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1 T ST. JOHNS GUT IN THE HABIT f IT'S NOW UP TO YOU To tutwcrtbe (or Th Rtrlew. AU.Ihe nw whlk It ii newt U ear motto. CU In and .nroll Of aJvertlttnji In The Kolow and you'll nevtr regret It. tie tin nt once and ktcp right at It Devoted to (he Interest of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOI,. 4 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6. 1908. NO. 17 KC V IE W UNIVERSITY PARK Interesting Budget that Arriv ed too Late for Last Issue. CHANGES OWNERSHIP There has been quite a bit of sickness in this vicinity. Mr. nud Mrs. Martin Rand have just recovered from a scigc of the grip. Also Mrs. Clclland was quite sick a few days, but vc are pleased to hear she is much better. Harvey Rand, who has been sick with grip is able to resume his position in Mr. Thurmau's store. We are pleased to see Henry Thurman at his place in the store again, as he has been sick for some time, having had the grip in a very bad form. He got some better but took a relapse. However, he is back looking his old self. The Congregational minister, Mr. VonLubkcn, is having a house built near Columbia Park. J. E. Drous has charge of the carpenter work. The Epworth League of the Methodist church gave a cantata at the Artisan hall Friday evening. The hall was crowded. The young people of the Baptist church gave an entertainment Mon day evening. They had the mixed quartet from the Second Baptist church, and the singing was flue. Mr. Nagcl of l-'iskc street is building a large residence. Mrs. S. McCord and daughter Hazel have returned from a two weeks' visit at Carlton, where they have been visiting Mrs. J.L. Brigg. Mr. Gillman of University Park has rented the Van Emmoii house on Willis Boulevard. Mr. Hanson of Haven street Potter & Goold Sell Hard ware Store to D. R. Norton. Last Friday was closed a deal whereby the stock of hardware formerly owned by Potter & Goold passed into the hands of D. R. Norton, recently from Echo, Ore. We were intimately acquainted with Mr. Norton for a number of years before he went to Echo and wc can most heartily commend him to our people as a gentlemen of en crgy, good judgment, and as honest as the day is long. More than this, he is a genial, jolly, good fellow, whose acquaintance our people will all wish to cultivate. lie shows his good judgment in coming to St. Johns and wc urc sure that in all their dealings with him our people will be able to testify that wc have told the truth in all else wc have said. Wc do not know just what Messrs. Potter & Goold will do, and wc hardly think they arc finally decided as yet, themselves. Wc, hope, however that they may find it to their advantage to remain with us, for wc will regret very much if they decide to leave St. Johns. ST. PETER AT THE GATE Poem Published at Request of a Review Friend. made quite an improvement on place this winter. Martin Rand has gone to River to spend a few days. St. Johns in 1908 (Njr Hummlc Swengcl.) St. Johns is a fair little city, it is growing very fast. This city is on a pcniusu!a,bctwccn the Willamette river and Columbia rivers. The city has thtcc lumber mills, woolen mill, city water with three I large water tanks holding about 30 lias I thousand gallons each, one good lij9 harness shop, two hardware stores, two grocery stores and two school Hood I buildings. St. Johns is about 9 or 10 miles Miss Mildred Buglcy is visiting her relatives in University Park. Oregon Fern. frnni Pnrtlnml. It luia n irrwt l(r. trie line from Portland to St. JohnSj the street cars run every 15 min utes, Sundays every ten minutes. I St. Johns also prints a good paper Look at your label, and if you called St. Johns Review, arc over a year behind the first of I The Northern Pacific railroad is April please hook up for another .running a road through East St. year's run with us. We will make Johns from Portland to Spoka e. the paper better as the days go by I It has a free library and the and you cannot afford to do with nicest city hall in the country for a out it. 