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A? J A JS A ST. JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UPJO YOU j GET IN THE HABIT Of advertising In Tho Review anil you'll never regret It. lic it Id .it once and keep right at It To subscribe for The Review. AH.the new i while It Is news I oar motto. Call in and enroll J Devoted to the Interests of the Peninsula, tho Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOI,. 3 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST tG, 1907. NO. 40 WHY NOT TRADE AT HOME? A Few Timely Remarks Concerning the Pernicious NEW INDUSTRY IN EAST ST. JOHNS peninsula b progressing Habit of Going to Portland to Trade The nbovc is a question thnt comes home to everyone in the city of St. Johns. Why not patronize our home institutions as against those of Portland ? People will go from here to Portland because they can get a io-cciit article for 9 cents, or a dollar article for 99 cents. They do not take into consideration the half day it takes to go over and come back and the car fare. These arc minor matters and if that was all there would be but little objection. But the thing that hurts the people of St. Johns, the thing which loses them dollars where they gain cents by trading in Portland, is the retarding and deteriorating effect such action has on business at home. Kvcry dollar you take from the trade in St. Johns robs yourself of at least 20 cents. Trade with your home merchant who pays taxes in your own city, whose entire Interests arc centered in the welfare of your town. What does the Portland mer chant care for the welfare of St. Johns? It is fruit to him if every mer chant in St. Johns is compelled to shut up shop. We have been told that the recent purchase of furniture for the city hall was made in Port- hum, ana tuai 100, witiiout giving our Home lurnuurc men an even chance with the foreign merchants. Woodenware Manufacturing Establishment Located There, Also Many New Buildings Under Construction What is Being Done on the Packing Plant and Other Matters of Importance. daily. The When nil is At present Another industry which has recently been located in St. Johns, and which will be in oieration within the next two or three weeks is that of the wood working establishment of Names it Lindslev. Tins nlnnt hi situated in hast St. Johns directly north of Smiths Crossing about a quarter-mile. Here the company has bought a tract of land reaching from the O. R. & N. belt line to the Columbia slough, and soon as the slough is urcugcu so as 10 atimit 01 ticen water cran, as it win in a snort time, tile gentlemen w have both water and rail transportation at their command. When wc visited the plant Monday they had installed a splendid nlaner capable of dressing four sides . ?.,..., . . . . ... . . in uncc any sizcu suck 01 11 inner up 10 0x15 inciies any leugui tuai can ne cut. i ncy also nave placed r 50-liorse power engine fed by an 8o-horsc power boiler. They have also in place n pendant cut-off saw lucre are on the way a number of other machines, all tin to date, among them a mult tile horitnr nmrlilnc which will bore both perpendicular and horizontal holes to the number of 24 at one operation of the machine. Besides this there arc a number for the manufacture of house finishing m.itcrial. At present the works will be engaged in the manufacture of telephone and telegraph cross nrms until the tnachinerv is all nlnced in the faclorv mid stock is received. Tlu-v Imvn mi iilrnl t1m fur tln.ir u-nrL-u If this is true, it was not a square Ml was formerly an old orchard, used so long ago that there is scarcely a mark of any habitation there. A deal, and wc do not believe it was done Intentionally but thoughtlessly, single rose bush of a fine variety marks the spot where once, perhaps, the dwelling stood among the fruit for the mayor, who did the purchasing, is 11 merchant himself, and r-es. 1 here, too, wc noticed one variety of pear which is immune from the Sail Jose scale. While all other would know the effect of such an action, if he had but stopjwd to think, fruit about it was covered with the scale, this tree, with ticrhaps 35 or 40 or perhaps more upon it, did not and he would no doubt be just as indignant as any one if some of his hove a single scale. We do not know the variety, nor whether it is a good one, but if it is, it is worth its patrons should make a practice of going over to the city to do their 1 weight In gold for this one quality. Here is n chance for A. I. Mason or Hon. I?. I,. Smith to do a stunt, trading. The precedent, however, of our mayor going to Portland Come down and get some scions for Hood River. instead of buying here, is n bad one to set bsforc his customers. We do 1 Returning to the factory, we were told by one of the proprietors their method of handling the material, know that in other instances our mayor has held bids made from outside , It is brought in and unloaded, put into the dry kiln; from there it goes through the planer, from thence parties in order to give our home people an opportunity to make their through the various resaws, cut-offs, boring machines mid simpers until the finished product reaches the