wits u man who went about his daily toil with us little fuss nud wise as tiny man possibly could. Grandma was just the opposite, al ways inn of hustle nud of 11 ner vous temperament, nut what is the wonder when we think of the tardships and privations she had to endure when they first lauded on Columbia slough in 1S52. as 1 turn around to go I see 11 man coming up the stieet. As he turns his head sideways, closes one eye, aim says "Well," I recognize Chat lie Palmer, the fellow who otild tell you how it was done in Stockholm, The townspeople liked Charlie just tlte same. Do you ie- member the dances in the old car riage house for his benefit, and how Charlie disposed the lemonade up on tlte hill ? I went 011 nud some one says "Be gorra, it hot ! ' nud I know that I have met P, T. Hanson. "Phin," we used to call him. Just across the stieet there is an ld man sitting outside by u file. Apptoaehiug I find he is cooking lis evening meal, nud that it is riiomns Rogeis the man with the )ig bear story. After talking with tint for 11 while, Mr. Editor, I con cluded I would wait Knottier week before I told you any mote news. W. JOWER, Jmvcr Murk, N. Jersey t. SPECIALS FOR THIS WHISK iris' dresses, 2 to 7 years old, 2c Girls' white dresses, $2. 25 value. at - 85c We are closing out Indies.1 waists and Oxfords at surpris ingly low prices, It will pay you to come ami investigate. See these kir'ani and coimiarc quality ami price. .No trundle to show jjckmU, The Wellington KNIGHT i GLOVER, Proprietors. Fine Wines nud Liquors, Family Supplier a Specialty. lolbrook Block, St. Johns, Oregon. R. WILCOX, Dray and Baggage Line Phone Scott 1308. Piano Moving a Specialty. .cave orders at Hallberg's furniture store and they will receive prompt attention, Special I Special I Special I POINT VIEW I have fourteen xoxioo lots near I'oiut Viuw that I will sell at i 180 a lot. H. C. llurlbert, 108 1.3 Jersey street. OLD TIME POSTMASTERS. they Were Called Upon to Do All Man ner of Quoer Things. TI10 modern polmnster may think ho has troublf of his own, but there was a time, along about 1817, when he was railed upon to do nil mnnno. of queer things. For instance, in rummaging through nn old trunk a venerable resident of Washington recently unearthed nn ngo stained pamphlet which an nounced the inauguration of a "new daily nnd thrice n week paper," to be printed "nt the sent of govern ment." Tho nnnnuncoiuont was dated April T, 181,, nud after 1 voluminous exposition of tlte vir tues of the proposed paper the ed' itor to be enid: "Postmasters are hereby author ized to receive subscriptions for the uazctte, nnu tor all tnonevs collect ed and transmitted to the editor, nt the city of Washington, a discount of 10 per cent will lie allowed. D1.1 tnnt subscribers will have their pa nerd carefully packed and punctual ly forwarded to order." Then follows n set of blank spaces wnoro tne postmaster might append the mimes of the subicribors. The entire pamphlet was complete, ami it copy was sent, iiiestiuiablv to everv postmaster in the then United States. If every postmaster could thus lm used as a "mail order agent" in tlioao days or strenuous competi tion what a variety of duties they would be culled upon to perform. nut under the system that then o.v ,1,1,, . ... istcu tuts mciuiHi was entirely oroiv or, and it is said that the postmai- tors itiaitu consilient ulu revenue from these sources. N'eodless to say tins was ncinrc tne itavs of the now celebrated "fraud order," which the postoulre department issues with every returning sun. Hut getting buck to the "pros pectus.' It is a iveird nlfair, won derfully and fearfully ntmle. H neluiilly states that "a ennou'tent reporter will be employed to furnish the proceeding of tmV'rcss for tho (inzi'tlo" and thai nil "interesting nriHies 01 inieii :i'inr win lie care fully e!eeted nnd published." When il says, that "all pubi c diutitiienU and state mpirs will lie printed nt full leu lb" one is immediately re minded of lite Ciiiigre-wional 'Rec ord, 11 publication thai has hcci wit limit u rival in the memory r-f 11 nt 11. 