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ST. JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO YOU To subtcrlb lor Tht Rtvkw. AU.thc ncwi whll It U newt U our motto. CM In and enroll GET IN THE HABIT Of idvcrtUIng la The Revbw nJ)ou'll never regret It. Bt" tin t once end keep right it It Devoted (o (he Interests of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL. 4 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 13. 1908. NO. 18 PUBLIC SCHOOL REPORT Detailed Statement Concerning the St Johns Schools that Should Prove of interest. There lias been a decrease in attendance in both the grammar nud high schools this month a net decrease in the high school of 13 and in the grammar school of 22, but the punctuality iti both schools has increased materially. The interest in the work and the "esprit uu corps" is stronger than ever with the pupils. The athletic exercises given at night in the auditorium of the central school is having a good result upon the pupils of that school and Principal Aldcrsou is to be commended for his efforts along this line. HIGH SCHOOL. Number of days taught during mouth 20 Whole number of days attendance 2791 yl Whole number of days absence 5'4 whole number of times late .' 11 Number of pupils neither absent nor late 73 Average number of pupils belonging 146.8 Average daily attendance 139.5 i'cr cent 01 attendance 95 Number of visits by parents 39 Number of visits by members of sclioolboard o Number of pupils remaining last month, girls 75, boys 80. . 155 Total enrollment this month girls 84 boys 88 172 Increase in enrollment, girls 9, boys 8 17 Uroppcu from enrollment, girls 14, boys 10 30 Net decrease in enrollment, girls 5, boys 8 13 Remaining, girls 70, boys 72 142 O.AKA A. Boss, Principal. OKAMMAK SCHOOL. Number of days taught during month Whole number of days attcudnucc Whole number of days absence Whole number of times I tc . Number of pupils neither absent nor late .... Average number of pupils belonging Average daily attendance Per cent of attendance Number of visits by parents , Number of visits by sclioolboard Total remaining lust month, girls 265, boys 241 Total enrollment this mouth girls, 290 boys 268 Increase in enrollment girls, 25 boys 27 Dropped from roll girls 33, boys 34 Net decrease Remaining girls 257, boys 334 W. C. Ai.mtKSON, Principal. 20 9484 XA 4i5 1 1 494-5 474.1 96.2 36 3 535 558 52 67 15 49 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQ 8 TWF TDHI I FVIAAV 8 IBM mmmmm ww Q 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. IMPROVE IT TORIVER'S EDGE The Good Work Already Under Way on Philadelphia Street Should not Cease Until This has Been Accomplished Now that work is commenced on Philadelphia street it reminds us that it should not be stopped until the improvement reaches the water front. If the present council wish cs to immortalize itself; if the indi vidual members wish to ingratiate themselves in the good graces of the people; if they wish to do the best work of their lives for the city auu incidentally tor their own advancement financially, if they arc property owners, they will work tooth and toe nail for the improvement of Philadelphia street to the water front and the erection of n city dock there. There is little doubt that the people will vote the bonds for the dock n d the improvement of the street should be gotten under way as early as possible so that when the dock is completed the street will be ready for use. In this way the city will reap the benefit of this bit of progressive work at the earliest possible moment. It will take some time to get ready for active operations on the street, so that it is important that the initial steps should be taken as early as possible in order that the work may be completed before the bad weather next fall. Then we .will be able to receive and forward freight to and from all points of the outside world without experiencing the vexatious delays and extra expense of the shipment through Portland. The saving of freight to the mer chants in n very few years will more than cover the cost of the imnrovemcut of the streets and the building of the docks and the mer chants can well tlividc this saving with the people so that the money will eventually come back into the pockets of those who have to pay for the improvements. There is not a man in the city who will not bo benefitted in a hundred ways by the improvement of Philadelphia street and the erection of the dock. Let us nil work for this end. Some arc making the objection that