far bids, and has at all times advocated getting everything here that could (-Mid of the building, where it is reloaded onto the car or put onto a steamer. Iks gotten here, since wc hive been a resident. We tlo not know his 1 The dry kiln is 20x70 feet and is supplied with double tracks so that one car can be in the shed at all personal view In the matter, because we have never spoken a word to ' times, while the other car may be at the planer discharging its load through that machine. The room be him regarding it. tweeu the dry kiln and the planer is 20x50, and the room the planer and other machines are in is 26x100, all This matter of patronizing liome institutions comes directly to our these rooms being under one roof, and mnking a building 220 feet in length. In addition to this room the notice in our own business. Some of our nations have gone over to the boiler room is 16x42, built of brick as is the engine room, which is 14x22. The fuel for the plant will lie city to get their job printing done, when they could have got just as chiefly planer chips and other refuse of the shop, reinforced sometimes by a few slabs. This establishment , good a job done at home at exactly the Mime price or a little less than , will Kive employment to 25 or 10 men when iu operation, and a great many more when fully developed. I from tins plant we went to tlic Ulg railroad dump of the Hill ro.id which is being shoved out across tia.' wen nun was sunk there to the depth of 800 feet gave iudica the Columbia slough. It is n monster contract. The grade is being built 75 or 80 feet high right across the! Huns that encouraged the promoters to go ahead with more extensive Work is progressing splendidly with the improvements now making on the Peninsula for Swift & Company and the other big packing plants which arc to occupy the site, says the Portland Daily Abstract. The ground which was covered with Cottonwood trees has been cleared, yielding approximately 500 cords, which have been sold to the Willam ette Pulp & Paper Co. at Oregon City to be made into paper. The big dredger now at work is constantly scooping out vast quantities of earth 9000 cubic yards per day, of 24 hours each, for it never rests. Over 20 men arc employed and 60 barrels of fuel oil consumed low lying lauds are being filled with clean sand and gravel, done a .to-foot channel will result iu the Oregon Slough. rciuusuia avenue ikick 01 me siougu is Doing hi led iu. The great packing interests now own about 3000 acres on the Pen insula, ahd have a water frontage of about three miles. The fill along the Oregon Slough will require a depth of four feet, while that near the Columbia Slough will require a depth of 19 feet. The foundations for the packing plants of the "Ulg Pour" will be placed this fall. The buildings will be of brick and construction is to be rushed. It Is under- stood that negotiations are pending for an additional dredger which would greatly accelerate the work. Iu round numbers the iweklm? cum. panics' investment is placed at a million dollars. As matters now ap pear the buildings will be completed by mld-suinnier next year. Real estate iu the vicinity has increased 100 per cent within a vear. ami conservative dealers prophesy that it will more than double again within the coming year. It is practically arranged that the Union Stock Yards now Iu North Portland will remove to the peninsula. The O. R. it N. company will place a switch near the foot of Delaware avenue on the Troutdale exten sion, which is already built to Delaware avenue. the standard printing offices do the work there. Some of the chum John offices may cut the prices and by using inferior Mock make both ends meet, but it is not satisfactory either to the printer who cares for his reputation, or for the patron who wishes good piloting done. Another thing, one of the merchants who has made the strongest objection to going to Portland to trade has not had his name iu our paper as an advertiser, since wc have bcu here. He really does not deserve our efforts iu his behalf, but he is one of our citizens and one of our merchants, and as such we mean to do everything in our power to benefit his trade. So far as we are concerned, we have not bought a cent's worth of either the necessities or luxuries of life for that matter, in Portland that we could obtain here, and do not mean to. Our bus AITItK Oil. Nit AH ST. JOHNS. A local company has been formed and money secured to prosecute drilling oterations iu the Kast Side oil district, remarks the Peoples Press. The center of the district is 011 the Ogden farm, near St. lohns. slough. 