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WE ARE STILL SELLING Our first shipment of 65 heating stoves is ex hausted, except a few odd sizes, while in some styles notably, our "Cheerful" line we have in the third shipment since the heater season has opened. This same "Cheerful" heater is the best wood stove in St. Johns; has heavy cast bot tom and sectional cast lining, spark shield over damper; Urge, close fitting door provided with smoke curtain that prevents smoke from issuing into the room when fuel is put in. Our Hue of Crown and Cascade Ranges, alt made by Niagara Stove Co., Uuffalo, are going out so fast wc can scarcely keep a line of samples on our floor. They are winners. Let tis show them to you and give you prices. Let us sell you a wire door mat. Kasy to clean and will last a lifetime. Pull line of paints, oils, all kinds of inside varnishes, etc. In fact, our stock includes every thing found in a first-class hardware store. POTTER & GOOLD THU HARDWARU MKN. MAKE SALESMEN OF YOUR WINDOWS AFTER DARK A store may shut its doors nt sunset, but if its show windows nrc Ktcctric Lighted and attractively dressed they arc doing as effective soliciting for the next day's business as a corps of sales people. Up-to-date stores nowadays consider window lighting a necessity, whether they remain open after darkor not. Competition forces modern methods. Is your store SHUT UP" after sunset in the old style or in the new? There is no known illuminaut which will light a shop window as effectively, handsomely and satisfactorily as Hlcctric Light. Fabrics arc shown in their true colors and every little detail is brought out 111 true proportion to its surroundings. If your window is not Electrically Lighted you are throwing away chances for increasing your business only measured by the number of people that pass your store after dark. Uased on our new scale of Reduced Rates for current on Meter basis, Hlcctric Light is not tin expense it is an ECONOMY. For information call MAIN 6688. POITLAND GENERAL' ELECTRIC COMPANY First and Alder Streets, Ttltphon Miln 6688. PORTLAND, ORI20ON I , This Week's Bargains On Easy Payment Plan Close in lot near postoffice Pom lots, St. Johns Park, each too Nice large boarding and rooming house, good location. . . . 3,000 On-Half Cash. Corner 100x100 on car line, south St. Johns 790 100x100, corner, south St. Johns 600 100x100, corner, south St. Johns 750 50x100, seven room cottage, river view 1,375 All Cash. Quarter block, close In ... , 3.500 Four.blocks, half block off Willamette Houlevard, each. . . 100 35x90 business lot on Jersey street 3, too 35x100 business lot on Jersey street 3,350 35x100 with alley and wall on Jersey street. 2,750 35x100, small building, on Jersey street 2,250 See me before purchasing uny where, as I have exclusive sale of some of the best bargains in St. Johns. H. G. OGDEN Review Office. Acreage Two Fine Tracts ST. JOHNS Phone Union 3104. STOVES! 45 ST. JOHNS. OREGON LAND CO. Local News. Let the Peninsula Hank write you a fire insurance policy. The stores are already beginning to shine up for Christmas. Mount Hood Yeast, made in St. Johns, has no equal. 1 ry it. Gov. Fletcher has moved into his cozy hew home on Willamette Boulevard, Try the "Par Excellence" : the champion 5c cigar: made 111 St. Johns. Ethel Mitchell, from Albina, was a thanksgiving guest of Wylena 1 horndyke. W. II. King has been confined to his home by rheumatism for several days. A substantial sidewalk has been lain on Dawson street from North ern Hill to Portsmouth. House of 6 rooms and lot 50x100 too feet from car line ? 1500, one half cash. D. C. Rogers & Co. Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Valentine spent Thanksgiving with Mr. Val entine's brother John, at Albina. Many of our subscribers arc re newing their subscriptions to The Review. Are you in arrears for yours? l'he St Johns Hand will give one of its popular dances at M. V. A. mil Saturday night. on arc cordi- lly invited. St. Johns people get your photos taken in St. Johns and save time and money on Jersey street in the new Holbrook block. I). S. Southmayd, p.iiuter, p.iper hanger and decorator, has plenty of 1006 wall naiHir in stock ut 70S W. Richmond street, St. Johns, Since the water in the rivers ic- duck shooting is reported as very fair 011 the numerous preserves maintained by the gmnners. The Ladies' Guild