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THE ST JOHNS REVIEW PiibllatiM Krery Friday 11V McKito.v & MAKKI.K. Sulnerlptloti rain, $1.00 per rear In ilTiinc! Ailmrllilnir talm. ai.oo ri.r Inch tifr mcntn All acltettlalng billn pajra le flrat ol isch montn. Tnb Printing fipcuted In flril-elaa tit Milla for Job Printing caah on delivery. All communication! ahould ba addreaaed lo Tna Bariaw, m, Johna, urecon. Tint RKVMW W entered nt jwst office In Saint Johim, Oregon, ns limit nmtter il... - - - 1 -I 1..- .1... A ,.f fS.... ui Hie senium uniss uuuur mi: t.i ui v.un ifress of March 3, 1879, omclal Hawapaper of tha Olty of St. Joant Phono Cost 0106. FRIDAY, OCTOHKR 19, 1006 Tim Ktizcveit stile tiv spclm z nawt the bhtiiiin sucksess every' bawdy thawt it wtiz ohi tit bee In suite of the urent difference of opinion In regard to the city hall The Review believes Hint weshoii nil love one another. I Foot ball Is killing off its long haired followers as rapidly as pos slide. Knell day the dailies ream n victim or two, but the game goe 011 ns usual. The wearing of striped clothing nt the balcm penitentiary lias bee abolished at the governor's Migges tion, and henceforth the inmates will not look like a lot of zebras. The only argument to be n vauced In favor of au additiona school building in St. Johns Is to point to the 600 pupils now nttem iim school. The present building has comfortable accommodations for mo. What is to be done will the overflow that is sure to clamor for admittance ? The statement made by the Port land Telegram that the population of ht. Johns now numbers 4,000 exaggeration. We are growing every day and growing fast. If tl census of the city was taken at tl present time il would be lotiiid neater the .1.000 than the .,(xx mark. In five yeais fioiu today 10,000 eoplc will have homes in ht Johns. Km Meeker, the old pioneer wht left Portland last spiiug with nil ox team attached to the wagon in wlilc he crossed the plains fifty years ago, for the purpose ol marking what known us the old Oregon trail with suitable monuments, is now 111 low in rood health anil spit its. He in lends continuing his journey to ll extreme east with his ox team am and prairie schooner. Inside of five yea is northwestern Oicgon will Ik? coveted with a nc wotk of elect) ic railtoads. The completion of the Salem toad will duiuonslrnle the Miiictiniily of elec ti icily over steam liiom 11 financial as well as a traveling standpoint Travel in the futiiie will be by the elicit ic crouds, It is the fastest am safest way. lileclt icily isi supplant iug steam in Hie east, ami in Mm il will do so in the west. The blasting actoMi the liver in tonus the iaoplo thai wotk hit been toMiuicd 011 what lias come be known as I.afe Pence's Hot Ai Line fiom Pottlaud. So far th Wiilei has been unable to locate any ro.ullied. A franchise was oblaiue mid the use of the county io,i gtanted to Pence for au electric line between Poitlaud ami I.iuutoii. small of amount woik has been done No one seems to be able to figure whete an electric toad between the city and the hamlet aciosstlie live would pay. The geuetal opinion a PI Kins to Ik? that Ihe ftanchiMMViis obtained tor a light ol way lor some miltoad that is under cover. Any how somebody has loin down the stockade that was animal the county lock pile, moved the lock ci usher away, and exploded a bits or moie of giant powder in au attempt to give somebody else a run lor their money. A little incident that occulted hut weuk explains why (low L'hamber lain is so popular with the coplc. A couple of boys convicted of bur glary in Poitlaud wcie sentenced to a term 111 the ieuitentiary. 1 hey wete young boys, not haidcucd criminals. Undoubted they aie what might be culled tough. There was ample proof of their guilt. So tliey wete convicted and sentenced in jig time, The inajety of the law had been upheld. I he detectives and thepo lice foice had scoied. No one gave the lads a thought after the case had been disposed of. Hut the commit incut of the youngstcis attracted the attention of the governor, lie tea somd that thete might be some good away down deep 111 the little fellows. Their ages wete given as 13 and 15 years. So he he investigated, and the tesult was that they were taken out of the stale prison and away from the haidcucd class of crimi nals confined there, and sent to the Reform school. The governor did not believe in educating the boys to be lust class rogues, as they would have been by confinement for au in definite term in the penitential y. It is these little acts that make the peo