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5 WE ARE STILL 5 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 damperj large, close fitting door provided with smoke curtain that prevents smoke from issuing into the room when fuel is put in. Our line of Crown and Cascade Ranges, all made by Niagara Stove Co., Buffalo, are going out so fast we can scarcely keep n line of samples on our floor. They arc winners. Let us 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. I POTTER & GOOLD I d THK HARDWARE MKN. & MAKE SALESMEN OF YOUR WINDOWS AFTER DARK A store may shut its doors at sunset, but if its show windows arc Klcctric Lighted and attractively dressed they arc doing us effective soliciting for the next day's business as a corps of sales people. .Up-to-date stoies nowadays consider window lighting a necessity, whether they remuiu open after dark or not. Comtwtitinu forces modern methods. Is your store " -HUT UP" after sunset in the old style or in the new? There is no known illumimiut which will light a shop window as effectively, handsomely and satisfactorily as Klcctric Light. Fabrics are shown in their true colors and every little detail is brought out in true proportion tojits surroundings. If your window Is not Klcclricnlly Lighted you are throwing away chances for increasing your business only measured by the number of eoplc that pass your store after dark. Hascd on our new scale of Reduced Rates for current on Meter basis, Klcctric Light is not an expense it is an ECONOMY. For information call MAIN 6688. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY First and Alder Streets, T.l.phon. Mil:ftS PORTLAND, OREGON 04000000C0000CO0C0000000' This space Inquire Review Office. 04OO0OO000040aD0O0CO0000O0a t A Dollar Saved We save you money on Furniture. Steel Ranges our specialty. We sell them from $26.00 to S36.00, with a ten year guarantee. The kind you pay $50 for else where. A Center Table free with each Phonograph sold next week. We buy your Second Hand Furniture. UHLIG BROS. 106 Tacoma Street ST. JOHNS, OREGON tit A Word to the Wise is Sufficient. Present investment in St. Johns realty means future independence. For reliable information about prices and best locations, write or call on H. HENDERSON 10S 1-3 Jersey Street ST. JOHNS, OREGON Notarv Public. Conveyancer. Titles Examined. QTOVCfC I OlUVCOlji 1 9 I I for rent. is Twice Earned Local News. A happy Year ! and prosperous New The days arc beginning to grow longer. Let the Peninsula Uank write you a fire insurance policy. Mount Hood Yeast, made in St. Johns, has no equal. Try it. The scholars of the public schools are enjoying their holiday vacation. Lend your aid to the firemen by patronizing their dance New Years eve. Try the "Par Excellence": the champion 5c cigar: made in St. Johns. Roy Sprague is quite ill at his home on Grcsham street with heart trouble. The new crosswalks on Jersey street are greatly appreciated by the traveling public. Drop in and pay your subscrip tion and start the new year with a clean slate with the printer. Uhlig Hros., the hustling furni ture men on Tacoma street, have a new ad in this issue that it will pay the housekeeper to read. D. S. Southinavd, painter, paper hanger and decorator, has plenty of tooo wall paper in stock at 703 v. Richmond street, St. Johns. As fine beeves ever seen any where were furnished the local meat markets for the holiday trade. The carcasses were very large and fat ati.l dressed so as to display to best advantage. All along the car line between St. Johns and Portland the vacant tracts arc being cleared of the brush and platted for market. In another year handsome homes will adorn the aces where an uiulcrurowtli ol nr trees and huge stumps now stand. Hie party who robbed the tele- uhonc box in The Review office the first of the week of a portion of the money it contained was seen, and the best thing he can do Is to return the nickels he stole. Hotter save ths trouble, sonny, that is sure to come. Kmil Paarz, pipe fitter and gen- nil utility man at the Stanley- Smith lumber mills in Hood River valley, is visiting witli his family 11 lis p ace this week. W. L. Markle, machinist on the same mill, is spending a lew nays witu 111s brother here. UMiilc out? ol the electric cars was coming into St. Johns about 6:30 o'clock Christmas tilglit it suuck a niece of barbed wire wiiicn nan been hung on the trolley wire near Smith's Crossing. Resides throw- tin' n Klimver of unarks and exltll guishlng the lights no damage was done. N. A. Gee the contractor Is rals iug a handsome bunch of goat whiskers on his chin. He says it will be of ureat benefit to him in innvinir buildiues. as he can now balance a cood sized house on his rliin without wearing the skin off. Mr. (leu savs lie trot tuc Idea while riding the goat at one of the lodges ast week ami thinks it will work to tK'rfcction. Anyhow, It is very becoming. If voti would ask yourself how many men were employed in the little town of Liuutou, what would your answer be? There are over 300 men working, and all at the very best of wages. 