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ST. JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO YOU j GET IN THE HABIT 01 idverttilng In The Review and you'll never rend It. Be (In tt once end keep right it It To tnbcrlb (or Tb R.tfew. AU.tht mwi white It b nwt U oar motto. Can In and enroll J J i Devoted to the Interesti of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL. 4 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY to, 19c NO. 9 HUGE PROJECTS FOR 1908 GREAT PROGRESS IN ST. JOHNS DEDICATES 1. 0. 0. F. HOME Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of St. Johns Attend In a Body-Fine Program Rendered. Swift & Company Begin Construction of Their Immense Packing Plant March First Two initial projects of mammoth proportions that will open the spring construction work in Port- lnud arc the Swift & Co. packing plant ou the peninsula, and the boring of a double track railroad tunnel under the peninsula. Swift & Co. will begin construction of the buildings for their big plant be twecu March i and March 15. The Harrimau railroad tunnel will be commenced within the next . 90 days. All the keystones in its various bridge and tunnel plans now drawn bear the magic date "1908." That the year 1908 will be n great era of progress in Oregon and especially for Portland is now a certainty. Perhaps the largest industrial project already begun is the Portland plant of the Swift Packing company. The filling of the site for buildings and stock yards was b:guu some months ago, and rilling of the stockyards site of 60 acres was nbout half completed when the roads became so bad that work wns stopped for the winter. About half ot the lumber for the stockyards structures is 011 the ground. The buildings for the packing plant will be of cither con crete or brick construction. "We; expect to have the entire plant completed a year from the date of beginning construction of these buildings," said C. C. Colt, Portland manager for Swift & Co. "It has not yet been decided whether the buildings will be of reinforced concrete or brick, but they will be of fireproof construc tion." The plant will be similar in pro portions to the company's great plant at Topeka, Kansas, and will cost upwards of $500,000. It Is known that some of the largest concrete constructors in the country have been asked to make estimates of cost of that process, and the character of the building will be decided upon within the next thirty days. The manufacturing building will be six stories and will adjoin the killing building, which will be five stories. The combined buildings will have dimensions of 335x150 feet and will, it is said, cover the largest floor space of any single structure on the Paciuc coast. There will be two other factory buildings, each two stories, and about 150x50 feet in size. All tlicsc buildings will be of nonde structive materials. The railroad companies are rap idly completing preparations for putting in the needed trackage sys tem and transportation facilities for the new packing house. Boring of the Harrimau tunnel under the peninsula, which will give a water grade outlet for the Oregon & Washington railroad from Portland to Pugct Sound and an inlet for the main line of the O. R. & N. company, will be com menced within the next few weeks. Concrete firms arc now figuring on the cost of lining the big tunnel with rccuforced concrete, aud their final estimates will be submitted within the next 30 days. In view of the fact that figures on large uuJertakiugs are not made by con crete manufacturers more than 60 days in udvance of the work, it is believed that work on the tunnel entrances will be commenced very soon. Estimates are also being secured by Chief Kugiur.er Hotchke of the Hurrimaii lines ou cost of concrete construction in the widening of, approaches jiX both cuds of the steel bridge. Plans for rebuilding the steel bridge aud other plans for modifying the present bridge in the mutter of approaches aud other features have neon made. There huve also been made plans for an entire new bridge where the present steel bridge stands It is said to be most probable that the present bridge will be continued in service by widening the approaches, making turnouts that will permit trains from the tunnel and from the terminal yards to enter it ou easy curves. Portland Journal. Fred Watch of Michigan bought the business of Mr. Baker at 803 Ivuuhoc street lust week and is get ting in new stock and preparing to take care of the business of the north end of the city. Mr. Ilakcr, we understand will go to his ranch near Ilillsboro in the spring, 1907 Saw Many New Industries Established and a Building Boom-1908 will See Still Greater Progress. St. Johns is naturally blessed both in location and in depth of harbor, and much credit is due its founder, James John, for the pio neer wisdom which foresaw the future commercial greatness that must come to n city located at the junction of two such rivers as the Willamette and Columbia. If his instructions had been carried out, St. Johns today would have been far in advance of its present posi tion. However, the place has gone ahead by bounds, the past vcar being the most prosperous in its history. Business and social life atlkc have improved greatly. Many new industries have been started. Prominent among these arc