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THE ST JOHNS REVIEW rubllnW Krery FrlJr IIV McKllON & MAKKt.lt. Subscription ralM, $t.00 per imr In adirsnee. AilrertUInK rutfi, 1.00 per Inch per month. All advertising bills pajailo flnl of tcb month. Job rrlnllne executed In flrst-etais i.jle. tltlli for Job 1'rlntlne cub on delivery. All communication! ihnuld bo addreiied to The Review, Ht. Johns, uregon. Tint RttVlMV Is entered at jxjst ofTicc in Sitlnt Johns, Oregon, ns nmll twitter of the second clnss under the Act of Con gress of Mnrch 3i 1879. Offlclil Newspaper of the Oltr ft BU Joans, Phono East 610G. FRIDAY, FUHRUARY 22, 1907. After nil the promises made by the candidates Inst June doesn't the work of the present legislature jar you ? 1 A census of the railroad passes Issued to the members of the legis lature would make mighty interest ing reading. I With nearly 700 pupils attending the public school, and twenty teachers employed .St. Johns seems to have all she can handle. I The establishment of a slate printing plant and putting the state printer on a Hat salary is only trans fernng the so-called graft to niioth er quarter. If congress would strive to appro nriatc ten or fifteen million dollars to build fi eight cars instead of try ititr to out tltcad the Drcadiiaught, the Milliliters and producers of this country could pay the expense of a war in n very few years. While a number of the suburbs of Portland aie howling about their water supply and what they arc going to do when the dry season sets in, St. Johns sits back iwrfcctly contented by the fact that there is plenty of the best water in the world 011 hand for all, ami some to spare. I'rostiective buyers should be informed of this important fact. COUNCIL If twelve men run ho found who will send a man to the electric sum paid for wages, fuel, etc., 100, What Was Done at the Meeting Tuesday Night. Thirty -one people squeezed them selves into the palatial city hall to hear the deliberations of the council at the regular meeting luesuay niirht. and a majority of them re untitled until the close of a long session. All members were in their seats when the meeting was called to order. The minutes of the last uicetine were read and approved. A communication was received from Mrs. W. W. Goodrich and C. L. Goodrich expressing their appreciation of the sympathy and condolence tendered by the council during the sickness and death of the husband and father, the late W. W. Goodrich, city engineer, C. K. Goodrich, son of the late architect of the city hall, asked that Vt per cent of the amount of the contract lor ntusuiug me city hall be paid him on the ground that the work should have been started January 1. The request was refused and the matter laid 011 the table, the council contending that an administrator should be appointed so that the affairs could be settled hi a Icual way. J. F. Hendricks asked for and was granted permission to erect a woodshed 10x16 feet on Jersey street within the fire limits, prpvid ing it was covered witli corrugated iron. Chief of Police Hredeson reported that he had been tumble to obtain any satisfaction from Judge Web ster in the matter of settling the bills paid out by the city for the relief of the poor. A bill of $20 for relief of Mrs. Datigherty was granted, however. Aid. Norton presented a request from the Woolen mill that Tacotua street and the sidewalks lending to the mill be improved, stating that the mill contemplated increasing its capacity After a brief discussion the matter was referred to the street committee. Aid. Norton read a report from the woolen mill giving the amount of business done the past year. The number of employes was 125; the chair for killing 11 venomous snake like Stiiufoid White the gtealest ciuioMly of modern times will have been discovered. We do not be lievc it will be done. As White wits protected in Ills hellish woik, why not piotccl the er.Miii who rid the earth of his pieseiice. The following fiom the whole sale luiKir houses to the .small pi luting olliees throughout the state shows how the paiier trust is slowly but mm civ driving them to the wall ami foiciug the printing into the hands of the big concerns that buy their Mock in car load lots: "Owing to the advance in prices ny t lie tuatimncttitcrs ol almost all gnidcM of pacr and envelops we 1110 obliged to withdraw all former quotation. All nidcrscnttiistcd to us will be charged at the lowest IKwible pi ice." D.iiiiu I'tikhioii has ordained that the wukp wnUt U the piuer thing lor inaJiioimidv IimIivh to cultivate It is M range, indeed, how iutelli gnt womvii will diMoit and outrage lliutruodie mi older to Ik.