pie think on election day. With all his numerous duties the above inci dent shows that Geo. Chamberlain has plenty of time to interest him self unasked in a jair of wayward boys. It is these little kindly acts that the jeople remember. The midway at the Seattle fair is to be called "The Pnystreak." It is well named. I It is becoming quite the tnge among the millionaires to trade their wives by way of the divorce courts. Immorality among the upper crust Is getting to be something desperate. And now the Portland grabbers are trying to cooper up what is left of the water front in the suburb up the river I The old town needs to be Hetieyized before the strong-arm workers will get good. Miss Uerthn Krupp, daughter of the great German gun manufac turer and heiress to his immense fortune, was married on Monday. Her income is over eleven millions yearly and she gnve her husband an unconditional annuity of $100, 000. Too bad there is not enough Berthas to go around. Over 600 revolvers we sold by San Francisco hardware store in n single day last week. The lawless element have grown bolder and rob buries by highwaymen tire of nightly occurrence. Kvcn a policeman was caueht robbinu a dying man. I lie residents of the California metropo lis should reorganize the old vigi lantes of a half it century ago. f The city of Albany, following the example set by hugene, is discard iug the expensive and unwieldy fire engines, and will hereafter fight fires with water by direct pressure from storage tanks As St. Johns is now provided with au ample sup ply of water il will be well to lollow in the wake of the cities who have had cxH?ricncc in the line. Sam Jones, the well known cvau gelist, passed away in a sleeping car near Little Rock, Ark., Sunday night. Rev. Jones style of preach inn was of the spread eagle, sikic tucular order. His maimer of speech was crude anil appealed to the mind rather than the heatt. While he undoubtedly done some good in the woild, the impressions heciealed in a religious way wete not lasting. Uncle Sam pays the lailroads id most forty millions of dollars iitmu ally tor mail service. If Sammy had been as cute as some other countries the railroads would now be cariylug the malls free in ex change for right of way. The rail road companies have expiessed their gratitude lor the lavors re ceived at the hands of the govern incut by taxing il to the highest possible notch for mail service. Is it not about lime this order of things underwent 11 radical change? It is high time the government should own the railroads and save this forty million ikt annum. The present net earnings of the railroads will pay ten H?r cent inteiestou the iivestment. Discrimination, in gratitude and high handed methods have made many desiie. Hie change. I he railroads have owned the gov ernment plenty long enough. My leading the report of the pio- ceeuums 01 nc city council in litis ishiie it will be seen that a conduct waseiiteicil into by the council for thepnichaseof the chemical engine. One of (he couiiciliucn who voted for the contract explains his action ly claiming that additional lite pio- lection is needed. He contends that ( is impossible to install additional file hydrants for the reason that thete ate no mains of 11 sufficient sie to furnish the tctiircd volume of water. Again, at the piesent ate of f.v.so iter mouth chat getl for hydiauts the chemical is far more economical. The terms, too, under which the machine is secured is all that could be asked. As to the ptos and cons of these claims The Re- iew has nothing to offer. It is well known that the city now has file fighting apparatus aplenty. It dso owes the Portland I11111 $ 1,200 for what was on hand befoie the ontiaet of Tuesday night was en- ercd into. Where, when and how the money is to be obtained to pay for the apparatus now 011 hand 110 one seems able to tell us. The ex- use now given for 1111 empty tuns- ry is that 'we had lo use the money in paving up old debts." hete will ben itavduv for the foun ds of the futuie What then Saturday Very Special OCTOBER 27th From 9 a. m. until 9 p. m. Nothing sold to merchants. Two cans best Iowa coin 15 cents Tin oe cans Oi a Hraud Tomatoes 25 cents 13 bars Hig Value Soap 25 cents 19 pounds of sugar 1.00 With any 25c purchase. The above prices will surely interest hundreds of the good peo ple of St. Johns, and the only condition is that you must call at the store and buy the goods, All goods delivered. St. Johns Grocery Co. We supply your wants from cellar to garret. Special Bargains ! Monday, October 22nd Saturday, October 