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ST. JOHNS REVIEW You Should Patronize The Home I'npcr. It mentis helping St.Johns ntul tills means a better city if you work with THE ST. JOHNS REVIEW Advertise In The Review Its clrctilntloii I gemi ine mid It covers the field. Its better tlmn n ilnlly lu the field. IT WILL REPAY YOU Devoted to (lie Interests of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOI,. 3 ST. JOHNS, ORKGON, FRIDAY, DliCKMBER 28, 1906. NO. 7 5 The New St. Johns Hotel S. COCHRAN & CO., Proprietors. Finest Meals in the City Served I This hostelry is one of the finest in the Northwest, being mod' ern and complete in all its appointments. The wants and comforts of guests are carefully looked af ter at all times. Rates are reasonable. MARK THIS I SASH GLAZING DOORS WE CARRY "ODD" SASH IN STOCK Columns Spindles Brackets Lime and Cement irl MSaiil 3 I' S'p'J St. Johns "D." Paints Oils Glass Redwood Gutter ST- JOHNS SASH AND DOOR CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PHONE SCOTT 4063 And Send The Review (0 That East ern Friend of Yours. V. S. Clark, living in South St Johns, wishing to do a little mis sionary work m his old home at Welcome, Minn., recently mailed a friend a copy of The Review. In the paper was an item about our Oregon climate, telling about the green grass, the roses in bloom ant of people working in their shirt sleeves. Ihe Welcome man sent 1 he Review to the Marion County independent, published at Fair mout, Minn. Of course the Inde pendent man saw the item about the weather, and then he gave his welcome friend tne following ad vice: " Wc advise ottr Welcome friend to be a little careful about that coun try. It may talk all right. It is one tiling to talk and another to realize, llicy do not tell of the thousand disadvantages of that country as compared with this, 1 he article dou t tell that the tco pie who live in Oregon arc sun posed to be web footed and all able to swim : that cattle and lions are bred with a vtew to their swimmine capacity ; mat there are but lew days in western Oregon when there is no rain ; that the moss on fence posts and buildings sometimes is from three to eight inches thick. 1'he climate is damp, unhealthy and malarious. II any one does not believe this they can find out by giving it a trial. Oregon east of the mountains, on the contrary, is dry and, like eastern Washington, needs irrigation. Iktter stick to Marion county." Now wouldn't that tor von ? Hut it proves the humorous cartoons picturing Oregonians with webbed feet have done their work. As the writer arrived here two years imo from Minnesota, where he spent the previous 25 years, a few words may be interesting to the Independent and the Welcome man. While Minnesota is a fine country, we would not go hack there to live for the best farm in the state. Out here wc do not have to take down the screens uud nut up c storm doors and windows. In fact the latter are unknown. We do not have to swelter in the heat of summer nor freeze in the blizzards of winter. Neither do we have to skin for the cellar every time a rain cloud comes up. 1 he cattle are never euued up three days at a time without water on account of a blizzard. The mosquitos do not bother any one. We have the finest fruits in the world. And such cherries I They POSTOFFIGE Entered and Robbed be Thieves Last Sunday Night. My prying open the insio'c door with a j'lnniy, thieves entered the fat. Johns postoliice last Sunday night and made a rich haul. W.illo there is no clue it isthouuhttohnvis . .. .... -j--- - necn uie work of local cracksmen. Tile crime was committed at a t me when there was cousideinblc nnviev on hand the result of the hcav business of 'lie holidays. 