the railroads could not and would not get into this dock if it was erected where it is proposed. The most of these kickers we have heard arc but those who kick at every thing that is being done, anyway, so they do not count. They would kick if they by some mistake should be admitted into heaven. The grade of the streets would not suit them, the gold pave mcnt would not be of the requisite fineness. If it was 20 carats fine it would wear too fast; if it was but ten, it would tarnish too easily, and they would kick nud keep kicking until the police would haw to throw them out nud scud them down where they belong. There are a few sensible people who listen to these kickers and lc lievc them nud arc led nstray uuti they have an opportunity to learn the merits of the question. So, do not believe every kicker ngaiusl this improvement you hear shoot ing off his bazzoo, but look care fully into the matter, look nt the great saving there wilt be in freights on anything that can come by water, the saving of time by cutting out the delay in getting through Portland, nud remember this, that although the railroads may not come into this dock at once, when the business develops so that there Is money in it for the railroads or there is n prospect shown that it will so develop you could not keep the railroads out. They are not built that way. O Phone Woodlawn 818 8 OOOOOOOOOOOO Phone Main 358, Portland office. Phone Main A 3358. First and Flanders Streets. C. W. STEARNS Office 105 K. Burlington street. OOOO 8 Agent at St. Johns. O I- 51 0000000000 Here's a Good One. Hardly a week passes but some advertising "fakir" visits Rose- urg, carries oil from the city all the way from f 100 to $200 from our merchants, nud passes on down the line working his "skin ' game to a finish. You are charged by these fellows four times the amount it would cost you to carry the same advertisement in your home papers for several mouths. These fellows spend no money with you, but on the contrary do their utmost to get out of town well satisfied with "working" the business man and the printer, too, to the "Queen's taste." All these "leeches" have "the best advertising scheme go ing," to hear them tell you of it, but when it comes down to the actual truth, it is simply a bunco game to fleece the unsuspecting merchant. Advertise in your home paper and thereby patronize those who assist you and your home city to prosper. There is not a paper published in the entire county that cannot give you better results in one issue than you can get from all the "fake" advertising submitted by these "peddlers" in a year and that, too at fair and legitimate prices. Roscburg Review. J. T. Mayes, so a letter to friends here informs us, is suffering from 11 sprained back caused by a fall nud has not been able to work for the past three weeks He received his tall shortly after arriving at his lacer mine in boutheru Oregon. Vote for University Bill. The act increasing the state ap propriation for the University of Oregon to $125,000 jier annum, which net was held up by the refer endum and will be submitted to the voters of the state next June, should be supported by every citi zen of Oregon who feels a pride in Ids state. Thut till' referendum should have been invoked 011 n measure for the support of the chief educational institution of the stntc is cause enough for shame, and the majority for the appropri ation when the question comes to a vote in June should be so over whelming as to prove an unmistak able rebuke to those who held the measure up, and at the same time forever discourage the calling of n referendum vote on an appropria tion for the advancement of our educational interests. Oregouians should feel a pride in having their state university ns good as any in the Northwest, and the old appropriation of $.17,500 was wholly inadequate to maintain it. The appropriation of $125,000 which was provided by the act was not as generous a support as Idaho and Washington gave their univer sities last year, but it would have made possible many needed im provements, and was a step in the right direction. The people of the state should show their approval by voting for the appropriation, and against the mossbackism which begrudges the money spent for education. The greatest objection to this bill has been removed by the publicity of the manner in which the funds of the institution are being handled. There seems to be the greatest care taken that the funds be tint mis appropriated and every safeguard Is placed about them that