the Gillcn-Chambcrs asbestos plant, the site mid building repre senting an outlay of $35,000; the Collapsible I3ox Factory, with a capital stock of $50,000; the iron foundry of I.cach Hrotlicrs; the Oregon Flake Food Company, which will manufacture several different cereal products; the Barnes woodenwarc plant, in Hast bt. Johns, and the Parrish & Thomp son cement block factory. A 1 1. s,- 000 ferry has been built aud is now in operation. Many new buildings of substantial character have been erected, among thciii being the McDonald block, the Light build ing, the Bickucr block, a $3000 skating rink aud numerous resi dences, j The city council, which took office last April, has had a hard row to hoe, but has straightened out the City Hall tangle aud com pleted this $13,000 structure, and has installed a new and complete system of bookkeeping, where a most unsatisfactory state of affairs had existed, owing to which the City Treasurer was reported at one time to be short in his accounts. The city churches ns a whole have made substantial gains. The Baptists have, with a small mem bership composed of working peo ple, erected a $4000 church and paid for it and the lot with the ex ception ot $500, nil in 1907. I he Christian church, too, is making strides. The school district has kept up with the procession, having built aud paid for a $35,000 school building iu the north end of the district, just outside the city limits, and the census just taken shows 1 108 children of school age, an increase since February last of 104, Building permits aggregating 200,000 have been issued the past year. These average $1500 each. Real estate men have had a good year, although business is now quiet owing to the season, aud arc looking forward to a better one, believing that soon the effects of the financial flurry will be forgotten and investors will come to St. Johns, drawn by its undeniable ad vantages. The first undertaking of 1908 will be (thc adoption of the new charter to be voted on January 6 aud then all will turn every energy to the securing of a city dock at least 500 feet in length, at which seagoing vessels can load and un load, and to the improvement of a main street leading from it to the center of the city. A petition is already ou file asking that a prox sition to issue bonds to the amount of $75,000 to build a dock and se cure n city park be submitted to the voters. This will be done at the next city election,, as will also, be the enlarging of tho city's boun-t darles so that they will include both I the O. R. & N. and the North Bank railways and extend ou the river side to the center of the chan nel. This will double the amount ' of taxable property and it is expect-, cd that the tax rate will be almost cut in half. The city hall grounds will be graded aud made into a lawn and a large tower for the fire- bell will be erected. Street improvements wilt be the order of the day iu 1908 and I'll i l adclphia, Tacoma, Burlington, Polk, Hartmau aud a dozen others will be graded aud sidewalks laid. New enterprises are to be started iu nil directions. The most exten sive will likely be the new gns plant, to be installed by the St. Johns Gas Light & Heat company, which nl ready has its franchise nud which will mean nn expenditure of nbout $50,000 in the next six mouths. Both telephone com panies have obtained franchises aud promise to establish sub-stntious nt once. The Commcrcinl club lias several propositions thnt it will nttemnt to push through, which wilt greatly benefit the city. Just outside the city's boundaries the Swift Packing company has stnrted nn immense undertaking. A large dredge is clearing out n channel along four miles of fine waterfront on the Oregon Slough uud with the sand and gravel thus obtained is filling in the low ground to grade with the North Bank road on which products will be loaded on to seagoing ships at the North Bank's own docks. It is reported that 150 men will be working there within 30 days and the plant will give employment to 3000 men when completed. This will cause St. Johns to tnke another long step aiicau. nvcntng l elegram. D. S. Southmayd is doing the finishing work ou the new tousorinl parlors to be occupied by Mansfield & Kncmlcin iu the Holbrook block and is doing a "smooze" job. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOi o THE TROLLEY WAY Is the only way to secure immediate delivery of your goods at the most reasonable of transportation rates. Therefore ring up the PORTLAND & SUBURBAN EXPRESS GO. Operating electric freight cars between St. Johns and Portland. We call for aud check your trunks direct to destination. Turn your trunk checks and shipping receipts over to us and your goods will receive prompt attention We have teams connecting with cars at St. Johns and Portland. Get our rates before shipping. Special rates on car load lots. Experienced and courteous employes. Phone Main 358, Portland office. Phone Main A 3358. Hunter-Larson Nuptials. ' Peddicord's Review of Kipling. OOOOOOOOOOOO First and Flanders Streets. C. W. STEARNS Phone Woodlawn 818. Agent at St. Johns. Office 105 E. Burlington street. 