1 he booty secured represents be tween $500 and i'6oo. Not only were the money and somp.s taken, but nlso the private papers of Poslmas'cr Vate.itine and 2cmitv Moxon and number of the books of the of- fice in which the accounts were kept. It is thought the work was do:ie shortly nf'er to o'clock Sunday nlRlu. About t'ipi '.'mc A. I). McDonald was in he ollicc tnpil- iug some letters. In going through the outer door he stumbled over something. As he deposited his mail he heard 11 noise, but thought it came from uns'nlrs. lludoulit. edly it was made by those ansack ing the office. Not susocci'.rj'iinv. thing Mr. McDonald dismissed ,ie the mailer. 1 1 was not tin' II Post mas er Vnl- cune opened the office Mmidnv morning lutt the robbery was dis- cove ed. As yet It has not been ele-tuined upon whom the loss will fall. The curious nan of the (fair is wiiy were books and pa ters 01 no value whatever :ic but the owners taken. J Al. L. HOLBROOK 8 .1 3 C 13. I1AIU3Y St. Johns Land PHONE UNION 3104 The Largest and Oldest Real Estate Firm in St. Johns. Co. o any TANfiH LOSES flic Circuit Court Says He Cannot Act as School Clerk. The ouster proceedings iusti'utitl by Pascal I lilt against J. I. Tnucli as school clerk came up in the cir cuit court last Monday, and the court ruled that Mr. Touch was not entitled to the office. Mr. Hill in his complaint alleged that Clerk Tanch usurped the office and was holding it unlawfully for the reason that his name was not on last year's assessment roll, which was not in compliance with he law tegulailug the eligibility of candidates for school officers. It was practically on I hesame grounds that W. I.. Churchill, wno was elected clerk nt the annual electlo'i, tost the oince. Mr. Churchill was not on the tax roll of 1905, nor did he pay taxes on any property in! are large ns walnuts. We have J1,"-' ljf1i'lc. After his removal Mr. N. H. SUITTER Contractor and Builder Designs and Estimates Furnished, and nil con struction guaranteed to please the most particular. 217 Mohawk Street ST. JOHNS, OREGON Itfidacc of W. L Thor-d)kt, St. Johns, toill by me from my own plans. St. Johns Market A happy and prosperous New Year to all! Couch & Company 206 and 208 Philadelphia St. Lady Assistant. Night office: Phone Woodlawn ajj 100a Oswego St. Dr. S. C. COOK Resident Undertaker and Emsalmer Equipment and work guaranteed equal to 1 any uu uie coasi. No. 303 Jersey street, in Clark's turn! I ture store, St. Johns. never yet plugged up the key JERSEY STREET X bole to keep out the snow. Arctics nun ui'iivy overcome lire uiikiiowu. So are their cyclones and thunder storms, We have rain. This fall we have had a plenty. Hut no one minds it. It is the kind that dries your clothes. The ladies shop, the children play and the men work in it. Everybody feels good when it rains, and everybody wants to see it rain, and we have sunshine for months at a stretch. The new coiners in Oregon are mostly from the middle northwest, and when one is asked if he would go back to the blu.ards and cold weather, the stercotyjxnl answer is? "Not by ad sight 1" i 5' 8 I i I' Choicest Business Property in the City Comer 75x100 on Jersey street, $3,500 Corner on Jersey street near postofftcc, $5,000 50x100 adjoining postofftcc, inclucllnj; party wall $.1,700. Three other fine nullclino; corners on Jersey Stroot at reasonable prices. SPECIAL Pine 12 acre tract on car line, ripe for platting, $15,000. FULL LINK OF BEEP, PORK, AlUTTON and VEAL, HAMS, BACON, HOME AADE LARD and SAUSAGES. Also all kinds of Pickled Meats. Poultry Dressed to Order. we make family Trade a spe cialty. Orders solicited and delivered to any part oj the city. Call on us ami ranch was re-cleclcd to thenosltiou At. .a i. a . 