they may be utilized and in an econom ical manner. The End is Near. Have you registered? Well, don't fail to do so nt the earliest opportunity. The registry nt the city hall will be kept oeii Tuesday nud Saturday nights to give labor ers and others an opportunity who cannot come through the day. If you are not able to swear in your vote 011 election day, you will have no one to blame but yourself if you neglect to register when you have every opportunity to do so now. FIRST OF ITSKIND HERE Pioneer Structure Constructed of Hollow Cement Blocks by Messrs. Mason & Urban We present herewith n picture of the neat little office building occu pied by L. II. Smith & Co. nud J. 15. Colvin ns real estate offices, nud II. li. Collier as a law office. This is one of the neatest and most com fortable office buildings in the city. It is the first hollow cement block building erected in St. Johns and we hone that it will be the forerunner of many more built of the same material, for there Is nothing so sub- Miss Lillian McVicker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. 15. McVicker, formerly residents of St. Johns, won the cash prize of $15 in the orntorlcal contest ut Dallas recently. Miss McVicker is a .student of the Dallas college and will complete the classical course in June. Win ning first honors 011 this occasion entitles Miss Lillian to represent the college nt the state contest to be given later on. Mrs. S. K, Simpson was taken ill witli omethiug like dropsy Sat urday nud is still under the doctor's enre. K.UMLhed 1U1 In New York City A. U N G E R MAK1JR OH THIi 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. j H.HENDERSON 205 jy st ; Real Estate, Loans, Insurance Abstracts of Title Prepared. Accurate Work Guaranteed. , For seat work, good material and reasonable prices The Review job printing department cannot be beaten. r j Whitwood Court j The grandest view in America ToSee Whitwood Court is t0 By Lots . . . $100 to $300 Acre tracts 200 to 300 RICHARD SHEPARD & CO. 11HN lorcot tfoor Ct Inh -mw m mm wji n a w l a . w .m, t m m m m m m m mm m m m m mr m. v V . 1 , ?r stnntial iu building material as these hollow cement blocks, provided tiiey are made up rigiu. The blocks for this structure were furnished by Mason & Urban. whose factory is advertised in the Kevlew. These gentlemen make first class blocks and this little building stands ns a monument to their handiwork. The gentlemen occupying the rooms iu this building arc to be congratulated on their good fortune in securing such n neat nud comfortable habitat. Pave Jersey Street. There is n good joke being told on two of our gay and festive young business men, who go by the names of Tom and Mack. They were over at Vancouver with n fine pair of drivers and returning through the rain the other night beenme chilled, and driving up to Dan's Grill left the team standing without hitching, went iu to get n hot lunch. Ah it was lunch time for the horses they started for Jack- sou's barn nt 11 record making pace. One ol them reached the barn all right, but the other fell, stuck fast iu the mud 011 South Jersey and the buggy jumped 011 him and held him down until the gay boys came up nud released him, Iu the operation one of the boys got stuck in the mud so that he was extricated with the greatest difficulty. Then they repaired to the genial hostelry of llredeson & Kthcridgc where they dried up the mud they hnd absorbed from the street, and there nre now two new converts to the faith of concrete or paved streets. If you want job printing done nt once, bring it in now. Al. I,. II0I.BR00K C. IS. HAII.BV t St. Johns Land Co. 1 The Largest and Oldest Real Estate Firm in St. Johns. $ East St. Johns The center of the great development now taking $ place on the 1'cuiu.sula. $ We have outy a few business lots left on Columbia Boulevard, which for a short time only will be sold at present prices. vSome fine residence lots still on sale. Choice manufacturing sites adjoining the 0. R. & $ N. railroad for sale on reasonable terms, w new ? tion. HnlhmnL AHHihnn wirvra warn -r I m-m mmm v y We have some choice lots in the vicinity of the : $20,000 school building now in course of construe- 1. Call at our office for prices and terms for either of j :se desirable tracts. rv 1 t t ni. .. it..! -rA s 7 m. joniis 1 iiu" w""u, ot uregon 1 EDMONDSON CO., Plumbing and Tinning Phone Kast 631 1 203 Jersey Street St. Johns, Ore. -------i Clark & Wilson Lumber Co. UNNTON, OREGON Lumber Manufacturers PRICKS QUOTI5D ON APPLICATION