1 he action of the water on the dirt as it is dumped iu causes it to spread at the bottom until is quite a wide base. I hen the dumping is suspended for a time until this base solidifies, ami then mon dirt Is piled upon it until the grade is completed. Piling is driven down for the track to carry the dirt ovei the slough. The pile driver has now reached a point about 175 or 200 yards from the north bank of tin slough. The Hill road is making a switch yard through St. Johns from 300 to 400 feet wide, and are extend , lug this switch yard further east as they have to remove the dirt from the big cut. Across the slough on the island is located the Swift plant where hundreds of men and day iu the service of this company preparing for the new works and the new city. making a deep water channel to the Columbia both above and below the works, so that the water of the Iness is here, our interests are here, and we do not propose to let a little river may flow through and keep the channel open. The city for the 1000 employes to do the butchering matter of one or two cents send us away from our town to sicud our , for the Pacific Northwest is to be located, it is said, on this island. This company has laud touching the money. If our merchants will he hal' as loyal to The Review as The river and the two big railroads, so that there need be no fcar"tuat they cannot get transportation facilities. Review is and will be to the merchants, it will receive greater supjwrt If the railroads cannot furnish the cars, the company can build their own boats ami use the water, iu Its advertising patronage, and have greater opportunities to assist the This is called the dull season but iu this trip out and back we counted 32 houses in the course of erec- merchants. We believe if the merchants will advertise more iu their tion, running iu all sizes from the humble cottage of the laborer to the more pretentious two or even three home pater and tell what they have for sale there would b? less of this story residence of the wealthier classes, and they were strung all the way across the cu!ustila. It will be nut u very tew years until tins entire peninsula will be covered with n busy, hustling twpulation, and the man who gets iu on the ground floor is the one who will take the doughnut when the building sites begin to ..., MM. . - till. .!... 1 a a- . m a . . .a gci :caree. i nere never win oe a ncucr nine to puy at. joiins projierty tliau right now, lor the jieopie are coming and taking the most sightly locations; mills, factories and mercantile establishments are t king up the water front and business locations, until even now people from the outside are beginning to think prop erty is expensive. I ojierations. Kxiicrts assert that at 1500 feet oil can be found iu this dis trict and the well will be sunk to that depth. Should there be oil found iu anything like paying quantities this .section of the Mast Side would have a boom that would make all foimer icn!uMilar booms look like a bedraggled rag and property values from the mouth of the Willamette to Piedmont would raise and hump themselves until no man was without cash. With the two raihoads centering iu this district, the big packing nie working night t phmt aheady stinted, the certainty that the Columbia will be dredged A big dredger is mid made a harbor from the mouth of the Willamette to Vaueover, and me general growth 01 the district as a manufacturing, educational and residence district, jieninsula probity is one of the best investments nt any ordinary price in the city today, whether these St. Johns chaps ever find a drop of-oll or not. vagabond trading done than there is. IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO( Are you going Hop Picking? Are you going Camping ? Are you GOING VISITING? IF SO, SEE THE Portland Suburban Express Company About Your Trunks and Baggage. Al. I.. IIOI.BROOK C. I!. UAII.I-V ASTORIA IS SHUT OUT rst. Johns Gets Revenge the Bohemians. DOUBLE WEDDING SAMPLES OF GOLD Oil, Pour Ynuiip- Pennlo llnnnilv r Married at One Time. 1 Standing of the Tri-City I Won Lost KHso 13 1 1 V rakes 14 Woodliurn ... 15 St. Johns . ...15 Astoria 6 Jlrainards 6 rrunkniakers . 5 Brewers 4 4 5 6 7 12 4 15 16 Teams. P. C. .765 737 7 .682 333 A very pretty wedding was con summated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. 15. Mcl.eod iu South St. Johns July 31, when their dangh- . , tcrs, Mabel and Myrtle were inar ,iried to Ray I. Gebott and Archie Uuclianan, Key. Arthur U. Waltz l.oo' of the Itaptist church at University '. eyes water. He ,'250 I'ark, performing the ceremony. of them entirely 218 The young people were members gold, the pure ' r r rit ..........!.. i ....... i. .....i i. Prompt and efficient service. Rates right. In formation for travelers at office of agent. Get onr rates before shipping. Call us up. Phone Main 358, Portlaud office. C. W. STEARNS Phone Woodlawn 8t8. Agent at St. Johns. lOOOOOOOl of Mr. Waltz' congregation. ... , ,, , The house was prettily decorated I Astoria came up the line Sunday with swcct aurc nim s.)rays ?".lcrossed b,atS w,,l ! theo ,oca.ls. nt o' Oregon grape. Many beautiful Hill's grounds. 