-in style III ItcHlth, cotiMtiiitttiou and death CHiiuot ltellt but follow in the wake of fashion latent decree. The cor Hit is rpotuible for a much mis cry hi the world an strong drink As far 11 lwMiity is concerned, a woman with it figute the shae of an Hour glut l tar Irom attractive. Hut the edict ha gone foilh and tuiiht 1 10 obeyed, of couioc. . t wiuie 11 is wen known 10 many of the older tetiidents of the city, it may be new to many to learn tliat, altlioiiglt lie gave piopvrty to the city that is now woith hundreds of thoUMiudti of dollars, no stone or monument matks the gtave of the late jameti joniis. it nattily seems possible that the old pioneer is for gotten. 11 woiim oe a lilting rec ognition of his generous donation to the cause of education in the city which bears his name that his tasting place should be muiked witli a handsome monument. It has been spoken of many times, but its yet no action has been taken. For Rheumatic Sufferers. 1 lie quick lelief from pain af forded by applying Chamberlain's Pain Halm makes it a favorite with Mtiioieis from rheumatism, sciatica, lame back, lumbago, and deep .settled ami muscular pains, sale by St. Johns Drug Stote, l-or Card of Thanks. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Simmons dusue to thank the M. W. A. Yeomen and others for their sym pathy and condolence during the illness and death of their little daughter, I.aviua. For Rent. Two store rooms and office rooms, opiosite iKislolhce. Killgreen it Hryaut, 7: of Commeice building, Inquire of o Chamber Portland. Wanted. Hand trotters at the West Coast Laundry, Apply at once. The Review will keep you posted, ooo, ami the business done amount ed to 300,000 gross. I he secretary of the fire depart incut .submitted an inventory of the hit apparatus owned by the city. Accepted. I lie lillls of I.oveioy iV Lincoln of $20 for a police docket, St. Johns Lumber Co., fuel f.1.50, and the Centtal Hotel, boarding prisoners -to, were allowed, A. I). McDonald was granted iHM'iuissioii to build a structure a6x 20x22 feet 011 the rear of his Jersey street proicrty ptovltlcd the same be enclosed with coritigated iron. Aid. iNoiiou iiiiormed the conn cil that the charter commission had completed its work of tevisiug the charter, ami that the document was icatly to be turned over to the conn cil. City Attorney Greene stated that the I cst way of handling the revised charter would be for the council to pass iikiii it, then submit it to a mass meeting of the iieople ami allow them to vote iiimhi its adop lion 01 rejection and take the chance on it in case an enabling act for its adoption does not pass the legislature. C, I,. Goodrich was appointed city engineer and stiervlsuig arch led 01 tlie new city lmll, vice W. W. Goodrich, deceased. i he matter of laying a street crossing connecting the I, O. O. P. mill and Ninth s Pharmacy was refcued to the building committee, In the matter of the opening of Richmond sheet Aid. Hewitt thought the reort "of the viewers should be icferred back to them for reconsideration, Aid. King was of the opinion that the viewers would not amend their retKtrt. Laid on the table. Aid. Norton was delegated to confer with Mrs. Caples and daughter and see what could be done to close the matter An ordinance tegulating and licensing plumbers, drafted by the local plumbets, was read and re- fcried to the city attorney for revision. The demand of the street con tractors for their money for gtndiue done during the Mst season brought up a discussion as to how to obtain the money, C, N, Hraasch ami 15. C, Httrlbttrt of Chicago street gave their views, t he city attor ney was iusttttctcd to given written opinion, When the order of new business was reached Aid. fsortou trotted out St. Johns' sore spot otherwise Known as the new city hall and the currying and grooming the blemished nag received caused its most ardent admirers to open their eyes with amazement. " I he president of this council, Aid. King, a couple of weeks ago stated," said Aid. Norton, "that if it had not been for the minority the new city hall would have been completed a couple of