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ST. Johns review You Should Patronize The Home Paper. It means helping St.Johns and tilts means a better city If you work with THE ST. JOHNS REVIEW Advertise in The Review its circulation Is genu ine niul it covers the field. Its better than n dnlly In the field. IT WILL REPAY YOU Devoted to the Interests of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL,. 3 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1907. NO. 18 BASE BALL J The New St. Johns Hotel Finest Meals in the City Served i! This hostelry is one .- .1 em anu cumpieie and comforts 4nt n4 all SASH oiunins Spindles Brackets Lime and Cement ST. JOHNS PHONE SCOTT 4063 St. Johns Market PULL LINK 01f BEEF, PORK, MUTTON and VEAL, HAMS, BACON, HOMEMADE 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 ot the city. Call on us and you will be con vinced that our prices are right. Phone Scott 4062, BENNETT BROS., Props, Real Estate It you are looking for real estate In vestments that will bring quick returns and double your money in a short time, call on S. C. COOK Office near Point View Station. Bring in your printing now. SHIP BY PORTLAND S. COCHRAN & CO., Proprietors. of the finest in the Northwest, being mod-1 ll ?X J. . X T"l A in an us appointments, ine warns of guests are carefully looked af fSmac Dnfae o to foncnttnMa GLAZING WE CARRY "ODD" SASH IN St. Johns "D." SASH AND DOOR CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CLEARANCE SALE Every Article at We will close out our entire Hue of high grade Opaline Granite Ware Also Tinware and Woodenware, Crockery, Lamps and Glassware, Singer, Domestic aud New Home Sewing Machines, Phonographs ' and Records. Get our prices on Furniture, Stoves and Ranges before buying. UliLIG BROS. 106 Tacoma St. - A PENNY SAVED Is a penny earned. Many pennies could be earned every day by buying your groceries, dry goods, con fectionery, footwear, etc. , at our store. Then the satisfaction of knowing the goods are reliable is worth while. Try it and see. Couch & Company 206 and 208 Philadelphia St. DOORS STOCK Paints Oils Glass Redwood Gutter JERSEY STREET Actual Cost! j; St. Johns, Ore. f SUBURBAN EXPRESS St. Johns (kiting Ready to Open the Season March 31. Plans for giving St. Johns n good article of base ball during the com ing summer are progressing favor ably. Pascal Hill is getting the grounds near his tcsideuccin shape, and when the gong sounds for play they will be second to none in the county. Charlie Moore, the well known batting pitcher who played with the Portland Heavers last season, has been elected manager of the local club, and he has a string of players that will give St. Johns one of the strongest teams in the city league. Besides managing the club Moore will take his turn 111 the box The playing suits were ordered the first of the week, and arc said to be the nattiest out. They are of blue trimmed with white, with the name "St. Johns" across the breast. On the sweaters the letters S. J." will be displayed. The grounds will be fenced uud bleachers and n grand stand erected as soon as lite lumocr can be pro cured. On account of the strike 1 n the mills there may be some delay in doing the work. It is the intention to have a iirnc- ticc game next Sunday, and nil players who wish to try for a place , on the. team are invited to leave: their names with Secretary Frank 1 Ooodell at the Harris & Goodell ! cignr store on Jersey street I Marring something unforeseen the club will open the mmhoii on the home ground Sunday afternoon, March 31. Who will oppose them in the initial game Inn not yet been decided upon, but due 110'iee will be given l iter. It is the iutrtition to advertise the opening of the season in St. Johns in roy.il style. SHUT DOWN I. Johns Lumber Co. mid Vene.r Woiks Closed. Last Friday noon forty-one mill hands, members of the Order of Industrial Workers'-ol-lhe World, lauded in St. Johns aud proceeded at once to the large saw mill of the St. Johns Lumber Co. Their mis sion was to induce the workmen iu the mill to quit work aud join the strikers. The result was that they were successful in inducing a suffi cient number to walk out so as to leave the mill iu a badly crippled condition, and orders were issued to stop all work. The demand for higher wages was made by the outside men. These men have been getting la. 25 per day of ten hours, and ask for $2.50 per day. A number of strikers also visited the Portland Manufacturing Co. and called out the workmen. The men complied with the demand, and the mill closed down. The managers of the plant say they have no intention of granting the demands made upon them. They contend they had no differences with their men iu regard to wages, and supposed everybody was satis fied until the walk out. COUNCIL What Was Done at (he Meeting Tuesday Night. The regular meeting of the coun cil last Thursday night was one of the shortest of the year. All mem bers were present. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The following bills were present ed and allowed; Taxes, 1906, city property ? 