111:11 ue ir.m previously held. I.. . I. ...!.,!.' .1. .. . I l 111 uwiiiiiig uie case 1 lie court ruled that Mr. TnnHi miild hold the office merely because he lmd previously held it for a iiuuilcr of years. vinced that our priws are right. Phone Scott 4063. BENNETT BROS,, Props. WANTED The citizens of St. Johns to know we have a milk route in this citv. Pure uillk delivered at your door for 2 a ... . t. . 1 - uiunui. nuuiiionai cjuaris at 7c. ORDERS FOR BUTTERMILK Taken Thursdays and Saturdays, de. livered Fridays and Mondays: joc a gallon. Send orders to M.Wt GATT0N SjohnsforeKon, PIANOS! Direct Iroin the factory to vou. Haves you f 100. write for our price list before purchasing. Address Wbeclcr Piano Manufaclurlnc Co. P. O. Ilox 367, Portland. Rapidly Getting in Shape. I'nilvoad lies have Ikcii distribut ed along the right of way of the I'orWaud and Seattle railroad across you will be con- the peninsula near Northern Hill. '1 lie steel will ue placed on them in a few days, steam shov As the cu 80 feet deep for uea ly a mile, the reader may imagine the amouiUof wo;k that. will have to be done. In addition to the steam Miovels count the hydraulic ram that will sluice the earth into the river at the west end of tne cut. TIimiks. will be lively all along the line in the very near fill ure. A New Departure The following well deserved com plimenting notice of the well known St Johns contractor and builder is taken from the Daily Abstract; W. C. Adams, the well known St. Johns contractor, has decided to add a new phase to his busiiicvi. He will, from this time forward, include an architectural department, nud is now prepared to furnish estimates upon application. To all clients, estimates are furnished free. Mr. Adams has adopted as the under lying principle of his business the motto, "Cheap as the chcajK.st, good as the best." His address is 120 Uiirlington street, where he will be well pleased to figure with all clients on any sort of building St Johns Land Co., The Pioneer Dealers. St. Johns lll0 ui()" mm Oregon ays, and then the 1iWRjcolltracli 1m: the same small or large vels w, I begin their work. MnA(li;mshas awauM Um 1 fL. Jlwee" I'"1 tract for the plastering for the new Early to Bed 1 I - A - . Aim eany 10 rise, maxes one healthy and wise especially if you take Herbiue before retiring. A positive cure for Constipation, Dys pepsia and all liver complaints. Mrs. S , Columbia, Tenn.. writes: "I always keep a supply of your Herbiue on baud. Am so pleased with the relief it gives in const!- 38 room Kose Hotel, for which he drew the plans, to Lombard & Dilts, ol St. Johns. The plumbing con tract goes to the Kdmonsou Com pany of St. Johns. He is building three four room bungalows for Mrs. Anderson, late of Toronto, Canada, at a total cost of $2100. He is also building a nine room colonial resi dence for himself to cost I3500. He is drawing plans for the new Uaptist church at St. Johns, to cost upwards of $3500. For Exchange or Sale Ten acres at Cauby, Ore. ; nine acres in strawberries, one acre bear ing fruit trees; 5 room modern cot- Bickner Brothers Department Store All Goods Sold at Portland Prices! Keep a largo stock of Otmoral MurelinndiMt. iiiclnilinL. tin- (1 Hoots ami Hhoon, (hocurii'H, Iliudwuic, IIoiimi Kiiinii,fiiitg, Feed, Ktt In fact everything. Their I'ririw uiu right. Don't waittu your timu going to I'urtliiud, hut coma in and teo our block uud prices. Remember The Big Department Store Cornor Jursoy Street ami Hroadway St. Johns, Oregon tage, good barn. Will exchadire . for St. Johns nrotiertv and L'ive a pation and all liver complaints, that good trade. Address O. 11. Hainp words can't express my apprccia-' ton. Canbv. Ore.. oriiKiuireof Mrs. tion. sow oy &t. jonns Drug Stores. ' V. A Valentine EDMONDSON CO., Hardware, Tinware, Plumbing Tin Roofs, Gutters, etc. Phone Scott 4065 ------- ---- ST. JOHNS. Or SHIP BY PORTLAND SUBURBAN EXPRESS KDOOO CITV rllONU MAIN 358 Q Reasonable Rates Quick Service Q Phone Woodlawn 818 Q 1 C. W. STEARNS, Agt. at St. Johns g