'I he St. Johns I presents were received, consisting clut) tried bpringer, a new acquis - of cut tasSi cililia aim si, verware. ,11011, III Hie UOX, ullU HIS WOrK 'rii lirmm- vniinir twnnli- wnrnlnf n rpnlnri' in niir v.ir vi 1 proved highly satisfactory to our 'sereaded by the St. Johns orches-' hire a cheap boy to take our umu.fivmvii,, miicn uiu tra ,,,r,K tllC CVeHiHg, ail(I a IllOSt he cause the Astonaus to fan the tleliKhtflll time was .spent on the 'atmosphere, thus making a record Spacjous grounds under the soft for strikeouts on the local grounds. K,,t of miinerous Chinese lanterns Charlie Moore played second base, innd coIorca Uks wi,ch ,iccora,wi : but he had rather an off day, two tlie cunningly devised nooks and errors being charged against him. I corners wht;re the refreshments ,ue, uowever, reueemeu nis new- were served. It wus u veritable fairyland, and made an ideal spot for a wedding feast. The young people are well known iu the city and their many friends join with The Review in wishing them a double share of this world's happi ness and prosperity. l,tcr trrrra iL'itll Mif tlflr Trtliticn.i 4 Singer Sewing Machines Put on the finUhlutf touch la m home. Whv not hive the best You ran eet a tttnirtr Bewing Machine with payment ol three dollars down and two dollars per month with no inicren. uu at our onice, 401 Doutn jeracr street, lor mrtner iniocuiauoa, COCOCC0OC0OOO OOOOOOO04OOOO Manufacturing Confctlontr W. E. COON the new man who has taken Dren nan's place in center, showed up well at the bat and also in the field. The game throughout was interest ing, but the Bohemians never saw the home plate. The score was 6 to o iu favor of the locals. Birthday Surprise. Fresh Candies made daily No stale goods. Cigars, Tobacco, Ice Cream, etc. Jersey Street Stop on car line. LEROY H. SMITH , CO. REAL ESTATE, EIRE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE Phone M 2025 Offices: Cochran Block, St. Johns 408 Abington Bldg., Portland Mr Paul Rood was agreeably surprised last Thursday uight by a paity of 60 young people, repre senting the young people's society of which Paul is a member, and ex president. He was presented with 1 a beautiful fountain pen, and the evening was spent in games, ana a short program rendered. The duet by Mr. Hedeen and Miss Johnson, and the speech of Mr. Hallstrom were especially enjoyable. The time was well chosen as it was Paul's eighteenth birthday, and his cousins, Miss Minnie Lund and Frank LunI were visiting at his home. Paul was presented with many beautiful bouquets and well wishes for a long and successful life. Basket Dinner Sunday. The jx-'ople of the Christian church will meet iu Blckuer's hall and leave promptly at 9:30 a. m. Sunday morning for an outing iu ' the hills on the west side of the river, crossing on the ferry. The members and friends of the church are invited to come, bring their dinners and their little ones and join in an old fashioned basket dinner. The Sunday school and preaching services will be held iu the woods, the dinner eaten and return made iu time for the union service of the C. IJ. society iu the evening. A. II. Bales, a lumber merchant from Loveland, Colo., was in St. Johns Saturday. Daniel Calkins the Possessor of a Nice Collection. Daniel Calkins returned last Fri day from an extended trip of two weeks to some of his new mines along Iuiuaha creek about .o miles northeast of Joseph, Oregon. Mr. Calkins brings back some samples which would make Rockefeller s has two vials, one filled with shot quill, about 20 worth, and about $10 worth iu another vial of coarser gold of the same kind. Besides these he has samples of copper ore, which is rich in gold mid silver from these mines. If we were back a quarter would place, buy a pack mule and hike straight for Iuiuaha creek, It would be just our fool luck to strike it rich, for the yellow stuff is there ami lots of it. Successful Operation. St. Johns Land Co. The Largest and Oldest Real llstatc Pinu in St. Johns. East St. Johns The center of the great development now taking place on the Peninsula. We have only a few husiness lots left on Columbia Iiouluvard, which for a short time only will he sold at present prices. Some fine residence lots still on sale. Choice manufacturing sites adjoining the O. R. & N. railroad for sale on reasonable terms. ilolbrook's Addition We have some choice lots iu the vicinity of the new $20,000 school building now iu course of construc tion. Call at our office for prices and terms for cither of these desirable tracts. St JollIlS IMiono Union 3104 QrCgOll . . v . . . .a. ' . s s ts. 1 r . ' - t . M. Hart, formerly of Hood River, who recently sold half of his 20 acre farm there and went to Spring field, Ore , has bought 340 acres of good farming land near that place. Mrs. Hart has been a suf ferer for several years with cancer and was unable to find any relief until recently she went to Dr. 0' Kcefe of Portlaud, wiio removed the cancer in six weeks and cured her completely. The doctor found it necessary to graft new skin on the wound iu order to heal it, so large was the removal of cuticle by the operation. W. li. Godsey, the genial blacksmith, is a grandson of Mr, and Mrs. Hart, and it was at his home that the successful opera tion was performed. ZELLER-BYRNES CO. Undertakers , Embalmers 0 I,AI)Y ASSISTANT Phones; Main office, Kast 1088 Branch office, Woodlawn 203 JERSEY ST, fa Great Improvement. The oiling of the streets makes a great improvement iu the appear ance of our principal thoroughfares. The business men who arc respon sible for this enterprise are deserv ing of the thanks of the public. It speaks well for the city. Clark & Wilson Lumber Co. IJNNTON, OREGON Lumber Manufacturers PRICKS QUOTKD ON APPLICATION