62.40 Cross walks ... 2.80 Dog tags 6.00 Lumber, cross walks 9.70 Water Co. , hydrants .... 336.00 The city attorney was directed to see that the abstract for the city hall property was brought down to the present time and to have the deed recorded. A railing was ordered to be placed around the city dock. Action 011 the plumbers' license was postponed until such time as the local plumbers can meet with the city attorney aud assist him in drafting the same. Are you using the map of St. Johnson your stationery? It is the best kind of an advertisement for St. Johns. Use it aud help boost your city. HOW THEY BAN How the Vote Stood a Year Ago After niccilon. Although the city election is a trifle over two weeks away it may be ol interest to many of our read ers to figure on past performances aim make an estimate as to how the coming conflict on April 1 is liable to turn out. Below will be found the names of the various candidates and the vote they polled. lucre were tour tickets in the field: Citizens, Taxpayers Pro gressive, People s aud Independent. Ior mayor only the Citizens and Taxpayers Progressive tickets pre sented candidates. The vole was: 1 V. Valentine 301 C. A. Cook 161 Knch ticket had a candidate for recorder, the Citizens ticket wiiiuimr by the following vole: w. I.. I Iiorudyke 104 V. I,. Churchill too J. V. Hanks 120 0. R. Downs 20 Por treasurer only three names were presented. The result: Geo. M. Hall .... 21G C. W. Potter tr.y K. C. Couch 80 Below will be found the result of the vote for councitmeii at large: L. K. Walker 373 370 277 5 31 count W. II. King . W. W. Riiser Geo. C. Carhart R. C. Clark H. II. Paiker C. I). 1-dwards Iu Ihe first ward the showed the following vole: S. C. Norton 1 17 S. L. Dobie 140 O Iv. Learned 98 J. II. Black 106 In the second ward the ngony ended by the following count: II. S. Hewitt P. A. Brcdeeu L. Badger K. C. Thurston J. II. Shields I). F, Horsmaii To bond the citv in the 102 10 3 sum of J 1 0,000 for the purMsc of building a city hall 290 votes were cast for ! the proposition, while 65 taxpayers ! voted ugalnst It. ORGANIZED To Tench the Young Idea How (0 Legislate. Iu order that the pupils iu the public schools may become ac quainted with the form of govern ment and parliamentary rulings Prof. Aldersou has organized them into a "city council" with regularly elected officers. The idea is gained from schools iu the Ivast, and this is the first attempt iu the state of Oregon. That the plan is a good one and will be of great benefit all will admit. A great deal of knowl edge that every one should know will be the result. Officers are to be elected three times during the year. The .sessions will le gov erned by the same laws as apply to a legally elected city council. The school officials for the term ending April 19, are: Mayor. ......... Arthur L. Clark City Attorney . , . .Georgia Perriue City Recorder Anna Brice Clerk of Court Plossie Ogden Municipal Judge . . , .Iilleu Vierhtis Chief of Police . Alexander Kerr Street Com. . . . Jerome Whistler Park Com Until Henderson Health Com Gail Perriue Pire Com. .... Lowell Aldersou Coiiucilmeu 1st Ward Lola Walker. 2nd Ward Cecil Magone. 3rd Ward Hazel Robinson. 4th Ward Vernon Williams. 5th Ward Joyce Stanley. 6th Ward Mabel Tuppcr. 7th Ward Prank Grow. 8th Ward Kffie McDonald. 9th Ward Ray Simmons. Listen And remember the next time you suffer from pain caused by damp weather when your head nearly bursts from neuralgia -try Ballard's Show Liniment. It will cure you. A prominent business man of Hempstead, Texas, writes: "I have used your liniment. Previous to using it I was a great sufferer from Rheumatism and Neuralgia, I am pleased to say that now I am free from these complaints. I am sure I owe this to your liniment." Sold by St Johns Drug Store. Subscribe for The Review. At. L. HOLBROOK St. Johns Land Co. PHONE UNION 3104 The Largest and Oldest Real Estate Firm in St. Johns. EAST ST. JOHNS Lots now on wile 300 and upwards. Ten per cent down and $10 per month. Located at intersection of Columbia Boulevard and electric car line two blocks from (ireat North ern and Northern Pacific depots, and Aneg;ley Junction. In the heart of railroad and packing district. 8 sr. jonns LAND OPPICK ON GROUND AT SMITH'S CROSSING St JohllS Wione Union 3 KM QrCgOII Bickner Brothers Department Store X AH Goods Sold Keep it largo stuck of (lencrul Boots and Simon, drocuriv, Feed, Ktc. In fact everything, Their PiKtu uro right. Don't wabto your timu going to Portland, hut eoino in nud tcu our lock and price. Remember The Big Department Store Corner Jersey Sheet and Broadway St, Johns, Orogon EDMONDSON CO., A Hardware, Tinware, Plumbing t Tin Roofs, Phone Scolt 4065 CITV I'll C. R. BAILEY ianci u.. ; at Portland Prices! Mori'linudihe, iuuludim; Dry flood, llnnlwaii', IIoiiku KutiiitiliiiiiiX, Gutters, etc. ST. JOHNS, Or ON 1 MAIN 358 . s 1 t l $ z I f l t t l l . v l l . I . . I l l l Reasonable Rates Quick Service Phone Woodlawn 818 C. W. STEARNS, Agt. at St. Johns