'city ot its size. A good friend requests us to print the following poem, and as it is pretty good and should serve as a warning to our blessed lady friends, wc comply, just adding this admonition, that if they wish to be happy by and by, be good to the old man now: St Peter stood guard nt the Golden Gate, With n soletu iticln and nn ftlr scdntc, When up to the top of the golden stair A man and a woman, ascending there, Applied for admission. They came and stood Ilcforc St. Peter, so great and Kd, In hopes the city of tcncc to win- To ask St. Peter to let them In. The woman was tall, and lank and thin, With n scraucv bcartllct upon her chin. The man was short, and thick ami stout, Ills stomach was mint so It rounded out. Ills face was pleasant, and all the while He wore a kindly and ecntle smile. The choirs in the distance the echoes awoke. And the man kept still while the woman spoke. Oh, thou who gunrdest the gate," said she. "Wc come hither beseeching tlicc To let us enter the heavenly land, And play our harps with the angel baud. Of inc. bt. Peter, there Is no doubt. There's nothing from heaven to bar me out, I've been to mcctlnc three times a week. Amlfllmokt ntwnys I'd rise and cnk. "I've told the sinners about the day, wncii mcv 11 icncni 01 weir evi wav: I've told my neighbors I've told 'cm all iiotii Adam ami live, ami me primal inn; I've shown them what they'd have to do If they'd pass In with the chosen few; I've marked their milt of duty clear, I.nld out the plan lor their whole career. "I've talked and talked to 'cm loud and long, I'or my lungs arc gocd and my voire Is strong. So, good bt. Peter, you'll clearly sec The gate of heaten Is open to me. Hut my old man, I regret to say, Hasn't walked exactly in the narrow way He smokes and he swears, and grave faults he's gnt, And I don't know whether he'll pass or not. And said to the Imp who atuwered the bell "Kscort this Iaily around to Hell." The man stood stilt as n piece of stone, Stood sadly, gloomily, there alone. A lifelong settled idea lie had, That his wife was good and he wits bud. He thought if the woman went down below, That he would certainly have to go That If she went to the regions dim, There wasn't a ghost of a show for him, Slowly he turned by habit bent, To follow where the woman went, St. Peter standing on duty there. Observed Hint the top of hit head was lure He called the gentleman back and said: "l'ricnd, how long have you been wed?" "Thirty years." (with a weary sluhl And then he thoughtfully asked him Why?" St. Peter was silent. With head bent down, lie raised his hand nud scratched his crown. Then seemed n different thought to take. Slowly, Halt to Uimscll, lie spake, "Thirty years with that 0ma11 there? No wonder that man hasn't any hair! Swcarlnt! is wicked. Smoke's no cooil, He smoked and swore I should think he would! "Thirty years with that tongue so sharp! Hot Angel Gabriel! Give him 11 harp! A lewclcd ham with a ttoldcu strlni! Good sir, pass in where the angels slngl uanrici, give mm a scat mono One with a cushion, up near the throne! Call up Mine nugcls to slug their ticst, Let him enjoy the music and rest. "See that on the finest ambrosia he feeds lie's had about all the hell he needs, It isn't hardly the thing to do, To roast him on earth nud the future too." They gave strings, A glittering robe mid n w:r of wings, And lie said ns he entered the realms of day, "Well, this beats cucumbers, auywayl" And so the Scrltitnrc has come to iass. That "The last shall le first and the first shall be last." OUT FOR RE-ELECTIOM R. D. Sigler Will Again Make the Run for Assessor. him a harp with golden Better Leave Them Alone. "lie never would pray with an earnest vim, Or ko to a revival, or loin a hymn. i So I had to leave him in sorrow there, .While I, with the chosen, united In prayer. lie ntc what the pantry chose to afford, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 8 THF " 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 . Weiave 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. First and Flanders Streets. C. W. STEARNS Phone Woodlawu 818. Ageut at St. Johns. Office 105 E. Burlington street. IOOOOOOOOOOOC A Miit nt Salem is bound to be noticed. Thomas Covert a young ) man took some patent medicine, his teeth came out, he lays it to the me dicine and will now proceed to .sec ure damages if possiblcand the loss of his teeth certainly ought to be suf ficient to make them if the respons ibility is placed. An analysis of the medicine will of course be made and much will dcpcmi upon the con tents nud the testimony of expert.". Whatever the result people do well to Ik careful in' the use of strange patent medicines. Albany Demo crat. They would do better to B. D. Sigler, assessor of Multno mah county, yesterday filed his declaration to enter the