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Jet f -Vt A VISIT TO THE SCHOOLS THE CITY DADS IN SESSION firs now 'upjoVolTj r I 1 m B I I II I I QET IN THE I1ABIT I ! To lubKtttx for Th Review. J JL 1 I A LW M H J X M JLg y J MLmmm T T A dvctlliln In Tho Review J AU.the newt whlta It It newi U 5 ' - " S nnJ ou,ll ner regret It. lie- 5 oar motto. Call In nd enroll J 4 Kin dt once nnJ keep right at It J I J A i lHmiHl11l - V.i'lrKiibrisst Devoted lo (he Interest of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL. 3 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOHKR n. 1907. NO. 47 OREGON CORN FLAKE CO. A New Industry that is Making a Bid for Public Favor In St. Johns. Editor Takes a Day off and Gets Acquainted With the Methods Used in Modern Institutions. It has been said that the bulwark of the nation is the public school and there never was a greater truth uttered. It is the cradle of patriot ism, the birthplace of that sterling integrity, indomitable energy and high degree of intelligence and ingenuity which has placed this nation at the head of all in the rank of nations. Another saying of the wise ones is to the effect that "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world." With all due honor to the mothers of our land, and they are entitled to the highest honors that can be bestowed upon human kind, wc believe, and think history will sustain this belief, that the hand that wields the birch rules the world. A great number of our brightest statesmen, leaders in the commer cial and financial world, received but little of their training, which enabled them to make their great achievements, from their parents. To the instructions, example, words of encouragement and faithful, .jfficient help of their instructors in the public schools is due the honors that have come to them and whatever success they may have achieved in life. The school teacher stands out above and beyond all others in the trainimr and dcvclonmciit of the youtiir. We do not except the ministers of the irosnel. whose work in life is supposed to be the highest of all, for the reason that they have but uu hour or two one day in the week, whereas, the teacher has six or more, five days in the week. We find, too, that despite the immoral, degrading and debauch ing influences of evil homes and associations of the early life there have been very many men raised through this school life and the truiuiug they received there to honorable uud rcsjected positions, with characters beyond reproach, a credit to their country. Then wc think wc should honor those who have the Induing of the young and give them our best support morally and financially. Theirs is a most trying position. Their difficulties such us would dismay many who look with indifference and sometimes with contempt tioii their calling, because of their dense ignorance of what their calling is. It has always been a pleasure to us to visit our public schools ami note the enthusiasm, the keenness, the intelligence, the energy displayed by the pupils and instructors therein. It always bring a Ueling that so long as these institutions arc sustained, our nation is safe. We do not know when wc have passed more pleusant hours than those we devoted lust week to a v is t in our nub c senools. we nrst vtsiteu me Council Meets on Tuesday Evening and Transacts Its Usual Budget of Important Municipal Business The city council met in regular session Tuesday evening, and transacted the grist of routine business in their usual careful and harmonious manner. Nothing of special interest came before the body for their consideration with the exception of the new charter proposition. The new councilman, Peter Atitr.cn, was on hand, and as Recorder fesson stated that Mr. Autzcn had taken the oath of office before him previous to the meeting, he took his chair as a full fledged father of the city of St. Johns. Roll call showed all members present, and the minutes of the previous meeting were read, and after a slight alteration, approved. A petition from J. 1 Wyvcl was read. The petitioner prayed for permission to alter his building near the St. Johns hotel in a manner satisfactory to himself, hut as no definite specifications were presented council held the matter over for more light on the subject. Recorder usson announced the appointment of It. W. Garlick as special police at the skating rink in place of Mr. Piggott, resigned. The apointmcut was satisfactory to the dads and duly approved. The following bills were read: Portland General Klcctric Co., for fluid used during the past three mouths, 120.10; water for September, fourteen hydrants at Sv 50 each, $40; refund to the trustees of the even ! Kvangclienl church, $6.08. On motion these bills were ordered paid, as was also $300 on the bill of $535 for jail cells. A bill ot 19.30 presented ty tne nrcmeu lor looking alter tnc recent lire ami taxing care 01 the apparatus afterward was read, but this amount appearing rather steep for the work done, the hill was held over for revision. The recorder reported that the four petitions necessary to bring the charter question before the people for Imtlotiiu: thereon had been duly filed. Attorney Greene then .stated that the next step to take in the matter was to pass an ordinance calling for a special election for the purpose of voting on the passage adoption of the charter. He, therefore, presented an ordinance which he had prepared calling the election to take place on January 8, next. This quickly passed first, second and third reading ami placed on its final