mouths ago. lo me this remark .sounds like the tail wagging the dog. 1 wish to explain matters. When I speak of the council I mean the majority. The minority are Aid. Hewitt, Dobie and myself. We have been called 'the solid three.' As Aid. Dobie and myself are the only rep resentatives of the First ward on the council I lelieve we have some thing to account for to our constitu ents, As it has been published broadcast that if it had not been for the minority the city hall would have been completed, I desire to put the minority on record. I know at one time the minority appealed to the majority asking that one of them come to their assistance to save the honor of the council and the finances of the city. And still we are accused of retarding progress. We will see." Commencing at the beginning Aid. Norton began a review of the entire work. "The architect told us the city hall could be built for .$10,000, said the speaker. "At first the lowest bid was $13,000 Then a secret session of the council was held. At this star chamber session it was stated that no matter what the hall would cost the city could stand it. The minority did not approve of it, and the city attorney told us we were powerless to enjoin the work if the council let the con tract." Then the matter of bids was ana lyzed. "There were five bids, but only two were sealed," said Mr, Norton, "and belore the contract was let the contractor invited a crowd to drink, declaring that he had the contract. That incident put the minority on their guard. How did the contractor know he had the contract? Who told him he had the contract? The minority wanted nil bids rejected, but were voted down. This contractor's actions disgusted everybody. Pay nir 11 s men oil over a bar was one of the ways he did business. "We all remember the vault episode. How several men ap beared with sealed bids at the rcottest of the chairman of the building committee when the conn cil was in ignorance of their mis sion. Steel vaults were to be placed in the building without the council having a wortl to say. Is it any wonder the council are try inn to point their finger at the minority? "Alderman Dobie was threatened in his office ami I was told I 'was to hit the ground' if certain things were not done in the council. "The shed that the council allowed the contractor to build on the McDonald lot grew into a two story building, but it was not done with the consent of the minority. "(July recently an attempt was made to saddle the numerous debts of the contractor on the city, but the mayor came to the rescue mid refused to sign the notices. "The material in the city hall is of poor quality, and the building is falling down. Who is responsible for it? Who furnished the brick ami who is to be paid for it ? I can exonerate Aid. King because Aid. Raser says he is not connected with the local brick yard. Hut who is responsible?" Aid. Norton sitoke for fifteen minutes, and concluded by saying that if the p.'ople saw fit to censure the minority he Iioih.i1 they would be lenient. Aid. King retaliated by saying he thought it very uugciitlemauly to Insinuate that the council was guilty of accepting bribes. lie for one was willing to stand by the records and let the teople judge of his actions. Aid. Kascr claimed that 011 nc count of the interference of the minority the city hull would cost two or three thousand dollars more than it should. There was plenty of money to finish the building. If the minority had behaved them selves the building would have been completed two mouths ago Kvcrythiug had been done in the open from the letting of the bids to the present time. Aid. Hewitt took exception to the statements made by Aid. Kascr, ami corrected him, and tin denial was made. Adjourned to tomorrow evening at which time the charter will le considered. COMMUNICATION Regarding the Proposed Plumbing Ordinance. The effort on the part of the plumbers of St. Johns to get an or dinance passed requiring any one engaging in the plumbing business, to first obtain a license is right and just as far as it goes, but, if you will carefully look up conditions in our neighboring city, Portland, you will find a gigantic trust built up on that particular ordinance. IMrst, a property owner may be just as good a workman os the plumber himself, but can he do his own work? No, lie must get a licensed plumber to do it for him, and he must pay him