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Devoted (o (he Interest of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest
VOL. 4
ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1908.
NO. 15
VALENTINE SOCIAL
Pleasant Evening Spent in
Social Manner.
The Y. P. S. C. E. of the Chris
tian church held n valentine social
Thursday night of last week at
the beautiful home of Mr. Miller,
ou Polk street. There were about
40 present and a very jolly evening
was spent in conversation and
games. Then a delicious lunch
was served and it was half past
midnight before the youngsters
could jar loose.
The first game was n gum chew
ing match. Each guest was
furnished a stick of gum and in
st rue ted to chew the good out of it
and then from the watl, operated
with two tooth picks, to build 1111
animal or other live object upon a
curd furnished with the gum. Wc
masticated our hunk of gum until
it began to have a fuded out tuste
niid thch began the construction of
a grasshopper. Wc were ullowcd
but 15 minutes to do the job nnd
after wotkiug the grasshopper
graft for about 13 minutes and
being unable to nuke it hop, wc
gave it a vicious j.ib or two and
labeled it "un elephant." What
was our surprise, when the judges
had canvassed the efforts to find
that wc were awarded first prize, 11
dainty heart shaped box of bon
bons. II. E. i'urker seemed the
cdTisolatiou prize. This is the first
prize wc remember having won,
consequently wc prize it very
highly.
The next game was called "A
penny for your thoughts." Each
one was given a penny and there
were 20 different articles described
which were to be found on the
penny. Miss May jounson won
first prize and George Royer re
ceived the consolation prize.
After staying just as long as wc
could stand it we went home wish
ing our genial host ull the good
things that come to such fellows,
among tltc rest a real nice, good
little woman to take care of his
bachelor quarters, and wc think,
this wish will be realized one of
these days, and then we will not
do a thing to Mr. Miller.
MORE FOOL REFORM
Great Piece of Foolishness in
Marine Legislation.
The Railway and Marine News
in a well written article under the
ship builders. Instead of doing so,
however, it is killing the United
States Merchant Marine and unless
the necessary legislative action is
taken to prevent there will soon be
no American ships doing business.
The sections quoted by the News
reads as follows:
Section 348, entitled "Disabll-
shores for different countries to pay
for the service of these foreign ves
sels which would better be paid to ,
our own people. The time will I
come when this leakage will be felt j
so severely that legislation will
come to stop It; but the pity of it;
all is that nothing but the dire ex-
perience will teach our lawmakers. I
debase or in any way injure the
reputation or character of our cit
izens wc are compelled to look
upon that man as either n rogue
or a fool, and the chances arc that
he is both.
Wntch the label on your paper.
THAT ROCK CRUSHER
Would Prove a Paying Propo
sition for City
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Reading from left to right, top row Ryder Cormanv. Archie Smock. Vnlkvrln Larson. Ernest Crnnchlev. Klen ITntl imvnv. Until Punrii'lit.
Second row Eva lidmondson, Catharine Coffyn, Earl Croucllley. Miss Edna liailey (teacher), Arkie Anderson. Jeaunette Onden, Alex. Kerr.
third Row Iloyd Culp, rrincip.il Altlerson, Nell Whistler, Gertrude Ualdwin, Gertrude Negstatl.
Ina Peterson.
Iiottoin row I.cna Pinch, Jesse Altlerson,
caption: "Upbuild the Merchant
Marine" presents one of the biggest
iileccs of foolishness in marine leg
station wc know of. Of course
it is easy to see the intention of the
law which was to protect American
toooooooot
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 and 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.
Phoue Maiu 358, Portland office.
Phoue Main A 3358.
First and Flanders Streets.
W. STEARNS
Phone Woodlawu 818. Vgent at St.
Office 105 E. Burlington street.
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Johns.
ities of Eoreigudiuilt Shins says:
"It should be understood that lor-eigu-built
vessels not registered,
enrolled or licensed under the laws
of the United States, although
Wholly owned by citizens thereof,
can not legally iintxrt goods,
wares or merchandise from foreign
ports and are not allowed in the
coasting trade."
Section 349 provides that: "On
arrival from a foreign port undoc
umented foreign-built vessels, If
laden wltli goods, wares or mcr
chaudi.se. may with their
Opposed to Reform.
be subject to forfeiture. R. S
2497. If in ballast only they
be subject to a discriminating
uageduty. R. S. Sec. 4319."
This means that a foreign built
vessel owned by an American com
ing into an American port laden Is
subject to confiscation by the gov
ernment, while if the vessel was
owned by a foreigner she could
come in and unload without any
but the regular tariff upon her. It
looks as if our law makers were
getting "fooler aud fooler" all the
time.
The result is that Americans are
turning to every other avenue to
employ their time and money but
the Merchant Marine, and that
branch of the public service is
leing done by foreigners. Millions
of dollars every year leave our
Recently wc were talking to one
of our prominent citizens in refer
ence to some of the features of the
coming campaign, some of the
questions to be settled at that time.
This gentleman remarked that he
was sick nnd tired of this damned
reform business, that there was
too much hypocrisy in the reform
movcTcnt, too many grafters in it.
It Is just possible there may be
cargoes some grafters mixed up in it, but
Laundry Changes Hands.
Sec. I we have never seen a baud of
will horse thieves organizing "regula-ton-!
tors" for the purpose of eradicat
ing the horse thieves. That there
may be some hypocrites among the
reformers is not to be wondered at
when we find them in the very
highest places in the churches,
among the most honored nnd hon
orable business men, but that does
not signify that all members ot the
churches or that all business men
are rogues and hypocrites.