passage. It will he found elsewhere in this issue. The following were then named and duly appointed as officers to hold said election: First ward Judges, Marion Johnson, John Poff and C. S. Thompson; clerks, O. K. Learned and O. R. Downs. Second ward Judges, P. W. Iliumau, N. A Gee and C. W. Potter; clerks, Chas. Davis and I,. II. Chipmau. The city hall affairs were then discussed, and the city attorney was instructed to bring action against the Vouugferdorf bondsmen for damages sustained by the city by reason of the delay in getting the hall finished, Twenty-five dollars was allowed the attorney to defray expense of getting the matter before the court. R. C. Garb was reappointed special police at the school house by the mayor, and the appointment confirmed by council. City Kuginccr lulwarcls formally accepted the city hall as it now stands, and said acceptance was and for was vucutiou, and 'ordered filed. is mill not quite completed. This is a splendidly iirrunged structure,, and the finishing and furnishings inside arc in keeping with the struct ure itself us recently described in these columns. Mr. Williams, presi dent of the school board, very kindly acted us chapcrouc during the visit and conducted us throughout the entire building. Wc met Miss C. A. Boss, the nrincinal. in her office over the west entrance of the buildinc. Miss Doss is a very able instructor, capable manager uud nosscsscd of a nlcasiue. charmluir oersomility, which cannot but for her the highest regard of her underleachers and pupils. Misses Rundall and Waters have charge of the high school grades, Miss Johnson the 4th grade, Miss Dunn the 3d grade, Miss Heuch the and grade, Miss Stevens the little tots who nitend this school. No where In any laud may be found brighter, more Interesting or capable young people than we have in our public schools here. We regret that there are not more votimr men and vounir women in the high school. There is a lame number of young persons in the city who nave passed i Trolley at WliUwood Court. It is quite probable that a trolley line will be running letwecu Whit- i"; wood Court and Portland before win I many moons. Kugiiiccrs have been at work for some time driving lines I . I. ....... I. .1.... . ! .....I .... till through that territory, uud that earnest effort will be made to ac complish this is evidenced by the announcement made several days ago by Attorney A. C. Kmtnotis, for the United Railways Company, I lint nnnllp.it inn would soon he beyond the age of compulsory education, that wc did not find in the ! made to the county commissioners Baptist Church Dedication. The St. Johns was dedicated in schoolroom who should by all m:atis avail themselves of the instruction there, if it is possible for them so to do. This building is located, as we said in a former mention of it, on a slight rise or knoll and in the west center of a half block so that when it becomes necessary, as it will in the near future, to build an addition it can be placed 011 the east end of the present structure uud make a symmetrical arrangement of the whole. In the basement are rooms for the children to play, one for the boys and another for the girls, where they can take exercise without going out of doors in bad weather. The building is furnished with a double McPherson furnace, a spleudid draught furnace with a fan operated by electricity. There is not the slightest occasion for the rooms being uncomfortable at any time of the year. If the weather is too warm, the cold blast may be used and if cold, the warm air from the heater is wafted into the rooms by means of the fan. At all times pure fresh atr Is kept in circulation, making the rooms healthful to the highest degree. In the recitation rooms there is abundant blackboard space and closets ure provided to each room for the care of the books, clothing, etc. of the pupils. In fact, there has been nothing left undone which would add to the comfort of the pupils or convenience of all in the building. The rooms are kept in the best of shape by the jauitor, Mr. Clark, who is as proud of his class as are the instructors in the rooms above of theirs. (Continued next week) IOOOOOOOOI GOING VISITING? IF SO, SEE THE- Portland Suburban Express Company About Your Trunks and Baggage; Prompt and efficient service. Rates right. In formation tor travelers at office of agent. Get our rates before shipping. Call us up. Phone Main 358, Portland office. STEARNS Phone Woodlawn 818. Agent at St. Johns. ooo ig Channel Mining Company f The mines of this company are located near Merlin, Joseph- iae county, Oregon one of the richest placer districts in the state. Sock for sale by W. H. KING or DANIEI CALKINS. for a right ot way to construct a railway down the Liuiitou road to the western boundary line of the county, and from thence through Washington county to Ilillsboro, It was suggested that this would be a more feasible route to reach Haptlst church an appropriate manner on bunday. Dr. J. Whit comb Urougherof Portland preached the dedicatory sermon, and his eloquent preaching was listened to by n large concourse of our inhab itants. Wc understand enough money was raised at these services to practically clear the church from debt. In the evening the services were conducted by the resident pastors of the various churches of the city and the crowded house was suffi cient evidence of die interest St. Johns people have in the promotion of ecclesiastical work in the city. The Haptlst congregation has reason to congratulate itself upon the Cornelius gap through which the