from 75 cents to it per hour for doing it. The plumber docs not send a first class workman but some boy that is acting as a helper, and the property owner must pay the 75 cents or i for inferior work, and the licensed plumber pockets it. The helper gets the experience at the property owners expense. That is one of the reasons why a clause should be inserted in the ordinance to read, "Kxccpt a property owner doing his own work. I also noted while the proposed ordinance was being discussed that certain specifications were intro dticcd requiring that work must be done a certain way. Kvcry one is aware of the fact that the city of St. Johns has a health and nuisance ordinance which would cover defee tive plumbing, and would give the police department power to have the same removed and corrected. Now if an ordinance is passed re quiring certain specifications to be followed, it will be necessary to create an office of plumbing inspect' or, which must necessarily carry a salary of trout 7100 lo $150 per mouth. If there is no inspector what is the use of the specification? And every tax payer of St. Johns ought to raise up in open rebellion if a new expense is saddled up on them just for the benefit of three or four plumbers, viz., an office of inspector. And this is not the fin ish. If you will look a little further into the matter you will find that where there is a plumbing and building inspector, that he tisunlly is one of the same trade, which must necessarily be so, and that upon inspecting a piece of work, that which he wishes lo see he can sec, and what he does not want to see he can not see. It has been stated by some one that if we hail a plumbing ordinance like Portland we would not have had frozen pipes, etc.. during the cold weather. Let mc say that I have proierty in Portland to look after, also in bt. Johns, ami that the St. Johns plumbing stood the test better than the Portland. Look into this mat' tcr belore you act, Mr. Cotiiicllmeu. n. C. Hurlbcrt. r OOOOi Figure Up! G ET A PIECE OF PAPER AND SIT DOWN AND fitrurc up how lonir it will take lots that arc sell ing at $40, $50, $60, $80 and $100 each, and within a half mile of St. Johns, to dcttblc in value. Call to mind the fact that barely n little over five years ago lots in St. Johns were selling at the same prices, and that blocks that are now worth from $50,000 to $100, 000 sold for $500 each. Then ask yourself why a small investment in the Lots at Linnton! would not be a good way time. There is plenty of to double your money in a short deep water frontage on the oppo site bank of the river- This means more industries. Do you sec the point ? The new turpentine and alcohol plant is going up. Other industries will soon follow. This will cause the price of real estate to advance. Better get in now while prices arc low. They will advance in the near future. It will nothing to investigate. Let us show you. Ten per down and $5 per mouth. SccC. F. Bunker, 514 Chamber of Commerce, Port laud, Ore.; A. Hardy, on the ground, or cost cent The ladies of the M. K. will give a bazaar and Master week. Watch for next week. church supper notices H G. OGDEN St. Johns, Ore. CONTRACT Let for Building the New North l-iul School House. The school board owned the bids received for the erection of the new school house last Monday evening and found them to be as follows: Melclt & Mourer $i,595 P. J, Koeruer 16,700 A. R. Richardson 17.169 W. C. Adams , 18,440 Crook t Walton. 20,000 A. W, Powers & Co., 21,750 A, 1. Peterson .-23.367 At a meeting of the board held Wednesday evening Messrs, Welch & Mourer, the lowest bidders, were and the contract closed with them for the construction of the building and work has already commenced and will be pushed forward as fast as possible. The successful bidders are the builders of the new Salem high school building, which is one of the latest school structures 011 the coast, It is to be regretted that our home bidders could not have been sue cessful in the contest, but they were an aware ot the amount to which the board of directors were limited. I he board of directors have been actuated by only one object and that was to secure the best at the lowest possible cost. This has been dem onstrated in the advantageous sale of the school bonds and the lettimr of the contract for the construction of the school building and purchase of grounds for the same, which