11 is 11 1 mi 1 inteteoling (tint the ed itor to be, one .lonatlinu Kllioti, advertised in April that he would start u tmper in October. And ho expected nil llic-c subscriptions to bo fortheomi.i", evidently before thu pniier was ctahlislted. New Haven Union. A Utt of Childhood. A local huniiicm mail was remi niscent over lin boyhood the other day, sins mi evc'ianjc "livery morning before school I had to go out 011 the lartu I t line potatoes with father. Wo lived on a farm, you Ktio v. l lie potato patch wits not 11 grc.n di-t.uico from tho house, and I wiii Mippo.cil to slay there un til mother culled me to count in, when it whs time to dress for school. It wouldn't l.e long, of couri-e, until I got tired. Then I'd watch father out of lie- nui.er of my oyo until he Kcciuod cngron'd in what he w doing, tm 11 I'd t nu towanl thu hoiuc nod cli, 'All right!' throw down my hoe nnd run for home. Mother va MipiHix-d to have called mu to school, l ather just thought lie didn't heur her. 1 worked that right along, mid, for nil I know, lio hasn't found it out vet." Ha Mndo Allowance. A French journal reports tho enso of u man who entered 11 coffee house mid mt down near it customer who utm reading the morning nuwsoapur which belonged to (ho establish iiient. "After urn with thu puper, if you plcasu," Mud thu newcomer. Thu other man nodded assent nud went on reading, but at tho end o( half an hour had hardly finished tho first col 11 in 11. Just aii thu waiting customer was about making n sec ond and perliaiH impatient applica tion, he noticed that tho render hud lost one of his organs of sight. Ilia resentment vanished. "Ah," fcaid hit in ik low voice, "I am not surprised. Tho poor innn Ins only one eye and bus to reud everything twieo over." Adding Intuit to Injury. It is bad enough to have, a red nose, in many entirely irroproucli uhlo women have, to their intense mortification, but to bu guyed nud swindled wficu one attempts to cor rect the deformity must bo simply intolerable, "How to euro red nosos permanently; absolute Hecrecy; t end," etc., is an advertisement that, appearing onlv recently in n London puper, aroused great intcrost among a lurgo circle of unfortunutos. Whon those women whoso nosea, from one caiiBo or another, were pinker than they though 1 proper eagerly oponcd their stumped envelopes this was what thoy read, "f!o on drinking un til it become- p trp'e." Notice. There will be a meeting at Odd Fellows' hall Saturday, July 14, at 2 p. in. for tlte purM)se of complet ing the organization of the Wo man's Belief Corps to work in con junction with the Grand Army of St. Johns. All loyal ladies nre re quested to meet on that day. By order of committee T. K. Wisher and B. L- Snow. Join the Commercial Club ! Good Paint Used Right LOOKS RIGHT Tope England : Decorators: French Block. St. Johns. Central Bar. Ham. CoeiiRA.v, Prop. Tnos. Condon, Mgr Pine Wines, Liquors and Cignr?. Cochran Block, St. Johns. Oregon DUILT DY W.C.ADAMS CONTRACTOR and BUILDER We now Imvc with 111 a enwHle ic-ldi'iil iiirliltri't, unit ue c.i 1 1 ijrmtiKC to inlviiiivc iihiiics to all then- wco ih'-lic (o liiiihl home, Shop Second Door West of Postoffce ST. JOHNS - - 0KU0ON F. J. Koerner, CONTItAOTOIt AND BUILDBIt Plans ami rM'cilIciilliitui pnunptlv furiiixlicil on hddIIi'h) Um. All work lone with iieniniwd mid ilisisileli. J. II. Crook. (n IrrM ), h. Walton, I'llOIH' SO III ll). I llW lklt I'MlK. Crook & Walton CONTRACTORS ami UUILDI-kS. I'laiis Drawn ami I.Miin.itc I'uruMtetl. ((i'licral JoIiImiik .net K'Miriii. Shop tH 1'cMM'inlt-n Mint, iii-itr Jrey. ST JOHNS. OltlvCON. Your Horse Lame Take htm to Godsey & Clark llvperl llorscshocrs. Our hcciiilty U liorMMhotflug, and we giiiiKinteu our work, SUMMONS. In the Circuit Court of thv at Qrff- goll.Ultlllty Ol .MllltUOIIMMt. IVart IlarrU. I'luintiU, O. I',. Harris. lH-fcuiliiut. Too. I'.. Ilurri, iluftinlHiit: In the name of the Uitc of Orwiou vuu nre hereby kumtwnml and reipllraf to iit'.ir iiiki HiiDwer me eoiiiiiHUn llletl iiguliiki you in (lie iiiHiv! enutieo Mill uti or before the 1 nil ilny of Auu"t. which U after u weeks kuu iMiil from the ilnte of the firl illu .ttiitn of this Kiimiiioiw. It i prewribeil iu the order for the pulihcutioii of suimimuim that the miiiiiiioiih lie iuhlihheil for nix successive weeks, ami utiil onler wu made ami dated the niv day of June, l'), unit the first piiltlieation thereof it made the 29th day of June, lyu6, mid if you fail to apjiear and uiMuer, the plain tiff will apply to the court tor the relief prayed for in her Mid complaint, to wit: That the U1111U of matrimony heretofore mid now exutiug between tlte plaintiff uml the defendant he di-wilvcd ami that she le divorced from tiuii and fur mell other relief as shall seem equitable. Tills Minimonii b published owe a week for six sticccuiive weeks in the St. JuIum Review by order of the Honorable Judge Alfred Sears, Jr., jndfje o( the ubovw en titled court, made the iJiid day of Jiui, l6. II. DKNl.l.s'Ollit, Attorney for thu plaintiff, 414 Chamber of Cnmmvicw, l'orUnwd. 1'irst insertion Juno :o, 1946; Ut hiiir lion Auymt 11, t'sA,