completion of this handsome the proposed line to Ilillsboro will nj substantial structure. Ks pass than by running through teclally is great credit due the pas- Macleay Park, as proposed in the. tor. Rev. 15. A. Leonard, throuirh original grant lo the Oregon Trac- whose untiring efforts the new tiou company. In addition to secur-1 church became possible. The edi- T . . . j 1 r Ai 1 I.. inir an easier grade for the road in this way, a track down the west bank of the river would give inter- urban railway facilities to the rap idly growing manufacturing and residence district of the west bank of the Willamette. Left for Iowa. Ye editor, yielding to a desire to once more visit the scenes of his childhood and agaiu get his feet under the parental table, took his departure for Albia, Iowa, Satur day afternoon with a smile two feet long spreading itself over his coun tenance. As a cousequence the force is trying to get out the paper while the editor is busy hunting up the stones on which he stumped his toes in his barefoot days and washing an accumulation of print ers' ink off his form in the old swimming hole. So, we hope the Review readers will overlook any discrepancies that may occur during the two weeks of the editor's absence. Hitting Him Hard. Some miserable skunk in human form whose birth is, to say the least, doubtful, ajid whose destina tion is Hades, has distinguish him self duriug the past week by steal ing the swing ropes of the children from the park. For the good of the community we hope the thief will get tangled up and hung in the very ropes he has stolen. We deeply regret being obliged to ad mit that so miserable a wretch ex ists in our community. White Salmon Enterprise, One the Cliff Dwellers. C. A. Hickle, who is now locat ed at Cliffs, the new town along the Columbia on the North Bank railroad, was in this city Tuesday. He says things are humming in the new town. fice is nicely located and is an orna ment to the city. High Price for Pears. Medford pears this year have smashed all records for high prices iu the New York market. Cornice pears from the Rogue River valley this week sold in New York for $X per box, or $4 per half box, at auction. This means about 50 cents apiece to the retail purchaser of the fruit in the Mew York mark et. were sold, one Lewis, Hear Creek orchard, which grossed f4.622.80, and the other from J. W. Perkins' orchard, which grossed I4558. The highest price secured last season was $3,450 gross by Perkins fruit. Two cars of Medford Cornices sold, one from the C. II. Still Another Bank. the ap- We clip the following from Oregouian of Octolwr 3: The plication of v. P. Drinker of Tort land, A. K. Drinker, C. B. Russell, Alexander Sweek and P. A. Voert man to organize the Pirst National Bank of St. Johns, Oregon, with $25,000 capital has beeu approved by the Comptroller of the Currency. If this bank materializes it will mean that St. Johns will be supplied with three banking institutions. Repudiates the Map. Portland, October 5, 1907 Edi tor: We notice iu your issue of October 4th a comment 011 a cheap man recently sold by canvassers claiming that the map is a publica tion of our company. Such is not the case, and we know nothing whatever of its authors. Kindly publish some notice to this effect to onset what you nave sain wit It reference to us. The Title Guar antee and Trust Co. Bring in your job printing. Stars Defeat Wafoashcs. A ball team comprised of a sprinkling of players from various teams of the Tri-City League, styl ing themselves All-Stars (although, by the way, some of them did not live up to their title) met uud van quished the Wabash team at the local grounds Sunday afternoon. The game was 11 very lop-sided affair, ns the pride of Portland amateur clubs was unable to con nect with the ball with any degree of safety. It was only through the , generosity ot tue pitcuer lor tue Stars and the mud fingers of the second baseman who didn't star that they secured any runs at all. Our own Charlie Moore was the particular bright star of the bunch. Pour times did he wield his mighty stick with telling effect, twice for three-baggers and twice for singles. Many nice catches were made 011 both sides, and while the clubs were illy matched we believe every body got the worth of their money. Hie score was 1 5 to 0 in favor of the heavenly bodies. Beats Minnesota All Hollow. William Adams, wife and sou of Minnesota, arc the latest arrivals iu St. Johns, and have decided to make this their future home. They ore very much taken with this part of the country ana think it n great contrast to Minnesota. When they left there the denizens were wearing heavy fur coats and everything was cold, dead and dis mal, and it was a great as well as very agreeable surprise to find the grass green and the flowers still blooming iu St. Johns. Mr, Adams thinks if the jeople iu those cold eastern states could be made to realize what a delightful climate we really have the railroads could not accommodate the passengers that would come this way. Charlie Alakcs Great Record. Charlie Moore, who pitched for and was manager of the St. Johns team the past season, made the best batting record of any player iu the Tri-City league for the iiuiuIkt of times at the bat. Ills official rec ord shows that he was at bat 98 times, made 28 runs and 40 hits, his percentage being 408. This is a record that he may justly feel proud of. It is unusual for a pitcher to stand very high In the batting column of any league, but Charlie got there with both feet. A Good Sized Boil. The alcohol