of the Uni versity Patk Episcopal church met with Mrs. C. A. Wood nl her home on Hayes street lost Wednesday. Master Phillip, son of Mr. mid Mrs. P. J. Peterson, fell from 11 roof on to a picket fence while play- ug last buiulay, and su tiered severe injuries to one of his legs. Cheap Jersey street proinirty cor ner 50x100 for $3000, across Johns street from school house, good lo cation for any business, one-half cash. I). C. Rogers & Co. P. A. Ilredeen 1st reeling a small stoic building 011 Jersey street near street car crossing, which he says will be used as a waiting room for the north cud people wishing to take a car for points on the electric Hue. A proposed ordinance found in this issue will tell you all about the new ferry service that is under con sideration, the franchise of which will no doubt le granted by council. Look the ordinance up and le iiostcu on the proposed new ferry service. The Peninsula Hank has just is sued a new check of a handsome design for the convenience ot its customers. I hey are bound in books of any size by a patent binder and are furnished with the cus tomers name printed 011 each check Hy using the new binder the stubs may all lie kept in one lot a con vcuieut form lor a busy man. Scarcity of cars is causing con sidcrahlc anxiety among lumber shippers throughout the northwest. Several nulls nave lecu torceu to shut down in consequence and many more are only running half the time The outlook is rather blue, unless the railroad companies can in some manner come to their relief with more cars. There is not much money in rais ing stock for the farmers in eastern Oregon, Last week the writer saw twelve head of cattle sold lor io per head. In the lot were two cows, one calf and nine three-year-old steers, livery one of the critters were hog fat and wheat fed at that. Ihe steers would average about 1,000 pounds each and the cows a trifle more. A report is current to the effect that a high level bridge is proposed across the Willamette at this point It is the intention to build so that ships with the highest masts may pass under it without interference. The eastern end of the structure is located 011 Philadelphia, the widest street in the city. The promoters say the river will be spanned at this point within five years. The market inspector of Portland accuses a Portland business house of selling cold storage turkeys over a year old for Thanksgiving. The fowls are said to have become black with age and totally unfit for food We have often wondered how the price of poultry always hangs around the 25 cent mark. And why doesn't the market inspector give the name of tins particular firm that sells decayed meat i The trial of Orlando S. Murray for the murder of Lincoln C. Whit ney Ls scheduled for the 10th inst in the district court at Portland. Whatever the outcome may be, the fact will always remain that young Murray did everything lie could do to secure justice through the om cials, and failing to get it, took the law into his own hands. The grand jury would have done well to have looked into the official acts of the persons elected to care of such al fairs as the Murray-Lincoln episode. Ask yourgrocerfor Linuc'sbread. Watch repairing a specialty at C. Marion balisbury's. The West Coast Laundry makes a specialty of lace curtains. Reliable insurance at the lowest rates at the Peninsula Hank. Rough dry washing at 6c per pound. West Coast Laundry. The material used in Linnc's bread is the best and can't be better. Smoke a St. Johns cigar best 10c cigar on the market the "White Crow." We wash and iron all flat work at 25c per dozen. West Coast Laundry. Private boarding house, home comforts, home cooking. Apply 403, West John street. Another lot on Jersey street, cor ner 50x100, .$2600 Just outside the fire limits. D. C. Rogers & Co. Insure against fire before you have one with D. C. Rogers, agent for the "old reliable" Phoenix of Loudon. An insurance irolicy in a reliable company is as good ns money in your pocket in case of loss iy lire, ask the Peninsula Hank. Clean comfortable rooms .ft. 50 per week up, use of parlor and bath, also housekeeping rooms. The Raymond, 114 South Jersey street, Huy your cigars and tobacco of Harris & Goodcll. The only ex clusive cigar store in St. Johns. Comer Jersey and Tacoma streets. August Wilhehn, a practical car penter and cnutractor,has a card in this issue solictiug work in his line and guaranteeing everything first class. Mrs. Margaret A. Palmer and ler brother David W. Cole, from Kitirchild, Wisconsin, arrived on Tuesday lor a visit with Mrs. W. L. Hullis. C. N. Hraasch has purchased the utiles 011 the Vniidemecr lots on Ivtitihoe anil Tacoma streets, and is having them moved to the Hraasch addition by Contractor Gee. Lost On Jersey street between bank building iiud Chicago stieet, a putse containing n ten dollar gold liece. And a small note. binder please leave same at Review office. Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Lashbaugh celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary last Saturday, the isl list., at their home in Point View, riicy were married in Detroit, Michigan. N. A. Gee has finished building a plank drive way between the plants of the bt. Johns i.umiier 10. mid the Woolen Mills. It is eight feet wide and will be used for the delivery of fuel to the woolen mills. The Portland Meat Co.. the new wholesale meat concern that had been supplying the local markets with meat for the past month, was purchased by the Pacific States Meat Co.. Inst Monday. Those nt the head of the Portland Meat Co, understood their business, and were establishing n fine trade. Owinir to the fact thut it costs money to buy hay and mill feed, and to hire men to extract and jwd die milk, the price of t Ills house hold necessity was raised on me isi inst. to $2.25 per mouth for n quart to ikj delivered daily. 1 111s raise will make us all feel good and give ilit milk man a chance to wear dia monds as large ns those that adorn the breast ol the .Napoiions 01 finance. Meanwhile bossy cow will chew her cud as usual. Hv an ad elcwherc ill this issue it will be seen that Richard Shcpard, fnrmerlv of Shcnard. Dohic & Pet erson, has opened a real estute office in the building adjoining the Re view, recently occupied DV U. Norton. .Mr. Mieparu says 01 111s ...... . , new oliice: "It s the 01 est real estate office now staudinir in St. Johns. Guess I will call it the Pio neer building. I would like to have the money that has lH.cn made in it. I am the seventh occupant, and have a hue list 01 bargains to oner. Ten dollars down and ten cents a dav are the terms on which Univer sity Park lots are sold. University Park lots are selling right along while others are still, lecause U111 versitv Pirk has the largest payrol 011 the peninsula, because it has Hull Run water, a univeMty whidi brim's a cultured class, a liquor re striction which excludes saloons. Portland public schools, and first and foremost it believes that a steady growth and good morals pay best in the long run. Francis I. McKenna is the selling agent for University Park lots. Joshua McDaniels, an Oregon pioneer of 1844, was in St. Johns last Sunday looking for old laud marks. Although past 80 years of aire Mr. McDaniels is as spry as a man of 40. He told of many in cidents of the early days of Linnton Portland and bt. Johns, and dis cussed at length his trip across the nla tis in 1843 with a yoke of cattle. The old pioneer is building a home for himself and wife in Port land, and expects it to be ready for occupancy in time to celebrate their fiftv-e irhth wedding anniversary in Janurary next. When asked as to what he thought of the future of Oregon, he answered: "there never was a time as good as the present for making money. If I was a younger man I would buy right and left as long as my money held out." Read the new ad of the St. Johns Laud Co. in this issue. Smoke a St. Johns cigar best 10c cigar on the market the "White Crow." H. W. Smith has been confined to his home by illness for the past leu days. Men have been at work coin plcting the sidewalks on north Hur- Iiugtou street. First class and reliable insurance companies only are represented by the Peninsula Hank. Mrs. J. I?. Williams is quite ill at her home, and during the week her condition was considered dan gerous. Fine corner on Willamette Hoitle- yard 100x126 feet. 51000,250 cash balance $20 n mouth. 