1 lie saw nun runs day and night and employs 2AO workmen, while the Pox lac tory has 50 men 011 its pay roll. Hesides these a number ol carpeu ters, plasterers, masons, laborers clerks, etc., turn steady employ incut. Liunton is saying nothing but saws wood and makes boxes twenty-four hours a day. The recent heavy rains proved too much for the recently construct ed sewer, and in the opinion of those who made the examination add! tioual work will be required ,o make the sewer available, lhe trouble is the water at the upper end flows south along Jersey street instead o toward the river. According to member of the council the sewer is ten inches lower on Jersey street than it is a hundred feet away on Uurliugton. The result is that the upper end is useless, msieau 01 running away the water is stag nant and disease breeding, It has been estimated that $1,000 or more will have to be expended to correct the mistake. On the level we believe the pat rons of the St. Johns car Hue will stand for anything. The street car officials know they are copper hot tomed, steel ribbed and as tough as a fir knot. That is the reason why the open cars are run on the line Last summer we sweat and broiled hi the huge closed cars while the patrons of other parts of the line fanned their perfumed anatomy by using the open ones. Last batur day night a half hundred of our warranted-to-never-catch-cold St Johuites dodged the rain drops of one of the worst nights of the year m one of these open conveyances It was rather tough on the passen irers. but it was good for the doc tors. The cause of religion was not helped in the hour and forty five minutes consumed in coming from Portland. If you are going to run open cars during the winter, Mister Street Car Man, kindly fur nish buffalo overcoats for each pas senger. They are warmer than the lattice work. Ask your grocer for Linne's bread. W. W. Goodrich is confined to his home by illness. Watch repairing a specialty at C. Marion Salisbury's. Wylena Thorndyke has been ill for the past several days. 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. Try Thwaitc for photographs. Gallery In the Holbrook block. The material used in Linne's read is the best and can' t be better. Smoke a St. Johns cigar best t oe cigar on the market the "wnite Crow." Wc wash and Iron all fiat work at 25c per dozen. West Coast Laundry. There was no meeting of the Com mercial club Wednesday evening too much Christmas. Private boarding house, home comforts, home cooking. Apply 103, West John street. Get the baby's picture taken for a holiday present at the photograph gallery in the Holbrook block. Wanted -A girl to take care of two small children and do general housework. $ to per month. 1016 Williams Avenue. Dr. P. D. Whiting, Veterinary Surgeon, is pcrmantly located at St. ohns with headquarters at Cochran Hros.' Livery Stables. Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Walker arc entertaining a young alderman ol regulation weight who arrived at their home on the 15th lust. liny your cigars and tobacco of Harris & Goodcll. The only ex clusive cigar store in St. Johns. Corner Jersey and Tacoma streets. Since our last issue building per mits have been issued as follows : Daniel Htisby, $1,600 dwelling on Ivauhoe street ; Mrs. L. H. hitvold- sen, $400 cottage on hdison street ; amcs Catto. f 700 dwelling 011 Leon ard street ; R. C. Sprague, $1,200 dwelling on Monteith street ; I). erkins, T550 laundry on Hradtord street. flic work of sluicing the dirt out 01 the west end 01 tne cm 10 ne made across the peninsula In the southern part of the city by the Portland and Seattle railroad Is lia ble to begin at any time. The en gine to be used in pumping the wa ter is in place and the connections are all made. Scaffolding for hold- ug the troughs that will convey the dirt into the river has been built, and only a few details remain before operations begin. Nearly everybody knows that many of the markets of Portland resort to the use of chemicals to preserve their