plant at Whitwood Court was the scene of a slight blaze Sunday morning. The pitch kettle boiled, over and for a time there was grave danger of the entire plant going up iu smoke. It required considerable hustling on the part of the employes to sub due the flames. The loss to the plant was slight. St. Johns should wake up to the realization that there is an oppor tunity knocking at their doors for one of the biggest establishments iu the city. The gentlemen who have the proposition to offer are prepared to demonstrate what they can do. They have gone to the trouble and expense to put up a small plant iu order to give n practical demonstra tion of their knowledge and ability to make good all their words. There is nothing so convincing as the handling of the goods. We have refer ence to the manufacture of Corn Plake breakfast food, Cereal coffee, and numerous other cereal products. Messrs. Page and Stanford, the originators of these new products have their plant iu operation and samples may be seen at any time. These gentlemen say they have been offered $50,000 for their secrets iu the manufacture of these goods, but they choose to operate its man ufacture themselves, which they are sure will bring In before many years more than that amount of profit to them iu u year. There are several parties iu other cities who have made them spleudid offers to locate their phut there, but they like St. Johns, like the location here, realize the advantages to he found in St. Johns for handling their prod ucts; the two railroads here, with all their connections reaching all parts of the continent, the deep harbor for the shipping of their output to foreign orts and to Pacific coast points, that will at the same time enable them to ship corn iu from the Philippines at 11 cheaper rate than they can ship it from the east, and unload right at their doors All these advantages are not to be found anywhere else, and if they can get anything like the same inducements to locate here they will do so. A certain factory manufacturing these foods in the east which is turning out 11 product that cannot compaie with that of this factory, started with 11 small gasoline stove a few years ago, now arc doing more than a million dollars worth of business iu 11 year. Their product is shipped to the coast, the coptc here have to pay the freight in addition to the price of the product. Why not luive it made here, gel it fresh from the factory, a better product than the other factory can make, because of a better process, uud ut belter prices? Mr. Page will ii'eel the people with his proposition in a few days. Some one is going to help finance this institution and are going to do so soon, It should he St. Johns men and the factory should remain here. We should have this enterprise here with its 50 to too employes on its payroll, with its dividends adding to the wealth of St. Johns, and its products adding to the commerce of the city. The little plant these gentleman have put iu is, of course, simply to show in 11 way what the products will be and cannot be exacted to do us good work as the full plant icgularly installed; but the product of this incomplete establishment will compare favorably with anything iu the market. Mr. Page says they will observe the strictest rules of cleanliness mid sanitation, No one will be ttermitted to work iu their factory who uses tobacco iu any form. 1 11 fact, they will study their employes mid select them before 11 word is said to them about work iu the factory, so that they will know their employes thoroughly as to their habits, and none will be employed who do not come up lo their standard. It is only iu this way he said that one can be sure always to put out an absolutely perfect product. We trust our business men mid men of means in St. Johns will see to it that this institution does not get away from here, but that within n few years the Oregon Corn Plake company will be shipping its prod uct by the car load to all parts of the country. There are now several gentlemen waiting to take the product. One gentleman, alone, has assured Mr. Page that he would take every pound of the output ami handle it for the company, We believe the company could be organ ized so that they could handle their own output without the intervention of the middleman, selling directly to the retailers. It would take inoru help here iu St. Johns, create a bigger payroll, but wc really think it would make a bigger revenue to the company. We certainly hope for a favorable consideration of this proposition by our coplv, M. L I I01.lt ROOK C. I:. HA 1 1.1: Y . 1 The center of the great development now taking ;j place on the Peninsula. Wc have on v a lew business lots lull on o urn ma Boulevard, which for a short time only will he sold at St. Johns Land Co. The Largest and Oldest Real Estate Finn in St. Johns. East St. Johns present prices. Some fine residence lots still on sale. Choice manufacturing sites adjoining the O. R, & N. railroad for sale on reasonable terms. Holbrookes Addition We have some choice lots in the vicinity of the new $20,000 school building now in course of construc tion. Call at our office for prices and terms for either of these desirable tracts. St. Johns Phone Uni0 3104 Oregon LEROY H. SMITH & CO. REAL ESTATE, FIRE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE Phone M 2025 Offices; Cochran lllock, St. Johns 408 Ablugtou Hldg., Portland The Rainy Season is Here. Craveucttes, Rain Coats and Overcoats made to your measure from 20 and up. Peterson ot Noce, Tailors. N-xt t Postofficc. r t