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We Have Come to Town With everything needed for Home Comfort You are invited to inspect our Clean Stock Large Assortment and Up-to-Date Service We will open for business Saturday, February 9th At 10 o'clock a. m. SPECIAL for Opening Day! Sewing Tables o?'&il0 wwvvuiy I u M I v3 Not Delivered Low Prices Chief Opposite Postoffice, START 1907 RIGHT BEGIN WITH ELECTRiC LIGHT IT IS CHEAPER Make 1907 mi ELECTRIC YEAR In your hoii5c!.old ns well as in your STORE, and enjoy the convenience, the labor saving, the henltlifnlncss, the safety, the economy nr.d the pros pcrity thnt attends the use of ELECTRICITY. Free Lamp Renewals! VruaSrEfrce to all meter customers, new Edison hn.se lamps of 4, 8, 16, 33 and 50 caudle power, in exchange for old lamps heretofore furnished by the Company. Lamp renewals will he made at Nos. H 7 -1 - 9 SEVENTH STREET ONLY. PRBE LAAIP RENEWALS menu better light, and Is HQ UAL TO A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN Till: COST OP LIGHTING. For information call MAIN 6688. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY First and Alder Streets, Telephone Main 6688 PORTLAND, OKEdON f Hardware We have some special Wire Door Muts, Heating 'Niagara'1 Ranges are selling several every week. POTTER & GOOLD l5 TUB HARDWARE MEN. 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 Colvin & Henderson jo 1.3 Philadelphia Street ST. JOHNS, OREGON Notary Public. Conveyancer. Titles Examined. Central Bar. S:i. Cochran, Trop. Tuos. Condon, Mgr. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Cochran Block, St. Johns, Oregon PHONE UNION 3105 Liquor for Medicinal Purposes and Family Use W. H. McBRAYER (Cedar Brook) This whiskey direct from the distiller to us. In bond six years old and aged in wood. E. O. MAGOON, Distributor 1 1 1 Nor ln1 St. John. Ore Easy Terms Mw St. Johns. Specials! I bargains in Cutlery, Stoves, etc. Our winners. We are DOWNEY & WARREN io8 Jersey Street. Real Estate Bought and Sold. List your property with us. Better look over your stationery and order your printing now. Local News. Try Hiukston & Frozen' s bread. Have you found that leak in your roof? Rough dry washing at 6c per pound. West Coast Lntindry. Call mid inspect the fine stock of millinery at 107 Tacoma street. Geo. A. Dyson of Eugene was a business visitor in town Saturday. Leave your orders for cakes for socials, etc. at the Home Bakery, Insure against fire before you have one, with D. C. Rogers, agent for the old reliable Phoenix of Lon don. Several new counter stools have been added in the Wagoner Co. store for the benefit of their cus tomers. Representatives of the insurance companies in St. Johns say that a reduction in rotes will be made in the near future. Singing lessons given by n lady. Terms 50c per lesson. Address Music Teacher, 594, K. Morrison street, Portland, Ore. Falling ice from the trolley wires broke panes of glass in several of the street cars last Monday. Luck ily no one was injured. D. S. Sotithiuayd, painter, paper hanger and decorntor, has plenty of 1906 wall paper in stock nt 708 W. Richmond street, St. Johns. A thoroughly experienced dress maker from the East has opened parlors nt 4 to E. Richmond street. First class work guaranteed. At last St. Johns is to have nu ordinance regulating plumbing in the city. It will be welcomed by the plumber and the people they plumb. Inquire of D. C. Rogers it Co. for tract 150x300 feet on the Boule vard. Finest river view on the Willamette river. Price $3500. 1500 cash. If you nre tired of the monoto nous meals served nt restaurants and hotels and desire good home cooked meals, go to 403 West Johns street. Spencer, Dey & Hampton have moved their law office Irom 201 South Jersey to 1 10 North Jersey Street, taking desk room with R. Shepard & Co. Mrs. T. A. Trnnger, who left here last August for n visit at her old home In Iowa, returned last Monday after being snow bound for several days while on the road. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Peninsula Bank held nt its place of business in St. Johns Inst Tuesday afternoon the old board of directors was reelected. Bnted timothy liny from eastern Oregon is selling in St. Johns at 534 n ton. With feed at this price it is hard to figure where n man can make n profit by teaming nt $5 a day. Cnlef Bros, nre unpacking n large and varied stock of furniture nt their store opposite the postoffice. This firm will carry n line of house furnishings second to none in Mult nomah county. Those who were short of fuel last Monday were given quite a scare 011 account of being unable to obtniu it promptly, 011 account of the sleet nnd bad roads tne team sters took a day off. T. XT. Khnw tins onened n second hand store in the French block, where all in need of house furnish iiiL'S mav obtain iust what thev need at n low price. Mr. Shaw Is an experienced man in the business and will be able to sunnlv the wants of all in tlie various lines. People make mistakes or change their minds and sacrifice their goods. It's tiuiortuuate for them but it makes good bargains for some one at Shaw s Furniture store, French Block. Rockers, dining chairs, parlor and extension tables, stoves, ranges, dishes, sewing ma chines. These are good clean goods. Just like new, at prices way below the original. James Massey, who mysteriously disappeared last May while under 520 bonds on a charge ot disorderly conduct, returned to the city last Sunday night and was arrested by Chief of Police Urederson. On Monday he was sentenced to five days in the county jail. As he was being locked up lie was relieved of a revolver. On his release from the county bastile he will be rear rested on a charge of carrying con cealed weapons. It may be news to many of our readers to learn that the hills oppo site the river are dotted with sur veyors' stakes bearing the peculiar marks ot the men who survey rights of way. Just what these stakes are for or what the marks on them mean no one knows. One person who has extensive interests over there says he believes they are for a fast electric line that will be built half way up the hill, and which will use a third rail. An other who claims to have inside information says a new steam rail road has something to do with the survey. As it was only a short time ago that many of us were figuring out the marks on the stakes that were driven in the northern part of the city, it is now in order to climb the hills across the river aud put on our thinking caps. Fountain fund dance next Tliurs day evening. The West Coast Laundry makes a specialty of lace curtains. Mount Hood Yeast made in St. Johns has 110 equal. Try it. Inside lots on Jersey street from $1250 to if 1300. D. C. Rogers & Co Mrs. Rich of Astoria, Oregon, was a St. Johns visitor last Friday. For Rent 4-room new cottage W. C. Adams, 120 Burlington street. In order to make necessary re pairs the St. Johns Lumber Mill did not run last Monday. Yes, the white building just op posite Jobes' mill on Pittsburg street is the West Coast Laundry. 1 00x100 iu South St. Johns. Price $625. $300 down, balance installments. D. C. Rogers & Co. Mrs. Mnttic Vassar nnd Miss Minnie Vnssar of Greeley, Colo., arc visiting at the home of Mrs. C. Hntitia. The M. E. Ep worth League gave nil enjoyable social nt the resi dence of E. D. Hurlbttrt Tuesday evening. If you arc going to give an enter tainment nnd want cake for the occasion, leave your order at the Home Bakery. a room house 011 S. Jersey lot 100 xi 28; fine location on improved street, only $3000. lt cash. D. C. Rogers & Co. Massive, solid oak hall tree and sent with large plate mirror. A bargain nt Shaw s Hiruiturc store, French Block. The keel for the new ferryboat las been laid, but the unseasonable weather has retarded progress to a considerable extent. Whatever Is to come in the way of weather we nil have the satisfac tion that the ground hog did not see his shadow last Friday. Andrew Rood nnd wife, who inve been stopping at the Chicago Rooming House for some time, re turned to their home at Lansing, Mich., Monday. In another column the school board advertises for bids on erect- ug the new eight-room school louse to be built in the northern arl of the city. The Wngoucr Co. now employs five clerks regtilnrly. A year ago two men practically took care of the business. This speaks well for advertising. The real estate market has been quiet during the week. As there is always n lull jielore tne storm there mny be considerable activity 11 the near future. The drift that" went down the river during the week was a sight to see. Wrecked houses, barns, ogs, timbers, etc., passed down in countless numbers. The steam barge Exchequer Is dergoiug extensive repairs nt the dry dock. The schooner William McDonald is also iu the dock (or repairs nnd repainting. A steam engine mid hydraulic apparatus has been installed nt the point ol land soutii 01 tne reiiinsuin Lumber Co's. mill, preparatory to sluicing