meats, and that fully one-half of the sausage is n prepa ration of chemically treated refuse that a well bred dog would not eat. l he limit was reached this week when a St. Johns man brought home a package of clams dosed with enough formaldehyde to kill a family. And they have a market iusiK-ctor in Portland. Ten dollars down and ten cents a dav are the terms 011 which Univer sity Park lots are sold. University Park lots are selling right along while others are still, because uni versity Park has the largest payrol 011 the peninsula, because it has Htil Run water, a univcslty which brings a cultured class, a liquor rc striction which excludes saloons, Portland public schools, and first and foremost it lelieves that steady growth and good morals pay best in the long run. lrancis I. McKenna is the .selling agent for University Park lots, A year ago this week lots in the lest residence district in south St Johns were selling, and not so very fast, either, at $200 and $225. We remember how one man tried to get up a pool and buy a block. He could not make it. The ncotile h interviewed were afraid and thought the price too high just as they do now. The lots sold, however, am last fall the company reported their holdings closed out. And now these same lots are bringing double the money they did a year ago, am the owners do not care whether they sell or not. What may le said of the southern part of the city may be said of other sections. During the coming year there will be build ing in all directions. Projierty will increase in value more rapidly than ever. Now is the time to get in 011 the ground floor. The Review would make a sug gestion to the motormeii and con ductors on the car line: When you are late in arriving in St. Johns and wish to get away quickly, do not the moment the car stops, begin to ring the bell and give a couple of toots of the whistle. Wait until the passengers get off and those wait ing are aboard. Clanging the bell and whistling the moment you stop only invites confusion. I hose go iug to town block the way of those wishing to get off, and everybody gets rattled. The woman with baby in her arms and one or two at her side has enough to think about without trying to push through the flying wedge who do not wish to l carried back to the city. A little head work will do more to get you on your way than pounding the 111 and blowing the whistle. Anyhow, give it a trial Hazel Carlson is home from Cor vallls for the holidays. A woman wants a few hours work daily. 536 Gilbert street. Smoke a St. Johns cigar best toe cigar on the market the "White Crow." Purchase a ticket for the fire men's masquerade ball on New Years eve. Mrs. M. A. Goethe of Portland visited Mrs W. L. Thorndyke on Wednesday. M. L. Tufts was a holiday visi tor in St. Johns, returning to the hills this morning. Kirst class and reliable insurance companies only are represented by the Peninsula Hank. Walter Hoge, formerly editor of the Forest Grove Times, was a St. Johns visitor last Priday. An insurance policy in a reliable company is as good as money in your pocket in case of loss by fire. Ask the Peninsula Dank. D. C. Rogers reports the sale of six lots last Wednesday by his firm. Two were in Oak Park and the other four in South St. Johns. Remember the masquerade ball of the Volunteer Pire department at M. W. A. hall on New Years eve. No expense has been spared to make it the dance of the season. Mrs. Prank Peterson has recov ered to such nn extent from her re cent illness that she was able to start on last Monday for 11 visit with friends and relatives at Leb anon. Now that Christmas Is n thing of the past and the new year Is rap idly approaching it is high time that you should order your .supply of printed stationery for the new year. Those who have occasion to stay over night in roriiatm siioiiki note the ad of The Pennington, 375 Al ter street, in this issue. It is cen trally located and first class accom modations may be seemed at tea souable rales. Pied J. Koerner has completed the lower story of the Holbrook ilock 011 Hurllngtou street mid it is now in the mums 01 tne painters. We uudei stand the three stores have been rented and will be occu lted as soon as they can be made ready. News item tu the White Salmon Enterprise: John Hammond 11ml Miss Itltmcli Hottmaii have Intro- I need a new dance. It Is called the Cod Pish Gallopade. The move meiit is like that of a jack rabbit when the hounds are after it. O my, but it is a howling success The White House, the new hotel managed by W. J. Galyean, is one