coming primary election for nomination on the Republican ticket as a candi date for the office which he tto'v holds. Mr. Sigler is completing his first term ns Assessor, and lies asked that the following words bt printed on the ballot opposite li.fi name: "Uqttitablc assessment o all property, regardless of owner ship. Present policy continued." If elected I will endeavor to assess all property equitably re gardless of ownership," said Mr. Sigler last night. "Thot is my platform, and it is the same prin ciple on which I have endeavored to conduct the office during my in cumbency. I simply leave it to the citizens of Multnomah county to judge by my record whether or not I have followed this policy." Speaking of the conduct of the assessor's office, Mr. Sigler called attention to the fact that during his term public utility franchises were assessed for the first time. He also showed that during the present year nine public utility corporations 111 this county will pay 5310,348, or $1000 for each business day, more in taxes limn they did in 100.1, the year before Mr. Sigler took the office. While the rate of taxation was 40 mills in 190.1, the present rate is only 14.2 mills. 1 lie total personal assessment of the nine corporations mentioned by Mr. Sigler wns $2,548,005 in 1004 and $29,033,055 for 1907, an in crease of $26,484,960. The item ized increase in the crsonal assess ment of these corporations is ns follows: HtUSONAI. I'KOl'ltKTV ONLY. 1907 UNIVERSITY SALARIES What the State University Of ficials Receive. While I, In my purity, sang to the I.ord, I crnl 'ey .woul(l " And If cucumbers were all lie got, leave them alone, as 99 out of It's a chance if he merited .them or not. "Uut oh! St. I'ctcr, I love him so. I To the pleasures of heaven please let him go, I've done enough a saint I've been, , Won't that ntonr? can't you let him In? llv my grim gospel I know 'tis so, (That the unrepentant must fry lelow, , Hut isn't ttarc some way you can see, ihn viiivi ' m v ft kvsi 1 v "It's a narrow gospel by which I pray, Hut the chokcn expect to find some way, Of coaxing, or fo illng, or bribing you, So that their relations can amble thru. And say, St. I'etcr, it seems to me, This gate isn't kept as it ought to be. You ought to stand right by the opening there, And never sit down In that easy chair. "And say, St. Peter, my sight Is dimmed Hut I don't like the way your whiskers are trimmed; They're cut too w ide and outward toss, They'd look better narrow, cut straight across, Well, we must tie going, our crowns to win, So open St. Peter and we'll pass in!" So St. Peter sat and stroked his staff, Hut in spite of his office he hail to laugh' Then said with a fiery gleam in his eye, "Whose tending this Ratewayf you or I?" And then he arose in his stature tall, And pressed a button upou the wall, IOO are fakes. KiUUlihcd 1S81 In New York City A. U N G E R MAKKR OF THK FAMOUS LA CADIZA, 10 cnt 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 oh kands at all times. Orders solicited. MtttUMIMf H. HENDERSON 205 st ! Real Estate, Loans, Insurance Abstracts of Title Prepared. Accurate Work Guaranteed. Tobacco Always Clean. Did you ever notice that tobacco is always clean? If a man drops a piece of meat, no matter how clean the floor may be, he will either give it a kick or pick it up and lay it to one side. lie will never eat it. But let him drop his plug of to bacco on the ground and no inf erence how dirty the spot where it fell, he will pick it up and give it a careless wipe on his coat sleeve or the bosom of his pants and then take a chew with a greater relish thau ever. Kx. A Streak of Bad Luck. Ieoti Colwell recently fell and broke his wrist. I.ast week he was paid his indemnity from one of the local lodges and a day or two later he fell and broke the same wrist in a new place. He has the sympathy of his friends. 