27th Jioth ads. in this paper adver tised in no other way. He sure and rend them. St. Johns Grocery Go. We furnish cellar to garret. your home from SCHOOL NOTES, Inlcrcstliig Paragraphs About the Public Schools. At their meeting lust Friday the Literary society of the High school chose n Greek letter name Hoppa Delta for their society. The pro unim iriven was the reading of six compositions written by members of the class from the history ot l roy The exercises given by the pri mary grades were appreciated by all who witnessed litem. Mrs. Aldersou, who taught the Highlit grade last year, teocliesngaiu this year in the rortlaud iitgn school night school. About 300 books from the Port laud library will be received today. Miss Datui siicnt Saturday and Sunday at St. Helens. Miss Ilrown was out of school Monday on account of illness. On account of the motor burning out, preventing the warming of the looms, there was no school on Mon day last. hollowing is the principal's rejiort for the mouth ending Oct. 12 1 Hoys Girls No. pupils regisleied. . 30.) 304 No. jnipils remaining. .. 301 291 Average daily attendance. . . 537 4 No. of pupils tatdy )o No. of pupils erfect in at tendance 385 Per cent of attendance .... yS 8 No. of pupils In school Oct. 18 610 BUILDING PERMITS Why Not Compel llullders to 'lake Thau Out. In oidcr that a record may be kept of the building oeratious in the city, why would it not be a good plan to coiuih.! nil builders to take out a iKirmit before beginning ocr ntious ? lty doing so a complete list of the improvements made in tlie city would be a matter of record. The permit could be issued for the kind, sle, location and the amount ptoposed to be cxH?ndcd in thccoii- stiucttoil. A small fee could Ik? chaigiil for recording the same, lly this plan being adopted the giowtlt of the city could be determined and la. & iiiillliltitll fivil It it'll Citlllit ilMiraa tf ni'iMir'tiHi As Itiiitmmr muM'ii. lions are now conducted everything 1 IIVVIIIHVII MHIMMPia, is done at random. At the same time it will be well , to pi escribe rules for plumbing. It is well known the plumbers desire laws governing their work. Why , not accommodate tlient t With the above laws in force both 1 those building and the contractors would 1h? better satisfied, JULIUS CAHSAk Was a man of nerve, but sickness left its mark and he became aged before his time. Sickness is often caused by a torpid liver. Hcrhiuci will leiMilute vour liver and uive you health. Mrs. Carrie Austin, 1 lotion, Kansas, writes: "I con- j sider Hetbiue the best medicine I ever hoard of. I am never without it " Sold by St. Johnsdrug stores. STILL GROWING Enrollment at the School Building Rapidly Increasing. The scholars at the public school building are increasing in number daily, the enrollment how showing a total of 607 pupils. The teachers arc experiencing great difficulty in their class work owing to the crowd ed condition of each room. The school board is at its wits' end to make shift for the new arrivals, and still they conic. If the congested condition of nffnirs is not relieved In some manner the instructors can not teach the young idea how to shoot as successfully as would other wise be the case. More room needed, and it is needed bad. Tli only solution offered is in the bond election for another building, and it is up to the people whether this plan will be accepted or not. Following is the total enrollment in each grade : Miss Danii, First A-a Miss I J won. First A-t Miss Peddicord, First H . . . Miss Dunn, Second A 43 45 38 38 Miss Fonticr, Second H 3 Miss Reach, Third A 46 Miss Admits, Third 11 12 Miss Hailey, Fourth A-a Miss Haley, Fourth H-2 19 Fourth A-1 .... 19 Miss Ovcrstreet, Fourth H-i 15 Fifth A-a ..37 Miss Woody, Fifth A-t ... .20 Fifth H-2 19 Miss Hrown, Fifth I)-i ta Sixth A-a ao Miss Chase, Sixth Am 14 Sixth H a 1 Miss Heche, Seventh A ao Seventh I) ao Miss Van Vleet, F.lghth A . at highlit n. .18 39 Miss Waters 19 Total 607 An Awful Coue,h Cured. "Two years ago our little girl Had a touch of pneumonia, which left her with an awful cough. She had spells of coughing, just like one witli the whooping cough and some thought she would not get well at all. We got a bottle of Chamler Iain's Cough Remedy which aclcr like a charm. She stunned coueli iug and got stout and fat," writes Mrs. Ora Hussard, Hrtibaker, III This remedy is for sale ot Jackson's Pharmacy. To Exchange. A 23-room hotel in Alhiiia, rents for $25 per mouth, will exchange for house and lot or vacant lots in St. Johns. For sale new 6-rooiti cottacx river view, full lot, 1 1350, part pur chase price can stand. A few bargains left in south St Johns. Good bargains in business IrojK?rty and snaps in ncrenge this week. 