of the most popular in the city, and is filled to overflowing. livery convenience is provided lor the comfort and welfare of guests, and the large patronage proves that the pains taken are appreciated. Robert A. uadismaii aim .miss Clara lJenely were united In mar riage at the residence of w. L. Thorndyke last Saturday nltcruoou. Iiistlce Thorndyke tied the knot in 11 satisiactory manner ami .Mrs. . Thorndyke was held as witness The young couple will make their home in St. Johns. Al Isciihath, a former resident n St. Johns but now head sawyer for the Hartford Lumber Co. operating at Hartford, Wash., was a business caller in town last Monday. Mr Isciihath says there is 110 place 011 the coast that can compare with St Johns, and he Is eagerly looking forward to the time when he can once more dwell among us. Work on the caissons of the Port laud and Seattle bridge across the Willamette near the dry dock Is progressing favorably. Altogcthc there will be five caissons and the concrete work on the hrst one was finished last Monday, and the rock work began Tuesday, Pour cais sous are in the water, the last one being towed to its place yesterday A large force of men are employee and more are to be added as soon as room can be made for them. While real estate in St. Johns in demand, it will be well to keel an eye on Liuutou, the thrifty burg across the river. Although older than Portland she is slowly am surely coming to life. Unless signs fail there will be something doing before the 1008 calendars show up, The electric road along the west bank of the river means quick and cheap transportation from Portland This will attract many who are looking for cheap homes, and the result will be a thriving city. We understand laud is being platted or will be 111 the near future. One of the belles of Oak street Portland, tiring of the monotonous grind of the suburb up the river, hied herself to St. Johns last Pri day for a touch of high life. The pure air she inhaled was exhilerat iug, and inside of an hour she was issuing challenges for a scrap with anything in town, give or take 50 pounds. Chief Hredeson escorted her to the city hall without difli culty. where she was given a half hour to get out of town by Mtiulci pal Judge Thorndyke. She cele brated her release by inhaling more air and some booze. She sjcnt the night 111 comfortably furnished quar ters on the first floor of The Hredc son. Without friends or money to pay her fine, she was forced to spend fifteen days in the comity jai by order of the court Pttruislied housekeeping rooms. Inquire 605 N. Pilhnore street. Louis Sheik, Linnton's leading merchant, has built a large addition to his store. As a matter of course the stores that done the most advertising en joyed the largest holiday trade. Christmas eve was fittingly cele brated on Chicago street and other parts of the city by family trees. The fountain fund dance at Hick- tier's hall Wednesday night was an enjoyable affair and netted a modest sum. Will the twrson who stole the gold crowns out of my office please re turn them and save trouble. Dr. Hartel. The Drooks building on Tacoma street has been moved to the north- m part of the city, and will be re modeled for a residence. The Episcopalian Sunday school at University Park, which has sev- ral members 111 St. Johns, post poned its Christinas tree until last evening. A large party for children was given at the home of Prol. W. C. Alderson last evening, the host and hostess being Jesse and Geraldlne Mderson, A new shoe store and repair shop will be opened next Monday in the dains block 011 Philadelphia street. Give tne a call. T. T. Larson, proprietor. Mrs. Rowers of lliownsvllle, Ore gon, sh!iit 1 litirsday with W. 1-.. Sweugel and family. She was, as most visitors tire, very favorably inpressed with St. Johns. Appropriate Christmas exeieises in which the distribution of candy and nuts played a prominent part were held in the several churches Christmas eve and Tuesday night. K. O. Magoon was the recipient of 1111 elegant oxidized clgaretle case Inlaid with turquoise on Christ mas day, a gift mini his employes. Hie present is highly uppicci.ilcd by K. O. Prof. W. J. Yarrow of Portland will deliver 11 lecture next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock 011 the Signs of the Times," at M. W. hall. Admission ftee. Ladies es- leclally invited. It is the intention to hold these meetings icgularly each Sunday. Mrs. Margaret llrowu, wife of II. II. Ilrown, died at her home at 32.1 East .10th stteet, Portland, Thurs day evening of