it into the river. Some one is losing money but it won't be the one who buys the Steel Range for 1 18: cost $27 nd used only three months, nt Shaw s Furniture store, French Block. The fountniii fund dance will be held next Thursday (St. Valentine's Day) evening. A five-piece orch estra has been engaged and the best kind of a time Is assured all iu attendance. T. A. Tranger, formerly n clerk in Bonhani & Currier's store, is now a traveling salesman, with headmiarters in Portland. Hi many iriends wish nun success 111 Ins new Hue. The Ladles Aid of the Congre' gatioual church will hold a Valen tine social and a 15c supper, Tues day evening, Feb. 13, 1007 in the m a use on church grounds. All come and mail your valentines iu our postomce. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Har ris. living near Point View, died suddenly Tuesday night after an illness of only a day. isotiiing serious was anticipated by the par ents when they retired 1 uesday lltglli, mil llie nine one was luunu dead when they awolec the loilow iug morning. S. Williams, one of the workmen engaged in moving the engine and steam shovel, was severely injured last Monday by one of the rails falling on His right toot, oadiy crushiiiL' it. He was taken to Smith's Pharmacv. wliere Ur. Me Chesnev attended to his injury, after which he was taken to his home in the French block. The following clipping from the Drain Nonpareil tells of the good work of our townsman, Ex-Gov. Fletcher: Ex-Governor Fletcher of St Johns, delivered a highly interesting and cultured lecture in the Normal Hall here Friday even ing to a very large and appreciative I! '!'!. .... I, !,.. nf l,!o ,.r. ture was "Sowing Wild Oats," which he handled in a masterly manner. The Governor, who pub lished a newspaper at Salem for many years, is one of Oregon's most brilliant citizens ami a very pleasant gentleman to meet. Get your valentines ready. Doughnuts and coffee served daily nt the Home Bakery. Ask your grocer for Hinkstou & Frnzen's Bread. It is good. The latest styles in millinery nt the lowest prices nt 107 Tncoma St. We wash nnd iron nil flnt work nt 2.sc per dozen. West Coast Laundry. Valentine Day, Thursday, Feb. 14: full line of Valentines nt the Wagoner Co. Catching driftwood iu the the river has engaged the time of many during the week. G. B. Tucker, the real estate ninn of University Park, was n St. Johns visitor yesterday. 50x100011 Jersey street corner, one block from center for $3100. D. C. Rogers & Co. Furnished rooms, $1.25 to Si. 50 per week. Apply nt 403 Greshnin street, comer Charleston. The high wntcr has greatly Inter fered with the workmen engaged iu building the new ferry boat. The Chinook wind of Monday night caused the dtsapiicarniicc of several inches of snow iu less than ten hours. The wrecked boat house of the 'ortlnud Rowing Club lies 011 the bank of the river n short distance below the city. Petersen & Nocc is the firm name of the merchant tnilors who have located iu the Adams block 011 Philadelphia street. Gilbert Goodhue, formerly of Ithaca, Mich., entertained Henry, red and Holland .Simmons from lis old home last Monday. Buy your cigars nnd tobacco of Harris & GoodeM. The only ex clusive cigar store in St. Johns. Corner Jersey mid Tncoma streets. The steam shovel Is exacted to login work 011 the west cud of the Portland & Seattle railroad cut across the Peninsula within the next ten days. The Home Ilnkcry on Burlington street makes n bid for the patron age of those who wish bread, pies, cakes, doughnuts, etc., baked iu the palatable home style. Hereafter nil advertisements and reading notices Intended for The Review must be iu the office nt 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon to insure publication iu the paiier. Four or five persons who wnut good, home cooked meals close Iu nt 11 reasonable rate, can be accom modated. Steady mealers desired. pply nt this office for particulars. Why pay rent when n very small payment down and $15 per month will buy you n complete homer If what I already have built does not suit you I will build ns you desire. W. C. Adams. Our expenses arc light, our prices corresiKindingly low. We handle new and second baud furni ture and stoics. Come in nnd iusiiect our stock. Shaw's Furni ture store, French Hlock. On account of the dislocation of the wires the nre lights have been out of business for the past week. The iucaudesceiits failed to respond only two evenings 011 account of the damage by the storm. The telephones iu St. Johns have been out of commission for the past ten days, or ever since the first "silver thaw." One of the line men informs The Review that it may be a week or more before everything is iu working order. Iu riding to or from the city on the electric line it is easy to tell whether the crew is nu old and ex perienced one or whether it is made up ot raw material. 