000( KtUbllthcd 1U1 In New York City A. U N G E R MAKKR OP TUB FAMOUS LA CADIZA, 10 cent and EL ROYAL, 5 cent Full line of Smokers' Supplies Central Cigar Store, Next to Bank. Cigar ST. JOHNS BRICK CO. Manufacturers of Clay Brick and Pressed Brick. Plastering Sand ou hands at all times. Orders solicited. The informal home wedding was celebrated at the residence of Dr. K. I Hunter aud the Misses Hunt er on Seventh street Sunday at noon, when Harry C. Hunter was married to Miss Julia Larson, of Marsh field, Ore., aud lately of San Francisco, Cal. The spacious rooms were beautifully decorated, the parlor where the ceremony took place being decorated iu white, the dining and other rooms were effectively decorated throughout with red carnations and Christmas bells. The Mendelssohn wedding march was played by Miss Minnie Lane, as the bride and groom, attended by Miss Ruby Hunter as brides- maid aud Dr. K. i Hunter, tue groom s urotner, as best man, entered the room aud were met by the officiating minister, Rev. O. II. McGill of the First Methodist church. The ring ceremony was used, the wedding party standing under a large wedding bell of white carnations. After congratulations, a substan tial wedding breakfast was served. The bride was charmingly gowned in a costume specially made for the occasion in San Francisco, and carried a large bouquet of white carnations aud asparagus fern. The happy couple left on the atternoon train for a trip to the Sound cities aud Victoria, B. C, amid the congratulations of their friends. The bride's traveling dress was a handsome one of garnet broadcloth. The presents were very numerous and costly aud make a magnificent display. A Goodly Bunch. One of the pleasant features inci dent to our visit to the Odd Fellows home dedication day was the meet' tog of a bunch of Hood River boys Among them we remember Tom Lacey, C. R. Masiker, Frank Strang, Otto Ehrck, Frank Smith, Hugh Smith, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Crosby, Chas. Tucker, Will Board man, Byron Smith and M. J. Masiker. We were dee-lighted to see the boys and trust they may all come soon to bt. J onus and see a real live town. T. T. Larson is prepared to do all kinds of shoe repairing at the ota stana, 104 w. uurungion. In the Right Direction. About seven years ogo W. J. Peddicord brought out his little book entitled Rudyard Reviewed. Since that time it has been very generally read all over the United States. We remember well the criticism Mr. Peddicord received at the hands of a few worshipers of all things English aud how well he rose above this criticism. Mr. Peddicord's review of Rudyard's slush is very generous indeed, giv ing him every consideration that is j his due, even more. Kipling's, "Tommy Atkins" would well be' called "Tommyrot." The same, may be said of more than half of his'effusions. They remind one' more of the doggerel of some pen-ny-a liner writing for an advertis ing magazine, than the writings of a man claiming the dignity of a poet. Their style is crude, their sentiment degrading, their rhythm awkward, broken; iu fact, his poems (?) as a whole take the very lowest rank among all literateurs of note; and yet, at the recent con test this Kipling was given the prize with an alacrity which would suggest the boodling operations of a San Francisco alderman. The Meanest Ever. Bill Nye had truth well told when he said: "A man may use a wart on the back of his neck for a collar button, ride on the back coach of a railroad train to save interest on his money till the con ductor gets around; stop his watch at night to save wear and tear; leave his "i" or "t" without a dot or cross to save ink; pasture his cow on his mother's grave to save corn; but a man of this sort is a gentleman and a scholar compared to the fellow who will take a news paper two or three years and when asked to pay for it puts it into the office and has it marked "Refused." We have three or four such ou our records. We are not personally acquainted with them but would like to be, for they would be a greater curiosity to us than the three-beaded dog, supposed to guard the entrance of that abode where they are destined to spend the hereafter. Fred W. Coffyn is circulating n petition to invoke the initiative ou the question of taxation. The purjiosc of the bill is to eliminate the taxes from anything except the laud. It is the old Henry George theory. There are some things which look good iu the bill, but it does not provide for certain contingencies which are sure to arise: the differentials iu valuation, the taxation of manufactures which are operated ou leased lands, these manufactures receiving the protec tion without compensation, which would be as unjust as taxation without representation. It is a move iu the right direction, but not yet what we need aud we pre dict that the measure will be voted down. We signed the petition, however, to get the measure before the people aud get them to think on this line. We believe that the result will be beneficial and that more equitable taxation will come from the agitation. To the Land of Snow. John C. Brooks left St. Johns ou Tuesday evening for Seattle and left there last night for Juneau, Alaska, on the steamer Jefferson. Brother Brooks took a sudden no tion to go, it seems, and there are hundreds of people in St. Johns who are sorry to learn of his leav ing here, and will wish him a safe return. Had Better Keep It. Geo. Campling is back home from Dayton where he has been engaged ou a building for the past week