So long as there is rottenness and
dishonesty in politics, in business,
in the legislative and judicial sys
tems of our nation, so long will
there be a hearty welcome to all
reformers whose object is to remove
the same, aud when we hear men
cursing tlie reformers and advocat
ing that which tends to degrade,
II. I). Whitman of Monmouth,
Ore., recently purchased the West
Const laundry and has moved his
family to St. Johns. He took
charge of the laundry this week
aud is remodeling and refitting the
plant so that it will do first class
work. Mr. Whitman has had
many years' experience In the
laundry business nnd will be able
to give our people first class service.
He has 11 most admirable location
and we predict for him abundant
success when he once gets his plr.nt
III full nlwrnttmi Tllu Iti n itirtvt
estimable family aud we are
to welcome them to our city.
glad
New Fire Alarm.
Now, will you Ik good? There
was n fire in the basement of the
Portland Railway Light & Power
Company building one day this
week aud the heat started one of
those peiiuy-iu-the-slot phonograph
machines to the tunc of "Love me
and the world is mine." This
attracted some workmen who dis
covered the fire and extinguished
it. Had it not been for this ma
chine the entire building might
have been consumed.
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A. U N G E R
MAKKR OF T1IK 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 on bands at all times. Orders solicited.
H.HENDERSON 205 Jersey St
Real Estate, Loans, Insurance
Abstracts of Title Prepared. Accurate Work Guaranteed.
Whitwood Court
The grandest view in America
ToSce Whitwood Court is to Buv
Lots ... $100 to $300
Acre tracts 200 to 300
RICHARD SHEPARD & CO.
110 N. lercpv Street. St. Inline Orocrnn
1 he matter of securing rock for
our streets is one of the most ser
ious confronting us nt this time.
We will need some this coming
summer and the price that is being
charged is prohibitive. The offer
made last week to the city council
by the Indiana company is the best
by far that has been made yet and
the fact that they have n plant in
operation at Dallas, Polk county,
where it can be inspected nnd n
certain knowledge of the working
of the crusher gained nt such n
little expense makes this proposi
tion one worm looking into.
There is not the shadow of a
doubt but the rock crusher will
save enough to pay for itself many
times in the next ten years if it is
purchased aud put into operation.
With a free ferry the rock crushed
by the city rock crusher would
bring the rock into the city nt n
minimum. We could secure rock
here nt n less price than Portland
could with her convict labor.
Steps should be taken nt once, too
to secure n crusher for it will
take something like Co to 90 days
to install the same after beimr or
dered nnd by that time we will be
wanting to spread the rock ou our
streets. We hope the committee
who have this under ndvisement
will recommend nt the next meet
ing the immediate purchase of u
crusher.
THE FERRY QUESTION
Company Should Receive All
it Cost at Least
made
boat,
This
Will Aid Livestock Industry.
The positive assurance that
Swift & Company nnd other great
packing companies will locate enor
mous plants nt St. Johns will give
nu impetus to the livestock Indus
try ot nil this txHtiou of the United
States. The location of these pack
ing houses will ndd to the value of
the holdings of every breeder and
producer of cattle, sheep, hogs and
poultry, nud the dairy products of
Oregon will be trebled nud find n
market in every part of the world.
Wntch St. Johns grow this year.
The ferry comnanv has
their offer to the city for the
James Johns, $18,002.7';.
docs not include the npnroaches
which represent some Stooo or
f35oo more. This looks to n man
who knows nothing nbout the mat
ter to be n very high price, nnd
from what we can learn the com
pany has been to n great deal of
expense more thnn they should
have in the construction of the
boat, which raised the figures con
siderably higher thnn they would
have been lmd everything worked
smoothly. The company declares
this is the expense of building the
boat and putting her into commis
sion nud that it does not include
the labor of some of the members
of the company for n number of
months which they charge nothing
for nud that no charge is made for
the franchise either.
Personally, we would like to sec
the company get every dollar they
put into the boat but we would
not be In favor of giving any bonus
for taking the boat off their hands
for the reason that it is not yet ou
n paying basis nud the company at
this stage of the game would be
doing exceedingly well to dispose
of the boat at what it cost them.
One thing Is certain wc must have
n free ferry, nud we do not wish to
have the city buy another boat in
stead of this one nud operate it
free thus putting this company out
of business with the boat ou their
hands.
Hove Yon Registered ?
Say, have you registered? If
not, do so ns enrly ns possible.
Register, whether you wish to vote
or not. Perhaps nt the last mom
ent you will wish to enst your vote.
It will be little trouble to register
now, but if you have to hunt up
six freeholders to help you swear
In your vote It will be n peck of
trouble full measure, nud If you
are late nbout it the polls may
close before you have made the
necessary swear.
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St. Johns Land Co,
The Largest and Oldest Real Estate Firm
in St. Johns.
East St. Johns
The center of tltc 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.
borne hue residence lots still ou sale.
Choice manufacturing sites adjoining the O.
railroad for sale ou reasonable terms.
R. &
N,
Holbrook's 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 Union 3104 QregOIl
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Phone Kast 63 11
203 Jersey Street St. Johns, Ore. f
Clark & Wilson Lumber Co.
LINNTON, OREGON
Lumber Manufacturers
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