1 lie jolts (lis trihiitcd and the time made by the latter arc enough to drive 11 decent man to drink. Dennett Bros, of the St. lohns meat market are nincimr on 1 lie . t market Drcakiast uacon, sugar cured hams and nn re lard of their own make, and nre hnrdlv able to sup ply tlie demand, jucsc are me good old fashioned goods that the meat trust cannot allord to make. A series of social meetings will be held iu the uvuugelical chtircli commencing Sunday, February 10, and continuing until buuduy, Feb ruary 24. Services will begin at 7:45 each evening. Rev. C. P. Gates of Brooks, will assist the pastor, Rev. E. E. McVicker. Rev. Gates is a young man, and as such would esjecially desire to have the young men and women attend each evening. During the past week any one who cared could have seen the transfer of a large locomotive aud a steam shovel engine from the O. R. N. tracks on the water front to the tracks 011 .he right of way of the Portland & Seattle railroad iu the southern part 'of the city. Al though the conditions were unfav orable good progress was made am: the outfit Is now at Its destination. The two engines were brought over the O. R. & N. tracks to Salem street, thence up the Kuison and Richmond street hills to the electric line and then to the tracks on the right of way. The temporary track was laid by a large force of men. The steam .shovel engine acted as a pusher for the locomotive, It was a bit of freighting seldom seen. The lighter machinery for work on the cut was conveyed to points along the line by the Port land & Suburban Express Co. GRADUATING Exercises Held nt the St. Johns High School List Evening. Interesting graduating exercises were held iu the school building last evening. The class was com posed of eighteen students of the eighth grade who graduated into the high school. An excellent pro gram was rendered, the selections being taken from the works of Charles Dickens. A large audi ence was in attendance nnd greatly enjoyed the numbers ns rendered. The occasion brought out the fact that St. Johns has some particularly bright young people, nnd reflects grcnt credit upon the Instructors who so nbly prepared them for the graduation. The class colors were cream nnd Alice blue, nnd the mot to "Still up, up, up; nnd round nnd round; and up, up, up; higher, uglier upi" Following were tlie members of the class; imtcit, ANNA MUCK, ItOWAKt) CAKI.SON, ARTHUR C1.AKK, ARTHUR CROUCH, HUTU lillltNllURN, lit.I.A HPMONDSON, I.UItt.t.A CIAI.lt, IIKMIN JOHNSON, lir.ANCIIH MANNINO, WVNN McVlCKHR, I'AI.MUR MKKKlt.t,, llttKTIIA l'Alll, Mtmntt. I'OI'I', Ct.AUim TAl.t.MAN, Itl.Hllt TROWIIRIDOIt, KIIITIt VIHRIIIM, IIU.KN WRK1I1T, AI.IIUKT Puookam: Introduction MIm HnMlcr (Portland Public Library) Piano Solo. Prof. Wheeler 'Tin? Wreck" . . .Rulh Crouch, Iter- tint Merrill. Anna Ilrlcc The Cricket on the Hearth" ,, . ..KUIc Tmliimu 'The Death ol Little Paul" . , Helen O.dc, Kllcti Victim Mr. Winkle on Skate" . Itlauchc Johnson The Wreck of the White Ship" Itlln Hdenbum Pip nnd the Convict".. ... I.uella ItiliiHiuilMiu. Alum llucry Song "Come Where the Mile lirow".., ...v. m Dumb Hell Drill Sixth Grade Hoy Tint Pickwick Tkiai.. Mr. lattice Suirleluh , .Wyuu Manning Mr. Sergeant mum.. . Lowell AineriMiii .....Melvlu lloyle , . AithurCarlwni . . .Howard Ilrlcc Palmer MeVlekcr ... Arthur Clark ...Allwrt Wright . Htncry Glllmnru Claude Poll Muriel Page Air. hcrgeaut hnubbin. I.. Pickwick, mi N. Winkle, Im Mr. Perker Mr. Grolliu Mr. Weller Clerk of the Couit Crier ol the Court. ... MMCIupplnit Vocal Solo MU Kimball The S i 11 llu 1 er". .Rtlllh Trovl)rileu AriilrcMi to Claw Judge A. I., l'ruer I'reiteiitatliiu ol Dipiomm ....Air. v.. w. luucr COMMERCIAL CLUB Increased Attendance nnd nn Interesting Meeting: A well ntteuded meeting of the Commercial club was held nt the office of 1). C. Rogers Wednesday evening to take nctiou 011 incorpor ating the club, renting iicrmnuciil quarters and furnishing the same. Alter being tuoroiigiiiy discussed it was decided to incorixmite the club for $1000, all stock to be sub scribed to carry interest at ( kt cent. The committee 011 furnishing the rooms presented a list of furnishings including two billiard tnDles, calling for nn expenditure of J Hoo. 