'II. G. OomtN, Review of lice, St. Johns. Nothing to Fear. Mothers need have no hesitancy in continuing to give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to their little ones, us it contains absolutely nothing in jurioiis, This remedy is not only perfectly safe to give .small chil dreu, but is a medicine of great worth and merit. It has a world wide reputation for its cures of colds, coughs and croup and can always be relied upon. For sale by Jack son's Pharmacy. iUHltLa) Members of the American IIos pital Association in St. Johns and vicinity can now pay their monthly dues at the branch office of the as- sociation, located ut the office of Seiieer, Dey it Hampton, 201 South Jersey street, I'he office will remain oihmi until 9 p. 111. for the accommodation - of niemlters who cannot call earlier. Keep in standing by paying your promptly. good dues Harness Oil Ncats Foot Oil Only $1.00 at the St. Johns harness shop. Now is the time to use it, Wanted. Hand ironers nt the West Coast Laundry. Apply at once. ELECTION NOTICE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND. Notice is hereby Kiven that at a school iiuctinj: of school district No. J of Mult nomah countv, Oregon, to be held t the school in Kitif ilUtrict on the jjihI day of October, lv, there will be submitted to the U'kmI voters of Mid district the ques tion of coutr.vctiuu a bonded debt as fol lowing. 1st. Twenty thousand ifjo,ooo dob law for the jmrjxwe of purchasing laud ami liuitiluiK "Chool house in the north ern tvirt of Mid district. 2nd. Kieht thousand and live huud- I red ifS,.sii dollars for the purpose of re- lutuiitiK on iinlclitetiiiess occurring in building present addition, furniture and hcitiuK plant. tnexoieio ie ny lunar, upon wnicn lull Iv the words; "bonds Yes" and the words, "bonds No." Tolls to be opened at ,.jo o'clock p. in. and remain open until yjo p, ui. Uy order of tire board of directors of school district No. 3, Multnomah county, Oregon. lXited this jSth day of September, A. t) 1906. J. K. Williams, (Signed) Cluinuan. J. 1. T.vscn, Dist. Clerk. Published in the St. Johns Review Oct. 5, ! and 19, 1906. J CHURCH NOTICES. Baptist church Ii. A. Leonard, pastor. Sunday school at 10 a. 111. Preaching at 1 a. m. H. Y. P. U. 7 p. m. Preaching at 8 p. m. All are cordially invited to attend these services. Methodist church S. I. Young pastor. Sunday school 10 a. m. ; preaching at it a. m. and 8 p. m. Upworth League at 7 p. m. Holy Cross Catholic church, Portsmouth Station 8:15 a. m , low mass; 10:15 n- "'-i Mr'1 uinssj 7:30 p. m., vespers and benediction. St. Andrew's Kpiscopal Chapel, University Park Rev. Win. tt. Powell, chaplain. Regular services ti a. m. Sunday school 10 a. m. Iivnngelical church Sunday school ton. 111. Preaching 1 1 a.m. Junior K. L. C. F. 2:30 p. tn.; Senior K. L. C. K. 6:30 p. 111. Also preaching nt 7:30 p. 111. K. K. Mc Vicker, pastor. First Congregational Church F. J. Warren, pastor. Sunday school 10 a. m.; preaching it a. m. and S p. 111. Church of Christ. Services ev cry Lord's day nt 3 p. in. in the Haptist church. Communion and preaching by Rev. Hrtice Wolver- ton, acting pastor. All cordially welcomed. Haptist Church, University Park. Rev. A. C. Ryder, pastor. Regu lar services every Sunday morning and evening. A Most Worthy Article. When au article has been on the market for years mid gains friends every year, it is safe to call this medicine a worthy one. Such is Dullard's Ilorehoutid Syrup. It jMisitively cures coughs and all pul monary diseases. One of the best known merchants in Mobile, Ala., says: "For five years my family has not been troubled with the win ter coughs. We owe this to Bal lard's Ilorehoutid Syrup. I know It has saved mv children from iminv sick selU.M 'Sold by St. Johns drug stores. I. cnl Agent W. nlcd. The National Life Insurance Co. of America, orgnnl.ed 1868, wants an agent in St. Johns and vicinity. The right party can nuke good money. R. O. Holland, State Man ayer, 305 Plicdncr Hldg., Portland. We Will Dress You Better THAN liVIvR THIS FALL AND FOR LKSS MONF.Y A SUIT To Your Measure $17.50 to $40 TROUSERS To Measure $4 to I0 Volume of business deter mines cost of operating, We have just increased the capacity of our workshops to one hundred suits per week, New machinery, new modern equipment and skilled work men enables us to make your clothes to your measure more inexpensively than ever Ins fore. Look over the