returning Tuesday. Scott Doorman, a former Hood Riverite, now living near North Yamhill, was in the city Tuesday, He is placing his fine ranch at Hood River on the market. We think Scott might do worse than to improve his Hood River ranch which is u fine one of 60 acres, well watered and alout half im proved, one of the best on the west side. Here From Canada. Walter Stadey from the land of the Canucks visited with John Mc Niven, family and other friends and relatives in St. Johns and Ore gon City the past week, returning home Tuesday evening. Bring In your printing now. We have heard many flattering remarks of the Odd Fellows home nud the members of that order are very proud of their home, but one cannot appreciate the home as it is without n visit there and n talk with the inmates who arc being cared for by the generosity of their brethren. The occasion of our visit there was the dedication of the new home building. This is a fine brick structure having two stories and bas'Mncnt 44x100 feet. The base ment is fitted up for cuisine nud diner and the first floor has a fine parlor or reception room iu the west end of the building while the remainder of the floor is divided tit) into rooms for the initiates of the home. Each room is of sufficient size to accommodate n bed, ward robe, two or three chairs, commode aud dresser. It was to furnish one of these rooms that the Laurel lodge of St. Johns made the pur chase of Cnlel Bros. The room allotted to this lodge was the one at the extreme east end of the building ou the north side of the hall. It is a splendid room, will be nice and cool iu summer mid have a fine view of the city and country. 1 he tipper floor is divided into sim itar rooms. A whole carload of Odd Fellows aud Rebekahs went from St. Johns to attend the dedicatory services Saturday morning, arriving there in good time. The services began shortly after 11 o'clock by singing the opening ode and prayer by Grand Chaplain I.eroy, aud the Grand Master of the jurisdiction of Oiegou, Richard Scott of Milwau- kie then read n short address fol lowed by the reading of a letter from President Emma Galloway stating that because of sickness aud death iu her family she was unable to attend , the dedication to repre sent the Rebekahs, and her place wns therefore vacant. Past Presi dent Ida Foster presented the sen timents of the Rebekahs. Com pliments to the faithfulness of the Rebekahs were given by every speaker aud Judge M. C. George, past grand ol Orient lodge No. 17, who nave the principal address of the occasion paid a glowing tribute to the Rebekahs for their good work aud helpfulness iu the estab lishment and improvement of the home. The addresses were interspersed with songs by different persons and the program was closed by singing tlie closing ode of the order nud benediction by Grand Chaplain I.eroy. The visitors then gnthcrcd iu the basement where n bountiful supply of the most delicious sand wiches nud coffee was furnished until all were satisfied. There must have been between 300 nud 400 present. After luncheon n great many of the guests visited the grounds and the other buildings thereon. The Odd bellows have 11 tract of seven ncres about half of which is cleared nud contains two lame frame buildings which have hereto. fore been used fur the home, and will still be used partly for the in mates of the home and for the use of the attendants. The tract of laud is beautifully situated near Woodstock where the drainage is perfect nud the improved part is set to fruit which will be almost enough to supply the home. in the Home there are a number of aged Odd Fellows nud orphan children, little tots, who if it were not for this home would be out upon the charity of u not too kind ly disposed world, but here have every comfort of n good, cheerful, happy home. The appearance of these little ones us well ns that of those 80 nud 90 years of age testify to the good work of the Odd Fel lows, n work that will reflect hon or upon the order as long as time shall last. Conventions Galore. Orcgoniaus will be busy attend ing conventions to be held iu Port laud during January. The list in-" eludes: January 13 nud 14: The Northwest Retail Harness aud Saddlery Manufacturers Associa tion; January 14, 15 aud id: Oie gou Horticultural society; January 17 and 18: Oregon State Press asso ciation; January 21 nud 33; Retail Grocers' association; January 21 nud 22: Oregon Retail Hardware & Implement Dealers' association; January 23, 24 and 25: Pacific Fed eration of Implement mid Hardware Dealers. At. L. IIOLUKOOK C. B. BAILRY 5 St. Johns Land Co. . The Largest and Oldest Real Estate Firm in St. Johns. East St Johns The center of the great development now taking place on the Peninsula. We have only a few business lots left on Columbia Boulevard, which for a short time only will be sold at present prices. Some fine residence lots still on sale. Choice manufacturing sites adjoining the O. R. & N. railroad for sale ou reasonable terms. Holbrook's Addition V We have some choice lots in the vicinity of the . 2 new $20,000 school building now in course of construe- j tion. ! Call at our office for prices and terms for either of 2 these desirable tracts. St. Johns Phone Union 3104 Oregon Clark & Wilson Lumber Co. LINNTON, OREGON Lumber Manufacturers PRICKS QUOTKD ON APPLICATION