1). C. Rog ers & Co. Dr. F. I). Whitney, n veterinary surgeon from Minneapolis, is now permanently located at Cochran Hros. livery barn. One hundred and twenty-five miles up the Columbia river from St. Johns, fir wood is selling at $10 per cord nnd coal 512 per ton. S. C. Norton may now be found in new quarters at 1 10 Jersey street south, where he has many fine bar gains for the investor in real estate. Kggs at 45 cents n dozen make the average housekeeper wonder whether biddy is out on a strike. The truth is the cold storage men are picking up n little extra money luring the holidays. Stanley Neeliugs, one of the crack shots of the Willamette valley, dur ing the week received a registered pointer dog from Minneapolis, sired by Minnesota Joe, one of the finest field mid show dogs hi the west. Henceforward the labor unions of Multnomah county ate in politics. It was so decided at n meeting held last Saturday night, when sixty-five Iclcgntes representing twenty-three abor unions met mid so declared. An arc light 011 tin corner of Kdlsou and John stteet is badly needed. The comer is one of the most dangerous in the city mid it is Kissed daily by large numbers of workmen employed along the water ft out and on the new railroad bridge. Hegiiiuiiig the first of the mouth many contractors on the grade of the north bank railroad began work ing their men nine hours a day. 1 he men had been getting 53.50 er day of ten hours, and the short ened day means a cut of 25 cents per day in their daily wages. A half dozen attractive new resi dences will soon be built on Fill- more street, building permits wete taken out during the hrst part of the week lorthe erection of thesame. Mrs. Charlotte Carlson will build two residences costing Si 200 each. W. P. Stadeliuan will build three cottages at a cost of 5780 each, and Iiikeimau Davis will elect 11 home for himself at an expense of f 1000. If, by some hook or crook, ar rangements could be made to gravel Iltirliugtou street north, n whole lot of money and annoyance would be saved to the citizens, On account of the freight sheds and the heavy loads hauled 11 way, the street at its intersection with Jersey, is knee deep in mud. Kvcry wagon pass ing over it lands additional mud on the already graveled streets. MaylH.- it would be cheaper to cover the roadway with plunk. It would be economy to improve its present condition. Now for Christmas ! Already our Christmas stock is now being placed on display for , your approval. Now in every department of the big stoic "Cluist mas" is beginning to make its appearance. Our Chiistmas display will be the most complete in every department. We want you to call in. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Main Floor and Gallery. Our new display of Christmas goods is now assuming quite a Christmas air. We waul you to call in and look over our line, which is very complete, Your every want can be supplied both as to grade and price. Just as expensive or just as cheap. 4 mM Photograph Album In this line we can give you your choice of a great many de signs ranging in price from J 1.50 and up. Picture Display. Our display of pictures is now complete and is a beauty in every way. We have pictures from 25 cents up to po each. Autograph Albums A beautiful line of these goods, ranging in price from wc up. Christmas Stationery A most beautiful line of fine Christmas stationery in beautiful holly boxes are now on display, and they range in price front 50 cents up to $3.00. The usual Saturday Specials now on. ST. JOHNS GROCERY CO. 101 and 109 Jersey and 101 Burlington Streets. A woman wants a few hours work daily. 536 Gilbert street. Read the new ad of the St. Johns Hook Store elsewhere in tins issue. Try the "Par Kxcellence" : the champion 5c cigar: made in St Johns. In numerous locals D. C. Rogers cc vo. announce numerous bargains in real estate. House of 6 rooms and lot 60x150 tsoo, one-half cash, near improved street. D. C. Rogers & Co. Several large transactions in St. Johns real estate wilt be among the happenings of the next few days. All the drays in the city have taken out licenses, and there seems to be no decrease in their number. lid Stockton, who moved with his family to Colorado Springs, writes that he is thinking of return ing to St. Johns. The St. Johns Grocery Co. have something to say about holiday buy ing in this issue. Some very fine bargains nre offered. Which would you rather have, the cold, frosty mornings of the first of the week, or the good old rainy days of Oregon ? Do you want anything in the house furnishing line nt a way down price ? Read the local in this issue! headed "McGmth's Hargains," and then go mid see for yourself. All freight paid to St. Johns. Merchants