new fall stock. We offer more than two thousand patterns for your inspection, Glad to show you the linings and trimmings we use in our garments. COLUMBIA Woolen Mills Co. TAILORS. Klks' Building, Stark and Seventh Streets. The Douglass Foot of Pittsburg Street, ST. JOHNS, SASH AND DOORS And Manufacturers of MOULDINGS, COLUMNS, BALUSTERS And All Kinds of Interior Finish. I A Home I WE SOLICIT A SHARE JUST SUPPOSE YOU BUY THAT NOBBY FALL SUIT OF WF.LCII. THKYARHMADH RIGHT FIT RIGHT AND ARI5 PRICKD RIGHT Suits $7.45 to $25.00 If not right Welch makes it right ttFI fH THE AMERICAN 221-223 Morrison TtLIA-H CLOTHIER Cor. First. Pirtland Mi Eafc W f IC wish to call your atten tion to our complete line of Children's, Misses' and La dies' Oxfords and Shoes in medium priced yowls. Also I Iosiery ,1 Iats, Overalls, Punts. Phone Union 4066. Couch & 206 and 208 8 i !f it: H. HENDERSON 108 i.j Jerey Street Notary Public Choice business and residence property in all parts of the city. Stipcriutcuduiit St. Johns Branch of the American Hospital Association. i ORDINANCE NO. 125 ' An Ordinance to Amend An Ordi nance Entitled "An Ordinance to Define the Fire Limits of the City of St. Johns, and to Pro hlblt the Erection or Repair of Wooden Buildings Within Sucli Limits." The City of St. Joliui ilocs onlulu us (ol. Tli.t ci-tlntl Vr t nt nriltnu.p.. Vn A. of the Cityot St. Jobus, Ortjjou, beln nn i-inl III i titittil ttlti I i-.li n i ttsu lfiti iht tin Ittnftw nf tlit fltt f Ct John, utul to Prohibit tbe Krcctioii or Repair of Wootleu HuiMititfs Within Such Limits," jusstil by the council ami jjoun on the 4th day of December, 1905, 1: ami uic muic i utfcuy auicnueii lu .., rvmi as ioiiuws; of St. Johns shall be bounded as follows ; wuiuiueueiuK ui me iiueroecuuii 01 jouilS street and Jersey street and embracing KAld Itrstv htreet lo tbt intpr.plnn nf Jersey and New York streets, except . .T..I. n...,. 1.1.1:.:., 1 , .1. . . ' )i,iiiilr.l frwit 1ln kHfiII IvmlmvilMANn hundred and seventy-ciuht (ISlfeetin nnter tn rnnfnrtn tn tlie tuiimil.'m' tin rW said Depot Addition. Said tire limits James John's Addition to St. Johns, and 1 Block twenty-nine (19) of James John's 1 occouu .Aiunuon to l. JOllllS. rasseit tlie council October 16, 1906, Approveii uctooer id, tout). V. V. Hin MAX, Mavor. Attest; W. t. TlIOKNOVKK. Reconter. rublihed in the St. Johns Review Oct, 19, Subscribe for The Review and keep posted. Planing Mills - - OREGON f Dealers in Institution. x OF YOUR PATRONAGE t ff 0 UR Hue of Groceries was never so complete. We have just received a case of fancy cream brick cheese which is very fine. Try it. Now is n k1 time to buy sugar; it will go higher. Company Philadelphia St. ST. JOHNS, ORHOON and Conveyancer. ORDINANCE NO. 126 An Ordinance Further Defining the Duties of the Board of HeHh. ;The City of St. Johns does ordalu Bg fol ' lows : Section 1, IJvery person practicing midwifery in the City of St. Johns, un der w ioe charge or suiriuteudence birth shall hereafter take place, shall keep a true and exact register of births, and shall enter the same on a blank bchedule or report to be secured from the city physician. All births which hate occurred under Uis or her care during the month shall be tt forth, and as far s can be ascertained the full name of the child (if any name has been couferrcd). n. vuiur, uic ui uirm.iuu namt and , nativity of both its parents and the occn , jutiou of its father, and the said schedule 1 or report shall be duly signed by mch , practitioiur in the form of a certificate ' and shall be delivered to the citv phyai 1 cian on or before the first of even-month i immediately following the date of the birth. In case the birth of any child j shall have occurred without the attend ance of a physician or practitioner of midwifery, or should no other person be in attendance upon the mother imtnedi ately thereafter, it shall become the duty of the parent or parents of the child to report the birth to the city physician in the manner and form and within the pe riod above required. Section j. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, 011 conviction thereof before the munic ipal court of the City of St.Johus.be fined not less than ten nor more than two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not less than five nor more than ninety days, or by both fine and imprisonment. Passed the council October 16, 1906. Approved October 16, 1906. I', V. Hinmak, Attest : Mayor. W. I.. Thornovke, ' Recorder. J Published in the St. Johns Review Oct. 19,1906. r Bring in your job printing now. Don't wait.