last week. Mrs llrowu was born in Ottawa, Can ada, In 1.S33. She was the mother of Mrs. W. C. Aldeisouof this city. Hurlal took place Monday the Multnomah cemetery. One of The Review readers came into the office during the week am asked : "Doesiinybody in St. Johns sell coal ? The only tieoplc who advertise coal for .vile are Paiilk & Merrill at University Park," The inquiry was nuswcicd by referring the man 10 the advertiser. Still we wonder why our home iteople buy out of town. SCHOOL MEETING Held l.i'st livening Was on Inipirt- iiut One. The public iirc, iug held in the school buildi.ig last evening to make arrangements for seem iug ad ditiotial school loom and levy the school lax for the ensuing year was attended by a 1eprcM.Mil.1l.ve body of citizens, On motion ihe school board was inslniclcd to use their own judgment in securing the uec essarv room. The matter of the report of the administrator of the James Johns estate was taken ii and discussed at length. It was first sent to council by Judge Web ster, but that body decided they lint; nothing to do with it and very proiwrly turned the tepott over to the school board, It was the con census of opinion that the matter had lceii delayed entirely too long and graft was eating too large a hole in the estate. As the report was a lengthy affair and carried with it a suggestion from Judge Webster that an uttoruey be .seemed to look the matter over and incideiitly tear off another hunk of the estate, it was decided to defer action until a fit Hire meeting. The board, however was instructed to take what steps were necessary in securing a clear title to the same. The tax levy for the ensuing year was then taken up. It was found that the liabilities would be in the neighborhood of $28,000 am it would require a 6 mill tax to incut the same. After some discussion it was decided to ullow the number of mills asked for. That's It I Cough yourself into a lit ol spasms and tnen wonder why you don get well. If you will only try bottle of Hallard's Horehound Syrup your cough will be a thing of the past. It is a ixisitive cure for Coughs, Influenza, Hroiichilis am all Pulmonary diseases. One bottle will convince you at your druggist 25c, 50c, f 100. Sold by St. Johns Drug Stores. Lost. Green baud bag, Dec. 17th iust. containing money and check. Re turn to Alma Praucis, St. Johns GO TO Smi'sPharmacy POR Ballard's Celebrated Horehound Cough Syrup and Liniment It pays. They never fail St. Johns Book Store Has just opened at 420 Jersey Street iMcCliesucy Huihlltig The best Hue of reading matter will be carried by them. A circu lating library, open to the public from 7 a. in. to 0 p. m., is 011 hand. You pay the price of any book hi class you may select, after which 011 can exchange it Tor any book 11 house, hi same class, at pi ice in that class, ftom 5 to 20 cents wx book. Iltauk books, legal blanks, sta tionery ami children's books. We also cairy a small stock of cigars, tobacco and candies. CHIPMAN & CO. To Make Money from 1 eal estate investments care should be exercised in buying. The man who makes the most money out of teal estate is he who in vests hi probity that will increase in value rapidly. Some Rare Bargains me to be found in our list of dcsliuhlc pioH.'i tics. A visit to our office mid an investigation of pioK?rty listed with us will piovv that 110 belter investment etui be made any when.' in St. John than the pur chase of some of our late offerings. Call mid U-t iik show you what we have. Dobie, Peterson & Co. JeiM.y Sluet Housekeeping Apartments Haiti of tun to f 'lir iim.iii-. lu hiltuU- HMHIH Slln .It.tniH liltM-k (mm (.oliiinl'i.i I iurrii, Ht-ur cor. of I'uk St .nul lluulitard. I'ur iilolit-.t or ( ii(imuli"l. A tilciiMOit w.ilk ff.in St Jlili. CllllVlllliIll to Hnlt! ""I null. UNIVERSITY PARK A. W. DICKSON WooUlnwn BOS L. H. SMITH LIPI-; INSntAXCK ANDKKAJ. KSTATU. Real l:sla(c Harains: Oiif li:ill lilm-k. rc.n Iiiiik from Richmond to muni tion fciiu'ik, rj,yj. Time room Iiouh.-, ami lot sukiwj, eU In; only 7 V. l'our loUoiit l.kxk fioiu car lid ft jam. A twenty acre tnu t i lottt in, on litwuf Kickinii l'luul, f !.' iftirucrt, nnici' in Cochruii Illock. F. J. Koerner, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER I'lans and tipouilloations promptly fiirnihhuil on application All WOIK dispatch. done with nuatnoM and St, Johns Cigar Factory A. I'xokr, Proprietor. Muktrof IHtill C)KAIlt CIGARS. Ilamllv reliable good. 1(1 Roy 5 cent. HI Sclyntifko 10 cunts. I,a IuiM)ctu iltt O11U1 2 for 1$ gyntk, McChosiiuy Illock, St. Johns,