has all been accomplished within the limit prescribed. Neglected Colds Threaten Life. (Prom the Chicago Tribune) "Don't trifle with a cold," is good advice for prudent men and women. It may be vital in the case of a child. Proper food, good ventilation, and dry, warm clothing are the proper safeguards against colds. If they are maintained through the changeable weather of autumn, winter ami spring, the chances of a surprise from ordinary colds will be slight. Hut the ordi nary light cold will become severe if neglected, and a well established ripe cold is to the genus of diph theria what honey Is to the bee. The greatest menace to child life at this season of the year Is the neglected cold." Whether it is a child or adult, the cold slight or severe, the very best treatment that can be adopted is to give Chamber Iain's Cone It Remedy. It is safe and sure. The great popularity and immense sale of this prepara tion bus been attained by its re markable cures of this ailment. A cold never results itt pneumonia when it is given. I' or sale by bt. Johns Drug Store. LEGAL NOTICE. IN Tllli CIRCUIT COURT OP TIIR STATU OP OREGON COUNTV OP Mfl.TNO.MAlI. Arthur Mollis, 1'lalntlff. v. I.ura Mollis, Defcudunt. To I.ura Mollis, the above named defend ant; In the name of the State of Oregon you arc herebv summoned and required to appear ami answer the complaint filed against you m itie auovc entitled sun on or belore the 6th day of April, 1907, which is after six weeks have expired Irom tlie date ol the lirst publication 01 this summons. It is prescribed in the Order for the publication of summons that the smumous be published for six uccesiivc weeks and said order was made and dated the tlth day of Pebru ary, ix7. and the first publication there of is made this 32nd day ot February, 1907, ami if you Ian to appear ami uiswer. the lilaiutitt will atmlv to the court for the relief prayed for in her Mlid comolalut. to wit: That the bonds of matrimony hereto fore and now exUttni; between the plain tiff and defendant be dissolved and that he be divorced from her the said defend ant, and for such other further and further relief as shall seem equitable. This summons is published once a week for six successive weeks in the St. Johns Review by order of the Honorable Alfred P. Scant. Jr.. Judge of the above entitled court made the tlth day of Feb ruary, 1907, II. UHM.l.UnK, I oooo White House EUROPEAN HOTEL Finest rooming house in St. Johns. Drand new houseand furniture. Modern electric lighted. Hot and cold water. Tlatlt and toilet rooms on both floors. Telephone, reading room and all the latest daily news. No extra charge for any of the ex tra accommodations of the house. All free. Rooms from 75c per week tip. Same treatment to all we have no pets or star roomers. We are out for business and are getting it. Give us a trial. Working men a specialty. Phone Scott 4065, W. J. Galyean, Mgr. 107 Decatur street, ST. JOHNS, - OREGON. Near Riverside Hotel. L. B. Chipman Real Estate REAL ESTATE R J. Koerner, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Attorney for the plaintiff 414 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, , rirsi insertion rcuruary it, xyjj, Iut insertion April J, 1907, Plans and specifications furnished on application. done with neatness and in dupatek 500 it joxtoo, cor.; two-story brick is ueuiK erected in same block. This is a splendid investment, and you had better look into it at once. $ 2000 Lot 35x100; a close in iiulde lot on Jersey street, faoo Lot 50x100, A nearby residence lot: 5 cosh if you build at once. foo Lot 50x100. Pine location; one half cash. fj.ooo Lot 100x100 on Philadelphia St. W.J.PEDDICORD Notary Public. To Make Money from real estate investments care should be exercised In buying. The man who makes the most money out of real estate is he who In vests in property that wllj Increase in value rapidly. Some Rare Bargains ore to be found In our list of desirable properties. A visit to our office aud an investigation of property listed with us will prove that 110 better investment can be made anywhere in St. Johns than the pur chase of some of our late offerings. Call and let us show you what we have. nL: n. n. vuDie, reierson a to. Jersey Street. THE LOUVRE! L. RICHARDS, Prop. PHONB UNION 3105 Liquor for Medicinal Purposes and Family Use W. H. 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