desiring space to ad vertise their holiday offerings should call in at once and apprise us of the tact. Don't wait until all the avail able space is taken and then kick about not getting the space you want. A couple young men played a i mean trick on several of our school inarms when they dumped a lot of 1 vcgcinnic sccus 111 uie uowerpoisi the young ladies had have filled with diit. sent out to I The onion 1 crop is ahead m far. The Haptist Aid wilt give a din ner in the Adutus building 011 Hitr lingtou street Dec. 12, in which chicken and tut key will play a prominent part. The ladies prom ise 11 feast that will glmldeu the eyes of the hungry. All ye who cough and make a horrible racket with your hicnth ing apparatus, take note of the an nouncement of Smith's Pharmacy in this issue. No need to wheeze and sneeze when Hallatd's syrup gets down to business. The little entertainment by an amateur dramatic society at Hick tier's hall on Monday night was quite good, cousidei iug the youth and iucxcriciicc of some of the actors 1C1 Craudall, a former St. Johns boy, proved 1111 artist of 110 small ability. Lnural Lodge, I. O. O. I1., in itiated eighteen candidates in the second degree last Monday evening. A sumptuous spiead followed the ceiemoules. Next Monday evening eight candidates will be 011 hand for work in the first degiee. 1 he lodge is in a most proseroiis mid nourish ing condition. Pundit Dr. N. Krishna of Horn bay, India, 11 graduate of Itoun University, and for five years the private secretary of Herbert Sikjii- cer, will deliver hiscelebrated lecture oil "The People and Religion of In dia" at M. W. A. hall next Sunday evening. Dr. Krishna lectures have attracted widespread attention, and all should hear him. See small bills. Toilet Sets We have these in a number of very beautiful designs along with a beautiful glass, brush, comb and manicuring set, ranging in price from fi and up to f 10.50 each. Seventy dollars were netted by the Ladles' Aid of the Evangelical church at their chicken dinner and bazaar on Thanksgiving day. 190x100 near South St. Johns depot-corner $7oo--insidc tooxtoo $600. one-half cash, balance Sio a lot per month. D. C. Rogers it Co. The Kvangelical Aid holds their monthly business meeting and so cial tea this (Friday) afternoon at Miss McCIave s Raymond rooming house. G. G. Gould returned Inst Sntur. day from n successful hunting trip 10 nquina bay. lie reports the water fowl plentiful, hut exceedingly shy and hard to reach. Hetter look over your stock of printed stationery. If your supply is nearly exhausted or you have none at all, leave your order with us now and have n new stock on hand for the new year. T. P. Hope this week sent in an application for a charter for an Aerie of haglcs at this place. As it requires .o charter members and $250 to obtain a charter it took some hustling on the part of Mr. nope. About eighty members have been secured so far. GO TO Smith'sPharmacy FOR Ballard's Celebrated Horehound . Cough Syrup and Liniment It pnys. They never (nil St. Johns Book Store OPENING Monday, Dec. 10 Will ojHiii with a full line of Reading Matter. Sta tionery, Legal Hlnnkft, Hlauk Hooks and hII kind of supplies in their line. Hooks bought, wild and exchanged. Will soon in s all fiiieciiculaling library 420 Jersey Street McChesney Itulldiug (1ROCERY DEPARTMENT Main Floor. 22 lbs. dry giau. sugar, audi, $1.00 1 Kick diy grun. Migar, audi, 4.05 j iKiunds lit l Italian prune, .23 1 II). Ik-M cream lniek chew. .10 l K)iiud hcM pop com. -05 CHRISTMAS EURNITURE 100 Jersey stieet. The arrival last week of a huge shipment of fine old mission uphol stered leather furiiitiiii' for the Christmas trade place us in a intui tion to ask you to call and ve the finest line of furiiituie thut was ever brought to the city. Eloor Oil Cloth We have floor oil cloth (you would never know it was oil cloth. either, if we diil not tell you as it is so thick) ilia most beautiful de sign. We sold two rolls of this goods in one week. Kxtra good value as 50 cents a square yard. New Design Linoleum This comes in 12 foot wide in a beautiful design. Never wears out. just proper thing for your kitchen, yo cents square yard. We have this in stock. Children's Chairs In children's high chairs and rockers we have a most beautiful line in solid oak and ash some thing out of the ordinary, ranging tu price from 12.75 and up.