'l he president stated that this list could be increased or decreased at the option of the club. It was finally decided to omit the billiard tables for the present. Concerning quarters tor Hie chip . . A. 1). McDonald stated that it would be ut least sixty days before he could submit u definite proposi tiou to the club. The secretary submitted a reiwrt from the treasurer showing that the total receipts had been $193. Out of this sum bills had been paid amounting to f.)3. Bills aggregat iug I57.75 were still unpaid. A resolution was adopted peti tioniug the legislature to pass a law coiii!clliiig the laud grant company to sell their lauds iu boutherii Urc gon at $2.50 per acre. Subscription Notice, The subscription price of Tint Kl'.VIKW outside of Multnomah county is 1.50 per year iu nd vauce. All pat)ers will be dis continued at the expiration of the time paid for, We are supplied with a full line of valentines, valentine post cards, etc. The very latest de signs that could be purchased. Call iu aud let us show you the line. They range in price from 1 cent up to 50 cents each. The Wagoner Co., Forntrly St. Johns Grocery Co. Valentine Day Thursday, February 14 NEW FIRM NAME The Old Firm Name Out grown by the Addition of Many New Lines. From the first of February the old name the St. Johns Grocery Co. , ceased to apply to the big store 011 the corner. The name for several years has represented the grocery firm, but since hun dreds of new lines have been added it no longer applies appro priately to the business. Our new furniture stove nnd hnrd ware line filled the long link that put us iu the line of n full fledged department store. Wc arc now able to furnish n house "from cellar to gnrret." Every new customer now puts us in n position to sell goods cheaper nnd to give our customers better service. As the store grows, each department grows, and in this way n man or woman is put in charge of this certain depart ment and is held responsible for that certain department, and is capable of giving the very best of service to one nnd nil. From one clerk nnd n driver eighteen months ngo the big store now has four regular clerks and one extra n part of the time, and with the nrrivnl of the spring months we cxect to have to ndd another. Nothing speaks better for our prices nnd service than our Immense growth. During the past week several hundred dollars worth of groceries have been ndded, and we will continue to ndd to this department right along until it meets our own ap proval ns the most up-to-date grocery department in Portland. Wc wnut you to come In nnd see. THE WAGONER CO. 101-109 Jersey, 101 Burlington SI. ATTENTION Do you know that during the week beginning Jau nary 13th, you can buy Wine of Cnrdtil, regular $ 1.00 size for 85 cents, riicaford's Black Draught, regular 35c size for 20 cents or five 25c packages for 95c Black Draught Stock Food, regular 35c size for 20 cents, Smith's Pharmacy Holbrook Block, ST. JOHNS, OREGON. St. Johns Book Store Has just oeued nt 420 Jersey Street AkClicsncy Building The best line of rending matter will Iw carried by them. A circu lating library, open to the public from 7 u. 111. to 9 p. 111., is 011 hand. You pay the price of any lxxik iu class you mny select, after which you can exchange it for nny book in house, in same class, nt price in that class, from 5 to 30 cents jh,t book. blank books, legal blanks, sta tionery and children's books. We also carry n small stock of cigars, tobacco and candies. CHIPMAN & CO. NOTICE OF SALE. To whom It may concern: I, Geo. M. Hull, City Treasurer of St. loluu, Oregon, under uml by the author ity vckted in me, hereby give notice that I will sell at the front door of the City Hull for the City of St. loltui, Oregon, at public auction to the highest bidder, cash In hand, on the nth day ol March, 1007, ut 10 o'clock u. m., lots 3 and 4, block 39, Jumes Johns' Addition to the City of St. Johns, Oregon, or so much thereof an will tic necessary to pay the sum of fi9.74. together with cots of sale. That said sum of 609.7.1 ' due by reason of an assessment placed upon the city lien docket of the ttid City of St. Johns, Orcnoi., 011 the 8th day of Febru ary, 1907, Oi'.o. M. Ham,, City Treasurer of St. Johns, Ore. Published In the St. Johns Review l'eb. ruary U, 15, 3) nnd March 1, 1907. Subscribe for Tlie Review and keep posted.