190.1 Portland Oas Co. f 183,360 Portland Railway Co. H1H.70.S Telephone Co. 3jj,oj O. It. & N. Co. 617,0.) N. P. It. It. Co. 110,055 Port. Gen. l'.lcc. Co. ito.i.V) Southern Pacific Co, iji,.Vo O. W. P. Co. aij.frw N. P. Terminal Co, 37,565 fi,J4J.7.V -t.oHjyxo 886,jjo 18,878170 776,560 1, 306,5(10 JIK),J)0 5H,005 198,680 Total fj.548.005 $29,0,33,035 Live C. E. Society The president of the University of Oregon receives nil annual sal ary of $3,000, ns against $10,000 paid at the Univcisity of California $4,500 nt the University of Wash ington and $5,000 nt the Oregonl agricultural college. The nverngc maximum salary paid professors in state universities is $3,000 as com pared with a maximum at the Uni versity of Orecou of S2.000. Onlv eight professors receive $2,000: nine receive $1,600, and the rest of the instructional force receive from f 1,200 to $300. The present condition of the Uni versity of Oregon is deplorable, v-mss rooms ami laboratories are overcrowded. The heating plant is inatiet mate to neat all tlie build ings. The library is wholly with out lights and the girls' dormitory ctimot be tisctl on account of lnek of heat. The department of geol ogy 1ms been without n head since the death of Dr. Condon. It is impossible to renew expiring con tracts lor fuel, light ami water. No wages were paid in October, No vember and December. A CLASS PARTY Pleasant Gathering at Home of Air. and Airs. Keeler. Will Visit Vancouver. Laurel Lodge I. O. 0. K. will go in n body and visit the Odtl Fellows nt Vancouver n week from next Friday, March 13th. They always have n good time there and all of the boys here who wish to go should Ik: at the next lodge meeting here, next Monday evening and notify the committee so that ar rangements can be made to take care of them. Visiting brothers are invited to join the gang for a good social visit to the Washing-toiiiaus. Brother Alllls Happy. Mrs. WnyueL. Mills, wife of Atchitcct Mills with their son. ar rived from Grand Rapids, Mich, Saturday evening and Brother Mills is again a happy man. A pleasant gathering was held nt the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Kcclcr, Stewart street, Friday evening, February 21, when the Sunday school class of young men taught by Mr. Keeler entertained the class of young ladies taught bv Mrs. Huston nt n Washington's birthday party. The bows havinrr challenged the class of young ladies to tltc largest membership, nud be ing on the sale beaten, they treated them to a dainty collation of .sand wiches, cakes and coffee. The house was tastefully decorated with flags and festooning of the national colors. Will Hold Grand Ball. The Modern Woodmen of Auicr ica nre planning for n grand nail on Saturday, March 21st, at llickuer's hall. They report just the finest kind of n time nt their ball last week nud we hear inanv others saying the same thing of the ball. mere was it good attendance, a very plensant time, good music. and everything to make the occas ion enjoyable. This bunch has a name for giving good entertain ments whenever they undertake it. A Very Gootl Showing. . Did you ever count up to see how many manufacturing establishments there are in the citv? I. II Can- right made n summiuir m of these establishments last week mid ex cluding all repair shops, stores res taurants ets simply taking into ac count maufneturiug institutions found there were iust 22. Not a bail showing for little St. Johns. Just wait 11 year or two nud count again. it will make this look like 30 cents. Aloney Wanted. $3800 or $aooo for ten vears or less, nt 7 jh.t cent interest payable monthly; gootl security. Apply at this ollicc. At the business meeting of the 5 C. H. of the Christian church, held X at the home of J. A. Cole, n most enjoyable time was exKrieucetl by ' those present. The business of the JJ evening took up nil the time, nud there was 110 time left for games. Miss Vera Holland, who is a won- ,2 derfully fine pianist for the experi- i eucc she has had, favored the C. '2 Hs, with 11 number of pieces which z were executed most excellently. ', $ within the past six mouths, and 1 embers are being ntlded every I week. t Al. L. HOUIIiOOK c. 12. IJAH.RV Next Tuesday evening there will ' be presented in the Bickuer hall the! cantata "Ksther," one of the most beautiful musical productions ever put 011 the stage. This will be given under the auspices of the M. K. ladies, and should meet with a crowtled house. r Whitwood Court The grandest view in America ToSee Whitwood Court is to Btv tots ... $100 to $300 Acre tracts 200 to 300 RICHARD SHEPARD & CO. St. Johns Land Co. The Largest and Oldest Real I;s(atc Finn 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 resideuce'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 Pnono Union 3I04 QregOIl I 1 . t 1 l t v t 1 t t ft t t- EDMONDSON CO., Plumbing and Tinning Phone Kast 631 1 203 Jersey Street St. Johns, Ore. T I Clark & Wilson Lumber Co. LINNTON, OREGON Lumber Manufacturers PRICKS QU0TI5D ON APPLICATION